Tuesday, November 25, 2008

malaysiakini and the YOGA Fatwa....FAIR COMMENTS?

Religion is always a sensitive subject in Malaysia and part of the reason is that non-Muslims are always not encouraged to discuss religious matters as far as Islam is concerned.
This malaysiakini article Yoga ban: 'Let Muslims deal with it' shows the range of comments.
Government policy too has not helped much in the inter-religious dialogue although at the grass-roots level there is better communications among the various religious groups.
It is impossible for non-Muslims not to be engaged in religious topics especially when certain aspects of Islam can also impact them as the undiscovered conversion of family members until death and the unpleasant practice of body-snatching for burial.
Besides non-Muslims pay most of the taxes to the government so I believe fair comment on religious issues is justified.
The other important issue is that of justice and human rights. The Jews were almost exterminated during WW2 as most of the locals were unwilling to help them.
If fair-minded people simply ignore injustices that do not affect them directly and keep their heads buried in the sand, they are ignoring their most basic human character - that of using their Allah-given ability to think critically.

1 comment:

malayamuda said...

Yoga is a Hindu issue and non Hindus have no right to comment on Yoga.

Majlis Fatwa should not comment on Yoga as they dont practise Yoga and are not Hindus.

Dont play with fire, Jangan serang Sarung Tebuan..........

Hehehhehe doesnt the above form of argument sound familiar ?