the mentality of the protestors

regarding the article 11 forum held in johor, excerpt of report from the star paper:

Later, Johor Mentri Besar and state Umno chief Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman said the party was disappointed that the forum had been held, as it is already stated in the Constitution that Islam was the country’s official religion.

huh? was that a menteri besar and a chief speaking? does he knows what the forum is about? does he know that among the speakers for the forum, there were 2 muslim men?

so what if islam is already in the constitution as the official religion? the forum organisers were not born yesterday (but perhaps he was), they know islam is enshrined in the constitution as the official religion. the forum is NOT about islam, my dear menteri besar. the forum is about freedom of religion, the forum is about contitutional rights for everyone. why then did these bunch of er… protestors (resisting to label names, in case some people jumped at me) felt that this forum was an attempt to undermine islam’s position as the official religion, as BBC reported? why at the protest all these kind of shouts and slogans such as:

“down with the infidels! don’t meddle with islam.”
“crush IFC (inter-faith commission).”
“we are ready to sacrifice for islam.”
“don’t touch on the sensitivity of islam”
“stop anti-islam act”.

simple answer – “oh ye of little faith.”

at the disrupted article 11 forum in penang, one of my blog heading was “don’t humuliate islam – the forum can do that?”

see, if they felt that a simple forum that talks on rights for all and religious freedom can insult islam, doesn’t that means their own faith is weak?

well, the more these people protest, the more the whole world will be laughing at them. just look at the slogans for one thing, especially the “we are ready to sacrifice for islam”. then there was also this “do not insult allah’s law” (at the penang protest). ahh… they are fighting for thier god?

i am still waiting for the article 11 forum to be re-convened in penang… and let’s see this time how the police will react…. oh but what will be more comical to see is all those slogans these weak faith protestors will be shouting/having on banners.

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