warped minds

“Islam is not under attack. It is your warped minds under attack,”

i would like to repeat this to those fanatics who think they are championing islam AND who label me as an islamaphobe, thinking i am attacking islam.

islam is not under attack. it is your warped minds under attack.

get that? your warped mind!

your warped mind think that non muslim should not talk about islam. your warped mind think that when non muslim talks about islam, they are attacking islam. your warped mind!!

“Islam is not under attack. It is your warped minds under attack.” does not comes from me, my dear. i merely borrowed it from someone. well, it came from, what do you know… this is very rare indeed… an UMNO MP. datuk zaid ibrahim when he was speaking at a forum organised by the kuman Rights commission of malaysia (suhakam) in conjunction with malaysian human rights day on 9 sept.

read more on what zaid ibrahim had to say regarding the case of lina joy:

“We can’t talk about it because God will punish her (Lina Joy)? What’s the problem? She’s not a Muslim anymore, so God will punish her surely? But do we play God’s role now? How do you know God won’t forgive her? How do you know?” he asked the silent floor. I thought she just wanted to get her ID (identity card) changed. So let the courts decide it. There is no need to say islam is under attack.”

he further continued that under islamic teaching, if one is seen as having strayed from the true path, greater mercy and understanding should be accorded to him. (and not like the fanatics who wants to condemn her and all that).

“I thought we should show more mercy in cases like these? … We should understand why they want to do that. (But) no, you can’t do that because you have power … What’s the
problem in these socalled issues confronting ummah?”

Zaid said Muslims should have more confidence in a religion which is heavily supported by the state.

“We should be confident enough. There should be no fear. For God’s sake, the civil court is not our enemy. Our judicial system has upheld the rule of law.”

He described his fellow parliamentarians as showing “stupidity” by arguing that the absence of rules on apostasy would open the floodgates to Muslims becoming apostates.

“That’s stupidity. Do we not give our religion more respect and recognition? Do we not shame ourselves by making such statements, and show that we have no confidence in the intrinsic worth of our religion?”

Zaid said the government should explain religious issues to ordinary people to avoid misunderstanding and unnecessary tension.

He also attributed the tensions that have arisen to politicians who use the religious card to gain political mileage.

“No one (politicians) wants to explain religious issues because there’s a political risk there … It is easy to get instant recognition and support when you raise religious and racial issues.”

Zaid urged the government to maintain the integrity and purity of Islam by allowing discussion.

ahh… indeed. very wise of zaid. see? there gotta be discussion on islam… so why are so many fanatics and the gomen afraid of the article 11 forum… or the setting up of the interfaith commission (IFC)? hmm… so by curbing discussion/debate on islam, what signals are they conveying to us?