Greetings. Firstly, I believe I owe some of you all an explanation for yesterday's "Top 10 Reasons why Hudud is good",
it was an experiment done on MT readers as a means of a gauge on the
MT populace. In line with the recently opened anonymity and the
allowance of comments from unregistered commentators, I wondered what
MT readers really felt in their hearts.
From a bird's eye view, it approximated what
was initially anticipated. I was however slightly disappointed that
few had things of real substance to say, and of course, you had
the occasional "Jar-Jar Binks" archetype who hopped around screaming
for attention. What was worrying however, was the curiosity that why so
few people openly condemned what I stated.
The list which I presented yesterday consisted of nothing more than the most often misquoted and abused texts
of the Holy Quran. And surprisingly, they were not misquoted by
non-Muslims, but by Muslims themselves. I even made a glaring mistake in
naming the Sabbath as a Friday instead of a Saturday, and save one, no
one else picked it up. I did deliberately pick on the Quran, as
someone rightly pointed out, for this short "test" because of its
relevance to Malaysia. Do feel free to watch footage on YouTube for the
following.
I'll give you the brief run-down. Any NGO can confirm the following list.
Item 1 was the supposed justification of wife-beating.
Item 2 was the supposed justification of amputations.
Item 3 was the supposed justification of multiple wives.
Item 4 was the supposed justification of marriage to under-aged girls
Item 5 was the supposed justification of Slavery from Prisoners of War.
Item 6 was the supposed justification of anti-semitism.
Item 7 was the supposed justification of marrying your daughter in-law.
Item 8 was the supposed justification of inequality of Gender
Item 9 was the supposed justification of inequality of the distribution of wealth
and item 10 is the most often used supposed justification of the annihilation of non-Muslims by Suicide Bombers.
None
picked up on this. In fact, I was complaining to my friends, while
watching some of the updates. I asked "Where are the fireworks? Where
are the screams of my gross (and deliberate) misinterpretation?" I was
actually pretty glad when someone actually challenged me to the
justification of child-brides, and I was really hesitant to give my
reply, pensive if I might give the game away. Be assured that my best
intentions are for Malaysia. My only wish being that Malaysian would
start to think for themselves. I received an email this morning asking
if "I had sold my soul to the Devil" for writing such a piece. Rest
assured that I have not.
It makes me sad
however, that Malaysians have been brought up to simply absorb, and
absorb, and absorb whatever is taught to them, and regurgitate it
during exams. There is never any desire to think out-of-the-box.
Teachers tell you time and again to toe-the-line instead. This hinders
personal thought, cripples creativity and retards growth. This method
of learning merely makes one a foot soldier, suitable only for
deployment as a faceless statistic. If you want to be a leader, then
you need to stop being a foot soldier. On the flip-side however, UMNO
loves to have such demure citizens. Ever looking up to them, ever
willing to provide corruption money to them, and in a cruder way,
ever-willing to "kiss and suck up" to anyone with a Title, be it earned
or bought.
The whole point of the exercise
yesterday was to show how easy it is to manipulate ANY Religion, by
throwing in a few verses of scripture, and then use whatever
"revelation" or "enlightenment" , thus allowing for pretty much ANY
INTERPRETATION for WHATEVER intentions imaginable. Of course I
am acutely aware of Catholic Priests and Imams who rape, Temple Priests
who rob, and Monks who give themselves $5million loans. Point is they
succeed not because their Religion is bad. These villains succeed
because their "flock" is gullible. Please stop being gullible. I cannot
say this enough times. Religions are so easy to manipulate given the
correct opportunity, and "Holy-sounding words" Please educate and
equip yourself for your own good. I mean this in the most sincere way.
Read, digest and learn your Holy Book often, and in a Language which
you understand, so that you are not easily misled. In fact, I
personally gain nothing if you succeed in this. My only reward being
the slight satisfaction that I could help contribute towards a better
Malaysia. A Malaysia which is free of tyranny. A truly free Malaysia.
It
is now time the Rakyat took back this freedom. A freedom lost for
exactly 500 years since 1511, when the Portuguese colonized Malaya.
From a Merdeka which UMNO now claims never happened, and the Malaysia
which helped them acquire the Colony States of Sabah and Sarawak. I
look forward to this New Merdeka.
True to my word, I, John Doe will never let Malaysians down.
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