Custody of a six-year-old child is violently disputed between both parents. This is a tragic trauma that is going to leave a lifelong scar on the psyche of the child. This child will grow up either as a fighter of the system or a total misfit in society. The latter is more likely because society has allowed this dual system to put down its roots and fester within the social fabric of our country that flies the flag of 1Malaysia.
The existence of two systems of judicial structure deconstructs all efforts at building a united nation. This tug-of-war between the civil court and the syariah court has handcuffed the police.
When the police stand by and watch the unfolding of injustice being played out and not intervene, they are not only washing their hands of their duty to society but are also blameworthy if any chaos or violence breaks out. It is too late to intervene then.
Religion, particularly in this country is divisive. It preaches good values only to its own flock. I am always holier than thou. History has shown no end to religious wars and genocide and we fail to learn the lesson. In the name of God, by whatever name it is called, the human race tears itself apart. I seriously doubt that religion has done more good than harm?
Religion in this country and for this country, whether one agrees or not, is not a blessing but a curse.
The second curse in this country is the racial divide. We cannot escape from the ethnicity we are born with, but we can rise above it. If we see beyond skin colour, we can value the person in the individual and relate as persons. We can do that and we do do that but these two devils of race and religion come in between. Then they enter the arena of politics where both these devils are pitted one against the other for political profit.
The 1Malaysia slogan is a façade behind which the propagators become the perpetrators of divide and rule. Malaysia will never be one so long as religion and race keeps dividing us and so long as two divergent legal systems exist.
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