Sibu: No to BN fear-mongering, foster true inter-religious harmony

Sorry haven’t had chance to blog much about Sibu – being so far away, am not as in tune as I wish I were.
Lately, the polemic seems to be around religion.
I hope the few Sibu voters who might be reading will see that surely Pakatan has been a better voice for the various religious communities in Malaysia.
The coalition includes Malaysia’s only Islamic party – with a strong track record of integrity and Islamic credentials; and yet Pakatan has beyond doubt had a better track record of speaking up for the rights of religious minorities.
PAS-led Kelantan has been a beacon of religious acceptance (no, no chopping off hands etc), and the Pakatan stand on the Allah issue has – in my view – demonstrated great maturity and reason.
It has been deeply gratifying to see that in the Peninsular, Malaysians from all walks of life have rejected this ridiculous politics of fear and subtle Islam-bashing which BN component parties like to use on non-Muslims.
The irony of course is that as BN paints Pakatan as attacking minority rights, BN component parties have yet to do anything to disprove the Umno lapdog label so often thrown at them. This picture says it better than anything:

So Sibu, refuse to bow to Umno supremacy, and help return the pride all of us should feel as Malaysians.

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ps- A brilliant piece of logic from George Chan:

At another press conference, SUPP president George Chan slammed the Pakatan for using the churches in their attempt to bring a ‘Semenanjung problem’ to Sarawak.
He said the Pakatan and DAP are playing a “very dangerous” game by mixing religion with politics merely to gain the upper hand in this by-election.
But when asked about SUPP’s campaign tactic in equating a vote for DAP with a vote for PAS and its vision of an Islamic state, Chan (left) sidestepped the issue saying it is unrelated.
“We are not discussing a religious issue, we are just saying that we don’t want PAS or an Islamic state.”

Soooooooo, the Allah issue is not a religious issue, but Islamic state is. Mmhmm.