Zaid Ibrahim says “joker-fundamentalists” portray religion as difficult, thereby making a good business of selling Islam to unthinking, fearful followers.
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PETALING JAYA: At the risk of having more Muslims call him “infidel”, “apostate” and simply “mad”, former law minister Zaid Ibrahim took to his blog today saying that mullahs and fundamentalists were making a good business selling an extremist brand of Islam to its unthinking followers in Malaysia.
He said that in his view, Islam was a “way of life” that Muslims had to find on their own as that was what Islam “asks us to do”.
He lamented however that “mullahs and fundamentalists” had preferred to indoctrinate Muslims from young, saying religion was “not easy” and thus could only be discovered through them.
He said, “Thus, the way of life can be discovered only through them: the way of life is in fact their way, and only by following exactly in their footsteps can Islam be a rewarding way of life for believers.
“This is total nonsense — though it is also a good business idea.”
Zaid said many religious teachers made good money from selling religious books and recordings of their lectures because they had “no real jobs other than preaching and selling this ‘way of life’.” He said these teachers included graduates from Middle East institutions.
He added, “None of them have actually been useful in other human endeavours. They do not excel in science or business; they do little if anything for charity or for victims of natural disasters; and they do not speak up in the defence of justice.”
Describing them as “joker-fundamentalists”, Zaid ridiculed their “secret formula” which he said was nothing more than instilling “fear” in the hearts of Muslims.
“From young, Muslims in Malaysia are instilled with fear of every description so much so they are unable to stand and believe in themselves.”
He said that many even sought instructions from mullahs on how to have sex.
“They keep asking what is right and prohibited in sex, and all their lives they will always depend on mullahs for everything, which of course suits the mullahs very well.”
Saying that this had made Muslims unable to “think for themselves”, Zaid argued that was in essence what made “killings done in the name of Islam” something relatively easy for Muslims to do.
“That’s why when some evil mullahs tell them that killing is justified, they will go out and kill and thus bring their families down with them into ruin and destruction.”
Muslims must start “believing in themselves and for themselves”, he advised. “There is no need to join the mad crowd of religious businessmen selling extremist ideas. These fellows have brought nothing but misery to the Muslim world.”
PETALING JAYA: At the risk of having more Muslims call him “infidel”, “apostate” and simply “mad”, former law minister Zaid Ibrahim took to his blog today saying that mullahs and fundamentalists were making a good business selling an extremist brand of Islam to its unthinking followers in Malaysia.
He said that in his view, Islam was a “way of life” that Muslims had to find on their own as that was what Islam “asks us to do”.
He lamented however that “mullahs and fundamentalists” had preferred to indoctrinate Muslims from young, saying religion was “not easy” and thus could only be discovered through them.
He said, “Thus, the way of life can be discovered only through them: the way of life is in fact their way, and only by following exactly in their footsteps can Islam be a rewarding way of life for believers.
“This is total nonsense — though it is also a good business idea.”
Zaid said many religious teachers made good money from selling religious books and recordings of their lectures because they had “no real jobs other than preaching and selling this ‘way of life’.” He said these teachers included graduates from Middle East institutions.
He added, “None of them have actually been useful in other human endeavours. They do not excel in science or business; they do little if anything for charity or for victims of natural disasters; and they do not speak up in the defence of justice.”
Describing them as “joker-fundamentalists”, Zaid ridiculed their “secret formula” which he said was nothing more than instilling “fear” in the hearts of Muslims.
“From young, Muslims in Malaysia are instilled with fear of every description so much so they are unable to stand and believe in themselves.”
He said that many even sought instructions from mullahs on how to have sex.
“They keep asking what is right and prohibited in sex, and all their lives they will always depend on mullahs for everything, which of course suits the mullahs very well.”
Saying that this had made Muslims unable to “think for themselves”, Zaid argued that was in essence what made “killings done in the name of Islam” something relatively easy for Muslims to do.
“That’s why when some evil mullahs tell them that killing is justified, they will go out and kill and thus bring their families down with them into ruin and destruction.”
Muslims must start “believing in themselves and for themselves”, he advised. “There is no need to join the mad crowd of religious businessmen selling extremist ideas. These fellows have brought nothing but misery to the Muslim world.”
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