Sunday, January 3, 2010

Future of Islam in Malaysia

I stumbled upon verse 54 from Surah al-Mā’idāh, when I read Quran and the translation goes as below:
"O you who believe! Whoever from among you turns back from his religion (Islām), Allāh will bring a people whom He will love and they will love Him; humble towards the believers, stern towards the disbelievers, fighting in the Way of Allāh, and never afraid of the blame of the blamers. That is the Grace of Allāh which He bestows on whom He wills. And Allāh is All-Sufficient for His creatures' needs, All-Knower."

I wonder, what’s gonna happen to Islam in Malaysia?

Hey, here’s a thought. I think, since Islam is taken for granted by Malay, maybe Allāh (gotta use a lot of this word, now) will bash His divine retribution upon them and let the matters of Islam be handled by Chinese Muslims instead.

Kelantan Government is now planning to amend it’s constitution to allow non-Malay to be a Chief Minister. Is this a sign from Allāh?

Nowadays, a lot of young Chinese converted to Islam in Malaysia while at the same time, a lot of good-for-nothing Malay youngsters are trying to get out of Islam. I have many Muslim Chinese peers to prove the former.

Many Muslim Malays take prayers for granted while at the same time many Chinese are trying to study and practice ‘solat’ voluntarily.

Malays don't give a damn about Islam. They just use it whenever possible to serve their own political agenda; mainly Malay supremacy. How pathetic. Let me tell you, Islam is no longer synonym with Malay. Malay doesn't own it; not even Arab, nor Chinese. Nobody.

It is not something impossible that Islamic affairs will be much better under Muslim Chinese supervision. Who knows? They’re rich, well-known for their business skills, diligent, more disciplined compared to Malay, hardworking and ‘kiasu’ (Hokkien word means afraid of losing).

Islam is not something unheard among Chinese. They discovered Islam centuries before the religion reached The Golden Chersonese. They call Islam 'Huijiao,' (回教) means 'the religion of Hui people. Chinese people from this ethnicity is known for practising Islam even though they're culturally similar to Han people.

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Nah, this is just an idle thinking.

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