Don’t tell me how to live with my multi-religious family
I do not welcome any law or policy that serves as a “guide” or anything else on how I am supposed to behave, act or respond when I visit my family and friends.
I do not welcome any law or policy that serves as a “guide” or anything else on how I am supposed to behave, act or respond when I visit my family and friends.
I think it is important that we highlight issues like this and encourage public discourse.
My thoughts about racial and religious relations in Malaysia shift all the time depending on what I read in the media, my interaction with different people and just my general observation.
When we are able to laugh at ourselves, we realise we are not perfect. It teaches us humility, open mindedness and the realisation that we can do better.
Maybe what is needed is to flood the media and social media with more positive narratives that promote multiculturalism and religious pluralism. We need to counter the negative narratives and drown them out.
There are many stories of the Prophet Muhammad forgiving people who disrespected him and Islam intentionally, what more towards people who do so unintentionally.
I have dozens of socks in my drawer so that I never run out. The socks I have don’t have to be expensive, just as long as they are elastic and clean.
What happened to civil discourse and the fact that I thought Malaysian society was maturing?
What matters is there should be no compulsion, liberal or conservative.
I, for one, still am pushing the agenda of interracial marriages to solve racism.