Be very angry, but... — Tay Tian Yan
JAN 29 — The following is my conclusion:
They have singled out the churches since the very beginning, and the so-called “Allah” issue is nothing more than just a smokescreen.
The Molotov cocktail has been their tool, and they did not mean to just torch the churches, but to inflame the wrath of Christians.
Unfortunately, they were obviously not good enough at mixing the cocktail that only Metro Tabernacle Church was damaged, while the other churches suffered only some bad petrol stench and slight soot stains.
The most depressing eventuality for these people was that neither Christians nor other non-Muslims reacted as furiously as they had anticipated.
Christians only sang and prayed quietly for peace in their churches.
More unexpectedly, majority of Muslims, regardless of how they stand in the “Allah” issue, have stood alongside non-Muslims after the incident.
Many Muslims offered words of comfort, sent flowers, and even formed voluntary squads to protect the churches.
This is the unique character of Malaysia. While we can hold very different views in a variety of issues, we will never compromise when it comes to peace and unity.
The flame failed to ignite, and life was back to normal before long.
Such response has greatly dismayed these people.
They could not accept Malaysians’ calm and rational attitudes.
So they switched to Plan B.
They now targeted the mosques, using wild boar heads!
Their objective: to incite the fury of the country’s Muslim community.
But why didn’t they go for the readily available pig heads instead of scarcely found wild boar heads?
Same like their incompetency in making the Molotov cocktail, their motive has been exceptionally malicious but their designs poorly conceived.
Lack of sufficient skills and competency, these people have tried to challenge the maturity of the Malaysian society.
Of course, the society’s response will now be put to test.
For Heaven’s sake, who have wanted to arouse animosity among Malaysians?
Such acts have definitely not been carried out in the name of Allah or otherwise.
This entire thing has nothing to do at all with religion.
Religions teach us how to understand and respect one another, not burn down churches or dump wild boar heads in front of mosques.
Sacrilegious acts are intolerable to any religion, and no one can in the name of one religion attempt to destroy another religion.
Provided that we all understand this is not a religious issue but the plots of some fanatic nerds for some evil motives, then a wild boar head will remain very much a wild boar head, and will never instigate any further social conflict or contradiction.
The most dreadful thing is for some irresponsible people to fan up public emotions, blow up the incident and distort it into a religious and racial issue.
The Royal Malaysian Police and the Barisan Nasional government must act promptly to apprehend these unruly rascals and expose all their ill-conceived plots and tactics.
All Malaysians, Muslims or non-Muslims, must remain calm and united at this very juncture.
Non-Muslims must stand up and censure such insane acts and form voluntary squads to protect the mosques in predominantly non-Muslim areas.
We can get very angry, but we must never allow ourselves to fall into their traps. — mysinchew.com
* This article is a translated version of the original
* This article is the personal opinion of the writer or publication. The Malaysian Insider does not endorse the view unless specified.I'm sorry to hear the news and I do believe that no one has the rights to insult any religion and throwing some boars' head into a mosque is just so wrong. If we should fight an eye for an eye,then what is left of this world and what would that made us?
I do not know what will be the best solution but force/insults/provocation is definitely the last method in any battle.
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