Are we practising racism??

Aku rasa, penulis yang menulis artikel di bawah memang cukup berani menyatakan pendapatnya. Aku sendiri dah jadi ter'konpius'...adakah aku juga sebelum ini 'racist'? ish....


Are they real Muslims?
By: Prof Mohd Tajuddin Mohd Rasdi
Sep 1, 09

I wish to comment on the 'cow head' incident in Shah Alam. As a Muslim andas a Malaysian citizen I do not support such a wanton display of disrespectfor Islam and for Malaysia .As a Muslim, my readings of Islam and the Prophet Muhammad's traditions orhadiths have taught me to respect animals and other religions.With respect to animals, the Prophet warned Muslims against overburdeninganimals in carrying objects.

The Prophet explained a story of how aprostitute was forgiven her sins by the simple act of giving a thirsty doga drink.The cow is one of the animals which Muslims slaughter not just for food butalso as a sacrificial offering of our thankfulness to Allah as well asremembering Abraham's 'sacrifice' of his son Ismail.The cow is thus 'holy' to Muslims as well as to Hindus. Muslims sacrifice acow for the aqiqah ceremony or during the Qurban celebrations.Thus as a Muslim, we must respect animals that become our food as well asour symbolic act of sacrifice. Standing or putting once's foot on a deadcow is a 'biadab' act that speaks of a person steeped in racial bigotry andof a person low in education of Islam.

With respect to other religions, there were occasions where the Prophettaught me about my attitude towards them. Once, the Prophet stood up as asign of respect when the body of a Jew was carried to the grave.When dispatching the army to a campaign, the Prophet warned the soldiersfrom desecrating houses of worships, those who reside in them, the youngand the old and even trees should not be cut down if necessary.Never had the Prophet taught me to desecrate another person's religion. Thegreat Indonesian scholar Hamka wrote in his magnum opus, Tafsir Al-Azharthat there are hundreds of thousands of 'Nabi' and they might even be thefounders of other religions.

It is common to find other religious faiths making fun of Islam and Muslimsbut as a Muslim I will never be allowed by my religion to make fun of otherreligions much less to desecrate them.As a Malaysian citizen, I wish to ask why these people who showed suchcontempt for the religion of the Hindus not be arrested under the SeditionAct?Were these people given permits by the police? If so why were they grantedpermits to desecrate another religion? Why were they not stopped and toldto disperse? If Hindus can tolerate the Muslim call for prayers five timesa day for the rest of their lives, what disruption can a Hindu temple be?I live next to a Hindu Temple about 150 meters away and I observe aprocession thrice or twice a year. It is quiet 362 days of the year.

Lastly, if these residents were proven to be members of any political partyor parties, their membership should be revoked in order to ensure that weshould not tolerate any political entity that uses racial hatred as theirmeans of achieving political ends.If not, then the said party or parties should be outlawed and theirregistration terminated immediately.After more than 50 years of merdeka, I still cannot raise five childrenwithout the threat of racial disharmony and hatred. What does that sayabout our present leadership and future of our country?