As a Peninsular Malaysian studying in Sarawak, i am baffled by the ridiculousness of the current political discourse within the Peninsular that seems to be rampant with the issue of religion, particularly Islam. Studying in Sarawak has been one of the best experiences of my life. Why? because no matter who you are, whether you are Malay, Chinese, Indian, Iban, Bidayuh, Kelabit, Melanau or of any other ethnic group, as long as you are nice and treat people with respect then you will receive the same treatment. Here we don't argue over the mundane and ridiculous religious political issues. Rather religion is a personal concept, that only applies to a persons personal actions, there is minimal religious policing because it is a state that is awesome and possesses the most accepting people in the whole of Malaysia.
Yes there may be some political idiocy and corruption happening in the state, but what state can claim to be free from such things. However as compared to the Peninsular these political squabbles do not affect the everyday life of the common folk. Only in Sarawak will you see a Gurdwara situated in front of a Mosque, only in Sarawak can you find a Center for the Baha'i faith and only in Sarawak can you see people of different faiths openly respecting one another. If I could i would choose to be Sarawakian, for it has shown me that not all Malaysians are Racist Bigots...
Assallamualaikum, Heshalom Aleichem, Namaste, Peace Be Upon you
Ashli Burton Bin Amir
Sunday 22 June 2014
Thursday 5 June 2014
Random Rant About Random Stuff
Greetings readers of this blog,
Let me start by warning you, what i say is my own personal opinion any insult caused is totally on the part of the reader and i bear no responsibility for the Butthurt caused.
So there is a growing concern in this country that religious sentiments are being fanned to the point of extremism, in this i agree but why is this so? its because of dumb shits like certain members of religious and raced based NGOs who feel threatened by the thought of free thought. Yet we allow these shit heads to continue spreading their ideologies and messages of idiocy to the equally dumb members of civil society who believe that just because you speak passionately about something what you are saying is the gospel truth. If that's the case Hitler must have been right about everything.
People lets start thinking for ourselves, lets not let our minds be dictated by what other people say lets not be shackled by the chains of stupidity and conformity lets change to create a more enlightened and better future, one where knowledge knows no bounds and intellectual discourse will flourish.
Let me start by warning you, what i say is my own personal opinion any insult caused is totally on the part of the reader and i bear no responsibility for the Butthurt caused.
So there is a growing concern in this country that religious sentiments are being fanned to the point of extremism, in this i agree but why is this so? its because of dumb shits like certain members of religious and raced based NGOs who feel threatened by the thought of free thought. Yet we allow these shit heads to continue spreading their ideologies and messages of idiocy to the equally dumb members of civil society who believe that just because you speak passionately about something what you are saying is the gospel truth. If that's the case Hitler must have been right about everything.
People lets start thinking for ourselves, lets not let our minds be dictated by what other people say lets not be shackled by the chains of stupidity and conformity lets change to create a more enlightened and better future, one where knowledge knows no bounds and intellectual discourse will flourish.
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