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09/01/09, Letter to the Editor, printed in the Malay Mail
Stop maligning Tunku's Legacy
Sardar Anees Ahmad
Waterloo, New York
NEWS of Malaysian Muslims recently bloodying a cow's head to protest the proposed construction of a Hindu temple made me shudder.
The behaviour maligns the legacy of our first Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman as well as Islamic teachings.
The Tunku we know repeatedly voiced his support for a secular Malaysia. While he did believe Islam to be the State religion, he never meant this doctrine to assume an iconoclastic shape. Articles 3 and 11 of the Malaysian Constitution support this view.
Tunku aside, Islam condemns intolerant attitudes towards religion. The Quran declares a sweeping protection of freedom of religion (2:257), going so far as to order Muslims to protect other houses of worship, in the event of an attack, before attending to any mosque (22:41).
Malaysian Muslims, that is those who do truly represent the country and the religion, must therefore live up to their name and stop fanatism from threatening their very identity.
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