For what it’s worth, the Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister deserves a pat on her back for voicing her thoughts on inter-faith relations. Read her comments in the Star here.

I just hope that what she says extends to all religions in the broadest sense possible, including atheism and agnosticism. Sometimes what people believe in may be exactly the same thing and the differences are just due to terminology.

Whatever it is, the recognition of the freedom of religion would be a step in the right direction towards national unity for Malaysia. Happy Vesak and salam.

I was just at a DAP forum on the Lina Joy case. I must say that I am both disappointed and encouraged by what I saw and heard.

On the one hand, some of the speakers were terribly disappointing. To be fair, I shall not point them out. On the other hand, the turn out, which could have been anywhere between 700 to 1,000 people, shows that many Malaysians still care and dare to speak their minds.

Well, considering there were so many lawyers, politicians and Islamic scholars at the “dialogue”, I just had to say my two sens’ worth and ask the panel a few questions.
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It appears that not only are some people in the Barisan Nasional government stupid, some judges in the judiciary are equally stupid.

Article 11(1) of the Federal Constitution of Malaysia – the supreme law of the land, the last time I heard – clearly states that “every person has the right to profess and practise his religion and, subject to Clause (4), to propagate it.”

I’m not all that familiar with the intricacies of the Lina Joy case, but I do know that she converted to Christianity by her own choice.

Without even reading the judgments of Federal Court, I believe it’s safe to say that the Malaysia Boleh! spirit has done it again – do something stupid that no one in their right mind would.
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