Yo PAS , Don't Be Trippin Now .. Ya Heard ?!
I was driving back home from work this morning while listening to some radio stations with their morning news , reports and stuff . Then I switched to this particular radio station and what the DJ reported caught my attention . I'm sure most Malaysians know what this whole 'Kongsi Raya' deal is right ? Basically its all about celebrating two or more different cultural/religious special days at the same time .. example Hari Raya & Chinese New Year .
Well from the radio report , seems like our boys in Parti PAS , Kelantan branch are not feeling this whole 'Kongsi Raya' concept . Why ? according to their Vice President or someone la , by celebrating Hari Raya with other religion , ia "boleh merosakkan akidah" or in English "capable of corrupting your faith" . I was like "wtf?" How the hell can that happen ? And get this , it is considered "syirik" or " blasphemous" !! . Hah !
According to them again , we Muslims supposedly should be celebrating it amongst us muslim only and although this is so , that should'nt stop us from visiting and paying respects to our friends from other religions . All their trying to say is , there should be a separate day for us Muslims to celebrate our own tradition and another for other religions .
To me , I don't see it as a problem . First of all , how will it corrupt our faith ? its not as if we invite our non-muslim friends to the mosque or them taking us to the temple or anything . When it comes to worshipping , I think we all pretty much know where our limits are ... these PAS guys think we're so stupid . I think they should stay in KL and really experience what's going on . I mean its easy to say things like that when you're in Kelantan , coz Kelantan is a very Malay concentrated area so theres hardly an issue of multi-racial differences involved .
I don't know why we should portray ourselves as a religion that is so 'confined and rigid' . Pardon me , but if we were to prove that our religion is good we should prove to the world that our religion can adapt to changes . Able to stand the test of time . I do not doubt my religion for a second , its just that I feel that time's changed and that we should adapt and open up . In my opinion , instead of it corrupting us , I think this whole Kongsi Raya thingy has got more positive values than negative ones . Not only it fosters the spirit of friendship and tolerance between different races and religions , it builds bridges . Each religion could learn from one another each other's beliefs and cultures . Isn't that a good thing ? Not only the curiosities about a particular religion be erased , I think it will help us understand better and strengthen our individual beliefs .
Look , I'm only 23 , my mom's a Kelantanese , this PAS guy is probably older than me , much wiser and more knowledgable perhaps . Who am I to say anything bout this right ? Plus I like Kelantan , I go back there whenever I can during Raya to visit my one and only grandma left ( my other grandma is chinese somemore .. multi racial ? ) . We always see and hear people preaching about our multi-racial society and why we should 'Pupuk semangat ' among each other , yet when I hear PAS coming up with statements like these , I can't help but feel they're not practising what they preach . You encourage multi-racial union , yet indirectly you're sending subliminal messages saying "oh kita Islam , Islam sahaja cara hidup kat dunia ni" . Come on man hehe .
I just hope they would open up their eyes a lil bit , explore more , experience more . Don't stay in Kelantan too long . I dunno if I'm gonna get in trouble for this , I hope it is not wrong for me to voice out my opinion , from a fellow young muslim man . I mean if Dr M can voice out his frustrations to the freaking PM , then mine is considered nothing ok hehe ..
I was driving back home from work this morning while listening to some radio stations with their morning news , reports and stuff . Then I switched to this particular radio station and what the DJ reported caught my attention . I'm sure most Malaysians know what this whole 'Kongsi Raya' deal is right ? Basically its all about celebrating two or more different cultural/religious special days at the same time .. example Hari Raya & Chinese New Year .
Well from the radio report , seems like our boys in Parti PAS , Kelantan branch are not feeling this whole 'Kongsi Raya' concept . Why ? according to their Vice President or someone la , by celebrating Hari Raya with other religion , ia "boleh merosakkan akidah" or in English "capable of corrupting your faith" . I was like "wtf?" How the hell can that happen ? And get this , it is considered "syirik" or " blasphemous" !! . Hah !
According to them again , we Muslims supposedly should be celebrating it amongst us muslim only and although this is so , that should'nt stop us from visiting and paying respects to our friends from other religions . All their trying to say is , there should be a separate day for us Muslims to celebrate our own tradition and another for other religions .
To me , I don't see it as a problem . First of all , how will it corrupt our faith ? its not as if we invite our non-muslim friends to the mosque or them taking us to the temple or anything . When it comes to worshipping , I think we all pretty much know where our limits are ... these PAS guys think we're so stupid . I think they should stay in KL and really experience what's going on . I mean its easy to say things like that when you're in Kelantan , coz Kelantan is a very Malay concentrated area so theres hardly an issue of multi-racial differences involved .
I don't know why we should portray ourselves as a religion that is so 'confined and rigid' . Pardon me , but if we were to prove that our religion is good we should prove to the world that our religion can adapt to changes . Able to stand the test of time . I do not doubt my religion for a second , its just that I feel that time's changed and that we should adapt and open up . In my opinion , instead of it corrupting us , I think this whole Kongsi Raya thingy has got more positive values than negative ones . Not only it fosters the spirit of friendship and tolerance between different races and religions , it builds bridges . Each religion could learn from one another each other's beliefs and cultures . Isn't that a good thing ? Not only the curiosities about a particular religion be erased , I think it will help us understand better and strengthen our individual beliefs .
Look , I'm only 23 , my mom's a Kelantanese , this PAS guy is probably older than me , much wiser and more knowledgable perhaps . Who am I to say anything bout this right ? Plus I like Kelantan , I go back there whenever I can during Raya to visit my one and only grandma left ( my other grandma is chinese somemore .. multi racial ? ) . We always see and hear people preaching about our multi-racial society and why we should 'Pupuk semangat ' among each other , yet when I hear PAS coming up with statements like these , I can't help but feel they're not practising what they preach . You encourage multi-racial union , yet indirectly you're sending subliminal messages saying "oh kita Islam , Islam sahaja cara hidup kat dunia ni" . Come on man hehe .
I just hope they would open up their eyes a lil bit , explore more , experience more . Don't stay in Kelantan too long . I dunno if I'm gonna get in trouble for this , I hope it is not wrong for me to voice out my opinion , from a fellow young muslim man . I mean if Dr M can voice out his frustrations to the freaking PM , then mine is considered nothing ok hehe ..
i think i better keep my mouth shut ;x On second thought, i don't feel like staying in Msia anymore. whoopsiee..
ReplyDeletethis is why PAS can't win most of Malaysia's votes. they need to revamp their way of thinking. kesiannnn...once again...INI YANG MAHATHIR MARAH NI! hahahaha...
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