Can’t Finas wish a direct and simple Happy Deepavali without introducing the everybody-converting-to-Islam theme?

Hypocrisy First (3): Deepavali greetings, convert-to-Islam subtext

This ‘mualaf’ agenda is really pervasive in Malaysian media. It can be subtle or in-your-face. But it’s always Melayu First, Muslim First even when it comes to the holiest or the biggest festival days in the calendar of the other races in the country.

We remember an earlier case where a mainstream Malay paper featured a convert family’s celebration of Chinese New Year in its CNY coverage. Both the mualaf family scenarios with the Chinese and Indian converts are atypical and unrepresentative of celebrants. Yet why do the crafters of public imagery continue their hijack with impunity?

Bapa borek, anak rintik. Finas was merely taking its cue from the leaders of the country where politicians from both sides of the divide are agreed on the Islamization platform.