A truly religious person from any religious persuasion is subservient to the Almighty and will not condone falsehood, blatant lies, fabrication, political spins, half truths to mislead and distort even if he is under pressure by any political or other forces manipulating a political agenda.
And this is why Selangor executive councillor Dr Mohd Hasan who holds the Islamic religion portfolio in the state cabinet must not attempt to sidetrack matters by offering to resign giving the impression that he is a victim of a political conspiracy.
This is far from the truth!
The pertinent question that needs to be answered is:
1 Were Christians at that Methodist Church in Damansara trying to proselytise Muslims at a church function recently that was disrupted by JAIS and defended by Hasan Ali who claimed that he had evidence.
He has to show proof that this indeed was the case.
2 If not, Malaysian Christians, who have being in the front of many a malicious attack in recent months deserve an unconditional apology.
Hasan is now given the opportunity to reveal all since a serious allegation has been made against a minority group that has been the target of a lot of unsubstantiated stories lately.
If there is clear evidence then go ahead, file charges against those responsible and let us have another trial and we can get at the truth.
If not stop the innuendos, the lies, the fabrication, the stereotyping and profiling as if there are no other issues to highlight rather than this dead horse.
Stop the Christian bashing. I’m certain even if Hasan Ali now clears the air that there was a gross mistake, politely put ‘communication error’ – irreparable damage has been done.
And it will cost valuable votes when and if Parliament is dissolved and GE 13 is called.
This is because we have many in the mainstream media making up the story as they go along. And this has hurt the Christian community and others who care for justice and fair play.
One such mischievous and baseless statement which is a new twist is as follows:
‘Apparently, some people have been monitoring visitors frequenting the church for a period of time and believed that proselytisation was going on. Hence, the raid by JAIS.
This is a blatant lie since my sources in ‘law and enforcement agencies’ know nothing of this allegations and they are well respected ‘frontliners’ equipped to look into such allegations.
Then like a boneless animal the idiot goes on to say:
‘Whether or not there is proselytisation, what is important now is for an immediate investigation into the matter. Any delay to get to the bottom of the matter will only invite unnecessary attention and potential trouble.’
Then after damage is done by his additional twist, he gives an impression that he is a true professional and fair by stating sheepishly:
‘Meanwhile, it would be wise for everyone not to speculate but to allow the authorities to complete their probe fully and quickly.’
Now worst – we are accused of ‘buying converts’ by covert operations?
Someone should get his intelligence levels and mental faculties examined by physicians from John Hopkins Hospital?
Charity and self sacrifice have been the hallmark of Christianity throughout the ages unlike others groups whose social concern is limited and confined to one’s own community or for ‘political posturing’ for a community thousands of miles away in West Asia.
The first great commandment that Jesus taught is to love God with one’s entire being and the second is to love one’s neighbour as oneself.
Christian missionaries were in this country for over 200 years carrying out social work through schools and hospitals, and there was no compulsion for people to convert. Otherwise, many of those who attended missions schools would have become Christians.
Why not for starters, check with those who have studied at St John’s Institution for one. Perhaps, we can interview the premier Najib Tun Razak, as well as others who went through mission schools and today and are serving the nation with distinction.
Perhaps, it is time we close our missionary schools, kindergartens and inform foreign Christian aid missions and organisations to instead divert valuable professional and financial aid to other geographical areas throughout other parts of the world more in need, and where Christians will not be stereotyped, profiled and criminalised.
With this kind of biased reporting, racist politicking, the ‘ganging up’ against a minority group, twists and turns, emerging unsubstantiated claims one cannot but wonder whether Malaysian Christians will ever get a fair unbiased hearing?
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