I refer to Syahredzan Johan’s articles
published on the Star newspaper, which alleged muslim insensitivities of other
non-muslims citizens of this country. It appears to pile up the blame on
muslims who offend non-muslim, be it in everyday life or on especially occasions
like during the fasting month. He forgets to mentioned that some local muslim
workers and muslim workers from foreign countries are often denied to pray
during Friday, and in spite of that, Christians are given a full holiday to
attend church during Sundays! He also forgets that, while a muslim must work on
Fridays, even though they can attend Friday prayers, but Hindus and Buddist
have their own public holidays in Thaipusam, Deepavali and Wesak day. He also
forgets to mentioned various female muslim workers were asked to remove their
headscarf, before being employed, in a non-muslim controlled company, such the
case of Rosyam Noor’s daughter who was asked to remove her headscarf before
securing employment in Toy R’ Us. Not long ago, Utusan Malaysia did report a
female Chinese muslim convert who was asked to remove her headscarf when she
was enrolled in a Chinese vernacular school. And UKM has reported that muslim
Malay undergrads are less likely to secure employment in companies run by
non-Malay muslim, which is fact a religious discrimination. He also forgot to
mentioned incidences where pig-heads were left outside mosque compounds, which
is a sign of disrespect for muslims. I expect an even reporting from a lawyer,
not biased reporting which provide fuel for Islamophobic newspapers like the
The Star. I would urge the lawyer to look into more insensitivities committed
by non-muslim against the muslim majority.
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