When religious fanaticism could have been preempted?
When churches could be spared from arson?
When the holy places of worship are trampled upon?
When the peope's faith is tested to the limits?
What is in a name?
Be it God
Or Allah?
God IS Allah!
Say the Christians
Who have worshiped in Malay for centuries
In the Land Beneath the Wind
And where hornbills unwind
But your God is not my "Allah "!
Some pride was pricked
Proclaiming monopoly on "Allah"
When the high court ruled
'Allah' could be used by the Christians.
Headlines howled hysterically
Clarion calls cried crossly
Drums rolled
Vociferous voices volleyed into a vortex.
The prime minister said he could do NOTHING
To stop people from demonstrating.
The home minister echoed the same thing.
The government of the day did NOTHING!
Waiting and baiting.
Emboldened,
With the backing of their masters
Blood thirsty hounds
Bare their fangs
Scouting for victims.
In the unearthly quiet of that night
A loud sound exploded
Shattering the silence of the night.
A church was firebombed
Gutting the Metro Tabernacle
Turning it overnight into a charred chapel.
That no life was lost was a miracle.
After the Friday prayers
Boldly brandishing banners
Pretentious pious people protested
Screaming shouting slogans
"Bakar gereja!"
And again the authorities did NOTHING!
Nine churches were torched, despoiled
Scarring the spirit of parishioners
Leaving the people in black despair Seething in white anger
Yet the sinners were forgiven
By the magnanimity of the unshaken in their faith.
REPAIR, REBUILD AND RETURN
The people their rightful places of worship!
For God or Allah
Is just a word.
No word alone
Can shake the beliefs of the true believers.
No violence
Can chase anyone out of the House of God.
STOP all destructions in the name of humanity!
THIS IS TERRORISM!
Surely Islam does not preach violence and terrorsim!
Surely goodness and mercy should follow us all of our lives.
Religious tolerance and peaceful co-existence is the ONLY WAY!
The people shall never forget
The eighth day of the New Year
The day we bury
1 Malaysia
FOR GOOD!
1 Malaysia is but a soulless slogan!
1 Malaysia is but an empty meaningless mind game!
1 Malaysia is but the nemesis of 1 nincompoop man!
1 Malaysia is but the figment of 1 FAILED MALAYSIAN!
1 Malaysia is but the slimy sneaky snake of 1 SHAME MALAYSIAN!
Jan 8, 2010
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