DO UNTO OTHERS, AS YOU WANT THEM TO DO UNTO YOU: Respect is earned, not forced

salam.

above is another one of my cats, arwah SONJA (pronounced as SONIA).
dia dah arwah.
about a year ago, she plunged to her death from my 7th floor.
she's in a happy place.
but i miss her so much.

anyway, i just want to relieve myself of this heartache i got when i watched the news recently.

the incidents at kampung buah pala and shah alam were quite disturbing.

what has happened to us?

i don't really know what is going on in the kampung buah pala issues, so i won't say anything about it except that the behaviour of the people there is quite frightening.
is there no other way to talk about it?
and find a solution for it?

what was more disturbing for me was the demonstration in shah alam.

they may feel that they are on the right side by doing what they did.

but to humiliate and insult other people's religion and faith,.... oh gosh.... i believe that is sooooo unislamic.

we (meaning muslim malays) should try putting ourselves in other people's shoes, people who are non-muslims or non-malays.

the indians, chinese etc have tolerated the building of our mosques in their neighbourhood.

once i had a chinese colleague when i was working for a conglomerate in kuala lumpur and he once invited me to his home for tea.

i complimented on his beautiful home, but he said, soon, they will be building a surau in front of his house.
he sighed with anxiety of the task of having to listen to the call for prayer 5 times a day.

at first, i thought, well, tough... this is a country where it's official religion is islam.
but then, it made me think again, when i watched our muslim brothers in shah alam shouting in protest with so much anger.

please don't get me wrong.

as a muslim, my faith is still islam, heart and soul.

all i'm saying is that there should be mutual respect.

that's all.

it's ok to protest, but not with disrespect and in bad taste.

it will only make us more divided and we will be on our way backwards.

we've all built this country together, so let's not forget the sacrifices made by the non bumiputras or the non muslims.

they love this country as much as everyone else does.

the actions of some of our muslim malays brothers and sisters are quite appalling and embarassing to the rest.

we as malays and muslims are supposed to be a cultured race with supreme patience and tolerance to others.

what has happened to us?