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I refer to your report The bitter struggle for religious freedom .

I cannot pronounce judgment on those Federal Court judges. But God can, and He will.

It is simple enough to hide behind a veneer of 'law and the interpretation of it thereof'. It is easy enough to raise the bulwark of 'jurisdiction and its application thereof'. But if we all are indeed mortals of flesh and blood and life is not - and can never be reduced to - a jurisprudential exercise to mask the cowardly hearts of man.

The three were imprisoned for three years. Three long years. Put yourself in their shoes. What indeed was their crime? Murder? Robbery? Assault? Fraud?

They committed no crime. And so it baffles me how our 'Vision 2020' society can allow the imprisonment of fellow Malaysians for no other justification than their faith, without blinking an eye.

The snatch thieves are walking the streets with impunity. The corrupt hold their head high in the corridors of power. Perpetrators of heinous crimes today get off either scot-free or suffer far less than what these three innocent ones have.

Do we even realise what is happening? Justice has been turned on its head. It is impossible to be emotionally detached from it all, and it is impossible to analyse this from a purely legal perspective.

Regardless of whether they are choosing to practice Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism or even the right to worship their own feet, it matters not. For they are flesh and blood as I am, and if they can be imprisoned for seeking to profess their own faith, then every single Malaysian out there, including me, ought to be prepared for the same fate.

A final note to Kamariah Ali, Daud Mamat and Mat Yaacob Ismail, my heart goes out to you. Keep your faith unwavering and steadfast, and remember that your tears are not in vain for the God of Heaven is neither deaf nor silent, but is the final Judge of the hearts of man.

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