Elizabeth Wong has written an excellent commentary entitled Faith and the state.
It is a terrible tragedy that has befallen Ayah Pin and his commune. And all this had to happen in Pak Lah's Terengganu, with its moderate Islam Hadhari.
When the so-called hardline PAS ruled Terengannu, hooligans in ski masks didn't create problems for Ayah Pin or anybody else. And to think this was done by villagers.
Who is the government trying to hoodwink? Why are the perpetrators of this violence not rounded up? And all this to keep the righteous from straying from the true path.