YOURSAY ‘Can the mere presence of alcohol make one lose faith in one's religion?’
Gerakan Youth pans Malacca alcohol ban
Anonymous #44199885: Any ban on the sale of alcohol should be based on the interest of the public, for example to prevent minors from purchasing alcohol or preventing incidents of rowdy/riotous behaviour.
A decision should not be based on the adherent of the majority faith living in an area. The adherents of any faith that is against the consumption of alcohol can simply refrain from consuming alcohol.
I cannot believe that the mere presence of alcohol can make one lose faith in one's religion. If that were the case then the adherent's faith in his religion is weak and to put it more correctly, the adherent is not really a true adherent of the faith.
Christians are also encouraged not to consume alcohol and we do not lose our faith, nor is our faith under threat simply because alcohol is sold nearby.
Islam, like Christianity, is an Abrahamic faith with sound tenets and I cannot believe that Muslims are going to lose their faith just because alcohol is sold nearby.
Appum: A lot of income the government receives in the form of taxes are from ‘haram’ businesses, such as from Sports Toto, Magnum4D, Damacai, Genting casino, pork sellers, bak kut teh restaurants, Chinese non-halal restaurants and hawkers.
Why doesn’t the Malacca government or the federal government exempt them from the haram taxes? Or separate these taxes received and use them for non-Muslims only?
Sa Tombs: They tried the same thing in Shah Alam . Soon we will also have halal money for Muslims and non-halal for non-Muslims.
Maybe a good idea, since all the Muslim bad debtors can’t borrow from non-Muslim organisations. On the other hand better not, the government will, as usual, bail them out.
Malaccan: After the Datum Jelatek incident and others like it, where extremists have questioned the rights of non-Muslims to exist or live in so-called Malay Muslim areas, it will not be long before the minority races will be herded into narrow geographical locations and confined within their own settlements and ghettoes.
Perhaps this is what the extremists want. And the deafening silence of the authorities seems to be the loudest indication of their involvement.
Divide and conquer may be an invention of the British, but the neo-colonialists who replaced them are no less adept at this. Overlapping but following the racial lines will be the religious demarcations.
Soon the nation will resemble other failed states in the Middle East.
Anonymous_3e86: Why can't Muslims voluntarily refrain from buying or consuming alcohol without being forced? Does the availability of alcohol in 7-Eleven or other convenience stores mean that Muslims will consume it?
Look at how drug addicts are able to buy their fix even though these are illegal? Banning alcohol doesn't prevent Muslims or others from finding a way to consume it.
A Muslim can buy alcohol from any other 7-Eleven outlets in non-Muslim areas. Then what? Ban alcohol sale in non-Muslim areas too?
RCZ: I don't get it. Isn’t Gerakan a part of the ruling coalition which imposed this ban? Why is Gerakan still with BN? Why is Gerakan allowing the coalition to do this?
If it can't answer these questions, don't waste our time.
Gaji Buta: So now we are segregating housing areas into 'non-Muslim majority' and 'Muslim majority' areas. Will the 5% bumi discount be removed in 'non-Muslim majority' areas?
Sirul's mum trembles under media glare
Sali Tambap: Sometimes a mother has to bear the sins of her children. It is no different here for Puan Piah Samat.
Our hearts feel for her, for no matter how evil the crime Sirul Azhar Umar had committed, he is still her son and she will always bear the burden and anguish for what her son is going through.
But Sirul committed a heinous crime; he had taken another's life, which is the prerogative of God. Thus he has to face the consequence of his action here on earth and also in the afterlife, where God will judge him accordingly. But this crime has aroused the ire of the entire nation and many questions are left unanswered.
If Puan Piah thinks that her son is also equally a victim of a bigger conspiracy, she can make amends to see that justice is done by revealing what she knows about this murder case.
If she does not know, it is only right she should not lead the public to believe that she does. From the look of it, she may be just a simple kampung woman and perhaps all of these may be just too overwhelming for her.
Fairnsquare: Commandoes are trained to follow orders, without question. They are unquestionably loyal to their master, whoever he or she is.
Sirul will have to reveal to the Australian authorities who gave the order. A manslaughter not amounting to murder would have been a more applicable charge.
Dont Just Talk: Just get Sirul to spill the beans and with a clean conscience, perhaps, he can have peaceful sleep.
The Almighty is ever forgiving but one must be humble to seek his forgiveness for the wrong done to the late Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu.
By doing so, the family of Altantuya can also find closure to this tragic episode.
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