I would like to respond to Lim Soo Min's letter, Priorities of ulama wrong .

Lim, who himself is a Buddhist, is wrong to make an assumption or even imply that Christians are not sensitive to the highly controversial and debatable book, Da Vinci's Code, written by Dan Brown. Besides, I wonder how he conceived the notion that Christians are 'forking out money' to read the book?

For Christians, that book is blasphemous in its content. Period. Based on the fiction (cleverly written with intrigue and suspense) a movie, soon-to-be-released, (perhaps, in Malaysia too) is going to fan the flame of sensitivity of the Christians. Would the same people who had been sensitive to the derogatory caricatures of Prophet Muhammad stand up to defend the religious sensitivity of people who practice other faiths?

Would the Malaysian newspapers, forgetting this sensitivity, give rave reviews to the movie? Would our beloved prime minister, Pak Lah, be bold enough to make his stand firm on the issue of religious sensitivity, as the delicate fabric of religious tolerance and sensitivity of the different religions are often taken for granted or stretched too far by some self-seeking individuals? We can only wait and see.

My Muslim brothers believe, as Christians do, that Jesus (Nabi Isa) will come again to judge on the Last Day. Anything derogatory about Jesus is blasphemous.

Also take note that the Holy Koran in Surah II:136 gives equal distinction to all the Prophets:

'Say (O Muslims): We believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto us and that which was revealed unto Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob and the tribes, and that which Moses and Jesus received, and that which the prophets received from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and unto Him we have surrendered.'