COMMENT | In recent weeks, there have been several incidents that are threatening the delicate social harmony in our multi-ethnic country.

What is most disturbing is that many of these are ethno-religious in nature, committed to the defence of one’s race or worse, in the name of God.

What have rudeness, intolerance, intimidation and acts of violence to do with godliness? It would not be unreasonable to suspect that with the 14th General Election around the corner, many of these “jihadis” are driven by politics.

Just to name a few that grabbed the headlines in the last month:

• Muslim worshippers who attacked a motorist who honked incessantly when his path was blocked by indiscriminate parking outside a mosque in Johor Bahru during Friday prayer.
• The slapping incident where the “comedian” Mat Over slapped filmmaker David Teoh in front of the Prime Minister on live TV.
• Another slapping incident in front of a mosque in Penang by a protester who was offended by a question posed by Major (Rtd) Zaidi Ahmad, the information officer of the chief minister of Penang...