Tolerance? What Nonsense, slaugtering in schools..

Eid al-Adha or "Festival of Sacrifice", commonly known as Hari Raya Haji in Malaysia, is celebrated by Muslims worldwide. The tradition during this festival is to sacrifice their best domestic animals, commonly a cow, (but can be substituted with a goat or sheep, depending on the region) as a sign of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his only son. In Malaysia, the cow is usually sacrificed and it has become a norm.

Now, there's no complaint on my part about any of this, but I'll get to the point, and quick. The practice of slaughtering this animals is alright, and I will not get into the 'animal cruelty' part because hey, everyone does it, otherwise we'd all be vegetarians right? BUT, the point is when the presence of other parties are not taken into account, and everything goes on as normal.

In Klang High School, the slaughtering of a cow took place, 'live' as we like to call it. The school is located right next to PPD, Pejabat Pelajaran Daerah Klang, or District Education Department. The school and the PPD is separated by only a fence, accessible via a small gate near the fence which is located close to one of the school canteens. Well, the slaughtering took place on the other side of the fence, so to speak, but that would put it in the jurisdiction of the PPD. About 10 metres away from the fence, the school's Form 6 Block is located, and the whole scene was witnessed by students of all races, religions, beliefs and so on. Again, do not get me wrong, I am not against anyone's religious beliefs, nothing of that sort, but why has this sort of this happen, or allowed to happen?

About 10-12 adults gathering around the cow, its neck tied to a stick via a rope, the place I was standing is where the Form 6 block is located, about 150 students witnessed it.

Cattle are considered sacred in various religions in the country, namely Hinduism and Buddhism. The last time I checked, there were indeed a fair amount of Hindus and Buddhist in the country, especially where the incident took place, Klang High School.

In reference to http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/180717, in which Muslim NGO's say that Malaysian Consultative Council for Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taosim (MCCBCHST), should be tolerant towards Muslims. NOW, WHY IS THERE A REASON for TOLERANCE to be brought into the issue? Tolerance or toleration, is the practice of permitting a thing of which one disapproves, such as social, ethnic, sexual, or religious practices. In this case, it is religious, and Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma), Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement (Abim) and Malaysian Muslim Malaysian Ulama Association (PUM) are requesting tolerance from the other religions in the country. They go on blabbering, "MCCBCHST should appreciate the tolerance of Muslims, who do not interfere in the internal affairs of other religions," Isma president Abdullah Zaik Abd Rahman said.

Okay wait, if I were to respond to this, it would definitely open a can, or maybe a barrel of worms. Absolute nonsense, what the guy is trying to say. On the surface, the 'Allah' case, plus the issue of Bahasa Malaysia bibles not being allowed in the country. Then the 'Cow Head' issue. Now, isn't this called 'interference of internal affairs of other religions?'As I said, I will not waste time in bringing up other issues, otherwise it could go on forever.

Back to tolerance, if my memory serves me right, there was in issue in East Malaysia where one student who brought food to school, containing pork, and was reprimanded by the teacher. If tolerance is the case, then I guess that if/when someone brings a pig to school and starts slaughtering it, everyone should be tolerant, because that what it means right? Or is it a case of others having to tolerate? Double standard? To me, it looks like one side is always giving, while the other one, due to taking so much, is now becoming extremely greedy. There's a saying, 'If one crosses 'that' line too often, after a while, 'that' line will cease to exist and 'the crossing of the line can't be stopped'. That is exactly what is happening in this country and very soon, it will definitely be too late to do anything.

Again, TOLERANCE? Give me a break please. It's starting to get old, all this tactics.



Till next time,
Jay Jay Denis