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Sunday, May 22, 2016

Christian bogeymen and other 'jadong' myths make for stupid Malaysia

Image result for National University of Singapore professor Syed Farid Al-Attas

Scary stories about Christian bogeymen out to convert Muslims, sexily dressed women subjecting themselves to rape, and other tall tales that polarise society, are sowing the seeds that will make Malaysia a country of idiots, an academician said.
National University of Singapore professor Syed Farid Al-Attas said while the majority of Malaysians do not believe such myths, the fact that it is being perpetuated by political and religious elites, is a bad sign for Malaysians.
Forum: Religion and the poor, an opium or liberator."My father (Gerakan co-founder Syed Hussein Al-Attas), was fearful that our society would be dominated by a kind of elite he called 'Jadong, or jahat, bodoh and sombong' (evil, stupid, and arrogant)... who controls the discourse and are extremely unsophisticated.
"For example, when the discourse says to save Islam, you need to remove the symbol of other religions, because Muslims will be confused, such a discourse results in the stupification of people," Farid said at a forum titled "Religion and the poor, an opium or liberator" in Kuala Lumpur today.
He said stupid statements from leaders have even "become normal" nowadays, and are being made in greater frequency compared to the 1980s or 90s.

When asked as to what are the possible solutions to this problem, the scholar said the key lies with the youth.
"What we need is a youth movement that unifies the youth of Malaysia across racial and religious divide to exert some pressure on the rulers, whether they are the government or opposition," he said.
Religious leaders, he said, must also play a part in educating society to not think along religious lines, but instead think based on their socioeconomic standings.
"They need to convert their thinking to class based thinking, so that when we vote, we do not think of voting in terms of being Muslim or Buddhist, but thinking of being proletarian, middle class or an exploited class, so that we can change the situation."-Mkini

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