(Tanjak) – Our country is not secular.
It is obvious that our individual states are not secular either – not even the ones without sultan. Hence Penang in the north is not secular. Neither is Johor in the south, clearly. Sabah across the sea has Islam as its state religion too.
The DAP continually boasts that its Guan Eng administration lavishes funding every year on Islamic schools and Islamic institutions in Penang.
Penang’s state government also provides public money to sustain the payroll for imams and other mosque officials as well as financing Islamic programmes and activities for Muslims.
Under a secular system, the government does not fund religious schools or religious organizations.
A politician who believes in secular practices would not be preaching in churches or politicking in mosques like Hannah Yeoh (pix above) does.
⇓ If Guan Eng were a secular chief minister, he would not be fronting his state government in a Maulidur Rasul official celebration
Constitutions that uphold separation of church and state
Two weeks ago (Apr 19), the United States Supreme Court heard a case where the Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia had petitioned the Missouri Department of Natural Resources for a grant to refurbish a playground within its preschool.
Missouri state rejected the church’s request, citing its Article I, Section 7 constitutional provision that prohibits funding for religious institutions, including church kindergartens.
The clause states:
“That no money shall ever be taken from the public treasury, directly or indirectly, in aid of any church, sect or denomination of religion, or in aid of any priest, preacher, minister or teacher thereof, as such; and that no preference shall be given to nor any discrimination made against any church, sect or creed of religion, or any form of religious faith or worship.”
Earlier, the Eighth Circuit Court had upheld the District Court’s decision to deny the petitioner’s motion.
A number of American state constitutions have clauses restricting public funding for religious activities. Their legislation derives from the constitution of the United States.
Secularism furthermore demands that the state be neutral with regard to all religions.
States in Malaysia, however, are uniformly pro-Islam in their funding support and contributions, including the DAP-ruled Penang where its Christian chief minister and his merry men are always chest-thumping about the “huge” amounts allocated to religious activities for Muslims.
So how can Penang – though a Muslim-minority state in terms of population – ever be considered secular?
[Video] Man Gets Beaten Up For Honking During Friday Prayers dlvr.it/P4MHlP
Some Dapsters think they live in S’pore
Singapore is secular. Its modern founding father Lee Kuan Yew and his successors made sure of this.
Our own Bapa Malaysia Tunku Abdul Rahman, on the contrary, established Perkim and was moreover the first sec-gen of the OIC.
Yesterday, there was a fracas outside a surau in Taman Austin Perdana, Johor Bahru. A Chinese man driving a Toyota Camry was manhandled by a group of Muslims after their Friday prayer.
To view a recording of the assault, see this video (including details of the incident) uploaded by the NST.
The clip went viral in the social media and drew the usual predictable comments from non-Muslims.
As expected, some non-Malays brought up their perennial complaint about traffic congestion in the areas around any mosque/surau on Fridays.
They remarked on the typical double and triple parking in the vicinity, and griped how our authorities seem to be rather lax in enforcing traffic rules and regulations on Friday afternoons.
These Dapsters should reevaluate their insistence that Malaysia is secular.
They should ask themselves: Would American cops in Missouri allow traffic to be stalled on Friday afternoons? Are there khalwat police squads that raid Americans in their Missouri homes on suspicion of close proximity?
If Malaysia were really secular, why should Dapsters be so defensive about Zairil Khir Johari and Dyana Sofya?
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