Many Chinese stunned by Ridhuan Tee’s claim of rigid upbringing – NO drinking, gambling, womanising

 

A SOMEHOW personal lament with hidden political intent to undermine his so-called ancestral roots has prompted Chinese netizens to take a jab at Muslim convert preacher Ridhuan Tee Abdullah.

The Muafakat Nasional deputy president had recently regretted in a Facebook post which attracted 15.2K likes, 4K comments and 1K shares at the time of writing that his race has diverted from the path of righteousness by their indulgence in social ills.

“Born into a Chinese family, I was educated by my parents … (1) Don’t gamble; (2) Don’t drink alcohol; (3) Don’t womanise (partake adultery). Suddenly all of this is being normalised. What’s happening to my race?”

First thing first. Doubtlessly, many of Ridhuan’s newfound brethren have come to his defence but this writer will confine to what his own race thinks of him on grounds that when a person converts to another faith, his race can never be altered.

One Chinese netizen likened the upbringing experience of the eighth of 10 children to a Hokkien dialect family from Bagan Datuk, Perak – whose birth name is Tee Chuan Seng (郑全行) – as a “sweeping statement indeed”.

“What if we also say, we (some) gamble but we don’t steal. We (some) commit adultery but we never commit incest or endogamy!

Editor’s note: Incest is sex*al activity between close blood relatives while endogamy is a social rule or custom that requires a person to marry within their own specific group, tribe or social class.

Moderation is key

Apparently, one lady commenter is flabbergasted that Ridhuan who converted to Islam at 20 after studying and understanding Islam after completing his SRP examination “has a special family”.

She justified:

I have a family that says,

1. Gambling is allowed but don’t make it a habit (小览怡情).
2. Drinking is allowed for strength. Preparing (herbal) soup with added alcohol is acceptable (小酌).
3. Don’t womanise is right. But that doesn’t mean one should marry a maximum of four wives either.

The teaching within my family is like the above, I don’t become a bottle-neck and gambler either. Does that mean I have strong faith? Or must I forgo something (presumably life’s pleasure) to strengthen my faith?

One commenter added “Rule #4: Don’t smoke” while others chipped in with “abstinence from drug abuse, corruption and plundering” which are obviously directed at Ridhuan and his newfound brethren.

As a boutique corporate and commercial law firm founder aptly put it, “everything must be done in moderation”.

1. Gamble is OK so long as you’re not addicted to it.

2. Alcohol OK so long as it’s not excessive.
3. As with main perempuan (womanising) this one I don’t know lah. But I’m pretty sure we can marry one only (for non-Muslims).

I don’t do all these three. But I respect to those who are doing it. If God is not judging others, who are we to judge others? Are we more almighty than God?

As humans are full of lust, it should be fine so long as one doesn’t surrender easily to temptation. You race hasn’t erred and neither is your (newfound) religion.

The individual is at fault. Lust flares up when they see a short skirt and then they blame the person wearing the short skirt.

The bottom-line is – knowing the former Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) professor who was previously tied to the Institute for Research on Product and Malay-Islamic Civilisation (INSPIRE) – what is his sudden ulterior motive to harp on his so-called ancestral roots. –  Focus Malaysia

 

Editor’s Note: To re-cap, Ridhuan had caused a stir recently when he chastised an apparent Hungry Ghost Festival worship banner alongside two flags put up at the Taman Kosas junction in Ampang for undermining the status of Bahasa Malaysia (BM) as the national language.