This is a comment I extracted from another blog... I find his or her arguments very intriguing... read and let it enlighten you...
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The fundamental issue which explains Malay behaviour in all its glory and contradictions is the role of Islam which has been forced into their lives. The Malays are not a free people. Islam has been unhealthily and inextricably linked to Malay identity. When a system of belief is forced it breeds hypocrisy and division. The purpose was clear and part of the colonial strategy of keeping the races strictly apart. The State control of Islam and the constitutional provisions which give this legitimacy, makes Islam an ideal political tool to control the Malays.
Malays have had their religion defined for them without having to go through a process of self study, self examination and spiritual reflection. Malays do not pay for their Mosques, the Imams are financed by the State, the Khutbahs have to follow strict guidelines which are consonant with UMNOs political aims, there are Islamic bodies such as JAIS which regulate Muslim personal behaviour.
In short what is left of Islam is merely the rituals which Malays have brought to a fine art. Prayers are uttered in Arabic which they often do not understand and clearly this does not foster a meaningful relationship with your Maker. But then the powers that be want Islam to be ritualistic bereft of any intellectual reflection. Islam is what the powers that be, define it to be. They want to control the Malays and contradicting the State and its armamentarium of Islamic agencies is contradicting Allah they would have us believe.
When you have Muftis who tell lies like Hasurani of Perak, when you have an Islamic party like UMNO ( and the Hadi faction of PAS which wants to 'unite' with UMNO in the name of Islam) which claims to run an Islamic state but governs in a fascist, brutish manner, when all the institutions of governance which are Malay run , the Police, the Judiciary, the Malay media, the civil service which are morally rotten but ritualistically very 'Islamic', this really is indicative that 'Malay' Islam is without Allah.
The problem with the Malays as talked about by RPK in his article is that they are worshipping a religion without a God. Allah is present when there is Truth , Justice, Kindness, Trust, Equality, Freedom of Thought, Freedom of Worship and Forgiveness. It is only when Malay Islam recognises these values will they begin to discover Allah.
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