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Welcome to freedom of expression; PR style! Posted: 29 Mar 2013 10:28 AM PDT MIC members and the Indians are upset with what Zulkifli Noordin said about Hindu religion and Ganga river during his 'ceramah' about two years ago. To them, what the Independent-Kulim Bandar Baharu MP did was an insult to them and their religion. I understand the sentiment, just like when non-Muslims tried to meddle in Islam and talk nonsense about the teachings. So, I don't really agree with what Zulkifli said. For a multiracial and multi-religious country like Malaysia, all parties should observe a lot of caution when making statements about other faiths and race. It has the potential to develop into a time bomb! However, this is the culture Pakatan Rakyat introduces - freedom of speech, freedom of expression and freedom of everything. Since the stooges in PKR, DAP and PAS embarked on such freedoms, we cant help but let these things happen before our eyes. This is what PR promised in its general election manifesto, among others, and they can be rest assured that more people like Zulkifli will make use of this freedom - if Pakatan Rakyat wins the 13th general election. Zulkifli is not the person who started it. More than a year ago, a few non-Muslim politicians and NGO leaders whacked Islam and the mosque in their statements, inciting tit for tat when a few Muslim and Christian followers attacked mosques and churches. Who to blame? BN government? The Opposition? And what action can be taken against people like Zulkifli? We don't have anymore ISA to keep and correct such people. We are even scared to take action on them, afraid of religious reprisal among those who support them. So, where do we go from here? Let PR takes Putrajaya in the next national poll and enter a new social era of 'multi-freedom'? The most MIC and our Indian friends can do is ask Zulkifli to apologise but if he refuses, nothing more could be done, right? However, what do you mean that action cannot be taken against Zulkifli because he is a Muslim? To me, such a response also carries a racist element. KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — A umbrella body for Hindus said today that it had previously complained about apparent insults to Hindus made by independent lawmaker Datuk Zulkifli Noordin, but no action was taken "because he is a Muslim." Hindu Sangam said today a video of Zulkifli, making what the opposition has said are vicious attacks against Hinduism, had originally surfaced in 2011.  "At that point in time we already told the government, but they are reluctant to take action I think because he is Muslim and vice president of Perkasa," Hindu Sangam president Datuk R S Mohan Shan told The Malaysian Insider today. So, welcome to the 'free' Malaysia!

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