... did those nasty proselytisers hurt you?
No?
Then why do I see in the Today paper there'll be stiffened penalties like whippings, jail terms and fines for them? As if the PAS is afraid Islam is not true enough to compete with other religions for the minds and hearts of its believers. Even the Koran admits in Sura 2:11, "there shall be no compulsion of religion..."
Another reason moderates shouldn't believe everything the higher-ups say... but c'mon, why is the only outcry over religious freedom (or the lack thereof) from non-Muslims? Frankly, if there was a moderate Islamic stand on the Lina Joy case a few months back I think I missed it.
It's been time for them to speak out long, long before 9/11. Singapore's own community can only do so much from across the causeway...
So here's what I propose. I've no problem with Islam remaining the state religion--as long as it recognises the right of individual people to choose which faith they wish to belong to. Orson Scott Card's essay on the concept says much more than I can on the subject... but Muslim moderates who know the way forward... I can't hear you!
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