COMMENT | This young non-Muslim kid was slapped, and I read all these articles about how this is a hypocritical act considering this is a holy month of fasting.

Never mind that this act happens in a country where the religious bureaucracy and the state make it mandatory for believers to fast. Where shops are closed for the fasting month. Where school canteens operating for non-Muslim students become fodder for the political and religious class.

Not to mention this is a country where non-Muslims are banned from using certain words and demonised by religious preachers for their religious beliefs. Where the religious class and political operatives always tell non-Muslims to stay clear of religious issues even if they trespass onto their rights as citizens of this country.

When this man slapped this kid, it was not about religious hypocrisy. This is not about how someone misused religion. This is about how ideas of superiority infect the social interaction of the everyday rakyat.

This is about bully-boy tactics that are internalised and then unleashed on people who couldn’t defend themselves except to let the world know of their victimisation.

darmakochi : "The slap is a petty display of religious power but carries the same symbolic weight as the power that comes with building a mosque on the site of a demolished temple." Sir, you said it very well!

Koel : It is religious bullying by cretins nurtured in violence. But I am also not impressed by the lack of action by the eatery where this young man was assaulted.

They should have also have immediately lodged a police report, at the very least, to show their customers that they are concerned about their welfare.

Failing to protect customers under their roof speaks badly of their customer service. Just another indication that non Muslims should look for non halal eateries where violent cretins don't roam.

ScarletPanda9731 : Do not cross the RED LINE. AMICABLE SOLUTION means RESPECT ALL The kid had the RIGHT to eat food in the open . The Hindu temple at Jalan masjid INDIA was ALREADY THERE 130 YEARS AGO!PSO, WHAT OWNERSHIP are you barking about ?

City Hall did not exist 130 years ago! Umno did not exist then . What " AMICABLE SOLUTION " IS TO RE- LOCATE the temple? A win- win solution is to have BOTH MOSQUE AD TEMPLE SIDE BY SIDE Fair or not?.

Open minded 2281 : The authorities also feel that non Muslims can be bullied and there is no offence when a Muslim preacher mocks the Hindus. All this happens because the Minister of Home Affairs is ineffective and the cabinet just closes all their eyes.

KK Voter : Every religion that practices fasting emphasizes abstinence, spiritual cleansing, and self-discipline. However, here, one month every year, the message seems to be:

"I am fasting; therefore, I am above you and can abuse you in the name of righteousness," making the entire fasting ritual pointless. Those who create Islamophobia blame others for having Islamophobia.

Nowadays, during the fasting month, I change my dinner time to avoid overlapping with fasting Muslims. Where I live, even if there is no physical aggression, sitting in a restaurant and eating around 6:00–6:30 p.m. earns me plenty of dirty looks from Muslims who are sitting there waiting to break their fast.

It wasn’t like this when I was growing up in the ’70s and ’80s, studying in a "kampung" school with three classrooms, where we had an approximately 50:30:20 Malay:Chinese:Indian mix.

We were all from B40 families, sat together to eat, and during the fasting month, our Malay friends still hung out in the canteen to play with us while we ate. No one had any problems then.

OBSERVER from Space : The most accurate, truthful & courageous article on this despicable cretin's act. Certainly the dark truth on the status of Malusia.. Blessings upon you Commander Thayaparan..

MS : One of the last few truth-tellers left in a country darkened by untruth.

Just : Pure racial bullying. Gone to physical Level. This man need to be sentence to jail for his assault and his brain need to be realign or rebrainwashed to Normalcy.

The Illusion Of Choice : It has nothing to do with Islam or hypocrisy (religious or otherwise). Its about putting the pendatangs in their place This man believes in Malay Exceptionalism....that the Malays are lords of this land.

Classic Ketuanan mentality. He wanted to flex this "superiority" over a pendatang, a young boy no less, bespectacled, alone, smaller than him, looks soft, who posed no threat. Do you think he would have done the same if it was a big-sized Indian man?

Or a Chinese ah beng covered in tattoos? He saw an easy prey and he wanted to flex his Ketuananism. And when the boy answered him back, he couldnt believe it. He exercised his "authority" and it wasnt acknowledged How dare this pendatang talk back. Why didnt he cower?

Why didnt he respect his Malay "superior"? It made his blood boil. At a loss, he resorted to violence to reinforce his superiority. The rage and pure hate that these people feel against the NMs is palpable, boiling over. You see it in their words and actions. Its a very intense form of bigotry.

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