Making Conclusions 2

I can't help it but to get annoyed with the simplistic conclusions that some sick people are making regarding various issues in our country, and abroad. Have you read the people's comments in Malaysiakini? Biro's comment is actually not suprising, as he/she blames it all on BTN, saying that its grand plan is to promote breaking of temples, churches and deny Chinese and Indian from working in the Government. And Habib RAK's statement 'don't mess with the Sikhs [,UMNO/BN]' is realling demeaning.

And yeah, it also boggles the mind to find out about the attack on a Sikh temple. Although we should not speculate on the latest temple attack, we should be suprised that this tragedy had occured amidst the current dispute about reversal of ban on The Herald. If it's true that the Sikhs has been using that term to describe God, why attack now? And where was His Majesty, Sultan of Selangor's decree before this, to deter the Sikhs' from using the term 'Allah'? Maybe I just missed it.

And talking about MAIS. I have a question. Do we have to get too technical, for example in terms of who is superior, the Majlis Fatwa or the Courts? If the fatwa is that Allah is for Islam, can we go against the High Court ruling and protest, firebomb and stone any non-Muslims around who are adamant in using that term? (Of course not). Or what about working against the fatwa and say that we respect the Court's order. Maybe these two are not only separate entities, but being so they will never conflict each other. As Malaysian Muslims, I believe we have to respect them both.

Let's look at U.K. What's going on there is what they call the 'Iraq Inquiry'. Here's to quote the Chair of the Inquiry's statement about the Inquiry's Terms of Reference:

"We will therefore be considering the UK's involvement in Iraq, including the way decisions were made and actions taken, to establish, as accurately as possible, what happened and to identify the lessons that can be learned. Those lessons will help ensure that, if we face similar situations in future, the government of the day is best equipped to respond to those situations in the most effective manner in the best interests of the country."

This inquiry has so far brought multiple evidence to work against Tony Blair and his government's support of a military action by the US in Iraq. I hope that by establishing, as accurately as possible, what happened, those whom they'll find has done something against the Law, will be put on trial.

Finally, yet another roof/structure collapses in Terengganu! If you have read Gladwell's Outliers, I bet you would also be tempted to conclude that this collapse is much more than a mere sloppy workmanship. There might be other cultural or environmental factors that have cost this State this many roof/structure collapses. Then again, to make such conclusions we need more proof.