Toxic religiosity more damaging than ineffective public policy - Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy

Makeshift Hospital

Anonymous : During this time of crisis, JAKIM, muftis and all the ulamas suddenly became dumb.

They are not coming out to help and advise muslims here how to do the right thing. These are the people who shouted out loudly whenever they imagined Islam is 'under threat' by other religions. But when the time is really needed that they speak up, they become totally silent and turn the blind eye.

The Covid-19 epidemic has flushed out these useless, despicable religious authorities and we see their true colours.  

Malaysiakini : “In order to be a part of the totalitarian mindset, it is not necessary to wear a uniform or carry a club or a whip. It is only necessary to wish for your own subjection, and to delight in the subjection of others.”-Christopher Hitchens

COMMENT | Before I begin, to people who thought that Sheena Gurbakhash’s article, “Why we should be bothered by gendered language during the lockdown” was mock-worthy, we now have this “advice” from the Women and Family Ministry, which seems like proto-Handmaid’s tale dogma.

The seeds of tyranny are always watered in times of turbulence, as they say. Rational women have always known they would bear the brunt of the attacks by the religious state and they would not be able to rely on other women to support their cause. Sermon over. I have often argued that the one idea that would most damage this country’s efforts in combating the Covid-19 virus is toxic religiosity. Not only this country, but also any country that has a religious component that is incestuously entwined with the political apparatus.

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