Extremists Among Us: Huge Hindu, Buddhist Statues Against Islam, Ex-Judge Says

From MalaysianDigest.com, Malaysians were given an epileptic shock, yet again, when on 17 April 2014, the online news portal carried a report with the subject above as its main header. The original article can be seen here. The report was also picked up by Jihad Watch (seen here), an organisation based in the United States, established by Robert Spencer.

The report by Malaysia Digest quoted a former Malaysian judge, Datuk Mohd Noor Abdullah as saying "the huge statues at a Hindu temple in Batu Caves and Buddhist temple in Penang are an affront to Islam as the religion forbids idolatry".

Datuk Mohd Noor Abdullah, a former Malaysian Court of Appeal judge (Image Source)

Before I proceed, I would like to quote the Quran, Islamic Holy Book:

Say: O disbelievers! I worship not that which ye worship. Nor worship ye that which I worship. And I shall not worship that which ye worship. Nor will ye worship that which I worship. Unto you your religion, and unto me my religion - Chapter 109, Verses 1 - 6

The above chapter, titled Suratul Kafiroon (The Disbelievers, Atheists) was commanded down to Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. at the height of Muslim persecution in Mecca. Owing to tribal kinship, the Meccans were hoping to reach a compromise with Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. by offering him whatever he desire to have, money, power, women, etc.The tribal chiefs even proposed to Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. some sort like a God exchange, I worship yours, you worship mine program for a year period. This Chapter was sent down as a rebuttal to the tribal chiefs' proposal. Allah s.w.t. has conveyed to Prophet Muhammad s.a.w., He could make everyone turn to Him in worship, if He so chooses.

This chapter is as plain as it is. In any case of continuity, I shall quote one more Chapter to complement Chapter 109:

By (the Token of) Time (through the ages),Verily Man is in loss, Except such as have Faith, and do righteous deeds, and (join together) in the mutual teaching of Truth, and of Patience and Constancy - Chapter 103, Verses 1 - 3

I personally find this Chapter 103 as quite perplexing because this is one Chapter that Allah s.w.t. talk about time and swear by it and we're at loss. And I don't just look at it literally. I am pretty sure this Chapter hold something molre than just a statement. OK, let's get back on track, shall we?

Upon a little digging, I could hardly believe that Chapter 109, taken off-tangent to suit someone's whim and fancy, could be used to justify murder perpetrated by extreme element of our society (Click here to read the extreme version of interpretation, which I totally disagree!). To me, this Chapter is Muslim diplomacy at its best! (Click here for another interpretation of Chapter 109)

Now, one Datuk Mohd Noor Abdullah turned livid by the following structure:

Goddess of Mercy Statue, Kek Lok Si Temple, Penang, Malaysia (Image Source)

Lord Murugan, Hindu Warrior God Statue, Batu Caves, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia (Image Source)

And some of Muslims that I know, scared of this more than he/she scared of Allah s.w.t. that they skipped prayers! That's 1 syirk-point against Allah s.w.t. already!

Unknown ghost (Image Source)

Datuk Mohd Noor Abdullah further added that "with such a huge statue, you’re showing that your religion is all mighty and powerful". What about Muslims who build big, gigantic mosques that only fills up on Friday? The majority of faithfuls, regardless of their religions (one of the Big 5 or the Star Trek religion), revered their religion as their own way of life as much as we Muslims value our own way that may seems strange to them. So much so, the statement by this former judge was taken to further exemplify Islamic intolerance, to validate the perception of Islamic spread by sword, giving ammunition to the opponent of Islam to demonise the religion. He claimed that, "when non-Muslims build such big idols, it hurts people’s feelings", That's perceptive and a personal one at it! I've come close to Kuan Yin statue and was blanketed under its shadow, yet I am not a Buddhist. I've been to St. Anne Church in Penang, even went into its confession room and mass hall, and I believe in Jesus but I am not a Christian.

It seems that modern-day Muslims prefer the simple way out to fight temptation around them by imposing their own constricted notion of faith, faith so brittle a mere sight of pig could probably cause them to go and performed the ritual cleansing.That is really shameful of them.

I end this post with this one very moving video...