These are only my personal observations, which have given rise to a troubling paradox.
It concerns Malay attitude towards Chinese and Indians, but with a bizarre mix-up. And I'm not referring to Indian Muslims or Christians or Bahá'ís but only Indian Hindus.
To me, it seems Malays in general trust Indians more than they do Chinese, yet on the matter of religion, Malays dislike Indian religion (Hinduism) more than they do Chinese religions.
In fact Malays are quite hostile towards Hinduism, as have been seen with the actions, words and anti Hindu poem of Dr Asri, the Mufti of Perlis, ...
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Dr Asri demonised Dr Ramasamy DCM II Penang |
... the brandishing of a cow's head by Muslim youths protesting against the construction of a Hindu temple in Section 23 in Shah Alam, Selangor in 2009 and ...
... also the dumping of a severed cow's head outside Penang (DAP) lawmaker RSN Rayer’s house in June 2014.
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RSN Rayner |
I wonder what could have set about this, my perceived paradox?