Days ago, Menjadi-jadi published a so-called satire designed by a fellow stakeholder in an extremist Muslim version of Answering Islam site, which was meant for soliciting donations. The so-called satire called for destruction of Christianity faith, among others.

The Malaysian blogging public reacted passionately on this. Menjadi-jadi, now under fire, decided against my good advice to block Malaysian visitors’ access to his blog. To show solidarity to my fellow countrymen, I decided to self-impose a ban on visiting Menjadi-jadi’s blog, eventhough my Internet Protocol (IP) was not among the range he banned.

I hate to let this Menjadi-jadi dude occupy too much of my space. Yet, I need to discuss it slightly, from the perspective of equality among all religions, as well as the attitude of some extremists.

Mahaguru58, financier of Menjadi-jadi’s nonsensical hate sites, commented so,

Apologise he will not for to him it was all a game. If Malaysian blogging community weren’t up to his standards, well they are just too lame.

So MENJ has decided ; ‘Enough of this BS! I won’t succumb to such pain. Apologising for nothing is just in vain.

So they sincerely believe it was just a satire or a game, and those who didn’t go so low to his standard were all just too lame.

First of all, let me state that I strongly oppose to any intervention by law enforcers. However, honestly, would any Malaysian in his / her sound mind think that, had a Christian blogger called for destruction of Islam in a satire, our Muslim brothers would accept it as a game, and let this kafir go unharm? Or you were criticized by zealous bigots for something totally legal while exercising your civil liberty, so you decide to call their nonsense BS? Chances are, you will find yourself in the toilet newspaper headline, be greeted by police officials and religious officials, if not suicide bombers.

These extremists (I don’t mean you if you are not one) hold the exclusive right to ridicule the rest at will, as it’s part and parcel of their freedom of expression. On the contrary, if you emulate them and let them have a taste of their own medicine, you insult God, you are a a trouble maker who stirs the hornets’ nest and a threat to national security.

The only satirical part, if any, is that the satire has claimed that Christianity is a blind faith, while Islam is a faith of logic and rationality. Isn’t it simply ridiculous? While not denying that Islam could have been a faith of logic and rationality, the current dominant interpretation reinforces our belief that only the opposite makes sense.

p/s: I am sorry I didn’t feel like linking any of the concerned party or related graphic eventhough it seems to be against common journalism ethics.

p/s2:Menjadi-jadi claimed that I was too harsh in this entry. I didn’t mean to, really. I have exercised a lot of self-restraint and toned down very much. To his credit, he apologised finally. Let’s then put the issue to rest, thank you very much.