Maulidur Rasul Marches

I am not sure of the reasons about the hoo-has surrounding the ‘decision NOT to have the maulidur rasul march’ this year in Penang.

Maulidur rasul marches have one overriding aim in mind- that of publicly showing our love to the Prophet and showing to the world, that here in Malaysia, we are good Muslims. Good Muslims march in processions. They sing selawats loudly.

The essence of Muhammad and his message are often lost in the bin of marches.

Firstly, there wasn’t any decision to ban at all. if Lim Guan Eng does that, it would be politically suicidal for him. As a non Muslim, he must have Muslim advisers. Go ask them what happened. Listening to the head of Jabatan Agama Islam Penang, he didn’t indicate of any decisions not to hold events celebrating Prophet Muhammad. Indeed he was indicating looking at alternative forms/events on how to celebrate Prophet Muhammad meaningfully. If it’s true that Penang is going to have a 3 day celebration of the Prophet by way of several programs, those events may turn out to be more meaningful.

The newspaper which made the reports didn’t get the facts right and in the end, made the DPM look stupid. If Mohd Ali aka Cassius Clay were to be in Malaysia, he would be saying to DPM- you are stupid as you look. Tun Pak Lah? Well you know, maybe he was sleeping and people doubt whether he reads newspapers.