Let us imagine that Najib Abdul Razak and the self-styled First Lady of Malaysia (FLOM) enrolled their child in a tahfiz school. A fire engulfs the school hostel and the child died.
Do you think they would sob their eyes out and say that “Ini takdir tuhan, dia mati syahid, dia di syurga” (This is God’s will, he died a martyr and has gone to heave) and leave it at that?
If a fire is too gory. Let us imagine that their precious child had been beaten by the assistant warden and died of complications from the beating.
Would they cry their hearts out, know he died a martyr, then bury their child, and act normal? Hell no!
They would move heaven and earth to find the culprits. They will make sure the guilty parties are punished for their incompetence.
So why are you not outraged with the tahfiz school deaths? Many ordinary children have died, because of incompetence.
Would you only act, if it were your child?
No justice
Last April, Mohd Thaqif Amin Mohd Gaddafi was severely beaten that he had to have his legs amputated. His right arm was to be removed but he died.
The authorities broke many laws and ignored many rules. There was NO system of vetting teachers, so there could be serial abusers or paedophiles, for all we know.
The schools, the state, the Minister failed the children. They had to find a scapegoat, so “they” blamed his death on rat urine….and so everyone conveniently forgot about the beating.
Remember how it took two months for them to dilly dally over the autopsy reports and then hey presto, the rat was blamed.
The list of people who are blameless
- The assistant warden is free.
- The school is blameless.
- The authorities who allowed the beating and other safety violations, are not punished.
- The state religious authority which should have regulated but did NOT, escaped punishment.
- The state education authority, kept quiet. It is guilty of NOT doing its job.
- The Minister of Education, FAILED in his job. He said that JAKIM will regulate these tahfiz schools. Well what happened to his twaddle? Nothing!
Minister Mahdzir Khalid should resign or be SACKED….but he is still in his job. - The other waste of space, is the Minister in the prime minister’s department, Jamil khir Baharom, in charge of religious affairs, is too busy PLAYING GOLF to care.
Mati syahid
The religious men need NOT observe any rules, because if anything happens and children die, the ulama will say that the children have gone to heaven (mati syahid).
In civilised nations, parents would be protesting and demanding that heads roll, especially if laws have been broken.
In Malaysia, we do it differently. Parents believe the ulama, because for them, the biggest reward is to reach heaven.
We do NOT want to face the consequences.
Took a grab from PJ to hotel in Damansara. Chatting with the packing, I told him that I am a refugee and so is he. Explained to him that by being in denial of reality and our identity, are we not running away from our responsibility and facing the situation before us