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There is a huge gulf in belief between a muslim and a believer.
A muslims allows himself to be enslaved by clerics. And religion.
A believer frees himself from this irrationality. Killing is definitely forbidden. Make love not war.
Muslim = religionYou cannot be Malay unless you're Muslim.
Yes they're not Malays. They were never called Malays before Islam came..When your forefathers were Hindus 1,500 years ago, were they not Malay?
Murtadd (مرتدّ) is Arabic for 'apostate' - one who turns his back on his religion.Yes they're not Malays. They were never called Malays before Islam came.
A Malay who leaves Islam is called a Murtad.
It's a social construct.
You can describe it anyway you like.Murtadd (مرتدّ) is Arabic for 'apostate' - one who turns his back on his religion.
It is not a description of race, ethnicity or culture. An Arab quitting Islam is a murtadd. A Hui Muslim leaving his religion is a murtadd. A Bangladeshi leaving Islam is a murtadd. But they remain Arab, Hui Chinese and Bengali respectively (ethnicity).
A Malay person's race does not disappear even when he leaves Islam.
Don't be confuse a term describing religious status with one describing race/ethnicity.
Of course, race may be a social construct, but that's another discussion altogether.
Actually they were. In the Puranas, the ancient Hindus made reference to a land rich in gold and silver called Malaya Dwipa - today's Sumatra and the Peninsula. This is the etymology of 'Malay' as a name for the people, culture and language of this region. When the Cholas invaded Palembang, the land was already called Malaiyur.They were never called Malays before Islam came.
That's your prerogative. But keep in mind the actual meaning of the Arabic word murtadd, which has nothing to do with race or culture.You can describe it anyway you like.
We won't call him a Malay. Instead when someone asks, we refer to him not as a Malay but Murtad. He is no longer part of our community anymore.
Ditto the word Malay.That's your prerogative. But keep in mind the actual meaning of the Arabic word murtadd, which has nothing to do with race or culture.
And what does it say on your NRIC?Ditto the word Malay.
PAP and umno constitution says so. Not science. That puts me in no man's land. Not considered malay but not belonging to any other race.Muslim = religion
Malay = ethnicity
Don't confound religion with ethnicity/culture.
When your forefathers were Hindus 1,500 years ago, were they not Malay? (The Malay language has been around for 2,000 years, confined to coastal Borneo, southern Sumatra and Malay Peninsula.)
Actually, no. Article 152 of the Constitution protects the special status of Malays as indigenous people, but does not define 'Malay' on a religious basis.PAP and umno constitution says so. Not science. That puts me in no man's land. Not considered malay but not belonging to any other race.
| Minorities and special position of Malays |
152.—(1) It shall be the responsibility of the Government constantly to care for the interests of the racial and religious minorities in Singapore.
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