Do We Need Religious "police"?

I heard that a good number (more than 10) officers from the religious department in K.L. went on a checking spree. They went to one of the Indian restaurants (non-muslim) to do some checking and after that, they left with a ‘writ’ instructing the owner not to put up pictures of their Hindu deities on the walls as this will be a problem for muslims to eat there!

This is a typical banana leaf Indian restaurant, run by Indians who are Hindus. What else would they put up on their walls? Pictures of Osama, Ayatollah or any other mullah? What is wrong with this country?

I have been quiet for some time as there were too many stupid things that took place and it was just hilarious the way the politicians made their excuses for the many blunders and the amount proposed to remedy the defect!. The leak at Putrajaya (the pride of the country), another at the grand courthouse and the numerous shortcomings at a number of hospitals that were just completed. It is all about lousy management and no enforcement whatsoever! The case of the murdered Mongolian woman that is going on where the antics in the courthouse is like a circus act. Where is the dignity of our courts?

And now they have let loose the “religious police” to check on the “infidels” in this country. If the Prime Minister does not do something about these clowns, he will be in for a rude shock at the next elections. I feel the time has come and the general public(the non-muslims) have had enough of these “religious’ groups pushing us around. They are not elected but seem to be given more power than the elected.

One day the situation will be like that in Palestine or Afganistan or Pakistan even. In Pakistan, the members of the local mosque seem to be more powerful than the police or the elected representative. They are even better armed. Bombs going off everywhere and no one knows who or why anymore.
“Tuesday's violence began when about 150 militant students attacked a police checkpoint close to the mosque. Police fired tear gas and the students fought back with sticks and guns. They were joined by dozens of women from one of the madrassas attached to the mosque, who chanted in support of holy war. When police responded, some of the students snatched their weapons and tried to kidnap several police, according to police.
The students then fired on Pakistani forces, killing at least two security personnel and wounding seven others, police said. The students, some armed with Kalashnikovs and wearing gas masks, held positions behind sandbags in camps located around the mosque compound. Pakistani forces returned fire, killing at least four students. A Pakistani journalist was killed in the crossfire, and several other journalists were wounded -- including a cameraman, who is in critical condition.” Extract taken from CNN.


Our government is always talking about tolerance and racial unity. It is time to put the money where the mouth is. Stop the rot before it is too late or we’ll end up with a situation like the one in Islamabad.