I dream a dream called Wataniah where there would be no Article 153
There was a time when men were kind, their voices was soft, and their words inviting.
There was a time when love was blind, and the world is a song, and the song is exciting.
There was a time when it all went wrong.
I dream a dream in time gone by, when hope is high and life is worth living.
I dream a dream that love would never die, I dream that God will be forgiving.
I dream a dream called Wasatiyah where there would be no Article 153.
Article 153 is the abusive tool that has allowed the ultra right wing of UMNO robs the Malays their dignity, and place the rest in chains for the elite few.
We are told that the Malays needed help then, and the Article is now God’s gift to the faithful Malay Muslims, just as what prophet Mohammed pbuh proclaimed in the year 630/9, when different tribes from different parts of Arabia came to the Prophet to negotiate their relationship with the Muslim community,
“If a Jew or a Christian becomes a Muslim, he is a believer with his rights and obligations. He who holds fast to his religion, Jew or Christian, is not to be turned from it. He must pay the poll tax…”
But there was a time when the Prophet voice is more inviting, when the Prophet arrived at Medina in 622-624/1-3 and established the ‘Constitution of Medina’, which
..describes the Muslims and those who are attached to them and fight with them as ‘one community’ (Clause 1), and it is affirmed that a Jew who follows the Muslims has the same right as them to help and support (Clause 16). … religious diversity is recognized and tolerated: ‘…To the Jews their religion and to the Muslims their religion…’ (Clause 25); and ‘It is for the Jews to bear their expenses and for the Muslims to bear their expenses. There is to be [mutual] “help” between them against whoever wars against the people of this document. Between them there is to be [mutual] giving of advice, consultation, and honorable dealing, not treachery …’ (Clause 37).
Yet, there was also a time when it all went wrong…
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