Forced Conversion ~> outrageous.

In an email received on the 31st of March ’11, I read this and I was compelled to share. This is how it went:

It is shocking to learn that non-Muslim students in some government secondary schools in and around Kota Kinabalu (SMK Kinarut, SMK Sanzac and SMK Bandar Raya) are forced to endure bullies by fanatic Muslim teachers. They are humiliated in front of their class, their Bibles were snatched, rosaries thrown into dustbins, forced to attend Islamic classes, and worst of all, a number of them were talked into to convert to Islam. These students were told that unless they convert, they would lose their scholarships, asked to stay out and so forth. Parents-Teachers Associations of these schools were said to be doing nothing to protect the students. School Management too pretends nothing happened. NonMuslim teachers who know about such going-ons are afraid to testify for fear of losing their rice-bowl. It is said that this issue is also known to the Ministry in Putrajaya and some Wakil Rakyat.

What is happening to our country? After 48 years of independence, it seems weare moving towards a dangerous path of religious and racial fanaticism and bigotry. The writings on the wall are bold and clear. The minorities are bullied, humiliated and discriminated in government institutions. Those who are supposed to enforce the laws only issue warning to the perpetrators and let them off easily. Slogan such as “1 Malaysia” is only a political ploy to camouflage the hidden agenda of the ruling front. Many minorities believe that the slogan is calling for the assimilation of the minorities into the dominant race. The signs are obvious, the process has started in schools where children of the minorities “are trapped”, especially those staying in asrama. Through the education system, many see that future generation of the minorities in Malaysia are indoctrinated to believe and accept the religious and racial ideology of the dominant race.

We challenge the government to openly deny this. We challenge the Prime Minister and his cabinet to take concerted actions against the spread of religious and racial extremism among civil servants who are in the position to alter the fate of the minorities. National leaders from the minority groups too should speak up to defend the future of their own people. Unless and until this is done, we are afraid our country is moving towards a suicidal path of racial and religious conflicts.

Anak-anak Watan Sabah

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