A Malaysia Day 2024 Reflection : The Way Things Are Going It Is Hard To See The Light At The End Of The Tunnel Where Malaysians Embrace Each Others As Malaysians Not Divided By Colour, Race And Religion

A Malaysia Day 2024 reflection

The time pre-Mahathir Malaysia was the era of a nation largely at peace and harmony with each other.

Then, Malaysians of all races mixed freely with each other.

There were no qualms joining in celebrating each other's festivals like Hari Raya, Chinese New Year, Deepavali, Christmas and all the rest.

Today, Muslims are reminded, by PAS for example, that they should not join in the celebration of Christmas as it is a pagan holiday.

With the trend towards a more a more conservative and intolerant Islam, largely fueled by PAS' brand of Islamic ideology and little opposition even from PMX's so-called unity Madani government, it is not hard to see where it will all lead to except a more divided nation.

Malaysia as a multi-cultural, multi-racial and multi-religious country might just not be what it was once where respect and harmony among all the races were a feature no one disputed.