Of Pengkid, Yoga ban and what have you not...

I've not been reading much of the local papers these last few days but yesterday, while online, came across this interview on NST Online. Then the Yoga thingy which has been on for a while now...and finally the fatwa is out. As expected, it was banned....the manner it was done, quite tasteless, which is not totally unexpected in this Bolehland. And today the Rulers Conference says the fatwa is now on hold....a tug of war between the liberals and conservatives.

So, now if you are a Hindu, how would you feel?? When we ban something, it implies that the something we are banning has a detrimental effect on us; that the something is bad, not good. One would expect Jakim or which ever body that is responsible for the Muslims' well-being to be a little bit more sensitive when it comes to matters such as these. But, this is Malaysia, where being fair and considerate is almost but a theory thingy now. Educate your believers in their faith...if practising yoga does not go well with your faith....educate and let them decide. After all, even God doesn't hold us at our throats and force us to do as He says.. He gives us choices......each choice has its own consequences.

Then the Pengkid issue...reading the interview with Director General of Jakim....he sounded so condescending. So the women need saving.....and he says it all starts with clothes and behaviour .... who is he kidding? Aiya...girls go through their growing stages also-lah. So some appear a bit more 'tomboy'... but generally mostly grow up normal. What is his idea of a girl then? Everything that has to do with a helpless dame kinda representation?? The one who waits for her knight in shining armour to come?

Men and women...they are different. Behaviour wise, they relate to each other differently. Women are more likely to show affection to each other..... no big deal since we are made with the softer side. So, if a woman hugs another woman friend or gives her a peck on the cheek in a public place......is that behaviour an indicator of her tendency of turning into a pengkid? Crazy! It's a case of using a man's yardstick to measure something which is not meant to be. Guys have their guy-thing. Gals have their gal-thing too!

According to this fler, "A woman would be more damai (at peace) if she had a man as a companion." Just one read.....and oh....I have no words to describe what I think of him. Sometimes, I tend to think that women turn to women more and more these days partly maybe because the men they are involved in don't understand them... so they turn to other women, more for comfort and a listening ear...it's friendship they seek. You know...that sort of gal thing. Not that I agree to anything that is unnatural. But things like friendships, I think they are quite natural.

Aberrant ones, unnatural existence will always be there...history is full of such reminders. It is after all associated with man's fallen nature. But many keep to the straight path too. If only the Jakim fler understands that!