Why this is even a story? Anybody or any group of recognized religions should be able to build their own place of worship, end of story.

I don't say they should avoid communicating with the non-muslim at all. but there's a limit to it. there's things that non-muslim regularly do that was considered haram in Islam, like consuming alcohol for example. and there's much more. in fact it is also haram to imitate any form of activities that resembled non-muslim religious ritual. like richochet said, Islam is not just a believe. it's a way of life. it cover everything from how do you run a country down to how you clean up your belly waste.



it's not about the different religion. it's about the followers of the same religion from different ethnic background who wish to go their separate ways. I don't agree with it. ones shouldn't deliberately divide the muslims through the racist line. Islam are suppose to be a bond that is stronger then the bond of blood and that says everything.

I agree.

This matter with Chinese mosques was propagated by PAS in Kelantan to state they are not an Ultra-Malay party but an Islamic party that does not favor any race.

BN of course will counter with its own version.

WHat I dislike about Malaysia's mosque instituion is that it's Malay oriented(thanx to the government).I say Singapore's Muslims are more diverse with the Singapore's Islamic community being headed by a Muslim Chinese rather than a Malay while its commitees are of different races(a result of Singapore's government non-interference in religion).

If Muslims continue to feel like this then I fear that Muslims will always be segregated. If your friends drink, that doesn't mean that you can't join them at pubs, just don't drink.

When I was young. A neighbours neice looked after me. Her parents were from the kampong and very poor and could not look after her. She came to live with us and helped look after me, helped my mum cook and clean. In return my parents sent her to school, fed her and clothes her. When she finished high school she left us and went to university. I still call her my "kakak" eventhough I haven't seen her for 10 years. We went for her wedding and she came to ours she became very close with my mum's side of the family, with my mums sisters who were about her age. When she came to live with us my parents gave her the option of not helping cook whenever we had pork but, she said that as long as she didn't eat it she was quite happy to cook it. When I last saw her 10 years ago she had 4 kids and lived in KL.