As a Singaporean, I have friends, neighbours, colleagues, associates, clients and vendors who come from all walks of life, regardless of race, language or religion. And that’s typical of any Singaporean.
We respect each other’s religious beliefs, social customs and ethnic practices.
Non-Hindus know that the cow is a sacred being among our fellow Hindu Singaporeans. We respect that belief. We don’t poke fun on it. We don’t provoke by asking our Hindu friends to promote any activities that demean the sacred cow or that promote the consumption of cow. That’s NOT what we do as Singaporeans. We respect each other. We don’t make fun nor offend nor provoke each other’s cultural, ethnic or religious sentiments. Even if there are Hindus who consume beef, hypothetically speaking, we Singaporeans take that as an exception rather than the rule. If such Hindus were to do it, again hypothetically speaking, they could do it within their private spheres and we Singaporeans don’t generalise that Hindus now consume beef. That’s blasphemous.
Likewise, non-Muslims know that our fellow Muslim Singaporeans do not consume pork. We respect that belief. We don’t poke fun on it. We don’t provoke by asking our Muslim friends to promote any activities that glorify pig or that promote the consumption of pork or that suggest that pork is halal. That’s NOT what we do as Singaporeans. We respect each other. We don’t make fun nor offend nor provoke each other’s cultural, ethnic or religious sentiments. Even if there are Muslims who consume pork, hypothetically speaking, we Singaporeans take that as an exception rather than the rule. If such Muslims were to do it, again hypothetically speaking, they could do it within their private spheres and we Singaporeans don’t generalise that Muslims now consume pork or that pork is now halal in Islam. That’s blasphemous.
Likewise, the organisers of this year’s pinkdot event are well aware that the lgbt lifestyle option is not Islamic and is not accepted by Muslims in Singapore. And yet, as in previous years, they keep on featuring Muslims as if the lgbt lifestyle option is part of being Muslims. Featuring Muslims as ambassadors of pinkdot and advocating that such act is laudable are instead provocative and confrontational. They know and yet again disrespect the cultural, ethnic and religious sentiments of Muslims in Singapore. They know and yet again provoke.
Isn’t that blatantly disrespectful?
Isn’t that outrightly confrontational?
Isn’t that very unSingaporean?
Source: Mohd Khair In We are against Pinkdot in Singapore
