YOURSAY ‘Non-Muslims are not against Islamic rituals. Muslims are requested to carry out their rituals of slaughtering, etc, in mosques and sekolah agama.'

Cow slaughter part of school education, says MP

Ratbatblue: This type of religious ritual (the slaughtering of cows), if it were needed to be taught to young students of a particular race, should be conducted in a place specially meant for the students of that religion, for example, in a religious school or place of worship, etc.

In a multiracial and multicultural country like Malaysia, especially knowing that this could be offensive to certain sections of the population, this action clearly harks upon an arrogant disregard for one's fellow citizens.

This blatant disregard for others is becoming very commonplace of late, especially when considering matters which are of importance to those minority communities.

This slaughter of animals in government schools was not heard of until recent times, or at least not common until now. Again, this is another in-your-face show of who is in charge now or ‘like it or lump it'.

As usual, the elected representatives of the minorities have taken a holiday or have offered token objections for fear of offending their "big brother". Not a good sign at all.

RR: First of all, the non-Muslims are not against Islamic rituals. Muslims are requested to carry out their rituals of slaughtering, etc, in mosques and sekolah agama. There are plenty of them in the country to teach Muslim students about the ritual of slaughtering of animals. Period.

Why slaughter the animals in national schools where non-Muslims are present? Najib Abdul Razak, the prime minister, boasts in international forums that Malaysia is a moderate Islamic nation, but in reality, it is mere lip service to hoodwink the world.

He has no audacity to advice his right-wing fanatics to be moderate and be sensitive to other races. And the non-Muslim ministers in cabinet are impotent to say the right thing for fear of losing their jobs.

Kamaapo: Many of us coming from national primary and secondary schools had never heard of ‘korban' in government schools in our time. Why now?

It looks like it's another callous act premised on 'ketuanan' (supremacy) concept. Or is just another of many endless attempts to create racial tension so as to win as much Malay support away from PAS and PKR as possible?

Tasek Gelugor MP Shabudin Yahaya, going by your argument, my humble counter argument is this - from now onwards, can circumcision and other Islamic holy practices also be conducted in schools as part of fiqh?

Issues should not be resolved from the angle of brute majority and sheer power. They need compassion and empathy. If korban is carried out in agama schools, no problem, sir.

Apapunboleh: We might as well invite the hangman to hang a death row convict in the school compound and consider it an education to school children to be good citizens.

How silly can Umno politicians be to come up with pathetic excuse to justify the ‘korban'? Do it within the mosque compound and no one will question it.

FairpersonL: Dear Shabudin, I am also a product of national school. Since when has this become a part of the education system in Malaysia? One can be dumb, but not to this extent.

Swipenter: How about introducing ‘tiger shows' as practical lessons in schools to complement the teaching of human reproduction in biology and sex education classes? Forget about the bird-and-bee lessons; they are too boring and of no practical use to our students.

Peacemaker: Was it a crucial part of the syllabus? If yes, why was the slaughter not done in other schools nationwide? Who paid for the cows? Could this have been done using school funds?

Can school properties be given away as ‘korban' meat? Could the teachers not have just shown the students a film of the slaughtering without giving tender minds a ‘bloody' experience?

Doc: If slaughtering cows is part of education for Muslim in schools then how come there are no slaughtering of cows conducted in religious schools? Care to elaborate Shabudin?

Old Timer: If slaughtering a cow is part of education, why not take the students to the abattoir? Why should others have to watch a cow being slaughtered?

Is Malaysia a democratic country or not? You are just not sensitive to the feelings of others, while expecting others to be sensitive to your feelings.

Retnam: Why not build abattoirs with all sanitary facilities in schools? After all, Umno cronies can take the contract.

MockingYou: Wait a minute, who is that idiotic Tasik Gelugor MP to talk about national education when the education minister is silent?

P Dev Anand Pillai: I wonder what the non-Malay and non-Muslim members of Umno-BN - MCA, Gerakan, MIC and PPP - have to say about this?

Not Confused: So students should be intimately aware of how to slaughter animals the Islamic way? Pray what use is this practical knowledge going to be to them when they graduate and make their way in business life?

This job is best left to the professionals in a hygienic abattoir, rather than the school compound.

CiViC: Clearly Shabudin wasn't even educated enough to make an intelligent remark. If it was for Islamic Studies, it should have been done during Islamic Studies period, in an Islamic school, as well as declared and announced before the ceremony.

Who is he trying to kid? Or what is he trying to score other than stupidity?

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