COMMENT |​ ​​​​​​“Astaghfirullahalazim!”

That was my first reaction upon reading the news about Sungai Besar Umno chief, Jamal Md Yunos who is being investigated by the police over his beer-smashing stunt outside the Selangor State Secretariat (SUK) building yesterday morning.

Apparently, Jamal had brought several boxes of beer consisting of approximately over a hundred bottles of beer to the gates of the building before smashing them with a sledgehammer as a sign of protest against beer festivals being held in Selangor.

As a Muslim, I feel very disheartened by Jamal’s actions, for he has contributed to the wealth of a non-halal company by purchasing the non-halal beverage. May Allah have mercy on Jamal’s tainted soul.

Despite Jamal’s good intention to protect the well-being of the people of Selangor, it hurts me to see him waste his hard-earned few hundred ringgit to commit something totally foolish, which, by the way, does not even benefit the cause he and his counterparts are struggling to fight for...