COMMENT | Please let me start off with a caution. This article is not another race-religion baiting and bashing discourse. In fact, many inclined towards such mainstream toxicity are bound to be disappointed.

My hypothesis is that klepto-economists have milked race and religion as their weapon of mass mind poisoning to feed their plundering ways, and it is not just the speciality of one particular race or religion.

Once the envy of the world, Malaysia’s multi-faceted racial, religious and cultural forte is now a hotspot of racial and religious intolerance and thriving mega-corruption, competing for the worst pole position among the world community.

Some recent world rankings are there for all to see. The global community is exasperated as to how such a harmonious and religious state, a rising exemplary star among developing countries, has descended to such infamy, so soon and so fast.

When in such a hopeless situation, it is always good to step back and ponder the basics. Using the trending term, let me call it klepto-reset.

Every religion preaches good tidings, and none should be seen as superior to the other. Only humans, for their own selfish desires, misuse religion and their followers.

In the Malaysian context, I would like to quote the Constitution, our supreme law, the wise words of the monarchy who is the guardian of Islam, and the clarification of Syariah-hudud law by renowned Islamic scholar/politician Abdul Hadi Awang, all in the context of klepto-economics...