COMMENT | Being a Muslim used to be so easy. One believed in Allah and observed the five pillars of Islam to lead one’s life as a good and responsible Muslim.

Today, conservative Muslims and wannabe clerics do the religious equivalent of blinding one with science. They litter their speeches with Arabic and line their policies with tongue-twisting theological phrases, to convince the masses that they are super religious or brilliant.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

It is doubtful that many Malays can comprehend what...