Religion In Malaysia Essay

I disagree with Dostoevsky who said that the church itself has become so worldly that it’s no longer Christian. In my opinion, people who are still having those religious practice because they want to show their belief in the public and it is one of the ways to influence or make other people believe what they believe. For example, Christians are having caroling and Christmas parade every year during Christmas. People are born with curiosity character. When the non-believers are exposed to a belief, they will curious about the belief and thus they will want to know about certain belief. As they are learning that particular religion, most of them will agree and start to believe it. Hence, they have higher tendency to become believers than those

To avoid any racial issue from happening, non-Muslims such as Buddhists, Christians and Hindus are allowed to practice their religious activities publicly as well. Malaysia 's constitution Article 11 provides that every person has the right to profess and to practice his or her religion and (subject to applicable laws restricting the propagation of other religions to Muslims) to propagate it. The Constitution also provides that Islam is the religion of the country but other religions may be practiced in peace and harmony (Article 3). One best thing about Malaysia is we have many holidays throughout the year. For example, on Wesak day, Buddhists throughout the country hold prayers at the temples throughout the country to pay homage to Buddha by commemorating his birth, death and enlightenment on this day. On Thaipusam, Hindus pay homage to Lord Muruga and celebrations for over two to three days with drums and music played throughout the day and sometimes into the night and also on Christmas Eve, Christians are having Christmas parade from different churches and denominations at some places in Malaysia. However, it is a controversial issue. People are allowed to practice their religion but are not allowed to share with a Muslim. Government enforce the laws to protect the Muslim because Malaysia is majority Muslims country even though it is a secular country. There were many cases in Malaysia where a group of Muslims held a talk about "Jesus was a prophet" in the public. Personally, I do not think it is appropriate to critic other religion publicly as a weapon to make people confused and method to convert people. It may causes chaos and conflict among the people. Honestly, sometimes, I feel a little unfair that government did not take any action on the prosecution of Christians by Muslims. There was a case that Christians are banned to