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The most popular video in Sarawak soc-med in the past 48 hours. I do not know this guy and I find the video sad, alarming and funny at the same time. What do you think? #Malaysia #PoliticalIslam

The most popular video in Sarawak soc-med in the past 48 hours. I do not know this guy and I find the video sad, alarming and funny at the same time. What do you think? #Malaysia #PoliticalIslam

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This issue has been festering for years. It traces back to the early 1990s, when Mahathir Mohamad began mainstreaming political Islam into the system. He used it to challenge PAS, lost the game and now a permanent part of the nation's body politic. Moral policing is the most visible expression of political Islam in practice: using the power of the state and peer pressure to enforce Islamic norms, in this case dress codes, so that Muslims (and, indirectly, non-Muslims) are compelled to live according to "Islamic standards" in public spaces. For Muslims, religion is no longer the private space. The people viciously attacking Bella online are often the same individuals who privately consume large amounts of porn, especially Asian and Indonesian porn. In public, they project an image of pious, devout Muslims, hoping others will look up to them and to conform to what the state wants. In private, their behaviour is the complete opposite. This is classic identity politics enabled and encouraged by the political environment the state has created. They assert their Islamic identity by publicly shaming others, while living with little regard for the moral standards they demand from everyone else. I agree with Harith that this behaviour is unacceptable. Unfortunately, it will not stop and it is likely to get worse. As long as Muslim politicians and religious leaders continue to weaponise identity politics with Islam at its core, these public displays of outrage will intensify. The ultimate irony, of course, is that corruption and watching porn are quietly tolerated, as long as one isn’t caught. That is the hypocrisy at the heart of this brand of identity politics. #MoralPolicing #Malaysia #IdentityPolitics #PoliticalIslam

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A lot of Sabahans will agree with this lady. What do you think?

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