Malaysia: a young Afghanistan?

Tension in Malaysia: Vehement grunts of several radical Muslims over the recently legitimized quasi-double-faced personality of "Allah".

"Malaysia's government sought to calm tensions in the multiethnic nation after three churches were fire-bombed early Friday, escalating a dispute over whether Christians here can use the word "Allah" as their translation for "God.""

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"Political analysts say Mr. Najib is attempting to tread a fine line between wooing the support of Malaysia's large ethnic-Chinese and Indian minorities, who make up around 40% of the country's 27 million people, and maintaining the support of an ethnic-Malay majority that has become increasingly defined by its Islamic faith in recent years."

Certainly that is one of the biggest challenge, or more so unfailingly scrutinized obligation, of the prime minister of a multi-racial, multi-faceted, highly pluralistic (at least stipulated with high regard of political correctness, or from wikipedia to the least), dynamic country and gradually treading on the guidance of religious, or more accurately Islamic faith. It seems as though both sides are unrelentless in this tuck-of-war, with the so-called Princes of the Land (bumiputera) coming stronger. And our prime minister finds compounding difficulty as a mediator to keep the interest of either sides.

Gosh, hopefully our country won't turn into a substitute of the highly-renowned radical team of Afghanistan.