'People First'

Folks, we have good news from Malaysia! As we know, we were all brought to think that Islam was a very sensitive religion with a lot of dos and don’ts. Scary punishments were in store for the Islamic lawbreakers. Our brains have been somewhat coerced to accept such facts due to the daily incidents and articles pertaining to Islam from the medias. We were brought to believe that Islam can't really coexist or accept the presence of other religions.

You know what happened in Malaysia on the evening of 30^th January 2010? The next day being the main celebration of the great Hindu festival of Thaipusam the Malaysian Prime Minister Dato Seri Najib Tun Razak and his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor went over to the Hindu temple at Batu Caves in Selangor to wish the mass of Hindu worshippers there their best wishes. And they were two individuals of the Islamic faith!

Now, here is a Prime Minister who has dared to antagonize the extremist thinking of a minority of the Muslims in Malaysia to walk the talk of his favourite slogan – People First. Yes indeed. He has shown the world that people come first to him. Only then religion. Finally, a great statesman has arrived!