islam in malaysia

I was lucky that today I am able to visit masjid wilayah for maghrib

I think this picture says it all about islam in malaysia

The masjid, in its majesty, is only filled with 10 makmums and 1 imam when I attended it.

It succintly describes islam in malaysia

Majestic in form but hollow in substance!

Malaysian muslims are usually proud of the biggest masjid in south east asia or the best islamic university in the world and the most modern islamic museum of the century..

And so on and so forth..

But when u hold ureself back and look around, when u visit the masjids for isya' or maghrib for jamaah, there are barely a handful of malaysian muslims in attendance for prayers..

And I think this is true in the majority of the case

Not to mention most of the attendees are pensioners or retirees

What are we the malaysian islamist doing to undo all this?

Is it more important to campaign against shell and all this dutch products for a film that most of us has not even watched, or isn't it more fikh al awlawiyat that we start questioning why islam in malaysia is all but form and much hollowness?

Before u start blaming the govt or any political party, let's be honest to ourselves and admit that this is happening across party in malaysia

Its just the way we malaysian muslims are

Sometimes its like our ego. So big and huge, yet so hollow in our understanding of islam

No wonder I see some who claim that they are islamist and yet full of racism and hate towards those of different color in practice

So where to islam in malaysia?

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