As expected, a primary school’s policy of segregating drinking cups for Muslim and non-Muslim students has been slammed, with the G25 group of former civil servants describing it as “plain stupid”.
Earlier today, checks by FMT at Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Puteri in Hulu Langat confirmed pictures in social media that the school had separated cups at the drinking water dispenser by labelling the cups with “Muslim” and “non-Muslim” tags.
The school has declined comment, while attempts to reach Education Minister Mahdzir Khalid and Deputy Education Minister P Kamalanathan have been unsuccessful.
Weighing in on the issue, G25 member Johan Arriffin said incidences like this made him fear where Islam was heading in the country.
“Things like this will only create divisions among Malaysians in the name of so-called religious practices.
“In fact, it shows how much we’ve lost our sense of what religious values actually mean — religious values like tolerance.”
Johan said on matters like what is halal, what was important was cleanliness and hygiene, rather than whether a non-Muslim used a cup.
“With a cup, you wash it and it’s clean. It doesn’t matter whether it is used by a Muslim or not. To have separate cups is plain stupid.”
He added that if everyone were to adopt a mindset of segregation between Muslims and non-Muslims, the issue would never end.
“You’ll have a situation where you have to separate everything, from utensils to the person preparing the meals. It’s ridiculous.”
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