The Bible Society of Malaysia (BSM) may be blamed for breaking the impasse between the Christian community and the government over the detention of over 30,000 Bibles in Port Klang and Kuching Port. It will be seen as splitting the Christians.

If anything, the Christian Federation of Malaysia (CFM) wants the Bibles, which have been impounded for more than two years, to be a symbol of religious persecution and testimony to the flip-flopping of government policies when it comes to matters of the faith.

But as true Christians will tell you, humility is one of the tenets of the faith. Taking the first steps to break the deadlock is not a sign of weakness and compromise – although many would see it as that. Also, it is their duty to protect the Bible which they believe contains the word of God.

As the BSM articulated on Wednesday, the Al-Kitab has been through enough abuse and true Christians would not want to subject it to further grief, desecration or defacement. The released Bibles will be made into a Berlin Wall-like monument – a museum piece as a reminder of this sad event.

Those who view it as a victory for the authorities should think again. The whole episode stinks of one-upmanship and fickle policies that are inconsistent with the 1Malaysia mantra.

This scribe has heard that even the prime minister had asked his cabinet colleagues: “Why are we doing this to the Christians?” No answers – not that are acceptable – were forthcoming.

- Terence Fernandez

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Humility is not a weakness (Sun2Surf)