Question: when was the last time u heard someone giving a speech? do u realize that most people (especially malays) would start their speech by greeting the audience with "Assalamualaikum and Selamat sejahtera,,,"?
I was talking to my father about something (that I already forgot by now), when suddenly this issue came about: Why does in every speech, most people would greet his/her audience using 2 languages instead of just using 1 language that is known to be understood by all?
Like in Malaysia, we know that every Malaysian understands the Malay language ( if u know anybody (malaysian) who doesn't know malay language, go kick him on his butt!), so what the hell is the purpose of using Arab language and Malay language together for greeting the same audience? (Unless the audience consists of some Pak Arabs). But NO, we heard this over and over again since we were in primary schools, and we will still hear the same thing when we get old. it is like a 'must' in every speech.
Now, lets get further on this matter. we all know that 'assalamualaikum' is meant for Muslims and 'selamat sejahtera' is meant for the non muslims audience. But we also know that the meaning of assalamualaikum is the same as the meaning of selamat sejahtera. this brings us back to the same question: Why do we need greetings from 2 diff languages for the same audience?? esp when they both meant the same.
Why differentiate between muslims and non muslims? why differentiate Malaysians? aren't we supposed to be 'satu malaysia'?? What is wrong with greeting both muslims and non muslims in malaysia with just a simple 'assalamualaikum', better yet, just use our very own language 'selamat sejahtera kepada semua',,bukankah lebih indah begitu?
everybody is talking about the importance of unity, but many people overlooked small matters as this one, which in fact plays a great role in pursuing a united Malaysia!
p/s: one reason why people tend to greet the muslims in arabic is because they think that Arabic is the language of Islam. i hope we can discuss further on this one next time because i need my coffee to talk about it ;p
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yes, you may be right on that, but lets do not make it as an excuse to overlook such small matter..i mean, it is also possible to consider both big and small matters right? of course it won't be such a big deal for certain people, but it is still an issue. also, thanks for the advice,,it would be interesting if we can discuss about how enemies of islam try to make islam weak in the future =) (maybe you can write on this for ur blog and we can continue from there? nak ym pon okay hehe)
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