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I am certainly quite adamant in terms of my beliefs, I think.

For example, I fully acknowledge hijab as a model of modesty for muslims, but I do not agree with the idea that any kind of institutions, university, for example, should make it compulsory for their students to adhere to this rule of clothing.

I strongly believe that there is, to a certain extent, a 'freedom to sin'. Such is why God created free will for human - to obey God as they wish, or to disobey God as they wish- but, they have to remember, they have been warned of its dire consequences.Unless the sin disrupts social order, then a collective action could be taken.

Faithfulness and obedience comes up from within. Forcing someone to adhere to something they don't believe in is a PR disaster. Such is why institutionalisation of religious ethics is the worst thing that can happen to a religion.I read malaysiakini.com , where a letter from a reader, titled Kod etika pakaian: Tiada aurat, terpelihara umat , complaining about the 'discrimination' faced by the male students ( what?) and how the university should make it compulsory for students to wear full hijab for muslims and ' pakaian yang sopan' for non-muslims.

What kind of discrimination? Because male are forced to wear tie, that is discrimination? Then, secularly speaking, isn't forcing muslim women to wear hijab so that "pengurusan universiti tidak disoal Tuhan di akhirat" technically a discrimination as well, since somebody ( women) are * forced* to do things * they don't want* ( no matter how sacred it is)?I also disagree how people determine what is deemed "pakaian yang sopan" for nonmuslim. As far as I know, there are not a single time that  people would consult non-muslims, religious and non-religious, young and old about what is deemed 'sopan' to them. " Haiya KAMI kata sopan, lu ikut sajalah! " punya mentality.

The writer also suggests that kumpulan-kumpulan mahasiswa Islam di setiap universiti perlulah menjadi penggubalan undang-undang mewajibkan penutupan aurat" isu yang diperjuangkan sepanjang zaman dan desakan mesti dibuat sehingga ia diwartakan menjadi undang-undang sah universiti di seluruh negara". Do as you may. It's your democratic right to campaign for all you believe in. But, isn't it sad, there are so many other things that needs campaigning. How about the aim that 100% Muslim students in the club got first class honours? Or at least, how about aiming that 10% of Muslim students JOIN the Islamic organization?

I firmly believe that hijab is a great way of protecting muslims' modesty, men and women. I firmly believe that hijab is also a symbolic way of showing the majesty and honour of Islam. Nevertheless, forcing someone to this is an invasion of privacy and rights.

We need to focus on core issue , not some peripheral issues. All I see that Muslim students ( university students)  burning pictures of Adam Lambert, simply because he is gay and a bad role model.

You burned pictures of Adam Lambert because he is a bad role model, but how about the idea that people have the right to burn pictures/ image representations of Prophet Muhammad because " he is a terribly bad role model for humanity. Days before his death, he instructs his companions to expel ALL non-Muslims from Arabia. His 21st century fanatical followers, Taliban, behead people on the video and proud of it. What a role model ".

Whenever you use "authority' as a justification of your actions, you simply lose the game, and losing a game for something so peripheral doesn't feel fun at all. This is a cruel world of democracy. Bear with it.