An actual letter from a Malay Muslim Parent to a School. Names have been deleted for legal reasons. This is the state of our schools now and it seems not only happening in government but also in private schools.
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Dear Ms *name of teacher*,
I feel I have to write this to bring to En *name of teacher* attention of this sickening tendency to indoctrinate young Muslim students in this school by some ustaz or ustazah.
I am concerned about the ustaz planting subliminal racism and bigotry into the minds of the yound students under the pretext of teaching them Pengetahuan Ugama Islam. I am willing to pay 16000 ringgit a year to this school so that I could get away from this nonsense in the government schools but I am disappointed that even in this school this kind of people are around.
Last year, my son came back from school trembling in fear. When asked, he said the ustaz showed the class a video of hell. And he showed me the same video on you tube. I was so shocked! How could an ustaz do this to standard one kids? Is he mad? Doesn't he know of the psychological impact that could have on young impressionable minds? Gila ka apa?
Today I learned that this ustaz has been making racist remarks in the ugama classes. The remarks sound harmless but the seed of racism and bigotry is planted subliminally by the remarks.
Muslim kids are told that Muslims die easily as the death angel would take their life slowly and softly. Non-Muslims however die painfully as their life would be "rentap" away (forcefully pulled away) from them.
What kind of sickness is this?
I hope the school would look seriously into this matter. I am Malay Muslim. But I dislike all these nonsensical things masked as religious lessons. It creates division and disunity and send Muslims kids into their own cave of insecurity and perhaps even hatred.
Please convey this to En *teacher's name* and revert to me with the steps which the school is going to take to solve this matter.
Kind regards,
*Parent Name*
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