The Sheikh and the England Flag
Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad
Dina Zaman has been pestering me to write something on Islam for Rentakini for quite some time. She wanted to have a different perspective. For various reasons I have postponed her request. For one, I can only speak as far as an interested observer, who had undergone secular education throughout my life. I do not want to be pulled into specific issues of which I do not have knowledge of. Furthermore, controversies have erupted over a whole array of issues related to Islam which has polarised the debate.
In her last e-mail she provided me with the opportunity to take a different perspective vis-à-vis Islam: about a Malaysian Muslim (or as some prefer, Malay Muslim) student in the United Kingdom, on the eve of coming home.
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