COMMENT | Who will speak up for the moderate Muslim?

COMMENT | Who speaks for those who do not wear their Islamic religion on their sleeve?

In every election, the conservative Malays and devout Muslims are highly wooed because their votes count. They are easy to please as long as more hardline policies are promised.

And unsurprisingly, competing political parties use non-Malays as some men would treat their mistresses.

There is no real commitment to a traditional relationship and politicians make promises they know they cannot keep, but they realise the mistress will almost always fall for.

To court the non-Malay vote, didn’t some politicians tell non-Muslims they need not fear syariah law, because they would not be affected? Tell that to Hindu mothers M Indira Gandhi and Loh Siew Hong.

In the eyes of the world, Malaysia is a moderate Muslim nation, or so say the...