SHAH ALAM, Malaysia – A Malaysian court charged six Muslims with sedition Wednesday for parading a severed cow head to protest the construction of a Hindu temple in a case that has stoked religious and racial tensions in this multiethnic country.

Perhaps this is part of the reason that Noordin M. Top is in Indonesia; Malaysian authorities are not afraid of groups of people who think that their religion gives them an excuse for anarchy. Instead of accusing Malaysia of being the cause of the Noordin M. Top problem Indonesia needs some introspection.

When you look at the differences between how Malaysia treated this group and the way Indonesia pandered to the FPI and FUI which along with other Islamic groups when they attacked the Islamic moderates and the Ahmadiyah people.

Seeing this it is no surprise that Noordin thinks it is safer for himself and others of his ilk in Indonesia than in Malaysia. It is high time that the Islamic parties in indonesia were asked to explain whey they chose to be based on Islamic values rather than Pancasila values. Exactly what is it that they object to in Pancasila?

All of them fall over themselves to claim that they have no problem with other religions and that their religion is tolerant but there must be an explanation for their decision to base their parties on Islam rather than the national ideology.

It could be interesting if they were forced to give honest answers to the question.

Malaysia court charges 6 Muslims with sedition – Yahoo! News