Kadir Jasin Rape Incident In Melaka School Isn T A Test From God But Man Made Calamity Waiting To Happen

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WHEN an individual or a group of people perform good deeds, they immediately expect blessings.
Building schools, hospitals, roads and wakaf (charitable endowments such as mosques and schools) on the side of the road are good deeds.
Therefore, we expect returns or blessings from them. Schools are expected to produce pupils who are knowledgeable and with sound moral values. Hospitals are supposed to cure the sick. Roads make travel easier while wakaf protect travellers from rain and heat.
But when schools become places where pupils learn to be evil and commit crimes, this is no longer a blessing but bala (calamity) at best.
Datuk A. Kadir JasinToday, most Muslims refer to bala as a test from Allah. Some regard them as warnings or reminders.
But most people of the past viewed bala as a form of retribution. To them, if one performed evil deeds, there would be retribution in the form of divine wrath. When calamities happen, even the innocent is affected.
Therefore, village elders used to hold feasts and prayers to ward off calamities. In my village in Kedah, this was often held in the evening during the drought season in open spaces such as rice fields or pastures.
Man-made calamities
Bala comes in many forms. One recent example was reported to have occurred at a secondary school in Melaka.
The mass media quoted the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) as saying that four male Form Five pupils were arrested on suspicion of raping a female Form Three pupil in a classroom at their school.

I am sorry to say that the incident cannot be regarded as bala or a test on Muslins anymore. This is more of a retaliation to parents, teachers and society as a whole form failing to educate their young diligently and properly.
Because some parents, guardians and educators failed to properly educate their young properly, we have produced children who behave like “natural born killers”.
However, every time I write about calamities and disasters that occur in our country, people tend to reject my conclusion or accuse me of trying to link it to the government of the day.
But isn’t the Harimau Malaya shameful ordeal also stemmed from the actions of those in power? 
Veteran journalist and blogger Datuk A. Kadir is a National Journalism Laureate.  The view of the former group editor-in-chief of mainstream daily New Straits Times first appeared on his Facebook page.
The views expressed are solely of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of  MMKtT.
- Focus Malaysia.

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