"Over my dead body"
309 years ago a religionist in India said, " Over my dead body" in response to the ongoing Islamisation of the continent. He represented a 15 th century doctrine which stands to this day. His battle cry galvanized a movement that acted as a bulwark that stemmed the ‘Mughal' steamroller at the time. It is said that the current multicultural and multi-religious fabric of India remains secular, largely due to the advent of his movement. 18 years ago, in a more civilized setting, a politician in Malaysia said " Over my dead body" in response to a notion that Islamisation of Malaysia was imminent. It is not a coincidence the politician echoed the battle cry of the religionist. The politician is asking that we draw lessons from history that teach us that Islam in the public domain is incompatible with a multicultural and multi-religious fabric. The overtures of PAS towards UMNO revived the unifying sentiment of the ‘ummah’ within two opposing fa