Have you seen the circulated picture of my prime minister 'drinking' with his Thai counterpart? In case you haven't, google it and take some time reading any comments. That would be necessary to get you fired up before reading this post.

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Although not officially an Islamic country, my country is mostly constituted by Muslim populace. Alcohol consumption is prohibited among the Muslims, and is further rectified by the country's law.

Yet, law doesn't prevent anyone from not committing any offense. It regulates the people and sets the imposition of penalties, but that doesn't mean that crime won't exist.

There is no single prime minister in my country's history who is not a Muslim. So the image of any one of the prime minister drinking in public might cause a great amount of perplexity among his concerned countrymen.

I am one of those people prohibited by both the civil and religious law to consume alcohol. I can understand the typical overreaction of my own people when they see something like this happens. The nature could be explained by both exposure given to them and their readiness to absorb anything given.

My people spend so much time on the internet, for all intents and purposes. Some of them working, some of them studying, some of them seeking for entertainment and some of them just can't help but to go online for nothing. Although the internet pretty much kills the joy of reading a book, at least it gives something for my people to read. In that sense, it is good.

With the amount of information on the internet, it is almost impossible not to know anything, and simple deductive reasoning would imply those who spent hours reading should have more knowledge than those who spent hours playing football.

But my people is not equipped with logical reasoning enough to identify any logic behind something happened, because my people are emotional to the core, and will find any possible ways to rely on their own sentiments, the sentiment that should at least varied given the amount of knowledge they have.

The quality of being flexible and more open which could lead to an effective intellectual discourse is not there in my people. That is why they find a problem adjusting to any new knowledge they acquire.

The picture is larger and the prime minister alleged drinking picture is just an example of overreaction of my own people. The internet is possibly the easiest way to spot this flaw in my people make-up. It is so easy to find my people's overreaction on YouTube, in the comment section, there is always something controversial to talk about.

My people have the penchant of choosing a side and devoting themselves to it. So any form of assault would naturally replied with any sort of retaliations, no matter how stupid they might look.

The amount of knowledge they have can't stop them to being emotional, which is a shame considering the first verse sent by God to them was about knowledge acquiring and seeking divine guidance by reading God's word.

Another basic fallacy in the thinking of my people is their weird abstinence of talking about their own religion. Any new approach or idea would be fiercely rejected and shut down. Most recent example would be the arrest of Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin, a pugnacious former Perlis mufti.

If the Muslims are not given the liberty to talk about their own religion, than who will? The notion should be restructured. There is no point of talking about freedom of education, freedom of speech or any sort of freedom, if the way of thinking is massively shallow.

I for one had the experience for such superficial way of thinking of my own people when my view on certain religious matter was rejected simply because they thought I was not morally appropriate to even bring up the issue. It would be the same case for any Muslim girl whose opinion on her own religion rejected just because she doesn't wear tudung (hijab).

It is ludicrous in every sense of the word.

I am just sick of looking at my own people who spent hours exploring the world, acquiring knowledge, only to go back narrowing their mind all over again, as if the adventure was unreal.

I am not in the position to judge whether to criticize my prime minister should he really consume alcohol red handed. I know his political tendencies and his history, but don't expect me to know what he has under his pants. Even if he drinks, it is always between him and God to deal with.

My only problem is the approach my people take to deal with an issue - bound to be too emotional and utterly illogical.

But then again, the sweeping generalizations do not apply to all of my people. I have to make certain exceptions. I believe my people have what it takes to be successful, only if they start to become one of those exceptions.

The belief, that is why I still call them 'my people'.

"It might look like one, but it is actually halal." That would be a hilarious clincher.