Why isn't Good Friday a public
holiday?
Many people know Christmas is an
important day for Christians. But did you know that Christmas is important
BECAUSE there was Good Friday and subsequently Easter? If you take Good Friday
and Easter away, no Christian would bother celebrating Christmas. Christmas is
meaningful because of Easter. Easter is meaningful because of Good Friday. Did
you know that? Ask any Christian, he/she will tell you why.
You don’t get catchy carols,
presents or holiday treats on this weekend of Good Friday and Easter. It’s a
lot less glamorous, and a lot less noticed here in Malaysia, but I assure you,
it is a lot more important.
So if Christmas is a holiday,
why isn’t Good Friday one too?
When Malaysia won the (not so)
prestigious Suzuki cup a few years ago, a public holiday was declared.
When the Sultan of Kedah entered
the Malaysian Book of Records for being elected the Agong for the second time,
a public holiday was declared.
So, when Jesus Christ died on
the cross this very day two thousand years ago, paying for everyone’s sins, why
isn’t a public holiday declared?
You may say “Well, that’s a
religious thing… and I’m not a Christian. We are not a Christian nation. Ini
negara Islam…Why SHOULD it be a holiday?”
The same reason Aidifitri,
Aidiladha, Awal Muharram, Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday, Christmas, Deepavali,
Wesak, Thaipusam, Agong’s Birthday, Sultans Birthday, Federal Territory day,
Labour Day, Chinese New Year, Malaysia Day and all the other days gazette as a
public holiday;
That people should be allowed to
celebrate the things that are important to them.
And that others that may or may
not find those things as important, are still allowed to be happy for their
neighbour and celebrate with them.
Isn’t that supposed to be the
whole ‘muhibbah’ 1Malaysia thing that’s supposed to make us Malaysian?
Good Friday and Happy Easter
guys.
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