Elephant in the room

Human being default function is weakness!

In Ireland, for many years the country was led by Catholic Church or church influence. In absolute trust, in faith, people never question their priest.

A man in power behind religion (I'm not trying to generalise, not all of them were bad) in Ireland and around the world abuse their power, many abuses cases especially sexual abuse.

When complained was filed, no action was taken as nobody wanted to believe it and some chose to ignore it. It went on over 70 years. Eventually in around year 2002 these priest were brought to court.

Slowly people lose trust in their churches, and the Roman Catholic Church starts to accept responsibilities. These days you will see an apology for this misconduct.

The story I want to tell is about the victim. Everybody ignored them, they did everything they could and many live a life as an outcast, raped as children and only getting some justice as old age. When complained, people doubted them. Imagine the humiliation and pain. Do you think that is fair?

Are you truly shocked at a human being capabilities and desires, even if they are religious man? Imagine that weakness but now with added power at their disposal. Human beings are not Devine. We are built with weaknesses.

I'm tired of this back and forth between DSAI and Saiful, then Saiful's dad's u-turns and roundabouts, the court cases and above all the political spin and the guilt. I just want it to end.

I'm not naive, I know what a man is capable off but at the same time I worry about Fitnah. I'm continuously being made guilty if question on issues like this.

But how can we ignore it? It's a giant elephant in the room! We need to be able to discuss this.

I don't know how many of you have been in Mekah but I have been. I still remember one of the jemaah remarked " I don't want to eat, I don't like camels meat" and she fell ill and couldn't eat anything for days.

In holy land, you behave, you appreciate and you accept the challenges that comes your way. You don't tell a lie in holy land.

So when Saiful Bukhari claims he is a victim against a powerful man and vowed that he speak the truth and vowed in the holy land, I cannot ignore this topic. And as rebuttal to the claims that it was an edit video, today he uploaded a copy of his passport and visa for this trip, it made me re-think this whole thing.

"Yes, its true vs. No, it's not"...This is an argument you can't win!

Hanya Allah sahaja maha mengetahui.

But for me, the faces of those Irish victims I seen on TV and newspaper keeps playing in my mind. Some had witnesses but many didn't.

If there were no witnesses, does that mean the rape was less real?

If raped by a man who their society believed was God himself (Father), would that make the rape less important?

How difficult and what a struggle it is to fight against such powerful influential man. How unfair and unjust it was for them until finally the truth came out, the priests were too old for prison or some already dead.

The rape did happen. Some of the priest did face consequences of their actions albeit 70 years later. It shook the society and woke them up.

So, now we have the case of Saiful Bukhari vs. DSAI...Should we ignore the elephant in the room? The choice is yours...