Order of the 21st century

This happened when i was doing my chambering. Not to me, but to my colleague (then). She was in the Palace of Justice in Putrajaya to watch one of our senior lawyers in action. These ex-colleague of mine sat herself at the public galleries together with other members of the public. They were all normal people, atleast they all seemed normal enough. Until one of them started talking.
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"U all ni dari mana?" one malay lady asked my colleague who was sitting next to her.


"Kami dari xxxx& Co. saja datang tengok senior lawyer kami conduct kes."


"Oh so, u all ni on our side lah ye?"


And it was an apostasy case. My colleague wasnt as menggelupur as i would be. She is chinese, luckily. The woman go on talking under a low tone since they were in the court house.


"You know actually in this world nowadays, there is no longer Islam, no longer Buddha, no longer Christianity. All have been consolidated into one. There's only one religion to rule them all (ni skrip aku sedap2kan sikit la..) and it is called Order of the 21st Century (21st Cerntury? cam nama obat kurus yang aku slalu beli api tak de kesan je...)."


My colleague : Gulp
The woman continued...
"We are everywhere, in everypart of the world. We have our leaders and this is a religion that comes from the sky...bla..bla.. bla..."


My colleague went back to the office in the evening and related to us her experience. I knew i had to go and see for myself and see these ppl. I wanted to know how such normal looking people could be so deviated.


The next day i arrived quite late. That was my first time in Palace of Justice (asyik2 gi magistrate court je) , we went into a courtroom full of people. There at the corner i saw a tudung clad makcik in her 4late 40's or early 50's . I saw pakcik2 tua wearing kopiah putih, youngsters and middle aged men and women who seemed pretty normal to me. They all reminded me of the folks in my kampung. Quite typical kampung malays who always frequent the the masjid and srau and talk until wee hours at the kedai kopi. Some of the ladies looked like my mom, my unties and my neighbours in their baju kurung and selendang. Very normal. There was this long haired guy whom i thot was a rockstar (as if..). They all saw us (me and my colleague) and gave us warm smile (kitorang kan on their side.... eh simpanggg).


We left the court after the hearing and bump into some of thenm in the car park. As our car passedf them, i could see the long haired guy and few other older man waved at us in a friendly gesture. I'm supposed to feel warm kot given that kind of treatment instead, i felt seram sejuk. Berdose kah aku?


Few weeks/months ago i read in the paper about a cult that's originated frm Terengganu. The pictures accompanying the report confirmed my suspicion. Isk..isk..isk... Ayah Pin, kita pernah ketemu dulu di mahkamah rupanye (tapi masa tu i tak tau pun nama you, i main pegi je...) . and the long haired guy,he is (ke was?) a member of one rock band.


I'm not that religious but this cult thingy sends a shiver to my spine. What's wrong with following the path that has already been walked by our ancestors. Why go on and create something new? Learn what's already here rather than recreate. Why follow blindly?