We are Nasi Lemak Christians
So now, for the Malaysian scene as a Christian. What is the point of calling myself Malaysian if I choose not to use a Malaysian like analogy? For non-Malaysian readers, Nasi Lemak in direct translation is called fatty rice. Lemak is fat. Nasi is rice. But it actually is Rice cooked with coconut milk and pandan leafs with the usual condiments of hard boiled eggs, anchovy, ground nuts, cucumber and sambal (a form of chilly paste). But for the rest of the terms I may be throwing out, well, there is Google. How everyone argues which ingredient is important varies and you will know why I am using Nasi Lemak as a means of analogy to describe the kind of Christians I observe in Malaysia. But my hopes as I lay this before you is that you come to understand as a whole the kind of battles Malaysian Christians may face and the kind of questions they may be asking. Because then these are the battles and questions that a...