Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah says in a Twitter post that she was simply appreciating the beauty and culture of Jawi and the Islamic arts when she said it would be a shame if Malays did not learn Jawi. FMTNews Queen Jawi
PETALING JAYA: The queen today defended her remarks that it will be a shame if the Malays do not know how to write in Jawi, amid controversy over a congress scheduled to be held on Dec 28 by Chinese educationist group Dong Zong to discuss the introduction of Jawi in vernacular schools.
“One does not have to be Muslim to appreciate it,” she said, adding that there were Muslims who were not Malay and Malays who were not Muslims.In a previous tweet, she had said it would be a shame if the Malays did not learn how to write in Jawi. Similarly, she said it would also be a shame if the Chinese did not learn how to write in Mandarin or if Indians did not learn how to write in Tamil.
A critic then replied that her statement might spark racial arguments, adding that Roman alphabets, Tamil, Mandarin and Jawi were cultural identities that should not be forced onto others.
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