Surau demolition, is it because the wrong direction of kiblat or devotees' meditation ?

As Muslims around the world are still celebrating Aidilfitri hilariously, the camera-lenses and pens are still eagerly finding some hot issues to be written and viewed on their represented media. So it won't be a thousand of excuses for all of us to not update what is the latest news happening. Therefore, the media still exists to report the cases.

      I am totally sure most of us have known what was happening now in Kota Tinggi, Johor, where this Singaporean resort owner was detained recently to give a few statements to help the authorities to solve this another new religious problem. If before this we had seen a couple of Chinese disregarded by posting a picture of bak kut teh and also a Muslim trainer who had been together with her two dogs of getting prepared for the first Syawal, this phenomenon of religious-sensitive-issue is like back on track continuously.

        Everything started to get tumultuous after one of Youtube users, posting a video within 1.25 seconds of showing a group of Buddhists performed their meditation inside the surau. At the same time, the devotees were reciting the prayers devotedly and repeatedly on their mat. Also shown in the shot was a picture of Buddha statue located exactly at the prayer-leader's space, at front of the hall. There was also a shaman seemed leading the ritual, sitting alongside the picture as well.

This surau has made its own controversial, until has to be demolished instantly

         In the next few days after the incident, Johore State Islamic Religious Department (JAJJ) advisor Datuk Noh Gadot urged the authorities to demolish the surau after the kiblat was declared wrong from its direction. Noh Gadot, added more, if there is any developer wants to build a mosque or surau, they need an approval first from the religious department to avoid the same mistake from happening again. However, this is going to be a big question, how this issue of wrong kiblat can be highlighted instead of other devotees' meditation ? Honestly I haven't found the answer yet and it can be tracked if we still follow the next reports. Everything happens for a reason and of course Noh Gadot has his own reason of saying like that. If we look it back, they still have to demolish the surau because the kiblat has already been wrong.
   

      By there, there were some pious men giving their statement either being defensive or deniable. Yesterday, the Star newspaper had reported about former Perlis mufti Datuk Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin's statement, who was calling to have a reconsider with the villagers before decision to demolish the surau, is officially taken.

        Asri, strictly disagreed that the surau has to be demolished instead of using it for other activities or purposes. As to strengthen his statement stronger, he noted that in the history of Islam since the days of Prophet Muhammad, many churches had been turned into mosques.

         "In Malaysia, just because a religious ritual of a different faith was conducted in a surau, it faces the risk of being demolished. We must change our mentality," he added more.

       Anyway, in a nutshell, religion is the first thing to be prioritized first before taking any actions. This is because religion is something related with our faith, which is used to decide our way of life. That's all and good night folks.