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Source : http://worldwatchmonitor.org
4. Uncensored streams of media
Medias are one of the most powerful tools that can be
effectively used to influence people. In light of this IT age, there
are tonnes of media out there, such as TV, radios, social
networking, video streaming, chat forums, Internet etc., but
were going to narrow down the scope and focus to the effect of
Internet.
In Malaysia, Internet censorship for religious matters is not
applied, and as a result some irresponsible people out there
takes advantage of the it and abuse it to spread false words to
Muslim in Malaysia.
Take a good look into one of the most popular Internet
social networking in the world, Facebook. Facebook has become
a medium for some people to insult Islam and gather exMuslims, or apostates in Malaysia via groups. Vulnerable
Muslims such as adolescent and teenagers or those who can be
easily influenced are exposed to these threats, and they might
even fall for it.
As an example, there is a Facebook group named ExMuslims in Malaysia that have thousands of followers and
growing, gather around and talk about their new lives as a nonMuslim. Some of them even posted statements that are
extremely blasphemous, such as the insult to Prophet
Figure 1 : The webpage of the website. You can see that it is openly states that it
offers a safe place for those who trapped in Islam in Malaysia