Keputusan Mahkamah Rayuan bukan pembebasan, tetapi memberi sedikit kelegaan selepas bertahun-tahun Rosmah Mansor berdepan sabitan dan penghakiman di media sosial.
The Court of Appeal has not cleared Rosmah Mansor yet. But after seven years of conviction, condemnation and social-media vilification, it has given her something fundamental: an opportunity for evidence at the heart of her case to be properly tested.
The education ministry came under fire for mentioning “kafir” that upset many non-Muslims in the country. But that, alongside another K word that get the Malaysian Indians’ knickers twisted, would be less offensive if the context is understood properly.
The recent call for boycott of KK Mart for selling socks with kalimah Allah revealed the need for another round of clarion call on the need for cultural sensitivity and tolerance when events like this could have been avoided in the first place.