Assalamua'laykum wa rahmatullah,
More than 70% of AIDS/HIV sufferers in Malaysia are Muslims: AIDS Council
The word "Muslims" above should be replace with "
Malays". We have various ethnicity here in Malaysia such as Malays, Chinese and Indians. And what is miserably sad is most of the crimes : abandoning babies, drugs, thefts, and AIDS/HIV will usually involve MALAYS as the majority of population.
This was actually in the newspaper last weekend in Berita Harian. So the question is WHY with the Malays? The answer (taken from the article) is
lack or incomplete of education especially education which starts at home. Or we can also said
lack of tarbiyyah which eventually leads the teens to do anything they want, without being fear of the punishments and wrath from Allaah. Wa iyyathobillahi minthalik. May Allaah protect our children from such things. To be honest, everytime if one is known to be a Malay, automatically everyone will think he/she is a Muslim. But like any other part of the world, and because now is at the near end of this world, there are lots of Muslims by name than true, pious Muslims. But of course, Allaah is The Best Judge so Im not in to judge anyone here.
I wouldnt say much on this as this is what I am facing in my community every single day. One thing I've always believe, if the parents tried hard to bring up the children properly, with enough Islamic education, creating bia'ah solehaah at home and acknowledging them on what is Haram and Halal, inshaAllaah they will come out as a good human being, a humble a'bdu to Allaah subhanahu wa Ta'ala and be among the pious son/daughter whose dua'a will still be heard by Allaah even after the demise of their parents.
May Allaah protect us and our future generations from the fitnah of this world. Ameen Ya Rabb al-Alameen.
Waalaykummusalam wa rahmatullah.