About the protest in Shah Alam, I have this question: Why did this happen? What has made the Malays so intolerant of others?

My conclusion that this blatant display of intolerance and insensitivity is the result of 40 years of government-enforced indoctrination on the Malay community.

Right from school, Malays are taught about the superiority of Islam during compulsory religious classes by comparing it to other ‘inferior' religions.

The creeping Islamisation of our government schools is there for all to see.

This drives more Chinese to enrol their children into Chinese-language schools (enrolment is at an all-time high), further compounding racial segregation.

After primary school, the smarter Malay kids are sent away to MARA colleges where at least 90% of the students are Malay.

Biro Tatanegara espouses more of this intolerance and cements this racial divide among government servants of all races, reminding everyone that the 'social contract' is not to be questioned.

If you are offered a scholarship by MARA or JPN, you are also subjected to similar rhetoric. Utusan Malaysia continues the trend with its editorials.

The May 13 incident is usually cited as the consequence (or punishment) of non-Malay disobedience.

I would not like to tar all Malays with the same brush. I'm very confident that all my Malay friends (and I have quite a few) would disagree with the brandishing of the severed cow's head, calling it kurang ajar (ill-mannered).

However, by virtue of me being their friend, it is a testament to their ability to socialise with other races. I also know of other Malays who avoid socialising with non-Muslims because they regard the latter as unclean.

I'm highly sceptical about the PM's wish to punish those involved. The organisers will get a slap on the wrist and nothing more.

If none of the Malays who participated in the Kampung Medan riots were punished, why would it be any different with this lot?

The country is going backwards in terms of racial integration. It is on a slippery slope.

Despite his other shortcomings, Tun Dr Mahathir tried to correct this with his Sekolah Wawasan project, which failed because the Chinese community were afraid their Chinese schools would eventually become like the government schools.

The Malays hold all the political power but they are constantly reminded by the powers-that-be that this is somehow under threat when it is not.

The only way out is for the government of the day to stop this mass indoctrination and talk to the Malays about what brings us together as a nation, not what divides us.