Those who deny or forget their family roots … what are they?

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Those who deny or forget their family roots … what are they?

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"The Rise of the Terpaling Melayu: When Faith Meets Fanbase and Ego Takes the Mic"

(Anonymous)

In today’s Malaysia, a peculiar breed has emerged. Once seen as endangered, they now roam freely across platforms, clad in newfound piety and cloaked in controversy. Enter the Terpaling Melayu—a curious species of ultra-zealous converts, often Indian or Chinese by birth, who don’t just embrace Islam, but weaponize it for applause, acceptance, and influence.

Let’s be clear—conversion is a personal journey, and one worthy of respect. But things take a strange turn when these converts morph into instant preachers with social media followings and sermons laced with scorn for their past. Suddenly, they’re no longer just believers—they’re full-time evangelists of a brand-new narrative: “My old religion is wrong, yours is right, and I’m now holier than thou.”

Their rise to stardom is fast-tracked by certain segments of the ultra Meleis crowd, who welcome them as trophy converts—symbols of religious supremacy. Their toxic tirades, laced with dog whistles and racial jabs, become viral hits. Why debate when you can parade a former Buddhist or Hindu condemning their own heritage?

And when accusations surface—say, of rape or manipulation—what happens? Not introspection, but instant canonization. “He’s being targeted by enemies of Islam,” they say. “A test from Allah,” others nod. Justice takes a back seat while blind loyalty takes the wheel.

Bolstered by this cheerleading squad, the preacher becomes more emboldened. More fire, more fury. More hatred, now repackaged as ‘religious truth.’ The race he once belonged to becomes a target, the faith he left behind becomes the enemy. The irony? He’s doing the very thing he once claimed to reject—preaching superiority, stoking division, and calling it righteousness.

And to fully seal this transformation, a final act awaits: marry into a Malay family. With that, the conversion isn’t just religious—it’s cultural. The dress, the diction, the identity card. Terpaling Melayu complete.

Even the Malays have a word for it—one laced with satire and a tinge of pity. Because true identity isn't proven by how loudly you deny your past, but by how gracefully you carry your present.

Faith should guide. Not divide. Not inflate egos. Not erase roots. When religion becomes a performance, perhaps it’s not divinity they’ve found—but a stage.

FRANK TALK

Remus Chong 

1. Nowadays all these new Indian and Chinese converts who turn religious teachers comes with auto license to belittle and insult their former religion. Firdaus and the likes of this creature.

2. They believe they can be the front face man of racism behind every Ultra Meleis hatred towards other races and they start to feel very special.

He thinks just because he has an Indian face got green card license to talk about other Indians.

3. This endangered species start to feel a sense of belonging as his fan based of ultra Meleis start to back him up and support his statement when he goes on the attack by belittling other race and religion.

4. Even when he is accused of raped by another Chinese converts by using his religious authority of a preacher guardance, his fan base will back him up like some sort of persecutions he magically has to go through.

5. He feels more embolden by this fan base support and become more proactive in spewing out more controversial subjects of hate towards others of another belief .

6. Slowly but surely, he feels that he has become more Malay then most Malay and the conversion to Malay identity is almost complete .

To seal this type of Malay identity, they usually will settle down with a Malay girl and take on the Malay identity thoroughly.

That's why even the Malays called this type of species " Terpaling Melayu "!