Where do "rights" end?

I'm wondering, after a sleepless night, thanks to the incessant noise from industrial-grade firebombs (not crackers) burnt by the Chinese for some festival last night (after a huge round earlier ushering in the Chinese New Year)...I'm wondering where the right to religious freedom in our constitution ends and public nuisance and endangerment begins.

Yes, I will have people up in arms at what a Taliban I am, Wahhabi, yada yada yada...whatever (actually so-called "wahhabis" are more tolerant than others...just read Dr Asri's (demonised as a "wahhabi") writings ;) )

I am merely voicing aloud what sooooo many people are feeling, especially the "embattled" Muslims who are the majority in this nation and other long-suffering peoples of other "quietly dignified" religions that don't create a ruckus to akcnowledge their beliefs (as in starting huge bonfires, spewing burning embers all over our houses and properties/cars during this dry season and landing KLCC-New Year celebration grade exploding and unexploded ordnances into other peace-loving people's open courtyards and gardens and windows at between 8 pm to 4am and scaring the pee out of our sleeping kids and old mums and dads). In residential areas, know what I mean?

This nation has always been tolerant of other religions (just try going to the US and trying this shit in quiet neighborhoods :) ). But all we have heard so far is how "they" have been oppressed. Is that really true? I don't know. No one ever told a Sikh to remove his turban.No one ever told a nun to remove her habit. Or a monk to stop wearing his orange robe. No one ever said no to the building of temples and churches (under reasonable and properly gazetted areas that is...not simply under any tree, nook and cranny because its convenient for them). Yet, we even have that huge dangerous complex up Gasing Hills that could cause a major catastrophe, but we are so afraid of being labeled "muslim extremists", racist Malay leaders! and all that jazz, and so the government just turns a blind eye.

We have every other Muslim sovereign nation trying to go back to the tenets of Islam immediately labeled as "dictators", "talibans", "extremists" and invaded by satanically cruel armies sent under the guise of "spreading democracy" (ala-ugly American bulldogs trained by Zions/Yahudi/Jews -like it or not, its already in the Quran, all about these Jews...or should we reinterpret it to appear politically correct "liberally stupid" Muslims?)

We have people of other religions telling us the hijab is oppressive, France for example, and in Aghanistan itself the US send drones to massacre civilians to protect them from the dreaded BURQA :) Yeah. Right. We know the (real) drill. We have people telling us beards are the hallmark of terrorists (tell that to the Ultra Jews too...okay?). We have people telling us how we should pray, how we should celebrate Eid with other idol-worshipping religions, how we should not segregate the sexes, how we should learn "modern" knowledge and not become "parrot-like" reciters of the Quran (hello? anyone home up there? what's wrong with wanting to memorise every ayah of His Words and making sure its IN our kids and protected through the years? isn't that what every great Muslim scholar started with?)

Really. I'm so sick of others telling us how to practise our religion. How we have to accommodate every other peoples up to the extent of selling out our own beliefs in order to appease their kuffar and stubborn hearts closed off to the word of Allah.

This is Malaysia. Islam is the highest religion. Take it or leave it. Don't start comparing the azan, a SOOTHING call to prayer, with the BOOM BOOM BOOM of gunpowder. Don't start whining why we can and you can't. Did I protest when in the US I couldn't celebrate Eid because it wasn't a public holiday and I had exams? That the azan couldn't be called out with loudspeakers? Did I cry and whine how UNJUST these Yankees were? Nope. I respected their laws and their majority choices. You want to practise your beliefs, FINE. But don't become a danger to the public and a general nuisance while you are at it.

The Prophet SAW's advise has always been to make "hijrah" if unable to practise our beliefs in a muslim minority nation. Not to create havoc and demand this or that and threaten public safety and by calling in the damned marines. So, if unhappy, then please leave by the front door and close it quietly after you. Can always go to Hong Kong or China. Birds of a feather. That's why my grandparents came here too. Birds of a feather (Muslim nation...yes it is, like it or not).

These CNY and Chap Goh Meh celebrations are getting out of hand with the BANNED firecrackers (bombs) exploding everywhere disregarding and disrespectful of people's eardrum health (my ears are still ringing..I should sue these neighbours of mine) and beauty sleep and general well-being (kids have to get up early for school and people have to go to work and their sleep is disrupted!).

There HAS to be a limit to all this.

Religious freedom within the boundaries of decency.

NOT a free for all.

I'm sure many would agree with me.

Only they don't want to say it.

Some things just have to be said.

I'm not the poster girl for "perfect Muslim", but that's my human failing, not my religion's. And I will defend it to my death. If I have to. Islam I mean.