MY cousin brother was born into a religous family. His father is a Muslim convert who is a staunch Muslim – you know, the kind of Muslim who’d wear white jubah and serban; keep a long beard and put on eyeliners; and who’d make their wife(s) adorn lengthy hijabs.

Since young, my cousin brother was raised to be a staunch Muslim just like his parents. Every weekend and on school holidays, he’d be required to follow his father to travel with Tabligh groups from one mosque to another, from one neighbourhood to another. Sometimes they even visited Muslim houses, preaching about the religion of Islam.