Alamak baba, don't turn this into a Malay bashing thingy OK. This is all this Melayu Celup mamak punya kerjalah. He duped us all almost 99%; my people have now started to realise this and we are making headway in educating our younger generation of the opium mamak kutty had fed us all this time. Just be patient, revolusi mental takes time.
As for religion don't just blame Islam for the perceived cleansing of sins upon completion of umrah or hajj........christians also have this thingy of having eternal life if one accepts Jesus as son of god, all sins forgiven. I personally think this cop out is due to misunderstanding of the sacred texts.