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SPEAKER'S CORNER - UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA 30 November 2011

2011-12-04T16:46:00.004+08:00

Dr Ravee Raghavan the founder of Speaker's Corner University of Malaya

The pioneers of Speaker's Corner and supporters

Dr Ravee Raghavan

The old Speaker's Corner

These photos are precious ... after a hiatus of 45 years the founder Dr. Ravee and the other pioneers gathered at the original site of the old Speaker's Corner and addressed the crowd.

It was a nostalgic and an emotional journey down memory lane.

SPEAKER'S CORNER - UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA

2011-11-05T21:23:00.000+08:00

SPEAKER’S CORNER - UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA

After an absence of 37 years Malaysia’s original Speakers Corner will once again be the site of a historic and emotional gathering of many pioneer activists who kept it alive between 1966 and 1974.

Encouraged by the recent govt. initiative to revive this tradition of student activism and public oratorical skills, a small group of veteran activists got together, obtained the authorization of the VC, Tan Sri Dr Gouth Jasnon, and plan to hold a grand Reunion to celebrate the 45^th anniversary of Speaker’s Corner that will be open to all past and present students of University of Malaya.

The event will be held at the original site ( across from the Arts Faculty and near the Library ) on 30/11 at 10am.

This will be a social gathering of veteran and current activists from near and far away places including Puerto Rico, USA.

We are hoping the media will give this historic event the publicity that it deserves. It is with this in mind that I contact you. We will appreciate it very much if The Star will cover this event before, during and after this gathering.

1,000 arrested in Malaysia democracy protest AFP

2011-07-10T00:56:00.003+08:00

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police fired tear gas and water cannon and made almost 1,000 arrests on Saturday during clashes with protesters who defied government warnings to rally in the capital for electoral reform.

Leaders of opposition parties were among those detained during a massive security operation but it failed to thwart the outlawed demonstration which saw 50,000 citizens take to the streets of Kuala Lumpur, according to organisers.

Protesters faced baton-wielding riot officers in front of a downtown bus station, retreating at times and regrouping to push back police lines in a cat-and-mouse confrontation that took place in a downpour.

Some of the demonstrators fought back by picking up tear gas canisters which they lobbed at police, reporters said.

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was injured during the protest when he fell onto the pavement after a tear gas attack and was taken to a hospital as he was feeling unwell, an aide said.

The protesters dissolved into three main groups, and by late afternoon all were trying to force their way through a tight police cordon to a stadium and then to the king's palace to hand over a memorandum detailing their demands.

The police line, however, held firm.

"Why is the government trying to intimidate citizens?" said Mohamad Manij Abdullah, 50, a businessman who joined the rally.

"We are only trying to reform elections and have a free and fair government," he said.

An official police Facebook page said 924 people were detained and they included Ambiga Sreenivasan and Maria Chin Abdullah, the two top leaders of Bersih, the broad coalition that organised the protest.

"Ambiga and myself have been arrested," Maria Chin told this news agency as she was being transported in a police van to an unknown location.

Abdul Hadi Awang, president of the Pan-Malaysia Islamic Party (PAS), the country's largest Islamic opposition grouping, was also arrested.

The protesters rallied in several areas of the city but later began to disperse, said Subramaniam Pillay, one of the organisers, who described the day as "a great success".

Student Chew Ai Nee, 30, said: "We have to take to the streets because we have not been given any opportunity to express our demands for change... the government cannot silence us when we march."

Many of the protesters were shouting "Reformasi!" (Reforms), "God is great" and "Long Live the People."

However, Mukhriz Mahathir, a leading member of the powerful United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), said the government had to act to prevent anarchy.

"We cannot allow a minority group to protest and stir trouble in the country," he said, accusing protesters of provoking the police into firing tear gas "so that they can accuse the government of being heavy handed."

UMNO is the dominant party in the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition led by Prime Minister Najib Razak.

New York-based watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) denounced the arrests.

"This is a maelstrom of the Malaysian authorities' own making," said Phil Robertson, deputy director for HRW's Asia Division.

Downtown Kuala Lumpur, normally a hive of activity on weekends, was deserted as major roads into the commercial and tourist district were sealed off.

Meanwhile, about 30 Malaysians living in South Korea rallied in Seoul in support, with another 80 marching through central Hong Kong.

Organisers had called for solidarity walks and demonstrations in countries including Australia, Cambodia, Japan, the United States and Taiwan.

The demonstrators want reforms, including the eradication of vote buying and the prevention of irregularities such as people illegally voting several times during elections.

Bersih wants to see the use of indelible ink to prevent multiple voting, equal access to the media for all parties and the cleaning-up of electoral rolls.

Malaysia's opposition made major gains in 2008 elections against the ruling coalition but said they could have won more if voting rules were fair.

The country's next elections are widely expected to be called early next year, with the opposition aiming to end Barisan's half century rule.

Jul 9, 2011, 04.27pm IST

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This is the second rally organised by Bersih ... the first was also an astounding win for the Rakyat ( people aka citizens of Malaysia ), an eye-opener for the ruling party ... but they do not listen ... they only hear.

The police were brutal ... chemical-laced tear-gas ( the first rally, the second, yet to be confirmed ), assault and battery ... they threatened with batons and kicked peaceful demonstrators who were sitting on the ground.

We must remember that this is essentially a police state ... what we have is a cosmetic democracy. Freedom of speech and freedom of a peaceful assembly are just two of the basic ingredients of a democratic nation ... sadly lacking in this country.

Anyone who poses a threat is a victim of the ruling party ( UMNO ) ... and its compliant component parties MIC and MCA.

Thanks to former PM Mahathir, we do not have an independent Judiciary ... it takes orders from the UMNO.

Mukhriz utters rubbish as with those he represents ... this is not a minority group ... the minority are the ones in power ... the ones that will someday cause anarchy ... the ones who will ... someday ... be following the foot-steps of the rulers-in-exile.

These are the people who stir trouble in the country ... they cause rifts among the different races in the country. They throw pebbles, and if needed, stones and rocks in a calm interracial pond of harmony ... to cause ripples.

"This is a maelstrom of the Malaysian authorities' own making," said Phil Robertson, deputy director for HRW's Asia Division.

Yes, and some words synonymous with that sentence are ... turmoil, unrest, mayhem, ferment, bedlam, chaos, anarchy ... and water-canon.

anon

Happy Valentine's Day Malaysia

2011-02-16T21:44:00.002+08:00

SIS heartbroken over Valentine crackdown

By Tashny Sukumaran, Free Malaysia Today

PETALING JAYA: Religious departments have courted brickbats instead of bouquets from the Sisters in Islam (SIS) for their Valentine’s Day hate campaign.

Speaking to FMT, SIS legal and advocacy officer Nazreen Nizam called the dragnet a waste of taxpayers’ money and urged the authorities to focus on more pressing issues.

“They are morally policing Muslims which violates dignity and privacy. This is forbidden in Islam,” she said.

“They could use their resources to look for fathers who don’t pay alimony or crack down on people who enter polygamous marriages without the consent of the syariah court,” she added.

Nazreen said the funds could also be used to educate religious officers regarding recent developments in other Muslim nations.

“The schools of thought here are very outdated. Do they have so little to do that they want to go after people who are dating?” she asked.

For Muslims here, Feb 14 came with a stern warning from religious authorities to steer clear of the celebration, which was deemed un-Islamic.

Painting a thorny picture, the Selangor Islamic Department (JAIS) blamed Valentine’s Day for the 257,411 births out of wedlock between 2000 and 2008.

Dates on Valentine’s Day, the authorities claimed, would eventually lead to illicit sex.

In the ensuing crackdown, religious authorities detained close to a 100 Muslims for the offence of khalwat (close proximity).

The Christian community was also up in arms when news broke of a video clip depicting a religious teacher urging Muslims not to indulge in the “vices of Christians”.

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Valentine's Day Date in Japan and China

People in Japan and China celebrate Valentine's Day on different dates. In Japan, Valentine's Day is celebrated on two dates.

On the popular Valentine's Day date of February 14, females present gifts of chocolates to their boyfriends or other men close to them.

On March 14, people of Japan celebrate White Day as an extension of the Valentine's Day festival celebrated a month earlier.

On White Day it's the turn of the men to pamper women who expressed their love and affection for them on 14th February.

People in China celebrate Valentine's Day on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month in the Chinese Calendar.

The unique date of the festival traces its origin from the popular folk legend of China that narrates the story of a beautiful seventh daughter of Emperor of heaven who married a poor cowherd, Niu Lang.

The couple was separated and turned into stars. They were allowed to meet once only on the 7th day of 7th lunar month.

Chinese Valentine's Day is better known as ‘Festival of the Double Sevens' or Qi Xi - ‘The Night of Sevens' The other popular names for the festival are Seven Sister's Festival' and ‘Daughter's Festival'.

... but ... it is 'The vices of the Christians' … shouts an irrate religious teacher.

I came across this which I found rather interesting.( Wikipedia )

Middle East

In Egypt, Egyptians celebrate Valentine's Day on February 14, and the indigenous Eid el-Hob el-Masri (Egyptian Love Day) on November 4, to buy gifts,and flowers for their lovers.

It has been recorded on the February 14th, 2006 flower movement in the country, worth six million pounds, formed a gain of 10 per-cent of the total annual sale of flowers.

In Iran, the Sepandarmazgan, or Esfandegan, is an age-old traditional celebration of love, friendship and Earth. It has nothing in common with the Saint Valentine celebration, except for a superficial similarity in giving affection and gifts to loved ones, and its origins and motivations are completely unrelated. It has been progressively forgotten in favor of the Western celebration of Valentine's Day.

The Association of Iran's Cultural and Natural Phenomena has been trying since 2006 to make Sepandarmazgan a national holiday on 17 February, in order to replace the Western holiday.^[70]

In Israel, the Tu B'Av, is considered to be the Jewish Valentine's Day following the ancient traditions of courtship on this day. Today, this is celebrated as a second holiday of love by secular people (besides Saint Valentine's Day), and shares many of the customs associated with Saint Valentine's Day in western societies.

Conflict with Islamic countries and political parties

Saudi Arabia

In Saudi Arabia, in 2002 and 2008, religious police banned the sale of all Valentine's Day items, telling shop workers to remove any red items, as the day is considered a Christian holiday.^[71][72] In 2008 this ban created a black market of roses and wrapping paper.^[72]

Pakistan

The Jamaat-e-Islami political party has called for the banning of the holiday.^[66] Despite this, the celebration is increasingly popular^[66] and the florists expect to sell great amount of flowers, especially red roses.^[73]

Iran

In the 21st century, the celebration of Valentine's Day in Iran has been harshly criticized by conservatives who see the celebrations as opposed to Islamic culture.

In 2011, the Iranian printing works owners' union issued a directive banning the printing and distribution of any goods promoting the holiday, including cards, gifts and teddy bears.

"Printing and producing any goods related to this day including posters, boxes and cards emblazoned with hearts or half-hearts, red roses and any activities promoting this day are banned... Outlets that violate this will be legally dealt with," the union warned.^[74][75]

Malaysia

Islamic officials in Malaysia warned Muslims against celebrating Valentine's Day, linking it with vice activities.

Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said the celebration of romantic love was "not suitable" for Muslims.

Wan Mohamad Sheikh Abdul Aziz, head of the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim), which oversees the country's Islamic policies said a fatwa (ruling) issued by the country's top clerics in 2005 noted the day 'is associated with elements of Christianity,' and 'we just cannot get involved with other religion's worshipping rituals.'

Jakim officials plan to carry out a nationwide campaign called "Awas Jerat Valentine's Day"("Mind the Valentine's Day Trap"), aimed at preventing Muslims from celebrating the day on 14 February 2011. Activities include conducting raids in hotels to stop young couples from having unlawful sex and distributing leaflets to Muslim University students warning them against the day.^[76][77]

At Valentine's Day 2011, Malaysian religious authorities arrested more than 100 Muslim couples concerning the celebration ban. Some of them would be charged in the Shariah Court for defying the department's ban againsts the celebration of Valentine's Day.^[78]

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So, the celebration of romantic love is 'not suitable' for Muslims. Interesting.

257,411 births between 2000 and 2008 ... that is terrible ... a by-product of a lot of illicit sex because dates on Valentine's Day will lead to illicit sex and produce that many births out of wedlock.

So I guess, the romantic Muslims can date freely on the other 354 days ... as it will not lead to illicit sex and surely we will not have any births out of wedlock.

But I wonder how many Muslim males and females died while fleeing from raids by JAIS, JAKIM and other religious raids.

I do not wish to go into details but am rather curious how different minds think.

Political aide caught for khalwat during Valentine's Day ops

By MUGUNTAN VANAR

KOTA KINABALU: The political aide to a state assistant minister was among 10 people detained for khalwat (close proximity) during a Valentine’s Day swoop at a budget hotel in Putatan near here.

The 53-year-old special officer, who claimed to be a widower and father of four, was caught with his 23-year-old partner in a hotel room by enforcement officers from the Sabah Islamic Affairs Department, at around 11pm Monday.

The department's enforcement officer Mohd Noor Kasah said they had to knock on the door for about an hour before the officer, who was fully dressed, opened the door while his partner, also fully dressed, was on the bed.

He said the couple had informed them that they were in a relationship for about a year but the woman's family did not approve.

The special officer and his partner were taken to Putatan police station for investigations under the Syariah Criminal Offences Act 1997 that carries a fine of up to RM1,000 or a year's jail or both upon conviction.

He said they also arrested four other couples during the three-hour operation in the Putatan area, including a 50-year-old woman and her 23-year-old lover in a room located in workers' quarters in Putatan.

In Sandakan, Islamic religious officers detained 10 couples, including two civil servants, for close proximity in raids at hotels during the wee hours of Tuesday.

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Religious checks on Valentine’s Day ‘normal’
88 Muslims nabbed for khalwat

Hypocricy and 1Malaysia

2010-12-17T04:25:00.001+08:00

(Bernama) -- Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim today described as uncultured and disrespectful of individual rights and democracy the action of DAP leaders stepping on a poster bearing the facial images of three former Pakatan opposition assemblymen now friendly to the Barisan Nasional (BN).

He said their action was not at all synonymous with Malaysian society or the principles of the Rukunegara (National Ideology) or the Federal Constitution.

Rais did not say this when an Iraqi reporter in Baghdad threw his shoe at President Bush in December last year. In fact, if I remember right, he was full of glee. Rais did not say this when Iran used the American flag as doormats so that people walking into buildings could wipe their feet on the Star Spangled Banner. This shows the hypocrisy of some Muslims.
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This is the comedian who speaks with a forked tongue.

It is a strange 'culture' that 1Malaysia seems to have according to this jester - just condemn - as long as it is something, anything - about America. This is, as I see it, the Third World Mentality.

As long as we have comedians and corruption, this country will never progress. The rakyat are the victims.

Why is America targetted? Apart from the fact(?) that they are the enemy of Islam. The people of America are evil, sons of satan...

Let me educate these morons who think so.

Firstly, .... nah, I would be wasting my time.

The enemy of Islam is right here ... in this country ... sons of satan are living here - one is that clown mentioned above who is a pawn spewing satanic verses ... and those who blindly follow him like a herd ... hoping to catch the droppings from his pockets.

I am still trying to figure out that comedian's name ... the one who acted in Malay movies ... he looks like him. But this guy is in a class of his own ... a roadrunner.

God bless this country.

A Wealthy and Ignorant Malay Woman

2010-12-17T04:08:00.001+08:00

When shall we meet again? In thunder lightning or in rain?

Witches who beget bitches.

The poor Malays had better shut their mouths. And if the poor Malays have to shut their mouths, the non-Malays have no say, so get out of this ‘Malay’ land or bend over backwards and keep on apologizing to these rich pricks and prudes.

You cannot teach them the difference between right and wrong and you cannot tell them that they lack the religious knowledge. You cannot reason with them and logic is a foreign word simply because these Malays believe they are above the law. They do not wish to listen to you - you are nothing but a kafir.

There was an incident lately. This wealthy Malay ( not Muslim ), who asserted her garbage and did not wish to listen to reason and logic. Imagine her vicious anger and rambling - and she talks about Islam in the same sentence!

Does Islam condone vicious verbal attacks on the elderly and educators? This Malay thought so. In doing so, she exposed herself to the fact that she was going against the very essence of the true Islamic teaching and not the wahabbi version she expounded.

An egomania on an ego trip. This cock-of-the-walk- was walking tall and riding high. People like this will fall hard. She is the quintessential Malay moron. Ignorance is bliss in her case. Money is everything.

The problem lies in the fact that they seem to forget that their forefathers were kampong folks and kampong folks regarded teachers as demigods.

Then they make themselves visible in the big city and shed their kampong values and become rotten to the core. How they got rich remains a mystery. But they are rich and that is all that matters.

To them, only 'Muslims' know about Islam and a 'kafir' does not know anything about their religion. And if you talk to them about it, they either cry in shame or fume and attack you like a raging bull, not realizing that they are exposing their ignorance of their religion.

I was always brought up to respect my mother, father and my teachers. When I see my old teacher ( TTC trained ), I still address him as 'Sir'. I am more qualified than him so why should I call him so? Because he was my teacher.

To these morons who are deluded into believing they are wealthy and so they qualify to disrespect anyone, this is what I have to tell them ... go back to your kampong and you might just learn something positive, like showing respect for a teacher. You seem to conveniently forget that you are an off-spring of a kampong society ... which reminds me of something else - you can take the man out of the kampong but you cannot take the kampong out of the man.... or woman – in this case. Normally, kampong folks are a simple lot….normally.

These arrogant bigots are loosed upon the world, especially so in this country. They also set an example to their kids that they can get away with being disrespectful and hence the vicious cycle. Their children are by-products of their egotism.

Their children are sent abroad or to private schools and they believe they have fulfilled their parental obligation. They are totally ignorant of their own religion and pass that ignorance onto their children. Ah, but their children attend Agama schools and believe that they know it all.

You teach their children how to think for themselves and strive hard to educate them and successfully manage to make them mix with others. That much you can do. You make them sociable and bring them out of their cocoon but it's up to them who they mix with.

Sometimes you wonder if it is all worth your effort when they mingle with the wrong kind.

When I was 16, I mingled freely and I had good friends - Malays, Chinese and Indians. We always respected teachers, even if we disliked them and would never dare to complain to our parents about them.

Most kids ( not all ) today are a pampered lot. Some will say....spoilt brats. Those some surprisingly include 16 year olds too who will agree with you when you say that most kids are indeed pampered and spoilt. These are the ones who have matured and are independent - not holding on to their mothers' apron strings....like the spoilt brats.

These brats will never be able to stand their ground in a foreign land. They will need to take along the strings attached to their mothers' apron. They cannot see beyond their highfalutin noses.

A reminder here – I am not making a general statement.

I am somewhat bewildered that the educated Indonesian is magnanimous. He does not have his nose pointing to the sky and spews venom like the wealthy Malay prudes.

Some of these Malays wear the ‘tudung’ ( a headscarf ) and give you the middle finger when they pass you by in their fancy cars. Believe me, this is a fact and I write all this through experience.

Others without a headscarf try hard to look good but what is the point of trying to look good when you are rotten to the core inside? Their condescension knows no limits.

So what has become of these Malays who once belonged to a polite and caring society?

They moved – away from the placid kampong ambiance into the fast track world of arrogance, polygamy, corruption, egotism and bigotry. And now they bask in this atmosphere. But for how long? They too will have to answer to their Creator.

I wonder what their defense will be. Apologize? Beg for forgiveness?

These are the corrosive misled ‘Muslims’ who give their counterparts a nasty name.

I detest such hypocritical people. They represent the evil that the society does not need and should be ostracized by all races.

This country has no place for such ‘elite’ egotists who serve to only pollute the country with their feral minds.

These are the very people we are trying very hard to jettison. The people who walk through the Corridors of Power are not alone – there are similar people who walk outside the Corridors of Power and these are insidious people are probably more dangerous to the Rakyat.

Special rights can’t be erased unless the Malays agree to it, says Khoo Kay Kim

2010-09-07T02:33:00.020+08:00

(Bernama) - The people, irrespective of race, who question Article 153 of the Federal Constitution, which spells out the special rights and privileges of the Malays and Bumiputeras, are blind about history and the constitution, an analyst said.

Prof Emeritus Tan Sri Dr Khoo Kay Kim said the special position of the Malays was recognised way back since the British era.

“When the British came to Malaya, they found that there were already Malay governments in several parts of the peninsula, and the British recognised these governments.

“These governments took care of a large number of people (the Malays). For the British, these people had their special rights. But those who came and lived in Malaya were not subjects of the Rulers and therefore, did not enjoy the same rights enjoyed by the Malays,” he told Bernama.

He said the non-Malays in the peninsula at that time were not citizens or subjects of the king, saying they only had the opportunity to apply for citizenship when the Federation of Malaya was formed on February 1, 1948.
“When the British planned the formation of the Malay Federation as a nation state, it was an extension of what already existed then, and by 1957, the Federal Constitution was formulated, incorporating the prevailing arrangement at that time,” he said.

The people, especially those from other races, should therefore respect the rights and privileges of the Malays as enshrined in the constitution because when it was first formulated, the various races had already agreed to what needed to be incorporated in it, he said.
“The special position of the Malays started since a long time ago and based on the system of government existed then. In the peninsula, nine Malay kingdoms existed since 1895, and continue to exist until today,” he said.

The Federal Constitution was formulated based on the recommendations of the Reid Commission. It took effect soon after the independence on August 31, 1957.

Article 153 spells out powers vested upon the Yang di-Pertuan Agong in safeguarding the special position of the Malays and the natives of Sabah and Sarawak, as well as the legitimate interests of other communities.

It also spells out in detail the functions of the King in ensuring quotas for the Malays and Bumiputeras in the public service, scholarships, public education as well as the provisions of permits and business licences.
Khoo said the reason why there were groups questioning the rights and privileges of the Malays was because the society of today was “blind about history”.

“They don’t understand (the constitution) and are ignorant of what they can or cannot do. There shouldn’t be any debate on the constitution because what is important is to follow what has been in use for so long,” he said.

He said that if the constitution was to be amended, it would require the agreement of two-thirds of MPs in Parliament and should be consented to by the King.
He added that anyone wanting to abolish or amend Article 153 should obtain the agreement of the Malays and Bumiputeras, the agreement of two-thirds of MPs in Parliament and the consent of the King.

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written by anon, September 07, 2010 01:51:05

Khoo said the reason why there were groups questioning the rights and privileges of the Malays was because the society of today was “blind about history”.

KKK, I for one am not interested in rights and privileges of one race....who (except you) gives a fcuk about ....what was, so what shall be.

In essence, you are supporting and condoning the 'bumiputeras' and the 'ketuanan' Melayu bullshit.

If something is old and outdated, we should replace it with new things....for the sake of progress. And if a historian like you, a Professor Emeritus, cannot fathom that, then I say ...you are 'blind about history'.

We go back into history to shape a better future....for all Malaysians. You have it all, so why do you care about the plight about the have-nots?

Eggheads like that lawyer is one fine example of a 'bumiputera' getting into a court of Law as a lawyer and making an ass of himself and the Judiciary.

Come on KKK, you know it and I know it...why the racial discrimination? It's pervasive. Quota system in your University. Have you not seen the difference in the quality of students?

But that is another matter.

When you talk about the SPECIAL RIGHTS of the Malays and that it should never be challenged....you disappoint me - no, you have swayed...you took a wrong turn. Which history books have you been reading?

America has changed over decades and today we have a BLACK man as a president. CHANGE IS WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR AND CHANGE IS WHAT IS NEEDED ...IF ALL RACES ARE TO UNITE AND LIVE IN HARMONY.

But you are 'blind' to that fact...it is pathetic that you have bowed so low and are fighting for the 'special rights' of ANY race.

Every damn race came from outside this country....now, don't tell me that you, as a historian, are ignorant of that. So why the special rights and privileges? Because the British said so?

Bottom line: THIS COUNTRY NEEDS A CHANGE...a change of draconian history books and relics like you who cannot think of a better future for the people of this country.

If we, like you, adhere to History books, whether they tell the truth is another episode....then, we will all still be divided ....and that is precisely what UMNO wants.... you know it and I know it.

cheers....for a better and more progressive Malaysia.

written by anon, September 07, 2010 02:31:18

Let me remind you KKK....if something, anything is old and outdated ( like your myopic reasoning )...it is every one's duty, including yours, to change it...be it archaic History books, your pants, or any articles in the constitution....if that article brings about a divided nation, then that article should be changed so we can have peace in the country and among it's people.

No one is 'challenging' the rulers....I believe there should be a change for the better....all for the sake of racial harmony. And if we need to change any article anywhere, so be it....why can't all of us live in peace and harmony???

Isn't that what Malaysia is all about?....Malaysia truly Asia...what does that mean to you? Why lie to the world that we are living in perfect harmony?

The British had their selfish reasons and formulated the constitution. Do you really believe the British wanted peace among the races? They came here and got what they wanted....then left this country in a mess. It is now up to us to make amendments for a better future for ALL Malaysians.

No one race in a plural society should be the 'Master Race'...not the Malays, the Indians, the Chinese or the Brits...not in any country. These were the same Brits who were the 'Tuans' in India ( sahabs ) and all the countries they colonized.

The British messed up....do we have to add to that mess? Or do we think about what they did and undo the mess they created?

The Reid Commission, formulated in the house of a royal, was not thought of wisely. We now have to think and rethink and come up with a plan....heck, even an amended Constitution if it needs be....to bring ALL races in Malaysia....Malays, Chinese, Indians, Kadazans and Dayaks together....as one.

I am entitled to my opinion.

Hajjah Siti bt Insyak - a RACIST headmistress

2010-08-16T22:24:00.004+08:00

School head under probe over racist remarks

SPECIAL REPORTS

Monday, 16 August 2010 admin-s

"Pelajar-pelajar Cina tidak diperlukan dan boleh balik ke China ataupun Sekolah Foon Yew. Bagi pelajar India, tali sembahyang yang diikat di pergelangan tangan dan leher pelajar nampak seakan anjing dan hanya anjing akan mengikat seperti itu."

By Student of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra, Kulai

The Star) KULAIJAYA: Police are investigating a school principal who allegedly used racist remarks against non-Malay students during a Merdeka celebration at the school here recently.
Kulaijaya deputy OCPD Asst Supt Mohd Kamil said police had received 12 reports against the principal since Saturday and that the case was being investigated under Section 504 of the Penal Code.
Over 50 parents and students had lodged the reports against the principal, who allegedly described the non-Malays as “penumpang” (passengers) in the country during her speech at the start of the celebration on Aug 12.

“I was shocked that my principal had used such a word against non-Malay students in our school.

“This is not the first time that she had made racist comments against Chinese and Indian students in our school,” said 17-year-old student Brevia Pan.

She added that the principal, who joined the school early this year, would only target Chinese and Indian students.

“During the Merdeka celebration, she had told non-Malay students to go study in a Chinese school or go back to China,” she told reporters in a press conference organised by Senai assemblyman Ong Kow Meng.

Another student, Ashvini Thi-nakaran, 17, said many Malay students were influenced by the principal’s remarks and made similar comments and called them names.

“Before she came to my school, all the students got along well,” she said. Her father R. Thinakaran, 47, said this was a serious matter and that principals should not behave like this.

“This principal has caused racial disharmony at the school,” he said, adding that if no action was taken, he would take his daughter out of the school.

Ong called for stern action against the principal, adding that such school heads and educators would affect the minds of students.

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written by anon, August 16, 2010 21:58:23

So what else is new? But there surely must be some mistake...it says ..."hajah" ...which means she has returned from her pilgrimage to Mecca.

A headmistress who has performed one of The Five Pillars of Islam and hurls RACIST remarks when she gets back??? Yes, there must be some mistake...she must have taken the wrong road ...the wrong place, the wrong plane, the wrong month, the wrong brains ...no, she forgot to take along her brains...you know how it is when you are in a hurry to catch a plane...some forget their passports and some just forget.

So let us give her the benefit of the doubt...that is what the court (if it ever reaches the court) will say anyway...under duress and all, you know.

And isn't this the month of Ramadan? You know, Holy Month, puasa (fasting) and all...puasa is not just about abstaining from eating ...you abstain/prevent evil thoughts and evil actions too you know.

But then again, what do I know...I am just a kafir.

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Goodness me... actually, Malaysians are not shocked really...women like these cover themselves from head to toe, but leave their filthy mouths (among other insalubrious holes) wide open. Of course there are some emancipated 'liberal' ones, who do not cover their faces.

Animals that bark unnecessarily should have their mouths covered ....like vicious dogs.

Reminds me of a woman who wore a black 'tudung' (headscarf), driving a Mercedes Benz ...overtook me and showed me the middle finger.

This is not the first racist remark made by a misled Muslim...there are many more who think going to Mecca is a vacation or go there to get that 'title' Hajah and then in the guise of being pious...hurl the worst kind of abuse to other human beings.

And please do not forget...she also said ( according to the police report ) ...I shall translate as best as i possible can...

i ..." the prayer chain/string that the Indians wear around their wrists and neck....they look/are like dogs...as only dogs have such 'chains' and 'strings' around their necks.

ii ... she called Indian teachers and Indian students "black Nigerians"

I don't know about you dear diary but I can only feel sorry for this lost soul.

I can only hope she finds solace in a holy place and repents before evil engulfs her.

Utusan columnist tells critics to ‘go home’

2010-08-15T19:48:00.003+08:00

By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani, The Malaysian Insider

Is this a face of a Malay, Chinese or an Indian? Take a wild guess.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 15 — Controversial Mingguan Malaysia columnist Dr Mohd Ridhuan Tee Abdullah ( see pix ) continued his weekly diatribe against non-Malays, saying today that minorities who cannot respect the special position of Islam and the Malays should return to their homeland.

The Muslim convert also sneered that Malaysia should be renamed “Cinasia” or “Indiasia” if every demand by non-Muslims was accommodated when commenting on Centre for Policy Initiatives (CPI) columnist Helen Ang’s recent piece “Enforcing NEP on minority religions.”

“Will the practice of prayer (doa) cause the heart of the non-Muslims to melt and embrace Islam? She really (Helen Ang) hates Islam. Prayer (doa) is part of the Malay Muslim culture.

“Why would we want to delete all of our identity for merely wanting to accommodate others. If that’s the case, just change the name of Malaysia to Cinasia or Indiasia. How strange it is this species, never cease trying to challenge the position of Islam and Malays,” he wrote in his Sunday column headlined “Jangan terlalu berani mencabar” (Don’t be so brave to challenge).

In her piece, Ang questioned why non-Muslim religious societies were banned in national schools.

Ang added that the restriction on non-Muslim fellowship in schools has stopped many Chinese parents from sending their children to national schools.

“If I were a mother, I would never wish to subject my vulnerable child to a bellicose environment where my race, and the traditions and faith beliefs I’ve imparted to my son or daughter are disparaged,” she said.

In response, Tee said that the country does not want Ang’s children, whether legal or illegitimate, a favourite line he continually implies about the Chinese.

“She does not need to send her ‘children’ (if any were legitimate) to national school, if she is not confident with the national school or she is scared that her ‘children’ will become Malays. Her ‘children’ are not needed here.

“Just send her ‘children’ to schools in her homeland or overseas. The presence of ‘children’ are not needed here,” he said in a personal attack on Ang, who has also had two police reports lodged against her over her article.

Tee also said that Ang should migrate to the West if she is obsessed with their culture.

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written by anon, August 15, 2010 15:43:44

And now we have this convert passing judgments on his own race and the others...so much for his version of Islam.

Why is it when an Indian or a Chinese converts, he has to prove to the Islamic world that he is truly a Muslim? It's the same with the 'mamaks'...these are the over-zealous bigots and megalomaniacs who are the real threats to Malaysians.

Look at this moron...typical Chinese looking...as with 99% Malays (of course we know where their roots are) , telling the non-Muslims to go back to their 'homeland'.
Question to you dickhead: Where is YOUR homeland?

The majority of the Muslims are not like you...I believe the educated ones know that this country belongs to all who have migrated here...that includes Malays, Chinese, Indians...you name it.

You convert and you think you are a Malay? You are a pathetic moron. You are in limbo land right now. You want to convert...do so by all means...but when you DO convert, do not imagine yourself as the 'master race'...first, there is no master race...second...your race will always be...Chinese.

You are not even a good Muslim. You are a Chinese and will always be one...you cannot escape from that.
Attend classes...a good Muslim class...and you might just turn into a good Muslim.

....or she is scared that her ‘children’ will become Malays.

Malays or Muslims? So that is why he is delusioned into thinking that he is a Malay. Listen Mr Abdullah, there is a big difference between being a Malay and a Muslim.

Not all Malays are Muslims and not all Muslims are Malays.

Silly dickhead convert.

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This is one of the many absurdities that we face in our country. The moment such boneheads like these open their mouth ...fresh after converting...you see them in action...almost immediately condemning the race and religion they were born into and resort to naive and assassinate their own race.

Does this dullard think he is actually a 'Malay' now? And that he will be accepted by the Malay society? He is and will always be a Chinese. He may be a Muslim....personally I think he is not as no true Muslim will spit out garbage as he has.

Would you ever believe he has a doctorate? This is similar to a turncoat. It's the same story with the 'mamaks'.

These converts always are in desperate need to prove that they are 'muslims' and in the process become dangerous and a menace to the society.

Look at the way he belittles women. Doa (an Indian word actually), is part of the Malay Muslim culture...isn't that true of every culture?

To slander Helen Ang like that only goes to prove how little he knows about his new-found religion.

Be a Muslim by all means but be a good Muslim...not one who is totally ignorant of the teachings of the Koran.

Special position of who? 'Ketuanan Melayu'? You do not even fit into that category. So tell us what actually 1Malaysia is? All are equal and in the same line he talks about special privileges.

Go back to your 'homeland'? Where is your homeland? After converting it is this country? This is OUR homeland...land for ALL Malaysians.

Tee @ Abdullah, we are ALL migrants...we have all contributed in some way to the economy and the progress of the country so cease your gibberish and concentrate on being a good Muslim.

Allow me to reiterate...be a Muslim if you wish...for the right reason...but do not assume that once you are a Muslim, it is a license for your to hurl profanities at other races.

You have reached this position as a convert...do not get greedy and attempt to be the next Prime Minister...you are not a Malay...you will never be.

The Indian Dilemma

2010-07-12T00:39:00.005+08:00

(Free Malaysia Today) - In a fiery speech, a MIC delegate from Kedah called on Indians to leave Malaysia and seek a better life elsewhere.
M Ramachandran, from the party's Kulim division, said the government was not offering enough
opportunities to the Indian community despite their sacrifices for the nation over the last 150 years.

“We are citizens of this nation and they (the ruling party) come to us for votes. But what do we get in return? We are only looked at when it's election time but after that we are forgotten.

“We are labelled with all sorts of names, so why stay here? We need to migrate to another country which offers equal opportunity to all,” he told the MIC annual general assembly here.

Meanwhile, Sri Serdang MIC division delegate K Subramaniam took a swipe at Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's 1Malaysia concept.

He asked how can the concept be achieved when racial segregation still exists in the country.

“The PM is going around with the 1Malaysia slogan but we are still being differentiated using the bumiputera and non-bumiputera status. How can you achieve 1Malaysia with this?” he added.

Subramaniam was also cynical about Najib's promise that students who excelled in their SPM examinations would be entitled for Public Service Department grants to further their studies.

“My question now is will they allow Indian students to get more than 9A's after this. I doubt it very much,” he said.
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The Indians have always been sidelined. You know it, I know it. The Chinese have been treated decently. And here we are fighting for equality and justice and in the same line, condemning the Indians.

Yes, as long as the Indians follow and worship MIC and its dogs, they will remain as they are....a minority group that does not pose any threat of any kind and will be treated like 'kelings' by both the Malays and the Chinese.

Hundreds of thousands have already migrated...Indians or Chinese? And what the heck is wrong if Indians find a better place somewhere else? The Chinese have already found a 'better' place and the people have their mouths zipped.

But when Indians wish to find a 'better' place...look at the outburst. They are labeled as traitors by so-called freedom-fighters who will turn this country around and are so certain that all races will be equal.

It will take 50....perhaps 100 years before we could possibly see any semblance of freedom, equality and justice for all....by which time, the Chinese population will equal that of the Indians....then we might just see some kind of freedom and justice for all.

Sometimes when I read some comments I have a good laugh at those morons who say things like....'bring them on' and whatnot.

Those who wish to to continue the struggle for freedom must do just that....fight for freedom and not pass any unwarranted remarks. What is the point of fighting for freedom and justice for all and in the process pass racist remarks....is not that called an irony? Perhaps paradox is a better word.

Malaysia-Today will become a laughing stock if these knuckleheads keep posting their birdbrained comments in it.

I do hope the Admin puts an end to juvenile posts and comments....yes, freedom of speech and all but sometimes you need to stop these naive comments to save your blog and maintain it as an intellectual platform - free of kids talking cock for recreation.

MT should remain as a place for serious debates, posts and comments. Everything has its limits...even freedom of speech.

....anon

What can you do with RM750?

2010-04-14T01:06:00.004+08:00

Since 1999, the opposition has been urging the government to increase the minimum wage to at least RM1,800 or RM2,000 per month. That was in 1999. Today it should be maybe RM2,500 per month. RM750 is just ridiculous. At a minimum wage of RM750 it is better to live in the UK. - RPK

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written by anon, April 14, 2010 00:56:46

Dear Pete,

I know a settler cannot do much with RM750 a month. This is in a kampong. Uniforms, shoes, inner clothing, clothing for everyday use, provisions, small repairs for the house(including pipes, roof leaks etc), doctor's bills, electric bill, petrol for the motorbike (to take kids to school and back and to go to work in the plantation) - let me stop here.

All these for a family of four....excluding the parents(heck, parents too have to be dressed and have to eat). Now how much do you think it will come up to?

My friend in the kampong who cannot afford to go to the doctor when his child is unwell and resorts to 'traditional' medicine and prayers. Kampong folks too succumb to toothaches and being children, often fall and hurt themselves.

No proper school teachers so no proper education - unable to afford to send kids for tuition classes.

Then there is the occasional marriage ceremony - this family is realistic, nothing elaborate and spend what they can afford and even that is insufficient. No buffaloes, no fancy cakes.

But, there is an avenue to have a decent 'kenduri' - pawn gold and borrow money - to feed 50-100 people....similar to poor Indians.

There came a time when this family did not have money to buy essential items.

Then comes Hari Raya....money is needed for a small-scale celebration. Where do they find it? Birthdays are just singing a song for the person and simple food is served....it is a family affair.

But there is hope yet again - pawn more jewelery and borrow more money while paying off the first loan.

Now let us take the scenario in a city. Or do I have to even mention it? I believe Pete has that all covered.

If a kampong family cannot cope with RM750 a month, what do you expect a family in the city to do?

My friend Zahib, I will keep helping you if I can. Suhana, I will send you some money if I can.

Suhana is my former maid who looked after my late mother....not an easy task. Her neighbours give her rice and when I had the means I was sending her money which kept her and her family going - I am not in a position to help her now but I hope and pray that I will soon be able to continue helping her and her family.

So those who waste food and blow your money on what you do not need, think of these hungry people who are not very far from you.

Members of UMNO, MCA and MIC these are your people - ethnically Malays, Chinese and Indians. It is a damn disgrace that some still live below the poverty level and are ignored while you frolic and bask in glory and deceive the people that you are helping them.

Money allocated goes into pockets of local ketua kampongs who have learnt how to slip money into their pockets - heck if his big boss can do it, so what is wrong with that? After all, he too wants to be behind the wheels of a fancy car.

These corrupt officials have learnt fast from the experts who walk through the Corridors of Power.

Yes there are poor Chinese and Indians too in these kampongs.

But these people are now aware of the present pretentious politicians and will never vote for you. They are aware now.

Soon, they will be on their way to Putra Jaya....demanding an explanation.

They do not like broken pipes and broken promises.

RPK says: I’m part Orang Asli and proud of it

2010-04-12T14:13:00.011+08:00

written by anon, April 12, 2010 13:26:41

written by PeacefulMalaysia

Tomorrow the Africans also will become BUMIPUTRA´s when they married the Malay girls.
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Dear PeacefulMalaysia,

What you wrote is indeed true. That is exactly what is happening now. What you forgot to include is the Banglas and the Pakis who are the heartthrobs of the local Malay girls. Let us not even tread into Indon territory.

The local Malay girls seem to have a strange attraction for these blokes. Well, I admit these guys are good looking gardeners and manual workers but they seem to have captured the hearts of the Malay girls.

The guy who comes to my place to cut the grass has a Malay girls' Fan Club and tells me that it is so easy to get hitched to any one of them and these are good looking educated Malays girls - only thing with this guy is that he is honest and tells me he is married with kids in Pakistan.

He is just one honest man but I can't speak for the rest. I know of Banglas who are having a great time with the local Malay girls....fun and adventure.

We do seem to have more and more Africans here and like you said, all they need to do is to marry any one of these Malay girls and they are set to go - they may not be Bumis but heck, their children will be and enjoy the privileges of a Bumi!

Ironic isn't it? The non-Malays have been here even before the Malays but are sidelined.

So, get rid of UMNO, MIC, MCA, and we might just see a light at the end of the tunnel.

I shall go a step further and say, get rid of all race.religious-based parties....be it Hindraf, PR, DAP, PAS, PKR ....every damn party that 'champions' the cause for a Malaysian Malaysia but has a hidden agenda.

Will, for instance, any of these party have a non-Malay for a Prime Minister if they come to power????

And don't give me the crap about this being a Malay majority nation, we should have a Malay as a PM!!!!

So what makes any party different from BN?

To BN: Get rid of MIC and MCA and all component parties and take on all opposition.

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P.S Verbosity - big talk about a change but let me tell you this....there will never be a party ( a party....not a person ) that will genuinely represent ALL races and be fair to all Malaysians. Why?

Answer: Greed.

Sometimes I tend to think that all you people are just full of hot air, gloating how you can make this country united....but there is always a catch.

RPK condemns Hindraf. Well, I will also condemn them if they are race based. I will also condemn ALL other parties - including DAP and PR that are similar and just speak of a Malaysian Malaysia.

I will also condemn RPK if I feel that he is just dabbling in rambunctious racial reprove and making a fool of any Malaysian and laughing all the way to a pub.

Tell the people openly before you win the election, there will be a non-Malay as the PM of the new Malaysia. A meritorious Indian/Chinese PM. Like the past presidents of Singapore.

I have my reservations about Anuar playing hopscotch....from Socialist to ABIM to UMNO to keADILan to PR.

To me, he wants his 'justice' - as simple as that. Become the PM then get the bastards who tarnished his name. Rahim Noor watch out - hide as far away from Mahathir as possible. That is what I feel Anuar is seeking - not an office but revenge.

I had enough of all this big talk. All talk but no action from any opposition except when it comes to defending their own kind.

Heck I might feel differently later. If politicians have the right to change their minds as and when they feel like it, why can't I?

Right now I feel that ALL opposition is full of garbage - and they seem to have a rather large herd.

These are all CEOs. And most CEOs are full of crap. They are crafty actors. Do you notice that they ALWAYS have a smile on? Behind that seemingly innocuous smile is a breeding ground for bloodthirsty killing machines - they smile but they make mental notes then plan....how to blow you off.

If you can see beyond that smile, you will face a bloody venomous fang waiting to strike - stay away from such menacing maulers.

When was the last time you came across a HUMBLE wealthy bloke? They hire and fire....without giving a second thought to the repercussions - of the innocent victim struggling to make ends meet. Heck, we are still living in the Colonial era... ACTUALLY, when the Brits were ruling this country, we were living more in harmony than at present. We were happy and mingled freely. We did not give a thought about race and religion when we were together.

....later....

I’m part Orang Asli and proud of it

2010-04-11T23:59:00.001+08:00

Hindraf has to wake up. If they do not wish to work with Barisan Nasional or Pakatan Rakyat then they will have to go solo. And going solo means it is a dead end road. So Hindraf has to choose its ally. It can’t go to war with the entire world. It has to seek a friend somewhere and get this friend to support its cause - RPK

Anyway, the point to all this is that if there is one person who should be proud of his bangsa (race) then it should be me. Who can claim to be more Bumiputera than me, a person with Orang Asli blood? But I am prepared to put aside the pride of my bangsa and instead accept that I am Malaysian first and all others second. It appears, however, that many Malaysians would rather fight for their bangsa than for all Malaysians.
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written by anon, April 11, 2010 23:45:07

Pete,
If indeed Hindraf is fighting for an Indian cause then I agree with you. We have to eradicate this Indian, Malay, Chinese stigma (including Iban, Kadazan, Bugis, Asli, Baba-Nyonya etc). Your message is loud and clear and I totally agree with you.

That is why we have to first get rid of UMNO, MCA and MIC. These are racist parties acting under the guise of BN's component parties.

Let us stand as Malaysians and cast aside our ethnicity. When we come together as Malaysians, we then go on to throw out all ethnic groups who fight for their race. It has been too long that the people of this country have been placing their race first. Shed that and embrace the fact that we are Malaysians - as I said before - we eat, play and sleep as one - Malaysians.

The PM has blundered saying he is Malay first then Malaysian....then boasts about his warped sense of ....1Malaysia.

His 1Malaysia is Malay first, then Malaysian as he proudly proclaimed. That is the worst contradiction I have ever heard. If anyone dares come up with a slogan such as ....1Malaysia, he should mean we are all Malaysians first or shut his mouth.

I waited for a reply from him when I asked what he means by boasting of his new and dubious 1Malaysia. When he finally told us all that he is a Malay first then a Malaysian - I was not surprised knowing that politicians are what they are ....politicians.

Hindraf, Makkal Sakthi, Pakatan, PKR, DAP, PAS, UMNO, MCA, MIC and any other racist-based group or party who claim to represent their 'race' - then I say, to hell with these racists bigots.

What we need is a party who represents ALL Malaysians - no one supreme race or religion.

This may surface in probably 50 years....but it will be worth the wait for our children and their children.

....and in 50 years, this country will be free of corrupt officials, arrogant wealthy condescending bastards and we will see a colour blind party representing Malaysians.

Fight Racism

2010-04-05T20:15:00.001+08:00

Yang Mulia, Raja Petra Kamarudin - a member of the Royal Family of Malaysia who sacrificed his life of luxury to fight for Freedom and Liberty for the People of his country.

Change can’t happen by itself. We need to make that change. Racism is Umno’s 'secret weapon' and the only way to beat Umno at this race game is to register as a voter and vote racism out of office. So register as a voter, now, and make that change. Only YOU can end racism. Umno understands only ONE language, the power of your one vote. Umno does not fear God. Umno fears losing power – RPK

RPK's thoughts are shared by ALL right-thinking, peaceful Malaysians...Malays, Chinese, Indians, Ibans, Kadazans ...ALL Malaysians.

...I have promises to keep...and miles to go before I sleep...

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
G.A. res. 217A (III), U.N. Doc A/810 at 71 (1948).

Preamble

Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,

Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,

Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law,

Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations,

Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,

Whereas Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in cooperation with the United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms,

Whereas a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the greatest importance for the full realization of this pledge,

Now, therefore, The General Assembly, Proclaims this Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.

Article I
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Article 2
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.

Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

Article 3
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.

Article 4
No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.

Article 5
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

Article 6
Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.

Article 7
All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.

Article 8
Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.

Article 9
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.

Article 10
Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.

Article 11
• Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.
• No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.

Article 12
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.

Article 13
• Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each State.
• Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.

Article 14
• Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
• This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.

Article 15
• Everyone has the right to a nationality.
• No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.

Article 16
• Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.
• Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.
• The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.

Article 17
• Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.
• No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.

Article 18
Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.

Article 19
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

Article 20
• Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
• No one may be compelled to belong to an association.

Article 21
• Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.
• Everyone has the right to equal access to public service in his country.
• The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.

Article 22
Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.

Article 23
• Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.
• Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.
• Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.
• Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.

Article 24
Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.

Article 25
• Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
• Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.

Article 26
• Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
• Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.
• Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.

Article 27
• Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.
• Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.

Article 28
Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized.

Article 29
• Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible.
• In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society.
• These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.

Article 30
Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein.

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This country certainly needs a change. The people of this country need this change...for a peaceful Malaysia. 

We may not see this change in our lifetime but let us think of our children and their children. Please inculcate Article 1 into them. 

Allow them grow up as one big happy family, mixing and playing together as one without thinking of the colour of their skin. 

Allow them to grow into liberal thinking adults knowing and accepting that they are ALL Malaysians. 

Let there be mutual respect among them. Let them know that ALL religions preach good things and let them not deviate from the teachings of their religion. 

Let there be a group of Malaysians – Malays, Chinese, Indians, Ibans, Kadazans sitting at one table, laughing and enjoying a free and healthy conversation. 

Impose the moral values that no one is mightier than the other, and that we are all one – Malaysians.

Let racism, NEP, quota system, ‘bumiputra’ and ‘ketuanan’ be a thing of the past. Let them all come together as one.

These are some of the things we can do during our lifetime.  

...Let us not be judged by the colour of our skin but by the content of our character... Martin Luther King

A sudden emergence of brilliance

2010-04-03T12:09:00.009+08:00

A’s galore – Is this for real?

(Aliran) So many students these days obtain a string of A's in public examinations. And yet, most people who were in school, say 50 years ago, can recall how difficult it was in those days to obtain an ‘A’ for any subject in the study syllabus, observes Inhindsight.

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written by anon, April 03, 2010 11:51:05

Why is everyone so shocked that students are getting straight As? This is 2010 not the 1950s, 60s or even 70s. In the 50s and 60s there were exams in Standard 6 and if you fail you're out - which has its disadvantages too, then LCE and MCE (before this SC). Finally, HSC - to toughest exam before you get into (if you do) a University.

Remember our names appeared in the newspaper for all to see?

Degrees were world recognized. Then came the 80s and 90s. By this time of course degrees were not recognized outside this country except for perhaps some Univs where millions were 'donated' ( I was told) to hand the degree on a silver platter. Ohio State, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Indon Univs, some Russian ones, Ukraine for example.

Veteran Malays who had post-Form Five (TTC?) qualification were sent to Leeds and York to do their Masters programme! From Form 5 - to Masters! They lived in their own little 'kampong' in Leeds and York (as related to me by them) and returned as Lecturers in Universities! They come back and spoke like they never stepped outside their local kampongs. And that is the language they teach - and it's not B. Melayu of course. I mean, why go all the way to England to study BM? The Brits speak English.

These kampong Malays kept to themselves - they never wanted to mix with the locals (the Brits)...you know, come Hari Raya, it's 'All in the Family' - ketupat and rendang, syrup and karaoke.

The wiser Malays mingled with the locals and these Malays came back, served their 7 year mandatory stint (some paid it off) then migrated ...to England and the U.S.

People like me on the other hand had to struggle to get good results in the HSC exam then obtain a degree, followed by a Diploma in Education and only then go on to do Masters.

In other words, my good Bumi friends, skipped all and did their Masters Programme (which by the way was a 9 month programme) - skipping 'A' levels or HSC AND a basic degree - conveniently get their Masters degree.

These 'Masters' churn-outs did not learn much as their knowledge of the language was about the same prior to leaving for England.

So what is their Masters degree equivalent to?

My point now is simply this: Why is everyone shocked at students getting 10As or 15As?

This is the 21st century and it is also 1Malaysia - where everything is possible

CHERATING RESORTing to beer

2010-04-01T22:32:00.009+08:00

Malaysian model who drank beer escapes caning sentence

A Muslim woman sentenced to be caned for drinking beer has had her punishment commuted, in a surprising turnaround for a high-profile case that raised questions about Malaysia's Islamic laws.

Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, a 33-year-old mother of two, received a letter yesterday from the Pahang state Islamic department informing her that the state's sultan has decided to spare her the caning.

The order is likely to cool down a fiery debate over whether Islamic laws should intrude into people's private lives in this Muslim-majority country. Many people had condemned the punishment, saying it shows conservative Islamists are gaining influence over the justice system.

Her lawyer, Adham Jamalullail, said: “As a substitution for the caning, the sultan has ordered Kartika to perform community service for three weeks”.

Sultan Ahmad Shah is the guardian of Islam in the state, and its titular head. Most of Malaysia's 13 states are ruled by sultans who usually play a ceremonial role in governance but have the power to rule in Islamic matters.

Ms Kartika, a part-time model and nurse who was caught drinking in a hotel bar, said she has been ordered to present herself at the office of the religious authorities in Pahang, which is in the middle of the country, tomorrow.

"Right now I do not know what sort of punishment it will be," she told AFP. "I am waiting for clarifications from the religious authorities."

Ms Kartika was sentenced in July last year to six strokes of the cane and a fine of 5,000 ringgit (£860) for drinking beer in December 2007 at a beach resort in violation of Islamic laws. Islam prohibits Muslims from drinking alcohol.

Officials had said the caning would be very different to the corporal punishment administered on male criminals under secular civil laws. Drug offenders, kidnappers and others are caned with a thick rattan stick on bare buttocks that break the skin and leave lifelong scars.

Ms Kartika's punishment under Islamic laws would have been delivered with a thin cane on the back with her clothes on.

Ms Kartika, whose case has fuelled a debate over rising "Islamisation" of the multi-ethnic country, could have been the first woman to be caned under Islamic law in Malaysia.

But in a surprise move, three other women were caned in February for having sex out of wedlock.

Alcohol is widely available in Malaysia but is forbidden for Muslim Malays, who make up 60 per cent of the population. They can be fined, caned, or jailed for up to three years, but prosecutions are extremely rare.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/

.... this is the result of local and world pressure.... I personally believe that this whole issue was blown out of proportion by hypocrites who claim and proclaim abstinence.

Kartika, you have shown the world what 1Malaysia is.

Filthy Wealthy

2010-03-26T23:41:00.006+08:00

There are millionaires and there are billionaires. But is there a place for respect, compassion and humility? These wealthy ones do not have a store room for it. Some do not know the meaning of it.

There are the fortunate ones, who get into elite schools and are above the law. You fool around with them, you're history...even if you do not mean to hurt them. You are at their mercy. If these kids are in a bad mood, you have to keep away and never play with them. Do not even try to console them. They control the area - they are the 3 line people of the city.

They come in a pack, like a six-pack of San Miguel. Foaming at their mouth. Get out of their way or face their wrath. I faced it much to my delight actually.

Once upon a time, somewhere in NS, there was once a wealthy Malay (not Muslim) woman and she came to me blasting her mouth off - because her dainty little over-sized daughter did not know the answers to my questions - questions about her own religion. I did not wish to get involved in a sensitive matter but she went with the flow of her moronic group of friends who urged her to challenge me.

Now, this fat, well let's call her Fatimah, was at first an introvert. She sat alone and did not know how to mingle with the rest. I made a 'mistake' - I managed to make her sociable and then before I knew it, she went overboard. Her best friend - yet another pipsqueak girl....a sneaky little worm. I taught this worm how to crawl out of the mud.

So time passed and Fatimah became bigger and braver. So when we had this non-discussion about Islam, I asked some basic questions and she could not answer my questions. Basic questions and she resorted to the first thing that came to her mind...she cried. It was obvious that she was embarrassed and so she went home and ran to her momma and poppa.

They came to the school one day - like Mary's lamb did - ( did not see her pops - her father I mean) and her rich momma blasted me and told me never to make her cute little fat daughter cry. Aww shucks, I tried to explain but of course she would not listen. She kept on hurling atrocities and all kinds of abuse - does the Koran state that you are allowed to do that to anyone, not just to an ordinary person who woke her not-so-little little daughter up. No it does not.

I smiled and let her go on with her rantings. Her diatribe was rather monotonous. From a kampong to a city. From a meek n mild Malay to an Amazon. I would have thought the father would be the one who would have spoken to me. Strange. I guess he was above all this or knew that I was right - that his daughter did not learn much from the Agama class she attends. Either that or she was taught the wrong things.

Her momma was of course dressed to kill with make-up and all. The only thing is, with a mouth like that, her lipstick was giving up on her. Her rosy cheeks became rosier....too much to bear with the harangue. I was on the other hand quite bemused. Her tirades did not match her attire and her the difficulty she must have taken to make herself look great. She looked like just another kampong woman with some Ralph Lauren make-up.

It was rather funny though and an experience I would not forget. Here you are, a kampong migrant deluded into believing that she was born and raised in London.

I guess she felt an all-time high after barking like a bitch with her little puppy beside her still in tears. Aww. That puppy too wears undersized garments revealing the only big thing she has - not her brains but her puppies.

Where did the friendly, always smiling kampong woman's quality go to? Certainly not to her brains.

Now the not-so-little girl believes she is the next best thing after Maria Menado.

Heck, the best is yet to come....so stay tuned.

Churches attacked in 1Malaysia

2010-01-10T23:58:00.006+08:00

8 January 2010

When I came home after work I was rather surprised to know that some churches were burned I kept on watching Al Jazeera. I also found out that one of the churches was about 10 minutes from my place.

So, being curious, I decided to go have a look. I drove there and parked my car and walked into the church. I was surprised to find the church intact. Only later I was told by someone there that the cops were very fast to act - not to catch the perpetrators but to clean up the place before people like me video-tapes it.
I did take some photographs and a couple of videos which I have uploaded.

Later, I decided to drive by an area that is equivalent to Kula Lumpur's Kampong Baru. Petaling Jaya's own Kawasan Melayu - about 400 meters away from the church.

There I captured some photos of a banner on the wall of the mosque.

PENGGUNAAN ALLAH PERKATAAN HANYA UNTUK ORANG ISLAM SAHAJA.

MAJLIS AGAMA ISLAM SELANGOR

Translated it means:

The use of the word ALLAH is only for the people whose religion is Islam.

Majlis Agama Islam Selangor is, roughly translated, the Religious Council of Islam in Selangor.

In the 70s I used to walk freely through Kawasan Melayu. I shudder at the thought of walking into that area now.

This is a sad day for the country. These fanatical racial and religious bigots DO NOT REPRESENT all Muslims in the country.
As a matter of fact, a Muslim friend said he was ashamed that this incident took place.
I appeal to the Hindus, Buddhists Christians and the people of other faiths to remain calm and not to retaliate.
Allow me to repeat: these illiterate confused racists do not represent ALL Muslims.

We have a (democratic?) government - in my opinion the wrong one that rules the country.

I do not see any real action being taken. Announcements are in the air - that the police are having it all under control. Then why are there more churches being burned? And a Convent school?

A lot Talk .... very few Walk The Talk.

This act is mushrooming although the powers to be say that the police are guarding all places of worship. At least that is what I heard on TV.

I feel saddened by this incident. I went to Muar with my sister and her husband and we had lunch at a Malay stall in a big building. We were the only non-Malays there and all the Malays were so nice and friendly. You would think this incident never happened.

So I say again....these pathetic people who burned the churches do not represent their community. It is totally unIslamic. The Koran does not condone such despicable acts of violence and sacrilege. Nothing new to these Malays who do not know what Islam represents.

.... to be cont'd

Dr M: Don't pick on bumi issue

2009-12-14T18:10:00.003+08:00

(Malaysian Mirror) - Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today that the opportunity given to more bumiputras to enter public universities should not be disputed as a racist act which prioritises one race at the expense of others.

The former prime minister said the move was to ensure a balanced racial development so that the bumiputras were not left behind in mainstream education, which could have negative repercussions.

Seeking a balance

He said that at the private institutions of higher learning, which now numbered nearly the same as the public institutions of higher learning, the bumiputra enrolment was very small, only in the region of 10%, while the rest was made up of the other races because many bumiputras could not afford the fees.

"If we conduct a census of the number of students in the government and private universities, there are more non-bumiputra students. That's why we give attention and more places to bumiputras," he said in his keynote address, entitled "UUM 25 Years Expectation vs Reality", at the Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) Alumni Convention 2009 here.

"So we should not feel guilty (just) because we have places for the bumiputras. We have a right to attain a position that is on par in this country. We want reasonable rights," he said.

You can't call it racism, says Dr M

Dr Mahathir said the affirmative policy under the New Economic Policy to bring the bumiputras into the country's mainstream development in various fields, including education, was not something extreme because although bumiputras made up about 60% of the population, the set quota was only 30%.

"This is not racism...we only ask for half of what we should be demanding. This shows that we are not racist...in fact to get 30% is not easy."

If there was no balance, those left behind would feel hatred and jealousy and might act irrationally, and this was what the country wanted to avoid, he was quoted by Bernama as saying.

He added that the extra attention and opportunities given to the bumiputras did not mean that the other races were sidelined.

He also said that it was important for the bumiputras to have the knowledge in running a business because many of them did not use the money as capital or to invest but to shop.

"We must change the bumiputra mindset. The money will bring returns when invested and this can enhance their wealth. Normally, they spend when they have money...often more than the money available and this causes problems."

Advice to set up university town

On UUM, Dr Mahathir said the aspiration of its establishment had been achieved as was evident from the success in producing bumiputra graduates as well of graduates of other races in management but it was still not enough.

"The UUM's future still hinges on efforts in capacity building, especially for the bumiputras, in business," he said.

He said students in management finance and accounting must be taught to have the right mindset, strong resilience as well as other traits to be successful in business and other fields.

Dr Mahathir also hoped that one day there would be a university town in Sintok, where the UUM is located, like the university towns in Cambridge and Oxford.

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written by anon, December 12, 2009 22:47:40

Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today that the opportunity given to more bumiputras to enter public universities should not be disputed as a racist act which prioritises one race at the expense of others.

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I am beginning to believe what Anwar said about this Maha sh*t - he must be getting too old and all the ops are now making him senile.

What do you call a University that takes in 'bumiputra' students, the majority of whom who do not meet the minimum qualification? Then their marks are pushed - literally speaking - and they pass and graduate.

Why the quota system in the first place?

If these 'bumis' do qualify and have no money then help them by all means. But to just haul them all and make them all doctors and engineers and lawyers - who believe English Language only exists in countries like England, U.S and Australia - is somwhat pathetic - depriving the non-bumis of a place in the University.

That is not racism?

If they are given all the incentives and motivation and they still do not make it, why do you have to herd them all in Universities? Just to fulfill that NEP crap? To strike a balance?

The Malays who made it meritoriously deserve to be helped but certainly not the others who just want to sit on a fancy chair in a lounge suit as a Director of a company with a voluptuous secretary - and play golf.

Yes, open up two more Universities that are on par with Oxford and Cambridge and herd all the cow-head protestors inside these two Universities - the same sh*itheads who stepped on the photographs of opposition party members.

Listen Mahamutt, I know of 'bumi' students ( more tahn 55% ) who failed and were pushed to pass and graduated - what do you call that?

...and the more-than-qualified non-bumis were deprived of a place in the University.

.... a racist act which prioritises one race at the expense of others.

That is not Racism?

You have UiTM with about 36,000 students - 'bumiputras' - a lot of whom keep changing courses - starting with the Law faculty then finding it confusing and switching to other easier courses.

RACISM: The belief that people's qualities are influenced by their race and that the members of other races are not as good as that of your own, or the resulting unfair treatment of members of other races.

Now tell me if what I said is not racism.

written by anon, December 13, 2009 02:25:55

Listen MahaMutt,

Forgot to mention this - I am sure we all have friends and family whose results are well above the minimum qualification - but yet cannot seem to get a place into local Universities. Why is that so? There are Universities blooming everywhere and yet there are no places for these students with excellent results.

That is not Racism?

Are these places reserved for the non-qualified 'bumi'?

Don't try to shit us with your garbage - many of these 'bumis' do not deserve to be in any University.

Let us get something very clear here - I am not against helping a bumi who deserves to be in a University and needs financial aid. Help him/her by all means. That is your duty.

I speak through experience when I say there are 'bumis' - scores of them who do not belong in a University - I have seen their results. In the 80s - a 'bumi' ( good friend of mine ) got in with ONE "A" - in Agama in his Form Six. Then he was sent to England to do his Master's Degree. He failed and did it again - tax-payers money of course. He finally made it.

Then he was sent - against his wishes - to get his PhD. You can guess if he obtained it or not. This is not a 'bumi' who is poor.

That is just one example. There are many.

The Matriculation program was created for the 'bumis' - one or two Sarawakians and Sabahans. Yes, a handful of these 'bumis' are good and made good but the rest should never had been given the chance to enter the University and follow the program - their English Language was atrocious and these were future Doctors, Engineers, Lawyers, Architects, Pharmacologists, Biologists, Chemists, Physicists - all in the field of Science. Of course the majority wanted to be Doctors .... and guess what - some already are and some will be.

Some are doctors in local Universities and others went to Sungai Petani. The good ones went abroad on scholarships - mostly to Ireland.

And the non-bumis with excellent results are struggling to get into a local University - a big number of them cannot get in because they are not qualified! So what is the qualification for the non-bumi?

That is not Racism?

You damn hypocritical racist bigot. Keep that garbage that spills out of your filthy mouth to yourself.

One MahaMutt followed by another MahaShit-yuddin. When can we expect the next Maha-moron? Won't be long.

Damn fascist started all this Racist policy with your so-called Malay Dilemma and your NEP. Stay retired you damn racist. Do not get involved in this education system that you made a mess of.

Why don't you go see these 'bumi' doctors the next time you go for your check-up? They are your by-products.

If you are as genuine as your rhetoric, I challenge you to have a young 'bumi' doctor as your family doctor.... for you, your children and their children.

"....a balanced racial development so that the bumiputras were not left behind in mainstream education",
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The majority of the 'bumiputras' are simply not interested so how can you have a 'balanced' racial development? They just want to sit around the grounds of the Twin Towers and enjoy the romantic atmosphere.

" which could have negative repercussions".
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This to me sounds like yet another threat from a former PM of a racial riot.

"many bumiputras could not afford the fees".
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More qualified non-bumis cannot afford the money - and who is to help them?

"If we conduct a census of the number of students in the government and private universities, there are more non-bumiputra students".
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Why don't you conduct a census of who has to work harder and who produces better results - the bumis or the non-bumis?

"We want reasonable rights,"
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What IS your reasonable rights? That the bumi who does not meet the minimum qualification be allowed to enter a University? That to you is .... reasonable?

"affirmative policy under the New Economic Policy"
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A 'yes' plan for all bumis to enter a University minus the merit - just to bridge the gap - that is the "affirmative policy" under the NEP!
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"we only ask for half of what we should be demanding".
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Only half. How thoughtful. It does not matter if you cannot find that half. Just take a handful of the rempits and you will make that half.

And .... should be demanding? Demand for what? For mutts to get into a University? They are making more money in illegal racing on the streets and enjoying it ( with their girls as pillions ).

"the extra attention and opportunities given to the bumiputras did not mean that the other races were sidelined".
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This extra push given to those who do not deserve it has definitely sidelined the other races - and you know that this is a fact.

"We must change the bumiputra mindset".
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Finally you have said something that is true - but you also know very well that to do this is wishful thinking.

The mindset of most bumis is already set - by them - and you, even as the former PM for 22 years, failed to change that with your racist policies.

....you can take the man/woman out of the kampong but you cannot take the kampong out of the man/woman....

The only good Malay is the one who has emerged from the hard-core kampong shell and has seen democracy.

....anon

So the next best thing is to herd them all into a newly opened top-notch Universities and pass them all and expect them to have built-in business acumen and take over the economy of the country.

I guess these are the 'hopefuls' who have impressed you and have initiated you to build two more Universities - on par with Oxford and Cambridge.

LONDON: An international medical university will be built in Perak next year in collaboration with several leading universities, mainly from India, Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said yesterday.
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Qualifications: For 'bumis' only - good paper qualification is an asset but not compulsory.

Hey doc, you may get your wish.

Allow me to remind you of what Racism is: The belief that people's qualities are influenced by their race and that the members of other races are not as good as that of your own, or the resulting unfair treatment of members of other races.

Utusan Malaysia has spoken: stand by for another May 13

2009-12-03T17:10:00.016+08:00

Bayangkan apa akan berlaku jika orang Melayu bangkit dan bertindak memijak pula gambar atau poster pemimpin-pemimpin Cina di negara ini. Tidak mustahil peristiwa berdarah 13 Mei yang menjadi sejarah hitam negara akan berulang (Utusan Malaysia).

NO HOLDS BARRED

Raja Petra Kamarudin

This is the gist of what Utusan Malaysia wrote today:

The action of some DAP leaders of stepping on the photographs of the three Perak turncoats tantamount to Chinese stepping on Malays.

Two of the three PKR state assemblypersons are Malays -- so this means the Chinese stepped on Malay photographs.

Imagine if the Malays also step on the photographs of Chinese leaders. It would not be impossible for another ‘May 13’ to be triggered.

PAS and PKR are tools of the Chinese. DAP is very clever at using others, in particular Malays. DAP has been stepping on the Malays for far too long.

And so on and so forth. The full article can be read below. (You can also read 'Stepping on the DAP' by The Nut Graph here: http://www.thenutgraph.com/stepping-on-dap).

According to Utusan Malaysia, this is about Chinese versus Malays. This is about the Chinese insulting the Malays. This is about the Chinese stepping on the Malays. This is about the Chinese pushing the Malays too far. This is about if the Chinese continue testing the patience of the Malays do not be surprised if another race riot the likes of May 13 erupts.

That, basically, according to Utusan Malaysia, is what it is all about -- the Chinese spoiling for a fight which if they are not careful they will get.

But that is not what tickles me here. Do you know what tickles me? What tickles me is the Chinese telling me that Najib is saying all the right things and that Barisan Nasional will probably gain back its two-thirds majority in Parliament plus all the states it lost in the March 2008 general election.

What more can I say other than the Chinese deserve this and I hope Utusan Malaysia continues fanning the sentiments of the Malays with talk about another race riot a la May 13. Maybe this is the only thing that can knock some sense into the Chinese when a race riot really erupts and a couple of thousand of Chinese dead bodies are bulldozed into mass graves like once upon a time.

Sheesh! I really don’t want to talk more in case I begin to say something I might regret later.
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written by anon, December 03, 2009 15:41:06

It's rather silly.... all this stepping on photos and cows and all.... and turning all this into a racial issue. More than that, now, a threat of May 13 II.

It is pointless saying.... 'bring it on'. That's a typical gung-ho attitude. It will not solve anything. On the contrary, it will only make matters worse. The liberal Malays will certainly be offended by that bumptious remark.

When you say, 'bring it on' - that 'it' includes the army. 'We will take you on'. Are you willing to take on an army? Your forefathers were slaughtered in 1969. 'Bring it on' spells arrogance and ignorance.

Were you there during the May 13 1969? I was. I would never like to see it repeated. It was a nightmare I do not wish to relive. It is sad, to say the least. We do not want our children to see a May 13 II. It will be something they will never forget - if they live to see it through - and that will be never forgotten - and it will be harboured in them. What next? Revenge?

The Malays, this time, will be united as one - even the thinking Malays will challenge the 'bring it on' mentality. The Indians and Chinese will, this time, be literally stepped on and ordered out of the country. It is a foreseeable possibility. If not that, then the they will be as good as slaves and this time, there is nothing they can do about it. Not even Malaysia - Today will be able to bring us all back together again.

Allow me to add a fact. The empty-headed Indians should never had gotten involved and fought the Malays. It was in essence, a bloody battle between the Malays and the Chinese. The Indians were merely pawns and they foolishly allowed themselves to be manipulated.

Had they not gotten involved in the blood bath, the Indians would have been politically within the matrix of the local community. I am not saying that the Indians should not have fought for their rights - all I am saying is this - they should never have fallen prey to others who wanted the booty for themselves.

Sure, it will make headlines in CNN, Al Jazeera, BBC World news - but what will be the repurcussions?

Do you sincerely believe that America and Britain.... or even China, will move in to save you?

Let us forget the past and move on for a brighter future. Let us fight for a better future. We are making progress. albeit gradually. Let us not digress from this. Let us focus on National Unity. We are Malaysians. This is Malaysia not 1Malaysia.

I would dare say, the majority of the Malays also had enough of all this racial bigotry. They too are agrieved. We can, work alongside and make this country a better place for all to live in.

There are Malays who are sidelined too.

This is what I mean when we have morons at the helm.

The cow-head march was a prelude to what could happen, at least what those who were involved were trying to suggest and that includes the keris-waving moronic minister who condoned the despicable act.

Now, yet another asinine malay female who took matters into her own hands has given an ultimatum to the non-Malays what will happen if anyone challenges a slithering (racist) Malay like her.

Now I have to stress that these are the ignorant, bloodthirsty racist Malays aka UMNO and its followers.

The important question is....what is the ruling party doing about all this? Not doing anything about a racist female moron and a newspaper that provokes the sentiments of the Malays means the party is condoning it and is issuing a threat to all Malaysians.

That female is a threat - what she wrote was clearly seditious but there is no sign of the ISA. The paper should be banned and the editor held for sedition.

Is this a country in which anyone (save the UMNOputras) wish to live in?

Is this a place where we can all, as Malaysians, walk freely, without fear of being slaughtered - or seeing animals being slaughtered in public places?

Tension is in the air and this is precisely what some quarters want and need.

Is this a country where racial tension governs ( the movement of ) the people?

Or is this a country where racial and religious bigotry will always be?

So this is the same country that has been given a new name - 1Malaysia.

Linguistic 'cultured' deputy

2009-11-24T17:27:00.004+08:00

(AFP) - Malaysia's deputy education minister has said that speaking English in the workplace is "weird" and harmful to the nation's culture and identity, a report said Wednesday.

Mohd Puad Zarkashi said employees in the private sector used English 99 percent of the time and should switch to Bahasa Malaysia in order to show pride in the national language, the New Straits Times reported.

"This also occurs in government-linked companies where we have this weird culture of people speaking to each other in English instead of the national language," he said at the launch of a linguistics seminar.

"We are polluting our own culture and identity as a nation," he said.

"It would be difficult to strengthen the position of Bahasa Malaysia if this culture continued," he added, urging Malaysians to emulate the French, Japanese and Koreans, who stuck to their own language.

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So speaking English is ‘weird’ for this moron. It is weird for only the weirdos.

It is harmful to the nation’s culture and identity he says.

So tell me, what is our culture and what does it represent? Do we have a culture in the first place? We do have a corrupt culture that every Malaysian is aware of.

So how can we pollute our own culture if we do not have one? Puad, we have to ‘switch’ to our Bahasa Malaysia to show pride in the National language? That is what some may say, talking cock.

For a long time, the older generation went to English medium schools and these people are highly successful – that includes the Malays. Then came the switch to BM being the medium of instruction and we sank into an abyss. For a year the Malays were riding high. Then a few years passed and the non-Malays became fluent in BM – perhaps even more fluent than the Malays.

After that, a small switch back to English – Math and Science – to keep up with the rest of the world. We were in the struggling stages but making some progress. Progress comes with time.

Now we have regressed – Math and Science to be taught in BM again. Just when the Malays were making some headway they are pushed back into the stone age.

Is that the culture you are talking about? Why did you not do anything about the bohsia culture?

Then we had the ‘kutu’ culture. Now, you are bringing them all back and making them ‘our’ culture.

You do not have to go very far to see frisky young suppressed Malay girls openly demonstrating their promiscuity – with ‘tudungs’ on mind you. That is a ‘munafiq’ culture.

People like you, with a myopic knowledge of the word ‘culture’ go around preaching garbage. Are you trying to create a subculture?

In any case, are you talking about a Malaysian culture or a Malay culture? You mentioned…’our’ culture. So which is it?

The Malay ‘culture’ is largely derived from the Indian culture. Everyone knows that. Your bersanding ( marriage ceremony ), the clothes you wear, the language, from your songkok to your sepatu, your baju melayu, baju kurung, ghazal …just to mention a few – all these are borrowed from India. Iskandar Shah aka Parameswara brought all these with him in 1403. The Malay Sultanate was based on the Indian sultans, maharajas and maharanis who Indira Ghandi got rid of simply because it was a sheer waste of the tax-payers money.

Sultan is an Indian word. Doa is an Indian word. All the words mentioned above originated in the India. Other ‘Malay’ words are borrowed from the English Language.

English words are ubiquitous in the ‘Malay’ Language – just insert affixes to make them all ‘Malay’ words. Then you will popularkan the 'Malay' language.

So why do you have English words in your language when you do not wish to have anything to do with that language?

Text messages to be in Malay? You have a tiny mind Zarkashi. A mind like yours is dangerous. You are a menace to the progress of your own kind. You are totally clueless and are in dire need of guidance.

But sek (sex) in any language spells the same. Sammy urges not to hisap dada. Now, that is one guy who needs to learn BM. You spew venom and mock the language that has helped the people who walk through the Corridors of Power and others like yourself who after having the rudiments of the language, do not wish to educate your own kind for fear of them being able to have a debate with you in the English Language.

You want to emulate the French, Japanese and the Koreans? Have you forgotten that these countries are industrialized? Malaysia is just about waking up and we need the English Language to progress and achieve industrialization – in perhaps 50 years. By that time the others would be 50 years ahead of us.

It is clear that you were not paying attention during History lessons. Either that or you had a moron like you for a teacher.

How on earth can you emulate these countries? You are spewing garbage. These countries are too far ahead for Malaysia to catch up with them. To emulate them would be courting with disaster. Let us progress at our own pace. What is wrong using English for the betterment of the country?

When we have ‘emulated’ what France, Japan and Korea, then perhaps we could place more importance on BM.

For the moment, we need the English Language for obvious reasons unknown to ignorant people like you.

So now we know all about delays when we write to people who hold the same policy as you – you just do not seem to comprehend the English Language – a Universal Language – and simply send the letters back to senders.

Government schools are far behind the Private schools who use English as the medium of instruction.

You seem to have a warped sense of logic – worse than Nik Aziz. Imagine you being the PM of the country!

With you at the helm, every citizen is doomed – the Malays, Chinese, Indians, Kadazans, Dayaks and all others. The country will inexorably be alienated from the rest of the world and will never be able to recover from your policies and the manner in which you think (?), like the interpretations of the wahabbis.

I am not in the least surprised that we have people like you serving as Deputy Ministers. So what else is new?

Even the kampong folks know how important the English Language is. This I say from personal experience and from teaching English Language in a kampong for one year. So where did you come from?

A weird culture spoken by people in this country - English Language!

Every once in while, there will surface a dullard like you with barmy ideas about what is good for this country.

Any right-thinking person will surely know that if an individual or a country wishes to progress .... be proficient in the English Language.

Bring back the old system - English as the medium of instruction in all schools - then we will progress.

Wealthy Malays are always right - A Tale of Two Cities

2009-11-22T21:39:00.019+08:00

When shall we meet again? In thunder lightning or in rain?

Witches beget bitches and Bitches beget Witches.

The poor Malays had better shut their mouths. And if the poor Malays have to shut their mouths, the non-Malays have no say, so get out of this ‘Malay’ land or bend over backwards and keep on apologizing to these rich pricks and prudes.

You cannot teach them the difference between right and wrong and you cannot tell them that they lack the religious knowledge. You cannot reason with them and logic is a foreign word simply because these Malays believe they are above the law. They do not wish to listen to you - you are nothing but a kafir.

There was an incident lately. This wealthy Malay ( not Muslim ), who asserted her garbage and did not wish to listen to reason and logic. Imagine her vicious anger and rambling - and she talks about Islam in the same sentence!

Does Islam condone vicious verbal attacks on the elderly and educators? This toxic Malay believes so and by demonstrating her diabolical infantile behavior, she exposed herself to the fact that she was going against the very essence of the true Islamic teaching and not the wahabbi version she expounded.

An egomania on an ego trip. This cock-of-the-walk was walking tall and riding high. People like this will fall hard. She is the quintessential ungrateful Malay moron. In her case, ignorance is bliss and money is everything.

The problem lies in the fact that they seem to forget that their forefathers were kampong folks and kampong folks regarded teachers as demigods.

Then they make themselves visible in the big city and shed their kampong values and become rotten to the core. How they got rich remains a mystery. But they are rich and that is all that matters.

To them, only 'Muslims' know about Islam and a 'kafir' does not know anything about their religion. And if you talk to them about it, they either cry in shame or fume and attack you like a raging bull, not realizing that they are exposing their ignorance of their religion.

I was always brought up to respect my mother, father and my teachers. When I see my old teacher ( TTC trained ), I still address him as 'Sir'. I am more qualified than him so why should I call him so? Because he was my teacher.

To these morons who are deluded into believing they are wealthy and so they qualify to disrespect anyone, this is what I have to tell them ... go back to your kampong and you might just learn something positive, like showing respect for a teacher. You seem to conveniently forget that you are an off-spring of a kampong society ... which reminds me of something else - you can take the man out of the kampong but you cannot take the kampong out of the man.... or woman – in this case. Normally, kampong folks are a simple lot….normally.

These arrogant bigots are loosed upon the world, especially so in this country. They also set an example to their kids that they can get away with being disrespectful and hence the vicious cycle. Their children are by-products of their egotism.

Their children are sent abroad or to private schools and they believe they have fulfilled their parental obligation. They are totally ignorant of their own religion and pass that ignorance onto their children. Ah, but their children attend agama schools ( or is it lessons? ) and believe that they know it all.

You teach their children how to think for themselves and strive hard to educate them and successfully manage to make them mix with others. That much you can do. You make them sociable and bring them out of their cocoon but it's up to them who they mix with.

Sometimes you wonder if it is all worth your effort. Teaching spoilt brats is no easy task.

When I was 16, I mingled freely and I had good friends - Malays, Chinese and Indians. We always respected teachers, even if we disliked them and would never dare to complain to our parents about them.

Most kids today are a pampered lot. Some will say....spoilt brats. Though some, surprisingly, include 16 year olds too who will agree with you when you say that most kids are indeed pampered and spoilt. These are the ones who have matured and are independent - not holding on to their mothers' apron strings....like the spoilt brats. These are the ones who think for themselves. Strangely these are the Indians and Chinese. There could be some Malays too - none I have encountered yet. Well, they are 16-year-olds after all and one cannot expect these kids to think like mature adults. Heck, even some adults have this myopic view of their own religion.

These brats will never be able to stand their ground in a foreign land. They would never be able to walk in a mall without their body guards. They will need to take along the strings attached to their mothers' apron when they go abroad. They cannot see beyond their highfalutin noses.

I am not making a general statement. I am merely stating my personal experience. People like these are ubiquitous.

I am somewhat bewildered that the educated Indonesian is magnanimous. He does not have his nose pointing to the sky and he does not spew venom like the local parochial wealthy Malay schmucks who wear blinkers.

Some of these Malays wear the ‘tudung’ ( a headscarf ) and give you the middle finger when they pass you by in their fancy cars. Believe me, this is a fact and I write all this through experience.

Others without a headscarf try hard to look good but what is the point of trying to look good when you are rotten to the core inside? I saw the heavy make-up on that face of fury.

No amount of modern make-up can mask the evil on this particular amoral female's face. Her condescension knows no limits. So, can money buy everything?

So what has become of these Malays who once belonged to a polite and caring society?

They moved – away from the placid kampong ambiance into the fast track world of arrogance, polygamy, corruption, egotism and bigotry. And now they bask in this atmosphere. But for how long? They too will have to answer to their Creator.

I wonder what their defense will be. Apologize? Beg for forgiveness?

These are the corrosive misled ‘Muslims’ who give their counterparts a nasty name.

I detest such hypocritical people. They represent the evil that the society does not need and should be ostracized by all races.

This country has no place for such ‘elite’ egotists who serve to only pollute the country with their feral minds.

These are the very people we are trying very hard to jettison. The people who walk through the Corridors of Power are not alone – there are similar people who walk outside the Corridors of Power and these are insidious people are probably more dangerous to the Rakyat.

Any resemblence to person or persons is purely coincidental.

P/S Then you have people like RPK and someone else I know who puts on this facade that he is fighting for a change....a CEO....more than that....a megalomaniac. That story will be published soon.

There is still hope.

Brahmins and Others

2009-10-26T03:21:00.013+08:00

Caste System divides the Hindu Indians.

"After a study of some forty years and more of the great religions of the world, I find none so perfect, none so scientific, none so philosophical and none so spiritual than the great religion known by the name of Hinduism."-Annie Wood Besant

"That which we call the Hindu religion is really the eternal religion because it embraces all others." - Sri Aurobindo

The Indian Caste System – The Varna and Jati Systems.

by anon

Some may say that the caste system kept some kind of strange ‘order’ and ‘peace’ among the people and it is in this caste system in which people are born, marry and die. These are ignorant people – no different from those who misinterpret the teachings of the Holy Books.

Scriptures are far too often altered and manipulated to perpetuate and justify the ignorance of these benighted interpreters.

I am in no way passing a sweeping statement but I have met many - too many - Hindu Indians who have no idea about the caste system and how it originated, yet they bask in the glory that they are 'Brahmins’ and are rather fatuously condescending.

Many of these narcissist are under the delusion that the Brahmins are the highest single breed among the Hindus - a fallacy that I urge all Hindu Indians to invalidate.

I have even spoken to Brahmins and to my amazement; they claim to be of the 'highest' caste simply because they are descendants of priests and teachers and denigrate other ‘castes’.

My grandmother mingled with the Maharani of Mysore, so that would, logically, spell my heritage as a descendant of a very high caste and noble family. But, I am, simply – a Hindu Indian - just like all other Hindu Indians.

The caste system is a very hierarchical organization in which every Hindu’s status is racially but clearly and indiscriminately defined.

I am a teacher so does that make me a Brahmin? Even if it does, I do not wish to be party to this draconian caste system.

By the same token, the priests in all the temples – are Brahmins by virtue of the fact that Brahmins are after all, teachers ( religious teachers or otherwise ) and priests ... and vegetarians.

This caste system had always been a prickly thorn and acts as a wedge amongst Hindus from all walks of life – even today…. in this age and in this country.

So to discuss it farther, we have the:

Brahmins - the priests and teachers.

Kshatriyas – the rulers, warriors and land owners.

Vaishyas – merchants.

Shudras – artisan and agriculturalists

… and the ones who were “outside” the caste system ….

Untouchables ( Harijans - Mahatma Gandhi called them – the Children of God ).

Mahatma Gandhi called the 'lowest' caste the Harijans or the Children of God simply because he wanted to educate the Indians who were deeply set in their warped beliefs of the Caste System.

This caste system is archaic and should be discarded as soon as possible. We are not living in The Stone Age.

Here is an interesting article that I came across.

Caste System is the biggest threat to Hinduism

by Jayaram V

In the Vedic age, the caste system was not very rigid since "there was no privileged order of priests." During this time the word vaishya denoted all the people in the region irrespective of their profession and lineage. There was a rudimentary form of caste system in which a person's caste depended not upon his birth but upon his profession as is evident from some of the hymns of the Rigveda (9.112.3).

Historians tend to quote many reasons for the emergence of caste system as a dominant social reality during the Vedic period. The social compulsions of that time must have contributed to its development. The most plausible and accepted theory is that probably caste system was found by the Vedic people as a convenient means to integrate a multiracial society into one complex system.

There is no doubt that in the later vedic age, in the name of religion, the caste system was most conveniently justified and to a brahmin father.

Secondly, thanks to the tradition of passing of the Vedic knowledge from one generation to another through oral means, there was enough scope for manipulation of the vedic mantras. As a result, some new verses were cleverly and deliberately incorporated into the early vedic scriptures to justify the system and ensure the supremacy of the higher castes.

Historians quote the purusha sukta of the Rigveda (10.90) as the earliest reference to the existence of caste system in vedic society. This verse must be definitely a latter day addition to the Rigveda, for otherwise in the scripture we do not find much obsession about caste. We have no doubt that the scripture might have been cleverly altered and manipulated so as to provide some religious justification for the perpetuation of the caste system.

This must have been equally true in case of the Bhagavad-Gita also, where we find references to the caste system peculiarly out of context. When we look at such verses in the context of the fact that Sri Vasudeva Krishna himself was neither a brahmin nor a kshatriya, but belonged to a pastoral community near the present day Mathura, we understand the truth.

The emergence of Manu smriti, sealed whatever chance there was for the caste system to remain plastic. One of the greatest books of social and religious laws ever written in the ancient history of man, this scripture elaborately dwelt upon each and every aspect of human conduct and religious life and through its unflinching emphasis on dharma and varna system firmly established the supremacy of the priestly class and their unquestionable right to perform all religious rites. Thus declares Manu smriti, "The very birth of a brahman is the eternal incarnation of dharma. For he is born for the sake of dharma and tends towards becoming one with Brahman..."

It is difficult to state how the caste system as it is known to us today took shape on the Indian soil, for today's caste system does not contain just the original four divisions but hundreds and thousands of castes and sub castes. The many foreign invasions and contact with new races and new tribes must have prompted the priestly class to change the laws here and there and admit new people into the system in various guises. The bactrian greeks, the barbarious huns, the sakas, the kushanas, and many others who came to India either as traders or as rulers, were somehow integrated into the system so smoothly that today we do not know into which castes these races merged finally.

Whatever be the truth, while the caste system helped the society to stabilize itself in the early stages, it considerably weakened the society by undermining its unity. Since the system was so unfair to the vast majority of the lower castes who had no privileges but only duties, it alienated them deeply from the rest of the society and made them apathetic and indifferent to the events of their times.

With no scope for their social advancement or economic independence, ever under bondage, and suffering from various kinds of social disabilities, they became the third or the fourth class citizens of hindu society, without any dignity of their own and with a status comparable to that of animals, as they were the 'once born' in contrast to the 'twice born'.

Therefore, for these unfortunate souls, it mattered little who came and who went, who won and who lost, who ruled them and who did not.

As long as they were obedient to the state laws and paid their taxes or did their duties sincerely, it mattered little who sat on the throne and what virtues or vices, or for that matter what religion, the king practiced or advocated. The kings were hardly benevolent or tolerant. Failure to pay taxes, when the state demanded, perhaps with a few exceptions here and there, meant instant death.

Reduced to penury and the lowest social status, oppressed by the political system in which they had no chance of participation, condemned by the religion which eluded them, they worshipped whatever their limited wisdom suggested, from the rivers to the trees, from the earth to the sky, from various spirits, ghosts and demons to the various village deities.

It is difficult to believe that Buddhism gave them any relief, since it was not a religion for the weak minded. It demanded inner purity and observation of the eightfold path which was difficult to practice even by the privileged sections.

The rulers in turn paid little attention to them. Perhaps in matters of state priorities they did not matter at all. Their welfare must have never bothered the rulers. In theory these people were already condemned by the inexorable laws of karma to lead miserable lives and suffer from the consequences of their previous bad actions.

Then how could and even why should a mortal king try to improve their lot? Preoccupied with their own problems of governance and survival, and perhaps palace intrigues and court politics, the rulers seldom ventured out into the rural areas to interact with these less privileged groups.

Though theoretically, the king was supposed to be concerned with the welfare of his subjects, with a few exceptions here and there, it is hard to believe that the kings of ancient India would have ever bothered to consider the lower castes of his kingdom as his important subjects.

What is strange is that many ancient rulers of India were neither Brahmins nor kshatriyas but came from lower castes. So was the case with many seers and saints. For example most of the rulers of the Magadh came from lower castes. But unfortunately none of them seemed to have worked for the upliftment of the lower castes. Having became converted to Buddhism, the Mauryan emperor Asoka, must have encouraged many to follow him. But we do not have any evidence to suggest that he was especially sympathetic to the cause of the lower castes or that he worked for their specific welfare.

Instances of oppression and cruelty against the downtrodden was also not entirely unknown. In times of war, the villages through which the army passed had to provide food, cattle and provisions to the marching army. This must have put considerable strain on their meager resources. The villagers were never trained in the art of warfare nor in the art of self-defense. So if the army lost the battle the masses had no option but to surrender meekly to the new ruler and pay their taxes.

It is true that it is difficult to generalize Hindu society on any particular issue since it consisted of diverse groups and communities even in ancient times. But we can confidently consider the caste system as the bane of Hindu society from the earliest times. It divided and weakened the society, alienated the people and exposed them to foreign invasions on a scale unprecedented in the history of the world.

In south India the position was slightly different. Here the caste system did not divide the society as sharply as it did in north India, which is one reason why the south remained relatively free from foreign invasions as well as invasions from the native rulers of the north. King Asoka barely managed south. Samudra Gupta led a successful expedition to the south and defeated some local rulers there, but did not achieve much beyond that. Harshavardhana was defeated and stopped by Pulakesin II on the banks of river Narmada.

In contrast to the rulers of the north who never tried to cross the frontiers and conquer the far away lands, the south Indian rulers were able to navigate across the oceans with the help of fishermen and sea farers, and establish new kingdoms in far away lands like Cambodia and Thailand.

The trend continued even during the Muslim or the Mughal rule. The south remained largely free from the Muslim rule. The Muslims did invade the southern provinces, except in a very limited way. Most of the famous temples of south India we know today escaped destruction in their hands. In strange contrast, some new temples were even built during their rule like the Sri Ram temple on the banks of river Godavari at Bhadrachalam in Andhrapradesh.

Must not Hindus learn something out of this experience of their past? If Hinduism has to survive as a major world religion and if Hindus want to stand out as exemplary beings on the global scene, the caste system must go. It must vanish in its present abominal form, with all its monstrous roots and manifestations.

The caste system is an evil, that has no divine sanction whatsoever. It is full of demonic vitality and diabolic intent and it is there only to create discard and destruction. The bane of Indian society for so long, it will continue to remain so unless it is uprooted and thrown out, with the strength of Bhima, without any apology, without rationalizing its justification in the past, and without exploiting it for ones political or economic gains.

The caste system must yield place to a new society that is based upon the principles of equality and fraternity, where the status of an individual is determined not on the basis of his caste, but on the basis of his achievements and his character. The Hindus must learn to treat each individual with dignity and self respect and learn from their Christian and Muslim friends a few things about charity and brotherhood.

It is not a curse to be born in poor circumstances or come from a not so distinguished family. Hinduism teaches that before a soul begins its new birth, it willingly and carefully selects the family and the environment in which it wants to take its new birth. If we accept this as true and if we understand the significance of why a soul wants to be born in a poor family, we will never look down upon any one as a low or inferior person. We will realize that hidden in that person is a soul that is trying to break free by creating the necessary circumstances that would enable it to achieve it.

If Hindus do not shed the caste system in its present form, they cannot blame others for the disunity and disharmony of their society and for the increasing popularity of other faiths among the less privileged castes. They cannot blame foreign hands, charitable institutions and Christian missionaries, for the alienation of these people. Every Hindu ought to remember that if there is one force that can destroy Hindu society either in part or in full or reduce them to a simple minority in their own country, it is neither nuclear weapons nor the foreign hands, but the stench of casteism.

Mr Prime Minister

2009-10-18T22:55:00.012+08:00

To the Honourable Prime Minister of 1Malaysia.

Sir,

First, allow me to thank you for your well-wishes.

I don't know if I speak for the others, but there are a few things I would like you to explain - since it was you who created this 1Malaysia.

Sir, explain what 1Malaysia means - before a lot of us misconstrue your meaning and give our interpretation to others.

Interpretations of the Koran is as diverse as our cultures and traditions so let us have just one interpretation of 1Malaysia.

I really do not know and am in the lurch as to what exactly 1Malaysia stands for.

To state feelgood words like Perseverance, Culture, Excellence, Loyalty, Humility, Meritocracy, Integrity, Education and Acceptance is pleasant to read but they are merely words. When they give meaning in the context of a peaceful Malaysia then they are words of wisdom.

I could add many more words - two very important ones being Respect and Compassion, for your mother, father, for the country and for all.

To look at it from a positive perspective - it means - all races, Malays, Indians, Chinese, Kadazans, Ibans - and all the different races - are now Malaysians. Am I right?

One big step was the abolition of the quota system. Then I read and heared it on TV - for all Malaysians to see - that word ... 'bumiputra'. And later I read that it was a different quota system that was discussed. How naive of me.

1Malaysia has no place for 'bumiputra'. That goes against the very essence of 1Malaysia - as I perceive it to be.

Who are these 'bumiputras'?

Can you please go on the air - on TV preferably, and clear the confusion?

I give credit where it is due. I see you as a good leader but I also see a possibilty of a good leader just shouting slogans of 'we are all one' but not doing much about it.

We need mutual respect and mutual respect can only surface with ALL races being equal.

No 'ketuanan' attached to any race, eradication of corruption, no terrorists or harbouring any of them, wiping out poverty, and above all, no race and religion stated in our Identity Cards. All that should be stated is ... Malaysian.

Freedom of worship, no imposing the ISA on any Malaysian or the OSA, No NEP only give us what belongs to us - Freedom of speech, Freedom of a peaceful demonstration ( which will never occur if it is indeed 1Malaysia ), Freedom of thought and expression - Freedom of the Press, Seperation of Powers, Justice for all and other attributes relating to a 1Malaysia.

The ISA should be used only on criminals. The communists have gone but now we have the infiltration of unwanted racists with ethnic cleansing stamped on their foreheads and has been ingrained in their perverted minds.

I see a few positive changes - even on TV - now more of 1Malaysia is being used - salam satu Malaysia ... nice to hear it. But is that the end of 1Malaysia? Does 1Malaysia end there - just talk?

I feel one of the first things you should do is to outlaw BN's component parties - UMNO, MCA and MIC. Here lies the root cause of all problems.

Just weeks after you launched the concept of 1Malaysia came a whole lot of uncouth people - blatantly flouting the 1Malaysia concept - and these people are from the grassroots to MIC, MCA and UMNO.

Either these people do not respect your 1Malaysia or they know something I don't.

Mr Prime Minister, Let us think of our children and generations to come - that this land is for all Malaysians. I had a glimpse of it in the 50s. My friends were from different ethnic backgrounds. We never once thought of the other as Malay, Indian or Chinese.

We ate together, played together - fought amongst each other without making it a racial issue - there was never a thought of a racial issue when we quarreled or fought. There was no Malay who mentioned that he was the master and he belonged to the Master race. We did not even know what that meant. There were no derogatory racial remarks hurled at each other.

The 60s too saw racial unity - but then it was the beginning of 'Islamization' or should I say 'Arabisation', the ketuanan Melayu and claims of Malays being the 'indigenous' people and the other races being migrants - the Landlords and the Tenants.

Lately, a few days ago, I heard that word again ... the indigenous' people, referring to the Malays! There goes 1Malaysia, I thought.

Sir, surely you must know that Malays, Chinese and Indians are ALL migrants. We know who the indigenous people are - not the Malays, Chinese or the Indians.

So Mr Prime Minister, please educate me on what 1Malaysia really is - what does it actually mean.

I am trying so hard to hang on to my optimistic interpretation that I am a Malaysian first and then my race. I pray to God Almighty that I am right.

If I am, then I salute you as being the very first Prime Minister of this country who tried to unite all races - you will have made history - you will be remembered as just that and respected the world over. Will you be the one? Or perhaps we have yet to wait for that elusive leader who will represent Malaysians?

You have a daunting task ahead of you as I believe that certain quarters ( who are even around you ) do not want this 1Malaysia concept. Being the man at the helm, please get rid of these cretinous cockroaches.

No more hegemony, discrimination, racial and religious bigotry - I believe all of us - and I dare say, even my Malay ( Malaysian ) friends - had enough of this infighting and silly racial prejudice.

I saw and heard you say, 'maaf zahir dan batin', and I believe you sincerely meant it and begin a new era of uniting the multi-ethnic race of Malaysia.

Mr Prime Minister, if it is not you, then someday, there will be a leader in this country, who will release us all from the chains of oppression and free us from the shackles of servitude.

Let us all work together and live in peace and harmony.

TDM came up with the NEP and deluded the Malays into thinking they were being 'robbed' by the other races, thus creating confusion and animosity among the races - the beginning of a social and cultural milieu.

TAAB woke up one day and came up with Islam Hadhari - which confused the Malays even more.

Then you came up with 1Malaysia - which is driving all of us into an implicit state of confusion.

Is it a some kind of a trend that all PMs should come up with some kind of a dictum to please and give hope to the Rakyat?

Here is one that I believe will be true if this country is not ruled by a dauntless PM:

Things Fall Apart, the center cannot hold. Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.

Inventing catchy phrases is one thing ... enforcing it is another.

I am, no matter what anyone says, still optimistic about the country's future. I still believe that someday, this country will indeed be Malaysia Truly Asia.

I write this with absolute respect for you as the leader of this beautiful country. It could be complete with all races being ... Malaysians. You Sir, can make this happen. A dream for all Malaysians.

P.S. After more than one hour, finally it said, my message is too long. So what can I write? Dear Mr Prime Minister, Happy Deepavali? Thank you for 1Malaysia without knowing what it is?
I need to write what I feel and what everyone wants to know.

I wish to have a direct answer from the PM ( not from his political secretary ) - as a citizen of Malaysia, what his newly created 1Malaysia means.

If he is a PM who cares, he must answer my question which is what everyone I meet is talking about - each one having his own theory and interpretation of 1Malaysia.

Some say, 1Malaysia is for one race - the master race aka ketuanan melayu.

I therefore, being injenuous, need a proper answer - a simple question requiring a simple answer.

A Malaysian Dream or a Nightmare?

God bless Malaysia.

PAS should be told that the Islamic State is a fallacy and does not exist

2009-10-01T22:31:00.003+08:00

"To his list, I would add “Islamic state”, because, contrary to popular Muslim opinion, there is not a shred of theological, historical or empirical evidence to support the existence of such an entity".

NO HOLDS BARRED

Raja Petra Kamarudin

'There's nothing Islamic about a state'

Mehdi Hasan

New Statesman, 2 April 200

Mehdi Hasan explains why there could never be a true Islamic state

Like my fellow Muslims, I strenuously object to the lazy conjugation of the words Islamic and terrorism, for the rather obvious reason that there is nothing Islamic about the murder of innocent civilians. Unlike so many of them, however, I also take issue with the term “Islamic state”, and for the very same reason: there is nothing Islamic about a state. The two concepts have nothing in common.

Let’s take the word Islamic. The casual and careless application of this adjective to religious and cultural phenomena alike has blurred the all-important distinction between Islam, the divinely revealed, perfect and infallible faith, and Muslims, the rather flawed, imperfect and very human practitioners of that faith.

As the historian Marshall Hodgson pointed out: “One can speak of ‘Islamic literature’, of ‘Islamic architecture’, of ‘Islamic philosophy’, even of ‘Islamic despotism’, but in such a sequence one is speaking less and less of something that expresses Islam as a faith.”

To his list, I would add “Islamic state”, because, contrary to popular Muslim opinion, there is not a shred of theological, historical or empirical evidence to support the existence of such an entity. Its supporters tend to mumble vaguely about this or that verse from the Quran, or make vacuous references to the life example of the Prophet Muhammad.

But the Quran prescribes no particular model of government, nor does it detail a specific political programme that Muslims must adopt. In fact, the concept of the state appears nowhere in the Quran.

And why would it? In his new book, Islam and the Secular State: Negotiating the Future of Sharia, the Sudanese-born academic Professor Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im points out: “You will not find any reference to an Islamic state or to state enforcement of sharia before the mid-20th century – it’s a post-colonial discourse based on a European-style state.”

Many Muslims fall back on a romanticised view of the very first community of believers in 7th-century Medina, ruled by the Prophet himself, and cite it admiringly as their precedent for an Islamic state, but this approach is flawed. First, any historical precedent that revolves around the presence of a divinely guided prophet-as-political-leader seems wholly irrelevant, in an era in which we have no divinely guided prophet to lead us.

Second, the Medina “state” should be seen as a purely political and pragmatic, rather than Islamic or religious, construct. The celebrated pact that the Prophet signed with the various tribes of Medina involved the non-Muslims of the city – chief among them the Jews, who were granted formal equality with the Muslims – recognising only his political and temporal, rather than his religious or spiritual, authority. As the historian Bernard Lewis puts it: “Muhammad became a statesman in order to accomplish his mission as a prophet, not vice versa.”

Third, Medina lacked fixed borders, a standing army, a police force, permanent civil servants, government ministries, foreign ambassadors and a public treasury. To pretend that it can serve as a practical model for the large, complex, post-industrial societies of the 21st century is fanciful.

Today it is difficult, if not impossible, to identify a Muslim-majority nation that could plausibly be identified as a modern, viable and legitimate “Islamic state”. Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shia Iran both loudly proclaim themselves to be such, but to each other they are heresies; they are also dictatorial regimes with terrible human-rights records. How about the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, blighted by military rule for much of its history? Or Sudan, accused of committing crimes against humanity among its own Muslim population in Darfur?

Not surprisingly, Professor An-Na’im concludes that “the Islamic state is a historical misconception, a logical fallacy and a practical impossibility”.

Mehdi Hasan is the New Statesman’s Senior Editor (politics) and the news and current affairs editor at Channel 4

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The Falsity of the Concept of the Islamic State

by Abdassamad Clarke

There is no word in the Qur'an or in the hadith literature for 'state'. The Arabic word that is commonly used - 'dawlah' - does not occur in the Qur'an. [The word doulah does occur in the Qur'an. The best exegesis of both dawlah and doulah is in Sultaniyya by Shaykh Dr Abdalqadir as-Sufi.]

Nevertheless, later Muslims used the term, the Ottomans among others. The Ottomans were known as the Osmanli Dawlah and not the Ottoman Empire even though a word for Empire exists both in Arabic and Osmanlica. However, the Ottomans chose the term dawlah specifically in order not to use the term Empire.

The term 'state' begins to take its present day signification in the seventeenth century in Europe, some dating it from the Treaty of Westphalia. Its most essential feature in the modern world is that of a governing entity that legislates, i.e. creates laws, and most usually in our contemporary situation through some form of process of representative democracy.

For the Ottomans, dawlah encompassed the khalifah and his appointees whose job it is to bring the shari'ah into being, but not to create legislation.

The concept of the Islamic state first came about in the modern world by means of the Islamic modernists, so let us first examine the issue of Islamic modernism or modernist Islam. It has various roots, but in essence it stems from a misunderstanding of Western dominance over the lands of Islam, which itself issues from a complete misreading of western history and the nature of Western society. The modernists assume that it was the features of Western society that were unusual to it and different from Islamic modes that gave Westerners dominance over the lands of Islam, and that therefore it is sufficient merely to imitate the West in those unusual features for there to be a resurgence of political power in the lands of Islam.

This is why, we object seriously to the use of the term 'Islamic State', just as we object, if possibly even more strenuously, to terms such as 'Islamic economics' and 'Islamic banks'. All of these concepts are based on the idea that we can Islamicise things which are fundamentally alien to Islam, and Allah knows best.

The above is an extract. The full article can be read here: http://www.bogvaerker.dk/state.html

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Awfully Educated

A funny but enlightening thing happened today. Strange as it may seem, I was having what I thought will be an educated discussion with a graduate teacher.

But I was puzzled after my 'discussion' with her and thought "what is the meaning of 'education'? "

We were talking about the Kartika case. And this teacher, a seemingly liberal thinking adult holds tightly to the fact that Kartika indeed must be caned. Her reason was simple ... to deter other Muslims from drinking beer. That was it, nothing else.

So I tried to act curious and asked if that warranted a caning ( six times ) and she said in a definitive way: "yes!"

I was rather shocked. But acted otherwise.

I asked her if that caning will indeed stop others from refraining from consuming beer. To which she replied, "well, we have to start somewhere and this is as good a time to start it (caning). As if that was not shocking enough, she went on talking about and believes in 'hudud' laws....you know, chopping off the hands, stoning, the lot.

She was extremely fuming and condemning the Human Rights Commission for "interfering" in the Kartika's case. According to her, The Human Rights Commission has no right to interfere in the judgement already passed on Kartika by the Syariah court.

At that point, I wondered ( but did not ask her ) what if Kartika was her daughter? Would she have condoned the caning or lashed out at it? Perhaps she would have stood her ground. I will never know that.

But what I know is, these women, pass their time talking cock - about husbands and wives and the usual gossip, sometimes passing subtle sexual innuendos ... sometimes even blatantly ( Islamic? ), but when it came to Islam - as they perceive Islam to be - Kartika deserves to be caned and perhaps even canned - and don't you dare refute!

It's amazing how an educated person who mixes with other races freely, and members of the opposite sex of other races and jokes with them, passes 'mildly naughty' remarks can, under the guise of being seeming liberal, is full of bottled up anger and frustration and unleashes it with venom.

I tried hinting that it was draconian and that the Human Rights Commission was doing the right thing but she would not accept it.

Now, this is a rather sensitive issue so I did not pursue it any further. I wanted to know how an educated person thought about caning a Muslim for drinking beer and that triggered off her innermost feelings and thus surfaced the 'wahabbi' in her. She is not the only educated person who has her interpretation of Islam. Islam as they perceive it to be.

MALAYSIANS

2009-09-28T18:34:00.005+08:00

To all Malaysians.

There comes a time, when we heed a certain call - but are we heeding that call?

Let us be united as one nation one race - Malaysian.

MALAYSIANS

Now, this is a photo of me with my Malaysian ( Malay, Chinese and Indian ) friends.

I am standing next to a Muslim - my best friend and still in touch with him. We were and still are, like brothers. Remember, this was taken in 1968 - 41 years ago and Farouk, my best friend and I still keep in touch. He is now in Penang. When he comes to KL, he comes to my place. It is always good to see him and we talk about the good times we shared. Both of us are not in any way affected by acts of recent racist and religious bigotry.

His was at that time dating a Chinese girl, who is in the photo. There was no thinking of having to convert - their love overcame all racial boundaries.

Each time I read about race and religion today, I often look at this photo and take solace in the fact that there still ARE some sane people in this country who will not permit anyone or any regime to influence them and their perspective on the fact that we are ALL Malaysians.

In class, we mingled freely. Race and religion had no place - it could not creep in and divide us. We respected one another and we were FRIENDS. And like all good friends, we ate together and played together.

It seems like we have to look into the past to look towards a better future.

Actually, we never heard of 'halal' and 'haram' which is now imprinted on the minds of a lot of people. The Muslims adhered to their religion and the others to theirs. We were still together.

A few years ago, Farouk's mother was hospitalised and I went to see her and she still remembered me and was happy to see me.

My late mother liked Farouk a lot - her petname for him was 'king' - his name being Farouk Sultan.

That reminds me of Deepavali - all my friends came to the house - my Malaysian friends - and had a feast. We ate, drank, talked and laughed. When it was Hari Raya and Chinese New Year - we were all there together - eating, drinking, talking and laughing.

That was the true spirit of inter-mingling. A nostalgic era of a melting pot of Malaysians.

Saira Banu- Dilip Kumar celebrate Eid

2009-09-22T11:31:00.002+08:00

Saira Banu and Dilip Kumar are busy wishing friends and family 'Eid Mubarak' today. "It’s always great to share your special days with people who are close to you. Not just friends and family but we also have fans dropping in. Mubarak baad dene ke liye aate hain (Fans come over to wish us on the occasion of Eid) and Dilip Sahab chats with them," revealed Saira.

"I thank and pray to god. I have nothing to ask as god has already gifted me Yusuf Khan and sahab has given himself to me wholeheartedly," she added.

Talking about the celebrations, Saira revealed, "Chicken Biryani, Mutton Biryani and Sevaiyan are must-have food delicacies in our house during Eid. Our friends like Farida Jalal, Nanda and even Dharamji (Dharmendra) often come over to celebrate this festival with us."

Saira concluded, "I wish all my fans Eid Mubarak and let peace and happiness prevail on the occasion of this auspicious festival."

Salman, Govinda celebrate Ganesh immersion

2009-09-22T10:49:00.001+08:00

MUMBAI: Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Govinda on Monday joined several Mumbaikars in biding emotional adieu to Lord Ganesh on first day of `visarjan' (immersion).

Salman Khan and his mother perform pooja during Ganesh Chaturthi at their residence. (TOI Photo)

Among the prominent personalities who visited Salman's residence at suburban Bandra for the Ganesh puja ahead of immersion were MNS chief Raj Thackeray, cricketer Yuvraj Singh and actress Katrina Kaif.

Thousands of Ganpati idols, mostly household ones, were immersed at beaches and lakes like Girgaum Chowpatty, Juhu, Marve, Gorai and Dadar admist chants of `Ganpati Bappa Morya, Pudchya Varshi Lavkar Ya' (a popular slogan hailing the elephant-headed God and urging him to come early next year).

Nearly 40,000 civic employees and 500 life guards have been deployed across mandals and beaches for smooth conduct of processions and immersion.

Nearly 44 motorboats and 12 fire brigade boats with necessary equipment have been stationed at major immersion sites across the metropolis.

The annual Ganeshotsav celebrations, that began yesterday, did not dampen the spirits of Mumbaikars as they welcomed their beloved deity despite swine flu scare and terror alerts in the metropolis.

Braving rains, devotees formed a beeline to offer prayers at the Ganesh idol set up by one of the richest and famous mandals, 'Lalbaugcha Raja' in Parel.

Dear Mr Prime Minister

2009-09-20T18:53:00.011+08:00

To the Honourable Prime Minister of 1Malaysia.

Sir,

I don't know if I speak for the others, but there are a few things I would like you to explain - since it was you who created this 1Malaysia.

Please explain what 1Malaysia means - before a lot of us misconstrue your meaning and give our interpretation to others.

I really do not know and am in the lurch as to what exactly 1Malaysia stands for.

To think on a positive perspective - it means - all races, Malays, Indians, Chinese, Kadazans, Ibans - and all the different races - are now Malaysians. Am I right?

One big step was the abolition of the quota system. Then I read and heared it on TV - for all Malaysians to see - that word ... 'bumiputra'.

1Malaysia has no place for 'bumiputra'. That goes against the very essence of 1Malaysia - as I perceive it to be.

Who are these 'bumiputras'?

Can you please go on the air - on TV preferably, and clear the confusion?

I give credit where it is due. I see you as a good leader but I also see a possibilty of a good leader just shouting slogans of 'we are all one' but not doing much about it.

We need mutual respect and mutual respect can only surface with ALL races being equal.

No 'ketuanan' attached to any race, eradication of corruption, no terrorists or harbouring any of them, wiping out poverty, and above all, no race and religion stated in our Identity Cards. All that should be stated is ... Malaysian.

Freedom of worship, no using the ISA on any Malaysian or the OSA, No NEP, Freedom of speech, Freedom of a peaceful demonstration ( which will never occur if it is indeed 1Malaysia ), Freedom of thought and expression - Freedom of the Press, Seperation of Powers, Justice for all and other attributes relating to a 1Malaysia.

The ISA should be used only on criminals. The communists have gone but now we have the infiltration of unwanted racists with ethnic cleansing on their perverted minds.

I see a few positive changes - even on TV - now more of 1Malaysia is being used - salam satu Malaysia ... nice to hear it. But is that the end of 1Malaysia? Does 1Malaysia end there - just talk?

I feel one of the first things you should do is to get rid of BN's component parties - UMNO, MCA and MIC. Here lies the root cause of all problems.

Just weeks after you launched the concept of 1Malaysia came a whole lot of uncouth people - blatantly flouting the 1Malaysia concept - and these people are from the grassroots to MIC, MCA and UMNO.

Either these people do not respect your 1Malaysia or they know something I don't.

Please Mr Prime Minister, Let us think of our children and generations to come - that this land is for all Malaysians. I had a glimpse of it in the 50s. My friends were from different ethnic backgrounds. We never once thought of the other as Malay, Indian or Chinese.

We ate together, played together - fought among each other without making it a racial issue - there was never a thought of a racial issue when we quarreled or fought. There was no Malay who mentioned that he was the master and he belonged to the Master race. We did not even know what that meant. There were no derogatory racial remarks hurled at each other.

The 60s too saw racial unity - but then it was the beginning of 'Islamization' or should I say 'Arabisation', the ketuanan Melayu and claims of Malays being the 'indigenous' people and the other races being migrants - the Landlords vs the Tenants.

Lately, a few days ago, I heard that word again ... the indigenous' people, meaning the Malays. There goes 1Malaysia, I thought.

Sir, surely you must know that Malays, Chinese and Indians are ALL migrants. The Orang Asli is the native of this land.

So please Mr Prime Minister, please educate me on what 1Malaysia really is - what does it really mean.

I am trying so hard to hang on to my interpretation that I am a Malaysian first and then my race. I pray to God Almighty that I am right.

If I am, then I salute you as being the very first Prime Minister of this country who tried to unite all races - you will have made history - you will be remembered as just that and respected the world over.

You have a daunting task ahead of you as I believe that certain quarters ( who are even around you ) do not want this 1Malaysia concept. Being the man at the helm, please get rid of these cretinous cockroaches.

No more hegemony, discrimination, racial and religious bigotry - I believe all of us - and I dare say, even my Malay ( Malaysian ) friends - had enough of this infighting and silly racial prejudice.

I saw and heard you say, 'maaf zahir dan batin', and I hope you sincerely meant it and begin a new era of uniting the multi-ethnic race of Malaysia.

Mr Prime Minister, if it is not you, then someday, there will be a leader in this country, who will release us all from the chains of oppression and free us from the shackles of servitude.

Let us all work together and live in peace and harmony.

P.S. TDM came up with the NEP and deluded the Malays into thinking they were being 'robbed' by the other races, thus creating confusion and animosity among the races. The beginning of a social and cultural milieu.

TAAB woke up one day and came up with Islam Hadhari - which confused the Malays even more.

Then you came up with 1Malaysia - which is driving all of us into an implicit state of confusion.

Is it a some kind of a trend that all PMs should come up with some kind of a dictum to please and give hope to the Rakyat?

Here is one that I believe will be true if this country is not ruled by a dauntless PM:

Things Fall Apart, the center never holds. Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.

Inventing catchy phrases is one thing ... enforcing it is another.

I am, no matter what anyone says, still optimistic about the country's future. I still believe that someday, this country will indeed be Malaysia Truly Asia.

Malaysian court orders Muslim lovers caned for sex

2009-09-18T22:59:00.007+08:00

Associated Press

2009-09-18 12:23 PM

An Islamic court has ordered an unmarried couple to be caned for trying to have sex in a car in the latest of a series of harsh punishments for Muslims in Malaysia, a lawyer said Friday.

Though Malaysia has long been upheld as an example of a moderate Muslim-majority country, recent verdicts sentencing Muslims to whipping for drinking alcohol have made headlines.

Two months ago, an Islamic judge triggered a national debate when he ordered a woman to be caned for drinking beer.

In the latest case, the Shariah High Court in central Selangor state sentenced the couple Wednesday to six strokes of the cane after they pleaded guilty to trying to have sex out of wedlock in their car, said prosecutor Shafezan Rusli.

Shafezan said Islamic religious police caught Mohamad Shahrin Abdul Majid, 29, and Nadiah Najat Hussin, 24, with only their undergarments on in a car at an office parking lot in May.

He said they are appealing the caning as they plan to get married soon, though they have paid the court-ordered fine of 5,000 ringgit ($1,400) each.

They could have been jailed for up to three years for the offense, the lawyer said.

Shariah laws apply to Muslims, who make up about 60 percent of the 28 million population, in all personal matters. Non-Muslims _ Chinese, Indians and other minorities _ are not subject to the laws.

Earlier this week, an Islamic court in another state ordered an Indonesian Muslim man to be whipped six times and jailed a year for drinking liquor at a restaurant.

In July, the same court had sentenced a Malaysian woman to six strokes of the cane and a fine for drinking beer in public. The caning, which would be the first time a Malaysian woman has received the punishment, has not been carried out yet.

Many see the sentence as a setback for the country's reputation as a moderate Muslim nation.

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Comment:

Looks like caning has become trendy - a way of life for some in this country. A past-time for some 'holy' men.

Since when did many see this country as a moderate Muslim nation? In the 50s perhaps.

Then lately the PM came with this 1Malaysia - never did like the sound of it but I gave it the benefit of the doubt. Good things to come. I waited. Then I saw the canings and the cow-head and the slipper incidents and UMNO/MCA/MIC's inaction.

Mr PM, there is no point yelling on TV to convince the Rakyat about your 1Malaysia .... I would like to see what exactly 1Malaysia means.

The Rakyat is still waiting.

Malaysian waitress who served beer to model faces caning

2009-09-17T01:12:00.009+08:00

Malaysian waitress who served beer to model faces caning
Malaysia Sun

Wednesday 16th September, 2009
(IANS)

Six cane strokes await the waitress who served beer to Malaysian part-time model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno. The model was earlier sentenced for drinking in public by an Islamic court.

The waitress who has not been named was fined RM 5,000 ($ 1,429) and six strokes of cane.

These are the first two cases of women being sentenced to caning in Malaysia where Muslims are forbidden from drinking in public as per the Shariah law.

The waitress, who pleaded guilty, has appealed. A verdict is awaited, The Star said Wednesday.

Kartika, 32, a mother of two, stirred a controversy by insisting that she be caned in public in the presence of her family members and the media.

The case hit international headlines and human rights and women's bodies have appealed for doing away with this mode of punishment to a woman.

The Syriah High Court judge who has sentenced the two women, besides four men in the last five years, is unfazed by criticism and says he is merely performing his duty.

Judge Abdul Rahman Md Yunos makes no apologies for his rulings, the newspaper said Wednesday after speaking to him.

'I am merely carrying out my duties as a court official as well as to society,' he was qouted as saying.

Abdul Rahman, 53, has been a Kuantan Syariah High Court judge in Pahang state since 1996.

Prior to that he was the Chief Kadi, the religious preacher.

On Monday he sentenced an Indonesian worker to serve a year in jail and be whipped six times for drinking alcohol in a restaurant.
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Comment:

What on earth is going on? Now the waitress gets the cane. That's her job -to serve drinks and food to customers. The 'crime' and punishment for doing her duty is - caning!

So how about the others? The Malay waitresses serving beer, alcohol at 30,000 feet asl. Cane them.

The Malay girls serving/taking/holding beer bottles/cans in 7-11... cane them all too.
Not just 7-11 - at every mall and the counters of these malls.

So where do you expect them to work? They are working hard for a living for heaven's sake.

Some work as waitresses for a living and others are directors of PERNAS, Genting Highlands. All these places are synonymous to drinking and gambling. So where do you draw the line?

This is slipping back and falling into the wide waiting manacing arms of the vicious Talibans, Al Qaeda and the Jemaah Islamiyah whose ferocious fangs gleam with joy each time they make a kill. Preacherman, she too was carrying out her duty - as a waitress as well as to the society. She is not as fortunate as you though - sitting high on a bench and passing judgements.

Leave these girls alone - they are doing a job - if they do not do it, they get screwed by their bosses or the customer, if they do it, they get screwed by the 'religious' cops who have nothing else to do but to go around preying on innocent victims.

These religious policemen should be stationed at the right places - to nab the rempits since they are so adept at nabbing offenders. The police force is struggling to clampdown on rempits who are a public nuisance - nabbing these rempits who are a deadly threat to the public, would be protecting Malaysians.

I am sorry, Dr M' says slipper Peter

2009-09-16T22:46:00.005+08:00

I am sorry, Dr M' says slipper Peter

Posted by admin

Wednesday, 16 September 2009 13:02

Delegate who called for demeaning tribute suspended from MIC, wants to apologise to former PM

Dr Mahathir had suggested the veteran leader make way for younger leaders and endorsed defeated deputy presidential candidate Datuk S. Subramaniam as the successor.

Kharleez Zubin, Malay Mail

IT’S finally out in the open.

After much speculation over the identity of the MIC member who had called for the portrait of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to be garlanded with slippers, it is now revealed that the person was none other than MIC’s Paya Besar division deputy chairman Peter Sugumaran.

And after his initial bluster, all he wants now is to say sorry to the former prime minister.

“What I want to say is, Dr Mahathir, I am sorry for demeaning you,” he told Malay Mail in a telephone interview yesterday.

Sugumaran admitted that the decision was a bad call on his part and expressed remorse over the incident. “In the heat of the moment, I didn’t know what I was talking about,” he said.

“The words just came out of my mouth. I didn’t plan it when I went onstage to say my piece,” said the retired Tenaga Nasional Berhad employee.

Recalling the incident during the party’s presidential debate on Sunday, Sugumaran said that halfway through his speech, MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu got up and stopped him in his tracks, telling him not to criticise Dr Mahathir.

However, when asked to clarify allegations by several party members that he had allegedly, the night before his speech, declared his intention to criticise Dr Mahathir when he took to the stage, Sugumaran replied in the affirmative.

“It’s true. I did tell several delegates that I wished to speak my mind on outside interference but I didn’t mean to put down the great leader,” he said.

The three-term division deputy chief said he was prepared to face any action deemed fit by the party disciplinary committee over his action and reiterated his regret over the incident.

“Upon realising my mistake, I apologised to the president. I also conveyed the same message to my State chairman Datuk Davendran Murthy,” said Sugumaran.

When contacted, Davendran, the Sabai State assemblyman, said he was surprised that Sugumaran could suggest such a thing (about Dr Mahathir).

“I’ve known him a long time. He’s a well-mannered person and not usually the kind of man to do such a thing.”

Earlier yesterday, Samy Vellu announced Sugumaran’s suspension with immediate effect for suggesting that a garland of slippers be placed on Dr Mahathir’s photograph at PWTC, the venue of the MIC general assembly last weekend.

He said the party would wait for the recommendations of the disciplinary committee to the Central Working Committee (CWC) before deciding on any further action.

The disciplinary committee has to issue a show-cause letter asking the delegate to provide an explanation. The party’s constitution provides for the disciplinary committee to warn, suspend or sack a member, but its decision has to be endorsed by the CWC.

“I hope with this decision, the issue would be put to rest,” Samy Vellu said.

He said that he had also discussed the issue with other senior leaders in the party and they agreed with the suspension.

MIC vice-president Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam said he agreed with the suspension.

“We do not condone the delegate’s action as it is against Indian culture and (standards of) civility,” he said in a statement.

Dr Subramaniam said other delegates had also condemned the delegate’s remarks during the debate. The “garland of slippers” suggestion came after some MIC members got upset with Dr Mahathir, who was quoted by the Makkal Osai Tamil daily as saying that Samy Vellu had done nothing for the Indian community and that he had “stayed too long”.

Samy Vellu first criticised the former premier for interfering in internal party matters, but said he opposed the garland suggestion and would take disciplinary action against the delegate.

Issue puts Samy Vellu in a tight spot

MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu (pic) is in a tight spot for raising tensions at last weekend’s MIC general assembly with his anti-Mahathir grandstanding.
Dr Mahathir had suggested the veteran leader make way for younger leaders and endorsed defeated deputy presidential candidate Datuk S. Subramaniam as the successor.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak also suggested in his address at the assembly that political leaders should not just be satisfied with being popular within their parties, but should be more concerned with how the public views them.

In Samy Vellu’s speech, he said that the Indian community was upset with the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration for not doing enough for them.

Samy Vellu and candidates aligned to him swept the board in a demonstration of his iron-grip on the MIC. But the veteran leader is finding it hard to contain the anti-MIC rhetoric from Umno that followed the “garland of slippers” incident.

He took action against Peter Sugumaran, the delegate from Paya Besar division in Pahang, yesterday but his supporters have moved to the frontline to ward off attacks against him.

Said political analyst Dr Ravindran Savrimuthu: “Samy Vellu may have sacked the delegate in the hope that the matter would be put to rest.

“But he would be fully aware that only a personal apology to Dr Mahathir would bring an end to the issue.”

Ravindran said Samy Vellu should abandon his “tough guy” stance in this case in the larger interest of the BN.
Umno leaders and a variety of BN leaders have described the “garland of slippers” suggestion as rude, excessive and extreme.

They said BN members must show that they respected others, respected leaders and were individuals who valued culture and tradition and upheld decorum in the coalition.
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written by anon, September 16, 2009 22:09:56

Peter Sugumaran and MIC shepard and herds,

I CONDEMN THE STUPID REMARK about the slipper garland.

I believe you are no better than the cow head morons. I am not a huge fan of Tun Mahathir but to even think of such a thing is abominable.

Such idiots are equated to pariahs. Then again what does one expect from MIC and it's supporters?

When I first heard about this, I wanted to puke - these are lowlifes who have nothing better to do. To stoop to such a level shows your estate mentality - actually not even estate people would have thought of such a thing - so what does that make you? A bunch of moronic, mindless barbarians.

Makes me think if there is any Indian in the MIC who is worthy of being called a human being - as far as I am concerned this peter pundeh should be hauled up and be punished severely to set an example to other idiots like him who start 'thinking' - the minute animals like these start 'thinking' - crap comes into their minds and garbage is strewn all over.

This is what happens if you blindly follow that samy boy - you begin to think and act like him - like a brainless thug always on the warpath. This MIC president is also to be blemed for spitting out garbage against the Tun - damn idiot really thinks he helped the Indians. What's worse is the Indians actually believe he helped them.

If the Government is wise, do away with UMNO, MCA and MIC.

Back to slipper peter - you do not deserve to be in this country. People like you should be banished, alongside think-a-like bird-brains who sit behind the cover of UMNO,MCA and MIC.

You are one slippery, slithering snake - like your big boss.

What a pathetic show put on by of disgusting degenerates. A wannabe peter pan - we already have one in the MIC we do not need another for heaven's sake.

I write this in disgust and will proudly say that you do not represent ALL Indians - certainly not me.

The 'Slipper' man

2009-09-16T22:45:00.003+08:00

Act against Dr M, MIC Youth chief says

Posted by admin

Wednesday, 16 September 2009 13:00

Since 'slipper man' has been suspended, Umno must take disciplinary action against former premier

MIC members have not forgotten Dr Mahathir’s statement just two days before the 2008 general election when he condemned the party president for not having done anything for the Indian community.

Frankie D'Cruz, Malay Mail

MIC Youth leader T. Mohan now wants Umno to take disciplinary action against former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad since the Pahang delegate who made the disparaging remarks against Dr Mahathir has been suspended.

Mohan said neither he nor the party condoned the “garland of slippers” suggested by Peter Sugumaran of the MIC Paya Besar division in Pahang.

However, the Youth wing feels the former prime minister should not have interfered in the internal affairs of the MIC, he said.

“Much as both the party and I hold Dr Mahathir in high esteem, action should be taken against him by Umno for interfering in the affairs of the MIC.”

Mohan said Dr Mahathir should not have hit out against party president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu when a tight fight for the MIC positions was around the corner.

He said statements made by the influential Dr Mahathir were uncalled for and had upset members who viewed them as a move to oust Samy Vellu.

He said it was not the first time during precarious moments that Dr Mahathir had done so. “MIC members have not forgotten Dr Mahathir’s statement just two days before the 2008 general election when he condemned the party president for not having done anything for the Indian community.

“Although the MIC candidates lost in most of the constituencies, the MIC members tolerated and refrained from making any counter-attack on Dr Mahathir for his accusations.”

Mohan was elaborating on his statement to Samy Vellu-owned Tamil Nesan daily yesterday. He said while he had discouraged the suspended delegate, Peter Sugumaran, from making the proposal during his speech on the presidential debate on Sunday, MIC delegates had the right to criticise Dr Mahathir or anyone who intervened in “our internal matters”.

Dr Mahathir had given his views on the MIC, Samy Vellu and endorsed Datuk S. Subramaniam as the deputy president of the party and the one to regain Indian support for the Barisan Nasional.

This angered several MIC members who rushed to the defence of Samy Vellu, including Sugumaran who mentioned in his speech on the presidential debate that a garland of slippers be placed on the portrait of Dr Mahathir at PWTC, home of Umno.

Umno leaders hit back, describing the “garland of slippers” suggestion as rude, excessive and extreme.
Samy Vellu first criticised the former premier for interfering in internal party matters, but said that he had been against the garland suggestion and would take disciplinary action against the delegate.

Asked if the MIC would issue a personal apology to Dr Mahathir as Umno leaders have taken umbrage over the remark and have demanded a personal apology from Samy Vellu, Mohan said: “It’s up to the individual to apologise.”

He said he hoped the storm would blow over despite the conflicts over comments made by other MIC leaders responding to the demand for a personal apology.

Asked if his comments would worsen the situation, Mohan said: "We have to stand our ground. We can’t keep quiet just because he was the former prime minister.”
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written by anon, September 16, 2009 22:26:04

MIC youth chief T Mohan,

Dey, what is there for anyone to interfere with MIC? Pohrah!

MIC is doomed and to be very honest, I think What TDM said is the truth - like it or not. I see it as not an interference but a personal opinion - as I have an opinion on MIC, MCA and UMNO.

Again I say, I am not an ardent fan of TDM but the garland issue is the pits - coming from crapheads of MIC.

You and your big boss and your moronic followers can pack up and piss off. You idiots do not represent ALL Indians - with garbage that you spill out and the crap that is in your heads.

Damn idiots should be kicked out from this planet. You half-baked hodohs are a damn disgrace to the Indian community.

Sorry Pete, I am totally against such mutts and what they thought of and everything that they do.
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written by anon, September 16, 2009 22:33:11

MIC youth chief,

First take disciplinary action against that moron Slipper(y) Peter, then against your god, sammy then garland yourselves with your stinking slippers and go to hell - the whole lot of you.

You MIC undisciplined, uncouth kids have nothing else to do - just like the delinquents from MCA and UMNO.
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COW HEAD CONTROVERSY: Sedition charge unfair, says lawyer

2009-09-09T20:04:00.015+08:00

Posted by admin
Wednesday, 09 September 2009 14:02

(The Malay Mail) THE 12 people to be charged in court this morning for the controversial 'cow-head' incident on Aug 26 are expected to plead that their intentions to conduct the protest that day had been misconstrued and had been unfairly turned into a religious issue.

Kamarul Irzuan, one of the lawyers representing the 12 to be charged, also said that his clients had told him that they don't know who even brought the cow head in the first place as it was never part of their plans.

Barbarians

"None of my clients brought the cow head as it had nothing to do with the main messages (?)they wanted to send in their memorandum to the Selangor State government."

Kamarul said the main grouse was that the Section 23 Shah Alam residents felt aggrieved the State government had decided to locate a Hindu temple within the mainly Muslim community without even consulting them first.

"There isn't anything religious or racial about such a concern because there are hardly any Hindus here in the first place and why would anyone want to inconvenience them to come to a strange new place? The residents wanted the State government to explain this rationale."

Kamarul further said that the Section 23 residents also wanted to know why the Hindu temple was being relocated in the first place since there didn't seem to be any real reason for it to be moved.

"The residents felt it was an arbitrary decision that was unfair to both Hindus and Muslims, and wanted the State government to reconsider as the decision seemed very high-handed."

He spoke to Malay Mail after the 12 were summoned to the Shah Alam district police headquarters at 9pm yesterday. After being questioned, all 12 were released on personal bonds at 12.30am and were instructed to appear at the Shah Alam Sessions Court at 9am today.

Kamarul said the 12 had yet to be told what charges they would be facing, but he expected all to be charged for illegal assembly under Section 27 of the Police Act.

He also expected six of them to be charged under Section 1 and Section 4 of the Sedition Act, and felt that it would be unfair for this charge to be made.

Kamarul also drew a comparison to the recent case of a pig head that was dumped at the Universiti Malaya surau in January. The carcass had been placed in a Pas flag in a surau located in the Islamic studies academy.

"What happened in that case?" he asked.

"Why was there no big legal controversy like what is happening now? Furthermore, my clients had no religious extremism in mind when they did what they did. Is it fair then that they are persecuted for something they had never intended?"
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written by anon, September 09, 2009 20:07:05

Kamarul Irzuan, one of the lawyers
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Comment:

Indians = ( majority ) - Hindus.

Hindus = Cow is sacred

Beef = haram to Hindus

Kamarul = ignorance par excellence.

Go to any Malay foodstall and try to help yourself to beef ( even if you know its beef ) and the 'makcik' will tell the Indian immediately that it is beef.

You don't need a Law degree to know that and this fcukwit calls himself a lawyer?
Must be a recent graduate from some local college.

He is just one ( of the lawyers ) - the rest are herds.

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'mainly Muslim community' vs hardly any Hindus here (?)

What kind of lawyers are we churning out? Mass produced morons. Can anyone ever believe that this statement was uttered by a LAWYER? Nevertheless, he must be driving around in a second hand beamer - having ripped off clients sharing his mini-mindset.

His artistry is confined to his own warped world of blissful ludicrous imbecilic chicanery.

His motto: Ignorance is bliss.

He does not know his arse from his elbow.

We should not allow such half-baked lawyers to metamorphose into mutts - similar to the cow-head morons. They are Advocates of idiocy.

The courts of law will gradually be littered with assanine, cockamamie Counselors and loony lumpen Lawyers like this Cretin and co.

anti-Hindu graffiti

two moronic pawns

what the world says

Hish Huss hisses

2009-09-07T17:08:00.016+08:00

Dept cleared to cane part-time model Kartika

Sunday September 6, 2009

http:///

By PAUL GABRIEL

KUALA LUMPUR: Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein has “cleared” the Prisons Department to cane part-time model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno.
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Where did this moron come from? He says Kartika deserves caning? For what? Anti-BN/UMNO/MCA/MIC? Religious/Racial bigotry?
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He said department director-general Datuk Zulkifli Omar and a woman officer came to his office last week to conduct a caning demonstration for him.

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This is the first of its kind .... we have had so many demonstrations - and now.... a caning demonstration!
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“She tapped the back of a chair with the cane.
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.... and the chair cried, "ouch!"
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“There was little force involved and it was not going to inflict pain, not even like the caning carried out in schools in those days.
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How thoughtful. Little force, no pain etc. So, use a whip. Be more forceful. Heck, she drank beer!
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“I am now satisfied that the caning can be carried out by the department if the court decides to proceed and enforce the sentence,” he said in an interview.
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He is satisfied! That has deterred him and others like him from consuming Anchor beer.
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Hishammuddin had recently said the ministry needed to study the proper procedures before caning the woman according to Syariah law, adding that he would not allow the department to execute the caning sentence if it did not have the knowledge and expertise to do it.
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Seems to be very thoughtful. Proper procedures, call an expert, cane lightly, make sure sarong is on, have knowledge about the anatomy and the exact place to cane - 6 times....same spot 6 times.

Syariah Law? Syariah Law says you should cane a young mother of 2 for drinking beer? If that is true then I say, we do not need such a 'law' because it is of my opinion that this kind of punishment is prehistoric and that kind of court is decrepit.
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Kartika, a 32-year-old mother-of-two, was fined RM5,000 and ordered to be whipped six times for drinking beer in a hotel in Cherating last year.
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Kartika, you are one LUCKY lady! It's Ramadan and they are confused. First it was 'whipping' now it's been reduced to caning. Your wishes are overuled. Your agony is over. You have time to be emotionally prepared.
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Her sentence has been deferred until after Ramadan.
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No way they can cane her during a Holy month. Actually they are not even supposed to think of such things during the month of Ramadan. Others are 'trivial' things, which are ok, like humiliating the Hindus and religious/racial bigotry. All done after Friday prayers during the month of Ramadan.
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Several parties, such as the Bar Council, have called for the sentence to be annulled.
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Bet you guys a beer if you can annull it.
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Hishammuddin said that although he was now satisfied that the department was able to conduct the caning, he still felt it had no experience to do so.
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Oops! Not satisfied. Changed his mind. He wants to cane Kartika himself? You need a Diploma/Degree to cane someone?
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“This is because the woman (Kartika) will be the first to be caned (under Syariah laws applicable to Muslims). Four men who have received caning sentences by the Syariah Court are appealing their sentences,” he said.
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Oh, just call a 'Muslim' HM from any Primary school and ask her to do it.
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On the merits of Kartika’s caning sentence, the minister said he had told the department not to get “embroiled in this.”
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He knows everyone in the department is scambling to do the it.
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“That is not their purview. It is the judicial process which decides that. If the caning sentence is to be imposed, it is their duty to carry it out fairly.”
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Fairly? What is Fair? Caning fairly? That's a paradox. Judicial process? If this kind of 'Judicial process' is seen as 'fair' then I say, abolish this archaic process.
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Kartika’s father, Shukarno Mutalib, when contacted, said the family was happy to hear that the department was able to handle the caning.
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Mr Shuka, they do not know how and what to do - Keris too knows this, so why don't you understand? Actually, to heck with motives, I would never have any court cane a child of mine - not for a billion.
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“Alhamdullillah (praise be upon Allah). Kartika wants it over and done with,” he said.
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Ms Kartika, I am proud of you. You have exposed - to the world - what kind of Neanderthal men we have in BN/UMNO/MCA/MIC and a primal inferno we are forced to live in. You have also illuminated me on the senile geriatrics running an antiquated enclosure.

Don't these primitive predators realize that Kartika has to endure the indignity of this ignominy meted by mere shady characters throughout her life? All because of drinking beer?

Why pick on this one particular woman when there are so many out there consuming beer and alcohol, indulging in drugs and plain reckless rempits on the rage etc? She said "no" to some hotshot? There's more to it than Kartika drinking beer.

This is demeaning to women.

The End of Civility?

2009-09-06T20:46:00.011+08:00

Posted by admin
Sunday, 06 September 2009 16:48

I had to remind myself many times that this was happening during Ramadan, when we are enjoined to exercise restrain. Did these people then go home and eat since surely their puasa was batal'd?

Marina Mahathir

I grew up in Kedah and Kedahans, while not an overly formal people, put great store on courtesy and manners. Known for being gentle people, we were governed by many rules on how we behaved and spoke, particularly to our elders.

For instance, it was considered extremely impolite to refer to ourselves as 'saya' (I) when speaking to family members (including extended family members). 'Saya' was considered so formal as to be snobby, even arrogant. (The extremely informal 'aku' however was beyond the pale; you only use it among very close friends who are allowed to call you the very rough 'hang'). Correctly speaking, you have to refer to yourself always by name, or at least the diminutive version of it, or, as some very traditional Kedah women would, as 'Che' (pronounced 'Chek', not 'Chay') though this is considered very 'manja'. Thus you would say, "Che tak tau la sapa mai tadi pasai Che tak dak kat rumah." (I don't know who came just now because I was not home.)

Similarly, having to name one's parents posed great difficulties to the well-brought up Kedahan. Our parents' names were sacred, not to be bandied about. Perhaps it was a way of teaching us not to be arrogant about our family and origins. But if asked what our parents' names were, the reaction was often a certain amount of blushing and hand-wringing before a tiny voice finally whispered their names.

This was the way I grew up. And to this day I treat my elders with respect, even when I don't like them too much. I may now find it easier to refer to myself as 'saya' when I speak to someone in KL though I tend to retreat to the English 'I' when I can. Also, even 12 years after receiving my award from the Sultan of Selangor, I cannot bring myself to introduce myself by my title nor sign off anything but the most formal of letters with it.It's the Kedah way and what my parents taught me.

Not to say that Malays from other states are any less polite. We stick to many rules of courtesy. One of those I like is calling someone older than you 'Kak' or 'Abang' or 'Makcik/Aunty' or 'Pakcik/Uncle'.I still inwardly cringe when a young person calls me by my name although I have made it a rule that if they're over 25, they don't have to call me Aunty. And those who do call me Aunty aren't allowed to shout it out too loudly in public. But it's nice when, unbidden, young people easily address you as Kak or Aunty as a show of respect. It also tells you a lot about their upbringing.

Why am I talking about upbringing? It's really been prompted by that video I posted yesterday on the Shah Alam dialogue-turned-fracas. Over the years I have become aware that civility is really becoming uncool. People are rude everywhere, whether on the roads, in shops ( you know, the ubiquitous and automatic 'no stock' without even bothering to look) or on the phone.Most of it is shrugged off as the daily irritations of city life and frankly sometimes on a bad day I can be curt too.

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written by anon, September 06, 2009 20:38:14

Marina,

This goes beyond being rude. It is plain religious/racial bigotry. Being rude is part of being a Malaysian. But racism here is catching up at a rate no one anticipated.

Imagine nothing being done about what happened. Imagine the slimeballs sitting 'left' and 'right' of yet another hypocritical keris waving racist.

These people had no qualms about the sentiments of people of another religion. And mind you, one idiot is a 'haji' - what did he do when he went to Mecca to perform his Haj or the Umrah pilgrimage?

These morons came out of the usual Friday prayers and hit the streets just like that haji who came back from the Holy Land and began his diabolical act.

I do not call it being rude. I call it being BARBARIC. These are tribal people who left their half-baked brains in the alley then marched on the streets.

If they can disrespect their own kind - an MB, then who do you think they respect ( other than BN/UMNO )?

These kind of people's staple diet is shit and shit comes out of their foul mouth. Garbage in, garbage out.

As long as we have such uncouth scumbags (inc BN/UMNO) we will never have a multi-racial harmonious Malaysia.

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written by anon, September 06, 2009 20:42:59

Btw Marina, these hoodlums make PAS look like a Tame party. The truth of the matter is, PAS still has that temple although there are not many Hindus attending prayers there.

As such, puasa is alien to them. They have no right to claim that they are fasting.
They have no right to claim Islam is their religion.

These animals are not Muslims like you and all Muslims who condemn this evil act.

They are just plain moronic Malays and only represent babarians.

Celina Speaks on DEMOCRACY

2009-09-06T14:50:00.005+08:00

On celebration of our 62nd year of Independence, I write today as a fourth generation Indian army daughter and not Celina Jaitly.

We have come a long way and this Independence Day I specially dedicate what I write, to all the soldiers of the great Indian Army, because the courage, strength and determination with which I stand today as a young woman runs in my veins from a very brave lineage of warriors who fought for the integrity and security of this country. The only difference is I am fighting the enemy which is gnawing at the very roots of this democracy from within.

The babas and yogis and many others self appointed “theckedars of society”, who have scorned me and assassinated my character and questioned “who” gave me (just an actress) the right to stand up for causes of society. Well, four generations of my family’s blood has gone into the service of this nation for nothing in return but a few medals... I HAVE THE RIGHT BLOODY WELL MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE to protect the legacy from within and for which these brave men have given their lives without a single complaint but a smile in the face of the enemy’s bayonet .

I pledge this Independence Day that I will not allow anyone to gnaw at the roots of this great democracy. I will not let anyone stand in the way of human dignity, human rights...

. Right to equality
. Right to freedom
. Right against exploitation
. Right to freedom of religion
. Cultural and educational rights
. Right to constitutional remedies

... There is nothing more powerful then citizen action to combat corruption. This Independence Day I would like to say again that everybody thinks of changing humanity but nobody thinks of changing themselves. Change your attitude from within (for any cause) and your support is shown.

From a citizens’ rights point of view, the solution to all our complaints is to view them as your and my responsibility... not that of governments, the police and multinational companies. “You and I” should play our part if we want things to happen in our interest... in the citizens’ interest ... our biggest complaint is corruption and the only way to fight corruption is if we the people are willing to stand in line, wait for our turn and follow normal procedures to get service. Do not be afraid to stand up and voice your opinion, know your rights. There are enough fundamental rights to protect us... Use your power of vote... it’s all about the first step... take it.

This Independence Day is also the celebration of India on its way to becoming a complete true democracy. This year has seen the victory of a very small minority which has been living behind the bars of a colonial relic of a law... yes my friends, the LGBT community. I want to specify once again that giving the sexual minorities their rights does not diminish your own. It’s not about gay rights, it’s about human dignity and basic human rights.

This Independence Day I shall walk hand in hand with the community on August 16th at the very first non-criminally yours ‘GAY PRIDE’... a walk of the community whose very alternate choice of living was a criminal offence for the last 160 years.

Our country got it’s independence but some people within this country were still not free, independent and their fight for dignity has been the longest. People like Ashok Row Kavi spent most of their life in this endeavour and are the unsung heroes of this struggle for Independence. I also applaud brave women like Lakshmi and Gita Kumana who dared to fight all and stand up for themselves and all like them.

The first Independence Day speech was made by Jawaharlal Nehru. It is known as “Tryst with Destiny”. The speech was made to the Indian Constituent Assembly on the eve of India’s independence, towards midnight on August 14, 1947. And for all the people who found their freedom only now, I would like to put the following lines which are very famous from his historical speech–

“A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance. It is fitting that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication to the service of India and her people and to the still larger cause of humanity...”

I feel and speak on behalf of the entire LGBT community happily that now with rights for all we can all work together for the betterment of our beloved country. Let us forget caste, creed, sexuality, religion... let us be one for the betterment of us all, for the betterment of our nation. As Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore said in his most famous poem, “Where the mind is without fear/And the head is held high/Into that heaven of freedom, my Father/Let my country awake...”

VANDE MATARAM!

Celina Jaitely, independence day, LGBT Posted by Celina Jaitley on Fri, 14 Aug, 2009

N.B. Celina neither smokes nor drinks
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Good for you Celina. You put to shame the warped minds of some people in this country. You are a beauty with brains which is more than I can say about our local morons - no beauty and no brains. This is the ugly side of Malaysia. You will know who they are - if you already do not. Yet we promote the world renowned commercial .... Malaysia Truly Asia!

We too have come a long way from Independence Day .... but have a longer way to go towards achieving democracy.

We have our very own self appointed 'babas' and 'yogis' too - the "thekedars of society" as you aptly stated, who are tring so hard and resorting to surrepticious ways to silence the Peoples' voice. These are people with insidious intents.

We too have the bloody right to voice our opinions without having the draconian ISA Internal Security Act ) hovering above us each time we voice our disatisfaction of the lack of governance in general. We are fighting to abolish that too.

We had an anti-ISA rally not long ago but the police were quick to act .... contrary to a timid and 'peaceful' police force when a cow's head was displayed in protest of an Indian temple being in a 'Malay majority' area.

And the new PM calls this country 1Malaysia! I am still in a daze as to what this 1Malaysia is all about and for which race it is for. Many of us are.

But you see Celina, the present regime is infested with cockroaches - After our frist Prime Minister all hell broke loose.

In a place where the vast majority are Hindus, India seems to be handling the religious issues very well as compared to a Muslim majority country like ours - where the non-Muslims are subject to the Malay Supremacy.

We are considered 'pendatangs' or immigrants. But they fail to understand where they came from.

"Things Fall Apart, the center never holds ( in this case ) and mere anarchy is loosed upon the world."

Corruption is rampant. But little is done for obvious reasons.

Permit me to quote what you said. I think this is one quotation that is a valuable lesson for all the citizens of this country.

There is nothing more powerful then citizen action to combat corruption. This Independence Day I would like to say again that everybody thinks of changing humanity but nobody thinks of changing themselves. Change your attitude from within (for any cause) and your support is shown.

- Celina Jaitly

Hishammuddin, you are an irresponsible Home Minister

2009-09-03T23:11:00.011+08:00

02/09/2009 by drrafick

1. From morning, I wanted to update my blog with an article which is half prepared under the title “Selangor under siege” but somehow could not finished the write up due to mental block and lack of mood. At home about 500pm today when I saw an article on Malaysiakini titled Hisham defends cow-head protestors which makes me wants to puke.

2. In my previous write up I had labelled the demonstrators as “Orang Ulu” but due to the poor knowledge on the part on some readers, they were upset with me as they had assumed that I had belittled the Sarawakian Orang Ulu. In this article, I have decided to relabel the Section 23 residents who was directly involved with the demonstrations as orang tak bertamadun(OTB) and hope there will be no one trying to split hair with me on whom OTB actually represents. Should I define it? I guess not necessary as everyone knows by now.

3. When the Home Minister defended the OTB for their actions, it only shows the ugly side of politics. Hishamuddin has sent a very strong signal that right and wrong is not important. UMNO political agenda is so supreme that it overrides the need to do the right thing. He has indirectly supported the group.

4. Few things attracted my attention when I read the article in Malaysiakini. Among others the Home Minister defended OTB on their actions as if they have no outlet to address their issue. The minister even said that the police did not act because the group was small. I have read on many occasions when the PR supporters and leaders held candlelight vigil in smaller number and was arrested. Why the double standard? This group of 50 had no permit and had acted in the most despicable manner and the police did not act at all. They were merely spectators or they were giving protection to the group of OTBs?

5. The second thing is that Hishamuddin claims the organizers do not know who brought the cow head and claims that a third party had sabotaged their program. This is the most childish excuse that I have ever heard. There are ample pictures on the internet in the form of static images and videos that showed the resident leaders carried the cow head.

6. They even stomped their feet on the cow head individually as well as a group and shouted, “ Xavier, this cow head is for you!” There is so much evidence to show that it was a pre planned event. There were enough witnesses to help the police if they wanted help. I feel the Minister has proven that his intelligence is very questionable which is probably not better than OTB. There is a saying that “Great people things alike”. In this case “ The dumb people also think alike”

7. He also commented that there were histories that pig head was wrapped in UMNO flag and given to the Malays. In my view that is also wrong and those people should have been punished. Is he indicating that since there was no action taken on those who had wrapped pigs head with UMNO flag, then similar treatment must be given to the OTB. In the first place why there were no action taken against them? Why comparing the two event? I do not recall of hearing such an event took place if it ever did.

8. I have expected civilized people who lives in the great city of Shah Alam to handle this matter in a mature and professional manner. They did not go to City Hall. They did not raise this issue with their MP or State Reps. They did not even write a letter. Instead they took action in the most despicable manner.

9. The Home Minister is sending the wrong signal to the public by condoning the action of the residents. I foresee that this matter will be dropped by AG on the basis that the Hindu Sangam Association has accepted the explanation by the group and had apologized to them. The AG would probably come to the conclusion that there is not enough evidence to link the cows head with the group leaders. They will get away from being charged under the Seditious Act. I hope the AG proves me wrong as it has become too boring of late when legal outcome in cases involving the PR government is so expectable.

10. An apology is definitely good and should have come out by now but unfortunately the OTB have not done so. The group must apologize publicly for their actions. Public apology and the law is two different matters all together. The law must take its course. If the law is not exercised in a just manner it will create greater havoc in the country. The actions by this group will be use as precedent for other groups and this is dangerous for the masses and definitely not in the best interests of Malaysia.

11. All things said and done, I find Hishamuddin statement is totally unjust. It does not do any justice to the good Muslims whose imaged has been blackened by the group of 50. It has created an impression as if all Muslims in this country support the actions by the OTB. It certainly does not do any justice to the Hindu’s. I have only two questions at this stage, how come it is so easy for this group to meet Dato Noh Omar and Hishamuddin and why is Samy Vellu and the MIC is still silent over this matter?

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on 03/09/2009 at 23:01 | Reply anon

Logically speaking, why should the temple move? It has been there for 150 years then came these Malays and since it is now a ‘malay majority’ area, there is no place for a temple as it will ‘disprupt’ the daily prayers of the malays ( not Muslims ).

A true Muslim will never be 'disrupted' by any kind of distraction when he prays.

In any case, the authorities have agreed to relocate the temple because it is now ‘haram’. Nothing was done. So whose fault is it?

Are Malaysians practising tolerance?

Are the people respecting the religious beliefs of the others?

Is this what Najib calls 1Malaysia?

What is 1Malaysia? One race? What race is that?

This unfortunate incident has every True Malaysian fuming – true Malay Muslims, Chinese and Indians and across the sea, the people of Sabah and Sarawak.

But as the home minister, is this clown doing the right thing? He is, as we all know, defending the uneducated morons who exibited an act that that only a racist bigot will indulge in.

So what does that make him? Condoning this despicable act makes him part of that moronic crowd. In fact, he is seen as the protector of racial bigotry. After all, a person who can unsheath his keris in Parliament can also do it in the streets – or ask others to do it for him, like cowards do.

UMNO knows who the right man for the ‘right’ job is. This airhead is an extension of that uncouth racist, uneducated 50.

So this is 1Malaysia?

It is not just a huge setback to 1Malaysia but makes 1Malaysia look like a farce.
50Malaysia would be more appropriate. Perhaps it is the teething troubles of 1Malaysia?

If Najib was more forceful - dauntless and dogged as any leader of a country should be he would have taken the matter into his own hands and dealt with these people severely to give him a little bit more credibility as the founder of 1Malaysia.

He did nothing, the police were bizzarely reduced to being spectators and now Kerismuddin has gone to meet his fellow-morons.

Barbarians seem to rule in Parliament and on the streets and there is nothing being done to control such detestable barbaric acts.

Nope, an apology is not good enough. Now is the time to use the ISA on these bigots. So why is the ISA silent?

Do you really expect the sly and surrepticious sambo ( President of the MIC ) and his cohorts the MIC to condemn this beastly act? They are paramilitaries of BN/UMNO.

Singapore a third-world metality? That is a joke coming from uneducated bestial, malicious, merciless mercenaries.

INDEPENDENCE 2009

2009-08-31T20:38:00.009+08:00

In the 40s and 50s, we were all mingling freely and never thought of race or religion before we mixed with other. We played together. We ate together. We quarreled. We were friends the following day.

The Malays were a simple people, some working hard in the paddy fields and educating their children. Some worked in the towns.

After 52 years of Merdeka/Independence – what have we achieved?

The Indians worked in the plantations and estates and lived a happy life. Some worked in the towns.

The Chinese worked in mines and others in urban areas and enjoyed the fruits of their labour.

Malaya was blessed. These three major races blended in very comfortably as 1Malaya.

There was genuine harmony among the races…. until poison was injected into the simple Malay minds.

If some time machine took us all to the 40s and 50s we would go back to the future and amend everything and live together as one.

It was after being poisoned that the races were ‘aware’ of how different they were!

The Malays felt and soon believed they were taken for a ride! That was after Tengku Abdul Rahman the first Prime Minister of Malaya.

From then on with the ousting of the liberal father of Malaya came the nefarious PMs with one thing on their minds, to make use of the Malays as a means to their ends.

Only twelve years later these races were killing each other.

So what factor/s divided these races? And which person/s stealthily orchestrated the end of racial harmony among Malaysians?

For what reason did he/they do all this?

For their own gains my friends. So today, after 52 years of Independence some Malays have distanced themselves from the Indians and Chinese and the Chinese and Indians are apprehensive of the Malays because of many man-made factors, namely:

- landlord and tenants
- end of the thether
- malay majority
- predominantly malay-muslim neighborhood
- predominatly malay muslim community
- allow racist malay demos
- police standing by watching racist malay demos
- threat of bloodbath
- arrive much later - make it your place and remove temples (150) years old
- malay area
- wave keris
- do not push the Masters
- ketuanan melayu
- NEP
- back to BM (math & Science)
- pass all malays (English Language)at tertiary level
- kelings & china kwais
- god's chosen people
- religous tolerance (only applicable to non-muslims)
- tolerate the bang (azan)
- temple bells too loud
- cannot concentrate on prayers
- demolish temples
- no place for temples
- accept the quota system
- accept those below par
- pass them all
- ISA still effective
- malay reserve land
- bumiputra status
- 15% discount for bumis (houses)
- loans to start a business (ends up in failure)
- scholarships (for the wealthy)
- race stated on ID
- rempits
- bohsias
- our country
- balik India
- balik China
- second class citizens
- non-muslims are all immigrants
- non-muslims demand too much
- malays are natives
- right of passage
- islamization
- arabization
- halal
- haram
- munafiq
- kafir

The list goes on - and all this and many more to be accepted by non-malays because it's 1Malaysia

Take this kind of 1Malaysia and ....shove it up - where the sun don't shine

There will never be a united Malaysia as long as there is UMNO,MCA & MIC.

anon

THE COW HEAD MERDEKA MESSAGE

2009-08-31T17:36:00.003+08:00

Posted by admin
Monday, 31 August 2009 17:07

MESSAGE TO THE NATION

We, the undersigned civil society organizations are shocked, angered and saddened by the “Cow-Head protest” in Shah Alam last Friday (28 August) against a proposed Hindu temple in Section 23 of the city.

The carrying of the head of a freshly slaughtered cow, a sacred animal to the Hindus, and the unveiled threat of bloodshed on the eve of Merdeka celebration suggest that all Malaysians need to reflect deeply about our 52 years of nationhood, and the clarion call of 1Malaysia

From the outset, these heinous acts of crime perpetrated by the irresponsible few must NEVER be seen as a conflict between the two faiths or the two faith communities. All major spiritual traditions, Islam and Hinduism included, uphold peace and human dignity as their common and core values. Our spirituality and love for humanity mandates us for the perpetual quest for peace and abhorrence of all forms of hatred and civil disorder.

The Shah Alam incident sadly reveals that violence and hatred are still inadequately delegitimized in our society. We exhort all Malaysians to unite in our joint efforts to decry and delegitimize violence and hatred to prevent any individual or grouping from resorting to intimidation or provocation when faced with any town-planning disputes or rows of similar nature.

We the undersigned, taking cognizance of the above, do hereby :

1. URGE that all disputes in civil society must be resolved through peaceful means such as peaceful demonstrations, rational dialogues, extensive consultations and legal suits. The Selangor State Government’s plan to hold a town hall meeting to facilitate communication and engagement with all stakeholders is highly commendable.

2. CONDEMN in the strongest possible language any act to humiliate and intimidate any ethno-religious community, in this case the irreligious and irresponsible display of a cow head. In the Shah Alam incident, not only the Hindus are humiliated and hurt but also all thinking Malaysians – Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh, those of other spiritual traditions and atheist. We particularly share the pain and anguish of the Shah Alam Hindu community.

3. URGE all religious authorities, community leaders and political parties to unreservedly condemn the perpetrators of the reprehensible “Cow-Head” act. Every racial and religious bigot should be shamed and distanced by the general public especially by their ethno-religious community which they seek to represent. Political parties must also take disciplinary action against members involved in inciting hatred. This would deprive them the pleasure and gratification of self-righteousness and heroism. Legal punishment alone may prove inadequate because it may instead grant the offenders the self-perceived honour of martyrdom.

4. SUPPORT a thorough investigation of those responsible for theCow-Head” protest for threatening violence (not sedition) on both the local Hindu community and the elected State Government of Selangor.

Threats of violence, for whatever reason, has no place in a civilised society. Violence must be condemned and can only be completely delegitimised when society has zero tolerance for it and every offender is appropriately punished.

5. EXPRESS shock and dismay at the failure of the police force to stop the protestors from issuing their threats of bloodshed. An independent investigation on professional negligence should be immediately initiated to examine these policing failures of a potentially fulminating racial and religious crisis. This incident among others further highlights the dire importance and urgent need for an Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC).

The IPCMC is a must if the Najib Administration is genuinely committed to peace in Malaysia.

6. CALL on all Malaysians to heed our plea to completely delegitimise violence and hatred and to strive towards its elimination from our public life. Let this be our joint resolution for our nation’s forthcoming Merdeka anniversary. Let us usher in a Malaysia which cherishes the values of peace, reason, justice, freedom, equity and inclusion for all Malaysians.

The undersigned groups:
1. All Women’s Action Society Malaysia (AWAM)
2. Centre for Policy Initiatives (CPI)
3. Civil Rights Committee, Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly
Hall (CRC-KLSCAH)
4. Civil Society Committee, LLG Cultural Development Centre (LLGCSC)
5. Civil Society Initiative for Parliamentary Reform (CSI@Parliament)
6. Coalition of Malaysian NGOs Against Persecution of Palestinians (COMPLETE)
7. Coalition of Selangor Indian NGOs
8. Consumer Association of Klang
9. Council of Churches of Malaysia (CCM) Youth
10. Council of Malaysia Indian Trustee
11. Friends in Conversation (FIC)
12. Group of Concerned Citizens (GCC)
13. Hindu Youth Organization, Port Klang
14. Human Development and Research Centre
15. Islamic Medical Association of Malaysia (IMAM)
16. Islamic Renaissance Front (IRF)
17. Jemaah Islah Malaysia (JIM)
18. Justice for Beng Hock Facebook Group
19. Kelab Sukan Depot Port Klang
20. Klang Vellarun Kalai Pannai
21. Letchumi Pooja Dhana Manbran Klang
22. Majlis Kelab Bell Tamil Selangor
23. Malaysia Belia Hindu Negeri Selangor
24. Malaysia Hindu Sangam Klang Council
25. Malaysia Hindu Sangam Selangor state council
26. Malaysia Indian Youth Council Selangor
27. Malaysian Hindu Dharma Mamandram Selangor
28. Muslim Professionals Forum (MPF)
29. Nadaraikia Sangam Selangor
30. Pamban Swami Maha Teja Mandala Sabai
31. Persatuan Alumni PBTUSM (Lihua) Selangor and Kuala Lumpur
32. Persatuan Kebajikan Bharathana Selangor
33. Persatuan Kebajikan cahaya wawasan Selangor
34. Persatuan Kebajikan Nammakkal
35. Persatuan Kebajikan Vanniar
36. Persatuan Kemajuan Pendidikan Malaysia
37. Persatuan Pembaca Tamil Klang
38. Persatuan Peniaga little India Klang
39. Persatuan Penyelidikan Astronomi Selangor
40. Persatuan Prihatin Belia Malaysia
41. Persatuan Thiruvallavar
42. Persatuan Wawasan India Selangor
43. Pertubuhan Kebudayaan dan Kesenian India Selangor
44. Pertubuhan Kesedaran Hara Krishna Klang
45. Research for Social Advancement (REFSA)
46. Selangor Indian Video graphers Association
47. Sri Vadivelu Culture and Welfare Association Selangor
48. Sri Vaishnava Paribalana Saba
49. Suara Raykat Malaysia (SUARAM)
50. The Divine Life Society Port Klang
51. The Micah Mandate
52. Vishnu Periyaval Sabai
53. Writer Alliance for Media Independence (WAMI)
54. 1BLACKMalaysia Facebook Group
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As you can see, these amoral, degenerate, low-life Malays DO NOT REPRESENT ALL MALAYS.

THE MYTH OF A MODERATE MALAYSIA

2009-08-31T15:20:00.011+08:00

Posted by admin
Monday, 31 August 2009 12:31

Canings, cows' heads and ethnoreligious apartheid.

Taken together, these cases illustrate two issues--both central to the debate about Islam and modernity--that Malaysia is struggling to come to terms with. Can a Muslim majority live with a non-Muslim minority as equals, or must the former be explicitly dominant--in law as well as in day-to-day life? And can Muslims reconcile piety with a culture where the rights of the individual (say, to order a beer) are given precedence over communal beliefs?

By Sadanand Dhume, Forbes

If you're looking for an image that captures the conflict between fervent Islam and basic human decency, look no further than the Malaysian city of Shah Alam, about 15 miles west of Kuala Lumpur.

On Friday, a group of about 50 men, agitated by plans to relocate a 150-year-old Hindu temple to their neighborhood, made their feelings clear by staging a protest march from a mosque to a government building. Amidst the usual cries of "Allahu Akbar" and "takbeer," the protesters deposited the freshly severed head of a cow--an animal sacred to Hindus--before the building's gate.

The group's leaders made threatening speeches and, perhaps caught up in the spirit of the moment, hammed it up for the cameras, stepping and spitting on the cow's head. The police--who have been known to arrest people for such crimes as attending a candle light vigil or wearing black in support of the opposition--stood by and watched.

Ironically, those scanning the globe for a Muslim-majority country that inspires neither dread nor despair often alight upon Malaysia. Until a few years ago, the Southeast Asian nation boasted the world's tallest building, the iconic 88-story Petronas Towers. Powered by electronics, palm oil and petroleum, Malaysia is the world's 20th-largest exporter, ahead of Sweden, Australia and India. Per capita income, about $14,000 in purchasing parity terms, is about the same as in Argentina.

Apart from the obvious prosperity of downtown Kuala Lumpur, the casual visitor notices the comforting trappings of a British colonial past--a parliament, a judiciary, a professional police force.

But most strikingly, Malaysia (along with next-door Indonesia) can claim something increasingly rare in the Muslim world: a large non-Muslim population. About four in 10 Malaysians are Buddhist, Christian, Hindu , Sikh or Confucian. (By contrast, Turkey, the poster-child for an Islam at peace with the 21st century, is 99.8% Muslim.) Recognizing the power of this statistic in our multicultural age, Tourism Malaysia promotes the country's allegedly harmonious blend of Malay, Chinese and Indian communities with an odd but nonetheless catchy slogan: Malaysia, Truly Asia.

The reality, of course, is a lot less sunny. Unlike neighboring Singapore, which shares the same colonial past and ethnic mix--albeit with a Chinese rather than a Malay majority--Malaysia has rejected secularism in favor of a kind of ethnoreligious apartheid that belongs more in a medieval kingdom than in a modern democratic republic.

In Malaysia, Islam is the state religion. Higher education, the bureaucracy and vast swathes of the economy are operated as a kind of spoils system almost exclusively for Malays, whom the state defines as Muslim. Race and religion determine everything from your odds of getting into medical school to the amount you're expected to put down for an apartment. The conversion laws, based on sharia, bring to mind the Eagles' classic "Hotel California": You can check in (to Islam) any time you like, but you can never leave.

Over the past 30 years, encouraged by the government and influenced by the Middle East, Malaysia's growing prosperity has gone hand-in-hand with a heightened piety. But instead of making the country more humane, this has had the opposite effect.

Friday's protest was part of a larger pattern. A 32-year-old Malaysian Muslim model, Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, faces a sharia-prescribed caning, suspended at the moment on account of Ramadan, for the crime of drinking a beer.

Muslims have been barred from a Black Eyed Peas concert next month sponsored by Guinness.

Two years ago, a Muslim-born woman, Lina Joy, failed in her famous eight-year quest to convert to Christianity to marry the man that she loved. (Interfaith marriages are forbidden.)

In another high-profile case, Revathi Masoosai, a practicing Hindu, was forcibly separated from her husband and infant daughter and sent to a religious re-education camp after it was discovered that technically she had been born a Muslim.

Taken together, these cases illustrate two issues--both central to the debate about Islam and modernity--that Malaysia is struggling to come to terms with. Can a Muslim majority live with a non-Muslim minority as equals, or must the former be explicitly dominant--in law as well as in day-to-day life? And can Muslims reconcile piety with a culture where the rights of the individual (say, to order a beer) are given precedence over communal beliefs?

To be sure, not all Malays, perhaps not even a majority of the sharia-minded, approve of the acts of boorishness committed in the name of their faith. Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has ordered police to take action against the Shah Alam protesters, and members of parliament have cut across racial and party lines to condemn the incident.

The English-language Malaysian blogosphere is alight with outrage, much of it Muslim. Nor are questions about secularism and individual rights absent in non-Muslim societies. In recent years, thuggish Hindu groups have developed a penchant for roughing up women in bars and castigating young couples for the high crime of celebrating Valentine's Day. America has yet to come to terms with a woman's right to an abortion.

Nonetheless, only in Muslim-majority lands are religious bigots given such broad leeway by their secular co-religionists. An Indian feminist is apt to laugh in the face of a pious Hindu who tells her that gender relations need to be ordered by the ancient laws of Manu.

In America, the so-called new atheists--most prominently Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins--don't need to think twice about ridiculing religious beliefs or savaging the most powerful priest or pastor. But in Malaysia, as elsewhere, secular liberals tend to tip-toe around Muslim religious sensibilities. They wield the word "un-Islamic" as an insult rather than as a compliment.

Unless this changes, unless Malaysians can find a way to treat Islam like any other set of ideas, scenes like those in Shah Alam on Friday aren't about to disappear.

Sadanand Dhume is a Washington-based writer and the author of My Friend the Fanatic: Travels with a Radical Islamist (Skyhorse Publishing, 2009).
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written by anon, August 31, 2009 15:16:20
Good article.

The world is being educated about whether Malaysia is truly Asia. Is it .... Malaysia Truly Asia or should it read .... Malaysia Truly Toxic (nope, doesn't rhyme). Perhaps .... Malaysia Truly Malay ( yes, it does rhyme, with Malay ), meaning of course only such kind of moronic Malays ) and the nefarious acts such Malays carry out, knowing they will be allowed ( or told and paid? ) to do so because they have BIG back-up.

The world also knows that these are just Malays - not Muslims. It does not take a genius to know that Islam will never tolerate such heinous actions.

These are diabolical acts of such Malays - there is a lot of unsavoury, uncouth Malays running around, some walking - through tenements, back alleys, corridors, the streets and on stage and some in Parliament. Some are even members of UMNO, MCA and MIC.

The despicable cow-head protest is just another sacrilegious incident of how these toxic Malays are. Their minds are mangled.

A Muslim woman drinking beer is, by the Syariah Law subject to caning and demoralization ( to deter other Muslims from drinking beer ) while other atrocities against innocent citizens by other 'muslims' are totally ignored.

Which is actually an act that deserves caning and heavy punishment? The Muslims in the cow-head protest or the Muslim woman who drank beer?

One is inciting hatred and stirring up the wrath of another race and religion and the other is a person having a beer, not hurting anyone else.

The JAIS, JAIM and other religious departments conveniently ignore other 'Muslims' who also consume beer and alcohol - simply because there are too many of them. Like the police who were watching (like bystanders) the cow-head protest, they too do not wish to add fuel to the already HIGHly agitated fiery people.

Heck, it's up to them to follow or ignore the teachings of Islam. Why do you need to force it upon them?

The answer is simple and quite transparent. You dread losing your chokehold grip on the Malays, fearing unity among the races. I call it .... UNITOphobia. Fear of all races being UNITED.

Why do you have to impose Islamic values on Muslims. You show your weakness by doing so - not the weakness of Islam. They know, and if they choose to do what pleases them, so be it. If they wish to go to heaven or hell, it's their choice.

That is democracy Aniza (NST) so put a lid on your sanctimonious sermons.

Cow-head protest was end of tether for Sect 23 folk

2009-08-30T20:36:00.008+08:00

By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani

Sect 23 resident Sukhani has resorted to flying Umno flags to show his anger. —
Picture By Choo Choy May

SHAH ALAM, Aug 30 — For the residents of the middle class Taman Ixora neighbourhood in Section 23 here, the cow-head protest after Friday prayers underlined their anger and frustration against a government unwilling to heed their views.

While they have mixed feelings about brandishing a cow-head during the protest, they are adamant in not wanting the Section 19 Sri Mahamariamman Temple relocated to their predominantly Malay-Muslim neighbourhood, more so near the Surau Al-Jannah.

The faded graffiti on the zinc fence surrounding the disputed site reflected their feelings.

“We object to this temple”, “Pakatan Rakyat cannot be trusted” and “Rodziah babi” were written on the fence. Rodziah Ismail is the Batu Tiga state assemblywoman, which covers the area, and an executive councillor in the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) government.

Having the temple so close to their playground will stop children from playing there, parents claim. — Picture By Choo Choy May

Graffiti near the proposed site of the temple makes it clear how residents here feel. — Picture By Choo Choy May

On Friday, they went a step further to show that they were at the end of their tether by holding a noisy demonstration outside the Selangor state secretariat, dragging a severed cow-head which they stomped and spat on. The act is offensive to Hindus, who regard cows as sacred.

Although riot police stood by at the state secretariat, they are in full force at the neighbourhood multi-purpose hall beside the proposed temple site, which is now a lush green field.

Shah Alam OCPD ACP Noor Azam Jamaludin said they had been stationed there before the protest and will remain until Sept 3.

On a visit to the neighbourhood, the Malay residents expressed anger and felt it was unsuitable for the temple to be built in a predominantly Muslim community.

They also argued the location was not strategic because there is only one major exit from the neighbourhood to the main highway and the temple would likely create congestion in the area.

Others also felt that they have been cheated and abandoned by their Muslim PR leaders.

“I attended yesterday’s demonstration because this is my neighbourhood and I must show support. That is what I want. I hung this Umno flag, but I voted one for Khalid Samad and Rodziah. I voted for PKR but I felt cheated. I have this Umno flag to show my anger,” Sukhani Mohd Jamil stressed, venting his anger at the state lawmakers.

Khalid Samad is the Shah Alam MP, which encompasses this neighbourhood in the predominantly Malay constituency.

The 30 year old father explained that neighbourhood had objected when they learned the temple was planned to built near their homes but they did not receive any response.

Sukhani felt cheated when he learned that the state government had not consulted the residents and approved the building of the temple.

“I’ve never felt this spirit. This is not about race hatred. Take whatever land but not near our housing areas. I am really disappointed,” he said.

The Section 23 action committee against the temple construction had sent a protest memorandum to Rodziah explaining that the temple was just 160 metres from the houses, 50 metres from a playground and 150 metres from Surau Al-Jannah. They demanded a public hearing but the Batu Tiga state assemblyman said it was unnecessary as the area was industrial land.

There was also fear in some of the residents as they are afraid that this issue might explode into a racial backlash.

“Of course, nobody wants the temple. It is too near to the playground. This has become an issue. I am scared that this will lead to fighting. They are too sensitive on this issue. Can you ask Rodziah why she wants to build it there?” Mainora Muir Hassan explained.

Some residents, like Mainora, fear the issue could turn into a powder keg. — Picture By Choo Choy May

The mother of four stressed that the temple was not in the plans when they bought the house and questioned if the state government can do this.

“If there is not any temple, then we won’t buy. The price of our houses will also fall. Khalid wants tolerance but how can there be tolerance when it is near to the surau?” she added.

Pakatan Rakyat politicians claimed that most of the protesters were not from Section 23 and the demonstration was orchestrated by Umno.

However, local residents refuted this claim and said it was unfair because they are fighting for their neighbourhood and not for any political party.

“It is not a question of Umno or not, we are all Muslims. I am disappointed that a Muslim leader has neglected the Muslim community. Our religion has been sidetracked,” Latiff Roslan said.

The businessman was confused why the state government had decided to build the temple near their homes when there was no objection to build the temple in Section 22 as originally planned.

“Playground is for our children, children won’t go there to play and parents won’t allow them to play. Why is this temple made into an issue? People have objected to this temple so the government should stop the project.

“I read in the papers, that they want to move the temple by 300 metres. There is no land for the temple to be relocated by 300 metres. They want to put in the temple in the factory? So they are trying to lie to us and we cannot accept it,” he said.

The predominantly Malay-Muslim residents feel a sense of betrayal by their elected representatives. — Picture By Choo Choy May
The residents feel that they are being neglected by their leaders and are fed-up with Khalid’s call for religious tolerance.

“Khalid Samad is a liar, he likes to tell lies. He is scared to face the people. If the temple can be relocated by 300 metres, why not five kilometres? They asked us to tolerant. We can be tolerant but they must find a suitable location,” Azman Abdul Majid said.

The Telekom Malaysia employee added that politicians are abandoning religion for votes.

There were mixed emotions on the severed cow-head being used in the demonstration but they agree that the protestors just wanted to show their anger.

The residents are planning to seek a court injunction if the state government continues its plans to build the temple there.

P.S. This temple was built 150 years ago when the area was a plantation and Indians were working there..... long before the arrival of these protesters.

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written by anon, August 30, 2009 16:06:51
So this is 1Malaysia -

- end of the tether
- malay majority
- predominantly malay-muslim neighborhood
- predominatly malay muslim community
- allow racist malay demos
- police standing by watching racist malay demos
- threat of bloodbath
- arrive much later - make it your place and remove temples (150) years old
- malay area
- wave keris
- do not push the masters
- ketuanan melayu
- NEP
- back to BM (math & Science)
- pass all malays (English Language)at tertiary level
- kelings & china kwais
- god's chosen people
- religous tolerance (only applicable to non-muslims)
- tolerate the bang (azan)
- demolish temples
- no place for temples
- accept the quota system
- ISA still effective
- malay reserve land
- bumiputra status
- 15% discount for bumis (houses)
- loans to start a business (ends up in failure)
- scholarships (for the wealthy)
- race stated on ID
- balik India
- balik China
- second class citizens
- non-muslims are all immigrants
- malays are natives
- halal
- haram

list goes on - and all this and many more to be accepted by non-malays because it's 1Malaysia

Take this kind of 1Malaysia and ....shove it up - where the sun don't shine

There will never be a united Malaysia as long as there is UMNO,MCA & MIC.

OF JUSTICE, MERCY AND FORGIVENESS

2009-08-30T12:36:00.006+08:00

Posted by admin

Sunday, 30 August 2009 10:58

By Aniza Damis (NST)

ON Aug 20, there occurred an act of profound humanity.

That day, the Scottish government decided to release Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber.

Responsible for bringing down Pan Am Flight 103 and killing all 259 passengers and crew, plus 11 Lockerbie residents on the ground where the plane crashed, al-Megrahi was sentenced to life imprisonment and was to serve a minimum of 27 years.

But, having only served eight years in a Scottish prison, al-Megrahi was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer with a life expectancy of not more than three months.
On compassionate grounds, the Scottish government decided to send him home to Libya to see out his last days in the embrace of his family.

Many political issues dog why, in the 21 years since the bombing on Dec 21, 1988, al-Megrahi has been the only person convicted of the crime, the strength of the evidence that convicted him and other reasons for his release.

For Scottish justice secretary Kenny MacAskill, the reason was purely and solely compassion: "Al-Megrahi did not show his victims any comfort or compassion. They were not allowed to return to the bosom of their families to see out their lives, let alone their dying days. No compassion was shown by him to them.

"But, that alone is not a reason for us to deny compassion to him and his family in his final days.

"Our justice system demands that judgment be imposed but compassion be available. Our beliefs dictate that justice be served, but mercy be shown.

"Compassion and mercy are about upholding the beliefs that we seek to live by, remaining true to our values as a people. No matter the severity of the provocation or the atrocity perpetrated."

In Islamic jurisprudence, there are several ways of dealing with a murderer: he can be made to pay blood money to the victim's family; he can be drawn into service to that family for the rest of his days; or he can be executed by the state. Or, if the victim's family forgive the killer, he can be set free.

The option most loved by God is forgiveness.

Of the 99 known names and attributes of Allah, six directly relate to compassion and mercy: Ar-Rahman (the most compassionate, the beneficient and the gracious), Ar-Rahim (the merciful), Al-Gaffar (the forgiver), Al-Gafur (the forgiving), Ar-Ra'uf (the most kind and the clement) and Al-'Afuww (the pardoner).

Another, At-Tawwab (the granter and accepter of repentance), indirectly denotes the element of mercy.

Closer to home this month, we've seen Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, 32, receive much national and international press coverage on account of her conviction by the Pahang Syariah Court.

Kartika's crime is consuming alcohol in public, an offence under syariah. For this, she was sentenced to a fine of RM5,000 and the maximum number of six strokes of the rotan.

She is the first woman to be convicted of such a crime under syariah and is potentially the first woman to be caned in Malaysia.

Civil law prohibits the caning of women, probably because criminal caning is considerably harsher than syariah caning.

Kartika was to have been caned this week, but it has been postponed until after the fasting month.

Some argue that the syariah law, which allows for a woman to be caned, runs counter to the federal law that does not allow a woman to be caned.

Some also argue that the caning cannot be executed because prison regulations only allow the caning of prisoners, and Kartika was not given a jail sentence.

And Section 125 (4) of the Pahang Syariah Criminal Procedure Act 2002, which gives the court the right to detain her for caning, cannot be applied since it refers to offenders who have been sentenced to caning only.

Kartika was given a fine in addition to the caning. And she has paid the fine.
Many argue that, being a first-time offender, Kartika should not have received the maximum sentence.
Yet others argue that a woman should be spared the cane.

The last argument is weak. The amended Article 8 of the Federal Constitution says no one should be discriminated against on the basis of gender.

To date, six Muslim men have been caned for consuming alcohol in public. So, if the court honestly believes she deserves to be caned, then the woman should be caned.

But here's the question: does Kartika deserve to be caned?
This is her first offence. By right, on the scale of penalties, she should have got the lowest punishment - a fine. Yet, why was she also given the maximum number of strokes of the rotan? Is the situation of Muslims publicly imbibing in alcohol at such a dire level that it warrants Kartika being made an example?

At the eleventh hour, the Pahang syariah appellate court is wading into the issue and might revise the sentence.

If they are set on caning her, they will either have to drop the fine (which has been paid) or add a jail sentence.

Adding a jail sentence will make Kartika ineligible to work in the public sector as well as make it difficult for her to travel overseas.

But, there is another option: they could just drop the caning altogether and make her punishment just a fine.

Some people would say if this happens, then justice would not be served and Kartika would not have learned her lesson.

But consider this: in the one month since she was convicted, the whole world has seen Kartika's face.

We know her name, her father's name and her two children's names and their ages. We know how they all look like. We've had a good look at her father's sitting room in Sungai Siput, Perak.

We've even glimpsed several of his neighbours, who gathered around last Monday to see her off and wish her well on what turned out to be an abortive trip to jail.

Even if she doesn't get caned, Kartika will forever be etched in our minds as the woman who drank beer at a nightclub in Cherating and was caught and convicted by the syariah court. From now on, any canned drink she holds - no matter how innocuous - will be scrutinised by the public.

By her actions and words of late, Kartika seems to have repented.
It's time to forgive.

Forgiveness allows us to shut the door on the past and concentrate on the future. It allows us to reclaim our lives and get on with living.
And that is Merdeka.
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Comment: Aniza, wake up to the REAL world.

Do not equate Kartika's case with a killer's case. It's obvious that you brought this case as an example to forgive and forget. Good for you. I agree that Kartika should be freed.

Kartika consumed beer - she did not kill anyone before or after consuming beer.

But do not equate her to killing machines - terrorists.

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Comment: A cold-blooded killer is let loose on compassionate grounds? The Scottish government is plain stupid. Playing safe so less terrorism in Scotland perhaps.

But this murderer has killed hundreds of innocent passengers, then there is no room for compassion. Let him rot in his cell.

This is the most stupid move made by the Scottish court.

So in essence, the court has now, given the go-ahead to all terminally ill killers or would be killers, to blow up more planes and get involved in genocide - after all, they know that they will be released in the name of humanity and compassion and get a hero's welcome and be united with their families.

We seem to have morons all over the world. So when our local terrorist - responsible for so many innocent lives lost - noordin is caught, release him if he is terminally ill. Same with all terminally-ill terrorists.

Hitler was also 'terminally-ill', so were his counterparts and other murderers including rapists, child molesters - all terminally sick in their heads - so let them go, catch them, give them a medical check and set them free. Why waste the tax-payer's money and the killers'/rapists' time - he could have more time to spend with his family.

So stop catching killers for their 'war crimes'. They were all 'terminally-ill'. That's the only reason for the genocide. They did not mean to do it. They just could not help themselves. They are all good people basically.

They will also have time to spare - one last killing spree and rape every child and women they can.

Cruel aren't I? I have always been like that - inconsiderate and without compassion for shitheads like these.

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Comment: So, according to you, all criminals who kill and murder innocent people, rape and molest children and women should be set free - if the victims of their families forgive them?

So if you and members of your families are raped and/or massacred .... you will forgive and forget?

Why don't you go to Scotland and ask if all the families forgave that killer.

Compassion, forgiveness and mercy is for people who have hurt you verbally or physically. That I can understand and even agree.

If we go by your reasoning, then there will be no need for justice - catch the perpetrators, hold them then ask the families if they forgive ( before that give a sermon to them about all three attributes - compassion, mercy and forgiveness ) and set these killers free to roam around the streets and if they do it again, go through the same process.

That is compassion, mercy and forgiveness.

And that is Merdeka too - the true meaning of Merdeka - Freedom/Independence

OCPD: Volatile situation ‘did not permit’ police action

2009-08-29T15:35:00.008+08:00

Picture by Choo Choy May

Posted by admin
Saturday, 29 August 2009 14:19

By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani, The Malaysian Insider

SHAH ALAM, Aug 29 – Shah Alam OCPD ACP Noor Azam Jamaludin today explained that the police had failed to act during the cow-head demonstration at the state secretariat because the situation “did not permit” them to do so.

“We saw the situation was not right because we did not want to spark more anger but we will take actions based on other evidences that we have. We will take action based on evidence and against those who have been identified,” Azam said.

Dozens of riot police stood by and watched as protesters brought the severed cow-head to the Selangor state secretariat and stomped on it.

The act, which is offensive to Hindus who regard the cow as sacred, was carried out by a group of 50 protesters who oppose the relocation of the Sri Mahamariamman Temple to Section 23 to Section 19, claiming the area is mainly occupied by Malay-Muslims
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Comment: FRU standing by and watching? That to me is considered a Principal offender/s too.

1. The Police/FRU took on more than 20,000 peaceful marchers showing their dissatisfaction on the rampant corruption.

2. The Police/FRU took on more than 20,000 of the Rakyat rallying and showing their sentiments on the abolisment of the archaic ISA.

But, the Police abstained from moving in on 50 RACISTS who wre provoking and inflaming religious sentiments.

This is weird.
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Can’t hold a candle to cop’s excuse - The Malaysian Insider

OCPD: Volatile situation ‘did not permit’ police action

ACP Noor Azam Jamaludin … ‘we did not want to spark more anger’. – Picture by Choo Choy May

By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani

SHAH ALAM, Aug 29 – Shah Alam OCPD ACP Noor Azam Jamaludin today explained that the police had failed to act during the cow-head demonstration at the state secretariat because the situation “did not permit” them to do so.

“We saw the situation was not right because we did not want to spark more anger but we will take actions based on other evidences that we have. We will take action based on evidence and against those who have been identified,” Azam said.

Dozens of riot police stood by and watched as protesters brought the severed cow-head to the Selangor state secretariat and stomped on it.

The act, which is offensive to Hindus who regard the cow as sacred, was carried out by a group of 50 protesters who oppose the relocation of the Sri Mahamariamman Temple to Section 23 to Section 19, claiming the area is mainly occupied by Malay-Muslims.

The 150-year-old temple was built on a plantation which over the years was developed into housing estates by the Selangor Development Corporation (PKNS). No provisions were made to relocate the temple, which is now in the middle of a Muslim majority area.

Azam assured that the police will begin investigation immediately based on the reports that they have received and the report that the police made yesterday.

The police will be arresting the protestors under section 27 (5) of the Police Act and Sedition Act.

Azam also advised the public to be patient and not to take drastic actions because the police “will bring justice to those responsible.”

“I regret what happened, the cow-head should not have been used as an issue. We will take action and identify who are involved and responsible for the head,” he said.

Azam also confirmed that the police will increase their presence in section 23.

“We won’t compromise where safety is concerned. I do not want any racial fighting like what was said in the mosque,” he said.
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Comment: 50 RACIST retards and the police could not handle the situation!

Shah Alam temple demo: The Malays who don’t understand the essence of Islam

2009-08-29T01:06:00.008+08:00

Shah Alam temple demo: The Malays who don’t understand the essence of Islam
28/08/2009 by drrafick

1. Upon reaching home today at 530 pm, I open up my computer as usual and browsed my favorite online newspaper. I was shocked to see that all of them carried the story of a group of Malay-Muslim protesters claiming to be residents of Section 23 of Shah Alam carrying the severed head of a cow to the Selangor State Secretariat building.

2. The people who claims to be Muslims has shown how ignorant they are about Islam and how their action has brought shame to the religion of Islam and to other Muslims. They did not defend Islam but had portrayed Muslims as fools. I am so angry with Mahyuddin Manaf and the residents there for their action.

3. I questioned their motives and agenda. I questioned their action of carrying a severed head of a cow which is a sacred animal to the Hindus. If their action is not considered seditious and a threat to the nation, I don’t know what else is needed to qualify. The government must ensure that all might of the law must be taken against this group of 50 people especially their leaders. PR and BN must agree on this matter.

4. I grew up all over Malaysia and in the 70’s after the sudden demise of my father; the whole family went back to a small town, north of Ipoh, called Chemor. As far back as I could remember, directly behind the Chemor mosque there is a Chinese temple and within a walking distance from there lies an Indian temple. As far as I know, all communities lives harmoniously and tolerate each other “ding, bang, tong and screams” There had not been any problems.

5. I cannot comprehend the argument that was raised by the Residents Association Deputy Chairman that claims with a temple on their residential area where they have 90% Muslim; they cannot function properly as Muslims. They claims that with the temple will disrupt their daily activities like prayers in the Surau. This is the most ridiculous argument that I have ever heard.

6. I would like to suggest that the Section 23 residents take a study trip to Kota Bharu. Just drive outskirt of Kota Bharu and you will find plenty of Buddhist temples. Some of the biggest Buddha statues are located outskirt of Kota Bharu. We are talking about a state of 99% Muslims. Do you hear problems among the Kelantanese? These are people who have very strong opinion about Islam and yet they behave in a level minded manner.

7. I believe people who has been to Hong Kong knows what I meant. In an area called Tsim Sha Tsui, there is a big mosque located a walking distance from the MRT station. The mosque called for Azan five times a day. The Muslims are minority but yet they can continue to practice their religion in the middle of millions of non Muslims within a commercial district. There hasn’t been problems.

8. About three months ago the new mosque of Bukit Antarabangsa was opened. The mosque is located 50 meters from my house. For the record, I live in a Taman where the majority of the residents are non Muslims. My Taman is unique in the sense that it is sandwiched between two long hills. In the first few weeks the mosque loud speakers volume and direction was not adjusted, hence the Azan which was supposed to sound nice and melodious sounds more like a very unpleasant noise. It is like sitting in a car and blasting the sentimental music at full blown.

9. I was very uncomfortable. I thought I was the only one but a casual chat with other Muslims neighbors in my area led to the same conclusion. One Muslim neighbor said that he was so distressed that he would closed all his doors and windows during the Azan. If we the Muslim felt so distressed, how would the non Muslims felt? We decided to do something about it.

10. Among us the Muslims, without any pressure from the Non Muslim, we analyzed the issue and look for a solution. Azan is meant to be a sign for the calling of prayers. There were two loud speakers directed at our Taman and the bouncing sound against the hills cause such a ding! On behalf of us, we asked our Resident Association Chairman to talk to the Mosque Chairman who is a respected and known to be a reasonable person.

11. We put forward our points on the basis of the purpose of the Azan and the location of various other Surau nearby and physics. The very nature of the surrounding hills around our Taman and Mosque is turning the Azan into a loud and unpleasant noise. I must say Alhamdulillah as he sees that we make sense.

12. Immediately, the mosque committee decided to reduce the volume until they repositioned the loudspeakers again. We are now enjoying the sound of Azan and prayers in its melodious tone until they get someone to repositioned the loud speakers.

13. While this was going on, there were one or two people who make immature remarks during the mosque meeting that if the sound of Azan is too loud, the people who cannot tolerate it should move out. I know who these persons are and I know where they lives. I think they does not understand what we meant and it cross our mind that we should sponsor a loud speaker and place it right in front of their house so that he can hear the Azan “loud and clear” five times a day. It occurred to me whether the same argument should be put forward the residents of section 23 Shah Alam.

14. The actions taken by 50 odd residents of Section 23 have brought shame to all Muslims in Malaysia. They have shown their ugly side of their conduct. They have been disrespectful. They have defamed Islam. They hide behind the veil of the religion for their ugly, uncivilized and barbaric act. To all my Hindu friends, I apologize for their ignorance. To the PM and the MB of Selangor, please take the full might of the law on this people who had defamed Islam. To the other Muslim residents of Section 23 Shah Alam, please talk some sense to this 50 people! To the Hindus, please forgive them for their ignorance!

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Comment:

Do the Hindus have a choice? They react, and their heads will be next.

So, I too urge the Hindus to remain calm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytAkNMyGd1M

State calls for calm over cow-head protests

2009-08-29T00:50:00.006+08:00

By Neville Spykerman

SHAH ALAM, Aug 28 - Dr Xavier Jayakumar tonight joined the chorus of state leaders calling for calm, following the desecration of a cow’s head outside the state secretariat.

“I call on everyone to remain calm and not to react or be provoked by the incident.”
The state executive councillor said he would personally meet the Selangor police chief to convey the sentiments of the Indian community.

“We should let the police handle the matter.”

The act, which is offensive to Hindus who regard the animal as sacred, was carried out by a group of 50 Malay-Muslim protesters who oppose the relocation of a Hindu temple to Section 23.

Xavier said the actions of the protesters were unacceptable and the police should act against the organizers.

The protest have cast a dark clowd over the country which is supposed to celebrate Merdeka in a few days.
Xavier said 52-years of racial harmony had been jeopardised by the actions of the group.

Today incident is believed to have been provoked by hardliners opposed to the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) state government.

The site of the current Sri Mahamariamman Temple is located at Section 19.
The 150-year-old temple was built on a plantation which over the years was developed into housing estates by the Selangor Development Corporation (PKNS).

No provisions were made to relocate the temple which is now in the middle of a Muslim majority area.

The previous Barisan Nasional (BN) administration had planned to relocate the temple to an industrial site in Section 22 but the location was deemed too far away.

After March 8 last year, the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) state government decided to move the temple to Section 23 which they felt was more conducive.

Locals who spoke on condition of anonymity said the issue had been blown out of proportion due to the interference from outsiders.

“The decision to move the temple to the proposed site in Section 23 was taken because the area actually has a 40 per cent Hindu population.”
He said initially those who are opposed to the temple said it should not be built there because it has a 60 per cent Malay majority, subsequently it became 70 per cent and today it’s 90 per cent.

“Some of those who gathered outside the state secretariat today were not even from Section 23.”

Meanwhile a spokesman said the state government has been consistent in their stand to relocate the temple.

However they are still open to discussions and have not closed their ears and minds to anyone.

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Comment:

Demolish Temples, Call the Indians "kelings" and now chop the head of a cow ( a cow is considered sacred to the Hindus in Malaysia and Hindus all over the world ) and threaten yet another bloodbath.

N.B. These Moronic Malays my friends do not represent all Malays.

I watched Youtube but did not notise any policman doing their duty. They were standing by and watching.

What The World Says

Temple demo: Residents march with cow's head

2009-08-29T00:02:00.008+08:00

When asked whether members of the protest were affiliated with any organisations or movements, Ibrahim claimed that the people present today were members of PAS, PKR as well as Umno who are “united in the name of Islam and the Malay spirit.”

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal, The Malaysian Insider

A group of Malay-Muslim protesters claiming to be residents of Section 23 have threatened bloodshed unless the state government stopped the construction of a Hindu Temple.

Amid chants of "Allahuakbar," the group also left the severed head of a cow at the entrance of the State Secretariat here as a warning to Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim.

The "residents" said that the construction of a Hindu temple in a 90 per cent Malay- Muslim neighbourhood was insensitive because activities there would disrupt their lives.

They claimed that the "noise" from the temple would disturb their own praying, and that they would not be able to function properly as Muslims.
The group of 50 over protestors marched shortly after Friday prayers from the Shah Alam State mosque to the State Secretariat.

“I challenge YB Khalid, YB Rodziah and Xavier Jeyakumar to go on with the temple construction. I guarantee bloodshed and racial tension will happen if this goes on, and the state will be held responsible,” shouted Ibrahim Haji Sabri amid strong chants of “Allahu Akbar!” ( "God Is Great!" )

Ibrahim identified himself as the Deputy Chairman of the Resident’s Committee against the building of the temple in S23 here, which is perceived by some as being a Muslim majority area.

He told the press that the state should move the temple to Section 22 as ‘originally planned’, and also labelled Khalid a “traitor to the Malay race and Islam”.
It is understood that the protest is an immediate reaction towards the Selangor MB’s visit to the Hindu temple site yesterday, an act seen by the "residents" as disrespectful to the Muslims of the community.
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Comment: written by anon, August 28, 2009 20:21:35

A group of Malay-Muslim protesters claiming to be residents of Section 23 have threatened bloodshed unless the state government stopped the construction of a Hindu Temple.
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Comment: bloodshed? Anything new?
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The "residents" said that the construction of a Hindu temple in a 90 per cent Malay- Muslim neighbourhood was insensitive because activities there would disrupt their lives.
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Comment: insensitive? These 'residents' are totally ignorant - and insentitive to other races and their practices.
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They claimed that the "noise" from the temple would disturb their own praying, and that they would not be able to function properly as Muslims.
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Comment: 'noise?' Five times a day we hear the prayers from the mosque. Doesn't bother me at all. Certainly coes not 'disrupt' my prayers. What are they thinking of when they 'pray'?

This is what I was told by a Malay Muslim ... When a Muslim prays, he is not affected by any kind of 'noise' - children making noise, cars and bikes hooting, even a volcano eruption. His mind is affixed on Allah and nothing else. I have seen this for myself. And that is how you should pray.
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they would not be able to function properly as Muslims.
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Comment: When did they ever function as Muslims in the first place?

Bottom Line: They are Malays - not Muslims.

How much deeper can these morons sink into the abyss - such shallow thinking and racist bigots.

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Comment: written by anon, August 28, 2009 23:46:21

This is beyond a doubt a heinous BARBARIC act by morons who believe they are Muslims.

But I also believe that they are merely pawns acting on behalf of a bigger and more dangerous moron.

This demonstration is alright I guess. After all, it is aimed at the Hindus - a minority and a sort of a phlegm, placid people. And of course the shi.t he.ad sammy v ( president of the MIC - who proclaimed in Parliament that 'saya tak takut siapapun' is now under his bed.

What a bunch of pathetic "muslims" - an acrimonious act in the month of ramadan - supposedly a HOLY month for the Muslims. What a joke.

I want to see and hear what the UMNO fcuks are going to say.

First the keris against the Chinese and now the cow against the Indians.

Next will be...in Petaling Street and Brickfields, the pig's head for these kinds of gormless, mindless malays? Wonder how they will look at it. May 13 1969 revisited? Perhaps.

Every single one of them shood be beheaded. This country has no place for cretins like these.

INDONESIAN OUTRAGE OVER A DANCE

2009-08-26T21:14:00.015+08:00

Posted by admin
Wednesday, 26 August 2009 12:42
(The Asia Sentinel) The Discovery Channel inadvertently kicks off a two-country flap with Malaysia

Indonesia and Malaysia have stopped short of swords' points yet again over issues of national pride, this time over a cultural question that turned out not to exist.
A firestorm of Internet outrage over the supposed theft of the Balinese pendet dance for a Malaysian tourism ad turned out to be just hot air when the Discovery TV network owned up and said that the dancers had appeared in one of its own TV promotions, and it was all a mistake anyway. But not before Indonesia's government, unaware of Discovery's action, had already made an official protest to Malaysia.

The two countries, which share the same Malay culture, have been squabbling for years and while some of the squabbling appears petty, as over the pendet dance, that masks some deep problems. Malaysia, with a per-capital gross domestic product of US$15,300 in purchasing power parity, outranks Indonesia significantly, at only US$3,900 according to the CIA World Factbook. That has resulted in hundreds of thousands of Indonesians crossing over into Malaysia to seek work, causing strains between the two countries, with Indonesians charging Malaysians with physical abuse of illegal entrants and Malaysians charging Indonesians were taking their jobs.

Earlier this year, Indonesians were transfixed when a teen model, Manohara Odelia Pinot, 18, alleged she had been kidnapped and abused by her Kelantan prince husband, Tengku Muhammad Fakhry. She escaped from the prince and Kelantan bodyguards in Singapore and flew to Jakarta, where she held a marathon round of televised press conferences to detail the allegations of abuse. The press conferences ran on most stations in what seemed to be a continuous loop. The two have threatened to countersue each other for millions in damages.

In 2007, Indonesians were outraged when they learned the Malaysia Tourism Board's advertisements featured the old love song "Rasa Saying," the title of which means "Feeling of Love." Indonesians have also accused Malaysians of outright theft of batik, the colorful fabric made by covering part of the cloth with removable wax and dyeing it. Men and women of both countries wear – or did in earlier times sarongs made of the material. Similarly, the two countries share waying kulit, the famed shadow play using puppets and, perhaps less attractively, an ineradicable attraction among their politicians for corruption.

In 2007, unknown Indonesians took apart a Malaysian tourism promotion ad and converted Malaysia's name to Malingsia. In Bahasa Indonesia, the word maling means "thief."

The current kerfuffle over pendet began late last week, as rumors about the ad and reactions shot to the top of the social microblogging Web site Twitter's hot topics list.

"Pendet is ours! Noordin M. Top is yours!" said one popular Twitter message, referring to the Malaysia-born terrorist suspect wanted in connection with the July 17 bombings in Jakarta.
Over the weekend, news stories reported erroneously that the image of a traditional Balinese pendet dancer was used in an official Malaysia Tourism ad. That ignited the long-standing antagonism between the two countries over the heritage of traditional songs and dances, and further stoked the furor on Twitter and Facebook.

The problem was, it was all wrong — and perhaps a lesson in the myth-making power of the Internet — as an apology statement by Discovery made clear: "Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific regrets that the image of a Balinese dancer, sourced from an independent third party, was used in the promotion of the series 'Enigmatic Malaysia.' The promotional clip has been removed from all feeds.

"The Balinese dancer was not featured in any way in the program. Discovery has the deepest respect for the traditions, cultures and practices of all races and nations, and it is not our intention to cause any misunderstanding or distress to any party."

Widyarka Ryananta, a senior diplomat at the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, confirmed that the Malaysian government had never made an ad featuring pendet. "It was all a misunderstanding. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing," he told local media.

By the time Discovery's apology had been issued, Minister of Culture and Tourism Jero Wacik had already sent a letter to his Malaysian counterpart, demanding the ad campaign be removed. "It happened two years ago with Reog Ponorogo. We don't want it to happen again to us," he said.

He said a bilateral pact signed in 2007 stated that if both countries wanted to publicize a culture in a "grey area," they had to consult with each other first. But pendet was a different story: "People around the world would recognize in a glance that pendet is a Balinese dance. There's nothing grey about it."

After the error had been explained, Jero called on Indonesians to quickly register all forms of Indonesian cultural heritage to prevent such misunderstandings from reoccurring.

"We have so much cultural heritage," he said. "We may accidentally neglect some of them."

Parts of this article appeared in the Jakarta Globe.
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written by anon, August 26, 2009 17:34:27

Calling New Delhi, the doors are open to you now - grab this chance and claim what is rightfully yours - the wayang kulit which is based on the 'Ramayana & Mahabharata' - from both Malaysia and Indonesia .... along with all other stuff they took from you .... language, customs, traditions, including Malay marriage cermony & it's paraphernalia etc etc etc.

But you Indian blokes are smart enough to know not to do that .... or you will lose millions of Malay fans of the Indian film industry and your saree materials which is used to make baju kurungs etc etc etc.
Batik is out-of-date now.

Ask 'Datuk' Shah Rukh Khan ... this Indian 'Datuk' will tell you.

namaskar

more to follow ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayang

English & BM & the Malay Country Bumpkins

2009-08-13T21:59:00.014+08:00

Teaching of Math and Science in BM

Btw, RM is not Ringgit Malaysia here but Rural Malays.

Now, let this be seen as a non-partisan's point of view. Just my opinion based on personal experience.

When I first heard of it, I did not believe. Then I read about it and saw it on TV - still could not believe. Even a clown will know that this is a puerile, moronic step backwards - for the Malays. As if they were not backwards enough. Just when the Malays - especially in the kampongs - were getting the hang of it - struggling to climb out of the bottomless pit created for them - reaching the top and trying to get into the English system - and doing very well I might add ( I was teaching these Malays in a kampong ), there comes this huge foot that stamped their weathered hands which threw them back into the abyss. Putting them in is easy .... climbing out of it is almost impossible.

I was pulling them out of the pit and you damn people kicked them back in. Damn you! I am a damn 'keling' and I tried so hard for months to help them and you destroyed it all in a day. You damn hypocrites.

Hey, a 'keling' gave up so much to help your kind - Melayus.

I was teaching English Language at a school in a little kampong, to about 150 students - they lacked confidence and I will honestly say that they were ill-equipped with the basic knowledge of the English language. The reason is obvious. Who converses in English in that kampong? Another reason is ... I was the only qualified English Language teacher there. The rest were, sadly, not competent. Heck, not even qualified to teach the language.

It does not take a Linguist to teach them English. I am a qualified, bona-fide English language teacher. Because of a close Malay friend's plea, I went there to teach - my fee was a mere RM20 per student. I could have made three times that amount had I stayed home.

Some avaricious ones were giving private tuition for RM150. And I saw what they were doing - blood sucking unscrupulous unqualified 'English' teachers. I saw the ridiculous mistakes they made on the students' exercise books.

I had to undo what these 'teachers' did. I had to undo the damage that was already done.

Sometimes - all too often, the parents do not pay but I went on. As long as there were a handful of students who were really interested I taught and I taught them well.

By the way, I was the only Indian in that place. Only after a few months the curious questions were not posed on me.

It was a formidable task but I rallied on. I wanted to prove that these kampong kids were not stupid and given the right kind of motivation and a proper English language teacher, will do well in the language. Gradually, attendance dropped - the parents could not afford even that RM20.

Those who could, attended class. These were the students who attended my class religiously and learned the language. As time passed, month after month, they improved - lots of drilling and speaking in class. They were actually having fun learning the language. There were times when I discarded the book and allowed them to just talk - in English as much as possible.

All they need is a teacher with patience ( I am not gloating ) and perseverance. The understanding of the language is in them - all that was needed was to extract it from them. They are smart - as smart as the slick city Malays.

After a few months, these kids were improving by the day. They had their basics and now were on to bigger things like writing an essay and speaking - which, after two months, was not a problem for them. I am not saying they were speaking fluently but they were not ashamed to speak up and definitely were much better than when I first started teaching them.

It was sad really, these kids were really interested in learning English language and they were improving tremendously.

What really surprised me was - their parents.

Every single parent came to me and told me they knew how important English Language is! That took me by surprise. I thought it was out of necessity that they sent them to me. But I spent time talking to them after class and not one disagreed with me. Actually, they were going on about the role of English language today and how important it is. They were very grateful that I came to this small place to educate their kids in the language.

They are simple people. Average income of about RM1,000. Some richer, some poorer. It wasn't the money so much anymore for me - it was the challenge and the happiness to see that my students were doing well in the language.

Of course news goes around in a kampong and when I am in the 'town' ( just a row of shops ), everyone recognized and respected me as 'cikgu'.

You may say 'these kids already posses an adequate knowledge of the language' - no they did not .... it was not a secondary school. It was a Primary school. Standard 1 to 6. I did well to groom them and get them ready for the following year - they were eager to meet the following year's challenge as they were confident and adequately eqipped.

I pride myself knowing that I could make even the most introverted student to talk. This I did. At the end of the year, only a handful of students turned up. These were the 'hardcore' learners who eventually went on to score good grades in the language and some were made prefects and monitors. They walked tall - confidence emanating from them. The rest - 'balik kampong'- a nearby kampong.

Some of these students were by now ready to face the 'challenges' ahead of them - the secondary school. They were adequately equipped with a sound knowledge of the English language and were ready face Science and Math which were going to be taught in English.

No they were not exactly fluent in the language but the transformation was incredible. They were ready.

Isn't it sad that these Malays were actually progressing only to be stopped from further progressing into the real world.

With kampong parents supporting them and the teaching of Math and Science in English, these kids and their parents pleaded that I continue teaching there.

But my promise to my friend was till the end of the year - even if I was earning RM100 a month, I plodded on because the handful of kids were interested and were actually liking it - every once in a while, they jovially spoke English amongst themselves along with the errors - errors that even the city folks make.

I was seriously thinking of going back there to teach English again. And when I heard this ludicrous proposal to regress I simply gave up.

Of course I could make a lot of money now - even open up a tuition center - after all, even more parents will send their kids to me and will be more than willing to pay much more this time around.

I would be a rich man if I did that. The only English Language tuition center in that town and that district. I made my name and news spreads faster in a smaller place.

So, to BN - more like UMNO, this is not a personal attack. I gave up so much to go to a small place to teach your kind - Melayus, the English Language - why this outrageous retrospective proposal? Why?

Your own people - the Malays - are the victims yet again. Isn't there anyone in BN who has a far-sighted vision? Does anyone in BN care about the rural Malays?

And where are you - UMNO? You are supposed to be the caretakers of the Malays. To educate them and listen to their grouses and act on it - in this case, do away with the switch. UMNO will always remain silent on such matters.

They are more interested in what and who is halal and haram. All you need is to look into a mirror for the answers.

Yes I am annoyed - furious, with this stupid moronic idea of switching back - you are pushing these poor rural Malays into an abyss of doom.

So what the bloody heck do you damn idiots think I am supposed to feel? Hey, I gave months and months of my life trying to educate these Malays! And I succeeded. Damn you bunch of munafiqs. Try and understand that. Do what you want to me - for trying so hard to help your kind - Melayus.

I condemn the BN and its total lack of wisdom - you do not care about the rural Malays - you do not give a crap about them and their future. Let them stay uneducated - you stand to gain. Send one of your MPs there to make an appearance and they are so happy .... that you care. You disgust me. I have seen an MP from Gemas making her appearance there - with her bodyguards - walking like she owns the town. I was so tempted to ask her what has she done for the Malays in that village .... what has BN done for them?

UMNO is as silent as a churchmouse on this matter. I challenge you to go to this place and ask the parents if they are in favor of the switch.

But you UMNO hotshots have other more important things to do - the latest being raiding stores that sell beer. How shallow can you get. In line with that, ban selling pork, close 'sports' places like Toto and Magnum - in Muslim majority areas ... but keep consuming 'tapai' - a favorite of the Malays.

Ban Muslims from going to Genting Highlands - it's as good as touching a bottle of beer- haram.

The poor Malays will, as long as there are ignorant people or people pretending to be ignorant, continue hawking.

You 'gave in' because a few thousand uneducated moronic Malays held a demonstration?
Well, these ignorant, beyond redemption rempit Malays with their heads whirling in Mary Jane do not represent ALL the Malays.

I feel sorry for some of these Malays, who actually believe that they have UMNO protecting them - safegurding their rights as the 'master race' in this country called 1 Malaysia. Little do they know that they too are essentially second class citizens. Sidelined suckers. Marginalized morons.

I can proudly say that I care more for the poor Malays here than you do. I also did more than the whole lot of you walking around gold plated massive Corridors.

I still send money to my Malay friend - he needs money to support his family. He is one of those Malays who does not have any cables to pull.

I'll tell you something. Most of these Malays are not morons. They are intelligent and have more foresight than a lot that walk through the Corridors of Power.

For he's a jolly good fellow - by RPK

2009-02-26T09:12:00.005+08:00

Dear Pete,

In all fairness, I believe you were rather emotional about when you wrote that article.

Let's agree to disagree.

I was rather surprised to read that. Perhaps I did not read everyone's comment - I was away from the computer for a long time.

A cardinal rule is - never generalize - not that I am saying that you did. If you did then you are terribly wrong and not the RPK that I know about.

I gave credit where it was due. An example was when PAS went to Imbi road - doesn't matter if they had an ultimate motive for doing so. But the act itself was applaudable.

But that does not mean I am an ardent fan of PAS. I am totally opposed to their ideology and will never vote for them.

It's the same with BN. When BN does good, I appreciate the good that they do - especially the person - but rarely do I read about the good that BN does.

I do not slam BN just for the heck of it. They have done some good - past and present.

Most Malays do not seem to realize that Big M has spoon fed them. That was a mistake. But that is another issue.

Right now, this is one article that I do not agree with. As Big M said - no one is above the law. I believe he did the right thing by enforcing that. I applaud him for that but that also does not mean I agree with everything that he has done.

Again like we mentioned - shall we agree to disagree?

More to follow.

Another Malay-Muslim family

2008-12-17T00:47:00.011+08:00

I lived with a Malay family ( not the same one I wrote an article about ), for the past few months. The head of the house - the man ... hitherto known as En Zi, is actually a nice guy is a close friend and took nothing from me ... all he wanted,according to him, was to help me because the Koran says so.

Zi is simple in his ways. A man of few words.

His wife, hereon referred to as Pn Zah, is very unlike him in her ways.

Zah is a woman of many words.

I am not writing about their lives but I shall be writing about my experience with them and their family with emphasis on my discussions about Islam with Zi.

I was agahast when Zi told me finally, after much 'arguement' about some Muslims misinterpretating the words of the Koran that ...

Now, this is based on a true story - my personal experience.

Apo nak dikato?

The saga will continue...

Zi told me ... after trying for a long time to have me converted and realizing that I was not impressed with the Islam that he was propagating ... with a wry smile that ... Muslims are the chosen people!

So why did he allow me to stay at his place? He seemed very genuine about all that. Why did he allow me to have dinner and other meals with him and his family? Well, it wasn't free meals - I [paid for it along with room and board. But in all honesty, he would have allowed me to stay and eat there even if I had not paid. Or would he have?

Yes he was trying hard to arrange a marriage for me - to a Malay Muslim woman but never did goad me into it. He was hoping because in all fairness, he did like me and I liked him too - a good true friend.

I told him that he was terribly wrong to have that kind of unhealthy thoughts in his mind and gave him the reasons - reasons which he of course did not accept.

Here is one man, a good man, a good Malay Muslim - and I mean that - but why does he harbor that thought? I can only hope that it's a fleeting thought but I doubt it.

I still see Zi and still give him money - that's when I go to his place. He gave me his account number and I still do intend to send him money when I can. After all, he was kind to me and took me in and treated me like one of the family. He still does.

The point is, if a person like Zi has the attitude that all Muslims are the chosen people, then I wonder how many more Malay Muslims think along the same lines.

So, is Zi a true Malay Muslim? He believes he is. I think not. But I can truly say that he is probably the best Malay I have ever come across. No regrets meeting him.

To have a kafir under the same roof and yet believe that Malay Muslims are the chosen lot is a contradiction of sorts.

I wish you well Zi my friend.