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- Najib’s time ends now
- Demo Zoo Taiping: UMNO jadi Direktor
- On Fatwas: Ten Questions
- Seats demand behind the Hindraf-Pakatan impasse
- MY FATWA on VALENTINE'S DAY and GREETINGS
- Red faces after Psy’s no-show for yee sang tossing (Video)
| Posted: 16 Feb 2013 04:10 PM PST At a media function nearly four years ago, he publicly stated that "there is a vital place… for a vibrant, free and informed media" and that "we need a media – both old and new – that is empowered to responsibly report what they see, without fear of consequence".
Najib also admits that "the era when the government knows best is over". Still, his party and coalition partners continue to exercise a tight grip on the mainstream media, with Utusan arguing flagrantly and atrociously that there is no need to verify negative news concerning the opposition parties. And my sources told me that with Chinese support almost bottoming out with no hope of being revived before the upcoming general election, there is now a team of people at the Prime Minister's Department directly monitoring all the Mandarin news on TV to ensure that 'undesirable' elements are edited out before they are aired.
Facade is actually a worse form of politicking than spin-doctoring. Whereas the latter is meant to interpret favourably words and actions of a certain politician to convince the public, and may contain half truths in it, the former is a sheer exercise of deception with a clear goal of fooling the people. Najib's rubbing salt into wounds Hence, when Najib bowed to mounting public pressures and set up a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) into the mysterious and tragic death of Teoh Beng Hock, all that it culminated in was a verdict that only rubbed salt into the wounds of the victim's family, while the death of Ahmad Sarbaini Mohamed had been completely erased from public memory. Despite that the RCI did identify 'institutional racism' as being pervasive in the public sector, Najib has done nothing to address the issue, choosing to blow his own horn of '1Malaysia' ad nauseam. But what '1Malaysia' is he boasting? His wife, the infamous 'First Lady' Rosmah Mansor, graced a fundraising event hosted by Ibrahim Ali of Perkasa exactly a year ago, over which Najib was conspicuous by his elegant silence. I still remember someone describing it as, "as if Michelle Obama is endorsing the Ku Klux Klan". What a fitting analogy!
But as a politician aspiring allegedly to national leadership, Najib should have at least had the courage to rebuke them. Born with a silver spoon, Najib is no risk-taker. He prefers, obviously, to indulge in his own fantasies of 'transformation' while the extremists are becoming bolder by the day.
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| Demo Zoo Taiping: UMNO jadi Direktor Posted: 15 Feb 2013 09:25 AM PST RAMLI SUDIN menjadi jurucakap dan mengaku sebagai Ahli dan Penyokong PAS Taiping telah membuat Demo semalam. Hasil maklumat yang didedahkan oleh kakitangan director itu sendiri menyatakan HASMADI ISMAIL ini ialah seorang peniaga satay disebuah gerai cina bersebelahan bangunan Kamal Bina di Taman Tasek Taiping. Lakonan beliau semalam sebagai RAMLI SUDIN telah mendapat reaksi dari beberapa pimpinan PAS Taiping.
Jika benar Hasmadi Ismail ini ahli PAS mengapa perlu menyamar dengan nama Ramli Sudin..??? Kisah lakonan Zoo TaipingDemo Zoo Taiping : UMNO Taiping Jadi Director 12 Feb 2013 -- Zoo Taiping Perak : Musim cuti sekolah, Zoo Taiping menjadi tumpuan orang ramai kesini untuk beriadah bersama keluarga disamping bergembira bersama keluarga melihat binatang-bintang didalam Zoo Taiping. Tapi lain pula dengan sekumpulan manusia hari ini yang hanya berkumpul didepan pintu Zoo Taiping, tapi tak masuk Zoo pun, mungkin mereka ini setaraf dengan yang dalam kadang Zoo. Mereka mengaku konon-nya penyokong PAS dan Ahli PAS Cawangan Aulong,tujuan mereka berkumpul dihadapan pintu Zoo kerana berdemo berkaitan Isu Kalimah Allah: Penyokong PAS Taiping Desak Guan Eng Minta Maaf Kepada Umat Islam. Kejadian demo mereka sudah tentu menjadi hidangan bagi blog pro UMNO BN dan didalam sebuah posting yang dikeluarkan oleh laman blog upahan UMNO BN (Kalau tak silap aku kat TV3suku pun ada) telah menyiarkan berita seperti berikut: Jurucakap kumpulan itu, Ramli Sudin, berkata pemimpin DAP iaitu Karpal Singh dan Lim Guan Eng tidak menghormati keputusan Majlis Syura PAS kerana terus mempertikaikan perkara itu.  Jurucakap kumpulan Demo Zoo , Ramli Sudin "Kami sebagai ahli dan penyokong PAS berasa kecewa kerana pemimpin PAS termasuklah kepimpinan negeri Perak tidak mengambil tindakan sewajarnya untuk mempertahankan keputusan Majlis Syura PAS. "Isu ini sangat penting kerana ia membabitkan soal akidah dan kita mahu Guan Eng meminta maaf kepada kepada umat Islam di Malaysia dan juga di seluruh dunia," kata Ramli yang menjadi ahli PAS sejak 1996 lagi. Beliau berkata, Pakatan Rakyat (PR) juga tidak sepakat dalam menangani isu kalimah Allah sekaligus menyebabkan penyokong PAS menjadi keliru dan serba salah. Menurutnya, PAS Perak perlu tampil menyatakan pendirian tegas terhadap isu kalimah Allah dengan segera. Read more at: http://www.tranungkite.net/v12/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3517 |
| Posted: 15 Feb 2013 09:03 AM PST 1. if the argument is that only experts can issue fatwas, who then are the experts in matters of human spirituality and from which (legitimate) school of thought ought an expert come from?
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| Seats demand behind the Hindraf-Pakatan impasse Posted: 14 Feb 2013 04:36 AM PST One has to examine his remarks, as reported by this news portal, in some depth before coming to the critical bit – nicely couched in circumlocution – which has had the similar effect of a bone stuck in Pakatan's proverbial throat. After lamenting the "inordinate delay" by Pakatan in endorsing the Hindraf blueprint for the Indian poor, Ramesh lets on that there is also the matter of an "electoral pact with Hindraf" that is also awaiting Pakatan's concurrence. Hitherto, no details about the pact have been shed in the public domain by either party in regards to the talks. These have not had the publicity that details of the Hindraf blueprint for the Indian poor which were received in the public arena. No doubt, the need for discretion must have been the motive behind both parties' silence on the pact's ingredients, but given the salience of this aspect of the talks and their potential for engendering deadlock, the quiescence has been extraordinary. Hindraf has demanded of Pakatan, as a condition for their support of the opposition coalition in the 13th general election, that the movement be given the right to contest for seven parliamentary and 10 state seats. The parliamentary seats that the Hindu rights movement has asked for are Telong Kemang, Tapah, Kapar, Padang Serai (all PKR), Cameron Highlands, Segamat and Batu Kawan (all DAP).
In effect, Hindraf is asking Pakatan components, PKR and DAP, to hand them on a silver platter their incumbencies (where relevant) of these seats and (where it applies) cede the groundwork done over the last five years in seats where PKR and DAP have been working to win over from BN. Hindraf deals a shocking blow to Pakatan Pakatan were stunned by these demands made by Hindraf when both sides got down to brass tacks after the latter's leader, P Waythamoorthy, met with Pakatan supremo Anwar Ibrahim early last November. Waythamoorthy, in contrast to his brother P Uthayakumar – who was always interested in the acquisition of parliamentary clout – had given the impression that as a social movement, Hindraf was more interested in fighting for its agenda for the Indian poor than in political representation.
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| MY FATWA on VALENTINE'S DAY and GREETINGS Posted: 14 Feb 2013 04:34 AM PST So, calm down, religionistas of all denominations. Both St. Valentine and Cupid are remembered for the love they promote. What is the problem with honoring that? Would blowing oneself up in the name of religion be a more noble cause to be romanticizing and rationalizing about? 3) Happy "Belantan" Day folks ... I first heard the word "Valentine" when I was growing up in Johor Bahru. Linguistically sensitive I am, that word I heard on American TV stuck in my head; as the Malay word "belantan" meaning the walking stick the policeman use to beat up suspected criminals. It's other name is a "chotar" It became a symbol of the Malaysian police back in the day .. ("... speak softly and carry a big stick ..." , said the America president Theodore Roosevelt of his foreign policy,). Police go on his/her "beat" swinging the belantan as a display of the "act of tough love) in my mind. So, my feel for Valentine was cultural and evolving. I learned about "belantans" before "valentines" and even before that in between these two words were words such as "kelantan", "bentan", and "setan" and "sultan" too. Understandably, Bahasa Melayu was still a first language for me; Johor Malay that is. Now I consider myself quite fluent in both Malay and English and that my thought-processes vacillate between two worlds even when having conversations or lecturing about "Valentine Day as pop-culture".
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| Red faces after Psy’s no-show for yee sang tossing (Video) Posted: 12 Feb 2013 03:53 PM PST An eye-witness at the scene said the crowd at the back was not sure what exactly was going on on stage as all they could make out were people walking around during the tossing of the yee sang, but it seemed obvious that Psy was not there at the time. The video above provides a clearer account. The BN leaders' look of anticipation and excitement slowly turned to embarassment. Is it my imagination or did their faces assume the same hue as their attire? Even the cajoling by asking the crowd to join in the clapping to pile on pressure on Psy to appear on stage failed to persuade him. Read more at: http://anilnetto.com/malaysian-politics/red-faces-after-psys-no-show-for-yee-sang-tossing/
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Now, turn toUtusan Malaysia, Berita Harian, the New Straits Times,The Star and the Najib-friendly Sinchew Daily, and read for yourself their coverage on the fiasco at the Chinese New Year celebration in Penang, at which the crowd shouted "No!" loud and clear – not once, but three times – to Najib early this week. There is no better way to put Najib's sincerity to test, and it is found utterly wanting.
Even the Malay elite are beginning to feel the heat of Umno's hegemony, and Azrul Azwar, the chief economist at the Islamic Bank suspended from duty over his 'politically incorrect' predictions, is a case in point.
Najib's being beholden to the ultra-conservative forces within Umno can be clearly seen from his failure to chastise Ibrahim Ali (right) over the latter's recent threat to burn the Bible. While Mahathir rushed to the defence of the Perkasa head, Najib just played dumb as usual. As a believer in free speech, I disagree with those who call for Ibrahim Ali's arrest in the wake of his remarks, incendiary though they may have been.
Whereas, the state seats asked for are Bukit Melawati, Seri Andalas, Seri Setia, Jeram Padang, Port Dickson, Bukit Selambau (all PKR), Buntong, Prai, Tanah Rata and Tiram (all DAP).| You are subscribed to email updates from Malaysia Today - Your Source of Independent News To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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