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- Najib and Rosmah Boarded Bus ... Luxury Bus
- Who needs an Islamic state?
- MACC’S Appeal against Dato’ Ramli Yusuff is sheer buffoonery
- Dr M - PAS' Hudud is sheer propaganda
- Will they never learn?
- What is meant by Hudud?
- The answer to Bersih 2.0 is Project IC 2.0 – now I know why we marched (dwi bahasa)
- TG Nik Aziz mahu Hudud, Negara Islam tak peduli DAP!
- Anwar & Zaid Ibrahim's - chalk & cheese
- Who will lead in Putrajaya post the 13th GE, and who will give us the reforms we demand?
- The MAS-AA deal once again-1
| Najib and Rosmah Boarded Bus ... Luxury Bus Posted: 24 Sep 2011 10:28 PM PDT Najib has been trying to woo Malaysians that he is the MAN OF THE STREET but in actual fact he is just making a mockery of the situation by showing how POWER speaks for itself. This is the picture that was featured in mainstream medias:-  |
| Posted: 24 Sep 2011 04:28 PM PDT Well, PAS thinks we do. And if PAS had its way, we'd be an 'Islamic State' today. Whatever 'Islamic State' means. Hope PAS knows because I haven't a clue although, looking around at the goings-on in some nation states that would have us believe they are 'Islamic States' sends a chill right down the spine! And its fair to assume that at some point, PAS will want to share with the rest of us their grand plan for this 'Islamic State', going by what YB Dr Zulkifly Ahmad said at a talk bearing the same title as this post last Sunday in KL and as reported in the Star. I quote Dr Zul : 'We are not pulling it (setting up of an Islamic state) back. It is still an issue that matters to us but we are allowing more time for the electorate to understand us better. The more important agenda now is reinstating democracy and good governance' PAS is allowing more time for the electorate, you and I, to understand them better before they… So they dropped 'Islamic State' from their 2008 election manifesto. And they endorsed our People's Declaration. And they are now part of Pakatan Rakyat. So what? Not for one moment in the run up to the last elections and thereafter have I deluded myself that PAS has abandoned its aspiration to establish an 'Islamic State'. Dr Zul's statement as quoted above, as such, came as no surprise to me. Another statement, though, left me wondering if the good doctor is himself deluded about how and why PAS did so well with the non-Muslim voters this time round. Will return to this shortly. In truth, PAS's stance of not pushing their 'Islamic State' agenda to the fore at this time and the stance of many of us who, whilst wary of their 'Islamic State', gave PAS our vote, are both instances of pragmatic politics. Calculated, pragmatic politics. Just as DAP, PAS and PKR forging Pakatan Rakyat is pragmatic politics. If PAS cannot expect those of us who aspire to retain the secular state established under the Federal Constitution to give up just because we gave them our vote this time round, can anyone fairly expect PAS to abandon its 'Islamic State' agenda just because they are now part of the Pakatan? Well, YB Karpal Singh does! Malaysiakini reports that, responding to Dr Zul, Karpal said : 'It is incongruous for PAS to insist on having on its agenda (the) Islamic state and at the same time work with the other two parties in the Pakatan Rakyat…PAS should give an assurance that its leaders, including Kelantan Mentri Besar Nik Aziz Nik Mat and PAS president (Abdul) Hadi Awang will not publicly clamour in turning Malaysia into an Islamic state' Why is it incongruous?
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| MACC’S Appeal against Dato’ Ramli Yusuff is sheer buffoonery Posted: 23 Sep 2011 06:23 PM PDT You may recall that Dato Abdul Razak is the top notch MACC lawyer who appeared on behalf of A-G Gani Patail, as the Public Prosecutor, who had lodged and lost several appeals against the acquittals granted by various Courts to Dato' Ramli. This Dato' Musa (above) gained fame on Youtube as the MACC lawyer who tried to strangulate himself in order to demonstrate how Teoh Beng Hock could have died of self-strangulation when he was challenged by Thai Forensic expert, Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand, during the TBH Inquest. After that slapstick comedy in court, the MACC got wiser and engaged the much respected and extremely competent Dato Seri Shafie Abdullah to represent the MACC during the TBH RCI. The MACC's appeal that Razak Musa appeared for on September 23 is against the acquittal granted by Sessions Judge M Gunalan on March 2, 2010. However, on this occasion, Razak was a bit more respectful because Dato' Ramli was represented by Dato Seri Shafie Abdullah, his nemesis in the TBH saga. The MACC's appeal that Razak Musa appeared for this morning is against the acquittal granted by Sessions Judge M Gunalan on 12 March 2010. However, on this occasion, Razak was a bit more respectful because Dato' Ramli was represented by Dato Seri Shafie Abdullah, his nemesis in the TBH saga. The saying – "once a fool always a fool" is so apt on Razak Musa. In attempting to make a most passionate appeal on behalf of the PP, AG Gani Patail, Razak put on his most pathetic appearance when it became clear that the PP's appeal is a lot of hogwash. The High Court Judge Dato Ghazali Cha noted that Sessions Judge M Gunalan had written a comprehensive and exhaustive judgment which showed that MACC DPP Kevin Morais had relied on a very questionable statement from a known criminal, self confessed briber, murderer, pimp and everything else that an underworld kingpin can be, called Moo Sai Chin.
In doing so, Kevin successfully brought down Dato Ramli Yusuff (pictured above with his wife Dato' Anita Haron), at that time one of the top five most senior police officers, who could have been the IGP today. To observers who have been following Dato Ramli's trial, it is all very clear that IGP Musa Hassan and A-G Gani Patail had used the MACC as a tool in the conspiracy against and persecution of Dato Ramli Yusuff. Yet, there are so many allegations of selective prosecution by the MACC at the behest of A-G Gani Patail.
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| Dr M - PAS' Hudud is sheer propaganda Posted: 23 Sep 2011 04:54 PM PDT Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad told The Mole that PAS was actually in a dilemma following the party's decision to drop their quest to set up an Islamic state and implement Hudud. "This is the problem with PAS, they are never very consistent. When they see that dropping (the struggle for an) Islamic state and Hudud makes them very unpopular now they want to come back and say that they want to implement (Islamic state and Hudud). "But they know very well that they cannot implement simply because they are afraid they will not get the support of Karpal Singh and the DAP. … So what they are saying now is just propaganda to win back Muslim votes. "PAS is in a dilemma. On one hand they want the non-Muslim support on the other hand they are afraid they would lose the Muslim support," the former Prime Minister and Umno president said when met at the National Mosque on Friday. Nik Aziz who is also Kelantan Mentri Besar rekindled PAS' aspiration to implement the party's version of Hudud a few days ago and insisted that the party has never dropped its struggle for an Islamic state. During PAS' 57th muktamar in early June, the party dropped their long-standing quest for an Islamic state and adopted the welfare state concept. Party president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang made the 'Welfare State' announcement at the end of the muktamar, much to the chagrin of PAS' own members and supporters. But Nik Aziz revived the Hudud issue again when he recently accused Dr Mahathir of singlehandedly preventing PAS from implementing Hudud in Kelantan when the latter was Prime Minister. Nik Aziz said the high number of HIV/AIDS cases in Kelantan could have been prevented had PAS been allowed to implement the Hudud laws.
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| Posted: 22 Sep 2011 11:32 PM PDT Whoever crafted this piece in Malaysianinsider is absolutely spot on. I quote : "It is a no-brainer why Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad dredged up the issue of PAS's pursuit of hudud law in Kelantan". In 2002 or 2003, I think, Dr M did the same. Needled PAS to detail their proposed plan for an Islamic state in Terengganu, then under PAS rule. Hadi bit the bait that Dr M tossed at them. Came up with their blueprint for their Islamic state in Terengganu. Kit Siang's reaction to PAS's posturing then says it all. In the 2004 GE, PAS paid the price for falling for Dr M's ploy : Terengganu went back to BN Is it not obvious enough that Dr M's latest salvo on the hudud issue is simply to try to get PAS to feel obliged to defend their 'Islamic state' ideal and get DAP to respond with a defence of the secular nation that we are? Yesterday, FreeMalaysiaToday reported Tok Guru Nik Aziz as describing Mahathir as 'lucu' for his latest attempt to drive a wedge between DAP and PAS. Today, Malaysiakini reports HERE and HERE a war of words between DAP's Karpal and Nik Aziz, the latter saying that DAP can leave Pakatan for all he cares if they are not in agreement to PAS's agenda to establish an Islamic state! What the @#$% is going on? I am particularly baffled by the response to this whole hudud business by Anwar. Yesterday, Malaysiakini reported Anwar as saying that he personally supported Kelantan's bid to implement hudud law. "For now, in general, in principle, I believe this can be implemented. Looking at the specific areas and there are clear guarantees on the administration of justice. It does not in any way infringe on the rights of non-Muslims," Anwar is reported to have said. There are clear guarantees on the administration of justice? Does not infringe on the rights of non-Muslims? Dato Seri, tell that to the widow of Seargeant Moorthy. Tell that to the family and friends of the late Lawrence Selvananthan. What baffles most, though, is this. The Kelantan hudud law that Mahathir has raked up again and which Anwar now supports implementation, was passed by the Kelantan Legislative Assembly in 1993. However, to be effectively implemented, it needed an act of Parliament to clothe the syariah courts in Kelantan with the power to implement the hudud precribed punishments. That meant that UMNO and the BN government would have to support such a bill in Parliament. This put UNMO then in a spot. Anwar was then the deputy president of UMNO and the deputy prime minister. To the best of my knowledge, the law passed in 1993 remains unchanged to this day. If Anwar now says that it is now worthy of support and implementation, perhaps he can now share with us why it was not okay to be supported in 1993?
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| Posted: 22 Sep 2011 08:37 PM PDT The origins and obligations of Sharia law ******************************************* Sharia is an Arabic word meaning "the right path". The Sharia comes from the Qu'ran, the sacred book of Islam, which Muslims consider the actual word of God. The Sharia also stems from the Prophet Muhammad's teachings and interpretations of those teachings by certain Muslim legal scholars. As a result, elements of Jewish, Greek, Roman, Persian, and Christian church law also influenced the development of the Sharia. Islamic law grew along with the expanding Muslim Empire. The Umayyad dynasty Caliphs, who took control of the empire in 661, extended Islam into India, Northwest Africa, and Spain. The Umayyads appointed Islamic judges, kadis, to decide cases involving Muslims. (Non-Muslims kept their own legal system.) Knowledgeable about the Qu'ran and the teachings of Muhammad, kadis decided cases in all areas of the law. Following a period of revolts and civil war, the Umayyads were overthrown in 750 and replaced by the Abbasid dynasty. During the 500-year rule of the Abbasids, the Sharia reached its full development. Under their absolute rule, the Abbasids transferred substantial areas of criminal law from the kadis to the government. The kadis continued to handle cases involving religious, family, property, and commercial law. The Abbasids encouraged legal scholars to debate the Sharia vigorously. One group held that only the divinely inspired Koran and teachings of the Prophet Muhammad should make up the Sharia. A rival group, however, argued that the Sharia should also include the reasoned opinions of qualified legal scholars. Different legal systems began to develop in different provinces. From this very brief history of the Islamic empire and the development of the Sharia, some scholars argue that the Sharia evolved over time and transformed to meet the needs to society during their respective times. In other words, the Sharia was not static but dynamic. Other scholars argue that the Sharia was already present during the time of the Prophet and was already fully developed by the time the Prophet died. In other words, this was what was laid down by the Prophet and merely continued after the Prophet died (meaning, the Sharia did not evolve or transform over time). This argument is to support the theory that the Sharia came from God and was not 'invented' by man over hundreds of years following the death of the Prophet. In an attempt to reconcile the rival groups, a brilliant legal scholar named Shafiee systematised and developed what were called the "roots of the law". Shafiee argued that in solving a legal question, the kadi or government judge should first consult the Qu'ran. If the answer were not clear there, the judge should refer to the authentic sayings and decisions of Muhammad. If the answer continued to elude the judge, he should then look to the consensus of Muslim legal scholars on the matter. Still failing to find a solution, the judge could form his own answer by analogy from "the precedent nearest in resemblance and most appropriate" to the case at hand. This clearly shows that even the scholars themselves could not agree on whether the Sharia is God's law or man's creation based on interpretation of the Qu'ran and the teachings (examples) of the Prophet.
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| The answer to Bersih 2.0 is Project IC 2.0 – now I know why we marched (dwi bahasa) Posted: 22 Sep 2011 01:25 PM PDT Translation of key points in the report entitled "Pemuda Pas discovered more than 170,000 suspicious voters", published in Oriental Daily on 22nd September 2011 Terjemahan kenyataan-kenyataan utama dalam laporan akhbar bertajuk "Pemuda Pas menjumpa lebih daripda 170,000 orang pengundi yang mencurigakan" dalam akhbar Oriental Daily bertarikh 22 haribulan September 2011. Pemuda Pas discovered more than 170,000 suspicious voters "Pemuda Pas menjumpa lebih daripda 170,000 orang pengundi yang mencurigakan"  (Putrajaya 21 September) Pemuda Pas urge Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry to check on the inclusion of 170,818 persons with unknown country of origin as voters and citizens in 2nd quarter of 2011 alone. (Putrajaya 21 September) Pemuda Pas menyeru Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara mengadakan Suruhanjaya Diraja untuk menyiasat kejadian seramai 170,818 orang yang negara asal mereka tidak diketahui tetapi boleh diberikan kewarganegaraan Malaysia serta didaftarkan sebagai pengundi hanya dalam suku tahun kedua 2011 sahaja. Pemuda Pas pointed out that they discovered 170,818 voters with kod negara 71 in their IC number in SPR voters roll. Pemuda Pas mendedahkan bahawa mereka mendapati seramai 170,818 orang pengundi dalam senarai SPR yang memegang kad pengenalan dengan kod negara 71 According to Ketua Pemuda Pas, Nasiruddin, 52% or 97,923 of these persons are allocated to Pakatan Rakyat administered states as the top 5 states with the most such voters are Selangor (29,758), Kuala Lumpur (17,548), Perak (16,680), Kelantan (15,345) and Penang (12,799). Menurut Ketua Pemuda Pas, Nasiruddin, 52% atau 97,923 orang daripada jumlah tersebut telah diagihkan ke dalam negari-negeri yang ditadbirkan oleh kerajaan negeri Pakatan Rakyat di mana 5 negeri yang memiliki jenis pengundi in yang paling tinggi adalah Selangor (29,758), Kuala Lumpur (17,548), Perak (16,680), Kelantan (15,345) serta Penang (12799). "The number of people with unknown country of origin allocated to Pakatan administered states is huge and enough to topple the state government." "Bilangan orang yang negara asal mereka tidak dapat dikenalpastikan telah diagihkan ke negeri-negeri kawalan Pakatan Rakyat cukup untuk menjatuhkan kerajaan negeri." |
| TG Nik Aziz mahu Hudud, Negara Islam tak peduli DAP! Posted: 22 Sep 2011 04:50 AM PDT Tuan Guru Nik Aziz berkata beliau akan tetap dengan pendiriannya untuk menegakkan hukum hudud dan penubuhan negara Islam walaupun mendapat tentangan hebat daripada rakan sekutunya itu. "Saya tetap dengan Islam kerana benda (perkara) ini wujud pada tahun 1950-an lagi dan bukannya benda baru. Berdialog beberapa kali berdialog dah," kata beliau. "Nak jumpa beberapa kali jumpa dah. DAP dah (pernah) keluar sekali dah, pada masa (gabungan pembangkang dalam) Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah (APU), saya kata 'bye-bye' tak apa. "Sekarang dia (DAP) masuk balik ... itu dia (DAP) punya pasallah (jika DAP mahu keluar)," kata beliau selepas Majlis Himpunan Kursus Kenegaraan 2011 di Pusat Tarbiyah Islamiah Kelantan (Putik) di sini hari ini. Dipetik Bernama Online, Nik Aziz berkata demikian mengulas kenyataan Pengerusi DAP, Karpal Singh bahawa parti itu tetap menolak penubuhan negara Islam dan pelaksanaan hukum hudud kerana ia bertentangan sama sekali dengan Perlembagaan Persekutuan. Awal hari ini Ketua Pembangkang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim secara peribadi menyokong pelaksanaan hukum hudud, tetapi katanya ia belum dibincangkan oleh Pakatan Rakyat.
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| Anwar & Zaid Ibrahim's - chalk & cheese Posted: 22 Sep 2011 04:39 AM PDT Asia's Renaissance Man supporting hudud? Wakakaka!
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| Who will lead in Putrajaya post the 13th GE, and who will give us the reforms we demand? Posted: 21 Sep 2011 05:12 PM PDT Looking at the huge mandate he got, it would seem that I was not the only one taken in by his promised reform agenda. Maybe it was his seemingly squeeky clean image that persuaded so many of us that this man might just deliver on his promises of reforms. Today, Pak Lah concedes that his reform agenda fell by the wayside due to resistance to the same from within his own party and his own government colleagues. "Perhaps when I was in office I should have been more forceful about it considering the resistance I was facing," , Malaysiakini reports Pak Lah as saying. Pak Lah was also quoted in an earlier Malaysiakini report as saying that Najib, too, might face the same resistance from within to his proposed repeal of the ISA. My take, though, on why Pak Lah failed to deliver on his reform promises is that, post the 2004 GE, he was preoccupied with consolidating his position in the party in the hope that he could lead the charge into the next GE and return for a second term as PM. Delivering all his pre-election promises would make him popular with the rakyat generally, but would earn him the ire and thee wrath of the UMNO warlords, most notably, Dr M himself. It was common knowledge then that Pak Lah was facing a revolt from within the party, led by Dr M. In the end, Pak Lah opted to renege on his pre-election promises to us so as to keep the peace with the UMNO warlords. Today, Najib faces the same dilemma as his predecessor. And like his predecessor, Najib does not have it in him to go against the UMNO warlords. I will not hold my breath waiting for the repeal of the ISA to become a reality during his watch. Firstly, it might simply not happen. Secondly, it remains to be seen how draconian the proposed anti-terrorism laws that are intended to take the place of the ISA will be. Finally, and, for me, most importantly, is that Najib, unlike Pak Lah, came into office weighed down with a litany of scandals.
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| Posted: 21 Sep 2011 03:39 PM PDT So let's go back to retrace our steps. Khazanah and Tony and CIMB takes us through the motion making magic before the public eye. They are allowing Tony and company take up 20% of MAS shares under the pretext that Tony and that accountant Meranun can do their magic for MAS. Stupid MAS's capitalization is at RM 5 billion while Air Asia stands at RM 11 billion. So how can MAS with a shotgun compete with Air Asia which has a rocket launcher? Air Asia is fully loaded firing live ammunition while MAS fires blanks. Air Asia made more than RM 1 billion profit in 2010 while MAS incurred nightmarish losses despite Jala being there followed by Dato Tengku Azmil. Air Asia has more planes than MAS and MAS owns or leases boneshakers and call itself the airline with the golden service and touch. What a joke and this joke has been allowed to be uttered for too long by incompetent people at MAS and Khazanah. Then with so many factors assisting Tony and Kamarudin, Mas does indeed make profit. Some bright people at Khazanah will advise the PM to suggest since Mr. TF is already the single largest shareholder of MAS wand he has made profit why not merge Air Asia with MAS? How? Assist Tony to make Air Asia private and then allow him to inject the new entity into MAS. Give cheap loan to Tune Air to mop up the entire shares of Air Asia and then allow it to be injected into MAS. Tune Air the original owners of Air Asia will be freed from debt and the entire debt is now absorbed into the merged entity of a new MAS. The MAS owners will be Tony and company and Khazanah. Certainly and naturally, that will create synergies (read profits for some people) and hear this, gets protection from the Malaysian government. It's a long bullshitting exercise but one necessary to lead astray so many pesky bloggers. Some of them buyable but others are not I am trying to find the one thing that is repulsive about the MAS-AA deal. Why is this attempt by Khazanah in trying to mend MAS our national pride, appears to be a leaving a bitter after taste? What's so distasteful about it? My one reservation about this deal is that it shows Khazanah as trustee to the nation's wealth and therefore enforcer about how our assets are being managed isn't trying hard or serious enough to keep it national and strategic. Diluting the nation's share in MAS can also diminish what potential advantages the country can leverage by having a national airline. Every country has one that it leverages on to give it comparative advantages. The share swap with Tony Fernandes is effectively paying protection money. Give Tony shares in MAS in return of a pledge by Tony that he will not use Air Asia to compete with MAS. It's a payout to Tony in return for TF's promise not to work hard. It's also the old game of carving out the monopoly board among business rivals. Better to cooperate rather than bludgeon each other. So will MAS make profit after this after it secures a promise from Tony to not disturb it? The people at MAS appear to blame some unprofitable costs center (such as Firefly) for its losses. And it believes that removing this will turn MAS profitable plus having Tony and whoever else on board will allow MAS to benefit from their skills. It's more like better to keep friends close and enemies closer. I go to a friend's burial not to pay my respects but to make sure he's dead. So keep Tony on board to ensure he's not up to mischief which MAS people and by backward linkage, Khazanah people are incapable of dealing with.
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