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Posted: 17 Dec 2011 06:53 PM PST

The aim of defeating Barisan Nasional is strong enough for the three major parties to put aside their party's agenda for a moment. The fact that the newly minted coalition has achieved very little in integrating their political platforms is going to be a flash point for the parties should they succeed in capturing Putrajaya in the next general elections.

The process of forming a government and a new cabinet is expected to take some time because it is obvious that they have not reached an agreement on even the simplest structure of governance. However, it may not be a bad strategy for the three political parties to set aside some of these fundamental issues until they have really captured the federal government.

Early disagreements over matters such as number of cabinet seats, portfolio, present race and religious centric policies, socio-economic policies, governance structure etc. may be too premature and counter productive to the fragile coalition.

However, it is important for PM Najib to note that their 'hatred' for Barisan Nasional, particularly UMNO, is a strong catalyst for the Opposition parties to work together too. This is not the first time the Opposition parties had collaborated with the aim of challenging the hegemony of the ruling regime. They had tried numerous times since 1969. The seed for a two coalition system had borne fruits only in 2008.

One of the most important factors which will dent PM Najib, MCA, Gerakan, MIC and A Jalil Hamid's hope to see the Opposition pact breaking apart is the voters' sentiment and anger towards Barisan Nasional and UMNO. Pakatan is a platform forged by the voters to teach the ruling coalition a lesson. Its electoral success is beyond the dictate of any Pakatan leaders or parties.

The desire for change was people driven. The change was not about making Anwar Ibrahim the next prime minister. It was not about making Dap the head of a coalition government in Penang. The change was moved by the people's desire to see a better future for Malaysia.

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Najib knows not what he does!

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 06:26 PM PST

He has dealt with the problems and issues that besets him in the only way he knows, run away or use the sanctuary of his office to keep himself hidden and untouchable from the possible repercussions of his deeds.

Altantuya and Saiful are two instances of his cowardice. In both situation he is quick to involve himself at the first opportunity. With Altantuya there would be no Razak Baginda without Najib Razak's connivance! And without Najibs connivance in giving Razak Baginda that hideously profitable submarine contract there would not have been a Razak Baginda Altantuya liaison - a liaison that led to her death!

With Saiful he took it upon himself to meet and discuss with Saiful before the fact. After the fact he was quick to deny his involvement in same until confronted by irrefutable evidence. Does he think us stupid enough to not be able to put two and two together? By all means he might win in court against DSAI but this deed of his will be remembered by the people when they cast their votes at the 13th general elections.

Some would see his shenanigans in Perak as a mastery act to bring Perak back into Barisan Naasional fold. Many would see it as an act of arrogance by Najib in ignoring the wishes of the people of Perak who had already voted for a Pakatan Rakyat state government. Najib's use of money and Royalty to further his end only proves a point: That the Sultan of Perak can be bought notwithstanding his previous judicial pedigree. Everyone has his price –some cheaper then others!

Najib being Najib at the recent UMNO general assembly was his pièce de résistance, the crème de la crème of Najib at his best or his worst – depending on how you would want to see him! It was Najib in full flight, full of himself and his self importance in an assembly in which he was the alpha male! In the land of the blind the one eyed is king.

In this assembly Najib by virtue of being its president, had no equal. Just as Pak Lah had no equal in the general assembly that he attended when he was President of UMNO. When he could have raised to the occasion and made the assembly to be a memorable one for UMNO and for the country he chose to go the easy route of race and religion. Blaming the Chinese for the deplorable economic situation of the Malays and the Christians for the supposed danger that Islam now faces in Malaysia. No serious discussions on what was needed to bring the Malays and the country to the level aspired – only the apportion of blame to the Chinese and the Christians for non existent threats.

All this would have been laughable had it not been for the self centered seriousness by which the UMNO faithful chose to take these 'threats'. Echoing Najibs clarion but empty calls to be ready for God knows what, the UMNO faithful managed to work themselves into a frenzy of empty rhetoric's and promises to the Chinese and the Christian's that the day for retribution is nigh! A comical general assembly indeed had it not been for UMNO's ability to deliver what retribution they promise upon the Chinese and the Christians if they chose to do so. So far nothing yet but all it would take is for Najib to rouse them from their slumber and all hell could break lose! Another May 13th is a distinct possibility!

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Sadaqallaah Al Azeem

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 11:09 AM PST

A friend who attended a sekolah pondok in Gunung Semanggol (in the 50s?) recalls how the 'guru' made the students fetch water from the well for him. The students were made to perform chores around the sekolah pondok for the material comfort of the guru. All humans need material comforts.

What people do not realise is that the Taliban or the sekolah pondok became removed and out of touch with reality because they did not rely too much on the use of intelligence. They were actually far removed from Islam. They also followed their own lusts and their own confused understanding of religion which really has no legitimacy in Islam. That is why they end up so poor, violent, crude and always fighting with other human beings.

Their method of proving a point is very simple - either they become violent towards you or they shut you up using state sanctioned force (arrest, trial by religious courts, imprisonment etc). That is how they preserve their religious views. This is called intellectual cowardice. When you use force or anger to project your religious views - it simply shows you are bankrupt.

This resorting to religious violence and religious anger to intimidate someone is still part and parcel of almost all people who call themselves "Muslims" - even you my dear readers.

A long time ago there was an article called "A Letter To The Prophet" The title was an offtake from a article written by the Catholic Pope titled 'A Letter To Jesus Christ'.

The 'Letter to the Prophet' was a complaint to the Prophet about how the religious scholars had abused his name to corrupt Islam. Anyway I sent a copy of the article to some friends. I was shocked when one of them said the writer of the article should be killed !!

More than once since then I have met people whom I thought were educated and rational who tried to 'expose' me to other people by telling them about my critical views about religion. Their intention was to embarrass me or shame me in public. Now this is only possible when they know that the public can be irrational or dangerous.

I mean if someone in New York says "I dont believe in Santa Claus" you cannot really embarass such a person by 'exposing' his beliefs about Santa Claus. But if someone here says 'I know that Haron Jin is a conman' it is possible to use this information against that person. Why? Because Haron Jin has numerous supporters among the lame - including those who say that his 'jinn' escapades are now "urban legends".

If placed in a free and unfettered environment where you only have intellectual debate to prove your point, too many of the so called religious scholars will feel like a fish out of water. Discussing and debating intelligently is not within their capability.

The problem now (for the rest of the world) is that the Taliban types too are benefiting from "modernisation". They are part and parcel of the shrinking world. While we may not be reaching them, they are certainly intruding more into our lives.

Electricity has come to Afghanistan. Our sekolah pondok also have water, electricity, tv, radio and other modern conveniences. They have modern classrooms, time tables for classess, modern printed textbooks and such. None of these conveniences are the product of their own effort. These are all the products of science and technology - products of the secular west. But n'theless they take benefit from it.

But they are still backward. Why? Because they have not gotten rid of their unIslamic ways of thinking. To digress - an even bigger anomaly are the Wahabis and Salafis from Saudi Arabia. They have not changed their basic outlook from the time they embarked on their barbaric religious killing and butchering of two hundred years ago. For over two hundreds years they butchered people in the Hejaz in the name of their violent Wahhabism.

They are convinced that their backward, illegitimate form of Wahhabi religion is the true faith. They do not realise that for two hundred years (actually longer than that) their lands in the Hejaz became the home of an uncultured and uncivilised people. I am talking about them.

Then in the 20th century oil was discovered in the lands they occupied. This made them fabulously wealthy. To them the oil wealth was a "God send" - they said that it was God who had chosen them and blessed them with so much wealth as a reward for upholding the true form of their religion. To them Wahhabism was the true religion.

But their wealth has nothing to do with God rewarding their religious beliefs. Their wealth is due to Texas oilmen who extracted the oil and the millions of motorcars made with Western technology which require petrol. However this little detail has not stopped the Wahhabis from spending their money to export Wahhabism all around the world. Wahhabism and militant Shiahism now form the largest threats to peace and harmony among Muslims all over the world. The Wahhabis think that God gave them the oil wealth which they must use to save the world through Wahhabism.

The Wahhabis, the Taliban, the madrassah and the sekolah pondok people have not changed the way they think. They are still the same people who ended up in the Club of Doom.

The only problem for the rest of us is that they now have access to the whole world. They have access to us. They have oil money, they sit in ultra modern universities and populate the school hallways. They are now mainstream. Tapi otak dia masih kosong lagi.

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Running Scared?

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 10:37 AM PST

Even more astonishing, the journalists were barred from the building, as if they were unwanted intruders.

It is often such small, but extremely strange signs, that make us aware of developments that are seismic behind the scenes. Like when a beach suddenly bares before a tsunami or there is rumbling before an earthquake.

So what has made Taib act so out of character? What pressure is he under that he and his ministers have suddenly decided they dare not face what has for so long been their 'lapdog' press?

The inescapable conclusion is that the evidence has now piled so high, that Taib suddenly realises that he can no longer brush aside the questions about his corruption and the squalid wealth of his family, both in Sarawak and abroad.

With the issue now making headlines in Malaysia and reaching the international news, even the controlled pressmen of Sarawak would not be able to avoid asking questions about it. And, by cancelling the press conference, it seems clear that Taib has no idea how to answer them.

It is a sign of fatal weakness at the heart of his regime that Taib no longers dares to face the press.

People should remember that Taib has already been suffering under siege in the State Assembly.

He may have been able to rig the recent election to produce his customary 2/3 majority of seats yet again, but even after all the bribery and manipulation 45% of voters still voted against him and there now is a strong body of PR opposition YBs, who are fearlessly giving him a far tougher time than before.

So how has he dealt with their outraged questions about corruption and cronyism? How has he met their complaints about lands and contracts being handed out to his unqualified children and siblings, instead of being tendered properly for the benefit of the people of Sarawak?

It turns out he has been reduced to having to switch off their microphones, rub out their statements from the Hansard record and even to throwing these individuals with their rightful concerns physically out of the DUN building!

The only reason for such a farcical reaction has to be that he finds such questions impossible to answer, so he needs to pretend that they haven't been asked.

In exactly the same way, now that it is the turn of the press to ask the same set of questions, he has been forced to lock the doors and shut them out!

The questions that Taib is frightened of being asked

So, what are the questions that any decent set of journalists would have put to Taib, if he had agreed to open the door? We suggest the following top five:

"Chief Minister, how do you explain the US$1.5 billion dollars worth of assets that have been acquired by members of your immediate family through just 14 of the more than 400 companies that they own?"

"Chief Minister, you claimed that you and your family 'do no business in Sarawak to avoid being hounded by accusations that you have used your influence to enrich yourself'. So how do you explain the over 300 companies in Sarawak that you and your family own shares in?"

"Chief Minister, your dead wife has been the largest single shareholder of Sarawak's largest single company, CMS. Yet she passed away two years ago. She received those shares from your brother Onn, so who is her beneficiary?"

"Chief Minister, why do you keep handing out all the most valuable state lands and state contracts to members of your own family in secret deals, instead of putting them out to open tender?"

"Chief Minister, given that dual citizenship is illegal, is your eldest daughter, Jamilah, Malaysian (as it says on the records of the 87 Sarawak companies in which she holds shares) or is she Canadian, as admitted by her husband Sean Murray?"

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Kredit: www.malaysia-today.net

Ahad, 18 Disember 2011

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