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Posted: 26 Jul 2013 04:44 PM PDT

Nevertheless, being less than a decade after 'May 13', the report about a Chinese youth stabbing a Malay youth to death made people very nervous. They rushed out to buy rice to stock up on the possibility that there was going to be a curfew following race riots. Some went to Singapore for an 'early' holiday. Many stayed in-doors, in case. Chinese did not stray into 'Malay areas' and Malays stayed out of 'Chinese areas'. And so on.

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Raja Petra Kamarudin

Perkasa defends headmaster, demands action

Malay right-wing non-governmental organisation, Perkasa wants the authorities to act against individuals who politicised the recent issue over pupils eating recess meals at a changing room of a school in Sungai Buloh.

Its vice-president Zulkifli Noordin said certain quarters had taken advantage of the situation to slander the headmaster of Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Pristana, Mohamad Nasir Mohd Nor, by branding him as a "racist" who forced non-Malay pupils to eat in the toilet.

"Clearly, the matter has been distorted and coated with lies when the truth is that the school has a small canteen that can only accommodate 600 pupils.

"The decision (to use the changing room) was made following a discussion between the teachers and the parent-teacher association, and the headmaster was only implementing the decision," he said at a news conference to announce the formation of the Malaysian Inter-Racial NGO Council (Mirac), here.

Zulkifli expressed Perkasa's support to defend Mohamad Nasir.

Meanwhile, chairman of the MIC Youth Education Bureau, P. Punithan, in a statement, urged all quarters not to turn the matter into a racial issue, saying it could undermine the existing racial unity.

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I remember about 35 years ago when one newspaper reported the story of a Chinese youth stabbing a Malay youth to death. Some of us were outraged -- not regarding the incident but regarding the way the incident was reported.

It was actually a gang clash. There were many gang clashes in Kuala Lumpur at that time. Sometimes Chinese kill Chinese. Sometimes Malays kill Malays. Sometimes Indians kill Indians. And sometimes the one killed is someone from the other race.

In this case it happened to be a Chinese youth that killed a Malay youth. But the Chinese killed the Malay not because he was Malay but because he was a member of a rival gang. In fact, it was not even a Malay rival gang, as there were Chinese as well as Malays in that particular gang. It just happened to be that it was a Malay youth and not a Chinese youth from that gang who was killed.

This was all because the newspaper reported that a Chinese youth stabbed a Malay youth to death instead of just reporting that one person died in a gang clash involving a few people.

They were gang members. And it was a gang clash. And one gang member killed another. Does it matter what race they were when race was not the motivation for the killing?

In fact, Chinese gang members (say from Pudu) also stab or 'chop' rival Chinese gang members (say from Petaling Street) and vice versa. But the newspapers just report the gang clash. They do not say 'Chinese youth stabs to death another Chinese youth'. So why the need to report that a Chinese youth has killed a Malay youth?

The same goes for the 'canteen-in-the-toilet' episode. If it had been, say, a Malay school and the Malay headmaster had asked the Malay students to eat in the changing room, it would not have been reported as a Muslim (or Malay) headmaster asking the Muslim (or Malay) students to eat in the changing room. It would have just been reported as the headmaster asking the students to eat in the changing room.

But in this case it has been reported as the Muslim (or Malay) headmaster asking the Hindu (or Indian) students to eat in the changing room. Hence it is no longer about the silly or inconsiderate act of the headmaster. It is now a racial and religious issue.

The headmaster may have done something silly and should be punished for this silly act. But we have done even worse than what the headmaster did. We have turned this into a racial and religious issue. Hence our crime is worse than the headmaster's by far.

And now we have been forced to take sides. This is no longer about whether what the headmaster did is wrong. It is about will all the Malays-Muslims please stand on the right and all the non-Malays-non-Muslims stand on the left. Yet one more thing has divided Malaysians, as if we are not already divided enough.

Kicking the cat

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 05:52 PM PDT

They know they are a failure in life. They know their life is not what they would like it to be. They know they can do nothing about it. So they come to Malaysia Today to rant, rave, scold and mock, and curse the whole world for being the losers that they are.

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Raja Petra Kamarudin

Life does not always work out the way you would like it to work out. Life is full of disappointments and frustrations. No one can honestly claim that he or she is satisfied with how things are getting along.

The only person not facing any problems is a person who is dead and buried in his or her grave. That is why some people choose suicide rather than continue to face the problems in their lives.

Some people face financial problems. In fact, in Malaysia, many people face financial problems. Credit card debt is very high added to the housing loans and car loans that you have to pay regularly every month.

Do you know that this is the same in the UK? People borrow from lending companies at an interest rate of 30% per month, prompting the Archbishop of Canterbury to declare war on usury with a promise to put them out of business.

The fact that people need to borrow against that exorbitant interest rate shows how hard-up they are and that they cannot qualify for a 'proper' loan because their credit is so bad.

Many people have marital problems, which can include sexual problems and/or in-law problems.

Some have career problems plus they are unhappy with their working conditions and/or their bosses. And for sure many are not happy with their pay as well.

Even if you are paid fair market wage that does not mean you are paid enough. The cost of living is so high that even if you are paid market wage it is still not enough to cover your living cost. Whatever amount you take home you will still be short of money.

And one or all of these problems builds up your frustration and unhappiness. So you need a way to release this frustration. In the US people go for therapy. In Malaysia we do not believe in therapy. A couple of you will go home and kick the cat for therapy. Most of you, though, post comments on the Internet as a sort of therapy.

And that is why we see so many nasty comments posted on the Internet, Malaysia Today being no exception. These nasty comments are posted by people who suffer from some sort of mental problem and who need an avenue to release their frustration.

They know they are a failure in life. They know their life is not what they would like it to be. They know they can do nothing about it. So they come to Malaysia Today to rant, rave, scold and mock, and curse the whole world for being the losers that they are.

Basically, they are not able to accept their failures and acknowledge that they are failures due to their own weaknesses and shortcomings. They need to shift the blame to someone else. And by cursing and swearing in Malaysia Today they can con themselves into believing that they are suffering because of someone or something else.

These people are not interested in an intellectual discourse. They would not recognise an intellectual discourse even if it bit them on their backside. All they want to do is to engage in shouting and screaming and blame the whole world for the miserable person that they are.

And those are people we do not need in Malaysia Today.

Who decides?

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 04:01 PM PDT

So, where do we go from here? The government decides what is wrong and what is right and we are compelled to follow what the government says. However, at the end of the day, we will get punished if we follow the wrong thing because we, and not the government, are responsible for our actions.

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Raja Petra Kamarudin

(Bernama) - The Home Ministry will take stern action against individuals including political leaders as well as organisations involved in spreading Syiah teachings in this country.

Its minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said action would be taken if there were reports from the respective states' Islamic Religious Council, non-governmental organisations or the Malaysia Islamic Development Department (Jakim).

"The ministry has also identified and has information on Muslim political leaders who opened the doors to the Syiah movement," he told a news conference after the breaking-of-fast and handing out of Percetakan Nasional Malaysia Berhad (PNMB) business zakat (tithe) to the recipients, here, today.

"If they want to deny (their involvement in Syiah teachings) in their party campaign, go ahead. But they must declare themselves and don't hide behind religious teachings other than the Al-Sunnah Wal Jamaah (Sunni teachings)," he said.

Yesterday, the Home Ministry declared the Pertubuhan Syiah Malaysia as an organisation that has contravened the law under Section 5 of the Societies Act 1966.

Ahmad Zahid said his ministry and its agencies like the Royal Malaysian Police, Registrar of Societies Office and Immigration Department would intensify monitoring of Syiah activities.

He called for cooperation between the ministry, religious agencies and Muslims to curb the spread of Syiah teachings in this country.

On the implications of the banning of Pertubuhan Syiah Malaysia, he said no one could re-use the name for registration as an organisation, based on Section 7(3)(b) of the Societies Act 1966.

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Judaism has been through this before. About 2,000 years ago, Jesus was said to have opposed what he considered the religion of Moses that had deviated from its true path over 1,500 years or so.

Then Christianity suffered the same fate. What was originally the preaching and teaching of Christ splintered into so many denominations and sub-denominations, each claiming to be the true followers of Christ that resulted in the 'true' followers killing the 'false' followers for more than 1,500 years.

In fact, during the Crusades, more Christians than Muslims were killed by the Crusaders. It all depended on which Crusade it was because there were different Crusades led by difference kings with different Christian beliefs.

And now Islam revisits the same path that Judaism and Christianity took. About 1,500 years after the birth of Islam, the Malaysian government has defined what is 'true' Islam and what is 'false' Islam and will take action against the followers of 'false' Islam.

There is a Muslim belief (at least some Muslims believe this) that towards the end of time Judaism will be split into 71 groups, Christianity into 72 groups, and Islam into 73 groups -- and that only one each from Judaism, Christianity and Islam will be the true followers of their respective Prophets. The rest will be deviants.

Now, which from the 71, 72 and 73 are true? The Muslims believe that only God will know which ones are true so Muslims are advised to very carefully seek the truth and search for the true Islam lest you mistakenly follow the false Islam and end up in hell.

Christians solved this 'disagreement' over more than 1,500 years by killing those from the other Christian sects that they considered deviants. Hence when Catholics were in power they killed all non-Catholics and when non-Catholics were in power they killed all the Catholics.

In fact, the non-Catholics, who considered themselves Christians, did not consider Catholics as Christians at all. They would classify the two groups as Christians and Catholics -- meaning Catholics are not Christians. And that means Christians can lawfully kill Catholics (and vice versa).

Muslims, however, consider Catholics as Christians, one of the 72 different sects that Islam talks about.

Malaysia officially follows the Al-Sunnah Wal Jamaah or Sunni sect of Islam. And any other sect (not just Syiah) is considered false Islam. And the Malaysian government will take action against those not of the Sunni sect.

However, this applies only to Malaysian Muslims. Iranians, Iraqis, etc., are exempted from this rule. But if Syiah Islam is illegal in Malaysia why are non-Malaysians allowed to practice Syiah Islam in Malaysia while Malaysians are not?

Let us look at another scenario. Gay marriages are a crime in Malaysia (just like Syiah Islam). And foreigners (even Christians) who enter into gay unions are not welcome in Malaysia (Elton John as one example). Hence this anti-gay rule covers non-Malaysians and non-Muslims as well. A crime is a crime.

But the anti-Syiah law (unlike the anti-gay law) applies only to Malaysian Muslims and not to non-Malaysian citizens. This does not give an impression of consistency.

Okay, Muslims believe that Islam will be divided into 73 different denominations towards the end of time. So which one of the 73 is true and which 72 are false? No one knows. Only God knows. But the Malaysian government has decided that it knows what God knows and that Syiah Islam is the false Islam -- in fact it is not even Islam at all.

But then we are told that we have to be very careful and search for which is the true Islam so as to not fall into the trap of following the false Islam, which will result in us being thrown into hell. But the Malaysian government will not allow us to search for ourselves. The Malaysian government will decide for us.

What happens if the Malaysian government is wrong and we follow what the Malaysian government wants and we end up following the wrong Islam?

Well, then it is our fault and we will end up in hell. We must take responsibility for following the wrong Islam. The Malaysian government will not be responsible even though it was the Malaysian government that decided and forced us to follow the official Islam of the country.

In other words, they force us to do something and if we end up doing the wrong thing we will be punished for that.

Mekah is the centre of Islam. But the official religion of Saudi Arabia is Wahhabism, a branch of Sunnism. Wahhabism is quite different from the other branches of Sunnism. Can Malaysians follow Wahhabi Islam since it is a branch of Sunnism?

Wahhabi Islam is a very strict and very uncompromising branch of Sunni Islam. If Malaysia adopts this branch of Sunni Islam then all women, even non-Muslims, need to be covered up, and they cannot drive, and there must not be any entertainment shows on TV, and churches and temples will not be allowed, and if you insult Islam you can be put to death, and so on.

To the Saudis, this is the true Islam. To the Saudis, Malaysia's version of Sunni Islam is false. Hence, to the Saudis, if we follow Malaysia's version of Sunni Islam we are deviants who are following false Islam.

So, to the Wahhabis, Malaysian Muslims are not true Muslims but a whole bunch of deviants.

Not easy being a Muslim, is it? Either way we will all end up in hell.

Kredit: www.malaysia-today.net

Sabtu, 27 Julai 2013

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