Voice of Insanity
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Allah in Context
Jan 14th
Common statement : "It is a proper noun exclusive to the Islamic faith"
This is a not true. Allah is an Arabic word for God. Its used very widely in the Middle East. It was not "created" in the Malay language but "borrowed" from Arabic.
Prophet Muhammad was an Arab. His language was Arabic. The Angel Gabriel spoke to Muhammad in Arabic and Allah conveyed his message initially to Muhammad through Gabriel.
So in what way all this is specific to only Islam ? Not all Muslims speak Arabic for one and isn’t Allah’s revelation is for all of mankind ?
Besides, if Allah is the name of the God of the Arabs, why are some Malaysian Malays making a fuss over it ? As far as I know, Malays are not Arabs. Even the Arabs seems to be happily going with their business with their Christian brethren over centuries without a fuss – why are some Malaysian Malays ?
All over the world, with any language with some roots with Arabic, like Persia and Punjab, Allah is used to mean God.
Hence no one in Malaysia can "copyright" Allah.
By seeking to "copyright" Allah in Malaysia, it is the most deviating from Islam because in Islam, Allah is universal and supreme. There is no such thing in Islam that says Allah belongs to Malaysian Muslims.
This is why even our most religious Muslims in Middle East did not seek to "copyright" Allah. In fact Quran specifically says that Allah is for "people of the book", the followers for Abrahamic faith. So are Malaysian Muslims changing the Quran now ?
A lot of people talk about "context of usage" when it comes to Allah. But Allah isn’t about context. As a Muslim we should know that if not we are munafiq. What does this mean ? It means just because we technically pray five times a day, fast etc doesn’t make us automatically a Muslim.
Being a Muslim is about understanding. Islam is about brotherhood. We stand united in prayers because of this. But aren’t all people bothers ? Allah created them too. So what right do we have to destroy Allah’s creation if we disagree ? Aren’t we disagreeing with Allah then ? Islam is about charity. Why then do we look at only to serve Muslim needs in Malaysia. Why not help all our brothers. Islam is about compassion and servitude. Why is it then we talk about being Malay more than being a Muslim ? Is being a Malay is more important than Allah ?
Remember, rejecting Christianity means rejecting the Quran as well as Quran talks a lot about Jesus. We were blessed with the Quran for the benefit of all mankind. Not only for Muslims.
As Muslims, we have to open our arms and trust in our faith. If we think that the moment someone says Allah, our faith will erode – that makes us munafiq.
Allah for all.
Indoctrination
Dec 9th
Response to this article on The Nutgraph.
A very good observation about indoctrination. BTN and indoctrination exists because :
1. To ensure that UMNO’s version of Islam is permeated throughout the nation. Think about it. Every single religious official is hand picked and fed UMNO’s version of Islam. That it is ok to tread on non-Muslim rights, its OK to be racists, corruption is OK and that Malaysian Malays are better than anyone else.
2. To ensure that citizens, especially those in government have the servitude mentality especially to the powers that be. To unconditionally serve UMNO’s purposes. Anything less than that – you are made to believe that you are the enemy of the state.
3. To ensure that every citizen, especially Malay Malaysians are suspect of other citizens. Only UMNO can be trusted. This *trust* cannot be extended to any other BN component parties and other races. Ever wonder why all top government posts are now filled with specifically of Malaysian Malays ? Specifically Armed Forces, Police including Special Branch, Rela etc. Who will these security forces serve should the opposition ever win the elections ? Worse still, will they serve UMNO and destabilize the country ? As it is no secret that the Royal Malaysian Police along with its Special Branch exclusively work in unison with UMNO.
4. The education system is politically motivated to ensure maximum indoctrination about the Malay race. Historical facts about Parameswara, Munshi Abdullah, Hang Li Po have been systematically eradicated from the syllabus or reduces to mere lines. Why? It doesn’t fit into the Malay supremacy ideology. Neither does archaeological studies on chandi in Bruas Kedah. Terms like Merong Mahawangsa, Chola Empire, GanggaNagara etc have all a distant memory. Ask any school going kids these days – they never heard of it! But, instead students are made to learn about Arab culture which have no bearing on Malaysia or Malaysian Malays. Sure Islam is the "official" religion, but since when Malay Muslims became Arabs ? The identity of Malay Malaysians have slowly been turned into Arab culture over the decades to fit into UMNO’s Islamisation policies.
Has anyone stopped to ask why indoctrination and BTN so important so much so that BTN reports to the Prime Minister’s Department ? The answer is : Dr. Mahathir. If you have all your citizens under your thumb you can do whatever you want. Every single government department under Mahathir’s rule was filled with UMNO loyalists who exist till today. And Mahathir got away with it for a long long time. He had the citizens and even the royals under his thumb. His fatal flaw was he didn’t realise how popular DSAI is.
Still BTN continues the damage control on Mahathir’s behalf – painting DSAI as a traitor to the Malay race. BTN is the remnants of the Mahathir legacy. His gift to the average Malaysian from all walks of life. BTN is the reason why government service desks are rude. BTN is the reason why corruption is rife in the police force. BTN is the reason why people like Kugan are treated like animals by the police. BTN produced generation of "Cow Head Protestors". BTN produced religious extremists who now are in high religious positions pumping out fatwas like printing press.
BTN and its indoctrination is Dr Mahathir’s view of Malaysia but just has Adolf Hitler envisaged his Aryan race – its only a dream. Or is it ? Every day we hear Utusan and other Malay propaganda machinery warn us "Do not mess with the Malays". What is it that they know that they rest of us don’t. Is there a Plan B for UMNO ? Will there be a martial law exercised should the current government fall ?
In order for UMNO to set up an indoctrination plan – it first must believe that there is a clear and present danger of dissent in Malaysian society. BTN is the first line of defence. If so, what is the last line ?
Enter The Malays
Aug 10th
A lot of people who probably read my last post probably left with a head spin with all the Malay bashing.
Lets face it. Malays are some of the nicest people you’ll probably ever meet. Hospitality and warmth, undying loyalty to their masters and respect.
In those days, Malays were ruled by their village head or their king. If the Malays had some sort of grievance they will go to the king in a group and request that their grievance be solved by the king ( so Najib, “marching” is part of Malay culture as much as “amok” ).
Wayang Kulit, Mak Yong and Menora is also Malay culture. But strategically all this have been eradicated from Malay culture because its deemed haram part of our culture has been taken away.
So ulamaks want us to be more like Arabs and less like Malays. Look around Malaysia these days there are more Malays dressed as Arabs. Oh by the way, the kain palekat and sarong actually originate from India (the Arabs have no such thing, they were long garments and robes).
My question is, why are Malays so ashamed of their heritage and culture ? What is so bad about it until they are limited to museums ? Comparatively Indonesians are very accepting of their Indian heritage, so much so Indonesian names have many Sanskrit words in them.
But here in Malaysia, we Malays want to ape the Arabs, the good and the bad. Yes Prophet Muhammad was a noble Arab, doesn’t mean all Arabs are! Culturally we are very dissimilar.
Take the Indian Muslims. Wherever they go they hold on to their culture as well as their religion. But the Malays can’t even admit one of the greatest Malay literary Munshi Abdullah was part Indian!
But there is also a stark difference between Malay Muslims and Indian Muslims who have been practicing Islam for hundreds of years longer. And that difference is, you hardly hear Indian Muslims taking about Islam. Its a way of life for them and they accept it together with their culture. Malays on the other hand make fun of mamaks (Indian Muslims) whom their consider backward, which in itself an irony.
The point of the matter is Malays should remember where they come from and not just talk about Islam.
Why do i say this ? Because I feel Islam is like a fashion statement for Malays and its not a way of life. For Malays its “in” to be a Muslim. They are better than you or I because the Malays are Muslim.
That’s why they need all this rules and regulations implemented for them to show everyone that they are Muslims and follow Islam as a religion.
Think about it. There are Muslims in India. There are Muslims in China. There are Muslims everywhere on earth. Do they go demanding that alcohol is not sold to them ? No. Alcohol is forbidden for Muslims so they refrain from consuming it. Its a self imposed and its the hallmark of Islam. Its just like in the month of Ramadan all around the world, Muslims fast but they still sell food. See the logic ?
The large portion of ulamaks are munifiq. They preach Islam without understanding the soul of Islam. The Malays follow this preaching blindly. Malays have to understand whatever culture and heritage you come from, its not about pretending to be an Arab that makes you a good Muslim but rather understanding the soul of Islam.
Are Malays Relevant ?
Aug 7th
You know technically for all intents and purposes I’m a Malay. I’m like Tun Dr. M whose ancestors hail from Kerala. Mine too come from India. India as we know is a civilization more than five thousand years old. It is the birthplace of Hinduism and Buddhism with both religions dating further than Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
The Indian empire ranged from near Persia to outer Mongol and China. Relatively, even today its still a very large country. From the north through its trades with the middle east via Persia and the south through travellers on sail ships, India found itself additional religions from the middle east. To date there are centuries old churches and mosques predating what is found in Malaysia.
The same goes for China. A large proud empire which excelled in architecture, poetry, mathematics. After all through its emperor, no other country in the world had that level of unification. Then again no other country in the world has the Great Wall either. The only second man made structure that can be seen from the moon. (The other is the pyramids of Giza)
This is what every Indian and Chinese in Malaysia carry. While Malaysia is their own country, they carry their ancestral history.
How about Malays then. Historically they were sea pirates. (Actually some of them are still sea pirates). Civilization came to Malaya through Hindu traders made settlement on the west coast of Malaya. This is evidenced in the candi in Kedah. (They used to teach this when I went to school, now conveniently erased.) Parameswara who founded Melacca was a Hindu prince who was the descendant of Raja Rajendra Chola lineage of the Indian empire. Later, again through traders from the middle east the entire kingdom embraced Islam.
Now we have to understand this to understand why Malays hold on to Islam very dearly. Culturally they are a very young race. Today the average Malay is a mix of Malay, Indonesia and Filipino ancestry. (There could be more, Google it)
So culturally Malay culture is pretty much Indian. If you don’t believe me look at all the royal family’s colours, and their heritage. There are a lot of Indian influence there. But they don’t like to admit it.
So if your culture is based on who you don’t like what do you do ? You call back on your religion of course.
Hence the Malay obsession with everything Arabic. In fact many middle eastern countries like Turkey, Lebanon and even Iran are moving away from traditionalism while holding on to their religion. But those countries have learnt the hard way that religion and politics is a volatile mixture.
So the average Malay is not really a Malay, don’t really have original culture and even linguistically have adopted Sanskrit based words. What do you do ?
Yes what do you do ? Pretend to be Arabs ? Tune up the religion and hope that people don’t notice that you are slowly and surely erasing the your past because you are not proud of who you are ? All historical evidence that points to Malaya being part of a grand Indian empire is being erased. (But Malays like to believe that people are stupid. Indonesia our closest neighbour has a proud history of being part of the Indian empire, are we are supposed to believe that Malaya, which was right next door, was left out )
Reminds me of Tom Riddle the bad guy from Harry Potter. He takes the name of Lord Voldemort because he was ashamed that his parents were muggles (non magic people).
To add insult to injury, every Malaysian prime minister to date is not pure Malay. They are of mixed heritage. The last one Tun Dr. M, hails from Kerala.
So are Malays relevant ? Let them teach Tamadun Islam instead of Tamadun Melayu. They are just fading away into nothingness.
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