Voice of Insanity
The voices in my head… they talk to me…
Zulkifli Noordin
Feb 4th
The pin up supermodel for religious extremism. The man who is a sorry excuse for a lawyer (what is with Malaysian Malay lawyers who are in politics anyway? Hishamuddin, Syed Hamid Albar and Zulkifli Noordin have one thing in common. They have nothing intelligent to say!) as he hardly shows any intellectual capability. The man who is more apt for organising lynch mobs so stop Bar Council discussion on religion. A man who loves Islam so much, he fails to see the trees for the forest.
Much has been said about this poster child for sheer stupidity and Zulkifli Noordin carries with himself a big warning about some Malaysian Malays. While majority of Muslims are a voice of reason, these elite group of protectors of Islam have no standing in Islam itself.
While Islam preaches peace, they preach violence. While Islam preaches equality, they preach Malay supremacy. While Islam preaches understanding, they preach hatred among religions.
These men are the product of decades of UMNO brainwashing. The Islam they claim to follow is not Islam at all but a perverse deviant cult created to suit UMNO’s propaganda to hold on to power. These men claim to portray what all Muslims want but they are munafiq (hypocrites).
Whether Zulkifli Noordin quits PKR, is sacked or chased down the street holding on to his mother’s skirt – it is only good for the world. We do not need extremists like him. We have enough idiots killing on a whim for forty virgins in heaven. The last thing we need is more idiots who have little or no understanding in Islam trying to portray the silent majority.
I’ve said it once and I say it again. Malaysian Islam is no longer mainstream Islam. Its a political cult tailored to suit UMNO’s needs. And it produces racists and religious bigots on a daily basis to suit its merry needs. And Zulkifli Noordin is a prime example of that fact.
Political Islam
Feb 1st
As a Malaysian and a Muslim, I’m ashamed at the lynch mob mentality of *some* fellow Muslims in Malaysia. Think about it, the level of thinking of some of today’s Malay Malaysians are in the same level as Americans who a few hundred years ago who in groups accused people of performing witchcraft and who then were subsequently burned at the stake.
I blame this solely on the UMNO propagated education system that deviates a lot of Malays from true Islam. Instead they are force fed garbage churned out by UMNO linked NGO’s and religious bodies. In order to push "Ketuanan Melayu" (Malay Supremacy), they needed to push "Ketuanan Islam" (Islamic Supremacy) to the Malay masses.
While Islam says you have to be fair and just to everyone, these mob push the idea that in Malaysia, because Islam is the "official religion of the federation" – as a Muslim they get to do whatever they want even if this violates Islam. Muslims must not be seen anywhere near a pig. Heck, its even censored from the movies. But the cow, the holy animal for the Hindus can have its carcass proudly displayed in night markets. Islamic preaching can be heard demeaning non-Muslims through blaring microphone after prayers. Hindu temples get demolished while mosque spurt out everywhere, even in locations reserved for community playground. It seems that if you’re a Muslim in Malaysia, you do not have to consider anyone else.
“Islam is the official religion of the federation” is corrupted to mean “Islam supersedes the constitutional rights of Malaysians”. By giving Syariah courts credibility, they mock the long standing equality of the civil courts giving rise to a whole group of problems when Islam mixes with other religions.
Syariah law enactment and state laws furthered this "supremacy" but setting up rules and regulations for non-Muslims. Because Syariah law is sold as "God’s law" in Malaysia – non-Muslims fight a losing battle from the beginning. These laws give religious enforcement bodies to pretty much whatever they want to do and not even the police can question them. Even constitutional rights of a citizen does not matter to these mob for as far as they are concerned, they are Muslim, they are Malays and that gives them the rights to pretty much rape the system!
A few days ago I was told that religious enforcement officials were citing an Indian curry house because they had their deities in the shop. The reason : Because Malays cannot enter the shop to eat! Such feudalistic approach to religion is borders blasphemous to Islam itself. These so called religious officials are rewriting Islam to suit Malaysian political needs – and Malaysia is paying the price for it.
All one has to do is look though the publication of IKIM etc to see that these organisations have not one ounce of credibility. They portray Islam being fair and just but feed the opposite to the Muslim community. For a Muslim, it is wrong to be come a munafiq (hypocrite) but these Islamic Political Opportunists are pretty much breeding munafiq Malay Muslims. A fine example is this the Allah Issue. Some how, Malaysian Islamic laws is opposite of how the rest of the world practices!
As a Muslim, I am now at a crossroads. I find that I can no longer trust what is preached by these religious officials. In fact the more I discuss Malaysian Islam with Muslims from the Middle East, the more I’m convinced that we have it wrong here. Just a few days ago there were reports that Malaysian religious bodies are giving lectures and warning the Muslims there is going to be a civil war over the Allah issue. Just when you think that these UMNO goons cannot possibly sink any lower – they surprise you by showing how slimy they really are…
The problem is, we are a multi racial country. Muslims fail to fathom that for this country to prosper we need everyone – to work together. If Malaysian Muslims keep pushing their will onto the non-Muslims, sooner or later even the most submissive will start to push back.
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.
Owning Allah
Jan 13th
It really makes me wonder about some Muslim Politicians. They love to go about trying to portray as if Malaysia is a lawless country where everyone can do anything they want.
Malaysia has a legal system. Its legal system originates from England because our forefathers chose it to use it as a base. If our forefathers, who were really good Muslims, wanted a Syariah based legal system, they would have implemented it yonks ago. Instead to be fair to all races and religions – they chose a common law to ensure everyone is equal under law.
First and foremost this must be understood by Muslims and non Muslims alike – we already have a legal system and a good one at that. Why segregate people using Syariah law ?
Second, Syariah law may be God’s law, but its implementation is still by human beings and everyone knows when it comes to religion – its full of ulterior motives. Syariah is biased when it comes to non-Muslims. With current Malaysian constitutional law, there could be chance that one day a non-Muslim could become the prime minister. Syariah removes all abilities of that. It hands Muslims a silver platter and removes the rights of individuals – Muslims and non Muslims alike. It leaves the rule of law to theology and politicians with ulterior motives than to benefit the common folk. The state of Syariah implementations in countries across the world shows this clearly.
Third, forcing Syariah into a country with existing laws is a form of extremism. Think about it. The National Registration Department registers births, deaths etc. So if someone walks into NRD and wants to change their religion – what business does NRD or anyone for that matter (except God) to the choice of the person ? Why should a person who doesn’t want to practice a religion be forced to stay in it ? Muslims talk about progressive and intellectual thinking but when it comes to God, they act as if they are cave people. Why regulate something that doesn’t need regulating. Why is it that when it comes to Islam, the states are so insecure in thinking that everyone is just waiting to leave Islam ? Is there something they are hiding that is a ticking time bomb which is going to make Malaysian Muslims leave Islam in groups ? What do they mean by regulation – flogging people until they submit ? Is this what Syariah and Islam is all about ?
Fourth, while Islam does not have moral policing, Syariah and its implementers actively encourage it. More often than not this brings more harm than good. So giving Syariah law criminal jurisdiction encourages abuse. Leave policing to the police. That’s what they are paid to do.
Fifth, its a fallacy and outright lie that Malays are automatically Muslims. East Malaysian Malays are Christians. They have been Christians for generations.
Islamic politics in Malaysia are causing Malaysian Muslims to deviate away from the true Islamic religion to deviant fundamentalism by the day. The current issue with "Allah" is the perfect example… Malaysian Muslims seem to want to *own* Allah in a misguided attempt to achieve superiority over other races. This is not Islamic in any way. Malaysian Muslims are confused in thinking that Allah belongs to the Muslims. This is how deviant they have been from true Islam. Allah is an Abrahamic God. It is the same God for Jews, Christians and Muslims. This is repeated multiple times in the Quran. Here lies the bigger problem. The average Malaysian Muslims doesn’t read the Quran. He merely memorizes it and leave it to some religious leader to fill in the blanks. When you don’t go to the source, you get a lot of crap in the mix. This is why Malaysian Muslims in general have become so deviant. They have become so ignorant about the fundamentals of Islam. Islam is about brotherhood. This means you cannot go kill someone just because you disagree with them. Islam is about charity. Every year, in the month of Ramadan, Muslims fast to remind themselves of this important thing. Charity means the ability to share and give. So why do Malaysian Muslims need to own Allah? Islam means submissive. Why is it for some Malaysian Muslims, being Malay is more important than being a Muslim ? Why do they need their affirmative policies when Islam says everyone is equal ?
Finally, Muslim politicians must understand that we are in a country with laws. And that law is absolute and for everyone. Over the decades this law has been raped by UMNO politicians to suit their own agendas – the last thing we need is politicians from other parties doing the same thing – in the name of Islam. Religion and politics should not be mixed in anyway because it will always be biased towards the religion – no matter how good the intention may be. The more biased it becomes the higher chance of it being deviant from the true teachings of the religion. Islam is in very big danger of this.
I’ll leave you with this thought : God blesses all humans with money, health, wealth, rain and food. Why should Muslims discriminate non Muslims over the same thing ? Are Muslims more important than God ?
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 ?
National Parody – Enjoy this satire.
Aug 11th
This article has been declared of PUBLIC CONCERN by the Malaysian Department of Homeland Security
This is because there is no word for "parody" in Malay. Avoid falling into the trap of heart!
WARNING: The following text contains the truth that has been long hidden from the public.
(The goal of this article is to provide the public with unrestricted information in the form of political satire.)
Islamic Soviet Union of Malaysia
Motto: 1Malaysia, Double Standards
Anthem: Negarakuku
Population:
26 million citizens and 1.5 billion illegal immigrants
Largest city:
City Nurhaliza
Official languages:
Unintelligible rojak of Malay, English and Chinese
Government:
Fascist Dictatorship
Major exports:
Durian, Jihad Terrorist, Quran, Moral Textbooks, Pirated VCD & DVD, Smatijoves, Pork, Water, Sewage (to Sinkaypoh), Cooking Oil, Condoms, Hand gloves, Belacan, Nasi Lemak
National Icon:
KLCC, Tolls, Duit Kopi, Excellent Taxi Service, Dirty Roads, Polluted River and Beach, Vandalism, Snatch Theft, Uneducated Leaders and Dirty Toilets
Declaration of Independence:
If it’s a Malay problem, it’s a national problem; If it’s a Chinese problem, it’s a racial problem; If it’s an Indian problem, it’s not a problem.
Language : Rojak
The official and most widely spoken language of Malaysians is Rojak Language, also known as Bahasa Rojak. Rojak language often regarded as the World’s 2nd International Language by experts for its diversity and uniqueness by combining various languages. It consists of Malay, Chinese, Tamil, English, Japanese, Spanish, French, Hokkien, Thai, Elven, Orc, Pokemon, Digimon, Mars, Venus, and many more. With that, everyone can communicate without the need to know more than 1 language. This is very useful in foreign nations as messages can be conveyed effectively using only Rojak. Rojak is also the simplest language ever constructed, just follow the following rules.
Law:
* Add "Lah" in the end of every sentence. Bob your head when doing that.
* Use "maybe", "can", "dunno" extensively.
* Each sentence must consist of more than 3 dialects/languages.
* If you dont know what to do next just say "OK" and nod your head.
Malaysian Economy
Malaysia exports a lot of rubber to countries around the world. However, the main Malaysian export is brains which is sourced from today’s brightest minds of Malaysian youth. Brains are exported to countries such as UK, the US and Australia through institutions called private colleges. This is a serious problem for the nation because while this ensures that Malaysia would be free of the undeserving immigrant Chinese, it also makes Malaysian graduates more stupid in average. Studies show that by the year 2019, Malaysian graduates will be unable to differentiate between their left and right hand.
Another major source of income is from pirates – no, not those who rob at sea or plunder the land from the sea, but those who are in the business of producing, duplicating, and distributing illegal copies of DVDs. It is therefore no surprise that the main Malaysian import is porn from various foreign nations, which has high demand by Malaysian buyers in ‘pasar malams’ (night markets). The local porn market has seen increased production in recent years, with amateurish and voyeuristic productions frequently on sale at various night markets.
Politics of Malaysia
Malaysia is a dictatorship disguised as a Parliamentary Democracy. This is because unlike most democracies which splits it’s power to make sure that no single entity have too much power, Malaysia’s true power is in its Executive Branch, which is the Prime Minister’s branch, hence the government. They exert their rule with fear, using the ISA, and forcing laws that strips power from the Legislative and Judicial Branches. Members of the Parliament no longer have diplomatic immunity because of these policies, and can be imprisoned if they offend the government, which has happened many times.
In Malaysia, political groups are known as parties. This is because they love to party all day and night while ignoring their responsibility in attending parliamentary meetings. They think it is easier to brainstorm for solutions to develop the country to suck more money from the taxpayers while they are outdoors drinking beer, dancing to dangdut, etc., than just sitting still for hours in the boring Parliament staring at the face of Agong.
Malaysians have a responsibility when the election comes. In a nutshell, all they have to do can be summarized in 3 steps: 1 – Enter the voting booth. 2 – Mark the left box. 3 – Leave.
There is absolutely no point in even thinking about which party to represent themselves. Both left wing and right wing parties are inept and corrupt. And since their lives are not broken for the time being, why should they fix it? So they just vote the default ruling party on the left box and leave.
Education of Malaysia
The education system of Malaysia is unique, being the only system in the world to penalize high achievers and reward idiots. Brains are exported overseas while the least brightest are nurtured locally, which is the main reason why Malaysians would be unable to differentiate between left and right by 2020. All Malaysians attend 11 years of compulsory brainwashing at government facilities called public schools. Upon graduating, ethnic Malays enroll in top-quality world class Malaysian universities.
Malaysia is the only country in the world that requires information about your "race" when you sit for a national exam. The Minister of Education of course denies any favouring towards the Malays but everyone knows that if you are non-Malay, the job of marking your paper will be outsourced to an unknown country.
Still, the Malays are generous enough to do extra badly in the exams and thus end up with marks lower than the Chinese or Indians. However, most Malays regret neglecting their education and not being able to make good money and so they usually take on jobs that allow them to feel the money in their hands for a little while. Examples are toll booth attendants, fast food restaurant cashiers, and those people that sit in front of public toilets to collect 20 cents per toilet entry, plus another 20 cents for toilet paper.
SPM
Students sitting for the SPM examination is analogous to a cow, as this examination assesses the ability of students to swallow and regurgitate information. Subjects can be easily passed by memorizing the entire textbook without actually understanding anything.
While other international examinations are increasing in standard every year, the SPM examination has shown a steady decline compared from 70s and 80s until today. The reason is simple, if the standard is lowered, more students (read: Malays) will be able to score As, this would appear as if Malaysians are getting smarter every year, credits to the government for this ingenious plan.
The SPM has 6 compulsory subjects: Malay, substandard English, Semi-Modern Math, Immoral Education, PseudoScience, and Fabricated History.
The non-Muslim students have to tolerate 2 years of ineffective brainwashing during History, Moral and Civic lessons. Civics was introduced in 2005 when the brilliant government discovered that the reason for brain drain is due to students not being patriotic enough. Consequently, the head researcher, Datuk Hisappuding was awarded a medal for his amazing findings. As a result, students get another 2 classes of snoozing time per week because no one listens during Civic lessons.
The UnBiased Government of Malaysia
(1) Of the five major banks, only one is multi-racial, the rest are controlled by Malays.
(2) 99% of Petronas directors are Malays.
(3) 3% of Petronas employees are Chinese.
(4) 99% of 2000 Petronas gasoline stations are owned by Malays.
(5) 100% all contractors working under Petronas projects must be of Bumis status.
(6) 0% of non-Malay staff are legally required in Malay companies. But there must be 30% Malay staffs in Chinese companies.
(7) 5% of all new intake for government police, nurses, army, are non-Malays.
(8) 2% is the present Chinese staff in Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF), a drop from 40% in 1960.
(9) 2% is the percentage of non-Malay government servants in Putrajaya, but Malays make up 98%.
(10) 7% is the percentage of Chinese government servants in the entire government (in 2004); a drop from 30% in 1960.
(11) 95% of government contracts are given to Malays.
(12) 100% all business licensees are controlled by Malay government, e.g. Taxi permits, Approved permits, etc.
(13) 80% of the Chinese rice millers in Kedah had to be sold to Malay controlled Bernas in 1980s. Otherwise, life is made difficult for Chinese rice millers.
(14) 100 big companies set up, owned and managed by Chinese Malaysians were taken over by government, and later managed by Malays since 1970s, e.g. UTC, UMBC, MISC, etc.
(15) At least 10 Chinese owned bus companies (throughout Malaysia in the past 40 years) had to be sold to MARA or other Malay transport companies due to rejection by Malay authorities to Chinese applications for bus routes and rejection for their applications for new buses.
(16) Two Chinese taxi drivers were barred from driving in Johor Larkin bus station. There are about 30 taxi drivers and three were Chinese in Oct. 2004. Spoiling taxi club properties was the reason given.
(17) 0 non-Malays are allowed to get shop lots in the new Muar bus station (Nov. 2004).
(18) 8000 billion ringgit is the total amount the government channeled to Malay pockets through ASB, ASN, MARA, privatization of government agencies, Tabung Haji etc, through NEP over a 34 years period.
(19) 48 Chinese primary schools closed down from 1968 – 2000.
(20) 144 Indian primary schools closed down from 1968 – 2000.
(21) 2637 Malay primary schools built from 1968 – 2000.
(22) 2.5% is government budget for Chinese primary schools. Indian schools got only 1%, Malay schools got 96.5%.
(23) While a Chinese parent with RM1000 salary (monthly) cannot get school textbook loan, a Malay parent with RM2000 salary is eligible.
(24) All 10 public university vice chancellors are Malays.
(25) 5% of the government universities’ lecturers are of non-Malay origins. This percentage has been reduced from about 70% in 1965 to only 5% in 2004.
(26) Only 5% has been given to non-Malays for government scholarships in over 40 years.
(27) 0 Chinese or Indians were sent to Japan and Korea under the “Look East Policy.”
(28) 128 STPM Chinese top students could not get into the course to which they aspired, i.e. Medicine (in 2004).
(29) 10% quotas are in place for non-Bumi students for MARA science schools beginning in 2003, but only 7% are filled. Before that it was 100% Malays.
(30) 50 cases in which Chinese and Indian Malaysians are beaten up in the National Service program in 2003.
(31) 25% of the Malaysian population was Chinese in 2004, a drop from 45% in 1957.
(32) 7% of the Malaysian population is Indian (2004), a drop from 12% in 1957.
(33) 2 million Chinese Malaysians have emigrated in the past 40 years.
(34) 0.5 million Indian Malaysians have emigrated overseas.
(35) 3 millions Indonesians have migrated to Malaysia and become Malaysian citizens with Bumis status.
(36) 600,000 Chinese and Indian Malaysians with red IC were rejected repeatedly when applying for citizenship in the past 40 years. Perhaps 60% of them had already passed away due to old age. This shows racism, based on how easily Indonesians got their citizenships compared with the Chinese and Indians.
(37) 5% – 15% discount for a Malay to buy a house, regardless whether the Malay is rich or poor.
(38) 2% is what new Chinese villages get, compared with 98% – what Malay villages got for rural development budget.
(39) 50 road names (at least) had been changed from Chinese names to other names.
(40) 1 Dewan Gan Boon Leong (in Malacca) was altered to another name (e.g. Dewan Serbaguna or something like that) when it was only officially used for a few days. The government tries to shun Chinese names. This example of racism occurred around 2000.
(41) 0 temples/churches were built for each housing estate. But every housing estate got at least one mosque/surau built.
(42) 3000 mosques/surau were built in all housing estates throughout Malaysia since 1970. No temples or churches are required to be built in housing estates.
(43) 1 Catholic church in Shah Alam took 20 years to apply to have a building constructed. But they were told by Malay authority that it must look like a factory and not like a church. As of 2004 the application still have not been approved.
(44) 1 publishing of Bible in Iban language banned (in 2002).
(45) 0 of the government TV stations (RTM1, RTM2, TV3) are directors of non-Malay origin.
(46) 30 government produced TV dramas and films always showed that the bad guys had Chinese faces, and the good guys had Malay faces. You can check it out since 1970s. Recent years, this has become less of a tendency.
(47) 10 times, at least, Malays (especially Umno) had threatened to massacre the Chinese Malaysians using May 13, since 1969.
(48) 20 constituencies won by DAP would not get funds from the government to develop. These Chinese majority constituencies would be the last to be developed.
(49) 100 constituencies (parliaments and states) had been racially re-delineated so Chinese votes were diluted for Chinese candidates. This is one of the main reasons why DAP candidates have consistently lost in elections since the 1970s.
(50) Only 3 out of 12 human rights items are ratified by the Malaysian government since 1960.
(51) 0 – elimination of all forms of racial discrimination (UN Human Rights) has not been ratified by Malaysian government since 1960s.
(52) 20 reported cases whereby Malay ambulance attendances treated Chinese patients inhumanely, and Malay government hospital staffs purposely delayed attending to Chinese patients in 2003. Unreported cases may be 200.
(53) 50 cases each year whereby Chinese, especially Chinese youths, are being beaten up by Malay youths in public places. Police reports may be checked to verify this, provided the police took the report, otherwise there will be no record.
(54) 20 cases every year whereby Chinese drivers who accidentally knocked down Malays were seriously assaulted or killed by Malays.
(55) 12% is what ASB/ASN got per annum while banks fixed deposits are only about 3.5% per annum.
Note: All of the above are edited extracts from an encyclopaedia parody wiki that is hosted by Wikia.
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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.
Utusan Malaysia Online – Desak Jeff Ooi minta maaf
Aug 6th
Original article here.
Why should Jeff Ooi apologise when in accordance to federal laws he is right! There are no laws prohibiting the sale of liquor at any premises based on racial factor. In fact even in the villages in Malaysia you can find beer sold in Malay shops.
Go to Langkawi, Cherating or pretty much any small town, this is the fact. Now overzealous PAS wants to change that based on Malay Muslim majority Shah Alam.
As far as I know there are a lot of Indians living there as well. What about their rights ? Can Malays continue to infringe the rights of other races and be absolutely ignorant about it ? I ask as a Malay.
- Are Malays so stupid and disillusioned that they will walk into a 7-11 and pick up a can of beer if its not banned ?
- Are Malays so stupid that they need to be controlled like cows by UMNO and PAS ?
- Don’t Malays have ‘maruah’ that they are afraid of PAS and UMNO and not Allah ? Is PAS greater than Allah ?
- Malays are allowing themselves to be so vile that they are so willing to infringe the rights of other races just to they can be more ‘holy’.
- Malays are a bunch of cowards who will never fight in a level playing field that “special circumstances” must always be created for them ?
I work with Muslims from other countries daily in Australia. None of them have this shallow and pathetic thinking like PAS and UMNO and the Malay.
As a Malay I find this absolutely insulting. You don’t want to drink beer, don’t drink it. Do not violate someone elses rights in guise of religion. It insults your own intelligence.
Anti-Islam
Aug 28th
Posted by Azizi Khan in Malaysia
I received a few comments of late saying that some of what I say and write about is “Anti-Islam”. I’ve been thinking for a while about that and here are my thoughts about it.
Now a while ago MP Theresa Kok was arrested under the infamous ISA for being “anti-Islam”. She was accused of asking mosque officials at a local mosque to lower the volume of the call for prayers. Although the allegations were later proven untrue, the damage had been done. A law that was originally used against insurgents was imposed on a MP just because she was accused of being “anti-Islam”. If people, including the mosque officials did not come out and spill the truth she would still be in prison without a trail.
The question is, why is it wrong to be “anti-Islam” ? There are a lot of extremist Muslims (both in PAS and UMNO) who are anti-Christianity and anti-Hinduism. Churches have been vandalised and temples destroyed. Why not impose ISA on the culprits (who are usually civil servant Muslims under instructions from Muslim officials). Why the bias ?
Some argue its because Islam is the official religion of the Malaysia. Yes, that is true. But can someone point to me where in the Federal Constitution, Criminal Procedure Code as well as Syariah law currently in Malaysia a person can be arrested for being “anti-Islam”. If at all there comes a day such law is passed by the Parliament, wouldn’t there be appropriate laws for other religions as well ? How about the non believers ? Atheists do not believe in God. Isn’t that “anti-Islam” as well ? What are we going to do arrest them all ?
The large portion of these “anti-Islam” accusations usually from the subservient tendencies of the average Malaysian. The grow up being told that it is wrong to question anything – especially Islam. So when they hear anyone having a different opinion to them, the accusations start flying and they start frothing in the mouth. Don’t question Syariah law! Don’t question Malay rights! Don’t question about Islam!
Remember more than hundred years ago, at the mere suggestion of someone being a witch, lynch mobs formed and people were burnt at the stake. How far away are we in Malaysia from that ? Honestly, the moment someone offers an opinion that differs from the mainstream, they could be locked away for life!
These mob also fear exchange of views. They are afraid that just by chance someone else could be right and their entire castle in the sand will fall into pieces.
Personally I feel a lot of things wrong with Syariah law. For one, its not consistent throughout the states. For example, currently in Selangor mosque officials are empowered to arrest Muslims who consume alcohol or do not fast. Terengganu on the other hand is not implementing such a thing. So for a small country we have differing laws in differing states.
Same thing with marriage and divorce laws in Malaysia. In some states you have to have the first wife’s permission to have another wife, in other states you don’t. Hell, in some states you can run to Golok and get married as many of our UMNO officials have done. Paying maintenance to ex-wives also differs from state to state. Due to the entire Syariah process are filled with men, justice for ex-wives are usually very slow while the former husbands are enjoying with their brand new toy. The whole thing is literally legalised prostitution. Just ask Sisters in Islam.
But you say Syariah law is Allah’s law. Yes, surely that would mean that law would be consistent throughout all of Malaysia! If you can’t even get the consistency right, stop talking about it being supreme. It may be God’s law, but its men who are implementing it and they are doing a crappy job at it.
At the end of the day the question that must be asked is where do the Muslims in Malaysia want to end up ?
If I want to kill my wife or child based on honour killing, I will move to Pakistan.
If I want my wife to sit in the trunk of the car or forbid her to drive I will move to Saudi.
If I want Taliban style extremism and yet grow opium, I will move to Afghanistan.
Where do you want to stop. What is good enough ? When will you understand that people can and will have differing opinion to you and that is perfectly normal. When will Muslims stop having the need to force rape their needs onto other communities and think its perfectly OK ?
And then you sit over there and wonder why the whole world has an incorrect perception on Islam!