Voice of Insanity
The voices in my head… they talk to me…
The voices in my head… they talk to me…
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.
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.
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 ?
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 ?
Oct 14th
My comment on Nutgraph on The Myth Of Malaysian Diversity.
In order for diversity to happen we must be willing to change. And things in Malaysia don’t change easy. Why ? Well as it was put eloquently to me during my recent trip home and I quote "If it doesn’t have an Islamic label, Malays wont support it, if it doesn’t make money, Chinese wont support it and for Indians – well who cares about Indians, they are irrelevant!".
There you go. Everywhere I saw in Malaysia, every race goes about their merry way doing their work. But they don’t look like people wanting change.
One has to understand something fundamental about Malaysians – they will bitch and moan to kingdom come about how unfair the whole system is. But when push comes to shove – they will look after their own interest or do nothing. They sit at their "mamak stall" and scream conspiracy of UMNO politicians. (In fact Malaysia is also unique in the sense that everyone seems to know every dirty laundry of every politician.) But they still support UMNO ? Why – its the devil you know. How else can you account for half a century of outright plundering of the nations coffers – and they public go about as if nothing is wrong. The French have started a revolution for less!
I remember when I used to talk about migrating overseas my friends would quickly say "I rather be a second class citizen in my own country than in another country". Well there you go! You asked for what you receive! If you are willing to be a second class citizen – accept it. Don’t harp on about how unfair it is. You are part of the problem!
So that’s the thing about diversity – you have to initiate the change before something happens and then accept that there will be changes. Muslims in Malaysia have to accept that we live in a multi cultural and multi religious environment and not scream murder every time someone wants to have a concert in Malaysia. As much as we respect one Muslim to another, we have to respect others and it means understanding that they can and will do something that may not be acceptable. Respect and tolerance is a TWO WAY street.
I have to say this out loud. MALAYSIAN MEN DO NOT RESPECT WOMEN. Period. Women are treated as things and baby producers. Especially for Malaysian Malays, the Syariah acts have stripped away some of their fundamental rights which they would have under common law. Under guise of religion Muslim men are allowed bigamy without needing to support former spouses and children. Cases in Syariah courts drag on for years with no relief in sight while the male is off spending money with his new playmate. So how then we can even move from this to having good female leaders ? Even our politicians are no better – remember "bocor" ? If that incident had happened outside Malaysia – two things would have happened :
a) the offending parties would have been sacked or
b) they would have had enough dignity to resign.
But this is Malaysia. We don’t need dignity or ethics to be politicians. We can be corrupt to the bone, rest assured the public will still vote you into office. Indians have a saying "if you correct the head, the tail will follow". Since our fearless PM has skeletons in his closest – how do you expect his ministers to be ? Heck we might as well make it a free for all and vote in gangsters (Oh wait, that has been done too…)
We cannot have diversity if we continue to bury our collective heads in the sand. We have to look up and see that we are all Malaysians. And we need to change. We have to accept that :
- we will not tolerate corrupt leaders.
- we will not tolerate racism.
- we will not tolerate religious fundamentalists or any form.
- we will accept that as a multi ethnic society, there must be a fair go between races. Like in the good old days – before politicians of dubious quality started brandishing keris to promote racial unity!
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.
Aug 5th
I would have to admit that UMNO’ lap dog newspaper continues to publish some of the best and racist articles at this day in Malaysia.
First of all, we have to ask what Malaysia really is. Is it a ancient Malay land with squatter migrants or its a fully democratic modern nearly developed country made up of various races that make up its citizens.
If you ask any outsider and in fact majority of its citizens, it would be the latter. After all, most non Malay Malaysians are third and fourth generation Malaysians who no longer identify with their country of their ancestors. In addition, non Malay Malaysians readily identify the sultans and king as their very own.
But if you ask Utusan and a few narrow minded Malays, they think this is a Malay land and other races may be evicted at the whim of these racists. ![]()
The various non Malays have been very tolerant of such antics thus far even though odds are stacked against them. From affirmative policies that ensures handouts to the Malays to threats of bathing in non Malay’s blood the list of racism goes on and on.
Next you come across articles such as this that suggest that the Malays are the ones who are being kind and generous hosts while the non Malays take advantage of their kindness.
To understand why this happens you have to understand that the average Malay is a hypocrite. If you are a Malay you get everything handed to you. I should know – legally I’m a Malay.
You get government scholarships, you get places in special government residential schools and at the worst you have the government diploma mill that ensures even the worst Malay is given a piece of paper. Then with this piece of paper you get into various government machineries like Petronas, Bank Islam, PLUS etc. Your future is set for you. You don’t have to work for anything – so long as you buy into their propaganda that as a Malay you have a right above everything else. To make sure you were paying attention you have Biro Tatanegara to brainwash you into UMNO’s version of Malay supremacy.
See Malays (who were incidentally who were once known to be the nicest and kindest people) are brought up in their world as being tolerant and sensitive. Lets see how sensitive Malays actually are :
1) Muslims don’t eat pork so shops selling pork products are usually hidden away but Malay butchers openly display beef carcasses proudly without thinking twice. Moral of the story : Only Malays are sensitive, no other religion has sensitivity.
2.) The call for prayers blares morning and night. Most non Malays are quite used to this. And yet when non Malays have functions and have music loudly playing they get "visits" from the neighbourhood Malays.
3) Mosques get so much more funding than other religious structure. In fact the statistics are so biased towards Islam its not even funny. The rationale behind this it seems that Malaysia is an "Islamic" country. So whatever every Malay can do to be unfair to other races is considered sensitivity on their part. No non can ever challenge the “right” of the Malay to be unfair and unjust to their own countrymen. Non Malays practically have to beg to build their places of worship and many of these which have been around Malaysia for hundreds of years are callously demolished.
4) The entire government functions as if to cater for only Malays. UMNO being the largest component party of BN ensures that all the heads of governments are Malays (whether or not they have the skill to do so). The result are often quite amusing and downright silly as these little Napoleons implement policies to please their political Masters. Rights of non Malays are trodden, ignored, removed with threats such as May 13, 1969 and ISA.
And yet we have articles pimped by Utusan Malaysia suggesting that Malays are downtrodden. Which Malays ? In which way ?
Lets look at Utusan’s article for that. It says Teoh Beng Hock’s child is illegitimate because his partner was pregnant before they were supposed to get married when his untimely demise at the hands of MACC occurred. While brilliantly missing the forest for the trees, what has this got to do with the birth registration of his partners child ? Utusan claims that this would prompt other unwed mothers to register their partners name.
What is so wrong with that. The last time I checked, Malaysia is a country run by rule of law and not religious bodies. If Teoh Beng Hock’s partner can prove the child is his, then by all means register the deceased as his father. Out of wedlock or not should not be a matter.
Next they go on about China citizens who were arrested who were made to do squats by a Malaysian policewoman. Apparently these were pushed by MCA and the Chinese dailies. Utusan alleges that if it happened to a local Malay girl, the stories will not get published.
Well Utusan is half right there. The reason these sort of news is not published is because there is a blanket ban on anything negative about the government. So Utusan itself will not publish it! It will not even investigate it. Utusan not publishing the daily happenings is so common that most Malaysians use it as a benchmark for government propaganda. So again I ask – in what way Malays are downtrodden ?
Utusan claims that they fight for the rights of all races. I have two words for them. Awang Selamat. Remember him ? He write for your trash gossip tabloids.
Utusan claims that the number of places of worships by non Malays outnumber the ones by the Malays. So I counter the claim – why aren’t these maintained by the government of Malaysia ? We have sprawling mosques that state and federal governments spend millions on annually. Compare the largest temple to the largest mosque. See the disparity ? If the government spend as much money as it spends on mosques on other places of worship – Najib would be use it as a fine example for his 1Malaysia!
So on they lament about how Malays are mistreated in their own land. They are an oblivious bunch aren’t they ? When non Malays are dying in deaths in custody, MACC investigations. When non Malays have to put up with harassments from RELA to any government department. When non Malays have to put up with the Islamisation of public schools yes its the Malays who are mistreated.
I don’t know whether to laugh at cry at Utusan. On one hand Utusan is UMNO’s fiercest lapdogs, faithfully publishing propaganda while censoring government misdeeds “for public safety”. On the other hand they lament that the Malays are being left behind in everything and are being too generous to other races!
Think about it. For more than half a century this country has been in control of the Malays. So much so, as mentioned, they have reinforced themselves in every crack, nook and cranny of the government system. And somehow they look at someone else to blame for their own incompetence ?
Here is is :
1. NEP has been in place for more than four decades but Malays are still poor with exception of the elite few. Whose mistake is that ?
2. Even though Malaysia is a multicultural country, the government ensured that government business went to Malay companies. And yet Malays are poor. Whose mistake is that ?
3. Under a Malay government which controls Malays media and Malay police force, violence and crime has sky rocketed ? Whose mistake is that ?
4. Food and fuel prices has skyrocketed even though billions are made through Petronas, a Malay controlled oil and gas company. Whose mistake is that ?
I could go on but you get the picture. The problem is UMNO and Utusan Malaysia are not intelligent enough to see that they are the root cause of all ills in Malaysia. They made this mess.
Further, why are Malays so afraid to lose political power ? Why must there be always a Malay government at the helm ? Is it because all the bad and insensitive ways they treated non Malays will come back to haunt them ?
Why are people who champion the rights of non Malays are labelled traitors to their own race ? Isn’t the right to champion the rights of anyone is the social and moral responsibility of anyone ? Is UMNO and Utusan Malaysia telling me that I must be immoral and treat the real downtrodden people like filth ?
Now UMNO and Utusan Malaysia always drag religion into politics. But the way UMNO and Utusan run their business is as if they are munafiq. They violate all the principles of the religion and limiting Islam to the guardian of who sleeps with whom so Utusan can sell more newspapers.
So what exactly can we learn from all the frothing and spewing from Utusan Malaysia ? The more they spread racial hate, the more they sell hate disharmony the more Malaysians want change. UMNO knows its time is up. They do their very best to do what they have done for decades – that is to stir up racial disharmony through their lapdogs like Utusan Malaysia. These government controlled newspapers can’t write decent news to save their lives.
UMNO’s time is up. Everyone knows it. Even UMNO.
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