Comments on: ISA for RPK and show-cause letters to three newspapers while 3-year Umno suspension for Ahmad Ismail – is this the Abdullah justice and rule of law? http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/ for Malaysia Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:28:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: wifeejane http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/comment-page-3/#comment-136665 wifeejane Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:18:49 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/#comment-136665 zak_hammaad “I promise to be a good, non-hypocritical Muslim” and “Not all Arabs are descendants of the Prophet” r both article on how a bad Muslim misbehave. It indicate the bad behavior of people claiming to be Muslim but deviate from the actual teaching of prophet. Pls tell me which part of the article tak sopan kepada prophet dan Islam. zak_hammaad “I promise to be a good, non-hypocritical Muslim” and “Not all Arabs are descendants of the Prophet” r both article on how a bad Muslim misbehave. It indicate the bad behavior of people claiming to be Muslim but deviate from the actual teaching of prophet. Pls tell me which part of the article tak sopan kepada prophet dan Islam.

]]> By: wifeejane http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/comment-page-3/#comment-136648 wifeejane Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:44:11 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/#comment-136648 Ketua rakyat patut tahu membezakan antara betul dengan yang salah dan jangan berfikir dengan emosi. Rakat pilih tuan supaya mempertahankan hak, keamanan dan keadilan rakyat. AAB pernah kata dia bukan perdana menteri untuk Melayu sahaja tetapi dia juga PM untuk seluruh rakyat Malaysia iaitu termasuk Cina, India dan yang lain. AAB mesti tahu membezakan siapa yang memainkan emosi perkauman dan cuba memecah belah rakyat negara. Kami rakyat telah hidup secara aman dan damai dan saling memahami antara satu sama lain. Tolong nasihat ketua-ketua berkenaan jangan tanam perasaan kebencian dan fikiran bersebelahan keatas rakyat. Ini merupakan sesuatu tindakan yang paling zalim dan tuhan sedang memerhatikan kami. Pembalasan akirat akan menjatuhkan keatas sesiapa yang melakukan kezaliman ini. AAB adalah seseorang yang dihormati dan bepegang teguh kepada agama Islam jadi saya berharap tuan menasihat dan mengambil tindakan keatas sesiapa yang telah terpesong. Ketua rakyat patut tahu membezakan antara betul dengan yang salah dan jangan berfikir dengan emosi. Rakat pilih tuan supaya mempertahankan hak, keamanan dan keadilan rakyat. AAB pernah kata dia bukan perdana menteri untuk Melayu sahaja tetapi dia juga PM untuk seluruh rakyat Malaysia iaitu termasuk Cina, India dan yang lain. AAB mesti tahu membezakan siapa yang memainkan emosi perkauman dan cuba memecah belah rakyat negara. Kami rakyat telah hidup secara aman dan damai dan saling memahami antara satu sama lain. Tolong nasihat ketua-ketua berkenaan jangan tanam perasaan kebencian dan fikiran bersebelahan keatas rakyat. Ini merupakan sesuatu tindakan yang paling zalim dan tuhan sedang memerhatikan kami. Pembalasan akirat akan menjatuhkan keatas sesiapa yang melakukan kezaliman ini. AAB adalah seseorang yang dihormati dan bepegang teguh kepada agama Islam jadi saya berharap tuan menasihat dan mengambil tindakan keatas sesiapa yang telah terpesong.

]]> By: Thomas Lee http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/comment-page-3/#comment-135731 Thomas Lee Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:00:49 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/#comment-135731 Anyone who says that the ISA is a good law is a real evil and cruel person. This is especially so by those who claim to be religious and believe in God. They are hypocrites of the highest order. How can detention without a fair trial be good? How can one who believe in God be so evil and cruel as to confine another human being, a vice-regent of God on earth, to imprisonment without a just and fair trial. Can we respect and support such an unjust cruel person to be the leader of the country? The ISA is an immoral law used and abused by an immoral regime to persecute those who stand for truth, justice and human rights and dignity. We must work hard to have this evil piece of legislation removed. Anyone who says that the ISA is a good law is a real evil and cruel person. This is especially so by those who claim to be religious and believe in God. They are hypocrites of the highest order.

How can detention without a fair trial be good? How can one who believe in God be so evil and cruel as to confine another human being, a vice-regent of God on earth, to imprisonment without a just and fair trial.

Can we respect and support such an unjust cruel person to be the leader of the country?

The ISA is an immoral law used and abused by an immoral regime to persecute those who stand for truth, justice and human rights and dignity. We must work hard to have this evil piece of legislation removed.

]]> By: ktteokt http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/comment-page-3/#comment-134192 ktteokt Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:01:34 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/#comment-134192 Confusion in one's ancestorship would only give rise to more misperceptions of descendants! Confusion in one’s ancestorship would only give rise to more misperceptions of descendants!

]]> By: ktteokt http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/comment-page-3/#comment-134191 ktteokt Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:00:39 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/#comment-134191 And since when did MKA, the Malaysian Kennel Association, accepted "Mongrel" as a Pedigree? And since when did MKA, the Malaysian Kennel Association, accepted “Mongrel” as a Pedigree?

]]> By: ktteokt http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/comment-page-3/#comment-134109 ktteokt Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:21:40 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/#comment-134109 What do you get when you put turnips, pineapple, keropok, cucumber and bean sprouts in a pot and mix it with thick soy sauce? The famous Penang rojak! So what would you get if you mix a Pekingnese, German Shepherd, Labrador, Pug, Beagle and Bulldog together? Well, your guess is as good as mine looking at those who claim their race! What do you get when you put turnips, pineapple, keropok, cucumber and bean sprouts in a pot and mix it with thick soy sauce? The famous Penang rojak!

So what would you get if you mix a Pekingnese, German Shepherd, Labrador, Pug, Beagle and Bulldog together? Well, your guess is as good as mine looking at those who claim their race!

]]> By: jenhz http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/comment-page-3/#comment-134090 jenhz Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:36:11 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/#comment-134090 What the higher (incompetent) authorities don't get is this: the common people a.k.a. the Malays, the Chinese, the Indians, the other minorities - we don't hate or dislike each other. It is the incompetent VIPs, who are hungry for power and who insist to stay in power that is stirring up this racial tension. As Malaysians, we should no longer buy their stories and fall into their trap. We should keep ourselves level-headed and give support to people like RPK, YAB Kok and the journalist. What the higher (incompetent) authorities don’t get is this: the common people a.k.a. the Malays, the Chinese, the Indians, the other minorities – we don’t hate or dislike each other. It is the incompetent VIPs, who are hungry for power and who insist to stay in power that is stirring up this racial tension. As Malaysians, we should no longer buy their stories and fall into their trap. We should keep ourselves level-headed and give support to people like RPK, YAB Kok and the journalist.

]]> By: scorpion http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/comment-page-3/#comment-134081 scorpion Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:53:36 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/#comment-134081 First the unscheduled tabling of a DNA bill and now this. The country is moving towards becoming a police state at greater speeds than ever seen before. The government will have to realise that the double standards practiced are not only scaring but also angering and to a certain extent uniting the citizens against the powers that be. First the unscheduled tabling of a DNA bill and now this. The country is moving towards becoming a police state at greater speeds than ever seen before. The government will have to realise that the double standards practiced are not only scaring but also angering and to a certain extent uniting the citizens against the powers that be.

]]> By: ktteokt http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/comment-page-3/#comment-133771 ktteokt Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:01:44 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/#comment-133771 There should be three systems of court in Malaysia: Court for the ordinary (helpless) citizens; Syariah courts; and finally, a cour under the PM's department, reserved for trying UMNOPUTRAS with extra leniency!!!!!!! Better still enact an UMNOPUTRA PROTECTION ACT right away. Table it in parliament as an emergency motion! There should be three systems of court in Malaysia:

Court for the ordinary (helpless) citizens;
Syariah courts;
and finally, a cour under the PM’s department, reserved for trying UMNOPUTRAS with extra leniency!!!!!!!

Better still enact an UMNOPUTRA PROTECTION ACT right away. Table it in parliament as an emergency motion!

]]> By: mightymouse http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/comment-page-3/#comment-133705 mightymouse Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:27:36 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/#comment-133705 zak mate, please could you stop quoting the papers and tell all sorts of nonsense. how would you feel if i came to your home now and held you for 60days under ISA on the grounds of you are being prejudice against everyone else? being so great as you are please could you present something with more "meat" like a line which RPK directly insulted ISLAM or even MUSLIM? also please comment on why TERESA AND the poor Journalist are arrested?? why should we endure Pak Lah's obligations to UMNO? as an elected premier of the country shouldnt he be working for us the PEOPLE rather than a bunch of old bus tards? please enlighten me with something more concrete than excerpts from our country's fine well controlled papers. thank you in advance zak mate, please could you stop quoting the papers and tell all sorts of nonsense. how would you feel if i came to your home now and held you for 60days under ISA on the grounds of you are being prejudice against everyone else?

being so great as you are please could you present something with more “meat” like a line which RPK directly insulted ISLAM or even MUSLIM? also please comment on why TERESA AND the poor Journalist are arrested?? why should we endure Pak Lah’s obligations to UMNO? as an elected premier of the country shouldnt he be working for us the PEOPLE rather than a bunch of old bus tards? please enlighten me with something more concrete than excerpts from our country’s fine well controlled papers.

thank you in advance

]]> By: Godfather http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/comment-page-3/#comment-133628 Godfather Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:08:42 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/#comment-133628 "Godfather, I see you are still espouses venomous slander and assumptions against me as usual. It’s a sign of desperation from an incompetent individual who has nothing better to contribute to this forum other than immaturity and far-fetched imagination." said Foreigner Zak. Zak, I am trying to point out the errors of your ways, just like I pointed out the errors of Mamakthir's ways. You said I started calling you names. Who termed Badawi as Pak Bodoh in this blog ? Who called RPK an "Islamo-fascist bigot" in this blog ? Who called DSAI all sorts of names in this blog ? You are a foreigner in this country, so you should understand that we Malaysians don't do things that are done in your country. Don't assume an air of superiority like your hero Mamakthir. “Godfather, I see you are still espouses venomous slander and assumptions against me as usual. It’s a sign of desperation from an incompetent individual who has nothing better to contribute to this forum other than immaturity and far-fetched imagination.” said Foreigner Zak.

Zak, I am trying to point out the errors of your ways, just like I pointed out the errors of Mamakthir’s ways. You said I started calling you names. Who termed Badawi as Pak Bodoh in this blog ? Who called RPK an “Islamo-fascist bigot” in this blog ? Who called DSAI all sorts of names in this blog ?

You are a foreigner in this country, so you should understand that we Malaysians don’t do things that are done in your country. Don’t assume an air of superiority like your hero Mamakthir.

]]> By: aries66 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/comment-page-2/#comment-133487 aries66 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:36:34 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/#comment-133487 Pak Lah, Agung help....! Malaysia Boleh ? Pak Lah, Agung help….! Malaysia Boleh ?

]]> By: pjboy http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/comment-page-2/#comment-133301 pjboy Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:57:33 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/#comment-133301 private_undergrad: are you sure??? where you heard??? what did she do to get ISA??? private_undergrad: are you sure??? where you heard??? what did she do to get ISA???

]]> By: pjboy http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/comment-page-2/#comment-133299 pjboy Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:56:09 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/#comment-133299 RPK had challenged those that claim to be holier than him to debate over his writings. So, why not? Debate is healthy & more productive. It's intellectual stimulation...which perhaps BN is lack of apart from plotting & scheming. I am sure the rakyat will be all ears as to what RPK will have to say & what the holy-holy have to say. Perhaps BN also got the news that some gardeners in Taiwan are coming back early, trying to 'escape' the karaoke. So, better make a move before they come back as that will change the plot. Anyway, what RPK wrote is history lesson. Just as the remarks 'penumpang' were. So, what gives??? RPK had challenged those that claim to be holier than him to debate over his writings. So, why not? Debate is healthy & more productive. It’s intellectual stimulation…which perhaps BN is lack of apart from plotting & scheming. I am sure the rakyat will be all ears as to what RPK will have to say & what the holy-holy have to say. Perhaps BN also got the news that some gardeners in Taiwan are coming back early, trying to ‘escape’ the karaoke. So, better make a move before they come back as that will change the plot. Anyway, what RPK wrote is history lesson. Just as the remarks ‘penumpang’ were. So, what gives???

]]> By: private_undergrad http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/comment-page-2/#comment-133285 private_undergrad Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:49:50 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/#comment-133285 Now the DAP MP Teresa Kok is also arrested under ISA. Now the DAP MP Teresa Kok is also arrested under ISA.

]]> By: baochingtian http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/comment-page-2/#comment-133276 baochingtian Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:45:52 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/#comment-133276 sad sad

]]> By: private_undergrad http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/comment-page-2/#comment-133272 private_undergrad Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:43:27 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/#comment-133272 If he did truly insult Islam and Prophet Muhammad in his blog, then he should be tried in a legal manner with the judiciary that we have. The ISA detention only implies that even the government has lost confidence in our much distorted judicial system that they have to resort to Nazification method aka unlawful detention to justify their arrests. How pathetic! If he did truly insult Islam and Prophet Muhammad in his blog, then he should be tried in a legal manner with the judiciary that we have.
The ISA detention only implies that even the government has lost confidence in our much distorted judicial system that they have to resort to Nazification method aka unlawful detention to justify their arrests. How pathetic!

]]> By: baochingtian http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/comment-page-2/#comment-133268 baochingtian Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:39:44 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/#comment-133268 Sin Chew Daily journalist arrested today Sin Chew Daily journalist arrested today

]]> By: baochingtian http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/comment-page-2/#comment-133266 baochingtian Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:38:06 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/#comment-133266 "Freedom of expression" yet the "expression" is very much defined by the authority... “Freedom of expression” yet the “expression” is very much defined by the authority…

]]> By: zak_hammaad http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/comment-page-2/#comment-133240 zak_hammaad Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:15:14 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/09/12/isa-for-rpk-and-show-cause-letters-to-three-newspapers-while-3-month-umno-suspension-for-ahmad-ismail-%e2%80%93-is-this-the-abdullah-justice-and-rule-of-law/#comment-133240 September 12, 2008 22:26 PM KEMAMAN, Sept 12 (Bernama) - Blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin's detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA) is appropriate as his articles, which allegedly ridiculed Islam and Prophet Muhammad, could stoke anger among Muslims worldwide, Information Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek said. He said the government had to act as the blogger's action had touched the sensitivities among Muslims and could undermine national security. "I hope that Malaysians will look at this positively as the detention is not because the government is against freedom of expression, but rather, it's because the freedom has been abused. "The blogger has allowed statements which insulted Prophet Muhammad and this is a very sensitive thing to Muslims in the country and worldwide," he told reporters after breaking fast at the Felda Neram Satu Mosque near here. He was commenting on Raja Petra's detention under the ISA for his article "I promise to be a good, non-hypocritical Muslim" which contained sentences that ridiculed Muslims besides allowing a commentary which ridiculed Islam and Prophet Muhammad with reference to the article "Not all Arabs are descendants of the Prophet" published in the "Malaysia Today" blog. Commenting further, Ahmad Shabery said the government did not want Raja Petra's action to go the extent of antagonising Muslims worldwide the way the publication of Prophet Muhammad carricature by a Danish daily or the production of the film "Fitna" by a Dutch politician did. "I hope Muslims in the country support the government's move which serve as a stern warning to whoever is abusing the freedom of expression by allowing people to write, express opinion or make statements that could hurt the feelings of members of a particular faith. "The government does not want articles written by people in the country to cause anger among Muslims worldwide," he said. In a related development, he said the government's move to free up access to websites or blogs was to allow freedom of expression. However, if the sites had postings that could cause racial and religious tension, the government would have no choice but to take action against the bloggers to protect the interest of others, he said. "In principle, they (the bloggers) are free to write of express opinion... it's just that they should not abuse that freedom," he said.- BERNAMA September 12, 2008 22:26 PM

KEMAMAN, Sept 12 (Bernama) – Blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin’s detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA) is appropriate as his articles, which allegedly ridiculed Islam and Prophet Muhammad, could stoke anger among Muslims worldwide, Information Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek said.

He said the government had to act as the blogger’s action had touched the sensitivities among Muslims and could undermine national security.

“I hope that Malaysians will look at this positively as the detention is not because the government is against freedom of expression, but rather, it’s because the freedom has been abused.

“The blogger has allowed statements which insulted Prophet Muhammad and this is a very sensitive thing to Muslims in the country and worldwide,” he told reporters after breaking fast at the Felda Neram Satu Mosque near here.

He was commenting on Raja Petra’s detention under the ISA for his article “I promise to be a good, non-hypocritical Muslim” which contained sentences that ridiculed Muslims besides allowing a commentary which ridiculed Islam and Prophet Muhammad with reference to the article “Not all Arabs are descendants of the Prophet” published in the “Malaysia Today” blog.

Commenting further, Ahmad Shabery said the government did not want Raja Petra’s action to go the extent of antagonising Muslims worldwide the way the publication of Prophet Muhammad carricature by a Danish daily or the production of the film “Fitna” by a Dutch politician did.

“I hope Muslims in the country support the government’s move which serve as a stern warning to whoever is abusing the freedom of expression by allowing people to write, express opinion or make statements that could hurt the feelings of members of a particular faith.

“The government does not want articles written by people in the country to cause anger among Muslims worldwide,” he said.

In a related development, he said the government’s move to free up access to websites or blogs was to allow freedom of expression.

However, if the sites had postings that could cause racial and religious tension, the government would have no choice but to take action against the bloggers to protect the interest of others, he said.

“In principle, they (the bloggers) are free to write of express opinion… it’s just that they should not abuse that freedom,” he said.- BERNAMA

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