Dear Monsterball,

There you go again. Blaming UMNO for everything . I know you hate this. Yes. You are right. UMNO is dominant in Malaysia . It is recognised as the most dominant in Malaysia. It is treated as the dominant party in Malaysia. And it behaves like a dominant party.

Nothing wrong about that. Even if UMNO does not cry out loud to be treated as dominant, it is accorded that respect. Why? Simple. It has the most number of seats among BN coalition.

UMNO earns the dominance through election. Only a moron would surrender his dominance.There is nothing embarassing about being dominant. In more than 50 years years of controlling the politics it never sideline the Chinese. In fact, it accord them the mind boggling privilege of separate school. That is unheard in other parts of the world.

That is of course is a matter of practicality. Since DAP, ultra Chinese education board see that studying under one roof among races will reduce their “chineseness”, and since MCA dares not criticizes Dong Zhong, UMNO accords them such a privilege. However, being ungrateful lot, DAP will time again play racial card to scare Chinese on their rights that UMNO has intention to snatch it from them.

As for DAP, why cry out loud about Hudud when it courts PAS? Surely Kit Siang knows PAS well to understand that PAS will not renounce its battle cry( not so much for love of religion but using or rather abusing religion for political gain).

As for non Malays, Get real. Malaysia is not a secular country like Australia or USA. Neither it is a theocratic state like Iran. At independence itself, Malays idea of a country is that it must not be a secular like USA or Australia. This is due to simple fact that there is no such thing as separation of religion from state in Islam the way it is so common in Western world.

As Islam is the official religion and Malays being the original inhabitors, Malays feel nobody can deny them their right to practise their religion and also incorporate Islamic values into state affair.

Get real, DAP. No Malay Muslim will say that Malaysia is a secular country . Asking Malay politician to accept Malaysia being secular is tantamount to asking to ask DAP to renounce Chinese Malaysia coated behind nice to be heard “Malaysian Malaysia” concept.

Dear Monsterball,

I am not trying to teach you anything. Neither I prescribe to “holier than thou ” attitude so common in this blog. Rather, I am saying what Malays feel.

My point is do not blame UMNO simply just because you want to fish vote. And I am saying something that is a fact. UMNO is the dominant party in BN and also in Malaysia. From the view point of Malay Muslim community, there is nothing to be embarassed about. UMNO earns its dominance the right way; that is through ballot box.

If you cant stomach it, then try form Federal Govt. Rest assured UMNO’s dominance will come to its end. My point is why blame UMNO and chided MCA simply for accepting reality that UMNO being dominant.

As an example, in Perak, which is more dominant among BN components, MCa or UMNO. The former has 1 seat while UMNO won 27 seats. Any standard 1 child can give you the answer.

Similarly, although Mb of Perak is from PAS, every PAS member whom I met turn red face when I said that the real power is with DAP. All stare at me with deafening silence. Why? They themselves feel the same. Silence meaning they agree with me. But as humans with ego bigger than the Summer Palace , such fact is too painful to swallow.

You said Malaysians wanted to be free. Free from what? UMNO accepted the election result. It is PR that does not accept election result. Why Uncle Lim or Karpal Singh did not remind Anwar that despite losing several states, BN still won at Federal level. Why the silence about asking Anwar to accept reality that UMNO led Govt still won? Why?Why the silence when Anwar trying to bribe UMNO MPs to switch allegiance to PR?

As for DAP, you are in the mess now. Do not you know that PAS all along wanted to implement hudud( or rather playing with issue to spite UMNO). Why go along?

Dont you know for decades, UMNO was chided for alliance with Chinese and Indians? Dont you know that PAS has been all along says that you cant vote for Non Muslims as it is haram? Not believing me? It happened just like that and used even extensively in Pasir Panjang mosques( a constituent where Nizar won).

And believe me Dr Khir was accused of being “munafiq’ in Tmn Kosas surau simply because the holiday is on Sunday instead of Friday. Now why no same argument accorded to Nizar and MB of Kedah as the 2 states observe holiday on Sunday instead of Friday.

Malaysia is unique in its own way. It is a country ruled by Muslims with a sizable non Muslim population. As such, implementation of Syariah law in Malaysia must not take a total copy of countries like Iran or Saudi Arabia or Qatar.

Constitution accords rights to every Malaysian, be they are Muslim or otherwise . It however maintains vestige of old Malaya by recognising Islam as the official religion while stressing that other religions to be allowed to practised freely.

Similarly, it recognises pomp and pageantry of Malay royalty which Malays feel as the very foundation of the country.

What exactly is Hudud Law. It originates from Arabic “Had”. Hudud is mentioned in Kuran . What PAS fails to mention( wittingly or unwittingly) is concept of Justice which is repeated many many times in Kuran.

Haji Hadi as then MB of Trengganu says that Hudud is only 000.1% of Islamic Law. Many non Muslims say that with the implementation of Hudud Law, many will have their hands amputated. Hudud is actually meant for prevention only.

That is why in Qatar, Saudi arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iran you could leave your handbags while going to ladies. Nobody will steal from you. In saudi Arabia, you can leave your shops ( be they sundry shops or gold shop, yes gold shop) unattended and perform your prayers . Nobody will steal as they understand the deterrent is parting with your limbs.

And in Saudi Arabia, no need to be worried with snatch thief. Why? Because Hudud Law is strictly implemented.

As one friend of mine coming back from Saudi Arabia told me, one rapist was hang in the middle of Riyadh for all to see. Seeing the hanging was a lesson for all.

What PAs fails to see is one simple fact. Its actions is less than examplary . It continously says about Hudud law while at same time slandered UMNO leaders. The truth is that many Muslims do not trust PAS , not Hudud Law.

As for Karpal and many non Muslims, they fail to understand one fact. That Constitution never prohibits Islamic Law from being implemented. It stresses rights of communities, justice but it is open on Islamic Law.

When I say “Get real”, I mean that non Muslims must accept reality that Malaysia will never be like Australia or Singapore. Neither it strictly follows Saudi Arabia or Iran . It is somewhere in between.

Non Muslims must understand that concept of secularism itself is in contradiction with Islam. Saying out loud that Malaysia is a secular country will not go well with Malay Muslim population. That is the reason why only DAP and MCA traded verbal exchange about secular state. UMNO and PAS are silent on this.

Many people confuse Islamic Law with Hudud. Hudud is a minor part of Islamic Law. Meaning any Govt that strives to reduce poverty is actually following Islamic Law. And any move to accord scholarships is considered fulfilling Islamic obligation. Respecting the rights of non Muslims ( although the insult on Malay and UMNO is so common here) is considered as fulfilling Prophet’s reminder that “any injustice against non Muslim is an injustice against Me and therefore grave sin against Allah”.

And yes. No Malays ever said that UMNO will rule forever. Thanks for the reminder. Although the same reminder is written in Kuran that God ( Allah) can accord power and can take it away in split second.