I am AGAIN hearing from Anwar that the public will know crossover list today; he sounds like a sore broken record. The increase in the opposition members of parliament is said to be due to their representing the alternative to the race-based politics of the BN. How they can ignore the entirely Malay PAS and the overwhelmingly Chinese DAP I do not know. These are race based parties.

If indeed the people as a whole reject race-based parties as represented by the component parties of the BN, then they would reject PAS and DAP. The Malays constitute approx 15-20% of Pakatan’s support base wth the remainder made up of non-Malays, this shows that Anwar is being used as a pawn by anti-Malay forces to gain greater political influence despite the agreed social contract at the time of independence.

Without Malay unity there can never be a national unity because they comprise of the majority race/religion. Pakatan does not speak for the whole rakyat but only a section with vested interests.

taiking Says:

>> But on the other hand, umno as a matter of fact, no longer speak for the whole rakyat…

I don’t argue with this, but disproving Pakatan’s lies does not prove BN’s competence.

>> Tell us whether the minister in the country where you come from could remain in office for having wrongfully arrested and detained some law-abiding citizens?

That depends on the kind of laws that we legislate. If an act allows for detention without trial on suspicion of being a threat to society and/or security, than sure they would remain in office. But such laws are not drafted by my country; Malaysia on the other hand does, therefore there is a legal provision for it. America also does (re: guantanamo), where many innocent civilians have been held for years and then later released without charge or fanfare or compensation etc.

* One4All4One Says:

>> Please do not sow hatred and suspicion in the blog.

Calling spade a spade is not “sowing hatred”; and a suspicion is suspicion when the facts on the ground point to the other direction. You don’t seem to want to accept the reality that Pakatan is a raced based coalition party where the minorities (i.e. Chinese and Indians) have a greater representation than the Malays. This clear undeniable fact means that Pakatan is not representative of the majority race and therefore inherently poised to fail if Anwar ever manages to convince the parliament of his bluff.

>> You seem to write sensibly some time, but at other times you seem to negate and contradict yourself.

Not really, it may be that you read what you want to read; selective acceptance and rejection perhaps :^)

>> Your views about religion ( I am sorry to observe ) are obsolete and need some form of “renewal” process.

Your intolerance of other people’s religion and viewpoints smacks in the face of so-called Pakatan’s embrace of all people. Islam is not going to change simply to accommodate your ignorance of it. It is far bigger than what you make it out to be. You are an example of the “equality mirage” that Pakatan is attempting to show.

>> The world at large has move so far ahead. Those stubbornly and parochially limiting their world view and knowledge to what they were taught by similarly self-limiting narrow-minded so-called preachers, are missing something.

This assumption belongs in the annals of orientalist distortions. The fact is that no amount of theological or ideological or even inter-faith dialogue is good enough for you. I can see your hatred for Islam in your words; instead of fighting it and trying to call for it’s reinterpretations (which will never happen), maybe you should consider tolerating and accepting it, as it represents over 1/5th of world humanity.

Pakatan in short is trying to re-invent the wheel by trying to present the rakyat with an alternative. Their alternative is the other extreme of BN, something that no Muslim can accept, neither within the sphere of secularism nor

>> Not that I am claiming to know all, not in any way. But then the world is such a wider and much more beautiful place that you guys could fathom. I feel sorry for you guys.

The irony of these comment is perhaps reflected in how little travelled you are. Indeed the world is big and varied, how is it that you can not see the beauty in diversity, esp. coming from M’sia? Your balance is tilted grossly to one side and you may want to adjust it :^) Muslims not only know beauty, they are responsible for a lot of it in.

>> Religion is suppose to be liberating the human mind and widen mankind’s experience.

Not really, there is not a single religion that would accept another religion being superior to their own. Indeed we have to live together and thus need to get along, but I blame the extremist within you that seems to want to dictate what one should and should not accept. E.G a recent survey conducted in S’pore showed that the vast majority of Christians do not like inter-faith dialogue as they see it as compromising their beliefs and trying to tone down the evangelical side.

>> God manifests Himself in more ways than one.

Muslims disagree because our concept of God is unique; we base our beliefs on text and not philosophy.

>> There are so many indicators and indications of His magnanimity and greatness.

His greatness is not quite measured by the human mind but rather by His divine revelations. Islam is unlike any other faith who seem to make up their religion as they go along. We have what is called scriptural legislature whose fundamentals do not change with time and space. We also have the original sources we can turn to in events of confusion and misrepresentation and misinterpretations. Secondary and tertiary issues are dynamic enough to withstand and address emerging matters in the world, this is what we call fiqh (jurisprudence).

>> The failure or refusal to acknowledge and admit them into our consciousness will limit ones ability to understand and empathise with others around us.

I don’t know of a single Muslim who does NOT acknowledge other religions, isms and scisms. Rather I find the onus upon the Islamophobes to learn, understand and appreciate what makes a Muslim ‘tick’ in light of Islamic teachings (because we clearly have extremists amongst us as well) and empathise with him or her; especially in the global anti-Muslim climate. Also, please note that demography in Malaysia is in favour of Muslims and it is inconsistant with historical records to say that Muslims have not lived, worked and built a nation alongside non-Muslims.

>> The holier than thou and “supremacy” stance of one’s ethnicity and religion is a stand reflecting ancient times when knowledge and learning were not available.

Superiority of ethnicity is a non-starter in Islam. In his final sermon on mount Arafat, our Prophet categorically declared: “All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action.”

As for debating the supremacy of a religion, this is not quite the blog to discuss this.

>> No offence or insult intended in my comments. I respect your practice of Islam and good luck to you in this holy month of Ramadan. God bless.

Talk about contradictions hey :^)

Thank you…

StevePCH Says:

>> Malaysians of all ethnic background are fed up with the fed playing the fed race card.

I think it is more accurate to say that “Malaysians of mostly Chinese and Indian ethnic background are fed up with the gov playing the race card. The remarkable increase in the opposition Members of Parliament is said to be due to their representing the alternative to the race-based politics of the BN. How they can ignore the entirely Malay PAS and the overwhelmingly Chinese DAP I do not know. These are race based parties.

If indeed the people as a whole reject race-based parties as represented by the component parties of the BN, then they would reject PAS and DAP. Also note that the Malays constitute approx 15-20% of Pakatan’s support base wth the remainder made up of non-Malays, this shows that Anwar is being used as a pawn by anti-Malay forces to gain greater political influence despite the agreed social contract at the time of independence.

Without Malay unity there can never be a national unity because they comprise the majority race/religion. Pakatan does not speak for the whole rakyat but only a section with vested interests. If you think Anwar will be allowed to march into parliament and be allowed to form an economy-wrenching and Malay minority government, you are very much mistaken. Having the numbers does not address the fact that political power must remain in the hands of the Malay Muslims to assure social stability and national peace. Pakatan does not guarantee this.