Don’t politicise Al Kitab issue, says Pembela

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Puteri

These are some of the more objectionable quotes from this Malaysiakini story.

“The issue of the Bible (in Malay) should be resolved by way of the constitution and should not be resolved in accordance with the election timetable.”

If the Constitution had been adhered to in the first place these contoversies over the use of “Allah” and other banned terms, and the Alkitab in the Malay language would not have arisen! It is because the Constitution has been stepped on, the rights of the other religious minorities trampled that we are now facing this crisis in the country!

This gathering was not (only) specifically on the Bible, but rather to defend the sovereignty of Islam… we object to the spread of the Bible in the Malay language.

Nobody doubts that these group of people object to the use of the Malay language Bible! These people are racist, intolerant, religious bigots! They cannot see beyond their noses how their stance affects the rights of the non-Muslims in the country.  Their claim of defending the sovereignty of Islam is just a cover for their Ketuanan Melayu attitudes!

It looks like there is a tendency for certain groups to make excessive demands to what is not rightfully a religious right.

Is it excessive to ask that the freedom to practise one’s religion (as enshrined in the Constitution) in any language of one’s choice not be trampled upon?  What is not a religious right?  Are they telling Christians that they know better what the rights of Christians should be?

Pembela believes that beneath these issues are hidden missions to expose the Muslim community in Malaysia to apostasy, or at the very least inoculation of religious pluralism, secularism and extreme-liberalism, which can erode the integrity of the identity of Muslims.

I can only presume from that line that what Pembela wants is a Malaysia that is like Mecca. No non-Muslim is allowed in Mecca.  No other religion is allowed in Mecca.

In other words, they would prefer a religious apartheid in Malaysia where non-Muslims should be segregated so the sensibilities of the Muslims, and the integrity of Islam  not be offended.

There. I said it.  Prove me otherwise!

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Teachers told to mark ‘X’ next to BN

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Puteri

Education Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has issued a ‘gentle reminder’ to teachers in Sarawak to support BN in the state election.

“I urge all to help BN to win big in Sarawak. Just mark ‘X’ next to BN (on the ballot paper),” he said today.

“After this (the opposition) will say that we are campaigning through teachers, but this is just a gentle reminder, but an important reminder.”

Muhyiddin, also the deputy premier and deputy BN head, was addressing about 400 teachers at a ‘self-improvement’ meet for educators in Sibu this afternoon.

Criticising the opposition’s election battle cry ‘change’, Muhyiddin said the developmental plans might be hampered if there is change.

“(The plans will) be obstructed if there are disturbances or change. The opposition has said ‘change’ but why (do you) want to change (and) stop all the policies on which we have decided?

“If just by looking at it politically – without the big picture and only with emotion – ‘change’ the opposition way may not be good.

“It will be like tikus baiki labu (literally, like mice repairing the gourd, which means to worsen a situation). They say they want to fix things but they will just make things worse,” he said.

Muhyiddin said the BN policies have been tried and tested, formulated by “not one or two ministers, but by consensus, with many opinions taken into consideration”.

He added: “Some may say that Sarawak is poor or not developed enough. But Malaysia, on the whole, has reached an elite level in the global arena, and to ensure that our policies can continue without stopping, our programmes need time.

“Overhauling the economy cannot be implemented in just a short time. If you think that our programmes are beneficial, like the 131 entry-point projects already announced, then they should not be obstructed by ‘change’.”

Quoted from Malaysiakini

If teachers need to be told where to put the ‘X’ in the voting booth, then they don’t deserve to be teachers!  I thought teachers can think for themselves.  I thought teachers are educated, and that is why we trust them to teach our children!

If teachers act like sheep and do as they are told, then I can only say that they are a disgrace to the teaching profession!

Governments come, and governments go. But those working for the civil service continue to serve the people no matter what political party is in charge of the government.

Or so we think.  Except that in Malaysia, once certain people are in power, they can stay in power for 30 years, and act as if they are the the rulers instead of elected representatives supposed to be looking out for the welfare of the people that put them in office!

No, instead they threaten, they bribe, they imprison those who dare to go against them or question their conduct while in government.  Instead they lie and punt, and talk big about the “development” they have done for the people.  Yeah, right!

Enough already!  Sarawakians vote your conscience, and vote the current corrupt politicians out of office!  Do what is right for the state, and the future of our children!

Enough already with these lying BN politicians!

 

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Mobile Services, Radio Free Sarawak frequencies jammed

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Puteri

Radio Free Sarawak is being jammed. Further information is coming to us that all mobile phone networks are today also being disrupted in Sarawak.

It has proved impossible to reach people in the distant and isolated State who are facing a barrage of pressure and intimidation in the run up to the election, led by the Malaysian Prime Minister himself, who has flown over to take charge of the campaing from the deeply unpopular and beleaguered Abdul Taib Mahmud.

Huge crowds have gathered for the opposition in towns across Sarawak, however in the country side milions is now being distributed to voters by desperate BN workers who have been drawing great sacks of cash from the bank.  Communities who have been deprived of their lands in recent years for plantation projects have been told they will be handed it all back, but only if they vote BN.

If the last election of 2006 is anything to go by, many areas of Sarawak can also expect an electricity black out in the final hours of polling tomorrow as the ballot boxes are collected and counted and BN moves to strong arm a ‘victory’ in the election.  The BN coalition has remained in power for 50 uninterrupted years by such means and they clearly intend to continue.

Radio Free Sarawak, Sarawak Report and the many other internet news providers who have been under continual attack over the past week will continue to attempt to monitor the elections and bring information to the people of Sarawak.

Full Malaysia Chronicle story here.

This is truly despicable! Despicable acts of desperate, corrupt people who want to hang on to their power!

I am so spitting mad at this immoral, unethical, strong-arm tactics against the people of Sarawak!  I was dismayed to see that the Radio Free Sarawak site was not available yesterday. I immediately knew that the site had experienced a DDOS attack.  But fortunately I was still able to listen to Friday’s broadcast via the cached copy.

The only way Sarawakians can save themselves from this evil, greedy, corrupt people, is to vote them out of office!  Go out and vote in full force today!  Show these corrupt people the door!  Do not be intimidated by their hired goons!

Vote to save Sarawak!

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Go ahead, Muslim NGOs, protest!

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Puteri

KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 – Muslim groups will protest tomorrow against Putrajaya’s release of Malay-language bibles, after Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak promised yesterday that his administration would never again impound bibles.

The Muslim Organisations in Defence of Islam (Pembela)’s protest here would occur a day before Sarawak, where half of its population is made up of Christians, goes to polls.

“We are organising the assembly to express our opinions and the voices of Muslim groups who represent the Muslim community to defend the sanctity of Islam as the country’s official religion,” Pembela spokesman Dr Yusri Mohamad told The Malaysian Insider today.

“The assembly is to protest the government’s action in allowing Bahasa Malaysia bibles, including the usage of the word ‘Allah’,” he added.

Yusri said Pembela also opposed the Najib administration’s decision to release 35,100 copies of the Alkitab that the Home Ministry had impounded at the Port Klang and Kuching ports.

“We see there are efforts and an inclination to dispute the position of Islam, so what we are doing is just to express our protest,” said Yusri.

“We want to defend the position of Islam in the country so that it is not disputed,” he added.

Pembela, a coalition of 20 Muslim bodies, will organise the protest after Friday prayers at the National Mosque tomorrow, said Yusri.

Full Malaysian Insider Story here.

I fully encourage the Muslim NGOs to protest on Friday, a day before the Sarawak state general elections.

I want the CHRISTIANS in Sarawak to see how their right to worship in any language of their choice in this country is being challenged in the name of protecting the sanctity of Islam. I want the PEOPLE of Sarawak to see and be reminded of how extreme the Muslim and Ketuanan Melayu groups in Malaysia are.

To these extremists, THEY are the ones the government should listen to.  THEIR demands are the only ones that should be accommodated.  The other religious and racial groups be damned!

The Christian leaders who met with the Prime Minister the day before may have been satisfied with their meeting, but I am happy with their iteration that they remain non-partisan. That can only mean that they won’t be telling their flock who to vote for, nor is it their duty to promote the government’s agenda.

Sarawak, this is your time to exert your power and take back your state.  It is time for the thieves and the plunderers of the state’s resources to go.  Show Putra Jaya what you are made of!

 

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Najib’s desperate meeting with Sarawak Christian leaders

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Puteri

KUCHING, April 12 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak is scheduled to meet Sarawak church leaders here tomorrow in what is believed to be the prime minister’s attempt to pacify the Christian community ahead of polling day this Saturday.

Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud confirmed this with reporters this afternoon after he sat with representatives of the Association of Churches Sarawak (ACS) to discuss the ongoing Alkitab row.

“The PM will meet with them tomorrow so you can ask him your questions,” said Taib when approached after the meeting held at Pullman Hotel here.

ACS chairman Right Reverend Datuk Bolly Lapok later told reporters that the meeting is scheduled to take place at 3.30pm tomorrow at the Hilton Hotel here.

Asked what issues would be raised, Bolly shrugged and said he was not aware of the purpose for the meeting.

“I do not know what will be discussed but he invited us to come and we will be there,” he said.

The prime minister has taken over the reins of Barisan Nasional’s campaign in Sarawak as speculation is rife that Pakatan Rakyat is fast catching up to the ruling pact in its race towards polling day.

Full Malaysian Insider story here.

That’s a sure sign of desperation, Najib coming all the way from Putra Jaya, to take charge of the BN campaign in Sarawak.

So desperate that he has to arrange to meet with the Sarawak Christian leaders in hopes of winning back their trust.  Well, the Christian leaders can play the same game as the BN.  Nod your head and pretend to agree that their 10-point solution has totally resolved the Alkitab issue, and nod your head again that the issue of the term “Allah” is also already resolved.

Then when you leave that meeting place, go and tell your flock not to put their trust in the words of any man who can twist and turn in the wind to gain political advantage!

Shame on you Najib for practising Taqqiya on the Christians in Sarawak!  The laws banning Christians from using “Allah”, “Firman Allah” etc are still in place.  If Najib is sincere in winning the hearts of Christians, then he should first withdraw the government’s appeal against the Catholic church, and drop the laws that specifically discriminate against Christians whether they be in the Peninsular or in Sabah and Sarawak!

Otherwise, this desire to meet with Christian leaders in Sarawak is meaningless. Just sandiwara of a desperate political leader trying to help another corrupt political leader to hang on to power.

Enough already!

Readings:
Using ‘Allah’ is restricted under state law — Hafiz Hassan
Malaysia Says It will Appeal ‘Allah’ Ruling

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Najib thanks Sarawak gov’t for working closely with federal gov’t

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Puteri

KUCHING, April 12 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak poured praise on the Taib administration last night, in the face of growing public hatred against the country’s longest-serving chief minister and his government.

Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud had earlier said he would stay only step down “in a few years’ time” despite calls from the opposition to quit immediately on charges of running Malaysia’s largest state like a personal fiefdom.

The prime minister, who had said there was already a plan for Taib to hand over power, piled criticism upon Pakatan Rakyat (PR) parties, claiming that the opposition pact was fractured and unable keep its own house in order.

“We have seen how Sarawak has developed so quickly. I thank the government of Sarawak led by Taib for working so closely with the federal government to develop Sarawak.

“Insyaallah, we will do our best for the future of Sarawakians,” Najib told a crowd of more than a thousand people at the 1 Malaysia concert here.

Full Malaysian Insider story here.

Talk about being tone deaf!

Instead of massaging Taib Mahmud’s huge ego, Najib should be calling for this corrupt man and thief to step down. And fast!

Unless you are in the back pockets of Taib Mahmud and getting some kind of reward from being his lap dog, no one thinks Taib Mahmud is good for the state any more.  How can this corrupt man continue to head the state government despite his blatant pillaging of the state’s resources?   He should be in jail, instead of being allowed to continue with the most powerful position in the state!

Of course one should not expect Taib Mahmud to voluntarily step down any time soon. He has a young wife to impress.  He cannot be seen to lose power so soon after she arrived on the scene! She would be likely to split and get whatever she could before there is nothing left to collect for her effort in that marriage!

You have to wonder how anyone like Taib Mahmud can remain in power and act as if the state resources are his own personal treasure.  Does Taib have the goods on the equally corrupt leaders in Putra Jaya? Is this a case of “I scratch your back, you scratch mine?”

For sure, Sarawak and Sabah were the the key to keeping the BN in power in the last general elections.  Who knows if that is how Taib is able to tell Najib to bug off when it comes for him (Taib) to step down?  For without Taib having delivered the state BN in the last general elections, Najib would not be the Prime Minister today.  Now that is one hell of a pay back for Taib!

How many times have Sarawakians heard promises of a better life and greater development from Taib Mahmud and the federal government?  The only successful development, by any measure of success, is how Taib, his family and cronies have managed to amass wealth beyond the ordinary Sarawakian’s wildest dream!

Again I say, make history on April 16 Sarawak and kick this thief and his cronies out!  Enough already!

 

 

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Perkasa warns Christians not to test patience of Malays

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Puteri

KUALA LUMPUR, April 10 — Christians should be wary of making unreasonable demands such as asking that bibles be printed in Bahasa Malaysia, Perkasa chief Datuk Ibrahim Ali said today.

The Malay rights group president said that Malays have been patient for “far too long” and have allowed non-Malays to make excessive demands.

“How many Malays are Christian? Why do you have to have bibles in Bahasa? Why not use bahasa Iban, or Kadazan?

“This is a problem of national security … we (Malays) have been far too giving, I want to remind them to not be excessive in their demands,” said Ibrahim.

“They are not the majority of the country,” he stressed.

The Pasir Mas MP said that the reason why the Christian community were making demands now was because Sarawak elections were underway.

“They are taking advantage of the elections, they raise these things and we cannot object … they are trying to exploit sensitive issues,” added Ibrahim.

“We have not brought up the issue of our rights,” he said.

Full Malaysian Insider story here.

Buggers like Ibrahim Ali are what is wrong with Malaysia. You want to talk about religious tolerance and racial harmony?  Forget it when loud-mouths racists and religious bigots like Ibrahim Ali, has a platform and can spout his Ketuanan Melayu rhetoric!

Why is there even a group promoting Malay rights?  Don’t they already have all the rights? Don’t they already have government policies etched in stone to help promote them in every aspect of life in Malaysia?  And to hear him complain, “We have not brought up the issue of our rights,” is beyond ridiculous!  This guy really has a serious case of projection!

Who exactly are being discriminated with regards to religious freedom?  The Muslims? The Malays?

You want us to be educated in Malay?  You want us to speak and write Malay? But now you object to us using Malay in our worship?  What the hell?!  Use your kepala otak, oii!

How many Malays are Christians, you ask?  There would be many, many more Malays who would be Christians if people like you would only allow them to become Christians! If people like you would not hound and persecute them wherever you can find them.  You better believe that there are many secret Malay Christians in the country!

It does the country no good when people like Ibrahim Ali, a member of Parliament, is allowed to go on and on about Malay Muslim rights and how every body else should just shut up and put up and suck up whatever crumbs they have thrown the way of the non-Muslim and non-Malay.

Sarawak should better take note that nobody the likes of Ibrahim Ali, ever gets elected to Parliament!

 

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