Showing posts with label Ibrahim Ali. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ibrahim Ali. Show all posts

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Friday, March 13, 2015

‘Malay first’ policy has created a greedy, intolerant race

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PETALING JAYA: Former law minister Zaid Ibrahim has said that the government’s “Malay first” policy has backfired, creating a race that is more greedy, intolerant and abusive of others. He traced racial discrimination back to the NEP (New Economic Policy) that came about after the racial riots of May 1969, and noted that it was something “rooted in good intentions” but which “morphed into entitlements for the Malays”. Describing racial and religious discrimination as “repulsive to the human conscience”, Zaid also said it had adversely affected our national unity and prosperity. “All we can honestly say we have succeeded in doing is that we have created a small tier of the very wealthy and a large pool of under class,” Zaid wrote in his latest blog entry, adding that preferential policies had also created lopsided development and done nothing to change the values by which Malays lived. “They are now more greedy than ever before; getting as much as they can from the benefits of this policy, even at the expense of other Malays. “They are now more intolerant and abusive of others, behaving like those racial supremacists in other countries. They no longer behave like the gentlemen Malays of the past,” he said. He noted that good governance could only come about if discriminatory policies were abolished. “If we want the Malays and the Bumiputeras to succeed, discrimination must be taken out altogether. “The current Malay first policy only produces weak, mediocre and corrupt leaders at all levels,” he said, adding that with more fair-minded policies, our civil service would be more capable and Malay academicians with “better credentials and reputations” would emerge, sparing the public from the likes of Ridhuan Tee. “We have lost out on all these because we wanted so badly for Malays first, regardless of quality and ability, to run the country. This is stupidity that I have not seen anywhere else in the world,” he said. Offering a solution, Zaid suggested legislating racial discrimination and punish those who spout racial hatred. “It’s easier for the country to fight extremism and all prejudices, in all its forms, if the Government and the institutions are themselves not racial in outlook (and) willing to abandon the Malay first policy.”

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White House responds to Anwar petition - Nation | The Star Online

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PETALING JAYA: The White House on Friday issued an official response to a petition calling for the release of jailed Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, after it amassed a total of 113,806 signatures. "The United States is deeply disappointed with Mr Anwar's conviction following a government appeal of the original verdict finding him not guilty," "At the same time, we have and will continue to urge the government to apply the rule of law fairly, transparently, and apolitically in order to promote confidence in Malaysia's democracy, judiciary, and economy,"

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Thursday, January 29, 2015

Friday, January 23, 2015

I didn’t get my facts wrong on Ibrahim Ali, reporter tells libel hearing - The Malaysian Insider

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Thursday, January 22, 2015

Looks and sounds like me, but not me, says Ibrahim Ali over racist video - The Malaysian Insider

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Perkasa chief Datuk Ibrahim Ali disagreed that he had uttered racist remarks against the Indian and Chinese communities after a video showing him making a racist speech was played in court. “It looks like me, it sounds like me... but the movement of the mouth isn’t consistent with what the image was saying... so it might not be me.

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Thursday, January 8, 2015

Where were they during the floods? – Tay Tian Yan - The Malaysian Insider

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I flipped through all the news over the past two weeks and simply could not get anything about Perkasa's Ibrahim Ali, while the last piece of news about Isma was its call to Muslims not to say "Merry Christmas". www.themalaysianinsider.com/sideviews/article/where-were-they-during-the-floods-tay-tian-yan

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Sunday, December 21, 2014

The confused theologies of Isma and Perkasa – Farouk A. Peru - The Malaysian Insider

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It is perhaps one of the greatest mysteries of our time that the rhetoricians of Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma) and Perkasa could deliver their hate speeches with straight faces.

It is bad enough that they are proponents of Islamofascism, preaching a form of Islam totally at odds with the spirit and letter of the Quran, but on top of that, they have added their heinous brand of racism as well. This makes their ideologies particularly noxious.

The open letter by the 25 Prominent Malays (or "G25" as they are now called) had prompted indignant responses by Perkasa and Isma. Perkasa's Ibrahim Ali unabashedly declared himself a "hero of the Malay people" and Isma declared that "moderation is a sin". Indeed, desperate times call for desperate measures. Notwithstanding all their bluster in allegedly defending the honour of Islam and the dignity of the Malays, Isma and Perkasa have contravened one of the most fundamental tenets of islam – that of racial equality. While their Islamofascist views (such as Ibrahim calling for the burning of Bahasa Malaysia Bibles which have the word "Allah" and Abdullah Zaik denouncing "moderation") are already nauseating to any decent human being, they have unashamedly added to that their assertion of rights as indigenes of our nation.

This is a combination of ideologies to which neither the so-called Islamic State nor even the Talibans ascribe. That is how low Isma and Perkasa have sunk. On the contrary, the Quran preaches the concept of the single ummah. It tells us that the essence of humankind is one ummah (2/213) . This is indeed very intriguing becase the word "ummah" is usually used to describe the collective of the Muslim cultural tribe. The Quran, however, goes beyond cultural affiliation and sees the entire humanity as one nation (ummatan wahida).

Therefore, even religious segmentation (between Muslims and others, for example) isn't Quranic, let alone the racial segmentation preached by Isma and Perkasa. Worse stil, Isma and Perkasa sees the Malay-Islamic race as some kind of privileged race whose entitlement goes even beyond historical considerations.

Take the proprietorship of the word "Allah". This is something of a passionate issue for Isma and Perkasa, yet historically speaking, it is the Muslims who appropriated this term from pagan and Christian Arabs. Even the Quran acknowledges pagan Arabs were using the term already (23/87). It even tells us what Christians say (5/72), yet does not chastise them for using the term but rather correcting them on the concept itself.

So, where do Isma and Perkasa get their moral right to exclusively use or own the term? Finally, we see Isma and Perkasa constantly deriding what they consider to be negative ideologies in the world of Islam. These include liberalism, pluralism, feminism, rights of gender and sexual minorities etc.

The question to ask them would be if they find that their own approach to Islam is actually concordant with the Quran itself. After all, the Quran gives complete freedom to believe and even chides Muhammad for thinking he can force people to do so (10/99-100). It also has no problem giving people the right to think of themselves and discovering their own paths (8/22 and 29/69). It does not confine women to any specific social roles and even names a female leader as one who accepts the philosophy of peace (27/44). No, the Quran is completely supportive of the ideas which Perkasa and Isma despise yet firmly tells us that human beings were created of a single pair and that the most honoured in the sight of Allah is the most God-conscious (49/13).

It would be very amusing if it was not so obviously ridiculous – in this aspect of Islam, Isma and Perkasa completely reject Prophet Muhammad. Malay politics has now reached a particularly low ebb with the rise of Islamofascism. As if this isn't bad enough, we have the confused theologies of Isma and Perkasa as well. Happily, there are now voices in support of the G25. Thousands of Malays have woken up to these pantomime villains who have no business speaking for us. We need to keep the momentum going so we may shake off these malaises and contribute to the progress of the nation.

– December 20, 2014.

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Monday, December 15, 2014

Monday, November 24, 2014

Malaysia Timeline Choronological Timetable of Event (700s - 2014) - worldatlas.com

700s - 1700s
  • (700 - 1100) Most of the Malay peninsula was under the Buddhist Srivijaya empire, based near Palembang
  • (1400s) Prince Parameswara founded Malacca
  • (1409) Admiral Cheng Ho of China arrived in Malacca
  • (1511) Portuguese captured Malacca, the center of the East Indian spice trade
  • (1641) Dutch and their allies took over Malacca, built A Famosa fortress
  • (1786) British Captain Francis Light founded Penang, built Fort Cornwallis

1800s
  • (1819) British occupied Singapore
  • (1824) United Kingdom and Netherlands signed Anglo-Dutch Treaty regarding trade rights in Spice Islands, Dutch ceded Malacca to British, kept Riau
  • (1826) Settlements of Malacca, Penang and Singapore combined and formed Colony of Straits Settlement, gave the British more influence over the Malay sultanates
  • (1831) Naning War, in opposition to British taxation policies, was led by Malay leader, Dol Said
  • (1840s) Chinese tin miners moved to western coast of Malaysia
  • (1841) Kingdom of Sarawak (now a state of Malaysia)founded by Sir James Brooke
  • (1860s) Tin prospectors founded city of Kuala Lumpur - (Yap Ah Loi - added by Justice In Malaysia)
  • (1867) Straits Settlement established four individual settlements: Malacca, Dinding, Penang and Singapore into one British Crown colony
  • (1861-1874) Larut War was a series of four wars fought among Chinese secret societies and local Malays over mining areas in Perak
  • (1874) British and Sultan of Perak signed Pangkor Treaty, legitimized British control in Malaya
  • (1895) Selangor, Perak, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang joined together to become Federated Malay States
  • (1896) Disputes between locals and British North Borneo Company in North Borneo (now state of Sabah) led to Mat Salleh Rebellion

1900s
  • (1902) Thailand annexed three provinces, Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat
  • (1909) Thailand, United Kingdom signed Anglo-Siamese Treaty, dissected northern Malay states
  • (1914) In Battle of Penang, Germans sank two Allied warships in Strait of Malacca
  • (1941) Japanese forces landed in Thailand, started advancement toward Malay Peninsula, Singapore and Burma
  • (1941-1942) Malayan Campaign was fought between Allied and Japanese forces in Malaya, Allies were defeated, over 9,600 killed
  • (1941-1945) Japanese occupied British Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak, over 100,000 people killed
  • (1942) Parit Sulong Massacre: Imperial Japanese Army took nearly 300 Allied troops as prisoners, many were killed
  • (1945) Japanese surrendered; British returned, established military presence in Strait Settlements
  • (1946) Straits Settlements dissolved, replaced by the Malayan Union, which along with Malay Peninsula, was unified under a single government
  • 1900s continued
  • (1948) Malayan Union disbanded, formed Federation of Malaya
  • (1948) British declared state of emergency in Malaya due to destruction of rubber plantations and tin mines by Communists
  • (1957) Malaya gained independence from Britain, established itself as a constitutional monarchy, the Federation of Malaya; Tunku Abdul Rahman became prime minister
  • (1963) Sabah, Singapore, Sarawak joined Federation of Malaya, now Federation of Malaysia
  • (1965) Separation agreement signed by Malaysia and Singapore
  • (1965) Malaysian Parliament voted to expelSingapore from the Federation
  • (1965) Malaysia was seated on UN Security Council,Indonesia refused to recognize Malaysia, withdrew from the United Nations and waged guerrilla war against them
  • (1966) Malaysia and Indonesia reached peace agreement; Indonesia rejoined UN
  • (1967) Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was established with Malaysia as one of the five founding members
  • (1968-1989) The Communist Insurgency War was conducted by Malayan Communist Party against the Malaysian armed forces
  • (1969) Riots between Malays and Chinese occurred in Kuala Lumpur causing state of emergency and curfew to be established
  • (1970) Prime Minister Rahman resigned, Tun Abdul Razak became prime minster
  • (1971) New Economic Policy introduced which offered affirmative action for Malays
  • (1975) Vietnamese fleeing from the war, began arriving in Malaysia
  • (1976) Prime Minister Razak died, Tun Hussein Onn appointed prime minister
  • (1977) Chief minister expelled from Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), triggered unrest, national emergency declared, PAS expelled from the coalition
  • (1981) Prime Minister Onn stepped down, Mahathir Mohamad appointed prime minister

  • (1989) Local communist insurgents and government signed peace accord
  • (1990) Sarawak insurgents and government signed peace accord
  • (1993) Parliament passed amendments to Constitution, royals were stripped of legal immunity
  • (1997) Asian financial crisis caused recession
  • (1997) Virus in village of Nipah killed 105 people, most involved in hog-farming industry, 1.2 million hogs were destroyed
  • (1998) Prime Minister Mohamad fired his deputy, Anwar Ibrahim, over charges of sexual misconduct, differences in economic policies
  • (1999) Azizah Ismail, wife of Anwar Ibrahim, formed People's Justice Party (PKR), called on opposition to help topple Prime Minister Mohamad
  • (1999) Anwar Ibrahim found guilty of corruption, sentenced to six years in prison
  • (1999) Over 10,000 people protested against Prime Minister Mohamad in Kuala Lumpur on the one-year anniversary of the arrest of Anwar Ibrahim; police responded with tear gas and water cannons
  • (1999) Prime Minister Mohamad dissolved parliament, called for early elections
  • (1999) King Salahuddin Abdul Aziz assumed the throne as the 11th king since independence in 1957


2000s
  • (2000) Anwar Ibrahim sentenced to nine additional years in prison after being found guilty of sodomy
  • (2000) Prime Minister Mohamad reelected
  • (2001) Despite environmental concerns, government proceeded constructing Bakun hydroelectric power project on Borneo
  • (2001) Ethnic clashes between Malays and ethnic Indians resulted in dozens of arrests
  • (2001) Singapore and Malaysia resolved disputes regarding water supplies and air space; agreed to build new tunnel and bridge
  • (2002) New laws enacted providing for whipping and prison terms for illegal immigrants
  • (2002) Thousands of illegal immigrants fled
  • (2003) Prime Minister Mohamad stepped down after serving 22 years, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi took over as prime minister
  • (2004) Prime Minister Badawi won landslide victory in general election
  • (2004) Anwar Ibrahim released from prison after court overturned sodomy conviction
  • (2004) Many deaths in Malaysia occurred from theAsian tsunami
  • (2005) Singapore and Malaysia settled land reclamation dispute regarding work in border waters
  • (2005) Plans to hire 169,000 foreign workers to overcome labor shortage was announced
  • (2005) Smoke from forest fires in Indonesiacovered much of central Malaysia, caused state of emergency declaration
  • (2006) Muslims demonstrated against cartoons of Prophet Muhammad that appeared in newspapers inDenmark and other European countries
  • (2006) Flooding from heavy monsoon rains displaced over 90,000 people, 94 killed
  • (2006) Malaysia's murder rate increased 22%
  • (2007) Second wave of floods forced evacuation of over 70,000
  • (2007) Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalamsigned agreement to protect 200,000 square km(124,274 square miles) of rainforest on Borneo
  • (2007) Tens of thousands of protesters defied government ban on street protests in Kuala Lumpur to call for clean and fair elections, police arrested 245, used tear gas and water cannons to disperse crowds
  • (2007) Thousands of ethnic Indians demanding economic equality clashed with police at a rally in downtown Kuala Lumpur
  • (2007) Anwar Ibrahim lost election in attempt to revive his political career
  • (2008) Government dissolved Parliament, set new elections
  • (2008) Ruling coalition, the National Front, lost its parliament majority and control of five of the 13 state assemblies
  • (2008) Prime Minister Badawi sworn in for a new five-year term, despite calls for his resignation
  • (2008) Street demonstrations followed government's decision to raise gasoline prices by 41%
  • (2008) One of the coalition parties called for a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Badawi
  • (2008) New sodomy charges issued against Anwar Ibrahim; during rally, he vowed to seize power from corrupt government
  • (2008) Parliament locked down by police to prevent Ibrahim and supporters from attending key debate
  • (2008) Anwar Ibrahim won landslide victory to return to Parliament
  • (2009) Recruitment of foreign workers was banned in effort to protect citizens from unemployment
  • (2009) 15 members of ruling party found guilty in anti-corruption probe
  • (2009) Prime Minister Badawi resigned, replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak
  • (2009) Anwar Ibrahim's new sodomy trial began
  • (2009) $16 billion stimulus plan was introduced to try to hold off a deep recession
  • (2009) 10,000 copies of the Bible were seized in Sarawak as they contained the world "Allah", a translation banned in Malaysia
  • (2010) A court decision to allow non-Muslims to use Allah to refer to God sparked religious tensions, churches were attacked with firebombs
  • (2010) Three Muslim women were caned for having extramarital sex - first women in the country to receive the punishment under Islamic laws
  • (2010) Islamic Shariah courts appoint first female judges
  • (2010) Anwar Ibrahim, three allies, suspended from parliament for six months
  • (2011) More than 20,000 demonstrators gathered in Kuala Lumpur demanding electoral reforms, police fired tear gas and used water cannons to disperse the crowds, detained over 1,600
  • (2011) Parliament enacted ban on street protests
  • (2011) Landslides caused by heavy rains buried orphanage, 16 killed, many injured
  • (2012) Anwar Ibrahim acquitted of sodomy charges
  • (2012) Police used tear gas, chemical-laced water at over 80,000 demonstrators demanding fair rules for national elections in Kuala Lumpur
  • (2012) Minimum wage was introduced to help increase incomes amid rising living costs
  • (2012) Customs officials made a $18.4 million drug bust of nearly three million party drug pills
  • (2013) Members of a Muslim royal clan from southern Philippines arrived in Lahad Datu, Sabah state, claimed the territory as their own, cited ownership papers from the 1800s
  • (2013) 14 people were killed in a shootout as authorities and 200 members of a Filipino clan occupying a village in Sabah state, tried to end a three-week standoff
  • (2013) Prime Minister Razak dissolved Parliament and called for general elections
  • (2013) Prime Minister Razak's National Front Coalition won election over Anwar Ibrahim's alliance
  • (2013) Appeal court ruled non-Muslims could not use the word Allah to refer to God, reversed the 2009 lower court ruling
  • (2013) Increased police presence followed reports of unacceptably high crime rates
  • (2014) Appeals court sentences Anwar Ibrahim to five years in prison on sodomy charges
  • (2014) Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared, teams from around the world involved in search


Friday, October 10, 2014

Pemerintahan kukubesi adalah caranya bagi Malaysia?

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Okt 09 2014

SEKILAS PANDANG: Rakyat Malaysia yang cintakan keamanan sedang tertanya-tanya bila agaknya Barisan Nasional (BN) yang diterajui UMNO akan menghentikan golongan fanatik agama dan kaum anti-negara, dan mula mentadbir kesejahteraan ekonomi dan kewangan negara.

Walaupun kerajaan sedang berhati-hati dengan kesan-kesan ekstremisme, ia bertindak sebaliknya apabila berurusan dengan pelampau kaum dan agama dalam negara.

Pada hari Selasa lalu (7 Oktober) di Parlimen, Timbalan Menteri Luar Datuk Hamzah Zainuddin berkata pendirian Malaysia mengenai perkara itu di Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu adalah jelas, dan mengutuk segala bentuk keganasan termasuk kumpulan militan Negara Islam (IS).

Jelas sekali, keperluan untuk mengulangi pendirian Malaysia terhadap IS berpunca daripada tanggapan dunia bahawa Malaysia adalah sebuah syurga bagi kegiatan pengganas, seperti yang diunjurkan oleh laporan-laporan media tempatan dan asing.

Tetapi adakah urusan masih dijalankan seperti biasa bagi pelampau-pelampau seperti Perkasa dan Isma?

The Malaysian Insider melaporkan presiden Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma), Abdullah Zaik Abd Rahman sebagai mendakwa bahawa pemansuhan undang-undang tertentu juga boleh membawa kepada kejatuhan kerajaan. dan digantikan dengan kerajaan yang menyokong golongan kapitalis.

Isma menyatakan di laman webnya pada 7 Oktober bahawa pemansuhan undang-undang seperti Akta Hasutan "dalam bentuk pakej" akan membawa kepada liberalisme dan mendedahkan negara kepada campur tangan asing, membolehkan kapitalis Yahudi dan Kristian menentukan dan membentuk dasar-dasar negara.

Wah! Begitu mudah sekali warga asing menakluk Malaysia? Sekali lagi, Isma suka mengkambinghitamkan orang-orang Yahudi dan Kristian. Tindakan hasutan?

Sudah tentu Abdullah Zaik mungkin betul, kerana hanya golongan otak udang sepertinya yang boleh berkata apa-apa yang dimahukannya, tidak kira berapa sensitif dan menjengkelkan, di Malaysia Darul Boleh.

Kita tertanya-tanya berapa ramai orang-orang Yahudi dan Kristian yang ada di Malaysia akan menyokong orang asing untuk menggulingkan majoriti orang Melayu di Malaysia, seperti amaran oleh Abdullah Zaik.

Ini pastinya tidak ada dalam fikiran rakyat Malaysia aman yang cintakan negara dan mahukan negara mereka makmur dan harmoni, tidak seperti tingkah laku anti-perpaduan negara golongan fanatik bangsa dan agama ini.

Abdullah Zaik berkata, Akta Hasutan merupakan undang-undang buatan manusia, yang tidak berdasarkan kepada Islam, jadi ia boleh dikaji semula dari semasa ke semasa, digubah atau dimansuhkan.

“…dalam konteks perbincangan ini, adakah baik akta ini dihapuskan atau sebaliknya??" ajunya.

Abdullah Zaik berkata pemansuhannya akan membolehkan pihak-pihak tertentu untuk membahaskan isu-isu teras yang tidak boleh dicabar seperti kedudukan agama Islam, kedaulatan raja-raja Melayu, hak istimewa orang Melayu dan Bumiputera, dan perkara-perkara mengenai bahasa Melayu.

"…semua itu boleh dibahas, dimansuh, diperdebatkan, dicadangkan, dimansuhkan dan sebagainya, Jadi ia memberi implikasi yang berat dan besar berkaitan kontrak sosial dan struktur masa depan negara," katanya.

Pemansuhan Akta Hasutan, kata beliau, perlu dilihat dalam bentuk "pakej" kerana ia hadir berikutan pemansuhan ISA dan Ordinan Darurat, seruan memansuhkan Akta Perhimpunan Aman 2012, serta seruan untuk adanya kebebasan akhbar.      

"Jika berlaku penghapusan semua undang-undang ini secara pakej dalam negara kita, maknanya kita akan melihat satu bentuk liberalisasi yang begitu luas tanpa sempadan dan akhirnya di samping masalah yang saya sebutkan tadi, (membenarkan pertikaian perkara asas dalam perlembagaan), ia juga boleh mendedahkan negara kepada campur tangan luar di mana golongan kapitalis Yahudi dan Kristian boleh menentukan dan mempengaruhi dasar-dasar negara dan menentukan polisi negara mengikut kehendak mereka, mereka juga boleh menjatuhkan kerajaan, dan menaikkan kerajaan yang memihak kepada mereka,” tambah Abdullah Zaik.

Beliau memberi amaran bahawa keharmonian akan terancam tanpa undang-undang ini, dan mendedahkan negara kepada masalah yang lebih besar.

"Apalagi kalau kita lihat pada demografi struktur polarisasi kaum dan sebagainya, yang begitu kritikal dalam masyarakat kita sekarang. Ia membenarkan pertembungan antara pihak-pihak yang berkepentingan..." jelasnya.

Abdullah Zaik berkata isu sebenar di sini adalah penyalahgunaan undang-undang, penyalahgunaan kuasa oleh pihak-pihak yang mempunyai kepentingan politik atau apa yang sering dipanggil "pendakwaan terpilih" sejak kebelakangan ini.

Beliau berkata, dalam isu penyalahgunaan kuasa, penguatkuasaan perlu dikawal, dan bukannya dengan memansuhkan undang-undang untuk menyelesaikan masalah.

“Undang-undang yang baik jika dikendalikan oleh orang yang jahat, boleh menjadi tidak baik, tetapi jika undang-undang yang tidak baik, jika dikendalikan oleh orang yang baik, boleh membawa kepada kebaikan.

"Isunya, baik buruk itu terletak kepada kesolehan seseorang pelaksana kepada undang-undang dan bukan kepada undang-undang tu sendiri.

Abdullah Zaik berkata Isma bersetuju dengan sesetengah pihak yang mencadangkan Akta diperbaiki dengan peruntukan yang menegakkan kedaulatan dan kedudukan Islam di dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan.

"Kalaupun ada usaha untuk mengubah atau membaikinya, hendaklah menjurus ke arah tidak berlakunya salah guna kuasa, dakwaan terpilih dan tindakan-tindakan yang bercanggah dengan undang-undang Islam dan syariat, bercanggah dengan undang-undang  yang sedia ada itu sendiri.

"Itulah yang kita rasa perlu lakukan dan relevan untuk dianjurkan," tambahnya.

Seruan untuk memansuhkan Akta Hasutan telah dipergiatkan sejak beberapa bulan lalu selepas beberapa pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat seperti ketua Pembangkang, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim dan naib pengerusi DAP Teresa Kok, dan aktivis-aktivis telah disiasat dan didakwa satu demi satu di bawah Akta itu.

Abdullah Zaik juga menghadapi tuduhan hasutan kerana didakwa menyifatkan masyarakat Cina sebagai "penceroboh yang dibawa oleh kerajaan British" pada 6 Mei.

Jadi, adakah Abdullah Zaik dan golongan sepertinya menyokong pemerintahan kukubesi BN?

http://bm.theantdaily.com/Terkini/Pemerintahan%20kukubesi%20adalah%20caranya%20bagi%20Malaysia


Thursday, October 9, 2014

Nancy: 'Burn Bible' speech based on constitution

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Does Malaysia's Constitution tell us to mock, threat or do whatever we like to other race or religion?


Inaction against Ibrahim Ali proves double standard by Putrajaya, say lawyers

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Putrajaya's refusal to act against Perkasa's Datuk Ibrahim Ali over his call to burn Bibles reflects a blatant practice of double standards, lawyers say, as the government continues to come down hard on dissenting voices.

Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) executive director Eric Paulsen (pic) said he was concerned with the "incredible excuse" given by de facto Law Minister Nancy Shukri for not taking any action against Ibrahim and instead defended him.

"Nancy made up new defences not found in the Sedition Act or case laws to justify the authorities’ inaction – citing that Ibrahim Ali was 'defending Islam'," he said in a statement today.

"Surely Nancy cannot be so ignorant to not know the intention of the maker is irrelevant in sedition cases and it is an offence to act, speak or publish statements with a seditious tendency. The incredible excuse of 'defending Islam' does not exist in sedition law and is therefore unacceptable."
He said LFL has defended freedom of speech and believed that it can only be curtailed in exceptional cases such as in cases of incitement to violence and hate speech but it was shocked at Putrajaya's "blatant double standards" in Putrajaya's inaction against Ibrahim.

"We are shocked by the blatant double standards that are being applied for Umno or pro-Umno personalities like Ibrahim Ali while cracking down hard on dissidents and opposition politicians for anything that is remotely controversial or offensive as exemplified by the trigger-happy sedition charges against N.Surendran, law lecturer Azmi Sharom, Adam Adli, RSN Rayer and many others."

Yesterday, Nancy said in a parliamentary written reply that no action will be taken against Ibrahim over his call last year to burn copies of the Bible containing the word "Allah" as he was merely defending Islam.

She said that the police concluded that Ibrahim's words were only directed at specific individuals, and not a threat to larger society.

"The statement he made was not intended to cause religious chaos but only to defend the sanctity of Islam," she replied to a question by Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng on why Ibrahim had not been charged with sedition.

Lawyer M. Kula Segaran, who is also Ipoh Barat MP, also expressed shock at Nancy's reply, claiming that her answer only cemented the belief among Malaysians that Putrajaya was practising double standards when it came to using the Sedition Act.

"Malaysians are now not only angry with the double standards applied by the authorities in not taking action against some individuals but also with the ridiculous excuse used for practising such double standards," he said.

"How could police inaction against Ibrahim Ali be explained or justified with 'he was merely defending Islam'?"

He said that defending Ibrahim was "most dangerous", as it would allow other extremist groups who made provocative statements and actions to get away with their act by offering a similar excuse.

Kula, who is DAP vice-chairman, noted that Seri Delima assemblyman Rayer was charged with sedition for uttering "Umno celaka", despite only referring to several individuals.

"Why should he be charged for merely calling an organisation celaka and had only responded to a protest by some Umno leaders?

"Nancy’s answer has only further confirmed what Malaysians already know – the government practises double standards in using the Sedition Act," he added. – October 9, 2014.






You can’t justify Bible-burning call as defending Islam, says ex-Umno leader

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Putrajaya cannot justify Datuk Ibrahim Ali’s call to burn Bibles as a defence of Islam, as the religion does not teach its followers to insult other faiths, former deputy higher education minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah said today.

Saifuddin, who is CEO of Global Movement of Moderates Foundation (GMMF), said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nancy Shukri’s argument that the threat was made to defend Islam may spread confusion.

“Hajah Nancy said that Datuk Ibrahim had no intention to create religious chaos but was only to defend the sanctity of Islam.

“The government should not come up with this kind of argument (defending Islam) because it may lead to a misconception of Islam,” said the former Umno supreme council member.
Yesterday, Nancy said police decided not to act on against Ibrahim, who is Perkasa president, over his call last year to burn copies of the Bible containing the word “Allah” because he was merely defending Islam.

Nancy, who is the minister in charge of law, said police concluded that his words were only directed at specific individuals, and were not a threat to the larger society.

Saifuddin said today that several verses in the Quran stressed that Muslims should deal with adherents of other faiths in a just and peaceful manner.

“In the context of the burn-the-Bible statement, it is clearly stated in the Quran that ‘And do not insult those they invoke other than Allah, lest they insult Allah in enmity without knowledge’ (an-Na’am:108),” he said.

 “I can understand some Muslims are offended or hurt by statements made by certain groups.

“But again, in defending Islam, Muslims shall respond accordingly as expressed in the Quran, ‘Be persistently firm for Allah, witness in justice, and do not let the hatred of a people prevent you from being just. Be just, that is nearer to righteousness’ (al-Maidah:8).”

He added that Islam upheld religious freedom, with the Quran stating: “There shall be no compulsion in the religion” (al-Baqarah:143).

Muslims should be focused on promoting inter-religious harmony instead of threatening others, said Saifuddin, quoting al-Hujurat, verse 13, which stated: “We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another” (al-Hujurat:13).

 “The dialogue should be conducted in a good manner as proposed in the Quran, 'Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is best' (an-Nahl:125),” he added.

“Based on the above verses of the Quran and the tradition of the Prophet, it is clear that the minister’s argument does not reflect the true teachings of Islam and cannot be used to justify such statement from Datuk Ibrahim.”

Ibrahim's call in January last year prompted outrage from politicians and Christians, with critics accusing Putrajaya of double standard in using the Sedition Act against critics while sparing Ibrahim.

Nancy, replying on behalf of the prime minister yesterday, said investigations by the police into Ibrahim's statement found that what he had said was aimed at the activities of some individuals, who allegedly distributed Christian literature outside a school in Penang.

"The words he uttered were directed at individuals who were distributing Bibles with the word 'Allah' and also Jawi writings to students at Sekolah Menengah Jelutong, Penang, including Malay students," she said, referring to the police's findings.

This morning, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim censured Putrajaya for defending Ibrahim, saying that Islam would not condone such behaviour.

"It is just, I should say, the Umno position or the minister's position. (Burning the Bible) has never been condoned or tolerated (in Islam).

"In fact, my understanding of Islam is we must respect all religious beliefs and of course, religious texts," he said at the Parliament lobby.

He said the move by Putrajaya was clearly politically motivated as Ibrahim was only investigated under the Penal Code and not under the Sedition Act. – October 9, 2014.

Christians say not prosecuting Ibrahim Ali gives carte blanche to extremists - The Malaysian Insider

Anwar hits out at Putrajaya over ‘no action’ on Ibrahim Ali for Bible-burning call - The...

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Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has censured Putrajaya for defending Malay rights group leader Datuk Seri Ibrahim Ali's threat to burn the Bible by stating that it was meant to defend Islam.

The opposition leader said Islam would not condone such behaviour.

"It is just, I should say, the Umno position or the minister's position. (Burning the Bible) has never been condoned or tolerated (in Islam).

"In fact, my understanding of Islam is we must respect all religious beliefs and of course, religious texts," he told journalists at the parliament lobby this morning.
He said the move by Putrajaya was clearly politically motivated as Ibrahim was only investigated under Penal Code and not under the Sedition Act.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nancy Shukri said police decided not to take action against Ibrahim, who is Perkasa president, over his call last year to burn copies of the Bible containing the word "Allah" because he was merely defending Islam.

Nancy, who is the minister in charge of law, said the police concluded that his words were only directed at specific individuals, and were not a threat to the larger society.

Ibrahim's call in January last year prompted outrage from politicians and Christian groups, with critics accusing Putrajaya of double standard in using the Sedition Act against critics while sparing Ibrahim over his remarks.

Nancy, replying on behalf of the prime minister, said investigations by the police into Ibrahim's statement found that what he had said was aimed at the activities of some individuals who allegedly distributed Christian literature outside a school in Penang.

Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng had also asked why the Sedition Act was still being used despite the government's promise to repeal it in 2012, and wanted to know when it would be repealed, as well as whether it would be abolished.

In her reply, Nancy referred to a press statement from the Prime Minister's Office on September 12 this year that full consultations would be held before the government decided whether or not to repeal the colonial-era law.

On the number of court cases under the act, she said there had been one each in 2009 and 2011, eight in 2013 and 12 from January to September this year. There were no cases in 2010 and 2012, she added. – October 9, 2014.

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