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Unless MCA, MIC, Gerakan and all those 10 or so other ‘non-Malay’ parties in Barisan Nasional come out to openly deny this, we will have to assume that this is true. There is such a thing as consent by silence. An allegation has been made against all the non-Umno parties in Barisan Nasional that they support the idea of turning Malaysia into an Islamic State. Until it is proven otherwise we have to take this as true.
THE CORRIDORS OF POWER
Raja Petra Kamarudin
I picked up the commentary below (Secular Country is just DAP’s tactic to break up Muslims) from MyNewsHub. I suspect that website is pro-government. The reason I am publishing it here is so that I can reply to it. As I said, we must also read news from ‘the other side’ so that we know what they are saying and can then respond to their spin.
First of all, the article below is very badly written. It looks like a Malay-educated writer wrote this piece. Did I not say that mother-tongue education is bad for the brain? If this is the standard of English of those who are pro-government then they can’t expect to impress us with their ‘logic’ -- if in the first place we can find any logic in their arguments.
Anyway, let’s dissect what this person said (and, incidentally, who did not dare put his/her name to the piece). Let the game begin -- let’s debate.
I am going to start with the title of that article -- Secular Country is just DAP’s tactic to break up Muslims.
Okay, even if that is true so what? Is this not what war and politics is all about -- to divide the enemy? If this is DAP’s strategy and if it works then jolly good for DAP. At least, after four years of whacking the opposition, DAP has finally woke up to the fact that the strategy of divide-and-rule is a very powerful strategy.
Less than 10,000 Englishmen were able to rule over hundreds of millions of Indians using the divide-and-rule strategy (which means the Mat Salleh are clever while the Indians not so clever). Hence it is a proven strategy and if this is what DAP is doing then that makes them very clever indeed. So why grumble about how clever ‘the other side’ is? It just makes you look even more stupid than you already are.
Anyway, is this not also BN’s and Umno’s strategy? If this is what DAP is doing then they are merely using your same strategy against you. So stop sounding like a school kid in the playground. Stand and fight. If you don’t dare stand and fight then don’t start a fight. You can’t start a fight and then go crying to the teacher “teacher, teacher, he beat me”.
Let me put it another way. If DAP is really doing this and if it works, then you are just admitting that the Chinese are clever and the Malays are stupid. Now, why in heaven’s name do you want to go and admit that the Chinese are clever and the Malays are stupid? Tak malu ke?
Okay, next point. MyNewsHub said, “DAP’s actions in really denying the fact that this is an Islamic country is enough to prove their anti-Islam/Malay mindset which has been running through their veins.”
Who says that Malaysia is an Islamic country? Malaysia is a Constitutional Monarchy with a Westminster Parliamentary system of government and the government is elected every five years through a general election. The Constitution does, however, say that Islam is the religion of the Federation. But that does not make Malaysia an Islamic country. If I declare that English is the language of Malaysia Today that does not make usEngland Today. We are still Malaysia Today but using English as the medium of communication.
Islam is the religion of the Federation. That’s what is stated in the Constitution. The Constitution does not state that Malaysia is an Islamic country. It states that Malaysia is a Federation. And do you know a Federation means? A Federation is a grouping of many smaller States. How does that make Malaysia, which is a Federation, into an Islamic country?
MyNewsHub then said, “No other non-Malay parties in Malaysia has ever turn this country’s administration concept, either secular or Islamic, into a huge issue but DAP.”
Okay, let me try to understand that very badly worded statement. MCA, MIC, Gerakan and all those 10 or so other ‘non-Malay’ parties in Barisan Nasional support the idea of turning Malaysia into an Islamic State. DAP is the only party opposed to this idea. Is this what MyNewsHub means?
Unless MCA, MIC, Gerakan and all those 10 or so other ‘non-Malay’ parties in Barisan Nasional come out to openly deny this, we will have to assume that this is true. There is such a thing as consent by silence. An allegation has been made against all the non-Umno parties in Barisan Nasional that they support the idea of turning Malaysia into an Islamic State. Until it is proven otherwise we have to take this as true.
I suppose this is just like the God Debate. If you think that God does not exist then prove it. If you can’t prove it then we must assume that God exists. The onus, therefore, is on you to prove me wrong and not for me to prove I am right.
MyNewsHub then quotes Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad as saying, “UMNO would like to clearly state that Malaysia is an Islamic Country.”
I suppose what MyNewsHub is saying is, since Dr Mahathir has said Malaysia is an Islamic Country then Malaysia is an Islamic Country. No two ways about it. I will risk courting the displeasure of the Mahathir-haters by agreeing with Dr Mahathir. So, since Dr Mahathir said it, then there is no dispute.
Dr Mahathir also said that there is no freedom of speech in Malaysia. Dr Mahathir also said that Malaysia is a police state. Dr Mahathir also said that the mainstream media is merely spinning and is not reporting the truth. Dr Mahathir also said that there is only one type of Islam -- there is no Islam this or Islam that (meaning there is no Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s version of Islam Hadhari, PAS’ version of Islam, Umno’s version of Islam, etc.). Dr Mahathir also said that we must not vote Umno (ABU) to teach them a lesson. Dr Mahathir also said it is wrong to detain Raja Petra Kamarudin under the Internal Security Act as he is only a Blogger and is not a threat to national security.
Okay, okay, okay, I can write 600 pages of what Dr Mahathir said but I think you get what I mean already. Dr Mahathir said many things. So I take it since we accept what Dr Mahathir said then everything else he said should be accepted as well.
Aiyoh! No need to continue rebutting this very low class spin by MyNewsHub lah. It’s a total waste of time because all their arguments defy logic and are weak as hell. For example, what do they mean by saying, “In a way, an Islamic Country is formed on the policy and intention which does not break Islamic rules”?
What kind of shitty English is this? That statement is total nonsense. Malu nak jawab.
MyNewsHub then tries to defend its argument that Malaysia is an Islamic country by saying, “According to Hassan al-Banna, an Islamic government is a government where all of its leaders follow Islamic teachings, do not commit vice and they are the ones who practice all rules in Islamic teachings within themselves.”
Another nonsensical statement with bad English to boot.
Okay, so now we are followers of Hassan al-Banna are we? Okay, let’s follow Hassan al-Banna then if that is what you want. I can live with that.
Hassan al-Banna was the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood (Jamaat al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun) and a student of Islamic reformists such as Egyptian Muhammad 'Abduh and 'Abduh's disciple, the Syrian Rashid Rida.
Their main concern was regarding the decline of Islamic civilisation in comparison to western countries. They believed that this trend could be reversed only by returning to a ‘pure’ form of Islam, free of all the exegesis and innovations that had diluted the strength of Islam’s ‘original message’.
Al-Banna believed that the main danger to Islam was not the conservatism of Al-Azhar but the domination of the West and, more importantly, secularism. He wanted the conservatives to be more active in condemning atheism and Christian missionaries, and in combating colonialism.
Al-Banna launched the Society of the Muslim Brotherhood in March 1928. The brotherhood was extremist and violent from its inception. Its motto is, "God is our purpose, the Prophet our leader, the Qur'an our constitution, Jihad our way, and dying for God's cause our supreme objective."
This is what al-Banna said:
My brothers! The ummah that knows how to die a noble and honourable death is granted an exalted life in this world and eternal felicity in the next. Degradation and dishonour are the results of the love of this world and the fear of death. Therefore prepare for jihad and be the lovers of death. Life itself shall come searching after you.
My brother, you should know that one day you will face death and this ominous event can only occur once. If you suffer on this occasion in the way of Allah, it will be to your benefit in this world and your reward in the next.
And al-Banna also said:
"Islam must dominate and is not to be dominated."
Al-Banna considered the Muslim Brotherhood as equal to that of the German Nazi party and the Third Reich. From the ideological point of view, the Jew-hatred, authoritarianism, acts of violence, and the desire to defeat the British is shared by both the Muslim Brothers and the Nazis and gave the two movements a common cause. The Brotherhood’s political and military alliance with Nazi Germany blossomed into formal state visits, de facto ambassadors, and overt and covert ‘joint ventures’.
So that, in a nutshell, is what MyNewsHub is propagating Nazism, violence, Islamic domination, anti-Semitism, etc. And they are calling DAP bad? Heavens!
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Secular Country is just DAP’s tactic to break up Muslims
(MyNewsHub) - DAP’s actions in really denying the fact that this is an Islamic country is enough to prove their anti-Islam/Malay mindset which has been running through their veins. No other non-Malay parties in Malaysia has ever turn this country’s administration concept, either secular or Islamic, into a huge issue but DAP.
DAP’s argument was based on a verbal statement made by Allahyarham Tunku Abdul Rahman, the first Prime Minister of Malaysia who said that Malaysia is a Secular Country instead of an Islamic country. This was proven through a report from The Star on February 9, 1983, during the former Prime Minister’s 80th birthday, which state “Do not turn Malaysia into an Islamic Country.”
According to Kit Siang, on February 13 the same year, former third Prime Minister, Tun Hussein Onn then stated that he supports Tunku’s stand who rejected Islamic country.
If the verbal statement made by the first Prime Minister is taken as an official and base to determine the country’s administration concept, then Kit Siang should also consider verbal statements made by other former Malaysian Prime Ministers who instead announced Malaysia as an Islamic Country.
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia’s fourth Prime Minister announced Malaysia as an Islamic Country on September 29, 2001 as he launched the National Conference of Perwakilan Representatives. He strictly stated, ”UMNO would like to clearly state that Malaysia is an Islamic Country.”
The same thing goes to the fifth Prime Minister, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi who also announced Malaysia as an Islamic country on July 17, 2007.
When he was the Deputy, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak also stated that “Islam is the official religion and Malaysia is an Islamic Country,” during an International Conference on Islamic Countries’ Role In Globalization.
And now, having Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak as Prime Minister, Malaysia continues to gain acknowledgement not just as an Islamic Country, it is also an exemplary Islamic Country and confirmed by international acclaimed Ulama including Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi. In his acknowledgment letter for Malaysia’s contribution towards Islamic Countries around the world, he stated, ”What is more important is that Malaysia is acknowledged as few of Islamic Countries which has an amazing development strategy and open, which currently became the center for reference and an example for the world of Islam.”
Taking into consideration for all of the verbal statements, declaration and written letters on whether Malaysia is either a Secular or Islamic country, we could find that two former Prime Ministers stated that Malaysia is a Secular country, and another two former Prime Ministers including our current Prime Minister, Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak have announced Malaysia as an Islamic Country.
That is why there should be no reason for Kit Siang to quote our former Prime Minister’s stated, Tunku Abdul Rahman to go against other former Prime Ministers.
In another angle, Kit Siang should not have held onto the former PMs statement alone. Instead, he should have seen this matter as a whole, in terms of the constitution and the social landscape of the society in this country.
A few Ulama stated that an Islamic country is defined as a place which is ruled by a Muslim and the sign would be when all Muslims live peacefully at the place and its society could follow all of its teachings without having any fear or worry, and that the laws are also implemented towards the kafir, while bid’ah members do not rule in pressuring the Sunnah members.
According to Hassan al-Banna, an Islamic government is a government where all of its leaders follow Islamic teachings, do not commit vice and they are the ones who practice all rules in Islamic teachings within themselves.
In a way, an Islamic Country is formed on the policy and intention which does not break Islamic rules. Instead, Secular Country is formed based on power where it practices end justifies the means.
It is clear that based on the facts above, Malaysia is indeed an Islamic country, and for Kit Siang to deny it by just using a single excuse, Tunku Abdul Rahman’s statement, is simply irrelevant.
Kit Siang’s intention in raising this matter is not that hard to be read. He actually wants to break up Muslims by raising doubt upon Islamic governance.
But, at the same time, he also in a way confirmed DAP’s mission where the party fights for a Secular Country and with PAS to cooperating with them, shows that Muslims in PAS do fight for the same objective. Logic dictates that PAS should provide a swift response, whether they support the statement or they would simply play the political game by criticizing DAP for their fight for a Secular Country.
If PAS really fights for Islam and they do not hold on to the principal of end justifies the means, Kit Siang’s statement should be the end of their cooperation with DAP to avoid themselves from being an accomplice in fighting for a Secular Country.
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