You know it is really sickening to read the news these days. The much-lauded group of 25 prominent Malays are absolutely right. We don't want to wake up each morning to read about how the Malays who already have so many privileges they should be humble, are being threatened by the other races whom we also greatly outnumber; or how Islam is being 'insulted' or 'eroded' by the other faiths especially the Christians.
What happened of our special Malay culture of 'tolak ansur' or 'give and take', our humility and innate courtesy? These are the traits that make us famous and now guys like Ibrahim Ali and his Perkasa cohorts as well as the fellas in Isma are running the show in the country. Not Najib Razak, even though he may be the Prime Minister!
And not to be beaten are the likes of JAIS, MAIS, JAKIM and all the Islamic agencies. Isn't it strange that the most active of these agencies are in Selangor, which coincidentally happens to be the No. 1 state Umno wants to pry back from the Pakatan Rakyat?
Anyway, these religious authorities should take care of Islamic affairs and not try to dictate how we live our lives whether as Malaysians or Malays. Pardon me for saying this, they should not even be allowed to question whether we choose to live as Muslim first, Malay first or Malaysian first. These are very personal decisions and no one should ever be allowed to decide for us. It is a right given to each of us by no one other than God or Allah or whatever name you choose to call the Almighty, our Creator.
That said, I recently met up with an old college mate of mine and to my shock, he had views that were 'same same' with Ibrahim Ali's and ex-chief justice Tun Hamid. My God, I couldn't believe how 'sold' he was into this 'Ketuanan' thingy which incidentally runs contrary to Islam. But anyway, I decided to record his views as he has the right to his perspective after all. Read away and for those of you who want Malaysia for Malaysians, don't be alarmed, don't give up. It is true, the majority of Malays don't think like my friend!
View from the 'OTHER' side
It is becoming increasingly clear that the Malays are facing a horrendous threat to their livelihood in this country. When the Deputy Prime Minister said it, we chose to ignore it. When the religious authorities warned us, we took them for fools, but when ex Chief Justice Tun Hamid recently repeated the same warning again; we know its high time for the Malays to panic.
Tun Hamid - an insult to his own intelligence?
Of late these threats have become more intense and at the rate that Malays are being attacked, we are in grave danger of becoming "Red Indians" in our own land, fending off bullets with our bows and arrows.
That is also if PAS and Umno do not cooperate immediately to defend the government from DAP and PKR, according to the revered ex CJ Hamid.
The recent UMNO Annual Assembly has concluded that the Malays may become an extinct species soon if the Malay race, religion and royalty is not protected, and the only Act known to man, that can safely protect it is the Sedition Act.
Its rather strange that the Malay majority continue to remain so weak, even after humongous efforts by UMNO to uplift their plight for the last fifty five years, and are constantly under threat by the strong minority
Hamid also warned that the threat towards Malays now has never been this serious in the history of the human race, and should Pakatan Rakyat take over Putrajaya, PKR and PAS would remain as puppets, unable to "control" DAP with the same iron fist, the way Umno "controlled MCA and Gerakan's little ambitions".
It is really mind boggling that, Malays are splitting like nobody, being used like puppets on a shoe string and numblessly shooed towards the Opposition. At this rate, there would be no more Malays left to defend the government from falling to the DAP and PKR.
It’s the non-Malays' fault but is someone LYING?
Why is it that Non Malays refuse to accept the bumiputras as the priority race, instead of playing the racial and religious card to disunite the country? Why can’t Non Malays accept that PKR is a lost cause as the party is not interested in fighting for the Malays, but for "just one Malay who cannot keep his pants on?”
Chinese and Indians should seriously ask themselves if they believe PR can do a better job of serving them compared to BN?
Why are some non Malay NGOs becoming racist and religious bigots sowing discord and tarnishing the good name of the Malays, creating bogeymen or imaginary enemies to ruin the peace and harmony in this country? Why these shallow opportunistic manipulators who cannot see past race, are so intent of creating road blocks to racial unity?
Stop being paranoid and stereotyping the Malays for being hardworking, truthful and honest as these are signs of deep insecurity and siege mentality; like not believing that the Chinese comes from China, Indians are from India and Malays are from Malaysia?!
Already the Chinese and Indians have taken over the bulk of the lucrative business cake, leaving the poor Malays to work in menial labour in the Police, Military, Civil Service, Government Ministries and GLC’s, while holding the lowest ranking positions in the country. Meanwhile, the Malays also lack all the special privileges accorded to the Non Malays by our failed Federal Constitution.
Why can’t we all just simply unite as Malaysians and embrace multiculturalism and ethnicity, ignore racial classification, and be colour blind like Tun Hamid and fight for equal rights as true Malaysian citizens? Isn’t the pie big enough for everyone to share?
The real problem is with Pakatan leaders. The number one factor that causes people to like Pakatan Rakyat, is the perception that PR is not corrupt. Umno must seriously fix this true perception pronto!
Ex CJ Hamid also said that Umno is on the right track to be the dominant Malay and Muslim party capable of saving the Malays from being red indians, so why are the Malays so choosy during election day?
If the Malays became Red Indians
We can imagine, if one day we do become Red Indians, all hell will break loose. As red Indians we would be forced to roam the countryside and plantations on horses and bullock carts on the dwindling Indian reservation lands which rightly belong to us.
Malaysian Indians would quarrel with us, protesting that the ‘Indian’ title is exclusive to them, and their president may blame us for chopping down trees for firewood and for making spears, as what happened in the Cameron Highlands.
We may become slaves in our own reservation land, walking around with heads of feathers and moccasins, making smoke signals for communications, as we cannot afford a smartphone, while the Christians may try to proselytise us again, during our time of weakness.
Even the Orang Asli and Orang Utans would look down on us, and bitterly dispute our right to share our Malay reserve lands. The USA has only 2% of red Indians, so it would be shameful if the majority 61% has to live like them because we refuse to heed the advice of wise leaders like Tun Hamid.
A true champion of the Malays
Tun Hamid is one of the last highly educated Malay intellectuals left in this country who is a true believer of justice, that’s why he became its chief. He is known for his meritocratic attitude, that’s why he makes a good judge. He is colour blind, honest and a man of dignity and honour.
He is an advocate of sound logic, and he continues to dispense justice even after he has retired, while his immense wisdom makes him one of the wisest Malays in the country. it would do well for the Malays to heed his dire warning before it is too late. - MAILBAG
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