Siti Kassim Replies the Brader ; Tuan-Tuan Jangan Hijrah Lagi Ke Perancis Dan Negara Bukan Islam.

 The following brief comment is by Siti Zabedah Kassim :

This is the Reformasi icon? The guy who was part of the corrupt system until he went for the top job, lost the power struggle and was punished by the same system he had used .. and then started singing REFORMASI! 

Where was his Reformasi when he was the 2nd most powerful man in Government?

Oh ya... I will never forget. Changing our Bahasa Malaysia into Bahasa Baku. Pulling down crosses? And  Islamisation of education and administration for his penerapan nilai-nilai so called Islam that got us to the Talibanisation that we are in today.

And he sure can't keep that mouth shut trying to be the champion for everyone at every convenient time.  

France, the French, their President and their secular society have taken on more Muslim refugees, cared for them  and gave these destitute Muslims a better life. And you dare to call Macron Islamophobic. Look in the mirror. Your leopard spots have never changed.

Where were you when terrorism was being committed on French soil by those who called themselves Muslims?  Where were you when the teacher was beheaded in the name of the religion.

Islam is in crisis. That is the truth. Take your head out of the sand. And it is people like you and Hadi who have no self awareness to reflect that we need reformation in how our own people and its clergy class interpret and teach the religion that has brought disrepute to Islam.

Please go away already. You are a waste of space.

Malaysia needs a leader who comes out with courage and says "We are here to build a Nation, not a race or a religion". Not someone like you.

Remember that. You are no statesman. Just a garden variety, power hungry, race and religion-using politician.

My comments : Here are some facts about France. France has the largest Muslim immigrant population in Europe - close to 6.0 million people. 

(In 2017) France has the largest number of Muslims in the Western world primarily due to migration from Maghrebi, West African, and Middle Eastern countries. A 2017 Pew Research report estimates the Muslim population of France to be 5,760,999 or 8.8% of the total population. 

And in 2015 alone (at the beginning of the refugee crisis where people were running away from Muslim countries and Africa to Europe) France accepted over 100,000 Muslim refugees. This number is still high until today. More than 2.0 million refugees entered Europe from Islamic and other countries - until today. In 2015 alone the number was 1.3 million.

And here are pictures of refugees, many of whom are Muslims, risking their lives floating in the sea and climbing over barbed wire barricades trying to get into European countries like France :

 

So I have a question for the Brader : Why not ask some of these refugees in the pictures above, especially the Muslim refugees if there is more freedom of speech back home in their 'Islamic' countries or is there more freedom of speech in France, Italy and other countries in Europe? 

Since they are running away from one set of countries (Islamic countries) and running to another set of European countries (France etc) I believe these people are the best qualified to answer the question.

In France they have always questioned, criticised and caricatured religion. Here is a French cartoon criticising the Catholic Church.  This cartoon is 110 years old (1910).

 

 

The French have a long history of freedom of speech to question and criticise anything and everything.  Although the French invented the guillotine they have not cut off anyone's head (lately) for making fun or criticising the Church. 

And it is also this freedom of speech (along with other freedoms) that makes France so attractive to all those refugees in those pictures above. 

But there is a problem. The Muslim refugees are not used to this type of freedom. Especially if their own beliefs and faiths are being criticised. That is why that 18 year old child, a Muslim refugee from Chechnya, murdered that school teacher.

But what is freedom of speech? What exactly is the meaning of freedom of speech? 

For example if some Muslims (in an Islamic country) go around hanging up banners that say 'Buy Muslim First' is that considered freedom of speech?

So in the same regard is it also freedom of speech if non Muslims say 'Buy Non-Muslim First'?

In Malaysia it is a crime to be a Shia. Wow !  Isnt that a bummer for "freedom of speech in Islamic countries" ? Or maybe not ?

This is perhaps where the French president Macron will not understand the debate on 'how do you define freedom of speech' in Islamic counties. In Islamic countries this debate over the definition of 'what exactly is freedom of speech' is very simple. It goes like this : 'I can criticise you but you cannot criticise me.'  

But there is a solution. The Muslim refugees should not go to France. That 18 year old Chechen child should have stayed back in Chechnya. He should not have run away to France. Now he has been shot dead by the Police. What a short life.

Because the French are NOT going to stop criticising ALL religions. That is their understanding of freedom of speech. The French belief is they can question and criticise whatever they want. 

As always the Quran has a solution, please see Sura 4:97 -

Here is the translation of the part highlighted in yellow :  

'In what circumstances were you?' They replied: 'We were too weak and helpless in the land.' The malaikah said: 'Was not the earth of Allah wide enough for you to emigrate in it?'

In Malay (the underlined part) :  Mereka menjawab: "Kami dahulu adalah orang-orang yang tertindas di bumi". Malaikat bertanya lagi: "Tidakkah bumi Allah itu luas, yang membolehkan kamu berhijrah dengan bebas padanya?"

So the earth is indeed very wide.  Why not hijrah to a country that suits your way of life and your way of thinking? Why not migrate to another Islamic country?

Just leave these Europeans alone. They are kafirs. Their freedoms are too many and uncontrolled. Their freedoms do not suit you. 

'Was not the earth of Allah wide enough for you to emigrate in it?'

Tidakkah bumi Allah itu luas, yang membolehkan kamu berhijrah dengan bebas padanya? 

Why keep going back to Europe, Europe, Europe? France, France, France?

For you criticising your religion is not ok. Throwing Shias in jail is ok.

For others criticising religion is ok. Throwing Shias in jail is not ok.

This is the real crisis the Brader has to answer.

The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of MMKtT.