Should I leave Islam if I am not happy?

Okay, I am also not happy with some Muslims, even some Muftis for that matter. I think they are very intolerant, unreasonable and narrow-minded. What are you going to now tell me? You are going to tell me, “If you are not happy with some Muslims then you can leave Islam,” is it? Is this the way you think?

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Raja Petra Kamarudin

New Malaysian home minister tells unhappy Malaysians to emigrate

(Straits Times, Singapore) - Malaysia's newly-appointed Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has reportedly said that Malaysians who are unhappy with the country's political system should leave the country, stressing that loyal citizens should respect the rule of law.

Malaysian news website fz.com reported on Thursday that in his first opinion piece printed in the Umno-ownedUtusan Malaysia daily since receiving the portfolio on Wednesday, Mr Ahmad Zahid wrote that the illegal gatherings held across the country by opposition Pakatan Rakyat coalition was a form of escapism and the denial of the fact that it failed to take control of Putrajaya.

"Malaysia inherited the political system from the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth countries also use the first past the post system where political parties contesting in the election will only have one representative in each constituency with the principle of a simple majority of votes," he said in a column.

He said opposition leaders, especially those from Parti Keadilan Rakyat and the Democratic Action Party, had been "irresponsible" in confusing young Chinese voters and their followers who are "politically blind" to dress in black to protest against the result of the 13th general election which they believed went in their favour, going by the popular vote.

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Zahid Hamidi, the one-time Umno Youth Leader, was Anwar Ibrahim’s ‘Ghurkha’ (hatchet man or assassin) whose job was to try to bring down Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. And the manner he was supposed to do this was to reveal the list of Dr Mahathir cronies who had benefited or had become rich from the Prime Minister’s patronage.

One thing they did not take into consideration, though, is that Dr Mahathir is better at this game than Anwar is. Dr Mahathir then released the names of Anwar cronies and family members who had also benefited and had become rich from the patronage of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Checkmate! Zahid Hamidi came out looking like the village idiot that he is.

Now Zahid, yet again, is looking like a village idiot by telling those who are unhappy with Malaysia’s political system to leave the country and migrate to another country.

Actually, I did just that. I was so pissed with the manner in which Malaysia’s Federal Court handled (or mishandled) the Attorney General’s appeal against my release from detention without trial by the Shah Alam High Court that I left the country. I then challenged the Malaysian government to file their appeal in a UK court and see whether they can fuck around in the UK like they can in Malaysia. 

The Malaysian government then met up with the British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur to explore the possibility of getting me kicked out of the UK or to extradite me. The British High Commission then summoned my lawyers to their office to get further details about the case against me, which they then sent to the Home Office in the UK.

After studying my case, the Malaysian government was told to go screw itself (though in more diplomatic words). And to add insult to injury, which is certainly kebetulan (by chance), a few months later the UK abolished both the sedition and criminal defamation laws (the two other cases against me). And because you need to pass the ‘dual criminality test’ before you can apply for extradition that more or less killed the other two cases against me as well.

So, three strikes, and the Malaysian government lost. Boy someone upstairs sure loves me.

Anyway, I digress. Now Zahid, the newly appointed Home Minister, in his maiden announcement, is asking those who are unhappy with Malaysia’s political system to leave Malaysia for greener pastures.

Hah! That is the first thing he does on taking office -- ask Malaysians to leave Malaysia if they are unhappy. I wonder what the next five years is going to be like with him heading that Ministry.

Hello, brader! Malaysians are not unhappy with the political system lah. Malaysians are unhappy with theABUSE of the system. And that means two different things lah. Not happy with the abuse of the system does not mean not happy with the system. Aiyoh!

Zahid, you are beginning to sound like Pakatan Rakyat people. When I say I am unhappy with SOME people in Pakatan Rakyat they interpret this as I am not happy with Pakatan Rakyat and instead am happy with Barisan Nasional. The Pakatan Rakyat people, just like you, think that if you are not happy with some people that means you are not happy with everything under the sun.

Alamak, Zahid! Pakatan Rakyat people are supposed to be stupid so we can forgive them for being like that. But you, Zahid, are a Minister. Janganlah otak macam tu!

Okay, I am also not happy with some Muslims, even some Muftis for that matter. I think they are very intolerant, unreasonable and narrow-minded. What are you going to now tell me? You are going to tell me, “If you are not happy with some Muslims then you can leave Islam,” is it? Is this the way you think?

I am also not happy with the Arabs and I think they are giving Islam a bad name. So are you going to tell me to leave Islam and become a Christian? The problem is I am not happy with some of the Christians as well. So what do I do?

I got it! Then I become an atheist. But even if I become an atheist people are still not happy. They tell me you must support one or the other (Barisan Nasional or Pakatan Rakyat). You cannot NOT support both. That is not allowed.

So, if not happy with some Muslims then must become a Christian, cannot become an atheist. If not happy with some people in Pakatan Rakyat then must join Barisan Nasional, cannot become apolitical. If not happy with the abuse of Malaysia’s system then must become a British citizen, cannot remain in Malaysia.

But what happens if Britain won’t grant you citizenship? Live on a boat in the North Sea, is it?

I thought only DAP Chinese supporters think like this. It seems Umno Malays also have the same mindset. No wonder DAP is the reverse side of the same coin called Umno.