Read this…

Link: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/44775-btn-taught-me-the-chinese-are-the-jews-of-asia

By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 27 — I am one of the privileged few to have attended a local public university and learned the meaning of hate, thanks to the ever popular Biro Tata Negara.

All undergraduates were forced to attend this programme or else they would not be eligible for graduation.

The BTN under the Prime Minister’s Department brought in “intellectual” speakers who were supposed to enlighten the students about the meaning of being a Malaysian but instead it felt more like a communist propaganda camp brainwashing those attending about the importance of “Ketuanan Melayu”.

The camp would usually take place during the weekends. Students would have to register early in the morning and the programme would last the whole day.

The organisers were always on their guard, asking participants to show their student identification cards each time they entered the hall, fearing the presence of outsiders.

In the hall, students were asked to turn off their mobile phones.

During the lectures, questions were planted among the audience and the students were advised not ask raise any questions.

One speaker began with the history of Malaysia and how much the country had gone through, always emphasising the May 13 riots.

He stressed the point of how much the Malays had sacrificed and how the community should be united especially from outside threat — the Chinese community.

He said that the Chinese community were “the Jews of Asia” and were just itching to take over when Malays were disunited and broken.

The speaker also revealed a greater Chinese conspiracy where the Chinese Malaysians were working together with Singapore to topple the Malay government.

“Do you want to become like the Malays in Singapore?” he asked.

He also went so far as to criticise Malay girls for dating boys from other races.

He added that they should not be cheap and embarrass their families.

Once, a student told the speaker that as Muslims, we should also respect other races who are also Muslims.

“All Muslims are Malays so it does not matter if they are Chinese or Indians. If they are Muslims then they are Malays,” the speaker replied.

This is why I was relieved when I learned that the Selangor government had moved to ban its civil servants, employees of state subsidiaries and students at state-owned education institutions from attending any BTN courses with immediate effect.

However I believe racism in varsities does not end at BTN because classrooms have also become victims of ignorant scholars.

My friend was verbally abused during his sociology class when he did not agree with the points made by his lecturer.

“You must be DKK,” the lecturer told him.

“What is DKK?” he asked.

“You must be darah keturunan keling (descendents of Indians),” the lecturer said, pointing to his dark skin.

My Saudi friend was also shocked by the comments made by his lecturer in his Islamic civilisation class.

“We should save our Orang Asli from the Chinese people. They are like the Palestinians and the Chinese are Israel. We must fight the Jews,” the lecturer told his students.

The lecturer even failed one of his students in his oral exam when he quoted a Western scholar in his presentation.

“You should be ashamed of yourselves. You are a Muslim and should only use Islamic scholars,” he scolded the student.

I was personally saddened when my Islamic law lecturer compared Christianity to Head & Shoulder’s 3 in 1 shampoo in referring to the religion’s Holy Trinity.

I feel that racism has been institutionalised in our country and that BTN is only the tip of the iceberg.

Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin defended BTN yesterday and claimed that it was not racist but is line with the 1 Malaysia concept.

I have to humbly disagree and would like to suggest maybe the ministers should bring their overseas children home and let them have a taste of what BTN is.

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How true is it??…Its up for us to discern….Personally, I have heard this kind of feedback before…If one people telling me this, I might not be convinced…But now…I might lo….What do you think??

 

Quotation from…

Bob Geldof, Founder of LiveAid and Live8.

“If leaders do not respond to your ideas of change, then you must become the leader yourself”

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Sound interesting this remark. I believe that youth must like this speaker very much. The speaker speaks the mind of the youth today.

However, bear in mind that:

a) What is the message that being impliedly received today? Can I interpret as “if no one hears you, do it your way”?

b) Is it the message telling me, unity is not the most important at all, but individual’s opinion should prevail?

c) Why current leaders do not want to change? Change will great for improvement, but change is difficult (according to President Barack Obama) in some situation.

My opinion will be:

You can be an agent of change and unity. Be a influential leader rather than a leader who request for changes all the time.

 

Sorry, what is “1Malaysia”

Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8343626.stm

The Malaysian government has refused to release 10,000 Bibles which it seized because they contained the word Allah to refer to God.

The government, which is dominated by Muslim Malays, claims that the word Allah is Islamic and that its use in Bibles could upset Muslims.

The Roman Catholic Church is challenging the ban in court.

Religion has become highly sensitive in Malaysia, where about two-thirds of the population is Muslim.

Religious minorities have accused the government of undermining their rights.

The government has impounded Bibles before, intercepting 5,000 in March as they were imported from Indonesia.

Church officials say that although the word Allah originated in Arabic, Malays have used it for centuries to refer generally to God, and Arabic-speaking Christians used it before Islam was founded.

The Christian Federation of Malaysia said the religious freedom guaranteed by the Malaysian constitution was meaningless if people were denied Bibles which used their own language.

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Mr. PM, explain to us what do you mean by “1Malaysia” please……do you mean “1religion” as well???…..

 

Are we in the “category”?

Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8286939.stm

Young adults are suffering from “anxiety overload”, a UK charity warns.

A survey of 18-24 year olds found 66% feel stressed or anxious at least once a week, with money and job worries being the main cause.

Almost a third of respondents said they did not tell anyone of their worries, raising the need to teach young people “coping strategies”, said Rethink.

Women seemed most badly affected, with one in three suffering frequent anxiety, compared with one in 10 men.

The YouGov poll of 2,000 adults, 250 of whom were aged 18-24, found 33% of young women felt stressed or anxious most days or every day.

Money worries were given as the main reason by 45% of respondents, followed by 33% having concerns about job prospects and 29% worried about pressures from school or university.

Some said they would seek advice or support from a partner or friend, but almost one third (31%) say they kept stress and anxiety to themselves.

Pressures

James Gorman, Rethink National Young Persons’ Programme Manager said the pressures on young people were “huge”.

“With the number of young people not in education or employment rising, it’s no wonder many are feeling the strain.

“It is extremely important that we teach young people strategies for coping with stress and protecting their mental health.

“Failure to get the right help at the right time can have lasting consequences.

“The longer people suffer in silence, the harder it is to help them recover.”

Lucie Russell, Young Minds campaigns director, said the survey suggested young people felt really stressed much of the time.

“It is worrying that young people are unable to speak openly about their anxieties.

“Young people should be taught coping strategies early on at school and at home, so they can deal with difficult feelings and situations.

“But there must also be readily available support both at school and in the community, so that young people don’t have to suffer alone.”

Paul Farmer, chief executive at Mind said young people were bearing the brunt of the recession.

“Employment is scarce and without a job, anxiety, low self-esteem and unhappiness can set in.

“Unfortunately, stigma around mental health is particularly bad amongst adolescents, which means they tend to bottle things up rather than seek support.”

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More and more young adults are facing depression, stress and anxiety every day. What can the church offer to them?

 

What is 1Malaysia??

Link: http://themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/39244-umno-losing-faith-in-barisan-partners

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 3 — Umno’s patience and confidence with the current power-sharing agreement with its partners in Barisan Nasional is wearing thin, judging by sentiments expressed during a closed-door retreat in Janda Baik.

During this rare three-day gathering of Umno divisions, which ended yesterday, a common refrain heard was that Umno should be less generous in giving up Malay-majority seats to representatives of MCA, MIC, Gerakan and other component parties.

The general view among division chiefs was that the component parties were much weaker than Umno and would not be able to swing votes from the non-Malays or the Malays.

In contrast, a strong Umno was better placed to win in Malay-majority seats.

The Malaysian Insider understands that party president Datuk Seri Najib Razak and senior party officials who attended the retreat — aimed at boosting the morale of grassroots leaders — were non-committal on the request for Umno to be less charitable in seat allocation with BN component parties.

If they do agree, it would represent a major departure from the power-sharing agreement that has been the hallmark of the BN coalition, and could be the death knell of MCA, MIC, PPP and Gerakan — political parties which have been allowed to field candidates in Malay-majority seats across Peninsular Malaysia.

Several Umno officials who attended the retreat told The Malaysian Insider that the most important consideration should be to field a candidate who can enhance the possibility of victory at the next general election.

“If a seat has 55 or 60 per cent Malay voters, it makes sense to field an Umno candidate. In the last election, we gave seats in Perak and Selangor to other parties and they were not able to deliver.

“These parties still have internal issues and will not be able to deliver the votes from the non-Malays. So it will be better if an Umno candidate is fielded to try and get the maximum possible support from Malay voters,” said an official, who requested anonymity due to the retreat being a closed-door affair.

During the retreat, officials were also in agreement that Umno’s/BN’s fortunes rested on the ruling party strengthening its standing among Malay voters — a backhanded acknowledgment that it was not pinning much hopes on getting support from non-Malays at the next general election.

This sentiment is consistent with the growing right-wing tendencies that party officials have exhibited in recent months.

There was little substantive discussion on how the party can reach out to Chinese and Indians who Umno officials have alienated in recent months.

Still, the mood during the retreat was one of optimism with Kelantan Umno declaring that it would be able to snare the state from PAS at the next polls. PAS has been helming the state since 1990 but Umno officials from Kelantan believe that the momentum is swinging their way.

Also confident was Perak’s Datuk Zambry Abdul Kadir. Beneficiary of a power grab, he was certain that Umno/BN would be able to hold on to the state.

Less hopeful about their future prospects were Umno representatives from Penang and Selangor.

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I’m sorry, Mr. PM. What is 1Malaysia? What is “bangsa” and “negara”? Satu bangsa dan satu negara. 1Malaysia???…..

 

My Yoke….(1)

Matthew 11:30

“For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

 

Benarkah DAP hina Islam???

Link: http://www.malaysiakini.com/columns/110731

Kempen media aliran perdana untuk memburuk-burukkan DAP sebagai parti anti-Islam telah berhasil buat sementara.

Sekurang-kurangnya polis mengambil keputusan untuk memanggil Ketua Pemuda DAP Loke Siew Fook dan ahli parlimen Jelutong, Jeff Ooi untuk disiasat bawah Akta Hasutan 1948.

Perkembangan terbaru ini tindakan susulan selepas Perdana Menteri Najib Razak meminta pihak berkuasa menyiasat kes-kes terbabit akibat desakan agar Akta Hasutan atau Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) digunakan terhadap pemimpin-pemimpin DAP terbabit, yang kononnya menghina Islam.

Rasanya kempen ini bukan insiden terpencil terhadap DAP semata-mata, ia mungkin sebahagian strategi Umno/BN yang lebih besar, bertujuan untuk merampas kembali kuasa pemerintahan di Selangor.

Anwar Ibrahim memberi amaran tentang konspirasi Umno/BN tersebut, dan Najib sendiri juga tidak sembunyikan agendanya hendak merampas kembali kuasa pemerintahan negeri tersebut daripada Pakatan Rakyat.

DAP dituduh sebagai anti-Islam, pada masa yang sama Anwar dituduh sebagai pengkhianat bangsa dan agama, dan PAS sebaliknya dipelawa untuk menubuhkan kerajaan perpaduan bersama Umno, taktik-taktik ini berpusat pada strategi yang sama.

Iaitu mengadudomba PAS dengan DAP dan PKR bawah slogan menyatupaduan Melayu dan penganut Islam, agar Pakatan Rakyat berpecah-belah dan kuasa pemerintahan Selangor boleh dirampas seperti yang berlaku kepada kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat di Perak.

Mari kita meneliti kes-kes dakwaan menghina Islam secara lebih perinci. Kes pertama, Jeff Ooi yang disiasat bawah Akta Hasutan padahal beliau hanya menyifatkan Pertubuhan Jemaah Islah Malaysia (JIM) sebagai pertubuhan ekstremis, dan beliau telah menarik balik ulasan terbabit atas arahan Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang, Lim Guan Eng.

Sama ada JIM pertubuhan ekstremis atau tidak terpulanglah kepada tanggapan masing-masing. Yang penting, kita harus bersikap liberal dan menghormati kebebasan bersuara setiap rakyat Malaysia membuat kritikan dan kritikan balas.

Tidak dapat dinafikan bahawa kritik-mengkritik atau berdebat secara rasional dan membina menjadi amalan lumrah dalam sesebuah demokrasi yang matang. Mendesak agar Akta Hasutan atau ISA digunakan untuk menindas kebebasan bersuara jelas sekali bertentangan dengan semangat demokrasi, tidak kira dengan apa alasannya.

Ketika insiden desakan gabungan NGO Cina, Suqiu, pada 2001, pimpinan Dong Jiao Zong (DJZ) pernah dicap oleh perdana menteri masa itu, Dr Mahathir Mohamad sebagai “komunis dan al Maunah”. DJZ terpaksa mempertahankan pimpinannya melalui sanggahan dan perdebatan menurut amalan demokrasi.

Dalam peristiwa kafir-mengkafir antara PAS dan Umno, yang diuji ialah dakwah dan ajaran Islam yang lebih sempurna, bukan kekuatan Akta Hasutan atau ISA.

Malah apabila cadangan Nik Aziz Nik Mat agar Kelantan PAS bekerjasama dengan kerajaan persekutuan BN diputarbelitkan sebagai hasrat PAS ingin bekerjasama dengan Umno, tok guru begitu marah sekali sehingga menengking: Pergi jahanamlah Umno!

Namun, tiada pihak yang menganggap kenyataannya itu sebagai menghina Melayu atau Islam, dan mendesak agar tok guru didakwa bawah Akta Hasutan atau diambil tindakan ISA.

Logiknya mudah saja: mengkritik Umno tidak boleh disamakan dengan mengkritik orang Melayu atau Islam; justeru, mengkritik JIM atau ahlinya juga tidak boleh disamakan dengan mengkritik Islam.

Sekalipun pertubuhan Islam berasa terhina, ia juga tidak boleh disamakan dengan Islam pada keseluruhannya telah dihina!

Lantaran itu, jika Ooi menyifatkan JIM sebagai pertubuhan ekstremis, maka terserahlah kepada JIM untuk respons. Oleh kerana JIM tidak sama dengan Islam, maka tidaklah logik jika ulasan itu diperbesar-besarkan dan disamakan dengan Islam telah dihina, lalu didesak agar Akta Hasutan atau ISA diambil terhadap Ooi.

Dalam kes exco kerajaan Selangor Ronnie Liu daripada DAP dituduh sebagai campur tangan dalam tindakan Majlis Bandaraya Shah Alam (MBSA) yang merampas minuman keras di kedai 7-11 di Seksyen 8, Shah Alam, penjelasan Liu juga perlu diambil kira.

Menurut Liu, penjualan bir yang kandungan alkoholnya kurang daripada 8.8 peratus, mengikut Akta Eksais 1976 yang digunapakai sekarang, tidak memerlukan lesen.

Ia bermakna serbuan dan rampasan bir oleh MBSA sebenarnya salah di sisi undang-undang yang dikuatkuasakan sekarang, dan kesalahan ini telah diakui oleh pihak berkuasa yang terbabit.

Sebagai ahli exco yang bertanggungjawab untuk menyelia portfolio terbabit, Liu padahal hanya menjalankan tugasnya untuk membetulkan tindakan yang salah di sisi undang-undang, supaya bir yang dirampas itu dipulangkan kepada pemilik kedai terbabit.

Dalam hubungan ini, Liu tentu tidak boleh dituduh sebagai menghina Islam.

Yang menghairankan, inisiatif untuk membelasah Liu secara terbuka bukan datangnya daripada Umno atau BN, tetapi seorang lagi exco Selangor merangkap pesuruhjaya PAS negeri Dr Hasan Ali. Nampaknya kes ini mungkin ada udang di sebalik balik batu!

Kes ketiga yang lebih menggemparkan berkaitan dengan ahli parlimen Rasah dan ketua Pemuda DAP Anthony Loke Siew Fook. Beliau dituduh menulis beberapa artikel menghina Islam dan juga Sultan Perak serta Raja Muda Perak, Raja Nazrin Shah.

Antara lain, ahli parlimen Kulim, Zulkifli Noordin, membelasah laman sjsandteam.wordpress.com yang memuatkan kenyataan akhbar Loke dan kemudiannya menyiarkan komen, yang menurut pemimpin PKR itu, menghina agama Islam dengan bahasa kesat, lucah, biadab dan melampau terhadap Dr Mohd Ridhuan Tee Abdullah.

Loke mengaku beliau mengeluarkan kenyataan akhbar yang bertajuk “Ridhuan Tee harus minta maaf daripada keluarga Teoh Beng Hock” untuk mengecam penulis kolum itu kerana membuat “ulasan yang kejam dan tanpa hati perut berkaitan isu bayi Teoh yang belum dilahirkan” dan “menyeru agar Dr Mohd Ridhuan segara meminta maaf daripada keluarga Teoh, China Press dan Nanyang Siang Pau”.

Namun beliau menafikan mempunyai sebarang hubungan dengan pemunya laman web yang tidak bertanggungjawab serta komen-komen terbabit.

Dalam laman Rocky’s Bru, “artikel asal” yang didakwa ditulis oleh Loke telah disiar semula, sekali lagi tanpa pengesahan dengan Loke (sama ada beliau penulisnya seperti yang didakwa).

Maka terletuslah hamburan sumpah seranah dan caci maki rasisme yang amat melampau sekali, lantas menjadi perdebatan dan konfrontasi aneka jurusan (sudah lebih 200 komen pada saat ini) antara mereka yang berbeza latar belakang ideologi dan politik, dan terbahagi menjadi dua kumpulan besar, iaitu pro-Umno dan anti-Umno.

Dalam surat kepada Rocky, Loke dengan sekeras-kerasnya menafikan beliau pernah menulis artikel menghina Sultan Perak dan Raja Nazrin seperti dituduh.

Tambahnya, beliau tidak tahu-menahu tentang laman web sjsandteam.wordpress.com sebelum ini. Satu-satunya blog miliknya lokesiewfook.blogspot.com.

“Saya tidak pernah menulis sebarang artikel untuk menghina keluarga diraja, Melayu atau Islam di sepanjang hayat saya. Ada usaha hendak menfitnah Pemuda DAP dan saya dengan sebaran penipuan bahawa kami ini anti-Islam dan anti-keluarga diraja.

“Saya tidak tahu gerangan siapakah yang mengendalikan laman web terbabit, saya tiada sebarang hubungan dengannya.

Sebagai seorang pengendali laman web yang bertanggungjawab, menjadi harapan saya kamu membuat pengesahan mengenai faktanya sebelum membuat sebarang dugaan.

“Saya akan membuat aduan polis hari ini untuk menafikan saya yang menulis artikel terbabit, dan saya harap kamu akan siarkan penjelasan saya untuk menjernihkan suasana. Terima kasih,” kata Loke seperti diterbitkan di Rocky’s Bru.

Rocky sudah menyiarkan surat Loke dalam lamannya seperti yang diminta dan Loke juga telah membuat aduan polis di ibu pejabat polis daerah Dang Wangi untuk menafikan beliau pernah menulis artikel untuk menghina Islam, Sultan Perak dan Raja Nazrin seperti yang dituduh.

Kini, Loke dan Ooi sedang disiasat polis bawah Akta Hasutan. Moga-moga keadilan akan tercapai akhirnya!

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Police!!!……Do your work with a heart of justice and ethics…

 

My sharing…(1)

Quotation from my sermon:

“Our knowledge in God does not save entirely, our faith and experience in Him will understand how God works in our salvation.”

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Some church members claimed that they know and learn most of the God’s Word. But, the Words are not “digested” into their stomach and subsequently into “digestion system”.

Rev. Dr. Chew once said, “If you know that you are saved by Christ, it is by grace you live today….why are you not serving the Lord as your response to Him…if you are not serving, its show that we do not understand what is true salvation is….”……

 

Quotes from Stott

“There is no Christianity without the cross. A Christianity without the cross is a fraud.”

 

Reflection…

Quotes from Warren Wiersbe:

In the life of believer, love is an act of will; we choose to relate to God and to other persons in a loving way no matter how we may feel.