Malaysia Chronicle
Monday, 21 November 2011 21:18
Written by Jackson Ng
WHAT a sick joke and a mismatch! The MCA is organising a forum themed “Hudud and Its Implications on Non-Muslims in Malaysia” on Dec 4.
And of all the people, the scandal-tainted MCA president Chua Soi Lek, will be delivering the keynote address as well as the closing remarks.
In the first place, is Chua a Muslim? Has he converted? Does he really understand Hudud? What makes him an authority of Hudud? Is the word “zina” (adultery) in his dictionary?
Of course he is going all out to oppose and insult Hudud because, if he had embraced Islam, he would have been stoned to death for cheating on his wife and family.
But where are the defenders of Islam, where is Umno and Perkasa?
The fact is Chua and non-Muslims have no standing to oppose the practice of Muslims and Islam. The Muslims also have no right to oppose the practice of other religions.
It is only the rampant exploitation of race and religion by skewed politicians, especially those from Barisan Nasional that Malaysians are kept emotionally at their edge. That is exactly what the BN wants. Instil fear in everyone to serve its long-adopted divide-and-rule political strategy.
With all the degrading and insulting remarks coming from MCA, Chua and his cronies, where are the defenders of Islam?
Where are the likes of Perkasa and Umno? Are these two self-proclaimed champions of “Malaysia is an Islamic state” suddenly endorsing MCA’s stand? If so, then the Muslims in Umno do not really believe in Islam and Hudud. As Umno cannot come out to insult Islam and Hudud, it is thus allowing MCA to do it.
An insult for such an ignoramus to talk on such an issue
To allow a tainted-politician like Chua to even touch on Islam and Hudud is an insult to the Muslims. He has no standing and integrity to question any sacred religion and its laws. What is he going to say and how is he going to respond if the Muslims start telling the Christians and the Buddhists how they should practice their religion?
Isn’t the issue as simple as that? For those who continue to espouse the fact that Hudud will affect us, you can continue to argue the issue this way and Malaysians will never reach a consensus. Expressing fear is not a fact. The expressed fear is due to skewered implementation of the law, so don’t blame the law. Blame the enforcement and the idiots exploiting and abusing their power. Blame the government that you elected for allowing all this to happen.
OMG, MCA is anti-Islam
Malaysia is a multi-racial nation and unity hinges on religious and race tolerance. In the first place, religion and race should never have been politicised.
Politics should just be based on social and economic development for the country. It is the bad intentions of politicians who craze for power who are responsible for the country’s current shameful state of affairs – injustice, corruption and erosion of the democratic rights of Malaysians.
With Umno allowing MCA and Soi Lek to belittle the values of Hudud as an Islamic criminal law, thereby insulting Islam, are Malaysians wrong to say that MCA is staunchly anti-Islam?
If so, what is Umno and Perkasa doing about it? Have their tongues been severed?
Jackson Ng is a retired journalist who reads Malaysia Chronicle
Written by Jackson Ng
WHAT a sick joke and a mismatch! The MCA is organising a forum themed “Hudud and Its Implications on Non-Muslims in Malaysia” on Dec 4.
And of all the people, the scandal-tainted MCA president Chua Soi Lek, will be delivering the keynote address as well as the closing remarks.
In the first place, is Chua a Muslim? Has he converted? Does he really understand Hudud? What makes him an authority of Hudud? Is the word “zina” (adultery) in his dictionary?
Of course he is going all out to oppose and insult Hudud because, if he had embraced Islam, he would have been stoned to death for cheating on his wife and family.
But where are the defenders of Islam, where is Umno and Perkasa?
The fact is Chua and non-Muslims have no standing to oppose the practice of Muslims and Islam. The Muslims also have no right to oppose the practice of other religions.
It is only the rampant exploitation of race and religion by skewed politicians, especially those from Barisan Nasional that Malaysians are kept emotionally at their edge. That is exactly what the BN wants. Instil fear in everyone to serve its long-adopted divide-and-rule political strategy.
With all the degrading and insulting remarks coming from MCA, Chua and his cronies, where are the defenders of Islam?
Where are the likes of Perkasa and Umno? Are these two self-proclaimed champions of “Malaysia is an Islamic state” suddenly endorsing MCA’s stand? If so, then the Muslims in Umno do not really believe in Islam and Hudud. As Umno cannot come out to insult Islam and Hudud, it is thus allowing MCA to do it.
An insult for such an ignoramus to talk on such an issue
To allow a tainted-politician like Chua to even touch on Islam and Hudud is an insult to the Muslims. He has no standing and integrity to question any sacred religion and its laws. What is he going to say and how is he going to respond if the Muslims start telling the Christians and the Buddhists how they should practice their religion?
Isn’t the issue as simple as that? For those who continue to espouse the fact that Hudud will affect us, you can continue to argue the issue this way and Malaysians will never reach a consensus. Expressing fear is not a fact. The expressed fear is due to skewered implementation of the law, so don’t blame the law. Blame the enforcement and the idiots exploiting and abusing their power. Blame the government that you elected for allowing all this to happen.
OMG, MCA is anti-Islam
Malaysia is a multi-racial nation and unity hinges on religious and race tolerance. In the first place, religion and race should never have been politicised.
Politics should just be based on social and economic development for the country. It is the bad intentions of politicians who craze for power who are responsible for the country’s current shameful state of affairs – injustice, corruption and erosion of the democratic rights of Malaysians.
With Umno allowing MCA and Soi Lek to belittle the values of Hudud as an Islamic criminal law, thereby insulting Islam, are Malaysians wrong to say that MCA is staunchly anti-Islam?
If so, what is Umno and Perkasa doing about it? Have their tongues been severed?
Jackson Ng is a retired journalist who reads Malaysia Chronicle
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