Pix: Ann Wan Seng is a member of the
Perkim national council
By Sharifuddin A. Latiff
What is with these Chinamen who convert to Islam in Malaysia?!
One of the most well-known Muslim missionaries (pendakwah) is Ann Wan Seng, who’s a prolific speaker in Malay — like you-know-who.
Above is a screenshot of the Perkim website organization chart. The Perkim chairman is Mahathir, by the way.
But watch the video! (below)
Beginning 2:30 Ann Wan Seng explains that the Chinese practise various strains of Buddhism.
At 3:00, Ann says:
Bukan sekadar orang Cina menyembah agama Buddha. Mereka juga sembah berbagai dewa dan juga dewi. Mereka sembah Tua Pek Kong, mereka sembah Pau Kong, mereka sembah Datuk Kong dan barangkali mereka juga sembah King Kong (audience snickers).
Maka jadilah agama dia agama Kong Kali Kong.
Dan inilah keadaan yang sedia wujud itu (speaker laughs) di mana orang Cina sembah patung-patung ini kerana mereka yakin dan juga mereka percaya bahawa patung ini boleh mendatangkan kebaikan kepada mereka, boleh mendatangkan kesejahteraan kepada mereka, boleh memberikan keselamatan malahan boleh menjadikan mereka ini kaya-raya.
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Ann is wrong to conflate Buddhist teachings with the worship of Taoist deities. Even I know this. It just goes to show how shallow the knowledge of these Muslim preachers are. Spreading such ignorance and denigrating other religions is just as bad as BTN propaganda.
The YouTube video is three years old but it has only came to light and to the attention of the wider audience after the brouhaha created by blogger Mahaguru58. The president of the Muslim bloggers network Zainol Abideen made his police report against a Christian preacher whom he accused of insulting Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. six years ago.
In a tit-for-tat, the other side of blogosphere similarly highlighted this video to show that it is both sides doing the insulting.
However, only one side is making the police reports and the death threats.
The authorities are also one-sided in their warnings against perpetrators. Take for example the NFA against the two school principals who not only made racial taunts but were also religiously motivated in their actions.
And Malaysia wants to lecture the rest of the world on religious tolerance? Bah, humbug.
5 comments:
Buddhists are aware of this video. It speaks highly of their practice that their response is calm and reasoned. In my view, this puts the spiritual development of the average Buddhist way above this ustaz. Again this underlines the efficacy of Buddhism as a religion that quietly and effectively brings peace, as opposed to others who go around insisting that their religion is peaceful.
We are Buddhist keep they fire their head, who burn their head that will hot, In Islam also many of their teaching, why they talk about, this is very foolish.
I think this Ustaz think the other Buddhist people don't education or died all from this world, only can remain in this world. Buddha from king family but this Usataz where, may be he from heaven.
All Islam, please not allow this Ustaz destroy of Islam's teaching.
In Buddhist we are not need to anyone convert because who converted always make disturb or problem.
He is Dr, why Dr is very stupid, may be Dr Tea under table, please this Dr Ustaz go hell(die) better than to be human people. If this Ustaz live in this world all Islam destroy
Albert Einstein (14 March 1879–18 April 1955) was a theoretical physicist who is widely regarded as one of the most influential scientists of all time. He is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the brightest minds we ever had. It is interesting that Albert Einstein actually think quite highly of Buddhism.
Albert Einstein:
“Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: It transcends a personal God avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural and spiritual; and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity.”
“If there is any religion that would cope with modern scientific needs it would be Buddhism.”
“A human being is part of the whole, called by us ‘Universe’; a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest – a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely but striving for such achievement is, in itself, a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security.”
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