Ridhuan: How can pigs outnumber cows in M'sia?

 

In his latest article, controversial academic Ridhuan Tee Abdullah talks about the failings of democracy and the swine population in Malaysia.

"I do not insult pigs because pigs are Allah's creatures. But I cannot accept pigs outnumbering cows, chickens, goats and ducks in an Islamic country.

"Our country lacks livestock that it has to be imported.

"But we have a surplus of pigs until a large number is exported. What is the meaning of this?" he asked in his column in Sinar Harian yesterday.

Therefore, Ridhuan is keen to know if the new Selangor menteri besar Mohamed Azmin Ali would be willing to approve the RM100 million integrated pig farming project in the state.

Calling on Muslims to open their eyes, the academic said whatever he writes comes from his heart and that he knows better about the "ultra kiasu", a term he uses to describe those who challenge the position of Malays and Islam.

"That is why I call them ultra kiasu. But not all of them.

"If they are good, adhere to the constitution, acknowledge the right of Islam, the Malay race and language, the bumiputera and Malay rulers, I will keep quiet.

"But if they oppose, I will not remain silent because they are the enemy, they want to build a nation within a nation," he added.

Ridhuan also defended Perkasa and Isma, calling them "victims" for being cast in a negative light.

"When these NGOs open their mouths, everything is racist and opposed.

"But when the ultra kiasu defend their culture, language and identity, that is human rights. Including LGBT," he added.

According to Ridhuan, the ultra kiasu dislike those who uphold Islam and prefer those who are secular, liberal and pro-socialist, whom they refer to as heroes.

On the same note, the former National Defence University lecturer is puzzled how those who champion Islam can have so much of faith in the democratic system.

"The democratic system cannot be fully supported because it stresses too much on human rights to the point that it goes against god's right.

"This is what is demanded by the ultra kiasu. They clamour for the term Allah but do not believe in Allah," he added.

Ridhuan’s writings have drawn much flak and become the subject of a police probe under the Sedition Act.

However, in his column yesterday, the academic stressed that he does not fear the Sedition Act as long as he knows that he is right.