'Sensible' place for push back against racial and religious extremism
FMT
PETALING JAYA: Former law minister Zaid Ibrahim has now become a publisher and media owner, in addition to being a lawyer, author, blogger, newspaper columnist and anti-highway activist.
He has set up a “sensible” news and commentary web site called Nasionalis at www.nasionalis.my, with four staff, to provide a platform for moderates to speak up.
“I wanted a 100% Malay-language portal focussing on political education and issues the country needed to talk about, especially among the Malay community,” he told Malaysian Insider.
Zaid said he was concerned that the Malays were being influenced by ideologies of racial and religious extremism which he felt would be detrimental to both the community and the country in the long term.
“I believe we need to do something to bring all the races together. There’s no reason for different races to fight and there will be no end to this. We need to move on because I believe we are still being dragged by this religious and racial problems. It is dangerous and unnecessary,” the Star quoted him as saying.
“I encourage especially the Indians, Chinese, or the Kadazans write in Bahasa for us and I will publish them…this is an exciting project,” he said.
FMTPETALING JAYA: Former law minister Zaid Ibrahim has now become a publisher and media owner, in addition to being a lawyer, author, blogger, newspaper columnist and anti-highway activist.
He has set up a “sensible” news and commentary web site called Nasionalis at www.nasionalis.my, with four staff, to provide a platform for moderates to speak up.
“I wanted a 100% Malay-language portal focussing on political education and issues the country needed to talk about, especially among the Malay community,” he told Malaysian Insider.
Zaid said he was concerned that the Malays were being influenced by ideologies of racial and religious extremism which he felt would be detrimental to both the community and the country in the long term.
“I believe we need to do something to bring all the races together. There’s no reason for different races to fight and there will be no end to this. We need to move on because I believe we are still being dragged by this religious and racial problems. It is dangerous and unnecessary,” the Star quoted him as saying.
“I encourage especially the Indians, Chinese, or the Kadazans write in Bahasa for us and I will publish them…this is an exciting project,” he said.
No comments:
Post a Comment