Intellectual policy on Islam and Hindu Vigil.

Since independence from British Christian Colonialists a number of developments have occurred in India that played an important part in shaping Hindu life. In the first place, India was divided by Islamists and bogus secular political leaders. There has been an increased recognition that all Muslims will go to PAKISTAN, an Islamic country. We have elected an atheist and anti-Hindu man Jawaharlal Nehru as the Prime Minister of India. Nehru believed in Islam, and his beliefs, thinking and action encouraged Muslims in India remain in India and to preach Islamic hatred and indulge in violence as prescribed in the Koran. Nehru and the anti-national Congress party have opened up the appeasement policy and special reservation and quota systems for Muslims. The activities the Nehru dynasty has in subsequent years have resulted in the demographic increase of Muslims. Subsequent Prime Ministers like Indira Gandhi, V.P. Singh, Deva Gowda, Manmohan Singh etc. continued pro-Islamic policies and programs. The ruling parties increased Hajj subsidy and pseudo secular Hindus never criticized pro-Islamist policies and or unwilling to let the majority Hindus study the Contemporary issues created by Islamic terrorists. Indian intellectuals, leftist liberals and pseudo secular Hindus never studied India beset by problems which are universally ascribed to inept handling of Islamic terrorism. Indian intellectuals, leftist academicians, and corrupt political leaders and phony secular leaders were reluctant to study the vital current Indian problems. What are the reasons for this?

In the first place many pseudo secular Hindus think that Sanatana Dharma is eternal and have the attitude that “all religions are the same” and special study of Islam is unnecessary. Almost every political leaders, businessmen, military leaders, criminal justice administrators, religious leaders, and journalists, consider themselves as good Hindu and believes that they already know the ethical facts and principles of Hinduism on the basis of their own experience in dealing with Muslims. Unquestionably, these individuals, and other Hindus are responsible for the current predicaments and many of the social problems. But it is just as obviously true that they do not know enough to deal with some of the most significant social problems created my Islamists. Despite the vast erroneous knowledge and irrational information, they will find among good men the world over like Indian culture. India’s intellectuals, Marxist academicians and the media pundits in India lack the knowledge how to handle problems created by Islamists. Industrial and social unrest, hate, prejudice, crime, violence, Islamic terrorism, love jihad, corruption, giving reservation to Muslims in all levels and establishment of sharia court in different places, continue to be major problems in India. But everywhere practical knowledge is lacking to problems created by Islamists. It must be pointed out that Indian administrators and criminal politicians lack the knowledge how to prevent the Islamic savages who succeed in killing Hindus.

The lack of understanding of Islam and Jihad results in failure to contain savage behavior of Muslims. Hindus are under constant threats from Islamists and in many states; Hindus are living in a prison of Islamic terror. And where are the bogus secularists, Indian liberals, Communist academicians and leftist intellectuals to educate the majority when they fear Islamic terror. It does not take a lot of imagination to understand how people behave when they are discriminated by the government and surrounded and attacked by Islamic savages.

In Kashmir all Hindus are killed. Some Hindus and other infidels or driven out, and they are living in refugee camps in their own country. Kerala, the land of Snakaracharya, Muslims will outnumber Hindus in few years. What does it say about the states of truth about Jihad, when the mainstream Indian media joins with corrupt politicians and Islamists? We can predict the outcome. Indian media, owned and operated by our enemies blame Hindus for their suffering by Islamic terrorists. Hindu women are raped; business attacked yet, the media blame the myopic Hindus. Good information is easily accessible and easily available on the atrocious behavior of Islamic criminals committed against innocent citizens. If the government administrators and Indian educated elites and leftist academicians want to eliminate full Jihad in India it is still possible. In India, there is a vacuum on the pseudo secular left, and Jihadist knows how to take full advantage.

Rather than seek to cultivate a united ideological font against Islam, jihadi terrorist’s ideological roots, government of India, and Indian intellectuals did in fact did unilateral and emotionally irrelevant appeasement policy and played Islamic vote bank politics. It was like a hydra growing new heads.

However, the distinction between Islam (a closed desert Dogma) and open ended, systemic, pluralistic, Hinduism simply should not be pushed aside without an attempt to diagnose and exorcise some of the social, psychological, criminal problems created by Islamists by Indian intellectuals. And it is now a question of trying to find why Indian intellectuals, educated elites, and our politicians refuse to see the stereotypical presentation of Hinduism and Hindus in India and abroad. Are they suffering from a virulent form of cognitive disorder, unable to see the reality? “Cognitive Nihilism” hit them? Indian intellectual’s ideological prejudice shared with pseudo secular Hindus who are in deep denial, apathetic and indifferent. It would not take a genius to realize that there are distinction between Islam and Hinduism. Hinduism is highly eclectic, systemic, pluralistic, and open-ended and provides liberty to individuals. One wonders, why India’s intellectuals refuse to see the difference between a closed dogma and open ended Hindu philosophy. Although Islam is often powerfully associated with state and central government in India, how can we deny the fact that Muslims have killed more than 80 million Hindus, and is associated with mass killing and violence and terrorism? Hinduism is peaceful, analytic, and methodological. Very few Islamic theologians or Mullahs will admit that Islam is extremely parochial and encourage its followers to annihilate all infidels from the world (Um-welt) and create Dar-ul-Islam. They are not interested in philosophical analysis. Muslims are clever in al-taquiya (lying) and disguises and disarms a more profound and interesting possible about the intentions of Jihadi terrorists in India. Like caged parrots, Muslims are still singing that “Islam is peace”. It is clear, that the truthfulness of Islam is questionable. There is something intellectually cowardly about their claims. AS closed dogmatic and aggressive fundamentalists, Islamic theologians and Mullahs refuse to face intellectual challenges and dialogue.

Many phony secular Hindus, corrupt politician, Islamic religious leaders and corrupt bureaucrats have the attitude that Hindu values and life principles are unnecessary. Every criminal politician in India thinks that they know Hinduism and already know the essential facts about Islam, Maoism, and Marxism. On the basis of their own experience in dealing with Marxists, Maoists, and Islamists.

The division between Santana Dharma and Islam is the expression of a commitment of Mohammad and freedom of thought. And more over it is an eternal conflict of differing and opposed habit of thought. The deeper point is that the philosophical and cultural truth matters. Whatever they might be, we have to take sides, and there by become a part of sane world. Islamists claim that their Saudi Arabian Islam is perfect and is a perfected and closed and the Koran which contains traditional Saudi Arabian culture, absurdities and irrational ideas for aggression and violence against infidels needs no renaissance, revision or reformation. What Muslims have to understand, then is the broad-mindedness and tolerance of Hindus.

Indian intellectuals, Politicians and Hindus must exhibit a commitment to neutralize Islam and Muslim Jihadis. Incorrect, intellectually dishonest and phony statements that “all religions are the same” simply serve to perpetuate Islamic terrorism against Hindus.

Hinduism is no longer confines to India. As an NRI Hindu, I feel that Hinduism has so much to offer to the world beset by Islamic terrorists, coercive religious conversion and interpersonal problems. As responsible citizens of a democratic world, NRI Hindus and Indian intellectuals must apply the science of Hindutva to problems created by the desert dogma called Islam. India will prosper if Indian citizens can understand the current division in culture. It is extremely impossible for India to avoid corruption, Jihadi terrorism, criminal behavior of Maoists, and Muslims unless Indian intellectuals come to the view that Islam is cruel, rude, closed, nasty, and brutish.

In my view the cultural pathology of Muslim Jihadist must be stopped. As a final thought, we might consider that there are two cultures-one humanistic, pluralistic, systemic, rationalistic, peaceful and tolerant. The other (ISLAM) is against democracy, human rights, pluralism, peace, and co-existence and even distorts humanist modernity. Muslims are brutal, intolerant, and aggressive. Hinduism is truth and meaning, knowledge and wisdom. Islam is opposed to harmony, religious tolerance, and not in favor of social progress, science, technology and modern industry.

Islamists are probably the absolute worse human right violators of Hindus in the world. Since the Indian media and the Sonia administration have in varying degrees decided to ignore or whitewash this otherwise growing epidemic of human pain and suffering of Hindus. Muslims are conditioned to believe that Hindus are hypocrites, fanatical, intolerant and the source of the world’ vows. In fact, Hindus are the by far the most persecuted religious groups around the world.

The situation has gone from bad to worse, politically in the light of the fact that there is no intellectual policing of Islam. The so Called anti-Hindu Indian Intellectuals are cohort with Islamic theologians and Mullahs and refuse to take intellectual challenges to Islam. It is very unfortunate that Indian academicians are unable or unwilling to an intellectual/philosophical challenge to Islam. Indian Intellectual elites are unable or unwilling to develop a consensus that the Islamic threat is significant.

I wish, pro-Islamist corrupt politicians, leftist academicians, and elite pseudo secular Indian intellectuals read all the passages in the Koran which promote, instigate and motivate Muslims for violence against infidels. So, the duty of the peace loving and patriotic citizens to save India from the supremacist Islamic power, cannot be ignored anyway.

Intellectual policing of Islam and continued dialogue on the philosophy (?) of Mohamed may reduce antagonism and mutual misrepresentation between the close ended Islam and open ended Hinduism.

Intellectual policing of Islam must be an essential part in the life of Hindu culture.

Egyptian Salafist: "Shia Are More Dangerous Than Naked Women"

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - A statement from a member of Parliament of the ultra-conservative
 Salafist Nour Party has argued that Shia are “more dangerous than naked women” in comments that have brought on an onslaught of sardonic comments as well as anger from Egypt’s activist community, who have urged the government to make it clear that discrimination will not be tolerated.

According to a report in al-Ahram – a government-run daily newspaper - members of the committee called on Tourism Minister Hesham Zaazou to discuss the issue in the council, the country’s upper house of parliament which is holding legislative powers until a house of representatives is elected.

The committee, headed by Fathy Shehab El-Din of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), reportedly had an argument on the effects Iranian tourists could have on Egypt.

“The Shias are more dangerous than naked [women],” MP Tharwat Attallah of the Salafist Nour Party said during the meeting.

“They are a danger to Egypt’s national security; Egyptians could be deceived into [converting to] Shiism, giving it a chance to spread in Egypt,” he added.

Activist Nora Osman said that “this fear of the Shia is ridiculous in this country. We’ve had them traveling here for decades and there was no problem, but now with the rise of the conservatives, it has become one. Doesn’t make sense to me.”

Egypt’s minority Shia Muslim population has long struggled for acceptance in the majority Sunni country. It is not looking to get better for the group, however, with the country’s Grand Mufti warning of the spread of Shiism.

“Propagation of Shiism means spreading rifts and divisions,” said Sheikh Ali Goma’a, Egypt’s former state-appointed Grand Mufti two years ago.

“We advise the wise people among the Shiites against the misplaced propagation of Shiism, which will cause instability and threaten social security,” Goma’a said at a lecture during a week-long forum hosted by the Islamic Research Center, an influential arm of the Sunni world’s most prestigious institution al-Azhar.

In 2012, Shia activists were detained by Egyptian officials in what was seen as another attempt to push the group outside the norms in Egypt. With the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood to the top of the government, Shia in Egypt continue to face hardships in practicing their faith.

The February detentions came less than one month after Egypt’s security closed the Hussein Mosque, arguing that the Sunni majority in Egypt would become enraged over seeing Ashura celebrations in Cairo. The celebrations mark the killing of the Prophet Mohamed’s grandson Imam Hussein.

“It is not new for us Shia in Egypt,” said Ali, 34.

“This is my country, but I feel there is so much pressure on me to be someone I am not and to believe in things that are not my own,” he said.

The reason is simple: he is Shiite. In Egypt, a predominantly Sunni Muslim country, the minority Shia have been arrested and forced into silence.

In 2011, Egyptian police arrested at least four Shia Muslims, including a visiting Australian citizen. They were charged with insulting and denying tenets of religion, judicial sources were reported saying.

Security officials reported that the Shia men were part of a group of 24 that were rounded up last week in Cairo. According to the police, most have been released, but it is still unclear how many remain behind bars.

“This is the struggle we face on a daily basis and have been forced to live in silence and fear of what the police would do if they found out we were Shia,” Ali continued.

The Australian man’s family alerted the Australian authorities after Safaa al-Awadi, 44, did not return to Perth when scheduled.

He was freed one month later after facing charges of blasphemy.

Seven other Shiites have been in detention since mid-2009 and charged with “forming a group trying to spread Shi’ite ideology that harms the Islamic religion.”

In 2010, Egypt’s Minister of Religious Endowments, Mahmoud Hamdy Zaqzouq, said in statements during a meeting with the Grand Mufti of Mount Lebanon, Sheikh Mohamed Ali Jouzo, that Egypt has “no mosques belonging to any religious or sectarian schools.” He added that there are no Shia Mosques in Egypt.

The minister stressed that all mosques and religious institutions that number some 104,000 are subject to full supervision of the Ministry of Religious Endowments.

Followers of Shia doctrine believe the Prophet Mohamed should have been succeeded by his cousin Ali rather than his companion Abu Bakr, who is considered the first Imam. Ali was the fourth in traditional Sunni belief.

Making matters difficult in Egypt is that Sunnis believe any suggestion that Abu Bakr was not the rightful successor is akin to blasphemy.

“We live under these conditions every day and most of the time I keep my mouth shut, but for our government to insist that we don’t exist is insulting and wrong,” added Ali.

MIC sec-gen resigns following polls defeat

S Murugesan has resigned as MIC secretary-general, keeping with his pledge that he would do so if defeated in the 13th general election.

On May 5, he had failed to wrest the Kota Raja parliamentary seat in Selangor from PAS incumbent Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud. He previously contested the Subang parliamentary seat in 2008 but lost to PKR's R Sivarasa.
Murugesan will be replaced by central working committee member A Sakthivel, a division head from Puchong who had lost the Kapar parliamentary seat to PKR newcomer G Manivannan.

In a statement today, Murugesan said he had reiterated his intention to party president G Palanivel last week.

"I... allowed a few days for him to find a suitable successor," Murugesan said in the statement, issued shortly after he had tendered his resignation letter.
Murugesan said that the party, which won four out of the nine parliamentary seats it contested, now needs to rejuvenate itself.

“I have given my best to move the party forward and make it more relevant to the younger generation,” he said.

“However, I believe the time has come for me to step down and allow others to continue with the process of rebuilding the party,” he added.

Murugesan said that he would take a short break before returning to his capacity as an MIC branch chairperson and also as a Central Working Committee (CWC) member.

He also thanked Palanivel for offering him the opportunity to serve as party secretary-general and said that the MIC president has “deep compassion” for the Indian Malaysian community.

Siti Mariah won the Kota Raja seat by a whopping 29,395-vote majority in the election on May 5.

Malay business council warns of 'economic tsunami'

The Malay Economic Action Council (MTEM) has warned that a new tsunami - an economic one - will hit Malaysia soon due to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) that is expected to conclude by October, and will leave local businesses vulnerable.

"This new trade regime is a tsunami that will land in Malaysia, far greater than the political tsunami that just happened," warned MTEM chief executive oficer Mohd Nizam Mahshar.

Mohd Nizam (left) said, during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur, that the free trade agreement will have far-reaching impact on the country's local businesses and cost of living.

"An example, we estimate cost of medication will increase from RM200 to RM1,200 because generic medication can no longer be used as intellectual property rights for pharmaceutical companies will be extended under the agreement," he said.

He said among the other impacts include the local rice industry being overwhelmed by the influx of heavily subsidised American grain and wheat, local professional services such as lawyers and architects will face international competition, Malaysia becoming vulnerable to international lawsuits from multi-national corporations and preferential treatment for local companies is not allowed.

"The agreement may also render Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's 1Malaysia products such as Kedai Rakyat 1Malaysia illegal as it can be seen as a trade barrier because it gives subsidised rates to products - this can be a preferential treatment and violates the TPPA, Malaysia could be brought to the international court," he said.

He added that the use of a "negative list" means that the agreement will cover all industries unless it is exempted in a special list, as compared to a "positive list" where only industries listed will be covered.

'Lack of transparency'

Mohd Nizam further hit out at the government for lack of transparency in the negotiations of the trade agreement.

He declared MTEM will embark on a campaign for all MPs and state assemblypersons on both side of the divide to make clear their stance on the agreement.

"We did not know the content of the negotiations until we saw leaked documents uploaded on the Internet.

"We have very little time left, the 17th negotiation will start on May 15 to 24, in Peru and in one or two more negotiations, it will be completed... the TPPA is planned to be signed and officially launched in October 2013, most likely in Brunei," he said.

Mohd Nizam pointed out that several nations involved in the free trade agreement were already protesting but it had fallen off the radar in Malaysia.

According to the Malaysian International Trade and Industry's (Miti) website, the TPPA is a free trade agreement involving eleven countries, namely Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, United States and Vietnam.

It said that the TPPA is aimed towards deeper integration within the Asia Pacific region and would allow Malaysia to better engage the US.

"MTEM, together with its 50 NGO members representing half a million local enterprises, strongly urges the government to withdraw further TPPA involvement until a full accounting and cost-benefit analysis has been conducted, proper and meaningful public consultation and presented to parliament.

"The TPPA must be decided by the people of Malaysia, not by secretive bureaucrats," said Mohd Nizam.

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‘Boycott pro-Pakatan Kuok firms’

It accuses the tycoon of funding Pakatan Rakyat and practising racial discrimination.

PETALING JAYA: The Muslim Consumers Association today called for a boycott of five businesses owned or partly owned by tycoon Robert Kuok, accusing him of racial discrimination.

Nadzim Johan, who heads the association, said the boycott would affect the Pappa Rich and Old Town White Coffee restaurant chain, Sri Murni oil, Marina fish products, Massimo bread and two flour brands produced by a Kuok company.

“It’s a selective boycott,” he said, adding that the action was endorsed by several other NGOs.

He accused Kuok of siding with Pakatan Rakyat in the recent general election and “contributing” to the deterioration of race relations.

“We have information from staff of certain companies that their companies have provided funds for Pakatan,” he said.

Nadzim appeared to be blaming Kuok and Pakatan for what he said was a souring of relations between the Malays and the Chinese.

“We spoke to former Malacca chief minister Mohd Ali Rustam who worked closely with the Chinese community. He said that during his election campaign they don’t even look at him,” he said.

He added that the boycott was also intended to prevent PKR leader Anwar Ibrahim from “further inciting the rakyat” and DAP from making use of Chinese Malaysians to “obtain power”.

Nadzim also accused the Kuok companies of practising racial discrimination and manufacturing products that are dangerous to health and not in full compliance with halal requirements.

“Papa Rich is certified halal, but it buys ingredients from suppliers who do not have the halal certification. Old Town discriminates by giving their franchises only to the Chinese,” he claimed.

He alleged that the flours produced by Kuok’s mills use the poisonous benzoil peroxide as a whitening agent.

‘Don’t bank on Subra as human resources minister’

National Union of Banking Employees urges the prime minister not to appoint Dr S Subramaniam as human resources minister, accusing the latter of failing the working people.

PETALING JAYA: National Union of Banking Employees (Nube) today urged Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak not to reappoint MIC deputy president Dr S Subramaniam as human resource minister.

In a statement, Nube secretary-general J Solomon said that Subramaniam had failed to protect the rights of the Malaysian workforce since his appointment to the post five years ago.

“On top of that, Subramaniam had also degraded the honour of those who had worked hard to protect the rights of workers for the past 56 years,” he claimed.

In the past two years, workers’ unions and Subramaniam had clashed over several issues pertaining to issues on workers’ rights.

Chief of the complaints was when Subramaniam tabled the law to amend the Employment Act 1955, changing the term “contract of employment” to “contract for employment”.

Unions have alleged that the amendment would further erode workers’ rights, a charge Subramaniam had dismissed.

In his criticism against Subramaniam, Solomon accused the MIC leader of conspiring with a local bank to validate an in-house union to diminish Nube’s influence.

“And in 2011, the minister blatantly lied to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) by saying that the High Court has decided that the registration of the in-house union was valid.

“The truth is that the High Court did not make a decision on the matter yet,” he said.

Solomon added that instead of using his powers to resolve disputes between workers and employers, Subramaniam had deliberately left the matter to be dealt in the court of law.

“The minister has the power to resolve this disputes. Even the court is perplexed on why Subramaniam is not making any decision,” he said.

Solomon urged Najib to appoint a human resources minister who would reverse the unjust decisions made by Subramaniam during his tenure.

“We hope that the new minister will heed the prime minister’s advice in not being arrogant and restore the honour and dignity of our working people,” he said.

PSM to review ties with Pakatan

Delegates will address the issue at the party’s national congress next month.

PETALING JAYA: Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) will decide next month whether to continue collaborating with Pakatan Rakyat.

The issue, which arose from disagreements that resulted in multi-corner fights for two Selangor state seats and one Perak state seat in the recent general election, will be discussed at the party’s national congress, due on June 28.

“Of course, we are disappointed with what transpired,” PSM secretary general S Arutchelvan told FMT today in reference to the fiasco in Kota Damansara and Semenyih. Barisan Nasional won both seats.

In Kota Damansara, PSM president Nasir Hashim, who used the PKR symbol, had to fight not only Umno’s Halimaton Saadiah Bohan and three independent candidates, but also PAS’s Ridzuan Ismail. Several quarters, including elements in Pakatan, have alleged that a certain faction in PKR campaigned for Ridzuan.

In Semenyih, Arutchelvan used PSM’s own logo to contest against Umno’s Johan Abdul Aziz and PKR’s Hamidi Hassan. Pundits say Hamidi had strong support from PKR activists aligned with the party’s deputy president, Azmin Ali.

In Jelapang, PSM’s M Sarasvathy faced MIC’s S Mokan and DAP’s Teh Hock Ke. Ten won the seat.

Arutchelvan said PSM was seeking talks with PAS and PKR over their differences.

“PAS called us a communist party and we are not happy with it,” he said. “It’s the same accusation Umno had levelled against us in the past.

“As for PKR, we are not happy with what transpired in Kota Damansara and Semenyih.

“So we need to hold a dialogue session with both parties to thrash out the issues.”

PSM had only one victory in the election. It retained the Sungai Siput parliament seat.

Arutchelvan said PSM’s poor showing had a surprising effect on its popularity.

“The ironic part about the defeat is that more people are coming forward to express support for our cause and aspirations,” he said.

He said many voters were caught up with the “Ubah” and “In Kalilah” clarion calls and voted in favour of Pakatan, forgetting that PSM was aligned with the opposition pact and subscribed to both calls.

“They didn’t really see the candidates. For them, Pakatan represented the mood for change and they voted in their favour. It happened all over the country, not only Semenyih and Kota Damansara.

“But we are quite happy that many youngsters voted for PSM. Post election, many came forward and expressed their disgust over what Azmin Ali’s camp did to us.”

He said PSM remained committed to the belief that BN must be dislodged from federal power before any change could be initiated in Malaysia.

He added that it was pertinent for the Election Commission (EC) and BN to address allegations of fraud during the polls.

“As for PSM, we will work towards winning the hearts and minds of the young electorate,” he said.

‘Kabinet mesti cari punca rakyat tidak puas hati’

Najib mesti memilih anggota kabinet di kalangan mereka yang hidup tidak mewah dan tidak salah guna kuasa.

PETALING JAYA: Ahli parlimen Shah Alam Khalid Samad berkata, kabinet Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak hendaklah mengutamakan isu-isu yang rakyat tidak puas hati seperti dalam isu ketelusan dan kebertanggungjawaban.

Menurutnya, Najib mesti memilih anggota kabinet di kalangan mereka yang hidup tidak mewah dan tidak salah guna kuasa.

“Kabinet baru ini mesti mencari punca kenapa rakyat tidak puas hati,” katanya.

“Sekarang rakyat tidak macam dulu, sokongan merosot, undi popular tidak memihak. Kabinet mesti cari isu-isu yang rakyat tidak puas hati.” tambahnya ketika dihubungi hari ini.

Bagaimanapun, Naib Presiden PAS, Datuk Mahfuz Omar yang juga ahli parlimen Pokok Sena berkata, beliau tidak menaruh harapan kepada Najib.

“Tiada harapan apa apun kepada Najib,” katanya ringkas tampa mahu mengulas lanjut.

Najib dijangka membentuk kabinet esok, tetapi beliau berjanji meneruskan agenda tranformasinya.

Manakala ahli parlimen Langkawi, Datuk Nawawi Ahmad berkata, Perdana Menteri akan memilih orang terbaik untuk mengganggotai kabinetnya.

“Najib kenal semua orang, dia akan pilih yang terbaik. Perdana Menteri juga berjiwa rakyat,” kata muka baru ahli parlimen itu.

Barisan Nasional pimpinan Najib menang 133 kerusi parlimen dalam pilihan raya umum Ahad lalu.

Pakatan Rakyat pula pimpinan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim mendapat 89 kerusi tetapi menuduh pilihan raya yang curang dan berlaku penipuan oleh Suruhan Jaya Pilihan Raya (SPR).

BN is effectively a minority government

Most Malaysians knew that this election would be stolen. That is exactly what happened on Sunday, May 5 between 5pm when the polls closed and when the results were announced. 

Tommy Thomas

In assessing the results of the long-awaited 13th general elections, it is imperative that one considers the actual conditions under which the elections were conducted.

Uninformed observers, particularly from overseas, assume that because Malaysia has a Westminister-style parliamentary democracy, our elections are conducted freely, fairly and in the spirit of fair play.
The reality is that our elections are never held as they are in mature democracies like the United Kingdom, India or Australia.
They are rather akin to another Commonwealth country, Zimbabwe, where Robert Mugabe has been in power for some 33 years, and where the ruling party always wins because it thinks it has a divine right to rule, and will cheat to remain in power. Institutions intended to be independent and impartial have never acted independently and impartially.
First, the Election Commission (EC). It does not even give the semblance of being an independent umpire in a contest between two coalitions.
Instead, the EC has been most partisan, always favouring the ruling BN. Bridget Welsh, a well-respected and independent scholar, highlighted in Malaysiakini, the impact of the increased numbers in the electoral roll which were out of line with historical patterns of voter registration.
As examples, she referred to the 21 percent increase in Bachok and 29 percent in Bukit Gantang. Apart from irregularities concerning early and postal voting of some 240,000 voters, double voting and phantom voting have also allegedly took place. Many others have already written about these flaws in the voting process.
Secondly, in appearing to uphold law and order, the police force had been equally partisan, and reportedly going to the extent of transporting and protecting newly-arrived ballot boxes which contained sufficient votes to tip the balance in favour of BN in closely contested seats.
When Malaysian voters attempted to ensure that nothing untoward like that would happen, the police brought in FRU trucks with heavily-armed police ready to intimidate civilians attempting to prevent abuse.
Thirdly, the mainstream media’s sole function has been to print lies and distortions while not giving any mention to any good point that Pakatan may have made.
Fourthly, the caretaker government gave out money and other gifts which, by any yardstick, would constitute bribes and electoral offences. Yet, nothing was done to stop them.
Finally, and perhaps the worst offence committed by BN, with total complicity by EC, was allowing foreigners to vote.
In every nation, only citizens enjoy the privilege of voting in national elections. It is part of nationhood and citizenship. Article 119 (1) of the federal constitution confines the right to vote to citizens, and they further have to comply with residential and registration requirements. Yet, foreigners were allowed to vote in the thousands.

A stolen election
The scandal involving planeloads arriving in Malaysia days before polling has not been credibly answered. One wonders whether any other ruling party in the world will go to the extent of what BN has done. Mugabe may have to copy BN in this trick. All those who participated in this unconstitutional and wholly unacceptable conduct are guilty of treachery and treason.
Most Malaysians knew that this election would be stolen. That is exactly what happened on Sunday, May 5 between 5pm when the polls closed and when the results were announced.
The BN game-plan was to focus on about 30 parliamentary states. Winning them at all costs would ensure a return of power. Thus, they were not interested in Karpal Singh’s seat in Bukit Gelugor which he won by 42,000 votes or Seputeh where Teresa Kok increased her formidable majority to 61,000 seats.
Rather, the focus was on closely contested seats. In these seats, recounts were ordered, which invariably resulted in BN victories. The results were announced very late. There was always a break in the chain of evidence, that is, between the sealing of the ballot boxes after counting in the voting centres, and the subsequent recounts and final announcement of results seven or eight hours later.
With the benefit of hindsight, it becomes clear why in the last week before the elections when all the evidence suggested a surge for Pakatan, the Umno “war room” was confident of winning 140 to 150 seats: they had “insider information” about cheating. The evidence is slowly being uncovered and no doubt by the time these results are challenged in court in the coming weeks, the picture would be much clearer.
Read more at: http://hornbillunleashed.wordpress.com/2013/05/11/45508/

Alor Setar car repossessor shot dead in quarrel

M. Nagenthiran

ALOR SETAR: A car repossessor was shot dead during a quarrel near his house at the Taman Setia Jaya low-cost flat here at 12.30am on Friday.

Kota Setar CID chief DSP V. Savaranan when contacted, confirmed that M. Nagenthiran, 30, was shot three times, on the head and back.

He said a man in his 30s, believed to be a friend of the victim, had been detained to assist in investigations.

Meanwhile, an eye-witness claimed that prior to the incident, he heard loud voices and saw the victim quarreling with some men.

He then heard a loud sound, which he suspected was a pistol shot, and contacted the police.

Meanwhile, the victim's wife G. Parameswary, 29, said she and her two children, aged three and five, were sleeping at the time and were not aware of the incident until police came to inform her. - Bernama

Judging racism — A Malaysian

MAY 14 — There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong.

It’s the simple principle that underpins the functions of any judicial system. And those we entrust to apply this principle and pass final judgment on others execute a duty that is heavy and almost divine in nature.

Through the ages, it’s the reason why society demands that men and women who are elevated to this office embody certain qualities with a high standard of behaviour, in a sense making them almost perfect; men and women who have the highest moral code of conduct, imbued with integrity, honesty, intelligence and not just a wide knowledge of the law and experience in life but also who know respect, courtesy and the ability to emphatise with the vicissitudes of life that cause many to end up standing before them in their courtrooms.

It’s a simple principle, and one he no doubt would’ve faced and applied each day he sat on the bench as a judge. One would like to believe that former Court of Appeal judge Justice Mohd Abdullah Noor was appointed to his high office because he embodied all those qualities and that he always had the means and knowledge to determine and conclude when confronted with an issue, which side was right and which side was wrong.

We assume that before making a judgment, any judge would have to be satisfied that all he or she has had the opportunity to appraise all the relevant information.

So, it is stupefying when this former judge stood before his audience at a recent public forum and lashed out against a certain segment of the Malaysian population with threats of imminent repercussion for lawfully exercising their constitutional right to vote for a coalition of political parties that we can only now assume he personally didn’t support. This he did in the face of clear empirical evidence that rejection of the ruling coalition was from the majority of the electorate and not, as he believed, just Malaysians of Chinese descent.

In his opinion, their voting for candidates and parties other than those from the BN to form government was an act of betrayal against the ruling coalition tantamount to disrespecting one particular race, which justified the exacting of revenge by that race on them.

This to him, was right. Nevermind that those who didn’t vote for the ruling coalition were lawfully exercising their rights as citizens.

Confronted with the fallout from the elections, this former judge chose to throw his weight behind racists and backed a divisive agenda that does nothing at all to heal our country. Instead of being a rational voice of reason, he added his voice to a racist chorus calling a segment of our fellow citizens, “penumpang”.

Distorting even further Article 153 of our Federal Constitution, he proposed that all businesses in Malaysia should have 67 per cent of their equity ready for the Malays to take up at any time, effectively copying the destructive indigenisation policy of Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe. He then went further and proposed a narrow classification of the Malaysian populace as either just Malays or Non-Malays, thereby socially regressing to apartheid-era South Africa, - a time in history that earned that nation much shame and scorn internationally.

To him, all this was right too. Nevermind that all of his suggestions went directly against the very words and spirit of the Constitution, a sacred instrument he had taken an oath to preserve and protect as a judge. Nevermind that racism is morally wrong, wrong, wrong whichever way you look at it.

One would like to believe that a man with so many years on the Bench would be more capable of exercising a measure of dignified restraint. A judge should be the first to counsel that “an eye for an eye” never ever leads to a fair outcome. But far from it, he revealed himself to embody all the qualities Malaysians had hoped a man in his position didn’t have.

By his words, he has shown himself to be totally indifferent to the plight of the majority of Malaysians in wanting a different government they believed to be better. He exposed his own personal prejudices and had no hesitation in using the bully pulpit to victimize a segment of the Malaysian population based purely on their race, reducing them to a racial stereotype – one that lusts for economic and political control – much the same way that National Socialists in Germany vilified and regarded the Jews as a threat to their national survival.

Whenever a man finds it right to publicly express such views, he invites society to examine his moral compass. That in turn leads to a re-examination of his life’s work and legacy as a judge.

Sadly, the path of such an examination almost always leads to our own front doors. Our judgment of Datuk Mohd Noor becomes an indictment of ourselves as a society. In many ways, he is our own creation. Our own inaction made it possible for such views to be aired not just by him but also by many others, over and over and without any fear of reprehension.

In the end, it’s us. How did we stray so far from our own collective moral compass that we allowed silence to prevail for so long in the face of growing racial extremism?

There are two sides to every issue – one side is right and the other is wrong.

When we prefer to stay silent and choose neither, then we have no one but ourselves to blame when the wrong side triumphs.

* This is the personal opinion of the writer or publication and does not necessarily represent the views of The Malaysian Insider.

Hope restored — Juju Johari

MAY 14 — After having my heart broken the night the election results were announced, I jumped at the opportunity to express my deepest condemnation of the results, arriving at the Kelana Jaya stadium grounds at about 6.30pm. My friend had picked me up, and being very traffic-savvy, he got us there expediently, which is much to be thankful for considering many others were not so fortunate.

I was immediately taken in by the wondrous sights that greeted me, as people poured into the stadium grounds all wearing black, with people greeting each other as if they were old friends, whilst strangers took pictures of interesting sights, outfits, placards and characters that pointedly broke down racial barriers. That night, in and around the stadium, Malays, Chinese and Indians celebrated their diversity and their love for the country and Malaysianness by not only showing up but also expressing, as clearly as day, their desire for a JUST new world.

This was a gathering that will long stay in memory as those who turned up shared a common pain, and to wash away the deep sorrow we felt, and the no longer suspended disbelief that things have gotten so bad in this country we call home. We wanted to continue believing that good will triumph over evil. We wanted justice, but I think mostly what we found that evening was a mirror in each other, a reflection of the goodness of what we strived for, affirmation, a sense of belonging to the true Malaysian identity. In short, we found hope.

I have the greatest respect for our young citizens that night; while it is easy to develop apathy, and to move on as the hum-drum of life takes over, and to be cynical and tell ourselves “there-is-nothing-I-can-do”, our young ones have shown great leadership by turning up in such significant numbers, showing great vision by blazing the path of unity, respect and understanding.

Young Chinese students with PAS headgear taking pictures with young Malays proudly wearing DAP flags on their shoulders, basically stuff which are becoming more and more common at Pakatan Rakyat (PR) events, and unfortunately, these magical and heartwarming scenes will never get the airtime they deserve over the mainstream media.

Credit to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s leadership who has again shown how fully in tune he is to how the rakyat feel amidst the trials and tribulations of the week. It is the mark of a humane and strong, decisive leader.

As the battle cry faded into the night, as rally goers tiredly walked to their cars, in the end it was such a healing experience knowing that we dare again hope, and the fact that regardless of age, race and religion, we know that we are definitely not alone. We can stand shoulder to shoulder with thousands of our brethren who have shown us the path and shared our dreams of a better Malaysia.

Najib Receives Surprise Call From Obama

KUALA LUMPUR, May 14 (Bernama) -- United States President Barack Obama today telephoned Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to congratulate the prime minister on his success in getting the mandate from the people at the 13th General Election (GE13) to continue leading Malaysia.

In the surprise call, Obama expressed his understanding and acceptance of the process and results of the country's recently-concluded GE13.

In a statement issued here Tuesday, the Prime Minister's Office said that during the conversation, the US president was also briefed on the Government's efforts to ensure the clean and fair process of the elections.

It said that on his part, Obama had agreed to participate in the two-day Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Kuala Lumpur, beginning Oct 11.

"Malaysia and the United States will continue to strengthen bilateral relations through regional and international cooperation," said the statement.

The US president also touched on the subject of bilateral and multilateral trade and specifically, on Trans Pacific Partnership, and looked forward towards an early conclusion of the initiative.

Both leaders also discussed the issue of Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

Najib said he appreciated the personal call and interest shown by Obama on Malaysia, and his desire to foster closer relationship between both countries and administrations.

-- BERNAMA

Another massive rally – this time in Kuantan

Tonight, the post-election protest rally is being held in Kuantan, the venue changed at the last moment to Jalan Beserah.

Congratulations to the people of Kuantan for voting in a string of anti-Lynas politicians.