Deaths in Sikh temple attack in US

At least seven people, including the shooter, killed in Milwaukee temple attack, police officials say.

Police said seven people were killed and many as 30
people wounded in the suburb of Oak Creek [EPA]

At least seven people were killed, including the assailant, when a gunman opened fire at a Sikh temple near Milwaukee, authorities said.

Police were called to the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in the suburb of Oak Creek, where witnesses said several dozen people were gathering for a service on Sunday.

Authorities found four people dead inside the temple and two outside, Greenfield Police Chief Bradley Wentlandt said.

Sunny Singh, 21, of Milwaukee, said a friend pulled into the temple's parking lot, heard shots and saw two people fall down.

The friend then saw the shooter reload his weapons and head to the temple's entrance, Singh said.

Police shoot-out

The first police officer to arrive at the temple engaged in gunfire outside the building with a man police believe was the shooter, Wentlandt said. The suspect was killed, he said.

Tactical units went through the temple, and authorities do not believe a second shooter was involved, Wentlandt said.

It's unclear how many others were wounded. Wentlandt said he had been told the officer who exchanged gunfire with the suspect and another person had been taken to hospitals.

He said the officer was shot multiple times and is in surgery and is expected to survive.

The spokeswoman for the area trauma center said three victims were being treated there, including one who was in surgery.

Jatin Der Mangat, 38, of Racine, the nephew of the temple's president, Satwant Singh Kaleka, said his uncle was one of those shot, but he didn't know how serious his injuries were.

He was among those waiting for news when police announced the deaths.

"It was like the heart just sat down," he said. "This shouldn't happen anywhere."

Sukhwindar Nagr, also of Racine, said he called his brother-in-law's phone and a priest at the temple answered and told him that his brother-in-law had been shot, along with three priests.

The priest also said women and children were hiding in closets in the temple, Nagr said.

Wentlandt did not identify the suspect or say what might have motivated the shootings.

'Mistaken for Muslims'

Sikhism is a monotheistic faith that was founded in South Asia more than 500 years ago. It has roughly 27 million followers worldwide.

Observant Sikhs do not cut their hair; male followers often cover their heads with turbans - which are considered sacred - and refrain from shaving their beards.

There are roughly 500,000 Sikhs in the US, according to estimates. The majority worldwide live in India.

Sikh rights groups have reported a rise in bias attacks since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

The Washington-based Sikh Coalition has reported more than 700 incidents in the US since then, which advocates blame on anti-Islamic sentiment.

Sikhs don't practice the same religion as Muslims, but their long beards and turbans often cause them to be mistaken for Muslims, advocates say.

Source:Al Jazeera And Agencies

Makkal Sakti: Indians' support for BN has risen to 80pct

The Indian community's support for Barisan Nasional (BN) has risen to nearly 80 percent following the BN government under the leadership of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak always taking measures to improve the lot of the community, besides ensuring peace and prosperity in the country.

Makkal Sakti Party president RS Thanenthiran said the Indian community had largely returned their trust in the BN government as it had fulfilled the promises it made to the people, including solving problems faced by the Indian commmunity.

“The prime minister has given importance to winning back the support of the Indian community by taking various measures such as increasing the number of Tamil schools and upgrading the existing ones, while no Hindu temple will be demolished but the temples are getting tens of thousands on ringgit in aid instead.”

Thanenthiran said this to reporters after the opening of Makkal Sakti's 4th annual general meeting in Lumut today.

Also present were Perak Menteri Besar Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir who announced a RM100,000 allocation for the party to prepare for the coming 13th general election campaign.

Thanenthiran said the opposition, on the other hand, was trying to divide the Indians and was also only good at making empty promises.

“Pakatan Rakyat had promised to give seven cabinet ministerial posts to Indians (if it captures Putrajaya), but if you look at the Selangor government now, it only has one Indian exco member. I think the Indian community wont' fall for the opposition's empty promises any more,” he added.

Asked about the party's effort to get more Indians to register as voters, he said the party had worked hard including conveying BN's message to the grassroots.

He said Makkal Sakti's membership had now reached more then 100,000 and the party would strive at getting BN to look into the requests made by the Indian community pertaining to economy and education.

He also hoped that the Indians themselves undertake transformation such as getting employed or better jobs to reduce poverty in the community.

- Bernama

Assam Crisis, Bangladeshi Influx, Muslim Politics, Jihadi Militancy and Satra Encroachment.

United Muslim National Army behind clashes in Assam : BLT Leader.

5548 Bighas of religious land of 26 Satra (Vaishnava Prayer Complex) in Assam encroached by Muslim migrants: Report.

Assam in an Islamic deadline?

04 Aug 2012 | Guwahati  :: Everybody blame on situation. Nobody finds the truth. A neo Islamic invasion in various forms captures Assam day by day to establish a Kashmir in this north eastern state in India. Islamic politics, Muslim appeasement, Bangladeshi Influx, Jihadi Militancy and Satra Encroachment all are put in the bed o Assam to destabilize the land under a definite Islamic design.

Through a breakthrough revelation it is found that Newly formed United Muslim National Army (UMNA) might be  behind the ethnic clashes in Bodoland Territorial Administered Districts (BTAD) in lower Assam that claimed 56 lives, thousand injured and lakhs of people displaced recently. The  former militant outfit Bodoland Liberation Tigers(BLT) alleged this new theory on Wednesday over the recent Indigenous Assam (Bodo) people vs the illegal Muslim migrants from neighbouring Bangladesh.

Jonomohan Mushahary, chairman of the now defunct BLT Welfare Society, alleged that UMNA was created in June 15 this year and was behind last month’s violence with support from All Assam Minority Students’ Union (AAMSU)and All Bodoland Minority Students’ Union (ABMSU).

UMNA, he claimed, is headed by policeman Ramjan Islam alias Mohibul Islam alias Ratul who was planning to destabilize BTAD and form a ‘Muslim Land’ including 13 districts of Assam upto Golaghat.

Mushahary urged the government to maintain a strict watch over the activities of AAMSU and ABMSU and asked all organisations to strive for permanent peace in BTAD. He also warned political leaders not to play politics on this sensitive issue.

He demanded immediate update of the National Register of Citizens with March 25, 1971 as cut-off date and early distribution of land deeds so that the rehabilitation of the people could be done on its basis.`

He also urged the government to probe the statement by pro-talk ULFA leader Mrinal Hazarika that a boat carrying arms had crossed the Brahmaputra river from Bangaldesh.

”Hazarika said two more boats are on the way. The government must investigate this. It is a serious matter”, he added.

After the clash when the indigenous Bodo people gallantly defused the Islamic conspiracy to encroach Bodo dominated lands, the perfume Barron  and  All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) president Badruddin Ajmal Qasmi demanded to defunct BTC (Bodoland  Territorial Council). As such it is proved that the Muslims of Assam have been helping the settlement of Bangladeshi Muslims to gave a Muslim majority by any means even through deploying Muslim rioters upon the peace loving indigenous Bodo people.

All on a sudden the sympathies of illegal  migrant Muslims from Bangladesh have reached to Assam land to run relief works with a certain aim to fuel Muslim militant outfits of Assam. A huge relief fund is being collected to run relidef and subversive activities by an Muslim Organization named Markazul Ma’arif Education and Research Centre at Palton Road, Opp Crawford Market, Mumbai-400 001 and  Main Road, Hojai, PIN – 782435.

Notorious MIM (Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen) president Asaduddin Owaisi is bound to lead  a relief team on Friday (03/08/2012) to Assam which has recently witnessed unprecedented violence and dislocation of lakhs of people. Owaisi along with a team of 11 doctors and two paramedics will visit Dhubri district in Assam.

“Within five days of intense violence over 4.5 lakh people were displaced. The official death toll was about 50. While the relief workers still can’t reach refugee camps, the affected people in Assam need every possible help to overcome their sufferings,” Owaisi told TOI adding that he had visited the ethnic violence-hit state recently. On his return to Hyderabad he announced Rs. 1.25 crore worth of relief material for the affected people. He also met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh along with Badruddin Ajmal, MP and president of the All India United Democratic Front in Assam and briefed him about the conditions of the affected population. “The people of Assam are going through a rare phase in their history. As a matter o fact MIM and AIUDF are jointly maneuvering a definite Jihad in Assam with syphoning  a huge amount of money in Assam  to help the subversive Muslim groups.

Both the Ajmal and Owaisi told that the 90% victims are Muslims. As per statistics there are  9,57,064 voters in total  in Kokrajhar and the total Muslim voters is 1,84,441. The Muslim organisations and the fundamental Muslim leaders are always referring 3-6 lakhs victims in recent Kokrajhar riot. Then from where these three to six lakh population came within the riot prone areas.  This question has also been raised by Women Right activist Anjali Daimary, who is the president of Bodo Women Justice Forum (BWJF).

Assam is now under the claws of Islamic demon. This demon can only be clamped by a sustainable resurgence of Indigenous spirit of Unity and Patriotism with Traditional valour of Ahom , Bodo, Kamta people and so on.

Our Assam correspondent B Paul informed that the Muslim organisations of Assam have been unified under an unidentified banner like Assam Muslim Parishad to encroach economic, political and demographical power from the  sons of the soil, i.e. Ahom people by their nefarious design. Already, 27 districts in Assam, 11 of them are going to be Muslim majority districts once the 2011 census figures, religion-wise, are likely to be  published by the census authorities in some days.

In a very cunning manner the traditional  Vaishnava Sankirtan Places, Satra lands have been encroached by the illegal Muslim immigrants from Bangladesh under the nose of present Congress Govt. in Assam.

An astounding 5,548 bighas of land belonging to 26 satras is allegedly under encroachment by illegal settlers, most of whom comprise Muslim immigrants from Bangladesh. There is also the growing problem of religious aggression by Christian missionaries who are converting poor, disadvantaged people to Christianity with promises of a better life and opportunities, they alleged.

An investigative report on ‘Satra Land Encroachment’ by Northeast Policy Institute (NPI) has found Alipukhuri Patekibori Than to be the worst affected with 65 bighas, one katha and 12 lecha under encroachment out of the total land of 76 bighas, three kathas and two lechas.

The Satra Study Committee, comprising four members, including chairman of Indian Art History Congress Dr Rabin Deva Chaudhury, Mukul Chandra Barkakoti and Dr Prafulla Kumar Nath and Kusum Kumar Mahanta, visited the different satras across the state, took video recordings, photographs and interviews of satras and satradhikars to learn the extent of the problem.

Releasing the study report on 13th July, 2012 at Guwahati, Deva Chaudhury said the problem of encroachment of satra land goes back to the post independence days when people from erstwhile East Pakistan came to Assam. However, the fact that encroachment is still a persistent reality is a violation of the directives of the High Court and the Revenue Board.

Most of the Satra lands have been encroached for the purpose of settlements of Bangladeshi Muslims, establishment of Muslim Markets, Mosques and Madrashas. In some places Govt grants have been utilized for Muslim rehabilitation. 

The satras were founded in the 15th century by Saint Sankardeva and his disciples Madhavdeva and subsequently by other Vaishnava gurus to propagate the monotheistic philosophy of neo-Vaishnavism in Assam.

Dhubri Ramrai Kutir Satra’s Satradhikar (head man), Sri Jitendra Nath Pradhani  said a large portion of the land the government had granted to the satras after India’s independence are under the control of encroachers who not only stop at grabbing lands but has also taken to theft, dacoities, rapes, murders and other heinous crimes. “Several satras like the Ramrai Kuti, Bishnupur, Damodar, Rangapani, Dharampur in the districts of Goalpara and Dhubri, Samaria, Suntoli, Goroimari, Koimari, Kolakhuwa, Barpeta, Patbausi, Sundoridia, Jonia, Bohori satras, Bordowa, Patekibori, Kobaikota, Rampur, Balisatra in the districts of Nagaon and Morigaon have most of their lands under encroachment,” he said.

Encroached Satra lands at a glace:

Name of Satras	Size of encroached land	Name of Districts
Bardua Satra	283   Bighas	Nagaon
Bali Satra	462   Bighas	Nagaon
Rampur Satra	584   Bigha	Morigaon
Adi Alengi Satra	450   Bigha	Lakhimpur
Bapupara Satra	110   Bigha	Goalpara
Vishnupur Satra	161   Bigha	Goalpara
Ramrai Kuthi Satra	1000 Bigha	Dhubri
Simalabari Satra	195   Bigha	Bangaigaon
Barpeta Satra	460   Bigha	Barpeta
Kobaikata Satra	120   Bighas	Nagaon
Alipukhuri Satra	186   Bighas	Morigaon

Besides, due to certain apparent ambiguity in the government’s land policy, even in a place like Majuli, considered as the centre of Vaishnavite culture, permission has been granted for construction of church. Added to that, the vote bank politics, indulged in by political parties is doing great harm to the future of the state’s rich culture and the Assamese society as a whole.

After Kashmir, Assam may be the second land where Hindus and indigenous people are waiting for a harrowing situation through which they have to find new land or refugee camps in another part of India, certainly not in Assam.

Policeman who paraded couple naked suspended

Video clip reveals law enforcers, led by SHO Samejo, paraded man, woman naked while escorting them to police station. PHOTO: FILE

SUKKUR: A police officer who paraded a couple, accused of adultery, naked to the police station was suspended on Saturday.

Earlier on July 28, a team of police officials in the town of Gambat, led by Station House Officer (SHO) Khair Mohammad Samejo arrested a man and two women and charged them with intentions of committing adultery.

A video clip on Saturday, however, purportedly revealed that the law enforcers, led by SHO Samejo, paraded the man and one of the women naked while escorting them to the police station. Locals tried to stop this by helping them put their clothes back on, but the police prevented them from doing so.

On July 30, the accused were produced in court and their bail pleas were accepted. After the issue was taken up by the media, action was taken against SHO Samejo who was subsequently reverted and suspended.

According to sources in the area, Mumtaz often invited escorts to his house, despite strong complaints from his neighbours.

The sources also alleged that SHO Samejo is known for adopting notorious measures for punishing the accused.

Couple caught together forced to marry

A Saudi man caught meeting his girl friend at a restaurant in the Gulf Kingdom was forced to marry her by the Gulf Kingdom’s feared religious police.

Members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice had arrested the two for having an “illicit” meeting at the restaurant in the southern town of Khamis Mushait, Kabar daily said.

“They decided to prevent a scandal and gave the couple the choice to get married…after they agreed, the Commission members managed to get approval from their families…they set the wedding just after Eid Al Fitr,”it said.

Engage Pakatan’s Indian reps, Waytha told

The movement is also advised to stop shooting at everyone, and always finding fault and name calling Pakatan Indian representatives.


KUALA LUMPUR: P Waythamoorthy-led Hindraf Makkal Sakti must engage Pakatan Rakyat, especially its Indian leaders, to strengthen its struggle for the ethnic Indian community in the country.

Or else the civil rights movement would slowly but surely become irrelevant in rapidly transforming nation’s political landscape, cautioned DAP Senator S Ramakrishnan.

He hoped that Waythamoorthy, who had just returned from London, would re-strategise the movement into a vibrant and dynamic outfit to play a bigger and pivotal national role.

He said Hindraf must transform from merely being a street protest group to a civil society movement that can lead the Indian community in tandem with national political growth.

He said Hindraf must first stop shooting at everyone, and always finding fault and name calling Pakatan Indian representatives.

While one can give constructive criticisms, he said one must also be able to engage in consultative dialogues to resolve issues and deliver.

“If Hindraf wants to stay relevant in long run, it got to make friends not enemies.

“It must engage Pakatan, especially Indian reps, to strengthen and enhance for the betterment of the community,” Ramakrishnan told FMT

The Senator said Hindraf should always look at the larger picture and take up bigger issues of national interests.

He said Hindraf should fight against corruption and back the struggle for free and fair elections as these issues also affected ethnic Indians.

By taking up bigger national issues, he said Hindraf can draw support of other communities to its own struggle for Indians.

He said other communities would not be so enthusiastic if Hindraf just fought for ethnic Indian cause.

“We can’t demand and deliver something for Indians without support of other communities,” reminded Ramakrishnan.

After playing a crucial role in the last general election, he said Hindraf had has gone backwards in its struggle and popularity due to poor leadership and tactical blunders.

He said Waythamoorthy’s timely return home was a major booster to the organisation.

He said the Hindraf chairman faced a huge task to refresh, revive and revitalise the movement into a force to be reckoned with.

“I am sure Waythamoorthy with his vast experience and knowledge having travelling to many countries would be matured enough to put Hindraf back on the right track,” said Ramakrishnan.

Read more: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2012/08/05/engage-pakatans-indian-reps-waytha-told/#ixzz22e7tjmmh

Several DAP Indian leaders furious at being left out

(The Star) - Several DAP Indian leaders are furious after reports of their activities were conspicuously missing from the inaugural issue of the party's Tamil newsletter, Makkal Kural (Peoples' Voice).

They said only programmes of selected leaders were given prominence in the eight-page newsletter, which is distributed free.

Several DAP Indian MPs, when contacted, said they were unaware of the Tamil newsletter, which gave prominence to Bersih 3.0 chairman Datuk S. Ambiga, DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang, chairman Karpal Singh, vice-chairman M. Kulasegaran, secretary-general Lim Guan Eng and Perak deputy chairman V. Sivakumar.

There was also a question-and-answer with Kulasegaran and a one-page report on former Hindraf leader V. Ganabatirau.

Conspicuously missing were reports on DAP deputy secretary-general Dr P. Ramasamy and other Indian elected MPs and state assemblymen from the party.

DAP Bagan division assistant secretary G. Asoghan said many questioned why the newsletter did not carry reports of other DAP Indian leaders.

“This newsletter is for distribution to the Indian voters. We have to show what our (Indian) leaders have achieved to be able to convince them to support us,” he said.

“Anyone reading the newsletter will have the impression that Ambiga is a DAP leader. It is our own newsletter and we must highlight our leaders,” he said.

Pahang vice-chairman J. Appala-samy said he was surprised as he had compiled the reports of the various Indian leaders.

“None was used. For me, it was a waste of time,” he said.

A national DAP official said there would always be complaints but they will look into it.

Politik Pakatan: Beri Kelantan royalti, panel tak perlu

SHAH ALAM - Rakan-rakan Pas dalam Pakatan Rakyat (PR) berpendirian penubuhan panel khas royalti petroleum kepada negeri-negeri Pantai Timur Semenanjung tidak perlu ditubuhkan, sebaliknya pembayaran sepatutnya diberi secara terus kepada Kelantan.

Naib Presiden PKR, N. Surendran berkata, kerajaan pusat hanya menggunakan nama jawatankuasa khas sebagai taktik Barisan Nasional (BN) membuat persiapan dalam minit-minit terakhir menjelang Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13 (PRU13).

“Hak negeri Kelantan harus diberi secara adil. Jika benar mahu tubuh jawatankuasa khas, kenapa tidak dari dulu saja? Mengapa baru sekarang?" kata beliau.

Semalam, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak mengumumkan akan menubuhkan sebuah jawatankuasa khas bagi mengkaji isu bayaran tunai hasil petroleum kepada negeri-negeri Pantai Timur Semenanjung.

Menurut Najib, jawatankuasa itu akan dipengerusikan oleh bekas Ketua Hakim Negara, Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad dan akan dianggotai oleh pakar undang-undang dari dalam dan luar negara, wakil dari kerajaan negeri Pahang, Kelantan dan Terengganu yang diperkenan Sultan negeri-negeri berkenaan.

Jawatankuasa itu akan membuat satu kajian menyeluruh dalam tempoh masa enam bulan dari tarikh penubuhannya dengan mengambil kira semua aspek tuntutan dan akan membuat syor yang sesuai kepada kerajaan persekutuan, kata Najib.

Surendran yang juga seorang peguam membidas kajian enam bulan, yang akan dijalankan oleh jawatankuasa itu, atas alasan ia tidak masuk akal.

Jelas beliau, PKR menjangkakan tempoh enam bulan akan melepasi tarikh PRU13 dan jelas langkah menubuhkan jawatankuasa dimaksdukan hanya mainan politik BN.

“Jika mahu kaji selama enam bulan, PRU sudah selesai.

"Jawatankuasa hanya berpura-pura mahu selesaikan konflik ini dan bayaran royalti belum tentu lagi akan diberikan secara terus kepada negeri Kelantan,” tegas beliau.

Sehubungan itu tegas, beliau yakin yang Kelantan tidak akan tertipu kerana taktik BN ini tidak akan memberi impak yang besar dan tidak akan mempengaruhi undi dalam PRU kelak.

Tambah beliau, penubuhan jawatankuasa khas ini tidak lagi menjadi satu isu kerana apa yang penting, Kelantan mesti mendapatkan semula hak mereka yang selama ini dinafikan oleh Kerajaan Persekutuan.

“Royalti tetap milik Kelantan. Jadi ia mesti diberikan secara adil,” tegasnya.

DAP turut berpendapat yang penubuhan jawatankuasa khas yang diumumkan Najib semalam tidak menjadi satu isu jikapun ia tidak ditubuhkan.
Timbalan Pengerusi Kebangsaan DAP, Dr Tan Seng Giaw berkata, pemberian royalti sememangnya hak Kelantan sejak dulu lagi.

“Selama ini hak Kelantan dinafikan oleh Kerajaan Pusat, jadi saya amat berharap mereka dapat kembalikan semula hak Kelantan yang selama ini tidak pernah dirasai oleh rakyatnya,” kata beliau kepada Sinar Harian Online.

Menurutnya lagi, bayaran royalti kelak mesti diberikan secara adil dan saksama kepada Kelantan, bukan menggunakan wang ihsan.

“Saya sendiri berasal dari Kelantan. Perjuangan untuk mengembalikan hak ini sudah terlalu lama. Jadi permainan apa yang ingin dimainkan BN dengan tubuhkan jawatan kuasa ini?” kata Ahli Parlimen Kepong.

Death in custody – Ho Kwai See (Sungai Buloh prison: 4 Aug 2002)

On 4 Aug 2002, Ho Kwai See, a 28-year old coconut trader, died in police custody at the Sungai Buloh prison one week after being detained.

The report from the first post-mortem carried out by the Kuala Lumpur Hospital stated that he died of a perforated ulcer.  However, his family noticed bruises on his body and suspected that he had been assaulted.

Despite the requirement that all custodial deaths be investigated by inquiries conducted pursuant to Chapter XXXII of the Criminal Procedure Code, it does not appear that an inquest has been conducted into Ho Kwai See’s death.

Every death in custody must be thoroughly and impartially investigated. Ho Kwai See’s death must not be relegated to a mere statistic.

Based on statistics disclosed by the Ministry of Home Affairs, 156 persons died in police custody from the year 2000 until February 2011.

We express our heartfelt condolences to Ho Kwai See’s family and friends on the anniversary of his death.

Protest against M.F. Husain's Derogatory Paintings

After Naked Bharatmata Husain Painted 'Rape of India'

MF Husain's painting 'Rape of India' on Mumbai Blasts displayed in ‘London Art Gallery’

Nude 'Bharatmata' Painting by MF Husain

M F Hussain's Hypocrisy
Judge for yourself : Hussain's paintings below.

Goddess Durga in sexual union with a Tiger HinduJagruti.org	Muslims ladies fully clothed HinduJagruti.org
Goddess Lakshmi naked on Sree Ganesh's head HinduJagruti.org	M.F. Husain's mother fully clothed HinduJagruti.org
Naked Saraswati HinduJagruti.org	Mother Teresa fully clothed HinduJagruti.org
Naked Sree Parvati HinduJagruti.org	Husain's daughter well clothed HinduJagruti.org
Naked Draupadi. HinduJagruti.org	Well clothed Muslim Lady. HinduJagruti.org
Naked Lord Hanuman and Goddess Sita sitting on the thigh of Ravana HinduJagruti.org	Muslim poets Faiz are Galib are shown well-clothed HinduJagruti.org
Fully clad Muslim King and a naked Hindu Brahmin. The above painting clearly indicates Husain's tendency to paint a Hindu in the nude and thus openly expose his hatred for Hindus. HinduJagruti.org	Naked Bharatmata - Husain has shown a naked woman with names of states written on different parts of her body. He has used the Ashok Chakra of the Tri-colour in the painting. By doing this he has violated the law & hurt the National Pride of Indians. Both these things should be of grave concern to every Indian irrespective of his religion. HinduJagruti.org
Out of the four leaders, M. Gandhi is decapitated and Hitler is naked. Husain hates Hitler and has said in an interview 8 years ago that he depicted Hitler naked so as to humiliate him as he deserves it ! How come Hitler's nudity caused humiliation when in Husain's own statement nudity in art depicts purity and is in fact an honour ! This shows Husain's hypocrisy and perversion. HinduJagruti.org
Conclusion M.F. Husain depicts the Deity or person he hates as being naked. He shows the Prophet's mother, his own mother, his daughter, all the Muslim personalities fully clothed, but in contrast Hindus and Hindu Deities along with Hitler are shown naked. This proves his hatred for Hindus. For other obscene paintings, click here Disclaimer - These obscene paintings have been given space here, only with an intention to highlight the hurt Husain has caused to Hindus. It is painful otherwise to reproduce this work. It is not our intention to further hurt the sentiments of Hindus. See what people think and voice your opinion Important Verdict: Why does Delhi High Court think Husain is wrong but could not be punished ?

Why should we protest against Nude Bharatmata painting ?

1. Representing India as a woman being raped, is nothing but terrible denigration. For an Indian, 'Bharat Mata' (Mother India) is a Goddess and not some figurative concept and showcasing her in this manner is highly outrageous and a completely unacceptable form of denigration.
   
2. It would be appropriate to ask MF Husain if he would have dared to make a similar painting had there been an attack on the UK, the UAE or Qatar and named it the 'Rape of UK, UAE or Qatar' ? (Husain has recently become a citizen of Qatar)
   
3. What is MF Husain's sick fascination for having sex with animals ? Why does he repeatedly superimpose his dirty minded eroticism on Deities ?
   
4. Why has he split the canvas in half ? Does he want to suggest that India will spilt ? Why this divisive implication that India will crumble under attack ?
   
5. Why has he painted the blood that has been spilt in the colour green ? And also the two bulls with green faces. The offenders of the cowardly terrorist attacks that India is facing, are the people who are symbolized by the colour green, and not the other way around. Does he expect the Islamisation of India ?
   
6. India has been wounded by innumerable terrorist attacks. Instead of expressing her pain, MF Husain has humiliated her and has added insult to her injury by showing her being raped and that too with the perverted suggestion of an animal straddling her and of a man pulling at her blouse and staring at her breast.
   
7. If MF Husain is truly an artist (as claimed by the artist community) and that all his thoughts about being outraged by terrorism were genuine, then why does he not paint others being nude and having sex with animals ? But as we have observed he depicts only India and Hindus in this manner.
   
8. Thus, for these reasons this painting is unacceptable to an Indian and it hurts and rapes our sensibilities.
   

Some questions we need to ask ourselves !

• Why do intellectuals and the art world continue to applaud MF Husain's perverted endeavours and still paint him as an 'artist' ?
  
• Has the collective mind of our social elite plummeted so deep, that on the one hand it puts men like MF Husain on a pedestal and on the other, summarily rubbishes a call for purity and feelings of national pride ?
  
• That we are actually debating this issue and not taking immediate action against MF Husain is the very reason why India has been attacked for centuries and has instead only been hospitable to our invaders. Do we still want to continue to function in a manner that does not even recognize an assault on our collective consciousness in the form of this obnoxious painting ?
  

What you can do ?

As this is gross disrespect to Bharatmata everybody should register their protest with the Government and compel the Govt. to book him for this huge offense.

1. Send the protest letter immediately to the Government to book him for hurting our National sentiments and to withdraw all his Padma awards and in addition initiate a court trial of this anti-National individual.
2. Form a group or personally lodge a Police complaint with this news that has been published in newspapers.
3. Force quick action from the State Govt., local MP, MLA and public representatives.
4. Write letters to Art gallerias not to exhibit any of his work.
5. Write to local newspapers and News channels about the incident so as to create awareness.
6. Create awareness through the internet via Emails, forums and Blogs.
7. You may print this page and distribute it amongst your friends, relatives and general public.
8. Boycott all his supporters for example Hotels displaying his paintings along with newspapers and TV channels that support him.

Special appeal to Advocates - File court cases against Husain in your local courts and intimate us upon doing so.
Special appeal to Journalists - Do not be mute spectators of this despicable imagery of the 'Rape of India'.
Special appeal to the artist community and art gallery - Boycott MF Husain from your community and send your protest letter to Government and don't display MF Husain paintings in any exhibition.

MyKad lama tidak sah

by Rajeswari

Pemilik kad pengenalan lama Balakrishnan, 74 menghadapi masalah untuk membuka akaun di bank kerana bank tidak terima MyKad lama.

Anaknya Rukumani seorang ibu tunggal yang hidup dengan bergantung kepada bantuan dari pelbagai pihak termasuk bantuan RM300 dari Jabatan Kebajikan Negeri Selangor merungut kerana kad pengenalan bapanya tidak diterima oleh pihak bank bagi membolehkan beliau membuka akaun dibank dan wang kebajikan dimasukkan dalam akaun.

Rukumani terpaksaberulang-alik dari rumahnya di Bandar Sultan Sulaiman Port Kelang ke Klang bagi mendapatkan wang bantuan kebajikan yang diberikan kepada bapanya.

Apabila meminta supaya wang tersebut di masukan dalam akaun bank bagi memudahkan Rukumani mengambil di bank terdekat. Pegawai kebajikan tersebut meminta Rukumani untuk membuka akaun bank di atas nama bapanya.

“Masalahnya ialah bapa saya seorang kurang upaya(terlantar di katil dan tidak boleh berjalan) bagaimana hendak ke bank untuk membuka akaun bank dan membuat My kad baru”.

Kata Rukumani dengan suara yang sedih. Malahan katanya dia terpaksa membayar tambang teksi yang begitu mahal untuk ke destinasi tertentu bagi mendapatkan bantuan kewangan bagi menyara keluarganya.

Rukumani yang terpaksa menjaga bapanya serta dua orang anaknya, Nanthakumar 14 dan Vaitheswari 13 tahun yang masih bersekolah, terpaksa mengharungi pelbagai kesulitan dan kesukaran bagi menampung hidupnya.

Apatah lagi wang RM300 itu terpaksa di bayar sewa rumah RM300 dan sedikit sebanyak menerima bantuan makanan dari kuil berhampiran dan badan kebajikan yang sudi menghulurkan bantuan.

Kedua-dua anaknya juga tidak mempunyai Mykad sehingga ke hari ini.

Tema Merdeka Pakatan mencakup kepentingan semua kaum

PI Bala: They tried to bribe me... again

Four explosions rock Pune. Suspect Injured.Govt says terror angle cannot be ruled out.

 

Four coordinated blasts rock Pune, one injured.

Agencies ||Mumbai, August 01, 2012 || Four coordinated low-intensity explosions struck the busy arterial JM road in the heart of Pune today on a day new home minister Sushilkumar Shinde was scheduled visit the city. Shinde confirmed that four low intensity blasts hit Pune injuring one person. He also said that he was scheduled to attend a function at Tilak theatre at 6pm but cancelled his trip.

He parried questions in Delhi on whether it was a terror attack, saying they were minor explosions and a probe was on into the blast that occurred between 7.27pm and 8.15pm.

“At this moment I cannot say anything, matter is under investigation,” Shinde told reporters.

He said that a NIA team from Delhi has boarded a flight to Pune.

The new home minister said that the person who was slightly injured in the blast has been admitted to Sasoon hospital and that his statement will be recorded.

The blasts came as Shinde officially took up his duties after being given the key portfolio the previous day.

Ironically, his last two days in the power ministry was marked by a major power outage due to collapse of three grids.

Pune police commissioner Gulab Rao Pol described the explosions as an act of mischief but Union home secretary RK Singh said terror angle cannot be ruled out since it seems to be a planned attack.

A man allegedly carrying one of the bombs was injured in the explosions and has been taken into custody and is being interrogated, Singh said. He has been admitted to Sasoon hospital.

Pol said the explosives carried by the injured man was kept in a cake box with sticky material, two detonators and a pencil cell.

One detonator went off in the explosion while the second was defused by a bomb disposal squad team.

The explosions occurred at JM road at spots near Balgandharva Theatre, Dena Bank branch, a McDonald food outlet and Garware bridge. The first explosion went off at Balgandharva Theatre where the suspected bomber was injured.

The explosion outside McDonald went off in a dustbin while the blasts near Garware bridge and Dena bank were reported from a cycle which had a bucket with explosives strapped on, police said.

The entire JM Road area has been cordoned off.

Pol said explosives at one of the sites was kept in a polythene bag.

Maharashtra ATS and Bomb Detection and Disposal Squads were at the spot, police said.

Asked if it was a terror attack, Maharashtra DGP Sanjeev Dayal told PTI, “It is not appropriate to comment at this moment. Police teams have reached the spot and are looking into the matter.”

Maharashtra additional DG (Law and Order) Satyapal Singh said, “the first explosion near Balgandharva Theatre occurred at 19.27 hours and the rest followed afterwards though the exact timings are not yet clear, while one cyclist was injured”.

Singh said he had no information about any fifth explosive device being found and defused.

Pol said, “All are minor explosions. The public need not panic. Police are alert and they are doing their job.”

Pune was rocked by a bomb blast at German Bakery in February 2010 in which 15 people were killed.

Punish Groups Using Children in Violent Islamist Raids, KPAI Says

The Indonesian Commission for Child Protection is urging the police to punish organizations that involve children and minors in their violent actions.

“These children are being used and therefore those who manipulate them should be severely punished,” Maria Ulfa Ansor, chairwoman of the commission known as KPAI, said on Tuesday.

She referred to the involvement of children in violent raids against private businesses, saying that involving the children in those activities was criminal.

“These sweeps are crimes, and I am convinced that the children themselves have no understanding of what they were doing, but those who mobilized them should be punished,” Maria said.

Police recently arrested 62 members of a hard-line Islamic organization, the Council of the Defenders of the Prophet, after they held a violent raid on Saturday on a cafe that had remained open during the Muslim fasting month. Those arrested included 41 children and minors. Only 21 were adults.

The teenagers were released without charge except for two minors who were directly involved in ransacking the bar and found carrying sharp weapons. These two could face up to six years in prison under the 1951 Emergency Law for carrying weapons and two and a half years for destroying private property.

The mob demanded that the business close for the entire fasting month. Some of them came with blades and blunt weapons, and they vandalized the venue and also set bottles of alcoholic beverages on fire.

“We have to provide guidance for these children so that they do not again join organizations that engage in violence,” Maria said

Malaysia far from ‘failed state’ but brain drain worsening, says US think-tank

The think-tank noted that little progress has been made towards achieving the prime minister’s aims of meritocracy. — Reuters pic

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 ― Malaysia’s continuing economic growth has kept it moderately safe from being ranked a “failed state” in the latest global survey of 177 countries by the Fund for Peace (FFP) but the US public policy think-tank also noted an increasing loss of talent due to citizens seeking better livelihoods abroad.

FFP is an independent think-tank founded in 1957 and based in Washington D.C. that is working “to prevent violent conflict and promote sustainable security” worldwide by focusing on conflict assessment and early warning on transnational threats, peacekeeping, and security and human rights issues.

Malaysia placed 110th and earned an above average mark of 68.5 points out of a maximum 120 points on the Failed States Index Score this year, an annual ranking of 177 nations based on their levels of stability and capacity, it said in the latest survey released last month.

The FPP’s Failed States Index was first published in 2005.

It noted that Malaysia’s economy grew 5.1 per cent last year, but it noted that although the “growth has remained strong, uneven development remains an on-going challenge”.

The country scored 6.4 out of 10 points, with 10 being the worst on uneven development marker, which pointed to a weak position and earned it 105th spot out of 177 nations.

“The Uneven Development score improved slightly but remains high as the central government has not completely phased out preferential treatment for ethnic Malays,” the index said.

The survey also said Malaysia’s 4.4 points on the Human Flight score, which it noted was moderate but put the country at 124th place, which signalled outflow of talent was worsening in a five-year trend outlook.

“A slight worsening of the Human Flight indicator suggests that more Malaysians are seeking better livelihoods abroad,” it reported.

“The Human Flight score increased substantially as social and economic reforms have not produced many changes. While the current prime minster has publicly stated his support for eliminating preferential treatment for ethnic Malays, little progress has been made,” it said.

Malaysia scored 6.5 points for legitimacy of the state, which FPP marked as weak and was worsening in a five-year trend outlook.

“A number of promised legal enactments remain frozen in the political process and restrictions on the freedom of expression continue to be imposed on the Malaysian populace, worsening the Human Rights and Rule of Law indicator score by a 0.5 margin,” it said.

“The Legitimacy of the State score has remained consistent at an elevated level since 2006 as a consequence of continued resentment on the part of the minority Indian and Chinese populations toward policies that are preferential toward the ethnic Malay population,” it added.

The index also noted Malaysia’s high score of 6.4 points for group grievances, which looks at the tension and violence between groups and the state’s ability to provide security.

“The Group Grievance score remains high as political actors attempted to stir ethnic tension and resentment in advance of the special elections,” it said.

While the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition led by Umno has managed to stay in power since independence in 1957, FPP said the results of the 2008 general elections prompted the ruling government to “react aggressively when faced with mass demonstrations in favour of election reform in July 2011”.

Palanivel for Cameron Highlands?

If MIC president G Palanivel contests in Cameron Highlands in the 13th general election, it will only confirm rumours that Umno is 'controlling' MIC.

CAMERON HIGHLANDS: MIC president G Palanivel’s purported decision to contest in Cameron Highlands – one of only three seats which MIC managed to win in the 2008 general election – is not going down well with party members.

Palanivel, who has been “seatless” since his loss in 2008, has been scouring the country looking for a safe place to contest and has now allegedly settled for Cameron Highlands where Umno is “supportive” of him.

Several irate local MIC and Umno members told FMT that the deeply religious party president had played an extensive role in attempts to axe incumbent SK Devamany from his Cameron Highlands’ seat.

Devamany is currently the deputy minister in the Prime Minister’s Department.

Palanivel was a four-term MP for Hulu Selangor until he was defeated in the 2008 general election by an opposition PKR member. He lost by a mere 198 votes.

In May 2010, Umno decided not to field Palanivel in the Hulu Selangor by-election and appeased him with a senatorship.

He was later appointed as MIC president replacing S Samy Vellu in December 2010 and made a minister a year later.

Since then, Palanivel has made frequent visits to parliamentary constituencies in Sungai Siput (Perak), Padang Serai (Kedah), Teluk Kemang (Negeri Sembilan), Kuala Langat (Selangor) and Cameron Highlands (Pahang) to assess his chances.

It appears he has now decided to try his luck in Cameron Highlands, where the surrounding hills are supposedly good “feng shui” for him.

But the decision has riled local MIC grassroots leaders who alleged that Devamany was a “hardworking” man and that it was “unfair” of the party chairman to usurp him.

Not fair to Devamany

Said a MIC source in Tanah Rata who declined to be named: “As a party president, Palanivel has every right to contest in the general election.

“But, it is unfair of him to encroach into Devamany’s constituency. It is not right.

“As a party chairman, Palanivel shouldn’t undercut Devamany and enjoy the benefits from his hardwork,” said the source.

He said that if Palanivel remained adamant about contesting in Cameron Highlands, then it simply showed that the MIC chief is an opportunist who “wants an easy win seat”.

“It also shows he will do anything to win the election,” he said.

More importantly, he said fielding Palanivel would be a “political suicide for BN” and the ruling coalition will lose the seat.

But Palanivel, it appears, is less concerned about the views of his own party members, preferring to believe that he can ride on Umno’s clout in Cameron Highlands.

Said a Umno leader recently: “I met Palanivel in Jelai last Saturday. This is third time I’ve met him in Cameron Highlands in one month.

“It is obvious he is keen to contest in Cameron Highlands.”

Umno stoking rift

The leader, who requested anonymity, said Palanivel often visited Jelai – which is a state seat within the Cameron Highlands parliamentary constituency – and held meetings with Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail.

Wan Rosdy is Cameron Highlands Umno division chief and Jelai assemblyman.

“Wan Rosdy wants Devamany out from Cameron Highlands. They [Wan Rosdy and Palanivel] have been conspiring to get rid of Devamany for a long time now,” claimed the leader.

According to him, even the Village Development and Security committees (JKKK) in Jelai know that Wan Rosdy is the alleged cause of the rift between Palanivel and Devamany.

“Instead of Palanivel protecting his vice-president Devamany, the former plots with the Wan Rosdy to finish off Devamany.

“It is morally wrong and politically incorrect to treat election as an avenue to settle personal feuds.

“It is outrageous and an insult to the political intelligence of the voters in those constituencies,” said the Umno leader, who also claimed himself to be a political observer.

Meanwhile, a prominent leader from the Klang Valley has also slammed Palanivel’s alleged decision to contest in Cameron Highlands.

“When he was recently asked where he would contest, Palanivel said he had identified three places to contest, but had yet to decide which seat.

“The irony is that Palanivel says one thing and does another,” said the leader, who declined to be named.

Umno is ‘controlling’ MIC

He was of the view that Palanivel as the MIC president and Selangor state chief should be contesting in tougher MIC seats like Kota Raja, Kapar or Subang.

“Palanivel now frequently visits Cameron Highlands and throws money to buy votes.

“I don’t see any strong points over his move to Cameron Highlands. Of course, Devamany is not an excellent leader but he is definitely better than Palanivel,” he said.

He also said that if Palanivel declared his candidacy in Cameron Highlands, then it would be “crystal clear” that Umno is “controlling” MIC.

He pointed out that this was “established” during the Hulu Selangor by-election when Palanivel was dropped, at the last minute, in favour of an Umno-favoured MIC candidate.

“Remember, PKR has more Indian MPs than MIC. And if Palanivel goes on to backstab his own man, in the next round, MIC will probably be decimated,” he warned.

Read more: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2012/08/02/palanivel-for-cameron-highlands/#ixzz22QCuhLJN

A BN stain on Merdeka day

Resorting to making a big impact via Aug 31 is not going to determine BN's fate at the polls.
COMMENT

The notoriety with which the Barisan Nasional government has manipulated the country’s 55th independence day celebration to suit its political agenda has left a bittter taste in the mouth of the rakyat.

To say that the people are shocked and disappointed with BN for turning Aug 31 into a political platform will be an understatement.

The rakyat are livid that the government dare misuse the independence day celebration to regain the people’s trust in the BN leadership and help it win big, come the 13th general election.

The subtlety used by BN in reminding the rakyat of all that it has done for them has not worked, never mind how Information, Communications and Culture Minister Rais Yatim tries hard to word it, verbally and in writing.

Rais had recently stressed that this year’s independence day celebration would have the theme “55 Tahun Merdeka Janji Ditepati” (55 Years Independence Promises Kept) and would bear the 1Malaysia logo as it did last year.

With no official logo and a significant theme to commemorate the nation’s most historical day, this year’s Merdeka day celebrations will smack of the desperation of the federal government in wanting to wipe out its political rival, Pakatan Rakyat, led by Anwar Ibrahim.

As it is, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has placed it high on his list to remind the rakyat to be grateful to the government for keeping to its promises.

But then what are those promises that the BN has been striving to meet? If it is about using money to buy over the Felda settlers or the poor and needy through Bantuan Rakyat 1Malaysia (BR1M), then that it is far from upholding any promise.

It is the duty of the government of the day to look after the well-being of its people, without holding them to ransom when the situation becomes dire. In Malaysia, however, the contrary is being done to cajole the people into voting for BN.

Let the rakyat decide

Resorting to making a big impact via Aug 31 is not going to determine BN’s fate at the polls, not in a positive sense, that is.

The truth remains that the rakyat’s faith in the BN leadership has eroded drastically post-2008 when BN suffered a massive setback at the polls.

To recoup its losses and that too by fooling the people will only make matters worse for BN, if it has not already.

Instead of now meddling with Aug 31 and Malaysia Day, which is celebrated on Sept 16, it is best that the government let the rakyat be the judge in deciding who best lead the nation.

Slogans like “People First, Performance Now” and “Janji Ditepati” were merely created to narrow BN’s loss at the coming polls.

Why does BN find it so difficult to listen to the rakyat’s grievances? Is the government really listening or is it giving the people the false impression that it is there for them?

Had it been attentively listening, BN would have realised that using crude methods of winning the people’s confidence is a no go. Even the theme song for this year’s Merdeka Day reveals what BN is all about – a nefarious entity plotting and scheming for its own survival.

Bad enough that the theme is sleazy but the corresponding song for Aug 31 could not be any worse than this, for, among others, it contains lyrics penned by none other than Rais and which go “Janji sudah ditepati, Kini masa balas budi” (Promises have been kept, now it is time to repay).

There are also these lines: “Ini janji kita BR1M 1Malaysia”, “Kata kita dikota”, dan “Kedai 1Malaysia” (This is our promise BR1M 1Malaysia), (Our words are kept) and (1Malaysia Store).

No surprise then that this theme song has recorded 20,502 dislikes over YouTube compared with 297 “likes” from its 171,257 viewers as of July 31.

Remembered for wrong reasons

This year’s independence day will just show how desperate BN is in canvassing for votes, having no qualms of turning the event into a political charade.

On so meaningful a day, the BN government wants to milk as much as it can from all the financial assistance it has been rendering to the people.

By the way, had the promises been kept, there would have been no Bersih 2.0 and Bersih 3.0 demanding a clean-up of the electoral system. Had BN stayed true to its words, corruption, cronyism and nepotism would have long died and had the government been faithful to the rakyat, it would not have treated them as commodities, “buying” them over when times were hard.

In short, claims by BN that it has kept to its promises is one big lie. If Umno Youth chief and Rembau MP Khairy Jamaluddin thinks that BN has delivered, he is either delusional or simply trying hard to fool the rakyat.

“Well, I mean it’s up to the voters to decide. We have a track record, we’ve delivered on our promises… It’s our strong point. We have fulfilled our promises [and] it’s going to be an election on who is more likely to fulfil their promises,” he had said.

What track record is Khairy alluding to? As far as the rakyat can remember, BN is all about corruption and cronyism. It is not promises that have been delivered but rather a modus operandi favouring BN has been devised to secure victory in the next general election.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nazri Abdul Aziz was also talking nonsense when he claimed that Malaysians in general were comfortable with the government’s promises and their supposed fulfilment.

“If people are not complaining, why are they [Pakatan Rakyat] complaining? They don’t have to complain, and they don’t represent all the people. If they feel threatened and are unhappy, then don’t bother the rakyat.

“We don’t sense that the rakyat are threatened…They (Pakatan) are just the pot calling the kettle black,” Nazri had said.

If people were not complaining, why then did the Bersih 2.0 and Bersih 3.0 take place?

And how has Nazri concluded that the people are “comfortable” with the BN government’s promises?

As far as BN goes, the agenda is all about money. What more will BN do to force the rakyat to support it in lieu of the aid given? Should the people choose not to, what are the repercussions in store for them?

Jeswan Kaur is freelance writer and a FMT columnist.

Read more: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2012/08/02/a-bn-stain-on-merdeka-day/#ixzz22QCafOii

Pakatan to reduce car taxes gradually

Workers of the industry will not be affected by the move to slash hefty excise duties, says the opposition leader.
FULL REPORT

PETALING JAYA: Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim, in unveiling Pakatan Rakyat’s auto industry revamp plan, said today the pact will implement gradual tax reductions to protect car prices and the used-vehicle market.

The PKR de facto leader also gave his assurance that the workers of the industry will not be affected by the move to slash hefty excise duties unlike what was alleged by the proposal critics.

Detractors claimed local car-makers will likely be hurt by the move as consumers will opt for cheaper imported cars. This will in turn result in the mass retrenchment of workers as business drops.

“The abolition of excise duties and the reduction of car prices will be conducted gradually so the prices of used vehicles and existing car will depreciate slowly,” he told a press conference at the party headquarters here.

“This will be announced annually in the federal budget after taking into consideration the views of financial institutions and stakeholders.

“This is so that the depreciation value and loan assets held by financial institutions are in line with new car prices,” he added.

Pakatan’s political rivals have blasted the proposal as an election winning ploy, saying the opposition bloc will likely draft a new tax scheme to compensate the loss in government revenue generated from car taxes that is estimated to be around RM8 billion annually.

New market

Anwar dismissed the idea, saying Pakatan will introduce incentives to push for the exports of used cars to “new markets” aimed at generating a new revenue stream and at the same time slash hefty expenditures of the Prime Minster’s Department (PMD).

PKR claimed in the past that PMD’s expenses had risen sharply, with last year’s alone amounting to RM11 billion.

But no detailed study was presented to show if the new market for used cars could generate enough income to compensate for the loss in car tax collections, with Anwar merely saying that the plan “is expected” to provide new revenue flows for the government.

There is also the promise to revamp the distribution of APs (approved permits) for imported cars that he said would generate RM2 billion to RM3 billion annually until the system is abolished in 2015.

Anwar, the former deputy prime minister and finance minister, also said Pakatan will reverse the shipping policy on Sabah and Sarawak by abolishing cabotage that requires goods to be shipped domestically with only local vessels.

Freer market

Sabahans and Sarawakians currently have to pay higher prices for cars compared to their peninsular counterparts.

Anwar believes the new policy will drive the local automotive industry forward “and not just for certain quarters” and, at the same time, force local carmakers to compete with international car firms.

Incentives will be given to improve the quality of local cars besides giving “space” to local players to implement strategies with government cooperation.

Anwar said this move will create more jobs in the industry, while preserving its current workforce in a more open business environment.

He said the new auto policy will also go hand-in-hand with improving public transport to tackle traffic congestions. Incentives will also be given to players producing green cars to keep the environment clean.

Pakatan’s auto-policy has generated much interest and will likely be a crucial campaign fodder as it gears up for national polls which must be held by the middle of next year.

Anwar said that a revamped National Auto Policy (NAP) should already be in place to ensure fair competition in an industry rife with corruption and abuses.

Phang tells AG: prove you're not a fraud, liar and criminal

(Malaysian Digest) - Former Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) advisory panel member Tan Sri Robert Phang (pic) has challenged the Attorney General (AG) Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail to disprove allegations made against the latter in a new book on the country’s top legal mind.

The book, titled ‘Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail Pemalsu, Penipu, Penjenayah’ (Fraud, Liar and Criminal), authored by Zainal Abidin Ahmad, was made available to Phang, who claimed it detailed abuses, corruption and criminal acts allegedly committed by the AG.

“I challenge the AG to investigate, arrest and charge the author if the contents aren’t true, and also sue him for defamation. Otherwise, I challenge the MACC and police to investigate these allegations against the AG,” he told reporters at a Press conference in a hotel here today.

This is not the first time that Phang had launched an attack on Abdul Gani. In October 2011, Phang was probed by MACC over allegations of having accepted bribes. Phang later raised allegations that Gani had gone for a haj trip, which was sponsored by certain individuals.

ABU declares war on UMNO / BN

In my ‘Strategising ABU’post, I said :
“We’ve done our homework, and identified the vulnerable BN seats that can be taken and the vulnerable opposition seats that need to be defended.
In Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak.
For obvious reasons, I’m not going to detail those seats I’ve just mentioned.
Suffice to say that, if we can prise those vulnerable seats away from BN, and successfully defend the existing opposition seats, we should take Putrajaya with a total of 141 seats.
Now, I want to clarify here that by ‘we’, I do not mean Pakatan Rakyat.
I mean the 3 Pakatan parties, working cohesively with the many other non-BN parties in Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak.
And us, the rakyat”.
And in my “Plan B a no brainer” post, I shared with you the latest intelligence information that we have.
“In Malaya ( what most of you call Semenanjung ), the support for BN and the opposition is split almost right down the middle.
50-50.
What’s very clear is the Chinese vote is solidly behind the move for change.
In Sarawak, BN still has a slight advantage.
Sabah, though, is increasingly becoming the key to who will take Putrajaya post the 13th GE, with Jeffery’s STAR gaining ground daily with its Borneo Agenda, which is resonating with the people of Sabah.
More on what’s going on in Sabah in one of my forthcoming posts.
Recent reports, though, indicate that the Malay sentiment, both in the rural and urban areas, may be swinging back to UMNO, owing to the daily dose of lies and race/religion spin they get through Utusan and TV3 about the possible loss of Malay political dominance, about the danger of the ascendancy of DAP, and thereby the Chinese, if Pakatan comes to power, and this whole business of the hudud.
In my “ABUing Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak” post, I shared with all  of you that the ABU secretariat was working on several efforts and initiatives that will require the involvement of all of you.
Finally, in three short sentences in my “Will RPK make sense of these for us?” post, I alluded to the work all of us will have to throw ourselves into in ABU phase 2.
“We are now in phase 2.
A media war is underway to outreach to the Malay heartlands, to the police and the armed forces.
And to deliver a chilling warning to the new Mykad holders”.
For the last two weeks, a motley crew of taxi drivers, who I fondly and proudly refer to as the ABU Taxi Brigade, have been taking a short message to foreigners who travel in their cabs :  show up at polling stations on polling day during PRU13 and be prepared for dire consequences. The rakyat are no longer prepared to be cheated at the polls.
This is the same message we delivered to the kampung folk in our ABU ceramah in January and February.
If you see foreigners queuing up to get into  the polling stations, get them out, by whatever means.
During this same 2 week period, we soft launched our ABU publicity blitz.

Actress Abby Abadi has gotten into the ABU act. You can, too

Fuel consumers being awakened to the ABU initiaitve

Is Koh Tsu Khoon getting into the ABU act too?

And over the last weekend, I traveled through the north through to the central region, to lay the ground work for our publicity blitz. This week, we will reach out to the east and the south.
What then follows is the launch of our BALIK KAMPUNG BAWA BERITA BENAR campaign.
First issue we are taking out to the kampung folk : MENGAPA HARGA BARANG NAIK?
This issue is affecting 80% of the nation.
ABU pamphlets to explain this are going out.
A special message to the military and police is  also going out, to urge them to side with the rakyat.
Here is how you can involve yourself in these efforts.
The ABU website is up. Please don’t expect something fanciful. You can access it HERE. Its work in progress.
We want you fully involved in the ongoing publicity blitz.
Here’s how.
Click on the ABU stickers thumbnail on the left and a 6 on one pager, in PDF, opens.
Print a 100 copies.
More if you are really inspired.
Don’t bother cutting them into six separate stickers.
Get a can or a tin of glue, head out with a team of friends, and ABUkan public walls.
Please don’t get caught, though.
And when you’re done with this blitz, get ready to help with the MENGAPA HARGA BARANG NAIK? campaign.
Remember the pamphlets that are going out to the kampung?

Click on the cartoon and a PDF version of the pamphlet will open.
Print a 100 copies. Colour, or black and white, it does not matter.
Yes, more  if you are determined to help get the truth to the rakyat.
How to fold it into neat pamphlets?
Go HERE for help.
You are going to BALIK KAMPUNG for the Raya holidays?
BAWA BERITA BENAR.
Take these pamphlets and distribute them to friends and relatives.
This is probably the best Raya gift you can ever give them.
The truth!
All these material are already up on the ABU website. Do go to the site and see for yourself.
I’ll alert you once the material for the military and police personnel are up on the website. Please do the same as I hope you will now do with the MENGAPA HARGA BARANG NAIK? pamphlet.
People, this war against UMNO / BN cannot be won without you.
Please, the time for talking, for commenting here and on other sites, is over.
We have a war to win.
And a nation to take back.
For the anak Bangsa Malaysia long marginalised and left to rot.
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Is that a court room? Damn!

Civil servants and court staff eat here everyday. How to wake them up to the existence of this ABU initiative?

The stairs leading up to the Pusat Penjaja Selera Duta

Road users, wake up ! ABU is here!

Rafizi ‘persecution’ will deter future whistleblowers, says Pua

The Malaysian Insider 
by Clara Chooi

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 1 ― Today’s prosecution of PKR’s Rafizi Ramli over his exposé on the RM250 million National Feedlot Centre (NFC) scandal will frighten away future whistleblowers, DAP MP Tony Pua has said, adding that it showed Barisan Nasional’s (BN) reform agenda was “pure hogwash”.

The Petaling Jaya Utara MP said Rafizi’s court charge, which comes just over a year after the Whistleblower Protection Act 2010 was enacted, would deal a serious blow to public perception of the government’s seriousness in weeding out corruption.

Pua pointed to what he described as a complete lack of urgency in bringing criminal charges against former minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil over the NFC, saying this was proof that Najib was bent on protecting the powerful in the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition he leads.

“Rafizi’s persecution will mark the death knell for the Act as no whistleblower will have any trust in the system to protect their interest.

“Such blatant abuse of power will only confirm in the eyes of the world that Najib’s reform agenda is pure hogwash,” Pua said in a statement here.

Rafizi, who is PKR’s strategy director and the man spearheading the NFC exposés, was charged today with violating the Banking and Financial Institutions Act (BAFIA) in exposing confidential banking details related of National Feedlot Corporation Sdn Bhd (NFCorp).

The firm, owned by Shahrizat’s family members, runs the federal government’s cattle farming project that has been at the centre of a RM250 million scandal.

The charge proffered under Section 97(1) of the BAFIA stated that Rafizi had disclosed four customer account profiles detailing the balance summary for the NFCorp, the National Meat and Livestock Sdn Bhd, Agroscience and Industries Sdn Bhd and NFCorp chairman Datuk Seri Mohamad Salleh Ismail, to two individuals identified as Yusuf Abdul Alim and Erle Martin Carvalho.

Under Section 103(1)(a) of the same law, he could be fined a maximum of RM3 million and jailed up to three years if found guilty, which could seriously hobble Rafizi’s chance of standing as a candidate in the 13th general election that must be held by April next year when the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition’s mandate expires.

The NFCorp and the cattle farming scandal hit the headlines last year when the Auditor-General reported that it had missed its production targets.

Shahrizat, who was a minister when the project was awarded to her family in 2006, relinquished her Cabinet post in early April over the allegations against her family.

On March 12, her husband, Mohamad Salleh, pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court to two counts of criminal breach of trust involving RM49.7 million with regards to the purchase of two condominium units.

He also pleaded not guilty to two other charges under the Companies Act.

Today, Pua also questioned why only Mohamad Salleh has been charged in court, and even then, only for two key charges ― misappropriating RM40 million of NFC’s money, and acquiring two units of luxury condominium in One Menerung, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur for RM13.5 million.

He said this was despite the fact the NFC’s last audited accounts had shown that more than RM110 million was allegedly misappropriated by the NFCorp’s directors to set up a global chain of companies under their individual names.

Pua further pointed out that Rafizi had also alleged that Shahrizat’s family acquired three luxury condominiums in Singapore worth some RM45 million, as well as a villa in Kazakhstan.

“However, none of these assets have been frozen by the Malaysian authorities and none of the other directors have been charged despite holding various key positions in NFC, including the son, Izran Salleh who is the chief executive officer of NFCorp,” he said.

“Instead of pursuing the culprits who have abused the RM250 million government soft loan extended to NFC, the government has chosen to exact revenge on the whistleblower Rafizi who play the integral role in uncovering the lid on the litany of gross abuses by Shahrizat’s family,” he added.

Pua said despite Rafizi’s charges today, DAP and its leaders will continue to expose all alleged misdeeds and wrongdoings committed by BN leaders.

Umno Continues To Uphold Islam

By Ahmad Shukran Shaharudin

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 (Bernama) -- There is no assurance that a political party which uses the name, Islam will implement or is capable of implementing Islamic teachings, said religious preacher Datuk Mohd Nakhaie Ahmad.

What more with the uncertainties surrounding its collaboration with non-Muslim political allies, making it even more impossible for a party with an Islamic label to ensure that everything it does is based on the teachings of Islam.

"As Muslims, we should choose a leader who not only vows to uphold the Islamic struggle, but also able to realise the Islamic requirements with wisdom to benefit the people and nation.

"We have to ensure that they are really implemented and not remain as mere rhetoric," he told Bernama when asked whether the use of the name, Islam by a political party would guarantee that it would implement what was required in Islam.

The former president of the Islamic Dakwah Foundation Malaysia (Yadim) said there was no assurance that a political party which used the name, Islam would do everything based on Islamic teachings.

"Moderation in everything is more important that to harp loudly about Islam, when actually nothing is done.

"The excuse that it (PAS) does not have the power to do so cannot be accepted, when it already has power in certain states," he added.

The chairman of the Global Dakwah Friendship Organisation also said that the federal government had carried out various programmes to meet the Islamic agenda, but these efforts were not branded Islamic.

"For example, building of universities, schools, providing water, electricity, houses, mosques and roads for the people. All these are not labelled Islamic although they are demanded in Islam for the people's well-being," he added.

While many Muslims did not fully understand what was demanded by fardhu kifayah (communal obligations), the opposition had the tendency to label everything Islam, and even went to the extent of claiming that insulting and making enemies with fellow Muslims were allowed in Islam, he pointed out.

Mohd Nakhaie, who used to be a PAS vice-president before leaving the party, said it was not necessary to choose a person who looked or seemed pious if he had no knowledge or skills to administer the country, develop its economy and maintain its security, as a leader.

Many Islamic religious scholars, local and foreign, have recognised Malaysia as a model Islamic country due to the various efforts carried out by the Barisan Nasional (BN) government that are in line with Islamic teachings and requirements.

These included the setting up of higher learning institutions such as the International Islamic University, Malaysia in 1983, which has since produced tens of thousands of graduates in various fields, including civil and syariah law, economy, humanities and engineering.

The establishment of Tabung Haji in 1963 was also a manifestation of the BN government's commitment in looking after the interests and welfare of Muslims in the country.

Through efforts like hosting the international Quran recital assembly, which has entered its 54th year and attracting participation from 76 countries this time, Malaysia has become well known and respected in the Muslim world.

The person responsible for starting this event on March 6, 1961, was the first prime minister, the late Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, who was also known as the "Father of Independence" and "Father of Malaysia".

These are several examples and proof that Islam is held highly by the country's administration.

Muslims should ask themselves whether all these have been achieved by coincidence, with no careful planning and earnest implementation by the Umno-led BN government.

Chairman of the Umno Youth Ulama Secretariat (ILMU), Fathul Bhari Mat Jahaya said Umno provided ample space and opportunities for him to pursue his Islamic missionary work.

"We want to deliver the message of Islam to everyone for common good. Between the Umno and PAS constitutions, Umno's is more encompassing when it comes to meeting the requirements in Islam," he said.

He believes that many young ulama today have got a clearer picture of Umno's real struggle in upholding Islam.