To say Umno cannot tell the difference between race, religion and culture (RRC) is totally ignorant.
The Umno-led Barisan Nasional (BN) federal government knows the difference. But they don’t want the ignorant and less educated Malays, especially those in the rural area, to know the difference.
Umno has been using RRC to sow seeds of discord among multi-racial multi-religious Malaysians to serve their divide-and-rule political policy to great effect.
And, they have been doing this since Merdeka (Independence) 1957, initially subtly but today with brute arrogance and impunity.
They have been mixing RRC and concocting with such potency that Malaysia’s is today no more the same in terms of national unity, and with racial and religious tolerance fast deteriorating.
While Malaysia was acknowledged as a role model moderate Islamic nation, say some 30 years ago, today one cannot say the same.
The Umno-led BN federal government, of which the MCA, MIC and Gerakan are coalition partners, has and continues to “encourage” racial and religious bigots to utter all sorts of extremist views with impunity.
No serious or solid action has been taken to put a stop to the pro-Umno bigots who have been allowed to spew their national unity-shattering venom to ensure Malaysians do not unite politically to differentiate between right and wrong.
To the Umno and the now Umno-loving Hadi Awang-led PAS supporters and lackeys, No News Is Bad News wishes to at least try to get it into your thick and stubborn head the difference between RRC.
According to the dictionary, the following are the definitions for:
Race - the human race, meaning human beings of different creed;
Religion - the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods, and “ideas about the relationship between science and religion”
Culture - the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.
So, there you have it, you bigots! Get it through that thick skull of yours that RRC is not about Malay!
And, so, is it any wonder why BN politicians, especially those from Umno, have remain up till today, oblivious to calls by peace-loving skin colour-blind Malaysians for all politicians to stop mixing or keep race and religion out of politics.
And now, even culture is also lumped in to further confuse the ignorant to continue supporting the devious Umno-led BN and to keep them in power.
And, is it also a wonder that the rakyat (people) are today seeing young Malays flocking to join the Islamic State (IS) terrorists and willingly blowing themselves up to kill fellow human beings?
And Malaysia today has become a “fertile” ground to breed IS, no? And it’s no thanks to the Umno-led BN federal government for inadvertently radicalising Malays just for political expediency.
This is the online news portal Free Malaysia Today (FMT) report that has prompted No News Is Bad News to pen its 10 sen worth of commentary:
“Chinese Muslims celebrate lantern festival at Ipoh mosque
FMT Reporters
| September 10, 2016
In principle, nothing to obstruct Chinese Muslims from celebrating festivals such as Chinese New Year and winter solstice, says association president.
PETALING JAYA: The mosque at Tasek Jaya park in Ipoh will be lit up with lanterns tonight by a group of Chinese Muslims seeking to show that Muslim converts can retain their culture and still remain Muslims.
Malaysian Chinese Muslim Association president Prof Taufiq Yap said the Chinese lantern festival (Mid-Autumn Festival) was celebrated by all as it was a cultural event and had nothing to do with religion.
“In principle, there is nothing obstructing Chinese Muslims from celebrating cultural festivals (such as Chinese New Year and Tang Yuan, the winter solstice festival) which do not go against the tenets of Islam,” he told The Star newspaper.
Chinese Muslims also took part in Cheng Beng, the tomb-sweeping festival where Chinese families clean the graves of ancestors. “However, we abstain from rituals such as offering incense as that involves faith,” said Taufiq who became a Muslim 33 years ago.
He said more people were now aware that conversion to Islam did not mean giving up one’s cultural upbringing. State religious departments were also more understanding about issues like retaining a convert’s birth name.
Taufiq said the association would support members who wanted to study Islam so that sermons could be conducted in Mandarin one day.
Tonight’s lantern festival is at Masjid Muhammadiah, which Taufiq said was not solely for Chinese Muslims. “We encourage others to pray here and in the process learn about our community.”
Taufiq, 48, is a chemistry professor at Universiti Putra Malaysia. He embraced Islam in 1983, while in Form Four.
Taufiq said it was not easy trying to retain his communal links after his conversion as traditional Muslims said he should not use chopsticks or speak Mandarin and that he should eat with his hands. “But I continued to carry on with my traditional lifestyle despite the criticisms,’’ he was quoted as saying."
And here is some background on why Malaysia can no longer be labelled as a moderate Muslim-dominated country, and it was reported last December (2015):
"ISIL13 DECEMBER 2015
Malaysia minister: 50,000 ISIL sympathisers in country
Malaysia will be 'in trouble' if ISIL supporters radicalise and launch attacks, warns transport minister.
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 About 100 Malaysians have gone to Syria and Iraq to fight with ISIL, according to the police [Rungroj Yongrit/EPA] |
The figure of 50,000 ISIL supporters was based on police intelligence estimates, Transport Minister Liow Tiong said.
"If only one percent of these sympathisers turn radical and if they attack any part of Malaysia, we will be in trouble," Liow told a conference in Kuala Lumpur聽on national security and the ISIL threat.
About 100 Malaysians have gone to Syria and Iraq to fight with ISIL and other armed groups, according to police.聽
Anti-terrorism police have charged more than two dozen ISIL sympathisers in court.
'Imminent terrorist threat' reported in Malaysia
In November, Malaysia deployed 2,000 soldiers on the streets of Kuala Lumpur after unconfirmed reports of an "imminent terrorist threat" raised alert level.
A police memo, leaked to local media, detailed the presence of at least 10 potential suicide bombers in Kuala Lumpur and eight elsewhere in the country.
The document revealed details of a meeting between members of the armed Philippine groups - the Moro National Liberation Front and Abu Sayyaf - along with those from ISIL.An agreement at the meeting was made to deploy Abu Sayyaf and ISIL fighters to Kuala Lumpur and to Sabah, Malaysia's eastern-most state, the memo said. - Source:聽DPA"
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