A Kadir Jasin
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UPDATE AGAIN, July 13 - FROM being gay (as in happy), I am now sad and worried. And the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Jamil Khir Baharom, has replaced Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and his assistant, Wan Junaidi as the new macho man - at least for concerned Muslims.
I am sad because the Pope's first Ambassador to Malaysia, Archbishop Joseph Marino, is reported to have embroiled himself in the "Allah" controversy.
I thank the Minister for reminding the newcomer that his remark could cause disunity among Malaysians.
ORIGINAL POST
I AM not gay. I am a very straight fellow. If ever I am gay, that’s because I am happy.
I am sad because the Pope's first Ambassador to Malaysia, Archbishop Joseph Marino, is reported to have embroiled himself in the "Allah" controversy.
I thank the Minister for reminding the newcomer that his remark could cause disunity among Malaysians.
Khir was reported by Bernama (read here) saying that the Vatican City Ambassador should not have issued the statement on the use of the word 'Allah' as
it has created anxiety among the public and can threaten unity among
Malaysians.
He said such a statement should not be made by any quarters to respect the sensitivity of Muslims in the country.
Bravo Khir, but be mindful of the fact that many in Umno - his party - and the government are very fond and respectful of the Vetican.
I had posted a comment in Rocky's Bru Blog (read here). I said:
" 1. Our leaders, past and present, took pride in being seen with the Pope.
2. Now they got what he wished for - the Pope had sent an Ambassador to Malaysia.
3. Now the big task - who is to teach whom and who is to listen to whom?
4. Do we teach the Pope's Ambassador about our time tested multi-religious and multicultural background or we allow him to dictate terms to us.
5. Can our Muslim PM and his Muslim religious affairs minister defend Islam and the Muslims against the edict of Vatican? Their silence is deafening.
6. I think best that we don't fool around with the sensitivity of the Muslims who form the majority of the people of Malaysia.
7. A Muslim sinner, who had just came out of a Jalan Alor house of assignation, would die for his religion if insulted.
8. So let us not fool around with religious sensitivity for the sake of being macho.
9. Has Christianity suffered without using the term "Allah?" (I attended a Roman Catholic Mission School for 8 years).
10. In the Peninsula, leave Allah to the Muslim, PLEASE!
Allah-hu-Akhbar.
UPDATE, July 12 - IPCMC Not Unconstitutional, Top Ex-Judges Drafted It (read here). He said such a statement should not be made by any quarters to respect the sensitivity of Muslims in the country.
Bravo Khir, but be mindful of the fact that many in Umno - his party - and the government are very fond and respectful of the Vetican.
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| PM Mohd Najib met Pope Benedict XVI (now retired) on July 18, 2011. | The Cabinet was reported to have endorsed Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s July 18 trip to Rome to meet Pope Benedict XVI and discuss establishing diplomatic ties with the head of the Roman Catholic Church. |
I had posted a comment in Rocky's Bru Blog (read here). I said:
" 1. Our leaders, past and present, took pride in being seen with the Pope.
2. Now they got what he wished for - the Pope had sent an Ambassador to Malaysia.
3. Now the big task - who is to teach whom and who is to listen to whom?
4. Do we teach the Pope's Ambassador about our time tested multi-religious and multicultural background or we allow him to dictate terms to us.
5. Can our Muslim PM and his Muslim religious affairs minister defend Islam and the Muslims against the edict of Vatican? Their silence is deafening.
6. I think best that we don't fool around with the sensitivity of the Muslims who form the majority of the people of Malaysia.
7. A Muslim sinner, who had just came out of a Jalan Alor house of assignation, would die for his religion if insulted.
8. So let us not fool around with religious sensitivity for the sake of being macho.
9. Has Christianity suffered without using the term "Allah?" (I attended a Roman Catholic Mission School for 8 years).
10. In the Peninsula, leave Allah to the Muslim, PLEASE!
Allah-hu-Akhbar.
ORIGINAL POST
I AM not gay. I am a very straight fellow. If ever I am gay, that’s because I am happy.
But having read comments on IPCM by Home Minister Ahmad
Zahid Hamidi and his deputy Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, I must confess that I
LOVE these macho guys and I feel very gay.
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| Zahid pointing finger at the Commission |
They are GOOD! Or shall I say better than good. Phew, for a
while I thought we are without macho leaders.
Ahmad Zahid was reported as saying that the IPCM was
unconstitutional (read here) and parroting his boss, Wan Junaidi said the
proposed commission “breached every principle of justice” (read here).
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| Wan Junaidi: IPCMC Unjust |
I LOVE them because the think they know better about the law
and constitution than the following people, who made up the Royal Commission to Enhance the Operations and Management of the Royal Malaysian Police (2004-05):
1. Tun Mohamed Dzaiddin Abdullah, the former Chief Justice.
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| Tun Dzaiddin presenting the Commission Report, 2005 |
2. Tun Mohammad Hanif Omar, the former Inspector General of
Police.
3. Tun Salleh Abas, the former Lord President.
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| Tun Salleh with Former Prime Minister |
4. Late Tan Sri Azizan Zainul Abidin, the former Chief
Secretary to the Government.
5. Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye, the former DAP member of
Parliament.
6. Tan Sri Zaki Azmi (now Tun), a lawyer who went on to become
Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Malaysia.
7. Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim, former TI, Malaysia
President and a director at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London.
8. (Tan Sri) Datuk Seri Lim Ah Lek, a former Cabinet Minister.
9. Datuk Dr Muhammad Rais Abdul Karim, an academician and
former University VC of UPSI.
10. Datin Paduka Zaleha Zahari, a High Court Judge (now Court of
Appeal of Malaysia Judge).
11. Datuk Dr Michael Yeoh (now Tan Sri), social thinker and
Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (ASLI),
12. A. Kadir Jasin, Journalist/blogger.
13. Datuk Kamilia Ibrahim, lawyer and former Umno politician.
14. Kuthubul Zaman Bukhari (now Datuk), former Bar Council
President.
15. Ivy Josiah, social activist and the Executive Director of
Women's Aid Organisation (WAO).
16. Datuk Dr Denison Jayasooria, social scientist and Principal
Research Fellow at the Institute of Ethnic Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan
Malaysia.
If these 16 people are inferior in their knowledge of the
law and constitution, can’t the superior people like Ahmad Zahid and Wan
Junaidi seek the assistance of the supposedly knowledgeable people in the Attorney
General’s Department to improve the IPCM's legal framework?
I have said enough about this subject (read here) and should
shut my trap.
The only thing I would like to add is, if the Barisan
Nasional Government is not interested to set the IPCM, please do not use the
illustrious Malaysians like Tun Mohamed Dzaiddin, Tun Hanif, Tun Salleh and Tun
Zaki as scapegoats and punching bags.
I understand the sentiment. If Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi who
commissioned the Commission did not form the IPCM, why should his successor
Mohd Najib Abdul Razak do it?
But I salute Ahmad Zahid for admitting that most of the
criminals detained by police were former Emergency Ordinance (EO) detainees
(read here) released when Mohd Najib repealed the law along side the ISA and the Banishment
Act. Clever.
