Would the Christians who pray to ‘Allah’ please Stand Up?

Malaysiakini had published a statement by ‘Penyelaras Nasional Belia untuk Keadilan dan Keamanan’, K Sudhagaran Stanley on his plan to hold a peaceful assembly to protest against MAIS for refusing to return the Bibles to Bible Society Malaysia (BSM). Sudhagaran in his statement calls for all races and faiths, including Islam, to stand together against the Islamic Authority for the injustice done to the Christians.

He even calls for PAS leaders to join the ‘walk for peace and love’.

Another way to put this is, Sudhagaran is challenging the court for the rights to break the law. This looks no more like a political stunt by DAP to me – using an Indian to speak up against the Malay-Muslim authority while they watch and wait and heat it up in the oppositions’ media.

Before anybody decided to join Sudhagaran, can you please answer me this:

How many of the 9% Christians, particularly in the Peninsular, actually pray to ‘Allah’? I have asked the same question again and again but have not had any reply. We all know for a fact that even the newly eagerly converted Christian Chinese are not keen in using the word ‘Allah’ in their prayers.

None of the Christians I know would pray to ‘Allah’ simply because they don’t worship ‘Allah’. Many don’t even read the Bibles be it in any language.

‘Allah’ is the name of Muslim’s God but it’s not a direct translation of ‘God’ in Malay. If you want to have a fully Malay text in the Malay Bible translation then the word ‘God’ should be translated to ‘Tuhan’. Unless, you want to translate the Bible to Arabic, so maybe..just maybe, you have the rights to use the name ‘Allah’ as God.

But you have to take note that Allah for Muslims has no son. Allah for Muslims is one, and none other is associated to Him in any way. Allah for Muslims didn’t let Jesus die but saved him. Allah for Muslims is known as the All Merciful, All Loving and Forgiving.

Christians wants to include the name ‘Allah’ in the trinity concept and so ‘Allah’ for Christians is not one, but three in one. I don’t know whether the Christians is using ‘Allah’ to replace the ‘Holy Spirit’ or ‘Father’ but either way, they are not referring to the same ‘Allah’ as the Muslims for the Father has a son and the Holy Spirit is associated to both father and son. ‘Allah’ for Christians let Jesus die.

With this in mind, how could anybody claim that we are all praying to the same God?

We cannot claim that the Hindu Gods and Goddesses whom each has its own territory and capacity be taken as the same God as the Holy Spirit, Father and Jesus who is in charge of everything.

How can a boy named John who has blue eyes and perfect nose be taken as the same John across the street with green eyes and crooked nose? Can we take all Johns in the world as the same person? Just because BBC and TV3 are TV channels and both bring to us news and dramas, it doesn’t mean that they are the same body.

Some Christians in Malaysia are not up to argue on this academically or rationally. Instead, they disregard the Laws and sensitivity of others and went on with the use of the name ‘Allah’ in Malay Bibles and were ready to distribute them.

If this is not an act of evil, then what is?

It is only expected that such evil act is handled roughly by the authority. You may accuse me of betraying my Christian brothers and sisters but I’m telling you that this act of provoking and ignoring the law just to create tension in the country is an act of evil.

You see, this is what happen when you are too busy teaching Islam to the Muslims that you don’t know your own religion anymore. As a result, the Christians have become evil.

Not all though, but those who do not become evil, choose to keep quiet for fear of being labeled as a traitor to Christianity. Christians are aware that by using the word ‘Allah’ in Bibles means getting more followers among the lost souls of Malay-Muslims. And so, they condone the act of evil, believing that they are doing the right thing in the name of Christianity.

What is even more disgusting is that, there are Muslims or so they claimed to be, who choose to join this evil. These Muslims think that they are really fighting for justice in the name of ‘freedom of faith’, regardless of the fact that 99% Christians in the Peninsular don’t want, don’t need to and don’t use the name ‘Allah’ in their prayers. Perhaps, these Muslims don’t even know that.

Therefore, instead of keeping mum, the government could have approached these 99% Christians and get them to talk. Get them to tell the people that they don’t use the word ‘Allah’ in their prayers and they don’t need to. Get them to show to the people that these few Christians who want to pray to ‘Allah’ don’t represent the true Christianity.

The peaceful assembly against MAIS is supposed to serve as a challenge to the authority and the law. The objective is just to make things worse. I am sure, that they are counting on a confrontation from the Muslims which would raise more questions on Malaysia’s stability.

It looks like the evil is working hard to destroy the country. In time like this, true Christians should come out and make their presence and stance known. If the government don’t come to you then you come to the media and set things right. Tell the people whether you pray to ‘the one and only Allah that has no son nor an association’ or to the ‘Trinity God’? We don’t need to create tension just to use the name ‘Allah’ as Jesus hears us just the same.

I hereby call upon all true Christians to stand together with other Malaysians to make a pledge that we will never poke into each other’s religion just because we like their God’s name better.

Let no evil use our religions as weapon of mass destruction.

Reminder to All Christian-Chinese

I'm sharing with you here a letter from a Chinese woman, who once lived in Indonesia in the late 1990s. She had witnessed the killing and raping of the Chinese ethnic by the Indonesians, who have had enough of the economic imbalance in the country.

The letter is published by a blog called ChristianUnited4Malaysia I have mentioned this blog before, in my previous writings.

The message is clear, that is, to not provoke the Muslims too far but what is funny is that, the blog itself is doing just that. It even use the name 'Allah' just to pick on the Muslims. Looks like the hypocrisy of the Evangelists has reached the highest possible level.

Anyway, this is a good reminder to all Christian-Chinese in Malaysia, and to the blog owner himself. For a full story and pictures, you may want to click here.

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Puan-puan dan tuan-tuan sekalian,

Apakah yang kita mahukan dalam kehidupan? Pada pandangan saya, kita semua hanya perlukan satu perkara sahaja. Kebahagiaan!

Di dunia dan dialam akan datang nanti kita semua ingin kan kebahagiaan.

Tetapi mampukah kita untuk mengecapi kehidupan sebagai seorang beriman yang patuh kepada tuhannya apabila kita terus menerus menentang sebuah kerajaan yang telah banyak memberikan kebaikkan kepada kita?

Saya rasakan ada kalanya tidak adil kita salahkan semuanya kepada kerajaan Barisan Nasional sahaja. Banyak bantuan dan kebaikkan yang telah diberikan oleh BN kepada kita. Walaupun mereka telah melakukan banyak juga kesalahan, tetapi dimanakah kita dapat kerajaan yang lebih baik? Ternyata tiada kan?

Saya pernah tinggal di Indonesia semasa tragedi Ambon sehinggalah pada tahun 1998 dimana tragedi rusuhan di Indonesia berlangsung dengan ganasnya. Sebilangan wanita kebanyakkan dari keturunan Cina dirogol dan dibunuh dengan kejam. Tanpa peri kemanusiaan. Polis dan Tentera tidak berbuat apa-apa pun, mereka hanya melihat dan ada yang ikut sekali. Bersyukurlah Malaysia ini diperintah oleh orang Melayu yang lembut tutur bicaranya, hatinya dan sifatnya.

Selama ini kita yang mengasingkan diri, sekarang pula bermacam perkara yang kita minta dari mereka. Tidak cukupkah apa yang kita sudah dapat. Kemewahan kita sudah melebihi dari segalanya. Tapi kita tekan lagi orang Melayu untuk membenci kita. Bahasa Malaysia pun tidak kita pelajari. Kita seolah-olah ingin berperang dengan orang Melayu. Atas dasar apa? Keegoan kita?

Saya orang tua, umur saya sudah cecah 56 tahun pada June 2014 ini. Saya amat kenal dengan bangsa Melayu. Mereka adalah sahabat, rakan dan menantu saya juga seorang perempuan Melayu. Berbuat baiklah dengan orang Melayu, karena jika kita bermusuhan dengan mereka, dan mereka sedar yang mereka telah ditipu, saya cadangkan orang yang telah provokasi orang Melayu itu siap-siapkan sajalah keranda. Orang Melayu adalah kawan yang baik, mereka susah untuk marah. Tapi kalau dah marah, hanya Tuhan sahaja yang dapat menahan mereka.

Saya pernah melihat amukan orang Melayu di depan mata saya semasa di Indonesia. Terus terang saya katakan, saya tidak mahu lihat lagi perkara tersebut. Hargailah orang Melayu kerana mereka telah menjadi jiran yang baik kepada kita disini.

Bersyukurlah kepada Yesus, bahawa kita berkerajaan yang baik dan sentiasa memastikan keselamatan terjaga. Janganlah kita terus bermusuhan dengan orang Muslim. Jangan ikutkan hati dan perasaan kita.

Setiap perkara yang kita katakan kepada dunia kita haruslah bertanya kepada diri kita sendiri "Apa yang Yesus akan lakukan?". Yesus akan berlaku adil dan kita perlu berlaku adil bagi mengikut perintahnya.


Maria Anthony Chin (56 years old)
Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan.

The Bible, The Quran and Science

The title above is taken from the book written by the late Dr. Maurice Bucaille, a French scientist who took the trouble to learn Arabic in order to make sense of the scientific information found in the Quran. He later spent the rest of his life studying and comparing the bibles and the Quran through science.

He concluded that the Quran could never have been written by man and that it is true that is it the words of God. However, he declined to state his beliefs until the day he died as to avoid biased judgment about his findings. He clearly stated that he wanted people to read and decide for themselves of what is the truth through the eyes of science.

Every educated man knows for a fact that it was the Muslims who first discovered or explored science, especially mathematics and astronomy. It was when the Muslims conquered science that they conquered the world or at least most of it. From Spain to China, Islam was the way of life then – modern, sophisticated life.

But those days were over like it never existed. The Muslims today take science as a distant-subject, synonym only to the westerners. Even though they know the history of the Islamic glory days very well, they choose to leave it as it is because they believe that it’s not science that is going to take them to heaven.

They long for the Islamic glory days and speak of it with pride but they insist that there is nothing wrong with how they live their lives today, how they think, how they treat their women and how they see the world. They believe that whatever is happening to the Muslims world today is not their fault but it’s the non-Muslims’ or other Muslims’ fault.

They believe that in order to repeat the glory, they need Hudud, not science. If they cannot implement hudud or syaria law, then they will demand for a separation, an autonomy and declare war on the government. They believe, this is how the Muslims go to heaven that is by inviting suspicion, hatred, prejudice, creating tension, and eventually initiating war!

Meanwhile, the more rationale Muslims, like here, in Malaysia, they spend days and nights reciting the Quran and sharing its words on FB and Whatsapp reminding each other to get prepared to go to heaven.

None of them are interested in the science in the Quran or know what to do about it.

My questions are, if science isn’t relevant for the Muslims, then why is the Quran full of it? How come the Muslims deny technology when the Quran is all about frequency, particles, atoms, neutrons and the like?

It took western scholars to provide the scientific truth of the Quran which makes me agree more with Dr. Bucaille, that is, the Quran couldn’t be written by man and certainly not a Muslim man of post-Islamic-glory-days. These Muslims don’t even know what it means. They follow the Quran blindly even when the Quran tells them over and over to use their ‘brains’.

No wonder the Muslims are in such a mess.

I would like to share some of Dr. Bucaille findings which you might find very similar to Prof. Stephen Hawkings theory. Here’s some summarized version of the findings:

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The ‘Big Bang’ and the universe
The Qur'an presents in two verses a brief synthesis of the phenomena that constituted the basic process of the formation of the Universe.

--sura 21, verse 30: "Do not the Unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined together, then We clove them asunder and We got every living thing out of the water. Will they not then believe?"

--sura 41, verse 11. God orders the Prophet to speak after inviting him to reflect on the subject of the earth's creation: "Moreover (God) turned to the Heaven when it was smoke and said to it and to the earth . . ."

The formation of the heavenly bodies and the Earth, as explained in verses 9 to 12, sura 41 required two phases. If we take the Sun and its subproduct the Earth as an example (the only one accessible to us), science informs us that their formation occurred by a process of condensation of the primary nebula and then their separation. This is exactly what the Qur'an expresses very clearly when it refers to the processes that produced a fusion and subsequent separation starting from a celestial 'smoke'. Hence there is complete correspondence between the facts of the Qur'an and the facts of science.

The Sun and the Moon
The Sun is a shining glory (diya') and the Moon a light (nur). This translation would appear to be more correct than those given by others, where the two terms are inverted. In fact there is little difference in meaning since diya' belongs to a root (dw') which, according to Kazimirski's authoritative Arabic/French dictionary, means 'to be bright, to shine' (e.g. like a fire). The same author attributes to the substantive in question the meaning of 'light'.

The difference between Sun and Moon will be made clearer by further quotes from the Qur'an.

--sura 25, verse 61: "Blessed is the One Who placed the constellations in heaven and placed therein a lamp and a moon giving light."

--sura 71, 15-16: "Did you see how God created seven heavens one above an other and made the moon a light therein and made the sun a lamp?"

--sura 78, verses 12-13: "We have built above you seven strong (heavens) and placed a blazing lamp."

The blazing lamp is quite obviously the sun. Here the moon is defined as a body that gives light (munir) from the same root as nur (the light applied to the Moon). The Sun however is compared to a torch (siraj) or a blazing (wahhaj) lamp.

A man of Muhammad's time could easily distinguish between the Sun, a blazing heavenly body well known to the inhabitants of the desert, and the Moon, the body of the cool of the night. The comparisons found in the Qur'an on this subject are therefore quite normal. What is interesting to note here is the sober quality of the comparisons, and the absence in the text of the Qur'an of any elements of comparison that might have prevailed at the time and which in our day would appear as phantasmagorial.

It is known that the Sun is a star that generates intense heat and light by its internal combustions, and that the Moon, which does not give of flight itself, and is an inert body (on its external layers at least) merely reflects the light received from the Sun

The vegetable kingdom
--sura 20, verse 53: "(God is the One Who) sent water down from the sky and thereby We brought forth pairs of plants each separate from the other."

'One of a pair' is the translation of zauj (plural azwaj) whose original meaning is: 'that which, in the company of another, forms a pair'; the word is used just as readily for a married couple as for a pair of shoes.

--sura 22, verse 5: "Thou seest the grounds lifeless. When We send down water thereon it shakes and grows and puts forth every magnificent pair (of plants)."

--sura 31, verse 10: "We caused to grow (on the earth) every noble pair (of plants)."

--sura 13, verse 3: "Of all fruits (God) placed (on the earth) two of a pair."

We know that fruit is the end-product of the reproduction process of superior plants which have the most highly developed and complex organization. The stage preceding fruit is the flower, which has male and female organs (stamens and ovules). The latter, once pollen has been carried to them, bear fruit which in turn matures and frees it seeds. All fruit therefore implies the existence of male and female organs. This is the meaning of the verse in the Qur'an.

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I cannot possibly lay-out the whole findings or comparisons here. For those of you who are interested in the subject, you may google Dr. Maurice Bucaille. I’m still reading through his work but had to stop and write this article because my mind cannot stop asking how could the Muslims claim to be guarding and protecting the Quran while at the same time totally turning their backs on it?

But before that, let me make myself clear: Like Dr. Bucaille, I’m only interested in the science and this ‘reading’ is simply a selfish act to fulfill my curiosity. I’m neither writing this for the Muslims, nor the Christians. So save your arguments to yourself.

The Muslims' Dilemma: Dying to Live or Live to Die?

Mankind is always in search of The Creator. We try to find answers on how do we get here, who put us here, who made us. Some find the answers in religion, some decided to fulfill their curiosity by creating theories of evolution, some decided to not think at all. Some are able to accept the answers, some don’t, and continue searching.

Religions are associated with all the good things. No religion in the world tells us to do bad things. Although I heard that there are few beliefs that tell its followers that it’s okay to harm or kill the ‘unbelievers’ but I believe that such call is not the true teachings of that religion, and that the teachings were being ‘modified’ or changed by evil scholars. No one in the right mind should believe that such evil doings are good for the soul.

There are quite a number of religions in the world, but only two religions that have a real impact on the world, even shape the world, that is, Islam and Christian. There are about 32% Christians and 23% Muslims in this world. Islam and Muslims, however, becomes the most talk about subject of the world. If you noticed, unlike Muslims, the believers of other religions usually don’t talk much about their religion and just keep their beliefs to themselves but at the same time, seems to keep an ‘eye’ on Islam – either with suspicion or with interest.

Despite all the bad things that are said about Islam, the labeling and name callings, it remains as the fastest growing religion. More and more people in the west are converting to Islam. The more the religion is oppressed, the more people want to understand it. As for me, I keep an open mind to all religions but I certainly cannot swallow anything beyond logic. With so much attention that Islam is getting, the religion is surely worth learning and that’s what I’m doing. So far, I didn’t find anything illogical in the Quran.

Anyway, what I like to discuss here is why Islam has become the subject of hatred, thus, the Muslims, the object of oppression. The Thais are killing Muslims. The Russians are killing Muslims. The Bosnians had had their ‘chance’ of killing the Muslims. Burmese is killing their Muslims. In Syria, the Muslims are killing the Muslims. In fact, killing the Muslims is a ‘heritage’ of the Jews in Palestine.

It seems like the Buddhists, the Christians, the Jewishs, even the Muslims are all in war with Islam.

As ignorant as I may be, I don’t believe that this is the case. People fight for money, land, resources, power even women but people don’t just fight because of different beliefs, at least not those with fully functional brain in the head.

What happens is that these people with dysfunctional brains (yeap, there are too many of them) are made to believe that they are fighting for their beliefs when all the while they are being used by their leaders whose real objective is never the belief.

In ancient days, people might have fought for honour but today, the cause of fight is always materials.

Even racist don’t fight just because of differences and hatred but because the power that comes with the winning. The Chinese may hate the Malays but they won’t fight the Malays if there is no material gain to motivate them. In Malaysia’s case, it’s the political power and all the materials that come with it that could be the bet.

What I’m trying to say is that people may hate, but ‘hate’ alone isn’t enough to start a fight. There must be something in return that is worth it, in order for people to kill or willing to be killed.

Now, here comes the pathetic truth, the Muslims are willing to die for nothing in return! This means that many of the Muslims don’t have fully-functional brains. And because of their willingness to die for nothing, the Muslims have dropped their own rights to live.

In many parts of the world, we see more and more Muslims refused to live this life like the rest of mankind. Muslims prefer to be different, separated and away from the modern world. They want their own law altogether. They want autonomy. They don’t accept toleration. They don’t want to blend in with others, afraid of being sucked into the dark world of ‘entertainment’ because feeling or being entertained is a sin. They claimed that their fully-covered women who are pushed to the bottom corner of the house and never allowed to even ‘think’, are happy enough living that way. They believe that poverty and ignorance will be rewarded in the afterlife so they are happy living in poverty and ignorance.

The fact is, they are not happy. They are always angry. They are tired of the bullshit of pretending to be happy just by dreaming of the afterlife.

If you asked me, I doubt they will be happy there too. How can they be when the Quran says that mankind are put here on earth to explore and learn and do the very best to do good to as many people possible in this life. The Muslims never do that, do they?

If they didn’t do what the Quran says then how can they be rewarded in the afterlife?

No Muslims ever strive to explore the universe or to invent anything that could help mankind. They are selfish people who only live to die! So, how can they claim to be better than the rest?

Now, calm down. I’m not anti-Islam okay? I am only trying to tell the Muslims why they are the subject or object of hatred, oppression, and cleansing. Why?

Please digest this: Muslims are being killed everywhere NOT because they are devout Muslims that the evil hate them so much and whispered to the world to kill them. It is also NOT because they are terrible sinners that God punished them by sending the evil in the form of non-Muslims to kill them.

The Muslims often try to find easy answers for all their problems. That is why they don’t like mathematics or science because it’s hard, so they give excuses that math and science cannot take them to heaven. So, they become religious scholars and teach other Muslims about how to go to heaven. Don’t we all know that good people go to heaven? How else can you go to heaven?

The answer to the question of why the Muslims are being hated and massacred is because they are doing everything that the Quran says NOT to do. They refuse to live. When you refuse to live, it is more or less the same as asking to be killed. So, you get killed.

By ‘live’, I mean go out and learn, mix around, blend in, go to work as professionals, look clean and smart but keep to your limitation as Muslims. I’m not asking you to go and grab a beer, or have a one night stand with some chicks at the club. I’m not asking your women to strip naked. Just wear decently and not very differently from others because you are in no position to be demanding or stubborn. I’m telling you to look up and see the world – it’s a big, beautiful world, a great and amazing universe and a wonderful life to live - if only you start to read, learn, explore, discover and appreciate it. This is what the Quran asks you to do – the first and foremost, the ultimate reason to live. Meanwhile, be good, so you can go to heaven.

You know, you may stop the problem of baby dumping with Hudud Law, but that will only worsen the situation in every other way. It won’t make the Muslims superior. It won’t stop the killings but will only invite more prejudice and hatred. Baby dumping didn’t happen because the law is not good enough, it’s because the Muslims’ teenagers are too occupied with what’s NOT to do. Therefore, instead of telling them NO to unwed sex which will only make them more interested in it, why not take their minds away from it and tell them to read and explore the universe?

The point is, it’s not the law, it’s the low mentality caused by an almost empty head.

Well, I, for a fact, know many good Muslims who fit the teachings of the Quran. Sadly, and obviously, their numbers are way too small to make a difference. Majority of the 23% Muslims who represent the population of the world are busy preparing for the afterlife while whining about their lives on earth. Even sadder, some are feeling fulfilled, even in the absence of education and knowledge because the only education and knowledge they think they need are on the subjects of the afterlife.

So I’m telling the Muslims that if you want to stop the killing, you must first stop treating your women like animals or robots or slaves and stop that hollier than thou attitude when you know for a fact that you have NOTHING to boast or brag for. You can’t even guarantee a good afterlife even for Nik Aziz.

Now, stop pretending and start learning. Just think about it, how can there be an ‘after-life’ when there is no ‘before-life’? Ask yourself, just because you’re breathing, does that mean you have a life now?

That’s all I have to say to the Muslims and as brutal as it may sounds, I said it all with good intention.

Herald Malaysia Online: Politically Catholic?

I took some time to read through The Herald online today just for curiosity sake. I think I don’t have to repeat that I am not a religious person. I read the Herald today just because I saw the link in some other blog that I read ealier. I must say that if it wasn’t for the web address or the title, I would have thought that I was reading Malaysiakini or Malaysian Insider and I wasn’t surprised.

If I were to hope for some enlightenment from The Herald, I was instead pulled over to the darkest corner. If I were to look for reconciliation, I only saw provocation.

If I was looking for the Lord, I am now confused! How can I not be when the Pope was recorded saying: “God is a father who never disowns his children - Pope affirms”

(http://www.heraldmalaysia.com/news/God-is-a-father-who-never-disowns-his-children,-Pope-affirms-18473-0-1.html)

Pope says that God is a father. The Muslims says that Allah doesn’t have a son. And this Father Lawrence Andrew is saying that Allah is God.

Almost all of the news and articles in The Herald is about the fights of the Christians to use the word ‘Allah’ in Malaysia. If Catholic is really like what The Herald makes it look, then it must be a political party, not a religion and certainly not Christian.

We have long witnessed Islam being politicized by PAS and today, Christian too, has become a political tool, thanks to DAP. I doubt that DAP is doing this for the religion. Just like PAS, it is all about power and money. However, there is one thing more for DAP in this, that is ‘race’.

Which takes us to the difference between DAP and PAS: DAP is all about power of the race (Chinese), while PAS doesn’t mind sacrificing the race (Malays) for power.

Some Christians had actually disagreed with me that the whole ‘Allah’ name issue is mere political propaganda of a much bigger hand from the west. Some actually expressed concerned on why didn’t I support their fights to use ‘Allah’ in the Bible – for the sake of our brothers and sisters in Sabah and Sarawak, so they say.

Well, I have a brother in Sabah and he doesn’t want to pray to the Muslim’s ‘Allah’, and he uses The Lord instead. Now that the things become a dispute, he feels even more uneasy when his congregation prays to ‘Allah’ in church.

I guess he would rather follow the Vatican and worships ‘the Lord’ instead of following Father Andrew and worships ‘Allah’. On top of that, he would rather follow what Jesus told us to do that is, to choose peace over war. We all know that the only way to maintain peace is to abide by the law and the ruler.

Abiding the Law and the Ruler, doesn’t make us a traitor to Jesus or the Lord. It also doesn’t mean that we must never criticize our leaders. It simply means to put peace and order above all, for our own sake.

It is disturbing to learn that some quarters in Sabah/Sarawak already call out for war against the Muslims.

Now, where does all these hostility come from?

This is why, there shouldn’t be a catholic-political news source in the first place. It is very irresponsible of The Herald to keep on pushing on the issue when the court has made a decision. Perhaps, it is not the use of Allah’s name by non-Muslims that is supposed to be banned, but it is The Herald’s license what has to be revoked.

Some Christians may say that I’m siding the Muslims or the government but I know that deep inside, they know that I’m saying things just as it is. No double standard, no lies, no hypocrisy -just plain-hurtful-truth. Ouch!

Happy Spring Festival to all my Chinese friends!

I come understand that wishing you all a Happy Chinese New Year would not be accurate - even racist, for a fact. I was told that the whole celebration is about welcoming the Spring Season in China, and has nothing to do with Chinese race or Buddhism. It might not make sense to celebrate Spring in Malaysia, but it just happened that the Chinese has embraced it as an ultimate cultural event which is celebrated by all Chinese in every part of the world – four seasons or not. Therefore, I think wishing you all a Happy Spring Festival would make more sense than wishing you a Happy Chinese New Year.

I was supposed to post this piece earlier but my work got in the way. Besides, I spent most of yesterday celebrating with my Chinese relatives and friends because in Malaysia, everybody celebrates this Spring Festival, not just the Chinese.

Or, to be honest, what most of us actually celebrate is the holidays not the festival. Like all other festivals, all races wish each other happiness for the holiday and tell each other to have a safe journey. And I believe that despite the rising racial prejudice, we all sincerely wish for each others’ safety and happiness - at least, until things get back to routine and we are forced to listen to the politicians bringing up the issue of race and religion again.

Now, don’t get me wrong. When I say politicians, they not necessarily be the ‘real politicians’. Nowadays, the worst politicians are the enemies in disguise as NGO’s and religious figures – Muslims and Christians alike. It is only a matter of time before they start disguising as Hindu or Buddhist monks too. In many cases, the ‘real politicians’ only play along with these phony NGO’s or religious leaders’ games.

Religion is the most convenient weapon or tool for a leader to achieve his purposes. It is very unfortunate of us that the world today though may not be lack of leaders, we are very short of righteous ones. Often our not-so-good leaders fall to the evil games of the enemies either by choice, by ‘no-choice’ or by pure stupidity.

When the leaders are stuck or lost in the game, we, as well educated people must make a choice. We can choose to follow the lost leaders and get stuck in the mud or we can choose to do what is right and good for us.

We can choose to understand the game and not play along. Do not draw the racial cards. Do not join the religious provocation. Leave it to the NGOs and so-called religious leaders and politicians. Do not entertain their call for demonstrations, do not go to their talks, do not support their blogs or join their social network.

And most importantly, do not believe everything you hear or read. Be alert about the evil plots and don’t fall into their game of hatred. Be aware of the agenda and their modus operandis.

Iraq, Egypt…would not have fallen if the people were more informed and were able to control their emotions and think rationally. A country will not fall apart just because the leaders have failed. It only falls when the people failed to act rationally.

The worst leader might have failed the country, but how do we explain ‘failure’ when Iraq was a lot better off under Saddam Hussein and Egypt was a lot better off before Arab Spring.

Therefore, let us all come together on this Spring Festival and help spread the words of wisdom. Above all that, let us spread honesty.

Let’s be honest that Christians don’t feel comfortable using the word ‘Allah’ in the prayers. Let’s be honest that the Chinese are doing great in Malaysia and not being sidelined or oppressed. Let’s be honest that the Chinese controls the economy and sideline the Malays in any way possible in private sectors.

Let’s be honest that if UMNO is as racist as DAP said it is, then the Chinese would never be where they are today. If the Malays are as racist and not buy or support Chinese businesses just like what the Chinese are doing to them, the Chinese will not be one controlling the economy today.

Let’s not point fingers but just look at ourselves and admit our mistakes – the lies and the hypocrisy.

For once, in the spirits of the beautiful Spring Season, let’s be honest and say things as it is. Then only we can hope for a better Malaysia.