‘Divide and Rule’ VS ‘Divided to Rule’?

PAS wanting to implement hudud is nothing new to Malaysians. Everybody knows that the party has been dreaming of hudud ever since. Whoever questions the cause would be deemed as ‘kafirs’ - the non-believers, who must be fought off. In fact, it is our ‘Secular Law’ that had led to the bloody Memali incident because PAS wants Malaysia to implement hudud under a strict Sharia Law.

After Memali, there seems to be no way for the Muslims to be united again. Hudud has always stood in between them (PAS & UMNO).

Even though Hudud is said to be PAS’s ultimate goal, the party somehow agreed to drop the subject altogether in order to find mutual agreement with PKR and DAP. Together they formed Pakatan Rakyat where Hudud was flushed down the drain – or supposedly.

PAS said ‘goodbye’ to Islamic State and ‘hello’ to Welfare State.

The change turned out to be a bad decision whereby the party then lost the Muslims’ support significantly. In the recent GE-13, PAS had only managed to win 21 seats that is 2 seats less than the previous GE. In a few by-elections later on, the decreasing vote for PAS had become obvious.

PAS is losing support as it loses its pride to DAP. PAS is taken as a doormat, a slave, even a dog who would do anything for a pat from its master, DAP. PAS has no say in Penang. PAS is being sidelined in Selangor and PAS does not even have total power in Kelantan.

Sensing the need to step up and stand tall, PAS decided to push on hudud in order to regain the Muslims’ support, hence, its pride. PAS is now determined to take the matter to parliament anytime soon.

The decision has created uproar in the already chaotic Pakatan Rakyat. DAP firmly rejects the idea, and so does PKR. However, PAS keeps on insisting that DAP will eventually be okay with it, even as DAP hysterically screaming ‘no way’!.

The quarrel, the lies, the pretentions, the excuses and the accusations goes on and on with both parties denying that they are in the deepest s**t. Uncomfortable with the rakyat’s close watch over PR, both parties shouted, ‘We Have No Problem!’ before turning to each other and continue to fight.

For the sake of the country, this childish denial has to stop, one way or the other, one day, at one point.

One of them has to back off, and the first one to do so will get the extra point for having some pride. Sadly, none of the two has any pride left which makes it impossible for them to choose ‘principle’ over ‘power’.

Personally, I’m counting on DAP to put a stop to this roller-coaster madness. I believe DAP has a little more sense compared to PAS who has none at all. At least, DAP is stern and firm on their stance against hudud while PAS keeps twisting its words as according to the current.

I believe that DAP will gain much more if it just pack and leave PR. The party already managed to gain 97% support from the chinese community and it will get 100% easily if it breaks the ties with PAS. We might even see the end of MCA, should DAP stands on its own.

Although DAP will not be able to get to Putrajaya alone, it can be a very strong Opposition with a clear objective. A strong Opposition may have as much power as the ruling party in a way. But of course, DAP is too greedy to settle for ‘as much power’. It will only settle for ‘ultimate power’.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I am not a fan of DAP nor any of the political party, but I think it’s about time to put some senses back into our politics. It’s about time that each party stands on what it believes in and breaks the crappy coalition. Really, there is no need to pretend anymore… The game is over!

Don’t even try to give us the reasons for fighting are ‘justice and transparency’, because we all have witnessed the ‘mysterious CEC DAP election’ and the ‘barbaric PKR election’, ok?

We know for a fact that, DAP believes in Chinese supremacy, PAS believes in Sharia Law and PKR believes in Anwar Ibrahim; so why not just fight for these different causes separately and openly?

You know, people only need to lie about their belief when they know that what they believe in is wrong.

Hitler didn’t need to give an excuse to kill the Jews because he believed that he was doing the right thing. Which is why, no matter how cruel he was, he is still referred to as one of the world’s greatest leader.

But DAP, PAS and PKR have no leaders. Their so-called leaders are just a bunch of pretenders who think that they can divide, and may eventually rule. What they failed to understand is that this ‘divide and rule’ strategy requires them to divide the people, not themselves.

The Game Is On?

These very few months, we have been alerted by news that don't seem to be relevant or connected to each other like:

• MH370 went missing.

• Hudud Law Implemented in Brunei.

• Malaysia is very actively talking about implementing Hudud in Kelantan.

• Obama’s visit was protested by a global Islamic organization called Hizbut Tahrir, which opposed democracy.

• Obama ‘reminded’ Malaysia that the country cannot continue to discriminate Non-Muslims.

• Southeast Asia is described as a ‘home’ to several suspected key figures in militant Islamic groups by foreign media.

• 11 suspected militants linked to Jemaah Islamiyah arrested in Malaysia.

• Jurusalem Post reported that the 11 suspects were arrested pertaining to the case of the missing MH370.

These unconnected events, if you look closer, you may realize that they are somehow linked, twisted and intertwined with each other to paint a dark picture on Malaysia and the Southeast Asia.

All that is needed now is a terrorist incident to accuse Malaysia of hiding the most wanted terrorist. The bombing will be next, followed by the US troops and tanks…

However, Malaysians, be informed that we can avoid such destruction by not giving the US what they need: chaos, extremism and treason.

Let's stick together and pray that we will be fine.

Bloodthirsty Muslims, or Christians?

I used to think that Islam is a religion of terror, until I started reading the Quran myself. I stop reading the Bibles after I got confused with so many versions of it. But I do acknowledge this: both books are about peace and love, or at least, they are supposed to. The ultimate objective of these religions, in fact, all religions, is to teach goodness to all mankind. It’s that simple.

Somehow, it is not as simple for mankind to be good. There is always, pride, lust, greed, anger, dejection, avarice and gluttony to deal with. Above all these sins that make life so much difficult, is ‘hypocrisy’. It is the hypocrisy, the pretention, that brings haywire to the world.

The U.S pretends to be the savior of the Arab’s unending tribal wars when what it is actually doing, is destroying the Muslims’ world altogether. The Muslims pretend to be devout Muslims by fighting for Hudud when they are actually fighting for power. The Christians pretend to be the righteous who bring order to world, when they are actually making a mess of it all.

I just came across a blog called ‘Christians United 4 Malaysia’ (CU4M) and there it is written on the tagline, “..in Allah we trust”. I have said it before and I’m saying it again that I have not met any Christians, not among my family or friends who pray to Allah. We don’t mention Allah in our Sunday prayers and this ‘Allah’ issue is totally isolated from the church.

Therefore, I have no doubt that the blog is clearly made with grisly intention, to challenge the Muslims, provoking, calling for a fight or initiating a war.

Now, why would any good Christian want to start a war? Why would any good person of any religion want to?

Then I realized that the blog is not taking a neutral stance in politics, which explains the ‘grisly intention’.

Christians make up to only about 9% of Malaysians and it is really not a good idea to start a crusade here. As good Christians would never start a war, wise Christians would never start a war, - here. Whoever is ‘testing’ the Muslims’ patience here, is definitely not doing it for the sake of the Christians or Christianity.

As a blog dedicated for Christians, CU4M should have known better than to unreservedly condemn the Muslims’ Hudud Law. Here’s why:

• Being a medium or spiritualist. (Stoning) (Leviticus 20:27).

• Trying to convert people to another religion. (stoning) (Deuteronomy 13:1-11, Deuteronomy 18:20).

• Apostasy - If most people in a town come to believe in a different god. (Kill everybody, including animals, and burn the town.) (Deuteronomy 13:12-15)

• Being a stubborn and rebellious son. And being a profligate and a drunkard. (stoning) (Deuteronomy 21:18-21)

You see, these sadistic punishments, (as the blog puts it), are written in the Bibles too. And there are many more, if only the blogger of CU4M would honestly admit.

If he would not do that, then the least he could do is not misuse the name ‘Christian’ for a political course.

The thing is, since Jesus lived before Muhammad and the Bibles came before Quran, did the Quran actually ‘copied’ these sadistic punishments from the Bibles? If so, why must we condemn Islam when Christians teaches the same things?

It seems that the Christians and the Muslims are both at lost here. So, the best thing to do when we lost our ways is to go back to basic of religion that is, ‘goodness’.

By that, it means empathy, fairness, forgiveness, peace, love. It also means that we must avoid hostility through provocation, fights or war. For what is the difference between a man who cuts the hands of the wrongdoers, and a man who provokes just to start a bloody war?

While Muslims are having problems putting ‘goodness’ above ‘hudud’, we, the Christians must not put ‘Christianity’ above ‘goodness’. After all, what is being a Christian without goodness in us? Good Christians tolerate, not provoke. Good Christians spread love, not war.

Therefore, if we cannot make the Muslims see their weaknesses, then we can at least try not to make things worse for everybody.

Counting on Hudud to Unite the Muslims?

Firstly, I would like to offer my condolences to the family of Mr. Karpal Singh. Karpal was not a statesman or a hero, but he was surely an exceptional lawyer, a true politician and a gentleman. May he rest in peace.

Much had been said about Karpal’s lives and death, and so I’m not going into that. I am not going to discuss about Karpal’s role in the Hudud dispute either, as one death in DAP does not make any difference in the party’s stance towards the issue.

Hudud is a problem of the Malays, and the Malays only. It is the Hudud that divided the Malays and now they are talking about Hudud as a vehicle of unity. I am just wondering how practical is the strategy?

“United we stand, divided we fall” is a universal quote understood by all.

Today, our beloved Malaysia is no longer united. The country is divided into pieces of political ideology, fanatical supporters, race and religion. Still, we boast of our growth in economy, and positive ratings and believe that we stand as strong.

The only unity that exists is among the chinese community. The chinese has always stand together through thick and thin, through right and wrong. That way, they can force everybody else to accept that it is their rights to claim their wrongs as right. And that way, they can do no wrong and others are never right.

The Malays however, is totally the opposite of the chinese. They are aware that they are divided and very much concern over it. They want to unite, but too damn ‘holly’ to do so. The Malays always find their fellow Muslims brothers and sisters as wrong. Therefore, many of them choose to be in a party that can do no wrong that is, PAS. Muslims, especially UMNO members who are not a member of PAS are judged as unIslamic or in worse cases, non-Muslims.

Through naked eyes, there is no difference in the way both parties practice Islam except that UMNO has done more for Islam than PAS, in every way. If I am not a Malaysian and looking from the non-Muslim’s point of view, I would believe that PAS portrays the true Islam and that Islam is backward, unintelligent, and even barbaric. Fortunately, I am a Malaysian and I’ve been reading enough about Islam to know that PAS is not anywhere near to Islam.

In order to justify their ‘holliness’, PAS needs to differentiate itself from UMNO. Since both are practicing the same Islam, PAS needs to find a way to stand up as the only real Islamist. And so, PAS choose to wear gowns like the Arabs and announce the fight for a total implementation of sharia law, the Hudud.

As for now, Hudud, has been the only excuse left for PAS to not unite with UMNO. It is the only reason left to argue on UMNO being un-Islamic and PAS the true Islamist. The only problem is that DAP and PKR are not going to accept Hudud - not in a million years. Without DAP and PKR, PAS might as well kiss their dream of power goodbye and forget politics altogether. PAS is not willing to do that. And so, PAS hangs on to Hudud on one hand, and on DAP, on the other hand.

UMNO has always been very clear that the party does not see Hudud as a necessity, what more a priority in Islam. I have taken the trouble to ask around and found the same answer that there are no particular, specific guidelines on Hudud. In fact, again and again I found that the Prophet Muhammad had tried to avoid having to punish wrongdoers by Hudud’s punishment.

According to Hudud, rape victims are supposed to provide 4 witnesses with no deadly sins in order to prove the crime. However, problem number one is that Islam also stated that humans are no judge of other human’s sins. Problem number two is that, any sane person, what more a non-sinner, would never let such crime takes place in front of his eyes. And we are talking about 4 non-sinners!

These problems are what we called the impossible.

Failing to prove the crime would let the victim to being punished as a liar and should she got pregnant by the rape, she would be stoned to death for adultery.

Now, why would God give such impossible cases as guidelines, unless the law is not meant to be implemented?

Hudud is a picture of a perfect world where it is possible for humans to commit no sins and no rape would ever take place. A world where humans are so true and pure that no one will ever steal anything. And if the humans ever did commit such crimes, it would not be impossible to get a confession from them. For all we know, the wrongdoers that were mentioned in the story of the Prophet and Hudud, they all confessed to the crime and asked to be punished.

Unfortunately, our world is far from perfect. Our world is full of sinners and hearing them confessing to a crime is something out of this earth, what more begging to be punished! Even religious scholars can be evil, and the Quran had specifically stated it clearly. That is how corrupt our world is.

Although Hudud is the problems of the Malays, it starts to bothers me when UMNO chooses to play the same Hudud game. UMNO starts speaking the same language with PAS in the quest for Muslims unity. What UMNO forgets is that PAS brought Hudud up not because of Islam, but rather as a political tool. UMNO should never have tried to grab or share the tool with PAS. UMNO should just stick to its original stance on Hudud that it is neither a necessity nor a priority.

By showing support for Hudud, UMNO is opening doors for the suspicious eyes of the busybody superpower to peek into our affairs. Should Hudud be fully implemented, Malaysia will not be their ‘friend’ anymore, but rather their ‘enemy’. Every step we make will be monitored and watched carefully. Pretty soon, we might also hear about honour killing or craps like that and provide every reasons for foreign ‘intervention’ as the lines between justice and injustice is blurred.

In no time, the colour of terrorism will be painted in our country.

The Prime Minister has been promoting the spirit of moderation but somehow he does not see the importance to stop all these talking about supporting Hudud by UMNO members. It seems that he gives full freedom for every leader of UMNO to say anything they like and to make their own assumption on UMNO’s stance towards Hudud. He seems to not hear the shouts for Muslims unity through Hudud.

While unity should make the Muslims stronger, unity through Hudud will not give them the same effect. A united Muslims practicing Hudud Law will only be weaker than they already are. They will be busy judging and punishing people on every little thing rather than looking at the bigger picture of living. There will be more angry and mentally disturbed Muslims and there will definitely be more social problems and more crimes. Of course, not all will be reported so as to safeguard the name of Islam.

Admit it or not, the Muslims are not striving for the sake of justice, but for the law itself – not for the sake of Islam, but for the hypocrisy of it. Therefore, destruction is almost certain.

If Muslims are serious in wanting to build up strength, they should start with mastering science and mathematics, not Hudud. Until then, no law or prayers would save the Muslims from destruction.