Malaysia Boleh...jadi RACIST.

In regard to the cases where one principal in Kedah and another in Johor told their students of a race/ethnicity other than theirs are less than human.

Principal Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Bukit Selambau, Kedah, scolded 10 Form 3 students who were eating outside the canteen for not respecting the Muslim community. My question is why can't they when the school decided to shut off the lights in the canteen? Are the Students supposed to eat in the dark. Besides, since when it was necessary to not eat in front of a Muslim? If you are a Muslim, please check your Qurans/Sunnah. The fasting month is meant for the Muslims to feel the pain of those who are destitute and often go hungry. It was meant to create empathy, not as an excuse to do these kinds of things. In fact, you should be thanking these people who do this unknowingly to you! Plus, there is no law that tells us we can't eat in front you.

Excerpt for Islam for Today, "Ramadan Rules and Regulations" compiled by Ishaq Zahid.

Fasting in the month of Ramadan is compulsory on every Muslim adult. The Arabic word sawm is used for fasting. The word sawm (plural siyam) literally means 'to refrain', but as an Islamic term, it means refraining from food, drinks and sexual activity from dawn to sunset. Allah says in the Quran, in Surah Al-Baqarah (2-183): 

'O you who believe, siyam is prescribed on you as it was prescribed to those before you so that you may become self-restrained.'

The importance of Siyam in Ramadan is clearly expressed in several sayings of the Prophet(S.A.W.). It is reported by Abu Hurairah that the Prophet said:

'He who fasts during Ramadan with faith and seeks his reward from Allah will have his past sins forgiven; he who prays during the night in Ramadan with faith and seeks his reward from Allah will have his past sins forgiven; and he who passes Lailat al- Qadr in prayer with faith and seeks his reward from Allah will have his past sins forgiven.'
(Bukhari and Muslim)

Fasting in Ramadan is practiced by Muslims all over the world. The most significant aspect of Siyam is the development of Allah-consciousness (Taqwa) in the heart and the soul of a fasting Muslim. One must abstain from immoral behavior and attitude as well. Refraining from food and such is essential during fast but it is not sufficient. The Prophet of Allah is reported to have said:

'If one does not abandon falsehood in words and deeds, Allah has no need for his abandoning of his food and drink.'
(Al-Bukhari)

Principal of SMK Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra in Johor, Siti Inshah Mansor, was quoted in police reports saying, "Chinese students are not needed here and can return to China or Foon Yew schools. For the Indian students, the prayer string tied around their neck and wrist makes them look like dogs because only dogs are tied like that.” All I can say is hari akhirat nanti, sendiri jawablah. Best part is that this joker actually had someone open a facebook page to rally support for her racist claims. The sad part? I got to read a lot of racist comments.

Another thing I found really funny is that after all the bigoted speech she gave, she was actually labeled "VICTIM OF POLITICS". Blaming it all on politics. It's, umm..., really "original".

Note to all, when you say something stupid and later try to cover your ass by feigning innocence and BLAMING it on dirty politics, it really shows you never used your brains. EVER.

Kudos to Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz for promoting zero tolerance to racial disharmony.

He said, in regard to Hishammudin's comments about that two are the minority,

“Minority? That is not the point. I don't care about that. It’s not about whether it is a minority — not even one person in the education service should be a racist."

and kudos to Nazir Razak for recognizing that we as Malaysia need to grow ourselves economically together, and also for recognizing how NEP-type affirmative action policies had been abused by Malay and Bumiputera businesses. For slightly more than 5 decades Malaysia has seen independence, it's really unfortunate that we are no where near where our predecessors wanted us to be. 

Ibrahim Ali is an uncouth man who is given free rein to do whatever he wants. I don't know what his credentials are, but obviously he does not know much about banking, economics and, I suspect, politics. Since he loves our dearest Tun Dr. Mahathir so much, he really should adopt the venerable Tun's "Dasar Pandang Timur" and read "The Swordless Samurai" handed down by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the man who unified Japan.

Unfortunately UMNO seems to back him up on his unfounded rabid barking. How other else can he stay as the MP of Pasir Mas?