Anti-Islam Bersih using Malays, says Zul Noordin
(The Malaysian Insider) – Independent lawmaker Datuk Zulkifli Noordin said today that Malays will weaken themselves if they are used by anti-Islamic leaders organising next month’s Bersih rally to call for free and fair elections.
His column in the Umno-owned Mingguan Malaysia today — which also carried front-page reports warning against the July 9 gathering under a headline “Prevent the Bersih rally” — added that Malays in fact had absolute power in Malaysia and it should be used instead to defend and empower them.
“Some Malays are willing to be used by this illegal gathering that is led by former Bar Council president Datuk Ambiga Sreevanasan. This is despite knowing the organisation has fought strongly against Islam, organised the interfaith council and supported Lina Joy’s apostasy.
“But to fulfil their lust for power, these Malays are willing to become insects blinded by the false light of power. Malay-Muslims will become weak and damaged due to their own dirty hands,” the Kulim Bandar Baharu MP wrote in the weekend edition of Utusan Malaysia.
Pakatan Rakyat (PR) parties and activists are gearing up to march next month in the second such rally by Bersih, the first being in 2007 where up to 50,000 were reported to have gathered in the capital, with many being dispersed by water cannons and tear gas launched by the police.
PAS has promised to bring 300,000 protestors this year in hopes that it will galvanise support for the opposition in a general election expected within the year.
The 2007 rally was said to play a big role in bringing record gains for the opposition electoral pact in Election 2008, where it swept five state governments and won 82 parliamentary seats.
The former PKR member, who was sacked last year after filing a police report accusing PAS’s Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad of being anti-Islamic, also pointed out that if all 130-plus Muslim MPs joined together, they “can form a federal government without other races.”
