Aren’t Malaysians ashamed of themselves?

By MT Webmaster Last updated Jul 12, 2014

There is so much inconsistency and hypocrisy in so many matters. You say one thing when it comes to non-Malays or non-Muslims and then you say the opposite when it comes to Malays and Muslims. You want two laws. You want one law for the Malays or Muslims and another law for the non-Malays and non-Muslims.

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Raja Petra Kamarudin

I remember back in 2001 soon after 911 when Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said that the Internal Security Act (ISA) is the reason why Malaysia’s Twin Towers is still standing whereas the Twin Towers in America has been destroyed.

It is no use trying to take action after the evil deed has been done, said Dr Mahathir. By then it would be too late and the perpetrators would be very far away from the scene of the crime. You need to take action before they commit the crime, even as they are still thinking about it and still just planning the crime.

Of course, we took that as merely a lame excuse in spite of the KL Twin Towers still standing and the NY Twin Towers reduced to rubble. How can you detain without trial someone who is merely thinking or just planning a crime when no actually crime has been committed and it is not even sure yet whether in the end these people will actually commit that crime?

Should we not wait until the bombs go off and 40 or 50 people die before the police spring into action? Is this not what justice, human rights and civil liberties are all about: innocent until proven guilty?

So we continued to press for an end to the ISA and in 2003 (about a year before the ‘historic’ 2004 general election — which saw the ruling party perform its best ever in history) we even demonstrated outside the Kamunting Detention Camp.

Today, the government is being whacked because of what Malaysians say is the increase in extremism and terrorism, which is a threat to national security (especially from those Malaysians who have gone to the Middle East to join the fighting there). And the government has been asked to explain itself (READ THE NEWS REPORT BELOW).

So now we are angry with the government for not detaining these people who have been secretly training to become Jihadists and who have now gone overseas to become hardened fighters (and who will one day come back to Malaysia and become a threat to the country’s security).

Malaysians really do need to make up their minds. Do we want detention without trial (or preventive detention) so that potential threats to Malaysia’s security can be dealt with or do we not want detention without trial (or preventive detention) because this violates human rights and civil liberties?

When it comes to what you consider ‘extremist’ and/or ‘militant’ Muslims you support detention without trial (or preventive detention). But you only support detention without trial (or preventive detention) if it is used against what you consider ‘extremist’ and/or ‘militant’ Muslims and for no other purpose.

In short, yes to detention without trial (or preventive detention) for Muslims and no to detention without trial (or preventive detention) for non-Muslims. That is what you want.

This is the same with the Sedition Act. You both want and do not want the Sedition Act.

You want Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to be arrested and charged for sedition regarding his recent statement on ‘May 13 Version 2’. You want the people from Umno, Perkasa, ISMA, and many more to be arrested and charged for sedition because of all their actions and statements against the non-Malays or non-Muslims. But you also want the Sedition Act, a most draconian law, to be abolished.

Again, in short, yes to the Sedition Act for Malays and/or Muslims and no to the Sedition Act for non-Malays and/or non-Muslims. That is what you want.

Today, the Malaysian Christians have managed to get the United Nations to support their fight for freedom of religion in Malaysia (READ HERE).

But what do they mean by freedom of religion? Is it freedom for Christians to practice Christianity and/or to go to church? Is it freedom for Christians to leave Christianity or for Hindus, Buddhists, agnostics and atheists to become Christians? Is it freedom for Christians to declare Sunday a holiday and a day of rest? Is it freedom for Christians to celebrate Christmas and to put up Christmas trees all over town?

No, all those freedoms Christians already have. ‘Freedom of religion’ here means freedom for Christians to use Allah in the Bible. That is the freedom of religion that they are talking about.

Is this not a very narrow concept of freedom of religion? Freedom of religion only means freedom for Christians to use Allah? And the United Nations supports the Malaysian Christians in this fight for freedom of religion?

What about the other freedoms of religions? What about the freedom for Muslims to not believe in God or to leave Islam? Does this not count as freedom of religion? What about the freedom for Muslims to not pray or fast without getting arrested? What about the freedom for Muslims to drink, gamble and have extramarital sex, gay sex included, without getting arrested?

Well, that has nothing to do with the Christians. That is an internal matter concerning the Muslims, which non-Muslims do not care about and will not get involved.

Well and fine then. I can live with that. But what about Muslims who believe in Jihad and who go to the Middle East to fight in the civil war? Some Muslims say that this is compulsory for all Muslims while some say it depends on what type of Jihad you are talking about. The Muslims are divided as to whether the civil war in the Middle East comes under the category of Jihad or not.

Whatever it may be, this is an internal matter involving the Muslims. So why are the non-Muslims getting involved and making statements on a matter that concerns the Muslims? If you do not wish to fight for freedom of religion for Muslims because this is an internal matter for the Muslims, which the non-Muslims do not want to get involved in, then the Middle East civil war is also between Muslims, which the non-Muslims should also stay out.

Look, freedom of religion has to be absolute or else do not talk about freedom of religion. You cannot fight for freedom of religion for only the Christians and then say the Muslims can go to hell as far as you are concerned.

You also cannot insist that only Malays or Muslims be detained without trial or arrested for sedition but these same laws must never be used against non-Malays or non-Muslims (or Malays-Muslims who support the opposition).

Malaysians, especially the non-Malays and opposition supporters/leaders, are so full of shit. But that is not what worries me. What worries me is that they do not even realise they are so full of shit and they think they are fighting for the ‘right and noble cause’.

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Militants : ‘It is not true that the gov only acted now’, says Putrajaya

(Bernama) – Efforts to detain individuals suspected of being involved in militant activities in the country is nothing new and they reflect the concern of the government about the activities of the extremists, said Deputy Home Minister Datuk Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar. However, he said, since the disclosure on the arrests of individuals suspected of being involved in militant activities by the media, it reflected as though the activities were only recently discovered.

“It is not true that the government only acted now, it had actually carried out intelligence, action and arrests from before which proves that the government is concerned about extremist activities,” he told Bernama here today.

He said that allegations by certain parties that the intelligence capability of the police and the Home Ministry (KDN) was weak was not true when they stated that those involved had only been detained recently.

“KDN and especially the police have the capability to carry out intelligence…now intelligence by the Special Branch had been intensified to establish regional and international cooperation between the intelligence agencies,” he said.

He said the current exposure was due to the situation at present and the media interest on the matter which had attracted public discussion.

Wan Junaidi explained that based on the existing law, police could not make any arrest for prevention but must first gather evidence according to the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (SOSMA) to charge the individuals concerned in court.

He said that such militant activities and violence could pose a threat to the country if no firm action, close monitoring and public cooperation were forthcoming.

“This is no longer a problem for the KDN and police only but it represents a national problem that calls for the involvement of everyone whether in the government or otherwise.

“The activities of students whether in school or university must be monitored…the authorities must be informed of any doubtful activity,” he said.

Asked on the involvement of Malaysians in militant activities, Junaidi said the group had actually not made any detailed assessment on which group’s struggles were getting their aid and support and whether they would benefit the ummah generally.

According to Junaidi, what was worrying was that the individuals suspected of being involved in militant activities had received training in warfare and this knowledge would be brought back into this country.

“We worry because their thinking can pose a major threat to the country, this includes influencing our youths.

“Thus, what is important now is that we monitor not only those whom we suspect but also through intelligence from the foreign security agencies too,” he said.

Expressing his surprise at the action of the highly educated individual in militant activities, Junaidi said: “This is what we describe as a tendency, where they are keen and easily influenced by what they desire.”

Earlier, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar had said that this year, police detained 19 Malaysians who were believed to be involved in militant groups that had links with the militants in southern Philippines and Middle Eastern countries.

In the latest development, five individuals on the police ‘wanted’ list were suspected to be involved in militant activities namely University of Malaya (UM)Islamic Studies Faculty lecturer, Dr Mahmud Ahmad, 35, photostat and stationery shop owner said to be operating in UM, Mohd Najib Husen, Muhammad

Joraimee Awang Raimee, 39, and two residents in Tawau, Sabah, namely Mohd Amin Baco, 30, and Jeknal Adil.

Efforts to curb militant activities had become more challenging for the police after the abolition of the Internal Security Act (ISA) which had been effective in checking militant activities in the country.

This was because under the SOSMA, individuals could only be detained for 28 days and must be charged in court after that period.

Raja Petra Kamarudin RPK