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“This life’s dim windows of the soul,
distorts the heavens from pole to pole,
and goads you to believe a lie,
when you see with and not through the eye.”
distorts the heavens from pole to pole,
and goads you to believe a lie,
when you see with and not through the eye.”
-William Blake
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While the world is concerned about the economy being plundered by politicians and their corporate cronies, a certain community in Malaysia is busy looking for "ghosts under the bed" to whack for their failures ...
It appears that they're more concerned about the pie in the sky which others (who incidentally don't care for it) may lose!!
While many people on the street and in cyberspace are trying hard to campaign for the PR trinity of unlikely bedmates- PAS has come out shining in its hypocrisy.
It appears that they're more concerned about the pie in the sky which others (who incidentally don't care for it) may lose!!
While many people on the street and in cyberspace are trying hard to campaign for the PR trinity of unlikely bedmates- PAS has come out shining in its hypocrisy.
This is their "masyarakat madani", "kerajaan kebajikan" or whatever they call it ...
One could be forgiven to perceive this as the rise of Fascism in Malaysia - it may be a matter of time before there are anti-Christian pogroms or hudood convictions.
So much for our wishes for "good governance" should PR come to power .... so much for "Bersih" .... so much for our efforts at "propping up" PAS credibility.
One could be forgiven to perceive this as the rise of Fascism in Malaysia - it may be a matter of time before there are anti-Christian pogroms or hudood convictions.
So much for our wishes for "good governance" should PR come to power .... so much for "Bersih" .... so much for our efforts at "propping up" PAS credibility.
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"Where is the life we have lost in the living?
Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in information ?
The cycles of heaven in twenty centuries
bring us farther from God and nearer to dust."
- T.S. Elliot
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They seem so totally devoid of courage to stand up to the liars who have perpetrated the slander and created a "siege mentality" among their followers. They do not see the immorality of the intentions behind the rally- which is clearly meant to provoke the faithful into a frenzy of hatred directed at a certain other faith.
With a Minister in PMO advising PAS not to fear the rally- it is quite obvious where the stink comes from ... but PAS thinks that their members should be free to attend (in other words- support) the rally, as long as they do not wear party colors!!
“If any chaos breaks out, such as participants lashing out at
Christians or threatening Christians... or perhaps violent acts like the
burning of any paraphernalia and so on, these members will have to
answer for themselves if they are seen abetting such acts,” said Dr Rani of PAS so wisely. He also said, “Islam does not preach or promote violence among those of different faiths. We do not want any problems,”
But the only reason PAS doesn't attend is ONLY "because it doesn't want to politicize" the rally which is organized by NGOs!!
But the only reason PAS doesn't attend is ONLY "because it doesn't want to politicize" the rally which is organized by NGOs!!
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“Selangor PAS will heed and adopt the stand
taken by our central leadership that
we should not attend the gathering as a political party.
This is to respect the wishes of
Himpun’s organisers to keep the event apolitical,”
-Dr Abd Rani Osman, Selangor PAS commissioner
-Dr Abd Rani Osman, Selangor PAS commissioner
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This reminded me of a rhyme by Anne Russell ......
"At three I had a feeling of ambivalence toward my brothers,
and so it follows naturally that I poisoned my lovers.
but now I'm happy I have learned the lesson this has taught,
that everything that I do that's wrong is somebody else's fault". It's really sad that UMNO attempts to paint such shameful a stereotypical image of the Malay/Muslim for for the Non-Malay/Muslim to perceive through this "rally"- which is nothing but hate-mongering & incitement, as a continuation of the politics of fear they desire. It reinforces the perception that the followers of the Malay based political parties are mostly nothing but "simpletons" who're incapable of rational thought.
It is even sadder still that PAS (and PKR) - on whom many have placed their hopes for a better Malaysia- chickens out from standing up to such injustice & immorality!!
It is quite obvious that UMNO has managed to expose the hypocrisy which PAS espouses .....
I don't know how the good Malay/Muslim brothers & sisters can take such insults & humiliation sitting down .... in the faced of such blatant hypocrisy, lies & slander in the name of GOD!!
Just a reminder to those who insist on looking for "ghosts under the bed" to whack for all their miseries and failures- know that you poison the stream you drink from ... andyou will reap what you sow.
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"It will not do to cling to the cause
and wish the result away.
Reality does not play mind games.
What is more, to anesthetize the mind in order
to abort what comes to birth-
when wrong ideas are conceived
and borne in the womb of culture,
will only kill the very life-giving force
of the nation that nurtures the idea."
- Ravi Zacharias
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