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  • Damanhuri Abas: Mengapa Tiada Badan Melayu Utarakan Pandangan Terhadap Elected Presidency?

    Damanhuri Abas: Mengapa Tiada Badan Melayu Utarakan Pandangan Terhadap Elected Presidency?

    Di manakah letaknya pendirian dan kewibawaan masyarakat kita apabila tiada satu pun badan Melayu yang kedepan untuk mengutarakan pandangan rasmi mereka terhadap suatu perkara yang langsung melibatkan masyarakat Melayu itu sendiri?

    Orang Melayu berhak tahu kedudukan pendirian mereka. Kenapa kita rakyat Melayu sengaja dibiarkan begitu saja tanpa diambil kira. Kita bimbang kesan jangka panjang terhadap kewibawaan bangsa ini di mata masyarakat majmuk yang lain. Sudah mula kedengaran suara dari bangsa lain yg merasakan orang Melayu memang mudah dijual beli dengan harga yg murah. Maruah bangsa sedang dipertaruhkan.

    Merayu seribu kata bila meminta bantuan dari rakyat Melayu biasa, diam sebisu anak dara bila rakyat Melayu minta dibela.

    Apakah jenis kepimpinan yang ada pada masyarakat kita? Semoga Allah mempertanggungjawabkan mereka di dunia dan di akhirat.

     

    Source: Damanhuri Abas

  • Malay President – Halimah Yacob, Abdullah Tarmugi Or Bahren Shaari?

    Malay President – Halimah Yacob, Abdullah Tarmugi Or Bahren Shaari?

    MADAM HALIMAH YACOB, 62

    APPOINTMENTS

    2001 to now: Member of Parliament

    2011 to 2012: Minister of State (Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports)

    2012 to 2013: Minister of State (Ministry of Social and Family Development)

    2013 to now: Speaker of Parliament

    WHY HER?

    “She is a trained lawyer. Was in the top echelon of NTUC, then MP, Minister of State, and Speaker. In short, she is very well-qualified. I believe she is also well-liked. As an added bonus, she is a woman.”

    – Associate Professor Tan Ern Ser, National University of Singapore

    “Usually, candidates (for the Presidency)  don’t step down from their current positions and stand for election immediately because they may be seen as too closely associated with the governing party.

    – Mr Mano Sabnani, political observer and chief executive officer of Rafflesia Holdings, a media and financial consultancy company

    MR ABDULLAH TARMUGI, 72

    APPOINTMENTS

    1984 to 2011: Member of Parliament

    1989 to 1993: Deputy Speaker

    1993 to 2002: Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs

    1994 to 2002: Minister for Community Development

    2002 to 2011: Speaker of Parliament

    2012 to now: Member, Presidential Council for Minority Rights

    WHY HIM?

    “He’s been retired from politics for some years  now.  So he could be seen as not closely linked to the political establishment.”

    – Mr Sabnani

    “That Abdullah Tarmugi was born to a Malay father and a Chinese mother, and the fact that his wife is also Chinese may well be an added advantage as the portrayal of a multicultural identity is likely to resonate with the society at large here.”

    – Dr Mustafa Izzuddin, Iseas-Yusof Ishak Institute

    MR BAHREN SHAARI, 54

    APPOINTMENTS

    2010 to 2015: Global Head (Southeast Asia), Bank of Singapore

    2015 to now: Chief executive officer, Bank of Singapore

    2012 to now: Non-executive and independent director, Singapore Press Holdings

    WHY HIM?

    “He is known to many in the community, but he may have to boost his profile beyond the community should he be interested to run for president.”

    – Dr Mustafa

     

    Source: www.tnp.sg

     

     

  • Walid J. Abdullah: World Has To Deal With Failings Of American Democracy

    Walid J. Abdullah: World Has To Deal With Failings Of American Democracy

    Perhaps 2016 will teach us not to adopt a holier-than-thou approach towards those who disagree with us. Dismissing everyone who is a Trump supporter as a racist, xenophobic idiot evidently did not work out well.

    Sure, there are racists and deplorables amongst them. But there were people with genuine concerns that were not addressed, and instead of having their sentiments understood, they were dismissed as racists. Of course they would turn to Trump afterwards!

    The media especially has blood on its hands. In spite of not being a Trump fan, i found the media coverage – particularly by Huffington Post – to be absolutely disgusting. Clearly one-sided. If i were an undecided voter, the media coverage would push me towards Trump. I hope the liberal media is proud of itself now.

    Trump has won. Whether we like it or not, those are the rules of the game. We have to deal with a President Trump.

    Unless you’re the US government (democrat or republican). Then you don’t have to respect other people’s aspirations. Just dismiss them as Islamic fundamentalists and then engineer a coup.

    For peasants like the rest of the world, we have to deal with the failings of American democracy.

     

    Source: Walid J. Abdullah

  • Muslim New Yorker: Trump’s Victory Shows We’ll Never Be Accepted As Part Of American Community

    Muslim New Yorker: Trump’s Victory Shows We’ll Never Be Accepted As Part Of American Community

    I covered a lot of Trump rallies as a journalist. I didn’t feel any hatred. People were more curious than anything. I was never assaulted. I felt like most people were just supporting him because he wasn’t part of the establishment. Or because they were tired of politics.

    But it was confusing. Because even though I didn’t feel like they hated me, these people were supporting someone who said I should be banned from the country. Even the father of one of my best friends supports Trump. This man had me over to his house. I went to Thanksgiving with him. My friend asked him: ‘Dad, how can you support that man? Our friend Zahra is a Muslim.’ He told her: ‘Don’t worry. He won’t do everything that he says.’

    Today has been difficult. These last few weeks, it was mostly speculation. There was suspicion that most Americans supported him but I could hope that it was wrong. But now that hope is gone. And I have to feel differently.

    I have to feel like maybe most Americans don’t want me here. And I feel like no matter how hard I try, I’ll never be part of the community. And even if they’re friendly to me, or if they invite me to Thanksgiving, deep down they believe that America is a country that belongs to white people.

     

    Source: Humans of New York

  • Osman Sulaiman: Many More Pressing Issues That Concern The Malay Community Than The Elected Presidency

    Osman Sulaiman: Many More Pressing Issues That Concern The Malay Community Than The Elected Presidency

    My community raised the issue of discrimination of Malays in RSAF.

    My community raised the issue of allowing school children to wear the tudung.

    My community raised the issue of allowing Hijabs in uniformed groups.

    My community raised the issue of having a ‘halal kitchen’ in the navy ships.

    My community raised the issue of having an independent MUIS.

    My community raised the issue to legislate some form of discrimination laws.

    Having a Malay president isnt the most pressing issue but yeah, it will be ‘given’ as though it’s what we need the most.

    We can now celebrate the magnanimous gesture by the Gov.

     

    Source: Khan Osman Sulaiman

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