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  • Ismail Kassim: Reserved Elected Presidency Is Backward Step For Multiracialism, Meritocracy And Democracy

    Ismail Kassim: Reserved Elected Presidency Is Backward Step For Multiracialism, Meritocracy And Democracy

    Thank you PM for your unsolicited gift
    But we don’t want and don’t need it
    Do you realise that your gift will only
    Reinforce the negative images of us
    And undermine our past progress

    What we want, you don’t want to give
    Full equality for our males in National Service
    And in all sectors of the Armed Forces
    Full employment opportunities for all our
    Women including the tudung-clad ones
    We have waited for 50 years for equal
    Treatment and equal opportunities
    Do we have to wait for another 50 years?

    If there has been no Malay president for
    More than four decades, whose fault is it?
    Is it the Malays, the People, or the PAP?
    If it is so important to you
    Why give SR a second term?
    Why not a Malay then?

    You have assumed that no Malay
    Can ever be elected in an open race
    But have you tried? Why not?
    After winning 70% the last round,
    Why the lack of confidence?
    Why the haste to admit defeat?
    Or maybe the gift to us is nothing more than
    Political expediency to avoid a tough opponent
    And to thwart the will of the people

    On the day a Malay assumes the EP
    Through a reserved race will be
    A Day of Shame for us and for all the people
    It will be a step backward for multiracialism
    And meritocracy and democracy

     

    Source: Ismail Kassim

  • 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

  • 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

  • Omar Suleiman: Donald Trump Won, America Lost

    Omar Suleiman: Donald Trump Won, America Lost

    America lost.

    Not because Hillary did, but because bigotry won. This country just elected an openly racist, sexist, obnoxious xenophobe to lead it. Gone are the days in which we could lecture any other nation on extremism or immorality. This leaves the nation bare for the world to see it for what it is.

    Donald Trump doesn’t just represent the fringe of America, he represents a chunk of it.

    Have I lost hope? No. I’m not going anywhere. I, and millions of others who envisioned a better nation, will continue to fight to redeem it. We thought we ditched our ugly past only to realize that our present is just as horrid.

    Now that it’s undeniable, our response needs to be unparalleled. We’ve got work to do people. But God willing, we’ll get there. #electionnight

     

    Source: Omar Suleiman

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