To me, beyond any reasonable doubt, she belongs to our Malay Community.
What constitute a Malay person? – “any person, whether of the Malay race or otherwise, who considers himself to be a member of the Malay community and who is generally accepted as a member of the Malay community by that community”.
Source: Zainal Bin Sapari
There is no definitive account of who a Malay is. Historically however, Malays are known to have originated from what is known as the Nusantara region that includes Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Southern Thailand and Southern Philippines. While possessing their own languages and dialects, they generally speak Malay and in more modern times, are adherents of Islam.
So…
Banjarese = Malay
Acehnese = Malay
Javanese = Malay
Bugis = Malay
Boyanese = Malay
And of course the Malays from Johor or Malaysia are definitely considered Malays.
Chinese Muslims not equal to Malay.
Indian Muslims not equal to Malay.
Pakistani Muslims not equal to Malay.
Tak Melayu Hilang Di Dunia
Rilek1Corner
China’s Meituan stirred up controversy online after announcing that it will begin offering separate logistics infrastructure for halal food, causing Chinese netizens to condemn the company for “discriminating against” non-Muslims while also worrying about the “rise of Islam” in their country.
Meituan couriers on bikes will now be armed with two delivery boxes, a normal one for non-halal food and a smaller one for halal food. Netizens viewed the change as discriminatory and vowed that they will delete the app en masse.
In Singapore, food delivery services like Ubereats, Foodpanda, Deliveroo and several others are the bike couriers we see day to day on the streets delivering food both (halal and non-halal) to their destinations.
These couriers store their delivery items inside a bag with their own company name imprinted on it. They do not carry two delivery boxes like what Meituan’s is trying to implement.
However is not clear though if the bag has compartments inside to separate non-halal from halal food. Or are there dedicated riders to deliver only halal food and only non-halal food? If not, should Singapore follow what Meituan is doing to safeguard the sanctity of minority food?
We also know that there are Malay riders who do not mind sending orders or food that are not halal. Can we hope for a change to this in the near future?
Rilek1Corner
The Problem is there was never a HIGHLIGHT about successful Malays in The Straits Times, Sunday Times, Business Times Singapore, are there? . Any stories about Malays who even surpassed other races were only told in our Malay papers.
I don’t blame other races for not knowing or having doubts that there are successful Malay in Singapore. I am having doubts also….
What we heard about Malays in the English papers are stories of Malay highest diabetes patient, highest offenders , highest others….best not said. Wallahualam.
Source: Roslinah Rajab
The issue on the definition of Malay was debated earlier in Parliament (in the context of the GRC system) back in 1988.
It was an exchange involving Goh Chok Tong, Chiam See Tong and Ahmad Mattar.
Part of the excerpt read;
Can a Maori be a “Malay” Member of Parliament? Will the day come when five Europeans enter the Singapore Parliament as “Malay” MPs?
Opposition MP Chiam See Tong posed these questions to his Select Committee colleagues as he questioned the revised definition of a Malay in the Team MP legislation.
First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong’s reply: Anyone who feels he is part of the Malay community and is accepted by the community as such can be a “Malay” MP.
“If indeed five Europeans are accepted by members of the Malay community to be members of the community, they will be so put up by the community as candidates, because they are regarded as members of that community,” he said.
The same goes for even a Maori, said Mr Goh.
In another part;
If the day came when five or seven such Europeans entered Parliament as “Malay” MPs, he asked, where was the minority representation the GRCs were meant to ensure?
Dr Mattar told him that Malay candidates must first be cleared by the Malay Community Committee.
“If the Malay community thinks that it is best represented by the Europeans, so be it. I do not think it will happen,” he said.
Mr Sidek said that while the revised definition embraced other races, the real objectives was to avoid complaints from groups like the Banjaris or Achenese, who were not included in the original definition.
Also;
Mr Goh pointed out that the purpose of the GRCs was to ensure Malay representation in Parliament and the definition was crafted to include anyone who believes he is part of the community and is accepted as such by it.
He said that if Europeans are accepted as members of the Malay community, they are free to stand as “Malay” candidates.
“If the Malay community is happy, who are we to say they should not represent them? Because they are regarded by the Malay community as members of the Malay community.”
Source: Abdul Rohim Sarip
