Islam under attack ...?

Is Islam in Malaysia is under threat and attack right now? Well, it looks like and sounds like that in Malaysiakini report, when this bunch of people who called themselves as the PEMBELA or whatever they are came forward with this list of demands to political parties contesting in the upcoming general election.

clipped from www.malaysiakini.com

Among the salient points in the list include:

1. Defending the position of Islam as the religion of the Federation under Article 3 of the Federal Constitution.
   
   
2. Asserting the role of Islam in the state and reject the notion that Malaysia is a secular state. This includes the setting-up of a Inter-Faith Commission or a Non-Muslim Affairs Department.
   
   
3. Enact laws controlling the propagation of non-Muslim religions among the Muslims in Sabah, Sarawak, Perlis, Penang and Federal Territories as provided by Article 11(4) of the Federal Constitution.
   
   
4. Defend and assert the position of the syariah courts as provided for under Article 121(1A) and Ninth Schedule of the Federal Constitution.
   
   
5. Widen the scope of the criminal and civil jurisdiction of the syariah courts.
   
   
6. Making it an offence (withdrawing the business licence) for companies which prohibit Muslims from practising their faith at the workplace.

Reject the notion of Malaysia is a secular state! Give me a break lah. I've been in Malaysia for thirty something years and witnessing the so called branding of Malaysians by their races being Malays, Indians, Chinese and etc. Now, these PEMBELA came up with an ingenious ways to brand the Malaysians being Muslims and Non-Muslims pulak!

Hey PEMBELA, let me tell ya something, it's us the non-Muslim in Malaysia should be more worried for the reason of our bibles being confiscated at the airports, dead bodies being snatched away from the family, temples being demolished and Buddhist statue's being haram and so on!

The reason why I feel so irritated about these morons is that, I still got lots of non-Muslims friends like me living in scare of what will happen to us if Malaysia is bound to become an Islamic state like what thesePEMBELA claims of? They even fear to vote for PAS for the reason of, if secular party like BN being so fanatic about ' mengislamkan' Malaysia then PAS would be a worst nightmare!

But all is not bad, especially for those non-Muslims who fears to cast their vote for PAS. Raja Petra in his Resurrecting the dead rationalising the issue of PAS letting go the Islamic State Document (ISD) . The past is already past. Barang lepas jangan dikenal la according to RPK.

clipped from www.malaysia-today.net

Let me put it to you again in plain and simple English. PAS is contesting only 60 Parliament seats. They need 150 seats to control two-thirds of Parliament. PAS cannot implement Islamic laws even if they control two-thirds of the seats in the State Assembly without controlling two-thirds of Parliament. PAS is not pursuing theISD any longer. Malaysia will remain a Secular State unless two-thirds of Malaysians demand this country be changed into an Islamic State through a referendum -- but then the referendum can only be called byBarisan Nasional and never by PAS because only Barisan Naisonal controls two-thirds of Parliament.

Now, are we still worried about Malaysia being turned into an Islamic State? If we are then we had better watch Barisan Nasional closely because only Barisan Nasional can do that. Look at this news item again (Pro-government Islamic groups demanding stronger role for Islam ahead of polls in Malaysia) and here (PEMBELA declaration & press statement ). See who is crying out for more Islamisation? Is it PAS? Or is it the Umno-led organisations?

The logic by RPK in the article seems to fit nicely, isn't it? So why worry vote to PAS? Vote for any opposition will do even PAS! Make a difference and you know how to do it comes March 8 2008, don't you?

ciao!