Category: Helen Ang

  Chan Lilian, a Penang chief minister media department staff, wrote in her Twitter account on June 29: “i think all Christians shud march for all the persecution they had done to us and our Lord”. Blog House Malaysia secretary Tony Yew made a police report so that the authorities could “charge [Lilian] for seditious… Continue reading Ridhuan Tee demonises Bersih leader as anti-Islam

  Yesterday, Defence Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi implied that Chinese and Indians are possibly not patriotic enough, hence their failure to enlist in the armed forces. He told Parliament during question time that this could be the reason why military recruits are mostly Malay. Interestingly enough, the Education Ministry plans to incorporate elements of ‘patriotism’,… Continue reading SPM must-pass: Who writes History?

  Prime Minister Najib Razak on Oct 21 at the Umno general assembly told his party delegates “… kewarganegaraan Malaysia pada dasarnya bukan lagi bersifat sama rata”. This country does not have equal citizenship. Despite 1Malaysia (or Malaysian First), this is the core implication of Article 153, the ‘special position’ of the Malay. NEP is… Continue reading Social contract and the secret of Chinese ‘success’

  The Christian cabinet minister Idris Jala prefers race and religious differences considered as “polarities to be managed” rather than problems to be solved. He talks of the North Pole and South Pole balancing the Earth on its axis as an analogy of how to arrive at equilibrium. Idris forgets that the two geographical ‘poles’… Continue reading ‘Celebrate diversity’, the Idris Jala trope

  A football analogy of religion in Malaysia will be this: The Ketuanan Melayu-Islam (KMI) team has on the pitch 11 players. The opposing team, the Minorities, fields 5 players – this ratio follows the Ibrahim Ali formula of 67% bumiputera representation, albeit appropriating the Christian native and pribumi animist share. The referee is the… Continue reading Enforcing NEP on minority religions

It’s mighty suspicious that Umno has the most members not in its traditional stronghold of Johor but in Sabah! The Umno website reported on Monday party vice president Mohd Shafie Apdal as saying Sabah has 449,805 Umno members, followed by Johor with 428,663 and Selangor 414,142 in third place. He said the updated membership roll… Continue reading Umno’s hand in dubious Sabah voter registration

  Jerlun MP Mukhriz Mahathir has been at the forefront of the anti-Israel protests for several years now through his father’s Perdana Global Peace Organisation (PGPO). Three of the ships in the flotilla that sailed to break the Tel Aviv blockade of Gaza were sponsored by PGPO – to the tune of some 300,000 euros… Continue reading Umno heroes and ‘Star’ spear Israel

Today is Wesak. Last week the country was told about a Chinese Muslim Faizal Wong Abdullah who wanted to return to Buddhism – a religion of depleting numbers in Malaysia. Faizal Wong had filed an application in March to renounce Islam. It’s not surprising though that Wong had converted as the proselytization drive is intense.… Continue reading Will minorities be made increasingly syariah-compliant?

  P. Kamalanathan is the BN candidate standing in the Hulu Selangor by-election. In his interview with Malaysiakini, he was quoted as saying: “Perkasa has its own role. It is strengthening its (Malay) race, its language and its religion, and we (MIC) are also doing the same by strengthening our race, religion and language.??? Kamalanathan… Continue reading Why MIC Hulu S’gor candidate defends Perkasa