MCA Chulia Street Prostitute aka Penang Wanita MCA Chief Tan Cheng Liang

Chulia Street Prostitute aka Penang Wanita MCA Chief Tan Cheng Liang

At a time when our nation is seeing a rise in intolerant behaviour, crossing every cultural line, whether based on race, religion or sexual orientation, we seem simultaneously stuck with a national news media that is preoccupied with conflict and controversy when we desperately need one that weighs facts and reports fairly. A recent national news programme reinforced these concerns. Let me explain what I mean.

Imagine a respected television show or news magazine article with the title, Should Americans Fear Black People?

Imagine staccato hip-hop music for the teaser, with clips of black gang members toting guns, hanging around urban scenes, looking scary. Imagine the zoom-in close up of a shoulder tattoo, proclaiming “Thug for Life”.

As the host (some household name) opens the show, imagine that the white expert opining about the root causes of urban decay is a nationally recognised racist like, for instance, David Duke, a former Louisiana State Representative and a leader in the Ku Klux Klan – a once widespread white supremacy movement. With a straight face, and no sense of irony, the host solicits Duke’s views, and he proceeds to declare, “When the American people saw the Los Angeles riots, they received a peek into their future”, referring to the 1992 riots that erupted following the acquittal of four white police officers who were on trial for beating Rodney King, an African American motorist.

Imagine the television cameras going in search of voices of “real” black people. Where do they go? The ‘hood of course! I mean, where else do black people live?

The intrepid host invites regular Americans to ask the experts to explain black pathology: “Why is their rap music so degrading to women?” Cynthia from Wyoming wonders. “Why are so many blacks at the bottom of the economic and educational ladder?” Chuck from New York muses.

Is this starting to get a little uncomfortable? Of course it is. Just ask Don Imus, an American radio host fired in 2007 for making racist and sexist remarks, about the wisdom of indulging in racial stereotyping against blacks. Add Jews, Catholics, gays and others as well. Not a good idea.

Now replace black with Muslim, and that’s just about how ABC News treated Islam and Muslims on the recent television shows 20/20 and This Week with Christiane Amanpour.

There were the obligatory clips of terrorist training camps, the planes flying into the Twin Towers, the victims of so-called “honour killings”. The Muslim experts – looking officially “Islamic” in their long beards and hats – included one who declared that one day the flag of Islam would fly over the White House. The non-Muslim experts – Robert Spencer (a leading anti-Muslim advocate in the Park51 Islamic centre controversy), Ayaan Hirsi Ali (a prolific anti-Muslim writer) and Franklin Graham (who has said Islam “is a very evil and wicked religion”) – are well known, even famous, for spewing anti-Muslim hate.

Of course, these characters emphatically agreed with the caricatures with long beards and white hats, repeating the propaganda that Islam requires its adherents to dominate people. Among the “normal” Muslims interviewed were a woman in niqab (fewer than one per cent of Muslim women in America wear the full face veil and accompanying robes), and Muslims in the Muslim ”hood”, cities like Dearborn, Michigan and Patterson, New Jersey.

Do some Americans fear black people? For sure. But we don’t validate those fears by allowing them to be expressed with fake innocence on respected news shows. Why are fears of Muslims validated by television airings?

Are there criminals in America who are African American? Yes, again. But they’re not presented as representative figures of the community by reputable news programmes. Why do such shows go out of their way to find the scariest, most cartoonish Muslims possible and present them as spokespeople for Muslims?

No serious journalist would ask a random black guy with a briefcase on the street to explain the pathology of an African American criminal because of the coincidence of shared skin colour. But serious journalists called on ordinary Muslim Americans to explain the behaviour of homicidal maniacs and extremists, thereby making the link between the crazies and the mainstream community.

Are there people willing to offer all sorts of racist theories about black crime, from problems in black genes to deficiencies in black culture? Plenty. But the only time they show up on mainstream news shows are as examples of racism, not as experts on race.

We are having a national conversation about belonging. The threatened Qur’an burning in Florida and the controversy over the proposed Islamic centre in lower Manhattan are examples of this national conversation about whether America can stretch her arms wide enough to embrace Muslims too. Irresponsible and sensational depictions of Muslims in the popular media are not the cause of Islamophobia, but they certainly can make it worse. Recent news shows and media reports do nothing to shed light or understanding on this national conversation, which is too bad.

But the conversation must continue. And I hope it continues in our mosques, churches, synagogues and other holy places, with Americans of all faiths talking face to face about differences and about our shared humanity – free of the stereotypes that lately are so prominent in our television shows and magazines.

Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) was the first Muslim elected to US Congress. This article is distributed by the Common Ground News Service (CGNews) with permission from the author.

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JOCELINE MENGEJAR TALIBAN

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Saya menerima SMS berikut sejurus selesai solat tarawih tadi yang berbunyi:

“Roslan dear I was right about your Taliban friend Nasrudin. Michael Learns to Rock not yellow culture la. Very mundane pop group. I think his serban too tight, constrict blood flow to brain.”

So, what is the issue here? Is the issue Islam? Is the issue about eradicating sin? Is the issue about not allowing vice in Malay neighbourhoods? Is Umno outraged that beer is being sold in ‘Malay’ Shah Alam? What is really the issue?

Joceline describe those who ordered Kartika’s caning as Talibans but without turban. Or what about the Sharia court lawyers who want the sentence to be carried out.There is a controversy sweeping Selangor state. Well, actually there are many controversies sweeping the state. But this particular controversy I am talking about involves the matter of the confiscation of beer.

As explained by the EXCO Member in charge of local government, Ronnie Liu, the confiscation was a mistake, an error of judgment of sorts, and the beer was ultimately returned to the owner the same day with an apology attached.

Furthermore, explained Ronnie, you need a licence to sell liquor. But beer does not come under the classification of liquor. So you do not need a licence to sell beer and therefore the government can’t confiscate beer even if the premises that is selling it does not have a liquor licence. This is not the law that Pakatan Rakyat made. This is the law that the Barisan Nasional government made.

But Umno is not about to allow the matter to end there. They want to organise a protest demonstration and they demand that PAS join them in this demonstration as proof that the Islamic party is committed to its Islamic agenda. Basically, Umno wants to pressure the Pakatan Rakyat state government into reversing its policy on ‘allowing’ beer to be sold in Selangor and it wants PAS to unite with Umno in propagating this stand.

The impression being created is that Umno is opposed to beer being sold in Selangor. But only today is it opposed to the sale of beer. For 51 years, when Selangor was under Umno, it was not opposed to the sale of beer. It is only opposed to the sale of beer now that it no longer rules the state.

Hasan Ali, the man behind the secret talks with Umno soon after the 8 March 2008 general election, has of course jumped onto the bandwagon in ‘defence’ of Islam. He wants Selangor to ban the sale of liquor and beer in the state, or at least in Malay-majority neighbourhoods or townships like Shah Alam.

That is all well and fine. I am certainly in support of eradicating immoral activities. And I will support not only Muslims but also Jews, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists and whatnot to see this happen.

But this is not what is behind the brouhaha. The issue is not about eradicating vice. It is about trying to embarrass the Pakatan Rakyat state government and in the same process create a rift between PAS and its other partners, DAP and PKR.

Kebetulan ada masalah teknikal dengan handphone saya lalu saya tidak dapat mengesan siapakah pengirim SMS tersebut. Namun dari gaya bahasanya saya dapat menduga dan pantas saya merujuk pada “name card holder” dalam kereta. Pengirimnya adalah wartawan kanan akhbar The Star: Joceline Tan.

SMS beliau merujuk kepada bantahan Dewan Pemuda PAS Pusat terhadap konsert kumpulan Michael Learns to Rock yang dijadual diadakan di Arena of Stars Genting Highlands dalam bulan Ramadhan yang mulia ini. Joceline melabelkan Nasruddin Tantawi, Ketua Dewan Pemuda PAS sebagai “taliban” maksudnya, ganas bagaikan taliban di Afghanistan.

Taliban adalah istilah popular yang digunakan oleh pihak-pihak tertentu untuk mengaitkan sesiapa sahaja yang bercadang membawa Islam yang pada pandangan mereka ganas, kasar dan ekstrim. PAS selalu menjadi sasaran dalam hal ini walaupun hakikatnya PAS adalah sebuah parti politik yang memohon kuasa melalui saluran demokrasi.

SMS Joceline ini mungkin sengaja mahu menjolok saya atau barangkali mahu bergurau senda. Tetapi saya tidak nampak humornya. Yang saya nampak adalah satu rangkaian ayat-ayat yang pedas dan menghina. Mengaitkan sikap Nasrudin dengan serba yang dipakainya bagi saya bukan lawak (sebelum ini pun Tok-tok Guru PAS sering dilontarkan serangan yang sama).

Saya membalas SMS nya:

“Very harsh choice of words i c”

(Saya melihat (anda) memilih ayat-ayat yang keras (pedas))

Dalam erti kata lain saya tidak berhasrat memanjangkan bualan memandangkan beliau memilih serangan yang sedemikian rupa. Namun beliau beri respon juga pada SMS saya:

“Still defending your Talibhan friend I see”

During the time of the Prophet Mohammed, the storyteller was valued more than the swordsman. Through poetry and eloquence, the speaker used his artistry to weave words and rhyme like magic, often enthralling the audience as he used fiction and history proudly to narrate his tribe’s triumphs and tragedies.

Yet many modern Muslims have decried creative endeavours such as music, filmmaking, acting and theatre as “un-Islamic”. However, the watershed victory of President Obama in 2008 ushered in a new generation comprising vibrant, progressive Muslim artists who use their talents to redefine a bold new vision of art. One that reclaims their hijacked heritage, restores dignity to Islam and Muslims, deconstructs stereotypes and uses art as a means to build bridges of understanding.

When the two towers fell in New York, they took with them the inhibitions of many fear-mongering and prejudiced Islamaphobes who were given a licence under the Bush era to publicly spew vitriol against Islam and Muslims as harbingers of terror and cultural stagnation.

A narrative was immediately set, casting the protagonists as the West – a nebulous and nonsensical term referring to America and select parts of Europe – and the antagonists as Muslims and immigrants.

Unfortunately, Hollywood often tried progressive open-mindedness, but routinely failed, aside from the excellent Syriana starring George Clooney. In trying to portray Muslims positively, most mainstream Hollywood features can only muster depictions of Arabs against a backdrop of terrorism and extremism. It should surprise no one that a 2009 ABC poll revealed that 48 per cent of Americans don’t hold a favourable opinion of Islam; more than 50 per cent don’t know a single Muslim; and nearly 29 per cent believe mainstream Islam advocates violence.

However, because of the backlash against Muslims after 9/11, many Muslims renounced the traditional career path and opted for more challenging roles in the arts and media. Throughout history, marginalised groups and oppressed minorities have used art as a means to fight back against intolerance. The ingredients that fuel such sentiments are generally political – random profiling at the airport, for example – as well as a renewed respect for one’s identity, culture and people. The phase that many Muslims went through from 2001 to 2007 was a necessary step for artistic evolution, as it contained righteous indignation against inequality, vocal affirmation for one’s religious and racial identity, and healthy doses of political activism.

Around 2002, the world was introduced to Muslim comedy, as Preacher Moss, an African American convert to Islam and stand-up comedian, and Azhar Usman, a South Asian Muslim who was a licensed attorney, premiered their comedy show Allah Made Me Funny to sell-out audiences. In Canada, Zarqa Nawaz premiered her successful sitcom Little Mosque in the Prairie, which centres on a fictional Muslim community coexisting with non-Muslim neighbours. As a practising Muslim who covers her hair, Nawaz wisely followed in the footsteps of Bill Cosby, who revolutionised and humanised the depiction of African Americans with his landmark comedy show by portraying them as educated, affluent members of society.

Humour, however, is not the only vehicle for Muslims to reorient the dialogue with non-Muslims. Dr Naif Al-Mutawa decided Muslim children needed their own Batman and Superman and created “The 99”, the first team of Muslim superheroes. Willow Wilson, an American convert to Islam, is the first Muslim comic book writer for a major comic company, DC, where she premiered her graphic novel, Cairo, depicting modern day Egyptian society as a chaotic yet tremendously vibrant Muslim society rife with religiosity, corruption, political instability, jinns and many, many shishas. Wilson also penned her honest and uplifting memoir Butterfly Mosque which chronicles her conversion to Islam and embraces – not demonises – both Muslims and the West as critical foundations for her spiritual journey.

Despite these numerous successes, some Muslims still demand all expressions of art be used as vehicles for dawah – a call and invitation to Islam. This myopic lens of viewing art and the world straitjackets many Muslim artists. Many artists I have talked to feel an undue pressure to make all their works halal, so to speak. No wonder Yusuf Islam made the wise decision to perform simply as Yusuf on his excellent new CD, Roadsinger, and remove the glaring emphasis away from his religion. His peaceful lyrics and soulful voice do all the talking instead.

Muslim art must open up to include rich and diverse voices who represent the gamut of the Muslim experience. Landmark events such as New York’s Muslim Voices and Washington DC’s Arabesque understand this initiative. They invite artistic talent from around the Muslim world in a desire to establish influential cultural dialogue that engages both Muslims and non-Muslims as audiences and financial supporters. These watershed cultural movements realise that the Muslim community, much like the world, is a vast and multicultural playground where not every artistic expression necessarily shines through traditional means. The artistic expression of Muslims should be more proactive and progressive and not solely focused on Islamic dawah.

For example, the Kominas, a Punjabi taqwacore punk band, sport mohawks and tattoos as they thrash on stage singing Suicide Bomb the Gap. Although they might appear un-Islamic, their music and lyrics are thoroughly informed by their upbringing as Muslims in America.

Like a number of minority groups, Muslims often resent airing dirty laundry. Showing the warts and fissures of their communities is seen as shameful. However, so is the reality of honour killing, domestic abuse, racism, misogyny, and sectarian violence. By exposing these warts through honesty, humour and realistic, flawed Muslim characters, Muslims will cease feeling alienated and instead find empathy with audiences who can identify with their triumphs and tragedies.

It is with this intention that I wrote the play, The Domestic Crusaders, which is premiering on September 11 in New York. Described by one reviewer as “one of the first major Muslim American plays”, it draws on the rich tradition of American and Muslim storytelling. The play takes place in modern day, post 9/11 America and features three generations of a Muslim American family who convene at the family home to celebrate the birthday of the youngest son, Ghafur. Throughout the day, the six members – all diverse, passionate and Muslim – reveal secrets and gain awareness as they struggle to assert their own identities and beliefs, while maintaining the thread that connects them to one another. None of the Muslim characters is perfect. They are flawed, hypocritical, judgemental, insecure and at times racist. They are also passionate, intelligent, humane, tolerant and colourful.

Following in the footsteps of Muslim artists past and present, a new generation seeks to voice the reality of the Islamic experience. In the US, we are trying to move away from focusing on 9/11 as a day of horror, and instead make it a day to recommit ourselves to national service. It seems a good day as well to open Domestic Crusaders in New York. We too suffered on 9/11, but that is not all there is to our story; our story is constantly being written, and sung, and acted, and performed

One is to live up to the huge expectations of ridding the country of corruption and creating fast economic growth that will generate jobs for everyone.  would tear apart the fabric of social and political cohesion. Will it give in to the majoritarian instincts  be substantive  to mediate between the people and the state.their wide reach enable them to get to know their voters’ concerns and, in turn, let them convey back to the people what the government can do about these concerns and has been able to achieve. level of democratic consciousness that the  is seen as  level of democratic consciousness that the party is seen as driving force  rather than politics   

   Democracy would have been subverted if arbitrary people in the government had formulated policy divorced from the vision and expectation of the party that got them elected and installed them in office.ower and use that power to mould society according to their respective vision. Difference in vision demarcates one party from another. Sometimes, even when sharing the same broad vision, difference of opinion on current strategy and tactics could be so severe as to make the followers of different schools of thought gather themselves into different parties. Sometimes, the only point of difference might be over who should lead the party in its pursuit of a particular vision and strategy.Even within the framework of Malaysia’s rudimentary democracy, parties do play an important role. People vote, for the most part, on the basis of party affiliation. When a candidate gets a certain number of votes, more than half that many votes would have accrued on the strength of his/her party affiliation. The party gets elected.

Each of us has a gypsy within us, the wild one who peeps out at times but is quickly shuttered, reined in by societal norms and recriminations, by the custodians of worldly virtuosity and morality. But in that instant, you have been introduced to your raw, natural and powerful side, which is the wellspring of passion and creativity.It would be worthwhile to consider what brings out your wild, raw side. Is the gypsy within you cajoled out by music? By the heaving emotions aroused by the monsoon? The high induced by alcohol? The sensations aroused by romance? By the thrill of an admiring glance? Or, does just the presence of a special person bring out the gypsy in you? Whatever it is, cherish the source, because it allows you an opportunity to meet your own self, deep down as you areKeep pace with the world by changing and reinventing yourself constantly; take charge of life before it surprises you  we have started thinking of everything in life as a passing phase. The good, the bad and the ugly. Highs and lows. Dignities and indignities. Success and failure. The loving and the hating. If the only certainty about life is that it ends, why should anything else be allowed a more permanent state?    

And if change is the rule of life, the intelligent thing to do is to whiff the winds of change and steer our own selves. We need to change ourselves before life changes us. Planning ahead and remaining in sync with our own selves and the world is the only way to occupy a dignified and happy space.    

Whether you like it or not, we are changing with every passing moment. A part of us dies with every second that passes. You are not the same person you were 10 years ago, so wouldn’t the last hour have changed you in some teenyweeny manner? As a friend put it, “We are dying every second… we also add something to ourselves every second.”    

Morals, principles, adages, emotions, thoughts or beliefs – nothing is sacrosanct as we allow the winds of change to whistle through our lives. Just be true to your own self and in sync with life around. As for the rest, go with the flow of the life force. A friend put it very well, “Let go and do what you believe in as right. Drop all sense of propriety if it holds you back. Nobody is giving you brownie points… there is no scorer anywhere.” 

From smart sloganeering to fielding smart professionals and attractive stars, political parties are trying all tricks, but what does the voter really buy? Whatever the outcome of the elections, what interests me most as an observer of human emotions and behaviour, is the strategies employed by parties to sway voters, and the psychology behind voter behaviour.

In the highly volatile electoral battlefield, as with life, victory belongs to the one who is perceived to be the victor. Everyone likes to support a winner; hence it is critical to project winner vibes (as the BJP is doing), and not give up before you have lost (the Congress seems to have hung up its boots much before they needed to!) A can-do attitude is what gives the winner the swagger that carries him along to victory.

This is followed closely by fanning issues that strongly influence voters’ emotions as well as intellect. All of us are swayed more by emotions than logic, when we vote. Corruption, poverty, illiteracy, lack of infrastructure – studies have shown that negative emotions prod us more into action than positive. We are more likely to step out to vote against a party or candidate, rather than in favour of someone. This is why most advertisements and social media carry negative comments about rival parties and candidates. Fear and anger motivate us more than the hope of good.

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