It will be an unusual government, one of the rare times in our contemporary history that a party will be in power despite a public, near boycott by the Muslim community. In any case, a low percentage of Muslim population voted for BJP historically. With Modi, they have gone public with their disdain.
Yet BJP has the upper hand. A large part of Modi’s appeal comes from his pro-development, pro-action and can-do image. However, make no mistake. The verdict could spell an inflection point for Hindu-Muslim relations and an all-time high of Hindu power in the country.
Is that a good thing? Or is it a terrible thing? Well, both choices are available. The outcome of power, good or bad, depends on what the holders of power do with it. A kitchen knife has power. Used positively, a knife is a handy tool in the kitchen. Negatively, it can also be used to stab a person.
The same applies here. What do BJP and the Indian majority do with this new Hindu power? Do we use it to settle scores with Muslims? Do we use it to establish a majoritarian, intolerant state where minorities are ‘put in their place’? Do we impose ourselves and say things like, ‘India is the land of Hindus’? Do we make laws more in line with Hindu religion?
Frankly, we may have the power to do some of these things now. It may even appeal to sections of the population. How-ever, be warned. This would be an awful and terrible use of this power. In the long term, such a thought process will only turn us into a conservative, regressive, unsafe and poor country where nobody would want to come for business.
Our neighbours like Pakistan and Bangladesh are prime examples of majoritarian states that have messed it up. Make no mistake, if this rise of Hindu power is not channelled properly, we risk turning into one of our neighbours. Anybody want that?
So how should this Hindu power be used? Here are five areas towards which the new government and Hindu citizens’ efforts should be focussed.
Yet BJP has the upper hand. A large part of Modi’s appeal comes from his pro-development, pro-action and can-do image. However, make no mistake. The verdict could spell an inflection point for Hindu-Muslim relations and an all-time high of Hindu power in the country.
Is that a good thing? Or is it a terrible thing? Well, both choices are available. The outcome of power, good or bad, depends on what the holders of power do with it. A kitchen knife has power. Used positively, a knife is a handy tool in the kitchen. Negatively, it can also be used to stab a person.
The same applies here. What do BJP and the Indian majority do with this new Hindu power? Do we use it to settle scores with Muslims? Do we use it to establish a majoritarian, intolerant state where minorities are ‘put in their place’? Do we impose ourselves and say things like, ‘India is the land of Hindus’? Do we make laws more in line with Hindu religion?
Frankly, we may have the power to do some of these things now. It may even appeal to sections of the population. How-ever, be warned. This would be an awful and terrible use of this power. In the long term, such a thought process will only turn us into a conservative, regressive, unsafe and poor country where nobody would want to come for business.
Our neighbours like Pakistan and Bangladesh are prime examples of majoritarian states that have messed it up. Make no mistake, if this rise of Hindu power is not channelled properly, we risk turning into one of our neighbours. Anybody want that?
So how should this Hindu power be used? Here are five areas towards which the new government and Hindu citizens’ efforts should be focussed.
Union minister Kapil Sibal raked up alleged fake encounter of Ishrat Jahan on Monday to hit out at Narendra Modi saying the BJP's PM nominee and Amit Shah were being "shielded" despite existence of "clinching" evidence to arrest them.
"I want to ask who is shielding Modi and Shah when, according lawyers like us, there is clinching evidence to arrest them in the case of fake encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three others," Sibal told reporters here.
The hard-hitting attack by Sibal came on the last day of campaigning for the single-phase polls in Gujarat to be held on April 30.
Joining Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, party vice-president Rahul Gandhi and other leaders in attacking Modi's development model, Sibal said, "... Many models are being talked about in the country now, but this is an encounter model of Gujarat."
Elaborating about "clinching evidence" Sibal said, "There are call records of talk between accused police officer DG Vanzara and the then minister of state for home Amit Shah at the time of encounter and before the encounter that took place on June 15, 2004.
"There are statements of police officers under CrPC 164 pointing fingers at them," the minister said.
Quoting from resignation letter of Vanzara, Sibal said, "Vanzara has said that 'being field officers, they have simply implemented the conscious policy of this government."
"Clearly, all this could not have happened without Modi's knowledge," he alleged.
"All the pieces have now fallen into place. The highest authority in the state, from the evidence as disclosed, now needs to answer. Courts need to stand up for human rights and deal swiftly against those who, through fake encounters, eliminated people," Sibal said.
Responding to a query that whether the CBI which works under the Central government is protecting Modi and Shah from arrest, Sibal said, "CBI is not working under the Central government".
CBI, investigating the alleged fake encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three others, has not included any political leaders in chargesheets filed by it but has charged police and IB officers for murder and criminal conspiracy among other things.
When asked if any top Congress leader in Central government is "soft" on Modi and Shah and is instrumental in keeping them out of the CBI chargesheet, Sibal replied in the negative.
On the snooping controversy, Sibal said his government will appoint a judge to probe the incident before May 16.
When his attention is drawn to reports in media that some retired judges have declined to head the commission appointed by Centre to conduct inquiry into alleged snooping of a woman architect in Gujarat, Sibal said,"I do not believe in newspaper reports ... Why should I believe in newspaper reports?
On the issue of land dealings of Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra which the BJP has alleged to be dubious, Sibal said, "They are levelling these allegations for the last two years ... Let them conduct inquiry into the issue". Interestingly, Sibal had earlier said Narendra Modi was a "potential accused" in the Tulsiram Prajapati murder case and sought interrogation by CBI. The BJP had rubbished his allegations then.
Modi. butchered the Muslims whom we have forgotten in the present act of appeasement perpetuated to please the Indians and the powers to be.Pogram against Muslim: A real genocide unleasehd by Narendar Modi Muslim refugess hiding from Hindu mobs in Gujarat India Genocide against Muslims:-Muslims doused with gasoline and set on fire by Hindus in India “the worlds largest ‘democracy’ “Genocide in Gujarat: A policeman walks past a dead Muslim stabbed in Khanpur slums of Ahmadabad India Wendesday April 24 2002 GENOCIDE AGAINST MUSLIMS IN GUJARAT: Razia a Muslim woman cries while praying near her destroyed home near Ahmadabad. Hindu mobs torched Muslim homes killing scores and rioting spread to other parts of the country Sakina and her brother Asim whose family members were burnt The charred bodies of Muslim after the Hindus attacked, murdered and burned them in Gujarat in 2002. The fate of Mulsims in India
Union minister Kapil Sibal raked up alleged fake encounter of Ishrat Jahan on Monday to hit out at Narendra Modi saying the BJP's PM nominee and Amit Shah were being "shielded" despite existence of "clinching" evidence to arrest them.
"I want to ask who is shielding Modi and Shah when, according lawyers like us, there is clinching evidence to arrest them in the case of fake encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three others," Sibal told reporters here.
The hard-hitting attack by Sibal came on the last day of campaigning for the single-phase polls in Gujarat to be held on April 30.
Joining Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, party vice-president Rahul Gandhi and other leaders in attacking Modi's development model, Sibal said, "... Many models are being talked about in the country now, but this is an encounter model of Gujarat."
Elaborating about "clinching evidence" Sibal said, "There are call records of talk between accused police officer DG Vanzara and the then minister of state for home Amit Shah at the time of encounter and before the encounter that took place on June 15, 2004.
"There are statements of police officers under CrPC 164 pointing fingers at them," the minister said.
Quoting from resignation letter of Vanzara, Sibal said, "Vanzara has said that 'being field officers, they have simply implemented the conscious policy of this government."
"Clearly, all this could not have happened without Modi's knowledge," he alleged.
"All the pieces have now fallen into place. The highest authority in the state, from the evidence as disclosed, now needs to answer. Courts need to stand up for human rights and deal swiftly against those who, through fake encounters, eliminated people," Sibal said.
Responding to a query that whether the CBI which works under the Central government is protecting Modi and Shah from arrest, Sibal said, "CBI is not working under the Central government".
CBI, investigating the alleged fake encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three others, has not included any political leaders in chargesheets filed by it but has charged police and IB officers for murder and criminal conspiracy among other things.
When asked if any top Congress leader in Central government is "soft" on Modi and Shah and is instrumental in keeping them out of the CBI chargesheet, Sibal replied in the negative.
On the snooping controversy, Sibal said his government will appoint a judge to probe the incident before May 16.
When his attention is drawn to reports in media that some retired judges have declined to head the commission appointed by Centre to conduct inquiry into alleged snooping of a woman architect in Gujarat, Sibal said,"I do not believe in newspaper reports ... Why should I believe in newspaper reports?
On the issue of land dealings of Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra which the BJP has alleged to be dubious, Sibal said, "They are levelling these allegations for the last two years ... Let them conduct inquiry into the issue". Interestingly, Sibal had earlier said Narendra Modi was a "potential accused" in the Tulsiram Prajapati murder case and sought interrogation by CBI. The BJP had rubbished his allegations then.
Modi. butchered the Muslims whom we have forgotten in the present act of appeasement perpetuated to please the Indians and the powers to be.Pogram against Muslim: A real genocide unleasehd by Narendar Modi Muslim refugess hiding from Hindu mobs in Gujarat India Genocide against Muslims:-Muslims doused with gasoline and set on fire by Hindus in India “the worlds largest ‘democracy’ “Genocide in Gujarat: A policeman walks past a dead Muslim stabbed in Khanpur slums of Ahmadabad India Wendesday April 24 2002 GENOCIDE AGAINST MUSLIMS IN GUJARAT: Razia a Muslim woman cries while praying near her destroyed home near Ahmadabad. Hindu mobs torched Muslim homes killing scores and rioting spread to other parts of the country Sakina and her brother Asim whose family members were burnt The charred bodies of Muslim after the Hindus attacked, murdered and burned them in Gujarat in 2002. The fate of Mulsims in IndiaBJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday raked up the Ram temple agenda, saying the party will pursue the demand if voted to office in remarks that run contrary to BJP's attempts so far to play down the issue. Gujarat pogram run by Mr. Narendra Modi: Poor Muslim woman raped and burned in pre-planned genocidal violence against Muslims, Dalits and minorites in Gujarat. The Coalition Against Genicide believes that Gujarat is a test case lab to be repeated in other parts of India. The low intensity bombs may be a signal to unleash anti-Muslim riots like the ones that were unleashed against the Sikhs after the death of Mrs. Indira Gandhi
Asserting that BJP will take up the temple demand, Naqvi told the media that "We want a Ram Mandir to be built and will find ways to solve the issue within the constitutional framework after forming the government."Thousands of Gujarat women refugees still scared to return to their homesA real genocide unleasehd by Narendar Modi: Injured Muslim babies
Naqvi's comments are likely to embarrass BJP that had kept the temple demand on the back-burner, barely reiterating it in a line at the end of its manifesto document released on April 7.
Even before the start of the campaign, BJP chief Rajnath Singh and state in charge Amit Shah had said that the demand for a Ram temple at Ayodhya is not an "electoral issue" and should be seen as a matter of faith.
The decision to focus on issues like development and decisive governance, even while tapping the polarization due to Muzaffarnagar riots, is deliberate as the Ram temple demand is not seen to resonate with voters.
Naqvi's comments do not have much traction in the party and seem to fly against BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's conscious effort to avoid any references to Hindutva issues in his poll speeches.
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Isma vice-president II Abdul Rahman Mat Dali was quoted as saying that the DAP is capable of causing another May 13 racial riot if the party was left unchecked.So how should this Chinese power be used?
One of the pressure groups livid with Seputeh MP Teresa Kok's Chinese New Year satire explained they are angry because the character spoofed was recognisably the prime minister's wife.
Does Malays have no future? If you were to listen to Lim Guan Eng election rhetoric, that’s not honest takeaway. There’s so much chest thumping about how DAP, how we had the most amazing leaders, the finest Chinese culture, the best Chinese schools of learning, the most exciting Chinese politics. It’s all about Destroying of Malay rights?
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sop opera that was a tearjerker for DAP Teresa Kok The group, comprising Chinese professionals from various fields, said the timing of Kok's “Onederful Malaysia” release was bad."Why must she release the video during Chinese New Year? If she wanted to politicise an issue, that is a separate matter."But why do it during Chinese New Year?"The group, comprising Chinese professionals from various fields, said the timing of Kok's “Onederful Malaysia” release was bad. Kok was only thinking of herself and had forgotten her responsibilities as an elected representative.
"We are against the culture of hatred. But it seems that many individuals are now only thinking of themselves and forgetting their duties and responsibilities,"
Bukit Gelugor by-election candidate Ramkarpal Singh described Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma) as an "obvious and unadulterated disgrace" to all Malaysians following the Muslim group's remarks today that the DAP can cause another May 13.
"I use such strong words to describe Isma for it has the audacity to make comments like that... that the DAP is disuniting the people,"Najib spoke with passion rather than anger, with force and with seeming conviction. He sought to communicate a new commitment to change the party and its working, so as to build a more empowered Malaysia that stays true to its tradition of respect for diversity instead of straying into the majoritarian bylanes to darkness where the Opposition wants to lead it. He sought to redefine party’s base
Language of Patronage
Lim Kit Siang emerged as the modern-day Napoleon — the only Berkshire boar, read bureaucrat, of the lot — not exactly an orator but known for getting his own way. In the absence of a Snowball, he didn’t even have to wait to claim the post-revolution top post.The events that followed would have resembled the book even more but for the national ambitions of and DAP. Yet, similarities are hard to miss. After the fractured mandate in Selangor, our Napolean was forced to choose between Mr Frederick of Pinchfield or Mr Pilkington of Foxwood — read DAP and PAS — to do business with.PKR. PAS first sought a large government accommodation then denied having done so. Orwell’s leading character could control the voices of criticism on the farm and thus roll in luxuries Tying up with PKR changed ‘Four legs good, two legs bad’ into ‘four legs good, two legs will do too’. However, PKR Khalid was by Azim cheated in the matter of support much like Napoleon being paid in counterfeit currency for the farm’s timber. Even the most important of the commandments had changed. Clearly, some animals are more equal than others.DAP created a storm in a when he referred to the incumbent prime minister,a useless person capable of doing little or no work. was used to being called by a number of soubriquets, including that of ‘humble Kangkong farmer’, which wags used to transpose to ‘fumble charmer’.tag was felt to be a hit below the belt and yet another instance of DAP. one might not need to have recourse to such doublespeak in political philosophy to justify the use of commonly used vernacular cuss words malai-si. According to a senior official associated with it, the Election Commission is not taking a dim view of the use of colloquial terms such as kangkong.Mangolia ,C4 which of late have been doing the rounds in the political arena. The functionary reportedly said that the EC “can’t prescribe a political dictionary.To survive on the political battlefield, politicians must develop thick skins impervious to verbal barbs,it is worrisome as a series of incidents involving desecration of religious sides and racial sensitivity have taken place as exemplified by the old rhyme: “Sticks and stones/ May break my bones/ But names will never hurt me.” Indeed, gibes can often have a boomerang effect, as DAP learnt to its cost when ’ put-down was turned into a leg-up by its intended target who used it to launch an innovative ‘malai si campaign Seputeh MP Teresa Kok, who uploaded a video titled “Onederful Malaysia CNY 2014” during the Chinese New Year, received hundred of vulgar, threatening SMSes and nonsensical calls in the middle of the night, while a group of supposed Muslim NGOs offering a RM500 reward for anyone who could slap her, and her service centre was splashed with red paint and a dead chicken was placed at her doorstep, threatening her safety. Regardless of whether her CNY video is inappropriate or not, since the police has opened a file to investigate it, such intimidating and threatening behaviours have apparently disregarded the rule of law..All things considered , will EC justify turning a selectively deaf ear as DAP and PAS sock it to each metaphorically, for if prevented from doing so they are quite capable of socking it to one another literally, in a display of muscular democracy..Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar and his deputy Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Zinin warned Malaysians not to deliberately stoke racial and religious tension or the police would use any appropriate law against the offenders, after a series of incidents involving racial and religious words and deeds were reported in the country over the past few months.
Obviously, these intensified acts of violation breaching peace of the society have gone beyond the society's tolerance. As it is better to prevent than to remedy, the country might face an outbreak of conflict if the police do nothing about it.readmore http://
Institutional integrity – a forgotten value?readmore Why DAP Kit Siang is to be detained under Sosma? National media is a centralising force; it looks to unify and crystallise issues that help it rise above fragmented regional considerations. The rise of Narendra Modi thus represents a force that is aligned to the way national media is structured. Media is effective when there is a national wave; it crystallises and amplifies a national impulse and thus makes a 'wave' that much stronger. While there are many specific reasons why media is playing an expanded role in determining electoral outcomes this time around, in a larger sense it does appear that the hard line dividing the 'vocal urban minority' and the 'silent rural majority' might be blurring, thanks to media.
DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang said it was evident that Najib and his cabinet members had forgotten the principles and spirit of the Rukun Negara.
"More than 40 years after the Rukun Negara had been drawn up and recited by students across Malaysia, it is clear that many Malaysians have forgotten the lessons of the past," Lim said in a statement today.
He chose to ignore the twin albatrosses of scams that most people see around UMNO’s neck. This will not do. He needs to address both issues holistically, the government can even spare the fisc any additional strain on this count. This is fair game for a ruling party in the run-up to the elections.
Aladdin asked the genie of his lamp to conjure up a new palace grander than the emperor’s, so that he could win the princess’ hand. There was no architectural, aesthetic or hedonistic feature that the genie could not provide.
The vision of Malaysia for Malaysian NOT for Malays that DAP has outlined is a lot like the palace produced by the genie. It can have anything and everything. It is sui generis, meaning it does not have to grow out of a real-world process. It doesn’t entail trade-offs, it has no warts. Fairytales are closer to reality — they contain lurking sorcerers. A few DAP promises are straight off the editorials of ET.But the main problem with DAP’s stated economic vision is not in itself, but in the unstated political vision of his chief sponsor,PAS
The vision of Malaysia for Malaysian NOT for Malays that DAP has outlined is a lot like the palace produced by the genie. It can have anything and everything. It is sui generis, meaning it does not have to grow out of a real-world process. It doesn’t entail trade-offs, it has no warts. Fairytales are closer to reality — they contain lurking sorcerers. A few DAP promises are straight off the editorials of ET.But the main problem with DAP’s stated economic vision is not in itself, but in the unstated political vision of his chief sponsor,PAS
It abhors Malaysia’s syncretic tradition, in which every individual is free to reach his spiritual equilibrium in his own way, recognises no deviance in the worship of any god or of no god. PAS wants to replace that tradition with its own brand of PAS Islam It wants Malaysia not as a liberal democracy but as a land of and for Muslims where followers of other religions exist as second-class citizens, in the words of the venerated guru..readmore http://
The Penang government will not bow to UMNO religious extremists and racial bigots, said Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng following this morning’s attack on a church in Lebuh Farquhar.
He said the state government will instead use the "weapons of social justice and sustainable development" to defeat the acts of violence and hatred in Penang.
"In this critical hour with shadowy extremists and racist forces conducting sustained aggression to destabilise the Penang state government, the 1.6 million Penangites must reaffirm the commitment for the past 200 years to protect, preserve and promote respect for cultural diversity, racial and religious harmony by rejecting both violence and hatred," he said in a statement today.
Whatever it is, the arrival of Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has shaken up the entire political establishment. Whether they succeed or not, whether their policies work or not, there is talk of innovation in the political process and the big guns are on their toes now, just like the competitive APP ecosystem. We can safely assume that the days of political complacency will be gone soon, for good.
Time for us, to kickout Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng rejoice and hope that election r '20148 truly turns out to be a very Happy to all of us
Utusan Malaysia today launched a stinging attack on non-Malays, accusing them of insulting Islam, Muslims and the Malay rulers, and warning them to know their "limits"."laidback, compromising" attitude of the Malays had led to non-Malays overstepping their boundaries and daring to question previously off-limit subjects."Non-Malays have apparently forgotten that Malaysia's majority population is Malays. They have no respect at all for the Bumiputera. Why has this happened? It is because we are too compromising, too afraid to take action against those who have insulted Malays and Islam."In the end, it appears as if non-Malays are the landlords and Malays are the tenants, immigrants and the minority in our own country," wrote Azman Anuar in his article entitled "Melayu, Islam dihina di Tanah Melayu!".
"Ever since respected and knowledgeable Malay leaders withdrew several years ago, non-Muslims have become emboldened in insulting the Malay community and Islam,” he said, without naming the Malay leaders.
He said non-Malays appeared to have forgotten that their ancestors became Malaysian citizens due to the Malays' compromise.
"Now that they have prospered and gained a firmer foothold both economically and politically, non-Malays forget that it was given to them by the Malays,"
Saying non-Malays were playing with fire, Azman, who was recently promoted to his current post in the paper, also accused them of refusing to respect Malay culture, language and customs.
"It is just a matter of time before the hornets who are attempting to defend their nests against intruders will retaliate."
He said until today, "the hornets have not revealed their sting" as they are merely making noise and appearing to go on the offensive so that intruders would feel apprehensive.
"This is the actions of Malays who are still patient in the face of various provocations. But if pushed further, the hornets will not keep silent.
"If the nest is invaded and burnt just so that the honey can be taken away, Malays will not be so tolerant anymore," he went on with his metaphors.
As such, the paper said the recent cash reward offer by several Malay organisation to anyone who slapped Seputeh MP Teresa Kok, over her satirical online video which angered Umno leaders, was merely a stern warning.
"There are a faction of Malays who are furious and frustrated. While these actions are not what we want to see, but one must take responsibility for their actions. READMOREhttp://
"Moreover, their actions are no longer secretive and discreet, it is being done openly. Look at the comments in the social media and blogs,"
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