University Malaya Ignites Racial Sentiment

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Saturday, 28 June 2008

Educate-- not aggravate. What our nation needs is an educational philosophy and system that promotes equity, equality, excellence, and empathy for the children of all races. Dr. Azly Rahman e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Dear readers, I was emailed the letter below supposedly concerning a graduation message from a group of Universiti Malaya students. I hope you can verify if this message was delivered. I hope this is not what our students are advocating. In times of a national crisis we are going through these days, hope we will work together to educate ourselves on the importance of multiculturalism and the respect for each other, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, creed, and intellectual opinions. We will solve problems better through peaceful means. I am also proposing a speech to the graduates, to replace any possible message of "ketuanan this or that". I think the idea of the superiority/dominance of this or that ethnic group is not only outdated by dangerous to the well-being of a multicultural country such as Malaysia. Let us all grow up. Educate-- not aggravate. What our nation needs is an educational philosophy and system that promotes equity, equality, excellence, and empathy for the children of all races. The email to me goes as follow: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a letter from University Malaya's head of graduates to all the students (maybe of a certain race only). Here it is below! For those not bothered in stressing your brains too much in understanding the written malay, I'll do the translation: Therefore, I as the Head of Graduates of University of Malaya would like to advice all our fellow graduates of University of Malaya to combine forces and prepare ourselves together with all the necessary knowledge and preparation before we continue our fight in the actual battle field. This advice implies mainly to our Malay Graduates. We must treasure the sacrifices made by our ancestors which tried so hard to ensure that Tanah Melayu ( Malay Land ) is free from the intrusion of alien races. We must not fall into the category of those who forgets their roots until they will be taken over by other races. Graduates must prove themselves that we are capable and the best choice to take over the throne of governing the country in the future. This implies with the theme of MPMUM Progressive, Dynamic, Professional. There is nothing more important that can compared to our always-sensitive and improving Graduates. I also would like to advice all Malay Graduates to prepare ourselves in facing all sorts of unpredicted challenges that may occur in near future, relating to the rise of our fellow citizens, in particular to the non-Malay races. Don't let ourselves slack and allow our "enemies under the blankets to attack us" (direct translation from the Malay idiom). Don't allow our Malaysia to fall into the hands of those who are irrelevant.