.... do the same for Sri Lanka: MIC Youth

The Malaysian government should initiate the passing of a resolution requesting the United Nations to intercede immediately with the Sri Lankan government to stop Tamils being killed indiscriminately in its war with the Tamils in Sri Lanka, said MIC Youth advisor Vel Paari.

In a statement today, he said what is happening in Sri Lanka is similar to the Israeli aggression against the Palestinians.

"The Sri Lankan military is killing innocent Tamils. Untold number of children are the victims of their savage attacks. In these awful atmosphere of death and sorrow we request the Malaysian government to initiate a resolution to request the United Nations to intercede and stop such massacres and carnage.

"There should be immediate ceasefire in Sri Lanka. Those affected by the savage attacks of the Sri Lankan forces need to be evacuated to safe-zones and be provided with necessary medical care and other assistance. The world body must ensure that the Sri Lankan government ceases all its military activities and peace be returned to the areas inhabited by the Tamils," he said.

Many nations including Malaysia, said Vel Paari, have condemned Israel for its military actions in Palestine.

The same kind of savagery is being carried out in Sri Lanka and so nations, including Malaysia, should condemn Sri Lanka for its military actions, he added.

To submit memorandum to PM

He said MIC Youth is meeting this week to discuss and prepare a memorandum for submission to the government.

The memorandum will be presented to Prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and copies will be submitted to all the component parties of Barisan Nasional.

"It is worthwhile to recall here that Umno Youth had requested the government recently to initiate a resolution in the Parliament to not only condemn Israel but also to request UN to initiate some form of action to stop the war and resume peace talks by the parties involved.

"We, on our part will urge Umno Youth to do the same in respect of the affairs of the Tamils in Sri Lanka," he said.

"Those affected Tamils in Sri Lanka are the same as Tamils in Malaysia. In terms of race, religion, culture and language we have common links and heritage.

"We, Malaysian Indians have a moral responsibility to question the actions of the Sri Lanka government, and need be condemn its actions without any reservations," he added.

Vel Paari also pointed out that BN component parties, apart from MIC, such as Gerakan and PPP, have many Indian members.

"So as component parties of BN, we have every right to request the Malaysian government to initiate such a resolution requesting the UN to intercede in the affairs of Sri Lanka and to stop innocent Tamils from being killed indiscriminately," he said.

MAHATHIR MOHAMAD, YOU ARE ONE BLOODY HYPOCRITE!

MAHATHIR MOHAMAD, YOU ARE ONE BLOODY HYPOCRITE!

"Why are Malays so worked up and angry about Israeli soldiers killing Palestinian civilians? Palestinians are not Malaysians. They are not even Malays. So why poke our nose into something that is happening so far away in a land we have never visited and to people we have never met? If we have no sympathy for non-Malays killed in our own country why are we so nosy-parker about the same thing in a far away land?"

YM Raja Petra Kamaruddin

According to Malaysiakini former Prime Minister and anti-Semitic, Mahathir Mohamad said Malaysians "will not die if they do not use the US goods" and urged those working for US companies such as fast-food giant McDonald's to quit their jobs, while Education Minister Hishamuddin ‘Keris’ Hussein says he is going to mobilized school kids to demonstrate against Israeli though that Demonstrations are against Malaysian culture. It looks like Kerismuddinwant to add Demonstration to the school curriculum.

Meanwhile chief hypocrite, Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad admitted that disgraced U.S. lobbyist Jack Abramoff was paid $1.2 million to organize a meeting between him and President Bush in 2002.

Despite Hezbollah firing Katyushas at northern Israel, Malaysian machining company ACM acquired Kodak Israel's automated processing activity, a minor activity. The companies did not disclose the size of the sale, but it is reportedly for a fairly small amount of a few million shekels. Kodak Israel is a digital printing and imaging company. Eastman Kodak Co. (NYSE:EK) acquired Scitex Digital Printing in 2004 and Creo in 2005.

While all this was going, PM Abdullah Badawi made a starling revelation when he said. Malaysia was committed to solving the issue of Palestine involving two countries (Palestine and Israel) which had their own boundaries and to be recognized by the international community. Does this mean that Malaysia now recognizes Israel as a sovereign state? Because up until now, Malaysia has refused to accept Israel and denied entry to its citizens. Before we go on its best you check what Zionism is all about by reading this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism

This Scribe has long been trying to get an answer to this question. Why is Malaysia as a Non-Aligned nation having animosity towards the state of Israel? Can someone give me an incident where any Malaysian had been killed or imprisoned by the State of Israel? What has Israel done to Malaysia that we need to have a hostile stance towards Jews and the State of Israel?Being Jew or Israeli doesn't mean you are Zionist. Just like being a Muslim doesn't make someone a terrorist. Only a racist and a bigot would subscribe to this notion. What's happening in the occupied territories of Palestine is a human tragedy. No human deserves to be treated by their Israeli occupiers the way there are being treated.

Likewise, the killing of innocent Israeli civilians must be condemned. The killing, torture and unlawful detention of innocent civilians must be condemned to the fullest. Even strange when Arab Muslim countries like Egypt and Jordan can have diplomatic relations with Israel but we don't. I hope our foreign policy is not based on religion but reason.I often ask myself, why when terrorist brutally kill innocent Israeli civilians, the BN/Umno regime stays silent. However, when a Palestinian gets killed, there is a hue and cry by politicians and the MSM. Is it Halal to kill Israelis because they are not Muslims? Our silence each time when an innocent Israeli civilian is blown to bits does not reflect well on our claim of being a civilized nation. I challenge the bigot Khairy JaMALUddin to organize a demonstration with his Umno Youth Gang in front of the Palestinian, Syrian and Iranian Embassies each time an Israeli is killed by either Hamas, Hezbollah or Islamic Jihad.

by MarGeeMar

Differences in Malaysian opposition over Islamic law

Kuala Lumpur, Jan 9 (IANS) Differences have cropped up in Pakatan Rakyat (PR), Malaysia’s opposition alliance, over the desirability of introducing Islamic laws in a multi-religious society, with one of its ethnic Indian leaders opposing it.

Lawyer-lawmaker Karpal Singh, chairman of Democratic Action Party (DAP), one of the PR constituents, has lashed out at the alliance chief Anwar Ibrahim, saying his assertion that Islamic hudud laws apply only to Muslims ‘is a fallacy’, The Star newspaper reported Friday.

Karpal Singh said Malaysia was not an Islamic state and the passing and implementation of hudud laws would be unconstitutional.

Ibrahim’s statement that there was no need to reject hudud law as it was only applicable to Muslims was diametrically opposed to Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS’) ‘avowed aim to turn Malaysia into an Islamic state’, Karpal Singh said, according to The Star newspaper.

Ibrahim’s Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), the DAP and the PAS form the opposition alliance PR, which has 88 members in the Malaysian parliament and control of five states.

Malaysia’s is a multi-religious, multi-ethnic society with over 60 percent Muslim Malays inhabiting the Southeast Asian nation along with 33 percent ethnic Chinese and about eight percent ethnic Indians who follow different faiths.

‘It is important for Anwar to know exactly what PAS intends to do. This has been PAS’ stand from its inception as is clearly reflected by the statements by former and present leaders of PAS,’ Karpal Singh said in a statement.

He noted that PAS spiritual leader Nik Aziz Nik Mat was quoted late last month as saying: ‘I cannot see why they (non-Muslims) cannot accept hudud laws which are no different from the colonial laws of the West’.

Karpal Singh pointed out that for hudud laws to be applicable, the prerequisite would be the setting up of an Islamic state where Islamic laws were applicable to both Muslims and non-Muslims.

‘It is important for Anwar to know exactly what PAS intends to do in calling for the setting up of an Islamic state,’ he said, adding: ‘Perhaps PAS president Hadi Awang should clear the air as to whether hudud laws intended by PAS are applicable to both Muslims and non-Muslims in the event PAS succeeds in setting up an Islamic state.’

The controversy has also spilled over to the ruling alliance Barisan Nasional (BN), particularly the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA).

MCA information and communication bureau chief Lee Wei Kiat also hit out at Ibrahim, saying the opposition leader’s statement saying that hudud was only for Muslims but at the same time saying that Islamic legislative aspects should not just be confined to Syariah family or civil law was ‘contradictory’.

‘The statements appear to please different listeners. It still leaves the option of expanding Syariah laws against non-Muslims open,’ he said in a statement.

He called on Anwar to respect the country’s parliamentary democracy which included upholding the rights of every Malaysian.

‘Our party rejects any form of a theocratic state and hudud laws. MCA would like to reiterate that Anwar should honestly inform voters that hudud laws would not only affect Muslims but also deprive their rights in various aspects of their lives,’ he said.