The Malaysian Insider
July 31, 2013
And this is the man who craves to become the next Prime Minister of Malaysia. God help us because without divine intervention, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pic) will lead the country speedily down the path of suspicion, anger and confrontation, pitching Muslims versus non-Muslims.
He stoked the fire sufficiently last night at a buka puasa function when he warned non-Malays against insulting Islam and creating tension, drawing attention to a video which showed a man mimicking the Muslim ablutions with dogs, to the sound of Eid prayers and a popular Hari Raya song.
There can be no justification for this smut. None whatsoever.
And if the authorities can find out who produced this video clip, they should use the full force of existing laws to send a message that in multi-racial and multi-religious Malaysia, the most serious crimes involve inciting religious and racial strife.
But at the same time, there must be fairness and honesty when a national leader touches on the sensitive topic of race and religion. And this is where the deputy prime minister and deputy president of Umno failed spectacularly.
Have the authorities established that a non-Muslim produced this video?
Or was it produced by parties that want to drive a deep and sharp wedge between the races and profit politically from the division?
Even if the video was produced by a non-Muslim, isn’t it provocative and wholly irresponsible to generalise and warn non-Muslims in Malaysia about poking fun at Islam?
National leaders may admonish from time to time with the intention of nipping in the bud anti-social and destructive behaviour. But Muhyiddin was playing to the gallery last night, perhaps auditioning for the run at the Umno president’s position in October.
He was also dishonest.
He said that Muslims in Malaysia never insulted Christians and followers of other religions. He obviously chose to block out Datuk Ibrahim Ali, Datuk Zulkifli Nordin and others from his mind.
Ibrahim Ali threatened to burn the holy book of Christians and Zulkifli mocked Hinduism. And not one charge has been brought against them. And every day that the government allows the duo and their ilk to enjoy their freedom, it condones and abets in their hurtful statements against Christians and Hindus.
So please, Muhyiddin, do not even begin to assign blame on creating tension in this country without being honest.
What Malaysians expect of the government is fairness and justice.
But what we really crave are leaders who will rise above partisan politics and keep the peace among Malaysians. – July 31, 2013.
This apprentice is mimicking his sith lord darth pari@h. Monkey see monkey do.
When will people get it, Kerala’s countrymen did not care for decades that their country was going down the toilet because of self-interest. HE & THEY ARE WILLING TO BURN THIS COUNTRY TO THE GROUND IF THEY CAN’T OWN IT. not their community, THEY SELFISH FEW PRICKS. Similarly if we keep listening to the voices from Kerala we will end up in the toilet like they were…
“But what we really crave are leaders who will rise above partisan politics and keep the peace among Malaysians. – July 31, 2013…”
Yes, and we also crave leaders with brains and conscience and certainly a sense of shame and have the decency to apologise when they have wronged 40% of the population.
After winning almost 90 Parliamentary seats in the recent GE, UMNO leaders have become more and more arrogant. It is of no surprise that the DPM should jump the gun to put the blame squarely on the none-Malays for the canine video clip. They turn a blind eye to the incessant vilifications, insults, threats etc levelled at the none-Malays, especially the Chinese. However, they would pounce on you immediately after sensing that insult is being hurled the other way like the “bak kut teh” greeting.
A video appears online and Muhyuddin, trying to score points for the coming UMNO elections, jumps to the conclusion that non Muslims were responsible and warns ALL non Muslims. All course he has since been proven spectacularly wrong but typical of UMNO racist, he has not apologised for his wild and false allegations.
When Ibrahim Ali and Zulkifli Nordin insulted and threatened All non Muslims, did the non Muslims blamed All Muslims? No, the non Muslims know the hidden agenda of these racist bigots and refuse to fall into their trap. They know the majority of the muslims are good people unlike these racists who has their own vested interest. They did not blame ALL Muslims/Malays unlike Muhyuddin who was quick to blame ALL non muslims. They only blasted these two bigots.
One wonders who authored this article? It is not a “man mimicking the Muslim ablutions with dogs”; rather a woman, a dog trainer, who – misguided or not – shows how she cares for the dogs during Ramadan. Childish it might be, to clean the paws before arranging around a table. But what counts is the very obvious care for the animals, keeping them clean, and fed. Everyone looks happy.
And what is all this unmotivated talk about non-Muslims being involved in shooting the clip? “But what we really crave are leaders who will rise above partisan politics and keep the peace among Malaysians.” and then, what the heck is the author on, when writing about ‘smut’, and ‘full force of existing laws’ that (s)he wants to see applied against a little clip, shot some years ago, to which ‘heights’ does (s)he rise with this article?
Muhyuddin, is from the same mould as Mahatir.
The hatred Muhyuddin spews from his mouth is unbecoming of a Minister of the State.
‘ … There can be no justification for this smut. None whatsoever. …’ .
Why have we prejudged the dog trainer Maznah? Has she been found guilty of anything?
At the rate things are going, the authorities and power there be will have to find an excuse to charge her for something. To let her go scot-free will be unthinkable now. Public pressure by some quarters appear to have sealed her fate when she could jolly well be innocent.
bekas menteri besar yang terkuat sangat rasuahnya, dia tak semulia anjing dijalanan…ahhh,jika anjing boleh hidu kutipan rasuahnya nescaya dia dah merengkuk,tapi dia ahli umno baru_a yang kebal.namun sekebal manapun,dia pasti kena jawab denganNya.
The thought of this guy becoming the next PM is sending shivers down my spine! I should have thought Rosmah would make a better choice……Sheesh!
Has he apologized yet?
He will be an unmitigated disaster as the next PM!
Perhaps Rosmah was crying because of him?
nothing has changed just the usual incompetence fueled by racial hatred. a formula initiated by the pretend “Malay” in the 70’s and perpetuated by his current crop. good thing a number of us voted by leaving for good. good riddance