Between Supremacy and Inferiority
April 12th, 2010Evidently I’m surrounded by Malays who are in denial. Either that, or Malays who refuse to ease their grip and release their hands from their crotches.
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Oh, sorry. I meant, crutches. Economic crutches. You know, the bumi status, privileges, subsidies, quotas, the whole shebang.
Quoting from his biography, Tun Dr Ismail likened the NEP to a handicap which “will enable them to be good players, as in golf, and in time the handicap will be removed. The Malays must not think of these privileges as permanent: for then, they will not put effort into their tasks. In fact, it is an insult for the Malays to be getting these privileges.”
Right. So where was I?
Okay, so the story is about the proposal of an Interfaith Committee, which would allow an official, formal platform for all religions to come together peacefully, to understand and learn more about each other by attaining a common ground from which all parties can speak with an equal voice.
I don’t know about you, but if this Committee lets people understand that my religion isn’t really the atrocity and insult to humanity that it has been portrayed to be – hell, I’m all for it! More people should come and learn more about what my religion is all about, because as it is, a lot of people are portraying my religion the wrong way. I’m extremely confident that I’m not the only one who feels the same way about this – regardless of his/her creed.
I totally support a platform that allows people to understand my religion better. I mean, isn’t that the fundamental concept behind dakwah? I am also in favor of a platform that lets me understand other religions better, so that I don’t offend them, or accidentally do some crazy stunt. I don’t want shit happening simply because I misunderstood things and thought I was being nice.
You know, dumb shit like, oh you like warmth right, here lemme set your church on fire!
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And yet some people STILL have some kind of inferiority complex, like this dumb old faggot right here.
“We understand that this committee is formed to allow religious leaders to share a table to discuss and exchange ideas but we do not want to put Islam on the same level as other religions.”
- Datuk Ibrahim Ali
Intolerable!! What an atrocity it is for us Muslims to lower ourselves to the level of these other ground-scraping, bottom-feeding religious groups. Who do these people think they are that they can speak on equal ground with us Muslims! This is blasphemy, THIS IS MADNESS!
Wait, I think I’ve heard someone else who said that line before, somewhere. Let me try to find out what happened to him.
So yeah. I am totally in favor of this committee because it can bring us so much benefits. Our good men here, though, seems to disagree. According to The Malaysian Insider, there was a proposal to form a similar committee, way back in 2005. However, the Mufti Council decided to reject the proposal as they claimed that it brings no benefits and would only bring losses to the Muslims.
I don’t know what losses they are talking about, but I can see a number of things to be gained.
1. Interfaith exchange allows Muslims to be seen as welcoming and curious for knowledge, removing the impression that we are aggressive, unapproachable and arrogant.
2. Interfaith exchange allows Muslims a better ground to explain common misconceptions – especially with regards to the syariah and hudud laws. Dispelling stereotypes is a major plus point, too.
3. Interfaith exchange allows Muslims to better understand and respect other religions. My experience taught me that if you first respect others, they will, in turn, respect you.
4. Interfaith exchange gives Muslims the opportunities to compare the virtues of our teachings. Sure, different religions might disagree on certain divine concepts – but let’s let God handle the divine things. For us, let’s learn the good things that each religion can teach to each other. For example, churches have effective and wholesome methods to involve youths and families in their religious activities – Muslims should learn a thing or two and bring more rempits, skinheads and punks back to the mosque!
5. Interfaith exchange allows more room for Muslims to do damage control in case more idiot radical Muslims decide to fuck up and do more idiotic nonsense. If shit happens (and I bet you it will) the committee can quickly and effectively gather, collaborate and find a solution that is peaceful and satisfies all sides.
I think the brighter and more edge-acated Muslims can come up with more elaborate gains, but other than allowing ourselves to be humble for once, I really fail to see any harm with this proposal. While Perkasa is out crying for blood and murder all over the place, I am curious to see how our tech-savvy, tweet-cheating Najib is going to walk this tightrope, so I posted the link on Facebook. I was simply expecting some LOLs and facepalms and maybe a snarky remark or two.
This is what I got instead.
Comedy gold, I tell you. Even so, I’m happy to say that couple of days ago, I found a shining ray of hope for us Malays. A clear, sober reminder of who we are and what we should stand for – not as the supreme group of people that we are, uh, led to believe we are – but as part of a huge, culturally rich, powerful and multi-layered community in this beautiful, colourful and aromatic country.
Tatkala Najib begitu yakin dengan kebolehan bangsa Melayu untuk bersaing di arena global, tiba-tiba ada pihak yang memperlekeh kebolehan orang Melayu untuk berjaya dengan usaha sendiri.
Tatkala Najib mengambil langkah berani untuk mengurangkan kebergantungan orang Melayu terhadap bantuan dan subsidi kerajaan, ada pula orang Melayu yang bersungguh-sungguh mahu menggagalkan usaha-usaha pemimpin parti Melayu sendiri.
Kenapa kita terpengaruh dengan tohmahan bahawa orang Melayu tidak akan berjaya jika tidak dilindungi oleh kerajaan? Kenapa tidak yakin dengan kemampuan bangsa kita sendiri? Orang Melayu tidak diciptakan bodoh atau cacat sehingga perlukan tongkat subsidi dan hak istimewa seumur hidup. Tidak sama sekali!
Hakikatnya walaupun pemuka-pemuka ini berbangsa Melayu, tindakan mereka datangnya daripada satu punca sahaja, iaitu perangai memandang rendah kebolehan bangsa Melayu.
Benarlah kata Tun Mahathir Mohamad bahawa Melayu mudah lupa. Mungkin mereka sudah terlupa bahawa pemerintahan Melayu yang amat berjaya pernah wujud di rantau ini ratusan tahun dahulu.
Hakikatnya bangsa Melayu adalah satu bangsa yang boleh berjaya seperti mana-mana bangsa lain di muka bumi. Meragui kebolehan bangsa Melayu adalah sama seperti menghina dan merendah-rendahkan kebolehan bangsa Melayu.
- Wan Saiful Wan Jan
In an attempt to sound a bit more Malay, I shall lift a quote from a (terrible) Malay movie,
“Lu pikirlah sendiri.”
if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.
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Heh. I saw that FB post. Did he srsly block and defriended you? WTH?
Glad you updated. :)
Always nice to read an opinion.
Wonder what others would say?
Huhuhuhu typical MELAYU! Because of some open discussion, he took it seriously.
Betapa kecil nye pemikiran org melayu ini. Sad, really sad.
If there were 1 mil others just like him this country will never grow. We still be waving keris and what not. HAHAHAHA!
This is awesome. I love reading your blatant opinions
Mind if I re-linked about this issue? :3
Silencers: Be my guest :)
As a soon-to-be migrant hailing from down South of Johor, I find the closed hearts a sign of uncompromise, a defence of the ivory tower, a guardian of what we already know is a rotten corpse, veiled with a beautiful skin. A W40K-esque mindset: either you’re with us, or against us.
For me, I really don’t know what to say about Malaysia: on one hand, they have done absolutely the impossible (no thanks to Tun Mahathir), yet the people are still not culturally evolved.
Granted Singapore is of similar cultural glut, but at least the Government is acknowledging it.
Anyways, as a Malay idiom would have it, “tawar hati,” nothing would change their fucking mindset.
Silencers: You’re migrating here? Do give me a hoot if you’re around KL :D
Dumb old faggot indeed. This kind of mentality that made us (the malay and muslim) look like a bunch of arrogant, bitchy group of people in denial. I mean you want people to understand us, see us as tolerate, but at the same time you bitch about how great you are, how you couldnt lower yourself to this bottom-feeding religious groups. I dont know why but you seen a little bit delusional and paranoid my datuk friend.
Inilah Melayu lupa daratan, lupa asal usul. Kenapa masih nak mempertikai sesuatu yang dijamin oleh perlembangaan dan sultan-sultan Melayu?
Kembalilah ke pangkal jalan, wahai sahabatku, Fazri, sebelum terlambat. Janganlah abaikan rakan-rakan Melayu kamu yang lain. Kita mesti bersatu agar tidak dipijak oleh bangsa lain di tanah air sendiri!
Silencers:
Inilah namanya Melayu paranoid, Melayu penakut. Melayu yang tak mahu terima kenyataan. Selama ni Melayu yang asyik memijak bangsa lain, sambil sibuk melaung-laung slogan-slogan harmoni macam mat salleh hipokrit. Melayu yang dah lama dibuai mimpi, Melayu yang di dayu-dayu dengan kegemilangan silam dan dipukau janji manis dek Pembesar-Pembesar dan Orang-Orang Kaya yang hidup demi wang kapitalis dan rasuah. Melayu mudah diapi-apikan dengan agenda ketakutan dan penindasan dan mudah diperdaya.
Bangkitlah dari mimpi wahai saudara yang kukasihi, sebelum terlambat dan mata kita terpejam selamanya.
is amused at how paranoid malay responds. At times I wonder, do they actually understand or even read these wall of texts?
Alahai, inilah satu lagi Melayu yang memperlekehkan kebolehan bangsa sendiri memahami bahasa penjajah. Dah bangga sangat ke sampai tak boleh bertutur dalam bahasa ibunda sendiri?
Kamu masih muda. Bila nanti sudah menceburkan diri dalam dunia korporat atau perniagaan , baru lah tau realiti sebenar keadaan yang dialami oleh Melayu semakin runcing.
Bukannya Melayu tak boleh berjaya tetapi ada unsur unsur dan anasir yang haprak sengaja membantutkannya dengan alasan ‘meritokrasi’. Depan saja tunjuk baik, belakang kita rasis amat.
Atas dasar itulah keistimewaan Melayu harus dikekalkan selagi ekonomi Tanah Melayu masih dijajah oleh bangsa pendatang yang tak kenal budi. Itu sajalah pendinding yang memisahkan kita dari bangsa yang berkuasa dari bangsa yang ditindas di tanah air sendiri.
Silencers, cakap memang senang, tuduh rasuah sini rasuah sana. Kalau ada bukti silalah kemukannya kehadapan supaya mereka yang terlibat boleh dihakimi. Jangan cakap sebarangan ikut sedap mulut saja, nanti badan binasa.
Silencers: Ala, pura-pura tak baca berita pulak dia. Kalau depan kamu dia tunjuk baik tapi belakang mengumpat, maka malanglah kamu berkawan dengan orang-orang penipu. Kesian, berkawan dengan Melayu pun kena tipu, dengan bukan Melayu pun kena tipu.
Kononnya tak suka orang lain rasis dengan kita, tapi kita bukan main lagi menghina kaum lain, panggil dia kaum pendatang la, anasir haprak la – walaupun dilahir dan dibesarkan disini. Ingat diri tu bagus sangat la, ada hati nak panggil orang lain lupa daratan.
Sekurang-kurangnya kawan-kawan saya yang bukan Melayu pun tak perlu nak sorok perasan mereka terhadap perilaku orang-orang Melayu yang biadab. Macam kita, mereka juga boleh cakap dengan jujur dan berterus terang. Kalau tak puas hati, dia mengadu depan-depan, tak perlu sorok muka, nak kutuk belakang-belakang. Sebab saya jujur dengan mereka, sepertimana saya jujur dengan saudara Melayu saya yang lain.
Sekurang-kurangnya saya tak payah nak pakai topeng.