2007年12月31日星期一

毫不留情∶当好的是坏的,而坏的是好的【翻译不完整】

出处∶Malaysia Today
原题∶No Hold Barred∶When good is bad and bad is good
作者∶拉惹柏特拉
发表日期∶31-12-07
翻译∶CC LIEW

It is not that Islam is violent or that Islam teaches violence. It is that all religions are violent and all religions teach violence. The only difference is, Muslims are good Muslims and they follow their religious teachings whereas those of other religions are bad Jews, Christians, etc., in that they do not follow what their religion teaches them.

12月30日的马新社报道蕉赖巫统区部主席拿督威拉沙益阿里(Syed Ali Al-Habshee)的说话「颠覆分子不应该被允许发言,因为他们对国家有威胁。」他告诉马新社说,「我们要政府采取严厉的行动,甚至不惜利用内安法令。」

假如你不知道的话,在这里就跟大家说明一下「Syed」这个字的意思是父亲的先祖是来自先知的土地。「Al-Habshee」,却是表示他的先祖来自埃塞俄比亚。这也许是当回教大军征战阿拉伯半岛时,那些抵抗或打输的,不是被杀,就是被掳;那些漂亮的就被X。沙益的先祖可能就是在那个时候,从埃塞俄比亚被带回阿拉伯当个照顾骆驼生活起居的奴隶,直到骆驼或奴隶其中一个死去为止。

不过,思想单纯的马来人,身为一个对那些所有来自先知土地的都奉为上品的民族,也会看重这一个虽然先祖是一个埃塞俄比亚奴隶的话语。就不说他也有一个「Syed」。那些名字有「Syed」或「Sharifah」的,表示他们是特别的,是先知的后代,或,至少是为先知的骆驼擦屁股的后代。

是的,我还记得,在二三十年前,还有些父母会奉献自己女儿的初夜给那些「Tok Syed」,以求蒙福。最重要的是,自己的女儿能够得到先知后代的「种」。

我说的都是真的!没有假话。本来我也要把自己的名字,从「Raja」换去「Syed」的,不过看到送上门来的都没几个是漂亮的,所以作罢。我想,那些「Tok Syeds」的眼光也是一般而已。

不过,这并不是我今天想要说的。我想说说贝纳姬的暗杀事件。当我接到有关的短讯时,我实在是吓了一跳。我想不透为何他们要这么做。我潜意识地马上希望不是回教徒干的。不过,后来再想,是回教徒的话也许会比较好。因为如果是兴都人做的话,你可以想象得到,他们整个民族会受到怎样的逼害。要知道,由于印巴的冲突,已有超过一百万人的性命葬送。

事实上,说是印巴冲突也不太对。应该是兴都和回教的冲突。这也是导致巴基斯坦从印度里分出的原因。尽管如此,冲突却从因分离而停止过。

无论如何,贝纳姬的暗杀事件,已经令我们忘记去年的同样时候,沙达姆被吊死。我对他们如何处死沙达姆也有点失望。虽然我不会认同沙达姆的所作所为。不过我认为无论任何人都应该死得有尊严。

过去的50年,我们都看到了许多回教徒行使的暴力。实际上,也不是这50年而已。因为收音机和电视机的风行,如今是互联网,资讯的流传的限制越来越少。我们有幸比这期间以前知道得更多。我们今天虽然能够即时知道事情的发生,但是暴力却在先知死后从未停过。我们不知道只因为消息未曾达到我们的耳中。许多回教的领袖都因暴力致死,甚至是那些先知的后代们。

回教徒是天生暴力的吗?还是回教本来就是个暴力宗教?所以回教的追随者都是暴力的?

不!回教徒不是天生暴力的。很多都是很好的人来的。包括我。(不过假如你惹到我的话,我是不会对你客气的。)所以回教也不是暴力的。我知道很多人,特别是那些有「回教恐惧症」的人,都会说回教是暴力的,回教教导暴力,可兰经叫回教徒变残暴,如此之类的。

这些人只是对一些而已。不是回教教导暴力,而是其他的宗教都在教导暴力。不同的是,回教徒是好的回教徒因为他们完全遵从回教教导他们的。而那些犹太教徒,基督教徒都没有好好地遵从他们宗教所教导他们的。所以他们都不是好的教徒。

所以,回教徒是好的教徒,而犹太教徒和基督教徒都不是好的教徒。假如他们都是好的教徒,他们今天一定会像回教徒那样。因为犹太教和基督教所教的都是和回教一样的。只是,回教徒引经据典遵循十足所有教导。而犹太教和基督教的,就很随便。所以,坏的回教徒都是好人,而好的基督教徒和犹太教徒都是坏人。很混淆?你应该会!

好吧。我们来看看先知和可兰经是怎么说的。先知说,他并没有到来介绍一个新宗教。可兰经证实这一点,也说这是亚伯拉罕的宗教,和那些追随摩西和耶稣的宗教是一样的。

马太福音第五章第十七和第十八节说,“莫想我來要廢掉律法和先知。我來不是要廢掉,乃是要成全。我實在告訴你們,就是到天地都廢去了,律法的一點一畫也不能廢去,都要成全。”

可兰经也证实先知之前的律法都不能废除。好。那么对那叛教的人,要使用丢掷石块致死的刑法又如何说?这被有回教恐惧症的人称作是塔利班最野蛮的刑罚,却不是回教独有的。而是回教向犹太教和基督教借来的。

“Subversives should not be allowed to voice out ideas, says Syed Ali,” screamed the headlines of this Bernama news items yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 (Bernama) -- Subversives and radicals should not be given opportunities to voice out their ideas and views because they pose a threat to the country's peace and stability, said Cheras Umno chief, Senator Datuk Syed Ali Alhabshee.

"We want the government to take stern action, if there is a need to use the ISA (Internal Security Act), then so be it," he told Bernama.

He was commenting on the remarks by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in Keningau, Sabah, yesterday that the government would take stern action against any group bent on creating chaos in the country to gain power.

Earlier, Syed Ali had presented clothes and schooling materials to 50 orphans from Al-Qadim Organisation donated by the Jalan Peel Umno branch and local people's associations.


That was what Bernama reported Syed Ali Alhabshee as saying. In case many of you don't know, 'Syed' means his forefathers (not 'four fathers') came from the land of the Prophet Muhammad. 'Alhabshee', in turn, means his ancestors originally came from Ethiopia. This probably happened in the days when Islam was expanding and the Muslim army was conquering the areas surrounding the Arabian Peninsular. Those who resisted the Muslim army and lost the war would either be killed or captured and taken as slaves (while the beautiful women would become your plaything). So Syed Ali's ancestors were probably Ethiopian prisoners brought back to the Arabian Peninsular as slaves to look after the camels and clean out their shit every morning until the day either they or the camels died.

But Malays, being the simple-minded people that they are and a race that is always awed by anything and everything that allegedly comes from the land of the Prophet, would certainly treat what this descendant of a slave from Ethiopia has to say with great importance (hell, they even made him a Senator). After all, he does carry a 'Syed' in front of his name and all those with a 'Syed' or 'Sharifah' in front of their names are 'special' people because they are supposed to be descendants of the Prophet (or at least descendants of those who cleaned the shit from the Prophet's camels).

Yes, I remember 20 or 30 years ago when parents would offer their anak dara (virgin daughters) to a 'Tok Syed' for the night so that their daughter can 'terima berkat' (receive blessings). This would involve the 'Tok Syed' impregnating the virgin daughter who would then be blessed with the sperm of a descendant of the Prophet. Hey, this is true, no bullshit, and I almost changed my name from 'Raja' to 'Syed' but then I did not see many beauties on offer so it would have been a total waste of time as far as I was concerned (I suppose 'Tok Syeds' are not too fussy and have set lower standards for themselves).

But that is really not what I want to talk about today. What I want to talk about is the recent tragic assassination of Benazir Bhutto. I was shocked when I first received that SMS informing me about the assassination. I just couldn't understand why they would want to do something like that. My immediate and unthinking response was I hope it was not a Muslim who did this. On second thoughts, maybe it is better after all if a Muslim did carry out the assassination because if a Hindu had done it I just can't imagine the ethnic cleansing that would follow. As it is, the India-Pakistan conflict has already claimed more than one million lives.

Actually, calling it an Indian-Pakistani conflict is not quite right. It was actually a Hindu-Muslim conflict that resulted in India being partitioned into separate regions for Hindus and Muslims to keep them from each other's throats. The conflict of course continued even after the partitioning of India and it thereafter became known as the India-Pakistan conflict when it should really have been called the Hindu-Islam conflict.

Anyway, the brouhaha of the Benazir assassination made us forget the first anniversary of Saddam Hussein's hanging on 30 December last year. I was also very upset when I saw the manner in how they killed Saddam. I of course do not condone what Saddam did but if you have to kill a man as punishment for his crimes then the condemned person should at least be allowed to die with dignity. A man should not huff and puff his last breathe at the end of a swinging rope to the sounds of taunting and cursing. You are sending him to his Maker. Is it so wrong to allow him to leave this world in peace and with his dignity intact?

The last 50 years or so have seen the most violent side of Islam. Actually this has not been happening over only the last 50 years. It is just that with radio and television, and now the internet, the world has better access to information -- so it is more visible now than it was in, say, the 1800s and the period before that. Today it is in real-time so you get to see it as it happens. But the violence has always been there from the period soon after the Prophet's death. It is just that we did not see it from the comfort of our living rooms. Many of the Muslim leaders down to the Caliphs of the Medina period suffered violent deaths, as did the children and grandchildren of the Prophet. Yes, that's right, even the immediate family and descendants of the Prophet were not spared this violence.

Are Muslims violent by nature? Is this in their genes? Or is Islam a violent religion and that is why the followers and believers of Islam are so violent?

No, it is not that Muslims are violent by nature. Many are actually very nice people (me included -- unless you say something stupid, then I whack you to kingdom come). And it is also not Islam that is at fault. Sure, I know what the Islam-phobics are now going to say. Islam is a violent religion. Islam teaches violence. The Quran teaches Muslims to become violent. And so on and so forth.

You are actually only partly correct. It is not that Islam is violent or that Islam teaches violence. It is that all religions are violent and all religions teach violence. The only difference is, Muslims are good Muslims and they follow their religious teachings whereas those of other religions are bad Jews, Christians, etc., in that they do not follow what their religion teaches them.

The problem, in a nutshell, is that Muslims are good Muslims whereas Jews and Christians are bad Jews and Christians. Now, if the Jews and Christians are good Jews and Christians, then they will be just like Muslims because Judaism and Christianity, just like Islam, all teach the same thing. But while Muslims follow to the letter, and to the spirit, what they are taught, the Jews and Christians are deviants who do not comply to what their religion teaches them. In short, Muslims are bad because they are good whereas Jews and Christians are good because they are bad. Confused? You should be!

Okay, let us look at what Prophet Muhammad and the Quran say. Muhammad said he did not introduce a new religion. The Quran confirms this and talks about the religion of Abraham, the same religion for the followers of Moses and Jesus. Now see what Mathew says:

"I come not to abolish the Law and the Prophets but to fulfill them. Till heaven and earth pass away, not one jot or tittle shall pass from the law, till all be fulfilled" (Matthew 5.17,18)

Mathew, just like the Quran, confirms that the teachings and laws of the Prophets before that are to be upheld. None have been abolished or abrogated. Okay, what about the punishment of stoning to death for adulteresses and apostates? This is the so-called barbaric 'Taliban' laws of the Muslims, so say the Islam-phobics. Actually it is not. It is a Jewish-Christian law that Islam 'borrowed'. Remember, Islam is not a new religion but the religion of Abraham, which is also the religion of Moses and Jesus. See what Deuteronomy, chapter 13, has to say about apostasy.

13:6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

13:7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;

13:8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:

13:9 But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

13:10 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

That's right, apostates must be killed, and you must strike the first blow. Then the entire community is to join in and keep stoning the apostate until he or she stops breathing. That is what Moses and Jesus taught us if you go by the correct teachings of Judaism and Christianity. And Judaism, Christianity and Islam are not new religions but the religion of Abraham. And while Muslims are good Muslims, Jews and Christians are bad Jews and Christians. That is the real problem here.

Okay, Muslims go to war and those 'enemies of God' can be killed or, if they admit defeat and surrender, can be captured and taken as slaves. The women of those killed can also be captured even if they did not carry arms. And if the women are beautiful then it is lawful for you to keep them as your concubines and you can have sex with them. Of course, this was practiced many generations ago during the time of the Islamic conquest and is not quite the practice today. But what many do not know is that this is not an Islamic thing but is what the religions before Islam stipulated and this has never been abrogated from the Holy Books of the Jews, Christians or Muslims. In other words, it is still lawful to this very day if you want to do it.

This is what Deuteronomy, chapter 21, has to say:

21:10 When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,

21:11 And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;

21:12 Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

21:13 And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.

21:14 And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.

Another controversy is with regards to the cutting off the hands of thieves. Islam has been whacked as being very barbaric when some Muslim countries implement this law. Is that so? Well, see how the religions before Islam punished wayward sons:

21:18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

21:19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

21:20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

21:21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

21:22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:

21:23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

No, Islam is not violent. All religions are violent. The problem is, only Muslims still follow what the Holy Books stipulate. People of the other religions deviate from their religious teachings and refuse to follow what their religions stipulate. This makes them bad people. People who have no respect for their own religion and refuse to follow their religion's teachings are bad people, they can't be good people.

The only crime that Muslims have committed is that they are good Muslims. Just because Jews and Christians refuse to follow what their religion teaches them does not make them good people. They are bad Jews and Christians. If they can't even follow their own religion's teachings how can they be good? How can we trust anyone who does not respect their own religion? And, worse of all, they accuse Muslims of being bad people because, according to them, the Quran is bad and it teaches Muslims to be bad. But the Quran is only a continuation of Abraham's teachings which is the same teachings for the Jews and Christians. Unfortunately, because the west controls the media, they make it appear like good Muslims are bad for following their religion's teachings whereas bad Jews and Christians are good for not following their religion's teachings.

Confused? You should be!

2007年12月28日星期五

毫不留情∶A Christian 'anointed' Muhammad as Prophet

出处∶Malaysia Today
原题∶No Hold Barred∶A Christian 'anointed' Muhammad as Prophet
作者∶拉惹柏特拉
发表日期∶28-12-07
翻译∶CC LIEW

The hypocrisy of Muslims is so mind-boggling that sometimes I am ashamed to admit I am a Muslim. Stupid Muslims do and say stupid things while those who know better keep quiet and pretend what is being said and done by these stupid people is correct. Their silence and inaction in opposing and correcting transgressions and violations to Islam make these people guilty of complicity. Those who remain quiet are as guilty as those who commit these crimes against Islam.

According to Islamic history, Muhammad was a 'restless soul' who used to withdraw from society to contemplate all alone in a deserted cave for days on end. In this isolation or 'solitary confinement', Muhammad would ponder in search of the Creator. One day, the Angel Gabriel descended to earth to command Muhammad to read. Muhammad replied that he was unlearned and could not read whereby Gabriel repeated the command to Muhammad who continued protesting that he was not capable of reading. Gabriel finally grabbed Muhammad and shook him with such great force that he was compelled to obey the command lest his very life get shaken out of him.

Muhammad was greatly disturbed and in utter shock. He ran back to his wife, Khatijah, and jumped under the blanket while relating to her what he had just experienced. Khatijah, who was older than him and probably quite intelligent considering she already owned a successful business enterprise before she married Muhammad, decided to go see her cousin. Some accounts say she brought Muhammad to meet her cousin. Suffice to say, whether Muhammad did or did not go along, Khatijah did go see her cousin and there appears to be no dispute on this point.

Khatijah's cousin had much earlier converted to Christianity and was an ulama or learned person. When he heard what Khatijah had to relate he said that Muhammad was destined to become a Prophet and he prayed he would still be alive to see this happen. He also predicted that Muhammad would face much trials and tribulations in his God-given mission to spread the word and to bring the Arabs out of the darkness of paganism in the period that Muslims call the era of ignorance or jahil.

Yes, it was a Christian who in a way 'anointed' Muhammad as the Prophet of Islam when Muhammad himself thought he was going mad and told his wife so. But Khatijah's cousin, the learned Christian, convinced Khatijah that Muhammad was not going mad but had been chosen by God as the next Prophet and that she should go home and inform Muhammad of this. Muhammad would probably never have returned to that cave and would instead have asked Khatijah to commit him into a mental asylum if not for her learned Christian cousin.

That, in a nutshell, was the relationship between Muhammad and Christianity in the days when Muhammad had not yet 'seen the light'. And it took a Christian to convince Muhammad that he was not going mad but was in fact a Prophet. And, yes, the Christian cousin of Muhammad's wife was an Arab, as was Muhammad, and the Arab Bible was in Arabic, the language of Islam, and the Arab Christian God was called Allah, as was the God of the pagan Arabs who also had 360 other Gods alongside Allah -- which about 21 years later were all 'sacked' in favour of just the one God, Allah, the same God of the Jews and Christians of the Arabian Peninsular of that era.

This controversy about banning the Bahasa Malaysia version of the Bible and banning the use of the word Allah in the Bible is not new. Of course, more than 1,500 years ago in Arabia, the Arabic version of the Bible was not banned, nor was the use of the word Allah in the Bible. In fact, there was already an Arabic Bible long before there was an Arabic Quran and the Arab Christians already called God Allah long before Gabriel commanded Muhammad to read.

Malaysian Ministers are expected to be learned in matters of religion and Islamic history. And if they are not then it is expected that those from Pusat Islam and the Religious Department who are would be able to guide the Ministers on what is right and what is not. But ignorant Ministers make stupid statements and come out with stupid policies while learned Muslims from Pusat Islam and the Religious Department, who are there only for the salary and not because of Islam, shut their mouths and do not dare make a squeak.

The hypocrisy of Muslims is so mind-boggling that sometimes I am ashamed to admit I am a Muslim. Stupid Muslims do and say stupid things while those who know better keep quiet and pretend what is being said and done by these stupid people is correct. Their silence and inaction in opposing and correcting transgressions and violations to Islam make these people guilty of complicity. Those who remain quiet are as guilty as those who commit these crimes against Islam.

I give up on Muslims who are all bloody hypocrites. These people are more concerned about young people who hold hands in a park or about whether the clothes they wear are too 'sexy'. These people do not care whether there are injustices to Islam perpetuated in the name of Islam. Islam is being put to ridicule. And our government and Prime Minister say one thing but do the opposite.

Badawi asks Malaysians to adopt moderate path

Kuala Lumpur, Dec 26, 2007 : Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has again criticised the narrow-mindedness and intolerance propounded by a small group of people and has urged his countrymen to adopt a moderate path.

"Over the last few months, narrow-mindedness and intolerance, propounded by a small group, have served to test our faith in each other," he said in his Christmas message.

Malaysians should move forward and put the country's interest before any narrowly defined demands," he was quoted as saying by the Star newspaper Wednesday.

Malaysia has been in the news following a protest rally staged by Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), which claims to speak for the Indian ethnic community, who form eight percent of the country's 27 million people.

Hindraf organised a rally Nov 25 that attracted an estimated 10,000 people. Although it was peaceful, police dispersed it using water cannons and tear gas.

Thirty-one protestors were prosecuted, while five of the Hindraf leaders are in jail for two years under the stringent Internal Security Act (ISA).

Malaysia rejected concerns raised by India and the US, terming it 'interference in its domestic affairs'.

Noting that there was a lot in common between Islam and Christianity, he said: "Despite all the rhetoric, the great religions of the world practised across Malaysia share many universal beliefs.

"If moderation does not take centre stage, extremism will take the place and we will all be dragged into it, whether it comes from the basis of religion, race or groups," he warned.

"This is what we should watch out for, this is what it give us problems," said Badawi in his speech at a Christmas tea party organised by the Christian Federation of Malaysia and hosted by Kuala Lumpur's Archbishop Murphy Pakiam.

He also called on the people to uphold the spirit of tolerance and mutual respect that they had been practising in a multi-racial community. --- IANS

Sabah church sues PM over book ban

Soon Li Tsin, Malaysiakini | Dec 24, 07 4:46pm

A Sabah church has sued the government and Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in his capacity as internal security minister for not allowing the import of Christian literature from Indonesia containing the word ‘Allah’.

Sabah Sidang Injil Borneo (SIB) Church president Pastor Jerry Dusing filed the suit on behalf of the church at the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Dec 10 after six titles for their Sunday school education for children were banned from being imported.

The church is also asking the court to compel the minister to return the consignment of materials that were ‘unlawfully detained’ by customs officers at the Low-Cost Carrier Terminal on Aug 15.

According to letters from the ministry, the books were banned because the Bahasa Indonesia publications contained various words that are exclusive only to Islam.

The words in contention are ‘Allah’ (God), ‘Baitullah’ (House of God), ‘Solat’ (prayer) and ‘Kaabah’ (The Sacred House).

The letters state that the ministry is allowed to stop any propagation of religious doctrine or belief to Muslims in accordance with Article 11(4) of the Federal Constitution allowing certain words to be restricted and prohibited from use.

The ministry explained that the prohibition was due to the uneasiness felt in the community during the late 1970s and early 1980s, the issue has become sensitive and been classified as a security issue.

It also stated further that the publications can raise confusion and controversy in the Malaysian society.

Dursing’s affidavit rebuts several of these points including the use of Alkitab - the Bahasa Indonesia translation of the Holy Bible - where the word ‘Allah’ appears.

“The Christian usage of ‘Allah’ predates Islam. ‘Allah’ is the name of God in the old and the modern Arabic Bible.

“The Bahasa Indonesia and Bahasa Malaysia translations of the Holy Bible have been used by Christian native peoples in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak for generations,” it stated.

Educational purpose

He also noted that the publications was for educational purposes within the church and was not for sale or distribution outside the church.

“The publications will not be made available to members of the public and in particular to a person professing the religion of Islam.

“The publications contain nothing which is likely to cause public alarm or which touches on the sensitivities of Islam,” the affidavit read.

A range of constitutional provision were also raised by the applicants. The hearing for the application for leave in the Kuala Lumpur High Court is scheduled to take place on Dec 27.

The controversy over the use of ‘Allah’ in non-Islam publications recently surfaced when Herald - the largest Catholic newspaper - was facing problems when renewing its annual publishing permit because of the word ‘Allah’ was used in referring to ‘God’ in its Bahasa Malaysia section.

The ministry has told the publisher to remove the entire Bahasa Malaysia section or the permit will not be renewed when it expires next week.

Asked for an explanation on the matter, Deputy Internal Security Minister Johari Baharum said the word ‘Allah’ can only be used in the context of Islam and not any other religion.

The Herald, which is published in four languages - English, Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil - has a circulation of 12,000.

Bible Ban Shock in Southeast Asian Democracy

By Patrick Goodenough

CNSNews.com Pacific Rim Bureau Chief

April 17, 2003

As Christians around the world prepare to mark their most important holiday, hundreds of thousands of believers in southeast Asia face the prospect of celebrating Easter without free access to the Bible.

In a decision indigenous Christians in eastern Malaysia have found incomprehensible, their government in Kuala Lumpur - which considers itself one of Asia's more successful democracies - has banned the Bible in their native tongue.

The Iban, the largest of 27 indigenous ethnic groups in Sarawak province on Borneo island, have since 1988 had access to the entire Bible in their own language, published by the Bible Society of Malaysia.

But now the mainly Muslim government's Home Ministry has named the Iban-language Bible as one of 35 publications it is banning because they are considered "detrimental to public peace."

Among the other books listed are Christian books in Bahasa Malaysia and Bahasa Indonesia, the national languages of those two countries.

They include translations of books in English by well-known Western evangelical authors J.I. Packer and John Stott. Others are books on Islamic subjects.

The books were listed in a ministry statement that cited various publication laws and said the "printing, import, production, reproduction, sale, circulation, distribution and possession of books listed under the schedule are banned in the country."

Anyone found guilty of breaching the ban faces up to three years in jail, fines of up to $5,200 or both.

About 9 percent of Malaysia's 23 million people are Christians, and most live in the east of the country. Iban is spoken by more than 400,000 people, members of a Borneo tribe that was once feared for its head-hunting.

Many have converted to Christianity, while some still practice traditional religious rituals.

Islam is Malaysia's official religion, although the federal constitution guarantees the right of all citizens to profess, practice and propagate their religion.

That freedom is subject to another clause saying that laws "may control or restrict the propagation of any religious doctrine or belief among persons professing the religion of Islam."

Critics say this provision provides the authorities with a loophole, for example by identifying publications they can claim cause confusion among Muslims.

With the approach of Easter, an umbrella group called the Association of Churches in Sarawak issued a statement saying Christians in the province could not understand why their Bible has been banned.

"To find Bup Kudus [the Iban-language Bible] banned now has caused confusion, fear, anxiety and alarm among the Christian community in Sarawak," said the group, which comprises Catholic, Anglican, Methodist and others churches.

"Without the Iban Bible, we cannot conduct the church services," said the association's chairman, Pastor Lawrence Banyie.

'Muslims may be confused'

A local paper quoted a senior official in the ministry's "publications control" division, Elias Mat Rabi, as saying the banned books breached guidelines for religious books.

They used several terms that were also used in Islam, which could confuse people, he said.

Reached by phone in the Sarawak capital, Kuching, on Thursday, Elias declined to comment, or to explain how the Bible and other books were considered dangerous.

The secretary-general of the Malaysia National Evangelical Christian Fellowship, the Rev. Wong Kim Kong, said from Kuala Lumpur there had for some time been difficulties over the fact that some words used in Islam were also used in Christian publications.

Some Muslim leaders thought this could perplex Muslims who picked up such books.

Among the words that cause concern is "Allah." It's the word Muslims use for the deity they worship, but the Arabic word pre-dated Islam and is also used by Christian Arabs when referring to God - despite the considerable differences in the Judeo-Christian and Islamic conceptions of God.

The Iban translation of the Bible uses the term "Allah Taala" for God, while the other banned Christian books, in Bahasa Malaysia and Bahasa Indonesia, also use "Allah" for God.

This is thought likely to be one of the problem areas for the Home Ministry.

Kong said it was wrong for a specific religion to claim monopoly over certain words. "Terminology or language doesn't belong to any particular religion. It is universal property."

If the government was worried some Muslims may be confused, it was the government's responsibility to tackle the problem through educational programs aimed at Muslims - not by banning Christian books, he said.

"In a multi-cultural, multi-religious society like ours, it is important for the government to go through a process of what we call 'natural justice' - it should consult or discuss with the organizations concerned before making a decision affecting them."

Kong and other Christian leaders have scheduled a meeting with a government deputy minister later this month to discuss the ban, he said.

A representative of the Bible Society of Malaysia, Dr. Victor Wong, said Thursday the publishers were flabbergasted at why the government had chosen to ban the Iban translation 15 years after the first edition came out.

The Iban version was now in its eighth edition, and a run of around 5,000 were printed about every five years, he said.

Wong declined to comment further, saying the Society was "watching to see what happens" before taking further action. He noted that a number of Christian bodies had protested the government action.

The Christian community has also won support from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a secular opposition party, which said the ban should be lifted.

DAP lawmaker Teresa Kok called the ban arbitrary and unjustifiable, and asked the government to "explain why it considers the books to be detrimental to public health."

Stung By Outcry, Malaysia Gov't Reverses Bible Ban

By Patrick Goodenough

CNSNews.com Pacific Rim Bureau Chief

May 01, 2003

An outcry from Malaysian Christians has prompted the government of the predominantly Muslim country to reverse its ban on Bibles published in the language of an indigenous ethnic group.

The decision was announced by acting Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who said banning the Iban-language Bible would spark anger in the Christian community.

The edition was banned last month, 15 years after it was first published to serve the needs of a community of erstwhile headhunters on Borneo island, many of whom have converted from animism to Christianity.

The decision to ban the Iban Bible, plus 34 other religious books considered "detrimental to public peace," was attributed to officials at the Home Ministry, acting on the advice of the Department of Islamic Development.

The department's main gripe was that the Iban translation of the Bible uses the term "Allah" for God.

The contention was that this could confuse any Muslim picking up the Iban Bible.

Among the other banned books were several Christian books by well-known Western evangelical authors, translated into the Malaysian and Indonesian national languages, and also using the word "Allah" for God.

Other books were on Islamic subjects, but not deemed orthodox.

Announcing the reversal of the ban, Abdullah said the Department of Islamic Development had felt use of the word "Allah" was inappropriate and that the Iban Bible therefore breached official guidelines for non-Islamic religious books.

He said his subsequent consultation with church leaders revealed that "the word had been used by the community as a reference to God for a very long time."

It was therefore not necessary to ban the Bible, Abdullah said, but added that it was important to ensure that religious books available in Malaysia did "not touch on the sensitivity of other religions, especially Islam."

About 60 percent of Malaysia's 23 million people are Muslims, and less than 10 percent are Christians.

About half of the 400,000 Iban, who live in Malaysia's Sarawak province on Borneo island, are Christians.

The Bible Society of Malaysia has since 1988 published the entire Bible in the Iban tongue. It also prints Bibles in Bahasa Malaysia, English, Chinese, and two other minor languages.

The decision to ban the Iban edition drew widespread condemnation, lead to heated debate on Malaysian online news portals, and prompted the launch of a petition that was signed by 1,400 people within a week.

Judging from comments on online forums, some Malaysians clearly felt the issue had less to do with semantics than with politicians pandering to their ethnic constituents ahead of elections later this year.

Church leaders, both Iban and others, appealed for it to be lifted.

'Violated constitution'

Ong Kian Ming, the Malaysian who organized the petition and conveyed it to the authorities via "informal channels," is a Christian and senior policy analyst with an independent think tank called the Socio-Economic Development and Research (Sedar) Institute.

He said Thursday he had taken the action because the Bible ban clearly violated the article in the federal constitution guaranteeing religious freedom for all Malaysians.

Ong attributed the ban to overzealous bureaucrats who wanted to monopolize the word "Allah" for Malaysian Muslims, "without realizing that Arab speaking Christians use the word Allah to address their God."

Theologians say Christians in the Arab world used the word "Allah" for God before the founding of Islam in the seventh century, and still do today, even though Muslims and Christians have substantially different conceptions of "God."

Ong welcomed the announcement that the ban was to be lifted, saying it was a positive sign that religious freedom would be upheld when Abdullah becomes premier. Veteran Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is retiring in October.

"It assuages some of the fears many Christians here in Malaysia here have in regards to the increase of religious intolerance," Ong said.

To prevent a recurrence, Ong said the Sedar Institute recommended the establishment of an inter-religious council under the prime minister's department, comprising representatives of all religions and designed to discuss government decisions affecting all religions.

He also questioned the decision to leave the ban on the other books in place.

'Exact science'

According to Dr. Victor Wong of the Bible Society, there are no plans at present to change any words in future editions of the Iban Bible.

The matter may be discussed in some future forum, he said from Kuala Lumpur Thursday, but there could be "theological implications" to changing words.

"Bible translation is quite an exact science," he said.

Asked whether the Iban language had another word that could be used for "God," Wong explained that as a formerly animist tribe, the Iban had "all sorts of gods" and care had to be taken not to cause confusion through bad translation.

Wong said there had been an upside to the controversy, as it focused attention on the Iban Christians and an edition of the Bible that many Malaysians had not known existed before now.

It had also resulted in "a very good show of solidarity" among Christians in Malaysia.

"The important thing, though, is that the Iban come to know God, through having the Bible in their own language."

Wong described the Iban as a tribe renowned in the past for fierceness in battle, but which at the same time was also fearful because of the many gods it acknowledged.

He knew of cases where an Iban would refuse to leave the house after hearing the cry of a bird, which was interpreted as a bad omen.

Christianity had helped the Iban to leave behind this fearful existence, Wong said.

"Their lives were changed because of the word of God."

2007年12月27日星期四

逐鹿问鼎∶巫统霸主和小拿破仑的灭绝

出处∶Malaysia Today
原题∶The Corridors Of Power∶The extinction of the Umno Warlords and the Little Napoleons
作者∶拉惹柏特拉
发表日期∶27-12-07
翻译∶ECS283

下个大选是几时应该没有人知道。有人说是三月十五日,有的说更早,有的说后年三月二十一日。不管是几时,肯定的是,有六成以上的候选人是新面孔,很多都将会是那些40岁以下的下一代。

是的,就是那个后来成为巫统后座俱乐部主席的沙里尔这么说道,我们需要统领上的改变。你可以想象得到,这样政治不正确的话语从他口中溜出来,在座的每个人都惊讶得鸦雀无声。

他慢慢的,从容地接下去说,马哈迪必须引退,但安华不应该接手。

他以犀利的目光看着我,似乎叫我别开心,因为他属意的接班人并不是对我有重大意义的人物—安华,因为我还是释放安华运动的带头人。

他澄清说,这也不是我或你应该接班。他似乎是想说安华不是他属意的接班人并不是由于私人恩怨,而是基于他的宗旨。当然我也没有兴趣接管这个国家。

他主张说,应该让下一代的人接班,就是那些40岁以下的。这个国家是属于下一代的。我们的日子已经过去。我们需要新血和新主见。

虽然他已经这么解释,但是还是有人不明白,为什么我们这一代过时了,为什么我们需要把国家交给我们的下一代。

你们看看新加坡吧。他们之会成功是因为老一代的并不恋栈权力,而新的一代也充满自信地接手。马来西亚应该向新加坡学习。沙里尔就这样完结他的宣言,即使这将被认为是充满叛逆性的言论。

那时是大约六年多前,老马还当权的时代。在那种时期,拿马来西亚和新加坡相比,是非常不智的举动。对新加坡好的未必对马来西亚也好。身为巫统的人,实在是不能把这些话说出来的。可是沙里尔就这么反传统。事实上,老马越不喜欢拿马来西亚和新加坡比,沙里尔就越是要说。简直是摆明对着他来干。

沙里尔讨厌老马并不是什么秘密。第二个他最讨厌的就是安华。怪不得马来西亚不能交给这两个人。不过,他说有资格的人是那些40以下的下一代。这也的确是事实。

六年多之后的今天,没有人记得沙里尔的这番话了。老马也下了台。管理这个国家的还是那些沙里尔认为应该退位的老一代。而那些40岁以下的下一代,并没有如他所期待,接管国家。是的,他们也许还没有接手管理。不过,他们早已在背后策划着马来西亚的将来。

很多人不喜欢现任首相阿都拉,因为他不会用老马留下来的铁腕政策,用得像老马般好。虽然在老马当权时,很多人不喜欢老马的铁腕政策。他们认为老马应该多分配权力,而不是全都揽在身上,甚至是该种些什么树,种在那里等这些小事。

这是真的。当老马开始担任首相时,在某个星期天,他带了直辖区部长,吉隆坡市长,市议会管理层等,乘上一辆巴士走街。目的就是向他们交待那一棵树要砍,新树要种在那里,哪一个地区需要花朵等。当他们装修梳邦飞机场时,他亲自监督工程,甚至决定入关柜台要涂什么颜色。老马是个工程师,绘测师,室内设计师,和城市设计师合一。即使如此,在每个开会之前,他还能读遍所有的报纸,报告,似乎没有什么事情他会遗漏。

而我们的阿都拉连一张A4大小的报告,即使咬紧牙根去看,也难保他不会看到一半就睡着。阿都拉和老马似乎是相反的。老马可以手握最新鲜热辣的情报,而阿都拉却让国家处于自动驾驶设定。

不是的。国家并不是老一代在管理了。就如沙里尔所愿。国家如今由40岁以下的下一代在管理。不一样的是,40岁以下的下一代并不在台前出现,而是在台后。让大家以为是老一代在台前管理。而实际上40岁以下的下一代已在决定这个国家的未来,让阿都拉能够每两个星期就出国吃风开心。

下个大选是几时应该没有人知道。有人说是三月十五日,有的说更早,有的说后年三月二十一日。不管是几时,肯定的是,有六成以上的候选人是新面孔,很多都将会是那些40岁以下的下一代。那些由巫统霸主称霸的时代已经过去。旧人如玻璃市,霹雳,柔佛的州务大臣,马六甲,沙巴和砂劳越州首长将让位于新人。许多内阁成员,特别是那些有前科的,将不再上榜。这些改变将会影响到国阵成员的出线阵容。

国阵的问题,也就是巫统的问题,就是揽实权的那些霸主们。精明如老马也不能忽略这些霸主的存在。阿都拉接手后也是面对同样的局面。这是为什么阿都拉还是起用老马的班子。虽然老马被认为是铁腕政策人士,不过他实际上也不是那么有权。阿都拉更不用说了。

无论如何,轮不到阿都拉来决定谁退位,谁上位。这是阿都拉的四楼智囊团的工作。有人说,凯里就是这些人的带头人了。是的,这些人就是如今在决定这个国家的未来的人物。要注意,其中的人物有Zaki Azmi, Omar Ong, Norza Zakaria还有一队立誓除旧立新,要效仿新加坡成功之路的积极优皮士。

Zaki和Omar来自一个可说是令人羡慕的家庭。他们还是小孩子的时候,他们的父亲早已名气冲天。他们的老板,凯里,也是来自一个精英世家。他的父亲是个外交官,自小就学于精英国际学校,同伴都是上等人物。 Norza(目前是第二财长的政治秘书,评论称他为下一任的达因)却是个异数。在这个讲究世家的封建政治世界,他却是出身于低下阶层,是个老师的儿子。

马来人基本上,特别是巫统,还是很遵循封建式的政治系统。许多上位的人都依赖家族关系。而老马其实也是个异数,因为他没有显赫的出身。不过,他也不是无名人士,因为他的妻子时来自世家。就像阿都拉,虽然老马和阿都拉的父亲只是个老师。不过他们的妻子都来自世家。

凯里虽然也能出得场面,不过,假如他的老婆不是首相的女儿的话,他也许会爬得比较慢。

凯里和他的四楼帮,全是40岁以下的优皮士,有个未来大计划。他们不容许任何人阻碍着他们发围。首先,他们必须送所有的霸主去退休。藉着一代新人换旧人的契机,下一个大选就是他们的大好机会。当然,浮上台来的新面孔,都不是泛泛之辈。他们都是积极性的专业优皮士,知道自己要什么,以及如何去得到。

例如Norza,虽说是乡村老师的后代,但他能够完全洗脱他的乡村味。有人说,你可以带一个乡村小子出城,但你洗不掉小子身上的乡村味。但是,霸主和金主的政治就是乡村政治。年轻的必需向年老的叩头。不过,这不是手握大权的四楼帮的方式。他们的方式是能者居之,不是位高者居之。虽然老一代的不太会明白这个方式,不过不管他们喜不喜欢,他们剩下的日子已经不多。虽然沙里尔所盼的,迟来了6年多,不过,迟来好过没来。

是的。马来西亚要看到改变了。Shahidan, Anuar, Tajol, Adnan, Rahim, Musa, Tengku Adnan, 还有许多老马时代的人就会走向Megat Junid, Sanusi和Khalil他们走的路。即使是Ku Li和Rais之类的,也难逃同样的下场。

在不久的将来,马来西亚将被那些强拉老一辈下台的人物所统领,他们决不会是耐心等到老一辈的人在厌倦后才领下接替棒子的人物。

他们知道人生是什么。他们知道他们要的人生是如何的。他们不会依循传统等待权力下放,而是不畏一切,尽力夺取。他们生活得好,吃好,穿好,明白金钱的力量。他们也知道,通过夺取权力,才能实现梦想。

这些优皮士对这个国家已有打算。他们知道他们必须做的事情。他们要的不是小改变,而是翻天覆地的大改革。需要完全地把旧制度踩在脚下。他们急不及待要击溃那些由小拿破仑支撑着的霸主们的霸业。因为他们再也不能在这个无国界,全球化的世界里生存。

最令人感到兴趣的是,纳吉会在下一个大选出马吗?即使是的话,他还会被委任为副首相吗?纳吉的持续存在被认为是四楼帮优皮士的最大阻碍。

2007年12月23日星期日

毫不留情∶那些全都是犯戒的

出处∶Malaysia Today
原题∶No Hold Barred : All that is haram
作者∶拉惹柏特拉
发表日期∶23-12-07
翻译∶ECS283

事实上,亚伯拉罕、摩西、耶稣等都在可兰经里出现。可兰经也告诉我们,回教不是个新宗教,而是亚伯拉罕信仰的宗教。犹太教徒、基督教徒、回教徒都信奉亚伯拉罕的神,为什么只有回教徒可以用「Allah」这个字眼,而其他人就不可以呢?
最近的主流报章都在说着那些举行了的,或要举行的非法集会。我们现在要明白主流报章的老板都是政府或执政党。那些和政党没有关联的报章也要乖乖就范,不然的话,年底就要为更新执照而烦了。

很多有独立精神的报章发觉到他们有这样的「岁末的烦恼」,因为他们不晓得独立和独立精神的分别。你没有独立精神也是能够独立的,就好像马来西亚人士被允许有发言自由,虽然在发言后就通常没有自由。所以乖乖地听政府的话就好了,不然的话,你我都知道将会发生什么事。

校对者按:
「haram」- 违反回教戒条的事物
「perhimpunan」- 集会

「haram」这个字眼常在加在「perhimpunan」这个字眼后面,这是要洗你的脑,把你催眠,让你相信集会是错的。根据马来西亚的《警察法令》,任何集会必须在14天之前向警方作出准证申请。通常上,基于国家安全的理由,申请是被拒绝的。当然你可以向部长提出上诉,假如警察认为你的集会是有威胁性的,能造成国家安全危机的,部长通常也是不会持和警方不同的意见。

有的时后,他们会在最后一分钟,拒绝或撤消你的申请,例如在集会当天,才让你知道。这样的话,你就不够时间去和部长,也就是首相提出上诉。当然,就别说我们的首相,几乎每两个星期就出国,要在他的办公室找到他也很难。这就是最近在丁加奴的巴都部落发生的事了。那就是为什么群众没有解散,因为他们被通知警方已经批准他们的集会申请,却不知道申请在最后一分钟被撤消。

校对者按:
「halal」- 回教教条所允许的事物

「haram」这个字眼对马来人士很有效的,因为马来人就是活在「haram」和「halal」当中。马来人总是在意「haram」和「halal」的事情,总是从这两点去看待事物。这是马来人的心理和文化。

利息是「haram」的,所以你必须向回教银行借钱,而不是「异教银行」。好了,回教银行换一个说法,叫做赚率,例如一年十巴仙。假如在「异教银行」的话,你所付的利息可能比这个更低。但是,利息是「haram」的,而回教银行的「赚率」就不是haram的,虽然它可能更高。

你看到了吗?同样的行为,就因为一个字的差别,就可能改变你上天堂或下地狱的结局。为了利益的杀虐令你下地狱,而为了宗教的杀虐就可以上天堂。所以,要上天堂的话,就要晓得玩弄字眼才行了。不过,用正确的回教屠杀畜牲的方法去屠杀猪只的话,还是「haram」的。

所以,字眼的应用是很重要的。用「haram」放在「perhimpunan」的后面令马来人觉得超过四个人的集会会带来不安。若没有警方的准证,更加是一项犯罪。好吧,你可以说这是政府骗马来人的遮眼法。但是把利息改称赚率,不就是政府蹁上苍的遮眼法了吗?这样看起来,骗马来人的遮眼法又算得了什么?

另一个「haram」的字眼是「Allah」。这当然不是回教徒的「haram」,而是非回教徒的,却只限于马来西亚罢了。这令人感到奇怪,是否马来西亚对这个字眼申请了专利,就像哈利机车般,为自己的排气管发声申请了专利。是的,没有任何其他的机车的排气管声音可以像哈利机车的那样。因为这是哈利独有的专利权。

「Allah」其实是阿拉伯语,意思是神,也有人认为意思是「那唯一的神」。虽然这被回教徒用来指示上苍,但也被使用阿拉伯语的人来指示其它宗教的神。所以,在阿拉伯的犹太教徒或基督教徒也称他们的神为「Allah」。

即使在回教诞生之前,阿拉伯人也称他们的上苍为「Allah」。所以「Allah」不是回教的上苍的字眼。在回教时期之前,阿拉伯人相信有360个不同的神。 「Allah」也不是唯一的,他还有同伴和子女,还和精灵有一种特别的关系,不过,「Allah」是当时阿拉伯人所有众神的老板。

所以,集会是「haram」的。现在,「Allah」对非回教徒也是「haram」了。集会根据穆圣的话,不是「haram」的。不过,根据文明回教,「Hadhari Islam」却是「haram」的。根据穆圣,群众活动是被提倡的。多人同做一件事,好过单独做同样的事。无论是用餐、旅行、活动等,回教堂就是给你共同商量社群事务的地方。祈祷只是几分钟而已,即使是一天五次祈祷,回教堂还有23个小时给你聚在一起商讨重要事务。

回教徒参与社群失误是必须的,你不可能突然在回教堂出现祈祷,然后消失不见,直到下个祈祷时间。这不是一个好回教徒的榜样。你必须参与任何在进行中的讨论,以便结论能够在大多数人中产生。回教是社群性的宗教,时常都是社群优先。大家都为了社群做事,社群就这样进展。

所以,集会是很回教的。回教堂就是被设计成能够集会的地方。回教徒的星期五的午餐必须祈祷,就是一种集会。麦加朝圣,也是一种集会。所以,集会不是「haram」的,而是「wajib」(务必)的。而你集会不只是祈祷,而是讨论,辩论,思考,分析,提出,反映,争论,总结等。总之是为了更好的社群。

所以,「perhimpunan haram」虽然是政府颁布了的,却不是「haram」的。这些都是很回教的事物。我敢向那些长袍白帽长胡子的长老们挑战,证明我是错的。告诉我阿拉伯人在穆圣的时代没有集会来讨论社区事务;告诉我阿拉伯人在穆圣的时代,没有讨论、辩论、思考、分析、提出、反映、争论、总结等。或是他们并不能在这种集会里得到什么好结论。

假如「perhimpunan」是「haram」的话,那么穆圣时代的阿拉伯人就不是一个有德的社群,那我们还要依从先知制定的社群习惯来做什么?

至于「Allah」这个字眼也是一样。「Allah」不就是在回教时代之前,被用来指示神的吗?也是如今被阿拉伯的犹太教徒和基督教徒用来指示神的吗?而且,不是回教交到了我们犹太教徒、基督教徒、回教徒都是亚伯拉罕的随从,我们都是信奉同样的神,那唯一的真神吗?

是的。我们都信着同样的神。为何我们不能用同样的名字?事实上,亚伯拉罕、摩西、耶稣等都在可兰经里出现。可兰经也告诉我们,回教不是个新宗教,而是亚伯拉罕信仰的宗教。犹太教徒、基督教徒、回教徒都信奉亚伯拉罕的神,为什么只有回教徒可以用「Allah」这个字眼,而其他人就不可以呢?

2007年12月21日星期五

逐鹿问鼎∶魔三一

出处∶Malaysia Today
原题∶The Corridors Of Power∶The unholy trinity
作者∶拉惹柏特拉
发表日期∶21-12-07
翻译∶ECS283

CC LIEW 注明:此文章有部分缺失,无法和前面文章连接,因此会在空余时间做出适当修补。

内政部副部长佐哈里巴哈伦(Johari Baharum)决定要调查黑帮集团。佐哈里也决定了要逮捕半打以上的黑帮集团头目,其中包括第二把交椅『东姑』吴。佐哈里发出了命令,要把他们送到新邦令甘扣留营,至于『东姑』吴,他将会被限制拘留在吉兰丹。

你也许听过布城的三位一体——圣父、儿子和圣灵。哦不!耶稣不住在布城,所以别在这个星期二的圣诞节冲去哪儿。我们在这里提到的『圣父』是我们的首相阿都拉,他儿子卡玛鲁汀和他女婿凯里; 比起圣灵,他比较像是魔鬼。即使是被冠以加百列天使之名的凯里之子的出世,这个「布城魔三一」,也不会变成「圣三一」的。

当所有的人都注目于这个第一家庭的魔三一,有另一个「魔三一」却静悄悄地形成了。这就是总检察长,全国警察总长和反贪局总监三人组成的「魔三角」。

且让我们回顾一下,以方便那些没有度读过《今日大马》之前所报道的读者。

如今,全国警察商业罪案调查组总监人在麦加朝圣。即使他在绕着天房,反贪局已经准备好多一轮的指控,就只等他朝圣归来而已。这真令人感到迷惑,即使你离祂的房子这么近,上苍是否在听着你的祈祷,因为回教徒相信天房就是上苍的房子,也许上苍本来就什么也不管的,这也证实了回教徒的信仰,就是上苍不会改变你的命运,除非你自己改变。

是的!上苍不会为你代劳,全都要自己来的。即使你登上了一辆超速巴士,然后大喊「上帝救我!」你总归还是死路一条。也许这就是穆圣所说过的:「首先你绑好你的骆驼,然后向上帝祈祷你骆驼的安全。」马来人应该引以为鉴。自己才是掌控自己命运的人。上苍不会帮你,除非你自己要帮你自己。所以,去麦加朝圣并不会减少反贪局的指控。

在一些时候之前,一些来历不明的消息来源向媒体爆料说,全国警察商业罪案调查组总监没有呈报共值两千七百万令吉的资产。看好来,不是为何拥有两千七百万令吉的资产,而是没有呈报。简单来说,警察官员拥有两千七百万的资产并没有什么不妥,但他没有填一张小表格呈报,就有啦。所以,他们其实是非常在意这个技术上的错误的 。

但是当这位总监被正式告上法庭时,却不是没有呈报两千七百万的资产的罪名,而是指控他滥用职权,在当时身为沙巴州警察总监,私自使用皇家警察飞机飞过沙巴森林。假如这算是犯罪的话,整个政府都要坐牢了。虽然是纳税人出的钱,内阁成员带家人、朋友、生意伙伴、情妇等乘坐政府飞机或轿车游车河,都是常有的事。

其实是为了什么?滥权还是拥有大量资产,还是没有呈报资产?都不是。看下去吧。

我们的总监由于被指控没有呈报财产,所以他聘用了一位律师帮他打官司,还有会计师帮他写一份犹如植物百科全书般厚,从1970年到2007年,共计37年的详细财务报告。这些报告若作为呈堂证据,他的指控就全部不能成立,我们的总监也真不是盖的。

可我们的反贪局却在今年开斋节前一天,扣留了总监的律师,起诉他没有呈报他自己的财产。是的!总监还没有被逮捕,调差还没有结束,为他准备详细报告的律师就先中招了。

这些一切当然和没有呈报财产事件没有关系。更加和拥有大笔财产没有关系。这其实是因为我们的总监逮捕了大马黑道顶爷的爱将有关系。大马黑道顶爷「BK TAN」,听说和全国警察总长合作,发展全国的『黄赌毒』独家生意。当然这些听说,不是道听途说,而是基于几位高级警员和两个黑道成员向副内安部长,佐哈里提供的证词。

为了给大家再清楚一些,上面提到的佐哈里,就是在去年,负责令老马在古邦巴素当选不成代表的主将。他贿赂了500个代表,每人两百块钱,要求他们不投老马一票。之后其中四名代表却报了警,指控巫统总部,并签下报案书来证明这件事。巫统总部却说经过他们的调差,发觉没有任何证据佐证这起事件。其中一位报案人,却在事后被几个巫统古邦巴素支部的「打手」摸上门,当着他的家人面前殴打他。他虽然在事后报警,指出那些殴打他的人。可是警察还是找不到任何证据来佐证这起事件,事件也就不了了之了。

好了,我们的佐哈里在收到警察的这些报告时,明白了警队里有高层人士和黑道勾结的事情。于是指示商业罪案调查组总监逮捕吴清宝,外号「东姑吴」,位坐黑道第二把交椅的大哥,流放吉兰丹。之后他们开始调查「东姑吴」的顶爷,「BK TAN」,并锁定他为下一个逮捕目标。在同时,一些柔佛的第二线的黑道大哥也在《紧急法令》下,将他们无审扣留于新邦令今扣留中心。

在上个星期,在总检察长的命令下,他们全被释放。反而那些有份调查这起案件的有关人员,不是被对付,就是被扣留查办。甚至有的被控滥权,还有一个因枪击而死在车里,直到今天,警方一点解释也没有。

这些事件都可以在大马黑道和白道之间的关系的系列报道里看到。

发下一连串的逮捕指令的是副内安部长佐哈里,而商业罪案调查组总监和他的手下,只是依照指令办事。但是当那些有份参与这起案件的警方人员受到对付的时候,佐哈里却丝毫不动,闷声不出。甚至总检察长出信要他解除「东姑吴」的限制居留,他也没有反击。

事件其实是很简单的。这是一场警察总长和副内安部长之间的战争。警察总长是在除掉和内安部长有勾结的黑道兄弟。这些人物虽然之前已经无审扣留于新邦令今的扣留中心,佐哈里却被指控收贿五百五十万令吉作为释放他们的代价。本来没有人会知道这件事的,直到有一个网站突然出现,爆出这件事情。反贪局马上开始展开调查,眼看佐哈里就要下台的了。

佐哈里也不是盖的,他恫言告发阿都拉和巫统最高理事会指示他在去年破坏老马在古邦巴素的竞选。这样一来,整个理事会成员都要辞职,首相的位子也将不保。由于这件事到今天还没有人愿意出来指证,所以理事会暂时是安全的。不过,逼佐哈里跳墙的话,也许就另当别论了。

他们终于达致协议。反贪局宣布有关的五百五十万令吉的受贿是虚假的。佐哈里继续作他的闷声副部长。但是,我们的佐哈里还是不满意。他叫商业罪案调查组总监去调查到底是哪一个告发他收贿。在摸瓜捉藤之下,最终摸到全国刑事调查总监,即CID头子尹树基的办公室门。

佐哈里很生气。这根本是自己人在搞鬼。尹树基是警察总长的人,所以应该是警察总长要对付他。因此,佐哈里才要商业罪案调查组总监去除掉和警察总长有勾结的黑道大哥。看好来,他不是为了扫黄、除赌、反毒、抓贵利、拿地下万字,才去逮捕那些大哥,而是要警察总长的人,没有安乐茶饭吃。

但是警察总长有一些是佐哈里没有的。他有总检察长和反贪局总监作他的共谋。这是「三对一」的玩法。而且,首相本人,也是内安部长,也是佐哈里的老板,比起佐哈里,更需要这个「魔三角」,所以佐哈里的赢面不大。不过,佐哈里也不是个傻政客,他马上作出壁虎断尾的决定,出卖那些警员,让他们做代罪羔羊。他可以出卖当年提拔他的老马,再出卖一、两打的警察人员更加不要紧了。所以,那些照指示做事的,就要进牢了。那些发出指示的,依然稳如泰山。这也是给那些公务员一个教训,包括警察,千万不要投靠政客,不然的话,几时被卖了也不知道。

在这里所附上,佐哈里签下的6页宣誓书里,清楚指出∶
1. 第32项指出「东姑吴」已经承认自己的罪行。
2. 第8项指出在今年三月十二日,佐哈里作出调查指示。
3. 第14项指出,佐哈里承认在今年七月五日发出逮捕指示。

不过,今天进牢的却不是佐哈里。

阿都拉在这里又扮演什么角色呢?他是泥菩萨过江。之前阿都拉指示警察总长援引《内安法令》第八条,逮捕斯里兰卡籍的商人,其儿子卡玛鲁汀在斯可米的生意伙伴, 布哈里达西(Buhary Seyed Abu Tahir)或简称『BSA Tahir』。假如警察援引《内安法令》第七十三条,那么政治部就能看着他,然后查出为何斯可米于2004年,被指涉及国际非法核武扩散网络,特别是在利比亚地区。

这当然就非常不妙了!如果被查出卡玛鲁汀其实是知道这件事情的话,美国就会向我国要人了。因此,布哈里达西是绝对不能落入警方手里的。所以才要援引《内安法令》第八条逮捕他。不过,最重要的是,布哈里达西如今在哪里呢?他真的在甘文丁扣留中心吗?如果他不在那里,他会在哪里呢?

他不是被扣留起来了。而是被保护起来了。这样的话,在阿都拉的特权之下,政治部或中情局的人就对他无法下手。

不过,阿都拉也不是稳控大局的,「魔三角」有自己的议程。只要阿都拉不踩到他们的尾巴,他们照样为阿都拉办事。老马落马事件,核武扩散事件,石油换粮食事件,这里任何一件都可以给阿都拉狼狈下台。不过,这只有当「魔三角」有心开启调查档案的时候才会发生。

所以,佐哈里如今是与「魔三角」单打独斗,两方的黑道人马,也在大张旗鼓。不过看来,「魔三角」这边会赢,佐哈里在这件事里,已经退了下来,然后上打的探员却成了被牺牲的羔羊。

是的,不只是羔羊、绵羊、牛和骆驼都将在这个哈芝节中被牺牲,警察探员也会被牺牲。

我不会为那些执行无审扣留的警员掉泪,我不会为那些作出扣留伤害的警员掉泪,我不会为那些投靠政客的警员掉泪,我只为那些被利用而成为高层之间的斗争的工具的警员感到悲哀,他们因为『我只是依照命令办事』而被送入监牢。

下次若有一个探员对我说他只是『依照命令办事』的话,我将会在他面前大笑,并提醒他商业罪案调查组总监和他的手下的结局,就因为他们也只是依照指示办事。

2007年12月19日星期三

毫不留情∶毒树始终出毒果

出处∶Malaysia Today
原题∶No Hold Barred∶Fruit from a poisonous tree will be poisonous
作者∶拉惹柏特拉
发表日期∶19-12-07
翻译∶ECS283

他们说只有回教是好的,其他的都是坏的。没有宗教信仰的更糟。但是这些有好信仰的人民却要政府做坏事,这是非常困扰着我的,一个好的信仰怎么会令人民使坏?

主流报纸报导首相阿都拉的说话说,马来西亚人应该感到骄傲因为不论是什么信仰的庆典,我们都能够融洽地在一起庆祝。这些庆典都成为多元社会种族间的桥梁,使我们更团结。马来西亚是受到祝福的。人民之间互相尊敬之间的信仰,也在庆典之时互相帮助,即使它们不是同一种族。

阿都拉说:「一个信仰活动,包括开斋节是我们一个很好的机会来拜访我们的朋友和加强我们身为真正马来西亚人的联系。在我们的日常生活中,我们互相谅解,特别是有关敏感的信仰的事情。」

你可注意到政客和虔诚信徒如何,特别是假扮虔诚信徒的政客,时常是对回教徒说一套,对非回教徒说的却是另一套。当印度人和华人开始不满,他们会开始谈论多元种族,多元文化的容忍之类的废话。对马来人或回教徒,当非回教徒不会听到时,却会提起马来人的敌人,警告我们不能信任异教徒,不能当他们是朋友,因为他们都是千年以来的回教敌人。

那些挥舞马来短剑的只不过是芝麻小事,是故意要给非马来人看的。他们知道电视摄影机对着他们,他们所说所为都在现场直播。但是他们闭门谈论的事情,会令我们的国父,被称为「华人走狗」的东姑阿都拉曼,在他的坟墓里破口大骂。是的!东姑的下台,被看为是他对华人退让太多。但是东姑的时代,却是马来西亚最和平的时代。直到有人想出一个好办法,如何在一个共同的因素下,团结马来人。

我能否大胆的说出来,在东姑的时期,马来人是不太虔诚的呢?没有一个马来高级公务员的家里是不装个酒吧的。这些酒吧里都摆满了啤酒,白兰地、威士忌和红酒,实在是比外头的酒吧的酒还要齐全。当时的独立初期,你可以仰慕马来女性的美腿,还有露背装和迷你裙是最流行的服装。马来西亚小姐可以是个穿着比基尼的年轻貌美马来姑娘。

50年之后的马来西亚,马来人更加虔诚了。在马来人的家,你再也找不到有酒吧的存在。军队不再以红酒碰杯庆祝,甚至是形式也变了。在酒吧售卖的一罐啤酒不再是50仙,而是十五元一杯。大多数的马来西亚人都买不起两打罐庄的啤酒了。

不过这是好的,马来人已经摆脱愚昧时期,如今他们更为回教化了。他们被吩咐不得庆祝圣诞节或向华人或印度人说恭喜发财或屠妖节快乐,因为这是违反回教的。这是怎么一回事?首相怎么说的却不是这样的,他不知道他已经违反了宗教人员所强调,所告诉我们的了吗?又或是口是心非?我想这就是政治,见人说人话,见鬼说鬼话。阿都拉所说的那些,是说给非马来人听的,不是马来人。

人总是会它的一生里经历各种阶段的。我相信我也不例外。我可以把我的人生分成三个时期。第一个时期是我的首27年。是马来人或回教徒所谓的愚昧时期。当时的我没有祈祷,心里没惦记着神,喝啤酒,玩金拉米,参与各种你能想象得到的「罪恶」。无论如何,到今天,我却不知道为何我没有吃过猪肉。

当我到了27、28岁时,我突然之间「看到了光」,重新做个「回教徒」。我常对我的友人说笑说,我不是生而为回教徒,而是在27岁时才进回教的。从那时开始,我尽力弥补我首27年来所遗失的。我去了麦加十次之多。我开始诵读可兰经,在几个星期之内,把经文背读得滚瓜烂熟,如同一个人在五岁时就开始读经一般。我的「师傅」也非常惊讶我的表现。他说,一般的成年人在如此短期内,是办不到的。

那时我开始热衷于伊朗的回教革命。在我第一次的麦加朝圣,我参加了伊朗的一个反沙地示威,我高举着一个科梅尼的大海报。我主张把麦加和麦地那两个圣城交由一个国际回教联合组织管理,就好像梵蒂冈一样。那时我过了30岁。

我成为本地回教堂的主席,并主张政府不再插手回教堂的事务。我尽量筹款来发展更多的独立回教堂,以便宗教部门不会插手这些回教堂的事务。也许你们之中还会有人记得Datuk Yusof, 他是丁加奴的特别支部顶头,他曾把我带到丁加奴大臣的跟前,试图说服我。他们本来是要引用《内安法令》扣留我的,可是因为我堂姑是丁加奴的苏丹后,也是当时雪兰莪苏丹的妹妹,所以他们有所顾忌。

是的!我曾经是个丁加奴巫统的眼中钉,可他们对我的皇室地位没有办法。后来,这些事情也不了了之了,因为我离开了丁加奴,而且数年过后,丁加奴就落入回教党手中了。

这就是我的第二个27年的人生时期的简略介绍了。

如今是我的第三个27年的人生时期。我不知道我能否过完这第三个时期,因为如果能的话,我就81岁了。虽然马哈迪也81了,可他没有抽烟,或是每晚凌晨3点才入睡,而且他也非常注意饮食。而我就与他相反,所以我就不妄想能像他一样长寿。

不过这并不是我想要说的。我想说,我要如何过这第三个人生时期。

我说过,我的首27年是愚昧时期,接下来的27年是伊朗回教革命时期,也是我的觉醒时期。再接下来的第三时期,却是我的困惑时期。我开始对被称为是真理的有了疑问。

宗教应该是好的,当然不只是回教而已。这是我在我的人生第二时期时所发觉的。如果宗教是好的,为何虔诚的人却做坏事呢?反而我遇到的不虔诚教徒或无神论者,都是好人。这就是如今在困扰着我的问题。

在几个星期之前,我对亲阿都拉的一众巫统成员发表演讲。在那群众当中,有一个我认为是超级虔诚的人物。当我说出贪腐是不好的,我们应该抵制;他却说贪腐是不要紧的。当我说贪腐之罪是属于「Riba」罪恶的一种,而回教里,共有80个等级的「Riba」罪恶,即使是最低级的,其罪也如同与自己的父母有乱伦关系的罪恶一样。他认同我说,先知的确有这么解释过这个罪行。

我实在是目瞪口呆了。在我的跟前是一个虔诚的信徒。他不厌其烦地游说我目前的世俗国家主义应该转变成回教国家主义,因为我们选择了一个西方的,不属于回教先知所推崇的政治系统,所以才会有这么多的社会弊病。不过,贪污却是不要紧的。

如果有回教徒叛教成为兴都教徒、基督教徒或佛教徒的话,那么所有回教徒有责任使用暴力来阻止他。反出回教是被禁止的,是要死刑的。假如有人想要离开回教的话,所有回教徒必须走到街上暴动,杀人放火,而没有一个回教徒胆敢不同意这种说法。这不是暴力,也不是极端,更不是对国家造成威胁,而是捍卫回教的尊严。不过,假如你和平地游行至国家皇宫或国会递交备忘录,这就不被允许。警察会逮捕你,殴打你,那些带头的人就要被《内安法令》关起来,这就是回教要我们做的。是必须的。

你可以去问任何一个马来回教领袖,或是任何一个在回教里有崇高地位的人物。没有一个会反对和平的游行者必须受到严厉的对付,或是受到内安法令的逮捕。这些人也不会反对叛教人士必须受到暴力对付,又或是所有回教徒必须在街上暴动,杀人放火,来捍卫回教的尊严。

大多数的警察是回教徒,但是他们都很粗暴地对付和平的游行者。大多数的政府领袖都是回教徒,但是他们都很严厉地对付和平的游行者。然后他们说他们是为了国家的平和,是回教要求的。但是假如你「侮辱」了回教,反出回教,那你就得接受暴力的惩罚,要记得哦!这不是对国家造成威胁或什么的,这是捍卫回教的尊严。贪腐是不要紧的。大选时造假也不要紧,滥用权力也不要紧,浪费公款也不要紧,否决基本权益也不要紧,利用主流报纸说谎也不要紧,威吓非马来人也不要紧,逼害也不要紧,无审扣留也不要紧,拘留伤害也不要紧。只是..千万不要侮辱回教或反出回教。这就很要紧了,不过用暴力来对付的话就不要紧。

我看到的虔诚的人是坏人。我看到的不虔诚的人或无神论者,却是好人。假如宗教是好的话,为何虔诚的人却是坏的呢?假如宗教的产物是坏人,宗教怎可能是来自神呢?这就是在我第三个27年时期里,困扰着我的问题了。

人们祈祷的越多,却变得更差。那些没有祈祷的,却是好人。这是怎么一回事?警察领头祈祷,政府领袖祈祷,但他们却是糟糕的人。一定是祈祷出了什么问题。宗教只是个骗局吗?不然的话,宗教怎样能够正确,当那些诠释宗教的人却是大错特错?

当然,我也是听到很多次了。宗教是没有错的。错的是那些没有依从真正教义的人。但是为什么会这样呢?这也没有人能够解释得到。虔诚的人为什么会变坏?虔诚的人应该是比不虔诚的人更了解宗教,更明白教义,能使自己更正直正义的啊。假如宗教不能令人改邪归正,那就是宗教有问题了。就好像有句话说,没有问题学生,只有问题老师。学生变坏,就是老师的过错。所以,宗教不能改善我们,那就不是学生的错了。

哎呀呀..这人生第三阶段,应该是阴影重重的了。我的第一个人生阶段是悠闲的。我非常享受人生。第二阶段也是满意的,我为了我的宗教而活。而这第三阶段的人生,却犹如无终点的旅程。我也许不能在我有生之年找到我的答案,抵达我的终点。我需要知道,宗教是否存在,还是只是人为的产品?

毒树的果子,始终都是有毒的。如果宗教是好的,教徒自然是善良的。但是,却不是在这里所能看得到的。今天,我们被告知回教徒支持无审扣留。今天,我们被告知有一百五十万,从395个非政府组织的马来人支持政府引用内安法令去对付那些和平的游行者。有很多人生气因为31个兴权会的人,不被提控谋杀。他们要鲜血。他们要「净选盟」和「兴权会」的鲜血。他们要那些行使发言自由权利人士的鲜血。

这一百五十万马来人是来自一个好的宗教。

他们说只有回教是好的。其他的都是坏的。没有宗教信仰的更死。但是这些有好信仰的人民却要政府做坏事。这是非常困扰着我的。一个好的信仰怎么会令人民使坏?

2007年12月17日星期一

逐鹿问鼎∶一帮废物

出处∶Malaysia Today
原题∶The Corridors Of Power : All that crap
作者∶拉惹博特拉
发表日期∶17-12-07
翻译∶ECS283

这是很奇怪的,难道武吉阿曼对「兴权会」是否和恐怖分子有没有来往、目的是什么等等,不感到兴趣吗?巫统不是说安华是幕后指使人吗?警察对这不感到兴趣吗?因为如果是的话,安华也应该被扣留起来才对。

在今年十一月十日,「净盟」发起了一项走向国家皇宫的集会。《新海峡时报》说有四千人参加了有关集会。这个作为政府喉舌的报纸也报道警察首长说他们共动员四千人来应付这个集会。不过,从相片上看来,这是不可能的。净盟提供的数目是五万,甚至另三万是成功被警察阻止不能参加的。而情报局的数目是十三万八千。我们不知道为什么人数的差别竟然会这么大,从四千到十三万八千。不过,我倒是觉得八万应该是合理的数目。

过后,在十一月二十五日,兴权会也发起了一项集会。我觉得可信的参加人数约三万,而大约有两万是被阻挡了。不过,我有兴趣的不是集会的参加人数,而是之后的事情。

当「兴权会」知道由于警方的包围,他们是不可能靠近英国大使馆之后,他们决定效法净盟,从整转零,在零星地点集合。在午夜时分,他们开始移向黑风洞。约凌晨四时,聚集人数达到顶峰,这时警察就把他们逼进庙内范围,并且锁上庙的大门。

这时,群众自然是不能走向英国大使馆的了。而且黑风洞离安邦路也有相当的距离。甕中之鳖,至多也是喧闹一番而已了。

但在四时二十分,虽然群众被困,没有人试图冲出大门或尝试开始游行,可是警方却开始使用催泪弹和水炮对付群众。警方的这个举动的原因是因为他们是非法聚会。不过,警方也是的,不打开大门,他们又怎样能够离开聚会场所回家呢?

虽然警方说他们没有射击催泪弹和水炮,但是我们却有照片为证。有一位目击者指出,是一位国大党青年团领袖在警察当中向警察做出攻击的指示。我在想,假如不是这项指示的话,警方会否考虑群众被困的情况,而不会做出攻击呢?

兴权会虽然预期会有一万人参与集会,却没想到人数会爆增到三万人。这两万人是哪里来的?是不是国大党员呢?他们是不是离弃了国大党?还是一批死忠国大党员被派到来到这里作出一个“大件事”的形象?

到底兴权会之行是闹剧还是真的?若是闹剧,有关的组织头头是否知道他们已经被玩弄摆布?从事情的结局看来,兴权会这次是“衰左啦”。很明显的,兴权会的五位头头,都被内安法令的第8条文下被控,而不是一般的第73条文。

其中的分别是,在第73条文之下,他们将会被武吉阿曼或特别支部关上60天以便警方的全天候询问。

在首三十天,警方要查出你的幕后指使人、资金来源、合作人、你的网络、计划、预期结局、策略、宗旨、强弱点等等。总之是里里外外,前前后后,上上下下都把你查个一干二净。

接下来的三十天,就是洗脑程序了。他们有很多法子令你「改头换面,从新做人」。

这六十天之内,武吉阿曼会确认你是危险分子,或是迷途羔羊。若他们认为你不会对国家造成威胁,就可以放你回家了。若不是的话,他们才援引第八条文,送你去扣留中心,从此不知何年何日才得自由。

而我们的「兴权会五虎将」连这个60天的待遇也没有,就这么被关在扣留中心了。而且,援引第73条文的是警察,援引第八条文的,却是内政部。也就是说,警方其实在这件事情上,实际上,什么关联也没有。连介入的权利也没有。

这是很奇怪的,难道武吉阿曼对「兴权会」是否和恐怖分子有没有来往、目的是什么等等,不感到兴趣吗?巫统不是说安华是幕后指使人吗?警察对这不感到兴趣吗?因为如果是的话,安华也应该被扣留起来才对。其实如今内政部“越过”警察,直接丢这批人进入扣留中心,警察自己会怎么想呢?

看起来,有人希望「兴权会」背后的秘密依然是秘密。他们更不想让警察知道些什么。当然,警察是无可奈何的。

巫统说「兴权会」是国家威胁,反马来人,反回教的。巫统说「兴权会」准备在甘榜峇魯(Kampong Baru)发起一项反马来人游行。一些兴权会的人的确在十一月二十五日游行走过甘榜峇魯,但是警察对他们做出反击,使他们解散。后来,却是当地的马来人开门,让这些印度人进入他们的家,以躲开警察的追击。

马来人没有和印度人不好。印度人和马来人的紧张关系是巫统想象中的事物。是巫统在散布谣言和短讯,给人以为他们的关系是紧张的,随时随地将会有种族冲突。

为了加强这种印象,他们找来一个叫做莫哈末·赛夫(Mohd Saiful Adil Daud)的「卡佬」说是代表395个非政府组织,组成一个叫做「和平大马」(DAMAI MALAYSIA)的组织,反对街头游行示威。

这是我所听过的最大的谎言。我说,要找39个马来人非政府组织已经很难的了。这些所谓的非政府组织,有些的成员还不到一打,为什么他们不把这395个团体一一写出来?当然是因为这些都是不存在的。

赛夫其实是一个著名马来黑道「大哥」苏莱曼博士(Drs Suleiman),别名「曼·白兰地」(Man Brandy)的手下。「曼·白兰地」在513事件之前,在甘榜峇魯回教堂一带售卖大麻。后来他为了逃过谋杀的指控,而「著草」到了印尼。他在印尼却得到了「Drs」这个特别的封号。之后,他回到马来西亚,却在赢得了蒂蒂旺沙的国会议席后,成了卫生部长。他在位时,不把大麻合法化,也真是他的失败。

「和平大马」的幕后主脑是半岛马来学生联合会(GPMS)的主席,一个名叫勒扎·么里甘(Rezal Merican Naina Merican)的印度回教徒。他们的主要工作是做一个称职的政治「搞屎棍」,就像拿督哈仑在513事件的所作所为般。可惜的是,他们失败了。今天的马来人不像以前的马来人般,再也不这么容易受谣言影响。甚至是回教传教福利组织所发起的活动,也没有人响应。只有整车整车的镇暴队员和特别支部警察在这个人烟稀少的地区来往巡逻。

在这当儿,有另一件事情却静悄悄地发生了。

在十二月十日,总检察长写了一封信,叫副内安部长解除「东姑」吴的限制居留。如我在之前所说,「东姑」吴是「BK」陈的第二虎将。「BK」陈是大马的黑道顶爷。毒品,淫业,高利贷,非法赌场,无所不做,他也控制了警察的电子讯息系统。

隔了一天,副内安部长就解除了「东姑」吴的限制居留,虽然「东姑」吴被两个自己人指证,警方也掌握了他的犯罪证据。可是副部长的理由却是说,所有警察的指证都是虚假的。「东姑」吴是无辜的。

是的。当我们被「兴权会」、回教传教福利组织和「和平大马」吸引了我们的眼光的时候,总检察长却静悄悄地释放了一个黑道天王,还拿一个警察总监做替死鬼。而专门调查警察贪污的反贪污局,却在指责警察总监的技术上的错误。

无论如何,我们已经在之前的报告里指出许多有关皇家警察和黑道组织的关系了。所以,我不再多说。我在这第十二个报告里可以预见,黑道天王始终会逍遥法外。你不能说今日大马说谎或判断错误,虽然我希望我真的判断错误。

我们已经被灌输这么多谎言,我觉得马来西亚人是足够愚蠢去接受这一切的。

以下是总检察署写给国安部的公函,要求释放吴清宝(绰号「东姑」吴)


2007年12月10日星期一

你阿妈∶消极和积极

出处∶Niamah!!!
原题∶Negative-Postive
作者∶Patrick Teoh
发表日期∶10-12-07
翻译∶ECS283

今天早晨,我和一位相识的人聊天。他是一位成功商人,拥有拿督的称号,虽然是马华的人,不过并不活跃于政坛。是个好人来的。

不过,他所说的,倒是令我生气起来,随后却令我想起有关我国的这些事情∶如今如何,应当如何,能够如何。

事情是这样的:

他坚持认为我这个人,面对马来西亚的事情时,我就是一个消极的样子。他提议我应该改变这种心态。

唔,我想这话并不过分,因为我也无可反驳。那倒是什么令我生气呢?

我个人会感到生气,是当有人以为我因消极而消极,实际上什么也不做。换句话说,我是属于“大只广”的那种。

为了消除我的这种消极态度,他邀请我出席一项活动,去见见另一些“有心”的马来西亚人,谈谈大家如何能够改变现有局面。好吧,这也并不怎么过份。

后来,他说他可以找到一些华商来演讲。让他们来谈谈他们如何身为华人,却能够从政府推行的计划中受惠,还能得到政府的贷款等,诸如此类的。他也说有些教育专家也准备出来推翻有关我对本地教育制度的品质观念。

后来,他说到一个人不应该把焦点放在负面的事项的多种好处。不然的话,就会有“麻烦”了。

当他向我提到华商能够得到政府的贷款,我们的子孙能够得到高品质的教育,让他们能够应付高竞争的未来时,我就不再聆听,而开始自省。

这就是一个典型的马来西亚人。一位马来西亚华人 (也可以是马来人,印度人,或其他人),称得上是成功人士,有点闲钱,涉及慈善工作,回馈社会。好人一个。不过,对我来说,他的思想有瑕疵。为何呢?

因为他完全以一个“外来民族”的观点出发。马来西亚是个美好的国家。这没错。可以赚点钱,生活也过得去,无天灾,吃的也好。只要我闭嘴,做些慈善,生活可以美满,非常好。

拿督,你听好。我们都知道这些。没有人会否认马来西亚是个好地方,所以值得我们去保卫它,确保它不受到伤害。不受到谁的伤害呢?就是那些不良管理者,不善经营者的伤害。一个不注意,天堂就成地狱了。

我相信每个真正的马来西亚人,不管是马来人,华人,印度人或其他种族,都知道马来西亚是属于马来西亚人的。要成为在世界舞台上的有信誉和受尊敬的国民,我们必须团结合作,迈向同一方向。

而我眼前的这位拿督,就是被选出来的国家管理者,常以可笑的管理方式去处理他们的政务,所培养出来的不良成品。

就是他们要我们团结一致,同心合力。可是也是他们利用宗教,种族,文化来分开我们。还以“谅解某族的敏感”的理由来辩解。已经不止一次玩弄课题的管理者,如今以强硬的手段来解决任何引起他们不快的课题。至于实例,就不必在这里说明了。

就以他们如何处理最近的某某行,某某游等事件上看来,他们明显的,不清楚民间发生了什么事。又或许,他们其实是知道的,不过是为了要让人知道谁拥有真正力量。如大炮,催泪弹,内安法令等等。

怎么?你忘了那个纳兹利小丑在Al-Jazeera电台访问的谈话了吗?“你可以叫四万人的话,我可以叫一百万呢!”哦,对不起,我离题了。

也许,他们很急切了。他们只能眼巴巴看着事情的发生,却不知如何下手。他们开始慌张,终于知道人民是关心的,是能够做出改变,也准备为他们的权力喊话。这是一些我们已经很久没做的事了。因此,国阵那班懈怠成习,麻痹大意的家伙 ,如今面对突如其来的警报,如何不能脚步大乱。

消极? 我是的。

我对于我在自己的国家如何被看待而消极。
我对那些要我积极做人,却送自己的孩子到海外念书的人感到消极。
我对那些告诉我无论有什么事发生,这里依旧是多么好的居住地方,却开支票支付他们在澳洲的房屋贷款的人感到消极。

还有一个,希望你没有忘了。我对那些说他们是如何地爱着马来西亚,却同时珍惜拥有外国居留证的人感到消极。

我是个马来西亚人。生于斯,长于斯,也死于斯。这个国家,有属于我的一份,将来要传给我的子子孙孙。所以,去你妈的!我会如我所要地消极。这是我的国家。

2007年12月7日星期五

毫不留情∶自作自受

出处∶Malaysia Today
原题∶No Hold Barred : Heal thyself
作者∶拉惹柏特拉
发表日期∶13-12-07
翻译∶ECS283

很明显的,5百万人投国阵,是因为他们对政府有信心。3百万人大选蹲在家,4百万人没登记投选的是因为他们不支持国阵,也对反阵没有信心,所以他们情愿不要“浪费”掉他们的选票。

马来西亚大约有2千6百万人口。若加上合法和非法人口,就将近3千万。我们在这里关注的是,只有1千5百万马来西亚人可以决定我国的未来。

可惜的是,在那1千5百万马来西亚人之中,大约只有八百万人会出来投选。我的保守估计是,5百万是国阵支持者,而反阵是3百万。国阵大约会有3百万的多数票,来保持国阵在国会里的三份二的优势。

那么,剩下来的七百万合法投票人去了哪里?
3百万蹲在家不出来投票,另外4百万连登记投选也没有。

如果反阵只能得到3百万票,那么就是说,共有1千两百万人不支持反阵。在这里,有7百万人却没有投票。

支持反阵的三百万人是满意的。纵然他们不满意现任政府,不过他们满意他们尽了一个马来西亚人应尽的责任。他们会继续支持反阵,参加反阵的座谈会,集会,活动等。

其他的2千3百万人,包括支持国阵的5百万,大选蹲在家的3百万,没登记投选的4百万,是不高兴的。他们吵得最大声,却不支持反阵的任何行动或投反阵一票。你可以在任何地方看到他们,而且他们在今日大马的部落格里留言最多,发表最多。

什么“反阵应该怎样怎样” “今日大马应该怎样怎样” “元首应该怎样怎样” “安华应该怎样怎样” “人民公正党应该怎样怎样” “行动党应该怎样怎样” “回教党应该怎样怎样” “政府应该怎样怎样” “阿都拉应该怎样怎样”等等。他们总认为除了他们之外的其他每一个人都应该做一些什么。他们总是埋怨这个,谩骂那个,虽然他们支持国阵,大选蹲在家,或是没登记投选。而且他们也会很失望,假如他们的看法和意见不被同意。

为什么只有3百万投反阵,5百万投国阵,3百万大选蹲在家,4百万没登记投选呢?

很明显的,5百万人投国阵,是因为他们对政府有信心。3百万人大选蹲在家,4百万人没登记投选的是因为他们不支持国阵,也对反阵没有信心,所以他们情愿不要“浪费”掉他们的选票。

所以马来西亚如今就处于这样的“鸟”样,因为只有3百万人出来支持反阵,却有1千2百万人没有支持反阵,却吵得大大声。他们甚至要求统治者和元首出来做些事情,不然就把马来西亚成为一个共和国算了。

我其实是对这1千2百万人很失望的。他们给了自己一百零一个理由支持国阵,或不投选,或不登记,却落力谩骂埋怨元首,统治者,反阵,甚至其他人,却不会觉得支持国阵,或不投选,或不登记是会有什么过错。

我想我会向统治者和元首提议他们什么也别做。假如只有3百万人支持反阵,却有1千2百万人不支持反阵,那统治者和元首何必趟这浑水,去解决国家面对的“鸟”麻烦呢?

让政府去延长选举委员会主席的任期吧!让政府委任巫统律师去当下一个首席大法官吧!让政府随意划分选区吧!
让政府成立一个「米老鼠」皇家调查会来调查林甘影片吧!让政府以内安法令去对付那些非法集会者吧!让政府同意建立神像是非法的,而且应该禁止!让政府拆除神庙或教堂或移除教会学校的宗教象征吧!让国阵议员谩骂菲马来人议员假如不满意这个国家,就回去中国或印度吧!让政府继续腐败挥霍老百姓的金钱于大白象计划吧!

我将会写一封信,劝告统治者和元首袖手不管,因为我们三百万人已经做了我们应该做的事情,其他1千2百万人也应该做一做他们应该做的事情了。假如他们不做的话,还给101个理由支持国阵,或不投选,或不登记,那我们又何必去理会他们呢。

不过,就请别再吵我们了。

毫不留情∶被扭曲的历史

出处∶Malaysia Today
原题∶No Hold Barred : A distortion of history
作者∶拉惹柏特拉
发表日期∶09-12-07
翻译∶ECS283

基本上,马来亚并没有受到英国的真正的殖民。槟城,马六甲和新加坡等地,是由一间在伦敦交易所上市的公司--东印度公司所管理。槟城是和吉打苏丹租借的,而新加坡则是向柔佛苏丹租借的。
根据《星报》报道,雪兰莪州务大臣对「兴权会」做出要求说,不要激怒马来人。因为有关的集会地区曾经是马来人争取独立的地方,也是513事件时,马来人受庇护的场所。看来,的确有广泛流传的短讯指出「兴权会」准备在12月16日,在甘榜峇魯(Kampong Baru)举行集会。

不过,基尔(雪州州务大臣)扭曲了几件事。

第一,短讯里提到的有关集会并不是「兴权会」所召集,而是「回教传教福利组织」,简称PEKIDA。

因为「兴权会」不会蠢到在马来人的地区搞一个「自杀」集会。

警察也召见了回教传教福利组织的有关人员,并且问了有关集会的事情。当然,有关人员否认了这些事情,并告知有关短讯是虚假的。尽管如此,警方还是警告有关人员,如果他们有这样的打算,所有与会之人将会被警方逮捕。

首相阿都拉也召见了回教传教福利组织的有关人员,要求他们中止有关的集会。这表明首相也相信有关集会是真的。再说,首相也是有关组织的成员。他肯定知道有关集会是否在筹备中。

也因此,律师公会逼不得已,取消公正行,就因为害怕到时「回教传教福利组织」的极端分子,骑劫有关集会,而引致种族纷乱。

第二,甘榜峇魯并不是马来人争取独立的地方。

基本上,马来亚并没有受到英国的真正的殖民。槟城,马六甲和新加坡等地,是由一间在伦敦交易所上市的公司--东印度公司所管理。槟城是和吉打苏丹租借的,而新加坡则是向柔佛苏丹租借的。至于马六甲,则是荷兰人的换地,严格说起来,英国人并没有利用军队,武力占有马六甲。换一个角度来看,英国从荷兰人手中「解放」了马六甲,而不是从「马来亚」手中夺走马六甲。

接下来,我们还有马来联邦和马来属邦。这些邦属都有各自的苏丹在统治。虽然有一些英国顾问在其中,实际上,他们是为了平定邦属之间的纷争和内战而出现。例如,森美兰本来是不存在的。由于马来人和华人之间的战争,它从雪兰莪里分了出来。还有雪兰莪和霹雳之间的战争,以至双方同意安南河(Sg.Bernam)为两州分界。

英国在马来半岛的处境是微妙的。地方的管理,都由公司作出。这包括付薪水给警察和军队等管理人员。当时,也没有一个叫做「马来亚」的国家。

直到第二世界大战结束,英国政府破产了。由于政府再也无力管理国外地区,所以政府当年急于召回他们散布在东方的实力,以减少资源上的消耗。所以若有关地区寻求自治,是英国政府无任欢迎的。

因此英国当年提议马来联合邦的形成,主要是不想就此撤手不管,留下可能会恢复当年纷乱的各州苏丹的场面。

换个角度来看,英国是“逼”我们独立,从此可以置身其外,而不是我们向英国“争取”独立。

从慕斯达法·胡先(Mustapha Hussein)著作《巫统之前的马来民族主义》(Malay Nationalism Before Umno)中,作者提到,其实在日本占领期间,已有印度人和马来人向日本人要求独立。日本人也答应在1945年八月17日,通过槟城广播电台宣布马来半岛的独立。只是,由于原子弹的投下,以至日本在八月15日投降,所以这个八月17日的独立,也就这样地早两天「流产」了。那个时候,巫统还不知道在哪里呢。反而当时的印尼,却是在和荷兰人打仗,不许荷兰重回印尼。

巫统当年虽然带了一团人去英国,却没有提起什么独立要求。反而在第二次的赴英各族代表团,才正式向英国政府提起独立的事情。

所以,若在独立的功过上来看,马来人从来没有什么独自,极力「争取」独立的功劳,而是所有民族在宣布独立的路上,都尽了自己应该尽的责任。

第三,甘榜峇魯也不是513事件时的马来人的庇护所在。马来人在513时期时,并非受到攻击的民族。又何来什么「受庇护的场所呢?