Muslims in America have been deeply affected by Donald Trump’s victory. He is seen an Islamophobe who preaches hatred towards Islam and Muslims. Apart from that, intolerance against the Muslims has increased. According to a report published by the Independent, hate crimes against minorities have surged after the elections.
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Amanah vice-president Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa could not help himself in exploiting a recent suicide. This was mentioned In an article published by Malaysiakini, titled ‘Amanah: ‘Political’ suicide note man a victim of the system’ on Oct 30, 2016. Mujahid likened the incident to the precedence that set off the Arab Spring.
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Recently the Islamic Development Department of Malaysia (Jakim) was ridiculed all the way to Europe and America, because they rejected an application for halal certification by Auntie Anne’s, and the history books got a new syllabus. Chaos ensued, even the Americans did not get so much bad press after dropping two atomic bombs.
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Malaysiakini published an article on Oct 19, 2016, titled ‘Hadi’s hudud bill not for Malaysia’. This time the article shared the views of Baru Bian of PKR. He is also the state assemblyperson for Ba’kelalan, Sarawak. Baru accused PAS of merging with Umno to gain support in western Malaysia. They call it ‘Malaya’ in Sarawak. Let’s look into some of the points raised by Baru.
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Siti Kasim has been viciously defended by her brethren. Since the ‘finger’ incident took place last month, we have seen a lot of her in the news. Likewise the liberals have been adamant that “it was the right thing to do”. A few days ago she mocked the other participants as being “butthurt” by her antics.
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Whenever something about Islam sprouts, Islamophobes are quick to respond. They were concerned that it is against the spirit of the constitution, referring to article 8(1) of the Federal Constitution. Article 8(1) states that all persons are equal before the law and entitled to equal protection of the law.
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The Group of 25 (G25) has managed to garner a lot of attention since their inception. They call themselves ‘Prominent Malays’, but the question still lingers. Prominent in which field and what sense? Most if not all are retirees, and as we know once you retire from the executive you do not wield much if any influence at all.
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Recently, MCA’s Religious Harmony Bureau secretary, Chris Daniel Wong, made a comment implying that the taxes paid by MCA members are used to build the nation and mosques. Apparently religious harmony was not in his mind when he made that comment.
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Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in charge of national unity, Joseph Kurup, was recently quoted as warning that Sabah and Sarawak may go “separate ways” if Parliament passes Syariah amendments tabled by Abdul Hadi Awang.
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Lately there has been a wave of ‘threats’ to resign from non-Muslim members of Parliament as a form of opposition towards the Private Member’s Bill tabled by Abdul Hadi Awang. The Marang member of Parliament tabled the bill and on the same day postponed it to be debated in the next seating some time in October. This bill is to enhance the maximum sentence(s) that can be carried out by the syariah court(s).
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