Like Umno, PAS is scapegoating Chinese minority
YOURSAY | ‘Hadi is becoming more and more like an Umno politician.’
Hadi: PAS foiling DAP from turning cities into gambling, alcohol dens
Gerard Lourdesamy:
So having the Malays "conquer" cities is acceptable in Islam even if the Malays are not a majority in most urban areas?
What about in Sarawak and Sabah where more than 50 percent of the population are Christian, shouldn't they be allowed to control the city, municipal, town and district councils?
What is important is having representation at the local level. Not many cities, municipalities and towns have a clear Chinese/Indian majority, yet virtually all district councils are Malay majority.
In urban areas, you are going to see non-Malay to Malay representation at around 55 percent to 45 percent. So what rubbish is PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang talking about?
Not all Chinese and Indians support gambling, alcohol consumption and vice activities. What Hadi wants is entrenched Malay supremacy in all areas, both rural and urban.
This man is nothing but a racist with a skull cap on his head.
Anonymous_3f49: The theocratic leader from PAS is now learning to play the racist card from Umno. Can anyone be more racist than to imply that the DAP promotes and allows gambling, etc.
Does he realises that his holier-than-thou attitude smacks of humbug? Is he also aware of his association with the ‘devil’ that is mired in corruption? God help us indeed.
Multi Racial: There is a saying, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
Just like the Hindus, who do not eat beef, there is no need for law and enforcement to force the them to comply. If they believe in their religion, they will abide by it voluntarily.
The same goes with many Christian families who don't drink alcohol and they don't need law and enforcement to force them to comply.
Hadi thinking is like Umno. In their mind, Muslims are incapable of looking after themselves and must be guided by law and enforcement.
Odysseus: Indeed, Hadi is becoming more and more like an Umno politician. Religion is supposed to be free from racialism but the statement Hadi made is clearly targeted at the Chinese minority.
If he is sincerely against Muslim consuming alcohol and gambling, he should start by visiting clubs and hotels to see for himself what's going on there.
Grey Matter: Hadi, who are you trying to fool? The gambling licences are controlled by the federal government. Are you saying that DAP is going to open a casino?
Has DAP opened a casino in Penang? The only state in Malaysia that has a casino is the Muslim-majority state of Pahang, and the casino was approved by the sultan there.
As for alcohol, why are there Muslims selling duty-free alcohol in Langkawi? When PAS was in power why did it not insist that these licences not be issued to Muslims.
Alcohol is sold in every major city in the country because it was approved by the BN government, not DAP. Anyway this is a constitutional right of non-Muslims.
Clearly, this is a case of 50 percent of the population trying to impose their values on the other 50 percent.
Just like other religions, Islam should get Muslims to develop their own moral compass and not regulate it by law.
YF: Hadi needs to realise that in history the greatest enemies of his religion are not those that are outside the ummah but from within.
Therefore, his tolerance towards their corrupt ways further corrupts the whole ummah, especially when corruption is permitted wholesale.
This is a foretaste of how hudud will be misused by these corrupt folks to impose their corrupt tyranny like what happened to all the failed states, past and present.
Gunnerrun: In Islam, consuming alcohol and gambling are only two things that God forbid.
In His list, there are many other things including not killing fellow human beings, no matter what the justification is because He is after all the All-Creator and All-Destroyer, and only He has the right to dictate this.
Corruption, which is a form of stealing is punishable by removing the limbs of the those caught doing it. Slandering or telling lies is also forbidden.
Adultery is a no-no and so is the consumption of anything that is intoxicating and addictive such as drugs, tobacco, and of course alcohol.
You are missing the big picture. You should also be as stern about people ‘stealing’ in broad daylight.
Anonymous_1388029052: Are the Muslims in Malaysia as white as snow because they do not drink and gamble? Give as the crime statistics on murders, thefts, rapes, incest and drug addiction.
Wg321: Hadi is blind. It is Umno that give permission to set up beer plants, cigarette factories, casino, etc, in this country. Why blamed DAP?
Is he too blind to see that many Malay Muslims are smoking all over the country despite a fatwa against smoking?
What a hypocrite. I am sure a lot of PAS and Umno members smoke too.
Phee Boon Jin: Strong Muslims cannot be tempted by vices; only weak ones do.
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