YOURSAY | ‘ Such simple basic honesty is what we need in the country.’

I don’t wear a jubah and steal from rakyat, says Johor prince

CQ Muar: The crown prince of Johor, Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim, must be hailed for his frank and candid opinion. Particularly those ministers and leaders, who think so highly of themselves, must take a cue from Tunku Ismail.

Johoreans are extremely proud to have such a royalty to teach them how to be upright, humble and not indulge in shady activities and hypocrisy.

RM2.6 Billion Turkey Haram: "It’s better to be hated for being honest and real than be loved and be a fake and a hypocrite," says the prince.

Coming from a young prince, I am humbled. This remark applies very aptly to our bunch of corrupt leaders who are first-class hypocrites.

We need more royalties to voice the people's worries of the country's economy. Daulat Tuanku. May Allah always bless you.

Gaji Buta: Are those commenting on the Tunku Ismail’s handshake the same ones who surf porn all day, consume tongkat ali in massive doses to have permanent erections, plan on taking four wives and hope to go to heaven to be with 72 virgins?

Can't be, right? They must be really righteous people, with no lust in their heads.

Anonymous 1345101442495551: Thank you for your intelligent, reasonable and humble response to the usual hateful ignorant imbeciles that make idiotic judgements on absolutely trivial and unimportant matters.

Turvy: By saying these things, Tunku Ismail fills a great void in this country, of true leaders whose beliefs support the building of a nation and its people.

From across the parties in the ruling coalition, our mediocre, half-witted, so-called leaders have exploited race to keep themselves in power and rob the nation while chanting race, nation and religion.

Comes this man to show us that the jubah is only a camouflage for thieves. In a country that is bereft of true patriots, he is going to attract a lot of interest, especially from the young.

JD Lovrenciear: So brilliantly spoken. Why can't the Umno politicians articulate so truthfully and walk the talk of honest humility?

Greed, avarice, complicity, corruption and the insatiable quest for power and control perhaps are the deeply entrenched reasons. God forbid.

6th Generation Immigrant: Such simple basic honesty is what we need in the country. I hope the Tunku will now also move to remove "the need to regulate, administrate and control religions" eventually to all the states.

This will remove the holier-than-thou individuals, agencies, religious political parties and departments. Religion, like the Tunku intimated, is between an individual and God, not agencies, departments, political parties or even trained religious leaders.

Headhunter: Tunku, I can't agree with you more. One's religion or belief is very personal and no one except God can have a say in it.

The problem with our country is that there are too many self-anointed holy men and women out there who think they are holier than the rest of us.

Most of them are misguided and with shallow knowledge but think they can save our souls when they can't even save their own.

Unspin: Tunku Ismail is a rare breed of Malaysians who can say the things that most Malaysians wanted to say without getting into trouble.

If his royal peers in the other states can echo him, it might snowball into a legitimate movement to make Malaysia a better place for all Malaysians.

Azhar: This is absolutely what needs to be said and how the universal truth needs to be addressed. There is a clear commandment, "Judge not, and ye shall not be judged."

Tunku, it has been clearly explained by you, though, you say that you are not an expert. Do we need experts, most of whom appear to distort the truth to suit their personal agendas, or do we need educated, courageous and straight-talking individuals like you?

We need to be freed from the shackles of narrow-mindedness, distorted and perverted thinking. We need people like you to liberate us from the veils that obscure our thinking.

So much has changed since religion was politicised in our beloved country. We have forgotten the universal truths and are being diverted, by design, to be pre-occupied with petty externals. In the interim, our core values are being eroded.

We, the rakyat, desperately need leaders like you to help us save our souls. May you be blessed.

Doc: The crown prince has brought up an interesting issue. There seems to be an increase in the "Arab-nisation" among the Malay people. Young Malay youths are opting to look and act like Arabs thus shedding their Malay culture and heritage.

I am not sure what seem to be the catalyst for this change. Does being, looking and behaving like Arabs make one more Islamic? The good prince has answered that question in his article.

Firstly, Arabs generally look down on all other races (even Malays). Secondly, the Arab world from Libya to Syria to Iraq to Yemen to the borders of Iran (Iranians hate being labelled Arabs) are in flames.

Out of these ashes rise the dreaded IS. So it really boggles me why the Malays who have such a beautiful culture and heritage want to shed their Malay-ness and to become Arab-wannabes or IS terrorists.

MariKitaUbah: Yes, this is what the rakyat wants. Unfortunately, there are many hypocrites who are trying to be whiter than white.

Those who tell lies, those who support blindly without principles because of being given large amount of rakyat’s money or being promised of positions.

These are the people who have no principles and without any consideration for the people. I called these people clowns and men without principles or guts.

Sugus: Tunku Ismail, we feel blessed to have a prince like you. Young yet so much of wisdom. Your courage and passion is what makes us admire you.

Be who you are as we continue to love you and keep you in our prayers. Thank you for being chosen as our prince.

Odin Tajué: Your Royal Highness Tunku Ismail, you and your royal parents are a rarity, the rubies that adorn a diadem, whereas all else are but mere rhinestones and fool's gold.

Ahmet Al Tarabulshit: Wow. Finally. A sucker punch to the extremists.

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