How The Mighty Have Fallen

It's been such a delight to be away, out of reach and out of sight for a few weeks. The days go by slowly, and mostly at your own pace. No politics, no world events, well, there was sports of course. What, you think I'd miss Malaysia kicking Indonesia's behind for the Sukan SEA Gold Medal?

I got back in time to see the UMNO Assembly, and update some political updates from the media and blogs available. It is nice to see the changes that have happened in time. Some actually evolved for a while, but it's now more visible.

What caught my attention, among the many, is the remark by Nga Kor Ming (yes, dap's very own ulamak who popularized Surah Aura to the Muslim masses) on the Perak MB, Datuk Seri Dr. Zambry Abdul Kadir as "hitam metalik" (metallic black) and "haram jadah" (either bloody bastard or bloody idiot). He even remarked Perak as Darul "kartun" (City of Cartoon). I guess Darul Kartun is much much better than having Perak Darul Sosialis.



Curiously, it's neither the tenacity nor the audicity of Nga's remarks that I find amusing. Why? Dap has always been a racist party, who doesn't know that? Even a seasoned politician like Zambry takes it like a man, and the fact that he's striding daily carrying out his duties is a proof to that. The fact that a man who tried to deceive Muslims into supporting the socialist dap by using the Qur'an has resorted to name calling...wow, when you thought nga could never go any lower, he sure proved us wrong. Whatever it is, he just turned dap into the non-Muslims' own version of pas. Now that's a guy who used to share the MB of Perak position with Ngeh. What? Nizar was just their Manchurian candidate.

Even these few months and weeks has seen the crumbling pakatan desperately looking for fresh and mind-blowing issues, but everything seems to kick them in the ass. The Seksualiti Merdeka fiasco gave them a severe black eye. So far, the big hoo-hah about Teoh Beng Hock fizzled out when dap backed out with their tails between their legs. They tried to make him a martyr to topple the government, but even then, truth opened a can of whoop-ass on the diabolical pakatan. Recently, we hear dap complaining about the 1Malaysia stores and menu...boy, the list gets more and more trivial from there. They keep complaining without any suggestions for resolution, and a few more mosquitos keep buzzing around the parliament.

I'm not sure where pas is, seems that after the mat sapu/mat indera debacle, the pas deputy president got a bit shrunken when it comes to making statements. Even their greatest coup of the time, bob lokman made a boob of himself, earning enmity from the people of Johor. The former entertainer and self-proclaimed ustaz declared Johoreans who lives in certain patys of Johor and work in Singapore are apostates, or murtad. I guess he elevated his status from self-proclaimed ustaz to a self proclaimed god as well, since he can freely make that decision without the aid of witnesses. Then again, like the rest of Malaysia, who cares? It's only bob lokman! Maybe if he deepens his knowledge on Islam instead of pas, maybe then he will understand.



Oh yes, and anwar? Well, anybody noticed that he's spending more time talking nonsense in Indonesia? I guess Najib's administration really neutralized him is US, and with the neo-cons out of power in Washington and his Freedom flotilla action, anwar is fast becoming a political pariah in the eyes of his once-supporters. Even back at home, a survey by Unit Kajian Media dan Pilihan Raya Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM) revealed that Anwar's popularity is at all time low while Najib remains strong as time goes by. Well, with all the scandals and his court cases, I'm sure Indonesia will provide him a fresh break, fresh audiences and Sukma.

UMNO is gearing up for the coming polls, and pakatan is already whipped, whoop-assed and crapped upon.

At one time, anwar and pakatan were riding high, but how the mighty have fallen. Worse, they got kicked when they were face down in cow dung.

Hey, it's good to be back.

Is Mine Longer Or Yours? Measuring Bob Lokman's Yardstick

Islam is a religion that teaches us that all human are created equal, without prejudice to rich, poor, or even the color of your skin. We saw this past few weeks how local celebrity, Bob Lokman joined Pas to a loud fanfare, trumpeting from north and south and carrying him on their shoulders from one campaign to another. My neighbor's nephew also made the unfortunate choice to join pas, and to further his unfortunate choice, the receptionist at his local pas branch told him to drop his membership form on the counter and check back in a few days. I'm glad pas has nothing to do Islam, despite their poor acting.

There might be some of you who asks "who in the world is Bob Lokman?" I understand, I don't know anything about him either. I was told by a friend a few days back that Bob was the lyricist for the  mega-hit by local rock-band, Search. Maybe that serves me right because I was more into a France-based Malaysian superstar back then. I understand also that Bob was involved in many local shows and was also one of the critics/judge for the reality show, Raja Lawak.

I've read about individuals looking for salvation by converting to Islam, such as cat Stevens. The way Bob lokman described his intention, it was quite strange that a Muslim tries to find salvation by joining a political party. Does that mean that all of those who changed their lives by converting to Islam will be condemned because they never joined pas for salvation? I don't know, I'm not a pas member, I'm just a Muslim. Come to think of it, how does one redeem himself by campaigning for political parties?

The political party known as pas practises a bizarre religion. They pride themselves as either deity or god-like figures where they have the authority to label people as Muslims or infidels. They are even proud to have their supporters bragging that they will go to heaven because they have voted for pas many times in their lives. They have the authority to judge already qualified Imams as unworthy on the basis of political party leanings. They judge anybody who co-operates with non-Muslims as infidels...but of cpourse, if pas works with the anti-Islamic dap, it is considered Islamic. I'm not sure whether this double-standard practise is ever part of Islamic teaching, but I'm sure n.ajis might be able to wiggle his way out of that too. Worse among all, pas is now an ardent supporter of the pluralism king...yes, the back door guy, anwar ibrahim. And this is what Bob Lokman chose to sink his feet in.

A man is judged by his amal ibadat and his duties to God, and not the political party they choose. Pas, mind you, is just another political party. If they are so Islamic, why split Muslims in Malaysia apart just on the basis of political choice? I'm not sure whether Bob is aware, but there are various Islamic organizations that can guide him down the road of righteousness, without having to involve himself in political parties that disguise themselves as Islamic. There are Islamic scholars who provide the guidance needed. Perhaps if he tried to set himself straight first, then he wouldn't be complaining about whether his family might end up in hell or not. Y'know Bob, it might surprise you that many Muslims became better Muslims without having to join or get anywhere near pas.

Nobody has any idea of what his intentions are, it could be noble, it could be political, but only God, and of course, Bob knows on why he chose what he chose. But from his descriptions on why, one might wonder how he measured his yardstick of life. By the way Bob, why not invite people to join Islam instead of splitting Muslims in pas and Muslims in the rest of the world? Now THAT'LL be something noble.