BERITA HARIAN 17 JULAI 2013
Baharu sahaja saya membahaskan kepentingan
subjek teras universiti seperti, Kenegaraan Malaysia seperti yang dititahkan
oleh Pemangku Raja Perak, tiba-tiba satu lagi subjek teras universiti yang lain,
Tamadun Islam Tamadun Asia (TITAS) dipertikaikan oleh ahli parlimen DAP, pada
11 Julai 2013 yang lalu.
Subjek ini bukan sahaja
mengajar tamadun Islam seperti yang didakwa, tetapi juga tamadun China dan
India. Kenapa tamadun Islam sahaja yang dipersoalkan? Sedarlah Melayu dalam
DAP, keluarlah dari parti perkauman ini. DAP adalah musuh Islam.
Beliau begitu berani menggesa
Kementerian Pendidikan supaya menarik balik subjek ini sebagai subjek wajib
kepada pelajar IPTA dan IPTS, kerana menurutnya tidak memberi manfaat kepada
pelajar. Apakah beliau telah melihat silibus ini sepenuhnya? Jika tidak,
pergilah mengaji?
Ternyata beliau amat jahil
dalam memahami subjek ini. Selaku ahli parlimen dan juga seorang doktor perubatan,
beliau sepatutnya menyelidik terlebih dahulu. Bukan membuat tuduhan semborono.
Lagipun parti DAP selalu mendakwa mereka parti semua kaum. Ternyata parti ini
amat chauvinis. Mereka tidak sepatutnya berada di bumi bertuah ini.
Selaku ketua program subjek
teras universiti, TITAS bukanlah subjek tamadun Islam sepenuhnya, tetapi telah diadunkan
tamadun dunia yang terutama tamadun China dan India. Pada ultra kiasu ini, mengajar
tamadun Islam tidak boleh, tetapi mengajar tamadun China dan tamadun India tidak
mengapa? Pemikiran rimba apakah ini?
Saya masih ingat, dahulu bila
jam 8.00 malam semua saluran televisyen akan menyiarkan berita dalam bahasa
Melayu. Malangnya, kita bagi peluang kepada mereka membaca berita dalam bahasa
ibunda pada waktu perdana tersebut. Bila kita mahu ubah, maka mengamuklah ultra
kiasu ini. Bila hak mereka terancam, mereka melalak. Kita menjadi kelam kabut
dan terus tunduk. Akhirnya, mereka dapat apa yang sepatutnya mereka tidak
berhak dapat. Hak kita pula semakin terhakis dan tidak mustahil hilang. Orang
Melayu terus diam dan ikut sahaja keputusan pemimpin. Masihkah kita buta?
Orang Melayu tidak pernah
bisingpun tamadun China dan tamadun India yang wajib diajarkan. Pelajar Melayu
terima seadanya bagi menambah ilmu dan kepentingan memahami bangsa lain. Inilah
sifat melayu yang amat saya puji.
Peliknya bangsa lain tidak mahu
cuba belajar tamadun bangsa lain, terutama tamadun Islam yang menjadi teras
agama orang Melayu. Kenapa perkara sebegini boleh terjadi bagi mereka yang telah
berjaya mengaut segala keuntungan di bumi bertuah ini? Kita tidak berjaya
melahirkan bangsa Malaysia yang bersyukur. Sebalik mempunyai cita-cita jahat
yang terselindung.
Ingatan saya, jangan terus
menerus mencabar kesabaran Melayu Islam. Buruk padahnya nanti.
Jika benar pun subjek tamadun
Islam diajar? Apa salahnya? Islam adalah agama persekutuan dan agama majoriti
penganutnya. Apakah salah bukan Islam mempelajarinya untuk kepentingan masa
hadapan. Bukan Melayu sepatutnya lebih memahami agama Islam anutan majoriti orang
Melayu Islam sebelum memahami bangsa lain. Itu adalah lebih baik untuk
integrasi nasional. Kecualilah jika ahli parlimen tersebut bercadang untuk
berhijrah ke negara lain. Kenapa kita begitu beriya-iya belajar tamadun barat,
tetapi bukan tamadun Islam (Melayu)? Nampak sangat beliau memandang hina kepada
orang Melayu.
Beliau berkata, universiti
terkemuka di dunia, tiada subjek berkaitan dengan agama yang diwajibkan kepada
pelajarnya. Bagaimana ia dapat membantu seseorang yang sedang belajar untuk
menjadi doktor, peguam ataupun jurutera? Kenapa ia diperlukan di Malaysia?
Persoalannya, kenapa perlu dibanding dengan universiti lain? Di manakah kita
tinggal?
Mentang-mentang beliau belajar
di luar negara, jangan memperlekehkan cerdik pandai IPTA dan IPTS di sini.
Latar belakang negara ini berasaskan kepada sistem kenegaraan Melayu Islam. Ia
mesti dipertahankan. Kenapa nak samakan universiti Malaysia dengan universiti
lain seperti universiti tempat ultra kiasu itu belajar.
Akhirnya, semakin bertambah
ramai ultra kiasu dilahirkan. Saya ingatkan setelah sekian lama merawat
pesakit, sikap beliau semakin terbuka. Rupanya bila menjadi ahli parlimen ultra
kiasu, keadaan semakin buruk. Saya harap pesakit-pesakit Islam berhati-hati
berjumpa doktor perubatan sebegini. Mungkin elok juga menjalankan praktis di
negara China yang lebih sesuai kerana masyarakatnya bersifat homogenous. Tidak
perlulah berada di sini jika tidak mahu mengenali tamadun orang lain.
Banyak universiti di dunia yang
menawarkan subjek teologi dan perbandingan agama. Tamadun Islam dikaji begitu
mendalam. Jadi, hujah beliau amat dangkal selain mahu menyakitkan hati umat
Islam yang semakin terluka. Jangan hanya mendengar cerita-cerita ini daripada
anak-anak ultra kiasu yang ada di IPTA atau IPTS. Menteri Pendidikan ada di
parlimen, tanya mereka.
Untuk makluman, kursus ini
merupakan satu kursus yang memperkatakan tentang ilmu ketamadunan yang
mencakupi pengenalan ilmu ketamadunan; interaksi antara pelbagai tamadun (Mesopotamia,
Mesir, China, India, Islam, Barat); Tamadun Islam, Tamadun Melayu serta
peranannya dalam pembinaan Tamadun Malaysia; Islam dalam Tamadun Melayu;
Tamadun China; Tamadun India; isu-isu kontemporari Tamadun Islam dan Tamadun
Asia; Globalisasi; dan Islam dalam proses pembangunan negara.
Seperti subjek kenegaraan, tujuan untuk
memberikan pemahaman komprehensif mengenai sejarah, nilai dan aspek utama.
Pertama, membina satu generasi Malaysia yang berpengetahuan dan peka mengenai
isu-isu ketamadunan dan peradaban dan kedua; memperkukuh jati diri bangsa
Malaysia sebagai sebuah negara pelbagai kaum dengan mengamalkan kehidupan yang
bertoleransi dan bertamadun.
Selepas mengikuti kursus ini kita harapkan
pelajar akan dapat memahami dan menjelaskan aspek-aspek utama tamadun, tamadun
Islam dan tamadun Asia serta berpengetahuan dan peka mengenai isu-isu
ketamadunan. Seterusnya memahami dan mengaplikasi pengetahuan tentang ciri-ciri
tamadun dalam kehidupan bermasyarakat
TITAS amat penting kepada
rakyat Malaysia yang ingin hidup dalam masyarakat berbilang kaum. Negara lain,
kebanyakan sebangsa, mungkin mereka tidak perlu mempelajari banyak tamadun
berbanding kita di sini.
Saya
tidak dapat bayangkan jika mereka berjaya memerintah dalam PRU14, apa akan
berlaku kepada subjek agama Islam, TITAS dan sebagainya. Apakah nama Islam akan dikeluarkan daripada negara dan dinonmuslimkan? Inilah kebimbangan besar kepada saya apabila ultra
kiasu ini diberi peluang memerintah.
Saya
harapkan umat Islam tidak buta dengan perancangan jahat dan licik ultra kiasu
ini. Yang hairan kenapa PAS membisu seribu
bahasa. Tegurlah ultra kiasu kerana mereka telah menjadi semakin kurang ajar.
Apakah PAS dan PKR telah buta kerana terlalu ingin berkuasa?
Dr. Mohd
Ridhuan Tee Abdullah
Prof Madya/Ketua
Program
Program Kenegaraan,
Kepimpinan dan Ketamadunan
Faculty Pengajian
dan Pengurusan Pertahanan
Universiti
Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia
Sungei
Besi Camp
57000
KUALA LUMPUR
MALAYSIA
31 comments:
Benar, DAP parti chauvinis dan kurang ajar.
Terutamanya boss DAP, Lim Guan Eng. Tak kurang dari Naib Pengerusi DAP, Tunku Aziz, mengata LGE "Biadap" semasa dia cabut keluar dari DAP tahun lalu.
Mungkin keturunan kongsi gelap, penjahat dan gengster sejak di negeri China lagi. Yang datang ke Panang di abad 18. Di bawa masuk ke Larut, Perak, oleh puak Ghee Hin dan Hai San di pertengahan abad 19. Bergaduh berbunuhan menyebabkan, akhirnya, British menaalok dan memerintah negara ini sebagai kolonialist. Bedebah jahanam mereka.
Mendukung sepanduk Malaysian Malaysia kononnya. Mahukan sama rata dengan tidak perakui Kedudukan Istimewa Melayu yang di rakamkan di Perlembagaan sesama dengan perakaman hak kerakyatan mereka yang tinggal di negara ini "Stateless" selama 150 tahun.
Mengungkit Kedudukan Istimewa Melayu sehingga menyebabkan pergaduhan kaum 13 Mei 1969. Google lah "13 May 1969: A Tragedy, by National Operations Council, October 969" untuk butir butir lanjutnya. Sejak itu DAP di kenali sebagai rasis chauvinis, anti-Melayu dan anti-Islam.
Dear Sir,
You should know that the religious and socio-cultural conflict in the country is not because the non-Malays refuse to understand and look down on everything that is Islamic.
The great majority of Malaysians respect the faith of their neighbours even if they may not understand it. What they resent and oppose is the state-sponsored assertion of dominance and superiority of a religion that is different or not their own.
I am sure Malay Muslims will similarly resent and resist any action to marginalize their religion and culture in any country in the world. In this particular case, we are witnessing the use of the public sphere to force feed the young with perspectives that are biased to one religion and narrowly selective.
During the past two decades there has been a concerted attempt by Umno leaders using the bureaucracy to reconfigure Malaysian and world history as well as civilizational studies taught in schools to fit in with their “ketuanan Melayu”, “ketuanan Islam” and “ketuanan Umno” mindset.
I am sure you are fully aware of these efforts – including those linked with the BTN scandal – which are derived from unjust and unacceptable notions of Bumiputera and Muslim privilege, superiority and dominance.
Surely you would not believe the lame justification put out by Muhyiddin Yassin, the Minister of Education in Parliament that the introduction of the required course is simply to streamline the requirement of public and private institutions of higher education.
Umno has succeeded in the past with the introduction of one policy after another to mould the educational system to conform to its political agenda speaks volumes about the so-called neutrality and professionalism of the Education Ministry, the craven non-UMNO leaders in the government as well as about the degree of ignorance and apathy amongst Malaysian parents.
Sir,
The Malay and non-Muslim public have now awoken. During the past two years we have seen various NGOs, including the multi-racial and multi-religious grouping of “Kempen Sejarah Malaysia Sebenar” (KemSMS) raise their voices for the overhaul of the current history syllabus and text books. They have also requested for delay in the planned implementation of History as a compulsory subject at the secondary level.
A similar outcry and close scrutiny of TITAS is needed. Under the guise of instilling “national patriotism” and “nationalism”, it is likely that TITAS is part of the overall game plan of Umno in cahoots with our education officialdom to ensure that the party’s version of politically correct history, religious and civilizational studies is imprinted into the minds of our young generation.
If TITAS goes through as a compulsory requirement, non-Malays and non-Muslims will not be the only losers. Young Malays and the Muslims themselves too will lose out as they imbibe and internalize a propagandistic and truncated version of the world’s religions and civilizations which will highlight the self -proclaimed superiority of Islam and the shortcomings of all other religious and civilizational systems.
This can only diminish and impoverish rather than nourish their minds, values and behaviour.
This is why other stakeholders need to speak out and demand to know the truth behind the proposed course and put its contents, the recommended text books, and other requirements under the microscope of public scrutiny.
(Tegurlah ultra kiasu kerana mereka telah menjadi semakin kurang ajar. Apakah PAS dan PKR telah buta kerana terlalu ingin berkuasa?) RT
Saudara RT. Sebenarnya Pas tak buta, PKR juga tak buta. TETAPI MEREKA TIADA UPAYA, KERANA LETIH BERPUASA, SEDANG BERLAPAR DAHAGA, KONONNYA MENAHAN UJIAN ALLAH SUBHA TAALA.
RT kata " kerana Pas dan PKR terlalu ingin berkuasa ". Ptuiiii ... kalau saya masuk keluar islam 3 kali pun belum ada jaminan Pas dan PKR akan berjaya memdapat kuasa.
KITA JANGAN BUTA, MACAM MANA BUTANYA HATI DAN BENAK 3 EKOR MAKHLUK INI .. NIK AZIZ, HADI AWANG DAN MAT SABU.
Nik Aziz boleh naik ke langit mengadap tuhan sebanyak 3 kali namun tuhan sendiri pun tak berupaya nak meletakkan Pas ditampuk kuasa jika Pas masih bernaung di bawah ketiak DAP.
Ada sebab DAP jadi semakin kurang ajar ...
1. Melayu pecah kepada Umno, Pas dan PKR.
2. Islam malaysia pecah kepada Islam Umno dan Islam Pas.
3. Islam menjadi lemah dan mismanage kerana Allah tuhan Islam Malaysia terpaksa buat 3 kerja dalam satu masa. Allah nak tengok urusan Islam Pas, nak tengok urusan islam Umno, dan nak tengok urusan Kristian (Protestant ? Katholic ?).
LTG,
What are you talking about? What respect is that when you do not acknowledge that Islam is written in the Constitution Article 3 as "the religion" of the country. Meaning it's supreme and it's the only religion mentioned in the Constitution?
How else you want it said? That other religions are less important or become secondary to Islam? But isn't that the meaning when it is said Islam is "the religion" of the country?
What exactly do you mean "state-sponsored assertion of dominance and superiority of a religion that is different or not their own."? Who said how, when and where?
Or are you the usual Oppo hippo who always makes wild and unsubstantiated accusations and claims without any basis, justification or even an explanation?
LTG,
What is the "action to marginalize their (minorities') religion and culture in any country in the world"?
Where or how is the "the use of the public sphere to force feed the young" are you talking about? You are not even giving examples of "perspectives that are biased to one religion and narrowly selective."?
Even if biased towards Islam, why the hell can't you accept the fact that Islam is "the religion" of the country? You all got citizenship right, remember? You all did not have and were stateless in this country for 150 years even under the British. The Malays agreed to your citizenship right and got their Special Position enshrined in the Constitution (extended to Bumiputeras of Sabah and Sarawak upon the formation of Malaysia), and Islam as the religion of the country, why are you resenting?
Heard of the Social Contract? Don't want to honour the Social Contract?You want just to take and not give? Where in the world can you have take take but not give, you tell us. The words are ultra kiasu. And the attitude is highly despicable and totally resented.
LTG,
Again bloody ultra kiasu wild accusations without any justifications you saying "During the past two decades there has been a concerted attempt by Umno leaders using the bureaucracy to reconfigure Malaysian and world history as well as civilizational studies taught in schools to fit in with their “ketuanan Melayu”, “ketuanan Islam” and “ketuanan Umno” mindset."
Since you are not arguing but merely accusing wildly, I'll say this to you: if you don't like “ketuanan Melayu” and “ketuanan Islam”, why the hell don't you get lost? Migrate. Canada etc have very easy conditions for you people to get permanent stay.
Isn't it fair for me to say those? You are not respecting the Constitution which clearly states the position of Islam, the Special Position of the Malays and the Bumiputeras of Sabah and Sarawak, the position, the roles and functions of the YDP Agong, the Rulers, the Rulers Council and all those that reflect Ketuanan Melayu, why don't you abscond? It's been said by so many people. Including the well known personalities.
Migrate, they say. Go to countries whose Constitution you can respect, whose system you can like. It's good for you and good for those who remain behind. You'll be happy and we'll be happy.
Instead of you keeping on talking shit and insulting the others like saying "unjust and unacceptable notions of Bumiputera and Muslim privilege, superiority and dominance." Bloody hell you, you are trying to question the Special Position of the Malays and the Bumiputeras, the Malays and the Bumiputeras can also question your citizenship right.
Are you willing to give up your citizenship right?
Lecturer TITAS (Tamadun Islam dan Tamadeun Asia) declared that all religions apart from Islam were misguided and wrong, naming Christianity and Buddhism specifically.
LTG,
No "sir" for you as you are non-respecting the Constitution and are anti-national.
Who said "The Malay and non-Muslim public have now awoken"? Just a handful of you ungrateful ingrates having got citizenship right but not honouring your part of the bargain - that's not "Malay and non-Muslim public". Shit. You exploit every little thing you can get, want more, more and more endlessly.
You are the DAP kind. The kind that caused the race riots of 1969.
Again talking shit "various NGOs, including the multi-racial and multi-religious grouping of “Kempen Sejarah Malaysia Sebenar”. What "sejarah sebenar" you talking about? You want the history of this country to start from your arrival as coolies etc in the 19th century? You want to re-write History like the Chinese in China have been doing every now and then to suit particular groups? No, cannot do. Definitely and emphatically, d'ya hear?
Your kind that has blokes like Yap Tien Sin using 2 fake PhDs. Shit talking about asking for delay in the planned implementation of History as a compulsory subject at the secondary level. Was there a delay in the giving of citizenship to your kind after Merdeka?
But you can read the following c&p and see how your kind has been shitted by Professors etc internationally:
Ancient Chinese records aggrandized Chinese culture while at the same time denying the achievements of other cultures and races. But Chinese historical documents had often been re-written, making it difficult to ascertain the truths.
The burning of the books occurred not just over 2,000 years ago during Emperor Chin Shih Huang Di, but also in the 1960s during the so-called Cultural Revolution of Mao Zedong.
Chinese history claimed China as the "Middle Kingdom", others around them, and even far away, as "barbaric and uncivilized".
Those thinking theirs is a higher culture and others have a lower one must read what History Professor Wang Gung-Wu (formerly of Universiti Malaya, now in Singapore) said in his essay “Early Ming Relations with S.E.Asia” pg. 36:
“ … All peoples who believed that they alone were civilized did so because they thought their neighbours less civilized than themselves. This view was often proved wrong by subsequent contact with other civilized peoples.”
Another Professor, Albert Kolb, also pointed out in his book, “East Asia”, 1971,
“For a long time, it (Chinese culture) was taken to be older, and possibly also richer in original features, than in fact it is”. (Pg 25).
“Chinese culture cannot be thought of as originally Chinese because the Chinese themselves emerged gradually as a blend of many races and peoples”. (Pg 26).
According to Professor Wolfram Eberhard, in his book “A History of China”, 1977, writings about ancient China were inventions of a later period, what were said to have been done by the Chinese rulers and the dates they were said to have been done appeared to be even later still. All these indicated that historical writings in China were meant to serve certain politico-ethical objectives.
These are the words Professor Eberhard himself wrote:
“Furthermore, we can now state with certainty that the historical data which were given in written documents for times down to 1,000 BC are false. They are the result of astronomical-astrological calculations, made by specialists of later times who pursued their own special political aims by doing these calculations”. (Pg 1).
Malaysia’s education system has been plagued with problems that have damaged the workforce development. Problems include:
1. High unemployment among fresh graduates – many employers are becoming unsatisfied with the quality of graduates. Many were found to lack communication, management and professional skills.
2. Lack in productivity – evidenced from the very low income that graduates are earning. Many graduates are employed to perform menial and unskilled jobs. Output per worker is small resulting in employers willing to pay less.
3. Workforce mismatch – The skills mismatch between employers and worker is one of many reasons leading to high graduate unemployment. Malaysia has produced many ‘skilled’ workers in IT, science, and professional graduates that were aimed to increase R&D and raise productivity in our key leading sectors (i.e. services, high-tech export manufacturing). However, the absence of quality leading institutions to absorb and lead such initiatives has resulted in high unemployment.
4. Irrelevant education provision – One important lesson any workforce policy makers need to understand is that the aim of an IPTS is to increase student enrolments and business profits. It is not in their business plan to develop the right workforce/graduates that will magically chart a strategic development policy for the country. Hence, workforce facilitation / intervention is extremely important. Singapore workforce development model is an example of a strategic plan to deliver the right workforce education to in line with the country’s development plan.
5. Skewed selection of students – One of the key to increase productivity is to let student work on their natural strengths. Not all the brightest students in the country are given opportunities to study course of their choice. Many bright students lack the financial means to undertake courses of their choice, although they are most likely to succeed and advance further in their fields. However, the non-meritocratic way of awarding scholarships and university entrants have led to the second- or third-best in line undertaking enrolments in prime subjects. Problem is the country will experience a brain-drain, as seen through the many skilled and talented Malaysians living abroad. And the development of the country is left to the second- or third-best.
My point is there are so many workforce issues to consider in the country. Making an argument to standardise education by introducing Titas should be among the least of the priority.
Lee
Sir,
The question is why just the Islamic studies?
Yet, the ministry and Pemandu want to make Malaysia a regional education hub?
What can the ministry hope to achieve by making these subjects compulsory?
Again, the politicians are making the people the sacrificial lambs for their own political mischief that has been contributing to disunity, ethno religious conflicts and racial tensions.
Why would international students want to come to Malaysia and spend their time taking so many compulsory subject which do not contribute to their cognitive skills? Why would non-Muslim students want to do the same?
If the Federal government insists on implementing these subjects, because this is their mother land and birthright, they should make them as electives. Remember, compulsion is not part of Islam. Compulsion can be a huge push factor too. It might end up doing more bad than good for the understanding of Islam and its civilisation.
KP Khoo
Hoi LTG,
My mood has gone up one notch on your stupid assumption and racist perception.
Who said "it is likely that TITAS is part of the overall game plan of Umno in cahoots with our education officialdom to ensure that the party’s version of politically correct history .."? And the very words you use are "it is likely". You want to politicize everything, even education, eh? Blardy hell.
Only you and your kind say so. Again no arguments, examples or justification - purely wild claims and accusations.
I know racists and non-conformists like you would not take this advice, but I'll give it anyway. Go buy and read these two books:
1. The Malay Civilization
2. Tamadun Alam Melayu
both published by the Historical Society of Malaysia, available at Wisma Sejarah, opposite IJN, Jalan Tun A Razak, KL. In there you'll see the kind of history this country is all about.
And Google that historical society to know that they are not like your 2 sen NGOs claiming all sorts, but have been established since the British colonial times and, while not being a money-making organization, they have been prudently managed and now own a 5-storey building of their own in a respectable area in KL.
Those books tell the scores of academic studies carried out scientifically since the 18th Century, through the 19th Century, heightened in the 2nd half of the 20th Century, by linguists, anthropologists, archaeologists, etc, about this Semenanjong Tanah Melayu (the Malay Peninsular) and the Gugusan Pulau Pulau Melayu (the Malay Archipelago). Then you get a clear idea of the fact that the history of this country did not begin from when the pendatangs came in big numbers in the 19th Century.
You and your kind talking about Kempen Sejarah Malaysia Sabenar, shit. Have you heard of the Malay Kingdom called Langkasuka, already a vibrant civilization in the 2nd Century AD? And that's not said by the likes of the Court Officials of China who kept changing sejarah to sooth the ears of blokes like the communist leader Mao Zedong, who organized the burning of books as recent as in the 1960s.
Dear Dr. Mohd Ridhuan Tee Abdullah,
People who discriminate race, is called racist.. this morning, my titas lecturer tried to make other religions sound foolish.. i shall call him “religionist”!!
Clearly enuf, he does not know the difference between religion and culture.. he questioned bout buddha and taoisme.. he nvr realised that one should not mix religion and culture together.. as a christian, i do have my own beliefs.. but i have nvr forgotten my own culture and tradition as a chinese.. a lot of ppl often questioned me if i celebrates chinese new year.. of coz my answer would be “YES”.. it’s my culture… after all, i’m still chinese.. “the reunion dinner”.. to me, it’s the most important part of CNY.. as family members grow older, we tend to have less time to meet up due to studies, and work.. and i cant imagine myself 5 yrs later still staying in my hometown, batu pahat.. i would be working in some other places by then.. reunion dinner during chinese eve would be the time to really gather wif siblings and parents again.. ppl also asked me if i still celebrate”qing ming” festival.. once again, “YES”.. it’s part of a chinese tradition.. it’s a form of respect to the ancestors.. nothing wrong wif that.. nevertheless, i do not burn incense or joysticks.. but i do give my respect.. it’s all part of chinese culture to respect the elderly ppl..
1 thing which i really wanted to question my TITAS lecturer.. talking so much of religion.. though i was not paying attention, i think he did mention dat “should religion be adjusted to fit into society?” smart people seldom respond a question wif an answer.. smart people usually respond a question wif another question.. honestly, back then i really wanted to ask him why on earth is hudud law not practiced in M’sia? is it a religion or a culture? why is hudud law still under enforcement in middle east but not in M’sia? is this considered double standard as well? he asked the chinese why they love red colour.. i really wanted to question him why malays love green and indians love purple? tell me why kings chose yellow as a royal colour instead of white or green or blue? it’s actually jz a symbol.. some lecturers jz wanna show off how smart they r.. which really disgust me.. zz..
all in all, one should not mix religion, culture and tradition as one.. and one should always respect other ppl’s beliefs and religions.. yes malaysians do love to eat rojak but there are definitely certain things which we cannot mix and blend in together.. i stay firm wif my beliefs as a christian but i will nvr forget the culture and traditions of the chinese ppl, my own race.. and i do respect each and every other individuals.. after all, we’re all M’sians.. let’s not make these issues a barrier.. but let us comprehend one another in order to create a country where unity could be achieved thru tolerance..
PEACE!!
8:38 AM, July 18, 2013,
Bukan 3 benda Allah itu sahaja yang menjadi masalah bagi kaum Muslimin sekarang. Anwar Al Juburi juga.
Mungkin in jembalang yang paling besar antara mereka. Kalau boleh di musnahkan, lebih lah peluang aman dan bersatu kita.
11:33 AM, July 18, 2013,
Jangan lupa Allah nak tengok urusan Islam PKR. Mungkin ini yang teruk sekali. Main belakang punya pasal.
Masyarakat lama di Sodom dan Gomorrah (di Jordan) di katakan di musnahkan dan di lenyapkan Allah sebab ramai penduduknya main belakang.
Hapuskan lah yang main belakang. Ugut Anwar tu berhijrah ke Peranchis macam dia kata nak berambus kalau kalah PRU13. Bedebah dia cakap tak serupa bikin.
LTG 8:26 AM, July 18, 2013,
Where you got microscope that can amplify the proper vision in Malaysia?
Yours can only look through China, isn't it? Chinese culture, Chinese values, Chinese mentality, nothing Malaysian. Talk Malaysian First only as propaganda.
I agree with people saying that those who cannot accept the Constitution of this country should migrate. That's the only fair thing to do. For you and for us.
So how about it? How about Canada?
Sebagai rumusan, DAP bukan sahaja ultra kiasu, tetapi juga ultra paisi (jahat).
sye terpk knp org islam pas, pkr mau jugak umno buta tuli ttg agenda dap sdg jlnkan..tlh ilgkah hidayah dr kita.ISLAM terlh mula dipijak, dicerca n dihina..tp org ISLAM masih leka msh buta..pemimpin di atas masih pk utk jaga periuk nasik mereka.lupa tggjwb pada Agama Islam ..pemimpin UMNO sendiri samakin bacul n lebih lembik dari tauhu..sdgkan rakyat bwhan makin ilang sabar..adakah kita per;u bersabar sehingga ISLAM lenyap dr MSIA ini..bangkit la wahai umat ISLAM...bersatulah!!!
Lee 1:38 PM, July 18, 2013,
All wild accusations again? You the same bloke as LTG? Note that the word bloke also refers to a ship captain. Except in your case, it's a ship heading the wrong direction.
1. On "High unemployment", you should blame Ah Jib Gor. He had the Talent Corp brought back fellows with very little interest to serve the country anyway, 70% non-Malays, mostly Chinese, as revealed in Parliament yesterday. They may be even doubtful in communication, management and professional skills, but most probably shit about respecting the Constitution and loyalty to country. The kind who'd have bags packed with clothes on stand by always, ready to scoot off at the slightest whimper like when Vietnam fell to the communists in the 1970s.
2. Lack in productivity – this is due to time spent in blogs during work hours by blokes like you, evidenced by the blogging times shown under your comments above. Me? I'm self-employed and consider wanking funny views in here as productive in the interest of the healthy development of the country.
3. Workforce mismatch – Who says what you say is right. Your opinion is as good as mine. And I shit your opinion and you are free to do mine.
4. If you are so keen about Singapore development model, so-called strategic plan etc, why don't you migrate to Singapore? Or you already in Singapore but envy or rooting for this country?
Kamon man, you blokes gave the Chinese Tsunami and won't even participate in Government, why the heck should we bother about you and the likes of you? Many have told you people to migrate, remember?
The rest of your wild and unsubstantiated allegations are not worth responding to. Not even examples are given to justify the so-called non-meritocratic shit etc that you write, no regard for the Special Position of the Malays and the Bumiputeras of Sabah and Sarawak and the history behind all those, including you being given citizenship right FOC.
No Problem about the so-called brain-drain, man. Ah Jib Gor stoked up sentiment on those, set up Talent Corp and that kind of shit merely to get votes, yet got the Chinese Tsunami. Now so many people are asking those concerned to migrate. Including those with big names.
KP Khoo 1:45 PM, July 18, 2013,
Why just the Islamic studies? Read the Constitution, man, read. Article 3.1 says Islam is "the religion of the Federation". Loud and clear. No other religions are mentioned at all. Only stated as may be practised in harmony. And careful about asking without reading the Constitution. It may lead to disharmony.
Read also the history of the country. And the Census 2010 figures. Muslims form 60% of the population of the country. If not for you people being given free citizenship after Merdeka, the percentage would have been much more.
And what's wrong with the ministry and Pemandu wanting to make Malaysia a regional education hub?
By making these subjects compulsory as you pointed out, the Ministry is just pursuing the hopes and aspirations of the majority of the population and BASED ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COUNTRY. Understand?
"Again"? Are you also LTG above in another name? "The politicians are making the people the sacrificial lambs"? The Oppo hippos are, have been - DAP even made the people cow down to secret societies, thugs and gangsters. "For their own political mischief"? Yes, the DAP, PKR etc.
"Contributing to disunity, ethno religious conflicts and racial tensions"? The DAP, Anwar Al Juburi and the likes of you are the ones doing those - you were ok when asking questions but are now making unwelcome accusations.
Why would international students want to come to Malaysia? Ever heard or read about Nigerians, Ghanaians, Bosnians, Albanians, etc enrolling at universities here? Where were you when news about them came out in the mass media? In outer space?
"Why would non-Muslim students want to do the same"? They don't have to do the same. They cam always attend the many private universities already approved for you all, like UTAR etc. Even Lim Kok Wing wants to call his whatever a university. You wanna more, more, and more, eh? That's being ultra kiasu, you know.
Hah, now teaching us about Islam, eh? But good you point out that "Compulsion can be a huge push factor, too." Whether "It might end up doing more bad than good" is subjective, innit? Your opinion is as good as mine. Btw, what do you mean by "itchs civilisation" at the end of your comment?
ybin92,
You said PEACE but why you no give proof your "titas lecturer tried to make other religions sound foolish"? What exactly he said and why foolish? And why try to put down your lecturer in public? Why you not argue with him in tutorials etc? You got no balls that he might shit you?
You learnt from communists, arr? Mao Zedong's so-called Cultural Revolution in the 1960s had students parade their parents, teachers and lecturers on the streets calling them "Revisionists", "Imperialist running dogs" etc. Then they fought among themselves with so many factions for a period of years and many millions died. Good that that kind of history is not taught in schools but you at the University may Google Mao Zedong Cultural Revolution to know how stupid and even death-bringing such thinking was.
Aiyyo, you are just a 1st year student, wanna say your lecturer "does not know the difference between religion and culture..". Shit you. I suppose if you ever get PhD, you'll try and shit everybody in the world? Communist kind arr, you?
Your hometown, batu pahat, eh? Like Lim Kit Siang and Lim Guan Eng? Under their influence, are you?
Why tell us or the world by going on the Internet here saying you "really wanted to question my TITAS lecturer.." And then "not paying attention, i think he did mention dat “should religion be adjusted to fit into society?” What the hell are you? Secret Society, thug and gangster kind?
Go ask him boy, argue with him, without telling the world that you are a badly brought up brat.
To Lee 1:38 PM, July 18, 2013
On "...damaged the workforce development. Problems include:"
Why don't you include also your true colour:
1. Mandarin speaking only
2. Mandarin is a requirement
3. No tudung! Wear skirt?
4. On the darker side the discrimination on pay/promotion?
These and more are also damaging the worforce but the discriminated one choose to keep silence.
Hi Dr. Ridhuan Tee,
It is not only DAP but MCA also have opposed the move to make Islamic and Asian Civilisation Studies (Titas) a compulsory subject for all local private tertiary students.
MCA has requested that the subject should have been introduced as an elective and making it compulsory was not fair to non-Muslims.
According to the MCA vice-president Gan Ping Sieu, that to make study of a single religion or civilisation compulsory for non-followers of that religion is a step backward from national harmony.
Besides, Titas actually merited the same level of research and study warranted by other religions and civilisations of the world, and to make it a compulsory subject is an unfair practice.
The fact remains that all Malaysians are guaranteed the freedom of religion as enshrined in the Federal Constitution.
I agree that Titas studies should be encouraged but not made compulsory. The approach to make it compulsory will give students a negative picture and that they will be forced to sit for the subject. Nobody like to be forced to do anything. Do you like to be forced to do something against your will?
An understanding towards other cultures and civilisations have to be nurtured from school days and cannot be done forcefully.
~LSF~
Hi anon 9:36 AM, July 19, 2013;
Freedom of religion is enshrined in the Malaysian Constitution. First, Article 11 provides that every person has the right to profess and to practice his or her religion and (subject to applicable laws restricting the propagation of other religions to Muslims) to propagate it. Second, the Constitution also provides that Islam is the religion of the country but other religions may be practiced in peace and harmony (Article 3).
Malaysia maintains two parallel justice systems in the country. One is the secular justice system based upon laws gazetted by Parliament. The other is sharia (syariah, Islamic law). Ostensibly Syariah Courts only have jurisdiction over persons who declare themselves to be Muslims. Consequently, this results in non-Muslims not having legal standing in Syariah Courts.
Where decisions of the syariah court affect a non-Muslim, he or she can seek recourse in the secular courts which, in theory, overrule the syariah courts as the Syariah courts are limited in their jurisdiction by Article 121 of the Federal constitution.
For example, in 2006 a judge ruled that Article 121 limited the federal courts from ruling on matters ruled on by the Syariah court when it touches Islamic matters. This was seen as a misinterpretation of the article by some, and the case is under appeal in the court of appeals.
~LSF~
Dear anon 11:45pm,
Have you asked all the ministers where do they send their kids to school?
Only then you will know the answer to why our education system is what it is today.
Can you tell me how on earth we can achieve the so called " High Income " nation Status when our Education is at STAKE?
Haiyah anon 11:45 AM, July 19,
Why your mind so sempit one?
If the company do bisnes wt China, surely ask for Mandarin speaking only.
You think China write in Malay? Where you keep your common sense? You think this blog is kopitiam?
Haiyah, give some respeck to Dr Tee's blog.
Don't talk like you are in coffee shop.
Another thing,
You must give justification and proof got say no tudung, discrimination on the dark side and pay or promotion.
Everyone can talk any day but this month is special because it is called ramadhan. Don't just simply talk. Give your proof and your justification.
LSF 12:18 PM, July 19, 2013,
What has your comment got to do with what Anon said at 9.:36 AM?
What has freedom of religion etc got to do with the suggestion that the student argue his points out with his lecturer instead of airing them in public here?
~LSF~ 12:08 PM, July 19, 2013,
Nobody bothers about DAP except their members and supporters. 47 years they got nowhere except Penang, taken back before and will be taken back at PRU14.
Nobody also bothers about MCA after the Chinese Tsunami and they took the budak kecik merajuk position don't want to be represented in the government.
If we want to understand DAP, we also need to understand PAP as they are siblings. If they say that UMNO is twisting facts in History, TITAS etc to brainwash people on their propaganda, PAP in Singapore also twist facts in History to suit their agenda. And yet, they always want to act self-righteous. http://wherebearsroamfree.blogspot.com/2013/05/pap-brainwashing-young.html
If the Chinese don't trust UMNO because they say UMNO is corrupted etc., let me tell you that no one does professional organized crimes in Malaysia better than the Chinese. Read this for yourself. http://wherebearsroamfree.blogspot.com/2010/08/feared-chinese-triads-in-malaysia-part.html
And read this too. MCA is complicit in organized crimes and linked with Chinese Triads. Will the demise of MCA from the 13th GE means an end of Chinese Triads? No. There is still the DAP. Dangle the money carrot in front of them and all morality is gone. Why you suppose that is? Money is GOD as far as the Chinese is concerned. Even my Chinese senior who is working as a Licensed Aircraft Engineer in Singapore said 'Money is not the sole purpose for living, it is the only reason'.
http://wherebearsroamfree.blogspot.com/2013/05/demise-of-mca-end-to-chinese-triads-in.html
And speaking of TITAS, I have seen the Chinese cheating on their TITAS exams back during my university days. The students are separated into different sessions, but the questions for the TITAS exams are the same. And guess what? The Chinese students from previous sessions inform their friends who are about to sit for the exam the questions. I wished I had a video camera. If I did, I would have recorded and upload the video here.
What irks me is that most Chinese try to make it sound as if they are the most hardworking, independent, good-as-gold people when I know a lot of the underhanded stuffs that they do. And how do I know? I mix with them and their families.I can count on my fingers the Chinese who are good and truthful. The rest are crap.
For these reasons, I don't give a damn to the Chinese, especially DAP, except for Chinese Muslims like Dr. RT.
To DAP, NI QU SI!
Chicken Vindaloo,
Good of you to say. I agree with most if not all what you say.
The Chinese Muslims hold on to a different set of values. God-fearing values. Good for society.
I believe no Chinese Muslim is involved with secret societies, thuggery and gangsterism.
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