tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26460724654102093192024-03-12T19:20:26.201-07:00A "DIFFERENT" Kind of Malay...MortalAngelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782741322740147623noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2646072465410209319.post-61008653840590190522010-02-23T05:51:00.001-08:002010-02-23T06:04:28.926-08:00ETHANOL...the answer to biofuels and RENEWABLE Energy, New Job Opportunies and more DISPOSABLE INCOME for Malaysians!<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">NOTE: The '<span style="font-style: italic;">bahasa Melayu' </span>or Malay translation of this Article was NOT published by Malay National newspapers such as '<span style="font-style: italic;">Utusan Malaysia'</span> back in 2007 during Abdullah Badawi's tenure as Prime Minister of Malaysia when Malaysia's National Automotive Manufacturer 'Proton' was in financial distress and Global Prices for crude oil were skyrocketing and inflationary pressures were high from higher transportation costs. Despite being in-touch with the editor of 'Utusan' directly then who published a previous article of mine on FTA's ( Free Trade Agreements )<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcccWLF7uvZOGtu98Te62nnM2gOXUsdza-jclWKjkpLCRXBB55G80CHak9ObqtbAx7bjnqltHW41qAhl1BPS04HucxNUUmMlyfqomqLGseJ5bPtnR4t4ufRK_3vu6pGy8bsLl4V5xU59I/s1600-h/Malaysian+Business+Magazine+June+16,+2007+Cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcccWLF7uvZOGtu98Te62nnM2gOXUsdza-jclWKjkpLCRXBB55G80CHak9ObqtbAx7bjnqltHW41qAhl1BPS04HucxNUUmMlyfqomqLGseJ5bPtnR4t4ufRK_3vu6pGy8bsLl4V5xU59I/s400/Malaysian+Business+Magazine+June+16,+2007+Cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441437863324442226" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">( CLICK on image to ENLARGE for a better read )<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVjc4958Crxgh0SbEsgPqy2iIsiYgDc4WzHCP1ksSdO1BrJslC9eY5I4jhWTpTzQamMSFtKUbKQRnQ0gt-0RBkX7aQJlg3PM_pTgtBcniir1dAWbEKHEJQmcjb2BERh5sja1mQ6aDfHI0/s1600-h/Ethanol+Main+1st+page.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvGgbCMFyHkdqh8MVmRoEifJMEaeWulGMSNzgFLueSKldKHX6DSSwDiYZXnsmxyVkbeXc5FomuR2tBbb4G69Zc-9Q4S0vll8yfrvqGzAB-ZdLlw0EJfZPebmGhF4IlvSe6A6krSLe7iT0/s400/Ethanol+3rd+page.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441438933352339090" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">( CLICK on image to ENLARGE for a better read )</span></span>MortalAngelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782741322740147623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2646072465410209319.post-63471437942846990212010-02-22T08:27:00.000-08:002010-02-22T09:03:17.716-08:00WHY Large Foreign Investors refuse to INVEST in the Multimedia Super Corridor ( MSC ) projects?<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">NOTE:</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">The following is the interview done by "Malaysian Business" on the subject of </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Intellectual Property Rights and protection in Malaysia several years ago dated May 16th 2006, by which I help</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> provide</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> them with most of the data and statistics on 'piracy' in Malaysia and</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> Malaysia's</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> poor Copyright Laws, enforcement and awareness.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuAC3k3R6RmXW8EWiPA__mwdMLyDC-SJZX18nC68Ogmf0KV16kc9pCa9ZfJDfqbU68dxEffxZ7gj5HU62KqmtJONQ6VZGZl7XmSPaV9V06CG7_bj8TGuhVmofqW-6hZ2fRg_Qqha0LR8E/s1600-h/Malaysian+Business+Cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-PkZ8wFH98nOr6l9xFPsUR6lOqpsccCzYtch6MMcEn_1mvuSyxV2-5jjG54DSa4OjJ2Fzmlgw_m9PiPs4RxbKW2MNA-omq9siOK7eg8ewiInWCfXV09P_RsP5xUf4I0VWde_M_h-x8gM/s400/Copyright+Law+books+pic+TOP+view.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441112384049639058" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br />From the LEFT ( Blue ) Copyright Laws of the United States, ( Green ) United Kingdom's Copyright, Patents and Designs Act, ( Light Green/right ) Malaysian Copyright Act.<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_sz9FJhFKf1t0NQ0UodzQjWo4H0qBQ1n72cHd-CChcfmBQPEaVJqulprWADBXNmd83aD3tQwxS3QNXgOvBcesm0rsv0ccomZSgZVNR95Tp-AoooLZuUfCO1VI-J2KgUPWEIzYfzKYxak/s1600-h/Copyright+Law+books+pic+SIDE+view.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_sz9FJhFKf1t0NQ0UodzQjWo4H0qBQ1n72cHd-CChcfmBQPEaVJqulprWADBXNmd83aD3tQwxS3QNXgOvBcesm0rsv0ccomZSgZVNR95Tp-AoooLZuUfCO1VI-J2KgUPWEIzYfzKYxak/s400/Copyright+Law+books+pic+SIDE+view.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441113002237791730" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;">Comparison of Malaysian Copyright Law to USA and the UK from the SIDE!<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtqtBU-SsxzxcqbdFMdbq6yce3kzrmke1nBG0KIIeLUkjj82pTO_a6_76_cHzm4_fPEog4BltxwSWpB50u_39ATd-PuCER3miutrtJWAiOsbnOuSBAEbDaw7vJZ2tqWS55bt-5EZ7RGaA/s1600-h/Copyright+Law+books+THICKNESS+comparison.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtqtBU-SsxzxcqbdFMdbq6yce3kzrmke1nBG0KIIeLUkjj82pTO_a6_76_cHzm4_fPEog4BltxwSWpB50u_39ATd-PuCER3miutrtJWAiOsbnOuSBAEbDaw7vJZ2tqWS55bt-5EZ7RGaA/s400/Copyright+Law+books+THICKNESS+comparison.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441113438499030178" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">A comparison between the THICKNESS of Malaysian Copyright Law ( RIGHT in light green ) and with Copyright Laws of the USA ( Dark Blue bottom left ) and United Kingdom's Copyright Act ( Dark Green top left ).<br /><br />And Malaysia under Tun Dr. Mahathir's time spent BILLIONS of Ringgit building <span style="font-weight: bold;">"CYBERJAYA"</span> City for the Multimedia Super Corridor <span style="font-weight: bold;">( MSC )</span> projects expecting large corporations in the software and Information Technology Industry to INVEST in Malaysia with such type of Laws in comparison with these Advanced countries OWN Laws in Intellectual Property???<br /></span>MortalAngelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782741322740147623noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2646072465410209319.post-57921953894437133042010-02-17T15:24:00.000-08:002010-02-17T20:23:52.511-08:00"Cakap OMPUTEH?", ENGLISH... a language FEARED by UMNO!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY8YGsVRJBuHU_B9gz6pko5_URfKoHjLXcXpWohkQi0sy-guEzkXY6ALjI6C4n_XFPMBzL9WWn8jVRs6U6dyeA4occs4o_MrnS9AlJkPTdJWPiuoi-WEY1QBlFlsxNGkOP5d0TLGKElE8/s1600-h/UMNO+protest+at+Australian+Embassy+STUPID+IN+ENGLISH%21.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 315px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY8YGsVRJBuHU_B9gz6pko5_URfKoHjLXcXpWohkQi0sy-guEzkXY6ALjI6C4n_XFPMBzL9WWn8jVRs6U6dyeA4occs4o_MrnS9AlJkPTdJWPiuoi-WEY1QBlFlsxNGkOP5d0TLGKElE8/s400/UMNO+protest+at+Australian+Embassy+STUPID+IN+ENGLISH%21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439358070187125778" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ABOVE: Photo from recent protest done by UMNO supporters infront of the Australian Embassy in Malaysia's capital city of Kuala Lumpur.<br />"Cakap OMPUTEH?" As Datuk Rais Yatim said...obviously shows that<br /> UMNO supporters today are really DUMB!<br /><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">As the co-administrator </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">of the 'facebook' group</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">called 'Anak Muda Benci UMNO' or 'Youths Hate UMNO'<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>which is quite popular with 9013 fans at this very moment while I'm writing this which many of you could connect to through clicking on this link below:</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsz1U9AaYcUDELO5oR6YReEGrfj6znks4u3_JgH_8MR8moagCjNAExfhQ_FHQk4bQfXR0uBRmp1z2520NeFgJEbyd60sHLGKkFWMmkdnqybX8BKQ-YyizAlTuyEwJwoC2P68wwjdT_c-Q/s1600-h/AMBU+logo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsz1U9AaYcUDELO5oR6YReEGrfj6znks4u3_JgH_8MR8moagCjNAExfhQ_FHQk4bQfXR0uBRmp1z2520NeFgJEbyd60sHLGKkFWMmkdnqybX8BKQ-YyizAlTuyEwJwoC2P68wwjdT_c-Q/s400/AMBU+logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439360500319953186" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-Hate-Saiful-Bukhari/288365028157?ref=mf#%21/pages/Anak-Muda-Benci-Umno/342273655077?ref=ts"><span style="font-weight: bold;">http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-Hate-Saiful-Bukhari/288365028157?ref=mf#!/pages/Anak-Muda-Benci-Umno/342273655077?ref=ts</span></a><br /><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">...among the MOST common thing which fans of the group and observers would frequently come across in it is the POOR LEVEL of 'education' as well as 'intellect' among the types of Malay supporters of UMNO ( United Malay National Organization ) of today.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">As politics of democracy is all about <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">'MAJORITY rule'</span> whereby the majority ethnic race in Malaysia is comprised pre-dominantly by the Malay race, and the ruling coalition political party of Malaysia's 'Barisan Nasional' which has been ruling Malaysia since its very independence from the British since 1957 has been divided based on racial lines, thus UMNO has played the simple game of 'replacing' the very role of the former British Colonist where instead of improving the quality or standards of living for all Malaysian's, particularly the Malays, instead after several decades with the degradation of massive corruption within the party, it chose to keep as many Malays as it can as its 'grassroot' supporters from rural areas with as low education as possible. Quite often trying to come up with as much excuses for the Malay race in general NOT to LEARN English with the common excuse of <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">'Cintai Bahasa Kita!'</span> or <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">'Love Our National Language!'</span> which is the Malay language made official politically of course<span style="font-weight: bold;">.<br /><br /></span>Throughout the decades as well as several years or interacting with many online brainwashed Malays. The common mentality or point-of-view one would hear from these brainwashed UMNOrised Malays is that English is often called the <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">'<span style="font-weight: bold;">language of colonist' </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">or</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> 'bahasa penjajah' </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">where often these particular type of brainwashed Malays give the excuse of 'we must love our own language'.<br /><br /><br />First of all, technically and historically speaking, YES! English is the language of the former colonist of Malaya as Malaysia was formerly part of the British Crown during the period of the British Empire until its independence 53 years ago. But due to the sheer size of the british empire expanding the globe, with English Common Law being amongst the most developed modern laws, as well as the global trade of both England and America combined with their dominance in media and education, and not forgetting with England leading the way during the Industrial Revolution, it is also the most valuable language for one to learn and also a language of 'knowledge' itself with many books in the fields of science and technology widely available in the English language.<br /><br /><br />If one were to choose a second language to learn, if one were not from an English speaking background, one of the most strategic choices in-fact would be to choose a language from among the world's <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">Industrial nations</span> which make-up the world's <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">G7 Nations</span> today, who's market economies have a dominant position worldwide such as:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">-English</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">-German</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /><br />-French</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /><br />-Japanese</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /><br />-Italian</span><br /><br />These particular languages would be among the choices if ones main objective in life were in the pursuit for knowledge itself as these 5 particular languages along with their nations had played a crucial role during the course of Industrial Revolution with many discoveries and advancements in science and technology, which is why such countries also played a key role in the course of world history during World War 2, with each nation in particular still holding a predominant role in science and technology till today and well capable of manufacturing its <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">own technology</span> for its military for national defense.<br /><br />But UMNO Ministers along with it's leaders have always taken the lame excuse stand all this while without ever stressing really on the pursuit of knowledge in general among the Malays because of some of the problems it faces from political opposition parties in Malaysia today. MANY of the Malays who do NOT support UMNO whom could be categorized as the CIVIL Malays are among the middle-class income and more educated Malays, while UMNO often targets the lower educated Malays in many of the underdeveloped states where Malays are a predominant majority, with so very few non-Malays living in such states where there isn't much <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">racial interaction.</span><br /><br /> In more urban areas, the <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">Putera UMNO</span> division on the other hand targets the lower achieving and poorly educated Malays, even among high school dropouts that are among juvenile delinquents known as <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">'<span style="font-weight: bold;">Mat Rempits'</span> </span>or 'Illegal Street Racers', who by majority are either unemployed or work in low income jobs or '<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">blue collar' jobs</span> as local factory workers.<br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09tJicT5ANyxnbj-c1y-ZSvrDZOuirB3I1BbgCorNsCXanUlIZ9NEwTGraIlwypdAdoOrwO0kU9aof205h9s1gAv4VjdQJHRFB1drQcOEpG_ilKiBjysaIDfzlgOH_dSXnjcSYaJNjJQ/s1600-h/rempit3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09tJicT5ANyxnbj-c1y-ZSvrDZOuirB3I1BbgCorNsCXanUlIZ9NEwTGraIlwypdAdoOrwO0kU9aof205h9s1gAv4VjdQJHRFB1drQcOEpG_ilKiBjysaIDfzlgOH_dSXnjcSYaJNjJQ/s400/rempit3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439370888578269954" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br />Instead of truly helping such Malay youths, instead such young Malays are merely being used by UMNO for their own political benefits as additional voters, choosing among those particular Malays who are 21 and above of legal <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">voting age</span>. Due to these particular Malay youth's poor level or lower education and coming from poor families, migrating from suburban areas or villages in States outside of the capital city or urban areas, these types of Malay youths are easily bought and wooed by UMNO politicians. With their taste for danger, putting their own lives at risk by racing the streets at night, with no thought of 'consequences' and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">no 'hope' for the future</span>, thus such type of youths among Malays often make the perfect<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"> tools</span> or <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">toys</span> for UMNO's corrupted regime of politicians to use as well as manipulate. As they have no care or hope for their very <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">own lives</span>, these particular type of Malays used by UMNO also have no care about the consequences of the future when supporting and voting for corrupted politicians and how it effects the future of<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">other people's lives</span></span>. This is in-fact the level of irresponsibility and corruption practiced by the political party of UMNO in Malaysia today.<br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDFP4gTMxrM_pHBcL4Y0NLb6V3Ao4M-yGvbUde3d39_2t5TjK_BcVHqZjjI_Us7Kw4MQaxHvC-AilP95rNYQhL_7ff9IgGcjQ-o_2RBdRNaiZGSUlJDCb1U3sWdn1ixbRTk6gaGsGcMxA/s1600-h/putraumnoterjunbodoh.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 369px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDFP4gTMxrM_pHBcL4Y0NLb6V3Ao4M-yGvbUde3d39_2t5TjK_BcVHqZjjI_Us7Kw4MQaxHvC-AilP95rNYQhL_7ff9IgGcjQ-o_2RBdRNaiZGSUlJDCb1U3sWdn1ixbRTk6gaGsGcMxA/s400/putraumnoterjunbodoh.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439371300759935266" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ABOVE: Report in Malaysian newspaper as 'Putera UMNO division spent a vast<br /> amount of </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">money to send a group of young Malay 'Mat Rempits' or 'Illegal<br /> Street Racers' to</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> go SKY DIVE into the North Pole simply to PROVE that<br /> Malays are</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> 'brave'... only to PROVE just HOW stupid Malay UMNO<br /> politicians are in wasting precious funds which could have been put to<br /> better use!<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpRy6TSeSX2lv_qqX1SSiP55dnHCINsWmE315yPhRSIekoArAHjdcW3GNLJDU_u7lgT1dKZq5nOHhqFeLU8AWcMJSd9PFTqWLu1FkvCEGINJ7pllCtIOClFbjLrlWie12APt96QDtGZOI/s1600-h/UMNO+protest+at+Australian+Embassy+CANT+even+SPELL%21.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpRy6TSeSX2lv_qqX1SSiP55dnHCINsWmE315yPhRSIekoArAHjdcW3GNLJDU_u7lgT1dKZq5nOHhqFeLU8AWcMJSd9PFTqWLu1FkvCEGINJ7pllCtIOClFbjLrlWie12APt96QDtGZOI/s400/UMNO+protest+at+Australian+Embassy+CANT+even+SPELL%21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439357963381671826" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ABOVE: Another banner from the recent protest by UMNO supporters infront of the Australian Embassy recently. This is the LEVEL of Education of UMNO supporters of today...they can't even SPELL properly!<br /></span></span><br />Now second, I do not doubt nor deny the fact that every culture or race should in-fact preserve it's own natural heritage or language, but not to the extend or point of being 'defensive' towards learning other languages the way UMNO stupid politicians often do. But at the end of the day, if or when it comes to self-improvement and for learning one must also asked themselves, how much knowledge or publication is available in ones own language? How much is one missing out on from merely choosing to stay ignorant?<br /><br /> Sadly Malays are NOT well known as a people or race who love to READ. Majority of the types of publications read by Malays are 'light reading' and mostly tabloids or entertainment magazines which in massive consumption doesn't really benefit or help move a race forward in development as not a lot of intellectual or academic writings in the Malay language itself is quite limited in scope.<br /><br /> But the recent demonstration's held by pro-UMNO Non-Government-Organizations ( NGO's ) like PERKASA infront of the Australian Embassy recently, protesting Australian MP's comment towards the absurdity of the trial of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim who is being framed by the current corrupted UMNO Government on 'sodomy' charges, the demonstrators in-fact have managed to now demonstrate to the entire world of just how poor the level of education or in short STUPID UMNO supporters of today, that anyone who read them couldn't even understand WHAT such protesters were trying to say.<br /><br /> If and most probably when these photo's of the protests above appear in Australian newspapers, Aussie's may already be questioning whether Malays or even Malaysians in general could even speak English as a commonwealth nation. But UMNO members and supporters have NEVER failed to show their LEVEL of STUPIDITY to the whole wide world and in embarrassing the entire country as well as as Malay race time and time over again.<br /><br /> But even if you see the very attitude towards English as shown by Malaysia's current Minister of Information, Culture, Arts & Communication: Datuk Rais Yatim below...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPdOu8rO3kA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPdOu8rO3kA</a><br /><br /> Perhaps this could explain HOW and WHY such type of banners could end up being shown in the first place to help embarrass Malaysia as well as Malays at an International level.<br /> <br /> But of course UMNO would not want majority of Malays to be fluent in such a widely used language internationally such as English as it would allow the Malays access to whole array of knowledge available in so many forms of media such as journals, magazines, books and even documentaries. If Malays were to become smart or smarter than those in UMNO, they would rebel and of course the vast majority who are against UMNO which are the middle-class and upper-class Malays are among the more educated Malays with Civic Conscience and awareness or the CIVIC Malays.<br /><br /> UMNO today has literally separated itself and even PROVEN to the world that it is nothing more than a party for the FUEDAL Malays which takes advantage of the Malays with such poor level of intellect and background just as the Fife's or Noble Aristocrats or Barons of the old Medieval Ages took advantage of the peasants or lower classes below them under their control.<br /><br /> IF you're often online and having to face such type of UMNO supporters and cybertroopers often online or even in 'AMBU" Group, you'll come to realize... the current level of Intellect is and has become the standard trademark among UMNO grassroot supporters of today for UMNO has now earned itself the meaning of "Untuk Melayu NO OTAK" ( U.M.N.O ) or 'For Malays with NO BRAINS!' An entire PARTY of STUPID type of Malays and who are PROUD of their stupidity too that they'd go flaunt it around on banners infront of the whole world!<br /><br />Pity!MortalAngelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782741322740147623noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2646072465410209319.post-20228022030792026902010-02-09T17:54:00.000-08:002010-02-09T19:48:55.843-08:00KNOWLEDGE & EDUCATION...the most LETHAL Weapon against UMNO and Liars, and among the REAL Malay Dilema.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq_AXhOuYiQYxMYIwqSfisUv8C2GVGDzermBLOueDWdQ69rzQBirnJUSG1tJcSGRPvZfq-mDPYy6cM1pr0Wevnyx7Ir1-Ptxoa_Gx191G_vMdwGLWVpaY4_HvVyToncelfuKopNtOfliU/s1600-h/Oil-+Beginners+Guide+by+Vaclav+Smil.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq_AXhOuYiQYxMYIwqSfisUv8C2GVGDzermBLOueDWdQ69rzQBirnJUSG1tJcSGRPvZfq-mDPYy6cM1pr0Wevnyx7Ir1-Ptxoa_Gx191G_vMdwGLWVpaY4_HvVyToncelfuKopNtOfliU/s400/Oil-+Beginners+Guide+by+Vaclav+Smil.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436440559694670786" border="0" /></a>Some or many people have wondered HOW I could go
<br />round after round in debates against some of the
<br />UMNO ( United Malay National Organization ) idiots that you would find online today. Usually pissing them off...
<br />Especially those in the group which I am co-administrator
<br />of in Facebook called "Anak Muda Benci UMNO" or
<br />"AMBU" for short.
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<br />But the answer really isn't that hard...it's simply
<br />KNOWLEDGE. As a Malay myself who's been studying the root causes behind the old "Malay Dilema" or the problems in the lack of progress and productivity among
<br />Malays who are the majority race in Malaysia as well as their success rate compared to the non-Malays in the Malaysian economy, one has to literally get 'used' to both studying and 'observing' some of the common 'typical'
<br />Malay behaviors you would find in Malaysia and of course those displayed by those Malays who are supporting UMNO as a corrupted political organization leading Malaysia today.
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<br />One has to observe 'common traits' or behaviors they display, while at the same time finding 'common' roots
<br />or backgrounds which are SHARED by them which may explain their monotonous behaviors, which after awhile, most of them not only begin to TALK alike, they SAY the SAME things as well as THINK alike as well, which if one truly analyzes, you would come to realize makes them pretty much PREDICTABLE in all aspects making them much easier to 'corner' in fact.
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<br />If you're used to observing as well as being exposed to such typical kind of Malays of UMNO... they kind who normally cause stereotypes as well as 'enmity' or 'hatred' towards the Malay race due to their uncivilized and racist behaviors, you will begin to notice that even much of their BODY LANGUAGE in terms of communication when in public, sitting in a group of friends is also pretty much the same.
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<br />When it come to being the 'life of the party' in such meetings they have hanging out together over 'teh-tarik' ( tea ) or coffee with their 'friends' who are also pro-UMNO supporters, you'll notice their good at telling jokes, spreading gossips and rumors, which mostly are unconfirmed, and when it comes to telling stories, one common thing or behavior you'll notice is they are GOOD ACTORS trying very HARD to be as convincing as possible.
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<br />ONE Common thing I've always noticed is that, sometimes or a LOT of times these TYPICAL type of UMNO Malays whom I'd categorize as the <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">FEUDAL MALAYS</span> often like to talk as if they are a 'specialist' in some sort of field or information. When one thing that you often have to be wary and careful of is that these types of Malays often pick information from out of thin air and make-up a story then and there or...they actually know or knew somebody who <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">IS</span> a specialist in such a field, listen to them carefully, asking questions and memorizing what these people say, and when it comes to relaying that information ( <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">usually for PERSONAL GAINS or purposes</span> ) they make it seem as if <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">THEY</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span>are ones who are the experts and specialist in such fields trying hard to convince you in order to gain your trusts.
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<br />In the Malay language we call it <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">'KAKI TEMBERANG'</span> or simply put strong 'bullshitters'.
<br />These type of Malays in particular whom sadly you'll find MANY within UMNO today in-fact spend their entire lifetime living a lie. They often are pretenders, pretending to be whom or what they are not as much of the types of Malays you'll find in UMNO today in-fact suffer from a form of <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;">INFERIORITY COMPLEX</span>. Which is a common syndrome and in-fact a massive part of the 'Malay Dilema'.
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<br />One of the major problem is in-fact that this problem derives itself from lack or poor education among Malays, particularly UMNO supporters of today which makes them easy targets by the upper TIER of UMNO whom mostly are educated but sadly <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">IMMORAL </span>individuals who exploit the grass-root supporters of UMNO who are uneducated or poorly educated and take advantage of them.
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<br />I other cases, such or most of those types of individuals although educated, do not possess the RIGHT kind of education pertaining to Public Policy of what the JOB of a Government and a People's Representative is all about. Among such knowledge purely lacking in such type of Malays is both in <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Commerce and of Economics</span>. But sadly due to the decades of the New Economic Policy ( NEP ), it has bred a form of Malay traders who view business almost solely as government procurements and contracts when business could take on any form as well as any field. But as I have written in my previous blog posting old article on the uncensored history of Malaysia...
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<br />... knowledge in Economics, Trade and Finance has in-fact been the ongoing ROOT causes of the Malay Dilema for such a long-long time even till this very day.
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<br />Without proper knowledge in Economics, Malays...especially those who blindly support UMNO could not properly evaluate their own leadership or even policy makers to realize that their policies are only more detrimental towards the country and the Malays in general than beneficial to the long run.
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<br />But one of the BEST ways in-fact to <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;">DEFEND </span>against such blind supporters, hypocritical posers and liars in UMNO is through Education and knowledge.
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<br />As for myself, being born with a dad who's an academician has had it's advantages, which I consider a blessing as my father has always been adamant on me learning from a very young age. Exposing me to the writings in English Literature from a very-very young age as early as 9 to some of the works of great authors such as Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens etc.
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<br />It was from here I developed my passion for reading and knowledge. But after going through the 'school of hardknocks' as soon as I returned from studies in the USA trying to do early business joint-ventures with my own Malay people.
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<br />The<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> FIRST</span> lesson in business which I learned was in-fact something which you <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;">CAN'T</span> learn in business school or doing an MBA is about Human Behavior. The REAL knowledge in-fact comes in learning how to judge to trust in '<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;">characters'</span> or human beings and learning how to <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;">READ</span> them.
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<br />This can be a very <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">expensive lesson</span> for those starting out in business and a very costly, as well as demotivating for many Malays in particularly cause if you ARE a Malay, the danger itself lies in starting or trying to do business with your <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">OWN kind</span>, whom sadly do not by majority come from a <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Culture of Businessmen and Traders</span> unlike Chinese, Indian-Muslims, or Arabs which have been trading for Centuries.
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<br />It was in-fact after observing the typical common behavior of Malays in 'business' whom often made empty promises, not being able to deliver on time and of course flabbergasting whenever talking about business during a meeting outside that I began to notice this common trait and behavior and begun to realize that most of these types of con-artist or inexperienced traders <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">share common body languages</span> which can be observed in <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">the WAY they talk.</span> But in order to observe this, this requires exposure and experience itself, and you will NOT be able to come across or see such types of behaviors in business school itself.
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<br />But furthermore, after several joint-ventures with Malays whom in the end didn't work out, where one thing in common they had was not only targeting the Government for contracts, which sadly to me seems <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;">as if it's the ONLY </span>source of revenue for the Malays in Malaysia instead of the <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;">OPEN MARKET</span> like the non-Malays, the other factor which I observed shared was also <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">'greed' </span>among the Malays once they do manage to receive such government procurements and tenders for supply of goods and services, which in made me disgusted at times with my own kind. But this behavior is also one of the reasons why Malays in business often never succeed in the long run as they would sacrifice trust as well as friendships in order to gain all for themselves sometimes in the short run.
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<br />But the more and more I came across my own type or kind of <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">KAKI TEMBERANG</span> type of Malays or <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">CON-MEN</span>, the more I came to value Knowledge. Not only for bettering myself as a person or individual, but also for discovering or finding out in researching the causes behind many of the problems among Malays and in our country today.
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<br />I also realized the value of knowledge as one of the BEST DEFENSE against such type of con-artiste that exist out there who make-a-living out of taking information they hear or gain from others then pretending to be the 'experts' when talking with others. The only way to <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;">AVOID </span>being conned by such people was having the knowledge and information about such subjects <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">yourself</span>, which requires <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">personal investment</span> in either training, books or education.
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<br />But one thing I love the most about reading and learning is, the MORE you read, the more you REALIZED that there still is a LOT out there that you DON'T know.
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<br />Thus I've made it a priority to pick-up at least 1 new book every month and finish it. For me, my personal favorites for learning has always been TEXT BOOKS for College. I learned that it takes at least 2 years of studying a particular topic to get to a level where you could almost understand and talk like a pro in the particular topic. If you had the ability to speed-read, perhaps it would be faster and this time period would be cut short.
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<br />But the other advantage of TEXT BOOK reading is that it is often a COMPILATION of research and knowledge by various professors in a particular field, thus helping to cut-down your OWN time in having to do your own extensive research. New Editions and volumes of text books often update the latest research within that particular field of knowledge thus updating you on any current trend.
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<br />For those who truly love knowledge, my best recommendations is always McGraw Hill publications. Particularly in the field of business and finance, as McGraw Hill also ownes the <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Standard & Poor Company</span> or S&P which is also one of the top NRSRO ( Nationally Recognized Statistical Ratings Organization ) that helps grades the issuance of BONDS in the market as well as monitoring the performance of the S&P 500 which is a list of the top 500 performing public listed corporations in America. Thus most of their information is usually up to date and concise for studying trends in the market.
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<br />2nd I would recommend Wiley & Sons publications, especially their Wiley Finance division.
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<br />But most of my study and research or reading all this while has always been on Human Civilization in general and the things that effect the development of human civilization, either as a nation or even races within a society.
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<br />My admiration has always been in great thinkers of our time, men who changed the world and had a passion for knowledge such as Isaac Newton, Einstein, Al-Farabi ( Alpharabeus ), Adam Smith, Friedrich Hayek, John Maynard Keynes, and many others. For it is with the pen of these very people our entire civilization of today has been changed.
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<br />It is also only with knowledge and proper education, especially shared and disseminated by all Malaysians that such corrupted parties and regimes such as UMNO today could be defeated as they live and thrive off of the very support of either corrupted individuals, or in the case of many of their grass-root supporters, the poorly educated and low-intellect type of Malays who are mostly in the dark.
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<br />Only ENLIGHTENMENT can defeat UMNO...and enlightenment is in-fact something which majority of my own fellow Malays lack...
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<br />For this very particular reason I have started this blog, not merely as a place of rantings or criticism but also as a place to SHARE knowledge with others...and I hope many of you out there reading my blog would help spread and share the knowledge and information with others too...
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<br />MortalAngelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782741322740147623noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2646072465410209319.post-39991940884724150842010-02-05T18:22:00.001-08:002010-02-05T19:36:41.135-08:00Malaysia's SAD Reputation INTERNATIONALLY, University & College level TEXT BOOKS: Graduate and Post Graduate Studies & In Foreign PressHere are some of the astounding RESULTS under decades of UMNO leadership in Malaysia...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit6zDR-cF1ZOZCrZmCbEI-JYVog4ruFQ3CM5E2EnOr945o3zsiSAjLvDUGW06kVIqTz98xAfIaHebsDBJ7piY9gPjDL_SR8z-BG1uCoXzXw9MHEgxMUNuO-Z2xYdRQefz9JmuEUOEUFls/s1600-h/Stadium+Terengganu.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit6zDR-cF1ZOZCrZmCbEI-JYVog4ruFQ3CM5E2EnOr945o3zsiSAjLvDUGW06kVIqTz98xAfIaHebsDBJ7piY9gPjDL_SR8z-BG1uCoXzXw9MHEgxMUNuO-Z2xYdRQefz9JmuEUOEUFls/s400/Stadium+Terengganu.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434966603228435314" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ABOVE: The state of Terengganu's newly built multimillion Stadium collapsed<br /> not long after completion. Which people are STILL waiting for<br /> reports from investigations.<br /><br /></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgibuKC7au1CgckCEJh2xn5cLgD9vIp3h0jXqXGHEouNTh9Ho8iZ39k0uwljzbShIB1CpcaY6Na5HCZEnB611-WsM3zy3nSuvvPxn3cW9r1CU9dSbhMa32LHf8Yx_IaKS7WW_ukuQcABd8/s1600-h/Multinational+Financial+Management+by+Alan+C.+Shapiro+Eight+Edition.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgibuKC7au1CgckCEJh2xn5cLgD9vIp3h0jXqXGHEouNTh9Ho8iZ39k0uwljzbShIB1CpcaY6Na5HCZEnB611-WsM3zy3nSuvvPxn3cW9r1CU9dSbhMa32LHf8Yx_IaKS7WW_ukuQcABd8/s400/Multinational+Financial+Management+by+Alan+C.+Shapiro+Eight+Edition.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434951471623352242" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ABOVE:<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> Multinational Financial Management</span>, Published by <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Wiley & Sons, Wiley Finance edition</span> for Post Graduate Studies.<br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5IWJHXh3ErELE1Fq4oKfipasYYvs-LrxZa1LK_hnQ5PWSbaovsm2ET9aQ54ajX6cCtlX0tk3DIMOSodBD-cvtSMKaLMUWX8vzis8lKV3Q9ccNJTAAuWhA4a9L8pvNEdwvzJT2eLxsD54/s1600-h/Malaysia+in+International+Text+Books%21.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 122px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5IWJHXh3ErELE1Fq4oKfipasYYvs-LrxZa1LK_hnQ5PWSbaovsm2ET9aQ54ajX6cCtlX0tk3DIMOSodBD-cvtSMKaLMUWX8vzis8lKV3Q9ccNJTAAuWhA4a9L8pvNEdwvzJT2eLxsD54/s400/Malaysia+in+International+Text+Books%21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434950727369319202" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">CLICK TO ENLARGE ( ABOVE ): <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Page 347</span> of Multinational Financial Management<br /> on Malaysia.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvNzd6UEDanHcvXCharjuTNreuNRENdDfBZ69wpzAqJB4IqvY8xd9drk8sEFYjRmcnmJVHtL1S9t4p7tdumnqsxrgRrFtMHvwRQ44ZAdwZrrcU3vkCqHtTec-gKgfnNrr6tn0zmiE1JjE/s1600-h/Managerial+Economics+and+Organizational+Architecture+by+Brickley,+Smith+and+Zimmerman.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvNzd6UEDanHcvXCharjuTNreuNRENdDfBZ69wpzAqJB4IqvY8xd9drk8sEFYjRmcnmJVHtL1S9t4p7tdumnqsxrgRrFtMHvwRQ44ZAdwZrrcU3vkCqHtTec-gKgfnNrr6tn0zmiE1JjE/s400/Managerial+Economics+and+Organizational+Architecture+by+Brickley,+Smith+and+Zimmerman.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434953281963375330" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ABOVE: <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Managerial Economics & Organizational Architecture</span>. Published by<br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">McGraw Hill Higher Education</span>. Post Graduate studies, Masters Degree<br /> and above.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtW7A1KEOmRK5dT-lc0QPGfZGdDvaMgMiJ3eb0TB1_I-AnIdrT236PTQ5YlPdmVMPQAjUwWEJnKBcEO-sfpMCBhq24y2esCpATwwfbPpRfZo55yZx4Fsu4VLYOWDDRxEH_Be-hrlt_pLQ/s1600-h/Proton+in+International+Textbooks.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtW7A1KEOmRK5dT-lc0QPGfZGdDvaMgMiJ3eb0TB1_I-AnIdrT236PTQ5YlPdmVMPQAjUwWEJnKBcEO-sfpMCBhq24y2esCpATwwfbPpRfZo55yZx4Fsu4VLYOWDDRxEH_Be-hrlt_pLQ/s400/Proton+in+International+Textbooks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434953972614108882" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">CLICK TO ENLARGE ( ABOVE ): Page 162 about 'Proton'. Malaysia's National<br /> Automobile Manufacturer which has enjoyed<br /> decades of 'protectionism' under the Malaysian<br /> Government as a State-Owned-Enterprise (SOE).<br /><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dypsrS2OgO3m66btVA9hHHjExE6_lzE6ZK7C39VU892rnohDTeEqY9fHVypvlhDXlvGVBEI89xSK-mr5sifuA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">CLICK TO WATCH VIDEO ( ABOVE ): Proton WAJA's poor safety review/car test<br /> on Top Gear, broadcasted by the <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">BBC</span> of UK.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMFY1-z2Lk0&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpages%2FANTI-AKHBAR-UTUSAN-KOSMO%2F115664601460%3Fref%3Dnf&feature=player_embedded"><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMFY1-z2Lk0&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpages%2FANTI-AKHBAR-UTUSAN-KOSMO%2F115664601460%3Fref%3Dnf&feature=player_embedded</a><br /><br />LINK ABOVE ( CLICK TO WATCH ): Malaysia in <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Al-Jazeera</span>. A Minister IN<br /> DENIAL.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0lbHoTQEiE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0lbHoTQEiE</a><br /><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">LINK ABOVE ( CLICK TO WATCH ): Confession by Sukma Dermawan<br /> of being tortured by Malaysian Police<br /> to become a false witness in foreign news.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ff6c46d2-eef6-11de-92d8-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1"><br />http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ff6c46d2-eef6-11de-92d8-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1</a><br /><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">LINK ABOVE ( CLICK TO READ ): <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">FINANCIAL TIMES</span> article on Malaysia's<br /> Royal Air Force's 'missing jet engines'.<br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><a href="http://blogs.aljazeera.net/asia/2009/12/29/how-steal-fighter-jet-engine-malaysian-style"><br />http://blogs.aljazeera.net/asia/2009/12/29/how-steal-fighter-jet-engine-malaysian-style</a><br /><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">LINK ABOVE ( CLICK TO READ ): <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">AL-JAZEERA BLOGS</span> 'How to steal a fighter jet<br /> engine, Malaysian style.<br /><br /><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/Malaysian-general-sells-off-air-force-jet-engine/articleshow/5363913.cms">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/Malaysian-general-sells-off-air-force-jet-engine/articleshow/5363913.cms</a><br /><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">LINK ABOVE ( CLICK TO READ ): <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">TIMES OF INDIA</span> on Malaysia selling off<br /> jet engines in the black market.<br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8447450.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8447450.stm</a><br /><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">LINK ABOVE ( CLICK TO WATCH ): Religious Violence in Malaysia as<br /> Churches get attacked as reported<br /> on <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">BBC</span> of UK.</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV89G-wrgDQ&feature=player_embedded"><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV89G-wrgDQ&feature=player_embedded</a><br /><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">LINK ABOVE ( CLICK TO WATCH ): Religious Violence in Malaysia reported<br /> on <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Al-Jazeera</span>.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/world/asia/09malaysia.html?scp=2&sq=Malaysia&st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/world/asia/09malaysia.html?scp=2&sq=Malaysia&st=cse</a><br /><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">LINK ABOVE ( CLICK TO READ ): <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">NEW YORK TIMES</span> report on Church attacks<br /> in Malaysia.<br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/01/20/malaysia-more-rhetoric-reality-human-rights">http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/01/20/malaysia-more-rhetoric-reality-human-rights</a><br /><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">LINK ABOVE ( CLICK TO READ ): <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH</span> report on Malaysia<br /> and Najib Tun Razak's only rhetorical<br /> '1 Malaysia' program.<br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/world/asia/02malaysia.html?ref=world">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/world/asia/02malaysia.html?ref=world</a><br /><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">LINK ABOVE ( CLICK TO READ ): NEW YORK TIMES report on the current<br /> Anwar Ibrahim "SODOMY II" trial<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">And the END RESULTS of UMNO's leadership and administration in Malaysia?</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWM0VY3cdfLbpHPy2evJf9NpEAFw4mVzHh6igGXpsnPEuzlakXDsKiG2iHtrHroFeFnvW69wrTh9yu7G9kxwKQwATAGEubInpg_d2qg_sX-4Skg8k2syzcqOZPvxkM7K-XMj0QaF74Zl8/s1600-h/2009+Malaysian+Corruption+Index.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWM0VY3cdfLbpHPy2evJf9NpEAFw4mVzHh6igGXpsnPEuzlakXDsKiG2iHtrHroFeFnvW69wrTh9yu7G9kxwKQwATAGEubInpg_d2qg_sX-4Skg8k2syzcqOZPvxkM7K-XMj0QaF74Zl8/s400/2009+Malaysian+Corruption+Index.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434967146555540978" border="0" /></a><br />And you can expect it to get WORST from the Anwar Ibrahim trial...<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span></span>MortalAngelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782741322740147623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2646072465410209319.post-74783538075058287752010-02-01T07:11:00.000-08:002010-02-01T08:36:56.419-08:00An UNCENSORED History of Malaysia: What Our HISTORY TEXT BOOKS did NOT teach us about our EARLY Cultural Relations, MERDEKA, and the TRUE MALAY DILEMA<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8cc3g8rGNXwPvrgXFFhYgI4nz9j2DPt-fTzsjy1oQxygZsxWHNutp3er0TTS_t1TFJu-0enD4Tas57ER-iCmqoCVhLCw9q39lLq52-gdI9ioNkvK_vEM84JC-zOjitTplkT-SPzMt5SA/s1600-h/Alfred_Russel_Wallace.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ABOVE :</span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span>Alfred Russel Wallace ( 8 January 1823 – 7 November 1913 ) of AR Wallace...who spent his time researching in the Malay Archipelago when he came up with the theory of 'Natural Selection' for the extinction of a species.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ABOVE : </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"A History of Money from Ancient Times To the Present Day"</span> A Historical account of the development of money from ancient history, to the earliest Banks from Ancient Babylon to the Giro Banking of Egypt...to the Rise of the British Empire, and it's demise and some accounts of problems and challenges faced in managing the British Colonies...including Malaya's early currency systems.</span>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cacer%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">In between <b style="">1854 to 1862</b> the infamous <b style="">Dr. A. R. Wallace</b>...who contributed to the theory of <b style=""><i style="">'Natural Selection'</i></b> after Darwin's theory of evolution spent his years around the 'Malay Archipelago'...researching, collecting samples of indigenous wild life:- which could still be seen today in the British Museum of natural history- as well as documenting and cataloging various species of birds and animals and insects with common ancestries but small variants around The Malay Peninsular and the Islands of Indonesia.
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<br />But from his experience as he accounted during his voyage in early Malaya in his research...although he had much <b style=""><i style="">British currency</i></b> at the time of his voyage...quite often Dr. AR Wallace and his team also had to go <b style=""><i style="">long periods without food and starvation</i></b> as he often...in his encounters with early <b style=""><i style="">Malay settlers and villagers</i></b>...had to find gifts or items or even 'commodities' found within the jungle during his scientific expeditions to be heavily bargained and <b style=""><i style="">bartered</i></b> in exchange for 'rice' and 'food' from the early Malay farmers who did not use currencies for trade...
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<br />Some even say that it was the comparison he made between the differences of British Civilization and the Malay Civilization at that time, was what made him come-up with the theory of 'natural selection' where when a 'species' cannot and <b style=""><i style="">fails to evolve...nature selects it to go 'EXTINCT'.<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ABOVE:</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"Selangor Then and Now"</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">by National Association of Musuems published in 1985. A good historical early development of Selangor including education and transportion, even in accordance to race. A good account of the early problems faced my Malays which resulted to the lost of 'Malay Reserve' Land and even failings of some of the early Malay Village Cooperative Societies in 'Rice Agriculture' from poor management and skills as well as politics and racial biasness among Malays in Villages of different 'descendents'.</span></span>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cacer%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">Ironically in accordance to some of the early research data shown from the book <b style="">'Selangor Dahulu dan Kini'</b> published in 1985 also illustrates some of the same problems faced by the Malays which resulted in the <b style=""><i style="">lost of early 'Malay Reserve' or 'Bumiputra' land</i></b>... seen in the 'differences' between advances of Civilization, Education and Technological knowledge.
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<br />The book 'Selangor Dahulu dan Kini' illustrates the fact of how Malays come originally from a purely <b style=""><i style="">'self-sufficient', 'self-consuming'</i></b> agricultural or fishing based villages were in-fact what economist term...<b style="">Non-Market Economies</b>... or 'barter' trades...without the utility of any commonly denominated or accepted 'coins' or 'currencies' or even the use of a 'centralized' and 'organized markets' for exchanges of goods with proper price mechanisms...
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<br />As this academic book illustrates concerning the early growth of the very first <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Malay</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">Cooperative</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Village</st1:placetype></st1:place> societies and companies for the Processing of 'rice' in the district of Sabak Bernam. 1 of the major problems faced was due to the fact that majority of factories or factory owners for the processing of rice in mass quantities were owned by Chinese early settlers and entrepreneurs, as <b style=""><i style="">Industrialization and the use of mechanization had long been utilized in China </i></b>for the processing of rice before Malays knew or learned about manufacturing and industrial processing.
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<br />The traditional village Malay was at a <b style=""><i style="">'disadvantage'</i></b> in so many ways, as in-fact it was <b style=""><i style="">the colonist and British who introduced 'mass agriculture' and techniques through the opening-up of plantations for commodities</i></b> which to the average Malay may not have much value, but had reaped the British Empire great amasses of wealth for reselling in London and in the markets of Europe unloaded upon the ports of Amsterdam.
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<br />The British, after the Dutch <b style=""><i style="">also introduced the usage of 'currency'</i></b> as a form of trade in <b style=""><i style="">everyday life</i></b>...something which only <b style=""><i style="">early Javanese, Arab, Bugis, Indian-Muslim as well as Chinese </i></b>traders who's civilizations have been in trade for centuries before the Malays were commonly familiar with the utility of 'coins' and 'metal objects' from silver which early Malays termed as <b style=""><i style="">'Pitis' or 'Pitih'</i></b>. The sudden <b style=""><i style="">shock</i></b> and introduction into a NEW form of economy and living from their 'self-consumption' and 'barter-trade' in-fact resulted in what commonly became <b style=""><i style="">the lack of 'Financial Knowledge' and 'Management'</i></b> among the early Malays as although majority of early Malays owned acres of their own land and 'dusuns' or 'kebuns'... in order to exchange from some of the other products needed or desired from the trade brought in by the British, Indians and Chinese required the utility of 'Pitis' or 'currency', thus Malays <b style=""><i style="">had to learn</i></b> to 'sell' their agricultural products, which as <b style=""><i style="">the rules of economics with scarcity...supply and demand apply...may not always fetch a good price. Some days when everybody sells 'Cocoa' to a trader or buyer...you get little pitis...( supply surplus pushing the price down ) and somedays when not too many people are selling and the demand is constant or high...they get a good price or a lot of 'pitis' ( demand surplus and supply scarcity ).</i></b> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">From the <b style=""><i style="">constant fluctuation of 'market' prices</i></b> which these early Malays did not understood, that these early 'village' Malays when trading with some of the early 'Chinese' traders with their 'abacus' would judge "Hmmmm...ore Cino ni JAHAT! MENIPU!" and even thinking because Chinese who not only discovered the world's first calcultaor and INVENTED coins and paper money, with their ability to count, as well as write, along with their ancient knowledge in mining and early manufacturing and processing technology discovered in China compared to the average Malay Civilization...early Chinese and even Indian-Muslim Traders of course dealt much as businessmen as well as <b style=""><i style="">'market makers' or 'middle-men'</i></b> between the goods from the Malay 'villages' or 'kampongs' to trade with the British.
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<br />Thus some of the early Malays also judged the Chinese and Indians as 'sekongkol' or ' conspirators' with the foreigners such as the Dutch and the British 'against' the Malays just to 'bring them down' as well as to 'steal their land' due to every 'Village' Malay who wanted to sell their agricultural goods always getting 'fluctuating' prices all the time, <b style=""><i style="">thus judging all foreigners to be 'liars' or 'penipu'...sadly a mindset which hasn't changed among certain factions of the Malays till this present day.</i></b>
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<br />For many Malays...if they wanted to gain money as well as processed rice back then...they had to work laboriously in order to get at least a sack full of rice in the traditional manner, whereas the early Chinese settlers had factories which could process mass amounts of rice. Thus many Malays sold their unprocessed rice to Chinese factories for 'pitis' or cash...only to <b style=""><i style="">BUY BACK processed rice </i></b>from them.
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<br />But it was the lack of the ability for 'arithmetic' and 'managing finances' or 'money' <b style=""><i style="">which had led much later on to many of the Malays being in-debt</i></b>. The Malays in order to gain cash would put up the 'deed' to their lands as 'collateral' for a loan, which was supplied from Malaya's earliest bankers...or 'community' bankers...Indians known as<b style=""><i style=""> 'Chettiars'</i></b> or '<b style=""><i style="">Chetty's</i></b>'. Friendly nice men usually carrying an umbrella and dressed in white robe who would lend these village Malay money whenever needed. Unlike today's Ah-Longs who'd go throw a bucket of red paint on your house or car...these 'Chettys' were very kind and soft-spoken nice people who understood and tried to lend a hand.</p>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ABOVE LEFT: </span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">The worlds earliest copper 'coins' from China which were traded all the way in India. Tamil Indian traders termed them as 'Ka'Sir'. The Portuguese traders eventually pronounced them as the term we use today for 'CASH"</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ABOVE RIGHT:</span> </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Nagarathar Chettiars or 'Chetty's, among Malaya's earliest village and 'community' bankers providing loans and credit for many early Malay villagers in the past before there were proper 'banks' in Malaya. Early banks were merchant or commercial banks and would not provide 'personal' or 'consumer loans' which were needed by Malay local Villagers. The 'Chettiars' helped filled this financial gap by providing 'consumer' loans for many Malay villagers in the past...</span>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cacer%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">The Chinese community with their families collected much of this money with the help of some of the early Chinese 'Tau Ke's from manufacturing of 'rice' and 'tin' to actually <b style=""><i style="">purchase land to be used as 'schools' for the young children of the early Chinese Malaya settlers. </i></b>The community would bring in teachers from the mainland to teach their children how to read and write and in their own language as well as Chinese literature to preserve their cultural heritage.</p>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ABOVE:</span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>Early Malaya's current Capital City of Kuala Lumpur 1880's, during the time of Yap Ah Loy. A tin mining area where majority of the earliest Chinese family communities would live in closely knit houses with living conditions similar to 'slums'. A condition by which with the help of Early Kapitans and cooperation, many Chinese managed to get themselves out of buy saving and buying their own lands and investing in their own shops for trade.</span>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cacer%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">But it was also the ability to trade and manage finances as well as 'invest' for long term, whereby some of the early Chinese were able <b style=""><i style="">to save and buy their own lands as well as build the early retail shops...many of these 19th to 20th Century buildings which still stand today in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Johor, Melaka and other areas around Selangor which were formerly also mining communities in the Old days dating back to 1912 as written on top of these buildings.
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<br />If anyone looks around these streets today, would notice how 'closely' fit these structures are today in some of our towns such as Kajang or <st1:place st="on">Penang</st1:place> where the roads are very narrow without much room for parking. As they were built during the time when <b style=""><i style="">only British Officers had a carriage or automobile, and the average transportation was by foot or by 'tri-shaw' or...the 'beca'. </i></b>But one of the most astounding factor noticed in British documents of early Malaya, was that <b style=""><i style="">almost anywhere that Chinese communities had been located, the areas or places would grow into 'towns' and small cities</i></b>.
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<br />But the earliest Malay 'Empire' of Malacca, was by itself a 'trading port' or harbor whereby the Sultan of Malacca merely collected taxes; and traders from India, China as well as Arabia in-fact had <b style=""><i style="">'special tax rates'</i></b> which were <b style="">LOWER</b> than other outside traders as even up till the 19th Century...The Peninsular Straits was at the 'cross-roads' of trades between the East and the West. But this policy beginning from the time of Parameswara was considered a <b style=""><i style="">'Labor Policy'</i></b> as he knew it was <b style=""><i style="">Arab, Chinese and Indian Traders who brought in the most 'precious' items and goods for trade and their 'skills' in mathematics, writing, coin and currency trading ( early forex ) was what made and flourished Malacca into a rich wealthy port harbor and empire.</i></b>
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<br />The importance of such Diplomatic Relations between <st1:country-region st="on">China</st1:country-region> and Malacca were in-fact written in the annals of <b style="">Chinese Ming Dynasty History</b> as Parameswara himself visited <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place> to meet and establish relations with <b style=""><i style="">Emperor Yongle ( 1360-1424 )</i></b> of the Ming Dynasty ( as seen in portrait and writing below).</p>
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirWGiBl5larBqbWq8ZnnYl-ZwxztFQv4ejkJw0JkN3KMHRSY-amI1bMbDlrf7iCB5ohEpyDyXsWH1gcftyU0uLwGvYG__zXBoMNPU7G5XpczHZAPL0aWjf2Bt_tkSZ1DaPAKy5Q_IxBfI/s1600-h/Ming+Dynasty+account+of+%27Parameswara%27s%27+visit+to+China.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 158px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirWGiBl5larBqbWq8ZnnYl-ZwxztFQv4ejkJw0JkN3KMHRSY-amI1bMbDlrf7iCB5ohEpyDyXsWH1gcftyU0uLwGvYG__zXBoMNPU7G5XpczHZAPL0aWjf2Bt_tkSZ1DaPAKy5Q_IxBfI/s400/Ming+Dynasty+account+of+%27Parameswara%27s%27+visit+to+China.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433300725765659362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ABOVE: </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> Ming Dynasty account of 'Parameswara's' visit to Chin</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">a</span>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cacer%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">It was also said that the great Chinese explorer admiral <b style=""><i style="">Zheng-He, or Cheng-Ho ( 1371-1433 ) </i></b>-whom was himself a Muslim with the name of <b style=""><i style="">'Hajji Mahmud Shams'</i></b> visit to Melaka- bringing one of the earliest and biggest maritime Armada, had in-fact further help motivated 'Parameswara's conversion to Islam at the late age of <b style=""><i style="">65</i></b>.
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<br />A matter of fact Islam had reached China centuries longer before it reached the Malay Peninsular and was brought to China by <b style=""><i style="">the uncle of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad PBUH ( Peace Be Upon Him )...Saad bin Abi Waqqas</i></b> in his first mission to China in <b style=""><i style="">650 </i></b>on the 1st Muslim envoy to China to meet with <b style="">Emperor Gaozong or Li Zhi ( 628-683 )</b> -as seen in picture- the <b style=""><i style="">3rd Emperor of the Tang Dynasty ( 618-901 ) during the Caliph Uthman's era.<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNkTtUWBLMr7EcjzbEI6Prhz2QWFwfrBN7uX7ZUzdvTrWMKJrssuNpEZvulsBS_btXwiejm6stBLpfYJKKg7PDxe9Lb5hxmDGOVHT4m3YRQ01wGq2j_M_33bCNzf900MsFrQXngQ8wmg/s1600-h/Emperor+Gaozong+or+Li+Zhi+%28+628-683+%29,+3rd+Emperor+of+the+Tang+Dynasty+%28+618-901+%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 204px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNkTtUWBLMr7EcjzbEI6Prhz2QWFwfrBN7uX7ZUzdvTrWMKJrssuNpEZvulsBS_btXwiejm6stBLpfYJKKg7PDxe9Lb5hxmDGOVHT4m3YRQ01wGq2j_M_33bCNzf900MsFrQXngQ8wmg/s400/Emperor+Gaozong+or+Li+Zhi+%28+628-683+%29,+3rd+Emperor+of+the+Tang+Dynasty+%28+618-901+%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433300118422977362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ABOVE:</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> Emperor Gaozong or Li Zhi ( 628-683 ), 3rd Emperor of the Tang Dynasty
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cacer%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">The Huaisheng Mosque or Lighthouse Mosque which was built by Saad bin Abi Waqqas which still stands in Guangzhou province till today- see photos- is <b style=""><i style="">1300 years old and 1 of the Oldest Mosques in the world.<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ABOVE: </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Huaisheng Mosque with it's minaret in Guangzhou China is 1 of the oldest mosques in the world dating 1300 years old and built by the Prophet of Islam's uncle himself...Saad bin Abi Waqqas during the Tang Dynasty.</span>
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCvoNoZScu71PDM4Zdsu3gsDg29dJXrfplyyjMQ5lQmVXBYVIYYhB4C1z-eQT5Qa4-BUndtwhwpfF64Q2C6vPjFvIqajcd2dHcEjGyghNAFbKFsq8OTcCceFCnl3RQh57q40mpIlN9cc/s1600-h/Huaisheng+Mosque+%28+front+entrance+%29+with+2+Muslim+Chinese+sitting+by+the+side...+it+is+estimated+that+there+are+officially+20+Mil.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCvoNoZScu71PDM4Zdsu3gsDg29dJXrfplyyjMQ5lQmVXBYVIYYhB4C1z-eQT5Qa4-BUndtwhwpfF64Q2C6vPjFvIqajcd2dHcEjGyghNAFbKFsq8OTcCceFCnl3RQh57q40mpIlN9cc/s400/Huaisheng+Mosque+%28+front+entrance+%29+with+2+Muslim+Chinese+sitting+by+the+side...+it+is+estimated+that+there+are+officially+20+Mil.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433299476454321122" border="0" /></a>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cacer%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">It is also cronicled in <st1:country-region st="on">China</st1:country-region>'s history that Parameswara's son 'Megat Iskandar Shah' ( 1414-1424 ) later visited <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place> in 1414, to inform the Ming Emperor that his father had died.
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<br />But seeing the value of trade, learning and arithmetics, even the Islamic Prophet Muhammad 'Peace Be Upon Him' ( PBUH ) in a hadith or traditions once uttered:
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<br /><b style=""><i style="">""Seek learning, even as far as China"</i></b>
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<br />and in the Islamic Prophet's traditional sayings concerning the importance of 'business' and 'trade' in advancing ones own welfare, and increasing one's own Standards of Living as shown by the successes of the early Chinese in Malaya from poverty in acquiring land and their own shops in early Malaya<b style="">... the prophet Muhammad PBUH according to Al-Ghazali, Ihya ulumuddin, Vol.2 said :
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<br /><i style="">“Encouraged upon you is business for in it is 9 out of 10 of your sustenance”</i></b><i style="">
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<br />This is not surprising himself, as The Prophet Muhammad PBUH himself was an honest 'businessman' and trader who's honesty earned him the reputation in Arabic as 'Al-Ameen' or 'the Trustworthy'.
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<br />For the very first crucial element in trade and business is TRUST. A word quite often used today in modern finance such as Unit TRUST, TRUST funds, Principle TRUST. For without the element of Trust, trade could not take place nor could happen and is they key to confidence when people even 'choose' their Banks to deposit money today.
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<br />But even in the early stages of the mission of Islam, one could also asked?
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<br /><b style=""><i style="">"Where would Islam BE today without the help of the Prophet's close friend and later father in-law Saidina Abu Bakar As-Sidique'...</i></b>
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<br />...whom was <b style=""><i style="">a wealthy trader and businessmen</i></b> and sacrificed his own personal wealth in freeing the very first slaves who converted to Islam such as 'Bilal' and many others?
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<br />Could have the early missions succeed easily 'without' such donations or funds from both his wife Siti Khadijah or his close friend Abu Bakar and later on Umar?
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<br />But at a larger scale concerning the importance of knowledge in Trade...as an aggregate is Economics.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br />As it is <b style="">Trading</b> which <b style=""><i style="">brought up</i></b> most of the early civilizations and empires including Malacca, The Dutch, as well as the <st1:place st="on">British Empire</st1:place> itself.
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<br />One aspect or angle which has clearly been <b style=""><i style="">left out</i></b> and stressed upon in Malaysian History text books today, was the very motivations and reasons for the conquest of Malacca and Malaya by so many invaders and colonist as well as the events that led to our subsequent 'Merdeka' or 'Independence' from the British Crown...<b style=""><i style="">the most IMPORTANT angle not stressed upon was the Economic Perspective </i></b>as well as events going on within world history and Europe that contributed to the Rise of the British empire that led to the colonization of Malaya.
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<br />It was in-fact <b style=""><i style="">Global Trade and competition for the demand of 'scarce' goods such as Spices and so forth from Asia which led to the race for colonies and colonization by Dutch, Spanish, French and the British </i></b>by which Malaya so happened to be a geographically 'strategic' trading location that complemented the <b style=""><i style="">Supply Chain</i></b> line which connected India as well as the ports of Hong Kong...
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<br />1 factor which was <b style=""><i style="">not mentioned</i></b> in Malaysian History textbooks was how far the 'Spice' market was WORTH in-fact during those early periods...</p>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ABOVE: </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Black Pepper during the Middle Ages was at one point more valuable than Gold!</span>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cacer%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">As some of the early Chinese settlers in Johor specialized in the mass plantation of <b style=""><i style="">'Black Pepper'</i></b> for agriculture...what was not in-fact mentioned in Malaysian text books was:
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<br />-<span style="font-weight: bold;">1st</span>, what 'pepper' was <b style=""><i style="">USED for specifically</i></b>, which was used for making <b style=""><i style="">Salted Meat</i></b> in Europe. Due to the <b style=""><i style="">'scarce' markets</i></b> for spices such as 'pepper', the <b style=""><i style="">length of time it took then for Sail Ships or Galleons to reach from Asia to Europe</i></b>...the trade of spice fetched great profits which further pushed for other countries to compete for such a lucrative trade.</p>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ABOVE LEFT:</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Salted Meats sold in the shops till today in Europe...</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">
<br />ABOVE RIGHT:</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Dried and Cured Meats in Europe...</span>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cacer%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">-<b style="">King Charles the 1st of England ( 1625- 1642 )</b> who was <b style=""><i style="">habitually short of money</i></b>... who was already in-debt <b style=""><i style="">in 1640 negotiated with the British East India Company ( BEIC ) to sell to him for 2 years by means of credit, ENTIRE STOCKS of 'pepper' which he used for commodity speculation
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<br />-In <b style="">1599</b> it was in-fact <b style=""><i style="">the Dutch's 'cornering' of the market for 'pepper'</i></b> which eventually led to the set
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<br />-As in those days...they utilized <b style=""><i style="">'hard currency'</i></b> such as coins minted from Gold or Silver ( see below ),
<br />the 'supply' of coined currency depended upon the level of trade as well as the <b style=""><i style="">availability of supply from Gold Mines or Silver Mines, </i></b>that occasionally, when normal Gold or Silver was scarce... <b style=""><i style="">'Pepper' was also used as a unit of account</i></b>, such as in <st1:place st="on">Northern Italy</st1:place> where <b style=""><i style="">wages were sometimes paid in 'pepper'</i></b> or Gold. It was in-fact reported in European history that <b style=""><i style="">occasionally 'pepper' was preferred MORE than Gold</i></b> due to it's scarcity, and it's value in Europe.</p>
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCuVANIVT3egKokLZaDWyBmRU-pXozpSjf5V_WgBgAKt-Kg4o9Ul0z0_X-dK1TvVcM2Npja4n0t2wijtoIUzAkCu5mFm5GjmWjTcCMIF5aTQR5Vhf9ZZLZgPhJun8BuNUorfYC8stSZb0/s1600-h/1835+British+East+india+1+Silver+Rupee.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCuVANIVT3egKokLZaDWyBmRU-pXozpSjf5V_WgBgAKt-Kg4o9Ul0z0_X-dK1TvVcM2Npja4n0t2wijtoIUzAkCu5mFm5GjmWjTcCMIF5aTQR5Vhf9ZZLZgPhJun8BuNUorfYC8stSZb0/s400/1835+British+East+india+1+Silver+Rupee.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433298755787044242" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ABOVE: </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1835...The British East India Company '1 Silver Rupee'...issued and minted by The British East India Company itself with Royal Charter to issue currency with an equivalent value to the Pound in England. Used for trade in 'Malaya' under the rule of the British East India Company ( BEIC ) as Malaya was administered as 'part' of India...two countries being the most valuable Colonies to the British Crown.</span>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cacer%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">-As much of Selangor and even early Kuala Lumpur were 'mining' towns for 'tin' which was sougtht after by the Dutch and the British later on... that one of the major reasons for the 'Dutch-Bugis Wars' in Selangor were fought furiously, which resulted in the Bugis being cornered and surrenderin to the Dutch by signing a 'treaty' to sell all 'tin' collected to the Dutch for a FIXED price was because the very same 'tin' was sold on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange...<b style=""><i style="">the worlds very FIRST stock exchange with prices listed dating back to 1585 whereby the prices of tin sold in Amsterdam for the European market would fetch a net profit ranging from 200 to up to 400% compared to what the Sultan of Selangor during the Dutch invasion was selling 'tin' for at the time.
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<br />Today the Amsterdam Stock Exchange is part of the European Stock Exchange or <b style="">'Euronext'</b>.
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">www.euronext.com</span>
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<br />Sadly, much of our Malaysian History text book seem to leave out the important answers to questions of <b style="">WHY</b> we were colonized, <b style=""><i style="">the reasons behind it</i></b>, leaving out much important factors especially the 'economic' factors of trade and events in the world especially in Europe that had shaped our country's history into what it is today.
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<br />As a country that was 'frequently' colonized by foreign powers, we failed to study the <b style=""><i style="">reasons HOW such countries rose to power and prominence</i></b>, what 'drove' them to our very doorsteps -which was in fact economic factors caused by market forces from trade- as well as studying their policies which contributed to their rise as some of today's super powers such as the Rise and Decline of the British Empire itself or the rise of our other former colonist 'Japan' into today's 2nd largest economic powerhouse after the United States and the 'reasons' behind their successes as nations in order for us to follow, as well as what to 'avoid' from some of their past mistakes.</p>
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9pRUDqOzgNDQGMo15-Ha-_STcVgCJXFf0WeK19i2GLS5l16E3yMk2PzzTZxDDhMclF5nKNQwPS5g4kZsDpyQK9iu1UuEpwyR-qsTiJhem4Kmx6RQ51ii1SC94TuRmDIoTC6n6BJy7ZGo/s1600-h/British+Empire+up+to+1921.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 185px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9pRUDqOzgNDQGMo15-Ha-_STcVgCJXFf0WeK19i2GLS5l16E3yMk2PzzTZxDDhMclF5nKNQwPS5g4kZsDpyQK9iu1UuEpwyR-qsTiJhem4Kmx6RQ51ii1SC94TuRmDIoTC6n6BJy7ZGo/s400/British+Empire+up+to+1921.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433298544146418018" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ABOVE:</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> A map of the height of The British Empire up to 1921, which dominated 1/4th of the known world which is why it was said that "The Sun never sets on the British Empire".</span>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cacer%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">For example, among the good policies which had contributed to the Rise of England to the formation of the <st1:place st="on">British Empire</st1:place> was the <b style=""><i style="">'Sound Monetary' policies and fiscal strength of the English economy set during the reign of King Henry VII ( 1485-1509 ) to maintain the value of the English 'sterling' coins used for trade within the region. </i></b>The system of money used in Europe then was 'hard currency' made from 'Silver', and the value of currencies then till today ( for Gold ) was determined by the 'weight' as well as the 'purity' of the content of Silver in their coins. Majority of the Silver coins in Europe were usually 'debased' containing <b style=""><i style="">only a small amount of 'Silver' ( 70-25% ),</i></b> whereas the <b style=""><i style="">'Sterling' coins</i></b> used during the Mid-Ages often had <b style=""><i style="">more value due to their higher level of Silver and purity ( 85-99% ).</i></b> For this reason also it was believed that the name 'Sterling' was coined...with the Germanic root 'Ster' meaning 'stong' or 'stout' and 'ling' as a common monetary suffix which had it's ascendancy as one of the most preferred currency for trade in Europe beginning from <b style="">1272</b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK6nlxE7Sc7OWF5jSD8_peOoL1yc44-0c2ThkdgrvAbdnpae6DTdJNYalel1DPNsm8U_U-E4G4SHD09j1Wqlmg61IVZBVkht0iksh_p2JyPOe21YJvxXIW0NRLn3lyOOYWr1njKsOA4Cw/s1600-h/King+Henry+VIIs+hammered+coins+%27farthings%27.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 196px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK6nlxE7Sc7OWF5jSD8_peOoL1yc44-0c2ThkdgrvAbdnpae6DTdJNYalel1DPNsm8U_U-E4G4SHD09j1Wqlmg61IVZBVkht0iksh_p2JyPOe21YJvxXIW0NRLn3lyOOYWr1njKsOA4Cw/s400/King+Henry+VIIs+hammered+coins+%27farthings%27.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433298421918244994" border="0" /></a>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ABOVE: </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Henry VII's hammered silver coins or 'farthings' which due to their silver purity grown to be known as 'sterlings'...a historic example of sound monetary policies...</span>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cacer%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">It was also the wise investments of <b style=""><i style="">King Henry VII</i></b> <b style=""><i style="">to invest innovative technology and England's very first 'dry docks' for ship building as well as new designs for English Sail Ships and Galleons which contributed to the rise of England as a dominant power as English Naval Ships were well known as some of the 'fastest' ships among the high seas</i></b>. An advantage both in terms of war as well as in commercial trade for transportation.</p>
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLj3IwmZTyXc-zcmBDsHGNXch0YRSGLgellWQCxXVo3L9C3uXCEcb7Mlmvf5HW9HYCOtnyJLmCWtRs7pmxfjIde0wMMrbpMcG14rL3fvvU8DIAGCZCsFjpP2E7jfOiyaaSXROlqhEYzHA/s1600-h/English+Naval+Ships.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 370px; height: 248px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLj3IwmZTyXc-zcmBDsHGNXch0YRSGLgellWQCxXVo3L9C3uXCEcb7Mlmvf5HW9HYCOtnyJLmCWtRs7pmxfjIde0wMMrbpMcG14rL3fvvU8DIAGCZCsFjpP2E7jfOiyaaSXROlqhEYzHA/s400/English+Naval+Ships.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433298259093931490" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ABOVE:</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> English Naval Ships. Henry VII's era began the birth of the English Navy and marine vessels later on used for trade in the open seas as Henry VII became known as 'founder of the English Navy'.</span>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cacer%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">Malaysian History textbooks which we have been using till today are very 'narrow' and 'myopic' in it's point of view taken from mainly the point of view of 'Malaysia' or 'Malaya' then a more <b style="">Global Perspective or World View</b> to teach us <b style=""><i style="">the lessons we should truly learn from history, from nations and civilizations.</i></b> As economics form part of <b style=""><i style="">'daily lives'</i></b> and influences our everyday decisions and the prices of goods and services and welfare around us...as a person who studies economics and international finance and trade, world history as well as the adage 'Malay Dilema', to me it is <b style=""><i style="">absurd that the subject of Economics is an 'elective' during form 4 and not a basic subject taught at an early age of 13 when first entering high school.
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<br />To <b style=""><i style="">leave out</i></b> the Economic factors of trade which influenced our very Malaysian History and shaping our country from Malaysian Textbooks which more focus on local events and mere dates for memorization is even more absurd as <b style=""><i style="">it does not give and explanation to the reasons or motives WHY certain events happened the WAY they happen</i></b>.
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<br />Furthermore...detailed information as to what we OWE to the British or what we've adopted from them...from Malaysian Parliamentary system using a Bicemeral House ( Upper and Lower House ), to the early formation of our Central Bank ( Bank Negara Malaysia ) adopted from the model of the Bank of England ( BOE or 'The Old Lady' first established 1694 ) which later also became the model for nearly all countries Central Banks around the world, to monitor 'Monetary Policy', mint coins and issue paper currencies and as well as Government Debt Securities -such as Bonds, as well as our inheritance of the English Common Law used in our Courts Systems today- is also absurd!
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<br />Even before the very set-up of <st1:country-region st="on">Malaysia</st1:country-region>'s Bank Negara or 'Central Bank', the <st1:place st="on">British Empire</st1:place> had experimented with using a 'currency board' system for the issuing of <b style=""><i style="">'One Malayan Dollar Straits Settlements Notes'.</i></b> As currency boards function without the presence of a Central Bank, in today's currency board system, the notes are usually issued by local banks themselves whereby the government has to negotiate directly for any Fiscal Deficits directly with the domestic banks which also have to coordinate, similar to the Hong Kong dollars of today which use a currency board system with notes carrying the emblems of the issuing banks such as HSBC.</p>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ABOVE:</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span>The FRONT of the 1941 'One Malayan Dollar' with King William in British Malaya's first attemp to establish a 'Currency Board' in the Straits Settlements</span>
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqaR7l7AASDh1eJ5zATldPw0MGSVikOazp3hKycDVFL1Sn6Rz-F2O00E8PO3221lgn4v_GVeDvUzbjQ5hk3raw229RjUiq6LBkGMXv9cvyMo8V2XSYyuDpGta5gqb5Ky7qBx1AeSz1fI8/s1600-h/Back+of+One+Malayan+Dollar.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqaR7l7AASDh1eJ5zATldPw0MGSVikOazp3hKycDVFL1Sn6Rz-F2O00E8PO3221lgn4v_GVeDvUzbjQ5hk3raw229RjUiq6LBkGMXv9cvyMo8V2XSYyuDpGta5gqb5Ky7qBx1AeSz1fI8/s400/Back+of+One+Malayan+Dollar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433298026198699058" border="0" /></a>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ABOVE: </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">The BACK of the 1941 'One Malayan Dollar' with the symbols of the original 10 States of 'The Straits Settlement'</span>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cacer%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Perhaps many in Malaysia are unaware that our Bank Negara Malaysia of today, which was <b style=""><i style="">modeled from The Bank of England</i></b>, -which is <b style=""><i style="">the world's first Central Bank</i></b>- originally when the BOE was set-up was in-fact <b style=""><i style="">to 'finance' the English trade worldwide and the very activities of the British East India Company ( BEIC ) which was granted a Royal Charter to trade, colonize, mint it's own coined currencies, as well as even go to WAR under British Crown.
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<br />The very fact that <st1:country-region st="on">Malaysia</st1:country-region> or '<st1:place st="on">Malaya</st1:place>' was in-fact <b style=""><i style="">colonized and managed by the world's very first Global Company and Corporation, is something that is not stressed upon in our Malaysian textbooks in detail.</i></b> That we were in-fact controlled by a TRADING Company which had shareholders such as Elihu Yale ( founder of Yale University ) whom among it's Board of Directors amassed a huge amount of wealth from such Global Trade and market activities from the very commodities which were coming out of our beloved land.
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<br />Furthermore it was not stressed that <b style=""><i style="">the British East India Company was in-fact among the earliest 'Joint Stock' Companies in the world, second to the Dutch East India Company, which later paved the way for 'limited liability' to promote injection of new capital and investments by attracting 'pools' of investors to invest in exploration and colonization efforts for the expansion of trade</i></b>. The very foundation of the BEIC's history is also what gave rise to today's form of 'Limited Liability Companies' ( LLCs ) or 'Sendirian Berhad' which we use in business today as well as setting the foundation for 'Publicly Traded' or Public Listed' companies or 'Berhad' whereby the ownership of shares of these companies could be traded- whereby holders would receive the 'net profits' from these companies business activities redistributed as annual 'dividend' payments. But it is <b style=""><i style="">indeed SAD that the very RELATIONS of these contributions and developments of the PAST are not LINKED in our everyday lives TODAY</i></b> within our History Textbooks whereby people, especially our fellow Malaysians could not truly appreciate the lessons and value of the history of mankind's civilization itself</span>
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrLiW9eHQ-edRLagLr4xQzPa5tq6lYG9HUodEWKAS9aRYJivDdbHzCNwn-FqvLA8ZR5fn6-NyWXMiODKFSPgm-1Nd6ZU6sg7dvAfy-ScFE9LalRjdwsVLqAUqMZYtLqXhxFIMb_LMQTSw/s1600-h/Dutch+East+India+Company+Bonds.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 330px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrLiW9eHQ-edRLagLr4xQzPa5tq6lYG9HUodEWKAS9aRYJivDdbHzCNwn-FqvLA8ZR5fn6-NyWXMiODKFSPgm-1Nd6ZU6sg7dvAfy-ScFE9LalRjdwsVLqAUqMZYtLqXhxFIMb_LMQTSw/s400/Dutch+East+India+Company+Bonds.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433297886336489986" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ABOVE: </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">The Worlds FIRST Bond -dated 7th November 1623 worth 2400 florins, which were used to finance the development and trade of of The Dutch East India Company</span>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cacer%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">What Malaysian textbooks do merely mention is how each State in Peninsular Malaya eventually accepted a British Resident. But it <b style=""><i style="">fails to mention that, what were the British's 'interest' in each state?</i></b> As Britain was in competition with Europe such as with the Spanish, the Dutch and the French for domination of the European market...what were the <b style=""><i style="">'economic' interests</i></b> in holding each of the States in Malaya...<b style=""><i style="">what were the commodities which the British were extracting or cultivating in each state</i></b> <b style=""><i style="">and how did it contribute to the welfare of the British Economy as an Empire as a whole</i></b>? Among ALL its major Colonies and countries, <b style=""><i style="">how MUCH was 'Malaya's' economic contribution to the Empire in COMPARISON with all the other colonies under the British Crown to 'asses' the very Value of them holding on to our land?</i></b> These are in-fact some of <b style=""><i style="">the most important questions left unanswered </i></b>in our history text books of today, which till today <b style=""><i style="">the Malaysian Government has NEVER BOTHERED to actually update!
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<br /></i></b>Leaving out or omitting some of these very important facts may sometimes give the feeling that Malaysia had succeeded in developing almost completely independently on it's own and to some extent...for the ignorant and unknowing...thinking that it all happened solely from of it's leaderships ingenuity...which sometimes seems like <b style=""><i style="">WHY</i></b> much of these important factors for learning history were <b style=""><i style="">left out</i></b> giving the general public or Malaysians...an incomplete as well as inconclusive picture of our country as a whole.
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<br />A matter of fact, one of the most disappointing factors from years of researching the causes to the infamous 'MALAY DILEMA' which I have found, was the omission of the very reasons which eventually also led to the INDEPENDENCE of Malaya from the British...the ECONOMIC perspective from England's point of view and situation at that time...<b style=""><i style="">Financial Distress and BANKRUPTCY of England was also one of the factor's which lead to a peaceful Independence of 'Malaysia' from the British without any skirmishes.
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<br />First one must understand the Market Forces of Economics of Global Trade and competition during that time. The world in-fact until the end of World War 2 was in-fact divided into two major currencies...</p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><b style="">'The Sterling Area'</b> covering much part of the British Empires and at one point, even Japan, and on the other side was <b style="">'The Dollar Area'</b>
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<br />In the 1930's Britain had created their own 'economic bloc' to shut out US goods. America which fully adopted the principles of 'free-trade' and 'capitalism' of Adam Smith after it's had grew into a major powerhouse for the exports of goods and industrial products in Europe and the world. Up until the 2nd <st1:city st="on">World War</st1:city>, <st1:country-region st="on">France</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region st="on">Britain</st1:country-region> realized they could not compete with the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region> in the 'open market'.
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<br />The very first beginning of this 'economic bloc' took place during the time of <b style=""><i style="">Joseph Chamberlain ( 1836-1914 ) as Britain's Colonial Secretary ( beginning 1st of July 1895 ),</i></b> as Chamberlain had called for further expansion and strengthening of the British Empire and it's colonies with <b style="">'Imperial Preference'</b>, a form of 'free-trade' with special taxes and tariff's applicable only between countries under the British Commonwealth. This in way was also to protect <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Britain</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s trading position and economy with other competitors.
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<br />Sadly as <b style=""><i style="">one of the major problems during the period was the differences of currency exchange values of nations</i></b>, where some nations such as the USA and others which had a lower value, made its products much cheaper to purchase by countries with a much higher currency value such as the pound to purchase... thus without controls caused a surge in imports.
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<br />Due to this factor the 1930's saw the <b style=""><i style="">'beggar thy neighbor' policy</i></b> where <b style=""><i style="">many countries would purposely 'devalue' their own currencies to increase the competitiveness of its export products in the open market to reduce their Balance of Payments Deficits</i></b>. This practice of 'self devaluation' of a country's own currency although did help reap profits for exports in the 'short' run, resulted in worsened <b style=""><i style="">national deflationary pressures</i></b> resulting in <b style=""><i style="">plummeting incomes</i></b>, <b style=""><i style="">shrinking demand</i></b>, <b style=""><i style="">mass unemployment</i></b> and and overall decline in world trade in the medium and long-run.
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<br />These blocs had retarded the flow of capital & foreign investments opportunities in the long run and <b style=""><i style="">this condition was what led to the first </i>Bretton Woods Agreement</b> for a system to help <b style=""><i style="">regulate the international monetary system</i></b> by which helped <b style=""><i style="">established the International Monetary Fund ( IMF )</i></b> as well as <b style=""><i style="">the International Bank of Reconstruction and Development ( IBRD )</i></b> which now a part of the <b style="">World Bank Group</b>.</p>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ABOVE LEFT:</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">The World Bank Group logo</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">
<br />ABOVE RIGHT:</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">The IMF logo</span>
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<br />It was in-fact <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on"><b style=""><i style="">Britain</i></b></st1:country-region></st1:place><b style=""><i style="">'s financial situation</i></b> which had driven the move towards <b style=""><i style="">'decoupling' of the British Colonies</i></b> one by one. Whereby previously up till 1930's, <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">England</st1:country-region></st1:place> had practised <b style="">'The Gold Standard'</b>, whereby a certain denomination of Sterling Notes and currencies were convertible into a standard amount ot weight in Gold. It was the events of the <b style="">Great Depression of the 1930's</b> which was 1 of the basic causes of the <b style=""><i style="">break-up of the Gold Standard</i></b>.
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<br />The events of <b style=""><i style="">World War 2 drained up much of Britain's finances</i></b> as beginning of <b style="">7th of September 1940 to 10th of May 1941</b>, England experience what they call in History today as <b style=""><i style="">'The Blitz'</i></b> which was a period of <b style=""><i style="">non-stop bombing by Nazi Germany</i></b> which began in London for over <b style=""><i style="">57 straight consecutive days</i></b> leaving massive devastation of England and it's national economy that by <b style="">May of 1941</b>, over <b style=""><i style="">43 000 British Citizens, 1/2 of them in London were killed</i></b>. Leaving many British both homeless, and for some of the children...orphaned.</p>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> ABOVE:</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> <span style="font-style: italic;">German 'Heinkell HE 111' bombers over the English Channel</span></span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ABOVE: </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">View from St. Katherine's Dock in London after the bombings.</span>
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<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhBAJr4-hDHHAzA6HH5ldLlNFG01fYUTqpFmZy8PHPNvlwM-c4TB1mCGbmyWDinPpIoGVxr9tu8dWpbpqZ1XhCZNXHXCVVxbVyZsgQxUwXgJbl6JAFegYsq_TD1RGjhCxo0fKdtnb1Bk/s1600-h/Bomb+Shelters+in+West+End+of+London.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhBAJr4-hDHHAzA6HH5ldLlNFG01fYUTqpFmZy8PHPNvlwM-c4TB1mCGbmyWDinPpIoGVxr9tu8dWpbpqZ1XhCZNXHXCVVxbVyZsgQxUwXgJbl6JAFegYsq_TD1RGjhCxo0fKdtnb1Bk/s400/Bomb+Shelters+in+West+End+of+London.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433297123811381122" border="0" /></a>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ABOVE:</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Bomb shelters in the West End of London during attack of Nazi Germany of </span></span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">World War 2</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ABOVE LEFT:</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Blitz aftermath in London World War II</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">
<br />ABOVE RIGHT:</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Buildings in London after the bombings...</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ABOVE:</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> <span style="font-style: italic;">The Children in London left orphaned and homeless after Adolf Hitlers bombings in World War II</span></span>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cacer%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">Aside from heightened competition from America-also a former British Colony turned super power- in the open-markets, it was in-fact the events of <b style=""><i style="">going through two major World Wars, financing the wars and the devastation which followed afterwards which left England in debt</i></b>, as originally Britain did <b style="">not </b>want to sign the terms of the Bretton Woods agreement which it signed on December 6th 1945 when <b style=""><i style="">the USA granted Britain aid worth $4.4 Billion US Dollars for it's reconstruction and recovery after the 2nd World War under the 'Marshal Plan' or 'European Recovery Plan', named after George C. Marshal: General of the US Army and US Secretary of State from 1947-1949</i></b> to help aid Western Europe in it's reconstruction as well as economic recovery after the devastation left by the 2nd World War. The <st1:country-region st="on">United States</st1:country-region> also used this opportunity to 'open-up' trade for US Products, goods and services in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Britain</st1:place></st1:country-region></p>
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Q2r96eGgfMTOLjT7SZLs2Cx9h0uXym_VKMTjG3UGfX5zBA3WEHWljUsGCzHk5NroD9slXMZ_t7SuNds9nAKWrAIYPzJYS4XrrIQZlS4g80g6lqRyacG6l7CpjdPNMRI_WB3uPo5x96o/s1600-h/The+Marshall+Plan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Q2r96eGgfMTOLjT7SZLs2Cx9h0uXym_VKMTjG3UGfX5zBA3WEHWljUsGCzHk5NroD9slXMZ_t7SuNds9nAKWrAIYPzJYS4XrrIQZlS4g80g6lqRyacG6l7CpjdPNMRI_WB3uPo5x96o/s400/The+Marshall+Plan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433296006449540306" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ABOVE: </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">The First Page of 'The Marshal Plan' US Law</span>
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">But it was mainly Financial Reasons, after the devastation of the Wars that <st1:country-region st="on">England</st1:country-region> had to focus on rebuilding it's economy and many of it's former colonies which could manage itself did so such as <st1:country-region st="on">Australia</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region st="on">New Zealand</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region st="on">South Africa</st1:country-region> and <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
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<br />Furthermore with <b style=""><i style="">the lost of India's independence in 1947</i></b> -the Jewel of the British Crown- it would be <b style=""><i style="">costly to continue to maintain and administer the vast nations under the British Commonwealth,</i></b> thus starting from the late 1940's the spurring off and Independence had already begun. Even as Malaya...or '<st1:country-region st="on">Malaysia</st1:country-region>' later on was negotiating for it's independence in <st1:city st="on">London</st1:city>... so was the British colony of <st1:country-region st="on">Malta</st1:country-region> in 1955 which had already received a 'referendum' for <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Independence</st1:place></st1:city>.
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<br />In-fact, lookiing at <b style="">the WAY</b> as well as <b style="">ANGLE</b> by which our Malaysian History Text books were edited and written, it seems more like it was angled to show and highlight the political party and leadership of the <b style="">United Malay National Organization ( UMNO</b> ) as almost the <b style=""><i style="">'sole' contributor</i></b> which 'fought' for Malaysia's independence. It's more of an ironic term, as there wasn't much 'fighting' involved or <b style="">TO </b>be done anyways as <b style=""><i style="">Hitler and Churchill had already done most of their fighting long before our <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Independence</st1:place></st1:city>.</i></b>
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<br />But what <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">Britain</st1:country-region></st1:place> wanted was to ensure the political stability and peace within the former Colonies among the Commonwealth Nations so <b style=""><i style="">as to ensure commercial ties</i></b> for trade as <b style=""><i style="">international trade cannot go on smoothly or be sustained when countries are in a state of political unrest or instability</i></b>. For this is also why Britain had helped <b style="">MOST</b> of it's former commonwealth nations in setting up some of the basic foundations for national administration, from the <b style=""><i style="">supervising of the set-up for their Central Banks</i></b>, to their <b style=""><i style="">Judiciary and Public Administrative systems</i></b>...right down to assisting and helping to advise with <b style=""><i style="">the drafting of each of the Commonwealth Nations 'Federal Constitution'</i></b>.
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<br />A matter of fact, it would be totally absurd to even think that Malaysia just through UMNO <b style="">alone</b> could get it's independence from 1 of the biggest empires which 'Malaya' also <b style=""><i style="">required assistance to fight back to Japanese during the Japanese occupation of Malaya by which the British had supplied most of the weapons and military training</i></b>.
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<br />Furthermore Malaysian History textbooks seem to '<b style=""><i style="">discount'</i></b> the very financial contributions of the Chinese Businessmen who had donated money for <st1:country-region st="on">Malaysia</st1:country-region>'s first Prime Minister: Tunku Abdul Rahman's travel's to <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">London</st1:city></st1:place> in order to negotiate our countries Merdeka, as <b style=""><i style="">a vast majority of the Malays up until the NEP till 1970 were in-fact very poor.
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<br />As from the point-of-view of many of the Chinese Malayan businessmen<b style=""><i style="">, majority who moved to Singapore to capture the markets in International Trade and Finance</i></b>... it was also deterring to be under British Rule which exercised it's 'Imperial Preferences' and 'economic bloc', under the 'Sterling Area' with protective tariff measures which <b style=""><i style="">prevented them from trading with United States </i></b>which was already a dominant economic powerhouse at that time and also a rival to England's own trade. ‘Merdeka’ or <st1:city st="on">Independence</st1:city> for them would also mean <b style=""><i style="">the ability to trade more freely</i></b> with other countries not 'within' the economic bloc of the <st1:place st="on">British Empire</st1:place> or the 'Sterling Area'.
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<br />Another sad factor which was literally 'omitted' as well as orally 'twisted' from our Malaysian History Textbooks was the reason for Singapore's separation from Malaysia and the events which led to massacres and tragedy of May 13, which in-fact are interconnected with each other.
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<br />What Malaysian History Books try to hide from the public was the fact that in 1964, 5 years prior to the May 13 incident, that there had already been racial riots in Singapore, remembered by Singaporeans as the <b style="">1964 Sino-Malay Riots</b> during the Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad whereby <b style=""><i style="">36 people were killed and a total of 556 people in Singapore were injured.<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ABOVE:<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">George C. Marshal. General of the US Army and US Secretary of State ( office 1947-1979 ), who devised the 'Marshal Plan' known as the European Recovery Program ( ERP ) winning him a Nobel Peace Prize</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ABOVE: </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">The Kallang racial riots of Singapore in 1964, prior to the 13th May 1969 racial riots in Malaysia...</span>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cacer%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">The racial tensions had already begun with the jealousy and agitation made by then <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><b style=""><i style="">Singapore</i></b></st1:place></st1:country-region><b style=""><i style=""> UMNO Youth leader Syed Jaafar Albar</i></b>... father of UMNO's current Syed Hamid Alba. As in accordance to the accounts seen by former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and International Observers...
<br />according to <b style="">Australian Deputy High Commissioner W.B. Pritchett</b> quoted:-
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<br /><b style=""><i style="">"...there can be no doubt that UMNO was solely responsible for the riots. Its members ran the communal campaign or allowed it to happen."</i></b>
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<br />These early incidents which contributed to the separation of <st1:country-region st="on">Singapore</st1:country-region> from the Federation of Malaysia could be found recorded in the book:
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<br /><b style=""><i style="">" A Moment of Anguish: Singapore in Malaysia and the Politics of Disengagement"</i> Published by Times Academic Press written by Albert Lau</b>.
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<br />The differences in political thought, ideas and agenda came when Lee Kuan Yew called for the formation of a <b style="">'Bangsa <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">Malaysia</st1:country-region></st1:place>'</b>, whereas UMNO led by 'Syed Jaafar Alba' believed in the concept of <b style="">'Ketuanan Melayu'</b> or Malay Supremacy. Lee Kuan Yew's call was the FIRST call against racism and a concept of 'ONE Malaysia' <b style=""><i style="">decades before</i></b> currently Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak started to do so only 'after' losing 5 States during the 2008 Elections.
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<br />But it was these incidents <b style=""><i style="">following the 1964 Sino-Malay riots in Singapore that contributed to the separation of Singapore from Malaysia</i></b> only a year later <b style="">in 9 August 1965</b>, as racial tensions and misunderstandings brought forth from UMNO division in Singapore as to avoid anymore bloodshed...Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman announced it's separation from Malaysia as many of the UMNO party members believed that Lee Kuan Yew's call for "Malaysian Malaysia!" would shift the economic power from the capital city of Kuala Lumpur to Singapore.
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<br />Upon the announcement, Lee Kuan Yew commented on national TV on 'Road to <st1:city st="on">Independence</st1:city>' on <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">Singapore</st1:country-region></st1:place>'s 'AsiaOne':
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<br /><b style=""><i style="">""For me, it is a moment of anguish. All my life, my whole adult life, I have believed in merger and unity of the two territories"</i></b>
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<br />It was in-fact <b style=""><i style="">during the announcement</i></b> of this separation in Malaysian Parliament by Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, that Singapore UMNO Youth: Syed Jaafar Alba <b style=""><i style="">stood up before Tunku could finish speaking and left the parliament, as he automatically lost his seat with the separation of Singapore.</i></b> Other UMNO Ministers told Tunku to take disciplinary action, but Tunku stood calm and patient saying it was okay... a mistake which 5 years later on would <b style=""><i style="">cause Tunku to be ousted</i></b> during the <b style="">May 13 riots of 1969 </b>and replaced by Tun Abdul Razak.
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<br />It was widely said that Syed Jaafar Alba believed Tunku Abdul Rahman to be weak, and a 'traitor' of the Malay race with his 'closeness' with the Chinese and having many Chinese friends whom Tunku was well known to occasionally drink, as well as play 'Mah Jong' with. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The politicians in UMNO of that time were very much <b style=""><i style="">divided</i></b>, from the upper middle class, much higher educated Malays with more racial tolerance and understanding such as Tunku himself...and those influenced by the radical politics of <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">Indonesia</st1:country-region></st1:place> which call for unified identity which even Chinese Indonesians till today carry Indonesian names.
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<br />It was also believed that Syed Jaafar Alba had <b style=""><i style="">collaborated</i></b> with Tun Abdul Razak to 'oust' Tunku Abdul Rahman seeing an 'urgency' to help the UMNO party which was in <b style=""><i style="">dire need of funds</i></b> as well as to <b style=""><i style="">help the Malays in a radical way</i></b>, which right after the May 13 incidents resulted in an ousting of Tunku when the State of Emergency was declared then automatically afterwards Tun Abdul Razak became the 2nd Prime Minister <b style=""><i style="">introducing the radical New Economic Policy ( NEP ) which today has become a tool more for 'financing' UMNO's political machine that producing results for the development of bumiputra Malays in general at a competitive level at PAR with non-Malays.
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<br />But prior to the elections already...UMNO Youth once again in-fact had already showed it's TRUE COLORS to the general public and people...by the waving of the Keris "Malay Traditional Dagger" and screaming to <b style=""><i style="">'bathe it in the blood of Chinese'.</i></b></p>
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMB1EQD5WePcWoWzEeRNC_kdifXeH9W9JHFvDaiCN1xg-_bunPrIP36b0RJyVudwLiVs9R9e_0dHHrvgppqXuvDqXb1q1uw1uSe9rn28sqKvEbxgGFI3L_Lg3du35hwSUloNr7rujtld4/s1600-h/Hishamuddin+Keris+pic.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMB1EQD5WePcWoWzEeRNC_kdifXeH9W9JHFvDaiCN1xg-_bunPrIP36b0RJyVudwLiVs9R9e_0dHHrvgppqXuvDqXb1q1uw1uSe9rn28sqKvEbxgGFI3L_Lg3du35hwSUloNr7rujtld4/s400/Hishamuddin+Keris+pic.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433295154806918162" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ABOVE: </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">UMNO Youth former Chief Hishammudin waving the Malay Dagger during UMNO General Assemblies saying that they would<span style="font-weight: bold;"> 'bathe it in the blood of Chinese'</span>. Ever since the UMNO Youth of Syed Jaafar Alba's time in Singapore from the 1964 Sino-Malay riots...DULU, KINI, SELAMANYA...they will NEVER change!</span>
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<br />But such Racial Violence and condoning of ignorance and delinquency among the Malays could easily be seen in an incident which I remember clearly which appeared on the front cover of the Malay Mail...where due to a small misunderstanding, a group or gang of Malay Illegal Racers or Mat Rempits brutally attacked 3 Chinese in their cars...1 of them being a girl who was also dragged out and beaten by this group of Malay criminals...</p>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ABOVE: </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Chinese along with a girl dragged out and brutally attacked by a group of Mat Rempits...Malay Mail Monday 10th of November 2008...</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ABOVE:</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> <span style="font-style: italic;">...even the Chinese girl who was inside the car was not spared, dragged out and beaten with helmets by Mat Rempits.</span></span>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cacer%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">I for one have not yet MET a Chinese Mat Rempit and know too well the social-ills and moral degradation among the Malay youth of today...many whom share<b style=""><i style=""> a common background of Low Education and Low Income families...mass migrating in search for jobs in the Capital City</i></b>. Their common background from the rural areas is in-fact proof that UMNO has <b style=""><i style="">FAILED to bring proper development and good job opportunities to the Malay's living in the rural areas.
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<br />Even in accordance to <b style="">Urban Economics</b> on Urban Crime, Dr. Glaecer one of the top Urban Economist from Harvard University has done a study between the relation between city size and crime and that studied in 1995 of over <b style="">80 countries worldwide</b>... that cities in 'dictatorship' countries tend to be oversized or over-concentrated with high population densities in comparison with fully democratic countries. In his paper, he also concluded that unequal development is 1 common factor among dictatorship countries and corruption where the wealth of other States are squandered and shared by corrupted officials and cronies living within the capital city areas.
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<br />But instead of truly 'helping' these Malays...the Putera UMNO division fills itself with these illegal racers or 'Mat Rempits', by which it uses mostly those 21 and above who are of legal voting age as support voters for UMNO and merely 'entertaining' them than offering them proper continuing education or job training opportunities to improve their welfare...</p>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ABOVE: </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Putera UMNO Chairman Datuk Abdul Azeez bringing a group of Mat Rempits to go watch 'Impak Maksima The Musical'. It would probably be reassuring to the 3 Chinese beaten up by Mat Rempits in Malay Mail that UMNO is really 'helping' these juvenile delinquents...</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ABOVE:</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> <span style="font-style: italic;">PEKIDA, PROWARIS, PEWARIS, GPMS, GAPEMA are all UMNO linked NGO's..</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;">.</span>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cacer%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">Such Malays especially the actions of those in UMNO have <b style=""><i style="">more often than not contributed towards dissent, cautiousness as well as even hatred stereotyping by other races towards Malays due to the actions and behaviors portrayed by such ignorant, uneducated and wayward Feudal Malays. </i></b>For me sometimes, just seeing the general level or the state of my own Malay people and the actions of such individuals or group of leaders makes it even <b style=""><i style="">embarrassing to BE a Malay at times</i></b>, as their behaviors also <b style=""><i style="">tarnish the teachings and image of Islam itself</i></b> and they embarrass the whole Malay race even at a more international level.
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<br />It's sad when you look back at history even beginning with the Melaccan Sultanate, the level of closeness in terms of diplomatic relations which Parameswara had held with China and the citizens from India as well as Arab traders and compare it to the politics and the level of racial separation, sentiment as well as hatred being held by the leaders of UMNO of today.
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<br />Some even calling them 'pendatang asing' after being born and bred here. But if we and the I myself as a Malay ASK myself...
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<br />WHERE would Melaka or the Malays be today without the goods such as tea, silk and porcelain coming from <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>?
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<br />WHERE would the old Malay empire which Malays hold so proud in it's short 100 year reign before the Portuguese invasion be without the cotton and precious 'spices' coming from India?
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<br />WITHOUT such International Trade and Good Diplomatic relations and foreign tax trade policies... would there ever have BEEN a Malay or Malaccan Empire???
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<br />WHERE would <st1:place st="on">Malaya</st1:place> be if it weren't for the skilled labor in 'mining' in extraction and processing for 'tin' if it weren't for the Chinese? Would there even BE a town of <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Kuala Lumpur</st1:place></st1:city> or many other former mining town residents today???
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<br />With the Malays by majority whom came from non-Market economies with their own lands to cultivate for self-consumption...WOULD THEY have done all the mining, or mass plantation agriculture of 'black pepper' or even for 'rubber' tree plantations IF the British Colonist had forced them to do it???
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<br />Even today our country is still pretty much dependent on foreign labor for hard laborious work such as for construction and other services from 'foreign workers' such as from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia... which makes me wonder, <b style=""><i style="">what does it mean to be a 'TUAN Melayu'?</i></b> Does it mean to simply sit back and relax like a boss and not need to work hard as OTHER races have done and simply feed off the TAX REVENUES of such hard labor like some King?
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<br />As it is written in <b style="">Chapter 3 of Mark </b>Jesus himself once said in verses 24-25:
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<br /><b style=""><i style="">" And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand."</i></b>
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<br />Furthermore <b style="">the Koran</b> writes in <b style="">Chapter 'Surah 2'</b> ironically entitled 'The Heifer' in <b style="">verse 148:</b>
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<br /><b style=""><i style="">"To EACH is a goal to which GOD turns him; the STRIVE TOGETHER <o:p></o:p></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">( as in a race ) towards ALL that is GOOD. WHEREVER you are, GOD will bring you TOGETHER. For GOD has power over all things."</i></b>
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<br />Furthermore in <b style="">the same chapter in verse 42</b> of the Koran writes:
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<br /><b style=""><i style="">"And cover NOT the TRUTH with FALSEHOOD, nor CONCEAL the Truth when you KNOW what it is."</i></b>
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<br />As we seek to find out the TRUTH about our past as well as our nations history the truth shall always reveal itself in the end as it is also written in <b style="">The Bible in Mark Chapter 7 verse 7 </b>Jesus also said:
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<br /><b style=""><i style="">"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."</i></b>
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<br />As has been illustrated through history that <b style=""><i style="">it was the lack of 'knowledge' and education which was what Malays in-fact lacked compared to the other races in this country from the beginning</i></b>...the lack of knowledge in trade, doing business and finance which led to the loss of lands among the Malays.
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<br />It is also Trade which brought up Melacca, and it was also because of Global Trade and Competition that Melacca was and Malaya was colonized over and over again, and it is also Trade which brought up some of the greatest world superpowers from <st1:country-region st="on">Britain</st1:country-region>, to <st1:country-region st="on">France</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region st="on">Germany</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region st="on">Japan</st1:country-region> as well as the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
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<br />It is also trade which is what the very Muslim Prophet Muhammad PBUH told Muslims to do...and <b style=""><i style="">not politics</i></b>.
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<br />It is also 'knowledge', which so many Malays lacked in the beginning to have such skills in arithmetic calculations, finance, investment and trade that the prophet had told muslims to seek knowledge all the way to China itself... knowledge which still so many Malays today lack being consumed and focused on unrelated issues continuously brought up by UMNO to sway the very attention of Malays away from our OWN shortcomings as a people, as a civilization and as a race.
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<br />The REAL Malay Dilema has and ALWAYS has been in-fact an Economic one...and <b style=""><i style="">economical problems require Economical Solutions...NOT mere ineffective political ones</i></b> as has been the KEY to the success of other races such as the Chinese and non-bumi's in this countryl..independent from much or any help from the Federal Government for over 200 years now since <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Kuala Lumpur</st1:city></st1:place> under Yap Ah Loy.
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<br />While some silly ignorant Malays would like to worry so much about NEP policies and 'bumiputra' quotas for government tenders and procurements...they forget to see that there are MANY other businesses both non-bumi or Malay that <b style=""><i style="">have flourished and even succeeded WITHOUT doing any businesses in dealing with the Federal Government.
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<br /></i></b>HOW MANY government contracts and tenders for supplies do Franchise businesses such as PJ Old Town or Secret Recipe take away from the bumi's in government??? A matter of fact many of Vincent Tan's Berjaya Group's investments are heavily in foreign franchise companies and concepts in Malaysia... how many government procurement contracts and tenders does Berjaya 7-Elevens, Coffee's Starbucks, or Pappa Johns Pizza or even Krispy Kreme take away from bumi's in the Government??? <b style="">NONE!</b>
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<br />Yet I know MANY of these Berjaya Group Franchises that <b style=""><i style="">employ a LOT of Malays and also provide them with good working incentives and salaries... </i></b>( but then again, IF these franchises WERE supplying to the Ministries in Government...so far I Haven't had ANY Starbucks Coffee or even Secret Recipe or Krispy Kreme's during any government 'meetings' where tea and coffee is served.
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<br />YET UMNO always tries to paint the picture as if Malays could not even SURVIVE or LIVE without the NEP and itself...when history has even proven that we have even lost <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Singapore</st1:place></st1:country-region> due to UMNO's racist and immoral behaviors. <st1:country-region st="on">Singapore</st1:country-region> which had taken over the role of Melacca during the British Empire's reign and till today remains the main harbor as well as foreign currency exchange, banking and financial service center till today for the whole of <st1:place st="on">South East Asia</st1:place>.
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<br />Yet despite such mindset I've known many more Malay businesses as well as non-Malay which have not only lived or survived<b style=""><i style="">, but even SUCCEEDED without any aid from the Federal Government or the NEP just by doing business.
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<br />Yet <b style=""><i style="">do we Malays even ASK ourselves...WHY is it that those NOT being help SUCCEEDED, while those being handed SO MUCH help still continue to FAIL???</i></b> THAT is the question we as Malays should ask ourselves today. Cos when it comes to doing business, if you have the passion, the hard work, the patience, and the determination to succeed, added with the knowledge...eventually you will! If you have a good service or product to sell, the product sells ITSELF!
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<br />So let us take this moment together during this very BLACK 31st of August 2009 Merdeka to reflect upon ourselves and remember whom we are, and where we started, and where we would be TODAY if we did not have each other or lived together in this SAME land...
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<br />As for those who chose to incite racial hatred, the ignorant among the Malays in UMNO who only choose to sow the cords of racial dissent... the Koran has this to say about them:
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<br /><b style=""><i style="">"The parable of those who REJECT Faith is as if one were to shout like a GOAT-HERD, to things that LISTEN TO NOTHING but calls and cries; DEAR, DUMB and BLIND, they are VOID of wisdom."</i></b>
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<br /><b style="">Chapter 2 Al-Baqarah verse 172.</b>
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<br />As is written in the Koran...I would like to ask ALL of your who do not believe in Racism, Racial Segregation and belief in equality and a peaceful Malaysia... of what even Lee Kuan Yew once called:
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<br />"<b style=""><i style="">Malaysian Malaysia"</i></b>
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<br />for all of us to LEARN from the mistakes of the past, but most of all the learn from the hardships, struggles and toils as well as strengths of others as well, be it from a race, or a nation, empire or civilization. As the Malay old saying goes:
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<br /><b style=""><i style="">"BUANG yang keruh, AMBIL yang jernih. Baru TEGUH peribadi"</i></b>
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<br /><b style=""><i style="">"CAST OUT the murky, and TAKE what is CLEAR. Only then would our hearts be STRONG."</i></b>
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<br />Let us truly come together and unite during these dark hours...and remember a time long ago...when due to trade and good relationships between cultures and by working together was how we developed, to gain our independence and become where we are today...
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<br />Imran
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<br />MortalAngelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782741322740147623noreply@blogger.com53tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2646072465410209319.post-44525146298498190562010-01-30T23:57:00.000-08:002010-01-31T00:55:38.401-08:00The ‘Allah’ issue…The Problem with Islamic Education and Political Interests in Malaysia.<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cacer%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">11 Churches</span> attacked by arsonist, a result from Muslim extremist in <st1:country-region st="on">Malaysia</st1:country-region> had finally put <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Malaysia</st1:place></st1:country-region> in International headlines. From the front cover of International Herald Tribune ( IHT ), to the front cover of Financial Times ( FT ), to reports on worldwide news such as BBC, Al-Jazeera and even CNN. A feat which in any other circumstances would not be easy to be achieved by such a small country as Malaysia, except Malaysia appears on the front covers of these papers for all the wrong reasons, tarnishing the very image of Malaysia Internationally, and more over painting a bad image of Muslims in Malaysia in particularly, further enforcing the age old infamous ‘stereotype’ about Islam being a religion of ‘terrorist’ and ‘extremist’, the Malays in Malaysia who are predominantly Muslim, through such extremist behaviors have in-fact only helped to ‘enforce’ this negative stereotype of Islam even further, making Muslims worldwide to feel ‘ashamed’ of their fellow counterparts in Malaysia…the Malays who call themselves ‘Muslims’ through such actions of violence shown recently.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>But the very actions of these ‘extremist’ Muslims cum Malays –burning down Churches and their protests towards Christians having the right to use the very word ‘Allah’ to describe GOD in their own publications- in general truly contradict with what is taught in Islam itself and what is being taught and written in the Muslim Book- The Koran itself- which all Muslims profess and believe as The Word of GOD HIMSELF. For in Islam, Christians and Jews/Judaism are called ‘The People of the Book’, and it has been written in the Quran itself…</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">
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<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Chapter 22 Al-Hajj ( The Pilgrimage ) verse 39-40:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">39.</i></b><i style=""> ‘To those against whom war is made, permission is given ( to fight ) because they are wronged;- and verily, God is Most Powerful for their aid;<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">40.( </i></b><i style="">They are ) those who have been expelled from their homes in defiance of right,- ( for no cause ) except that they say, “Our LORD is GOD.” Did not GOD check on set of people by means of another, there would surely have been pulled down <b style="">monasteries</b>, <b style="">churches</b>, <b style="">synagogues</b>, and <b style="">mosques</b>, in which <b style="">the name of GOD is commemorated in abundant measure</b>. GOD will certainly aid those who aid HIS ( cause ); -for verily GOD is full of Strength, Exalted in Might,<span style=""> </span>( able to enforce His Will ).</i>’</p><p class="MsoNormal">
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>As seen written clearly, by this verse in the Quran; Islam teaches Muslims to respect the houses of worship of other religions and in particularly those of The People of the Book itself, and despite the language variation of practices among The People of the Book, whether it be in Arabic, Hebrew, Yiddish, or Latin, GOD does not ‘denounce’ in anyway that it is HIS name which is being commemorated in these houses of worship among The People of the Book itself.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Furthermore, the actions among the current ruling political party UMNO in setting up a Group in Facebook called “<b style=""><i style="">MENENTANG PENGGUNAAN NAMA ‘ALLAH’ OLEH BUKAN ISLAM</i></b>” or <b style=""><i style="">“ Protest Against the use of the name ‘Allah’ by Non-Muslims’</i></b> which gained over hundred thousands fans in just a few days… this action itself is also against what is being taught in the Quran for it is written…</p><p class="MsoNormal">
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Chapter 29 Al-Ankabut ( The Spider ) verse 46:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">“ And dispute you <b style="">not</b> with the People of the Book, except with means better ( than <b style="">mere disputation</b> ), unless it be with those of them who inflict wrong ( and injury ): but say,<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">‘We believe in the Revelation which has come down to us and in <b style="">what which came down to you</b>; our God and your God is One; and it is to Him we bow ( in Islam ).”</i></p><p class="MsoNormal">
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<br /><i style=""><o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Many ignorant Malay Muslims in Malaysia even question the validity of whether Jews or Christians of today are even ‘qualified’ to be considered as genuine or authentic ‘People of the Book’ in according the Quran and Islam, simply due to the ‘differences’ in religious ‘theology’ between Christians and Muslims, particularly concerning the subject matter of the concept of ‘The Holy Trinity’ in accordance to Christian theology.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>But sadly what such ignorant Malay Muslims in Malaysia have failed to comprehend is the fact that such theology had already existed ‘before’ the coming of Islam itself and is already written about in the Quran itself, and NOWHERE within the Quran itself or the Traditions of the Prophet Muhammad ( Peace Be Upon Him ), does GOD deny that the Christians or Jews of today are not the ‘People of The Book’. As much of what is contained within the Bible today, whether it be The Old Testament held by the Jews, or even what is contained in The New Testament today, have all become ‘standard text’ used and practice or ‘canonical’, long before the coming of Islam itself, and the Quran in many verses throughout it- had explained in detail and made clear the differences between itself –The Quran- and The Bible as well as concerning the differences in religious theology between the belief of a Muslim and those of ‘The People of the Book’, thus if Malay Muslims truly read and study their own book The Quran, there would and neither could be no confusion as many of them so called claim, because everything has been written and made clear and concise to Muslims in general.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Furthermore for Muslims it is also written in the Quran where GOD commands Muslims...</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Chapter 2 Al-Baqarah ( The Heifer ) verse 136:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">‘Say you: “We believe in God, and the revelations given to us, and to Abraham, Ismail, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes, and that given to <b style="">Moses and Jesus</b>, and that given to ( <b style="">all</b> ) prophets from their LORD: <b style="">we make no difference between one and another of them</b>: and we bow to God ( in Islam ).’</i></p><p class="MsoNormal">
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<br /><i style=""><o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Furthermore in relations between Muslims and The People of the Book, although the differences between theology and belief had been made clear, along with precautions concerning relations for Muslims to guard their faith when mixing or interacting with People of the Book, he Quran also writes…</p><p class="MsoNormal">
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Chapter 3 Surah Al-Imran ( The Family of Imran ) verse 113-115:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">‘113<i style="">. Not all of them are alike</i></b><i style="">: of the People of the Book are a portion that stand ( for the right ): they rehearse the Signs of GOD<span style=""> </span>all night long, and they prostrate themselves in adoration. </i><b style="">114<i style="">.</i></b><i style=""> They believe in GOD and the Last Day; they enjoin what is right, and forbid what is wrong; and they hasten ( in emulation ) in all good works: <b style="">they are in the ranks of the righteous</b>. </i><b style="">115.</b><i style=""> Of <b style="">the good</b> that they do, <b style="">nothing will be rejected of them</b>; for GOD knows well those that do right.’</i></p><p class="MsoNormal">
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<br /><i style=""><o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Quran also writes specifically pertaining to relations with People of the Book among Christians…</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Chapter 5 Surah Al-Ma’idah ( The Table ) verse 82:-<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">‘…and <b style="">nearest </b>among them <b style="">in love to the believers</b> will you find those who say.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">“We are Christians.”:</i></b><i style=""> because <b style="">amongst</b> these are men devoted to learning and men who have renounced the world, and they are <b style="">not</b> arrogant.’</i></p><p class="MsoNormal">
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<br /><i style=""><o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>But despite everything that has been written so clearly in the Quran, which is held sacred and holy by Muslims worldwide, why have Malay Muslims resorted to extremism and behave in the exact opposite of what has been taught as well as even practiced by the Muslim prophet Muhammad ( PBUH ) himself???</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Perhaps one simple answer lies in how Islam is being taught and practiced by the Malay Muslims in <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">Malaysia</st1:country-region></st1:place> and in these particular verse in the Quran…</p><p class="MsoNormal">
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Chapter 46 Al-Ahqaf ( Winding Sand-tracts ) verse 12:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">“ And before this, was the Book of Moses as a guide and mercy: <b style="">and this Book confirms <o:p></o:p></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">( it )</i></b><i style=""> in the <b style="">Arabic</b> tongue: to admonish the unjust, and as Glad Tidings to those who do right.”<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">
<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Chapter 39 Al-Zumar ( The Crowds ) verse 28</b>:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">“<span style=""> </span>( It is ) a Quran <b style="">in Arabic</b> without any crookedness: in order that they may guard against Evil.”<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">
<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Chapter 43 Al-Zukhruf ( The Gold Adornments ) verse 3:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">“<b style=""> We</b> have <b style="">made </b>it a Quran <b style="">in Arabic</b>, that you may be able to <b style="">understand</b> ( and learn wisdom ).”<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"> From these verses in the Quran alone one could already see the how the wide commotion had been started by the Malay-Muslims in <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">Malaysia</st1:country-region></st1:place> as it raises a very important question… </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">“How many Malays actually speak or understand Arabic???”</i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">
<br /></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>It is quite easy to see why as well as how all the commotion started from such an issue and to be politicized by groups of irresponsible parties, as Arabic is not the primary language of the Malays, nor is it considered a ‘second language’ for Malays with Malaysia being a former British Colony. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Only Malays who attended Islamic Religious Schools from Primary School, or were in <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Special</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">Religious</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Schools</st1:placetype></st1:place> or classes during High School would’ve taken basic Arabic language courses, or those attending Islamic Universities and Colleges, but even this is still ‘basic’ Arabic unless a student is specializing in Arabic as their major itself.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>As some of the more ignorant Malays would claim that simply using the very word ‘Allah’ by Christians could cause ‘confusion’. But confusion is caused by only by those with lack of information to begin with, or those who are given the wrong information.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">But could one who actually or properly reads and studies the Quran be misinformed? When it has even been written in the Quran itself concerning ‘Allah’…</p><p class="MsoNormal">
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<br /><i style=""><o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>From this verse alone it is already made quite clear the difference in the concept of GOD in comparison with that in Christianity or other religions alone. But then again, if majority of Malay Muslims don’t understand Arabic nor even bother to take the time to read the Quran with an aim at understanding it, then it is quite obvious then how such ‘confusion’ could come about. But if so that that is the case, then who’s fault is it then if a people of that religion does not even bother to read or understand the Book of their own religion?
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>For non-Muslims and non-Malays living in Malaysia all this while, sometimes seeing the Quran being read on national television, or even hear it being read out aloud in public from nearby mosques before Muslim prayer times may actually have thought that all this while Malays in general, actually know or understand Arabic, but this is far from the truth.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>This raises the question in-fact as to the way Islam is being taught and practiced in <st1:country-region st="on">Malaysia</st1:country-region> as well in non-Arabic speaking countries, even in the teaching of Islam in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Malaysia</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s very own education system.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>As I have to admit as a Muslim myself, at times, I feel a great lost being unable to understand or be fluent in Arabic, represents a great challenge as well as a barrier in fully understanding the teaching of Islam or the Quran which is in Arabic itself.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Majority of Muslim Malays since very early childhood are merely being taught how to familiarize themselves with the Arabic Alphabets and writing and taught mainly how to ‘recite’ or ‘pronounce’ the Quran properly, and to recite in terms of pronunciations of the Arabic words properly, but not much emphasis is given into understanding the very ‘meanings’ of the words or even verses of the Quran by Muslims Malays in general for a long time, and this is in-fact how Islam has been taught and practiced for such a long time in Malaysia, where majority of Muslim Malays merely know how to ‘pronounce’ the Quranic verses in Arabic without ever truly comprehend or understand any of it’s meaning –unless their Muslim parents had emphasized their children in taking up proper Islamic studies and on learning Arabic from a very young age.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>In terms of religious theology, for non-Muslims out there who are ‘curious’ as pertaining to some of the verses from the Quran which I have cited in here, which mentions such prophets which are familiar to Christians and those of the Judaism faith, this is because in Islamic theology and stand-point is that the Quran itself as well as Islam is continuation of revelations which came before.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>In Islam, there are 5 books which came down in various stages, whereby the Quran is the summary and final chapter of the revelations which came down to 5 main prophets beginning with the Prophet and Patriarch “Ibrahim” or Abraham who’s book is mention in the Quran, but has been lost as mentioned in the Quran…</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">
<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Chapter 53 Surah Al-Najm ( The Stars ) verse 33-37:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">33. </b><i style="">See you one who turns back, </i><b style=""><span style=""> </span>34. </b><i style="">Gives a little, then hardens ( his heart )<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span></i><b style="">35. </b><i style="">What! Has he knowledge of the Unseen so that he can see? </i><b style="">36. </b><i style="">Nay, is he not acquainted with what is in <b style="">the books of Moses</b> -</i><b style="">37. <i style="">And of Abraham</i></b><i style=""> who fulfilled his engagement?<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">
<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Chapter 87 Surah Al-A’la<span style=""> </span>( The Most High ) verses 18-19:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">18. </b><i style="">And this is in the Books of the earliest ( Revelations ),- </i><b style=""><span style=""> </span>19 </b><i style="">The Books of <b style="">Abraham</b> and Moses.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">These 5 books and 5 major prophets are:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">
<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">5 Major Prophets & Books in Islam:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Abraham/Ibrahim<span style=""> </span>- ( na- )
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Moses/Musa<span style=""> </span>- <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">( Torah/ Taurat )</span>
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">David/Daud<span style=""> </span>- <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">( Psalms/ Zabur )</span>
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Jesus/Isa<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>- <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">( Gospels, Evangels/ Injeel )</span>
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Muhammad SAW<span style=""> </span>- <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">( Quran, Koran )</span>
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">For is is written in Islam in the Quran…</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Chapter 43 Surah Al-Ra’d ( The Thunder ) verse 38:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">‘ We did send messengers <b style="">before</b> you, and appointed for them wives and children: and it was never the part of a messenger to bring a Sign except as GOD permitted ( or commanded ). <b style="">For each period is a Book ( revealed ).</b>’</i></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><i style=""><o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>It is for this very reason why Muslims are commanded by Allah to profess <b style="">Chapter 2 verse 136</b> in the Quran which I have cited earlier as Islam is part of the Abrahamic faiths.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">For it is written in the Quran…</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span><b style="">Chapter 2 Al-Baqarah ( The Heifer ) verse 130:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">‘ And who turns away from <b style="">the religion of Abraham</b> but such as debase their sould with folly? Him We chose and rendered pure in this world: and he will be in the Hereafter in the ranks of the Righteous.’<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Muslims in Islam believe in 24-25 major prophets, by which Islam share 20 in common with those of the Christian faith, these prophets and their names in Arabic in The Quran in comparison with the same figures in Bible are:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">
<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">24 Prophets in Islam:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Bible<span style=""> </span></b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">( Quranic Equivalent or In the Quran ONLY -IN BLUE colored )</span><b style=""><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Adam<span style=""> </span><b style=""><span style=""> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">(</span></b><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Adam</span><b style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> )</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Enoch<b style=""><span style=""> </span>(</b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">Idris</span><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"> )</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Noah<span style=""> </span><b style=""><span style=""> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">(</span></b><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Nuh</span><b style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> )</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Abraham<span style=""> </span><b style=""><span style=""> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">(</span></b><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Ibrahim</span><b style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> )</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><st1:place st="on">
<br /></st1:place></p><p class="MsoNormal"><st1:place st="on">Lot</st1:place><span style=""> </span><b style=""><span style=""> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">(</span></b><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Lut</span><b style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> )</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Ishmael<span style=""> </span><b style=""><span style=""> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">(</span></b><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Ismail</span><b style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> )</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Isaac<span style=""> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> </span></span><b style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style=""> </span>(</b><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Is’hak</span><b style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> )</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Jacob<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><b style=""><span style=""> </span>(</b><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Ya’qub</span><b style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> )</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Joseph<span style=""> </span><b style=""><span style=""> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">(</span></b><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Yusuf</span><b style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> )</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Moses<b style=""><span style=""> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">(</span></b><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Musa</span><b style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> )</b><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Aaron<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><b style=""><span style=""> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">(</span></b><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Harun</span><b style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> )</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">David<span style=""> </span><b style=""><span style=""> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">(</span></b><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Daud</span><b style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> )</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Solomon<span style=""> </span><b style=""><span style=""> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">(</span></b><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Sulaiman</span><b style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> )</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Elijah<span style=""> </span><b style=""><span style=""> </span>(</b><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Ilyas</span><b style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> )</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Elisha<span style=""> </span><b style=""><span style=""> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">(</span></b><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Ilyasa</span><b style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> )</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Job<span style=""> </span><b style=""><span style=""> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">(</span></b><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Ayub</span><b style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> )</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Jonah<span style=""> </span><b style=""><span style=""> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">(</span></b><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Yunus</span><b style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> )</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style=""> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">(</span></b><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Salih</span><b style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> )</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style=""> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">(</span></b><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Hood</span><b style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> )</b><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style=""> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">(</span></b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">Syu’ayb</span><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"> )</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Zechariah<span style=""> </span><b style=""><span style=""> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">( </span></b><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Zakaria</span><b style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> )</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">John The Baptist<span style=""> </span><b style=""><span style=""> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">(</span></b><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Yahya</span><b style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> )</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Jesus<span style=""> </span><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style=""> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">(</span></b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">Isa</span><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"> )</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style=""> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">(</span></b><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Muhammad PBUH</span><b style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> )</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">In fact 3 other prophets such as Isaiah and Jeremiah are mentioned in Chapter 17 of the Quran in reference to The Fall of Jerusalem but are not mentioned by name, including the prophet Samuel ( Syamil = Arabic ) as it is written in the Quran…</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Chapter 40 Surah Ghafir ( Forgiver</b> ) also known as <b style="">Surah Al-Mu’min ( The Believer ) verse 78:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">‘ We did aforetime <b style="">send messengers before you</b>: of them are some whose story We have related to you, and <b style="">some whose story We have not related to you</b>. It was not possible for any messenger to bring a Sign <b style="">except</b> by leave of GOD: but when the Command of GOD was issued, the matter was decided in truth and justice, and there perished, there and then, those who stood on Falsehoods’.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>As for some Christians or Non-Muslims out there who may possess the full English translation copy of the Quran without the Arabic text by ‘Abdullah Yusuf Ali’, some may question concerning some of the stories narrated pertaining to 3 particular prophets mentioned which are the prophets Salih, Hud and Syaib, and pertaining to the people they were sent to which were the people of Ad, their descendents the people of Thamud and Madyan.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>But this in-fact is also related and linked directly to The Bible and Abraham as the translations used by Abdullah Yusuf Ali is still in Arabic. The people of Ad in the Bible are in-fact the people of <b style="">the <st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on">Kingdom</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename st="on">Edom</st1:placename></st1:place></b>…<b style="">the Edomites</b>, whereas the people of Thamud mentioned in the Quran are their descendents <b style="">The Temanites</b> as written in The Quran..</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Chapter 89 Surah Al-Fajr ( The Break of Dawn ) verses 6-9:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">‘<b style="">6. </b><i style="">See you not how your LORD dealt with <b style="">the Ad</b> ( people ) </i><b style="">7. </b><i style="">Of the <b style="">City of Iram</b>, with <b style="">lofty pillars</b>, </i><b style="">8. </b><i style="">The like of which were not produced in ( all ) the land?</i><b style=""> 9. </b><i style=""><span style=""> </span>And the <b style="">Thamud</b> ( people ), who <b style="">cut out
<br /></b></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><b style="">( huge ) rocks in the valley</b>?’</i></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><i style=""><o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">One could see reference to them in the Bible’s <span style="font-weight: bold;">Old Testament</span> where it is written in..</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">
<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Chronicles 1: 51-54<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">‘The Chiefs of <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><b style="">Edom</b></st1:place></st1:country-region> were:</p> <p class="MsoNormal">‘Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, <b style="">52</b>. Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon. <b style="">53</b>. Kenaz, <b style="">Teman</b>, Mibzar,</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">54</b>. Magdiel and <b style="">Iram</b>. These were the chiefs of <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Edom</st1:place></st1:country-region>.’</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cacer%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} /* List Definitions */ @list l0 {mso-list-id:428088267; mso-list-type:hybrid; mso-list-template-ids:456923736 807144664 67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715;} @list l0:level1 {mso-level-start-at:18; mso-level-tab-stop:27.0pt; mso-level-number-position:left; margin-left:27.0pt; text-indent:-24.0pt; mso-ansi-font-weight:bold; mso-ansi-font-style:normal;} ol {margin-bottom:0in;} ul {margin-bottom:0in;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">Further reference to them is written in a prophecy against <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Edom</st1:place></st1:country-region> written in The Old Testament in…</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Jeremiah Chapter 49: 15-18<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">15.</b><i style=""> “Now I will make you small among the nations,<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>despised among men.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">16.<span style=""> </span></b><i style="">The terror you inspire and the pride of your heart have deceived you,<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>you <b style="">who live in the clefts of the rocks</b>,<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style=""><span style=""> </span>who occupy the heights of the hill</i></b><i style="">.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>Though <b style="">you build your nest as high as the eagle’s</b>.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>from there <b style="">I will bring you down</b>.”<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>declares The LORD<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">17.<span style=""> </span>“<st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on"><i style="">Edom</i></st1:country-region></st1:place><i style=""> </i></b><i style="">will become <b style="">an object of horror</b>;<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27pt; text-indent: -24pt;"><i style=""><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff because of all its wounds.<o:p></o:p></i><b style=""><span style="">
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27pt; text-indent: -24pt;"><b style=""><span style="">18.<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7pt;" > </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><i style="">As <st1:city st="on">Sodom</st1:city> and <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Gomorrah</st1:city></st1:place> <b style="">were overthrown</b>,<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>along with their neighbouring towns,”<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>declares The LORD<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>“ <b style="">so no one will live there;<o:p></o:p></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><b style=""><i style=""><span style=""> </span>No man will dwell in it</i></b><i style="">.”</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;">
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<br /><i style=""><o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--> <!--[endif]--></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">In <b style="">The Book of Jeremiah 49: 19-21</b> <span style=""> </span>further the prophesy writes…</p> <p class="MsoNormal">“ <i style="">I will chase <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">Edom</st1:country-region></st1:place> from its land in an instant.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span><b style="">Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this?</b>”<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><b style="">20</b><i style="">. Therefore hear what the LORD has planned against <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><b style="">Edom</b></st1:place></st1:country-region>,<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><b style=""><span style=""> </span></b><i style="">what HE has purposed against those who live in <b style="">Teman</b>:<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>The young of the flock will be dragged away; <o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><i style=""><span style=""> </span><b style="">HE will completely destroy their pasture because of them</b>.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><b style="">21. </b><i style="">At the sound of their fall <b style="">the earth will tremble</b>;<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><b style=""><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span></b><i style="">their cry will resound to <st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on">Sea</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename st="on">Reeds</st1:placename></st1:place>.
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<br /><i style=""><o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;">This prophecy which was written in the Bibles Old Testament had indeed come to pass and is narrated in the Quran which answers the question put forth in Jeremiah 49:19.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><span style=""> </span>The prophet sent by GOD to the people of <b style="">Edom ( Ad )</b> was the prophet <b style="">Hud</b> mentioned in the Quran, whereas to their descendants the <b style="">Temanites ( Thamud )</b> later on GOD had sent the prophet <b style="">Salih </b>both whom were from <b style="">their own brethren</b> and people who had come to warn them to return to the worship of the one true GOD. The people of Edom and Teman had diverged from their original worship towards GOD and became Pagans just as The Children of Israel had took up idol worship during the time of the Prophet Elijah ( Ilyas ) and Elisha ( Ilyasa ) during the reign of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel or Isreal.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><span style=""> </span>Both prophets Salih and Hud who had came to warn their own people to turn from their ways were <b style="">rejected</b> and the prophecy in Jeremiah 49: 21 was fulfilled, as it is written in the Quran concerning the people of Teman ( Thamud )…</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><b style="">
<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><b style="">Chapter 7 Surah Al-A’raf ( The Heights ) verse 78:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><i style="">‘ So <b style="">the earthquake took them unawares</b>, and they lay prostrate in their homes in the morning.’<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"> GOD had saved the prophet Hud and Salih, but their cities and their brethren, their own people whom they were sent as messengers to were completely destroyed. Just as the people of the prophet Noah, as well as the prophet Lot ( Lut ); the cousin to Abraham – of <st1:city st="on">Sodom</st1:city> and <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Gomorrah</st1:city></st1:place> were destroyed. But this is amongst the reasons why according to an Islamic interpretation that Jesus himself had said in Gospels:</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><b style="">
<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><b style="">Mark 6: 4-6:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><b style="">4.</b><i style="">Jesus said to them. <b style="">“Only in his hometown, among his relatives and his own house is a prophet without honor”</b> </i><b style="">5. </b><i style="">He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them </i><b style="">6. </b><i style="">And <b style="">he was amazed at their lack of faith</b>.</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;">
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<br /><i style=""><o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><span style=""> </span>In Islam, Muslims believe Jesus to be a prophet, and a very powerful one. And as the narration of most prophets mentioned in the Quran, many of the prophets of old who were sent to their very own people were rejected, including the prophet Muhammad ( PBUH ) himself who was rejected in the beginning by his own people, the early Pagan Arab Tribes of Quraish in <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Mecca</st1:city></st1:place>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><span style=""> </span>What remnants of Archeological remains of the People of Edom and Teman today can still be seen, which is the infamous ruins of <b style="">The City of Petra</b> today…</p>
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW9HmhA6l25I0jyvB3my4v4T3V-nVpVxOudIOzY6wxfw3GXPYAP4W8RC453sJ3JoCXAhZKgQ4FFyau1H5tToXVX7EXNJn1Myu9qKjb18REKIWPQJOgLISPxZoh_-9UyaGWTJAOGwOVv6c/s1600-h/377px-Petra_Jordan_BW_21.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 251px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW9HmhA6l25I0jyvB3my4v4T3V-nVpVxOudIOzY6wxfw3GXPYAP4W8RC453sJ3JoCXAhZKgQ4FFyau1H5tToXVX7EXNJn1Myu9qKjb18REKIWPQJOgLISPxZoh_-9UyaGWTJAOGwOVv6c/s400/377px-Petra_Jordan_BW_21.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432813104343094098" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Ruins of the Ancient City of Petra. The Kingdom of Edom or Ad today...</span>
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPAMH1mNjnQXvxe-t_uLw9rCShQk5f40cMYI7E2sZpGrvbneVKGaNr0UabhK85VU0oMS93DNwbbOquudRBUewCESPXO1zvxxOLY5E91qapGcbkS5zgOD3HMRzDnP-6crC4PUxHrGzNYVA/s1600-h/450px-Jordan-Petra.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPAMH1mNjnQXvxe-t_uLw9rCShQk5f40cMYI7E2sZpGrvbneVKGaNr0UabhK85VU0oMS93DNwbbOquudRBUewCESPXO1zvxxOLY5E91qapGcbkS5zgOD3HMRzDnP-6crC4PUxHrGzNYVA/s400/450px-Jordan-Petra.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432813015818392386" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Remains of the Ancient Tombs of Petra today...</span>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cacer%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><span style=""> </span>But as seen from the prophecies in The Book of the prophet Jeremiah in the Old Testament, this is why the very verses of the Quran</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">
<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Chapter 46 Al-Ahqaf ( Winding Sand-tracts ) verse 12:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">“ And before this, was the Book of Moses as a guide and mercy: <b style="">and this Book confirms <o:p></o:p></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">( it )</i></b><i style=""> in the <b style="">Arabic</b> tongue: to admonish the unjust, and as Glad Tidings to those who do right.”<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><span style=""> </span>
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;">As much of the Old Testament which includes The Psalms, The Torah and the Book of the Prophets and the Deuteronomic History focuses and follows narrations of the history of the Children of Israel and Jews, by which Jesus himself was also a Jew.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><span style=""> </span>
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"> The Quran is a continuation that <b style="">confirms</b> what had came before it, including the prophecies which had been written in the Books of the Prophets which came before as seen from the prophecies against the people of <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Edom</st1:place></st1:country-region>. The prophet Syu’ayb mentioned in the Quran on the other hand was sent to his people the Midianites ( Madyan ).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><span style=""> </span>For some Muslims who do not truly study the Quran itself, may also not be aware how the story of<span style=""> </span>the people of <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">Edom</st1:country-region></st1:place> ( Ad ), or their descendents the Temanites ( Teman ) or even the Midianites ( Madyan ) may relate to them. But to those who are familiar with <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">the genealogy of the prophet Abraham ( Ibrahim )</span> would know in-fact that Edom or Ad as he and his descendants and people were named after, is in-fact <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">the Eldest son of the prophet Isaac ( Ishaq )</span>, who is <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">the elder brother to the prophet Jacob ( Ya’qub )</span>. Making <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">Edom</st1:country-region></st1:place> ( Ad ) <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">the grandson of the prophet Abraham himself</span>. Whereas Midian ( Madyan )<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> is the son of Abraham born from his slave wife Kethurah</span>. Thus to each of Abraham descendents GOD had sent messengers or prophets. The prophet Muhammad ( PBUH ) on the other hand himself is <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">a descendant of Abraham’s eldest son of Hagar ( Hajar )-Ishmael ( Ismail )</span>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><span style=""> </span>Amongst the other reasons why the Quran stresses the fact that the Quran is a confirmation of the previous scriptures in the <b style="">Arabic </b>language also relates to a verse in the Quran…</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span><b style="">Chapter 30 Al-Rum ( The <st1:place st="on">Roman Empire</st1:place> ) verse 22:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">“ And among <b style="">His</b> Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and <b style="">the variations in your languages </b>and your colours: verily in that are Signs <b style="">for those who know</b>.”</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">
<br /></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>For amongst the reasons of how it is repeated in the Quran in <b style="">Chapter 43 Al-Zukhruf ( The Gold Adornments ) verse 3, </b><i style="">as well as </i><b style="">Chapter 39 Al-Zumar ( The Crowds ) verse 28</b>, this in-fact relates to the study of linguistics itself and the evolution of language.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><i style=""><o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>As the prophet Abraham ( Ibrahim ) himself was from <st1:city st="on">Babylon</st1:city>, one of the earliest civilizations known to mankind, from <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">the City of </span><st1:place style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" st="on"><st1:city st="on">Ur</st1:city></st1:place>, his main language would be <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Ancient Imperial Aramaic</span>, the father tongue from which modern day Hebrew ( Ibrami ) which is spoken by Jews, and which Arabic spoken by Arabs had derived.</p>
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwmbqKOG8ZwNDb1464GNH1H06gRicMKLj2N4fgV_pzgNGJcno1rksfqb3cf5Ru5hqkBEyflo3c5zTNWxbTCSLwW1DJteFVNBlkOjs-V_tZ4VLJhBpIBZV6jftocmCQxD4Mp2dJLP9rrs/s1600-h/Great+Ziggurat+of+Ur.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwmbqKOG8ZwNDb1464GNH1H06gRicMKLj2N4fgV_pzgNGJcno1rksfqb3cf5Ru5hqkBEyflo3c5zTNWxbTCSLwW1DJteFVNBlkOjs-V_tZ4VLJhBpIBZV6jftocmCQxD4Mp2dJLP9rrs/s400/Great+Ziggurat+of+Ur.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432812884727973842" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">The Great Ziggurat of UR today</span>
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKv6dV3SUsgT3Xk0eL7-QifbI6hfjKBViMr6EBqkD-Hzx78wFg_cnKza7VZneaIU3RH3YZtJTERgyIvlkWz3Pra98KHKdhqZMt-aYW8PONKRS8cEoEndtTL-dGPD0_I1cYJn-DAh04PJY/s1600-h/Royal+Tombs+of+Ur.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKv6dV3SUsgT3Xk0eL7-QifbI6hfjKBViMr6EBqkD-Hzx78wFg_cnKza7VZneaIU3RH3YZtJTERgyIvlkWz3Pra98KHKdhqZMt-aYW8PONKRS8cEoEndtTL-dGPD0_I1cYJn-DAh04PJY/s400/Royal+Tombs+of+Ur.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432812783838060018" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Remains of the Royal Tombs of UR today</span>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cacer%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>As with most languages, throughout the course of times, languages evolve and change, but may still retain some shared words from their original tongue and may vary slightly. Similarly to how Indonesian and the Malay ‘Bahasa Melayu’ may be very similar but also have their own unique variations. As could be seen from the comparison between <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Aramaic Alphabets below ( on the left )</span> with their equivalents in Hebrew and Arabic; both Hebrew and Arabic still retain or use some of the original letters.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Hebrew evolved and retained some of the original Imperial Aramaic alphabets,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Whereas although modern day Arabic uses some of the similar letters, some pronounced differently, but Arabic uses the Persian Text for writing, but some of the letters are still the same.</p>
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgS9zm2Ei_xj7cNpeQxn8lV2KdNVJQABobCJYGyudQi8aQRR7tOdX5dGxCwo6ZWMiGE2yiW2cwpwriPjOg2teQOPWRzUQBhGZbMrsRVFAFTCn1mma6THwwdyzczOMqyzksU6M8A6vEm9Q/s1600-h/Aramaic,+Hebrew+%26+Arabic+alphabets.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgS9zm2Ei_xj7cNpeQxn8lV2KdNVJQABobCJYGyudQi8aQRR7tOdX5dGxCwo6ZWMiGE2yiW2cwpwriPjOg2teQOPWRzUQBhGZbMrsRVFAFTCn1mma6THwwdyzczOMqyzksU6M8A6vEm9Q/s400/Aramaic,+Hebrew+%26+Arabic+alphabets.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432812477732864642" border="0" /></a>
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs25EBbp64fjfrkqqPXonWpSfhkgUQIdVkIti4bNyhybGTZra5ch3bAsFPTbulpCbM4FQhsjekgUt3X3kqPQsLeRax8EYf-BHegxzRjZSDGBdHqZCmARdNKFCESkYRduKMO3rIMdUCwcA/s1600-h/Aramaic,+Hebrew+%26+Arabic+alphabets+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs25EBbp64fjfrkqqPXonWpSfhkgUQIdVkIti4bNyhybGTZra5ch3bAsFPTbulpCbM4FQhsjekgUt3X3kqPQsLeRax8EYf-BHegxzRjZSDGBdHqZCmARdNKFCESkYRduKMO3rIMdUCwcA/s400/Aramaic,+Hebrew+%26+Arabic+alphabets+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432812318732576146" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">From LEFT Imperial Aramaic Alphabet Letters,</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Middle, same letters in Hebrew</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Far RIGHT, same letters in Arabic using Persian Text Alphabets.</span>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cacer%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>The pronunciations of some of the letters may vary in modern Arabic a bit, such as the letter <span style="font-weight: bold;">‘Beth’</span> in Aramaic & Hebrew is pronounced as <span style="font-weight: bold;">‘Ba’</span>, the letter <span style="font-weight: bold;">‘Lamedh’</span>, in Aramaic and Hebrew, would pronounced as <span style="font-weight: bold;">‘Lam’</span> in Arabic.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Thus there are slight variations, for example the word itself ‘Beth’ Aramaic and Hebrew,<span style=""> </span>in Arabic would be pronounced as ‘Bai’t’ which in both languages means ‘House’. The word “Shemesh”, in Aramaic and Hebrew, would be pronounced as “Shams” in Arabic which both means “Sun”. “Elohim” in Aramaic and Hebrew, in Arabic would be pronounced as “Al-Raheem”, which is one of GOD’s name in Islam meaning “Most Merciful”. Thus for example the place of Jesus ( Isa ) birth ‘<st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Bethlehem</st1:city></st1:place>’ or ‘Bethelohim’ in Arabic would be pronounced as “Baitul-Raheem” meaning “House of Mercy”.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Thus the Old Hebrew word <span style="font-weight: bold;">“Eloah</span>” for God, in Arabic on the other hand, would be pronounced as <span style="font-weight: bold;">“Allah”</span>.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>But the very word “Eloah” and “Allah” derives from a much older word in Aramaic for GOD which is <span style="font-weight: bold;">“El”</span> or <span style="font-weight: bold;">“Il”</span>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"> In Ancient Babylon, “El” represented the main GOD, or ‘creator’ GOD who sits high in heaven, whom in Ancient Babylonian religion before the time of the prophet Abraham,<span style=""> </span>was said to be the ‘Father God’, who was father to infamous Pagan Gods that appear in both the Bible and the Quran…the father to ‘Baal’ and ‘Asherah’. But the word “El” in Aramaic is also a generic or plural term for GOD. Notice that the very names of the Angels in Islam and Christianity are also in-fact Aramaic in nature. For example</p> <p class="MsoNormal">GabriEL <span style=""> </span>or Jibrail in Arabic ( The EL in the back signifying GOD ), as well as the EL in the middle of the word <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Babylon</st1:city></st1:place> ( Bab-EL-ion ).</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><span style=""> </span>The very word “Bab” in Old Aramic means “Gate” where in Arabic it also means ‘door’. “Ion” or “Iyun” means “The Most High” or “Many”. Thus the very name or word Bab-EL-ion means “Gateway to the Many Gods”. As Ancient Babylon was infamous for it’s many large beautiful gates to the city and of it’s many Gods and Deities throughout it’s city. One among most those infamous gates is The Gate of Ishtar where the modern name Esther derives from, which has been reconstructed.</p>
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTMgnVN6ZPPeSVz2E_YrDWkg0uxF6VX7PBNegctpHWtTYfKwa1S3rWOSZ1HauEJIpc6upHCToRCfQRqXcrcC2LxLuqgk7IECF5lc1HmfFedAT-RJauER69DhQkRUAZJQNHxJlHUut0Kqg/s1600-h/800px-Ishtar_Gate_at_Berlin_Museum.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTMgnVN6ZPPeSVz2E_YrDWkg0uxF6VX7PBNegctpHWtTYfKwa1S3rWOSZ1HauEJIpc6upHCToRCfQRqXcrcC2LxLuqgk7IECF5lc1HmfFedAT-RJauER69DhQkRUAZJQNHxJlHUut0Kqg/s400/800px-Ishtar_Gate_at_Berlin_Museum.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432811991655160562" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">The Babylonian Gate of Ishtar, excavated and reconstructed in the Museum of Berlin today...</span>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cacer%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>One theory states that the Ancient Greeks ‘borrowed’ this word as it’s Greek variant which is used in English today is “Pavillion”.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>The Angel Gabriel or Jibrail, the very word Gaber is variant of the Arabic word with Aramaic roots of “Jabbar” meaning “Magnificent”, “Ra” on the other hand is believed to be the old word for “Light” in Ancient Aramaic, shared by early Egyptians who’s Kingdom arose several centuries later on. This is consistent where in Islam, it written that GOD had created Angels from light. Thus The Angel Gabriel or Jibrail’s name literally means”</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> <span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">“Magnificent Light of God”</span>.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">This name is consistent with the Angel Gabriel ( Jibrails ) position as the leader to all the Angels and according to Islam, is also the bringer of GOD’s light who brings down the ‘scriptures’ from GOD to the prophets or in Islam the bringer of<span style=""> </span>‘<i style="">wahyu</i>’.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Furthermore, Muslims and even those non-Muslims who may hold the full English Translation Copy of the Quran without the Arabic texts by Abdullah Yusuf Ali, may notice how some of the very verses of the Quran begin with the Arabic letters, <i style=""><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Aleph, Lam, Mim</span>…</i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">As it is also written in the Quran in</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Chapter 2 Surah Al-Baqarah ( The Heifer ) verse 146:-<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">‘</i></b><i style=""> The People of the Book <b style="">know this</b> as they know their own sons…</i></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><i style=""><o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>But these very letters if translated into their Aramaic equivalent as given above…</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>would be pronounced as <i style=""><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Aleph, Lamedh, Mem</span>…</i>these letters could be found in the <span style="font-weight: bold;">3</span><sup style="font-weight: bold;">rd</sup><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Book of Revelation</span> given the Prophet & King David ( Daud ), in <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Psalms ( Zabur )</span>. Where with each letter is written a psalm or a prayer found where it is written in Chapter 119…</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">
<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Psalms 119: 1-8<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">‘Aleph’</span><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">1 </i></b><i style="">Blessed are they whose ways are Blameless,<b style=""><o:p></o:p></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>Who walk according to the Law of the LORD,<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">2</i></b><i style=""> Blessed are they who keep HIS statutes<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>And seek HIM with all their heart.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">3</i></b><i style="">.They do nothing wrong ;<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>They walk in HIS ways.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">4</i></b><i style="">.YOU have laid down precepts<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>That are to be fully obeyed.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">5</i></b><i style=""> Oh that my ways were steadfast<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>In obeying your decrees!<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">6</i></b><i style=""> Then I would not be put to shame<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>When I consider your commands.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">7</i></b><i style=""> I will praise you with an upright heart<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>As I learn you righteous laws<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">8</i></b><i style=""> I will obey your decrees:<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>Do not utterly forsake me.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">
<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Psalms 119: 89-96<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">‘Lamedh’</span><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">89 </i></b><i style="">YOUR word O LORD is eternal<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>It stands firms in the heavens.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">90</i></b><i style=""> YOUR faithfulness continues through all generations<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>YOU establish the earth, and it endures.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">91 </i></b><i style="">YOUR laws endure to this day,<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>For all things serve YOU.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">92</i></b><i style=""> If YOUR law had not been my delight,<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>I would have perished in my affliction.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">93 </i></b><i style="">I will never forget YOUR precepts<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>for by them you have preserved my life.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">94</i></b><i style=""> Save me for I am YOURS;<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>I have sought out YOUR precepts.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">95 </i></b><i style="">The wicked are waiting to destroy me,<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>But I will ponder YOUR statutes.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">96 </i></b><i style="">To all perfection I see a limit;<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>But YOUR commands are boundless.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">
<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Psalms 119: 97-104<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">‘Mem’</span><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">97<span style=""> </span></i></b><i style="">Oh, how I love YOUR law!<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>I meditate on it all day long.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">98<span style=""> </span></i></b><i style="">YOUR commands make me wiser than my enemies,<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>For they are ever with me.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">99<span style=""> </span></i></b><i style="">I have more insight than all my teachers,<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>For I meditate on YOUR statutes<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">100 </i></b><i style="">I have more understanding than the elders,<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>For I obey YOUR precepts.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">101 </i></b><i style="">I have kept my feet from every evil path,<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>So that I might obey YOUR word.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">102 </i></b><i style="">I have not departed from YOUR laws,<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>For YOU YOURself have taught me.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">103 </i></b><i style="">How sweet are YOUR words to my taste,<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>Sweeter than honey to my mouth!<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">104 </i></b><i style="">I gain understanding from YOUR precepts;<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>Therefore I hate every wrong path.</i></p><p class="MsoNormal">
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<br /><i style=""><o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">This alone shows the link as well as <b style="">continuity</b> of the Quran as a <b style="">confirmation</b> of previous scriptures that came before it, as well as a linguistic continuity in a language with Semitic roots that are shared, just as it had been written as clue in the Quran itself…</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><span style=""> </span><b style="">Chapter 30 Al-Rum ( The <st1:place st="on">Roman Empire</st1:place> ) verse 22:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">“ And among <b style="">His</b> Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and <b style="">the variations in your languages </b>and your colours: verily in that are Signs <b style="">for those who know</b>.”</i></p><p class="MsoNormal">
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<br /><i style=""><o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><span style=""> </span>But most of these examples which I have mentioned and put forth has been from several years of a more academic focus on <b style=""><i style="">comparative religious</i></b> studies. And sadly not many Muslims among Malays especially in-fact partake in this particular of subject, or bother to even search for the deeper meanings in coming to understand the Quran or even their own religion much better which is among the reasons for the arise of such extremism and controversy surrounding the whole use of the word ‘Allah’ as an issue.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">But as it has been said concerning those who seek to find answers…</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal">“<i style="">Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.</i>”</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Further it is written in the Quran itself…</span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Chapter 2 Surah Al-Baqarah ( The Heifer ) verse 269:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">‘He grants wisdom to whom He pleases; and he to whom wisdom is granted receives<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>indeed a benefit overflowing; but <b style="">none</b> will<b style=""> grasp</b> the Message <b style="">but men of<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></b></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style=""><span style=""> </span>understanding.</i></b><i style="">”</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">
<br /></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>If much has already been made cleared and explained to Muslims within the Quran, then where exactly can there be any confusion or could the so called claimed ‘confusion’ then stem from?</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>But as I have mentioned previously, since Arabic is<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> not</span> the primary nor even secondary language of Malays, this in-fact answers most of the questions put forth. As even the Malay language also borrows many words from Arabic itself, and even the original founder of Melacca<span style=""> </span><i style="">Parameswara </i><span style=""> </span>himself only embraced Islam at a much later age, whereas before the coming of Islam itself, much of the Malay Peninsular previously was originally of the Hindu faith.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>A matter of fact, sadly to say, much of Malay Traditions and customs till today, such as the belief in traditional Malay shaman’s such as <i style=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bomohs</span> </i>or <i style="font-weight: bold;">Pawangs</i>, even the wearing of <i style="">‘Inai’ </i>or '<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Henna'</span>on the hands and fingers of Malay women to be wed, or even traditions pertaining to beliefs in the use or wearing of charms by Malays or <i style="font-weight: bold;">Tangkal</i> to ward off bad-luck or demons, or even traditional beliefs pertaining to the traditional Malay dagger –the <i style="">Keris</i>. Much of these beliefs and traditions themselves are not part of Islamic religion and teaching and some in-fact even go <i style="">against</i> Islamic teaching, as some of these very beliefs are more of traditional pre-Islamic beliefs which have roots in <i style="">Animism </i>which are not aligned with Islam’s belief or teaching, but still are being followed or practiced by Malay Muslims till today.</p>
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Thus before the very coming of Islam to Malay Peninsular itself, Malays used merely the word <i style="">‘Tuhan’</i> to denote GOD. It was after the coming of Islam itself to the Malay Peninsular, that the very word <i style="">‘Allah’</i> itself used by Malay Muslims of today is also taken from Arabic itself and became a more <i style="">specific </i>word to denote GOD in Islam by Malay Muslims, whereas in the Middle-East and among Arab Muslims and Christians, Allah is<span style=""> </span>the word used for GOD in general. Which is why this particular issue, is in-fact not really much of an issue among Arabic speaking countries, it is in-fact an issue and made into a problem which was politicized because of the way Malays in particular utilize the word to denote something more specific, thus making it an issue because Malays in general do not speak Arabic.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Although Malays claim to read the very Quran itself…which by way of practice in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Malaysia</st1:place></st1:country-region> by Malay Muslims, is more akin to merely <i style="">pronouncing</i> the Quran and not exactly ‘reading’ it, because to read something is also to imply the ability to understand it. The equivalent is of someone learning how to read and pronounce words in French or Spanish properly, like someone memorizing the entire lyrics to song: <i style="">La Bamba, </i>or even the <i style="">Macarena. </i>When asked to recite or even sing the song, they could do so beautifully with the right pronunciation, but not even understand a single word of it.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Sadly even among the much elder Malays, when they ‘listen’ or hear the Quran on television or even playing it on a CD in their cars, basically their listening to it’s <i style="">intonation</i> like someone listening to a song. And when asked… they would say, </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">‘Sedap bacaan dia!’</span> </i>or <span style="font-weight: bold;">‘</span><i style="font-weight: bold;">The way it’s being read is nice!’</i> …as if they were listening to a song or a hymn but not even understanding the very meanings of the verses they are listening to. Thus the very message of the Quran to Malay Muslims is lost. But as the Prophet Muhammad ( PBUH ) once prophesized concerning among the signs of The End of Times is <i style="">‘when the Quran is being sung like a song.’</i> This is in-fact sadly how a vast majority of non-Arabic Malay Muslims practice the Quran today, when it has been written clearly in the Quran…</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span><b style="">
<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Chapter 36 Ya’Sin verse 69:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">‘We have <b style="">not</b> instructed ( the Prophet ) in Poetry, nor is it meet for him: this no less than <b style="">a Message</b> and a Qur’an <b style="">making things clear</b>.’</i></p><p class="MsoNormal">
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<br /><i style=""><o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Although many Malay Muslims often recite this particular Chapter of the Quran during many festivities or special occasions, but sadly they fail to recognize this particular ayat.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p><span style=""> </span>Even the very subject <i style="">‘Agama’</i> or religion of Islam which is being taught in Malaysia’s current national education system in general for the non-specialized Islamic Schools for both Primary and Secondary School, one must be in a special class which offers <i style="">Arabic</i> in order to learn the language, and much of what is being taught to Malay Muslims focus solely on the Islamic Rituals of the techniques or methods or praying properly, reciting the Quran and memorizing prayers in <i style="">Arabic, </i>but is not truly focused on the very meanings in <i style="">understanding</i> of verses of the Quran in Arabic itself. Even the subject of <i style="">Morality </i>and <i style="">Ethics</i> in accordance to Islam itself has not been among the major focus in the teaching of Islam or the topic of <i style="">‘Agama’ </i>in <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">Malaysia</st1:country-region></st1:place>’s Primary and Secondary School education.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>But the teaching of Islam among Muslims is in-fact very much in contrast even in comparison to the way Islam is being taught in Mainland <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>. As Islam had came to <st1:country-region st="on">China</st1:country-region> long before it reached the Malay Peninsular, where officially there are 27 Million Muslims in <st1:country-region st="on">China</st1:country-region>, and <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Muslims in </span><st1:country-region style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" st="on"><st1:place st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> are taught to read and speak Arabic from a very young age.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>But what has happened to the very quality of Islamic Education in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Malaysia</st1:place></st1:country-region>? To answer this question one could easily take a look at the political landscape of Malaysia itself, as a proper and quality Islamic education has been among the major concerns of the political opposition party ‘The National Islamic Party’ or PAS -a party based on the religion of Islam- for the teaching or Morals and Ethics to Malay Muslims for a very-very long time.<span style=""> </span>But for decades under the ruling United Malay National Organization ( UMNO ) which is a racial based party, has in-fact chosen to deliberately ignore, much to the decadence of the practice of Islam in general, and could also be seen as one of the main contributing factors towards the degradation of Moral Values among Malay Muslim youth in general.</p>
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDrlFx1E1WvMgkCCXA6QdeXDtQzInI_03eL2aThdyAXNgFIeeVrjr2mu3peC-AA3etzDb9bTr02lnRUsMJ0JN4-8_Jr4eioTcBJtCObfMP15CNtg9R_9DCpNuHcONC0CYLmERAdiRKFrw/s1600-h/rempit3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDrlFx1E1WvMgkCCXA6QdeXDtQzInI_03eL2aThdyAXNgFIeeVrjr2mu3peC-AA3etzDb9bTr02lnRUsMJ0JN4-8_Jr4eioTcBJtCObfMP15CNtg9R_9DCpNuHcONC0CYLmERAdiRKFrw/s400/rempit3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432811552216191266" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">'Mat Rempits'...illegal street racers, evidence of degradation of Moral Values among Malay Muslim Youth in Malaysia today</span>
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg97su_lzU6IgsDlZkp-W57KhyOwnl-bHbQtSdJtpnKFQvQjsQhOM6ZPSSfiRSV1lCXiG905UbHMzqjj-v87TmsNkR_7-FMABkF1ysNk5Jn17VipRcLfg5hxuaRLvuBPtYFlrXOr_kb8zM/s1600-h/Selamat+Hari+Raya.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg97su_lzU6IgsDlZkp-W57KhyOwnl-bHbQtSdJtpnKFQvQjsQhOM6ZPSSfiRSV1lCXiG905UbHMzqjj-v87TmsNkR_7-FMABkF1ysNk5Jn17VipRcLfg5hxuaRLvuBPtYFlrXOr_kb8zM/s400/Selamat+Hari+Raya.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432810951555488370" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Gambling is forbidden in Islam, though it doesn't seem much of a problem for this particular Malay individual...</span>
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNc1slvzxhryUfo37sE7ePiTqLut5QYxAce6_GDwH2OSJ3AVQ5oPEEs9VnLTBBfKeypgdAxGSdjsDt_JiYMoUcKAylWG2u9zEUCXCjJb85tbuEaOjIQuvClgeOS-dSmwDacbqZ1eUZ6ho/s1600-h/Tshirt+in+mosque+when+Malays+DONT+Understand+ENGLISH.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 317px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNc1slvzxhryUfo37sE7ePiTqLut5QYxAce6_GDwH2OSJ3AVQ5oPEEs9VnLTBBfKeypgdAxGSdjsDt_JiYMoUcKAylWG2u9zEUCXCjJb85tbuEaOjIQuvClgeOS-dSmwDacbqZ1eUZ6ho/s400/Tshirt+in+mosque+when+Malays+DONT+Understand+ENGLISH.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432810789565987618" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Malay Youth wearing a T-Shirt with obscene English writing while praying in a mosque</span>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cacer%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>The very proper education of Islam under decades of racial based politics under UMNO has in-fact made it much more susceptible for the Federal Government under UMNO’s leadership to conduct racially biased courses that promote racism and segregation such as courses conducted by the National Civics Bureau or Malaysia or BTN, which if Malays in general had a more grounded knowledge of Islamic Education and on matters pertaining to Morals in accordance to Islamic Principles, they would know that racial segregation and racism itself is wrong and is in-fact against the very teachings of Islam as even <b style="">the Prophet Muhammad ( PBUH ) himself had once said:</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span><b style=""><i style="">
<br /></i></b></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">‘</i></b><i style="">He is <b style="">not</b> one of us who proclaims <b style="">the cause</b> of tribal partisanship; and he is <b style="">no</b>t one of us who <b style="">fights</b> in the cause of tribal partisanship; and he is <b style="">not</b> of us who <b style="">dies</b> for the sake of tribal partisanship.’</i></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><i style=""><o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Thus for decades under UMNO leadership, the Government had taken major steps to control as well as regulate the proper teachings of Islam to general public, particularly due to the fact that the vast majority of Muslims in Malaysia are Malays, who represent the main targeted voters and supporters needed by UMNO. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"> These actions had included the control of edited sermons during muslim Friday prayers.The prohibition of members of the opposition party PAS from conducting courses, talks or even seminars in State or Federally built mosques. The regulation and monitoring of ‘<i style="">fatwa’s</i>’ or <i style="">Islamic Advice </i>issued by State ‘<i style="">Mufti’s’ </i>or Islamic State Religious Officials who are suppose to give counsel in accordance to Islamic Principles. And during the reign of the former Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohammed, the closing down of <i style=""><span style=""> </span>Islamic Community Schools </i>or <i style="">‘Sekolah Agama Rakyat’. </i>As what has been a common-trend in-fact, many Malays who properly delve into Islamic studies and issues of morality in Islam most often end-up <i style="">opposing </i>UMNO as a political party and not supporting much of it’s <i style="">racially biased policies </i>and due to rampant corruption of the party itself, end up questioning the leaders of UMNO’s very own morality itself. Thus for these particular reasons, to stem any further support towards <i style="">PAS </i>as a political party or towards opposition, the Federal Government under UMNO has always highly regulated any issues pertaining to the spread or even teaching of Islam for a long time to the general public in order to maintain it’s very own position of power in Malaysia. While always preaching <i style="">progress</i> among Malays and the nation, but sadly, such progress only means <i style="">materialism</i> alone and not any <i style="">spiritual </i>progress of Malays as individuals or Muslims or any progress in terms <i style="">morality</i> in the very face of modernization. Whereby for quite a long time, PAS has always stressed much upon putting <i style="">moral values</i> ahead of material progress as what is taught and stressed upon in Islamic teaching itself.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>But sadly, these regulatory actions which have been practiced by UMNO itself has come at <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">a cost</span> towards the Malay society in general, as throughout the decades under UMNO leadership, what every Malay as well as Malaysians could see quite clearly, is the <i style="">degradation of moral values</i> among the Malay youth in general, where much of the Social Ills in Malaysia today, from illegal racing on the streets of Malaysia giving rise to youths called <i style=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mat Rempits,</span> </i>to young juveniles almost equivalent to biker-chicks cum prostitutes called <i style="font-weight: bold;">Boh-Sias</i>, to the majority of those in rehabilitation for drug abuse, as well as to many cases of murder of newly born babies out-of-wedlock or <i style="font-weight: bold;">infanticide</i>. If one takes a look at the statistics, the majority of these cases of Social Ills within <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Malaysia</st1:place></st1:country-region> itself are all done by <i style="">Malays.</i> But this is in-fact the price paid by the nation and Malays in general when political as well as personal interests are placed ahead of what is in the best interest of people and society in general.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>But it is because of the rapid decadence of morality in Malay society today, that many Malays who place precedence towards the issue of morality as their priority, and see proper and quality education and teaching of religion as one of the answers to these social ills, that many Malays choose to support <i style="">PAS </i>instead of UMNO. As UMNO has quite often choose to avoid the issues of morality as well as proper teachings of religion, as UMNO’s own existence as well as racially biased policies are against Islamic teachings.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Furthermore, with the rampant practice of corruption in UMNO itself, one merely needs to ask…
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<br /></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">‘<i style="">Can leaders who are themselves without any sense or morals or morality,<o:p></o:p>be able to teach or give moral values to their own followers?’</i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><b style=""><i style=""><o:p></o:p></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span></i>While some of the more ignorant among Malay Muslims would like to claim that the very utilization of the word <b style=""><i style="">‘Allah</i></b>’ by People of The Book among Christians in Malaysia could cause confusion by using the example of wayward religious cults such as the <i style="">Ayah Pin </i>incident as a poor example, but what most Malays have failed to see is religious cults which had arisen in Malaysia in the past such as <i style="">Al-Arqam, Ayah Pin, </i>or even the <i style="">Rasul Melayu</i>… a guy claiming himself to be a Malay prophet, these incidents had nothing to do with other religious influence or dogma. These were all Malays who were <b style=""><i style="">born </i></b>and raised as Muslims themselves.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">The rise of particular wayward religious cults in Malaysia which were <i style="">based</i> upon Islamic teachings, including the recent extremist actions of attacks on Churches across Malaysia have only proven in-fact two things only:- </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span><b style="">
<br /></b></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><b style="">1-</b>The extremely poor level of Basic Fundamental Islamic Education<i style=""> </i>in <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">Malaysia</st1:country-region></st1:place></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>as being taught to Malays in general, without the inclusion or aim at <b style=""><i style="">understanding</i></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>the <b style=""><i style="">Arabic</i></b> texts of the Quran which it has been preserved and written in, or with a </p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>view towards issues pertaining to <b style=""><i style="">Ethics and Morality</i></b> in accordance to the </p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>principles of Islam itself.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span><b style="">
<br /></b></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><b style="">2-</b>Under 50 years of racial and racist based politics, <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Malaysia</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s very own practice</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>of Islam is in-fact <b style=""><i style="">not</i></b> truly aligned with the way Islam is taught or even practiced</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>in other Muslim countries internationally. This has been proven by the fact that</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>even the leader of the International Islamic <i style="">Ulama </i>or Teachers Association</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span><b style=""><i style="">Yusuf Al-Qardawi</i></b> himself had also said that the use of the word <b style=""><i style="">Allah </i></b>for</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>denoting GOD by People of the Book was allowed. But despite Sheikh Yusuf Al-</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Qardawi’s visit to <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">Malaysia</st1:country-region></st1:place> whereby the Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak –who is </p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>also President of the leading racist party UMNO- had took the time to take pictures </p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>with him which was published on the front page of UMNO’s owned nationally</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>circulated newspaper <i style="">Utusan Malaysia</i>.<span style=""> </span>But the very advice of the world’s most</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>renowned Islamic Scholar himself had been ignored purposely. Nor did or has</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>the Prime Minister himself even during his visits the <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Mecca-</st1:city></st1:place> which is the center</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>for Islamic practice and studies worldwide- seek to clarify the issue pertaining to</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>the use of the word <i style="">Allah </i>by People of the Book from some of the world’s top</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>religious scholars. Which paints the picture that the whole incident was purposely</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>politicized by UMNO in order to cause religious tensions and friction in <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">Malaysia</st1:country-region></st1:place>,</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>as another cheap way of gaining supporters among the Malays which represent</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>the majority race and main targeted voters and supporters needed by the UMNO</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>party.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal">
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Another most prevalent aspect which one could also see of the opinions of Malay Muslims in Malaysia concerning the whole <b style=""><i style="">Allah </i></b>issue is the very absence towards the <b style=""><i style="">teaching</i></b> or <b style=""><i style="">spreading </i></b>of the true message of Islam to non-Muslims in Malaysia or Islamic missionary movements also known as <b style=""><i style="">Da’wah</i></b>. With the very constitutional definition of Islam in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Malaysia</st1:place></st1:country-region> equating the Malay ethnicity with Islam, has almost begun to paint the wrong picture that Islam is the religion of Malays alone. Even Ministers in UMNO itself made openly wrong statements that if a person enters Islam he <b style=""><i style="">becomes </i></b>a Malay, which is a wrong and wayward teaching coming directly from the politicians of UMNO itself in <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">Malaysia</st1:country-region></st1:place>. Islam is a religion, whereas Malay is an ethnicity… one can change or convert their religion, but one could not change the race or ethnic identity they were born into. But such statements coming from the mouths of UMNO Ministers themselves also paints the picture that Malays in Malaysia practice a very different or even a new <b style=""><i style="">sect </i></b>of Islam than what is practiced as the standard religious practice Internationally… most probably an <b style=""><i style="">UMNO version of Islam?</i></b><i style=""><o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span></i>
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"> But the situation with the lack of Islamic missionary movements or <b style=""><i style="">da’wah</i></b> could also be seen both a cause from 50 years of political confusion under UMNO’s reign as well as a state of <b style=""><i style="">religious complacency</i></b> which is clearly explained in Rodney Stark’s infamous book <b style=""><i style="">‘Discovering God’</i></b> which explains the rise and fall of Ancient Religions since the early Sumerian and Egyptian times, to the rise of both Islam and Christianity.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>In Rodney Stark’s book written from a more academic perspective shows how the theory of <b style=""><i style="">religious markets</i></b> work, how people are attracted to religions, the theory of <b style=""><i style="">religious capital</i></b> which accounts for how much easier it is for people to convert to certain religions compared to others. The most interesting factor mentioned is how complacency in a religious practice usually kicks in when a Religion is heavily sponsored or subsidized by the State, where the leaders of the religious practice who’s income is also sponsored or even subsidized by the State, thus there is not much motivation or the feel of the very need to attract new converts to the religion or even spread the religious teachings to other’s who are not of the faith, as the State religion as well as the religious officials do not need donations from it’s congregation in order to support it’s movements.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"> This is much different in comparison with religions which are not sponsored or subsidized by the State, who’s missionary movements have to be more active in attracting new converts and followers to their cause, as much of the movement or places of worship are financed through charitable donations given by it’s congregation and these non-subsidized or sponsored religions are also more active as a ‘community’ or people.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>One could already see the very <b style=""><i style="">complacency</i></b> in the teaching or spread of the true Islamic teachings in Malaysia by Malays to other non-Muslims or non-Malays, which aside from the heavy regulation towards Islamic practice and faith in Malaysia, plus with the complacency that comes when everything is fully sponsored by the State Government, but another factor which is also political which can be seen is that…if a Non-Malay converts to Islam in Malaysia, most often he/she could qualify after some time as <b style=""><i style="">bumiputra</i></b> status, so long as he/she <b style=""><i style="">speaks</i></b> the Malay language and <b style=""><i style="">practices</i></b> Malay traditions/culture such as what has happened to many Muslim converts who married with Malay-Muslims.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"> Looking at UMNO’s ideology, it has always portrayed itself as <b style=""><i style="">the protector of the Malays and Malay rights from other races</i></b>, especially the Chinese and sometimes even Indians whom have been often demonized by UMNO. UMNO has for decades taught Malays that if they do not support UMNO, Chinese, Indians and other races who are the minorities would take over <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">Malaysia</st1:country-region></st1:place> and Malays will become their slaves or servants, most often using similar political <b style=""><i style="">fear tactics</i></b> as the late <b style=""><i style="">US President George W. Bush</i></b> during his campaign on ‘The War Against Terror’ which he used to gain support from the American Public. UMNO’s fear politics and tactics are not much different in gaining the support of the Malays by teaching and instilling fear, hatred and enmity towards other races in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Malaysia</st1:place></st1:country-region>.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Thus the complacency towards the spread or teaching of the true Islamic teachings</p> <p class="MsoNormal">or<b style=""><i style=""> Da’wah</i></b> –missionary movements-could easily be related to UMNO’s dominant strategy of using <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">fear politics </span>towards gaining Malay support, as in order for UMNO to <b style=""><i style="">survive</i></b>, and<b style=""><i style=""> remain</i></b> relevant in today’s 21<sup>st</sup> Century, it needs a clear <b style=""><i style="">visible enemy</i></b><span style=""> </span>to continually promote the fear and enmity among Malays towards other races or even religions, so that Malays will continue to depend on UMNO to protect it. If a vast majority of Chinese, Indians, people of Sabahan’s or Sarawakians were to convert or become Muslims…then with their ability to speak bahasa –the Malay language-, they would qualify later on as <b style=""><i style="">bumiputra’s </i></b>and of course UMNO would <b style=""><i style="">no longer have any enemies for it to continue to remain relevant</i></b>. Thus the tactic or strategy of keeping Malay Muslims ignorant is in-fact a tactic which only works to UMNO’s own advantage, but at the expense of the <b style=""><i style="">entire country’s image</i></b>, <b style=""><i style="">the image of Islam</i></b> at an international level, and of course at the expense of <b style=""><i style="">dishonoring the entire Malay race Internationally</i></b>, which UMNO has for a long time had great talent of doing continuously with the kind of silly and ignorant remarks which quite often comes out of the mouths of UMNO Ministers themselves.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>But this complacency which one could easily see in the Islamic practice in <st1:country-region st="on">Malaysia</st1:country-region> is among the reasons why one does not see a very <b style=""><i style="">‘active’</i></b> and<b style=""><i style=""> lively</i></b> Islamic community in <st1:country-region st="on">Malaysia</st1:country-region> as compared to some of the Church missionary movements and activities in <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">Malaysia</st1:country-region></st1:place>. But with UMNO’s own policies of making enemies of other races and religions for decades, because majority of Muslims in <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">Malaysia</st1:country-region></st1:place> are Malays, then how would non-Muslims become <b style=""><i style="">attracted</i></b> towards learning or finding out about Islam if the political leaders themselves preach hatred, enmity and racism which clearly is not aligned or even part of Islamic principles or teaching itself? </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Quran also writes in reference to People of the Book among Jews and Christians:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">
<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Chapter 5 Al-Ma’idah ( The Table ) verse 19:-<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style="">‘ O People of The Book</i></b><i style="">! Now has come unto you, making things clear unto you, Our Messenger, after the break in ( the series of ) Our messengers, lest you should say: “There came unto us no bringer of glad tidings and a warner ( from evil ). And GOD has power over all things.’</i></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><i style=""><o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>In the Quran there are several in-fact verses which address Christians and Jews <b style=""><i style="">directly</i></b> as People of the Book such as the one above. But <b style=""><i style="">HOW</i></b> are Christians or Jews going to know or find out, unless either the <b style=""><i style="">buy</i></b> a translation copy of the Quran itself, or if a person who <b style=""><i style="">is</i></b> <b style=""><i style="">a Muslim</i></b> themselves <b style=""><i style="">bother</i></b> or even take the time <b style=""><i style="">to explain</i></b> about Islam to them or <b style=""><i style="">relay the message</i></b> such as the verse above to them?</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Thus when one considers the implications of Malay Muslims in Malaysia due to ignorance by NOT allowing People of the Book among Christians or even Jews to use the word ‘Allah’ for God, one should consider how their actions clearly contradict everything that has been taught within the Quran itself:-</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">1</span><sup style="font-weight: bold;">st</sup> – Denying People of the Book the right to use the word ‘Allah’ is equivalent to</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>denying that GOD or ‘Allah’ himself had indeed sent messengers and scriptures</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>before the coming of Islam itself, and that those messengers were from GOD</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>or ‘Allah’ himself as well as denying that Christians and Jews are indeed</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>‘People of the Book’ when nowhere in the Quran does GOD or ‘Allah’ deny</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>that they are not People of the Book as which could be seen clearly from</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span><b style="">Chapter 22 Al-Hajj ( The Pilgrimage ) verse 39-40 </b>quoted above.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span><sup style="font-weight: bold;">nd</sup>-<span style=""> </span>Denying People of the Book the right to use the word ‘Allah’ would also</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>be equivalent to differentiating between the prophets themselves which </p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>clearly goes against GOD or ‘Allah’s’ command to Muslims in</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span><b style="">Chapter 2 Al-Baqarah ( The Heifer ) verse 136 </b>as what I have cited</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>above. </p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">3</span><sup style="font-weight: bold;">rd</sup>-<span style=""> </span>The Federal Government under UMNO’s very own actions in trying to </p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Appeal against the High Courts rule also clearly goes against GOD or </p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>‘Allah’s’ own command in the Quran as written in <b style="">Chapter 29 Al-Ankabut<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>( The Spider ) verse 46</b>. As Christians do believe that there is ONE GOD,</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>it is only the ‘identity’ of God in Islam which differs with that of Christian</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>theology. But as the difference in both religious theologies have already been </p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>written in a clear and concise manner, then there would not be any confusions</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>if Malays as Muslims truly read and understood their own Quran….</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Whatever differences there may be, that would in-fact be a Muslims </p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span><b style=""><i style="">responsibility</i></b> in Islam to explain it, which majority of Malays as Muslims</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>sadly don’t even bother to do so as they’ve always been taught by</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>the government under UMNO to make enemies and hate everybody </p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>from other races and other religions. </p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">4</span><sup style="font-weight: bold;">th</sup>-<span style=""> </span>To deny People of the Book among Christians the right to use the word</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>‘Allah’ in relation to the 1<sup>st</sup> point I have put forth is also equivalent to </p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Malays as Muslims implying that there is another GOD besides Allah</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>for Christians and Jews who were responsible for the earlier messengers</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>and scriptures that came before, and this by itself is already against</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Islamic religion which teaches that there is NO GOD but Allah ( GOD )</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>or ONE God.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">5</span><sup style="font-weight: bold;">th</sup>-<span style=""> </span>To continue with the appeal and to deny People of the Book in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Malaysia</st1:place></st1:country-region> the</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>right to use the word ‘Allah’ for GOD would also paint a bad image for</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Malaysian Muslims in general at an International level, as from the recent</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>incidents of Church burning and even the UMNO led government protesting</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>against the People of the Book using it, many Arab speaking Muslims from</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>The Middle-East are already questioning and beginning to believe that</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Malays in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Malaysia</st1:place></st1:country-region> practice a whole new different sect or teaching of Islam.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Their own ‘Malaysian’ or UMNOrized version of Islam which is not the</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>same as what Middle-Eastern muslims practice as the standard Islamic</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>practice as they have no problems with Christians in the Middle-East using</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>the word ‘Allah’ which means GOD.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Even the very claim that the use of the word would ‘confuse’ Muslims is unfounded, especially when the Quran itself has made everything clear for Muslims itself thus where is the confusion?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">UMNO’s very own call for an <b style=""><i style="">Islam Hadhari</i></b> which received no protests by majority of Malays supporting UMNO itself during the tenure of <b style=""><i style="">Tun Hj. Abdullah Ahmad Badawi</i></b> as Prime Minister of Malaysia in-fact was even <b style="">MORE confusing</b> as many till today wanted to know what was difference with the regular practice of Islam? </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">But if UMNO continues with it’s plan to appeal and even State Governments themselves merely follow suit, then it would only be at Islam as a religion’s own future detriment as they would make missionary or <b style=""><i style="">da’wah</i></b> movements in Islam in the future much harder and in-fact dissuade even more non-Muslims to being attracted to understanding, finding out or even learning about the true teachings of Islam, as the Malaysian Government’s own policy clearly now practices religious segregation in addition to it’s racial segregation policies.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">There would clearly be no confusion if Malays as Muslims simply followed what has been written in the Quran..</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">
<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Chapter 6 Surah Al-An’am ( The Cattle ) verse 155:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">‘ And this is a Book which We have revealed as a blessing: <b style="">so follow it</b> and be righteous, that you may receive mercy.’<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span></i>
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">But then again, how could a people who clearly don’t understand the <b style=""><i style="">Arabic language</i></b>,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">nor even bother to find out or <b style=""><i style="">understanding</i></b> the Books <b style=""><i style="">meanings</i></b> be able to follow something which they cannot comprehend? And <b style=""><i style="">how</i></b> are a people like the Malays to understand their own religion, when they have a political party in Government that <b style=""><i style="">intentionally</i></b> tries to <b style=""><i style="">make sure</i></b> that Malays <b style=""><i style="">don’t</i></b> truly understand their own religion for the political parties <b style=""><i style="">own</i></b> benefit? </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Some thoughts to ponder….</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Imran</p>
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<br />MortalAngelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782741322740147623noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2646072465410209319.post-64488823102916779962010-01-17T02:33:00.000-08:002010-01-17T03:02:18.381-08:00Mengenai FTA ( Free Trade Agreements ) atau "Perjanjian Perdagangan Bebas" di antara negara...Lazimnya saya akan membuat penulisan hasil-hasil kajian saya di dalam Bahasa Inggeris,<br />ini kerana kebanyakan buku-buku Ilmiah dan Kajian mendalam lazimnya berada di dalam<br />Bahasa Inggeris dan oleh kerana permintaan yang rendah terhadap buku-buku ilmiah dan akademik di dalam Bahasa Melayu, kerana sifat dan tabiat membaca orang-orang Melayu kita yang lemah; jadi lazimnya buku-buku ini jarang di terjemahkan ke dalam Bahasa Melayu kerana tidak ada 'permintaan' yang meluas dalam pasaran buku-buku Bahasa Melayu tempatan untuk jenis-jenis buku-buku kajian yang saya suka membaca.<br /><br />Tetapi bagi tatapan saudara-saudari rakan seperjuangan saya melawan penindasan, sifat perkauman dan juga korupsi yang kini menular dan meluas di negara Malaysia kita yang tercinta ini, saya akan cuba sedaya upaya bagi menjadikan ruangan Blog saya ini sebuah ruang untuk berkongsi 'maklumat' dan lebih-lebih 'ilmu pengetahuan' bersama, sekiranya ilmu itu ada pada saya, maka di sinilah ruangnya.<br /><br />Jadi saya akan cuba sedaya upaya untuk menjadikan ruangan Blog saya ini "DWI-Bahasa" di dalam Bahasa Melayu dan Inggeris, dan saya berharap sekiranya saudara-saudari rakan seperjuangan di dalam Alam Maya ini boleh memaafkan saya sekirany sekali-sekala anda akan melihat penulisan saya lebih kepada Bahasa Inggeris kadangkala kerana saya tidak mahu meminggirkan para-para sahabat saya dari luar negara dan juga yang berbangsa-bangsa lain di Malaysia yang lebih 'lembut' dan bisa lidah mereka bertutur bahasa Inggeris.<br /><br />Di bawah ini adalah Rencana lama saya mengenai "Perjanjian Perdagangan Bebas" atau "Free-Trade-Agreements" ( FTA ) yang pernah saya tuliskan dan terjemahkan ke dalam Bahasa Melayu untuk Akhbar Utusan Melayu sewaktu zaman pemerintahan 'Pak Lah', yang ingin saya kongsi bersama rakan-rakan dan sahabat seperjuangan.<br /><br />( Sila KLIK di gambar untuk di besarkan bagi memudahkan pembacaan )<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwK8XJw8BFI3P6v8C4wI1bazYONj9WKjswxwOY32gr5hyplHHoaGUjjMW0jnMP8HujNjTRaksX8vLmp475b1S-HDBZgAW4COOY92-daaRE3AN2f0va6hiAabEvAcLfmqczgjFQw0Hxh3k/s1600-h/1st+half.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwK8XJw8BFI3P6v8C4wI1bazYONj9WKjswxwOY32gr5hyplHHoaGUjjMW0jnMP8HujNjTRaksX8vLmp475b1S-HDBZgAW4COOY92-daaRE3AN2f0va6hiAabEvAcLfmqczgjFQw0Hxh3k/s400/1st+half.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427655693642011954" border="0" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgETUAtvBh57s6pv1yAnWdeSK-6v_JEb1N0uJTmAeRQHK3c_y5qioQih5nTa_OzKv2bHGzPxDEuU0EdpU-E5gUTAyWKX6rY6StJHxJeuCBuBF8lLGbEc1vvg9W57HdQpYRvJdUCGNj_nk/s1600-h/2nd+half.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgETUAtvBh57s6pv1yAnWdeSK-6v_JEb1N0uJTmAeRQHK3c_y5qioQih5nTa_OzKv2bHGzPxDEuU0EdpU-E5gUTAyWKX6rY6StJHxJeuCBuBF8lLGbEc1vvg9W57HdQpYRvJdUCGNj_nk/s400/2nd+half.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427657364454397618" border="0" /></a><br /> ( Sila KLIK di gambar untuk di besarkan bagi memudahkan pembacaan )<br /><br />Sememangnya di dalam dunia Global kita hari ini...terdapat banyak jenis Perjanjian-perjanjian Antarabangsa...dan inilah merupakan antara tugas-tugas "Pertubuhan Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu" ( PBB) atau "The United Nations" di mana sebagai sebuah IO ( International Organization ) atau " Pertubuhan Antarabangsa", ia mempunyai banyak badan-badan cabang yang berkenaan bagi meneliti serta memantau setiap negara yang menjadi ahli kepada PBB dan kepada Perjanjian-perjanjian Antarabangsanya, supaya negara-negara ahlinya MEMENUHI syarat-syarat yang termaktub di dalam perjanjian-perjanjian di bawah badan-badan IO'nya.<br /><br /> Sekiranya anda bekerja untuk sebuah syarikat "Multinational Corporation" atau MNC, yakni syarikat gergasi 'antarabangsa' yang beroperasi serta menjual barangan di hampir seluruh dunia seperti 'Microsoft', 'Apple', 'Ford' ataupun 'Sony'. Sememangnya syarikat-syarikat ini akan mempunyai seorang Pengarah Eksekutif Polisi Global atau " Senior Executive of Global Policy" yang bekerjasama rapat dengan bahagian "Perundangan" sesebuah syarikat bagi melakukan kajian penyelidikan serta memastikan operasi-operasi 'anak-anak syarikat' yang berada di luar negara mematuhi piawaian Perjanjian-perjanjian Antarabangsa dan akan meneliti juga samada negara-negara di mana mereka ingin membuka cawangan mereka adalah AHLI kepada perjanjian-perjanjian antrabangsa tertentu.<br /><br /> Polisi-polisi dan perundangan sesebuah negara memainkan peranan penting dalam menarik pelaburan asing kerana setiap syarikat yang inging melabur di dalam pasaran sesebuah negara ingin memastikan bahawa mereka tidak di layan dengan cara yang menyukarkan operasi di dalam sesebuah negara itu...<br /><br /> Saya berharap di masa hadapan saya boleh membantu berkongsi lebih lagi maklumat bersama saudari-saudari rakan seperjuangan di ruang Alam Siber ini...MortalAngelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782741322740147623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2646072465410209319.post-22183371062324483272010-01-16T07:01:00.000-08:002010-01-16T07:18:08.701-08:00On FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS ( FTA's ) and International TradeThese are some of my older works, doing International Research on Finance, Economics and International Trade & Investment issues for "Malaysian Business" magazine several years<br />back concerning FTA's.<br /><br />( Just click to enlarge )<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyj9F25VyS4O1MGoi-IFloQTEslBYDvUageoLFRmhyphenhyphent2TOdmpnybT38mqjUqJk9IUaul6Q6zfv2i71AqeMlpRSpAfJwNcjXzxmMCduJx3nkVKdJNqEg5Pc3GrL4oTf19SK63G6vdrW40/s1600-h/Cover+March+16th+Edition.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCugM8c8TLLid6iG4Ds_SUuVVLd5uz0H4roQq_CWOwoyWdGdNrSTwZbg81nssXNtC7bFVfKe0hUeExXjRj0B3t367o4LJ_9ZVpkmP0zobXQC2F9zAnJL8kNOWprhO-aOSOh-hYluEVD_s/s400/FTA+last.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427356814278702690" border="0" /></a>MortalAngelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782741322740147623noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2646072465410209319.post-7656603230614207132010-01-15T18:58:00.000-08:002010-01-15T19:10:30.576-08:00I'm back!After much requests from friends and supporters in 'facebook', I decided... what the heck...<br />I closed my last blog ages ago as I found facebook ( FB ) a bit more convenient in many ways for 'networking', and also doing a LOT of things like posting video's, photo's as well as links much more more easier.<br /><br />But the only problem is that not EVERYONE could view what is being posted or written on Facebook unless either your posts or profile is set to "EVERYONE" or if a person has an FB account themselves, which I DO recommend most people to have nowadays due to it's convenience and<br />easy networking with friends and so forth. I must say I do salute the founders of facebook itself,<br />25 years old and already on the Forbes Billionaires list...now THAT is an example of the NEW Economy of today where one could earn a fortune in Intellectual Propety Rights.<br /><br />I'll be using this Blog Account once in awhile as a 'supplement' to facebook but also to make things a bit more accessible to the general public.<br /><br />One of the major problems that sometimes certain people may face is, just because you CAN write, doesn't always mean that you LIKE to all the time. I love to READ more than I write.<br />And most often, when you read too much, well sometimes you get a 'writer's block' where you don't know WHAT to write even or 'where' to START even at times. Which is one of the reason I prefer 'facebook' at times as there is far more interaction between users and friends within your networks, people could RECOMMEND you to others and vice-versa, and the interaction is much faster.<br /><br />Though I DO hope that they 'update' FB in the future to make NOTES written by such individuals far more 'visible' and accessible to others by a simple click, if not you'd have to click on the person's profiles NOTES to see if they've written anything...<br /><br />But to all friends who are already within my 'friends list' and been following my comments, writings and posts, do tell others and start recommending...<br /><br />I'd like to make this 'corner' in my blog a place to 'SHARE' knowledge and information together, but also as most people as a place for 'freedom of expression'...<br /><br />It probably also would be the best place to, as "The Rock" says...LAYETH THE SMACKDOWN on the Corrupted UMNO led Malaysian Governments "Roody Poo Candy Ass!"<br /><br />To all my old friends, and NEW...I'd like to say..."WELCOME!" :-)MortalAngelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782741322740147623noreply@blogger.com3