From The Malaysian Insider
By Shannon Teoh
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 – As Parliament continued to censure the Israeli and United States governments over the Gaza conflict, PKR today mooted the idea of a regional Islamic body to flex its political muscle in the Muslim world.
MPs had expressed frustration over the powerlessness of the public to compel the United States and Israel to bring a halt to the Israeli attacks on Palestinians in the Gaza strip that has continued for nearly three weeks.
Pas president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang said that “throwing shoes cannot stop Tomahawk missiles,” to illustrate the lack of a political solution.
De Facto PKR leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim proposed in Parliament today that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi negotiate with other Muslim nations in the region such as Indonesia and Brunei to do something meaningful.
“This will encourage Arab leaders to do more than just have to beg for mercy,” he said.
In a press conference later, he added that as Indonesia is the world’s largest Muslim country and “an important democratic country that is considered moderate,” with an independent foreign policy, a regional coalition could have “a definite influence on the world, as Arab countries may be considered emotionally vested in such issues.”
“We must take our own stand as the anger of the public has been made known so it is incumbent upon our leaders to react,” he said.
Selangor Menteri Besar and former PKR secretary-general Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim added more details on the suggestion in his speech in Parliament later.
“A task force with a formal secretariat should be formed to meet and mobilise initiatives with other Islamic nations,” he said.
He said that by taking an active role, holding talks and discussions with other governments, a regional body could lobby for concerted efforts to curb future atrocities against Muslim nations.
Khalid suggested that foreign ministers could lead the secretariat to ensure eminent persons from each of the three Southeast Asian countries would represent their respective governments when speaking to other parties.
Apa kurangnya OIC, ASEAN dan banyak lagi platform yang dah ada? Bak cakap Rais Yatim, yang pendek kita panjangkan, yang kurang kita tambahkan. Nie dok sibok nak buat persatuan lagi nak buat apa? kalau dah dasar suka pecah belahkan yang sedia ada, otak dia memang ingat yang dia cadang atau yang dia buat saja yang elok dan betul dan lengkap. Yang hak oramng lain buat bukan dia nak tolong bagi tambah, tapi dia sibok nak bagi lemah, nak bagi hancur. Itulah mentaliti yang tertipu dengan “harapan baru”. Celik mata, nak bagi hancur kat benda dah ada. Beri cadangan memang paling senang punya kerja, nak buat perkara lain. Bukan ke lebih elok perpaduan yang dah sedia ada dalam organisasi yang dah sedia ada kita bantu bagi lebih baik atau lebih kuat?
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betul betul betul
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Not only political muscle, we must organised a military force amongst the regional countries and other muslim countries to fight the israelis. Give the UN specific dateline, if no drastic or real action taken then we can sent these organised jihad forces. ALLAHUAKHBAR!!!
PR will takeover this country is my pray everyday. Amin.
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I agree with penpusaka 8:36am… there are enough institutions already… it’s a question of using it appropriately.
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penpusaka bawa banggang punya jawapan. Ini isu Gaza dan Palestin bukan isu kemarahan awak terhadap DSAI. Bodoh, itu pun tak buleh pisah dalam akal tak payah bagi opinionlah
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penpusaka Reply:
January 14th, 2009 at 8:43 am
ahmad mustaqim,
Kalau pun tak reti nak faham pasai hang punya akal ada sikit blockage, jangan ingat orang lain bangang macam hang tu! Apa hang ingat hang punya DSAI tu hebat sangatkah yang aku nak marah? Aku tak marah kat dia, yang aku marah kat orang macam hang nie yang tolol! DSAI tu pelakon macam bintang filim kat Bollywood tu! Dia main watak hero jahat, yang hang dok taksub sampai tak sempat nak pikir tu wat apa? Dia nak cari kawan temankan dia diwaktu dia sedang dinanti oleh hukuman dosa dia, Hang apa kena?
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Khairy Reply:
January 14th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Penpusaka,
Saya rasa anda yang emosional terlebih juga ahmad mustaqim, anda juga emosional. Apa yang dicadangkan oleh DSAI ialah khusus untuk Gaza, masalahnya bagaimana nak perkuat institusi yang sedia ada? Kerna dah terbukti mereka lemah! OIC, apa yang dah dia buat, pemimpin Arab, kata DSAI lesu! jadi nak harapkan institusi yang juga dibebankan serta sarat dengan pelbagai sentimen.
Dan sentimen itu merugikan umat. Asean pula bukannya forum umat Islam, Singapura sebagai contoh mungkin keberatan nak join, dan kita tidak boleh memaksa, begitu juga dengan Thailand. Mereka adalah aktor utama Asean.
Oleh itu celik dan jernihkan fikiran. Kita perlu pantas, dan regional task force akan dapat fund, logistik serta perimeter spesifik yang baru untuk bertindak, serta itu semua dari negara2 yang disebut2 tadi. Semua itu tidak perlu melalui badan2 yang mempunyai kelemahan mcm OIC dan Asean.
Anda juga melampau menuduh DSAI nak melemah dan berniat jahat, nampaknya andalah yang berniat serong. Apabila DSAI cadang Malaysia, Indonesia serta Brunei, sudah tentu ianya melibatkan kerajaan masing2, dan jikalau berjaya pastinya kerajaan Malaysia yang dapat kredit, bukannya DSAI, jadi saranan beliau ternyata demi kepentingan umat.
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