JULY 10th, 2009
ANWAR IBRAHIM TO DELIVER KEYNOTE ADDRESS ON ISLAM
AND THE WEST AT COMMON WORD INTERFAITH CONFERENCE
IN PERTH
Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim will deliver the keynote address entitled Islam and the West at the Perth Interfaith Conference, to be held at the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre on Saturday 11th July 2009.
Inspired by the Common Word initiative, a historical and unprecedented open letter issued in October 2007, and endorsed by 138 Muslim scholars and leaders, the Perth Interfaith Conference aims to build bridges of understanding and mutual respect between Muslim and Christian communities.
Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim will be accompanied by Keadilan President Datin Seri Dr. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and during his visit he will meet with The Honourable Stephen Smith MP, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs to discuss issues of common concern for Australia and Malaysia as well as official representatives from Western Australia and the Malaysian community living in Perth.
Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim is currently leader of Malaysia’s Parliamentary Opposition. He is an advocate for greater cooperation among civilisations and an authoritative voice bridging the gap between East and West. For more information on A Common Word for The Common Good, Muslim-Christian Interfaith Conference, see www.interfaithconferenceperth.com or contact Perth Lighthouse at tamara@proverbial.com.au
OFFICE OF ANWAR IBRAHIM
sila lihat ucapan penuh Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim
Islam and the West – Democracy, Jihad and Complicity with Tyranny Throughout the last century, there have been attempts to create “a truly Islamic state”, its ultimate objective being the attainment of a just polity premised on the Qur’an and the Sunnah. However, being essentially a reaction to Western imperialism, these attempts invariably were linked to the concept of jihad and the multifarious connotations attached to the word.
To begin with, even though primarily jihad is a doctrine of sacrifice for the preservation of faith, it had traditionally been interpreted to sanction war against enemies of the religion and had provided a moral framework for regulating the ensuing conflicts. The orthodox view espoused by the establishment muftis, adopted a particular Hadith to justify the principle that if a ruler orders something that is contrary to the Shari’ah, Muslims were at liberty to rebel. This view was then extended to justify acts against all forms of oppression. Today, jihad has been invoked by certain quarters to legitimize wanton acts of violence. And as the line between jihad and terrorism becomes blurred, it is imperative that reform minded Islamists address this problem with courage and conviction. Surely, tyranny and oppression cannot be the only way to stem the tide.
Nevertheless, it is true that the post-war experiments of Muslim countries with democratic institutions ended in unmitigated disaster, returning to power instead the regimes of tyranny and repression. Turkey was of course the exception to the rule.
We are familiar with the United States policy of ambivalence in the war on terror, particularly under the Bush administration, which supported autocrats in the Muslim world on the one hand, and championed the cause of freedom and democracy on the other. Pointing the finger at the United States for driving a wedge between reform-minded Islamists and Muslim autocrats may carry some degree of legitimacy but the ultimate culpability must be borne by Muslims themselves. As Shaykh Muhammad al-Ghazali puts it, it is telling “to see how Muslims are treated in Muslim countries and under Muslim governments and how other countries, such as Israel or Britain or the United States for instance, treat their own citizens. Human life and the dignity of man appear to have a much lower value and command less respect in Muslim countries … it is difficult under current conditions, to see how Muslims can expect to earn God’s support and fulfill their task as leaders of mankind.”
The 1992 bloodbath in Algeria saw the banning of the FIS (Front Islamique de Salut) just as it was becoming certain that the Islamist party was about to be legitimately brought to power. Thousands are known to have been abducted by “eradicators” that is, the mukhabarat, the State apparatus for silencing dissent. And notwithstanding a protracted civil war, the oligarchs continue their stranglehold on power.
Other Muslim countries have likewise used the terrorism/Islamic fundamentalism bogey to resist political reform and the powers that be continue to brook no dissent. Undoubtedly the West has also to blame. It too has a long track record of supporting military dictatorships during the past half century. In the case of Iran, we have seen the case of Mossadegh who was legitimately elected but was removed in a CIA led coup in collaboration with Britain. Even in Lebanon and the Palestinian state not too long ago, the United States were complicit in the aggression against these two nascent Muslim democracies. And today we still see how a substantial part of the Muslim population living in non-Muslim countries are being stigmatized and marginalized on account of democracy being eroded at their expense for the sins of terrorists. It must be said though that President Obama, having assumed office, has made some palpable initiatives towards ameliorating this situation.
But regardless of that, it cannot be denied that the West offers at least in theory freedom and democracy – fundamental liberties, civil society, and representative government. On the other hand, the same cannot be said of Muslim countries. There is Turkey of course, being the first and until recently the only Muslim nation with clear democratic institutions, a market economy and a free society, notwithstanding its ups and downs. Indonesia which has just seen the reelection of President Bambang Yudhoyono, has of course been a respectable second entrant into this arena.
The key issue to be noted here is that in the discourse on Islam and the West, freedom and democracy provides the main catalyst for convergence, not as mere philosophical constructs but as the foundation for giving dignity to the human spirit.
Within Islam, freedom is considered one of the higher objectives of the divine law in as much as the very same elements in a constitutional democracy become moral imperatives in Islam – freedom of conscience, freedom to speak out against tyranny, a call for reform and the right to property.
Democracy and freedom acquire greater significance around the presence of substantial Muslim communities in the West, whose democratic institutions are under attack all in the name of the war on terror. ‘National security’ has now ominously taken on the hue of political persecution even in established democracies, and there are legitimate concerns to be addressed as we see the increasing tendencies to allow the erosion of fundamental liberties, not just because they are occurring in places with the presence of significant Muslim minorities, but because they should not be condoned anywhere. If the notion of the universalism of Islam is to mean anything, it would require that its values of justice, compassion and tolerance be practiced everywhere. Our condemnation of the violation of human rights must transcend race, colour or creed.
The heart of the Islamic message is first and foremost a message of love and understanding, of compassion and tolerance and of peace. It tells us to strive for justice, fight oppression and oppose tyranny. There are many tribes and communities, cultures and languages and all these will impinge directly on our worldview. Yet we must never lose sight of the fact that humankind is only one.
Adakah rakyat pribumi australia menjadi PM di sana? Mungkinkah idea ini akan ke Malaysia? Sila bincangkan. terima kasih.
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Saya berhasrat dan berfikir habis-habisan untuk memerangi bebanan hutang yang ditanggung oleh usahawan bumiputera setelah mendapat pinjaman sehingga pinjaman tersebut kadang-kala tidak dapat lunaskan.
Disini, saya ingin memberi idea yang saya rasa boleh dilaksanakan dengan berkesan untuk menyelesaikan masalah bebanan hutang usahawan tersebut.Saya juga memandang isu ini sebagai isu yang penting dari perspektif saya juga adalah sbg usahawan dan berasa benar-benar mustahak kerana ia bagi mengelakkan lebih ramai usahawan yang bankrap.
idea saya ialah penubuhan Koperasi Usahawan Bumiputer yang akan terlibat kepada perniagaan yang yang mampu dimilik perseorangan atau kumpulan kecil. Cthnya: dalam bidang export dan import, francais dan international services.Saya ingin memberi cth yang mudah :
Setiap pinjaman yang diluluskan kpd usahawan diwajickan ditolak min. RM3000.
Nilai syer bg koperasi akan begerak pada kadar min. 300 ahli..
Ini bermakna 300*3000=900,000.00
Dengan modal sebanyak 900k akan digunakan untuk melabur dalam bidang perniagaan yang memberangsangkan dan menguntungkan serta akan mengeluarkan pendapatan purata sebanyak RM600/sebulan setiap ahli.Dengan nilai purata ini, ia akan menampung jumlah pembayaran pinjaman oleh usahawan selama 5 Tahun sekurang-kurangnya.
Ini keadaan ini dilaksanakan, saya rasa ia akan lebih menguntungkan kedua-dua belah pihak antara pemberi pinjam dan usahawan.
Regards,
Mohd Amirul Nazari Bin Abdullah.
0173999904
no 7 jalan hentian 3
pusat hentian kajang
43000 kajang selangor.
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wah Reply:
July 13th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Mohd Amirul Nazari, cadangan kamu itu memang praktikal. Tapi kalau bekas MP Selangor tubuhkan khusus perniagaan untuk org Melayu & Bumiputra secara percuma , mengajar teknik terbaru dalam dunia pelaburan, tentu semua rakyat Bumiputra akan menjadi jutawan. Sekelip mata , Malaysia menjadi negara yg paling banyak melahirkan jutawan. Tak ada rakyat lagi yg bergelar org miskin. Malaysia Boleh!
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Wah PM bertemu PM Australia
DSAI jumpa Menteri Luar Australia
Maya Karim jumpa Al Gore di Australia
Apakan Maya Karim bakal MP PR pada PRU13 nanti kita tunggu!!!!!!!!!!
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Bravo, Dato’ Seri!
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TAHNIAH DSAI …AWAT ORANG AUSTRALIA TAK MAI PELUK ROSMAH
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DSAI KENA DATANG KOTA SARANG SEMUT..KAMI NAK TUBUH KEADILAN DISINI. NAK HARAP YB MAD KASIM SUSAHLA. NAK HARAP JOHARI MP SG PETANI PUN SAMA
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dsai SAYA DAH DENGAQ CERITA LIWAT TU. sABAQLA. ANAK KARIAH MASJID KSS TAK PA. SEMUA TU KONSPIRASI.
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dsai KENA TENGOK pENDANG SAMA..KEADILAN NAK ………….
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July 12, 2009
WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS NOW FOR THE PR GOVERNMENT ON THE KG BUAH PALA ISSUE?
Filed under: ARTICLE (LATEST) 12/07/2009, justice — sjsandteam @ 18:58
Tags: WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS NOW FOR THE PR GOVERNMENT ON THE KG BUAH PALA ISSUE?
This article is written by Naragan
First some history
I see a piece of land lying seemingly unattended and then I work out a scam to sell it. I disguise myself as a buyer and I then buy the land from my undisguised self who is selling the land. How is that for disingenuity. Well, this is more or less what seems to have transpired in the case of the land on which sits Kampong Buah Pala.
Let me lay out the facts for all to know. All of these facts and associated arguments can be corroborated with documentary evidence and be supported by appropriate Acts of Parliament.
The land known as Lot 698 Bandar Gelugor, Daerah Timur Laut, Pulau Pinang, was once owned by Helen Margaret Brown in the 1930s. The tenants of the land at that time were the forefathers of the current residents. This piece of land was surrendered to the then Governor of the Straits Settlement, Sir Thomas Whittaker on 23rd Dec 1937. It was not surrendered to the Governor of Penang but to the Governor of the Straits Settlement. This point is of fundamental significance to the issue of who is the owner of the land.
The Government Gazette of the 27th of Aug 1953 clearly recorded that the said land “is needed for a public purpose, namely for the Housing Trust”. The land then came under the purview of the Housing Trust Act . This also clearly establishes that the land was a Trust land, meaning the owner of the land was the Trust. Then with the introduction of the Housing Trust Dissolution Act of 1976, the Trust was dissolved. According to Section 5(1) of this 1976 Act: “ 5(1) All lands that immediately before the commencement of this Act were vested in, or reserved under any written law relating to land for the purposes of, the Trust shall upon that commencement vest in the federal lands Commissioner for the purpose of the Government” . “ Government” here is defined in the Title section of the Act to mean the Federal Government. This makes the Federal Government the owner of the land.
Here then is an important fact – there is no document transferring this land to the Penang State Government from the Federal Government. The Penang State Government is not the owner of this land, but yet it sold the land to Nusmetro Ventures. Per the National land Code (Act No 56 of 1965) Division V – Alienated Lands, Section 340 “Registration to confer indefeasible title or interest, except in certain circumstances: Subsection 2(b) The title or interest of any such person or body shall not be indefeasible where registration was obtained by forgery, or by means of an insufficient or void instrument.”
When one does not possess documents to show one is the owner then it becomes a sale by a void instrument. The sale therefore is not legitimate in law. According to all of the above the sale becomes null and void.
But the sale was anyway made. This could have happened only through devious collusion of several parties over a period of time and by fraudulent transactions. All this was transacted by the then Gerakan/UMNO State Government, Senior Members of the Koperasi Pegawai Kerajaan Pulau Pinang, Senior Officers of the Land and Mines Department, the State Legal Department, The State Secretariat , the State Economic Planning unit and probably others too.
They were the ones that moved the documents, they were the ones that prepared the documents, the various working papers to the EXCO of the Gerakan/UMNO State Government and they were the ones that approved everything. The Koperasi that was the beneficiary was the Koperasi of the State Administrators – the State Chief secretary was the Chief of the Koperasi when much of this transpired. This is exactly the corruption that we need to root out from our country. This is all just dignified usurpation.
The rights of the ground tenants just did not figure, but as an afterthought at the conclusion of the deal. Now that we have the approval, how do we deal with the troublesome squatters….bring in the gangsters, bring in the police, bring in the bulldozers. This rot in our system has to be eliminated. The laws of the country cannot be violated wily-nily by those in power. Our system needs to be strengthened.
What Options for the PR Government?
The Present PR Government must give up its intransigent position, understand time is running out and take positive actions to sort this mess out. It does not matter now that it did not create the problem. It is an opportunity to catapult into the Federal Government in the next General Election if it plays its cards well on this and other similarly challenging issues in the future. This is truly a test of its competency. The steps it needs to take:
1) Use the provisions under the law that empowers the State Government to acquire land. It is indefensible to say that it is going to cost this much or that much. The land is leasehold, ownership is in dispute, and it was just sold 15 months ago for RM 3.2million, it represents a heritage that could be lost for all posterity. Anything short of acquiring the land immediately will render this whole issue academic. It will become something else altogether after the bull dozers come in.
2) Stop trying to tease the villagers into accepting compensation. They do not want any compensation, they just want to retain their village.
3) Begin a process immediately to identify all the miscreants in this story and all the irregular and fraudulent acts and begin legal proceedings against them.
4) Establish the lack of legitimacy of the sale and then maybe the State Government may not have to pay a penny at all to the developer.
5) Use independent lawyers. How can the State Legal Advisor give advise against the Koperasi Pegawai Kerajaan Pulau Pinang in which he is a senior member. There is clearly a conflict of interest. It will be naïve on the part of the PR State Government to continue using his advise on this matter.
6) The PR government, by doing all of this can redeem its moral high ground, something that has slipped significantly in the past few weeks. See how the situation is evolving – the case against Anwar has just begun, Najib is out wooing with his pack of goodies and who knows what else, the Penang State government’s image has taken a serious beating. Time is not on PR’s side, move fast to do this before much more damage is done.
7) Section 116,1(d) may not help, check it out quickly as valuable time is passing and it may be too late, if we find out that it does not apply..
We have a very significant opportunity on our hands to move democracy up one notch in Penang. We have to necessarily see bold steps being taken. Truth must prevail and all those who want to maintain an old, rotten and corrupt system have to be dealt with summarily and clearly.
Can the Pakatan Rakyat Government provide the leadership to move forward and on
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pro,
Thanks,values of justice,and what`s else facefully inorder to transferancy malaysia fr globality
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Tahniah DSAI. Menaikkan nama Malaysia. :D
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harap DSAI terus tabah mengharungi perjuangan yang penuh pancaroba ini.
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semuga pertemuan tersebut menghasilkan natijah yang baik buat perjuangan menuntut keadilan!
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syabas! dsai merupakan harapan baru untuk malaysia.
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KARISMA yang ada pada Datuk Seri telah menyebabkan najis dan gerombolan lemas,sebab itulah dicaturnya konspirasi agar dapat memenjarakan Datuk Seri demi survival politik mereka.
Rakyat sudah sedar siapa UMNO sebenarnya, jika jalan terkutuk itu yang diambil mereka bersiaplah menghadapi gelombang reformasi ke2.
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din bunga Reply:
July 13th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
LAWAN TETAP LAWAN
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aktivis Reply:
July 13th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
gelombang ke2 pasti lebih hebat! umno sudah sampai kepenghujung nyawa
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ANWAR IBRAHIM PEMIMPIN MASA DEPAN.
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Tahniah dato sri….masyarakat muslim dan non muslim seharusnya memperbanyakkan majlis dialog agar dapat memahami konsep islam sebenar. Cara sedemikian mampu mengelak salah tanggapan kepada islam serta dapat memulihkan kembali imej islam dimata dunia.
semoga dato sri dikurniakan kekuatan dan ketabahan.
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jihad itu luas maknanya, ia bukanlah semata-mata perang! melalui pertemuan serta anjuran majlis ilmu seperti dialog dan sebagainya,juga dikategorikan sebagai jihad. memberi ruang kepada agama lain menyampaikan pandangan adalah merupakan toleransi dalam islam. Pendekatan ini menggambarkan bahawa islam itu terbuka dan penyayang sifatnya.
Datuk Seri merupakan seorang yang cukup berani dan bijaksana dengan mengambil bahagian dalam acara tersebut.Benarlah seperti yang disebut,ANWAR adalah HARAPAN BARU untuk semua.
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DSAI bila nak jadi Perdana Menteri Malaysia. Kami tak sabar lagi.
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Pertemuan yang cukup bererti kerana disusuli dengan dialog peradaban antara islam dan barat.inilah bukti anwar ibrahim merupakan pemimpin prihatin dan berkaliber. Jauh sungguh kalau nak dibandingkan dengan pm botak tu.
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Semoga pertemuan ini tidak membawa campur tangan Australia ke atas Malaysia dalam hal ehwal dalaman terutama isu PR dan BN. Dan diharapkan juga agar pertemuan itu berjaya membawa dagangan kepada Malaysia untuk membangunkan ekonomi negara
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Dulu, kini dan selamanya Anwar. Kami tidak sabar2 nak melihatmu memimpin rakyat dan negara ini.
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dato seri…….i am hoping that soon you will be our PRIME MINISTER cause we trust you and the world also trust you……It is unbeleivable that our recent PRIME MINISTER NAJIB is not trusted by the people and the world………..WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THIS COUNTRY IF HE STILL OUR PRIME MINISTER FOR THE NEXT 3 over years…………help god give some strenght to dato seri to overcome this matter soooon….HIDOP DATO SERI HIDOP PAKATAN RAKYAT!!!!!!
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Hi
Why is DSAI invited for the conference? Why not Najib. What so good about DSAI that Najib does not have?
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Bijan Bodo….wkakakakaak…Najib bodo…wakkakakak
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SAYA DAPAT MELIHAT PENYOKONG2 DSAI YANG TERDIRI DARI ORANG ORANG MELAYU SENDIRI SUKA MEMAKI ,MENCEMOH DAN MEMPERKECILKAN BANGSA NYA SENDIRI.APA DAH JADI.BANGSA LAIN TIDAK MENCEMOH,MEMPERKECILKAN BANGSA NYA SENDIRI.TAHNIAH DSAI PERJUANGAN POLITIK ANDA BERJAYA MELAHIRKAN BANGSA MELAYU YANG SUKA MENCEMOH DAN MEMPERKECILKAN BANGSA SENDIRI.TIDAK PERNAH DALAM SEJARAH TANAH AIR DIMANA ORANG MELAYU SENDIRI BERCAKARAN SESAMA SENDIRI.SEOLAH OLAH MEMBUKA PEKONG DI DADA, AIR DITADAH TERPERCIK KE MUKA SENDIRI.SAYA CUKUP BIMBANG JIKA ALIRAN BEGINI TERUS BERLAKU, APA KAH ORANG MELAYU NANTI MEMPUNYAI MASA HADAPAN SEBEGINI CERAH SEMASA UMNO DAN BN MENTADBIR.APA YANG ANDA PENYOKONG PERJUANGKAN?TIDAK KAH ANDA SENDIRI EMMPUNYAI CITA CITA DIMANA MAHU MELETAKKAN NEGARA MALAYSIA.WOULD YOU THINK OTHER RACES IN MALAYSIA WOULD CHAMPION FOR YOUR CAUSE?BERFKIRAN LAH SECARA WARAS.ANDA TIDAK PERLU GHAIRAH HANYA DENGAN MENDENGAR KES MAHKAMAH DSAI, TIDAK PERLU GEMBIRA HANYA BILA MENDENGAR UCAPAN DSAI.SIGH.
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