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Aug

A Mosque Has No Door

By Anwar Ibrahim 6 Comments

Categories: Agenda Baru, Analisis, Antarabangsa, Anwar, Asia Tenggara, Demokrasi, Dunia Arab, Islam, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Media and Penerbitan

By M.J Akbar

Can there be any rational reason for such subliminal fear of a house without a door? A mosque has no door; it is always open to anyone. Submission is the guiding force of its spirit and simplicity is its objective. There is equality in the lines of prayer. Servant stands beside master to bow, at the same moment, before the Lord. Divisions and pretensions dissipate.

The whole world, as the great Indian theologian and mass leader Maulana Abul Kalam Azad used to say, is God’s mosque. Nations may claim to act in the name of God, but God does not need nations. A mosque is neither factory nor fortress: why should it arouse either envy or fear?

The opposition of some sections of the American right, led by politicians like Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin, to a mosque at the site of the 9/11 tragedy is bewildering, at the very least.

A war memorial is not built to perpetuate war. Its relevance lies in the promise of peace. It honours heroes who have given their lives, but this sacrifice, in the words of a famous testament, is ennobled by the promise that they gave their today so the living might have a better tomorrow. A war memorial is a symbol of conflict resolution, not conflict enhancement.

A mosque near the World Trade Center will epitomise the partnership necessary for a common struggle against the horror of terrorism and its evil masterminds, wherever they might live.

Is ignorance a reason for the right-wing campaign against the mosque? I was at the East-West Center in Hawaii a few years ago for a faith-media seminar. On Friday, our very considerate hosts offered Muslim participants a chance to join a local congregation for noon prayers in a small room where the minute local community gathered regularly for namaaz and fraternity.

Some non-Muslim colleagues came along because they had never seen a Friday prayer. We are all convivial, but I daresay at least one or two of them were relieved that the imam had not declared war on the West and we had not unsheathed scimitars as part of ritual.

Ignorance is too generous an alibi for Gingrich and Palin. They have been candidates for the most powerful job in the world. It is foolish to dismiss them as fools.

A mosque at Ground Zero will interfere with their politics, in which the Muslim must be etched as an irredeemable zealot with manic eyes and foaming mouth; the mosque must be distorted into a fountainhead of hatred; and every Muslim be blamed for the sins of the few bigots and terrorists who perpetrated 9/11. A range of political forces has a vested interest in the myth of the mad Muslim as the last evil standing between civilisation and chaos.

The irony is that Palin and Gingrich do not represent the idealism and philosophy of America, a nation that is liberal, open, democratic and secular. Gingrich is a false American; Palin is a falsetto American. Continue reading ‘A Mosque Has No Door’

Aug

Dr Pornthip: Beng Hock Tidak Bunuh Diri

By Anwar Ibrahim 23 Comments

Categories: Analisis, Anwar, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Mahkamah, Malaysia, Media, Pakatan Rakyat, Selangor, Sidenotes and Umno

Dari TV Selangor

Teoh Beng Hock tidak membunuh diri tetapi besar kemungkinan menjadi mangsa kekerasan sebelum beliau dijumpai mati di perkarangan bangunan pejabat Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia di Shah Alam pada tahun lalu.

Rumusan itu dibuat oleh peguam Malek Imitiaz Sarwar, yang mewakili kerajaan Selangor, berasaskan ketegasan keterangan pakar patologi Thailand Dr Pornthip Rojanasonand pada inkues untuk menyiasat punca kematian mendiang.

Pornthip mengekalkan keterangan awal bahawa tidak ada bukti untuk menyokong dakwaan Beng Hock membunuh diri.

Malah kesan luka pada leher Beng Hock adalah akibat kekerasan yang digunakan ke atas dirinya dan tidak konsisten dengan kecederaan mangsa jatuh dari paras tinggi. Continue reading ‘Dr Pornthip: Beng Hock Tidak Bunuh Diri’

Aug

DAP’s Proposals Discussed ‘in General’

By Anwar Ibrahim 1 Comment

Categories: Agenda Baru, Aktiviti, Anwar, Audio, Ekonomi, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Malaysia, Media, Pakatan Rakyat, Parlimen, Penerbitan, Program, Umno and Video

Aug

‘Perang Besar’ Malaysia, Umno Tiup Sentimen Kaum

By Anwar Ibrahim 19 Comments

Categories: Analisis, Anwar, Demokrasi, Ekonomi, Islam, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Mahkamah, Malaysia, Media, Pakatan Rakyat, Parlimen, Penerbitan, Politik, Propaganda and Umno

Dari Malaysiakini
Oleh Hazlan Zakaria

Ketua Pembangkang, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim hari ini menolak laporan Utusan Malaysia kononnya ‘perang besar’ boleh berlaku di Malaysia sekiranya kerajaan gagal menangani isu perkauman yang bebas diperdebatkan secara terbuka sekarang.

Katanya, ia tidak lain daripada percubaan terakhir Umno yang kini sudah tenat untuk meraih sokongan rakyat terutamanya orang Melayu.

“Saya tak mahu layan Utusan,” katanya kepada wartawan pada sidang media di ibupejabat PKR di Tropicana Petaling Jaya hari ini.

Menurut Anwar Umno yang sekarang kehilangan pengaruh untuk memerintah negara, mula dilihat memainkan sentimen perkauman.

“Kita berhadapan dengan satu parti yang sudah tenat dan tahu kehilangan dukungan dan pengaruh orang Melayu dan rakyat.

Dalam rencananya yang bertajuk “Benar, ‘perang besar’ boleh berlaku di Malaysia”, penolong ketua pengarang I, Kumpulan Utusan Malaysia, Datuk Zaini Hassan menulis ‘perang’ kali ini lebih besar daripada tragedi 13 Mei 1969, kerana itu hanyalah konflik melibatkan kegelisahan kaum atau social unrest yang kecil sahaja.

Menurut Zaini, pelbagai pihak sedang membakar semangat antara satu kaum dengan kaum yang lain, termasuk cubaan untuk menukar perlembagaan Malaysia sekarang kepada satu perlembagaan yang baru.

“Kalau benar ada orang yang mahu buat perlembagaan baru, kita minta perkara itu disiasat kerana ia bertentangan dengan pendirian rakyat negara ini.

“Ini cara ugut, menakutkan orang supaya kes kezaliman, rasuah itu ditutup. Saya tidak percaya ketegangan ini parah melainkan ia sengaja dimainkan oleh orang-orang berkepentingan,” tegas Anwar. Continue reading ‘‘Perang Besar’ Malaysia, Umno Tiup Sentimen Kaum’

Aug

Sidang Akhbar Program Transformasi Ekonomi

By Anwar Ibrahim 3 Comments

Categories: Agenda Baru, Aktiviti, Anwar, Demokrasi, Ekonomi, Hebahan, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Malaysia, Media, Pakatan Rakyat and Program

Dijemput hadir ke sidang akhbar Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim berhubung data ekonomi terbaru dan ulasan Program Transformasi Ekonomi. Sidang akhbar tersebut akan diadakan pada:

Tarikh: Hari Khamis, 19hb Ogos 2010

Tempat: Aras 1, Ibu Pejabat PKR, Merchant Square, Tropicana.

Masa: 1 petang

Kerjasama pihak tuan amatlah dihargai. Sekian, terima kasih

Pejabat Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim

Aug

Cops Quiz Anwar Over ‘Jui Meng Next MB’ Banner

By Anwar Ibrahim 8 Comments

Categories: Analisis, Anwar, Audio, Demokrasi, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Mahkamah, Malaysia, Media, Pakatan Rakyat, Parlimen, Pilihanraya, Politik, Umno and Video

From Free Malaysia Today

The police have recorded a statement from Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim over a controversial banner in Johor.
The banner depicted photographs of PKR supreme council member Chua Jui Meng and the Sultan of Johor. It said that Chua would be the next menteri besar of the southern state.

Umno Youth members lodged a report after denouncing the banner as seditious.

Chua claimed to be in the dark about the banner, and had accused Umno of attempting to rile up the Malays against him. Continue reading ‘Cops Quiz Anwar Over ‘Jui Meng Next MB’ Banner’

Aug

BN Pentaskan ‘Opera Cina’ Dibintangi Muhyiddin, Chua

By Anwar Ibrahim 12 Comments

Categories: Analisis, Anwar, Demokrasi, Ekonomi, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Mahkamah, Malaysia, Media, Pakatan Rakyat, Parlimen, Pilihanraya, Politik, Propaganda, Sidenotes and Umno

Dari Malaysiakini

PAS menyifatkan ‘pertelingkahan’ antara Umno dan MCA dalam isu ekuiti bumiputera umpama bangsawan Melayu dan Opera Cina menjelang Operasi Lalang 1987 yang menyebabkan pemimpin pembangkang dikambinghitamkan.

Naib Presiden PAS Datuk Mahfuz Omar (kiri) berkata selepas 23 tahun,ia dipentaskan semula dengan ‘pelakon’ yang berbeza.

“Kalau dulu (antara) Datuk Seri Najib dan (bekas timbalan presiden MCA) Datuk Lee Kim Sai, kini (giliran) Tan Sri Muhyiddin Mohd Yassin dan (presiden MCA) Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek,” kata Mahfuz yang juga ahli parlimen Pokok Sena.

“Apakah selepas ini ada operasi lalang kedua? (Akan ada) pemimpin pembangkang yang akan dikambinghitam (oleh) Umno/BN.

“(Mereka) akan terus berkuasa untuk meratah rakyat dan khazanah negara,” katanya.

Najib ketika itu berkhidmat sebagai pemangku menteri beliau dan sukan. Continue reading ‘BN Pentaskan ‘Opera Cina’ Dibintangi Muhyiddin, Chua’

Aug

Pornthip Pertahan Teoh Beng Hock Cedera Sebelum Jatuh

By Anwar Ibrahim 4 Comments

Categories: Analisis, Antarabangsa, Anwar, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Mahkamah, Malaysia, Media, Pakatan Rakyat, Parlimen and Sidenotes

Dari Harakah

Pakar patalogi Thailand, Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand mempertahankan pandangannya sebelum ini bahawa Teoh Beng Hock telah cedera sebelum jatuh dari Plaza Masalam dan bukannya membunuh diri..

Katanya, ia mungkin “seseorang meletakkan sesuatu di tengkuk Teoh atau menekan kepalanya ke atas sesuatu” sebelum beliau jatuh di bangunan Plaza Masalam, Shah Alam yang menempatkan pejabat SPRM Selangor.

“Saya mempertahankan pendapat saya sebelum ini bahawa kecederaannya berlaku sebelum jatuh. Saya tidak dapat sahkan dia sedar atau tidak semasa jatuh,” kata Pornthip dalam keterangannya.

Beliau bagaimanapun tidak mahu lagi memberikan peratusan pendapatnya itu sebagaimana sebelum ini tetapi berkata, “Saya yakin ia bukan bunuh diri.”

Pornthip juga berkata, kecederaan pada dubur mangsa adalah akibat dari benda tumpul yang dimasukkan ke dalamnya. Continue reading ‘Pornthip Pertahan Teoh Beng Hock Cedera Sebelum Jatuh’

Aug

Polis Akan Ambil Keterangan DSAI

By Anwar Ibrahim 5 Comments

Categories: Anwar, Demokrasi, Hebahan, Isu Semasa, Malaysia and Pakatan Rakyat

MAKLUMAN MEDIA
17 OGOS 2010

Adalah dimaklumkan pihak polis akan mengambil keterangan dari Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim pada jam 11pagi, hari Rabu, 18hb Ogos 2010, di Ibu Pejabat Parti Keadilan Rakyat, Merchant Square, Tropicana. Ini berkaitan penyiasatan penggunaan foto Sultan Johor kononnya oleh penganjur ceramah di Batu Pahat, Johor. Terima kasih.

Pejabat Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim

Aug

Perlantikan Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad Sebagai Pengarah Komunikasi

By Anwar Ibrahim 4 Comments

Categories: Agenda Baru, Aktiviti, Anwar, Hebahan, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Media, Pakatan Rakyat and Parlimen

KENYATAAN MEDIA
17 OGOS 2010

Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad telah dilantik sebagai Pengarah Komunikasi Parti Keadilan Rakyat berkuatkuasa 16 Ogos 2010.

Nik Nazmi, 28 tahun, merupakan Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri Seri Setia, Selangor sejak 8 Mac 2008. Beliau merupakan lulusan undang-undang King’s College, University of London.

Sebelum ini beliau pernah memegang jawatan Setiausaha Sulit kepada Ketua Umum, YB Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim dan Setiausaha Politik kepada Menteri Besar Selangor, YAB Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim.

Beliau turut memegang jawatan Exco Angkatan Muda Keadilan Malaysia dan aktif di Keadilan Cabang Kelana Jaya.

Nik Nazmi membawa bersamanya pengalaman di dalam media Internet serta media cetak yang luas.

Perlantikan beliau dibuat menerusi surat yang ditandatangani Presiden Keadilan Dato’ Seri Dr. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail. Beliau akan turut menganggotai Biro Politik dan Biro Pengurusan serta mengetuai Biro Komunikasi Keadilan.

Aug

Musuh Sebenar Umat Melayu

By Anwar Ibrahim 27 Comments

Categories: Analisis, Anwar, Demokrasi, Ekonomi, Islam, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Kewangan, Mahkamah, Malaysia, Pakatan Rakyat, Parlimen, Penerbitan, Pilihanraya, Politik, Propaganda, Selangor, Sidenotes and Umno

Dari YB Azmin Ali

Politik yang membakar sentimen perkauman boleh sahaja diibaratkan sebagai “low morale and uncharismatic profession”; ungkapan yang sering disebutkan oleh Anwar Ibrahim tatkala beliau memimpin ABIM lebih 30 tahun lalu.

Benteng terakhir Umno sebagai parti tunjang Barisan Nasional (BN) ialah dengan menyalakan bara sentimen di kalangan orang Melayu.

Media perdana saban hari membayangkan kononnya Keadilan dan Pakatan Rakyat mengkhianati kepentingan orang Melayu.

Ini ditambah dengan provokasi untuk melaga-lagakan pimpinan Pakatan Rakyat dengan Raja-Raja Melayu.

Walhal, musuh sebenar yang patut ditentang bukanlah mana-mana Sultan, tetapi dua tiga kerat pemimpin elit Umno.

Soal salah guna kuasa, rasuah dan kecurangan terhadap amanah kalangan pemimpin elit Umno ditutup sebelah mata.

Umno memekik agar orang Melayu—sebagai kaum majoriti di negara ini—bersatu, bersatu, bersatu.

Tetapi persoalannya, bersatu untuk apa?

Reformasi juga menyerukan perpaduan, termasuk kepada umat Melayu.

Namun pada masa sama, dokongan semua rakyat jelata tanpa mengira kaum, agama mahupun ras penting untuk menjayakan agenda perubahan Continue reading ‘Musuh Sebenar Umat Melayu’

Aug

‘Why Was DPP Farah On The Case Anyway?’

By Anwar Ibrahim 7 Comments

Categories: Analisis, Anwar, Demokrasi, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Mahkamah, Malaysia, Pakatan Rakyat, Parlimen, Politik and Umno

From Malaysiakini

If she was not privy to the documents, then why was she roped in in the first place? Doesn’t this also show that some of our civil servants are being paid to be doing nothing productive?’

Court dismisses Anwar’s 2nd bid to strike out charge

Anonymous: The judge Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah can’t even be impartial, so how to pass judgment with integrity then? Whatever was stated in the affidavits of investigating officer Jude Blacious Pereira and DPP Mohd Hanafiah Zakaria, he accepted in totality without letting the defence team cross-examine them and DPP Farah Azlina Latif.

What would happen if these people put in affidavits which stated that ‘Anwar Ibrahim did not sodomise Saiful’? Would the judge accept that and dismiss the case? The judge should recuse himself from hearing the trial since he is no more impartial.

DannyLoHH: The charge is dubious, the trial is sneaky, evidences are secrets, the judge is seemed beholden, the witness is caught lying, the court is looking more kangaroo-ish, and now the prosecutor is sleeping with the witness. But the sham trial continues because this is not about justice and it is not about rule of law. This is about getting rid of Anwar Ibrahim before the next election.

Alexander Yuan Xjin Kai: If Zabidin were to give such an ridiculous answer in any other court outside Malaysia, he would have been ridiculed, demoted or even fired from his job. But no… “Farah has no access to vital prosecution documents”, he said. Then let me ask you something then – why was she there in the first place?

Bernard Phillips: I am trying really hard to understand how the judge could have come to this decision. Legally, it should be clear that when there is evidence that there is a possibility, however remote, that the DPP could have passed some information to Saiful, the ruling should be in Anwar’s favour.

And as a former government officer, I can point out to the judge that even some office boys have more access to classified documents than senior government officials. And in a ‘juicy’ case like this you can be sure that Faraz Azlina had much more.

Lastly, can the judge be really sure that Saiful was more interested in the documents rather then in Farah Azlina? Come on Your Honour, reflect on that.

Fi-sha: A mockery of justice at the expense of undermining our intelligence and morality. If she was not privy to the documents, then why was she roped in as part of the prosecuting team in the first place? From a different standpoint, this shows that some of our civil servants are being paid to be doing nothing productive. Continue reading ‘‘Why Was DPP Farah On The Case Anyway?’’