Asri urges review of Islamic laws on banned words

Taken from Malaysian Insider

By G. Manimaran, Bahasa Malaysia Editor

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — Influential cleric Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin (picture) has come out to ask all states to review their Islamic enactments that bar non-Muslims from using terms and words such as ‘Allah’, saying laws should be updated from time to time.

The former Perlis mufti defended Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad’s proposal for Selangor to review laws such as its Non-Islamic Religion Enactment 1988 (Control of Propagations Among Muslims) that has raised the ire of some Muslims.

“Yes, I feel the proposal should be considered as part of contemporary development. The requirements from the past and present are not the same at all,” Asri told The Malaysian Insider in an exclusive interview yesterday.

Khalid’s proposal came in the wake of the controversial High Court ruling last Dec 31 when the Catholic weekly Herald was given the constitutional right to use the word ‘Allah’ to describe the Christian God among the Catholic congregation to the consternation of Muslims who say its exclusive to them.

“If the Internal Security Act (ISA) can be reviewed, don’t tell me these others laws cannot be reviewed,” he said, pointing out there are many words and phrases that have been barred from usage by non-Muslims.

Ten of Malaysia’s 13 states have banned non-Muslims from using up to 35 Arabic terms including the word ‘Allah’, ‘solat’ or prayers and even ‘masjid’ or mosque.

“How can we propagate our religion to others if we stop them (non-Muslims) from using certain words,” he asked.

Asri said the government should issue clear guidelines on such usage rather than rely on enactments.

Who are lying?

Source: www.thebrokenshield.blogspot.com

We often hear from our ministers and elected representatives telling their constituents that the government does not take away the people’s NCR land without paying compensations.

They accuse the Opposition people of telling lies, exploiting and manipulating the NCR land issues.

“Yes the government does pay and we do not deny it,” said a senior PKR leader, especially when NCR lands are taken by the government for the construction of public utilities such as for the construction of roads, schools and hospitals, the government will compensate according to the values determined by the Department of Lands and Surveys.

Before such projects begin, compensations have to be paid first.

But our ministers and elected representatives are deaf and dumb large tracts of NCR lands are taken away and leased by government to big companies and its cronies. Not only compensations are not paid, the NCR land owners themselves are being chased away, their houses are demolished, their fruit trees, rubber, cocoa and pepper gardens destroyed.

And when the land owners reported the matter to the authorities, no one will listen to them; instead they condemn the land owners for being “anti-development”, and for listening to propaganda by the Opposition. And what is strange is that when the companies lodge reports to the Police, the Police are quick to take action as if they work for the companies, resulting many of the land owners being arrested for defending their rights and lands. There are literally hundreds of these cases against land owners who have to resort to Court to intervene.

Now at a story headlined by The Borneo Post on 4 February 2010 on page 6: “Stop activities on disputed land: claimants”.

The 100 or more people of Bekelit Ulu and Ili in Sibuti have occupied their 320 acres of land since 1945 – about 65 years ago. Under the Land Code, they have the native customary rights over the said land. But a company has planted oil palm on their lands against their will or even without their consent. They have reported the matter to the Police and likewise the company has also reported the matter to the Police.

Under the Iban Adat, if you plant something on someone’s land without his consent, then all the fruit trees planted there belong to the land owner. The NCR land owners in Ubah and Tekuyong in Pantu have applied this Adat and are collecting oil palm fruits from their NCR land and many earn a few thousand ringgits per day. The company and Police cannot do anything, because the lands are their lands.

“Who ask you to plant oil palm in my ancestral lands?” they asked.

Now coming back to our ministers and YBs, it appears that many of them are either talking through their noses or simply accusing the Opposition of lying and manipulating the issues for a political mileage. Now who are lying: The BN YBs or Opposition? – The Broken Shield

TANAH NCR PENDUDUK SARAWAK HABIS DI BAWAH POLITIK PEMBANGUNAN TAIB

Taken from Abun Sui Blogspot

Seperti yang kita sedia maklum, polisi kerajaan Barisan Nasional Sarawak sekarang adalah polisi pembangunan yang dipanggil politik pembangunan.

Di bawah politik pembangunan ini antara lain yang terlibat adalah pembangunan tanah dan pembangunan hidro elektrik.

Di bawah rancangan pembangunan tanah terutamanya tanah NCR, kerajaan BN akan mensasarkan keluasan ladang sampai lebih kurang Satu (1)juta hektar tanah.

Sebelum menulis lanjut, ingin diingatkan lagi kepada pembaca bahawa konsep tanah NCR adalah termasuk:
1. Temuda;
2. Pendam;
3. Pemakai menua; dan
4. Pulau Galau.

NCR tidak terhad kepada temuda sahaja seperti yang diwar-warkan oleh pihak tertentu. Sila rujuk kes keputusan Mahkamah dalam Madeli Salleh yang telah diputuskan di Mahkamah Persekutuan iaitu Mahkamah tertinggi di Malaysia. Kes ini mengiktiraf dan menghormati konsep yang betul dan sebenar. Kerajaan Sarawak seolah-olah tidak mengiktiraf hak NCR rakyat dalam keputusan ini.

Di Sarawak selagi BN berkuasa, melalui politik pembangunan, BN akan memberikan lesen perladangan kepada syarikat-syarikat untuk membuka ladang-ladang sawit mahupun penanaman semula hutan tanpa meminta kebenaran dari rakyat tempatan.

Kerajaan BN juga akan terus membina 12 lagi empangan sehingga tahun 2030 kalau mereka terus diberi kuasa oleh rakyat.

Kesan – kesan langsung daripada perladangan dan pembinaan banyak dam ini, adalah TANAH NCR rakyat akan habis sebab pemilikan tanah NCR akan bertukar tangan dari rakyat rumah panjang kepada syarikat-syarikat dan NCR di tepi sungai pula pasti akan TENGGELAM.
Kerajaan BN hari ini hanya mengiktiraf tanah NCR yang dibuka sebelum 1.1.1958 yang kebetulan pula berada berdekatan tepi-tepi sungai. Sebabnya kebetulan pengangkutan utama sejak dulu adalah sungai sebelum kemudahan lain seperti jalan darat muncul.

Oleh itu, apabila Empangan atau Dam dibina, takungan dari Dam ini pasti akan menenggelamkan tanah NCR rakyat. Keluasanya mencecah ratusan ribu hektar. Contohnya Bakun Dam sahaja keluasan Tanah NCR yang ditenggelamkan adalah seluas Negara Singapura.

TANAH NCR Rakyat dan anak cucu cicit punya MANA? HABIS!

Contoh paling jelas, Tanah NCR rakyat Orang Ulu di Belaga sangat luas di ulu Sungai Balui (ratusan ribu hektar), diberi ganti hanya dengan Satu(1) hektar sahaja. Malang lagi kalau tanah itu berbatu dan berpasir dan tidak sesuai untuk aktiviti pertanian.

Tanah yang luas di kawasan Asap Belaga pula telah diberi kepada syarikat-syarikat. Penduduk mengatakan mereka umpama dalam “penjara” di Asap Belaga.

Pihak tertentu pula mengatakan mereka tidak merampas tanah rakyat dan memberi amaran kepada rakyat agar jangan dengar hasutan pihak tertentu yang melawan kerajaan.

Rakyat ditakut-takutkan dengan pelbagai ugutan dan gertakan sama ada dari rakyat kelas kurang berpelajaran hinggalah kepada mereka yang memiliki PHD. Semua ditakut-takutkan.