August 1, 2009 • 4:23 pm 0
Has anyone asked the Agong if he wants to meet the anti-ISA protesters? sultan azlan and raja nazrin seem to feel that the Rulers don’t always have to do as adviced by elected politicians, ie: the Rulers can make their own decisions.
What is the real role of the monarchy here?
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July 27, 2009 • 6:18 pm 28
Saya tertarik membaca komen Dr Asri Zainal Abidin mengenai tindakan beberapa ahli PAS yang dikatakan suka memaki orang lain. Saya bersetuju dengan pandangan Dr Asri.
Ya, memang ada ahli PAS yang sedemikian.
Ada juga ahli UMNO yang sedemikian. Ada juga ahli MCA, MIC, Gerakan, United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (UPKO), PKR, DAP, dan lain-lain parti lagi yang juga suka memaki hamun orang.
Tetapi untuk menyalahkan parti atas kerendahan akhlak ahlinya adalah tidak matang. Dr Asri harus sedar hal ini. Dan, setakat yang saya kenal Dr Asri, beliau jauh lebih matang dari itu.
Di England, ada ahli Labour yang suka mencerca ahli Conservatives. Ada ahli Conservatives yang suka mencerca ahli Labour. Kalau ada mana-mana individu yang menyalahkan parti atas buruknya akhlak ahli Labour atau Conservatives, rasanya orang itu layak diketawakan sahaja.
Adakah Islam patut disalahkan apabila ada Muslim merogol kanak-kanak?
Adakah Dr Asri boleh disalahkan jika rakyat Perlis sewaktu beliau menjadi mufti memaki hamun orang lain?
Izinkan saya memetik kata-kata Dr Asri sendiri: “… bila kita nak judge orang, bila kita nak nilai orang, janganlah atas satu isu. Nilailah seseorang daripada keseluruhan kerjayanya…” (lihat video ini, minit ke-empat onwards).
Maka, saya berpesan kepada Dr Asri, bila nak judge sesuatu parti, janganlah judge berdasarkan satu isu sahaja. Nilailah parti itu daripada keseluruhan kerjanya. Baru lah sama apa yang diceramahkan dengan apa yang dilakukan 
Filed under: Malaysia, Misc, Asri Zainal Abidin, Dr Maza, Mufti Perlis, PAS
July 1, 2009 • 9:12 pm 0
Those who joined PAS in the understanding that PAS is an Islamic movement, especially would know how much effort is made to implant the concept of obedience (wala’) into our heads. If one were accused of being disobedient to the leaders (tidak wala’ kepada pimpinan), one would be sidelined very quickly. Criticising the leadership in public could easily earn you the label of “tidak wala’”. For a politician in the party, it could be a career killer.
It is therefore understandable for Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad MP to be cautious in his recent article.. Just to be on the safe side, when he pens his thoughts in that article, people must know that he has a religious argument why it is not disobedient (tidak wala’).
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June 24, 2009 • 11:21 pm 0
I am off to Bath tomorrow to take part in a Liberty Fund Conference on “Freedom and Modernity in the Thought of Ernest Gellner”.
The reading material is quite heavy, with some difficult texts. I have just one chapter to finish before the conference.
This will be a weekend spent in the company of 14 other learned scholars, exploring and debating ideas around individual liberty and responsibility. It is going to be very exciting.
And the venue, Homewood Park Hotel, looks very good too.
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May 13, 2009 • 12:29 am 1
Several Sekolah Alam Shah old boys (Alumni Sekolah Alam Shah – ASAS) in the UK would like to organise a reunion.
This is targeted more for those who are working In the UK / Europe and postgraduate students.
If you are an ASASian, regardless of year, please come along to:
Where?: Melur Restaurant, Edgware Road, London
When?: Thursday 21 May 2009, 6.30pm to around 8.30pm
There is no agenda. We come. We meet. We talk. That’s all. Of course, after you eat, you pay lah!
If you need info, call me on 07920 132233
Filed under: Misc, Alumni Sekolah Alam Shah, ASAS, reunion, Sekolah Alam Shah
April 21, 2009 • 9:20 pm 2
I haven’t blogged for quite a while. But this image really made me want to comment. In case the picture is changed, I did a screen-grab below.
What kind of message are we giving the world by showing the Minister in charge of religion in full military attire? Do we really want to create the impression that Islam is an authoritarian militaristic religion?
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February 11, 2009 • 11:47 pm 3
I love this Air Asia advert, seen in various train and tube station around London. This one was in London’s St Pancras station.
Air Asia advert in London
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February 11, 2009 • 11:44 pm 0
Since mid-2008, former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim popularised the notion that it was acceptable to lure government MPs to defect across party lines, to allow the Opposition to form a new government. This has now taken place, but not quite the way Anwar planned.
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February 5, 2009 • 10:34 pm 0
Akhirnya berjaya juga pembangkang merampas kuasa melalui lompat parti. Sekiranya inilah yang dihajatkan oleh sesetengah pihak, maka ucapkanlah Alhamdulillah kerana doa anda telah termakbul. Melompat parti adalah perkara biasa dalam demokrasi dan ia tidak salah. Tetapi nampaknya mereka yang beriya-iya mendokong idea bahawa melompat parti itu tidak salah kini ada yang telah bertukar angin.
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February 2, 2009 • 8:04 pm 0
I cancelled a webhosting subscription today. And then, I received an email as below:
You have now started the online cancellation process for a package or feature within a package, contract number XXXXXXXX.
If you do not receive this e-mail and click on the link within 7 days, your cancellation request will not be concluded and your package will remain active.
Should you not receive this e-mail message, you can request that it be re-sent by accessing the contract tool at http://XXXXXXXX. Log in with your customer details and then click on ‘Status of changes’ in the left navigation bar. In the summary table locate the ‘Re-send confirmation’ link alongside the contract number. Click on this link to have the e-mail message re-sent.
Hmmmm…. if I did not receive the email in the first place, how was I supposed to know that I must ask for it to be re-sent????
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