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MALAY UNITY AND MALAYSIAN UNITY |
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Monday, 15 September 2008 |
1. Malaysia has a multi-racial population but is quite unique in that the division is not just by race alone but by religion, language, culture and economic situation. Unity in such a diversity is extremely difficult to achieve.
2. If we study other nations where people of different ethnic groups have immigrated, we will find that integration and unity depended on several important factors. Firstly the indigenous people or the people who had set up the country make up at least initially, a very big proportion of the population. Additionally they would be dominant and materially successful. The small numbers of immigrants trickling in found it judicious and beneficial to be identified with the numerically superior and powerful dominant inhabitants. They would willingly forget their original languages and adopt the language of the people of the country as well as their culture; they would intermarry and over time they would be totally absorbed and assimilated and identified with the indigenous people. In such a situation unity is not a problem. The United States is one such country where the original language and basic culture of first settlers are accepted by later immigrants.
3. In the old days before the coming of the Europeans the few Chinese and Indians who settled in Malacca adopted the language and much of the culture of the Malays. Though there was no assimilation nevertheless good relations existed between the immigrant settlers and the Malays. Unfortunately when later the China-born Chinese-speaking immigrants dominated in numbers as well as economic wealth, the Malay speaking Baba and Nyonya deliberately dropped their Malay language and Baba culture and reverted to being Chinese in every way possible.
4. Difficulties in assimilation arise when the late comers are more dynamic and better equipped to progress than the indigenous people. A feeling of superiority towards the indigenous people tended to keep the late-comers apart. As their community grew they established separate enclaves and to erect invisible barriers against the indigenous. As their numbers grew the separation became deeper. Be first to comment this article |  Quote this article on your site | Views: 101 | E-mail | Read more...
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Biar Saya Beritahu Anda Kenapa Tulisan Jawi Tercatat di Papan Tanda Jalan Tersebut |
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Sunday, 14 September 2008 |
Sebagai seorang seniman yang tidak berpihak kepada GAPENA (kumpulan seniman yang menyokong parti pemerintah), juga PAKSI (kumpulan seniman yang menyokong gabungan parti pembangkang) saya berasa amat terkilan dan amat bersedih hati kerana sisa-sisa budaya Melayu-Islam yang sekelumit ini pun dipertikaikan. Apakah sisa yang sedikit ini pun mahu disembelih, dikorban dan dipanggang?
Biar saya beritahu anda kenapa tulisan Jawi tercatat di papan tanda jalan tersebut. Biar saya beritahu kalau anda tidak tahu sejarah (baca: buta). Tulisan Jawi adalah salah satu tulisan terawal yang pernah ditemui di rantau ini. Tulisan ini diterima pakai dan berkembang pesat sejak zaman Kerajaan Islam Pasai yang kemudian digunakan pula oleh Kerajaan Melayu Melaka, Kerajaan Johor dan juga Aceh pada abad ke-17. Penemuan Batu Bersurat Terengganu yang bertarikh 702H atau 1303M menunjukkan nilai sejarah tulisan ini, berbanding tulisan Rumi yang paling awal ditemui adalah pada akhir kurun ke-19. Tulisan Jawi telah menjadi mangsa sekularisasi selepas kemerdekaan. Tahukah anda, semasa British memerintah pun tulisan Jawi masih merupakan tulisan rasmi bagi Negeri-negeri Melayu Tidak Bersekutu. Pemasyhuran Kemerdekaan 1957 bagi negara Malaysia misalnya tertulis dalam abjad Jawi.
Jadi yang sakit hati sangat dengan tulisan Jawi kenapa? Tulisan Jawi telah lama wujud dalam tamadun di sekitar gugusan kepulauan melayu iaitu sekitar abad ke 10 Masehi atau 3 Hijrah.Tulisan inilah yang membangunkan tamadun melayu. Tulisan rumi hanya diterima meluas selepas perang dunia kedua sahaja.
Tulisan Jawi sudah ada 700 ratus tahun di sini. Tidakkah biadab namanya mempertikaikan budaya saya yang berusia selama itu?
Kalau dulu tulisan Jawi diketepikan kerana sekularisasi pendidikan dan minda pemerintah, kini tulisan Jawi akan dipenjurukan lagi oleh pakatan liberal-pragmatik yang akan terus mempertikaikan sisa budaya Melayu-Islam yang masih ada. Lebih menyedihkan hati saya, ada kumpulan tuan guru yang bersekutu bersama gerakan liberal-pragmatik ini. Bagaimana satu pihak Harakah memperjuangkan tulisan Jawi, satu pihak pula boleh pejam mata terhadap kawan sebantal yang menggunjing tulisan Jawi? Bukan, saya bukan bercakap mengenai politik. Tak minat dah dengan politik kawanan anjing. Saya bercakap mengenai budaya Melayu-Islam saya yang dipertikaikan.
Sekarang tahukah anda kenapa tulisan Jawi tercatit di papan tanda Jalan Taman Seputeh?
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Wednesday, 10 September 2008 |
Untuk mengetahui SEJARAH, kita perlukan mereka yang ada semasa sejarah berlaku, buat masa kini Tun Dr Mahathir adalah manusia yang paling rapat dengan sejarah, yang segar dan waras untuk bercerita dan menasihatkan pemimpin, orang muda Melayu agar tidak lupa akan sejarah. Aku kepilkan di sini artikel yang aku ambil dari sawang Tun, www.chedet.com. Sila baca dan nilaikan nasihat orang berjasa ini. Belajar dari sejarah.
1. I am sorry to have to revert to the social contract issue again because of some disturbing development.
2. Young Malays, including professionals are said to have espoused liberalism and meritocracy. They question the need for affirmative action and the New Economic Policy. They believe that the Malays should compete with the other races. If they fail then they do not deserve the dominant role in the politics of Malaysia. They should accept non-Malay leadership of the country.
3. This view of the young Malays sounds refreshing. Unfortunately these liberal Malays are in a minority. The majority of the Malay professionals and young Malays have hardened their stand on the position of their race since the disaster of 2008. They are incensed especially by the arrogance of the Bar Council. They now question the social contract and reject the need to adhere to it. This sounds almost like the Chinese stand. But the difference is startling and disturbing.
4. They disagree with the Tunku giving the one million citizenship without regard for the conditions for getting citizenship.
5. They say before this the Malays made up the majority of the citizens. They could rule the country by themselves. But the Tunku reduced this Malay majority until they have to depend on non-Malay support. To them the humiliation they are facing are entirely due to the Tunku.
6. This act by the Tunku is part of the social contract. They reject it and they demand that the Tunku's action should be considered to be against the constitution and should be rejected. They demand that the citizenship given by the Tunku should be withdrawn or nullified.
7. They also question the other concessions given the non-Malay communities, especially the schools and the use of other languages.Be first to comment this article | Quote this article on your site | Views: 85 | E-mail | Read more... |
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Thursday, 04 September 2008 |
Diambil dari www.chedet.com utk bacaan kita semua,dan tolonglah fikirkan dlm2 artikel ini.
"Pohon Maaf"
1. Baru-baru ini Kerajaan dan Timbalan Perdana Menteri serta Menteri-Menteri sibuk memohon maaf kepada orang Cina dan India kerana apa yang dikatakan kata-kata yang dianggap sebagai terlalu perkauman (racist) yang telah disebut oleh beberapa pemimpin Melayu.
2. Sebenarnya orang Melayu sekarang amat takut jika mereka diberi label "racist". Mereka menulis dalam akhbar yang orang Melayu bukan racist. Demikianlah ketakutan mereka sehingga apabila hak mereka di buruk-burukan dan diserang, mereka tidak berani mempertahankan diri mereka.
3. Malang bagi TPM dan Kerajaan Dato Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi setelah memohon maaf secara terbuka permohonan maaf daripada pemimpin tertinggi Umno ditolak oleh pemimpin-pemimpin kaum berkenaan. Mereka menuntut supaya orang yang perkatakan perkataan yang dilabel "racist" sendiri memohon maaf.
4. Satu lagi peristiwa yang memalukan ialah apabila Kerajaan hantar seorang Menteri untuk minta maaf daripada Kerajaan Cina kerana kononnya wanita rakyat negara Cina telah ditelanjang oleh polis dan ini direkod dalam video.
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