Madani Enables Pas Mockery Of Palestinian Issue

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"When Umno and PAS unite, they are accused of wishing to go to war with other races. (Our accusers are) like the Jews who did not want Muslims to be united during the Prophet's time. This is a disease we must fight. Let's join forces and send the enemy to hell."
– PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang
DAP vice-chairperson Syahredzan Johan is one of those young leaders who could be constructive if he were not constrained by the ideological and religious first principles that define Malaysian politics.
He recently asked if Perikatan Nasional or whatever coalition the opposition was attempting to cobble together, they would reject the statements of Pengkalan Chepa MP Ahmad Marzuk Shaary describing the economic success of the non-Malays to that of the Zionist regime and making the Malay polity a stand-in for Palestinians.
Syahredzan is directing the question to the wrong group. He should be directing the question to Madani. Keep in mind that if PAS is saying that the non-Muslims are a threat to the Malays, much as Benjamin Netanyahu’s genocidal war is to the Palestinians, this would make Malays in DAP collaborators.
Similarly, DAP backbencher RSN Rayer, who once claimed that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim was like Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela, questioned why Indian leaders aligned with PN were quiet on this provocation by PAS.
Again, the question is directed to the wrong group, and yet again, non-Malay MPs shield Madani while they and the community they represent are vilified by extremists.
PAS’ history
PAS has a history of inciting against non-Muslims using the Palestinian issue. PAS’ despicable and frankly racist statements that the Urban Renewal Act is akin to the Nakba are the direct result of deep-rooted anti-Semitism in the political landscape and the reality that the Madani regime has weaponised the Palestinian issue.
Just last year, PAS had a very vocal and overt campaign comparing Malay ownership in Penang to the Palestinian issue.
As reported in the press, “The party claims that Penang has carried out a ‘systematic seizure’ by taking over ownership and control of areas that were originally predominantly Malay-Muslim. They allege that this was done by changing the status of rural land to urban land and implementing mega projects and luxury developments.
Every time PAS plays this card, the Malays in DAP have to step up and remind the DAP base that these are provocative things to say, and PN will reject such statements.
First of all, why would PN reject such statements? PN has positioned itself as the primary means for Malays to control the government without DAP involvement.
Secondly, PAS and the Malay establishment in one way or another have portrayed the community under siege for decades.
‘Malays fear DAP’
Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad may claim that Anwar is a pathological liar, but he has admitted that the Malays fear the DAP because of the strategies he carried out.
“So the Malays fear DAP. I myself had to some extent contributed to the poor reputation of DAP. I portrayed it as an evil party that wanted to control Malaysia and one that did not care about the fate of the Malays.”
We have mainstream political dogma that claims that the Malay community will become slaves in their lands. We have the political establishment that warns that the Malays are divided and susceptible to manipulation by non-Malay political factions, which are detrimental to the well-being of the Malay community. We are warned not to spook the Malays.
Any rational person would consider PAS' speech “incitement”. Any rational person would be offended by such speech since it is ahistorical and grounded in fabrications that are unfortunately part of the mainstream racial narratives of this country.
But not Deputy Dewan Rakyat speaker Ramli Nor, who, as reported in the press, dismissed Ipoh Timor MP Howard Lee’s motion that Marzuk’s Facebook post about the non-Muslims dominating the economic sector was akin to Zionism, “… saying he had yet to find words intended to mislead the house.”
Think about it. These statements are apparently not misleading to the house, which basically means the house confirms or endorses such views. Nothing to see here, folks.
When govt stays silent
Every time any of these Malay uber types uses the Palestinian issue in a way that denigrates the non-Muslims in this country, the ruling establishment says nothing.
However, any time a non-Muslim says something politically incorrect but factual about the Palestinian issue, the outrage is palpable, and the state security apparatus comes down hard on the transgressors.
The government makes a big deal about the hurt feelings laws. We are told it is needed to keep agitators in line. We have been told it has not been abused. But here’s the thing, where are the hurt feelings laws when it comes to PAS?
Rational people have to ask themselves if the state finds no evidence that what these cretins say hurts the feelings of non-Muslims, what does it say about Madani’s views on what these cretins say?
Furthermore, what does this say about the plight of the Palestinians? What does it say about the state which allows its suffering and misery to be used as a political weapon against citizens of this country? What this kind of speech does is radicalise people.
No action against PAS
However, the fact that it is mainstream and goes unpunished by the state, which at the drop of a hat would investigate the non-Muslims for far less, is what PAS relies on to get away with these kinds of incitements.
Protest against US President Donald TrumpPAS understands that the prime minister and Madani would never do anything against the party because to do so would put the religious and racial bona fides of Madani in question.
So PAS continues its blood libel against the non-Muslims in this country, making a mockery of the Palestinian issue, enabled by Madani against tax-paying citizens of this country.
The prime minister wonders why there is a backlash against his efforts on behalf of Gazans - “And when we brought those injured here (for medical treatment), some people started to criticise, saying I shouldn’t be the prime minister of Malaysia, telling me to go be the prime minister of Palestine if I really wanted to help.”
Indeed. - Mkini
S THAYAPARAN is commander (Rtd) of the Royal Malaysian Navy. Fīat jūstitia ruat cælum - “Let justice be done though the heavens fall”.
The views expressed here are those of the author/contributor and do not necessarily represent the views of MMKtT.

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