UMNO Muftis who don't condemn sex video....

A PAS delegate has likened the silence of mainstream ulama, especially state muftis who failed to voice their objections to the sex video tape scandal against Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, to the Devil.

This is because while prepared to breathe fire and brimstone over comparatively petty issues, they remain mute in the face of the character assassination of public figures committed by the powerful.

"They are like Syaitan the Damned. Indeed, they are worse then Syaitan the Damned," said the delegate from Ipoh Barat, Nor Azli Musa, when debating a Dewan Ulama motion to condemn the government and mainstream ulama for their inaction of the sex video scandal.

He singled out Perak Mufti Harussani Zakaria, in particular, who he labelled in derision as a "poco-poco mufti" and a "yoga mufti".

"He can issue a fatwa on those issues but he remained silent on the slander of the sex video, which is a worse issue," thundered the delegate.

Nor Azli was debating in support of the motion tabled by ulama representative Mohd Fadzil Mohd Noor calling for the Muktamar to condemn the seeming collusion of the Malaysian government and mainstream ulamas in the sex video caper, whose silence can be interpreted as tacit approval for the whole business.

The motion was passed unanimously by the roughly 1,100 assembled delegates.

'Harussani did not agree'

Amidst the apparent silence on the video scandal then brewing, Harussani was reported to have classed the seemingly innocuous 'poco-poco' dance as being religiously reprehensible. The National Fatwa Council declined to follow suit and okayed the dance so long as it did not involve the rituals of other ! religion s, violate proper conduct between men and women and modest attire was worn.

Harussani was reported to have said that he did not agree with the sex video and slander against Anwar, and told a news portal that Umno-owned Utusan Malaysia had only printed a one-sided version of his views on the sex video in their interview with him.

Most of the mainstream ulama, however, have thus far remained silent on the assault on Anwar's character through the public airing of sodomy and other sexual allegations against the former Umno leader in the mainstream press.

This incident and others in the past have led to the opposition to coin the term "ular dalam semak" (snakes in the grass) for the mainstream media, in a play on the word 'ulama'.

source:malaysiakini

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Islamic Women's Group, Global Ikhwan, Wants to Teach Malaysian Women on How to Behave Like Prostitutes

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The vice-president, Dr Rohaya Mohamad (left) of "The 'Obedient Wife Club', launched today, urged its members to be "whores in bed" and obey their husbands to curb social ills like divorce and domestic violence.

She said that the club was formed in line with the Prophet's teachings that the wife performs her daily prayers, fasts during Ramadan, maintains her chastity properly and be obedient to the husband.

Islamic group Global Ikhwan held the club's inaugural meeting in Templer's Park, giving women tips on how to keep their men satisfied and prevent them straying. The event was officially launched by Selayang Umno deputy chief Mohamed Nasir Ibrahim at a golf club in Templer's Park this morning.

Rohaya said 30 percent of the club members were in polygamous marriages while the rest were in monogamous relationships and that the club was open to non-Muslims.

More than a year ago, Rohaya was the prime mover of a Polygamy Club whose leader was the late Ustaz Ashaari Mohammad of the former Al-Arqam.


Vice President of Global Ikhwan , Dr Rohaya Mohamad
Dr Rohaya, 46, has worked in Health Ministry for 15 years and written speeches for former minister Dr Chua Soi Lek. Her own husband has THREE other wives.

Its vice-president, Dr Rohaya Mohamad , said that for a man to be faithful to his wife, she must be good in bed.

Said Rohaya:

If the wives need our help we can train them on sexually satisfying positions. It! is impo rtant to be a good sexual worker so that the husbands do not go to prostitutes.

We are an open organisation and will allow all races to come forward and seek our help to be obedient to their husbands. The club's slogan is 'Remain a virgin spiritually, mentally and physically.

A good wife is perceived to be prim and proper - you just take care of the children - but not much is emphasised on fulfilling sexual needs of the husband. If he needs sex, obey him.

You must satisfy your husband. A good wife should be a whore in bed.

A wife who obeys and fulfills her husband's sexual needs will always be loyal to her. In this rapidly developing world, women are already being treated as sex objects... in magazines, on TV... so why can't they be sex objects to their husbands?

It is legal and permitted by God. A good wife is a good sex worker to her husband. What is wrong with being a whore in bed to your husband?

Women must understand that men and women are created differently and men have more sexual needs, and it is for this reason that men can have four wives according Islam.

All problems start at home, and wives must take charge of looking after their husbands and children well".

Rohaya said that the international edition of the club was launched on May 1 in Amman, Jordan and they have about 200 members from Syria, Egypt and Jordan. In Malaysia, the membership totaled about 1,000.

Rohaya said that the international edition of the club was launched on May 1 in Amman, Jordan and they have about 200 members from Syria, Egypt and Jordan. In Malaysia, the membership totaled about 1,000.

She said that tomorrow, she and some of her members will leave for Rome, London, Frankfurt, Paris and other cities for business and to also explore the possibility of setting up more Obedient Wives Clubs in these cities.

CRITICISMS FROM WOMEN'S GROUPS

The club has come under criticism from women's groups who say the onus on keepin! g a fami ly together is being unfairly placed on women.

"With obedience comes submission, which may lead to domestic violence and marital rape," Women's Aid Organisation head Ivy Josiah told AFP.

"We should really be forming equality in marriage clubs," she added.

Women's rights group Empower said the club was a step back for the progress of the equality movement.

"We cannot go back to caveman days where the man pulls the woman by the hair and takes her to the cave to have his way. We must recognise that women contribute a lot more than just being a sex toy," the group's executive director Maria Chin Abdullah told AFP.

In 2010, a study by a Muslim activist group found men in polygamous relationships find it difficult to meet the needs of all their wives and children, and that the result is often unhappy and cash-strapped families.

Self-correcting PAS is Umnos worst nightmare

Umno talks about transformation but PAS is the party that concerts that into action. Umno does not even dare hold its party elections fearing that the party will be more divided.

Umno hasnt got the stomach to get rid of its old blood.

If PAS does not break-up having had its party elections, then the Umno leadership will have a tough time defending postponing its party elections.

Even Umno people will go away convinced that holding back elections is really an excuse by the Umno leadership to self-perpetuate.

Hence all the cock and bull story about disunity and such.

Meanwhile the victory of the so called Erdogan faction in PAS has got Ibrahim Ali provoked.

He reacted by saying the victors are opposition coalition chief Anwar Ibrahims voice in PAS.

Ibrahims outbursts are likely to be dismissed as the ranting of a loony bin and the eternal busybody.

By the way, this Erdogan and non-Erdogan thing is a fiction created by those who are fearful of PAS.

I dont see a change in the fundamental basis of PASs struggle with the ascension of the less-ulamak elements in PAS.

An attempt to divide

The whole of PAS body politics whether ulamak or non-ulamak remains whole and integral and is likely to reaffirm its commitment to Islamic politics.

I am sure the description of PAS as such is likely to be seen as an attempt to drive a wedge in the solidarity of PAS members.

I am more inclined to believe that such a commitment to a struggle is alien to the present generation of Umno people who have a different political culture.

Umno struggles about getting a share in the MRT project. Umno struggles to get a lion share of the UDA Pudu Jail redevelopment project. Umno fights for big businesses.

Umno figh! ts for i ncreasing electricity tariffs so that Independent Power Producers (IPPs) make more profit and prices of goods and services using energy get passed on to consumers.

For Ibrahim Ali, the eternal busybody and the pompous windbag, what happens inside PAS is of no relevance to him.

His comments are unsolicited and carry no weight at all.

Ibrahim, who borrowed the PAS shell in the last elections, will have no vehicle to go into elections this time.

If Umno allows Ibrahim to hitch a ride, there is something very wrong in Umno.

Dont underestimate PAS zeal

But what happens in PAS has much bearings on Umno. Umnos worse nightmares are now becoming real.

Mohamad Sabu (better known as Mat Sabu), has won the party deputy presidency with 420 votes.

He leads a group of leaders to counter conservatives who are said to prefer to link up with Umno.

I hesitate to refer them as progressives.

We cant underestimate their (PAS) zeal towards Islamic politics; they differ only in approach.

The suggestion that PAS wants to link up with Umno has always been a non-issue. PAS operates differently from Umno.

The voice of delegates and members weigh much more on the decisions taken by party leaders.

And PAS has the influence of its Dewan Ulamak.

That inference I think is a figment in the imagination of some people and probably a manifestation of hope for redemption from a more besieged party Umno.

It is Umno that has been harping on Malay unity which when translated actually means please save us, we want to stay in power.

No need for Umno

The reality has always been that the majority of PAS members who are Malays probably have no desire to supplant their Malay-ness by teaming up with Umno.

PAS simply does not need Umno to reaffirm and remind them that they are Malay first.

They are already Malays and can also justifiably claim, to be more Islamic in conduct and! behavio r.

The victory of non-ulamaks in so many party positions must be seen as what they really are a self-correction measure undertaken by PAS adherents to moderate its image, but never its content.

What is the typical image of PAS?

Its an Islamic party portraying the image of a spiritual and other worldly organization.

Its a party filled with wide-eyed mullahs, patrolling the streets enforcing dress code, unshaved chins and mandatory use of skull caps, hijab and so forth.

Umno on the other hand projects a temporal and secular image.

So what has PAS now become? It has become a spiritual and less other-worldly.

The later description conjuring the image of an uncompromising and harsh Taliban-esque organization bent on imposing harsh laws on the populace.

Viable alternative

By correcting itself, PAS can succeed better at making itself more relevant to society.

Why would PAS need Umno?

I think the victory of the moderates in PAS who will change the character of PAS from one party with Taliban-esque inclinations to a party of rational Islam, actually strikes fear in Umno.

Now, PAS with the new leadership line up offers a very credible and viable political leadership to the Malays.

The new line up also allays fears within the non-Muslim community who can see PAS now as a realistic political party.

This strikes Umno in two areas.

PAS can now offer an alternative to Malays and therefore will further erode Umnos already dwindling monopoly over Malay votes.

Secondly, it can appeal to non-Muslims who are tired of Umnos bully tactics and its cowardly support of Perkasas Malay agenda.

The trio who won the vice-presidential posts are well known non-conservative Islamists.

They are incumbent Salahuddin Ayub who took top spot with 753 votes.

Kelantan senior councillor Husam Musa was second with 660 votes while another incumbent Mahfuz Omar kept his post with 616 votes. Both Salahud! din and Mahfuz were incumbents.

Only one aim

More than two-thirds of the 18 places in the central working committee were also taken by the professionals, who were among the 53 candidates contesting the seats.

The new central working committee are Anak chairman Mazlan Aliman who received the most votes with 804 followed by Dr Hatta Ramli (765), Kamaruddin Jaafar (739), PAS lawyer Hanipa Maidin (735), Kedah Mentri Besar Azizan Abdul Razak (721), Kuala Selangor MP Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad (702),Parit Buntar MP Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa (651), Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad (643), Abdul Ghani Shamsuddin (579), Amiruddin Hamzah (576), Kuala Terengganu MP Abdul Wahid Endut (556), Abu Bakar Chik (527), Kelantan exco member Mohd Amar Abdullah (470), Johors Dr Mahfodz Mohamed (449), Kota Raja MP and Muslimat deputy chief Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud (445), Selangor PAS commissioner Dr Hasan Ali (437), Abdul Ghani Abdul Rahman (430) and former Muslimat chief Nuridah Salleh (416).

It simply means, PAS has succeeded in the area where Umno has failed.

Umno leadership talks about pompous transformation of this and that but it is PAS which is actualy walking the talk.

What of the future?

PAS can now play the role of a kingmaker determining who leads the next government.

Despite the victory of more than 12 moderates in the leadership line-up, PAS lacks a figure with a stature credible enough to muster sufficient national support from all quarters.

If it can find such a leader to lend its support, PAS can deliver the support of conservative Malays to the general desire of the people to punish Umno.

I predict they will do so because PAS has only one aim. To topple Umno in the next elections.

The writer is a former Umno state rep. This is an excerpt of his latest blog entry at Sakmongkol 47. He is also an FMT columnist.

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Malaysia's 'Obedient Wives Club' to offer sex lessons

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- SEX lessons to help wives 'serve their husbands better than a first-class prostitute' will be among the classes provided by the Obedient Wives Club (OWC) to help promote harmonious marriages and counter social ills.

Its vice-president Dr Rohaya Mohamad said it was time sexual prowess took a front seat in marriage, beyond that of the traditional 'good mother or good cook' roles.

'A good or religious wife should also be good in bed,' she told reporters after the launch of the club's Malaysian chapter at a golf club here on Saturday. She said a husband who was kept happy in the bedroom would have no reason to stray, seek out prostitutes or indulge in other social vices.

'The family institution is protected and we can curb social ills like prostitution, domestic violence, human trafficking and abandoned babies,' she said, adding that she believed these problems stemmed from unfulfilled sexual needs at home.

Dr Rohaya, who previously served 15 years as a doctor in the Health Ministry, said the club would also offer counselling and lecture sessions for wives, husbands or couples. She said the Malaysian chapter had around 800 members while its chapter in Jordan had 200, adding that another in Indonesia was set to be launched on June 19 in Jakarta.

Asked whether wives should remain obedient if their husbands still abused or cheated on them despite being 'kept happy' in the bedroom, Dr Rohaya said everyone was subject to God's rule. 'God has His ways and is fair to all. A husband is also subject to God's rule, meaning he can go to hell, too. But a woman ! must be a good wife to the end,' she said, adding that according to Islam, women should pray, fast during Ramadan, protect their chastity and obey their husbands if they wanted to enter heaven. -- THE STAR/ANN

Muktamar: A 'pass' for PAS

Indeed PAS must be commended. You would never see such world-class performance within BN. Now, BN stop getting furious.

If BN turns red from ear to ear or rages with anger for the rakyat's show of respect and commendation for PAS performance at its recently concluded Assembly, it is very well understood why.

When BN meet - i.e. UMNO, MIC or MCA, we hear of fireworks and blatant cold blooded calls for race blood and race rights. It is like a broken record turned on the gramaphon of a bygone era.

But when PAS meet they remain calm, collected, civil and above all professionally political. They vote with their heads and a spirit of clear unity.

But when their opponents convene it is always crowned with war cries of crushed bones and bloodied bodies and what have you. So what can we make out of all these?

Indeed PAS gets a 'pass'. Therefore PAS must pass and PAS will pass come GE-13. Gone are the blind-folded days of the Mahathir regime where all it takes is a hatched drama of Islamic terror slammed on PAS to get the rakyat rallying behind BN.

Today Malays, Chinese, Indians and others can see without tainted and smokescreen lenses that PAS is a 'pass' all the way. It is political parties with a leadership of clear conscience that can bring defining victories for the rakyat.

PAS must however beware. A political party that is going broke on a waterry slide will do anything and everything to bring down the entire house.

This is where the rakyat have promised to remain vigilant and they will stand up to add more pass for PAS. The next big event - the BERSIH rally will be the hallmark.

To PAS: Well done and syabas. May the spirit of true democracy and civil liberties remain your propeller as you steer the rakyat to a new frontieer of hope realized with honour and dignity. Indeed you will show to the world that Islam is far from what your opponents have carved out to be.

And may you march consistently with your partners in caring for! the rak yat, namely DAP and PKR.

Now BN leaders should not be angry. They can if they want to but does it matter anymore? See for yourselves what your henchmen blurt out every other day and see how PAS gets a pass today.

Will PASs new dream team be Umnos nightmare....

The election of veteran activists, parliamentarians, state administrators and think tank experts into the top PAS leadership has appeared to put the party on a firm war footing. This line-up of Mohamed Sabu as the PAS deputy president and vice-presidents Salahuddin Ayub, Datuk Husam Musa and Datuk Mahfuz Omar is expected to not only stand shoulder to shoulder with allies in Pakatan Rakyat (PR) but it is said that they want to spearhead the coalition in its march to Putrajaya.

Their election perhaps speaks of the partys changing membership and support base, and the rank-files desire to see the party move beyond an Islamist movement to a national-level ruling party. And there is very little doubt about working or talking to Umno or Barisan Nasional (BN). Not only will this leadership have no truck with them, PASs new war cabinet fervently wants to replace Umno as the representative of Malay Muslims.

Yet despite the optimism that the new leadership could widen PASs public appeal, a significant number of members are uncomfortable with the shift in the voting trend.

I wished that an ulama had won. PAS should be lead by an ulama because it is an Islamic movement, said a Kuala Lumpur grassroots member when he heard the new line up.

For the first time in 20 years, a majority of PASs top leadership are made up of those who dont come from a religious education background or to use a much-misunderstood term, ulama (religious scholar).

This is the leadership that will put the fear in Umno, said Kelana Jaya delegate Abdul Rahman Othman. It is a dynamic dream team for us to go into the next general election.
The headline-grabbing personality is the very amiable new pa! rty depu ty president Mohamad. A former MP, senior Pakatan leader/activist, ex-Internal Security Act detainee, popular ceramah speaker and a veteran civil disobedience insurrectionist. Mohamad defeated incumbent Nasharudin Mat Isa and another popular challenger, Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man for the coveted post.

Below him are three vice-presidents, each of whom has crafted huge public profiles as national parliamentary opposition leaders Salahuddin, Husam and Mahfuz.

Of the central committee members, only six are considered ulama personalities. The rest of the 18 elected members are lawyers, doctors, engineers, individuals that more reflect the majority Malay middle and working class that PAS courts.

Mohd Rashidi Hasan, a popular pro-PAS writer, explained that though delegates still wanted the ulama to be guardians of the party, they realised it would take more than religious scholars to beat Umno.

PAS wants to lead Pakatan, but to do that it needs to win more Malay majority seats, said Rashidi.

In a way, the election results are an out-growth of the sentiments that elected the new Muslimat (womens wing) leadership, where the top three posts went to two MPs and a Senator.

We wanted a leadership that would be able to take Muslimat forward, said a Muslimat member from Perak, who requested anonymity.

It is a desire for PAS to move beyond Malay societys religious set and appeal to mainstream Muslims, whose ties to the faith are basic and who are more worried about making ends meet. Delegates however took pains to stress that the polls was not a manifestation of the ulama vs professional schism that has dominated media reports about PAS..

We choose based on who we think can best perform, said Temerloh delegate Syed Hamid Syed Mohamed.

We want leaders who we think can raise PAS to the level of a ruling party, he said. To get there, it needs to coordinate a united, hand-in-glove relationship with the DAP ! and PKR.

Mat Sabu as Mohamed is popularly known, brings with him an almost three decade-long legacy of working closely with DAP and PKR leaders. He is said to enjoy a close friendship with DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng, which was forged when both were detained under the ISA during the 1987 Ops Lalang crack down.
Though to the public Mat Sabu is known as the jester of PAS, those whove worked with him say he has wide experience leading campaigns against BN policy.

He coordinated a campaign to oppose a plan to privatise health care that was eventually dropped. He has also been at the forefront of many civil society demonstrations and actions, said Alor Star delegate Adnan Saad.

However, Mat Sabu still has a long, difficult road ahead and one of them is convincing the more conservative members that his methods will suit PASs Islamist brand of politics. At the same time, Mat Sabu and the new leadership will have cut through the mental barriers of racialism that Umno has grafted into the non-urban Malay electorate.

They may have convinced PAS members that they can bring the party forward, but the real test will be whether Mat Sabu and the new leadership can persuade Malay Muslims that it will be PAS and not Umno, that can bring the community forward.- Sheridan Mahavera

source:malaysian insider

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Malakoff's latest IPP and the UMNO's 25 sen Rip-Off...

The morning papers announced that Malakoff is to be awarded a project to build a 1,000 MW power plant. The plant will be given a 15 year concession to sell the power at 25 sen per kwh to TNB. It is enough to make you choke on your roti canai.Read here and here.

Ani Arope had noted with indignation that the IPPs when they first signed the now infamous IPP agreement had been allowed to sell the power at 14 and 16 sen per kwh.

And now, amid all the outrage and anger over the electricity tariff hike and the IPPs with their RM19 billion subsidies, the government chooses to do this? The disdain in which they hold the electorate is simply astounding!

In the first place, why a coal-fired plant? It is an inefficient and polluting fuel which is being replaced by wind, water and gas fuelled plants. And why is it even necessary when we have a 42% electricity reserve margin. Let them build plants if they want but only purchase if they supply their electricity at competitive rates, which should be 6 sen a kwh, not a ludicruous 25 sen. The same goes for the rest of these IPPs.

UMNO's crony system

MMC, Malakoffs parent company, is owned by Syed Mokhtar, who is one of th! e riches t businessman in Malaysia. This deal will make him richer still. He already owns at least 6 IPPs in Malaysia, all with agreements which make them no-lose enterprises. The full details of what those agreements net Syed Mokhtar; the government is not willing to reveal. Transparency is not their cup of tea, especially when the truth is ugly.

This seems to be what big business is all about in Malaysia. Be closely connected with the Prime Minister or the powers-that-be, bankroll them perhaps, and they will hand you public money through the back door. In other words, cronyism! But the brazen nature of this deal, coming in the middle of severe public discontent over the tariff hikes, stands out even in Malaysia. Wiser men would have laid low for a while.

The philosopher might wonder at the avariciousness of man and the never-ending desire for more no matter how it beggars their fellows. We will no doubt receive some unconvincing justification for this deal from the BN.

Greed is good, we may be told.

source:Malaysia Chronicle

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