Everyone should read Interlok

Read the news below taken from New Straits Times.

NGOs to protest against politicising Interlok

KUALA LUMPUR: The Federation of Malaysia National Writers Associations (Gapena) and 21 non-governmental organisations will hold a gathering this Saturday to protest against politicising of the Malay literature textbook 'Interlok'.

Gapena president Tan Sri Prof Emeritus Dr Ismail Hussein said the gathering to be held in front of Rumah Gapena (Gapena House) at 2.30pm, was to show unity among the Malays against any attempt by any quarters to politicise literary works to serve their own interest.

"We are against such politicising as Gapena champions Malay literature, and in this case (Interlok), it is a literary issue. We will defend the writer and the novel's content and intentions," he said at a press conference on the planned protest gathering.

Also present were Malaysia National Writers Association (Pena) president Mohamad Saleeh Rahamad and Gapena media head Borhan Md Zain.

Ismail said burning of copies of the textbook and photographs of the writer (national laureate Datuk Abdullah Hussain) in protest by a group of about 100 people in Klang recently, which could have been prompted by irresponsible statements made by certain politicians and community leaders, should not be viewed lightly.

"We are concerned about the questioning of the integrity of the author and his literary work, especially by politicians in a harsh tone, like they are trying to gain political mileage by purportedly looking after the interest of their community," he said.

Interlok, which was written in 1971, tells about the daily struggles of the Malays, Chinese and Indians from before the country's independence through the eyes of three main characters, Seman, Chin Huat and Maniam, and their families.

However, several individuals and Indian organisations have protested and want the novel banned due to certain words and phrases on page 211 and 220 pertaining to the caste system which they deem offensive and inaccurate.

Mohamad Saleeh said Indian politicians and community leaders in this country should be wiser in handling such an issue by acting as peacemakers to calm the situation, instead of making statements that could create an unhealthy situation.

"We don't want this to happen after the prime minister in his statement yesterday asked the Indian community to select their representatives for a dialogue with the government on 'Interlok'," he said.

According to Borhan, several NGOs had agreed to attend the gathering. They include Ikatan Persuratan Melayu dan Persatuan Kebajikan Penulis Negeri Selangor (Kemudi), Federation of Peninsula Malay Students (GPMS), Pertubuhan Kebajikan dan Dakwah Islamiah SeMalaysia (Pekida) and Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa Malaysia (Perkasa), as well as a number of silat associations.

In another development, Borhan announced that Gapena would hold a Malaysia-Indonesia Friendship Forum to discuss issues involving the two neighbouring countries at Rumah Gapena at 10am this Saturday.

Meanwhile, the Malaysia Malay Language Educators Association (PPBMM) has called on the Education Ministry not to entertain calls by certain groups for 'Interlok' to be withdrawn from the Form Five syllabus.

Its president Assoc Prof Dr Hashim Othman when contacted said withdrawing the book would prevent the younger generation from understanding and accepting the historical developments and social reality involving the country's three major races as depicted in the novel.

He also said that by entertaining the demand, a lot more issues would be raised or conroversies created from old books or history books that contained certain disliked words or phrases in regard to the three communities.

He said the use of 'Interlok' as a required school text was in line with the importance placed by the government on the History subject, including making it a must-pass subject in the SPM examination.

"Interlok was written to be read with an open, rational mind, and not to be burned to fire up negative emotions," said the Universiti Sains Malaysia lecturer, referring to the book burning incident. - BERNAMA

Indians just love to burn things. They burn their dead ones and they do that to a literary work too. Just proves that they lack the grey matter too.

I remember Datuk Sosilawati and her companions that accompanied her to meet the Indian lawyer had been murdered and burnt with cow dung, a traditional Indian way to burn bodies quicker than normal.

Before you burn anything, take a good look at yourself. Siapa makan cili, dialah rasa pedas. Futhermore, have you pariahs read Interlok before rampaging like a crazed chimpanzee?

If you think that what is portrayed in the novel is inaccurate, prove it by changing your behaviour and culture. Instead, your childish acts have proven that you are ignorant and closed minded.

Don't deny your pariah caste status because that is what you are. Just because you are of pariah caste, why do you have to act like it? You should work hard to prove that you are otherwise, unlike what the majority of us think of you pariahs.

The fact is that, everyone knows the how uncivillised Indians can be and how they are prone to be involved with crimes.

Therefore, areas where there are many Indians or Niggers (who are known to be involved in black money scam) are considered black area or where crimes normally occur and those areas will be avoided by the other races in Malaysia.

This is a fact and it is happening right now. Now, I will avoid those areas like a plaque because I had lived where there are many Indians and Niggers renting at one condo in one area at one time and that place has crimes occuring there daily.

Safety is the most important thing for anyone and surely I don't want to be the next victim of crime so now I will not rent anywhere where there are many Indians or Niggers living at that particular area anymore.

Our government should definitely stop the Niggers from entering our country again because they are only causing us social problems and crimes.

I am racist. Come on! Just admit it. You are racist too. If you aren't, you won't be in DAP. I don't like black people or KJ or anything black because most of them are also have black heart as well.

So, black people, Indians, Niggers or KJ. Don't come anywhere near me because I think that you are bad influence on others.

Malays have been accomodating enough towards the other races. Only the other races have been discriminative and racist towards the Malays and we had enough.

Al-Fatihah

Various blogs have offered their condolences on the passing away of Pahang blogger Yang Gambi.

Let us recite Al-Fatihah for Yang Gambi.

Shuhaimi had dug his own grave

Shuhaimi had shown that he is someone who would incite the people to revolt against the Sultan of Selangor, by belittling Sultan Selangor and would not face up to what he had done.

Tian Chua, the communist who had before bitten the ear of a policeman and proves how communist he is when he arrogantly said that PKR's legal team had decided that Shuhaimi would only make a police statement if he was served with a notice under Section 111 of the Penal Code.

This bloody coward are nothing like the Malay saying of berani buat, berani tanggung. He's the scaddy cat type who felt intimidated when the police when to his house. Why would you feel scared if you had done nothing wrong?

Selangor police chief Datuk Tun Hisan Tun Hamzah said the police when to his house as the assemblyman had just returned from Bandung, which I think maybe a tour of finding a place to hide out if things turn out to be too hot too handle.

Tun Hisan said investigation against the assemblyman had to be made as there are already 25 police reports lodged against the traitor.

Malaysiakini reported on this titled "Shuhaimi finally turns up to give statement".

“I just came back from Indonesia two days ago, and last night I had a meeting with Selangor GLCs (government-linked companies). Today I also have a function in Section 7, so claims that I am running away are all lies,” he said, before heading into the station.

“Even I myself didn't know I was going to quit, so obviously the rumours are false and not worth paying attention to,” he said.

Shuhaimie noted however that he is currently drafting a letter requesting an audience with the Sultan of Selangor to explain his side of the story regarding his controversial blog posting.

“This is not a letter of apology, but if the sultan feels slighted (by the blog posting) then I will apologise and seek his forgiveness,” he said.

If what you did was right, why must you apologise? You are not a man of honour because you sided with the communist that would love to see the fall of the Malay Sultanate which would mean that it will be easier for the communist to throw out the special rights of the Malays and change the constitution so that communists rule Malaysia if ever Pakatan Rakyat governs the Federal level.

Are you scared that an unknown person will shoot you to pieces just like those Indian gangs that can murder anyone in a drive-by shooting?

Next time, be rude to other Sultan as well so that more police report can be lodge against you. If you think your life would be better without the Malay Sultanate, why don't you try go and live in communist China or Singapore?

Historical facts can't be denied

Interlok papar fakta sejarah, tidak menyentuh sensitiviti kaum

KUALA LUMPUR 9 Jan. - Novel Interlok sepatutnya dibaca dengan kejujuran intelektual kerana apa yang dipaparkan menerusinya adalah fakta sejarah dan tidak menyentuh sensitiviti mana-mana kaum.

Bekas Ketua Pengarah Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) yang juga budayawan, Datuk A. Aziz Deraman berkata, novel itu mengangkat tema perpaduan dan Interlok sendiri bermaksud jalinan ke arah keharmonian dalam masyarakat.

''Sekiranya Interlok itu dibaca dan benar-benar difahami, kita akan menyedari bahawa ia memaparkan kebenaran dalam kehidupan bermasyarakat di negara ini serta perjalanan ke arah membina negara bangsa," katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian ketika diminta mengulas mengenai polemik buku berjudul Interlok karya Sasterawan Negara, Datuk Abdullah Hussain yang diangkat sebagai salah sebuah novel untuk komponen sastera dalam Bahasa Malaysia tingkatan lima bermula tahun ini.

Bagaimanapun, novel itu mendapat bantahan kerana dikatakan bersikap perkauman sehingga mendorong ia dibakar oleh kira-kira 100 penduduk berketurunan India di hadapan Dewan Sentosa, Majlis Perbandaran Klang (MPK), kelmarin.

Sambil melahirkan rasa terkejut dengan sikap dan pandangan sesetengah pihak terhadap novel itu sehingga ada yang sanggup membakarnya, A. Aziz menasihatkan supaya buku Interlok dibaca dengan jujur dan tidak dipengaruhi dengan emosi.

Katanya lagi, tindakan membakar novel itu juga tidak sesuai dari sudut keprihatinan masyarakat terhadap ilmu dan pengetahuan.

Justeru tambah beliau, buku itu tidak boleh dilihat dari perspektif perkauman sehingga boleh menimbulkan pertikaian kerana rujukan yang digunakan pengarangnya adalah berdasarkan hakikat sebenar.

''Mengenali Abdullah sebagai seorang penulis, beliau akan merujuk kepada fakta sejarah dalam berkarya seperti mana ketika menghasilkan novel Imam," kata beliau.

Read the news above and you will know that like the Malay saying of "Siapa makan cili, dialah yang rasa pedas".

If the pariah caste are not like what had been portrayed in that Novel, why should they be so quick to react like the uncivillised beast that they are?

Indians seems to have a screw loose. Some of my relatives who married Pariah convert also had experienced for themselves what it felt like to be beaten up by a pariah who can't seemed to be a better person even after they had converted to Islam.

Therefore, any of the Malay women who wants to marry a Pariah is advised to think twice of what will happen to them because beating wives seems to be part of their gens.

These sickos think that beating up the female species proves that they are macho men who are stronger than the weaker species.

It is much better to remain a single than becoming a punching bag of an uncivilized cavemen pariah who thinks that beating up their women is normal or part of their culture when they are drunk after drinking todi.

Moreover, there are lots of single mothers nowadays which proves that quality and responsible men are of the extinct species nowadays.

Unless if that converted Muslim really follows the teachings of Islam or becomes an expert in Islam themselves like Ustaz Ravi or Ustaz Ridhuan Tee.

If not, they will behave like communist who will kill Malays without any remorse.

DAP government proves they are racist

Indian Muslims are being kicked out by Lim Guan Eng's Secretary but nothing is being done when Chinese hawkers are blocking the traffic or making nuisance for the public.

Is this racist or what? Communist will be communist. Racist kiasu will remain racist kiasu. They will prioritise their race and kick out others to monopolize businesses.

Oxford grad cannot understand indirect acts?

"Beruk dalam google" should understand, when he is not made Minister or Deputy Minister of any Ministry, that he is not wanted, despite him being the Chief UMNO Youth who had won by playing dirty tricks on other candidates.

Don't try to deny that the Prime Minister is not as stupid as you think he is and that you are the one that had been trying to oust him.

If he does not understand that indirect act, then he is a nincompoop which made us wonder does he really graduate from Oxfart?

There are indications from some blogs that this character is the consultant who received USD 500,000 is the one and only "Beruk dalam google".

Also revealed that he had withdrawn 10 million from his Singapore which means good news.

Get the hell out of Malaysia with your beloved sifu, Anwar Ibrahim before both of you are locked up in the same cell.

Can those who came in defence of this KJ states what had been his contributions for UMNO and Barisan Nasional? At least list down 20 if you can. I think not even 1 that you can think of.

Oh yes! You had contributed to the lost of BN and UMNO seats in every by-election that you shown your ugly face because people hate you and you make people hate you on purpose just so that UMNO and BN will lose that seat.

KJ tried to re-direct the attention of the reporters when asked about what had been discussed with Datuk Seri Najib on Saturday during the meeting of DSN with BN MPs by saying that is just between him and DSN.

Remember that you had announced that you are not going to contest for Rembau again okay? And don't try to con us by contesting in other constituency because you will lose like the loser that you are.

This song is for Al Juburi