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The word "SAMY", can also reflect 1malaysia instead of the controversial word. I think the indians don't mind, and will be more than happy.

Yes very correct. It's a political diversion. They use it to put fear into muslim here that they will lose their religion. Therefore weakening UMNO.

Look at Saudi Arabia and all middle-eastern countries have all the muslims converted.

That's why the control of msm. If they use the msm properly to educate the people here ther would not be this unnecessary outcry.

A political diversion!

Very good point, Mahfuz! First they use RPK, then now they use even Allah. Blasphemy of the highest level !!!

UMNO is using this issue to divert attention from the outstanding issues of international interest such as:

1) Who are the big fishes behind the RMAF engines theft?

2) Who are the big fishes behind the PKFZ corruption?

3) Who are involved in Teoh Beng Hock death?

4) What was the deficit of RM28billion as reported by Auditor-General squandered on?

5) Who killed Altantuya?

If diversion, I would say Zul from KUlim will be the part of UMNO by all means.
I am sure.

UMNO is always trying very hard to cover up its leaders' corrupt acts and abuse of power. By all means they are trying to impress the people that they are the champion of Islam so that rakyat's vision will be blurred by UMNO's wayang kulit or magic show.
All nation loving rakyat please remember there are many pressing issues such as stolen jet enggines, PKFZ, purchase of submerines by the Ministry of Defence, Perak's state government crisis, khir Toyo's RM24.5 million palace and Teoh Beng Hock's death in MACC buliding etc.

I fully agree with you, Datuk Mahfuz.
Let's not us fall into this trap.
Everyone is watching how PAS will react to this.

This is very true.

Suddenly the malays do not seem to worry about price increse in sugar & GST.

a stroke of genius by najib to fool the malays.

You can ask or yell all you like to ask ppl to stay come but there will be instigators who would fan the fires of emotions so that this issue erupts into a full-blown national catastrophe. They just don't know how to sit and wait, or do things in the civilised manner.

Yes every series of unfortunate events befallen PAS is engineered by UMNO. Including for having Nik Aziz uttered the 'celaka' words.The audio has been dubbed.And it also includes for having Nik Aziz appointed the son in law to become CEO.Yes it is UMNOs' faults for everything.Even 800 millions suit is engineered by UMNO.Damn they are too good!

Malaysia will be in peace, well-developed and greatly harmonious if there is no UMNO in Malaysia...

adam and eve = adam dan hawa
mary – maryam
jesus = nabi isa
abraham = ibrahim
jacob = yakub
joseph = yusof
moses = musa
solomon = sulaiman
david = daud

Hidup PAS Hidup Tok Guru.

Mahfuz memang betul.

Kalau kita beriman kuat dan hidup dengan telus, tak sesiapa boleh mengoncangkan kepercayaan kita.
Inilah kepercayaan saya.

Bertaubatlah semua member UMNO.

May I add, sometime about 2 years ago, I was invited to the mosque in Pitt Street, Penang, and briefed by a muslim guy about Islam. He took the trouble to explain Islam to me, especially Islam is for all, loving human beings irrespective of race. He knew how to engage, invite and embrace in others to the entend that I get to understand Islam further, even though I am a Buddhist. How come what i see here why all the hooha after the verdict by high court judge as if Islam is so Exclusive only to Muslim and others are their enemy? I think something is wrong somewhere especially our pm stressing on 1 this 1 that. Can someone care to explain?

All this while, it has been the strategy of UMNO to create issues sufficiently big to hold on to the emotion of Malays. Remember during TDM's tenure, Singapore was the bogeyman. Israel was the bogeyman. It included the Jews. This is a political strategy itself to make UMNO to be seen as relevant and champion of Malays.

Mahfuz, you are right on the dot ! You saw the despicable act of UMNO in its gutter politics.

This is how UMNO retained governance over the last 52 yrs. wake up you all!
they spread confusion amongst the muslims so that they have supporters to stay in power. wake up!

Both the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his deputy Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had urged the people to stay calm as the government will appeal against the decision. From day one UMNO will use all kind of things for their political mileage. But we are well informed with the present mode of communication. Anyway what is the stand of our PM on this matter - no need to ask lah - let respect the court decision and we follow - which everybody knows what the outcome to be from the court of appeal. We rakyat would like to hear from the chief mufti on the religious or at least the minister in charge stand on the word "Allah" as per what the quran teach us.

YB Mahfuz, you cannot be more correct than to say that this is an outright ploy to divert the attention of the serious issues that the Government find difficult to answer or to get out with. Therefore, this is a good one for them to divert the attention of the masses.

Nevertheless, it is good for people like you to continuously pile on the pressures by bringing up the stinging issues that those in umno find difficult to evade. Syabas, YB, just pile on the pressure.

Jawapan Z diatas adalah jawapan typical dari penyokong UMNO. Mereka tidak pernah cuba untuk berhujah dengan jelas bagi menyanggah hujah orang lain. Jika hujah abdullah dan lain-lain tidak benar pada pandangan beliau, beliau sepatutnya berhujah dengan jelas untuk mematahkan hujah-hujah yang dikatakan tidak benar.

Typikal perangai orang UMNO, dari pemimpin hinggalah keada macai yang dibawah.

I owe Pas an apology. I had been always ignorantly terrified of them all along.

Pasti dan Z,

Apa yang Mahfuz cakap itu adalah buktinya. Bukti macamana lagi yang dimahukan? Kalau kes di Perak, dengan segera dikemukan rayuan, tapi kenapa kes sebegini masih tertunggu tunggu? Kalau kes lain, boleh susun barisan hakim yang memihak kepada UMNO, kenapa kes ini tidak dibuat perkara yang sama? Supaya imej UMNO akan dilihat sebagai jagoan agama. Ini namanya politik. Kalau lihat dari depan, memang itu sahaj yang dilihat. Tapi jika dilihat dari depan, tepi, belakang, atas dan bawah, maka banyak perkara lain yang dapat dilihat.

Adakah Pasti dan Z yakin semua 5 persoalan yang terlebih dahulu timbul seperti yang dinyatakan oleh Abdullah diatas akan dijawab?

Ramai ahli politik hari ini bersembunyi di belakang pembohongan bahawa mereka mengutamakan rakyat. Tuhan melihat dan tahu segala-galanya. Jangan hairan kalau Tuhan menghukum mereka dan juga orang-orang yang bersubahat, bukan hanya di akhirat tetapi dalam waktu terdekat. Terpujilah Tuhan, Allah yang Maha Perkasa dan Maha Adil.

Very wise view. I think this is true. This usage of 'Allah' by Christian in East Malaysia have been since the formation of Malaysia. Herald has been printing it for years already mainly for the East Malaysian audience. Suddenly, the Home Officers under Hamid Albar open the pandora box. The question is why after 50 years of Malaysia? Mahfuz answered this question well. It is nothing else other than UMNO's desperation. They are losing power ... and fast. I will not vote BN in this coming Sarawak State Election.

Syabas PAS - PAS for all.

Mesyuarat lah PAS dulu ya. Dalam mesyuarat tu nanti mesti lama sebab susah nak settle pandangan yang sangat berbeza2. Hmmm....Bak kata Z di atas, mana buktinya Mahfuz? Orang suruh bersatu. Kalau PAS membantah sokongan orang tetap pada PAS. Ni senyap pastu sorang dua mula2 sokong pulak tu? pastu tuduh pulak orang lain...ayoyo...

Earlier methinks this too. You beat me to it here.

so true, definitely a diversion from the current issue at hand to whip up a ruckus to buffer up UMNO's image among malays as championing their rights while getting away with some fishy issue.

pls tell me is umno in dialogue with allah to sue people of other religion who uses allah?or are the commercialising allah's name?what is the copy righted law that is only islam that wld call allah?i am an african,in my country we have been using allah since century..and if i may ask,christianity and islam which precedes?islam wasnt before christianity,then why making whole lot of empty noise abt theis allah usage...they are just divgressing and they just wanna make religious conflicts to arise...but i tell u...malay islam will loose if there is any conflict cos is like detonated bomb at urself...indian,chineses are all over and they will be concern ...so think and drop this nonsense

It appears to be the case, as pointed as by YB Mahfuz. When UMNO has no longer excuses to hide under, they begin to look for the convenient bogey-man.

Wise up UMNO. Tactics that worked well in the 60s-90s don't work that well anymore in the 21st century.

Don't think we've forgotten bout the stolen jet engines and various other s--t that is being revealed on an almost daily basis.

We are so worry the inflation of living cost harms the nation badly this coming 2010 following hiking sugar price, foods, drinks, petrol, property, electricity and water bills all together. Our government not being considerate but boosting their wealth by diverting money from people to their pocket!! Its not fair!! Pity for BN-voters.

Yes, Mahfuz is right - this is a diversion tactic. Rakyat should not fall for such traps. Remember Operasi Lallang in 1987 ? BN played the racial card and created racial tension and then arrested opposition politicians and NGO leaders. Poor Mahfuz was one of those arrested - and I regard him as one those politicians who never play the race card.

Are muslims in Malaysia so weak that they can be easily influenced? There are more muslims in Indonesia and they are strong in their believe. There is no such issue in Indonesia. I am beginning to believe that BN govt is breeding more fanatical muslims. I am glad PAS muslims are strong. Only the strong should champion Islam, not the weak.

Mahfuz makes a good point. This could be a diversion and may be orchestrated. Remember Operasi Lallang in 1987 ? Barisan politicians created racial tension and then to ``save the country`` from chaos they arrested key opposition and NGO leaders. And poor Mahfuz was one of those arrested !!

I think PAS should take the initiative or take the wind off from UMNO propaganda and start dialogue with the Catholic Church. Who knows the Catholic Church having won a moral victory against the unfair restriction imposed by the the Ministry of Home Affairs, would now be magnanimous enough to decide not to use the word Allah but instead find an alternative word in their publications. That will be a great victory for all Malaysians.

Yes... Datuk Mahfuz. You are very RIGHT. All this while I am thinking that issue of word 'Allah' is UMNO political diversity. This is what I try to say to my friends. This what Dr. M is doing for the pass 22 years. Separate race, religion and 'Allah'. Clearly you see that if to debate on Islamic issue, UMNO cannot win PAS. UMNO no 'fighting issue' for Islam. Therefore, they create 'Allah' to show UMNO Muslim is more concern and protecting Islam of this country. But everybody know, the word 'Allah' was used by, even Jewish people. Why Arabic country do not even care about the word 'Allah' being use by various religion? Why only UMNO-Muslim?

But then Why Anwar up until now does not issue any statements huh?

UMNO was always a wolf behind sheep clothing, look what they would resort to to keep the iron fist.
I hope malaysians are watching and remembering and the only way is through your voting power.

No Saudara Mahfuz, your're only partly right in your prognosis.

You've forgotten about their way of thinking. Their thinking is Malaysians are of the "mudah lupa" type, and those in power assume there will no more issues after this and they're safe.

Take it from me there'll be more sleazy exposes forthcoming (and we're just at the beginning of the new year), and so it's going to be a living hell for them just to keep alive.

saudara radzi latiff,kata saudara...

"Katalah Herald sebut "Remaja Melayu boleh dapat bantuan Allah untuk atasi pengangguran . Datanglah ke gereja Kami, demi Jesus Allah yang Satu, gereja kami akan menyediakan bantuan". Budak muda yang tak cukup Ilmu agama dan hanya perlu pertolongan pun percayalah tawaran tu. Gitu ker Mahfuz. Apa bodoh sangat dan bahlol sesangat? Isu Kalimah Allah dah dihina pun nak dipolitikkan. Memanglah PAS dah selewengkan Islam untuk dapat Kuasa Politik"

pendapat saya,
kalau benar ada budak muda yg tak cukup ilmu agama dan mudah percaya tawaran itu maka biarkan lah mereka.sekurang-kurangnya mereka boleh membuat keputusan yang mereka BUAT sendiri.mengapa perlu kita biarkan mereka menjadi umat muslim yg taklid tanpa langsung bibit minat pada tauhid dan fekah islamiah.

kalau benar saudara risau sgt maka perkara yg paling penting untuk saudara tongkatkan ialah dgn yang ada pada islam itu sendiri.saudara ialah umat islam dan saya jangkakan saudara seorang yg prhatin pada islam,maka masakan mungkin islam pada saudara tidak menang berbanding agama lain?mengapa perlu risau perkara2 leceh sebegini bila perkara maha besar spt fenomena rumah hijau pun tak dpt diselesaikan oleh ulama2 kita?

tentang isu nama ALLAH dihina pun bagi saya hanyalah satu kerisauan saudara yg tidak tepat.secara mantiknya adalah kerana kalau kita kira ALLAH itu maha esa,maha besar dan maha tidak kunjungnya kelemahan yang ada spt mana dikalam tuhan kita yg satu itu dalam 4 ayat di surah al-ikhlas maka kita kena percaya sehina mana pun penghinaan kita pada Al-Rahman ini;tidak sedikit pun terjejas zat-zat Allah kita ini.secara lojiknya pula,kalau kita percaya tuhan kita yakni alllah azwajalla ini tuhan kita yg satu,tuhan sekalian alam maka mengapa perlu kita menjadi gila apabila org bukan islam(melainkan muslim shj) tidak boleh sebut nama tuhan kita ini.bukankah pandangan saudara ini sendiri membataskan kehebatan allah itu sendiri??

saudara radzi,saya syorkan saudara baca surah al-ikhas 1000 kali agar mungkin allah menerangkan hati saudara atau lebih senang,saudara kawanlah saja dgn anak muda yg tak cukup ilmu yg mungkin termakan dgn hasutan jesus allah yg benar2 saudara risau sangat kan itu.

saya muslim,shaffiq bin ahmad yg sering teruja dgn surah al-maidah ayat ke 48-
“sekiranya Allah menghendaki, niscaya kamu dijadikanNya satu umat (saja), tetapi Allah hendak menguji kamu terhadap pemberianNya kepadamu maka berlumba-lumbalah berbuat kebajikan.”

kepada radzi latif,MALAY MAN,bruno,Pasti dan Z dan mana2 pembaca yg akan membaca artikel ini dan mahu pula meronot senarai komentar ini....

dari orang bukan islam yang mengandung nyawa dalam sanubari badan pada satu hari dalam tahun 1854 dan menjadi arwah selepas satu detik pada satu hari dalam tahun 1900.seorang yang lahir di dublin,atau lebih tepat di 21,westland row,dublin dan mengandung bibit darah untuk menjadi seorang irish yg mekar dikenali sbg ahlil puisi agung-Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde telah berkata,

"People fashion their God after their own understanding. They make their God first and worship him afterwards"

maksudnya,"Orang mengkosmetikkan tuhan dalam batasan kefahaman mereka itu sendiri.Mereka buat tuhan mereka dahulu dan selepas itu mereka sembahyang pada tuhan itu."

atau dari tuhan pada orang muslim itu sendiri,baik yang sedar atau tidak sedar,tuhan juga bagi sekalian umat dari entiti manusiawi sampailah ke batu kerikil yakni ALLAH Al-RAHMAN,AL-RAHIM,

"Katakanlah (wahai Muhammad): (Tuhanku) ialah Allah Yang Maha Esa.Sesungguhnya Allah kekal.Dia tiada beranak dan Dia pula tidak diperanakkan.Dan tidak ada sesiapapun yang serupa denganNya.(surah al-ikhlas)" dan satu lagi,

“sekiranya Allah menghendaki, niscaya kamu dijadikanNya satu umat (saja), tetapi Allah hendak menguji kamu terhadap pemberianNya kepadamu maka berlumba-lumbalah berbuat kebajikan.(surah al-maidah,ayat ke-48)”

sekarang nih kalau benar kita nak ikut allah,benar2 nak ikut allah.mengapa perlu kita kecoh orang lain nak sebut allah?!!!Dia sudah bilang beb...

"My wife's name is NoUM. If you out there have a wife by that name better change her name fast. I could get very confused and 'you know what' with your wives." says the Umaniac. Lame and low excuse indeed.

If this is part of the 1Malaysia agenda, sorry East Malaysians don't buy it anymore.

years ago I have never appreciated PAS politically ways but since forming PKR. I realize that they are not what they are. It is umno that had sowed hatred among muslim malaysian and it is not good especially when we are a multi racial country. I would say that the 1malaysia is a failure concept. We will not live in peace and harmoninuosly if umno keeps this issue up.

u r right on teh spot,,umno is trying to divert rakyat attention to the many corruption they are trying to hide,,like the missing jet engine,,mr teoh death etc,,dont let them fool the rakyat,,

anyone who has studied s'pore history knows that LKY is a master are red-herringism. everytime there is threat to PAP power, there will be some 'threat' to the country he uses to rally support. this is exactly the same situation. bn & umno are under considerable threat from all the crap surfacing on the tru state of this nation. what better rallying call than to claim blasphemy of the Name of the Almighty. My only prayer is 'Lord be merciful upon those who truly love You and justice for those who seek to destroy your blessed country. We love our country and Love You with all our hearts, mind, body and soul.'

It is a BN way to divert attention by making fuss just a word "Allah". They will create something small to divert attention for the mistake/s they have done for the past 52 yaers of ruling this country. They have done alot of hanky panky and I should say thank you to the Opposition Parties to dick more of what the BN do robbing our country wealth and allow their Ministers getting riches and riches. If our Rakyat of multiracial start getting to cut one another throat all our children suffers. Can we see that ? As it is now millions of RM have been away to other countries by some of our Ministers. They kown if anything happen to Malaysia they can affort to charter a plane fly to be inthat country. Wake up all Malaysian.The BN government have created many of dishonourto Malaysia.Time to change Government in the next General Election by 2011 or 2012. to Pakatan .

I think the way their handling this is very childish. If you do not like something, solve it in a more diplomatic matter. Do not resort to arsony or dangerous tactics. All that talk of 1Malaysia and yet we are still not united.

This is crystal clear, it is duty to do our parts to cascade this issue home to our respective families. UMNO/BN is no longer our hope to lead Malaysia. I am Sarawakian Malaysian, have been supporter to BN all my life. I have made up my mind to bring my family, relatives, friends to support PKR / PAS who is indeed stand for our rights at this time of turbulence.