Tuesday, August 21, 2007
WOW!!!
Last night, Kitaro had the opprtunity to attend a very integrated forum. Among all 4 panelists (moderated by a Chinese: Tian Chua), all of them are Malays. And guess what, majority of the audience are Chinese and they listen with most respect. Everytime the panelist speak and ends their talk, the audience will greet them with a great applause. Wow!!! What a great atmospehere!
The forum was about the controversial video in youtube creatd by a young Malaysian studying in Taiwan; Namewee. The panelists are Hisyamudin Rais, Khalid Jaafar (Ahli MKT PKR), Amir Sari (a PKR young activist) and Amin Idris (former student activist).
Here are some of the info which I'm able to quote from the forum last night;
Hisyamudin Rais: "There are prejudices in this song but that’s no big deal because everybody has their prejudices,” he told the packed room comprising some 200 people last night.
"But what this really shows up in the mind of this young Chinese boy is that the Malaysian project has failed to unite all the races."
Khalid Jaafar: "This shows that the Bilal appointed are not doing a good job (of sounding the call). Jakim should look into this to make sure that they are doing their job. People forget that the call to prayer is not just heard by Muslims, but also by non-Muslims. How are we reach out to non-Muslims if we don’t consider (their views)?"
Amiruddin Sari: "The issues raised - such as corruption, the civil service and how he feels as a citizen - how can this be seen as unpatriotic at all? The aspiration in the song is that Wee has a (progressive) vision of nation-building."
The forum was about the controversial video in youtube creatd by a young Malaysian studying in Taiwan; Namewee. The panelists are Hisyamudin Rais, Khalid Jaafar (Ahli MKT PKR), Amir Sari (a PKR young activist) and Amin Idris (former student activist).
Here are some of the info which I'm able to quote from the forum last night;
Hisyamudin Rais: "There are prejudices in this song but that’s no big deal because everybody has their prejudices,” he told the packed room comprising some 200 people last night."But what this really shows up in the mind of this young Chinese boy is that the Malaysian project has failed to unite all the races."
Khalid Jaafar: "This shows that the Bilal appointed are not doing a good job (of sounding the call). Jakim should look into this to make sure that they are doing their job. People forget that the call to prayer is not just heard by Muslims, but also by non-Muslims. How are we reach out to non-Muslims if we don’t consider (their views)?"Amiruddin Sari: "The issues raised - such as corruption, the civil service and how he feels as a citizen - how can this be seen as unpatriotic at all? The aspiration in the song is that Wee has a (progressive) vision of nation-building." Amin Idris: Former student activist Amin Idris said he was very angry when he first saw the video but that he then realised he should first understand where Wee is coming from on this.
"I am glad Wee made the video so that I could reflect. I sought to understand him. I would forgive him because Islam teaches us to forgive and to look at the positive aspects of other people."
He also stressed that politicians - with their racial incitements and rampant corruption - constitute a greater threat to national security than Wee’s video.
"I am glad Wee made the video so that I could reflect. I sought to understand him. I would forgive him because Islam teaches us to forgive and to look at the positive aspects of other people."He also stressed that politicians - with their racial incitements and rampant corruption - constitute a greater threat to national security than Wee’s video.
# posted by Kitaro Minami : 4:27 PM
