in my last post when i lamented about no freedom of religion after lina joy’s verdict, a commenter, jee, asked me not to exaggerate the issue  - that s/he and i are still free to practise our religions. sure but i was not talking about s/he and i. i was talking about malays/muslim. at any rate if she and i choose to convert to islam, there’ll be no ‘coming out’ from islam ever, so there you have it, no freedom of religion too (already being muslim)…… and there you have it, all points to malays/muslim having no freedom of religion.

as expected - the verdict: she lose.

lina joy  was once a muslim and now she wanted to be a christian, but the court says no - so say what? are you going to tell me again there is freedom of religion in our country? lina joy doesn’t have the freedom to choose her religion! don’t give me all the blah blah about once a muslim always a muslim, no ‘gostan’ if you are a muslim, or the apostasy issue, blah blah blah. i know. i know. whatever… it all still boils down that an individual has no rights to choose her/his religion.

i went to malaysiakini and i saw ‘rela chief: ‘give us more power’. then i went to sun2surf and i saw ’suaram: ‘powers given to rela institutionalised vigilanteism’.
(and other related issues)

huh? you kidding, mr rela chief? more power? haven’t we heard enough of abuse of power by rela members? and i shudder to think what may happen if more power are given to them.

despite all the complaints, the rela chief, zaidon asmuni, insisted that they always acted within the law (or here at beritamalaysia).

huh? really? i have blogged a number of times already about the high-handedness of rela members and how they abused their powers. to them they are ‘ayam telur’!

how were these ‘ayam telur’ selected? believe it or not, at the interview of the chief, here’s what he said:

* What is the screening process for recruits?

Nowadays we don’t have to screen. Anyone can join and become a Rela member. If we were to conduct a screening exercise, it would take the police some time (to do so), because they have their own priorities. Those who join will receive a membership card within two weeks. It’s as simple as that.

"as simple as that". ah! precisely the problem. if you fancy being judge dredd who go around shouting "ayam telur" ("i am the law" lah!), just go and apply to be a rela member - you’ll be accpeted at once without any questions. flashing your rela card, you now have the authority to arrest or harras anyone you suspect/judge to be an illegal immigrant. neat.

from malaysiakini:

Muslim groups brace for Lina Joy decision
May 29, 07 1:54pm

Muslim groups nationwide have been told to be adequately prepared for the
much-anticipated Federal Court decision on the Lina Joy case tomorrow.

Mosques, surau, and non-governmental organisations have been urged to hold
special prayers so that the judgement is "in favour of Islam".

In making the call this morning, though, PAS Federal Territory Youth chief
Kamaruzaman Mohamad strongly urged all parties to remain calm and warned
against any attempts to provoke or raise tensions over the issue.

UPDATED:  Tuesday, 28/05/07, 2:10 AM

LET’S PRAY FOR LINA JOY… no matter the outcome, even we already know what the verdict will be (see comments)

lina joy’s verdict was suppose to be out in june last year but somehow it was postponed until now. at that time when the verdict was going to be out, the christian federation of malaysia (CFM) had called on people to pray for lina joy. please click here for the prayers.

some background information on lina joy’s case.

================================

got to know of this news from poltics101.

well these days you heard so much of sexist remarks from the monkeys in parliament and state assembly, that you thought you have enough but here am i to present to you a sexist song (or maybe chauvinist is the word to use). no no it is not my own creation (i am not that creative) but a popular song that had been around for ages. as i mentioned the lyrics to show how demeaning it is to women, you might recognize which song i am talking about.

in my report  i mentioned that for reports from other bloggers, you have to go to our official blog. politikus and i are the one who update the links. if you notice any links missing, do inform me or her.  (there, you are also welcome to post your feedback of the event.)

i will also put up the links here (as updated today’s date) in case some of you are too lazy to hop over to the bum2007 blog. first of all remember the

videos from zan azlee

and

photo album from wattahack

BLOGGERS WHO HAD POSTED SO FAR:

Kuala Lumpur is Home - Engaging and embracing at the BUM2007 gathering, Lake View Club
Politikus - BUM 2007 rocked!
Jeff Ooi - BUM2007… Blogger conversations start
Rocky’s Bru - Bum 2007 a success!
The Sensintrovert - What You’ve Been Missing If You Didn’t Attend BUM 2007 Last Night…
Tengku Mohd Ali Bustaman - EMBRACE & ENGAGE
Bibliobibuli - BUM Baring!
Ancient Mariner - The Gathering (not the movie)
Benny Loh - All Blogs Meet
Maverick SM - Bloggers United Gathering 2007
Maverick SM - B.U.M. Gathering (Pic Updates)
Nuraina A Samad - Bloggers Gathering
Desiderata-ylchong - It was Such a Night!
the __earthinc - Of BUM 2007
Nik Nazmi - Bloggers Embraced and Engaged!
WattaHack? - STAND-UP, BE COUNTED & BE HEARD…
Nathaniel Tan - teeny words on bum 2007
Elizabeth Wong - BUM2007
John Lee - Information, Ideas and Blogging
Mahaguru58 - Bloggers Gathering at Lakeview Club 19th May 2007
Pak Idrus - A Blogger Evening, May 19…
Khoo Kay Peng - B.U.M 2007
Julian Hopkins - B.U.M. 2007 - Some thoughts

phew! will it ever stop??

presenting now….

(picture taken from mob’s crib)

and the usual suspects morons…

(pictures taken from penang watch)

Shabudin Yahaya (BN-Permatang Berangan) (the moron on the right) said the way women dressed up was among factors that led to sexual harassment and violent sexual acts being committed.

"The women’s dressing nowadays can entice men to harass and do things to them," he said when debating the motion of thanks in the state assembly Monday.

Datuk Jasmin Mohamed (BN-Sungai Dua) (the moron on the left) said women’s pursuit of position prompted many of them to put aside their responsibility to the family and was one of the reasons for the violent sexual acts.

read further.

here’s another moron….

who remarked:
“A woman 50 years ago, she looks beautiful, but today she won’t look so beautiful,”

read further.

ayoyo! podah sami!!

i had been tagged for the ‘50 posts to independence’ by dr darren hsu which started by nizham bashir . i am tag no. 16 which means there had been 34 bloggers before me who had done the tag already. yes i had notice a few prominent bloggers doing this like marina, jeff, nik nazmi, pok ku, aisehman.
 
ok so what am i suppose to write about. apparently it can be anything on malaysia. many i see wrote about what malaysia had been to them, the good and bad. some i notice reminisce on ‘those were the days’ time, like in their childhood times.

UPDATED:  zan azlee of fatbidin’s video of the event is up! must see! click here immediately!

the blogger !s gathering was great. according to the list i have (regsitration) 83 people turned up!  there might be more as some might forgot to sign in. the forum was so interesting that it was extended 15 mins.

kena fined

i arrived at kl at 5.15pm at the ktm old station and took the komuter train to subang jaya… or so i thought. Instead of taking the pelabuhan klang train i took the seremban train and silly me didn’t realized it until the train reach nilai.