Muhyiddin may now be challenged to state his stand on Islam. He has passed a remark that appears to be a challenge to Islam. Muhyiddin may have to categorically declare whether he accepts or rejects Islam and the laws that come with it.

THE CORRIDORS OF POWER

Raja Petra Kamarudin

The level of campaigning in the Tenang by-election has been reduced somewhat. It is now about the wearing of gloves and the chopping of hands.

The MCA President, Chua Soi Lek, ridicules the opposition candidate because she shakes hands while wearing gloves. The Queen (of England, that is) also does the same. In fact, the Queen Mother was once criticised for taking off her gloves before she shook hands. It is considered most unlady-like to do that. And the late Lady Diana too wore gloves. There is also an archive of her glove collection, which you can see here:

http://www.operagloves.com/Royals/Diana/diana.html

So, yes, the ladies of English Royalty would not be caught dead without their gloves. And there is a healthy debate amongst the English public as to whether the ladies of English society should or should not wear gloves when shaking hands (just Google it and you will be taken to these debate sites). And most are of the opinion that if they are ladies then they should wear gloves.

But the MCA President would probably not understand this because he does not consort with ladies. And ‘ladies of the night’ are not quite what I mean when I say ladies. ‘Ladies of the night’ are…well, you know what I mean if you were to watch his action-packed videos. I really do not need to elaborate on this matter.

The Deputy Prime Minister, Muhyiddin Yassin, in turn, ridicules the opposition on the cutting of hands. He is actually not criticising PAS, the party from which the opposition candidate comes from, as much as he is criticising Islam.

This quip may come back to haunt him as it did Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad who made a remark about the Prophet Muhammad’s beard. Until today this remark by Dr Mahathir refuses to go away and even Umno admits that this was probably one of the gravest mistakes he ever made -- making fun of the Prophet’s appearance.

The Deputy Prime Minister will of course be asked to explain his statement. And if I were PAS I would not allow this statement to pass unchallenged.

What did Muhyiddin mean when he said that if PAS were to come to power they would chop of your hands? Is he saying that all Malaysians are thieves and robbers and there is not an honest soul left in Malaysia?

First of all, is this proper and correct Islamic law? Is Muhyiddin saying that the chopping of hands does not exist in Islamic law? Or is he saying that it does exist but he does not accept it and rejects Islamic law?

This, he needs to explain. He needs to tell us whether he disputes the existence of the law or he accepts the existence of the law but rejects its implementation.

It is one thing to make fun of PAS. It is another to make fun of Islam. Malays are extremely sensitive about their race and religion, sometimes to an extreme. Muhyiddin may be seen as making fun of Islam rather than making fun of PAS. He is walking on very thin ice here.

Muhyiddin may now be challenged to state his stand on Islam. He has passed a remark that appears to be a challenge to Islam. Muhyiddin may have to categorically declare whether he accepts or rejects Islam and the laws that come with it.

Of course, there is always one way out for Muhyiddin, so all is not lost. He can declare that the chopping of hands does not exist in Islam and that is why he spoke out against it and made fun of it. He can state that the Hudud laws never came from God and was merely a creation of man. He can quote verses from the Quran that argue against the Hadith. Muhyiddin can declare that all Hadith are false and were fabricated by enemies of Islam who wanted to corrupt Islam and mislead the people.

If Muhyiddin were to argue this then he could probably counter whatever PAS may say about him. Declare all Hadith as false and opposed to real Islamic teachings. Declare that the Quran never laid down the cutting of hands and those who propagate this are spreading false teachings of Islam. Declare that the Islamic law of Hudud was a law that was fabricated hundreds of years after the Prophet and were not what the Prophet taught Muslims.

Then maybe Muhyiddin will be able to counter any criticism to his remarks.

And I can only conclude by saying good luck.

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written by JJFoo, January 24, 2011 17:14:35

Thieves and pirates are trembling with fear.

The amount stolen from our nation’s coffer, these thieves and pirates should lose not only their hands but their heads too.

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written by jqhk, January 24, 2011 11:54:31

THIS topic of wearing gloves BY muslim ladiesi s not interesting enought foy CSL THE NEW TOPIC FOR TENANG BY ELECTION SHOULD BE...... SHOULD CSL WEAR A P-GLOVE called CONDOM WHEN HAVING A BLOW JOB DONE to a HEALTH MINISTER

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written by capricorn, January 23, 2011 13:51:41

Oh Mohi just need to say that he was misquoted. Or that he did not mean what he said. Or that as usual he always talk without thinking. Worse come to worse he could say, what the heck, you know me, I don't have much grey matter up there. Take your pick folks.

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written by nanakassim, January 23, 2011 12:01:57

I don't know much about Chua's preference for gloved ladies or his ladies' preference for gloved dicks, but I sure am looking at the possibility of going into the prosthetic business. Imagine those members who attend meetings at PWTC receiving copies of my flyer that says: Buy 2 get 1 free!!!

As for Chua, hang on there. I'm in discussion with Morris Albert to produce prosthetic dicks with Feelings.

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written by yobama, January 23, 2011 07:50:46

When PAS chose a lady candidate, Moo will say PAS is doing it as a political gimmick, but if PAS had nominated a man, Moo will say, 'see PAS is a chauvinistic party (read "kolot"). So I am telling the rakyat, let Moo say anything about PAS, you people just ignore him becoz he is not worth giving attention to. He is behaving *like* a hypocrite--I cannot say he is one, since only ALLAH can judge him!

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written by Ezzy, January 23, 2011 00:20:16

What did you steal MB? Rakyat's monies? Your hands deserved to be chopped since you all are the kings of corruption.

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written by reeperbahn, January 22, 2011 23:17:49

dear Vic, please don't overly idolise LKY.

whats so great about him asking his house to be demolished after his death? i doubt anybody will pay to visit LKY's house. it is just a manifest of his selfish self - he just does'nt want anybody to live in the house he and his family once lived.

LKY is a like an umnoputra but very intelligent and smart,nothing else.

and please abstain your self from comparing him with Nehru or Shakespeare or Gandhi!

go to London, see Dickens house or to Kangarooland( I like them!) and see Capt. Cooks house;
are they in shambles?

appropo, does Singapore need more highrise flats? would it not be logical to introduce compulsory contraception and control the population like big brother China does?

don't worry lah, I also endorse his achievements. keep the lid on, not everything about him is wunderbar!

about 'Chua Soi Lek and the gloves' episode;

he was thinking about 'French Gloves' lah, forgive him for this small mix-up please!

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written by Aduh, January 22, 2011 22:52:03

The chopping of hands is applicable ONLY to umNO, but not the non-Malays in beEND.

So far, we can't remember hearing even a single umNO being convicted of thievery or robbery.,as though all of them are angels.

We fully support the law, so that after its implementation whereby offenders hands are chopped off, we can prove a point that ALL OF THEM ARE THIEVES OR ROBBERS.

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written by Aria, January 22, 2011 22:22:10

How many people have had their hands chopped off in Kelantan? Everyone knows that no-matter whatever happens PKR and DAP will not let PAS bring in Islamic law in Malaysia. There will be shariah courts in Malaysia for Muslims and that is all that will happen under Pakatan. There is a bigger danger of crazy UMNO bringing in Islamic law then PAS.

So the lady wants to follow her religion and use gloves to shake hands. Whats the problem? Chua Soi Lek's brains must be in his dick, that's the problem. UMNO said that Chinese women are prostitutes or children of prostitutes and Chua Soi Lek still wants to support UMNO!!! Chua Soi Lek is just a selfish A*****e that is just looking after his own arse.

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written by lynn, January 22, 2011 22:06:07

Brilliant RPK! Let's watch moohideen fumble & mumble, flip-flop & say "my statement has been taken out of context".

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written by Rigi9, January 22, 2011 21:40:36

Dear RPK,

I am a non-Muslim Malaysian, actually a devout Hindu. But I have read (& am still reading) books on all religions & philosphies. Islam, like almost all 'old' religions, have good, beautiful meanings.....something the world today needs. It's only the rulers/politicians over the years who have abused & sacriledged religion for their own power/greed needs.

People...go back to the basics....learn what the real Islam, Christianity & Hinduism etc. etc. teaches & we will have a better world.

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written by Motherchell, January 22, 2011 21:16:12

Of Chua and soiled Legs, with "chopped" hands -- the smooth operator with a Tenang "erection"!!!!!!!!!!!!

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written by educationist, January 22, 2011 19:48:51

"Declare that the Quran never laid down the cutting of hands and those who propagate this are spreading false teachings of Islam' - this is interesting!!
Are you talking tongue in cheek , our dear RPK!!
I've always thought this 'cutting of hands' etc are part and parcel of Islamic teachings!!

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written by yobama, January 22, 2011 19:24:04

This porn star, Chua, prefers to shake hands with women who do not wear gloves because he wants to feel their soft touch and it turns him on! That's why he makes an issue of CheGu Mala shakings hands with gloves on. He does not know about Muslim wuduk (ablution before prayers) and what Imam Shafie's ruling is about on touching between the opposite sex who are 'ajnabi'. And you don't expect UMNO to teach him these things. UMNO would rather Chua remain ignorant about Islam, so that MCA can be exploited by UMNO to ensure the latter's grip on this country and its wealth. MCA is an accessory to looting of the national wealth.

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written by Motherchell, January 22, 2011 18:49:08

Correction my dear Arazak,-----""""-Muhyiddin, the thief who sold is still selling """in unmarked trucks with a ban in place!!!
No one stops a legal honest transparent business trade , but this bastard is running a mafia where the Malaysian customs are just puppets to the strings pulled from the corridors of the Johor Secretariat---Either the Sultan is blind or he is just flashing a plastic revolver!!!

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written by NanoNano, January 22, 2011 14:58:12

Ehh, RPK I thought it was Johore MB who said such?

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written by syd, January 22, 2011 14:49:19

both pakatan and bn does not deserve to lead the nation, if all they care about is whether a lady should wear a glove when shaking hands.
what about the state of our education system and quality of our graduates?
what about malay rights to freedom of faith?
what about death in detention?

even lky of singapore is sadden by the fact that his house caused some of his neighbours to be angry as they cannot develop multi storey buildings and hence the value does not appreciate as it should. so he insist his house should be demolished and the area turned into commercial development.

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written by malaysianforever, January 22, 2011 14:25:43

Chua Soi Lek is gloves phobia. HIs THIRD leg also do not wear glove during the action-packed Drama -'CHU the Super F**ker'.
How can muslims forgive DPM for insulting Islam as mentioned.

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written by Rozlan, January 22, 2011 13:52:53

Dear Pete,

Idont blame CSL much if he ridiculed Islam.He is not a muslim.He said it out of ignorance.By the way CSL remarks were mild compare to Abdul Ghani and Muhyiddin.Mind you they are muslims.They ridiculled their own religion.This is the worst crime made by a muslim if he still want to call himself a muslim.Those word dont come from LIm Guan Eng,LIm Kit Siang,Theresa Kok and not even Ronnie Liu.

Muhyiddin and Abdul Ghani just said evrything in their hearts.They forgot to pretend anymore.I would to see how those socalled Tentera Jihad Malaysia,PEKIDA adn PERKASA will take actions.Are they going to hang a slaughtered chick on Muhyiddin and Abd Ghani gate? Sorry no prize for guessing the right answer...

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written by Prince of India, January 22, 2011 13:42:15

Bro- The problem with Malaysian BN Politician lack of personal knowledge.All this crabs never think what will be the consequences later.They don't think of tomorrow .If Malaysian still wanted to vote for this crabs Your fight for better Malaysia will be DREAM FOREVER.

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written by JJFoo, January 22, 2011 13:22:28

CSL has a problem with gloved hand as he is more used to ladies wearing nothing.

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written by albert zacharias, January 22, 2011 13:16:53

Muhiddin or Mojahiddin??? He already declared that is not Malay first and Malaysian second!

Chua Soiled Led is a porn actor and he wants no gloves, no condoms and no foreplay. Fark Fark Fark and best watch in DVD in Johore.

Soiled Leg... your wife forgive you kah? License given to do another porn movie? Government no catch you for abnormal oral sex kah?

Soiled Leg... Tua Pek Kong ok with you kah???

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written by JJFoo, January 22, 2011 13:15:52

Signs of desperation.

CSL talk about “glove” as he has no more important topic to address.
Those UMNO goons talk about “chop hand”, it’s to frighten others and also to save their own hands.

Those crooks will lose everything once they lost power. Without power they are worse of than scum.

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written by NSTPravda, January 22, 2011 12:36:37

Read 1Myurine Qur'an Swearing pink pouting lips: MyUrine is as pure as the water that flows through sungai klang through KL. He is a good UMnoU$limat and he is definitely UMno'llah fearing. Therefore MyUrine doesn't have to respond to all the techincally frivolous insinuations. Al-UMNOdollarlah, vote for us, we are $emua-nya OK!

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written by arazak, January 22, 2011 12:30:24

Those UMNO goons fear Islamic law because they are thieves. If Islamic law were to be implemented like in Saudi Arabia, UMNO thieves hands would be the first to be chopped of. And taking the lead would of course be Muhyiddin, the thief who sold the Johore peoples' sand to the tiny red dot!

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written by lelong _sick, January 22, 2011 12:25:48

UMNO/BN has no principle.. What is religion to them. Its all about money and power..
What a joke, The spineless chinaman Soil leck complaint about a muslim women do not want to shakes hands with him, and the idiot lembu muhyidin worry about Islamic law that might cut off his hands..
The election campaign is nothing about building the nation, reduce the crime rate especially in Johore and how to emulate Singapore as a successful country.
Come on.. grow up UMNO.. we know you will sell your mother , wife , daughter and religion to retain in power..
People please vote for change..
I think the best slogan for this election is..
"PEOPLE VOTE FOR CHANGE AND LET UMNO/BN MINISTERS HANDS BE CHOPPED'

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written by by2020, January 22, 2011 12:22:00

Hey, Chua Soil Leg, How many female UMNO/BN reps hands you have shaked and touched?

You "hamsad" fellow, nobody want to shake your hand even with glove on lah! Not even the female non-muslim...

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written by Vic, January 22, 2011 11:46:54

Read the attitude of this statesmen. This is how leaders should behave, for the people not for themselves.

SINGAPORE – Singapore's elder statesman Lee Kuan Yew wants his family home torn down for redevelopment after he dies instead of being turned into a historical shrine.

In excerpts from a new book launched Friday, Lee said he had already instructed the government to destroy the British colonial-era bungalow situated off the premier Orchard Road shopping belt after his death.

"I've told the Cabinet, when I'm dead, demolish it," the 87-year-old Lee, who now advises his son Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, said in remarks published by the daily Straits Times.


"I've seen other houses, Nehru's, Shakespeare's. They become a shambles after a while," he said, the former referring to India's independence hero Jawaharlal Nehru.

The newspaper's parent company Singapore Press Holdings is publishing the book "Lee Kuan Yew: Hard Truths to Keep Singapore Going", based on exclusive interviews with Lee by Straits Times journalists.

The famously frank and unsentimental Lee described his home - built more than a century ago by a Jewish merchant - as "a big rambling house with five bedrooms and three others at the back" and cracks in the walls.

Lee, who gave the interviews before his wife Kwa Geok Choo died in October last year, said his family would not miss the house, which he has owned since the 1940s.

"I don't think my daughter or my wife or I, who lived in it, or my sons who grew up in it, will bemoan its loss. They have old photos to remind them of the past," he said.

Key meetings of what would become the ruling People's Action Party met in the house's basement to plot strategy during its formative years, the newspaper reported.

The PAP has ruled Singapore since 1959, when the island gained self-rule from Britain, and its overwhelming majorities have allowed it to plan orderly successions thanks to its nearly total control of parliament.

Under Lee, who served as prime minister from 1959 to 1990 and led Singapore to independence from Malaysia in 1965, the city-state underwent an economic miracle, at the same time maintaining a hardline policy on political dissent.

He was pragmatic about the house's economic value.

"Because of my house the neighbouring houses cannot build high. Now demolish my house and change the planning rules, go up, the land value will go up," he said in the interviews.

Speaking at the launch of the book Friday, Lee, who now holds the title of Minister Mentor, said that Singapore remained "a nation in the making", despite its rapid rise to prosperity.

"I do not deceive myself for one moment that our differences of race, culture, language, religion, have disappeared," Lee said, urging Singaporeans to preserve racial and religious harmony.

"The message I want to convey is a simple one: we are a nation in the making. Will we make it? Am I certain we'll get there? No, we cannot say that. Something may go wrong somewhere and we'll fall apart," he said.

Singapore, which prides itself on its political stability, has a predominantly Chinese population, with minority races including Malays and Indians plus a growing foreign community now comprising one-fifth of the population of five million.

"You have a nation like China or Japan, China can be ravaged, demolished but the people come together again and rebuild. I'm not sure if Singapore were damaged, ravaged and demolished, they could ever come together again," said Lee.

"So this precious, accidental, improbable, unlikely nation that we have created should be nurtured, carefully strengthened and built upon."

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written by nagappan, January 22, 2011 11:01:08

What a punch! How I wish RPK is the campaign director.

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written by Vic, January 22, 2011 10:57:23

Oops! then all BN MP will have no hands hehe...

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written by by2020, January 22, 2011 10:47:06

Moohyidin, Get your wife and daughter to sing and dance semi-nude on stage, sure it is going to attract many votes. I will also vote BN.

I guessed BN can win more than 10,000 votes if your wife and daughter done that!

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written by ibabonma, January 22, 2011 10:14:40

Moohyiddin (lembu), I propose a simple suggestion for your lembu thinking head; if you doubt or disagree with the teaching of Islam, just denounce it to satisfy your soul. Habis cerita. You will not do it because you are worried of being deprived of the premiership (a Muslim?) after stabbing Najis and Bik Mama in the back?

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written by Compadre45, January 22, 2011 10:12:19

Moooooodin..........are you and your Bodoh Nut idiots a bunch of coward to challenge a lady candidate at Tenang ??? Drop dead A*shole Cow brains, in the first place you dont fit to be a dpm or even a minister for that matter and you and dUMNO have no balls to practice Hudud Islam so reserve your stupid remarks to yourself.

So whats wrong if PAS has chosen a lady candidate ? PAS has every right to choose any candidate it seems fit to represent Tenang or any other constituency. Thats not for you to choose or decide a*shole !!!!!

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written by Saint, January 22, 2011 10:05:40

Muslim Law is applicable to Muslims only and Deputy Prime Minister, Muhyiddin Yassin is very, very (101%) sure his hands will be cut off if PAS (PR) comes to power. But he heed not worry, for there will be long list of his UMNOBN friends, facing the same fate. I support the chopping off of hands and PAS of course..

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written by singhkris, January 22, 2011 09:49:30

Shows clearly that Moo-Hee-Din is only a Muslim in name. He does not understand Islam. Probably away from public view he commits unIslamic acts like many in high places are alleged to be doing. Why is PAS not ripping these Muslims and non-Muslims who are ridiculing Islam?

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written by malsia1206, January 22, 2011 09:39:59

You can bet when the Malaysian Deputy PM made such a statement just to be desperate to win the Chinese votes, it speaks volume of his leadership qualities. That's the crux of the Nation's problems today. Corruption and lack of true leadership material. The former is prevalent everywhere. The latter you can hardly find in Putrajaya.

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written by Atheist, January 22, 2011 09:37:10

Nice to know that PKR is so good that only the glove is at fault. If they had anything else bad on Azizah it would have been out by now .... certainly wanita contoh !!!! They had to frame Anwar for politics ..on the other hand .... who needs to frame BN .... it has a way of shooting itself and the population at large !!!!!!!

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written by onnetline, January 22, 2011 09:14:15

What a most insensitive remark by a Muslim leader or rather a Malay cow .............. this MOOhiyidin Yasin !

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written by Awang Kuku, January 22, 2011 09:11:05

That would be pleasing sight indeed when all the BN MPs, ADUNs, gathered in BN convention without hands....Ha..ha..ha. I would imagine how distraught our "First Lady" be when she tries to wave to the cronies and balls carriers.

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written by budak kampong, January 22, 2011 08:51:14

.....then we saw many BN leaders came with no hands Chua Soi Lek came without his dick.

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