The Most Unique Church In The World

Chapel of St-Gildas: Built into the base of a bare rocky cliff

The Chapel of St-Gildas sits upon the bank of the Canal du Blavet in Brittany, France . Built like a stone barn into
the base of a bare rocky cliff, this was once a holy place of the Druids.
Gildas appears to have travelled widely throughout the Celtic world of Corwall, Wales , Ireland and Scotland .
He arrived in Brittany in about AD 540 and is said to have preached Christianity
to the people from a rough pulpit, now contained within the chapel.

Ruica Church: Where Chandeliers are made of Bullet Shells Located over the Kalemegdan Fortress in Belgrade, Serbia, the Ruica Church is a small chapel decorated with.... with trench art!
Its chandeliers are entirely made of spent bullet casing, swords, and cannon parts.The space the church now occupies was used by the Turks as gunpowder storage for over 100 years and it had to be largely rebuilt in 1920 after WWI. Though damaged by bombings there was an upshot to the terrible carnage of The Great War. While fighting alongside England and the US , Serbian soldiers on the Thessaloniki front took the time to put together these amazing chandeliers. It is one of the world's finest examples of trench art.

St. Joseph Church: Known for its Thirteen Gold Domed Roof The St. Joseph The Betrothed is an Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in Chicago .
Built in 1956, it is most known for its ultra-modern thirteen gold domed roof symbolizing the twelve
apostles and Jesus Christ as the largest center dome.
The interior of the church is completely adorned with byzantine style icons (frescoes).
Unfortunately the iconographer was deported back to his homeland before he was able to
write the names of all the saints as prescribed by iconographic traditions.

Las Lajas Cathedral: A Gothic Church Worthy of a Fairy Tale The Las Lajas Cathedral is located in southern Colombia and built in 1916 inside the canyon of the Guaitara River .
According to the legend, this was the place where an indian woman named Mara Mueses de Quiones
was carrying her deaf-mute daughter Rosa on her back near Las Lajas ("The Rocks").
Weary of the climb, the Mara sat down on a rock when Rosa spoke (for the first time) about an apparition in a cave.Later on, a mysterious painting of the Virgin Mary carrying a baby was discovered on the wall of the cave.
Supposedly, studies of the painting showed no proof of paint or pigments on the rock - instead,
when a core sample was taken, it was found that the colors were impregnated in the rock itself to a depth of several feet.
Whether true or not, the legend spurred the building of this amazing church.

Cathedral of Braslia: The Modern Church of architect Oscar Niemeyer The Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida in the capital of Brazil is an expression of the architect Oscar Niemeyer.
This concrete-framed hyperboloid structure, seems with its glass roof to be reaching up,
open, to heaven. On 31 May 1970, the Cathedral's structure was finished,
and only the 70 m diameter of the circular area were visible.
Niemeyer's project of Cathedral of Braslia is based in the hyperboloid of revolution which sections are asymmetric.
The hyperboloid structure itself is a result of 16 identical assembled concrete columns.
These columns, having hyperbolic section and weighing 90 t, represent two hands moving upwards to heaven.
The Cathedral was dedicated on 31 May 1970.

Temppeliaukio Kirkko: The Rock Church

The Temppeliaukio Kirkko ( Rock Church ) is a thrilling work of modern architecture in Helsinki .
Completed in 1952, it is built entirely underground and has a ceiling made of copper wire.
It was designed by architect brothers Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen and completed in 1969.
They chose a rocky outcrop rising about 40 feet above street level, and blasted out the walls from the inside.
It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Helsinki and frequently full of visitors.

Hallgr mskirkja: Iceland 's Most Amazing Church

The Hallgrmskirkja (literally, the church of Hallgrmur ) is a Lutheran parish church located in Reykjavk , Iceland .
At 74.5 metres (244 ft), it is the fourth tallest architectural structure in Iceland .
The church is named after the Icelandic poet and clergyman Hallgrmur Ptursson (1614 to 1674), author of the Passion Hymns.
State Architect Gujn Samelsson's design of the church was commissioned in 1937; it took 38 years to build it.

Saint Basil's Cathedral: The Red Square 's Colorful Church

The St. Basil's Cathedral is located on the Red Square in Moscow , Russia .
A Russian Orthodox church, the Cathedral sports a series of colorful bulbous domes that taper to a point,
aptly named onion domes, that are part of Moscow 's Kremlin skyline.The cathedral was commissioned by Ivan the Terrible to commemorate the capture of the Khanate of Kazan.
In 1588 Tsar Fedor Ivanovich had a chapel added on the eastern side above the grave of Basil Fool for Christ,
a Russian Orthodox saint after whom the cathedral was popularly named.

Harajuku: Japanese Futuristic Church

Harajuku: Japanese Futuristic ChurchThis futuristic non Catholic church is located in Tokyo and it was first unveiled by the design firm of Ciel Rouge Creation in 2005. The ceiling is specially made to reverberate natural sound for 2 seconds to provide a unique listening experience for worshipers and tourists.

PENGAJARAN DAN PEMBELAJARAN SAINS DAN MATEMATIK DALAM BAHASA INGGERIS 2

By

Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad

chedet.cc
on March 20, 2009
1. Saya ingin jelaskan sekali lagi kenapa Sains dan Matematik perlu diajar dalam bahasa Inggeris.

2. Tidak seperti matapelajaran lain, sains dan matematik adalah ilmu yang berkembang dan bertambah sepanjang masa.

3. Tiap hari berpuluh kertas melapurkan hasil kaji selidik yang dibuat di seluruh dunia. Hampir semua kertas ini disediakan dalam bahasa Inggeris.

4. Kita boleh terjemah sains rendah kedalam bahasa kebangsaan. Tetapi ini tidak akan menolong kita memahami teori dan aplikasi advanced science dalam ciptaan dan pembuatan barangan yang canggih seperti alat telefon, senjata moden, roket dan stesyen satelit angkasa, pesawat terbang perang dan penumpang, kapal selam, laser, microcip dan ratusan lagi barangan kegunaan tertentu dan harian.

5. Untuk semua ini kita perlu sains yang canggih dan terkini hasil kajiselidik pakar ilmu sains seperti Albert Einstein dengan teori relativitinya, Enrico Fermi, Oppenheimer, Edward Teller, Werner Heisenberg dan lain-lain.

6. Saya boleh senarai seribu nama lagi dan berpuluh ribu hasil penerokaan, pengkajian mereka yang tidak terdapat dalam bahasa Melayu namun ilmu ini peting untuk kemajuan kita.

7. Untuk memahami tulisan mereka dalam bahasa Inggeris kita memerlu kelulusan Phd dalam bahasa Inggeris dalam bidang-bidang khusus. Tidak ramai saintis yang belajar dalam bahasa Melayu yang boleh mengguna bahasa Melayu untuk tujuan ini. Setahu saya tidak ada banyak buku berkenaan tajuk-tajuk ini dalam bahasa Melayu.

8. Pengajaran sains perubatan menggunakan buku Inggeris walaupun syarahan dibuat dalam bahasa Melayu. Untuk post-graduate studies dalam pelbagai kepakaran perubatan bahasa Inggeris digunakan. Kalau ada pensyarah yang boleh bersyarah dalam bahasa Melayu dalam bidang-bidang pakar ini, mereka akan terdiri daripada yang belajar kepakaran ini dalam bahasa Inggeris.

9. Mungkin ada yang belajar sains di peringkat rendah dalam bahasa Melayu dan mampu mengikuti syarahan dalam bahasa Inggeris diperingkat ijazah pertama. Tetapi untuk kelulusan yang lebih tinggi penguasaan bahasa Inggeris di perlukan.

10. Sudah tentu untuk ambil bahagian dalam seminar dan konferens antarabangsa, untuk berhujah, bahasa Inggeris di perlukan.

11. I was not ignorant for 20 years. Even after I realised the usefulness of English I had to wait until people also realised it. Otherwise they will fight tooth and nail to prevent the change from taking place. Even now they are fighting.

12. Singapore has progressed like a rocket because they have no opposition parties. Without criticisms by the opposition they will not know if they were doing something right or wrong.

13. Now Singapore is in deep recession because of having made investments in America. So they may use English for their education but they can still go wrong. But we want to use English only for science and mathematics and these two subjects are based on truths and logic - not on how clever you are in making decisions or explaining things.

14. I think in English when I want to speak or write in English. I think in Malay when I want to talk, write or discuss in Malay.

15. I am a Malay not because of the language I use when thinking or dreaming. I am Malay because ethnically, lingually, culturally and religiously I am a Malay and I regard Malaysia as my homeland.

16. Saya tidak ingin bangsa saya ketinggalan hanya kerana nasionalisme kita terhad kepada kefasihan bercakap dalam bahasa sendiri. Nasionalisme saya meliputi kejayaan bangsa saya yang setaraf dengan bangsa-bangsa lain di dunia. Jika untuk ini kita terpaksa menguasai bahasa Inggeris dan belajar sains dan matematik dalam bahasa Inggeris, sepertimana orang Arab belajar bahasa Greek untuk mendapat ilmu orang Greek, sepertimana orang Eropah terpaksa belajar bahasa Arab untuk mempelajari ilmu orang Arab pada kurun ke-15 Masihi, saya rela berbuat demikian.

17. Bagi saya mempelajari Sains dan Matematik dalam bahasa Inggeris tidak berbeza daripada menghantar penuntut kita ke Eropah atau negara-negara Arab untuk menuntut ilmu tertentu dalam bahasa-bahasa mereka. Mereka pergi sebagai orang Melayu dan mereka kembali dengan ilmu yang diperolehi juga sebagai orang Melayu. Mereka tidak menjejaskan ke-Melayuan bangsa. Sebaliknya mereka mempertinggikan maruah dan martabat bangsa.

Batang Ai Independent Candidate - Ruaikitai Community Portal Owner

Taken from BERSIH ( Gabungan Pilihanraya Bersih dan Adil ).

SIBU, March 20 - A third candidate- an independent - has put himself as a candidate for the Batang Ai by-election on April 7.

A publisher of a well known Iban cultural, educational and entertainment magazine, and who has his own portal, Johnny Chuat has thrown his hat into the state seat race.

The 38 year old graduate in Journalism and Communications from Carleton University, Canada, works for an oil and gas company says the final confirmation will be on nomination day, which is March 29, in Lubok Antu.

Chuat, a local from Rh.Councillor Mujah, Nanga Menyebat, Lemanak, a constituency with a majority of Iban voters, has started his ground work preparations and confident of a good showing.

“I am self-funded with no sponsors and I am all resolved to fight. I have nothing to fear or worry. I am confident of garnering at least 90 percent of votes from Lemanak voters who comprise about 3,000 of the 8,006 registered voters in Batang Ai. They are my relatives as well,” he told Bernama when contacted.

He said his confidence brewed from the fact that this was the first time that someone from Lemanak was contesting in an election.

Chuat is also confident of capturing votes from others in the constituency, especially the fence-seaters and those who are disillusioned with either Barisan Nasional or Parti Keadilan Rakyat.

“I am offering myself as the alternative choice,” said Chuat who remains unfazed despite facing the prospect of a tough battle against the might and logistics of BN and the organisation of PKR.

“BN may be fielding generally a very acceptable candidate in Malcolm Mussem Lamoh while PKR may field veteran Nicholas Bawin (Lubok Antu branch chairman) or former four-term parliamentarian Jawah Gerang, but I have my own strategies and won’t disclose it just yet.”

The publisher said over the past 10 years, he had been organising many motivation talks and also offered financial assistances to varsity bound students from poor families and believed those who had graduated now would still remember such deeds. - Bernama

NAILS IN THE FENCE

Make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence..
(Most importantly the last sentence)

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.

The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down.

He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all.

He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.

The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.
The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence.
He said, 'You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. But It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound will still be there. A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one.

Remember that friends are very rare jewels, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share words of praise and they always want to open their hearts to us.'

Bungkusan plastik dilanggar pacuan empat roda

MD ZAIN menunjukkan janin selepas dilanggar oleh kenderaan pacuan empat roda di Taman Marida, Senawang, dekat Seremban, kelmarin.

Berita Harian 15/03/09

SEREMBAN: Seorang kontraktor menggigil apabila melihat sebuah bungkusan plastik biru di tengah jalan raya yang dilanggar sebuah kenderaan pacuan empat roda di Taman Marida, petang semalam, rupa-rupanya berisi janin manusia.

Akibat pelanggaran kira-kira jam 5 petang itu, sebahagian besar janin yang cukup sifat itu berkecai dan hanya tinggal bahagian perut ke bawah, manakala kedua-dua belah tangan terputus.

Md Zain Majid, 36, terdiam seketika apabila melihat benda yang terkeluar dari bungkusan plastik itu adalah janin manusia dan terus beristighfar.

Sebelum itu, dia yang dalam perjalanan dari Taman Marida ke Taman Seremban Jaya di sini, berhenti mengisi minyak keretanya di sebuah stesen minyak bersebelahan tempat kejadian.

"Apabila kereta saya memasuki jalan itu, sebuah kenderaan pacuan empat roda dari arah bertentangan melanggar bungkusan plastik itu yang berada di tengah jalan.

"Kereta saya melepasi bungkusan itu, tetapi oleh kerana syak melihat kandungan bungkusan itu, saya mengundurkan semula kereta.

"Saya keluar dari kereta dan apabila melihat benda yang dilanggar itu, saya terkejut mendapati ia adalah janin manusia," katanya ketika ditemui di tempat kejadian.

Md Zain kemudian segera memanggil dua anggota polis dari sebuah kereta peronda yang kebetulan berhenti di stesen minyak itu.

Beliau berkata, ada kemungkinan bungkusan mengandungi janin itu dibuang di kawasan berdekatan dan dihanyutkan banjir kilat yang memang sering berlaku di taman itu.

Md Zain berkata, kejadian itu sungguh menyedihkan hatinya kerana tidak pernah sebelum ini, janin yang cukup sifat dilanggar kenderaan hingga berkecai.

Soon to be the most beautiful hotel in the world in China

naHOTEL SET WITHIN A BEAUTIFUL WATER-FILLED QUARRY

If you are looking for really something different, this might be it. Atkins has won an international competition to design a five-star resort hotel set within a beautiful 100-meter deep quarry in the Songjiang district close to Shanghai in China . Based on these pictures, the hotel looks almost unreal, but this project is expected to be completed by May, 2009. Its stunning concept designs inspired by the natural water and landscape features of the quarry captured the imagination of judges to quash competition from two other international firms. The quarry will provide protection from the weather, and reduce the energy needs of the hotel. The complex will contain restaurants, cafes, sport facilities, and will even include underwater public areas.

The innovative design of the 400-bed resort hotel stands two levels higher than the rock face of the 100-meter deep quarry and includes underwater public areas and guestrooms.. It will incorporate conference facilities for up to 1,000 people, a banqueting center, restaurants, cafés and sports facilities. Sustainability is integral to the design ranging from using green roofing for the structures above the ground level to geothermal energy extraction. An aquatic theme runs through the design both visually and functionally. Two underwater levels will house a restaurant and guestrooms facing a ten-meter deep aquarium. The lowest level of the hotel will contain a leisure complex with a swimming pool and water-based sports. An extreme sports centre for activities such as rock climbing and bungee jumping will be cantilevered over the quarry and accessed by special lifts from the water level of the hotel.

10 warnings signals of cancer

Click on the image the see it clearly.

BRAIN DAMAGING HABITS

1. No Breakfast
People who do not take breakfast are going to have a lower blood sugar level. This leads to an insufficient supply of nutrients to the brain causing brain degeneration.

2. Overeating
It causes hardening of the brain arteries, leading to a decrease in mental power.

3. Smoking
It causes multiple brain shrinkage and may lead to Alzheimer disease.

4. High Sugar consumption
Too much sugar will interrupt the absorption of proteins and nutrients causing malnutrition and may interfere with brain development.

5. Air Pollution
The brain is the largest oxygen consumer in our body. Inhaling polluted air decreases the supply of oxygen to the brain, bringing about a decrease in brain efficiency.

6. Sleep Deprivation
Sleep allows our brain to rest. Long term deprivation from sleep will accelerate the death of brain cells.

7.Head covered while sleeping
Sleeping with the head covered, increases the concentration of carbon dioxide and decrease concentration of oxygen that may lead to brain damaging effects.

8. Working your brain during illness
Working hard or studying with sickness may lead to a decrease in effectiveness of the brain as well as damage the brain.

9. Lacking in stimulating thoughts
Thinking is the best way to train our brain, lacking in brain stimulation thoughts may cause brain shrinkage.

10. Talking Rarely
Intellectual conversations will promote the efficiency of the brain.
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The main causes of liver damage are:

1. Sleeping too late and waking up too late are main cause.

2. Not urinating in the morning.

3. Too much eating. 4. Skipping breakfast.

5. Consuming too much medication.

6. Consuming too much preservatives, additives, food coloring , and artificial sweetener.

7. Consuming unhealthy cooking oil. As much as possible reduce cooking oil use when frying, which includes even the best cooking oils like olive oil. Do not consume fried foods when you are tired, except if the body is very fit.

8. Consuming raw (overly done) foods also add to the burden of liver. Veggies should be eaten raw or cooked 3-5 parts. Fried veggies should be finished in one sitting, do not store.

We should prevent this without necessarily spending more. We just have to adopt a good daily lifestyle and eating habits. Maintaining good eating habits and time condition are very important for our bodies to absorb and get rid of unnecessary chemicals according to "schedule."

Because :

Evening at 9 - 11 PM : is the time for eliminating unnecessary/toxic chemicals (detoxification) from the antibody system (lymph nodes). This time duration should be spent by relaxing or listening to music. If during this time a housewife is still in an unrelaxed state such as washing the dishes or monitoring children doing their homework, this will have a negative impact on health.

Evening at 11pm - 1 am : is the detoxification process in the liver, and ideally should be done in a deep sleep state.

Early morning 1 - 3 am : detoxification process in the gall, also ideally done in a deep sleep state.

Early morning 3 - 5 am : detoxification in the lungs. Therefore there will sometimes be a severe cough for cough sufferers during this time. Since the detoxification process had reached the respiratory tract, there is no need to take cough medicine so as not to interfere with toxin removal process.

Morning 5 - 7am : detoxification in the colon, you should empty your bowel.

Morning 7 - 9 am : absorption of nutrients in the small intestine, you should be having breakfast at this time. Breakfast should be earlier, before 6:30 am , for those who are sick. Breakfast before 7:30 am is very beneficial to those wanting to stay fit. Those who always skip breakfast, they should change their habits, and it is still better to eat breakfast late until 9 - 10 am rather than no meal at all.

Sleeping so late and waking up too late will disrupt the process of removing unnecessary chemicals. Aside from that, midnight to 4:00 am is the time when the bone marrow produces blood. Therefore, have a good sleep and don't sleep late.

DO TAKE CARE ABOUT YOUR HEALTH.................

Way cleared for Muhyiddin

The Malaysian Insider
KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 - The path will be clear today for Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to become the deputy president of Umno and deputy prime minister of Malaysia - but expect acrimony and ill-feeling to reign in the ruling party.

The outcome for the number two spot in Umno will be guaranteed today after Malacca chief minister Datuk Mohd Ali Rustam opts out from contesting for the number two position in the party or is suspended from Umno.

Sources told The Malaysian Insider that the party's top leadership has given the politician an option: withdraw from the race or face possible sanctions from Umno disciplinary committee.

Ali is among several senior politicians investigated for money politics in the run-up to next month's party elections.

Hugely popular with the grassroots, he was expected to snare enough votes from Umno delegates to win the coveted deputy president's position, beating Muhyiddin and Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib to the finish line.

This prospect unnerved powerful forces within the ruling party who felt that he did not have the stature or the tools (notably a poor command of English) to become the DPM to Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

They also felt that he was too close to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, a politician they blamed for the loss of five states and the two-thirds majority in Parliament in Election 2008.

Over the last few weeks there has been a campaign of agitation by this group of party officials for action to be taken against several individuals not "sanctioned'' by them.

Ali's supporters charge that there are several hidden hands behind the move to take the Malacca CM out of the race, a few of them linked to the Umno disciplinary committee or with some influence on the members of the committee.

They argue that every candidate contesting the party elections has paid "petrol money'' of a few hundred ringgit to delegates but only a clutch have been given show cause letters.

Their grouse: there appears to be selective prosecution by Umno's disciplinary committee, aimed at clearing the way for certain individuals to emerge victorious at the party polls.

They refuse to accept that the committee reached its decision to take action based on conclusive evidence or good faith.

The Malaysian Insider
By Baradan Kuppusamy

KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 – The careers of several top Umno leaders, including that of Malacca Chief Minister Datuk Mohd Ali Rustam, the front runner in the race for the deputy president's post, is hanging in the balance.

The Umno Disciplinary Committee headed by Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen will announce at 4pm today whether Mohd Ali and others including Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo, the former Selangor Mentri Besar and contestant for the Umno Youth president's post, are disqualified for breaching Umno rules.

If they are disqualified, it will not only hand their rivals a walkover, but Umno itself will be gripped in uncertainties and infighting because the felled leaders are not pushovers but enjoy strong support in Umno.

Umno faces a period of internal strife at a time when the country is on edge and negotiating un-chartered territory.

It is also shocking that after several months at the job the disciplinary committee chooses the final week of the Umno elections to clamp down on top leaders accused of buying votes.

Any possible actions against Mohd Ali - a warning, suspension or disqualification - would not only seriously affect his chances against his opponents - Tan Sri Muhammad Muhd Taib and Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin - but derail his meteoric rise in Umno.

It is a career founded on several organisations like the World Assembly of Youth and Gerakan Belia 4B both of which he is president. He is also president of the Dunia Melayu Dunia Islam and chairman of the World Youth Foundation.

His strength in Umno is built not on directly winning influence which would have brought him into conflict with other top Umno leaders but indirectly through the affiliated youth and Islamic organisations whose members were also Umno members.

It is a carefully structured political bandwagon that gave Mohd Ali considerable clout in Umno and put him ahead of even top Umno leaders like Muhyiddin in the race for the deputy president's post.

Nevertheless by vaulting over numerous top Umno leaders and coming within sight of the number two post, Ali has ruffled features and sparked panic in the top echelons of Umno and in the country.

Sections of society seriously question his "suitability and qualification" to be deputy Umno president and with that the job as deputy prime minister.

"There is serious doubt whether he is cut out for it," is a common refrain in the alternative Internet-based media.

Born in 1949, he was a clerk with the then-National Electricity Board before graduating from Universiti Sains Malaysia in 1984 and began his career in Umno as a branch leader in Malacca.

He became chief minister in 1999 and is credited with putting Malacca on the world map.

He combined a hard line pro-Malay nationalist stand with moderate Islam publicly but compensated for it by privately courting non-Malay leaders in the Barisan Nasional.

While publicly he was pro-Malay but privately he was pro-Malaysian.

In recent months however he courted controversy with statements that did not go down well with non-Malays but his popularity among Umno members rose in tandem.

In all his publications, website and pro-Ali blogs - which are numerous - he assiduously cultivated himself as an ally of Prime Minister-designate Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

Visually in images the two always appear together with the image of Najib larger than Mohd Ali's, indicating a master-loyal servant relationship.

And during the putsch last year to oust Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi, Mohd Ali played the role of a "fair minded" person allowing Muhyiddin to take the lead.

By doing that he earned the respect of Abdullah and his faction and is now seen as supported by the out-going Prime Minister in the contest for the number two party job.

Coupled with his association with Najib, backing from Abdullah and his own wide support in Umno, Mohd Ali took a comfortable lead - going by a Universiti Malaya poll among Umno members, in the race for the number two post.

He might have overreached by vaulting over the heads of many others equally determined and ambitious in Umno.All the gains of a lifetime are now at stake for Mohd Ali if the axe falls on him today.

Karpal charged with sedition for saying Sultan can be sued

The Malaysian Insider

By Debra Chong

KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 - DAP chairman Karpal Singh was charged this morning with sedition for saying Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin's removal as Perak mentri besar by Sultan Azlan Shah could be questioned in a court of law.

The veteran lawyer-politician was charged at the Sessions Court here before Judge Mohamad Sekeri Mamat under Section 4(1)(b) of the Sedition Act 1946.

Karpal is further accused of several other seditious statements related to the entire Perak constitutional crisis which began a month ago.

He is accused of committing the crime during a press conference at his law firm here on February 6.

A partial transcript of the press conference, which formed the basis for the charge, was read out in open court.

Among the underlined statements, which are allegedly seditious are:
"With that ruling of the federal court which has stood the test of time for 32 years beyond a pale of a doubt, the Sultan of Perak has contravened Article 16(6) of the Constitutions of the State of Perak," referring to a 1977 Federal Court decision that the King had acted beyond his authority in confirming three detention orders under the Emergency Ordinance.

"Clearly the Sultan of Perak cannot invoke his powers under Article 16(1) which states [His Royal Highness shall appoint an Executive Council] to appoint a Barisan Nasional Executive Council with a new Menteri Besar and a new government. The Government of a Menteri Besar Dato' Haji Nizar bin Jamaluddin still had constitutional supremacy and legitimacy. The actions of the Sultan of Perak are clearly, premature."

Karpal pleaded not guilty.

If found guilty, he can be punished under the same Act with a maximum fine of RM5,000 and a jail term of up to three years for the first offence, and five years for subsequent offences.
This is Karpal's second sedition charge. His first was in 2000, during the trial of sacked deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, where he was charged for seditious statements on arsenic poisoning.

But the prosecution later dropped the charge against him and he walked out a free man.
Chief prosecutor, Datuk Kamaluddin Md Said from the Attorney General's Chambers, requested the case against Karpal be transferred to the High Court and bail to fixed at RM2,000 with one guarantor.

There were no objections from Karpal.

As he told reporters later, he wants the matter to go all the way up to the Federal Court.
He explained that if the matter was heard at the High Court level, it could be taken all the way to the apex court. On the other hand, if the matter remained at the Sessions Court, the highest it could get to was the Court of Appeal.

"I think the highest court in the land should decide on this, once and for all. This affects my dignity as an MP," the federal lawmaker for Bukit Gelugor said.

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Dr M – so simple and frank, he’s misunderstood

The Malaysian Insider
SINGAPORE, March 16 – Love him or hate him, Dr Mahathir Mohamad is a very misunderstood man.

This is his second son’s view of the man who was Malaysia’s prime minister from 1981 to 2003.
Explaining the people’s love or loathig for his father, Datuk Mokhzani Mahathir, 48, said it was due to his frank, and sometimes, sharp comments.

But they were often made in jest and taken the wrong way, he told The New Paper on the sidelines of a road show at Ngee Ann City last Friday to promote the 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix.

The chairman of Sepang International Circuit cited an example of how Dr Mahathir was stingy in his praise for his children.

“He’s an old-school disciplinarian,” Mokhzani said. “He would never praise even his own children directly.”

“So, sometimes when he makes off-the-cuff remarks about me in public, he will joke about it... but people don’t know whether he’s serious or not. I’d know, but everyone takes him so seriously,” said Mokhzani.

He recalled a dinner function after the Umno general assembly elections some eight years ago, where he was seated with his father at the same table.

Said Mokhzani, then an Umno member in a Kedah constituency: “My division chief came up to him and said, ‘You know, we’re trying to bring Mokhzani up in the division, so that one day he will be able to contest for posts’.

“The division chief was trying to show that he is my mentor, but my father turned around and said, ‘Actually, in my family, I’m the only one who’s got brains, so I don’t know why you’re bothering with Mokhzani’.”

“As my father said that, he had a smirk on his face, so I knew he was being sarcastic and witty.

“But the guy who was talking to him didn’t know how to react.

“Here I was thinking, ‘Oh dear, there goes my political career’.”

So when does he know if his father is proud of him? It’s usually indirectly, like the time he found out from a friend that his father was proud of his car race championship.

But Mokhzani insisted that what you see of his father in the public sphere is what you get.
He said: “He’s frank and simple in the way he expresses himself. His simplicity and economic use of the language makes him very misunderstood.”

He admits that growing up as a political son can be “difficult”, as Dr Mahathir was strict about not letting his children enter politics.

Mokhzani, who was Umno Youth treasurer, said his father was not keen on him going further because he “doesn’t want anyone to say that anything I get or whatever I do was because of him”.

It was only in the general elections last year that his younger brother Mukhriz stood and won.
Mokhzani said: “Before that, my father would strike us off the list every time our names came up, even though I was involved in the grassroots support and constituency.

“I was in the constituency since 1986 ... and knew it inside out, but my father said ‘no’.”

Yet, he had no qualms sacrificing his political career to support his father last May.

Sparked by his father’s resignation, Mokhzani also quit in protest against the Abdullah Badawi administration.

Their resignations came a few months after Barisan Nasional (BN) lost its two-thirds ruling majority in the last general election.

Mokhzani had said then that Umno delegates had to be shaken up as the party was in “dire straits”.

His stand has not changed.

Recently, a survey by the Merdeka Centre for Opinion Research found that Malaysians viewed Umno as corrupt and out of touch with the ground. That, he said, has vindicated his protest resignation last year.

He said: “Nobody believes what Umno is doing today is true to its agenda and politics as when it started out.

“It’s not just (money politics) ... the Umno candidates and machineries were completely out of touch with the general public.”

And it was this disillusionment, coupled with support for his brother, that prompted him to leave Umno.

He said: “I spoke to my brother (Mukhriz), he is an MP, won a seat in Jerlun constituency, and as a party man with the backing of Umno and BN, he gets the responsibility to serve his constituency.”

He told his brother that two sons of Dr Mahathir cannot serve political posts at once as there would be backlash.

He said: “I advised him that he should stay ... I told him to be patient, stick to his principles, and he has youth on his side.”

Despite being disillusioned, Mokhzani said he hasn’t given up on Umno.

He looks to incoming Prime Minister Najib Razak as holding the key to reviving the party.
He said: “The delegates in the upcoming Umno general assembly have to realise that it’s not only about Umno, it’s about Umno, BN and the public.

“(Najib) has to be given a clean slate, and the emphasis is on the word ‘clean’,” he said.

He believes that Umno can reform and that Najib has the ability to “shake things up”.

And Mokhzani declared he would return to politics.

So what will be the tipping point?

He said: “That will be when Najib comes up with a plan that people believe in.

“Changing Umno will be difficult but if he can shake things up... and not just say ‘I’m going to do this’, and be vague about how it’s going to be implemented – which was unfortunately what it was in the past – I think the support will come back.

“It’s all about leadership. People say ‘fish rots from the head’.” – The New Paper

English policy reversal in primary schools on the cards

By Leslie Lau
Consultant Editor
The Malaysian Insider

KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 – The government is likely to scrap the policy of using English to teach science and mathematics in primary schools while maintaining it for secondary schools.

Education Ministry sources told The Malaysian Insider today that the compromise in policy will be recommended to the Cabinet for a final decision soon in an effort to resolve a controversy which has been brewing for months.

But the compromise could ignite further controversy.

The decision is not likely to sit well with the significant number of Malaysians who want the policy to continue.

Those who want the policy scrapped completely will also not be fully appeased.
Under the compromise, all national primary schools will revert to teaching science and mathematics in Bahasa Melayu.

For vernacular schools, the instruction of science and mathematics will be either in Mandarin or Tamil.

However, it is unclear how the ministry plans to help pupils adapt to the change in the medium of instruction in secondary schools.

So far, ministry statistics suggest a majority of pupils are choosing to use English to answer examination questions for the two subjects.

There have also been little discernible differences in the results of students which could be attributed to the use of English.

The teaching of science and mathematics in English was introduced in 2003 by the Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad administration.

It was introduced in stages, starting with Year One, Form One and Lower Six that year.
The first cohort to complete six years of primary schooling using English for the two subjects received their UPSR results last year.

This month, the SPM results also showed that instructing in English had also not affected the achievement of students.

Education ministry figures show 89.1% of 178,751 candidates opted to answer the Additional Mathematics Paper 1 fully in English.

For the Chemistry Papers 2 and 3, 71.3% and 76.8% of students respectively sat for their examinations in English.

For the Additional Mathematics Paper 2, the figure was 86.2%, while for Biology Paper 3 it was 81.5% and for Chemistry Paper 3 it stood at 76.8%.

Students can opt to answer Science and Mathematics papers in English or Bahasa Melayu, or in both languages.

Last week, thousands of protesters took to the streets here to protest the policy in a demonstration that turned violent.

Since then government leaders have come out strongly in defence of the policy, with a number of concerned parents also taking up the cause.

Dr Mahathir Mohamad, the man who pushed to teach students mathematics and science in English, also defended the decision, saying education was not about popularising a language but to acquire knowledge in various fields.

He also reserved his bitter criticism against those protesting the use of English, saying national policies should not be dictated by protesters as that would be detrimental to race and nation.
"It will get worse if those who demonstrated are orchestrated by opposition politics," Dr Mahathir wrote, using Bahasa Melayu, in his popular www.chedet.cc weblog.

He pointed out that acquiring knowledge was important for everyone's future no matter the language used.

"Let's not gamble their future because we are nationalists who love our mother tongue. Loving the mother tongue cannot exceed loving one's race. Those who love their race would like it to progress, have knowledge and be respected by the world.

"Only speaking in our own mother tongue won't make us a race that is respected and admired by people," said Dr Mahathir.

Walking the talk in Batang Ai

SIBU, March 15 – Closing any credibilty gap is one challenge that Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) has set its focus on in the battle to win the Batang Ai by-election.

"There is the fear among Batang Ai folks that we will not honour promises we make after we win.
"So we must deliver whatever it is that we have promised. We must convince them. We must walk the talk," PRS president Datuk Sri Dr James Jemut Masing told reporters here last night after a dinner in conjunction with its supreme council meeting.

He said when Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak takes over the helm of the government next month, he will have a new set of rules in doing things.

"I think the new administration at the federal level will certainly walk the talk," he said.
Masing said the lack of infrastructure facilities was one issue for the Barisan Nasional to address in Batang Ai.

However for a start, he said the state government had agreed to give priority to tar-seal the 10km Batang Ai settlement area ring road and two other roads at the cost of RM42 million.
He said there were four road projects in the area under the Ninth Malaysian Plan which had been delayed due to the lack of funds. "Now with funds available under the second economic stimulus package, we can proceed with the projects.

"Of course our opponents will say we do the projects because of the by-election," he said.
On the BN candidate for Batang Ai, Malcolm Mossem Lamoh, 49, of PRS, Masing described him as a gem of a candidate.

"As an engineer, he is well educated, an experienced civil servant and speaks Japanese, Spanish and French. But I fear there is a certain group, collaborating with Parti Keadilan Rakyat, out to deny the people of Batang Ai his service," he said.

Masing said he had been told that the group led by a certain towkay was prepared to sponsor the opposition candidate in the April 7 by-election.

"But whatever they throw at us, I have the gut feeling that we will triumph because the BN will work as a team and the people have always known BN to be able to deliver," he said. – Bernama

State Reform Party (STAR)

Events leading to the formation of STAR

After Dr. Patau Rubis was sacked from the Sarawak Cabinet in October 1995, many of his supporters, associates and friends appealed to him not to retire from politics but to continue with his service to the people. They felt that he was still young (he was then only 47) and able-bodied and thus could contribute many more years of service in the political arena.

The main reason given by Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud for dismissing Dr. Patau was the allegation that Dr. Patau was supporting some Independent candidates against the Barisan National in the 1995 General Election. This was categorically denied by Dr. Patau who explained that the Chief Minister acted like a dictator and could not tolerate a dissenting voice at Cabinet Meetings. He also said that Taibwas worried about the increasing support and strength of the Sarawak National Party (SNAP).

"The Chief Minister preferred a weak partner so that he could exert total control. SNAP wasgetting stronger because of Patau, so Patau must be chopped. Taib’s main political interest is to have weak partners and ‘yes men’ surrounding him. He feels more secure that way."

The thought of joining or forming another political party did not cross Dr. Patau’s mind after he lost the Cabinet job.

It was only after he was suspended indefinitely from SNAP, the party he had served for 13years, that he thought seriously about another vehicle to continue with his political struggle.Urged on by the request, persuasion and encouragement of his many supporters, Dr. Patautold them that if they were willing to form a new political party, he would support them.

Jien anak Nyokek, a SNAP veteran and former police sergeant, then gathered a group of people and started to work on the formation of a new party. He formed a protem-committee for the proposed party and became its protem-chairman.

The State Reform Party (STAR) or Parti Reformasi Negeri, Sarawak was born.

Sarawak State Elections 1996

The new party submitted its application for registration to the Registrar of Societies in Kuala Lumpur in early 1996.

But STAR could not be registered in time for the Sarawak State Elections which was held inSeptember 1996.

Nevertheless, Dr. Patau and several of his associates contested the polls as Independents.Although none of them won, many did reasonably well to retain their deposits. Dr. Patau himself failed to retain Tasik Biru but managed to put up a credible fight against the gigantic resources of the Barisan Nasional machinery. The state BN even had to rope in the then Deputy Premier Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and other Federal Ministers to tackle Dr. Patau in the gold mining town of Bau where he was defending his seat.

State Cabinet members led by Taib descended on Bau one after another to ensure that the‘botak’ medical doctor was defeated. (Dr. Patau had shaved his head bald since 1995 as a sign of his innocence against the charges leveled against him and as a symbol of his committment to the struggle for truth and justice.)

The 1996 State Election set the stage for the emergence of STAR as the "Third Force" inSarawak politics. With the participation of Dr. Patau and his associates in the polls, the people of Sarawak became aware that there are a group of politicians who dared to stand up and oppose the politics of patronage, cronyism and corruption that is so apparent in the Taib administration. The message that there are Sarawakians who do not fear the intimidation for a ‘one-man’ show in the governance of Sarawak was also sent across to the populace. By and large, those who received the message cast their votes for STAR-backed Independents. This was particularly evident in the Kuching Division among the Bidayuh and Chinesevoters.

The Registration of STAR

After a long wait, STAR was finally registered on October 9, 1996 and Dr. Patau officially took over as its first President at the party’s first triennial general assembly on March 9, 1997.

Upon ascending the party’s presidency, Dr. Patau appealed to the people of Sarawak toponder on the four main reasons why a political reform is necessary at this point in Sarawak. The original meaning as Democracy – as espoused by Abraham Lincoln – a Government of the people, by the people and for the people must be practiced.

It is vital, he stressed, for the people to have a full say in the Government of the day to ensure: 1. The sustenance and continued existence of the good things we have today;

2. The establishment of the good things that we do not have today and the removal and riddance of the bad things existing today;

3. The sustenance of the self-respect and esteem of all individuals;

4. The sustenance, enhancement and development of the respect and image of bothSarawak and Malaysia.

Only will all the benefits, self-esteem of individuals and the good image of eachcommunity can we progress further to become the nation we can truly be. We can then build on all the natural resources and the human potentials we possess today efficiently and effectively, Dr. Patau added.

Batang Ai by Election (update)

KUCHING: The Sarawak Barisan Nasional has uninamously agreed to field Malcolm Mussen anak Lamoh (pic) as its candidate in the Batang Ai by-election on April 7.

Lamoh's candidacy will be submitted by State coalition chairman and Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi for approval.

Lamoh, who turns 50 on April 30, is an engineer with the state Agriculture Department since 1984. He is expected to resign from the department next week.

Born in Danau, Engkilili, he graduated from Universiti Putra Malaysia in 1983 and obtained his Master degree in manufacturing systems engineering from University of Warwick, Coventry, UK in 1998.

Lamoh is the sole candidate recommended by Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS),a component of the four-member state coalition.

The by-election was called following the death of four-term assemblyman Datuk Dublin Unding Ingkot, a former PRS vice-president and state Assistant Minister for Agiculture.

PRS president Datuk Dr James Masing said the party had chosen Lamoh from several potential candidates.

"I think he is the best candidate to win the by-election," he told reporters after the state Barisan Nasional supreme council meeting at Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) headquarters at Jalan Bako on Saturday.

Both Taib and Dr Masing, who has been appointed the Barisan director of operations for the by-election, have expressed full confidence that Lamoh would help the Barisan to retain the seat.
The Barisan is expected to face Parti Keadilian Rakyat (PKR) in the by-election.

PKR is likely to field either its state deputy chief Nicholas Bawin or former Lubok Antu MP Jawah Gerang in the contest.

Bawin lost to Ingkot by 806 votes in the 2006 state polls.

Batang Ai has 8,006 registered voters and nearly 95% of them are Ibans. It is one of the state seats in Lubok Antu. The other seat is Engkilili.

Batang Ai by Election

Batang Ai: BN S’wak picks PR's Malcolm Mussen anak Lamoh

By JACK WONG
thestar.com

KUCHING: Barisan Nasional Sarawak has endorsed Malcolm Mussen anak Lamoh of Parti Rakyat Sarawak as its candidate for the Batang Ai by-election on April 7.

However, the candidate is subject to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s approval as the head of the national Barisan party, Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud told reporters after a state Barisan meeting on Saturday.

Batang Ai a test of Anwar’s acceptance in Sarawak

By Baradan Kuppusamy, The Malaysian Insider
Saturday, 14 March 2009 11:37

The April 7 by-election in Batang Ai, Sarawak, is set to be a watershed event in the politics of the state.

One reason is that for the first time Sarawakians, especially the majority Dayak communities who are fractured politically, are all excited about a peninsular-based coalition like the Pakatan Rakyat fighting in their heartland and offering them equal membership in the Malaysian family that they had not known before.

The PKR, unlike the DAP whch is confined to the urban centres and among the Chinese community, is advancing into the Dayak heartland bringing its message of change.

The excitement on the ground is very real and not just going by the huge crowds that de facto PKR leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is drawing on his regular visits to Sarawak.

Anwar has also promised a bigger oil royalty and to rewrite the rules of the political game in Sarawak where the minority Melanaus are in control, if PR wins the state elections due by 2011.

He has also promised to put a Dayak as chief minister, realising a long cherished Dayak dream.

In just a short time Anwar has become a unifying symbol and a rallying point for Dayaks, something they have not had since the days of Datuk Stephen Kalong Ningkan, an Iban of mixed Iban-Chinese parentage.

Ningkan rode on a wave of Dayak nationalism to become Sarawak’s first chief minister (1963 – 66) but was later deposed by Kuala Lumpur which preferred someone more amenable like Penghulu Tawi Sli who was chief minister from 1966 to 1970.

The overthrow of Ningkan started the twin domination of Sarawak politics — by Kuala Lumpur and by Melanaus — that is still deeply resented by other Sarawakians, especially Dayaks.

It is this longstanding twin domination that Anwar has promised to defeat and put in place a fair and equal relationship that has got the Dayaks excited.

Ningkan, who was president of SNAP (Sarawak National Party), faded from the scene after he was deposed.

Subsequently the mantle of Dayak nationalism and leadership moved to a SNAP splinter, the Parti Bangsa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS), which had mixed results under its president Tan Sri Leo Moggie.

Moggie's appointment as a senior federal minister between 1976 and 2004 took the sting out of PBDS claims to represent Dayak nationalism and their independence from Kuala Lumpur.

For a while his successor Datuk Daniel Tajem sought to play the Ningkan role but PBDS subsequently splintered further.

He left the political arena to become ambassador to New Zealand in 2000 and was thereafter politically sidelined.

A plethora of Dayak leaders in the political parties in Sarawak BN are trying to fill the political vacuum.

They claim to speak for the Dayaks but their standing is severely eroded because of their near total subservience to Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Taib Mahmud.

It is in this context of long-standing Dayak grievances of poverty, socio-economic and political marginalisation and loss of their land and traditional culture that Anwar enters the stage.

He is offering them equality, a promising future and a central political role befitting their status as a majority community, one that they had long dreamt but never achieved.

This is why Dayaks are willng to accept Anwar as their own in the same way they had taken to Ningkang and are rallying to his banner in huge, unprecedented numbers.

The Batang Ai by-election is where that Dayak acceptance or rejection of Anwar will be tested and that is why this by-election is unique and a watershed event in Sarawak politics.

Dayaks, long fractured and used to switching loyalties, have found a new leader to rally around.
Reacting to this phenomenon, Sarawak BN leaders are already attacking Anwar as a "Orang Malaya" who should not be allowed to gain a foothold in Sarawak.

They say Anwar is to be blamed for the "political chaos" in Peninsular Malaysia today and should be rejected by Batang Ai voters because if he is accepted Sarawak would end up in similar chaos.

The 8,000-strong constituency located four hours by road from Kuching, near the Kalimantan border, is 95 per cent Iban, giving this indigenous community a unique chance to herald a new political construct not available to Sarawakians before — equal partnership in the Malaysian family.

A defeat for BN, notwithstanding its advantages of incumbency, unassailable machinery and a deep war chest, would give notice that a March 8-type tsunami is gathering momentum ahead of state elections.

If PR wins then the alliance can claim a foothold in East Malaysia.

But nevertheless PR faces an acid test — the constituency is remote and people live at great distances from each other in longhouses and communication is poor.

The PKR’s Internet-savvy campaign methods have little relevance in such a remote and sparsely populated region.

The State BN, which can command any number of boats, helicopters and 4-wheel-drive vehicles, has the advantage.

Nevertheless past election results in Batang Ai show that despite the advantage the BN has won by unconvincing majorities, indicating that no matter what the State BN says and what resources it fields, there is a strong band of hardcore opposition supporters in the constituency.

While Pakatan faces an acid test, it is not a walk in the park for the BN either.

PENGAJARAN DAN PEMBELAJARAN SAINS DAN MATEMATIK DALAM BAHASA INGGERIS (PPSMI)

By Tun Dr Mahathir
chedet.cc

1. Saya berasa amat sedih apabila membaca laporan berkenaan demonstrasi yang dipimpin oleh tokoh sastera Melayu menentang pengajaran Sains dan matematik dalam bahasa Inggeris.

2. Kononnya ini akan menidakkan kebolehan bahasa Melayu sebagai bahasa pengantar dalam ilmu ini. Konon ia akan mengurangkan perkembangan bahasa Melayu sebagai bahasa kebangsaan.

3. Kita harus ingat bahawa pelajaran bukan semata-mata untuk memaju atau mengembangkan bahasa. Pelajaran adalah untuk penguasaan ilmu, pelbagai jenis ilmu.

4. Yang boleh meningkatkan taraf dan kemajuan bahasa ialah matapelajaran bahasa itu sendiri dan diperingkat yang lebih tinggi mata pelajaran sastera.

5. Sains dan Matematik tidak mungkin menolong kemajuan bahasa, khususnya bahasa melayu.

6. Ini disebabkan bahasa sains dan matematik bukan daripada bahasa Melayu. Sebahagian besar daripada perkataan-perkataan dalam mata pelajaran ini adalah dalam bahasa Latin yang di-Inggeriskan.

7. Memang benar kita boleh Melayu-kan perkataan-perkataan ini, seperti juga kita Melayu-kan perkataan daripada lain-lain bahasa.

8. Memang boleh tetapi perkataan-prkataan Sains bukan satu dua tapi beratus-ratus. Dan perkataan ini menjadi asas kepada perkataan yang mempunyai makna yang amat berlainan.

9. Umpamanya perkataan Oxygen (Oksigen) - satu jenis gas. Derivative (cabang) daripada perkataan ini adalah seperti berikut;

• Oxygenation
• Oxidation
• Oxide
• Oxidants
• Deoxydation
• Oxidise
• Oxidification
• Dioxide
• Monoxide
• Peroxide

10. Ini hanya bagi satu elemen daripada sebanyak 120 (118) elemen.

11. Tiap satu mempunyai banyak derivative. Tetapi ada perkataan-perkataan lain yang hanya untuk ilmu sains. Jika semuanya nak di-Melayukan, bahasa Melayu akan bertukar menjadi bahasa Inggeris, ejaan lain bunyi semacam. Sebenarnya ia bukan bahasa Melayu lagi.

12. Ilmu sains dan matematik bukan ilmu yang statik. Ilimu-ilmu ini berkembang sepanjang masa. Tiap hari ada hasil kaji selidik, penerokaan, ciptaan dan perluasan yang diperkenal melalui ratusan kertas-kertas yang ditulis.

13. Hampir semua ditulis dalam bahasa Inggeris. Untuk menterjemah tulisan ini kita perlu orang yang fasih dalam bahasa Melayu dan bahasa Inggeris dan faham ilmu yang hendak diterjemah.

14. Kita ada beberapa kerat sahaja orang yang berkebolehan seperti ini. Itupun dalam dua tiga bidang sahaja. Orang yang layak seperti ini tidak berminat menjadi penterjemah seumur hidup. Apabila sains dan matematik diajar dalam bahasa Melayu, orang seperti ini tidak akan ada lagi. Bagaimanakah kita hendak ikuti perkembangan ilmu sains.

15. Sebaliknya kertas ilmiah akan terus dikeluarkan beratus-ratus lagi, semuanya dalam bahasa Inggeris atau bahasa-bahasa lain. Maka tanpa kebolehan menterjemah semua ilmu baru ini akan tertinggallah orang Melayu dalam bidang ilmu yang amat oenting di zaman ini.

16. Kalau kita masih tidak dapat menerima kenyataan di atas, kaji sahaja jumlah Phd dalam bidang sains yang hanya belajar sains dalam bahasa Melayu dan tidak faham bahasa Inggeris. Berapa ramaikah dari pakar dalam bidang perubatan yang hanya belajar dalam bahasa Melayu, tanpa buku dalam bahasa Inggeris sebagai buku teks.

17. Apakah penuntut luar bandar tidak dapat menguasai bahasa Inggeris?

18. Sekali lagi perhitungan perlu dibuat berkenaan jumlah mereka yang dari kampung yang memegang jawatan tinggi dalam Kerajaan dan swasta kerana lulus dalam bahasa Inggeris dan mampu berhujah dalam bahasa berkenaan. Yang menentang PPSMI pun dari kampung juga tetapi dapat kelulusan bahasa Inggeris. Bahkan mereka sering berbahasa Inggeris.

19. Duta dan diplomat kita, berapa ramaikah yang hanya boleh bertutur kata dalam bahasa Melayu yang memegang jawatan penting dalam Kementerian Luar?

20. Pakar sains dan perubatan dan juga pegawai tinggi Kerajaan sering dikehendaki mengambil bahagian dalam persidangan antarabangsa. Apakah mereka dapat berhujah dan mengambil bahagian secara berkesan dengan menggun hanya bahasa Melayu?

21. Saya bukan hendak memandang rendah bahasa bangsa saya sendiri. Tetapi saya perlu terima hakikat yang sebenar.

22. Bahasa sesuatu bangsa akan dipelajari oleh orang asing jika bangsa itu amat maju dan terkenal dengan ilmu yang dimiliki dan diterokai olehnya. Demikian sebelum abad ke-15 Masihi orang Eropah terpaksa belajar bahasa Arab kerana tamadun Islam pada masa itu gah dan amat dinormati. Tetapi selepas orang Islam ketepikan sains, ilmu perubatan dan hisab, orang Eropah tidak lago mempelajari bahasa Arab. Sebaliknya orang Arab dan Islam terpaksa belajar bahasa Eropah.

23. Jika kita ingin bahasa Melayu digunakan dengan meluas kita perlu majukan diri kita dalam semua bidang terutama bidang ilmu dahulu. Sebelum daripada itu minat untuk belajar bahasa Melayuu akan terhad kepada sekumpulan kecil sahaja.

24. Kita belajar sains dan matematik untuk memajukan bangsa kita supaya satu hari mungkin kita akan terkenal berkenaan dengan penerokaan dan kajiselidik oleh kita dan orang lain akan belajar bahasa kita untuk mendapat ilmu yang diteroka oleh kita.

25. Penguasaan ilmu amat penting bagi masa depan seseorang. Janganlah kita perjudikan masa depan anak orang kerana kononnya kita seorang nasionalis yang begitu sayang kepada bahasa kita. Sayang bahasa tidak boleh melebihi sayang bangsa. Mereka yang sayang bangsa mereka ingin lihat bangsa mereka maju, berilmu dan dihormati dunia. Hanya kerana boleh bertuturkata dalam bahasa sendiri tidak akan menjadikan bangsa kita dihormati dan disegani orang.

26. Akan rosaklah bangsa dan negara jika dasar negara ditentukan oleh orang yang berdemonstrasi. Lebih rosak lagi jika yang berdemonstrasi didalangi oleh politik pembangkang.

Lessons from Jews - EDUCATION for IBAN

By Dr Farrukh Saleem

Why are Jews so powerful?

There are only 14 million Jews in the world; seven million in the Americas, five million in Asia, two million in Europe and 100,000 in Africa. For every single Jew in the world there are 100 Muslims. Yet, Jews are more than a hundred times more powerful than all the Muslims put together. Ever wondered why?

Jesus of Nazareth was Jewish. Albert Einstein, the most influential scientist of all time and TIME magazine’s ‘Person of the Century’, was a Jew. Sigmund Freud — id, ego, and superego — the father of psychoanalysis was a Jew. So were Karl Marx, Paul Samuelson and Milton Friedman.

Noble Prize winner

Here are a few other Jews whose intellectual output has enriched the whole humanity:


Benjamin Rubin gave humanity the vaccinating needle.

Jonas Salk developed the first polio vaccine.

Alert Sab in developed the improved live polio vaccine.

Gertrude Elion gave us a leukaemia fighting drug.

Baruch Blumberg developed the vaccination for Hepatitis B.

Paul Ehrlich discovered a treatment for syphilis (a sexually transmitted disease).

Elie Metchnikoff won a Nobel Prize in infectious diseases.

Bernard Katz won a Nobel Prize in neuromuscular transmission.

Andrew Schally won a Nobel in endocrinology (disorders of the endocrine system; diabetes, hyperthyroidism)…

Aaron Beck founded Cognitive Therapy (psychotherapy to treat mental disorders, depression and phobias).

Gregory Pincus developed the first oral contraceptive pill.

George Wald won a Nobel for furthering our understanding of the human eye.

Stanley Cohen won a Nobel in embryology (study of embryos and their development).

Willem Kolff came up with the kidney dialysis machine.

Over the past 105 years, 14 million Jews have won 15-dozen Nobel Prizes while only three Nobel Prizes have been won by 1.4 billion Muslims (other than Peace Prizes)..

Stanley Mezor invented the first micro-processing chip.

Leo Szilard developed the first nuclear chain reactor.

Peter Schultz, optical fibre cable;

Charles Adler, traffic lights;

Benno Strauss, Stainless steel;

Isador Kisee, sound movies;

Emile Berliner, telephone microphone and

Charles Ginsburg, videotape recorder.

Famous financiers

Famous financiers in the business world who belong to Jewish faith include:
Ralph Lauren (Polo),

Levis Strauss (Levi’s Jeans),

Howard Schultz (Starbuck’s),

Sergey Brin (Google),

Michael Dell (Dell Computers),

Larry Ellison (Oracle),
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Donna Karan (DKNY),

Irv Robbins (Baskin & Robbins) and

Bill Rosenberg (Dunkin Donuts).

Presidents

Richard Levin, President of Yale University, is a Jew. So are:

Henry Kissinger (American secretary of state),

Alan Greenspan (fed chairman under Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Bush),

Joseph Lieberman,

Madeleine Albright (American secretary of state),

Maxim Litvinov (USSR foreign Minister),

David Marshal (Singapore’s first chief minister),

Isaac Isaacs (governor-general of Australia),

Benjamin Disraeli (British statesman and author),

Yevgeny Primakov (Russian PM),

Jorge Sampaio (president of Portugal),

Herb Gray (Canadian deputy PM),

Pierre Mendes (French PM),

Michael Howard (British home secretary),

Bruno Kreisky (chancellor of Austria) and

Robert Rubin (former American secretary of treasury).

Media

In the media, famous Jews include:
Wolf Blitzer (CNN),

Barbara Walters (ABC News),

Eugene Meyer (Washington Post),

Henry Grunwald (editor-in-chief Time),

Katherine Graham (publisher of The Washington Post),

Joseph Lelyyeld (Executive editor, The New York Times), and

Max Frankel (New York Times).

Philanthropist

Can you name the most beneficent philanthropist in the history of the world? The name is George Soros, a Jew, who has so far donated a colossal $4 billion most of which has gone as aid to scientists and universities around the world. Second to George Soros is Walter Annenberg, another Jew, who has built a hundred libraries by donating an estimated $2 billion.


Olympics
At the Olympics:

Mark Spitz set a record of sorts by winning seven gold medals.

Lenny Krayzelburg is a three- time Olympic gold medallist.

Spitz, Krayzelburg and Boris Becker are all Jewish.


Other famous personalities

Did you know that Harrison Ford, George Burns, Tony Curtis, Charles Bronson, Sandra Bullock, Billy Crystal, Woody Allen, Paul Newman, Peter Sellers, Dustin Hoffman, Michael Douglas, Ben Kingsley, Kirk Douglas, William Shatner, Jerry Lewis and Peter Falk are all Jewish?


Hollywood

As a matter of fact, Hollywood itself was founded by a Jew. Among directors and producers:

Steven Spielberg, Mel Brooks, Oliver Stone, Aaron Spelling (Beverly Hills 90210),

Neil Simon (The Odd Couple),

Andrew Vaina (Rambo 1/2/3),

Michael Man (Starsky and Hutch),

Milos Forman (One flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest),

Douglas Fairbanks (The thief of Baghdad) and

Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters) are all Jewish.

Influence

To be certain, Washington is the capital that matters and in Washington the lobby that matters is The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC. Washington knows that if PM Ehud Olmert were to discover that the earth is flat, AIPAC will make the 109th Congress pass a resolution congratulating Olmert on his discovery.

William James Sidis, with an IQ of 250-300, is the brightest human who ever existed. Guess what faith did he belong to?

So, why are Jews so powerful?
Answer: Education.

Conclusion

Lessons learned from the Jews:

We must know how to apply knowledge

We must produce knowledge

We must diffuse knowledge

Six charged for insulting sultan, one fined RM10,000

Source: Malaysiakini
Mar 13, 09 12:41pm

The Attorney General today preferred charges against six men in a nationwide swoop against those who had allegedly insulted the Sultan of Perak in the Internet over the ruler's role in the ongoing political crisis in the state.

Simultaneous charges were tabled in Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya, Kota Kinabalu and Butterworth this morning.


They were all charged under Section 233 of the Multimedia and Communications Act 1998 for "unwise use of network or network services for making comments, demands, suggestions or communication which are vulgar, false, threatening or disturbing".


This is the first time anyone had been charged under this Act, which granted a maximum fine of RM50,000 or a maximum jail term of one year, or both for those found guilty.


In Kuala Lumpur, a lab assistant pleaded guilty at the magistrate's court of insulting Sultan Azlan Shah in the Perak sultan's website and was fined RM10,000.At press time Azrin Mohd Zain, 33, had not paid the fine. Failure to pay the fine would result in him being jailed for five months. He was not represented by any lawyer.


Also in the magistrate's court in Kuala Lumpur was Muslim Ahmad, charged for the same offence under the same Act.Muslim however claimed trial and has been released on a RM3,000 bail. His case will be mentioned April 8.Hearing dates fixed


And in Petaling Jaya, 36-year-old land surveyor Nor Hisham Osman was charged under the same Act for similarly insulting the sultan on Internet on Feb 11.Nor Hisham claimed trial and has been released in a RM4,000 bail. His case will be mentioned on April 14.


Similarly, a handphone dealer in Kota Kinabalu was also charged this morning under the Act for insulting the sultan.Rutinin Suhaimin, 35, from Kundasang, Ranau claimed trial to the offence and his case will be heard on May 25 and 26 before magistrate Ummu Kalthom Abdul Samad.Rutinin has also been released on bail.


In Butterworth, Chan Hon Keong and Khoo Hui Shuang were charged under the Act at the Sessions Court for posting offensive remarks against the sultan.The alleged insults were related to the present political crisis in Perak, which saw the Pakatan Rakyat-led government being ousted by Barisan Nasional following the defection of three assemblypersons.


The crisis culminated in Sultan Azlan Shah asking the ousted Pakatan Menteri Besar Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin to step down.

this is really lively...

There was a very gracious lady who was mailing an old family Bible to her brother in another part of the country. 'Is there anything breakable in here?' asked the postal clerk.

'Only the Ten Commandments.' Answered the lady.

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Somebody has said there are only two kinds of people in the world.There are those who wake up in the morning and say, 'Good morning, Lord,' and there are those who wake up in the morning and say, 'Good Lord, it's morning.'
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A minister parked his car in a no-parking zone in a large city because he was short of time and couldn't find a space with a meter. Then he put a note under the windshield wiper that read: 'I have circled the block 10 times. If I don't park here, I'll miss my appointment. Forgive us our trespasses.'

When he returned, he found a citation from a police officer along with this note 'I've circled this block for 10 years. If I don't give you a ticket I'll lose my job. 'Lead us not into temptation.'
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There is the story of a pastor who got up one Sunday and announced to his congregation: 'I have good news and bad news. The good news is, we have enough money to pay for our new building program. The bad news is, it's still out there in your pockets.'

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A Sunday School teacher began her lesson with a question, 'Boys and girls, what do we know about God?' A hand shot up in the air. 'He is an artist!' said the kindergarten boy. 'Really? How do you know?' the teacher asked. 'You know -Our Father, who does art in Heaven... '

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A minister waited in line to have his car filled with gas just before a long holiday weekend. The attendant worked quickly, but there were many cars ahead of him.

Finally, the attendant motioned him toward a vacant pump. 'Reverend,' said the young man, 'I'm so sorry about the delay. It seems as if everyone waits until the last minute to get ready for a long trip.'

The minister chuckled, 'I know what you mean. It's the same in my business.'

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A father was approached by his small son who told him proudly, 'I know what the Bible means!' His father smiled and replied, 'What do you mean, you 'know' what the Bible means?' The son replied, 'I do know!'. 'Okay,' said his father. 'What does the Bible mean?' 'That's easy, Daddy.' The young boy replied excitedly, 'It stands for 'Basic Information Before Leaving Earth.'' ========

Sunday after church, a Mom asked her very young daughter what the lesson was about. The daughter answered, 'Don't be scared, you'll get your quilt.'

Needless to say, the Mom was perplexed. Later in the day, the Pastor stopped by for tea and the Mom asked him what that morning's Sunday school lesson was about. He said 'Be not afraid, thy comforter is coming.'
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Give me a sense of humor, Lord,Give me the grace to see a joke,To get some humor out of life,And pass it on to other folk! Amen. ************************************************************

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NO HOLDS BARRED

by Raja Petra Kamarudin
http://www.malaysiatoday.net/

Herald editor says ban on ‘Allah’ lifted with conditions


A church official says the government has lifted a ban on the use of the word "Allah" by Christian publications.

Rev. Lawrence Andrew, the editor of the Catholic Church's Herald newspaper, said today the Home Ministry is allowing the publications use "Allah" to refer to God as long as they state that the material is only meant for Christians.

The controversy first broke out in late 2007 when the government banned the use of "Allah" in Christian Malay-language texts because it allegedly might confuse Muslims.

The Herald has challenged the ban in court and argued the Arabic word is a common reference for God that predates Islam and has been used for centuries as a translation in Malay. — AP, 26 Feb 2009

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The High Court has set May 28 for hearing in the suit taken by the Catholic Church against the home minister and the federal government in which the church does not want any parties to intervene in its case over the use of the word "Allah".

Justice Lau Bee Lan, of the Appellate and Special Powers Division, also set July 7 to hear the arguments by several state Islamic councils to transfer the case to the Federal Court. — The Malaysian Insider, 27 Feb 2009

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On 16 February 2009, the Home Minister, Syed Hamid Albar, signed a gazette known as Gazette PU A 62 under section 22 (1)(c) of the Internal Security Act 1969 -- titled Internal Security (Prohibition On Use of Specific Words on Document and Publication) Order 2009.


The gazette states as follows: Prohibition on use of specific words on document and publication 2. (1) The printing, publication, sale, issue, circulation and possession of any document and publication relating to Christianity containing the words "Allah", "Kaabah", "Baitullah" and "Solat" are prohibited unless on the front cover of the document and publication are written with the words "For Christianity".


(2) The words "For Christianity" referred to in subparagraph (1) shall be written clearly in font type Arial of size 16 in bold.


A spokesman from the publication and Quranic text division of the Ministry said he was unaware of the gazette and would check with its legal division. A Christian church leader said this matter should first be discussed before made into law, as the churches are not even aware of this new ruling.


He expressed surprise that this new gazette has prematurely come into force when there are two cases before the courts to argue the constitutionality of the earlier prohibition by the ministry. The Catholic Church is suing the government over its insistence that they cannot use the Allah word in the Bahasa Malaysia section of their weekly publication.


The Sidang Injil Borneo Sabah (Evangelical Church) is also suing the government over confiscation of their Christian publications imported from Indonesia, which contain the word Allah.


Previously, the Home Ministry, in an out of court negotiation, had suggested that churches stamp the word "For Christians Only" on the Al Kitab and their Bahasa Malaysia publications. But this was not acceptable to the churches, which had counter-offered with the phrase "This is a Christian Publication." The Ministry, however, rejected this counter-proposal.


PKR’s Member of Parliament for Bandar Baharu Kulim, Zulkifli Nordin, is also up in arms about the matter. And this is his response to the matter:


"Have they referred to the related decree? The ministry should not compromise on this matter. We should look at the social context where the word is used by the Malay Muslims in the country, what is the reason behind their insistence on using ‘Allah’. I am worried that the word ‘Allah’ was used with the aim to confuse the Muslims. Does God’s name follow the race or language? I have no problem with the use of the Malay language, but by using the word ‘Allah’ to refer to God, it made the Muslims unhappy, I have met a lot of them who told me this."


Were you aware that it is a crime for non-Muslims to greet Muslims with the phrase ‘Assalamu Alaikum’? It is also a crime for non-Muslims to use words such as insha-Allah, masha-Allah, Alhamdulillah, and so on. There are about half a dozen ‘banned’ words that non-Muslims may not use in their daily communication, basically all words that contain the word ‘Allah’.


About twenty or so years ago, the MCA chief for Kuala Terengganu, Wong, would speak to his Malay friends as if he was a Muslim. If you had your back to him when he spoke you would have thought that a Malay was speaking. Imagine your surprise when you turn around to find a Chinaman speaking better than even Malays could.


Wong was very free with words like insha-Allah, Alhamdulillah, masha-Allah, etc. And the Terengganu Malays loved him for that. When he contested the Kuala Terengganu state seat in the 1990 general election, he lost to the PAS candidate, Ustaz Haji Harun Jusoh. Wong won all the Malay votes at Losong and Pulau Kambing. However, he lost the Chinese votes from Kampong Cina who voted for Ustaz Harun.


Malays like to call Chinese Muslims mualap (mualaf). When I went to China more than 15 years ago I visited the oldest mosque in China. It was at Kwangchow (Canton) and was built 100 years after Prophet Muhammad’s time. That’s right, the Chinese were Muslims 700 or 800 years before the Malays and when the Malays were still Hindus, Buddhists, tree worshippers, and so on. But only the Malays are true Muslims while the Chinese are mualaps.


I met the Imam of the Kwangchow mosque and he spoke to me in Arabic. I replied, "Mafi kalam Arabi." He was surprised because I just did my prayers in the mosque, which he assumed I would have performed in Arabic.


"You don’t speak Arabic?"

"No," I replied.

"You can read the Quran?"

"Yes," I replied.

"You can read the Quran but you can’t speak Arabic? How do you do that?"

"I recite only, not read."

"So you can’t understand what you recite?"

"No," I replied.

"What kind of Muslim are you? You recite the Quran but can’t understand what you are reciting."

"Well, I am the same as 99% other Muslims in Malaysia. We all don’t speak Arabic and can’t understand what we are reciting."

The Imam shook his head and went off to pray for God to have mercy on me -- and the 99% other Malay Muslims in Malaysia.

What’s all this brouhaha about the word Allah in the Malay language translation of the Bible? First, take a look at this:


[Genesis 1:1 - English Bible - King James Version]
"In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth . . . "

[Genesis 1:1 - Arabic transliteration]
"Fee al-badi' khalaqa Allahu as-Samaawaat wa al-Ard . . . "

[Genesis 1:1 - Arabic Bible]

[John 3:16 - English Bible - King James Version]
"For God so loved the world, that . . . "

[John 3:16 - Arabic transliteration]"
Li-annhu haakadha ahabba Allahu al-'Aalama hataa badhala . . . "

[John 3:16 - Arabic Bible]

[Luke 1:30 - English Bible - King James Version]
" . . . Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God."

[Luke 1:30 - Arabic transliteration]
" . . . Laa takhaafee, yaa Maryam, li-annaki qad wajadti ni'amat(an) i'nda Allahi."

[Luke 1:30 - Arabic Bible]

[Luke 3:38 - English Bible - New King James Version]
"the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God."

[Luke 3:38 - Arabic transliteration]
"bini Anoosha, bini Sheeti, bini Aaadama, abni Allahi."

[Luke 3:38 - Arabic Bible]


The word Allah is already in the Bible. It is exactly the same word that the Jews, in Hebrew, use for God (eloh), the word that Jesus Christ used in Aramaic when he prayed to God. In Hebrew, Huwa el Elah or HUWA 'L LAH means HE IS ALLAH in the verse QUL HUWAL LAH HU AHAD.


"My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" said Jesus on the cross. In Aramaic this is: "Eli, Eli, l'mana Sabachtani?"


The words El, Elah and Elohim are not three distinctly different words. They all represent the single Arabic word, Allah, which is also the same in Hebrew.


No, Islam does not have monopoly over the use of the word Allah. The Christians and Jews too use this same word. In fact, the biggest ‘selling point’ for Islam is that the Quran recognises all the Prophets of the Jews and Christians and that we all pray to the same ONE God, Allah. If the God of the Jews, Christians and Muslims is the same one God, would not then the name of this God also be the same? How can the name of the Muslim God be different from that of the Jews and Christians if we all pray to the same one God?


Some Malays, PKR and PAS Malays included, are very narrow-minded and ignorant. And this is because they recite the Quran like parrots without understanding what they are reciting -- mainly because they do not speak the language of the Quran. And, for sure, they do not read any of the Holy Books of the other religions because they are of the opinion that it is forbidden (haram) to do so. It is said that even Prophet Muhammad sought advice from his wife’s, Khatijah’s cousin, Warakah, a learned Christian scholar of his time, though some scholars refute this (but they do admit that Warakah was a Christian who attended Prophet Muhammad’s and Khatijah’s wedding).


And Prophet Muhammad never prohibited the Jews and Christians from using the word Allah. But then Malays think they are better Muslims and more learned than the Arabs even though Malays recite the Quran without understanding what they are reciting -- unlike the Chinese Muslims in China. And what are 16 million Malay Muslims compared to the more than 100 million in China, the mualaps, as the Malays would call them, who have been Muslims since 1,300 years ago when Malays were still praying to trees and whatnot.