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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lorne who wrote (16079)	6/4/2002 1:47:40 PM
From: Richnorth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27666

Perhaps you made a punctuation fault? But from the way you presented the info, it seemed you attributed the second paragraph to me. Not correct and not nice! To begin with, the article is very biased. No one will be able to know the facts as they are unless they have lived in Malaysia. I know as I was an expatriate officer there 25 years ago when Dr. Mahathir first came into power. The evil stuff atrributed to Dr. Mahathir came from his deposed deputy Anwar Ibrahim who was thrown out because he was gay and he was guilty of sodomy. Since then Anwar Ibrahim and his supporters have been mounting a smear campaign against Dr. Mahathir, throwing all sorts of shit at him in the hope some of it will stick. At one time Dr. Mahathir was critical of the U.S. So, it is not surprising a smear campaign was started against him. But ever since he came out to help the U.S. in a big way against terrorism, the U.S. is now well pleased with him. By the way, did you know that Anwar Ibrahim has since reconciled himself with Dr. Mahathir, and the dirty campaign has stopped? Zolatimes is now behind times and is out to lunch! Next time, before you post any info of a sensational nature, be sure you know the facts. Otherwise you are making a fool of yourself. I am not sure whether Dr. Mahathir favoured amputation of limbs. So far as I know, it has not been implemented in Malaysia. In any case, as a skilfull politician, Dr. Mahathir has to appear he might be in favour of the opposition's recommendation without really intending to see it become Islamic law in his country. Frankly, I believe it was smear tactic to blacken his reputation. Did you know he is the Moslem leader who has given his countrymen Malays (all Moslems) a thorough shellacking for being freeloaders, being lazy and generally apathetic. By the way, he was also the Asian Prime Minister who in 1997 challenged and succeeded in ending the disgraceful and callous destruction of S.E. Asian currencies by Soros and his boys. Consider yourself lucky in posting to me and getting things straightened out!

To: lorne who wrote (16079)	6/14/2002 8:20:24 AM
From: Richnorth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27666

Here is an eye-opener for those who think that all Moslems are extremists or that the only good Moslem is a dead Moslem:- Plans for Syariah (Shariah) law challenged in KL (Kuala Lumpur) court KUALA LUMPUR -- Attempts by two opposition-ruled Malaysian states to impose strict Islamic criminal law, including amputation of limbs for theft, were challenged in court here on Friday. The case was brought before the Federal Court by a member of the Muslim Lawyers Association of Malaysia, Mr Mohd Zaid Ibrahim, who charged that the moves to impose Syariah law were unconstitutional, the official Bernama news agency reported. The two states in question, north-eastern Kelantan and Terengganu, are ruled by Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) which wants to create a theocratic Islamic state in Malaysia. Mr Mohd Zaid argued that in terms of the constitution the powers to pass criminal laws were vested in the federal parliament and government. 'I feel that the fundamental liberties I personally enjoy as a Malaysian under the federal constitution and as a resident of the state of Kelantan are being threatened by the proposed legislations,' he said. Kelantan has been in PAS hands since 1990 and the party tried to introduce Syariah criminal law three years later, but the federal government refused to sanction its use. The same sort of stand-off is now shaping up in Terengganu, won by the PAS in 1999 elections, where the authorities plan to introduce the law next month. 'I see that the actions by the Kelantan state government in 1993, and the Terengganu government now, challenged the integrity of the constitution and the law,' the lawyer told reporters after filing his case. The move by Terengganu has already come under fire from women's groups who say strict Islamic laws discriminate against women. Ms Zainah Anwar, executive director of Sisters In Islam, pointed to a proposed law which stipulates that a rape victim who fails to produce proof of the crime would instead be found guilty of adultery. The victim is required to produce four Muslim men of good character as witnesses to the rape, failing which she could face a punishment of 80 strokes of the whip. Muslims make up 60 per cent of Malaysia's 23 million population and the introduction of Syariah law is also opposed by members of the large ethnic Chinese and Indian minorities. At present, Syariah law covers civil matters such as divorce for Malaysian Muslims, but is not part of the criminal code. -- AFP ====================== Taken from June 14th edition of Straits Times, Singapore. straitstimes.asia1.com.sg