Serious Jiuhu Kids Will Be Forced To Learn Jawi Arabic Calligraphy As Part Of Islamization Program! DAP No Balls To Oppose Publicly!

[JohnTan]

KUALA LUMPUR: The Democratic Action Party (DAP) said on Tuesday (Aug 6) that it has reached a “united position” regarding the controversy surrounding the teaching of khat calligraphy in vernacular schools.

DAP unity has been under the spotlight after some members of the Pakatan Harapan component party publicly opposed the decision by Putrajaya, with over 100 party branches and parliamentary liaison committees endorsing a statement against the policy.

Mr Anthony Loke, the organising secretary of the Chinese-majority party said on Tuesday that DAP’s stand will be conveyed to the Cabinet soon.

Mr Loke, who is also the Transport Minister, said DAP party members discussed the matter at a meeting on Monday. "That has always been our approach. Whenever we are faced with an issue, we will discuss among ourselves," he said.

"We come to a conclusion, a united position and then from that, we will send feedback to the Cabinet," he told reporters, without elaborating.

Last week, the Education Ministry said that khat calligraphy - a form of jawi calligraphy with Malay and Arabic elements - will be taught to Year Four students in Chinese and Tamil vernacular schools as part of the Malay language syllabus beginning next year.

The decision caused an uproar among the local Chinese community, which is known to be protective of its mother tongue education.

Twelve associations, led by prominent Chinese educationist groups United Chinese School Teachers’ Association and United Chinese School Committees’ Association, have said they disagree with the measure as it would not help students improve their Malay language skills.

Senior DAP leaders, including Deputy Education Minister Teo Nie Ching and Deputy Defence Minister Liew Chin Tong, have defended the policy but many grassroots leaders hold a contrary view.

Following Monday’s meeting, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng stressed that the party was still united.

THOSE AGAINST KHAT CALLIGRAPHY ARE DESCENDANTS OF COLONIAL MASTERS: PAS

In a Facebook post on Monday, Parti Islam Se-Malaysia’s (PAS) President Hadi Awang hailed efforts to revive jawi script as noble and pure.

He said those opposing the jawi script were clearly "descendants or representatives" of colonial masters.

"One must realise that the coloniser carried out an agenda to eliminate jawi script as part of its colonial agenda, and its enmity towards Islam and its followers," he said.

Mr Hadi also claimed that the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew, as well as former DAP leader Tan Seng Giaw were able to read and write in jawi.

This proved that jawi script has a place in politics, economy and society, he argued.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has hit out again at the Chinese schools association over its opposition to the teaching of khat calligraphy, saying that legal action could be taken if the association instigates negative racial sentiment.

"It is going against the law. We have freedom of speech, but we are always sensitive about not instigating people to fight with each other,” he was quoted as saying by the Star.

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"Dong Zong is only talking about one community, forgetting that this is a multi-racial country,” said the prime minister, referring to the United Chinese School Committees’ Association of Malaysia.

"It is for the police to decide (whether to ban Dong Zong)."

The prime minister was asked by reporters to comment on an online petition by a Malay rights group to ban the association for opposing the teaching of khat calligraphy in vernacular schools. This came after Dong Zong had started its own petition to protest the learning of khat calligraphy.

Earlier this month, the Education Ministry said that khat would be taught to Year Four students in Chinese and Tamil vernacular schools as part of the Malay language syllabus beginning next year.

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The decision caused an uproar among the local Chinese community, which is known to be protective of its mother tongue education.

Chinese educationists questioned the rationale behind introducing khat, which is usually associated with Islam, adding that it would not help the students enhance their Malay language skills.

Later, the Cabinet said that khat would only be an elective in the Malay language curriculum.

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Malaysia's Education Ministry has decided to introduce khat calligraphy in the curriculum of vernacular schools. (File photo: Bernama)
On Monday, Dr Mahathir said that Dong Zong was racist as it never agreed with national education policies, including the introduction of khat calligraphy in schools.

The prime minister said apart from the calligraphy issue, the association was also against the setting up of a campus containing different vernacular schools during his first stint in office, for fear of Chinese students mixing with other races.

“Dong Zong is racist; we set up a campus in Vision School to put a Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (SJK) Cina, a SJK Tamil and a sekolah kebangsaan (national school) in one campus, but they were against it,” he recounted.

“They are afraid to let their children mix with Malays, so they did not want it. They are against all (policies implemented by the government), never agreed with anything.”

WRONG FOR MAHATHIR TO LABEL DONG ZONG RACIST: DAP POLITICIANS

Dr Mahathir’s comments drew flak from Democratic Action Party (DAP) politicians.

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DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang. (Photo: Bernama)
In a statement on Tuesday carried by Malaysian media, senior DAP figure Lim Kit Siang said the prime minister was wrong to brand Dong Zong as racist.

However, Mr Lim also noted that Dong Zong was in the wrong for equating khat calligraphy with Islamisation.

READ: DAP says it has reached a ‘united position’ over khat calligraphy controversy

Bukit Gelugor lawmaker Ramkarpal Singh added that Dr Mahathir’s remarks were “uncalled for and most regretted”.

“Instead of allaying the concerns of Dong Zong on the khat issue, calling it racist will only distance it from any compromise or negotiations that should be had by all stakeholders on the matter,” he was quoted as saying by the Malaysian Insight.

“Dong Zong’s concerns over the khat issue should not be brushed aside as such concerns are not unfounded and possibly represent a large section of the Chinese community on the said issue. That there is dissatisfaction over the matter on the ground is a fact and cannot be taken lightly.”

DONG ZONG "STRONGLY DENIES" RACIST LABEL

In a statement on Tuesday evening, the association said it "strongly denies" Dr Mahathir's accusation, saying it was not the only body that rejected the introduction of khat in vernacular schools.

"This view is shared by the mainstream non-Muslim community across the peninsula, Sabah and Sarawak. In fact, not all Malays agree with this initiative. For example, Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz has said that the art of khat should be made an elective and not mandatory."

The association also said that opposition to the teaching of khat on the basis of it being associated with Islamisation is justifiable, citing the Islamic Da'wah Foundation's (YADIM) Nik Omar Nik Abdul Aziz, whom it said suggested that learning khat would make it easier for young generations to learn the Quran.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has hit out again at the Chinese schools association over its opposition to the teaching of khat calligraphy, saying that legal action could be taken if the association instigates negative racial sentiment.

"It is going against the law. We have freedom of speech, but we are always sensitive about not instigating people to fight with each other,” he was quoted as saying by the Star.

Advertisement
"Dong Zong is only talking about one community, forgetting that this is a multi-racial country,” said the prime minister, referring to the United Chinese School Committees’ Association of Malaysia.

"It is for the police to decide (whether to ban Dong Zong)."

The prime minister was asked by reporters to comment on an online petition by a Malay rights group to ban the association for opposing the teaching of khat calligraphy in vernacular schools. This came after Dong Zong had started its own petition to protest the learning of khat calligraphy.

Earlier this month, the Education Ministry said that khat would be taught to Year Four students in Chinese and Tamil vernacular schools as part of the Malay language syllabus beginning next year.

Advertisement
The decision caused an uproar among the local Chinese community, which is known to be protective of its mother tongue education.

Chinese educationists questioned the rationale behind introducing khat, which is usually associated with Islam, adding that it would not help the students enhance their Malay language skills.

Later, the Cabinet said that khat would only be an elective in the Malay language curriculum.

image: data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==

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Malaysia's Education Ministry has decided to introduce khat calligraphy in the curriculum of vernacular schools. (File photo: Bernama)
On Monday, Dr Mahathir said that Dong Zong was racist as it never agreed with national education policies, including the introduction of khat calligraphy in schools.

The prime minister said apart from the calligraphy issue, the association was also against the setting up of a campus containing different vernacular schools during his first stint in office, for fear of Chinese students mixing with other races.

“Dong Zong is racist; we set up a campus in Vision School to put a Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (SJK) Cina, a SJK Tamil and a sekolah kebangsaan (national school) in one campus, but they were against it,” he recounted.

“They are afraid to let their children mix with Malays, so they did not want it. They are against all (policies implemented by the government), never agreed with anything.”

WRONG FOR MAHATHIR TO LABEL DONG ZONG RACIST: DAP POLITICIANS

Dr Mahathir’s comments drew flak from Democratic Action Party (DAP) politicians.

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DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang. (Photo: Bernama)
In a statement on Tuesday carried by Malaysian media, senior DAP figure Lim Kit Siang said the prime minister was wrong to brand Dong Zong as racist.

However, Mr Lim also noted that Dong Zong was in the wrong for equating khat calligraphy with Islamisation.

READ: DAP says it has reached a ‘united position’ over khat calligraphy controversy

Bukit Gelugor lawmaker Ramkarpal Singh added that Dr Mahathir’s remarks were “uncalled for and most regretted”.

“Instead of allaying the concerns of Dong Zong on the khat issue, calling it racist will only distance it from any compromise or negotiations that should be had by all stakeholders on the matter,” he was quoted as saying by the Malaysian Insight.

“Dong Zong’s concerns over the khat issue should not be brushed aside as such concerns are not unfounded and possibly represent a large section of the Chinese community on the said issue. That there is dissatisfaction over the matter on the ground is a fact and cannot be taken lightly.”

DONG ZONG "STRONGLY DENIES" RACIST LABEL

In a statement on Tuesday evening, the association said it "strongly denies" Dr Mahathir's accusation, saying it was not the only body that rejected the introduction of khat in vernacular schools.

"This view is shared by the mainstream non-Muslim community across the peninsula, Sabah and Sarawak. In fact, not all Malays agree with this initiative. For example, Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz has said that the art of khat should be made an elective and not mandatory."

The association also said that opposition to the teaching of khat on the basis of it being associated with Islamisation is justifiable, citing the Islamic Da'wah Foundation's (YADIM) Nik Omar Nik Abdul Aziz, whom it said suggested that learning khat would make it easier for young generations to learn the Quran.
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[rushifa666]

Btw the morons talking about hijab. My malay boss always not happy about the arabing of locals. The traditional dress here is sarong kebaya. Not wrap head shit

 

[laksaboy]

Btw the morons talking about hijab. My malay boss always not happy about the arabing of locals. The traditional dress here is sarong kebaya. Not wrap head shit

I've seen this shit at Sentosa, and various other locations on the main island:

To use a term familiar to Brit football fans: a normal hijab or tudung is not good enough for you... you have to be a FULL KIT WANKER.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=full kit wanker

 

[laksaboy]

Btw the morons talking about hijab. My malay boss always not happy about the arabing of locals. The traditional dress here is sarong kebaya. Not wrap head shit

Fully wrapping up might be okay in the Arabian desert climate, especially at night when temperatures suddenly drop a lot. In the daytime, the air is hot but dry, so it's at least tolerable.

Doing that in a warm and humid tropical climate is cruel and stupid.

The PAP Leegime balls always shrink when it comes to religion, particularly Islam due to diplomatic considerations. Should follow Norway and ban the burqa. Remove them at the airport, and catch them with the zeal of catching Orchard Road smokers. Problem solved.