Hai all,
it’s Sunday morning and I’m sitting in the office with loads of work to be
done. I can’t wait for the year to end and get a good rest...till then, I’m
going to spend the last quarter of the year by keeping myself busy. By the way,
one stupid story that I read yesterday was about Jaclyn Victor. As a Christian,
she was just carrying her duty when she sing Harapan Bangsa and for that, she was in a lot of heat. Why? Let me
show you some of the comment;
Jaclyn Victor
“Utusan
Malaysia pada Jumaat melaporkan,
Timbalan Menteri Pelajaran yang juga Ahli Majlis Tertinggi Umno, Datuk Dr Mohd
Puad Zarkashi meminta Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (Jakim) serta kementerian
berkaitan menyiasat lagu Harapan Bangsa yang mungkin telah menyentuh
sensitiviti penganut agama lain di negara ini.
Sebelum
ini, Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa Malaysia (Perkasa) turut mendakwa Jac telah
menghina Islam gara-gara menyanyikan lagu yang mengandungi konotasi agama yang
berkaitan dengan agama Kristian.”
Datuk Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi..someone please verify his Dr and Datukship please...
I mean, what the heck was that!??
That mean all of the praise and worship songs in Bahasa Malaysia(which is common
in Sarawak and Sabah) should be check since it touch the sensitivity of
other religion in this country? So when they try to investigate this matter
should people who raise this issue be locked up under ISA (PERKASA and Mohd Puad)? I mean, those people try to trigger the
racial tension that could lead to chaos all over this country. Harapan Bangsa is just a praise and
worship song, intended for Sabah and Sarawak only. It’s not distributed commercially.
It end up in you tube because some Christian try to share good news to other Christian
via virtual medium, and I see nothing wrong with that. Why do people keep
playing with this issue? Here is another article;
There were no images, however, of Jaclyn
performing or recording the song in a studio. In an accompanying write-up,
Barry said that she had created the video to “share this beautiful and
meaningful song about Malaysia and Jesus”.
In a statement today, the right-wing Malay
NGO said it condemned both Jaclyn and the songwriter for their “insensitivity
and disrespect” to non-Christians in the country.
Perkasa secretary-general Syed Hassan Syed
Ali referred to a particular line in the song that reads: “Bapa, engkau lah
harapan negara ini” (Father you are the hope of the nation) and said that it
was a clear insult to Islam as the country’s official religion.
“There is also another line that says “Kau
lah satu-satunya harapan di bumi Malaysia” (You are the only hope on Malaysian
soil) and this is insulting to all non-Christians since she refers to Malaysian
soil,” he said.
“Do all Malaysians believe in and place
their hope in Jesus? The songwriter should have been more aware of the fact
that Malaysia is made up of more than just Christians and has a Muslim
majority.” Syed pointed out that yet another line says “Yesus engkau lah
harapan segala bangsa” (Jesus, you are the hope of all races) and questioned
why the lyrics were written as such since Muslims have never worshipped Jesus.
He then expressed bemusement over Jaclyn’s
insensitivity towards her Malay fan base especially when her success rode on
their shoulders.
“Perkasa is not seeking an apology from
her,” Syed clarified. “What is needed is a compulsory boycott by all Muslims of
her albums and performances nationwide.”
“We also want the Information Ministry to
ban her appearance on all electronic media. Let her feel the pain of her
insensitivity. It will be a stern lesson for her.”
Syed Hassan Syed Ali....Internal Security Act (ISA)is best used against this person
Boycott to
her performances nationwide? Does it serve a stern lesson for her? By inserting
Malaysia in the lyrics it becomes insulting? Duh!!She merely prays for peace in
Malaysia! That’s what it means. It didn’t touch other races or religions. I
pity him and I hope he could go back to Stone Age and stay there because being an
insensitive, uneducated, narrow minded, attention seekers, ego maniac, racist,
and religion fanatic like him just don’t belong here, in Malaysia. (Maher Zain sings in English and Bahasa
Malaysia, should we boycott him as well!?? If according to Mr Almighty Syed
Hassan, Maher Zain is being ‘disrespect and insensitive’ to other non-muslim in
this country too!)
Anyway, I don’t
want to get angrier so I just end it here. Happy Sunday all and peace!
For CHRISTIAN ONLY: Enjoy this beautiful song...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zo8lI5SMy8
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