Malay Bible: Between the devil and the deep blue sea

You need not be a rocket scientist to read between the lines and to know the truth. The Sarawak election is just around the corner and the White Haired Emperor of Sarawak is now counting his days in his throne, surely in the last twilight period of his royal splendor.

By MP Nayagam

Umno is now trapped in the quagmire of their own creation. It is juxtaposed between, the image they have created among the Malays, and their myth of continued victory in East Malaysia, their eternal fixed deposit. And the fallacy which they have vehemently expedited, that they are the saviors and defenders of the Islamic faith and Malay race on one side, and their feverish resolve to keep their tainted and corrupted allies in power. Now the dangerous balancing act has already started. They are falling in their own political abyss.


The government after much afterthought and deliberation has finally released the’ detained Malay edition Bible’ with conditions, like stamping for Christians only, and inserting a serial number to appease the Malay voters and hoodwink them that they are invincible and true custodians of Islam, and by this action they are and not conceding defeat. You need not be a rocket scientist to read between the lines and to know the truth. The Sarawak election is just around the corner and the White Haired Emperor of Sarawak is now counting his days in his throne, surely in the last twilight period of his royal splendor.

Mufti of Perak is up in arms against the government that the holy book should not be released at all, simply because it will create uneasiness and confusion among Muslims. He is very worried that the first things the Muslims will do is to convert en mess to Christianity, when they are in procession of the Malay Bible, that’s the message from this infamous mufti, insulting Islam and their adherents to be very weak in their faith and challenging the intelligence of the Malays and their iman.

Abim has also shown their contempt for the same reason and fervently imploring that the government must maintain the status quo at all cost. The National Ulama council has been cautious and still maintaining that the holy book should not been released. And Perkasa and other subsidiary organization of UMNO are only waiting for instructions to execute damage control and save the situation for Umno. These are the aftershock reaction we are witnessing after the earthquake of the Bible debacle. Reactions which Umno dare not dream to witness.

Umno failed miserably to forge a marriage of convenience with Pas, to break Pakatan's coalition. And now are aggressively expounding the ethno-religious bandwagon of Malay - Islam credentials as the chosen people to lead, them with the chauvinistic fascist slogan to ‘protect race, religion and country’ for their political expediency. Now Pas is portraying them as inclusive liberal and moderate Muslim, taking up issues of the non-Muslims without sacrificing their theological identity. Thanks to Umno. Now PAS is the beacon of hope for this country for religious tolerance and goodwill.