The Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) reported the Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as saying " I don't understand why the DAP and MCA are taking a common stand on such matters" (August 3, 2010). He was referring to a Malaysiakini report in which the Democratic Action Party (DAP) and the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) called for the Federal Government to rescind the ban on the use of the word "Allah"in Christian publications.
The question we should ask is, is it wrong for the DAP, an opposition party and the MCA, a member of the ruling coalition to take a common stand on issues which concern the rights of citizens?
When Israel raided a Turkish flotilla on May 31st this year, the ruling coalition took a common stand with the DAP and other opposition parties in condemning the attack. Why nobody questioned the ruling coalition for taking a common stand with the DAP then?
Does this mean the MCA and other ruling parties can only take a common stand with the DAP when it comes to speaking up for people in foreign lands, but not for speaking up for Malaysians? This is indeed very bizarre!
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Good question, why there are double standards towards middle-east policy and western policy??
Something similar to this news article:
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/07/20/syria-bans-full-islamic-face-veils-universities.html
...and one of the rreader's comment from the article:
JT, Australia | Thu, 22/07/2010 - 16:07pm
So much for calling people hypocrites when western/democratic countries oppose to the full face veil ban due to oppression of their freedom. However when a Muslim country bans the full face veil at their universities, all those who regularly comment or express their dissatisfaction just keep quiet.....I suppose all the democracy or freedom of speech/action talk is just talk...Or are they just speechless after what they believed in has been objected by their very own people?
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