Once upon a time, The Star newspaper used to be respectable. Today, I will consider it to be no different from the thrashy tabloids that typically feature sensational stories (be it about sex, crime and/or similarly entertaining topics) just so to capture viewers’ attention. I cringed with dread, distaste and even disgust when I chanced upon this MCA porn star who seems to be making very regular appearances in the said newspaper! It looks like a Chua Soi Lek form of self-promotion and believe me when I say, it borders on abomination that is revolting, repulsive and repugnant. This pathetic politician is proving to be a real blabbermouth and worse than that, he is spewing poppycock!
This Chua fella is crapping again. What exactly is the PAS’ brand of hudud? And what is UMNO’s brand of hudud? I didn’t know we can make distinctions. Hudud is hudud.
Maybe Chua is resigning himself to the fact that hudud is inevitable? After all, when the Kemelah ADUN from UMNO Johore, Ayob Rahmat raised the specter of hudud, the BN lapdogs yelped a deafening silence.
Actually, nobody cares if Chua accepts hudud or not. He is a nothing. A nonentity. A nought. But I am suggesting that Chua and company and even most of UMNO cannot accept hudud because they genuinely fear hudud. Those who fear hudud are those who have been cheating, stealing and robbing the country blind. I will not be surprised, if and when hudud is enforced, to see many of the present Ministers and even political chieftains showing up in public with prosthetic hands. This is because they will have missing limbs due to amputation. After all, hudud does not discriminate – it doesn’t matter if you were once a high-ranking government minister or not! If you commit a crime, you will have to pay! It’s as simple as that.
The media often leaves the public with the impression that under hudud, people are going to be punished based on limited or even flimsy evidence. This is not true. Islamic law requires a very high level of proof for the most serious crimes and punishments. When there is doubt about the guilt of a Hadd (‘felony’ type) crime, the judge must treat the crime as a lesser Tazir (‘misdemeanor’ type) crime. If there is no confession to a crime or not enough witnesses to the crime, Islamic law requires the Hadd crime to be punished as a Tazir crime.
If in the next election, we support a government that have been corrupt for so long, just because we are afraid of hudud laws that are not even there, then the Chinese are stupid. But in truth, they are not! Syariah is only applicable to Muslims – so to the non-Muslims, what is the issue? Why must we create a fuss?
Postscript: If you wish to know more, there is an excellent article at this link: http://muslimcanada.org/Islam_myths.htm.









On Tuesday, I was at the WIM Toastmasters meeting. I was glad to be able to hear good speeches from the new members and I can see that the few members who came were trying very hard. The fact remains that they have quite some way to go. Hopefully, Toastmasters from other clubs can drop by regularly to give support. As a meeting, I would give them a score of 3 over a 10.