September 19, 2011
Najib :A Whiff of His Fathers Leadership
by M. Bakri Musa
Morgan-Hill, California
In announcing the dissolution of the Internal Security Act as good as alternative odious laws, Prime Minister Najib Razak secures for himself an enshrined mark in Malaysian history.
Of the most thoughtful comments upon Najibs ancestral announcement, the a single which struck during the heart of the emanate was which by former Mufti of Perlis, Dr. Asri Zainul Abidin. He declared, The ISA is an un-Islamic law. It infringes [upon] particular rights as good as can be simply misused by leaders, so repealing it was the really Islamic move. Amen!
Najibs announcement, Asri continued, is some-more profitable than any bonus remuneration or income enlarge since repealing the ISA means the replacement of human rights which is some-more profitable than money. That is putting things in their proper perspective.I remonstrate however, with the Muftis characterization of Najibs move as the present to the people.
When someone robs you of something as good as afterwards returns it, which is no gift, merely restoring what is righteously yours. The ISA as good as alternative limiting laws sack us of the precious possession, the freedom. That is Allahs present to us, as enshrined in the Koran. It is not for small mortals, no make the difference how prominent their conceivable positions, to tamper.
Nonetheless you do hear the Mufti. Good Muslims ought! to be b eholden for their blessings, however small. you wish to be the good Muslim, as good as Najibs proclamation is the outrageous bless! ing, so you am really grateful. Alhamdulillah! Praise be to Allah!
Missing the Islamic Visuals
Najib as good as his policymakers must have deliberated for the little time. Perhaps it was not the fluke which usually the week earlier Najibs younger brother, Nazir Razak (left), the conduct of the GLC bank, intimated the need for Malaysia to change lest it risks the Middle East sort of upheaval. Significantly, he done it during the Malaysia-China Trade Investment Conference.
Pursuing the religious theme, you was surprised which Najib as good as his advisors did not select an occasion with the little Islamic symbolism to make his useful announcement.
Not which there was anything wrong with selecting Malaysia Day. However, you just completed Ramadan usually the fortnight ago. Surely Najib had motionless then. Imagine if he had voiced it upon Hari Raya, which additionally coincided (more or less) with Merdeka Day. What improved approach to denote as good as admit the special blessings of Ramadan as good as live the spirit, as good as fulfill the aspirations of merdeka freedom! Ramadan is after all about observance as good as lapse observance upon the origin of Islam as good as lapse to the essence, in Eboo Patels pithy phrase.
When Islam was revealed, it set free the Arabs from their Age of Jahiliyiah (ignorance); likewise, getting absolved of the ISA would emancipate Malaysians, lifting us from the Age of Fear. As for the hint of Islam, the conviction commands us to do good as good as dissuade evil. Getting absolved of ISA is getting absolved of ev! il; it c annot be some-more Islamic than that!
Imagine the absolute mystic impact globally had Najib done the proclamation during the finish of Ramadan, coming as it was usually the couple of days before the tenth anniversary of the horrible 9-11, as good as with it the ! inevitab le hysteria of Islamophobia.
Imagine the good which would do to the cause as good as picture of Islam! One Muslim republic bravely dispatch the antiquated odious laws, as good as you do so not in response to mass demonstrations or civil insubordination though as the normal spin of events. The contrariety with Americas renewed commitment to the Patriot Act as good as the Guantanamo detention stay could not be starker.
Speaking of image, had you been the administrations public relations consultant, you would have organised with the proclamation the coexisting release of the little ISA prisoners. you would have alerted the headlines media so they could station their reporters as good as cameras outside the embankment of Kamunting prison.
Imagine the overwhelming as good as mystic visuals! While Najib was creation his announcement, the prisoners would emerge the single by the single in to the arms of their energetically available loved ones. If there were to be the mosque nearby, you would superimpose the call of Azzan to the visuals. you would additionally have the writer put upon the split screen; upon the single side would be the Prime Minister creation his solemn announcement; upon the other, the prisoners with their families joyously celebrating their freedom, with the takbir (affirmation to the mass of Allah) superimposed as the background soundtrack.
I cannot suppose the some-more absolute symbolism. Those tapes would additionally be good campaign materials!
The Najib Administration forks out tens of millions to unfamiliar consultants in an bid to spruce up the image. Alas those documentaries which presumably portrayed Malaysia in good light, as good as the most interviews Naji! b landed upon the general media, all turned out to be pure fiascos. Those reporters as good as interviewers were nothing some-more than hired hacks.
Yet when the rare as good as splendid event arose as with the recent announcement, those highly paid public relations pros missed it! Perhaps which should not be the surprise. After all they have been all foreigners as good as non-Muslims to boot; they could not possi! bly pick up upon the Islamic nuances you alluded to earlier. However, their fumbling upon the general stage where they have been presumably the experts cannot be straightforwardly excused. There is no justification for their miss of professionalism, if not downright unethical behaviors there.
A good process is the most appropriate PR. Notice the auspicious comments locally as good as in reputable unfamiliar media to Najibs ultimate initiative, as good as it did not price the government the ringgit to get them! Focus upon crafting cordial policies, as good as the auspicious publicity would ensue. Even if you do not get any, the good process is reward in itself. Your people will be beholden for it.
A Whiff Of His Father
In committing to dissolution the ISA, Najib did something no alternative budding ministers before him had dared even to contemplate. And Najib had the little strong impressive predecessors. In so doing, Najib additionally demonstrated the whiff of his late fathers good leadership qualities.The late Tun Razak did not demur to postpone council following the May 1969 competition riots. Despite the howling protests during home as good as abroad, Razak was undeterred for he had the crucial pursuit to do; restore assent as good as fortitude to ! the repu blic repelled by the horrors of which tragedy. And might Allah magnify his soul, he achieved his mission in reduced order.
To those who would belittle which achievement, let me remind them which the 1969 demonstration coincided with the flare ups of narrow-minded assault in Northern Ireland. While Malaysians have been enjoying assent for the past 4 decades, those folks in Northern Ireland have been still busy settling their deadly scores.
To this day, Tun Razak remained unique in being the usually personality in the universe who grabbed energy duri! ng the nat ional puncture to pursue the most needed critical goal, as good as afterwards frankly gave which energy up once he completed his mission. No alternative personality could claim that. On the contrary, story is filled with leaders who had to be pushed or dragged out, or worse. Libyas Gaddafi as good as Syrias Assad have been usually the ultimate examples.
I am not endangered with how Najib arrived during his decision; you am focused usually upon the decision. There is no necessity of skeptics out there, as good as they have been not but their reasons. After all Najibs flip-flopping rivals which of his evident predecessor (Badawi).
No about spin for Najib
Even if those skeptics were to be proven right later, there would be no turning back. Najib has clearly spoken his niat (intention) to dissolution the ISA. In Islam, niat is what counts. We declare the niat before you pray, fast, give zakat or commence the Hajj. If Najib fails to live up to his Nawaitu, afterwards he has to answer not usually to his Maker upon the Day of Judgment though additionally some-more practically, to his domestic makers the voters right here upon earth as good as now, as in the subsequent election.
Najibs Nixon-in-China Moment
Najibs stipulation final Wednesday reminded me of Nixons pioneering 1972 outing to China. It took 
another seven years before America would send the initial Ambassador to Beijing. Today, over thirty years later, you wondered because upon earth it took America so long to recognize the obvious being of this most populous nation. Regardless, America, China, as good as the universe have been right away improved for it.
Nixon basked upon the excellence of his China outing as good as went upon to win the landslide for his second term. Alas which triumph proved short-lived, for he was shortly forced out of his presiden! cy in sh ame upon counts unrelated to his China initiative. Nonetheless his trailblazing China impulse defended the luster in an otherwise blemished legacy.
If Najibs Malaysia Day niat proves to be just which as good as nothing more, well, similar to Nixon, during least he will have which as his legacy, as good as usually that. However, if it proves to be ikhlas (sincere) as good as usually his initial step, with most some-more courageous moves ahead, afterwards mass awaits him, as good as Malaysia.
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