PKR decries Riduan Tee's 'racist' article



PKR has lambasted an essay by Universiti Pertahanan Nasional lecturer Ridhuan Tee Abdullah, that was published in a local every day today, labeling it as "racist" for questioning a Thaipusam festival.

NONEThe party's tellurian rights as well as legal bureau deputy chief S Jayathas (right) said Ridhuan's criticism of a legal holiday contravened Article 11 of a sovereign constitution ensuring eremite leisure of all Malaysians.

"The matter portrays a deep racist inference as well as can emanate unrest as well as disharmony among followers of a pacific religion," Jayathas said in a statement.

"We never subject when there is trade (jam) during Friday (Muslim) prayers, because you apply oneself a rights of religion."

In a column,Kesabaran umat Islam ada had(There is limit to Muslim patience), that appeared inSinar Harian, Ridhuan commented upon overload in a areas surrounding Batu Caves before as well as during a Hindu festival.

"Have you ever complained during Thaipusam celebration? A week before a festival, a complete area surrounding Batu Caves is congested. Vehicles have been parked wherever a owners please.

"A sea of people of a singular colour gathers, as though there have been no other colours in this country," a con! troversial columnist wrote.

'Islam bulletin sacrificed for votes'

NONERidhuan (left) additionally claimed that due to sovereign as well as state allocations perceived after a 2008 ubiquitous election, "temples as well as idols" that were once grim-looking have been right away bigger, taller as well as some-more colourful.

"From what I see, you (Malay Muslims) have since up all to hoard magnetism as well as votes. This nation has no temperament anymore.

"The Islam as well as Malay bulletin have since gone. I am confident that even if BN were to win in a 13th ubiquitous election, a present situation will not change.
"We will continue to take care of others rather than ourselves."

The author said all this when condemning BN component celebration MIC's counterclaim of a international Tamil filmVishwapooram, said to contain several elements deemed offensive to Muslims though that have since been edited out.

He went upon to explain that Muslims in a nation were being taken value of, whereas action have been regularly taken opposite those who angry a sensitivities of other religions in a country, citing a charge of those involved in thecow-headandchurch-burningincidents as examples of this.

As for a coming election, he serve referred to that if an Indian candidate is needed to contest in a Malay-majority seat, then an Indian Muslim candidate should be fielded there.
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