Rudyard Kipling"
“When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
Vijay47: Good try, Perlis mufti Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin, but it won’t wash. Yours is the same disingenuous gambit that Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad pulled when he argued that khat should be accepted by non-Muslims since other written languages were never opposed.
In your case, you are attempting to make a tasty soup out of ABC, Jawi, and khat, but the broth comes out bitter.
ABC
and Jawi are similar if not identical in a manner, they are scripts
which I believe evolved over thousands of years from an amalgamation of
differing yet related civilisations. I will even concede that Jawi and
khat are the same forms or styles of expression.
But khat is a completely different kettle of fish. Khat is the art of writing Islamic verses, yes, in Jawi. In
any display of khat in Malaysia, do we have even a single one that does
not quote an Islamic verse? The framed khat writings in Indian-Muslim
restaurants, does a single one refer to the owners’ details, the menu,
or that smoking is banned? Indeed, if non-Muslims view these moves with utter resentment and fear, it is of your own making.
Whenever
it comes to matters of religion, it is always to restrict non-Muslim
faiths and at the same time seek to impose Islamic supremacy - the
refusal to apprehend the child-kidnapper, the cross-lights in the Penang building, the attempted revision of laws pertaining to the conversion of minors. And you want us to trust you?
You
piously refer to the universality of Arabic in the Middle East as
evidence of the clear divergence between language and religion. Great.
What a classic case of karma this has now come to haunt your prohibiting
the use of the word “Allah” in Malaysia by non-Muslims.
In
keeping with your charitable interpretation of language and ABCs, we
should perhaps encourage schoolchildren to sing psalms, which as you and
Mahathir would agree, is simply another artistic form of vocal
expression.
We could start with that one about a thirsty doe
yearning for the comforting presence of its master – I believe it is
called “As the Deer Panteth for the Lord”.
Rupert16: Good one, Vijay47. You forgot to add thealleged kidnapping
of Pastor Raymond Koh, social activist Joshua Hilmy and his wife, Rose,
as well as Amri Che Mat is also related to the ‘ketuanan Islam’ that
this bigot mufti and his good pal Zakir Naik are trying to impose.
This mufti should know more about the disappearances of the above-mentioned persons.
