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."
Loh never allowed kids’ conversion, say lawyers after Maips’ bid to step in
Wednesday, March 09, 2022
Loh Siew Hong’s lawyers say Maips’ contention that her three children
are converts is indefensible as the council acknowledged Loh did not
give permission to any party to register the three children as Muslim
converts.
Decide their religious status first before any other presumptive action taken, they say.
GEORGE TOWN – Lawyers representing single mother Loh
Siew Hong reiterated that their client has never given permission to
any party to convert her three underage children to Islam. They added that the religious status of the
three children should be decided first before the Perlis Islamic Affairs
and Malay Customs Council (Maips) acts on the presumption that they are
Muslim converts.
The saga continues after Maips filed an
application with the high court here on March 7 seeking to intervene in
Loh’s divorce proceedings with Muslim convert Nagahswaran Muniandy as
well as provide Islamic education to the children now placed in Loh’s
custody. Loh’s lawyers said the consent of both
parents is mandatory, referring to the case of Indira Gandhi Mutho v.
Director of Perak Islamic Religious Department [2018] 2 MLRA 1, in which
Federal Court judge Tan Sri Datuk Zainun Ali ruled that the consent of
both parents are required before a Certificate of Conversion to Islam
can be issued in respect of the children.
Lawyers A. Srimurugan, Shamsher Singh Thind,
and J. Gunamalar in a statement issued last night said any party was
free to make whatever application it deems reasonable, and it is up to
the court to decide whether to allow such application in accordance with
the law, after hearing a reply from the other party. However, they said that Maips’ contention
that Loh’s three children are converts was indefensible as the council
acknowledged Loh did not give permission to any party to register the
three children as Muslim converts.
On February 21, the high court granted Loh a writ of habeas corpus against the unlawful detention of her three children.
