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 appeals to quash kids' Islamic unilateral conversion By Hidir Reduan Abdul Rashid
Monday, May 15, 2023
Malaysiakini : Loh Siew Hong has gone to the Court of Appeal to nullify the unilateral conversion of her three children to Islam.
The
single mother’s legal team from Srimurugan & Co filed the notice of
appeal at the Court of Appeal earlier today, targeting a May 11 civil
court verdict that denied her related judicial review.
On Thursday last week, the High Court in Kuala Lumpur denied
the 35-year-old mother’s legal challenge over the religious status of
her twin daughters, aged 14, as well as her 11-year-old son, who are
under her custody courtesy of an earlier civil family court order.
In
dismissing Loh’s judicial review, judge Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh
ruled that the children have been validly converted to Islam in
accordance with Perlis Islamic state law, with the state Islamic
authorities’ affidavit confirming that the children recited the kalimah syahadah (Islamic recitation to convert to Islam) in 2020.
The civil court judge pointed out that an affidavit by Perlis Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council (MAIP) CEO Mohd Nazim Mohd Noor showed that the children showed intent via their actions to continue to be in Islam even when they were under the custody of Loh last year.
Farid noted Nazim’s affidavit showing that the children as of Feb 22 last year were still practising Islam, performing the dawn prayer, and one of them even wanted to be a Syariah lawyer.
The judge said Loh’s affidavit denying this assertion of Nazim amounted to bare denial and that the single mother did not deny the affirmative assertion that the children continued to profess Islam while under her custody.
BluePanther4725 : The people and the world are watching the kind of country Malaysia is. Whether our country will practice forced conversions where the non-muslim parent has no rights to protect her children.
Hope this unity govt will obtain uphold for Loh and not let Malaysia sinks into a dictatorship religious extremist country where there is no justice for non-muslims.
Sealthedeal : These religious zealots cannot be allowed to win. Unilateral conversion is against the constitution. Perlis cannot wite their own laws.
GreenKoala4364 : How can a minor decide what religion he wants to be? This is a very dangerous precedence set!
apanama is back : Good move Madam Loh. Give a fight and you will win, ultimately.
Farid said even if the certificates of conversion were not conclusive proof in view of their unilateral nature, the “force of evidence” showed that the three children continued to practice Islam.
