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8TV Ramadan ad product of racist mindset

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 11:54 PM PDT

The 8TV CEO Ahmad Izham should be aware that the controversial Ramadan TV ad was by no means a coincidence.

The station shot three different story lines but with the same derogatory insults directed to a certain race and at the same time it has misled the public with intolerant religious practices.

As a case in point, I have been buying food all these years at the Ramadan stalls. In most cases, the operators sell home-made food from their family recipes. Usually the operators are proud of their food/dessert and would offer me to sample it before deciding to buy it.

It is always before the breaking of fast time that I visit these stalls. Now, when was I ever seen to be offensive when I tasted the food that was offered as a sample by the Muslim operators (ie. eating in front of someone who is fasting)?

They were happy when I appreciated their cooking and I too, am pleased with the delicious food.

My question is why 8TV and Ahmad Izham has to come up with such racist story lines that potentially disrupt racial harmony.

Our Malaysian society and Malay friendly culture is fast diminishing due to the Umno racist school of thought. Ahmad Izham is no doubt another product of Umno.

Who is responsible for such a blunder? Shouldn't Ahmad Izham offer to resign or get booted by the management if the station has social responsibility? I believe the public is keen to see 8TV take positive action rather than offer 'lip service' apologies.

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Fasting, and separating religious fact from fiction

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 11:35 PM PDT

I was listening to the radio station Mix FM on the morning of Aug 3, when the announcers were babbling away as usual. This time around, they actually caught my attention. One of the announcers said that Muslims are not supposed to dig their nose and ears while in a state of fast.

I sighed upon hearing the remark. If the announcer is a non-Muslim, I do not blame him at all. After all, he did say that he had been informed about this apparently "new knowledge" on fasting.

I blame all those Muslims around him who fed this erroneous information. This may be a petty issue, but it is misinformation all the same.

Nowhere in the books of fiqh or hadith has it been mentioned that picking one's nose or ears would render one's fast invalid. This could just be a tale from one's primary school days, ignorance which is accepted as truth. What is not allowed is the use of nasal spray into one's nose, and that too without good medical reason to do so.

I hope Muslims will equip themselves with facts and knowledge about Islam before they feed their ignorance on non-Muslims. In this information age of Google, there is no excuse to be ignorant of almost anything.

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