Thursday, January 21, 2010
Hi everyone, this is my 2nd post of the year and i will be telling more on the literature i will be doing in my school this year. Most of the time we will be doing the book 'To Kill A Mockingbird' in the school and sometimes you will see some posts about me sharing about my thoughts of the book. Besides, I almost finished reading the whole book and I do hope i can finish it faster.
From what i have read up till now, the book is about racial discrimination and most of the story is talking about it. It was about black people were treated badly by the white people and were treated as if the blacks aren't the town's citizens.
One day a white man, named Atticus, decided to defend a black man that committed no crime but was blamed for raping a white girl. During the trial, although Atticus has already clearly proven that the black man he was defending wasnn't guilty at all, the juries still wanted the black man to be jailed.
This shows that the town is discriminating the blacks. Therefore, i do hope this thing doesn't happen in any country now because part of the citizens will suffer.
From what i have read up till now, the book is about racial discrimination and most of the story is talking about it. It was about black people were treated badly by the white people and were treated as if the blacks aren't the town's citizens.
One day a white man, named Atticus, decided to defend a black man that committed no crime but was blamed for raping a white girl. During the trial, although Atticus has already clearly proven that the black man he was defending wasnn't guilty at all, the juries still wanted the black man to be jailed.
This shows that the town is discriminating the blacks. Therefore, i do hope this thing doesn't happen in any country now because part of the citizens will suffer.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
KUALA LUMPUR: Religious controversies occur in countries around the world and Malaysia should not be singled out over the “Allah” issue, said Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, the former prime minister of Malaysia.
The former prime minister said he had a bad impression on countries such as Switzerland which banned the construction of minarets on mosques and France for prohibiting women from wearing headscarves.
“These things happen to every country."
“It is up to the media to point out that we are not the only culprit as others are also very unreasonable or restrictive,” he said after witnessing a signing ceremony for lubricants supply, technical and commercial collaboration between Petronas Lubricants International Sdn Bhd and Proton Holdings Bhd here yesterday.
Dr Mahathir was asked to comment on the negative perception Malaysia was getting from abroad on the current tug-of-war between the Muslims and Christians over the usage of the word “Allah”.
On the suggestion by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz to allow non-Muslims in certain states to use the word “Allah”, Dr Mahathir said there appeared to be some conflict.
“On one hand, we hear that the Government will wait for the Court of Appeal’s decision. But on the other hand, Nazri seems to have anticipated the decision by saying so and so can use the word while others cannot,” he said.
“I don’t know what’s happening. I’m not in the Government anymore, as you know.”
On Monday, Nazri said the use of the word “Allah” was allowed for non-Muslims in the Federal Territories, Penang, Sabah and Sarawak as the head of state was not a Sultan.
However, he added that the other states in the country had Islamic affairs enactments which prohibited the use of the word by non-Muslims.
The former prime minister said he had a bad impression on countries such as Switzerland which banned the construction of minarets on mosques and France for prohibiting women from wearing headscarves.
“These things happen to every country."
“It is up to the media to point out that we are not the only culprit as others are also very unreasonable or restrictive,” he said after witnessing a signing ceremony for lubricants supply, technical and commercial collaboration between Petronas Lubricants International Sdn Bhd and Proton Holdings Bhd here yesterday.
Dr Mahathir was asked to comment on the negative perception Malaysia was getting from abroad on the current tug-of-war between the Muslims and Christians over the usage of the word “Allah”.
On the suggestion by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz to allow non-Muslims in certain states to use the word “Allah”, Dr Mahathir said there appeared to be some conflict.
“On one hand, we hear that the Government will wait for the Court of Appeal’s decision. But on the other hand, Nazri seems to have anticipated the decision by saying so and so can use the word while others cannot,” he said.
“I don’t know what’s happening. I’m not in the Government anymore, as you know.”
On Monday, Nazri said the use of the word “Allah” was allowed for non-Muslims in the Federal Territories, Penang, Sabah and Sarawak as the head of state was not a Sultan.
However, he added that the other states in the country had Islamic affairs enactments which prohibited the use of the word by non-Muslims.
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