94.8% Sabahans disagree with 31 August

Banggi Island of Sabah never benefited from Malaysia

Banggi had suffered under 75% poverty rate since Malaysia, which is
more than 53 years as so called Malaysians would like to call it or
rather Malayans. Actually only 47 years after Sabah formed Malaysia
and never joined Malaysia at all, because Malaysia never existed
before that date, not even the name.

And yet this article bother to tittle itself as Banggi the benefector
of Malaysia?

Poverty rate is still 75% and it will take another 10 years before
this half baked ideas will take in and if other Felcra and Felda
schemes are to be viewed as a guide, NEVER. They will just become
slaves in perpetual debt because they are not even allowed to work on
their so called "LAND".

As to Electricty? It is still only SOLAR POWERED, meaning, not
reliable.

They don't even talk about water. There is no clean water supply in
Pulau Banggi and no road that you can think of. So you are still brave
enough to visit this island????

"Like many of the places that have undergone transformation since
Merdeka or after the formation of Malaysia, Pulau Banggi is finally
seeing light at the end of the tunnel with tarred roads, clean water
and electricity."

The tarred roads, clean water and electricty had existed even before
Malaysia or as this author like to state Merdeka which was in 1957,
when Sabah was still a British Colony.

In fact there are more of them under the British then after Malaysia.
It was not repaired properly and population had grown tremendously.
The water and electricity is still distributed around a small area of
Karakit, not throughout the island, and therefore will not benefit
most of the people. I never will expect poverty to drop significantly
below 75% in the foreseeable future, unless the government changed the
figures, just as 25% turned into 17% overnight.

August 18, 2009 14:28 PM

Residents Of Pulau Banggi The Benefactors Of Malaysia

By Kristy Inus

In conjunction with the Merdeka Month celebration.

KUDAT, Aug 18 (Bernama) -- About half a century ago Pulau Banggi in
Sabah was no more than a fishing enclave without any basic amenities.

However, after Sabah became part of Malaysia, Pulau Banggi located in
the waters of Kudat witnessed some transformation.

Pulau Banggi was officially declared as a district in 1975 but the
island of 14,000 people and 43 villages once had a dubious distinction
because 75 per cent of its population lived below the poverty line.

The majority of the people on the island is from the Ubian ethnic
group followed by the Dusun Banggi, Kegayan, Suluk and Bajau.

Previously the island dwellers were dependent on fishing and
subsistence farming but now they are making a transition into rubber
cultivation and working with Felcra Bhd, the agency entrusted with the
first agropolitan project on the island.

Like many of the places that have undergone transformation since
Merdeka or after the formation of Malaysia, Pulau Banggi is finally
seeing light at the end of the tunnel with tarred roads, clean water
and electricity.

THEN AND NOW

Even up to two years ago the dwellers here were using generators that
can only provide electricity up to 12 hours per day and even that is
restricted to the Karakit town fronting the jetty. But now villagers
in seven areas enjoy electricity for the whole day through the solar
hybrid system costing RM21 million.

If previously there were no piped water to the villages, today a
network of 36km of pipes provide clean water to eight villages and
there are also tarred roads.

The first phase of the Pulau Banggi Agropolitan Project launched in
2007 to eradicate hardcore poverty has been completed. The initial
phase covers 700 hectares of rubber plantation while the second phase
involves 1,100 hectares with 980 hectares already cleared for
planting.

Recently 100 heads of hardcore poor families in the island were
offered homes under the local community housing project (PPMS).

One of the recipients, Talhaja Junaidal, 49, noted that she is lucky
to receive the house and believed that it would help in providing for
her children's future.

The single mother of four before this was farming and sewing where she
earned up to RM400 per month. But now she is also paid RM18 for a
day's work in the Felcra's agropolitan project.

Talhaja said her old house at Kampung Kobong has no clean water or
electricity supply and when they move into their new house, her 25
year-old eldest son would also be participating in the agropolitan
project.

"I am more than happy. I am really thankful, this is a sign of good
tidings and hope they will continue.

"This time I got a job and more or less a permanent one, I hope to see
more benefits after the agropolitan project brings return to the
participants," she said.

THANKFUL

Abdullah Sulaiman, 45, from Kampung Perpaduan, noted that the
residents of Pulau Banggi have always yearned for a better life by
getting into the mainstream of development.

"Before Sabah became part of Malaysia there was nothing here, almost
no facilities or employment opportunities...we lived hands to mouth.
Thus we are very happy looking at the situation now.

"We not only want to see the current generation benefiting from the
agropolitan project but also our future generations," said the father
of 10.

A civil servant from the Banggi People Development Leader's Unit
(UPKR), Amir Hamzah, 46, observed that the difference now and then is
evident to anyone living here.

Amir who was born and bred on this island stated that if previously
they had to depend on the sea for a living, including him, now they
are many employment opportunities on this island.

"I even started working with UPKR from this year, last year I was
still a fisherman. So we have to be thankful to Felcra for
contributing to the well-being of the people," added Amir.

PULAU BANGGI ASSURED OF DEVELOPMENT

Rural and Regional Development Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal
during his recent working visit to Pulau Banggi conveyed another good
news to the residents, their request for a multipurpose hall in
Kampung Karakit has been granted.

He is happy with the infrastructure development on the island and
hoped that the islanders would soon be free from the shackles of
poverty.

"Many years ago when I came here as a government official, Pulau
Banggi was not like this...the efforts to develop land and transform
the people takes time.

He pointed out that many of the agropolitan projects in Peninsula are
already bearing fruits with the project participants increasing their
income from RM200 a month to RM1,000 and RM1,300 per month.

He advised the residents here who find it difficult to make a
transition from sea base economic activities to land based activities,
not to give up halfway because there is a greater reward in the long-
term.

The people in Pulau Banggi now have every reason to smile as they are
slowly coming out from the vicious cycle of poverty, all within the
spirit of Merdeka that promised a better future for everyone.

-- BERNAMA

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One Malaysia is all a lie

What more proof do you need to be shown?

United Nations have already recognised Sabah as among the poorest and highest income gap in the world.

United States condemn Sabah as tghe worst centre for Human Slavery.
Malaysia is one of 3, but 80% cases are in Sabah, which makes Sabah the worst with 100% certainty.


'Cabotage policy should be liberalised further'

Published on: Thursday, June 11, 2009

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Kota Kinabalu: The Federation of Sabah Manufacturers (FSM) on Wednesday thanked the Government for taking the first step to liberalise the cabotage policy which has been in existence for almost 30 years but said it did not go far enough.

Its President, Datuk Wong Ken Thau, said the policy has directly or indirectly affected the livelihood of the people of Sabah as well as industries all these years.

"The Federation hoped this would lead to more liberalisation in the near future," he said after chairing a meeting following the selective liberalisation of the policy at Wisma Tun Fuad Stephens, here.

It was participated by its council members comprising the presidents and chairmen of all chambers of commerce and industry, furniture association, and timber industries association, among others.

The Government last week agreed to liberalise the policy for containerised transhipment cargoes for sectors between Sepanggar, Bintulu, Kuching and Tanjung Pelepas and vice-versa.

The selective liberalisation will allow foreign vessels to carry containerised transhipment cargoes between the above sectors without the need for a domestic shipping licence, the Ministry of Transport said in a statement.

The liberalisation gives an opportunity for importers and exporters in Sabah and Sarawak, as well as industries, to enjoy a low fare cost due to competition in the shipping transportation sector, which can be translated into cheaper price of consumer goods and industrial needs.

The liberalisation came into effect on June 3. Before that (liberalisation) foreign vessels (foreign shipping companies) were not allowed to take in Malaysian goods that were produced in Peninsular Malaysia to bring them to Sabah.

"Likewise foreign vessels were not allowed to take goods produced in Sabah to Tanjung Pelepas or Port KelangÉthese so-called domestic trade was only allowed for local vessels/Malaysian-owned shipping vessels," said Wong.

With the implementation of the liberalisation of the cabotage policy, he said foreign vessels are allowed to pick up goods from Peninsular Malaysia or Port Kelang to Sabah but "it only involves the containerised transhipment goods."

"Containerised transhipment goods means goods which transit in Port Kelang from foreign ports/countries awaiting other vessels to take them to Sabah. This means foreign vessels are allowed to pick up from Port Kelang goods which are not manufactured in Peninsular Malaysia but only that coming from overseasÉso these are the goods the foreign vessels now can take to Sabah," he said.

So the liberalisation of the policy does not apply to locally-manufactured goods from the peninsula, he said, adding before and after the introduction of the liberalisation of the policy foreign vessels cannot take goods from the peninsula to Sabah.

In other words, liberalisation of the policy only covers containerised transhipment goods which come from overseas and land in Port Kelang, and not locally manufactured goods from the peninsula.

Only Malaysian flagged ships are allowed to take locally-manufactured goods from the peninsula to Sabah, he added.

"That means this liberalisation of the cabotage policy only involves a small segmentÉ I do not think it is going to benefit us very much at this point of time, because we know the containerised transhipment goods from the peninsula to Sabah is very limitedÉthere are not many such goods coming in to the State, actually probably less than 200 containers per month, or probably less than that," he said.

The Federation hoped the Government can have greater liberalisation on this sector, because due to the load problem "I don't think any foreign vessel would like to come in to just take such goods to Sabah or Sarawak...it is unlikely to happen, and the chances of lowering the prices of freight may probably take a longer time until we have enough containerised transhipment goods."

"So we hope the government actually can liberalise further so as to allow goods made in the peninsula to be carried by foreign vessels to SabahÉthat is our hope, that the government can further relax or further open up, further liberalise, so that foreign vessels can be allowed to carry locally-manufactured goods from the peninsula to Sabah, and vice versa," he said.

He said the Federation knows it is the Government's intention to also take care of the Malaysian shipping industry and help ensure its continued survival, but hoped under the spirit of 1Malaysia the Government would not forget the industries in Sabah and the consumers here.

"Facts I get from the Malaysian Shipping Association (Masa) show the shipping industry in Malaysia has grown from four ships to 3,400 ships, but unfortunately our manufacturing sector contribution to the State's GDP (gross domestic products) has dropped from 25% to only 9% today," he said.

"We hope that by supporting the shipping industry there will be another formula to assist the local industries here, or make Sabah more conducive to foreign investment so as to make Sabah more cheaper for foreign investment", he said.

At the same time if the Government find it difficult to open up (allow foreign vessels to take locally-manufactured goods from the peninsula to Sabah and vice versa) because of the shipping industry, he said the Federation suggests the government to make the Port of Sepanggar the official international hub port for this region.

"By doing so I think we can attract more cargo and containers to come direct to Sabah," he said.

Secondly he said the Federation also hoped the State government can look seriously into setting up a Yayasan Sabah shipping line or for it to be involved in the shipping industry, by getting the support of a Federal grant especially under the Sabah Development Corridor (SDC).

He said they also hoped the government can look seriously into setting up a board or a monitoring body to look into the transparency of the so-called high freight charges as well as the other charges involved, so as to ensure the business and manufacturing sectorsare not affected by the adjustment.

The Federation also suggests the government can look into giving a matching grant or subsidy to be created for importers and exporters in Sabah, to let the local industries get involved more actively in the export/import business in foreign countries to ensure their survival.

Wong said they have also often received complaints about the shipping vessels that have going around this sector (Sabah) as being not very efficient because they are rather old.

"This may increase the vessel maintenance and other costs. The shipping industries, if they have made more money, they should give back to the industries to make it more effectiveÉif not we suggest they look into the policy of merging some of these shipping companies, so that they will be more efficient when unloading their cargo in our ports here," he said.

He said the Federation hoped the government will once and for all review the national cabotage policy because the time has come to review it thoroughly so that it will benefit all industries, not only the shipping industry.

"In the spirit of 1Malaysia, we hope the government can review this. Let's not make a policy that will only benefit one or two industries," he said.

The Federation also thanked Transport Minister Datuk Ong Tee Keat and others leaders at both Federal and State levels as well as all the chambers and associations for their effort in the liberalisation of the cabotage policy.

"We welcome it simply because this is the first step, after so many years we have been fighting for it.

So this is a breakthrough or something like that.

For the first time the government has decided to respond to our request."

"The shipping industry is also a very important industry, we accept the fact. At the same time we also need to make sure that when the government protects the shipping industry it should not also forget the other industries especially in Sabah," he said.

No toilet at the most beautiful beach

This is the only toilet that you'll ever get.

Soon there will be no voting in Malaysia

Those of you who hate voting will realise your dreams. The recent
appeal court has decided that it is not necessary to vote in order to
make a decision regarding "confidence of the majority" since there is
no mention of it in the phrase that any voting is required.

Similarly for all elections. There is no such word in the phrase in
determining that an assembly man has the confidence of the registered
voters which is to be decided by the Election Commission.

You may argue that votes are to be counted in an election but
similarly for all elected house assemblies. Votes should be counted.
Now a show of hand is sufficient. Similarly for the Election
Commission just because there is no word in the sentence that voting
is required in order to determine the person who has the confidence of
the voters.

The court is very clear in stating that this applies only to the Perak
Assembly which implies that the Federal Assembly is a different case
but the wordings of these constitutions and Election acts are similar.
There are no specific words which state that voting is required in
order to determine the person who has the confidence of the voters or
members.

Of course it should not be applied to all cases, but what stops the
judges from declaring similar judgements? Nothing at all.

Many of you will be happy that you don't even have to vote. Maybe just
write a piece of letter or petition in return for huge sums of money.
It will be more beneficial for most Malaysian voters and much cheaper
for the Election Commissions.

Hasn't the Elections Commissions and especially BN government
complained that Elections COST TOO MUCH??? Many voters even complained
the voting is too much hassle and costly.

Soon your wish will be answered. But Malaysian will fall into the
drain much worse than Zimbabwe because even Zimbabwean judges dare not
make such a judgement, and voting is still practised despite all the
costs in money and lives.

Reasons why Malaysian Judiciary is Unfair

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/hanipa-maidin/26826-perplexing-judiciary-in-perak-lawsuit

The Malaysian Insider
Friday May 22 2009
Mohamed Hanipa Maidin sits on the Pas central committee and is the Pas
legal adviser. He is also a lawyer who blogs at peguampas.
blogspot.com
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Perplexing judiciary in Perak lawsuit

MAY 18 — As of today it is undisputable that Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul
Kadir is a confirmed unlawful mentri besar of Perak. On the other hand
Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin is a confirmed lawful mentri besar of
Perak. That is the gist of the high court's decision delivered by
Justice Datuk Abdul Aziz on May 11, 2009.

How about the stay order granted by a single Judge of the court of
Appeal on May 12, 2009 ? Does the stay order invalidate the high
court's decision? The short answer is a resounding no.

The stay order merely bars the lawful mentri besar from carrying out
his lawful duties and in turn allows the unlawful mentri besar to
continue performing his unlawful duties. That is the gist of the court
of appeal's decision delivered on May 12, 2009.

When the high court judge made a decision allowing all the prayers
sought by Nizar in his judicial review application, the learned high
court judge, to his credit, gave a reasoned judgment.

Therein he discussed in great detail all the points canvassed by all
parties in their respective submissions. Armed with such a reasoned
decision, the people are not kept in the dark as to the reasons why
Nizar won the suit.

On the contrary there were glaring absences of reason as to why the
stay order was granted to Zambry thus the court of appeal has kept the
people in the dark. Justice demands a reasoned judgment from the court
whenever it allows or dismisses any application made by any litigants.

In all Perak suits which have landed in the highest court so far,
neither the court of appeal nor the Federal court paid attention to
this vital aspect of the court's process namely the preparation of
reasoned judgments.

No judgment was prepared when the court of appeal allowed V.
Sivakumar's appeal against the decision of Ridzuan J. denying
Sivakumar's right of appointing his own solicitors.

When the court of appeal dismissed Nizar's appeal against the decision
of Justice Lau Bee Lan which allowed the Attorney General's
application to refer Nizar's suit to the Federal court, the court of
appeal also failed to write any grounds of judgment.

When the Federal court overturned Lau Bee Lan's decision allowing the
Attorney General's application to refer Nizar's suit to the Federal
court, the apex court could not be bothered to prepare written grounds
of judgment setting out the reasons why the high court's decisions
deserved to be reversed.

The request made by Nizar's lawyers for a written judgment was only
met with the following reply by our judiciary : " the court will not
provide any ground of judgment."

It is common knowledge especially amongst the legal fraternity that
the issue cropped up in the Federal court involved a very important
and fascinating constitutional issue. The utter failure of the apex
court to prepare a reasoned judgment in such an important case speaks
volumes of judicial dexterity.

When the Federal court allowed Zambry's suit against Sivakumar, once
again the Federal court did not write any written judgment. Everybody
was expecting that the Federal court would prepare a reasoned decision
for such an important decision.

After all the Federal court disregarded the doctrine of separation of
powers thus nullified the earlier five judgments given by Malaysian
judges of impeccable integrity. Unfortunately no reasons were given as
to why the court came to that finding.

In view of the above scenario, it came as no surprise when Datuk Ramly
J. failed to prepare any written judgment when he granted the order of
stay favouring Zambry. To date we are unable to know what are the
special circumstances necessitating the grant of such a stay order.

The argument that if Nizar was not barred from acting as a lawful
mentri besar , he would dissolve the state assembly is, with due
respect, misconceived in law. It presupposes the power to dissolve the
state assembly is vested in Nizar. Definitely such a reason does not
qualify as special circumstance justifying the order of stay.

Perak crisis has attracted media frenzy domestically.

The lawsuit deals with many constitutional issues of great
consequence. In other jurisdictions one would expect the court in
particular the apex court takes pride in preparing a ground of
judgment.

Writing a ground of judgment is part of judicial process hence it must
be seen as a sacrosanct duty and exalted task. Unfortunately the Perak
lawsuit seems to suggest that this vital judicial exercise is no
longer seen as a lofty act done with profound enthusiasm.

When the highest courts of the land failed to prepare a judgment in
such an important lawsuit , the only conclusion which may be
justifiably drawn is that the courts are not fully confident to share
the reasons with the people at large.

The old adage that justice must not only be done but must manifestly
be seen to be done has unfortunately escaped the attention of our
judiciary.

It is germane here to share the following sentiment of former Lord
President Tun Salleh Abas when he gave the following advice to his
then judicial brethren

"We hope that Judges should endeavour to write their grounds of
decision and take delight in this aspect of judicial work as a matter
of personal pride and satisfaction and not as a burden. Failure on the
part of judges to write their grounds of decision will certainly
undermine their authority to insist upon magistrates and presidents of
sessions court to write theirs. If the practice of not writing grounds
of judgment is widespread the system of administration of justice will
tumble down."

Nizar and by extension the people of Perak are not only perplexed by
the failure of the court to prepare a judgment but also overwhelmed by
the conduct of our judiciary in failing to fix an early date for
Nizar's application to set aside the stay order.

The judiciary is bound to explain to the public why Zambry could
easily get the hearing date on the same day he filed his application
for a stay of execution. Zambry filed his application on May 12 and
obtained the hearing date and in turn the stay order on the same date.

Nizar filed his application on May 14 and was only given the hearing
date on May 18 despite having a certificate of urgency. The hearing
date which was initially fixed on May 18 was subsequently changed to
May 21 — the same day the hearing of Zambry's appeal. If this is not
discriminatory, please do tell what is?

By fixing Nizar's application on the same day of Zambry's appeal, the
people perceive that that the rule of the game has been unduly
changed. It is no longer seen as a fair game governed by transparent
and unbiased umpire.

The public perception is that that the umpire namely the court is seen
to be more sympathetic to Zambry than Nizar. The court should have
avoided doing something which led to such a negative perception.

The people need to know why the court failed to appreciate the urgency
of Nizar's application as it did to Zambry so much so Nizar's
application has now become academic and fruitless. Why there is a need
to have Nizar's application heard on May 21 when Zambry's appeal is
also fixed on the same date. Like it or not, this is a mockery of the
first order.

Whatever reasons given by our judiciary on such a regrettable
incidence, it is very hard for the people to believe that the dented
image of our judiciary has been duly and fully repaired. Under such
circumstances, can the people be faulted if they have misgivings about
our judiciary?

Re: War it will be

On May 16, 12:13 pm, "samsuddin" <samsud...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Islam
>
> No comment - just read, absorb it and pass it on.
>

These are the facts of the so called imposed Islam as practised by
Karzai in Afghanistan and UMNO in Malaysia.

In Malaysia, the so called Islamic has created the poorest region on
earth although the richest in oil revenues, i.e. Sabah, Trengganu and
Sarawak whereas, Kelantan, rules by PAS, a more fundamentalist Islamic
government has prospered well despite lacking in resources.

The West had been supporting these false Islam in the Gulf States,
Shah of Iran, Iraq, UMNO of Malaysia, Karzai of Afghanistan creating
all the social ills such as poverty(among the worst in the world),
slavery(Malaysian is among the worst offender) and gap in income, that
are caused by lack of morality that led to corruption and plain theft.

What made it worse is that the western nations used to allow free flow
of the ill-gotten wealth of these corrupt so called Islamic regimes,
into their nation's economy until recently with the introduction of
anti-moneylaundering acts.

These anti money laundering acts had nothing to do with helping the
true Muslims but in controlling terrorism, especially Islamic Freedom
Fighters(called terrorists by the west) that want to expel these
corrupt
so-called Islamic regimes by attacking their main sponsors, the
western world.

They have achieved their aim with the introduction of the anti-money
laundering acts in most of the world. Now these corrupt leaders have
to justify their income and therefore cannot freely move their ill-
gotten wealth to the western nations to be spent and enjoyed.

They have to build these luxuries right at home so that they can enjoy
their wealth, instead of just plundering the wealth of their homeland
to be enjoyed in the more developed nations.

The very clear example is Sudan, a false Islamic state that condone
murder and rape in their genocide of Darfur. It is becoming more
developed than Malaysia, at least at Khartoum, which is similar to
Kuala Lumpur of Malaysia.

Of course, the role of the ICC(International Criminal Court) is
probably higher than the role of the anti-money laundering acts, in
the case of Sudan.

> Islam is not a religion, nor is it a cult. In its fullest form, it is a
> complete, total,100% system of life.
>
> Islam has religious, legal, political, economic, social, and military
> components. The religious component is a beard for all of the other
> components.
>
> Islamization begins when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to
> agitate for their religious privileges.
>
> When politically correct, tolerant, and culturally diverse societies agree
> to Muslim demands for their religious privileges, some of the other
> components tend to creep in as well.
>
> Here's how it works:
>
> As long as the Muslim population remains around or under2% in any given
> country, they will be, for the most part, be regarded as a peace-loving
> minority, and not as a threat to other citizens. This is the case in:
>
> United States -- Muslim0.6%
> Australia -- Muslim1.5%
> Canada -- Muslim1.9%
> China -- Muslim1.8%
> Italy -- Muslim1.5%
> Norway -- Muslim1.8%
>
> At2% to5%, they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and
> disaffected groups, often with major recruiting from the jails and among
> street gangs. This is happening in:
>
> Denmark -- Muslim2%
> Germany -- Muslim3.7%
> United Kingdom -- Muslim2.7%
> Spain -- Muslim4%
> Thailand -- Muslim4.6%
>
> From5% on, they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their
> percentage of the population. For example, they will push for the
> introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing
> food preparation jobs for Muslims. They will increase pressure on
> supermarket chains to feature halal on their shelves -- along with threats
> for failure to comply. This is occurring in:
>
> France -- Muslim8%
> Philippines -- Muslim5%
> Sweden -- Muslim5%
> Switzerland -- Muslim4.3%
> The Netherlands -- Muslim5.5%
> Trinidad & Tobago -- Muslim5.8%
>
> At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to
> rule themselves (within their ghettos) under Sharia, the Islamic Law. The
> ultimate goal of Islamists is to establish Sharia law over the entire
> world.!
>
> When Muslims approach10% of the population, they tend to increase
> lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions. In Paris , we
> are already seeing car-burnings. Any non-Muslim action offends Islam, and
> results in uprisings and threats, such as in Amsterdam , with opposition
> to Mohammed cartoons and films about Islam. Such tensions are seen daily,
> particularly in Muslim sections, in:
>
> Guyana -- Muslim10%
> India -- Muslim13.4%
> Israel -- Muslim16%
> Kenya -- Muslim10%
> Russia -- Muslim15%
>
> After reaching20% , nations can expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia
> formations, sporadic killings, and the burnings of Christian churches and
> Jewish synagogues, such as in:
>
> Ethiopia -- Muslim32.8%
>
> At40% , nations experience widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks,
> and ongoing militia warfare, such as in:
>
> Bosnia -- Muslim40%
> Chad -- Muslim53.1%
> Lebanon -- Muslim59.7%
>
> From60% , nations experience unfettered persecution of non-believers of all
> other religions (including non-conforming Muslims), sporadic ethnic
> cleansing (genocide), use of Sharia Law as a weapon, and Jizya, the tax
> placed on infidels, such as in:
>
> Albania -- Muslim70%
> Malaysia -- Muslim60.4%
> Qatar -- Muslim77.5%
> Sudan -- Muslim70%
>
> After80% , expect daily intimidation and violent jihad, some State-run
> ethnic cleansing, and even some genocide, as these nations drive out the
> infidels, and move toward100% Muslim, such as has been experienced and in
> some ways is on-going in:
>
> Bangladesh -- Muslim83%
> Egypt -- Muslim90%
> Gaza -- Muslim98.7%
> Indonesia -- Muslim86.1%
> Iran -- Muslim98%
> Iraq -- Muslim97%
> Jordan -- Muslim92%
> Morocco -- Muslim98.7%
> Pakistan -- Muslim97%
> Palestine -- Muslim99%
> Syria -- Muslim90%
> Tajikistan -- Muslim90%
> Turkey -- Muslim99.8%
> United Arab Emirates -- Muslim96%
>
> 100% will usher in the peace of 'Dar-es-Salaam' -- the Islamic House of
> Peace. Here there's supposed to be peace, because everybody is a Muslim, the
> Madrasses are the only schools, and the Koran is the only word, such as in:
>
> Afghanistan -- Muslim100%
> Saudi Arabia -- Muslim100%
> Somalia -- Muslim100%
> Yemen -- Muslim100%
>
> Unfortunately, peace is never achieved, as in these100% states the most
> radical Muslims intimidate and spew hatred, and satisfy their blood lust by
> killing less radical Muslims, for a variety of reasons.
>
> 'Before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me
> against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against
> my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; the tribe against the
> world, and all of us against the infidel. -- Leon Uris, 'The Haj'
>
> It is important to understand that in some countries, with well under100%
> Muslim populations, such as France, the minority Muslim populations live in
> ghettos, within which they are100% Muslim, and within which they live by
> Sharia Law. The national police do not even enter these ghettos. There are
> no national courts, nor schools, nor non-Muslim religious facilities. In
> such situations, Muslims do not integrate into the community at large. The
> children attend madrasses. They learn only the Koran. To even associate with
> an infidel is a crime punishable with death. Therefore, in some areas of
> certain nations, Muslim Imams and extremists exercise more
> power than the national average would indicate.
>
> Today's1.5billion Muslims make up22% of the world's population. But their
> birth rates dwarf the birth rates of Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews,
> and all other believers. Muslims will exceed50% of the world's population
> by the end of this century at their current rate of
> reproduction.
>
> Adapted from Dr. Peter Hammond's book: Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The
> Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat
>
> This is scary. Here is some serious reading for serious thinkers.
>
> Now that you know, what we will do with this knowledge?
>
> Robin Kanarek5Cliff Road
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