ISA, The Cowardly Act

Admin

This website fully support calls by NGOs, Pakatan Rakyat and most notably, Zaid Ibrahim, for the abolishment of ISA.

Instead of publishing another anti-ISA article like most bloggers do, below is the opposite view of a blogger whom we consider ignorant of the fact that there exist other avenues to prosecute potential terrorists.

The below article was posted by Anonymous:

When the Anwaristas start demanding to abolish ISA and free all detainees, we know that this country is headed for the dumpsite if Anwar Ibrahim comes into power.

Have you guys lost your marbles? Do we have to wait for the twin towers to be blown down ala 911 for you to wake up?

Listen to yourselves? Free Jemaah Islamiah? Are u crazy? Have we forgotten the weapons seige at military camps? Have u forgotten the terrorist training ground that ran in the jungle? Or their plans to blow up places where Islam forbids - nightclubs, beer breweries, etc.

Have u guys so much hatred for BN that it caused your rationale to go all bonkers? This is crazy. BN may have many shortfalls, but it's sad to see you all just hammering them for everything that is not right in this world.

Terrorism is real..remember 911, Bali, London underground, Spain, Taliban, Pakistan.... do u want a big headline with 1000 dead before you wake up? Idiots!

- posted by Anonymous

Admin's reply to Anonymous:
People who call for the repeal of ISA are not idiots. Idiotic people are those who are ignorant of the fact there are other avenues to prosecute potential terrorists (via the court of law) and it is cowardly to suggest otherwise.

Professor Hickling, the man who drafted, and unceremoniously presented upon us, the Internal Security Act 1960, said:

“At that time,” he said, “There were the communist. They were very bad men, you see,” he explained, in his earnest simplistic demeanour. “We had to do something, there were so many of them, we had to nab them and quickly locked them up. There wasn’t much time for trial; hence we needed a legislation to befit the occasion. Those were the insurgent times, a time of emergency.”

“I could not imagine then that the time would come when the power of detention, carefully and deliberately interlocked with Article 149 of the Constitution, would be used against political opponents, welfare workers and others dedicated to non violent, peaceful activities.”

Dr Farouk Musa, Dr Sheik Johari Bux, Dr Jeffrey Hassan, Dr Musa Nordin and Dr Mazeni Alwi of the Muslim Professionals Forum (MPF) have this to say:

Using Islam as a ‘tool’ to justify detention without trial is anathema to the basic principles of adl (just) and ihsan (benevolence) that formed the foundation of Islamic jurisprudence. Such cowardly acts of invoking ISA every time when there were dissenting views against the authoritarian government and their despotic ulama will not augur well for the future of free and democratic Malaysia.

We believe that this is the recourse that should be taken by the government in handling issues pertaining to Raja Petra in particular. By resorting to intellectual discourse, any differences in opinions or interpretations could be ironed out in a civilised manner. We therefore call upon the prime minister of Malaysia, to release Raja Petra unconditionally and all the other ISA detainees for that matter. We also call upon the prime minister to abolish this draconian act that clearly violates the basic human rights that were enshrined in the Qur’an ever since.