Saiful, don't hide behind religion

Saiful, don't hide behind religion Aug 18, 08 - Malaysiakini Your Say (II) Permatang Pauh: This is getting ridiculous and the BN government is yet again insulting our intelligence! Saiful’s saga is so pathetic, that it will never stand in any court of public opinion. We do not care about him swearing on the Quran as it has nothing to do with Syariah rulings. Furthermore, being so heavily tainted and compromised, his testimony in Islam or in the court of public opinion is worthless! We all know that the BN is behind all of this, but what’s surprising is how stupid they are not to realise that it is best for them to just quietly withdraw the case and reduce the damage inflicted on the government. I guarantee you that, after this ridiculous swearing and more ridiculous statement that ‘sodomy’ was forced (by a weak 61-year-old on a healthy and strong-looking 23-year-old), Anwar Ibrahim will win Permatang Pauh with an even bigger majority than Kak Wan. All righteous Malaysians of Permatang Pauh will come in droves and take Anwar to Parliament. Mark my words, Saiful, and watch what will happen when BN is no longer the ruling government. Free To Swear: Does swearing on a Holy Book means that the person is telling the truth? And the person who does not swear on the Holy Book is the guilty party? It is about time we Malaysians grow up and not be so naive otherwise we will continue being manipulated by politicians. It is far too obvious that the entire swearing on the Quran episode was well timed to take place one day before the nominations for the Permatang Pauh by-election. It does not take a genius to figure that out! Naturally, it raises the question of a well planned political charade with only one intention: hampering Anwar's political ambition. Thousands of people swear on the Holy Book, whether it is the Holy Bible or the Quran, when they testify in court and yet they are found guilty of their crimes. In arriving at their guilty verdicts, the jury or the judge based their judgements on the evidence of the case and not the fact that the criminal had sworn on the Holy Book. If swearing on the Holy Book makes a person innocent, then thousands of criminals would be all too glad to swear and be let off the hook. Naturally, a guilty party would do anything to avoid punishment. Kenny Gan: Saiful's act of swearing on the Quran is a misuse of religion and has no implication to his guilt or innocence. Go to the prison and ask the rapists, the murderers and robbers if they are willing to swear their innocence on their religion for freedom and I assure you that 99 per cent will happily do it. So does it prove that they are innocent? Saiful wants us to believe he's swearing on the Quran because he's telling the truth but does he also want us to believe that he's a heartless liar and an evil schemer willing to swear his lies on the Quran? Furthermore, it's strange that he said he had to garner courage before swearing on the Quran. If he's swearing the truth, why is it necessary to garner courage? This certainly smacks of plucking up courage to swear an untruth. DK: Firstly, some advice to Saiful: don’t drag religion into your wrongdoings. Where were you all this while, suddenly popping up like a mushroom, on the eve of nomination day, no less. Why didn’t you swear earlier, during the time you made the police report? And why didn’t you appear in public to answer our questions before Anwar was arrested. If you think your appearance now will save BN/UMNO, forget it!! You are a scapegoat on the way to slaughter! The medical doctor who examined you has clarified that your sodomy accusation was false. So you took the only option you had left, religion. We Malaysians are looking at the macro level of our political landscape, so a sodomy case is not as important as honest nation-building. We need a Pakatan government for total reform, instead of a few selfish, corrupt ministers desperate to cling on to power. Saiful, don’t be a traitor to the nation. ...more http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/87998