got this from forwarded email.<\/p>\n
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\nFrom: Vegetable… <>
\nDate: Jun 21, 2007 10:50 PM
\nSubject: [www.umic.com.my] Is Jeanne a Malay? Yes, says UMNO Kepala Batas
\nTo:<\/p>\n
By kuda ranggi<\/p>\n
It is not a surprise when Datin Seri Jeanne (Danker) Abdullah was
\naccepted as an UMNO member in the Kepala Batas division, Penang,
\nheaded by her “charming” husband-cum-Prime Minister Datuk Seri
\nAbdullah bin Haji Ahmad.<\/p>\n
Some people are asking when did Jeanne, a Eurasian, “converted to be a
\nMalay ” thus qualified to be a card-carrying member of UMNO, the
\nbiggest Malay political party heading the grand coalition government
\nknown as Barisan Nasional or National Front?<\/p>\n
As I said it is no surprise if, firstly, one looks at the definition
\nof “Malay” in the Federal Constitution, and secondly she is the wife
\nof the Prime Minister who is also UMNO President, and thirdly
\nthousands of Indian Muslims, Arabs, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Siamese,
\namong others, have been accepted as UMNO members. Not forgetting the
\nBumiputeras of Sabah who are not Muslims.<\/p>\n
Once upon a time in Penang, several UMNO branches in the Tanjong
\nDivision conducted their meetings in Tamil, their division leader then
\nwas a Tamil Muslim and most of the branches in the city were headed by
\nTamil Muslims. UMNO recognised them as “Malays” although they did not
\nspeak Malay at home or conform to Malay custom.<\/p>\n
Article 161 of the Federal Constitution defines a Malay as “a person
\nwho professes the religion of Islam, habitually speaks the Malay
\nlanguage and conforms to Malay custom”. On top of that, the persons or
\ntheir parents have to be born or domiciled in Malaya or Singapore
\nbefore Merdeka Day (31 August 1957).<\/p>\n
The UMNO constitution or Perlembagaan UMNO stated that any citizen of
\nMalaysia belonging to the Malay race or Bumiputera aged 18 and above
\ncan be accepted as an ordinary member of the party.<\/p>\n
In Malay: Fasal 4.2 Ahli Biasa ialah Warganegara Malaysia yang
\nberbangsa Melayu atau Bumiputera yang berusia 18 tahun ke atas.<\/p>\n
The key words are “yang berbangsa Melayu” or a Malay (by race) or
\nBumiputera (sons of the soil). A Bumiputera is not necessarily a
\nMuslim. Not all Bumiputeras in Sabah and Sarawak, for example, and the
\nOrang Asli of Peninsular Malaysia are Muslims. They are free to join
\nUMNO.<\/p>\n
UMNO is not, in reality, a Malay political party. It is a Bumiputera
\npolitical party and not all Bumiputeras are Muslims.<\/p>\n
The party’s war-cary of “Hidup Melayu” should be change to “Hidup Bumiputera”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
got this from forwarded email. ———- Forwarded message ———- From: Vegetable… Date: Jun 21, 2007 10:50 PM Subject: [www.umic.com.my] Is Jeanne a Malay? Yes, says UMNO Kepala Batas To: By kuda ranggi It is not a surprise when Datin Seri Jeanne (Danker) Abdullah was accepted as an UMNO member in the Kepala Batas division, Penang, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[133,24,143,302,300,141],"class_list":["post-345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-borninmalaysia","tag-isa","tag-mic","tag-penang","tag-religion","tag-umic","tag-umno"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}