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Malaysian Islamist hits out

Published: 1 Mar 2013 at 09.13
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The long-time head of the Malaysian border province of Kelantan, Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, says the country's ruling party is not just infidel, but also communist.

The outspoken but influential Mr Nik Aziz, who favours religious rule for the country said on Thursday the United Malays National Organisation (Umno) was communist because it had rejected Islam.

Mr Nik Aziz, now 81, is well known in Thailand, both for his sometimes eccentric rules enforcing Islamic rules in Kelantan, and for his voiced support for insurgents and anti-government groups in southern Thailand.

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abbub
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Discussion 3 : 01 Mar 2013 at 12.473
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Communist used to be the buzzword. It has been replaced by "terrorist" in most of the world.

Malaysia has a complicated history including racial, religious and political tensions impossible to even begin to comment on here.

The communist insurgencies were beaten twice. Once in the 1960s, with help of the British and Australians; once in the 1980s when, as is often the case, communists were tricked in the same way as...

One example of trickery is Chin Peng, who was to have been allowed to return to the country. As recently as 2008 he was refused entry to Malaysia.

Chin Peng is apparently still living in exile in southern Thailand.
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Discussion 2 : 01 Mar 2013 at 10.592
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being a scholar he should be fair in making any statement. He is well known in the Southern part of Thailand being a close neigbour to his home state, and he is supporting the insurgents and anti-government groups in southern Thailand, but at the same time criticized the Malaysian current country's ruling party. All this just for the political reason and not for the sake of Islamic as it supposed to be. Under the name of Islam he shall promote unity and stop supporting those insurgents and anti-government groups in southern Thailand. Is this mean the action taken by the insurgent group ecouraged by Islamic rules and he must support?
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Discussion 1 : 01 Mar 2013 at 10.001
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what i have read in your reporting is only one side of the coin. Mr. Nik Aziz's comments from your reporting(i believed it was picked up from the M'sia's national news agency)has been distorted by the mainstream media. I am a non Malay non Muslim, a M'sian ethnic Chinese, there is only one sided reporting from your article. To see for yourself please head to Kelantan, that would be self explanatory.
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