What Could Cause A Civil War In Malaysia

All a race riot or a civil war needs is a trigger. And that doesn't take
much.

The official version of the May 13, 1969 race riots is that it began after
members of an opposition party (Chinese) starting taunting the Malays,
following the election victory. Two guys were dragged from a van, and that
led to the bloodiest ethnic clash in Malaysian history.

Tensions reached another high point in 1987, when then UMNO Youth Chief
leader (and our current Deputy Prime Minister), Najib Tun Razak, threatened
to bathe a keris (traditional Malay dagger) with Chinese blood. The flames
were fanned further when in an unrelated incident, a Malay soldier ran amok
in a predominantly Chinese area, killing one and injuring another two.

Then there was a small, but bloody clash betweens Malays and Indians in a
place called Kampung Medan in 2001. This is only about 10 miles from where
I currently live. What triggered it? An Indian funeral and Malay wedding!

Then came the UMNO General Assembly meeting that was held late last year
(2006), was televised live on TV. Malaysians were shocked to hear the level
of racism that was spewing forth from these idiots mouths, much to the
embarrasment of the Prime Minister. The highlight was the current UMNO
Youth Chief, Hishammuddin. As Wikipedia put it, 'One delegate, Hashim
Suboh, made headlines when he asked Hishammuddin, who had brandished the
keris (traditional Malay dagger) again, 'Datuk Hisham has unsheathed his
keris, waved his keris, kissed his keris. We want to ask Datuk Hisham when
is he going to use it?' Hashim said that 'force must be used against those
who refused to abide by the social contract', provoking criticism from the
DAP, which accused him of sedition'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_contract_(Malaysia)

The short of it was that Hishammuddin was threatening to shed
blood...non-Malay blood.

In March 2007, Tourism Minister, Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan, said the
following;

"Bloggers are liars. They use all sort of ways to cheat others. From what I
know, out of 10,000 unemployed bloggers, 8,000 are women.'Bloggers like to
spread rumours, they don't like national unity. Today our country has
achievements because we are tolerant and compromising. Otherwise we will
have civil war.'Malays will kill Chinese, Chinese will kill Malays, Indians
will kill everybody else. 'He asked people not to believe bloggers and
gamble away Malaysia's future because 50 years of Merdeka (Independence)
takes a lot to achieve it.'We have to show to the people our positive
attitude. If the world learns from us, there will peace and no civil war".
http://sloone.wordpress.com/2007/03/09/why-lah-now-they-are-picking-on-us-women-bloggers/

So, the word "civil war" appears on the lips of no less than a Cabinet
Minister. It just goes to show what his assessment of the situation is.

All I have shown above is only the tip of the ice berg. There are many
things happening. There are numerous sources on this. You only need to
know where to look.

It's simplistic to say that this is purely Islam. It's a mixture both both
religion and race. The Malays have this concept called "Ketuanan Melayu"
(Malay Supremacy) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketuanan_Melayu . Doesn't it
sound a lot like Nazi Supremacy? Yesiree. This is the perfect definition
of what the West calls "Islamofacism".

BTW, 600 responses is the most I have seen on any one article on any blog on
Malaysian politics.

600 responses aint a lot, then again, it's more than nothing. The lack
of links to external sources makes it hard to judge the comments that
claim to be reports or new stories.

Despite the fall of the iron curtain being over a decade ago, investment
in countries like Bulgaria was very cautious. Someone told me that a
company like Shell Oil wouldn't evne think of opening a gas station there
unless they were sure of a ten year plan for it's prosperity.

So I wonder if big company investment in Malaysia would continue in spite
of them being worried about a civil war, or if civil war fears would lead
to foreign countries scaling back their expansion and investment plans in
Malaysia? Maybe there are things they could do to insure themselves
against the risks, things not available to smaller investors.

The Islamic problem is definitely something to be considered. But if it
isn't Islamic threats to the populace, then it's the nanny government
creating a huge drag on the economy as the politicians find ever more
creative ways to raise taxes and redistribute wealth for feel good
policies.

• Feel Good Policies Increasing Bite Of Taxes On Bonuses And Properties