While MalaysiaKini, Malaysia Today and HarakahDaily are busy publishing articles and commentaries that seems to encourage Malaysians to hit the streets and protest about the recent fuel price hike, many Americans have begun selling off their fancy cars or RVs (recreation vehicles) and opt for public transportation or other forms of cheap transportation.
Silly Malaysians despite the fact that fuel price hikes are inevitable are still hoping for miracles. :-(
It is you, the majority Malaysians that want to live like Mat Salehs. It is you, the majority Malaysians that chose to live by the codes of Western secularism and capitalism. It is you, the majority Malaysians that thought Western democracy and economic principles will bring peace and prosperity to the land.
It is you, the majority Malaysians that now have to pay the heavy price! Serves you right!
Only true Islam that is according to the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (saw@pbuh) can save your neck now. :-)
2 comments:
As a Muslim I will agree with you, Islam is the way of life, but when expressing ideas, it will be very hard to convince people on the value of Islam...
The problem of democratic capitalism is a global problem, same as the oil crisis...
When money is leading the talk, it is difficult for people to realize and to differentiate between good and bad...
You are right. Consider the article below.
Also contributing to the problem greatly, arbitrage opportunities, resulting from the difference between Iran's subsidized price and the market price abroad, through smuggling with other countries, has considerably aggravated the shortage of gasoline in Iran, diminished its exports of crude oil, and illegally drained/stolen huge financial resources (counted in billions of dollars per year) from the government coffers (treasury - people's money that is) into private bank accounts abroad[14]. No arrest has been made public to this day by the judiciary regarding the identity of the peoples responsible for this massive theft of the public property.[15]
Besides, studies have shown repeatedly that subsidies for gasoline mostly benefit the higher income strata of the population because they are the ones who can afford to drive cars or who can profit by using it as an input in their (export) businesses (eg. transportation) [16]. Therefore, it is advisable to ban gasoline subsidies altogether and transfer the subsidy amounts directly to the population equally or to the population who needs it specifically.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Petroleum_of_Iran
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