‘Islam is a beautiful religion. It is a practical religion. It must be known for its values and compassion. It is not about punishments or banning this or that. This has unfortunately happened. Islam is not about force. Substance is more important, let’s not forget’ – His Royal Highness the Sultan of Selangor, in theStar today, responding to a question on the controversy surrounding the recent fatwa on yoga.
The interview with His Royal Highness is a ‘must read’.
Posted in: Digressions
The People's Parliament 
temenggong
December 2, 2008
The ruler still used the words ‘social contract’, which is not in the constitution.
It is time to call for a Commission for Review of Article 153 with a View to Abolishment.
All parties including the rulers may provide their input to such a commission.
The Simple Man
December 2, 2008
Read it this morning too. It gave me a good feeling that we have a caring Ruler. From what i have seen lately, The Rulers have been giving a good account of themselves. This will put the politicians in check. We need them.
Daulat Tuanku!!!
sampalee
December 2, 2008
Daulat Tuanku[x3]
malsia1206
December 2, 2008
Well said and expressed in plain simple language. May I had the religions of Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism are all beautiful too and they all promote human values and compassion. It’s only the politicians and the fanatics who distort these values. They all do not survive civilisation for 2000 years for nothing.
malsia1206
malayamuda
December 2, 2008
time to practise Islam…….not talk and preach about it all the time to portray that you are pious……..
The Beetle
December 2, 2008
Thank God we have the sultan of selangor,the regent of perak and not forgetting our present king.
marvinlee
December 3, 2008
Yeah, agree with The Simple Man.
His Royal Highness, the Sultan of Selangor is just and caring.
Daulat Tuanku and a advance Happy Birthday wish to you.
vishie
December 3, 2008
haris,
at the moment the world does not see the beauty of islam as espoused by tunku idris. many quarters have said that the writings in the holy book is absolute and hence beyond any dissertation. some of those writings or verses within or beyond context do not support human rights; rights of women; multi-ethnic/multi-culture/multi-religious world; propagates violence based on race and religion; overtly creates a dichotomy between believers and non-believers; and with the underlying theme of post-dated benifits against present endeavours. moreover tunku idris also mentioned the oft-called existence of a social contract. as a result of bringing all these contraditions into the present workings; what have we left with? abandoned rights; supremacy of birth; forsaking what it should be all about?? i sincerely would suggest a soul seeking/searching/stripping exercise on the parts of the powers to be in order to comprehend the present dilemma. to ponder bro………….
pywong
December 3, 2008
Religion is a private matter between an individual and his God. It has nothing to do with the politicians. But they can’t leave well alone as religion is a very useful tool for thought control. It is UMNO’s favourite weapon to control the Malays and for divide-and-rule of the others.
pywong
Caker
December 3, 2008
I am so glad that we have a caring Sultan. Daulat Tuanku!
carmanio
December 3, 2008
i am not surprised that coming from the sultan of selangor. tuanku’s a progressive royalty. in layman’s term, he’s cooooool…. 🙂
daulat tuanku!
daulat tuanku!
daulat tuanku!
carmanio
sambal muncha
December 3, 2008
Here’s one person who is making a lot of sense…
peng
December 4, 2008
I read the interview and am so proud that Selangor has a Sultan who is truly for the people. Such wise words from him! Daulat Tuanku!
ANAND
December 4, 2008
Hey you sound good.so what i have done is that i have added your blog link to my blog.so friend you also add my link to your blog.let us share our experiences….ok friend see you in the next post bye takecare.
sanjiun
December 5, 2008
I would like to share a touching story regarding this interview.
Haris, if you have any chance, please share this with as many people as possible.
The next day after the interview came out in The Star, Sin Chew daily also published the translated version (Mandarin) of the interview.
A 70-year-old lady read it. Then, she called up to Sin Chew daily and said she is really touched with what the Sultan said. She said, the Sultan spoke out everything inside her heart.
http://opinions.sinchew-i.com/taxonomy/term/13
This 70-year old granny asked SinChew for a favor: she would like to give something to the Sultan of Selangor as a gift, to show her respect to Sultan – a gold chain with a gold locket engraved with the word “寿（shou）”, which means “longevity” in english.
Even though she knows her gold chain means nothing to Sultan, but she hope that the Sultan will be blessed with healthy long life.
It was a touching story and I hope that one day, the Sultan of Selangor will come to know about this and know how much Rakyat love the Sultan.
jkoena
December 6, 2008
Islam is also a religion of equivalence, then why all this racist rhetoric on ketuanan melayu?
Search the Web on Snap.com
December 9, 2008
sanjuin, thanks for sharing the story. Yeah, yeah this Tuanku is truly the people’s Tuanku and always soothing after other ‘ugly Muslims’ spew their venom. God Bless him. Daulat Tuanku x3