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north_malaysian
Such as?:?
Starving Chinese and Indian schools of money and good teachers. Putting restrictions on how many Chinese and Indians can go to University. Denying Chinese and Indian parents subsidies to send their children to school. That sort of thing.
It will be a problem for some. I would miss not going to Malaysia every now and then myself. But if the entire Muslims world were locked out of the rest of the world I don't think the rest of us would miss it much.
Very hard to do ... to lock up us from the rest of the world. But how about Non Muslims in our countries? Kick them to the seas? What should we do with their churches, buildinggs, business, fields, tmples?:?
Non-Muslims are fleeing Muslim countries just as fast as they can. Well that is harsh. Some of them are fleeing as fast as they can, some are gradually declining as the young leave. Look at the Christian Arabs. It is unlikely that even the Copts will survive at present rates of immigration. Can you name a single Muslim country where the number of non-Muslims citizens has gone up? Most Muslim countries are trying, to varying degrees, to destroy or seize those Churches, buildings, businesses, fields and temples already. Malaysia, again a
moderate country, has repeatedly forced Chinese and Indian Malaysians to hand over businesses to Malays. They deny licences to even existing businesses to force them to sell out to Malays - the bus companies being a good example.
And as Malaysia and the UAE become more and more dangerous no doubt many non-Muslims will move out
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Before the oil was found UAE was like 99.99% Muslims? But now, I think Muslim are getting smaller percentage in UAE.
True but they are guest workers. They are not citizens. Not even Muslims can do that easily. And for a while it was safe to work in the Gulf. It isn't any more. As I said, no doubt the numbers will decrease and they will follow the example of Egypt's Greeks, Algeria and Morroco's Jews, Iraq's Christians, Bangladesh's and Pakistan's Hindus and leave.
Malaysia has already lost what? 2 million ethnic Chinese and 500,000 ethnic Indians since Independence
I acknowledge that chinese and Indian are getting smaller, but 2.5 millions people are so big number. I dont know about it. Care to give reference.
I am happy to have a dig around.
The future of the entire Muslim world looks like Bangaldesh if you ask me - surrounded by big tall fences patrolled by men with guns and no way out.
How come there are 300,000 Bangladeshis in Malaysia if there are no way out?:rollseyes
Well there is the international airport. And India has not finished its fence yet. Malaysia does not have tough rules on Muslim immigrants. Just Chinese ones. No doubt Malaysia can go on accepting Bangladeshi workers if they want.
Malaysia will have such a fence with Thailand soon.
Already have it since Communist rebellion days.
News to me.
India fences off Bangladesh to keep out Muslim terror
Dean Nelson, Dhaka
INDIA is accelerating the construction of a 2,500-mile fence to seal its border with Bangladesh amid growing fears that its Muslim neighbour could become “a new Afghanistan”.
Indian officials and western diplomats have been alarmed by an increase in terrorist attacks by militant groups linked to Al-Qaeda and by the Dhaka government’s failure to crack down on them.
One group said to have links with the government claimed responsibility for 500 synchronised explosions in 63 of Bangladesh’s 64 districts in August.
India’s cabinet has decided to speed up work on the 8ft security fence, which is intended to keep out terrorists and arms smugglers. The fence, which cuts a swathe through some of India’s densest rainforests, will be finished by the end of next year and patrolled by a border security force. Key stretches are being electrified.
Thailand will build security fences along parts of its southern border with Malaysia.
The prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, says it is a bid to stop militants blamed for attacks in the region.
He says fences will cover remote sections of the 650 kilometre border with Malaysia.
Dr Thaksin says Thai officials are talking with Malaysia about building over 100 kilometres of fences along points of the border where Thai patrols do not usually reach.
It will cut suspected escape routes used by militants in Thailand's largely-Muslim south, where violence has killed more than 60 people since January.
Relations between the South East Asian neighbours have been strained since Thai officials said militants behind the violence had taken refuge in Malaysia.
ABC Asia Pacifc TV / Radio Australia
Thai idea to fence off attacks
Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has proposed fencing off parts of its border with Malaysia to counter an upsurge in violence.
A string of attacks have been carried out on police, government officials and even Buddhist monks in the Muslim-majority provinces.
The government has sent mixed signals over who it believes is responsible, blaming both separatists and bandits.
It fears the perpetrators may be hiding in Malaysia, though Malaysia denies it.
"I have instructed the Thai Supreme Command (military) to build a fence at sensitive points, not along the whole demarcation line," Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said after a meeting with Muslim leaders on Tuesday.
He added that it would cost about 2m baht ($51,000) per kilometre to build.
SOUTHERN THAILAND
Home to most of Thailand's 4% Muslim minority
Muslim rebels fought the government up to the mid-80s
Area beset by poverty and poor relations between local communities and officials
Thai officials have said they believe those responsible may include separatists with dual Thai-Malaysian citizenship who cross the porous border at will.
But the spiritual leader of Thailand's Muslims, Chulatattamontri Sawas Sumalayasak, said after meeting Mr Thaksin on Tuesday that he believed smuggling gangs, and not separatists, were behind the recent violence.
"People who are responsible for this unrest are people who have lost their business benefits, not Muslims," he said.
In the latest attacks, two Telephone Organization of Thailand employees were shot dead by motorcycle gunmen on Saturday in Narathiwat province and a deputy village headman in the same area was slashed on Sunday morning, receiving serious injuries.
In neighbouring Yala province, a deputy village headman was shot dead on Saturday night and a border patrol policeman was gunned down in Pattani province. He survived and is being treated in hospital.
Mr Thaksin said he was determined to bring "lasting security and stability'' within three years, adding that all police officers assigned to that area must remain there throughout that period.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/h...ic/3495805.stm
Published: 2004/02/17 12:15:05 GMT