 Buku ini telahpun berada di pasaran seawal tahun 2004. Tesis utama yang dibawa oleh pengarangnya, Amy Chua adalah sistem demokrasi pasaran bebas yang dilaksanakan pada hari ini, khususnya di negara-negara kumpulan minoriti menjadi dominan , mampu mencetuskan ketegangan antara kumpulan minoriti dan majoriti. Sebagaimana yang pernah dihujahkan oleh Francis Fukuyama lewat karyanya The End Of History bahawa seakan-akan sistem kapitalisma-pasaran bebas akan menjadi sistem terakhir yang akan menjadi the order of the day, garapan Amy Chua sebaliknya mendedahkan keburukan yang akan berlaku di negara-negara yang mempunyai latar belakang seperti yang telah dijelaskan. Bermula daripada tragedi pembunuhan ibu saudaranya di tangan penduduk peribumi Filipina akibat rasa benci terhadap etnik minoriti Cina yang menguasai ekonomi di Filipina, Amy Chua terus cuba menampilkan beberapa pola yang sama di seluruh dunia. Beliau berjaya mendedahkan pola sama yang sedang berlaku di Indonesia, Bolivia, Rusia , Burma dan Rwanda. Apa yang perlu diambil iktibar adalah dalam latar belakang sosio ekonomi yang menyaksikan kaum minoriti, lazimnya kaum pendatang berjaya menguasai ekonomi dan menjadi dominan, kemungkinan akan tercetusnya pergaduhan kaum adalah satu faktor yang tidak boleh ditolak. |
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 Ketika artikel ini ditulis, harga minyak mentah dunia menurut pasaran masa hadapan barangan komoditi, New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), telah mencecah 132 Dollar AS setong. Kenaikan ini memaksa beberapa negara seperti India, Indonesia, serta Malaysia terpaksa menaikkan harga barang bakar tersebut di pasaran, dengan mengurangkan subsidi yang dahulunya digunakan untuk mengawal harganya untuk kegunaan masyarakat awam. |
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 Is it racist to talk about race? Yes, it is. And for Muslims, not only are they racists, but also “fasiq” and “munafiq”. [See Raja Petra Kamaruddin's posting here]. As Muslims, they have to be fair and just and treat others equally. They cannot talk about themselves being Muslims, assert their identity or fight for their rights. As majority of Muslims in this country are Malays, they also cannot talk about themselves being Malays, assert their Malay identity or fight for Malay rights. If they do, not only are they racists, but also fasiq and munafiq. Perhaps, Benedict Anderson has to come up with a whole new book on this new form of religio-nationalism. |
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Authored by Dr. Sherifa D. Zuhur.
A reason that the United States is winning so few “hearts and minds” in the broader Islamic world is confusion and imprecision in American strategic messages. The grand strategy of defining, isolating, and destroying Islamism or radical Islamism may not be possible if America does not proceed more carefully,and listen to what its allies think, know, and feel about their faith. This monograph will not revisit the origins of Islamist violence. It is instead concerned with conceptual failure that wrongly constructs the War on Terror and discourages Muslims from supporting it. They are unable to identify with the proposed transformative countermeasures because they discern some of their core beliefs and institutions as targets in this endeavor. |
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This monograph questions the messages conveyed to Muslims about their religion and extremism in the war of ideas. Why do American strategic messages on this issue play so badly in the region? Why, despite broad Muslim disapproval of extremism as shown in surveys and official utterances by key Muslim leaders, has support for bin Ladin actually increased in Jordan and in Pakistan since some polling suggests bin Ladin’s approval in Jordan suffered a great deal after the hotel bombings?