Proof that MCA is Umno's running dog: MCA makes U-turn over 'Allah' row!!

In barely 24-hours, MCA has backed down on its call for the federal government to rescind its ban on the use of the term 'Allah' by non-Muslims, following a reprimand by acting Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.

In a statement today, MCA president Chua Soi Lek said that his party was merely voicing concerns raised during a meeting between the party's presidential council and the Christian Federation of Malaysia last week. Chua said the NGO had wished for the matter to be resolved quickly as it had been more than a year since the issue cropped up.

Chua's "clarification" comes a day after MCA central committee member Loh Seng Kok issued a statement, urging Home Minister Hishamuddin Hussein to rescind the ban since the minister had expressed "regret" over the controversy. Loh said the move to rescind the band would make Hishammuddin a leader who truly looked after the rights and interest of all Malaysians.

Loh noted that besides the Christians in Sabah and Sarawak, the Hindus and Sikhs also use the term Allah in their Veda and Guru Granth Sahib scriptures, respectively. He added by saying that to only allow 'Allah' to be used by Christians only in East Malaysia “reeks of 1 country, 2 systems and negates the fact that about 100,000 native Sarawak and Sabah Christians are based on Peninsular Malaysia. Moreover, Christian Orang Aslis on the peninsula also refer to God as “Allah”.

Even though Loh has justified the call to revoke the 'Allah' ban, will or dare Hishammudin do the right thing? I think not. Reason being the Home Minister had made the statement that the decision to ban the word “Allah” would continue to haunt his ministry "for a very long time." Hopeless Hishammudin! 8|