Malays their own worst enemies, says Tee

'If their race is destroyed, it will be from their own doing.'

PETALING JAYA: The Malays are their own worst enemies, according to controversial preacher Ridhuan Tee.

“It’s frightening to see how disunited the Malays are today,” he says in the latest article for his column in Sinar Harian. “If the Malay race is destroyed, it will be from the Malays’ own doing. Others will simply exploit the situation.”

He says he would not have bothered about what the Malays would do to themselves if they were not Muslims; but he feels a bond of brotherhood with them and is therefore concerned over what they are doing to themselves. “No doubt, those of other races, including my own close relatives, will seize on this and condemn and insult me.”

He says his article would never end if he were to write about all the problems afflicting the Malays.

He says the Malays must end their habit of boasting about the past glory of the race and start thinking of the present and planning for their future glory.

“There’s not much time left to create a new glorious age for the Malays because other races have left them far behind. Those other races are grabbing all the opportunities that are rightfully opportunities for the Malays.

“Unfortunately, the Malays are losing out because they are too preoccupied with bringing each other down. More unfortunately still, the Malays are fighting each other over the right to champion the enemies of Islam, as is happening with PAS and Umno.”

Tee calls on the Malays to “rise up” and not shackle themselves with problems of their own making. “Resolve your problems before it’s too late. Other races are so far in front of you.”