Who the heck ARE you?

Gabungan Pelajar-Pelajar Melayu also known as GPMS was established in 1948.
And the aim of GPMS?

"Menjaga hak-hak, mengemukakan segala permintaan dan memperbaiki keadaan pelajar-pelajar dari segenap lapisan masyarakat"

And in addition, it was set up because:-

1. Sedar atas perlunya disatukan tenaga pelajar-pelajar Melayu di seluruh Semenanjung Tanah Melayu;
2. Sedar akan kemunduran Bangsa Melayu dalam ilmu pengetahuan;
3. Sedar akan kewajipan untuk meninggikan darjat pengetahuan bangsa;dan
4. Sedar bahawa maju mundur kaya miskin dan hina mulianya bangsa adalah di tangan pelajar.
[all info obtained from Hari Ini Dalam Sejarah Online]

Now that we all have a rough idea of what GPMS stand for, I dare ask what business do they have calling for a ban on Gwen Stefani's concert? Saying that in the name of protecting Islam and Muslims in the country, her concert should be banned due to her costumes on stage which in their words "promote promiscuity" and is against the tenets of Islam. [ I have a question, how many of us have had the urge to go forth and copulate when we see Gwen bursting out unto the stage with her costumes or when she is in her music videos? I didnt. If we did, the Malaysian population will have increased tenfold]

Now I read the aims of GPMS over and over again and nowhere do I see that it is their duties or calling to "defend" Islam or to determine what is right or wrong in the name of Islam. Seriously, who died and made them the barometer of what is decent and what is not in Malaysia? Lest they forget, Islam is the official religion of the country, but Islam does not govern the lives of all Malaysians. If indeed you think that Gwen's dressing will corrupt your Muslim youth, ban THEM from going to the concert. We Chinese, Indians and Lain-Lain do not need you to tell us what will or will not corrupt our minds thank you very much.

Or perhaps you should ban your 10,000 members from attending Gwen's concert. They consented to joining your association, so they should stick by what you preach. ( I wonder if they actually have any members attending the concert, that would be interesting to know. If I were the promoters of the concert, and I see a GPMS member buying a ticket, I would say OH NO YOU DONT!)

Now, the whole aim of GPMS it to elevate the status of Muslim students nationwide. That they realise that they should all come together to ensure that the Muslim students are moving forward in terms of their education, their thoughts and their ideas. Basically, its understanding that there is a need to work hard to elevate the status of the Muslim Students in order that they do not lag behind all other races. Encourage the students to learn, encourage the students to take up courses they never thought they will excel in, encourage them to open up their minds and to accept ideas of the world and not confine themselves to their own little world.

THAT is what I read from their aims.

However, what THEY interpret from their aims is to basically call for the man who created the Negaraku YouTube video to make a public apology for allegedly insulting Islam, to insist that he makes another video and apologise publicly, and to DEMAND that Gwen Stefani's concert be banned for promoting promiscuity and when that failed, to INSIST that she cover up as it is against Islam to reveal any skin. (a quick visit to Jalan Sultan Ismail will see many Muslim women dressed in the shortest skirts and skimpiest tops and what about the celebrities who grace covers of the magazines in their skimpy cleavage revealing tops?)

So who are these people to demand all these things?
Who are they to say, Oh, WE are the barometer of what is right and wrong? Why did the Government bow to their wishes and demands? This is only an ASSOCIATION which does not even represent the view of all Muslims, but merely 10,000 of them. They do not represent other races (of course) and they are in NO position to demand anything. Yet, they do and the Government bows to their demands.

This is when we say in unison, WTF ?

SO what next GPMS, no music on the radio besides Raihan? No movies besides Quran recital programmes? How about we ban all night clubs and make it compulsory for the whole nation to take a break whenever the is a calling for prayers? Or perhaps we should make it compulsory for Jawi to be taught to everyone ? Or that the only celebrities allowed to come to Malaysia is one who would be covered from head to toe and not promote promiscuity with his/her dressing.

I have a few questions I would like answered.[Forgive me if I sound a little pissed but I am and they have truly gone overboard with their demands]

1. Why is it that you do not ask your fellow Muslim Students to stop relying on Government funding to send them overseas to study?If you are indeed such big advocates of everything Malaysian, stay in Malaysia, study in Malaysia. Why go overseas where the whole environment is allegedly an affront to your religion?
2. How many of your 10,000 members actually studied Islam and can make statements on what is right or wrong in the name of Islam?
3. Why you did not even make a peep when there were videos of your fellow Muslim Students(underage ones too) having sex with young boys circulating on the internet?
4. Why most youths found "in compromising positions" in Tasik Titiwangsa, Kelana Jaya Park, Shah Alam Park are Muslim youths(and I do not simply summarise that they are Muslims, their tudungs were a big giveaway)

Let's not go and govern what other people are doing. Why dont you look at your own backyard? What have you done to elevate the status of your youth? How have you educated them? How have you achieved ANY of the aims you set out to do? Many Muslims are still in their villages, uneducated. Have you sent your people there to see whether they can set up schools for them? Provide them with books and clothes?

Have you done any of that at all?

Funny how I only hear of you when there is a concert or when there is a brouhaha over something. When it comes to promoting education, batang hidung pun tak nampak.