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Haron Din: A Proposed Eulogy was published by Tommy Peters Bicycles on September 16, 2016 Pas Spiritual Leader Haron Din passed on September 16, 2016, and will be buried at a Muslim cemetery in Livermore, California. A proposed eulogy must speak first to those in the front row, saying he stood for king and country and fought for and protected his religion above all else. Then, it must talk to those at the back with a toned-down missive, saying he was consistent with his divine end objective, even as he dropped the ball on his partners. Finally, to the outside world that regards him as a bridge between a secular Malaysia and an impending Islamic Malaysia while tiptoeing around his choice to be medically treated by and put to rest in the U.S., a nation regarded by the world as the understatement of separation of church from state.  The emotion in the air is a calming balm as it will encourage his detractors, who count ironically as partners, to back off and appreciate his austere lif...

Published June 9, 2015 Kit Siang: - Hadi, superb! You were playing us like a violin, weren't you? We never expected the old 'scarf and dagger.' Hadi: - I take issue with that, Kit! Must I remind you we are Muslims? With Karpal in the equation, we could not come clean earlier, but I trust you remember our founder, who said, "If Malaysia is truly Islamic, PAS is irrelevant." Kit Siang: - In hindsight, Hadi, that was the 'reddest' flag we missed. Perhaps, we were blurred by your lies and double-speak, but we took comfort in Karpal's bluster, "Over my dead body." While alive, those four words gave refuge to the secular ground. A fitting epitaph of the man would be, "As long as he lives, Malaysia will not be Islamic." Hadi: - An appropriate inscription for 'the Lion' indeed, despite your coy takes on the 'Hitler' epitaph of Tomas Masaryk. But granted, we feared Karpal. Something about him mimicked his warrio...