I often hear about muhibbah but I don't know exactly what it is. I think it's something like different races living together in perfect harmony, side-by-side, no hard feeling, love... Please correct me if I'm wrong. Does that really work in Malaysia? I don't mean just no racist riots since May 13, but do people of different races actually respect each other with no hard feelings or they're trying to trick one another? Britney, try to be more general. Try to explain what is 'muhibbah' to a person who doesn't know anything about it (me)... Well, in case of mixing with people of other races, that happens everywhere, not only in Malaysia. I always deal with people of different ethnics and I consider it normal, nothing to brag about. I call it life. Can someone elaborate something on muhibbah - what is it in the first place (definition!!!) Hmmm... I'm a Muslim but I'm not a Melayu and I don't want Malaysian citizenship. Can I become a part of Malaysian society? No, my post is just a response to what's going on in this section. I don't have any problems with people being Malay or whatever but I do find the labelling attitude which classifies people according to their ethnic background or citizenship problematic. Well in practice, I hang out with Chinese and they dislike Malays, and I hang out with Malays and they dislike the Chinese, and I hang out with Indians and they dislike both of the above... Now I think muhibbah is just an application of the silat principle 'sarangkan musuh dengan senyuman'. How come Malays who live abroad can behave without telling me how great they are, how they deserve special rights and so forth? They seem to lose the Herrnmensch menatlity once they move out and see that it actually doesn't matter where you come from. Geez, people, who reported all of those answers? It's like half of them is gone! I want thebear's answer back. When will you stop reporting like crazy, people?
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AQ, i dont know whether it exists in other people's vocabulary, but i got along well with my friends. My good friends are the chinese, indians, malay, etc. My bestfriend is a kelabit. I took example of my parents, they too have their multiracial friends. Not even once i heard my parents talking bad or calling their friends with rude names. Maybe that's why back in school, i tend to befriended friends of different ethnic backgrounds. We visit each other not only during festive season, we also visit each other for other matters, assisting each other out. Be it work matters, family matters etc. My mom's hairdresser is a nyonya living 1 block away, we buy durians from my father's chinese friend who owns durian dusun. My friends on the other hand were my colleagues back then. We kept in touch often. Nowadays, we always call each other when any of us need advises or tips on certain things. Positively we encourage each other to upgrade future advancements. I dont get along with people who likes to bring other people down just to make themselves feel superior or better. Respect is something that we earn, not asked.
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erk..i never heard of declaring to be melayu....just be what you are...you dont have to be melayu,cina,india to be a part of malaysian society... muhibah means care for one another/friendship according to 'Dewan Bahasa'...it does work in malaysia but not always...life's not perfect....
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gosh u are racist! u really have problem with malaysia is it?? i was just wonderin if ull feel angry if someone insult ur own race! im not trippin! but plz brotha! respect others!
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AQ, with ppl like you, i dont think that malaysian can live in harmony.should i say more...?
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since malaysia have many races living together, 'muhibbah' mean living in harmony (among all races)
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Muhibbah is superficial as it is only visible on the surface. However if there happens to be a problem among race/religion, there will only be hatred among the people.
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Muhibbah is something like flower power, everybody happy hippy, everybody making love with each other, Malays love Chinese, Chinese love Malays, Iban love everybody and are loved by everybody... Does it exist and are you welcome? Read between lines of young wife and butterfly answer: you're not welcome and muhibbah doesn't exist. I don't know if being a Muslim puts you in any better situation but I guess not: those wankers don't even know what it means to be a Muslim, they just abuse Islam for their political purposes so they can whack on Christians. They're trying to import muhibbah to Sarawak also. Ibans have a bit different traditions: we have ngayau (head-hunting) or at least we used toi have it. We used to kill Malays, Bidayuhs and Ibans from hostile longhouses and use their skulls for spiritual purposes. But now we welcome everybody: Malays, Chinese, foreigners... You'll find most of Ibans very open-minded and westernised people. In Sarawak races live side-by-side, but can't call it a harmony. Sarawak didn't have the May 13 and then those people came from other side of South China sea and started teaching us tolerance... I also don't feel welcome when I go to West Malaysia to be honest because Malays think of us as primitive fools who don't know how to use a phone and who have to be taught of everything. I must agree with Malays otherwise I'll be getting insults on account of my race and my religion and they'll tell me to get out of Malaysia if I don't like Malays but I'm a damn native here and I ain't going anywhere. So why are you surprised by that? I wish racial harmony really existed but I think you'd find Sarawak better than West Malaysia, so much less radical people overhere. Actually Sarawakians don't really care about anything as long as we have our stomachs full then treat us as you like...
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There can be no perfect race and perfect tolerance in this world we live in. So why bother being nice when people like you are quick to judge others? You sounded like you hate the malays and pengayap sounded like he hate the malay muslim. Who cares whether you are nice to people or whether somebody is being nasty to you? Nobody is paid to treat each other nice. It comes from the heart. As one of the post above which i have read, respect is what u earn, not forcing people to bow down to your fancies. You talk about how much you hate racism, yet you sounded like a pure racist. Pengayap: Why are you so insecure of your ethnic background? Why so defensive?
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Muhibbah is Malaysian way of racial harmony. It's an envy for the rest of the world, I believe, that a multi-racial Malaysia, all living together in harmony, generally respecting each other, respecting each and every religion and accepting the differences of each other's cultures. Yes, many nationalities are jealous of us, Malaysians.
