COMMENT | Language fascism over whiskey

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Is it fair to stretch and extend the meanings of words?

| Malaysia creates a whiskey called Timah that wins overseas awards. Do we celebrate it? Sadly, some people want to tear it down.” to Muslims because it sounds like Fatimah, the name of Prophet Muhammad’s daughter.

No, replied the whiskey company, the brand name Timah is the Malay word for tin. Yes, the metal over which Chinese migrants slaved in mines and died from malaria to build this country's wealth and towns like Ipoh, Seremban, Taiping and indeed, Kuala Lumpur itself. A history that’s sadly being slowly erased from our school history books.These outbursts are deeply troubling for many reasons. One suspects the problem begins with the use of the Malay language to describe something non-halal.

 

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Gambling is haram. PAS objected. But PAS didn't find fault with the word Toto. The word Toto in the Dusun language (Sabah) means vagina. And non-Muslim Dusuns are allowed to 'main Toto' (betting on the game.)

Just rebrand by adding : 'AIR KENCING TIMAH' there will be no objection.

Must thank pas for the free publicity

another name PAS fear of again, so many things they fear to ‘confuse’. pls la, people more wiser than these PAS idiot.

These JAKIM-Pas-Umno-Bersatu-PH fanatics are bluffing. All their laws about alcohol and intoxicants are man-made. And if they can make laws as and when they wish, then why can't other people make their own laws?

Well no such thing as bad PR, and what this has thought us is, if you wanna get known, send a few bottles of ur brew to PAS leaders...

Ini salah Hadi Fuckwang

I’am curious. Where can I get this in any part of Sarawak?

To show how dumb some people are…

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