COMMENT | Hamas, Tamil Tigers, Mandela: Terrorists or freedom fighters?

COMMENT | Some time ago, I read a question posted on X, “Mengapa orang Cina dan India di Malaysia tak nampak sangat sokong Palestin? Tapi orang bukan Islam di luar negara sangat bersungguh memperjuangkan Palestin (Why don’t the Chinese and Indians in Malaysia seem to support Palestine? But non-Muslims abroad are up in arms fighting for Palestine).”

This is not true, as there are scores of Chinese, Indians, and other races voicing out against the unfolding genocide in Gaza. Harmit Singh, the co-founder of Gerakan Belia Se-Punjabi Malaysia, is a clear example: the young activist was arrested for protesting in front of the US embassy.

This is a cherry-picking tweet, I thought. 

But then, podcaster Khairy Jamaluddin expressed a similar sentiment with a thinly veiled venom.

When Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim reached out to Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, Khairy posted an Instagram Story with the caption...