Malaysia Not Entirely Sweet on Stefani...

0077

tq tq

and dalam rancangan apa on E! news?

unRESTworld

fuiyooo mesia been mentioned on E! news!!

Ustaz_SUFI

x pun kebaya ... or maybe Sari ataupun Cheongsam... .

darthVader

mesti cute...

123456

Pick on a worthy issue

On The Beat
By WONG CHUN WAI

Shame on them! Instead of protesting against the cruelty of the Talibans and taking up other more important issues, the National Union of Malaysian Muslim Students is picking on a trivial matter like Gwen Stefani’s concert in Kuala Lumpur.

IT was merely a news item in a newspaper known more for its sensational news on crime and celebrities. Most Malaysians probably did not even know about the controversy as it was ignored by major dailies, but it did make its way around the world.

From the United States to Down Under, the call by the National Union of Malaysian Muslim Students to ban Gwen Stefani’s concert in Kuala Lumpur on Aug 21 was given coverage.

The student group claiming to have 10,000 members achieved notoriety with a statement by its vice-president Abdul Muntaqim who purportedly said that the singer’s performance and attire were not suitable for Malaysian culture.

He reportedly said “it promotes a certain degree of obscenity and will encourage youths to emulate the Western lifestyle”.牋

Union president Mohamed Hilmi Ramli warned that the concert be cancelled, “failing which we will ask the authorities to intervene”.

Fuyoh! I am not sure whether Abdul Muntaqim and Mohamed Hilmi have watched Stefani’s videos but, seriously, my friend, no MTV fan can agree with you that flat-chested Stefani would fall under the sexy category.

Like many Malaysians, I am deeply troubled by the perception of these students.牋

The American singer, who is a mother of one, does not have an image problem and neither is she a frequent rehabilitation visitor, like Britney Spears or Lindsay Lohan. If we look at our own shores, we have Jamal Abdillah. I don’t recall the union pressing for a ban of his shows.

Yes, we can expect the diva, who has sold over tens of millions of albums worldwide, to kick up a storm with her Harajuku Girls, the four back-up singer-dancers from Japan, but certainly none of us would suffer moral decay, as the paranoid students fear.牋

The students are of course entitled to their views although I am surprised that they even deserve a space in that newspaper or that a reporter could have called them up for reaction to spice up the story and create controversy.

But how we wish that these students would speak up with the same passion against corruption, racism and abuse of power, which their predecessors had done at Universiti Malaya.

As an undergraduate from 1968 to 1971, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was the president of the National Union of Malaysian Muslim Students and his cause then was rural poverty and hunger. It certainly was not pop concerts!

We have also not seen any statement from them to protest against the cruelty of the Talibans, which Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar has spoken against. Shame on them that they have to pick on a trivial matter like Stefani’s concert.

This is not the first time. I remember during the 1980s, when I was a student at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, that these PAS-inclined students demonstrated against the Alleycats’ concert in campus.

Here was a group of non-Malay singers performing Bahasa Malaysia songs to a packed audience of racially-mixed students and just outside were the demonstrators. Around the same time, another group of students staged a protest against Sheila Majid at Universiti Malaya.

PAS, for example, used to protest against pop concerts, using the same argument. But even the Kelantan state government has loosened up a bit by allowing concerts by Malay singers, never mind if the audience at these shows are gender segregated.

Realising the need to win young voters and shed its ultra-conservative image, the party leadership has attempted to take a more moderate view, even acknowledging that entertainment is acceptable.牋

Presumably, younger leaders like Datuk Husam Musa and Datuk Kamaruddin Jaafar have managed to re-brand PAS to be more palatable.牋

PAS leaders like Kelantan Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Nik Aziz Nik Mat used to argue differently, but for the sake of political expediency, different views are now being put up.

Still, there are rumblings from certain sections of the party against TV3’s successful Jom Heboh series of concert-trade promotion shows, supposedly because of the free mingling of sexes. It is hardly convincing but there are enough PAS supporters who hold this view.牋

Despite the huge publicity given to the student body’s statement by newspapers and websites abroad, including one headlined Malaysia says no to Gwen Stefani show, and an introductory paragraph in Music, a popular American pop music site, that said “Those crazy Malaysians are at it again – citing indecency and provocativeness, the National Union of Malaysian Muslim Students has called Gwen Stefani obscene and offensive,” the fact is that it does not speak for the rest of Malaysians.牋

Some of us lucky ones are going to Stadium Putra to party to Stefani’s music and have fun!

http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?file=/2007/8/5/columnists/onthebeat/18500796&sec=On%20The%20Beat

0077

this is like i once said before, incredibly stupid. what about those gangstarz shows? they show MORE skin than gwen stefani does on stage. they practically wear nothing on stage. and for god's sake, even the newspapers like pancaindera have photo shoots where the 'covergirl' dresses indecently. i just saw today's cover and clearly was pissed off.

and haven't they heard of the news that during all those merdeka celebration concerts, people end up having sex there? whereas the cleaners would find used condoms everywhere as soon as the concerts finished? i've been to numerous concerts in malaysia, where international artists perform, and i don't see an act as such being commited.

these people are in no position to say such things. and are they even aware of the fact that their ex-president was in jail for sodomizing a man? what's their comment on that? honestly speaking, these people shouldn't have been in the papers to voice their opinions because it's nothing but irrational. besides, it's not what their union's suppose to be doing, as said in the article.

and shouldn't these people be worried about things that matter in life and things that SHOULD concern them besides this? utterly ridiculous.

sads

kalu kata no doubt dulu pernah datang, mesti gwen dah tau kan cara berpakaian.. So no probs kot.. tapi tengok surat khabar mingguan hari ni penyanyi arab tuh.. pehhh... lurah bukan main..

Muntz

Gwen nie kalau menari bukan macam Inul ataupun Shakira. Dia menari tak seksi pun. Malah Gwen pun bukannya seksi sangat. Kalau Fergie nak datang diorang protes, aku rasa munasabahlah jugak.

opocot

Bagi aku, bangang jugak la depa yg protes konsert gwen. Apasal masa PCD datang, dok diam je? Aku mmg minat gwen since zaman no doubt lagi

Inspire

ntah hapa-hapa la deyols

honey_jelly

bangangnya diorggggg :@ .....macamlah akhlak bebudak sekarang ni baikkkkkkk sgt.....bengang aku spesis camni....*****cat doll dulu takde plak diorg bising2... bagi aku gwen takdelah seksi sgt...biasa je..tak yah konsert artist luar...artis malaysia sendiri pun ada yg seksi meksi dari gwen...takde plak diorg nak sibuk..

opocot

itu la pasal .... ala2 konon menjalankan tanggungjawab la tu .... ( ye ke? ) takpe la kalau ye pun.. tp tgk pada org nya la ... takat gwen ni.. no harm pun.

Lagu, performance-wise, dressing... ok je dia ni..

isskandar

alahai presiden council apekejadahntah tu..
mc bagos2 jer..
gwen je pon..
sian gwen taw!
wat malu melesia je dey ols ni u ols!
hanjeng!!

opocot

whatever pun, gwen dah agree dengan all terms and conditions yg dah ditetapkan... tapi tak roockkk laaa takde lompat2 beb! teringat konsert no doubt... happening gila ... tak dapat bayangkan camana la konsert gwen mlm tu nanti ...

sharingan86

ceh.biasalah bebudak camni,fanatik kunun diorg tu baeeekkkk sangat.piiirah! memalukan adela go deal with issues that are more important than this la.mende kecik nak dibesar2kan, mende yg patut dibesar2kan tak nak plak sentuh

isskandar

harussla gwen nyanyik lagu wind it up sambil pakai baju kurung labuh,menari mak yong..

pastuh nyani lagu 4 in the morning pakai jubah n nyanyi ala2 serifah aini..

gtew.

opocot

hhaha

nyanyi sambil lompat2 ni mmg dah trademark dia. Bangang tul la ... ada lak rules tak leh lompat2 ... abis tu nak nyayi lagu sweet escape cam nyanyi lagu negaraku ke?

farah_fanz

ader jerk masalah...lantak Gwen ler, lagipun dia bukan Muslim...yg artis Malaysia pakai baju tak cukup kain...takper...:@ :@

saja cari pasal tu!!!! i masih ingat bila mariah carey nak datang concert, juga ada orang x puas n bising2!!!!! so boring!!!! why they so free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????? kesian gwen ni

Muntz

Takleh lompat2? Berdosa ker kalau kita melompat?