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Originsofthe'Malays'FinalConclusion(Pt 3)
MichaelChick|11:46AMFeb4,2009

Ironically,itwasnottheArabsorPersianswhobroughtIslaminto theregion.Inthesecondcentury,allArabswouldhaveeitherbeen Christian,Judaic,AnimisticPagansorHindu.ProphetMuhammad wasonlyborn500yearslater.AndMohenjoDaroandHarrapa werejustnextdoor. However,itwastheGujeratitraders(India)whobroughtIslamto southeastAsia.TheverysamepeoplewhobroughtHinduismto MalayaatthelocationcalledLembahBujanginthesecondcentury. Fromthen,itwasthelocalAustronesianswhobroughtHinduismto theChamkingdominthefourthcentury,thenintoJava,inthe sixthcentury,andlatertoAngkorintheeight.Hinduismstayedin southeastAsiaforafull15centuries,andisknownastheGolden HinduEra. PriortoHinduism,allofsoutheastAsiawaseitherAnimisticor Pagan.TheAustronesiansworshipedthesun,moon,stars,rocks, trees,seasandsoon. ThesoutheastAsiansarealsoknowntobepragmatic.Theyare knowntocombinereligions.InVietnam,youhaveCaoDaiism, whichisacombinationofBuddhism,Taoism,Confusianism, Catholism,andIslam. TheBalinesepracticeamix ofAnimismandHinduism. MostJavanesepractice Kejawen,whichisamixof AnimismandIslam,whilethe Champracticewhatisknown asChamBani,whichisa combinationofHinduismand Islam. Iguess,whenindoubt,these Austronesiansdecidedto chooseacocktailofreligions, justtobeonthesafeside. ThisisparalleltotheSai Babaconcept,whereby"all religionsleadtothesame righteouspath". Asmentionedearlier,IslamwasfirstbroughttoAsiaatPasai (BandaAchehregion),bytheGujeratis.Mostfamousreligious schoolswerecenteredinPasai,andthereligionspreadthroughout theNusantara. ForMalaysia,itwasParameswara'ssonwhofirstconvertedto Islam,butonlybecausehewantedtomarrythisPasailady,who wasthenaMuslim.Heallegedlysaid,"Whatisthisstrangenew religion?" HethenbecameaMuslim,andmarriedhisPasaiwife.Werethere
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threemorewivesafterher?Orwasshethesecondwife?Dueto inaccuratelocalrecords,perhapswewillneverknow. However,wedoknowthatPasaiwastheepicentreforthespread ofIslaminsoutheastAsia,andwiththearrivalofthisnewreligion, cametheArabtraders.TheArabshadcargothatwasdeemed exotictotheeast,andviceversa. Exoticmixofspices,people Withthearrivalofforeignerscameinterbreedingagain.Infact Aceh,isactuallyanacronymforArab,Cina,Eropah,andHindia(in thelocalIndonesianlanguage).AvisittoAcehwillattesttothe enticingPersianeyeswhichtrailyoureverymoveamidstthe scentsofforeignspicesandjinglejangleofanexoticatmosphere. Whenthecolonialmastersshowedupattheirdoorstep,this feverishpitchwasbroughttoevengreaterheights.Butalwaysto thefinancialadvantageofthebigger,stronger,andwellarmed DutchEastIndiaCompany. Thesecolonial masterswent deepinto Autronesian territory.From thespiceislands ofMolukas,tothe swankyportsof HoiAnin Vietnam,and eventually,up intoChina. Malaccawould havebeenasideshowincomparisonwiththesehugeportsof Pasai,Batavia,Bancoolen,PhanTiet,HoiAn,andevenMacau. Eachoftherivermouthsattheseportscanfitatleast15small barges,whiletheMalaccarivercanbarelyfit3sidebyside(atthe JongkerStreetbridge). EventheSingaporeRivercanfitatleast8wheretheCavanaugh Bridgestandstoday.Hugemoderndaycontainervesselscanalso godirectlyupriverinQuiNhoninVietnamandberth,withoutthe useofanybargesatall,andwasoncethebastionoftheChampa kingdom. Geneticallyspeaking,theAustronesianswouldhavebeena superiorrace,astheywereamixofDravidic,Mongoloid,African, Arab,Persian,Hindi,Gujerati,Tamil,Portuguese,Dutchandother blood. However,incestbroughtdegeneratedescendants.Andthemore variedthebloodline,thehealthiertheoffspring.Perhapsthisis whatKetuananMelayuisallabout.Thisistheonlysuperiorityone canthinkof. Geneticsuperioritybecauseofhavingbloodlinesfromaroundthe globe.Thisbytheway,isreflectedinBahasaMalaysiaandBahasa Indonesia.Circa15percentoftheselanguagesisPortuguese, Dutch,andtherest,Sanskrit,Tamil,Arab,Persian,Hindi,Tamil, Chinese,andsoon.
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Allthesewordoriginsareexplicitlydescribedanddetailedinthe thirdeditionoftheDewanBahasadanPustakadictionary.These referenceswerecompletelyremovedfromthefourthedition onwards. Theconclusion?ThepeopleMalaysianscallMalay,areactually onlyatinysubcomponentofthemuchlargerAustronesiangroup. AndallAustronesiansaretheendproductofextensiveinter breedingbetweentheTaiwaneseandDravidicIndians. AllthishasfinallybeenirrefutablyprovenbyindependentDNA testingsfromworldclassfaculties. MytourofsoutheastAsiahasbeenextremelyenlightening.Every daywasanewandfreshlearningexperience.Everymoment,an illuminatingandexhilaratingone. ItishopedthatbydetailingwhotheAustronesianracereallyare, therestoftheworldwillnolongerviewthemasoutsiders, strangers,orbarbaricsavages.Everyraceintheworldhasdirect orindirectbloodlineswiththeAustronesians.Andthattheentire worldismuchmoreintegratedthanpeoplethink. MICHAELCHICKispursuinghisMastersinhistoryattheNational UniversityofSingapore. Originsofthe'Malays'FinalConclusion(Pt1) Originsofthe'Malays'FinalConclusion(Pt2) Source:http://www.malaysiakini.com/opinions/97545
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