Let’s see what we have in store for the 2011 speech by analysing the 2009 and 2010 Hari Raya messages…
2010: PM calls for unity among races
2009: PM: Let’s be one family
2010
Tear down the walls of suspicion and discard prejudices – this is the Hari Raya Aidilfitri message to the nation this year from Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
2009
It is time to open the “doors of their hearts” to all fellow citizens. We must break down the walls of prejudice, hatred and apathy for the future of our children and that of the nation.
2010
Encouraging Muslims to carry on the tradition of holding open houses, the Prime Minister said it was a unique Malaysian custom, practised nowhere else in the world, where friends of various races and religions could call on Muslims without any hindrance or apprehension.
2009
Hosting of open houses has become a unique way of celebrating the festivals of the various racial and religious communities in our country.
This is indeed a good practice and must be encouraged, but we must not stop at just visiting our friends at their open houses. Instead, we must strive to develop a deeper and more genuine relationship with those of different races and religions.
2010
Najib’s call for unity and solidarity among the races was echoed by his deputy Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and Barisan Nasional leaders.
2009
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak had rightly made racial unity the focus of his Hari Raya Aidilfitri message to the nation.
2010
Malaysians had much to be thankful for to be able to celebrate Aidilfitri in peace and prosperity.
“We are free from wars, conflicts, oppression and natural disasters which some of our brethren elsewhere in this world suffer from,” Najib said in his Aidilfitri message yesterday.
2009
As we celebrate Hari Raya Aidilfitri, let us not forget how fortunate we are to be blessed with such diverse cultures in our country. These are God-given treasures that we must cherish and preserve at all costs.
2010
He said Malaysia was a democratic, cosmopolitan, multi-religious and multi-racial country with Muslims making up the majority of the population.
The Prime Minister advised Muslims to check themselves from getting dragged into extremist activities and ignorance.
“If we allow these to take root, it will only mean that we are sowing the seeds of destruction to destroy everything we have built thus far,” he said.
2009
We are not always right, neither are others always wrong. As such we must adopt the good of others and discard the bad in ours. That is the basic principle of peaceful co-existence that we must instill in the hearts of our children. That is what we must do for lasting peace, progress and happiness.
We must build on our diversity to make the various cultural differences our way of life. Diversity must be seen as a sign of strength, not weakness.
2010
He said Muslims had the moral responsibility to uphold the trust of the national leadership, a calling which he said they could not run away from.
2009
His advice to the Muslims is timely; being the majority they not only have the right but, more importantly, the responsibility, to carry the torch of unity and progress of all Malaysians.
