[Khabar angin bertiup kencang bomoh Mahathir meramalkan beliau akan tumpas dengan penuh keaiban di tangan wanita atau sekumpulan wanita. Demo anti ISA di KLCC baru-baru ini yang digerakkan oleh kaum wanita telah menyebabkan seluruh negara bergegar. Pemerhati politik menyifatkan inilah satu senjata maut yang terakhir yang akan menumbangkan Mahathir. Ternyata polis terpukau dan tidak dapat bertindak bila ratusan kaum hawa muncul buat pertama kalinya mendominasi satu demonstrasi aman mengecam ISA. (Satu ketika dulu mereka muncul di perkarangan istana negara). Jangan memandang ringan kebolehan kaum hawa kerana syurga itu terletak di bawah telapak kaki mereka yang mendidik anak-anak dengan penuh kasih dan sayang yang tiada tandingnya. Inilah ibu yang telah menggegarkan negara Iran di Teluk Parsi kerana anak-anak yang dibela selama 25 tahun itu menjadi besar dan berjaya menendang Shah Iran keluar.

Berkat siapakah air zam-zam memancut dari dasar bumi Mekah sampai sekarang jika tidak seorang ibu yang bernama Siti Hajar? Sampai hari ini semua jamaah haji MESTI melakukan beberapa watak Siti Hajar - jika tidak tidak sah ibadat itu. Malah makam siapakah yang berada di sisi Kaabah yang mulia itu jika tidak makam Siti Hajar? Malangnya ramai yang pergi menunaikan haji tidak pula dapat belajar dan mengambil iktibar. Tuhan telah menganugerahkan satu nikmat kerana kegigihan dan kasih seorang wanita..... dan itu mungkin berlaku juga di Malaysia. Ia terletak di tangan anda.

Itu sudah berlaku di India, Sri Lanka, Filipina, Burma dan kini sedang 'mengandung' di Indonesia dan mungkin juga Malaysia.... - Editor]

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FAC News - 5 June 2001

Women to end Mahathir's tyrannical rule?

Ever since the Malaysian government resorted to the draconian ISA to halt the advance of opposition onslaught last two months, Malaysia has witnessed an unprecedented surge of activism among the country's previously considered 'docile' women populace. The country has not witnessed thorough participation by women's groups in political activitiessuch as this in decades.

Nowadays, it is a common feature of a rally that one of the main speakers must be a woman, often clad in the traditional Muslim headgear. Reformasi has not only unleashed the massive influence exerted by women in Malaysia's society, it also highlighted the progressiveness of devout Muslim women who made no hesitation to take up the struggle, once most of its male leaders are either imprisoned or restraint in various other ways.

The emergence of a group of female political leaders and activists is personified by Dr. Wan Azizah, the President of keADILan. A commentator described her as 'definitely a quick and intelligent woman'.

With her reconciliatory tone, she charmed the public and inspired a generation of female activists to champion the struggle for justice and fairness. Despite her lack of experience, she is now considered one of the most influential politicians in the region.

In the last general election, she won a parliamentary seat with a thumping majority. In fact, the ruling regime had to 'borrow' her popularity by portraying her portrait on their posters to capitalise on the public's admiration of her - hoping that some of the voters would get confuse and mistakenly vote for them.

Political pundits consider this new wave of activism surge demonstrated by the female populace of Malaysia as a possible 'final weapon' to deal a deathblow to Mahathir's 20-year dictatorial rule. They said it is easy to use disproportionate force to subdue male political activists, but the authority is clueless as to how to handle the situation when those leading demonstrations; and the participants are women.

This was demonstrated during yesterday's rally when the police force found they were in a 'conundrum' when these women approached them and distributed leaflets. Had it been a male, he would have been stricken down with the rattan stick.