In Singapore Javanese, Bugis, Madurese, Manila man, Bajau, Tausug, Melayu Riau are all term as Malay

Malay= People of the Malay Archipelago, Nusantara

Examples, Syrians, Yemeni, Saudis, Lebanese, Tunisians, Iraqis, Libyans, Egyptians are ARABIC people

There understand?

“Unity amidst Diversity” .”God created men of different races so that they will learn from each other”.

PM Najib may not be a pure Bugis ethnically, maybe a mix of Makassar and Bugis.But he is a Malay of Nusantara-Malay Archipelago similarly when we say Chinese of Greater China and Indians of India sub continent.

Word Melayu from Tamil? Malai is not Melayu.It is a sanskrit/Tamil word for Melayu.

What’s the fuss about this Najib race/ethnicity thing?
Some may want to imply that in Peninsular Malaysia there are no Malay natives.You are wrong.I am a Malay.My ancestors lived along the coastal areas of the western side of Malaya and their relations are on the Eastern side of Sumatra ( Deli,Medan ).This area separated by only few miles of shallow sea is their kampongs and they travel to other Malay areas such as Jambi and Palembang trading and seeing relatives.They intermarried with the interior natives : the Jakuns as happened in Negri Sembilan.

What about far away Celebes?
Yes, Maluku and Sulawesi are also part of their greater Kampung just as the Yunnanese are part of greater China.Buy do not worry folks, Islam taught us Malays to respect others and with infusion of more knowledge on Islam,peace and prosperity
is our first priority.

people have come to the peninsula for thousands of years and and only the whites took its wealth and left. many stay on. even the boat people didn’t want to leave. the banglas too and many would prefer to stay.

going by roots i would be one confused malay. but i guess i am not alone. but what the hell it doesn’t matter much to me. they say being malay is previleged and being non-bumi is disadvantaged, where do they get this idea ? the politicians feed their heads well.
on the streets we are all same and equal. malaysians.

politics backfires.

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PM Najib also malays..because word “malay” in Malaysia dictionary means “muslim” people live in malaysia peninsular…

bugis also part of “malay” in “history of south east Asia”

learning history make us more understand about this topic…ty

Peace…

In Sumatra Utara for example there two groups of Malays.
The Malay and the Malay Pesisir the Code for these are Me and Mp. in Indonesia. The real Malays are from Langkat, Nedan, Binjai, Serdang, Asahan Tinggi, Kualuh, Panai, Bilah dan Ledong. Don’t tell me Raja Ahmad Zainuddin is a real Malay because his ancestors come from Bilah/Kualuh. The Malay Pesisir are found in Tapanuli Tengah dan Sibolga. The others are not Malays. The word Malay Archip. is this area which belong to the Malays but the Dutch and the British divide the two. Before the British and the Dutch came Raja Ahmad ancestors are traders together with Hj. Mutalib who founded Bagan Serai and their decendents are mostly found infront of the old Police Station, beind the mosque, Selama Road etc. in Bagan Serai. The town was sold to the Chinese and the 3 Arabs.

Another group has opened up Masjid Tanah. He is known as Nakhoda Layar. There are of course had founded Telok Anson and Klang. Hj. Abdul Mutalib invested with Chinese traded together with the the Malay Archip.. They are like one family. Hj. Mutalib knew very well about the seas. The Chinese in Leidong knew very well about business. So they work together in the global markets. Are our Malaysians like this to-day. Get rid of politicing and work together. In Singapore we find that most of the ships’ captains are Indonesians. The Chinese are clever but are afraid of the seas. So they can see the benefit of the Indonesians or Malays from North Sumatra.