{"id":2405,"date":"2010-05-03T18:31:15","date_gmt":"2010-05-03T10:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buletinonline.net\/v7\/index.php\/2010\/05\/facts-about-dr-m-that-you-need-to-know\/"},"modified":"2010-05-03T18:31:15","modified_gmt":"2010-05-03T10:31:15","slug":"facts-about-dr-m-that-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/facts-about-dr-m-that-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"facts about Dr M that you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1.\u00a0\u00a0 Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamed\u2019s real  name is <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mahathir  s\/o Iskandar Kutty<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. He was born Mahathir s\/o  Iskandar Kutty and named Mahathir s\/o Iskandar Kutty @Mahathir Mohamed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">2.\u00a0\u00a0 Dr Mahathir was born on  December 20, 1925, in Alor Star, the capital of the northern state of  Kedah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">3.\u00a0\u00a0 Dr Mahathir started life NOT as  a Malay but a <em>Malayali<\/em> \u2013 <strong><em>(Mamak)<\/em><\/strong> the  people of Kerala in south INDIA, where his father (Iskandar Kutty) came  from.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_669\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 299px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/devology.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/11\/kerala2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-669\" src=\"https:\/\/devology.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/11\/kerala2.png?w=289&amp;h=358\" border=\"0\" title=\"kerala\" width=\"289\" height=\"358\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kerala,  India Homeland of Dr. Mahathir&#8217;s fore-fathers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">4.\u00a0\u00a0 His father (Iskandar Kutty) was  a school teacher of Indian origin, specifically Malayalee <strong><em>(Mamak)<\/em><\/strong> (people who speak Malayalam, not to be confused with Malay)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">5.\u00a0\u00a0 His father (Iskandar Kutty) <strong><em>(a  Mamak)<\/em><\/strong> migrated from the southern state of Kerala, India,  while his mother (Wan Tampawan) a Kedah-born, was a Malay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">6.\u00a0\u00a0 Despite being only half Malay  and having acknowledged his Indian heritage, Dr Mahathir generally  considers himself to be Malay, and is known for the use of fiery  rhetoric designed to invoke feelings of Malay nationalism, i.e. the term  Ketuanan Melayu, or \u201cMalay Supremacy\/Lordship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">7.\u00a0\u00a0 At university in Singapore, Dr  Mahathir was listed as an <strong><em>INDIAN.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">8.\u00a0\u00a0 Dr Mahathir had kept hidden his  little secret \u2013 that he is an Indian Muslim <em>(Mamak).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-661\" src=\"https:\/\/devology.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/11\/m1.jpg?w=148&amp;h=150\" border=\"0\" title=\"M1\" width=\"148\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">9.\u00a0\u00a0 Dr Mahathir has been quick to  promote himself as the embodiment of \u201cAsian\u201d identity and values, with  diatribes against the west, usually couched in racial terms. 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