Kelantan Menteri Besar Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat once again hit out at bloggers who are preoccupied with maligning and gossiping about others rather than disseminating useful knowledge to net surfers.

"It's unfortunate that the blogs are not used to search for and increase one's knowledge but more for vilifying others over various issues.

pas information meeting 090110 nik aziz"This type of bloggers is a bane. It's alright if they use their blogs to gain useful information to increase and share their knowledge," he said in his lecture at Dataran Ilmu in Kota Baharu today.

Nik Aziz hence wants the people to be more discerning in accepting information from the blogsites.

At a recent news conference, he had described those bloggers who tried to cause friction among groups, especially in PAS internal politics, as damnable bloggers.

Nik Aziz was angry over a rumour circulating in the blogosphere that senior state executive councillor Husam Musa intended to quit his post due to the PAS political crisis in Kelantan.

The PAS spiritual leader said "humankind's blissful existence is not because of money, but because of Allah's blessings by practising a way of life approved by Him".

On another matter, Nik Aziz proposed that traditional 'kuih' (cake) makers in the state take proactive steps to change some of the kuih names like 'tahi itik' (duck faeces) to more palatable names to attract buyers.

"If there are beautiful kuih names like 'puteri mandi' (bathing princess) and 'jala emas' (golden net), there's no reason why the delicious 'tahi itik' cannot be changed to a better name," he said.

- Bernama