Friday, May 29, 2009

Di mana hilangnya malu?

Kakak Tua:Di mana hilangnya malu?
Kejelitaan wajah Maiza terserlah walau hati kini bergolak

MULA-mula memang menarik tetapi lama-lama timbul rasa mengkal dalam hati bila semakin sarat cerita keretakan rumah tangga penyanyi dan penceramah bebas, Akhil Hayy dan isterinya, Maizawati Zainal, 33 dihebohkan.

Kontroversi retak menanti belah antara 'Ustaz Rock' dan isterinya ini turut menyeret orang ketiga, penyanyi Waheeda.

Atas alasan apa sekalipun, samada 'ledakan bom jangka' yang tidak dapat dikawal mahupun rakus menjaja kisah peribadi, Maiza tidak sepatutnya bersetuju untuk tampil ke program TV bagi menceritakan kisah rumah tangga yang bergolak.

Malu itukan sebahagian daripada cabang iman dan sifat sabar itu bukankah dituntut?

Tambahan pula kalau kita seorang suri. Wajib sekali menjaga maruah suami dan diri. Harap Maiza sudah tersedar dari lamunan, tempias atau kesan buruk akibat perbuatan nekadnya muncul di media.

Implikasinya, bukan sahaja wajah jelita jadi tontonan tapi terpalit juga malu yang bukan kepalang, baik kepada diri, suami dan anak-anak.

Padahnya bila ghairah bertindak tanpa berfikir panjang. Suami yang mula dikagumi kerana menjadi penceramah bebas dan berasal pula dari golongan beragama sudah tidak keruan hendak letak muka di mana. Walaupun berdiam diri tapi Akhil tentu lebih merasainya sebagai lelaki dan ketua keluarga.

Inilah natijahnya jika bertindak tidak tahu malu - iman yang senipis kulit bawang akan terus hilang, maruah akan terhakis dan peribadi sejelita manapun akan musnah beransur-ansur.

Menjaga aib (malu) sangat penting kerana itulah perisai dan perhiasan seorang wanita begitu juga lelaki.

Dan bangkai gajah pula bagai tidak dapat ditutup dengan nyiru lagi bila Waheeda disebut sebagai punca dan orang ketiga dalam kemelut rumah tangga Akhil. Semua yang terjadi bagaikan mengundang pandangan serong terhadap Akhil dan Waheeda.

Kalau dulu semuanya rahsia, kini semua cerita terpaksa 'dikongsi bersama'. Jikalau tidak berada-ada, masakan tempua bersarang rendah. Kata orang tua, bila kita terlampau duka terurah buntil, bila terlampau suka terurah rahsia.

Memetik sebuah hadis Riwayat Bukhari, "Malu dan amanah adalah perkara yang mula-mula sekali hilang dari dunia ini, sebab itu mintalah dengan Allah untuk kedua-duanya."

Jadi mengapakah kita memalukan diri kita sendiri? Bekas Mufti Perlis, Dr Asri bin Zainul Abidin pernah berkata,"Kalau tak suka dihina, janganlah menghina diri sendiri!".

KAKAK TUA: Apa boleh buat, sakit menimpa sesal terlambat!

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Mogok Lapar "Mereka adalah pejuang keadilan!"

Mogok lapar - Sheikh Qardawi: dituntut dalam Islam

Syeikh Dr. Yusuf Al-Qaradawi telah mengeluarkan fatwa bahawa mogok lapar yang bertujuan mendedahkan kezaliman dan kejahatan pemerintah bukan sahaja tidak haram bahkan dituntut oleh syarak dan menjadi kewajipan kepada semua umat Islam untuk memberikan sokongan padu kepada mereka !

Ikuti terjemahan fatwa beliau tersebut :
Ianya dipetik dari www.qaradawi.net :

Sebagai respon terhadap " Mogok Lapar" yang telah dilancarkan oleh Tahanan Palestin dalam Penjara Israel pada 15 Ogos 2004 maka Syeikh Dr. Yusuf Al-Qaradawi telah menyeru :

" “ Mereka adalah pejuang keadilan! Mogok (lapar) adalah hak mereka yang telah diiktiraf yang bertujuan untuk membongkar segala bentuk kezaliman dan kejahatan yang dilakukan ke atas mereka ! Oleh itu menjadi kewajipan ke atas setiap orang Islam untuk memberikan sokongan padu kepada mereka mengikut kemampuan masing-masing samada secara sokongan aman, demontrasi atau sokongan moral termasuklah secara mogok lapar ! atau menghantar telegram dan mengeluarkan kenyataan rasmi untuk merasakan dan menzahirkan bahawa kita adalah senantiasa bersama-sama dengan mereka ! …” al-ahkam.net

Taxis Rapist

Beware of taxis with tinted windows
Sat, May 23, 2009

A WEEK after an alleged rapist was caught, Malaysian women were still afraid of taking taxis.

That's because the alleged culprit used a taxi with heavily tinted windows to trap his teenage victim.

The Malay Mail yesterday reported that was how the alleged rapist, called the Scorpion, operated.

And because there were many vehicles with tinted windows on Malaysian roads, women didn't know which drivers they could trust.

The 17-year-old girl was allegedly raped on 7 May. On 14 May, a married man with two kids was arrested at his home.

Despite his arrest, the newspaper noted that women were arming themselves with self-defence products and reluctant to board empty buses.

Community leaders and non-governmental organisations yesterday demanded that the authorities do something to better protect passengers.

Subang Jaya assemblyman Hannah Yeoh said even private car owners were taking advantage of the authorities' indifference towards car screen and windows tinting.

I don't feel safe

She said: 'Personally, I don't feel safe taking public transportation. It's a problem in Malaysia. Every single one of us has heard of somebody becoming a victim of crime while taking public transportation.'

She felt the Home Ministry should allocate more resources to crime prevention as she claimed many women were afraid to go out these days.

In the rape incident, the girl had boarded a taxi in Subang Jaya before she was taken to a yard at a condominium at Kelana Jaya, Selangor, and raped.

The suspect was later picked up from his home also in Subang Jaya.

The victim had told police her attacker had tattoos on his shoulders, one of them of a scorpion.

Selangor Community Awareness Association member and lawyer Honey Tan, said they wanted such attacks to stop and said one of the most common things to happen to women was sexual harassment on public transportation.

She said many didn't even lodge reports. 'Even if you don't think the police can solve the case, the statistics are important to justify the police's request for more manpower. Making a police report is not just your right, but your obligation,' she said.

Subang Jaya Residents' Association chairman A S Gill said there was a law against tinting and yet there were many cars with tinted windows on the roads.

He demanded an explanation from the authorities on how the taxi was allowed to have tinted windows which led to the rape.

The alleged Scorpion rapist was not the only cabby rapist to terrorise women. Seven women in Klang Valley were also allegedly raped by a rapist in a taxi.

A 31-year-old man was arrested at a hospital after a botched drug deal.

He even allegedly made one of victims pay her taxi fare after raping her.

He was apparently not a taxi driver but had stolen taxis so he could commit his crimes.


This article was first published in The New Paper.

Muhammad al-Fatih bebaskan Istanbul

Bagaimana Sultan Muhammad al-Fatih bebaskan Kota Istanbul
Dato' Husam Musa
May 27, 09
HarakahDaily

Hari ini, 546 tahun yang silam, Muhammad bin Murad melukir satu sejarah dengan menawan kota yang sangat kuat pertahanannya - Konstantinapole. Pada ketika ini Presiden PAS Dato' Seri Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang, telah pun berada di Kota Istanbul untuk menghadiri sambutan ulangtahun upacara yang amat bersejarah ini.

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Tulisan ini cuba melihat bagaimana seorang pemimpin seperti Muhamad Murad yang kemudiannya diberikan gelaran Muhammad Al Fatih, telah berjaya dilahirkan. Adakah di sana satu metod tertentu untuk mencetak pemimpin seperti beliau dan bagaimanakah cara untuk berbuat demikian.
Pembukaan Constantinople Oleh Sultan Muhammad Al-Fatih Pd Thn 1453 by jhaz82.
Peribadi dan kepimpinan Muhammad Al Fatih menunjukkan beliau mempunyai ciri berikut;

a. Asuhan dan disiplin Islam yang kuat
b. Mempunyai matlamat hidup yang ingin dijayakan c. Kehendak yang kuat
d. Sabar dan ketahanan ruhani yang kuat
e. Pengetahuan dan kemahiran yang diperlukan untuk misinya, atau mendapatkan bantuan pakar dalam bidang masing-masing bagi tujuan melengkapkan skil berkenaan
f. Ibadah dan pergantungan yang kuat dengan Pencipta

Sebelum isu ini dikupas lebih lanjut, kita tinjau dulu bentuk pertahanan Kota Konstantinapole itu sendiri yang sangat menakjubkan;

Kota ini berbentuk tiga segi. Dua bahagian kota menghadap laut iaitu Selat Bosporus dan Laut Marmara. Bahagian daratan dilingkungi oleh sebuah benteng yang sangat kukuh;

a. Bahagian luar kota dilingkungi oleh sebuah parit besar. Dalamnya 10 meter dan lebarnya 60 meter
b. Ada dua tembok iaitu tembok luar dan tembok dalam. Tembok luar sahaja setinggi 25 kaki dan setebal 10 meter
c. Tembok dalam pula setinggi 40 kaki tinggi dan 15 meter tebal
d. Terdapat menara kawalan sepanjang tembok dalam dengan ketinggian 60 meter!
e. Terdapat 400 batalion tentera terlatih mengawal tembok ini sepanjang masa

Dengan kedudukan pertahanan seperti itu, hampir mustahil untuk tembok ini dicerobohi.

Di bahagian laut pula, terdapat rintangan rantai besi yang kuat diletakkan di Selat Bosporus yang digunakan untuk menghalang kapal-kapal melepasinya.

Konstantinapole telah menjadi ibu kota Empayar Bizantin untuk berkurun-kurun dan dikenali sebagai kota yang paling makmur dan terkaya di Eropah. Ia terletak di pertemuan antara Asia dan Eropah dan Laut Mediterranean dan Laut Hitam. Justeru, ia sangat strategik baik dari segi perdagangan mahupun geo politik.

Sejak Rasulullah s.a.w mengungkapkan bahawa nanti Kota penting ini akhirnya akan jatuh di tangan seorang pemerintah yang terbaik, memimpin tentera yang terbaik sepanjang zaman, telah banyak percubaan dibuat untuk menawan kota ini, namun tidak berjaya. Sahabat seperti Abu Ayub al Ansari juga telah berusaha dan mereka telah mengepung kota ini selama tujuh tahun, tetapi masih gagal.

Hanya 800 tahun selepas sabda Nabi yang Mulia itu, sabda yang menakjubkan ini menjadi kenyataan. Sultan Muhammad bin Murad yang kemudian lebih masyhur dengan gelaran Sultan Muhammad al Fatih telah memulakan pengepungan ke atas Konstantinapole pada hari Khamis, 5 April 1453 dan berjaya membuka kota ini pada 29 Mei 1453, hari tulisan ini dipostkan.

Sungguhpun pengepungan ini berlangsung selama hampir dua bulan sahaja, program penaklukan ini telah berjalan lama!

Ia bermula apabila bapa Sultan Muhammad Al Fatih, Sultan Murad memilih guru-guru yang terpilih untuk mendidik anak raja ini, yang waktu itu, se orang anak yang nakal.

Sejak berumur sembilan tahun, Sultan Muhammad telah mengalami pendidikan disiplin yang ketat. Rasa bebas dan nakal sebagai anak raja yang masih kecil mula berakhir apabila bapa baginda memberikan kebebasan kepada guru-guru beliau untuk membentuk dan mendidik Muhammad.

Rotan turut digunakan oleh gurunya untuk mendisiplinkan anak ini. Dalam satu kejadian, Muhammad telah sengaja dirotan dengan teruknya tanpa sebarang kesalahan yang dilakukan oleh beliau.

Tujuan guru beliau berbuat demikian ialah untuk membentuk perasaan belas kasihan dan sikap adil dan saksama dalam jiwa bakal Sultan ini. Supaya nanti baginda dapat mengambil keputusan berpaksikan keadilan dan memahami perasaan orang-orang yang tidak diperlakukan dengan adil!

Sultan Muhammad dibimbing untuk menghafal al-Qur'an. Dilatih untuk sembahyang malam. Dibentuk menjadi wara' dan zuhud. Diasuh mencintai ilmu dan ulama'. Mempunyai budi pekerti yang baik dan perasaan yang halus. Keunggulan pendidikan keruhanian Sultan Muhammad ternyata apabila baginda akan dilantik menggantikan bapanya secara rasmi sebagai pemerintah Kesultanan Uthmaniah, beliau menangis teresak-esak.

Gurunya lah yang telah mengarahkan beliau menerima tanggungjawab itu atas hujah bahawa seorang berkaliber seperti beliau wajib memikul amanah ummah dan itu jihad dan ibadah yang lebih besar.

Pendidikan Sultan Muhammad di istana baginda hampir komprehensif. Sebagai bakal raja dalam persekitaran Eropah dan pusat perdagangan dan diplomatik, baginda dapat berbahasa lebih dari lima bahasa.

Sudah tentu baginda fasih dalam bahasa Arab.

Baginda juga diajar matapelajaran sejarah, geografi dan astronomi. Pakar ketenteraan juga diundang untuk memberikan pendedahan ketenteraan kepada beliau.

Lama sebelum program pembebasan Konstantinapole dimulakan, Muhammad al-Fateh telah berbincang dengan pakar sejarah dan ketenteraan mengenai sebab-sebab kegagalan ekpedisi penawanan Konstantinapole sebelum ini.

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Apa rahsia kekuatan pertahanan kota itu dianalisis. Bagaimanakah caranya untuk mengatasi halangan-halangan itu juga dibincangkan.

Dari perbincangan itu, antara lain mereka mengenal pasti hal berikut;

a. Dinding tembok itu terlalu tebal dan pada waktu itu belum ada teknologi yang boleh meruntuhkannya. Sultan Muhammad telah mengarahkan dicari satu teknologi yang boleh meruntuhkan tembok itu.

Tentera baginda akhirnya berjaya mencipta meriam yang paling canggih dengan bantuan seorang pakar senjata bangsa Hungary yang telah diculik dari kurungan dalam penjara Konstantinapole dengan mengorek lubang bawah tanah yang dalam dan panjang!.

Berat setiap meriam ciptaan baru ini ialah 700 pauns! Ia perlu ditarik oleh 100 ekor kuda dan seratus orang tentera. Bila diletupkan, bunyinya boleh didengar sejauh 13 batu! Setiap tembakannya akan menyebabkan tembok yang kuat berlubang seluas enam kaki. Nah! Benteng besar itu sekarang telah menemui ruasnya.

b. Rantai besi yang kuat yang dirintangi menghalang laluan kapal. Ia menghalang bantuan dan pergerakan melalui laut.

Sultan Muhammad telah mencipta satu plan luar biasa mengatasi halangan ini. Ia adalah antara rekod sejarah yang menakjubkan dari segi kreativiti dan kekuatan keinginan seorang pemimpin. Baginda mengarahkan pembinaan kapal di daratan. Dibuat pada sebelah malam supaya tidak disedari oleh musuh.

Mesti disiapkan dalam masa yang singkat. Kapal ini diluncurkan dari daratan sejauh 5km ke lautan dengan meletakkannya tergelunsur di atas batang-batang kayu yang telah diatur dan telah diminyakkan untuk melicinkan perjalanan kapal-kapal itu.

Pada masa yang telah ditetapkan, kapal-kapal ini dilancarkan dari daratan dan muncul di depan Kota Konstantinapole sebelah lautan dengan melepasi rantai besi yang telah terpasang! Ia memeranjatkan tentera musuh. 400 kapal musuh terbakar dan serangan dari lautan berjalan serentak dengan pengepungan sebelah daratan.

c. Lazimnya bila tentera sampai di pantai menghadap Kota ini, mereka terdedah kepada serangan musuh kerana kawasan yang terbuka dan jika sekiranya satu benteng pertahanan mengelakkan serangan hendak dibina, ia memakan masa selama setahun.

Sultan Muhammad telah mengarahkan benteng pertahanan menghadap tembok kota Konstantinapole itu dibina dalam masa tiga bulan dengan menggunakan segala teknik pembinaan semasa yang canggih.

Benteng Rumeli Hissari dibina di tebing sebelah Eropah, lebih kurang 5 batu dari Kota Konstantinople di mana Selat Bosphorus adalah yang paling sempit. Ia dibina bertentangan dengan Benteng Anadolu Hisar di tebing sebelah Asia yang telah dibina oleh Sultan Bayazid Yildirim dahulu.

Ia memang berjaya disiapkan seperti direncanakan.

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Dari mana kekuatan keinginan seorang pemimpin ini diperolehi oleh Sultan Muhammad?

Gurunya bukan sekadar menyuntikkan kekuatan ruhani kepada bakal Sultan in, tetapi juga telah menyuntik sikap terbuka terhadap teknik dan teknologi baru yang diperlukan untuk misi mereka. Mereka juga menyuntik sikap berminda strategik dan kreatif.

Sultan Muhammad dapat menganalisis dengan tepat permasaalahan dan mencari jalan penyelesaian terhadap setiap permasalahan itu secara praktikal sebelum melancarkan misinya.

Tetapi yang paling penting, sejak kecil lagi guru-guru baginda telah membentuk minda baginda untuk merasakan dirinya lah yang disebutkan oleh Rasulullah s.a.w sebagai raja terbaik yang memimpin tentera terbaik yang akan dapat membebaskan Konstantinbapole.

Sasaran, visi dan misi yang jelas, yang disuntikkan ke dalam minda baginda ternyata berkesan. Dari kecil, Sultan Muhammad mengimpikan bagindalah pembebas itu!

Baginda bergerak selari dengan impian ini. Akhirnya, ia adalah sebuah kenyataan.

Dari sudut kepimpinan, bapa baginda seorang yang berpandangan jauh. Sejak umur 14 tahun, Muhammad telah diminta menguruskan empayar dengan alasan, bapanya ingin menumpukan kepada ibadah.

Namun, dalam dua keadaan kritikal, bapa baginda pulang semula untuk memimpin Kerajaan Uthmaniah. Selepas ancaman kritikal itu diatasi, Muhammad diberikan peluang untuk menguruskan semula empayar yang sedang berkembang itu.

Melalui pendedahan berbentuk bimbingan ini, Muhammad terlatih menjadi pemimpin yang berkualiti.

Ditambah, sepanjang hayat baginda, guru-guru baginda yang menjadi rujukan keruhanian dan kebijaksanaan, sentiasa bersama baginda. Hatta, ketika pengepungan kota itu berlangsung, gurunya mengimamkan solat hajat semua tentera Sultan Muhammad.

Melihat 150,000 tentera Islam berbaris rapi untuk bersolat di luar kota itu, cukup untuk menakutkan musuh yang sedang berkawal dalam kota!

Pada hari pembukaan Kota Kontantinapole yang bersejarah itu, Sultan Muhammad bersujud syukur.

Sepanjang kempen, baginda tidak putus-putus mengarahkan tenteranya bertakbir dan melaungkan slogan-slogan bersemangat, termasuk motivasi berasaskan hadis Nabi bahawa Konstantinapole akan dibebaskan oleh tentera yang terbaik dan merekalah tentera terbaik yang dijanjikan oleh Nabi itu.

Pada kali pertama solat Jumaat hendak didirikan di dalam Kota Konstantinapole yang baru sahaja dibebaskan, timbul pertanyaan siapa yang layak menjadi imam solat Jumaat yang pertama itu.

Baginda memerintahkan kesemua tenteranya termasuk dirinya berdiri dan diikuti pertanyaan: "Siapa di antara kita sejak baligh hingga sekarang pernah meninggalkan solat fardhu walau sekali sila duduk!".

Tiada seorang pun yang duduk, kerana tidak seorang pun di antara mereka pernah meninggalkan solat fardhu.

Pertanyaan seterusnya, "Siapa di antara kita yang sejak baligh hingga kini pernah meninggalkan solat sunat rawatib sila duduk!".

Sebahagian daripada tenteranya duduk. Kemudian Baginda bertitah, "Siapa di antara kamu sejak baligh hingga ke saat ini pernah meninggalkan solat tahajjud walaupun satu malam, sila duduk!".

Kali ini semuanya duduk, kecuali baginda sendiri sahaja yang tetap berdiri! Subhaanallah!

Baginda tidak pernah meninggalkan solat fardhu, Solat Sunat Rawatib dan Solat Tahajud sejak baligh. Tepatlah janji Rasulullah s.a.w dan kota ini kemudian bertukar nama kepada Istanbul.

Sekarang, marilah kita mengenali secara ringkas guru-guru yang berjasa besar membentuk Sultan Muhammad.

Pertama, Ahmad 'ibn Ismail Al-Kori:

Guru istimewa ini menunjukkan role model kepada Sultan Muhammad. Seorang yang wara', tidak menyembah Sultan sama seperti orang lain memberikan tunduk hormat, memanggil nama Sultan dan kerabat mereka dengan nama mereka masing-masing tanpa sebarang panggilan gelaran, Bersalaman dengan mereka tanpa mencium tangan mereka. Sepanjang Ramadhan, Sultan Muhammad menghadhiri kelas mentafsir ayat-ayat Al Qur'an yang diadakan di istana baginda selepas solat zuhur, dengan guru-guru yang bersilih ganti.

Ahmad ibn Ismail lah yang mengajarkan Al Qur'an, hukum-hukum agama dan kepatuhan padanya. Ia juga membentuk rasa takwa dalam jiwa Sultan Muhammad dengan berbagai cara, termasuk nasihat-nasihat yang berkaitan dengan tugas pemerintah.

Kedua ialah Sheikh Muhammad bin Hamzah al-Rrouhy, lebih dikenali sebagai Ba'q Shamsuddin. Beliau meninggalkan kesan yang sangat mendalam terhadap keperibadian Sultan Muhammad.

Beliau telah menginspirasikan Sultan MUhammad meningkatn aktiviti dakwah dan keislaman di bawah Empayar Othmaniah sebagai satu cara memperkuatkan empayar tersebut.

Beliaulah yang paling giat meyakinkan Sultan Muhammad bahawa beliau adalah raja terpilih seperti yang dimaksudkan oleh Rasulullah s.a.w dalam sabdanya itu.

Selain mengajarkan teras-teras ilmu Islam, Shamsuddin juga bertanggungjawab mengajar sains, matematik, sejarah, strategi perang, astronomi dan lain-lain.

Beliaulah yang telah merotan Muhammad di masa kecil tanpa sebab. Beliaulah yang mententeramkan Sultan Muhammad yang menangis kerana enggan menjadi raja. Beliaulah yang telah ditanya oleh Sultan Muhammad samada beliau boleh bersara selepas lama memerintah kerana ingin menumpukan kepada ibadah tetapi dijawab, ibadah sebagai Sultan yang adil adalah lebih berharga lagi.

Shamsuddin meletakkan insipirasi dalam dada Sultan, memberikan baginda tujuan dan misi pemerentahan yang jelas dan bersama baginda sehingga cita-cita itu tercapai.

Kerana itu lah, beliau dikenali sebagai Penakluk Ruhani Konstantinapole. Guru yang merancang lahirnya seorang pemimpin dan terukirnya sebuah sejarah. Insan pada sisi lain Sultan Muhammad al-Fatih. - mr_

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Syaitan-Syaitan Melayu!

Apa dah jadi?


Rumah berlakunya tragedi tiga nyawa terkorban.

Salam 2 all.

Pembunuhan brutal dan kejam Wah Yah Matzi (42), anak bongsunya Ermin Danish Jafri (5) dan pembantu rumahnya Dani (20an) di Taman Pinji Seni, Ipoh semalam sangatlah mengejutkan.
Kejadian yang berlaku di siang hari di kawasan perumahan menimbulkan banyak persoalan tentang tahap jenayah dan jaminan keselamatan kepada rakyat.
Lebih menyedihkan lagi semasa kejadian, mangsa sedang berbual melalui telefon dengan suaminya Jafri Tajul Aripin sambil mendukong anak bongsunya. Tiba-tiba sisuami mendengar jeritan isterinya yang tanpa disedari diserang dan ditetak berkali-kali oleh pembunuh tersebut. Jeritan yang si suami pasti tidak akan lupa selama-lamanya!
Pembunuh itu berjaya ditahan dan ditangkap oleh jiran mereka Ahmad Hanafiah yang kebetulan lalu di kawasan tersebut.
Lelaki pembunuh berusia 26 tahun itu dipercayai dibawah pengaruh dadah.
Dan semua itu untuk apa? Hanya kerana nak kebas sebuah laptop-tiga nyawa terbang termasuk seorang kanak-kanak berusia 5 tahun!
Saya melihat penyakit membunuh orang tanpa belas ehsan kini semakin menjadi-jadi.
Allahyarham Saodah dibunuh di Ketereh oleh sang peragut baru-baru ini hanya kerana RM3!
Dua hari lepas, Nurbahirah (26) dibunuh dengan kejam oleh seorang duda bekas kekasihnya hanya kerana mahu memutuskan perhubungan.
Kita mendengar kes anak gadis dijadikan habuan seks oleh bapa kandung dan abang kandung sendiri.
Tak cukup dengan jenayah kebinatangan itu, si gadis di sapu pulak oleh rakan si bapak!
Sudah tidak menjadi perkara pelik hari ini kalau mendengar berita bayi dibuang merata tempat..dalam tong sampah, dalam surau, malahan disorok bawah katil pun ada.
Sudah ada kes anak gadis baru belasan tahun membawa buah hati tidor dibiliknya dan melakukan seks dengan makbapak tidur dibilik sebelah berdengkur tak tahu cerita!
Dan banyak lagi kes-kes bunuh dan jenayah berat yang dilakukan atas sebab yang terlalu remeh.
Seolah-olah manusia hari ini sudah tiada perasaan belas ihsan, sudah hilang perasaan kemanusiaan. Mereka muncul bagai binatang & haiwan bertopengkan manusia.
Apa dah jadi sebenarnya dengan manusia hari ini. Dan yang terkilannya ramai dikalangan syaitan-syaitan ini adalah dikalangan orang Melayu.
Sebenarnya ALLAH swt telah memberi amaran jelas kepada kita..apabila kamu meninggalkan hukum hakam dan syariat ALLAH, tunggulah hari dimana perasaan rahim dan belas ehsan akan dicabut dari hati manusia, sehingga ia berkelakuan saperti haiwan.
Dan inilah fenomena yang sedang kita lihat berlaku depan mata kita hari ini.
Dan yang paling malang, ianya berlaku dikalangan bangsa Melayu yang Al Quran ada ditangannya, yang selalu diframekan, selalu dimusabaqahkan, salu ditadaruskan..tetapi mereka sedikitpun tidak mengamalkan nya.
Malahan mereka mencemuh Al Quran; mendakwa hukum-hakam ALLAH sudah tidak sesuai dilaksanakan, malah kalau dilaksanakan akan banyaklah restoran menghidangkan sup tangan, maka akan terbantutlah pembangunan kerana kurangnya batu yang diguna untuk merejam pesalah.
Hari ini, dicelah-celah menara kayangan Melayu, disamping kerlipan pembangunan mahahebat Melayu..kita melihat keruntuhan akhlak dan kerosakan moral yang parah dikalangan bangsa kita sendiri.
Sebenarnya jawapannya mudah: kembalilah mentauhidkan ALLAH, hiduplah menurut syariat Islam, patuhilah sunnah Rasul, dan jadilah seorang Muslim yang benar-benar bertaqwa dan beriman kepada ALLAH.
Moga ALLAH mengampuni kita semua dan memberi kekuatan kepada kita untuk iberiman dan beristiqomah dalam menjalani kehidupan sebagai Muslim yang hakiki.
Ameen..

Jafri sempat menceritakan tentang insiden ngeri dan malang yang telah meragut nyawa isteri, anak bongsunya dan seorang pembantu rumahnya
DS Nizar sempat untuk menyatakan rasa simpati kepada keluarga yang malang di rumah ibu bapa mangsa di Kampong Seri Kinta, Ipoh

Zulkifli Bin Noordin
Ahli Parlimen Kulim B.Bharu
Khamis
26 Jamadil Awal 1430
21 Mei 2009
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Friday, May 22, 2009

Company Tak Bagi Sembahyang, Sungguh Cilaka

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Bila dapat email nie bukan tahap berdesing jer telinga kami, hampir-hampir nak mendidih otak kami. Memang sungguh celaka memo daripada syarikat ini yang tak bagi pekerja Islamnya bersolat. Sungguh celaka!!!

Hati tengah panas membara. Tak boleh nak tulis lebih-lebih. Kalau nak tengok gambar company tue baca artikel ini sepenuhnya.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Indonesian Military Plane Crash

MAGETAN, Indonesia — An Indonesian military plane carrying troops and their families caught fire and nose-dived into a residential neighborhood, killing 98 people and putting the spotlight back on the country's poor aviation safety record.


More than a dozen people were injured, many with severe burns.

Survivors said they heard at least two loud explosions and felt the C-130 Hercules wobbling from left to right as it careened to the ground. The transporter slammed into a row of houses and then skidded into a rice paddy, its fuselage completely shattered.

"People were screaming hysterically as the plane was going down. We were being thrown around all over the place," Pvt. Saputra told Internet news portal Detik.com. "Then it just blew up and I found myself lying in a field, 20 yards (meters) from the wreckage. I couldn't stand up and some villagers came to help me."

"Fire was rising up to the sky," said Saputra, who suffered head and arm injuries. "I just submitted myself to God."

Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous nation, has been hit by a string of airline crashes, both commercial and military, putting it under international pressure to improve maintenance and safety regulations. But the air force fleet, long underfunded and handicapped by a recently lifted U.S. ban on weapons sales, has been especially hard hit.

Just last week another military transporter lost its landing gear and slammed into a house, injuring four people, and 24 were killed when a Fokker 27 crashed into an airport hangar last month during a training mission.

On Wednesday, black smoke billowed in the air as soldiers carried the dead and injured through brilliant green paddies to waiting ambulances.

Military spokesman Sagom Tamboen said the transport plane, built in 1980, was on a routine flight from the capital, Jakarta, and went down before it could reach its destination — an air force base in East Java province.

It was not clear what caused the crash, but President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a former army general, promised that a thorough investigation would be carried out.

"I heard at least two big explosions and saw flashes of fire inside the plane," said Lamidi, a 41-year-old farmer who was working in a nearby rice field. It hit a tree and "the wing snapped off."

The plane was carrying at least 110 passengers and crew, including troops and their families, when it went down in Geplak village, 325 miles east of the capital, Jakarta.

At least 98 people were killed, including two on the ground, and 15 others were injured, said Bambang Samudro, chief of the military air base in Magetan.

The air force has operated C-130s — the backbone of its transport wing — since the early 1960s, when it received a batch of 10 from the United States in exchange for the release of a CIA bomber pilot shot down in 1958 while supporting an anti-government mutiny.

About 40 more were delivered over the next 20 years, many secondhand and provided by Washington before the Clinton administration imposed sanctions on military deliveries because of violence that broke out during East Timor's 1999 break for independence.

The air force complained that many of the planes quickly became unserviceable because of the lack of spare parts. Though the embargo was lifted several years ago, the air worthiness of many remained in question.

There also have been a series of commercial airline crashes in recent years which killed more than 120 people. The EU responded by banning all Indonesian carriers from flying to Europe.

Taleban are using weapons ‘supplied by US’

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The Taleban have been using rifles and ammunition that were supplied by the US to the Afghan Army, it was claimed yesterday.

Thirty rifle magazines taken recently from the bodies of insurgents killed in battle contained at least 17 rounds that were identical to ammunition that the US had given the Afghan forces, according to The New York Times.

Some of the thousands of M16 rifles supplied to Afghan soldiers to replace their Kalashnikovs have also ended up with the Taleban. M16s were found to have been used in a battle last year in which nine Americans died, The New York Times said.

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The American-led unit responsible for training the Afghan forces said yesterday that the ammunition found in insurgent hands did not have any serial numbers that proved it had been issued by the US.

“The only markings were those of the manufacturer brand names, Wolf or Bxn, which supply ammo worldwide to many, many customers,” a spokesman for the Combined Security Transition Command — Afghanistan said. “Mixed ammo suggests battlefield losses and captured ammo and not a significant transfer of ammo to the enemy.”

My most sincere apology to the nation

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I made it very clear there would be no negotiations. How can I agree to bribing police officers to get my son off the hook after speaking out against crime, corruption, abuse of power and cover-ups of criminal acts by those who walk in the corridors of power?

NO HOLDS BARRED

Raja Petra Kamarudin

I offer no excuses. My wife, Marina, and I have five children, all now grown up. Four have made a life for themselves -- two are now married and have blessed us with four grandchildren. One, Raja Azman, left home when he was still in lower secondary school and chose to end all ties with the family. That was about 18 years ago or so.

Since he left home, he has been in and out of trouble, the result of living on the streets and sleeping in the back alleys of Kuala Lumpur. Invariably, life on the streets like an urchin turned him into what he is today.

Muslims believe that heaven lies beneath the feet of one’s mother. It is therefore seldom a Muslim mother would bring herself to curse her offspring. Doing so would condemn that child for eternity. That is what Muslims believe.

My wife made it very clear to our prodigal son that he turns his back on the family and resorts to a life of crime at his own peril. It does not matter the severity of the crime. Crime is crime whatever it may be, big or small. And is it not the tendency that petty criminals eventually migrate to hardcore crimes? He therefore invites his mother’s curse if he brings shame to the family. That was my wife’s final word on the matter.

Our son was warned that if he ever got into trouble he was entirely on his own. He can’t expect the family that he has disowned to rally to his side. He has made his bed so he must now lie in it. That was our irrevocable and uncompromising stand and this was delivered in no uncertainty to our son. He would have to make the decision as to what it was going to be.

Marina and I received a phone call a couple of months ago that our son, yet again, was in trouble. It was a call from a police officer. The phone was passed to our son so that we could be assured he was in the hands of the police. Although it was a huge disappointment to both of us, it was no shock, neither a surprise. This was yet another brush with the law that our son has got himself into over more than a decade.

The purpose for the phone call became clearer after our son handed the phone back to the police officer. They wanted to negotiate a settlement. The problem is small, we were told. This can be settled easily enough. They know we would rather bury this problem than let it become public knowledge. We are, after all, high profile. And bad publicity such as this would not help our image.

I made it very clear there would be no negotiations. How can I agree to bribing police officers to get my son off the hook after speaking out against crime, corruption, abuse of power and cover-ups of criminal acts by those who walk in the corridors of power? Sure, maybe no one would know about it. Once I pay up, the matter will be buried so deep no one would be the wiser. But I would know. My wife would know. My family would know. And the police officers who I had bribed would know.

How can I continue speaking out against what ails this country when I am not able to walk the talk? It is so easy to talk when you have nothing to lose, except maybe your freedom. But when it comes to a member of your family, you compromise your principles and violate the very thing that you speak out against.

When I hung up the phone, I could see the pain in my wife’s heart. After all, are not the eyes the window to the heart? Which mother can abandon a child, never mind how evil that child may be. It takes a very determined woman to put principles before the welfare of the family.

We knew it was with dire consequences that we had turned down the offer to settle the matter. We would be made to pay dearly for our stubbornness. They would make sure that we would suffer shame never before suffered by our family.

My children are devastated. The thought of our son having to spend a good part of his life in prison is only part of it. The fact that he carries the family name and that this would be held against the family was their main concern. They knew we would be made to suffer for what Raja Azman had done.

This was a predicament we would never be able to avoid. It would have been so simple to just agree to meet the police officers and pay them the money they wanted and all would have been settled. But it would have been settled only for that short moment in time. I would have to carry the knowledge that I sold out my principles and was not able to walk the talk for the rest of my life.

How can I continue doing what I am doing knowing that I am not able to practice what I preach? I would lose the moral high ground and would no longer be qualified to talk about change and about a better Malaysia. I am, after all, as corrupted as those people who walk in the corridors of power. My son may walk free. But I shall be taking his place in prison -- not a physical prison, but a prisoner of my own nagging conscience, which will haunt me till my last day on earth.

As a father, it was a most difficult choice I had to make. It was more difficult for Marina, the mother who gave birth to that son. We held each other’s hands and looked each other in the eye without speaking. Words were unnecessary. In that silence our hearts did all the talking. We knew we had to bite the bullet and face whatever lies ahead of us without wavering.

Marina and I apologise to the nation for what our son has done. As parents, Marina and I accept that responsibility.


Facing the music: Raja Azman being escorted to the Shah Alam magistrate’s court to be charged with stealing motorbikes and breaking into a house.

Global warming ‘could kill billions this century’

Global warming of 7 Celsius ‘could kill billions this century’
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LONDON, May 21 — Global temperatures could rise by more than 7 Celsius (C) this century killing billions of people and leaving the world on the brink of total collapse, according to new research.

The study, carried out in unprecedented detail, projected that without “rapid and massive action” temperatures worldwide will increase by as much as 7.4C by 2100, from levels seen in 2000.

Previous estimates have concluded that the likely increase this century would probably be 2.4C.

However the new study by scientists at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology included projected economic growth in developing countries and new information on the affect increased carbon emissions will have on biological processes, such as the capacity of the ocean to absorb greenhouse gases.

The results are based on 400 trials of the new system, each time using slightly different variations in data at the start to try and iron out errors.

Study co-author Ronald Prinn, Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and director of MIT’s Centre for Global Climate Change, said all the results resulted in an increase in temperatures.

The projections average out at a likely Earth temperature increase of 5.2C this century, and conclude there is a 90 per cent chance the temperature change will be between 3.5C and 7.4C.

“Overall they stacked up so they caused more projected global warming. There is significantly more risk than we previously expected,” he said.

“This increases the urgency for significant policy action. There is no way the world can and should take these risks.”

Friends of the Earth climate campaigner Tom Picken said that if the new research by MIT is accurate the results for the planet would be catastrophic.

He called for the world to try and reduce the chance of such an increase in temperatures by committing to reduce carbon emissions at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen at the end of this year.

“The consequences of such changes would be off the known scale. They are unthinkable,” he said

“A 7.4C rise would mean severe ecosystem collapse worldwide, with total economic collapse in many parts of the world.

“The planet would face resource wars between people, and you can safely say many, many hundred of millions of people would die,” he said. — Daily Telegraph

'Cola' will kill ya

Too much cola ‘leads to muscle and heart problems’
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LONDON, May 21 — Experts have issued a warning against drinking large quantities of cola, saying it could lead to muscle problems, an irregular heartbeat and bone weakness.

The number of cola-lovers suffering health issues is on the rise, they said, adding there had been a food industry push towards an “increase in portion sizes”.

As well as tooth decay, diabetes and “softening” of the bones, doctors have seen patients suffering from hypokalaemia — where potassium levels in the blood drop too low.

This can increase the risk of muscle problems and heart rhythm abnormalities, which could prove fatal in some cases.

“We are consuming more soft drinks than ever before and a number of health issues have already been identified including tooth problems, bone demineralisation and the development of metabolic syndrome and diabetes,” said Dr Moses Elisaf from the University of Ioannina in Greece, who led an academic review of the issue.

“Evidence is increasing to suggest that excessive cola consumption can also lead to hypokalaemia, in which the blood potassium levels fall, causing an adverse effect on vital muscle functions.”

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His study, published in the International Journal of Clinical Practice, detailed cases where patients drank two or more litres of cola a day.

In one case a 21-year-old pregnant woman was admitted to the hospital suffering tiredness, loss of appetite and repeated vomiting.

The patient had consumed more than three litres of cola per day for the previous six years and was found to be suffering from severe hypokalaemia and a heart blockage.

Once she was taken off cola and given potassium replacement substances she made a full recovery.

Other case studies of people drinking between two and nine litres of cola a day found they suffered muscle problems ranging from “mild weakness to profound paralysis”.

Dr Elisaf said that caffeine intoxication is thought to play the most important role in the cases. — Independent

1Malaysia photo

The 'muhbibah' picture that won Henry Liew the 1Malaysia photo competition. - Bernama picSabahan student wins 1Malaysia photo contest

PUTRAJAYA, May 20 – A student from Sabah was adjudged the winner of the 1Malaysia Photo Contest for being able to capture the image of goodwill and unity in his picture.

Henry Liew Su Loong, 21, of Kudat, took a picture of children at a kindergarten in Kota Kinabalu.

“I want to convey a message that unity among various races should be cultivated since school days. I am surprised as it was the first photo contest that I had entered. This victory will spur me to pursue a career in photography,” said Liew, a student at Sabah Arts Institute.

A son of a bus driver and a teacher, he walked away with a Canon DSLR camera.

The second prize went to Md Azrul Shaffiq Md Suhaimi, who bagged a Nokia E63 mobile phone while third, Noor Diyana Mohmad Apandi, 20, collected an MP3 Ipod Touch player.

They received their prizes from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak at Putra Perdana here today. – Bernama

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Tabal JIN ! Only in Perak?

Istiadat Kesultanan Perak - Tabal Jin


TABAL JIN adalah merupakan suatu istiadat turun temurun bagi Salasilah Kesultanan Perak. Cuma di Negeri Perak ini sahaja yang ada istiadat TABAL JIN di dalam Tanah Melayu ini. Negeri Perak merupakan salah satu negeri yang tertua dirantau ini dan Sultan yang memerintah biasanya didampingi oleh JIN-JIN Islam. Disini lah kita akan melihat kedaulatan seseorang Sultan itu dimana baginda akan di NOBATKAN dahulu sewaktu hari pertabalan baginda. Istiadat Tabal Jin ini biasanya dilakukan pada sebelah senja/malam dan diterangi hanya oleh dian (lilin) sahaja.

Istiadat TABAL JIN dimulakan dengan paluan NOBAT DIRAJA pada sabelah senja sehari selepas Istiadat TABAL ADAT disempurnakan. Istiadat ini dilakukan pada waktu malam.

Selepas Jejawat Berlembing dan Jejawat Berpayung Ubur serta Jejawat Perempuan, memegang kaki dian dan Bentara Perempuan membawa Perkakas Istiadat Merenjis mengambil tempat masing-masing didalam Balairong Seri didahului oleh Panglima Dalam dan diapit oleh Panglima Perang Kanan dan Panglima Perang Kiri, dan dibelakang nya Pawang DiRaja menatang akan PEDANG CURA SIMANJA KINI, bersama Toh Seri Nara DiRaja menatang PONTOH BERNAGA dan PONTOH ULAR LIDI diatas talam berlapikkan kain kuning dan diikuti olih Sida-Sida. Biduanda-Biduanda menatang PERKAKAS KERAJAN masuk ke Balairong Seri dan diletakkan kesemua diatas meja yang disediakan di iringi dengan paluan NOBAT.

Selepas itu Pawang DiRaja dengan menatang PEDANG CURA SIMANJA KINI dan Toh Seri Nara DiRaja menatang PONTOH BERNAGA dan PONTOH ULAR LIDI keluar dari Balairong Seri didahului oleh Panglima-Panglima masuk ke Kamar Persenangan lalu mempersembahkan kepada Kebawah Duli Paduka Seri Sultan. Baginda kemudian diiringi berangkat ke Balairong Seri dengan iringan paluan NOBAT 'Raja Berangkat'.

Apabila sampai di Singgahsana, Baginda Sultan akan bersemayam diatas 'Chior Keemasan' yang disediakan dihadapan Singgahsana. Kemudian Pawang DiRaja mengadap dan mempersembahkan PEDANG CURA SIMANJA KINI kepada Baginda Sultan yang akan meriba Pedang tersebut. Selepas itu PERKAKAS KERAJAN dibawa mengadap oleh Sida-Sida dan Biduanda-Biduanda kehadapan Baginda Sultan. Kemudian dikuti pula oleh Bentara Toh Ratna Senari dan Bentara Toh Ratna Wati masuk mengadap membawa PERKAKAS ISTIADAT MERENJIS dan dikuti pula oleh Toh Setia Guna (Ketua Nobat) bersama Ahli-Ahli Nobat DiRaja masuk ke Balairong Seri memohon limpah perkenan Baginda untuk meletak PERKAKAS NOBAT DIRAJA ditempat yang telah disediakan. Kemudian 'Istiadat Memulih' PERKAKAS KERAJAN dan PERKAKAS NOBAT DIRAJA dijalankan dan juga 'Merenjis Tepung Tawar'. Satelah selesai bacaan Doa Selamat disempurnakan oleh Sahibul Mufti Kerajaan Negeri Perak.

Satelah selesai upacara 'Memulih Perkakas Kerajan dan Merenjis Tepung Tawar', diikuti pula dengan 'Istiadat Bersiram Tabal' (Mandi Sampat) dimulakan di PANCA PERSADA. Baginda Sultan dan isteri akan berangkat dari Pintu Besar Istana. Pawang DiRaja memulakan 'Istiadat Mengelilingi Balai Panca Persada' sebanyak tujuh kali dan dibantu oleh Bomoh dan Pawang Tempatan dan Bentara-Bentara yang membawa 'Perkakas Merenjis'. Sepanjang keberangkatan Baginda NOBAT dipalu sehingga Baginda bersemayam diatas 'Perterakna Seri Panca Persada'.

Semua Putera dan Puteri baginda akan mengambil tempat di belakang Perterakna serta diringi oleh Y.Bhg.Orang Kaya-Kaya Panglima Kinta Seri Amar DiRaja, Y.Bhg. Orang Kaya-Kaya Panglima Bukit Gantang Seri Amar DiRaja dan Y.Bhg.Orang Kaya-Kaya Imam Paduka Tuan. Istiadat 'Merenjis Tepung Tawar' disempurnakan diikuti dengan bacaan Doa Selamat oleh Sahibul Samahan Mufti Kerajaan Negeri Perak.

Selepas itu 'Upacara Bersiram Tabal' (Mandi Sampat) pula dimulakan oleh Pawang DiRaja sendiri dari awal hingga akhir keatas Perkakas Istiadat Bersiram Tabal. Kain putih direntangkan dan daun nyiur muda bentuk jari lipan ditaruhkan keatas kain putih yang diregang dan dipegang oleh Toh-Toh Puan ditiap-tiap penjuru. Istiadat Bersiram Tabal dimulakan dengan mengambil sebatil GELUK berisi Air Datu dan dicurahkan keatas kain putih sehingga habis Enam Belas Batil GELUK yang berisi air. NOBAT dipalukan sepanjang Istiadat Bersiram Tabal. Satelah selesai Istiadat Bersiram Tabal, Baginda berdua akan menyalin pakaian dan berangkat turun dari Seri Panca Persada berselimut dengan 'Kain Benang Emas Kekuningan', dan diarak balik ke ISTANA.

Satelah menukar kepada Pakaian Kebesaran DiRaja, DYMM Paduka Seri Sultan Perak akan berangkat masuk ke BALAIRONG SERI (NOBAT dipalu) dan bersemayam diatas PETERAKNA SINGGAHSANA. Pawang DiRaja melulakan 'Istiadat Merenjis Air Panca Bicara' keatas PERKAKAS KERAJAN yang sedia ada terletak diatas meja dihadapan Singgahsana, 'Merenjis Tepung Tawar' ketasa Baginda Sultan dan diikuti dengan meletakkan 'BUNGA PENCAWA PENCARA' ditelinga Baginda

Pada waktu istiadat ini NOBAT DIRAJA akan memainkan lagu diantara empat hingga sembilan lagu. Toh Setia Guna (Ketua Nobat) akan memerhatikan gerak geri Paduka Seri Sultan ketika paluan NOBAT dipalukan. Dari sini, kedaulatan seseorang Sultan itu akan dapat diketahui. Mengikut adat, sekiranya Baginda dapat bertahan lama diatas Singgahsana (iaitu dapat bertahan sehingga tujuh lagu keatas dipalukan oleh NOBAT) ini menunjukkan pertabalan Baginda telah direstui oleh JIN-JIN KERAJAN dan Baginda akan memerintah Negeri Perak ini lama atau pun panjang umur. Akan tetapi sekiranya Baginda hanya dapat bertahan empat atau lima lagu sahaja...petandanya umur Baginda mungkin pendek. Toh Setia Guna akan memberi isyarat kepada Ahli Nobat supaya memberhentikan paluan NOBAT apabila melihat Baginda Sultan dalam keadaan 'resah gelisah' diatas Peterakna Singgahsana.

Sewaktu NOBAT dipalukan, PEDANG CURA SIMANJA KINI akan 'bergerak-gerak' dengan sendirinya (dimana seakan-akan hendak keluar dari sarungnya). Ini menunjukkan JIN KERAJAN berserta dalam ISTIADAT TABAL JIN ini dan merestui pertabalan Baginda. Istiadat TABAL JIN selamat disempurnakan selepas upacara 'SANTAPAN NASI BERASTANOKA' dijalankan dengan bacaan doa selamat.

(Peringatan : Ada pun upacara 'Istiadat Tabal Jin' ini hendaklah disempurnakan mengikut Adat Istiadat Pertabalan yang asalnya....ia itu mengikut cara yang dilakukan dari turun temurun tanpa menukarkan ciri-ciri adat yang asal.... barulah sempurna dan dapat di ketahui sama ada direstui oleh JIN KERAJAN Perak yang akan mendampingi Baginda. Kalau tidak Istiadat Upacara tersebut hanya lah merupakan suatu Istiadat Biasa sahaja.... tiada berkerajan.. ..)

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Prominence, moderate Muslims

Influential scholar urges Muslims to shed victim role
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LAMPETER (Wales), May 16 — Muslims in Malaysia need to shed their conservative and defensive mindset if they want to convince non-Muslims not to fear their religion, says former Perlis mufti Mohamad Asri Zainul Abidin.

The maverick Muslim scholar, who has a strong following among young Muslims in Malaysia, told The Malaysian Insider in an exclusive interview that it was crucial that moderate Muslims become dominant in mainstream society if it wanted to introduce Islamic governance that can be accepted by non-Muslims.

Over the last few years, Asri has become an icon for progressive Muslim voices for his stand against the propensity of religious authorities in conducting raids on Muslim couples engaged in khalwat, or close proximity, and has stated that non-Muslims had a right to use the word "Allah".

In the interview, he expounded on the "Allah" issue, stating that "Malays need to shed their defensive mentality. Why is it we believe that when Christians use Allah, Muslims will be confused and become Christians?"

"Maybe it is Christians who will become confused and join Islam. Why must they always see themselves as the victim? This is as an opportunity to evangelise," he added.

He maintains, however, that he is not a liberal but a "fundamentalist," and said that conservative Muslims leaders have made skewed interpretations that have hurt Islam in Malaysia.

"We need to bring to prominence, moderate Muslims who are well-versed in the religion but able to frame it realistically. Our conservative thinkers tend to see Islamic state in terms of 700 years ago where 98 per cent of Malaysians were Muslims.

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According to the scholar, who was Perlis mufti for two years until leaving to conduct research on Islam last December, the fear of an Islamic state or Islamic governance was due to it being synonymous with hudud, which prescribes amputation, stoning and whipping as punishment.

But Asri stated that hudud is only a mechanism to deal with crime, and according to scripture, it is commanded that "when you judge man, you must judge justly" and that those selected to lead must lead fairly.

"Allah calls for those selected to lead to be those qualified. This does not mean those who wear serbans but those with quality," he quipped.

Asri is also critical of the Malay influence over Islam in the country, citing, for example, the fact that a non-Malay who converts must then adopt a Muslim name and replace his father's name with bin Abdullah.

"Why must it be bin Abdullah? The whole Islamic world does not do this, only Malaysia. Why must a person's father be denied? The Quran says you should call a child by his father's name. The Prophet Muhammad never changed the names of new converts.

"How is it they become more Malay instead of Islamised? If Malays want to defend their rights, go ahead based on Bumiputera rights or whatever. But you cannot say Islam does not defend you because you are Chinese or Indian. Islam was not given just to the Malays," he added.

Asri said that there needed to be a change to the National Fatwa Council and for an NGO or political party driven by moderate Muslims to be formed so that Islam is guided by mature minds.

"Opinions of experts in the field, not just the conservatives, should be sought. That is why I have proposed a National Fatwa Council that is not under any government but independent with representatives of ulamas from PAS, Umno and other parties to sit with both moderates and conservatives to come up with mature decisions.

"I hope to see an NGO or political party that is driven by moderate Muslims that can bring non-Muslims to understand the elegance and fairness of Islam and give constructive criticism about Islam in the country so it can stop being Malay in nature but universal."

He said the problem is that there is a strong conservative faction in both Umno and PAS and so "a change of government will not solve this but the solution is to encourage the growth of mature Islamic intellectualism."

When quizzed on apparent changes in the outlook of PAS, which has recently seen widespread acceptance by non-Muslims, he agreed that the party has become more pragmatic but that the faction that is seen as more open-minded needed to have figures who are well-known scholars of Islam to gain credibility in the party.

"They must have a strong Islamic figure supporting them which is a problem the conservatives do not have as they are considered the ulamas," he said.

Asri concluded, however, that in any party, religion should not be politicised for self-interest.

"This is dangerous. I am not talking about secularism where religion and politics have no relation. Politics can be guided and instructed by religion. But bringing politics into religion makes religion the victim."

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Almonds aren't only a tasty snack, they're also packed with protein, fiber and healthy fat. Studies have found that eating almonds in moderation - 1-3 ounces per day - can help people lose weight by stabilizing blood sugar and warding off hunger. People who eat nuts also tend to have less belly fat.
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  • Almonds aren't only a tasty snack, they're also packed with protein, fiber and healthy fat. Studies have found that eating almonds in moderation - 1-3 ounces per day - can help people lose weight by stabilizing blood sugar and warding off hunger. People who eat nuts also tend to have less belly fat.
  • Research shows that eating breakfast jump starts the metabolism, helping dieters burn more calories than non-breakfast eaters. Furthermore, people who eat eggs for breakfast tend to eat fewer calories in the hours that follow than those who eat other foods for breakfast and those who skip breakfast all together.
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  • Almonds aren't only a tasty snack, they're also packed with protein, fiber and healthy fat. Studies have found that eating almonds in moderation - 1-3 ounces per day - can help people lose weight by stabilizing blood sugar and warding off hunger. People who eat nuts also tend to have less belly fat.
  • Research shows that eating breakfast jump starts the metabolism, helping dieters burn more calories than non-breakfast eaters. Furthermore, people who eat eggs for breakfast tend to eat fewer calories in the hours that follow than those who eat other foods for breakfast and those who skip breakfast all together.
  • Low-fat dairy foods such as milk are packed with calcium, which has been shown to play a key role in weight loss. The vitamin D in milk aids the body in absorbing calcium and has been shown in some studies to boost metabolism.
  • Almonds aren't only a tasty snack, they're also packed with protein, fiber and healthy fat. Studies have found that eating almonds in moderation - 1-3 ounces per day - can help people lose weight by stabilizing blood sugar and warding off hunger. People who eat nuts also tend to have less belly fat.
  • Research shows that eating breakfast jump starts the metabolism, helping dieters burn more calories than non-breakfast eaters. Furthermore, people who eat eggs for breakfast tend to eat fewer calories in the hours that follow than those who eat other foods for breakfast and those who skip breakfast all together.
  • Low-fat dairy foods such as milk are packed with calcium, which has been shown to play a key role in weight loss. The vitamin D in milk aids the body in absorbing calcium and has been shown in some studies to boost metabolism.
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  • Asparagus is a natural diuretic, flushing fluids and minimizing water weight gain that can occur after eating salty foods. Asparagus is also believed to play a role in the breakdown of fat in the body. At 26 calories a cup, asparagus is a great low-cal snack
  • Almonds aren't only a tasty snack, they're also packed with protein, fiber and healthy fat. Studies have found that eating almonds in moderation - 1-3 ounces per day - can help people lose weight by stabilizing blood sugar and warding off hunger. People who eat nuts also tend to have less belly fat.
  • Research shows that eating breakfast jump starts the metabolism, helping dieters burn more calories than non-breakfast eaters. Furthermore, people who eat eggs for breakfast tend to eat fewer calories in the hours that follow than those who eat other foods for breakfast and those who skip breakfast all together.
  • Low-fat dairy foods such as milk are packed with calcium, which has been shown to play a key role in weight loss. The vitamin D in milk aids the body in absorbing calcium and has been shown in some studies to boost metabolism.
  • Lettuce is very low in calories - a cup of iceberg lettuce has about 6 calories. It's also high in fluid- and fat-flushing water.

    Celery, like lettuce, is very low in calories - about 14 calories per cup - and very high in fat-flushing water. Keep in mind the body burns about 85 calories per hour chewing and digesting food ... so eating a salad with one cup each of iceberg lettuce, asparagus and celery will actually help the body burn more calories than it takes in

    Lean meats like turkey, chicken and sirloin steak are high in muscle-building protein. Studies have shown that the more muscle people have, the more calories they burn, even in a resting position.

    An apple a day may keep the doctor away and it may also keep the fat away. One study found that dieters who ate one apple before each meal, burned more calories and lost more weight than dieters who did not kick off their meals apples

    Deliciously juicy and long touted as a diet aid, grapefruit is high in pectin, which has been shown to break down fat in the body

    Water is an important part of any diet and works in a myriad of ways. It cuts fluid retention by flushing water from the body. It's also been shown to speed the metabolism. Furthermore, drinking water prevents dehydration, which has been shown to slow the metabolism. People who are dehydrated often confuse thirst for hunger and end up eating unnecessary calories