Retribution

When a public figure dies, the whole country mourns for him. Everywhere people talk and praise such figure for all his deeds he has done during his life. Sadly, whatever he has done that caused others to suffer have by then been ignored and forgotten as now People are busy praising his 'deeds' particularly when he he is a public figure. Those who once and I believe are still suffering because of his misdeeds forever remain in obscurity.Those people are those who have not only victimised and but their cries for justice are ignored because they belong to those ordinary and thus worthless souls.

Of course it is wrong to talk bad about those who have departed and thus are unable to defend themselves against any accussation but to blindly and deafly ignored the pleas of their victims is itself wrong and being one who belongs to the Islamic faith, they are asked to seek forgiveness and render justice to those who deserve them and not turning away as if nothing happened. Fortunately, He , being the Supreme Being is All Seeing and All Knowing, thus in Him we put our trust that such heinous injustice will be duly served the moment the deceased is laid into his or her final 'resting' place.

Being the Authority while on earth, none is able or even dare to stand up against him, those who try to will meet unimaginable circumstances. But, nobody can run forever, sooner or later his past will catch up with him with tremendous speed and retribution.

We will reap the fruits of our deeds in the Herafter

Senjata Makan Tuan

Kini seperti cacing kepanasan bahana silap percaturan

Hasrat sebuah parti dominan dalam gabungan parti memerintah untuk menarik kembali sokongan dengan menimbulkan situasi tidak selesa mungkin memakan diri akibat tindakan agen - agen provokatif yang sehingga kini telah menyebabkan 4 buah rumah ibadat bukan Islam menjadi mangsa. Walaupun sehingga kini, dalang di sebalik kejadian belum dikenalpasti namun perbuatan mereka 'bermain api' kini menyebabkan mereka sendiri terbakar.

Kenyataan pemimpin - pemimpin mereka yang seolah - olah memberi lampu hijau untuk umat Islam (baca para penyokong) untuk berdemonstrasi turut menyumbang kepada kemelut terkini. Sewajarnya mereka sebagai pemimpin bertanggungjawab wajar mengawal emosi para penyokong mereka yang berkobar - kobar bahana keputusan mahkamah untuk membenar akhabar mingguan Katolik menggunakankan kalimah Allah.

Kini mereka tersepit di kala pihak pembangkang enggan bersekongkol dengan mereka walaupun mereka cuba memainkan isu yang sensitif. Sewajarnya mereka perlu beringat bahawa keputusan mahkamah itu terhad pada penggunan kalimah tersebut dalam akhbar mingguan sahaja tetapi tidak terpakai untuk tujuan lain walaupun dalam lingkungan rumah ibadat mereka.

Mereka berlagak seolah - olah merekalah pejuang agama yang sebenar namun persoalan dan isu lain yang menuntut ketegasan kerajaan misalnya dalam isu murtad, jenayah, muamalat, hadanah dan sebagainya tidak begitu dipedulikan walhal ia lebih mendatangkan implikasi lebih besar terhadap Islam. Isu murtad walaupun telah dibangkit dan diutarakan termasuk di kalangan penyokong mereka sehingga kini masih menjadi duri dalam daging. Pelaksanaan hudud turut dipandang sepi dan enteng walaupun ia melibatkan umat Islam secara langsung, malah diperlekehkan dengan kenyataan seperti negara akan porak peranda sekiranya undang - undang Islam dilaksanakan.

Rakyat kini tidak lagi seperti dulu yang mudah digula - gulakan oleh parti dominan itu dan akibatnya senjata kini telah makan tuan!

"Kepada Allah kita bertawakkal"

Trust Them Not

One of the best if not the best MB today

Power and authority are addictive and certainly intoxicating but seldom people or those being trusted to honour them forget that both are also cursed. This is what is happening in one east coast state where the royal family is now embroiled in an intense power struggle since the Ruler himself is incapacitated and thus unable to carry out his duties. Nonetheless, it is of no concern of the blogger except for the negative implications on the ruling PAS government.

Though it is an internal matter and does not directly concern the state government by media belonging or controlled by the ruling coalition seem to link the issue with the ruling state government in that state. They may or may not be ignorant as to the fact that the monarchy is by all means is constitutional and not elected democratically and after all they are supposed to be apolitical unlike the state government which is presently controlled by PAS. Hence, what ever problems involving the palace is their internal and private matters and have nothing to do with the PAS government.

Unfortunately, there are naive people out there who may be swayed by the politicking by the ruling coalition controlled media. In a veiled statement today, one of many newspaper reported that due to the internal power struggle, the state administration under the Menteri Besar is at a crossroad. Such statement may seem to be ordinary and nothing special but by connecting the internal problem with the day to day administration of the state, they are implying that the state government is now declining and is no longer able to govern properly.

Such subtle condemnation may seem innocent or even sympathetic enough for many but considering the present scenario in that state, no doubt they are doing a good job in their psychology war to take over the state come the next GE. Nonetheless, as inexperienced as the blogger is, the Kelantanese know better and judge as to what really is happening in their own state.

Masa Untuk Berfikir

Selepas kewafatan Rasuallah SAW, perpechan mula kelihatan terutama semasa pemerintahan Khalifah Uthman al -Affan hinggalah muncul kerajaan Umayyah dan Abbasiyyah. Pernah Nabi bersabda "Perbezaan pendapat adalah rahmah". Perbezaan pendapat berkenaan merujuk kepada hal - hal duniawi tetapi kini kita berdepan dengan soal akidah yang implikasinya tidak menjurus kepada kebaikan namun lebih kepada keruntuhan.

Masalah yang dihadapi kini diburukkan lagi oleh mereka yang mengaku arif dalam agama tetapi bukanlah dari kalangan ulama sebenar yang tidak terlibat dalam aktiviti berpolitik. Hal ini menyuebabkan ramai terkeliru dan berpecah-belah mendengar pendapat ahli - ahli politik berlagak ahli dalam agama. Keadaan ini dahulunya akhirnya melahirkan golongan Khawarij yang tidak berpihak pada Ali bin Abi Talib mahupun Muawiyah Abi Suffian. Keadaan inilah yang amat dikhuatiri akan dan mungkin berlaku dalam negara jika ahli politik terus mengapi - apikan keadaan.

Mujur Majlis Fatwa Kebangssan telah mengeluarkan fatwa bahawa kalimah Allah hanya untuk mereka yang menganut Islam. Dalam situasi dimana kalimah Allah juga digunakan oleh mereka di Asia Barat atau di negara jiran misalnya tidak boleh dijadikan ukuran untuk mewajarkan mereka menggunakan kalimah berkenaanmemandangkan situasi di negara ini berbeza di mana kalimah Allah selama ini tersebarluas dan diketahui umum hanya digunapakai oleh masyarakat Islam secara terbuka manakala yang lain hanya menggunakannya secara terhad dan tertutup malah secara sembunyi.

Tambah menyedihkan tatkala mereka yang 'berjuang' menegakkan kebenaran dan menentang penggunaan kalimah tersebut rata - rata bukanlah mereka yang benar - benar menyelami dan mematuhi ajaran Islam sebenar. Ada antara mereka jelas tidak menutup aurat walhal ia adalah wajib dan lebih mengharukan dengan pakaian yang terdedah mereka mengaku mengamalkan ajaran Islam! Ramai yang masih mengunjungi kedai kedai nombor ekor sambil tanpa segan silu meneguk arak.

Setiap kejadian ada hikmahnya dan keputusan membenarkan penggunaan kalimah Allah turut membawa hikmah. Ia wajar dijadikan ingatan dan sempadan bagi umat Islam untuk menguatkan iman dan pengetahuan agama agar tidak mudah terkeliru seperti yang ditakuti ramai. Mereka khuatir kebenaran tersebut bakal mengelirukan umat Islam tetapi malang sekali mereka gagal melihat senario yang lebih besar yakni tuntutan dan keperluan untuk mengukuhkan iman dan dakwah. Sekiranya iman seseorang itu teguh dengan kalimah dan cara apa sekalipun ,musuh - musuh Islam akan tetap gagal menembusi benteng iman seperti yang pernah dialami oleh Bilal bin Rabah, keluarga Ammar bin Yassir dan ramai lagi yang diseksa tetapi iman mereka tetap teguh dan tidak terusik malah semakin kuat.

Pendapat Dr. Asri Zainal Abidin dan beberapa ulama juga wajar drenungi kerana mereka berpendapat keputusan tersebut sebenarnya membawa hikmah dakwah kepada mereka yang menuntut kebenaran menggunapakai kalimah tersebut. Dengan menggunapakai kalimah tersebut,mereka umpama mengakui keagungan Allah. Apa yang perlu kerajaan lakukan ialah menggubal atau memperkenal peraturan dan undang - undang baru bagi mengawal dan menyekat penyalahgunaan dan penyelewengan kalimah tersebut.

Keputusan tersebut sebenarnya membuktikan keagungan Allah SWT di mana mereka akhirnya mengakui tuhan itulah Allah walaupun mereka tidak bersyahad bahawa Allah itu Esa namun itu bukanlah alasan bagi umat Islam untuk mengubah dan membentuk metoder dakwah untuk menangkis sebarang penyelewengan.

Kepada Allah kita bertawakkal

He is ONE!

Allah, the Supreme Being

All these while Malaysians in some part of the nation have been using Allah in their prayers without incidents suddenly the Home Ministry decided to rock the boat by denying the application by a weekly Christian tabloid circulated strictly for the Christians only because they decide to use the pronoun Allah instead of Tuhan in the Malay version of the tabloid.

Now the flood gate has been opened all parties claiming to champion the issue especially those good for nothing members of the dominant party within the ruling coalition. They claim that the pronoun is the exclusive right of the Muslims in this country. Perhaps they are misinformed or just plain ignorant since Allah has been used by those non Muslims in the Middle East for ages and in our neighbouring country it has been in use for quite sometimes without incident just like in Sabah.

The blame of course should not fall upon those overzealous minds alone but also to the publisher of the bulletin who after all these while decides to use the word in their publication instead of the previous Tuhan. These kind of people are undermining the peace and harmony among peace loving Malaysians. Nonetheless, this occurrence is perhaps subtle manipulation on the part of the ruling coalition to garner waning and declining support in view of the upcoming 13th GE and the imminent Sarawak state election between now and next year.

Some from PAS itself acknowledge that Allah is not exclusively for the Muslims alone and another views that the decision to allow the usage of the word to observe responsibly by those who applied for it. Instead of lambasting the decision there and there like some of the narrow minded and short fused minds of the so called champions of the People, the latter's view by PAS Youth is a very intelligent and commendable. When they say those who applied to use the word need to be responsible, they tacitly solidify the Islamic view of the Singularity of Allah unlike the Trinity concept by those who successfully applied to overturn the Home Ministry's decision.

Being responsible necessarily means that they cannot use the word out of the permission granted by the court as per their application meaning to say that they cannot use the word openly in their sermons since their initial application only refers to the usage of the word in their Malay weekly bulletin. Besides, since Islam is the official faith of the Federation, therefore they 'unconsciously' admit and acknowledge that the word Allah first and foremost must be treated with respect in view of the Constitution. Hence, they have to admit that in Islam there is no plurality in God as He is One and Only Supreme Being. In a way, by using the word they are limiting themselves.

I am sure being responsible Malaysians they will not openly use the word as they like since its usage is only for their weekly publication. What is more important is that such permission should serve as a wake up call to the Muslims to enhance their faith in order for them to defend their faith against untoward persuasion others. We will not be harmed if we steadfastly follow His teachings as former Perlis Mufti has stated. He observes that indeed God should be called Allah since it is the undeniable truth.

In Allah We Trust

We need to have faith

In the face of threat, we place our trust in Allah SWT

The decision of the High Court few days ago allowing Herald to use Allah in place of God in their Malay weekly bulletin has causes uneasiness and uproar among the Muslims for obvious as well as intricate logic. In Malaysia, it has been long practised and somehow an acknowledged practise by the Muslims to use Allah to refer to the Supreme Being and other faiths especially Christianity acquiesce the word Allah exclusively used by the Muslims in this country.

Suddenly the Herald bulletin decides to 'share' the privilege or is it the right and hence resulted in the decision by the High Court. In his response to the issue the former Perlis Mufti has stated that what is important is to safeguard the Muslims' faith since we only believe in one God and there is no other figures who can represent God as clearly mentioned in Surah Al - Ikhlas:

Say: ‘He is God, One

Such is a clear unequivocal declaration unparalleled of other teachings that say He encapsulates more then one entities. In the above Surah, He declares in no ambiguous term that He is ONE and none can be or should be at par with Him in His Grandeur and Authority. In view of such strong declaration,Muslims should have solid rock conviction that their Supreme Being is one and there is no other figures who shared His place and Being as the Supreme Being. Any Muslims should be at peace with such declaration and therefore need not worry about others trying to 'usurp' the word Allah.

Nonetheless, such declaration by the court indeed has strong implication towards the Muslims since the bulletin can easily be smuggled out of the church and used against the Muslims especially the young and the shaky ones to turn them against Islam. It is undeniable that missionaries have been known as one of the best recruiters throughout the religion kingdom. Their uncanny tactics are second to none. Their excellent ways to convert others to their faiths are legendary and such has been admitted by their Muslims counterparts.

Now that the court has decided that the Home Ministry has erred in issuing such 'blanket' order, the Muslims have none to turn to except to Allah Himself. In the face of such difficult time, the Muslims young and old have no choice other than strengthening their faith by following the teachings of Islam wholeheartedly and in wholesome and not in pieces what is rampant today. We are face with what the Prophet SAW has decreed thousand years ago that ' Islam comes in at strange and difficult time and towards the end it will be the same'. That end is our time, time of difficulty and hardship. We need to look inward and fortify our faith as it remains the only way out of this predicament we are facing.

Islam is the only religion sanctioned by Allah, hence our unequivocal trust

Borrow at Your Own Peril

Please help them sincerely and honestly

I still remember during my study years, the scholarship that we should received earlier was somehow delayed by the university causing some unrest among desperate students resulting in them picketing in front of the bursary office. From that day, I have been hearing hearing about how some institutions 'detained' the scholarship money for a few months to gain profits for other purposes. Whether this is true or not I may never know for sure.

Today, we have another alternative which government sponsored, the PTPTN. Basically such fund is to offer help and assistance for the needy and such it is commendable. However, today the 'interest' imposed upon the loan has become a topic of discussion. Being a government agency and also being an Islamic country, such interest should be a non issue since in Islam interest is strictly prohibited though some financial institutions disguised such as service fees or other names just to legalise it under Shariah.

Being an institution set up to help and offer assistance to the poor and the needy therefore it is illogical for them to impose even the minutes percentage of interest since according to Shariah it is strictly prohibited and studying is also considered a jihad. Besides, those who are pursuing their studies fall under the category of being legible for zakat. Usually when we talk about zakat, those who receive them are considered as poor.

It is inconceivable and insulting when others said if you do not have the means to repay the loan therefore do not borrow. Such statement is very inconsiderate since learning should not become a business commodity to press the poor and the desperate into further trouble. Learning should become a fun experience and not something that we dread about. They pursue their studies hoping that someday their life becomes better but by being forced to pay the interest , they have to pay them for sometimes before their could even dream of a better life.

Some Muslims even try to 'legalise' interest based on its quantity which shows their low level of understanding of Shariah. Under Shariah, if something is haram ,thus the amount become irrelevant. If it is wrong , it is wrong whatever the circumstances and if one tries to argue emergency which allows some excuses then where exactly the emergency in the case of PTPTN? There is not even an iota to say that they are in the state of emergency since they are being funded by the government and it is the responsibility of the government to provide assistance to the needy and not to make their life harder by imposing interest on something that will benefit the nation in the future. They always say that the society need to be grateful to the government but does the way PTPTN has been squeezing the lives of the borrowers something to be thankful about? CERTAINLY NOT!

The ends should not certify the means

Harare, Zimbabwe

Let the People read!

Tun M has somewhat issued a veiled permission to the government to release a book on him by Barry Wain. The books have been gathering dust since they arrived at Port Klang about a month ago. It is bewildering when the government has prevented the books from leaving the dock waiting permission from a figure who has long passed his relevancy. If it is true that TDM has something to do with the book being held than it is very obvious that he still plays a deep and irrevocable grip on the present government while the people whom the government should steadfastly served, no longer look upon him in his heydays.

The government should let the People read the book and let them analyse the truth of its contents. Furthermore, since it has nothing to do with the government but rather a former PM thus it is only prudent for the former PM to take legal action against the writer personally as prescribed by the law. He is free to sue the writer for defamation if he finds the contents defamatory and insulting to him. Indeed, it is a private matter and the government should not prevent the People from the opportunity of others' view of the former PM.

Just like in other developing countries, Malaysian politicians have long since utilised and manipulated government agencies to their advantages and sadly the higher echelon of the country civil service colluded with them willingly. Now, TDM dares the government to convene a Royal Commission to probe his alleged abuse of power but instead of him being the only accused, he wants to bring others down with him to the bottom of nowhere.

Convening a Royal Commission which has limited authority is surely a waste of public fund as the findings will become mere report without any effective actions taken just like what happened to the Lingam Gate case. So far, nothing has been done to prosecute those involved though the Commission discovered irregularities in the conduct of those involved. Likewise, the AG's promise to conduct in depth investigation of the missing jet engine is more likely a lip service to the People. The minister concerned was reported to have said that lower officers are involved in the fiasco but such major case needed an officer of substantial standing to issue permission to get the engine out of the camp and not a lowly sergeant or the like.

As Prof. Abd. Aziz Bari succinctly observed days ago Malaysia has become another Zimbabwe due to the acts of selfish politicians. To bring out Malaysia from the abyss of shame and mistrust calls for drastic measure come the 13th GE somewhere in 2012. Being born and live here, it is incumbent for all loyal Malaysians to see that change occurs after the next GE. We can no longer trust them to bring changes since their only concern is themselves.

COME THE 13TH GE, LET US ENSURE THEY ARE BOOTED OUT

Profits

The government proudly claims that GST will not burden the People when the Anti Profit Excess Act is enforced but looking and learning from present and prevailing situation. Seldom the People is protected against unscrupulous business practices. Even if there are laws to curb such practices but its enforcement is always questionable.

Just look at the time when the government decided to increase the civil servants' salary, businesses started to hike the prices even before they receive the increment on the pretext of increasing costs. In the end, the government seems powerless to protect and help the People. Falling back to existing laws has never been effective. We have abundant laws but those laws have more or less fail to achieve their intended objectives.

Of course it is unfair to blame the government for such predicament as the business community themselves need to be cooperative and not bent solely on increasing their profits since they too have social responsibility since without the buyers they too will face tremendous predicament. Business community has been known for ages for their manipulative tendency. Though the society is facing with economic recession, business community seem immune to those problems as they still find ways to maximise their profits.

GST: Another project of the BN government

The Chosen Ones

They may have to suffer indefinitely but they will persist

Listening to the plight of the Palestinians this morning immediately caused me to relate the plight of the democratically elected Perak government. During the discussion both the guests emphatically elaborate on the problems faced by the rightful government elected by majority of the Palestinians. Just like what happened in Myanmar, Iran? and of course in the state of Perak, the people were robbed of a democratically elected government.

The central government thus until today has been making excuses and creates all sorts of problems to legitimise their coup de etat. At the same time they sort of begging the people of setting aside their political difference for the greater good of the nation or state. To achieve the effect they invoke religion for their plea. In fact what they are doing is actually to create and enlarging the already muddled situation due to their back door tactics.

Having many agencies at their disposal, they continue to defy the morally act they should have done but saying that what they are doing is constitutionally sound as prescribed by the State Constitution. They seem to equate just and legal though both are totally different in both meaning and concept. Just like what happen in Palestine and Myanmar, they deliberately ignore the wish and choice of the people.

Many if not all in the present ruling coalition are seen or trying very hard to champion the plight of whom they call ' brothers and sisters' but they have forgotten or perhaps deliberately turn blind eyes to those who really suffered because of what Abu Mazin's regime has done to wrest and effectively isolate the rightful government lead by Hamas under Ismail Haniyyeh. For them that is not the issue as the prevailing concern is the establishment of a Palestinian nation. Whoever rule the country is not the issue as long as Palestine becomes a reality.

Perhaps they are right to say that as long as the Muslims unite everything will be all right. But, those so called Muslims are courting with enemies then of course they too become the enemies thus it is incumbent for the others to fight back. Their resilience and endurance for more than sixty years are really amazing. They continue to soldier on despite lacking the sophisticated toys proudly possessed by the Israelis.

It is sad that those within this nation of ours decide to turn away despite the obvious violation of rights by the current 'illegal government in Palestine. This point or issue is never discussed openly by those leaders since they too are guilty of doing the same. The instances are abundant and glaring but they quietly or noisily ignoring the facts.

Not only the overthrowing of a democratic government is being ignored but they deliberately take way the resources rightfully belonging to individual state by establishing the Federal Development Offices in all states controlled by the Opposition. In fact, to show that they are going away with it, Sarawak and Sabah until today have its own Federal Development Departments though in Sabah the name has been change to Sabah Development Office but in reality it is still the same as before. Why do they continue to treat those who voted for them differently? Perhaps, it's their deep mistrust, one may never know.

Bunch of robbers will bunch themselves together