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SELAMAT HARI RAYA, MAAF ZAHIR BATIN DARI ANAK JOHOR BAHRU by AZLY.
Hari Raya in Johor Bahru; priceless
Azly Rahman
malaysiakini, Sep 6, 2010, 2:32p
I posted on my facebook status page today a greeting for a psychedelic Hari Raya. Here is what I wrote:
"...O folks, friends and foe - have a psychedelic, fantastic, phantasmagoric, non-toxic, phlegmatic, bucolic, non-alcoholic, scenic, dialogic, bombastic, symbiotic, semiotic, semantic, supersonic, tantric, mystic, tribalistic, nationalistic, socialistic, anti-capitalistic, mantric, chantic, rendangis-tic, lemang-istic, satay-istic, chendol-istic, and most of all psychedelic Aidilfitri - ar. ..."
Malaysians are in the holiday mood already - good but be safe on the road and even when feasting.
Even a local TV station is in the best mood with its interesting Hari Lebaran version of the "Santa-Clausisation of a white-songkok-ed" haji in a no-horse open sleigh, zipping across the universe without a ho-ho-ho and Ronggeng the red-nosed water buffalo pulling the beca-looking sleigh heading towards a Disneyland down south maybe". A very creative, but not necessarily altruistic message of forced 1Malaysia-isation.
Good try. Better semiotic representation next time though. Study semiotics but abuse it not.
Such is the embodiment of what has become of the celebration of Aidilfitri these days, in country hyper-real, hyper-modern, hyper-ventilating. The simplicity and the innocence is fast diminishing. The meaningfulness of the celebration is fast waning too.
During Ramadan, fasting these days means feasting through those breaking of fast elaborate and elegant buffet in nice hotels. Shopping malls started blasting music to fill the psyche with this "buy .. buy .. buy ... till you drop" consciousness.
Bad karma
Brings me back memories of Aidilfitri in my kampong in Johor Bahru, at a time when Tun Abdul Razak was prime minster and JB was still a safe place at midnight - unlike now where the town feels like Chicago where Al Capone roams and cops and the Mafia gun down each other with the song 'The Night Chicago died' in the background.
That was JB at a time when the Johor statesman Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman (right) or his like, could have been the next prime minister to turn the course of Malaysian history, away from the Perkasa-isation of Malaysia. Malaysia it seems is having bad karma.
Growing up I did not imagine that race relations and religious understanding would have turned out this bad. Little did I know that I would even be a social commentator writing about the rise of racial, ethnic, and religious bigotry and a new sophisticated form of racism emerging - a calling of mine.
Little did I know too that occasionally I would also be labeled as " a traitor to the Malays .." for my passionate and insistence promotion of a Malaysian Malaysia in which all Malaysians have special rights, all of us are immigrants, and all must be given the chance to flourish in this land where no one can claim his or hers - in a land where the promise made with the first New Economic Politics was the two-pronged strategy of the elimination of function based on race and most importantly the alleviation of poverty irrespective of race and ethnicity.
Hegemony and authoritarianism of the Mahathir era gave birth to this form of ethno-centric politics, retarding the growth of progressive and radical voices of transculturalism and benevolent multiculturalism. What saddened the Malays is that they are grossly misrepresented by these groups that are making it difficult for the different groups to reach out to each other as Malaysians.
What is saddening the Muslims is that ridiculous and out-of-line Muslims are misrepresenting the others by projecting the image of religious vulgarism untamed by rationalism and philosophical foundations much needed to be mastered, to build a foundation of Islam as how the Andalusian philosophers did it centuries ago.
Ahhh.. not my intention to bore the lemang and rendang cooks with such philosophical excursions.
Best of times
I want to still honour my Hari Raya of the Sixties and early Seventies when my hometown Johor Bahru was not complicated yet and Raya was not commercialised ... those were the best of times ... no electronic cards, no facebook, no Perkasa, no blasting music in malls, no kuih raya big business, no Mat Rempit, no mechanistically-produced rendang, no mamak cendol in khaki pants and Bollywood shirt, ... good old times when i can still peek at the crack on the wooden wall of my house on a Hari Raya morning and see what Raya dress my neighbour (the little daughter) is wearing ... and to figure out how much money I'll make collecting "taxes" for the day so that I can watch lots of Shaolin and Bruce Lee movies in those bed-bug infested cinemas, Lido and Cathay, and Odeon and walk the length of Jalan Ah Fook along the sweet and heavenly-smelling Sungei Segget.
Ahhh... nostalgic Hari Raya in Johor Bahru: priceless ... Hari Raya without Perkasa: even more priceless ...
DR AZLY RAHMAN, who was born in Singapore and grew up in Johor Bahru, holds a Columbia University (New York) doctoral degree in International Education Development and Masters degrees in the fields of Education, International Affairs, Peace Studies, and Communication. He has taught more than 40 courses in six different departments and have written more than 300 analyses on Malaysia. His teaching experience spans both in Malaysia and in the United States and in a wide range of teaching context; from elementary to graduate education. He currently resides in the United States.
Posted by Dr D Quek at 6:45 PM
Labels: Azly Rahman, Johor Bahru, Malaysian nostalgia
Azly Rahman
malaysiakini, Sep 6, 2010, 2:32p
I posted on my facebook status page today a greeting for a psychedelic Hari Raya. Here is what I wrote:
"...O folks, friends and foe - have a psychedelic, fantastic, phantasmagoric, non-toxic, phlegmatic, bucolic, non-alcoholic, scenic, dialogic, bombastic, symbiotic, semiotic, semantic, supersonic, tantric, mystic, tribalistic, nationalistic, socialistic, anti-capitalistic, mantric, chantic, rendangis-tic, lemang-istic, satay-istic, chendol-istic, and most of all psychedelic Aidilfitri - ar. ..."
Malaysians are in the holiday mood already - good but be safe on the road and even when feasting.
Even a local TV station is in the best mood with its interesting Hari Lebaran version of the "Santa-Clausisation of a white-songkok-ed" haji in a no-horse open sleigh, zipping across the universe without a ho-ho-ho and Ronggeng the red-nosed water buffalo pulling the beca-looking sleigh heading towards a Disneyland down south maybe". A very creative, but not necessarily altruistic message of forced 1Malaysia-isation.
Good try. Better semiotic representation next time though. Study semiotics but abuse it not.
Such is the embodiment of what has become of the celebration of Aidilfitri these days, in country hyper-real, hyper-modern, hyper-ventilating. The simplicity and the innocence is fast diminishing. The meaningfulness of the celebration is fast waning too.
During Ramadan, fasting these days means feasting through those breaking of fast elaborate and elegant buffet in nice hotels. Shopping malls started blasting music to fill the psyche with this "buy .. buy .. buy ... till you drop" consciousness.
Bad karma
Brings me back memories of Aidilfitri in my kampong in Johor Bahru, at a time when Tun Abdul Razak was prime minster and JB was still a safe place at midnight - unlike now where the town feels like Chicago where Al Capone roams and cops and the Mafia gun down each other with the song 'The Night Chicago died' in the background.
That was JB at a time when the Johor statesman Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman (right) or his like, could have been the next prime minister to turn the course of Malaysian history, away from the Perkasa-isation of Malaysia. Malaysia it seems is having bad karma.
Growing up I did not imagine that race relations and religious understanding would have turned out this bad. Little did I know that I would even be a social commentator writing about the rise of racial, ethnic, and religious bigotry and a new sophisticated form of racism emerging - a calling of mine.
Little did I know too that occasionally I would also be labeled as " a traitor to the Malays .." for my passionate and insistence promotion of a Malaysian Malaysia in which all Malaysians have special rights, all of us are immigrants, and all must be given the chance to flourish in this land where no one can claim his or hers - in a land where the promise made with the first New Economic Politics was the two-pronged strategy of the elimination of function based on race and most importantly the alleviation of poverty irrespective of race and ethnicity.
Hegemony and authoritarianism of the Mahathir era gave birth to this form of ethno-centric politics, retarding the growth of progressive and radical voices of transculturalism and benevolent multiculturalism. What saddened the Malays is that they are grossly misrepresented by these groups that are making it difficult for the different groups to reach out to each other as Malaysians.
What is saddening the Muslims is that ridiculous and out-of-line Muslims are misrepresenting the others by projecting the image of religious vulgarism untamed by rationalism and philosophical foundations much needed to be mastered, to build a foundation of Islam as how the Andalusian philosophers did it centuries ago.
Ahhh.. not my intention to bore the lemang and rendang cooks with such philosophical excursions.
Best of times
I want to still honour my Hari Raya of the Sixties and early Seventies when my hometown Johor Bahru was not complicated yet and Raya was not commercialised ... those were the best of times ... no electronic cards, no facebook, no Perkasa, no blasting music in malls, no kuih raya big business, no Mat Rempit, no mechanistically-produced rendang, no mamak cendol in khaki pants and Bollywood shirt, ... good old times when i can still peek at the crack on the wooden wall of my house on a Hari Raya morning and see what Raya dress my neighbour (the little daughter) is wearing ... and to figure out how much money I'll make collecting "taxes" for the day so that I can watch lots of Shaolin and Bruce Lee movies in those bed-bug infested cinemas, Lido and Cathay, and Odeon and walk the length of Jalan Ah Fook along the sweet and heavenly-smelling Sungei Segget.
Ahhh... nostalgic Hari Raya in Johor Bahru: priceless ... Hari Raya without Perkasa: even more priceless ...
DR AZLY RAHMAN, who was born in Singapore and grew up in Johor Bahru, holds a Columbia University (New York) doctoral degree in International Education Development and Masters degrees in the fields of Education, International Affairs, Peace Studies, and Communication. He has taught more than 40 courses in six different departments and have written more than 300 analyses on Malaysia. His teaching experience spans both in Malaysia and in the United States and in a wide range of teaching context; from elementary to graduate education. He currently resides in the United States.
Posted by Dr D Quek at 6:45 PM
Labels: Azly Rahman, Johor Bahru, Malaysian nostalgia
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Kenapa Allah Temukan Kita Dengan Orang Yang Salah?
♥kenape ALLAH temukan kita dengan org y salah♥
Memang sakit bila cinta yg kita dambakan selama ini tak dihargai oleh insan yg bernama kekasih,apatah lagi kita dibuang begitu saja... tapi,itulah juga petanda terbaik untuk diri dan kehidupan kita pada masa akan datang.
1. memang ALLAH sengaja menemukan kita dengan orang yg salah supaya apabila kita bertemu jodoh yg sebenar,masih ada rasa syukur kita pada ketentuanNYA.
2. memang ALLAH sengaja menemukan kita dengan orang yg salah supaya kita dapat menjadi penilai yg baik.
3. memang ALLAH sengaja menemukan kita dengan orang yg salah supaya kita sedar bahawa kita hanyalah makhluk yg sentiasa mengharapkan pertolongan ALLAH.
4. memang ALLAH sengaja menemukan kita dengan orang yg salah supaya kita dapat KASIH SAYANG YANG TERBAIK,KHAS UNTUK DIRI KITA.
5. memang ALLAH sengaja menemukan kita dengan orang yg salah supaya kita sedar bahawa ALLAH MAHA PEMURAH & PENYAYANG kerana mengingatkan kita bahawa dia bukanlah pilihan yg hebat untuk kita dan kehidupan kita pada masa depan...
6. memang ALLAH sengaja menemukan kita dengan orang yg salah supaya kita dapat mengutip pengalaman yg tak semua orang berpeluang untuk mengalaminya.
7. memang ALLAH sengaja menemukan kita dengan orang yg salah supaya kita jadi MANUSIA YG HEBAT JIWANYA.
8. memang ALLAH sengaja menemukan kita dengan orang yg salah supaya kita lebih faham bahawa CINTA YG TERBAIK HANYA ADA BERSAMA ALLAH.
9. memang ALLAH sengaja menemukan kita dengan orang yg salah supaya kita LEBIH MENGENALI KEHIDUPAN YG TAK SELAMANYA KEKAL.
Wahai sahabat yg kecewa,menderita dan sengsara kerana cinta, fahamilah bahawa kehidupan kita makin sampai ke penghujungnya.
Hari esok pun kita sendiri tak pasti samada menjadi milik kita. Gapailah keredhaan ALLAH dengan melaksanakan suruhanNYA, dan meninggalkan laranganNYA..
PERCAYALAH sesungguhnya ALLAH malu untuk menolak permintaan hambaNYA yg menadah tangan meminta dengan penuh pengharapan HANYA kepadaNYA..
♥~ALLAH knows BESt!~♥
Memang sakit bila cinta yg kita dambakan selama ini tak dihargai oleh insan yg bernama kekasih,apatah lagi kita dibuang begitu saja... tapi,itulah juga petanda terbaik untuk diri dan kehidupan kita pada masa akan datang.
1. memang ALLAH sengaja menemukan kita dengan orang yg salah supaya apabila kita bertemu jodoh yg sebenar,masih ada rasa syukur kita pada ketentuanNYA.
2. memang ALLAH sengaja menemukan kita dengan orang yg salah supaya kita dapat menjadi penilai yg baik.
3. memang ALLAH sengaja menemukan kita dengan orang yg salah supaya kita sedar bahawa kita hanyalah makhluk yg sentiasa mengharapkan pertolongan ALLAH.
4. memang ALLAH sengaja menemukan kita dengan orang yg salah supaya kita dapat KASIH SAYANG YANG TERBAIK,KHAS UNTUK DIRI KITA.
5. memang ALLAH sengaja menemukan kita dengan orang yg salah supaya kita sedar bahawa ALLAH MAHA PEMURAH & PENYAYANG kerana mengingatkan kita bahawa dia bukanlah pilihan yg hebat untuk kita dan kehidupan kita pada masa depan...
6. memang ALLAH sengaja menemukan kita dengan orang yg salah supaya kita dapat mengutip pengalaman yg tak semua orang berpeluang untuk mengalaminya.
7. memang ALLAH sengaja menemukan kita dengan orang yg salah supaya kita jadi MANUSIA YG HEBAT JIWANYA.
8. memang ALLAH sengaja menemukan kita dengan orang yg salah supaya kita lebih faham bahawa CINTA YG TERBAIK HANYA ADA BERSAMA ALLAH.
9. memang ALLAH sengaja menemukan kita dengan orang yg salah supaya kita LEBIH MENGENALI KEHIDUPAN YG TAK SELAMANYA KEKAL.
Wahai sahabat yg kecewa,menderita dan sengsara kerana cinta, fahamilah bahawa kehidupan kita makin sampai ke penghujungnya.
Hari esok pun kita sendiri tak pasti samada menjadi milik kita. Gapailah keredhaan ALLAH dengan melaksanakan suruhanNYA, dan meninggalkan laranganNYA..
PERCAYALAH sesungguhnya ALLAH malu untuk menolak permintaan hambaNYA yg menadah tangan meminta dengan penuh pengharapan HANYA kepadaNYA..
♥~ALLAH knows BESt!~♥
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ISKANDAR MALAYSIA & CHINA'S Beijing Construction and Engineering Co Ltd – is one of China's Largest State Enterprises and Construction / Engineering Company
Local-Foreign Joint-Ventures – Flavour of the Day in Iskandar
Foreign players are a significant part of Iskandar Malaysia's development, both as investors in their own right as well as in joint-ventures with local players
Posted Date: Aug 13, 2010
By: iProperty.com
The recent announcement by Malaysia Pacific Corp Bhd (MPC) that it has found a foreign partner for its two property projects in Iskandar Malaysia is a significant one. For one thing, the partner – Beijing Construction and Engineering Co Ltd – is one of China's largest state enterprises and construction / engineering company, with extensive experience in many major construction projects in the People's Republic. This giant player has now signalled its faith in two projects within Iskandar Malaysia – MPC's Asia Pacific Trade & Expo City (APTEC) and LakeHill Resort City.
BCE has signed a letter of intent to evaluate the development and financing of these two projects. The letter maps out the basis and the roles of the parties in pursuing the project, with a view to enabling Beijing Construction to hold discussions with third parties such as the Iskandar Regional Development Authority, Johor government and other relevant ministries. If all goes well, detailed terms and conditions (contracts) would then be signed in the presence of both governments.
MPC, which had spent many months searching and holding talks with foreign government bodies and private international firms from various countries, is not alone in seeking a foreign partner for a JV. China-based BCE is one of several high-profile foreign players entering Iskandar Malaysia. Others include the Australia-based Walker Group with its RM1.7 billion investment in Senibong Cove, Singapore-based Raffles Education Group, and Chelsea Property Group (a subsidiary of US-based Simon Property Group).
Foreign Partners – Cash and Credibility
There are several key factors which can be seen at play in the entry of these foreign players. For one thing, these foreign partners are almost always cash-rich. In MPC's case, the entry of a strong foreign partner was envisaged as early as last year by industry sources to erase or reduce the bulk of the bank borrowings of the MPC group – no small amount, considering the RM6 billion gross development cost for APTEC and Lakehill Resort City.
Aside from cash, a foreign partner can offer credibility and prestige – particularly a partner with an already internationally known brand name. For example, the Singapore-based Raffles Education Corp Ltd (REC), which aims to set up a multi-institutional education campus at Iskandar Malaysia by 2011, is the largest private education provider in the Asia Pacific and its key markets are China, India and South-East Asia. REC is collaborating with Education@Iskandar Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned unit of Iskandar Investment Bhd, on the development, to be known as Raffles University Iskandar.
Another example is Chelsea Property Group, known for its Chelsea Premium Outlets. Few local players can match the glamour and prestige of being the world's largest owner, developer and operator of upscale outlet centres in the United States, Japan and South Korea. Combine that with Asia's largest public-listed casino (the Genting Group) and Asiatic Land Development, and you have on your hands a high-profile, high-prestige development with name recognition all over the region, and potentially all over the world. This augurs well for the “Malaysian Premium Outlet” (MPO), Chelsea's first premium outlet in Southeast Asia offering international branded items at discounted prices.
Both cash and credibility are no doubt factors in the participation of Australian property developer Walker Corporation, with its RM1.7 billion investment in the “first exclusive waterfront project in the eastern corridor of Iskandar Malaysia”. The project, dubbed Senibong Cove, is spread over 208 acres of freehold land. The entire project will be developed in phases over 10 to 15 years, with the first phase consisting of 244 houses and final completion involving 2,200 homes. Walker is developing Senibong Cove in a JV with the landowner, Iskandar Waterfront Sdn Bhd.
Spillover Effects
Joint-ventures also enable local players to give foreign partners a positive introduction to the local market, in the hopes that they will be emboldened and inspired to continue joint-venturing with higher stakes, or even be willing to explore geographically. This, as pointed out by Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Mustapa Mohamed, was the impetus between the recent re-activation of the Malaysia-Singapore Business Council (MSBC), to further boost bilateral trade relations between the two countries.
Hopefully, Iskandar Malaysia will continue to attract more strategic joint-venture partners to yield direct and spillover benefits. With incentives aplenty, ranging from tax incentives to “customised package” incentives for Iskandar Development Region (IDR)-registered companies, it augurs well not only for these JVs to do well, but also for more foreign players to be attracted by this track record of success and enter the market, boosting the economic pie for all.
Latest News:
•Mah Sing Records RM29.2 Million 2nd Quarter Profit (Aug 27, 2010)
•Three sectors drive IJM Q1 earnings (Aug 26, 2010)
•IJM plans to foray into China's property (Aug 26, 2010)
•OSK trims earnings forecast for MRCB (Aug 26, 2010)
•Axis-REIT eyes Tesco JB (Aug 26, 2010)
Foreign players are a significant part of Iskandar Malaysia's development, both as investors in their own right as well as in joint-ventures with local players
Posted Date: Aug 13, 2010
By: iProperty.com
The recent announcement by Malaysia Pacific Corp Bhd (MPC) that it has found a foreign partner for its two property projects in Iskandar Malaysia is a significant one. For one thing, the partner – Beijing Construction and Engineering Co Ltd – is one of China's largest state enterprises and construction / engineering company, with extensive experience in many major construction projects in the People's Republic. This giant player has now signalled its faith in two projects within Iskandar Malaysia – MPC's Asia Pacific Trade & Expo City (APTEC) and LakeHill Resort City.
BCE has signed a letter of intent to evaluate the development and financing of these two projects. The letter maps out the basis and the roles of the parties in pursuing the project, with a view to enabling Beijing Construction to hold discussions with third parties such as the Iskandar Regional Development Authority, Johor government and other relevant ministries. If all goes well, detailed terms and conditions (contracts) would then be signed in the presence of both governments.
MPC, which had spent many months searching and holding talks with foreign government bodies and private international firms from various countries, is not alone in seeking a foreign partner for a JV. China-based BCE is one of several high-profile foreign players entering Iskandar Malaysia. Others include the Australia-based Walker Group with its RM1.7 billion investment in Senibong Cove, Singapore-based Raffles Education Group, and Chelsea Property Group (a subsidiary of US-based Simon Property Group).
Foreign Partners – Cash and Credibility
There are several key factors which can be seen at play in the entry of these foreign players. For one thing, these foreign partners are almost always cash-rich. In MPC's case, the entry of a strong foreign partner was envisaged as early as last year by industry sources to erase or reduce the bulk of the bank borrowings of the MPC group – no small amount, considering the RM6 billion gross development cost for APTEC and Lakehill Resort City.
Aside from cash, a foreign partner can offer credibility and prestige – particularly a partner with an already internationally known brand name. For example, the Singapore-based Raffles Education Corp Ltd (REC), which aims to set up a multi-institutional education campus at Iskandar Malaysia by 2011, is the largest private education provider in the Asia Pacific and its key markets are China, India and South-East Asia. REC is collaborating with Education@Iskandar Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned unit of Iskandar Investment Bhd, on the development, to be known as Raffles University Iskandar.
Another example is Chelsea Property Group, known for its Chelsea Premium Outlets. Few local players can match the glamour and prestige of being the world's largest owner, developer and operator of upscale outlet centres in the United States, Japan and South Korea. Combine that with Asia's largest public-listed casino (the Genting Group) and Asiatic Land Development, and you have on your hands a high-profile, high-prestige development with name recognition all over the region, and potentially all over the world. This augurs well for the “Malaysian Premium Outlet” (MPO), Chelsea's first premium outlet in Southeast Asia offering international branded items at discounted prices.
Both cash and credibility are no doubt factors in the participation of Australian property developer Walker Corporation, with its RM1.7 billion investment in the “first exclusive waterfront project in the eastern corridor of Iskandar Malaysia”. The project, dubbed Senibong Cove, is spread over 208 acres of freehold land. The entire project will be developed in phases over 10 to 15 years, with the first phase consisting of 244 houses and final completion involving 2,200 homes. Walker is developing Senibong Cove in a JV with the landowner, Iskandar Waterfront Sdn Bhd.
Spillover Effects
Joint-ventures also enable local players to give foreign partners a positive introduction to the local market, in the hopes that they will be emboldened and inspired to continue joint-venturing with higher stakes, or even be willing to explore geographically. This, as pointed out by Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Mustapa Mohamed, was the impetus between the recent re-activation of the Malaysia-Singapore Business Council (MSBC), to further boost bilateral trade relations between the two countries.
Hopefully, Iskandar Malaysia will continue to attract more strategic joint-venture partners to yield direct and spillover benefits. With incentives aplenty, ranging from tax incentives to “customised package” incentives for Iskandar Development Region (IDR)-registered companies, it augurs well not only for these JVs to do well, but also for more foreign players to be attracted by this track record of success and enter the market, boosting the economic pie for all.
Latest News:
•Mah Sing Records RM29.2 Million 2nd Quarter Profit (Aug 27, 2010)
•Three sectors drive IJM Q1 earnings (Aug 26, 2010)
•IJM plans to foray into China's property (Aug 26, 2010)
•OSK trims earnings forecast for MRCB (Aug 26, 2010)
•Axis-REIT eyes Tesco JB (Aug 26, 2010)
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Dari Hasanul B Saad
SEMOGA ALLAH MEMELIHARA KITA & KELUARGA KITA DARI TERPESONG AKIDAH DAN SYIRIK KEPADA ALLAH…
Bencana Umat Islam - Mufti Perak
Teks Mufti Perak Menghadap Sultan Perak
Maksud Hadith Rasulullah S.A.W. :
“‘Mereka yang tidak memikirkan masalah umatku BUKAN daripada kalangan umat".
Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh,
HARI Isnin, saya ke Kuala Lumpur dan saya menemui enam peguam dan beberapa pemimpin NGO untuk mendengar taklimat mengenai keadaan agama Islam dan orang Islam di negara ini.
Taklimat berlangsung selama empat jam setengah. Pada pagi Selasa, saya telah dipanggil oleh Sultan Perak untuk menyembah taklimat. Kemudian menyembahkan taklimat yang hampir sama pula kepada Majlis Raja-Raja. Saya memberi taklimat mengenai bahaya yang sedang dihadapi oleh umat Islam pada ketika ini.
Bencana umat Islam
Waktu ini ada kes Lina Joy (Azlina binti Jelani) yang sedang menunggu keputusan. Lina Joy memeluk Kristian dan berkahwin dengan seorang India beragama Kristian. Dia memohon kepada Mahkamah supaya namanya ditukar kepada Lina Joy dan agama dipadamkan daripada MyKad beliau tetapi Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara tidak dapat memadamkannya ker ana tiada perintah daripada Mahkamah Syariah. Lantaran itu, beliau telah mencabar ke Mahkamah Persekutuan berasaskan Perkara 11 (1) Perlembagaan Persekutuan yang menyebutkan bahawa tiap-tiap individu rakyat Malaysia berhak memilih agamanya sendiri (Every person has the right to profess and practice his religion).
Kes ini dibicara di hadapan tiga hakim di Mahkamah Agung iaitu Ketua Hakim Negara, seorang hakim bukan Melayu dan seorang hakim beragama Kristian. Jika dalam kes ini Lina Joy menang; maka agama Islam akan hancur. Ia membawa implikasi:
i) Kuasa Raja mengenai agama Islam akan hilang.
ii) Kuasa Mahkamah Syariah tidak boleh dipakai..
iii) Orang Islam tidak boleh memaksa anaknya sembahyang, tidak berhak lagi
kutip zakat dan tiap-tiap orang boleh mentafsir Islam ikut kehendaknya.
Itulah akibatnya.
Malangnya orang Islam nampaknya tidak prihatin sehingga dalam perbicaraan itu. Tidak ramai yang hadir untuk menyatakan sikap dan Sokongan. Majlis Agama pun dilihat tidak menghantar orang Islam. Pemerhati daripada Islam tiada. Ini berbeza daripada kalangan bukan Islam. Hatta , peguam/pemerhati daripada Kedutaan Kanada , Australia dan Amerika Syarikat pun sanggup datang.
Bahkan, peguam-peguam pemerhati ini dibenarkan berhujah. Ini amat berbahaya. Ia belum pernah berlaku. Jadi Majlis Raja-Raja sedikit tersentak setelah saya melaporkan perkara ini.
Peguam Negara telah dipanggil oleh Majlis Raja-Raja dan Peguam Negara kata tidak boleh buat apa-apa. Tunggu keputusan saja. Inilah keadaan yang telah menjadi bagaikan telur di hujung tanduk.
Gerakan Kristian dan Hinduisme
Orang Melayu yang berjinak dengan Kristian biasa dilatih secara mendalam di Singapura. Identiti mereka ditukar. Sekarang, terdapat dua gereja orang Melayu di Kuala Lumpur. Di Brickfield, ada usaha memberi makan tengah hari percuma pada hari Jumaat kepada remaja Melayu yang lepak supaya mereka leka dan tidak pergi ke masjid. Terdapat ratusan pemuda-pemuda Melayu pergi ke gereja di Brickfield ini.
Saya telah memberitahu juga hampir 250,000 orang Islam yang murtad tapi saya dicabar oleh Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri. Orang Islam yang memeluk agama Hindu sahaja sudah hampir 100,000 orang. (Sumber : jangkaan Persatuan India Muslim). Bahkan mengikut laporan pihak polis, belia-belia Islam yang menganggotai black metal, yang memaki Tuhan sudah ada 13,000 hingga 14,000. Orang yang ikut Ayah Pin yang mempercayai "Ayah Pin itu Tuhan" adalah 14,000 orang. Ini yang menjadikan saya lantang.
Majlis Raja-Raja Bangkitkan:
1) Apa peranan masjid.
2) Apa peranan imam-imam dan pengurusan masjid.
3) Kenapa tidak bendung sedangkan ada undang-undang.
Peguam Negara kata, berbezanya paderi dengan imam-imam kita ialah paderi-paderi menunggu kedatangan hadirin seperti menghormati tetamu di pintu gereja. Mereka memberi khutbah dengan terancang dan profesional sehingga orang boleh yakin dengan cakap-cakap mereka. Selesai majlis, mereka tunggu di pintu gereja dan mengucapkan selamat. Mereka suka bertanya khabar dan suka ambil tahu dan sering tawarkan pertolongan. Bezanya, khutbah kita tidak menarik. Disampai secara tidak profesional.
Di Uzbekistan dan China , walaupun 70 tahun ditekan, mereka masih kuat. Dalam keadaan yang cukup kuat ditekan, mereka cuma utamakan penyebaran salam dan kuatkan silaturrahim di samping membaca ayat-ayat suci Al-Quran di dinding-dinding masjid. Imam masih boleh berbahasa Arab. Itu ketika Komunis berkuasa. Ini rahsia kekuatan mereka dapat bertahan.
Serangan aqidah di Malaysia
Sekarang di Malaysia kita diserang dalam bentuk yang dahsyat.
Serangan pemikiran.
1) Golongan intelektual. Orang Kristian yang buat serangan. Walaupun mereka berjaya serang tetapi mereka tidak dapat tawan hati orang Islam. Untuk itu mereka cuba mempelajari Islam dengan untuk menyerang Islam. Mereka juga wujudkan fakulti-fakulti Islam di universiti Mereka.
2) Mereka juga melahirkan kekacauan kepercayaan lalu membawa pemikiran Islam liberal. Mereka letak semua agama itu sama. Ia datang daripada sumber yang sama iaitu Tuhan yang sama. Cuma masa wahyu turun, Islam diterjemah dalam mesej ketuhanan itu mengikut bahasa-bahasa berbeza sesuai dengan bangsa dan keturunan Nabi.. Tegas mereka, kitab-kitab suci itu adalah terjemahan. Oleh itu ia boleh dipinda dan ditafsirkan semula. Dalam kurun ke 16, ia telah disaran oleh Yahudi dan diterima oleh para paderi Kristian. Ini yang menjadikan Kristian berpecah kepada berpuluh-puluh mazhab. Dulu, cuma ada Kristian daripada mazhab Roman Katholik. Masing-masing menuduh masing-masing mazhab kafir. Inilah pula yang dibawa ke dalam dunia Islam.
Islam liberal begini mulai masuk pula ke Indonesia .. Mereka menguasai universiti dan media dengan dilindungi dan disokong dengan kuat oleh AS dengan berbilion-bilion USD. Ini menjadikan fakulti-fakulti pengajian Islam di universiti-universi ti di Indonesia sudah tidak ada lagi penuntut. Kini sudah ada fatwa di Indonesia bahawa perkahwinan lelaki sesama lelaki itu sah. Faraid dan Hudud sudah tidak relevan dan harus dibuang. Ini pun hampir difatwakan akhir-akhir ini oleh Majlis Agama Indonesia . Ia sedang berkembang ker ana tulisan-tulisan ini dipelopori oleh intelektual.
Sekarang, di Malaysia pun sudah terbawa-bawa. Begitu. Tulisan-tulisan yang liberal seumpama ini biasanya ditulis oleh wartawan-wartawan dalam akhbar-akhbar berbahasa Inggeris. Dulu Astora Jabat saja yang tulis dalam akhbar Melayu. Kini, Astora guna majalah Al Islam pula sebagai platform dengan ditukar namanya kepada Hussin Ab. Rahman. Kasim Ahmad pun sekarang sudah diberi tempat semula untuk menulis dalam Al Islam.
Keputusan kes pakai serban Ini ada laporannya dalam semua akhbar. Bagaimana 3 murid Islam memakai serban di sekolah telah diberhentikan dan kes mereka pula kalah di mahkamah. Sedang penganut agama lain kenapa bebas memakai serban dan mengamal agama mereka ? Ini satu penghinaan yang sungguh dahsyat ke atas Nabi kita dan Islam pada amnya.
Allah jadikan sembahyang berjemaah lima waktu. Ini bertujuan untuk melahirkan ukhwah. Hikmahnya cukup besar. Seorang orientalis buat kajian kenapa ada rakaat-rakaat dalam sembahyang. Orientalis yang akhirnya masuk Islam itu, sembahyang itu sebagai satu bentuk caj. Pertemuan bahu dengan bahu, kaki dan kaki dia akan caj kuasa rohani. Untuk itu, kita perlu kuatkan diri. Orang Hindu sedang kuatkan diri mereka. Mereka giat buat tokong Hindu. Di Perak misalnya, ada 2,000 tokong Hindu sedangkan masjid cuma 560 buah sahaja. Dan agama Hindu ini semakin menampakkan keganasan. Terdapat ramai juga orang Melayu yang diHindukan. Kini, Filem-filem Bollywood juga digunakan untuk mendakyahkan agama Hindu di seluruh dunia.
Harap kepada siapa?
Kita tidak boleh lagi harapkan pihak berkuasa JAKIM, Jabatan Agama atau pihak ker ajaan untuk melindungi kita. Allah tidak amanahkan Islam, al-Quran dan Sunnah ini kepada ker ajaan tetapi Allah amanahkan kepada setiap individu Muslim.
Allah S.W.T berfirman:
"Kami wariskan al-Quran itu kepada hamba-hamba Kami yang terpilih iaitu yang beriman kepada Allah; (bukan kepada ker ajaan)."
Peringatan-peringatan Daripada Allah S.W.T.:
Tsunami, gerak gempa bumi, ramai umat Islam yang mati. Ini peringatan. Kenapa di Acheh dan Bangladesh ? Bukan bermakna orang Acheh yang bermaksiat, tetapi mungkin maksiat berlaku di tempat lain. Bagaimanapun, pada malam kejadian itu, ada permainan tari menari dan pesta minum arak di pantai yang berdekatan.
Demikian, sedikit ringkasan.. Wallahu a'lam
Dato' Harussani Bin Zakaria
Mufti DiRaja Negeri Perak
Jika anda masih seorang Islam tolong sampaikan kepada seramai umat Islam demi kepentingan Islam dan survival generasi akan datang.
Bencana Umat Islam - Mufti Perak
Teks Mufti Perak Menghadap Sultan Perak
Maksud Hadith Rasulullah S.A.W. :
“‘Mereka yang tidak memikirkan masalah umatku BUKAN daripada kalangan umat".
Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh,
HARI Isnin, saya ke Kuala Lumpur dan saya menemui enam peguam dan beberapa pemimpin NGO untuk mendengar taklimat mengenai keadaan agama Islam dan orang Islam di negara ini.
Taklimat berlangsung selama empat jam setengah. Pada pagi Selasa, saya telah dipanggil oleh Sultan Perak untuk menyembah taklimat. Kemudian menyembahkan taklimat yang hampir sama pula kepada Majlis Raja-Raja. Saya memberi taklimat mengenai bahaya yang sedang dihadapi oleh umat Islam pada ketika ini.
Bencana umat Islam
Waktu ini ada kes Lina Joy (Azlina binti Jelani) yang sedang menunggu keputusan. Lina Joy memeluk Kristian dan berkahwin dengan seorang India beragama Kristian. Dia memohon kepada Mahkamah supaya namanya ditukar kepada Lina Joy dan agama dipadamkan daripada MyKad beliau tetapi Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara tidak dapat memadamkannya ker ana tiada perintah daripada Mahkamah Syariah. Lantaran itu, beliau telah mencabar ke Mahkamah Persekutuan berasaskan Perkara 11 (1) Perlembagaan Persekutuan yang menyebutkan bahawa tiap-tiap individu rakyat Malaysia berhak memilih agamanya sendiri (Every person has the right to profess and practice his religion).
Kes ini dibicara di hadapan tiga hakim di Mahkamah Agung iaitu Ketua Hakim Negara, seorang hakim bukan Melayu dan seorang hakim beragama Kristian. Jika dalam kes ini Lina Joy menang; maka agama Islam akan hancur. Ia membawa implikasi:
i) Kuasa Raja mengenai agama Islam akan hilang.
ii) Kuasa Mahkamah Syariah tidak boleh dipakai..
iii) Orang Islam tidak boleh memaksa anaknya sembahyang, tidak berhak lagi
kutip zakat dan tiap-tiap orang boleh mentafsir Islam ikut kehendaknya.
Itulah akibatnya.
Malangnya orang Islam nampaknya tidak prihatin sehingga dalam perbicaraan itu. Tidak ramai yang hadir untuk menyatakan sikap dan Sokongan. Majlis Agama pun dilihat tidak menghantar orang Islam. Pemerhati daripada Islam tiada. Ini berbeza daripada kalangan bukan Islam. Hatta , peguam/pemerhati daripada Kedutaan Kanada , Australia dan Amerika Syarikat pun sanggup datang.
Bahkan, peguam-peguam pemerhati ini dibenarkan berhujah. Ini amat berbahaya. Ia belum pernah berlaku. Jadi Majlis Raja-Raja sedikit tersentak setelah saya melaporkan perkara ini.
Peguam Negara telah dipanggil oleh Majlis Raja-Raja dan Peguam Negara kata tidak boleh buat apa-apa. Tunggu keputusan saja. Inilah keadaan yang telah menjadi bagaikan telur di hujung tanduk.
Gerakan Kristian dan Hinduisme
Orang Melayu yang berjinak dengan Kristian biasa dilatih secara mendalam di Singapura. Identiti mereka ditukar. Sekarang, terdapat dua gereja orang Melayu di Kuala Lumpur. Di Brickfield, ada usaha memberi makan tengah hari percuma pada hari Jumaat kepada remaja Melayu yang lepak supaya mereka leka dan tidak pergi ke masjid. Terdapat ratusan pemuda-pemuda Melayu pergi ke gereja di Brickfield ini.
Saya telah memberitahu juga hampir 250,000 orang Islam yang murtad tapi saya dicabar oleh Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri. Orang Islam yang memeluk agama Hindu sahaja sudah hampir 100,000 orang. (Sumber : jangkaan Persatuan India Muslim). Bahkan mengikut laporan pihak polis, belia-belia Islam yang menganggotai black metal, yang memaki Tuhan sudah ada 13,000 hingga 14,000. Orang yang ikut Ayah Pin yang mempercayai "Ayah Pin itu Tuhan" adalah 14,000 orang. Ini yang menjadikan saya lantang.
Majlis Raja-Raja Bangkitkan:
1) Apa peranan masjid.
2) Apa peranan imam-imam dan pengurusan masjid.
3) Kenapa tidak bendung sedangkan ada undang-undang.
Peguam Negara kata, berbezanya paderi dengan imam-imam kita ialah paderi-paderi menunggu kedatangan hadirin seperti menghormati tetamu di pintu gereja. Mereka memberi khutbah dengan terancang dan profesional sehingga orang boleh yakin dengan cakap-cakap mereka. Selesai majlis, mereka tunggu di pintu gereja dan mengucapkan selamat. Mereka suka bertanya khabar dan suka ambil tahu dan sering tawarkan pertolongan. Bezanya, khutbah kita tidak menarik. Disampai secara tidak profesional.
Di Uzbekistan dan China , walaupun 70 tahun ditekan, mereka masih kuat. Dalam keadaan yang cukup kuat ditekan, mereka cuma utamakan penyebaran salam dan kuatkan silaturrahim di samping membaca ayat-ayat suci Al-Quran di dinding-dinding masjid. Imam masih boleh berbahasa Arab. Itu ketika Komunis berkuasa. Ini rahsia kekuatan mereka dapat bertahan.
Serangan aqidah di Malaysia
Sekarang di Malaysia kita diserang dalam bentuk yang dahsyat.
Serangan pemikiran.
1) Golongan intelektual. Orang Kristian yang buat serangan. Walaupun mereka berjaya serang tetapi mereka tidak dapat tawan hati orang Islam. Untuk itu mereka cuba mempelajari Islam dengan untuk menyerang Islam. Mereka juga wujudkan fakulti-fakulti Islam di universiti Mereka.
2) Mereka juga melahirkan kekacauan kepercayaan lalu membawa pemikiran Islam liberal. Mereka letak semua agama itu sama. Ia datang daripada sumber yang sama iaitu Tuhan yang sama. Cuma masa wahyu turun, Islam diterjemah dalam mesej ketuhanan itu mengikut bahasa-bahasa berbeza sesuai dengan bangsa dan keturunan Nabi.. Tegas mereka, kitab-kitab suci itu adalah terjemahan. Oleh itu ia boleh dipinda dan ditafsirkan semula. Dalam kurun ke 16, ia telah disaran oleh Yahudi dan diterima oleh para paderi Kristian. Ini yang menjadikan Kristian berpecah kepada berpuluh-puluh mazhab. Dulu, cuma ada Kristian daripada mazhab Roman Katholik. Masing-masing menuduh masing-masing mazhab kafir. Inilah pula yang dibawa ke dalam dunia Islam.
Islam liberal begini mulai masuk pula ke Indonesia .. Mereka menguasai universiti dan media dengan dilindungi dan disokong dengan kuat oleh AS dengan berbilion-bilion USD. Ini menjadikan fakulti-fakulti pengajian Islam di universiti-universi ti di Indonesia sudah tidak ada lagi penuntut. Kini sudah ada fatwa di Indonesia bahawa perkahwinan lelaki sesama lelaki itu sah. Faraid dan Hudud sudah tidak relevan dan harus dibuang. Ini pun hampir difatwakan akhir-akhir ini oleh Majlis Agama Indonesia . Ia sedang berkembang ker ana tulisan-tulisan ini dipelopori oleh intelektual.
Sekarang, di Malaysia pun sudah terbawa-bawa. Begitu. Tulisan-tulisan yang liberal seumpama ini biasanya ditulis oleh wartawan-wartawan dalam akhbar-akhbar berbahasa Inggeris. Dulu Astora Jabat saja yang tulis dalam akhbar Melayu. Kini, Astora guna majalah Al Islam pula sebagai platform dengan ditukar namanya kepada Hussin Ab. Rahman. Kasim Ahmad pun sekarang sudah diberi tempat semula untuk menulis dalam Al Islam.
Keputusan kes pakai serban Ini ada laporannya dalam semua akhbar. Bagaimana 3 murid Islam memakai serban di sekolah telah diberhentikan dan kes mereka pula kalah di mahkamah. Sedang penganut agama lain kenapa bebas memakai serban dan mengamal agama mereka ? Ini satu penghinaan yang sungguh dahsyat ke atas Nabi kita dan Islam pada amnya.
Allah jadikan sembahyang berjemaah lima waktu. Ini bertujuan untuk melahirkan ukhwah. Hikmahnya cukup besar. Seorang orientalis buat kajian kenapa ada rakaat-rakaat dalam sembahyang. Orientalis yang akhirnya masuk Islam itu, sembahyang itu sebagai satu bentuk caj. Pertemuan bahu dengan bahu, kaki dan kaki dia akan caj kuasa rohani. Untuk itu, kita perlu kuatkan diri. Orang Hindu sedang kuatkan diri mereka. Mereka giat buat tokong Hindu. Di Perak misalnya, ada 2,000 tokong Hindu sedangkan masjid cuma 560 buah sahaja. Dan agama Hindu ini semakin menampakkan keganasan. Terdapat ramai juga orang Melayu yang diHindukan. Kini, Filem-filem Bollywood juga digunakan untuk mendakyahkan agama Hindu di seluruh dunia.
Harap kepada siapa?
Kita tidak boleh lagi harapkan pihak berkuasa JAKIM, Jabatan Agama atau pihak ker ajaan untuk melindungi kita. Allah tidak amanahkan Islam, al-Quran dan Sunnah ini kepada ker ajaan tetapi Allah amanahkan kepada setiap individu Muslim.
Allah S.W.T berfirman:
"Kami wariskan al-Quran itu kepada hamba-hamba Kami yang terpilih iaitu yang beriman kepada Allah; (bukan kepada ker ajaan)."
Peringatan-peringatan Daripada Allah S.W.T.:
Tsunami, gerak gempa bumi, ramai umat Islam yang mati. Ini peringatan. Kenapa di Acheh dan Bangladesh ? Bukan bermakna orang Acheh yang bermaksiat, tetapi mungkin maksiat berlaku di tempat lain. Bagaimanapun, pada malam kejadian itu, ada permainan tari menari dan pesta minum arak di pantai yang berdekatan.
Demikian, sedikit ringkasan.. Wallahu a'lam
Dato' Harussani Bin Zakaria
Mufti DiRaja Negeri Perak
Jika anda masih seorang Islam tolong sampaikan kepada seramai umat Islam demi kepentingan Islam dan survival generasi akan datang.
Monday, August 16, 2010
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