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Sunday, September 5, 2010
Tangan Hancur - Bahaya Main Mercun
Takutkan mereka dengan bahaya main mercun!. Sedih bila asyik dengar kanak-kanak remaja cedera kerana main mercun. Yang peliknya mangsa mangsa cedera main mercun ni kebanyakannya adalah anak-anak melayu, takde pula anak cina atau india yang cedera, sedangkan main mercun adalah budaya dalam kaum cina contohnya. Salah satu faktor utama adalah tiadanya pengawasan dan pencegahan di kalangan orang dewasa / ibubapa. Mercun itu berbahaya! masih ingat lagi kes di Terengganu? yang anak sendiri menjadi mangsa idea gila si bapa yang mengumpul serbuk mercun di dalam mesin basuh untuk dibuat ibu segala mercun? Mungkin faktor lain iaitu dari segi pengawalan dan penguatkuasaan undang-undang boleh mengatasi masalah ini. Tapi saya melihat cara yang paling berkesan adalah melalui kesedaran ibu bapa dan masyarakat. Bermain mercun sudah diterima dalam budaya kita sebagai suatu kemestian apabila tiba Hari Raya. Seharusnya ia diterima sebagai " Bermain mercun adalah bahaya dan tidak boleh diguna tanpa pengawasan orang dewasa" Inilah saya tengok perbezaan antara masyarakat melayu dan masyarakat cina. Orang Cina pun bermain mercun yang kuat bunyinya, tapi dari pengamatan saya mercun papan berwarna merah yang biasa dipasang oleh orang Cina adalah dinyalakan oleh orang dewasa. Mungkin penglibatan orang dewasa dalam masyarakat Cina kerana bermain mercun adalah satu nilai / aspek dalam budaya mereka. Tapi bagi masyarakat Melayu bermain mercun hanyalah ikutan, memburukkan lagi keadaan adalah tiada kesedaran di kalangan ibu bapa dan masyarakat tentang bahaya mercun. Mercun dijual berluasa di tempat awam, di kampung mahupun dibandar. Jika masyarakat/ ibubapa memainkan peranan dengan melarang / menegur anak anak mereka dari menjadi penjual mercun maka lebih senang untuk ibubapa lain mengawal anak anak mereka dar bermain mercun. Kanak-kanak tidak seharusnya dibenarkan untuk membeli mercun dan mercun sama sekali tidak dibenar untuk dijual kepada kanak-kanak dibawah umur! Mercun adalah bahan letupan dan pengendaliannya harus di bawah pengawasan orang dewasa mahupun hanya bunga api!! Mercun sememangnya haram dijual dari segi undang-undang, jadi mungkin tidak perlu lagi diwujudkan larangan sebegini, namun mungkin juga ia berkesan dalam memberi kesedaran kepada masyarakat. Mercun adalah dilarang untuk dijual namun sikap ibu bapa dan masyarakat membuatkan seolah -olah bermain mercun adalah digalakkan. Layan aje lah video ini tentang akibatnya bermain mercun!.. Katanya akibat mercun bola .. Wallahualam..
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Dia Terlanjur Di Malam Tahun Baru Buang Bayi Di Bulan Merdeka
31 Dis 2009, Malam ni memang di nantikan anak anak muda.. temujanji telah lama dibuat dengan teman teman, malam ni kita tengok konsert kat Dataran Merdeka! Kat Bukit Bintang ada perarakan! Tengok bunga api kat KLCC ok juga tuuu.. Kat Kelab-kelab malam , hotel-hotel, kelab dangdut semua meriah menyambut tahun baru....yg anak anak lord buat private party di kondo kondo mewah tentunya lebih privacy.. anak anak muda golongan marhain pula cukup ler tengok bunga api dan konsert percuma kat KLCC, kalau ada duit sikit don't worry malam ni kelab dan disko bukak sampai pagi ..pendek kata kalu nak bersuka ria dan enjoy kemudahan yang disediakan oleh kerajaan mahupun badan swasta dan persendirian memang mencukupi.. orang kata cukup kondusif..
Saat klimaks pula pada waktu tengah malam, masing masing begitu teruja dengan pergerakan jarum saat tatkala mendekati jam 12 malam termasuk lah pemimpin pemimpin kerajaan termasuklah juga ahli ahli perniagaan yang ingin kontrak berjuta.. Jikalau pemimpin nombor satu kita pun berada di sana apa salahnya pelajar pelajar kita di kolej-kolej, minah dan mat kilang, dan anak anak muda dari ceruk kampong turut serta? Seharusnya anak – anak muda ini diberi pujian kerana menyokong aktiviti yang di galakkan kerajaan. Alasan yang cukup baik untuk teman lelaki mengoda teman wanitanya keluar bersama, yang wanita pula teruja nak merasai kehidupan bebas, menghirup udara segar dan melihat lampu lampu Kuala Lumpur diwaktu dinihari. Jam sudah menunjukkan pukul 2-3 pagi kemana pula destinasi hendak dituju dalam waktu gini?
Yang tinggal di asrama takut hendak kembali kerana jam telah melepasi waktu yang dibenar, kalu gitu “I temankan you malam ni?” Kata si lelaki. Malam itu memang hangat! Klimaks dan sambutan tahun baru diteruskan pula di bilik bilik hotel dan rumah rumah sewa. “Ala don’t worry I tak buat apa-apa pun..” pujukan si lelaki, bila berdua nafsu pula menguasai diri, usap mengusap belai membelai buat pasangan rasa berahi. “Nape I rasa gini? Cikgu tak pernah ajar pun masa kelas biologi!” Ni lah jadinya bila anak muda dibiar belajar tentang perhubungan antara jantina dengan cara pandai sendiri. Akibat dan kesan juga tidak difahami malah akan dialami nanti. Malam itu terlekat lah satu benih hidup manusia, yelah manalah anak muda tahu nak merancang famili, yang pastinya nak melayan nafsu memang pandai sendiri. Kadang tuan punya badan tak tahu diri dah berisi, namun dalam 34-37 minggu lagi akan lahirlah seorang bayi jika tidak keguguran. Macam macam keadaan boleh terjadi pada si ibu, samada di kahwini, disembunyi, penerimaan masyarakat dan keluarga, tekanan , persediaan dan segalanya yang mungkin menyumbang kepada isu pembuangan bayi.
Sayup sayup kedengaran tangisan bayi membawa kepada penemuan seorang bayi yang diletakkan di dalam beg kertas dan disangkut pada papan tanda di Shah Alam pada hari ini 29 Ogos 2010 [1], Alhamdulillah dia selamat, bayangkan apalah nasibnya jika terbiar lebih lama, di basahi dek hujan, di bakar dek panahan matahari. Dengan tali pusat masih terlekat, badan masih dibasahi air ketuban ibu, ia telah dipisahkan dari ibunya dengan begitu cepat sekali, kira anak merdeka lah dia sempena sambutan kemerdekaan pada esok malam, ada lagi alasan anak muda mudi untuk keluar malam tengok bunga api, sambutan diteruskan lagi dibilik bilik.... 34-37 minggu lagi, akan ada lagi kes bayi terrrbuang yang tiada kesudahannya...
Rujukan
[1] News Straits Times 30th August 2010, Utusan Malaysia 30hb Ogos 2010,
Friday, August 6, 2010
Ayat Ayat Cinta
aku suka citer ayat-ayat cinta ni.. bukan pasal aku tgh bercinta lerr tp skrip dan jalan cerita dia memang besh.. dalam babak hero dia dlm penjara aku suka babak hero dia bercakap dgn seorang ahli penjara ... penuh makna dan klise... sape lg suka citer ni??/ sama le kite
Di kala Nabi Yusof AS menghadapi fitnah Zulaikha dan dipenjara.. Nabi Yusof AS menerimanya dgn redha.. lalu dia berkata ” Ya Allah jika hidup ku dalam penjara lebih bererti dari hidup bebas bersama pendusta, aku rela dipenjara” dia tahu setiap saat dan musibah apa sahaja yg berlaku ada hikmahnya. sesungguhnya di tiap saat Allah berbicara dgn kita… -Filem Ayat Ayat Cinta 10/10/2008
Maps of Mount Kinabalu Trails
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
kuasa ilmu pengetahuan
Tahukah anda bahawa ilmu pengetahuan boleh ditukar ganti dengan satu tanahair? atau lebih jelas lagi tanah Palestin yang saya maksudkan. Tahukah anda berkenaan "Balfour declaration"? Balfour declaration adalah dokumen rahsia kerajaan British berkenaan polisi untuk menyokong cipta sebuah negara baru Israel di bumi Palestin sebagai negara untuk orang Yahudi. Ia lebih berbentuk surat (atau bolehlah dianggap sebagai 'letter of intend") dari Arthur James Balfour iaitu Menteri Luar British pada masa itu kepada Lord Rothschild (Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild), iaitu seorang ketua komuniti Yahudi. Surat tersebut hanya menyatakan simpati terhadap cita cita puak zionist untuk membina negara Israel tetapi pada masa yang sama surat tersebut jelas meletakkan syarat bahawa hak - hak penduduk asal bumi Palestin hendaklah di jaga dan tidak dipinggirkan - ini adalah satu realiti yang berbeza sekarang. Namun dokumen tersebut telah dimanipulasikan oleh pihak zionis untuk kepentingan mereka dan mengesahkan penciptaan negara Israel.
Ada cerita di sebalik Balfour Declaration ini yang saya ingin kongsi disini. Pada masa perang dunia pertama seorang saintis berbangsa Yahudi telah mengambil kesempatan untuk membuat tawaran kepada kedua pihak yang berperang pada masa itu, iaitu Pihak Berikat - Allies (British, Perancis) dan Central Power(Jerman, Ottoman & Bulgaria) iaitu satu formula mencipta serbuk peluru yang canggih dengan pertukaran sebuah negara Israel di bumi Palestin. Semestinya teknologi baru yang lebih canggih dari teknologi serbuk peluru pada masa itu. Teknologi ini akan dapat membantu penciptaan peluru senapang dan meriam yang lebih baik dan pantas. Pernah tengok cerita perang dunia pertama? Teknologi senjata pada masa tersebut tidak secanggih sekarang. Tentera yang mempunyai teknologi peluru yg boleh menembak dengan cepat dan kuat pasti mempunyai kelebihan dalam pertempuran pada masa itu. Kerajaan British berjaya mengatasi pihak Jerman untuk mendapatkan formula tersebut dan memenangi peperangan.
Saintis yahudi yang dimaksudkan adalah Chain Wheizmann, juga seorang ketua organisasi zionist. Beliau akhirnya dilantik sebagai Presiden Israel yang pertama!! susulan itu ibupejabat organisasi zionist telah berpindah dari Berlin, Jerman ke New York, Amerika Syarikat. Logik tak mengapa Amerika menjadi penyokong utama Yahudi? tak payah nak fikir mendalam - ini kerana ibu pejabat zionist itu sendiri berada di sana.
Pada masa tersebut Palestin masih lagi di bawah pemerintahan kerajaan Uthmaniyah (ottoman). Pada 2 Nov 1917 apabila Jeneral Allenby menawan Palestin, Arthur James Balfour telah mengeluarkan deklarasi tersebut. Apa yang berlaku selepas itu adalah perancangan jahat zionist secara tersusun dan terancang mengusir penduduk asal Palestin samada secara pendidikan,ekonomi, pembersihan etnik, penempatan haram dan peperangan akhirnya persediaan untuk kemunculan negara Israel.
Sekarang dah tahu kan? so.. tuntutlah ilmu dari buaian hinggalah liang lahad ;)
Suka artikel ni? link lah ke post ini dan sebarkan ye
Monday, June 28, 2010
Falsafah Puteri Gunung Ledang
Apakah yang ingin disampaikan oleh Tun Sri Lanang melalui hikayat Puteri Gunung Ledang? Apakah ia hanya imaginasi fiksyen beliau untuk hiburan atau ada mesej tersirat yang ingin disampaikan melalui kesusasteraan.. apa yg membezakan membaca hikayat lama, puisi dengan novel Harry Porter adalah maksud tersirat dan pengajarannya.. apa yg lebih dapat kita ambil dari hikayat ini adalah menjadi satu bonus selain hiburan dan keseronokan.
7 Syarat puteri gunung ledang kepada Sultan Melaka memberi gambaran yang tidak logik tapi mungkin apa yg ingin digambarkan oleh pengarang itu sendiri adalah bukan yg tersurat semata.
1-Jambatan emas dan Perak dari Bandar Melaka ke Gng Ledang
Mengambarkan budaya materialistik dalam kerajaan Melaka pada masa itu yang merajakan harta dan nafsu.
2- 7 Dulang hati nyamuk.
Ramainya pemimpin bersifat seperti nyamuk si penghisap darah.
3- 7 Dulang hati kuman
Pemimpin dan masyarakat yg bersifat seperti parasit yang sukar dilihat tapi memberhaya dlm diam.
4- 7 tempayam pinang muda.
Pinang hanya berguna masa tuanya. Jika dimusnahkan yg muda hapus sudah masa depan. Pemikiran singkat hanya membawa mudarat di masa hadapan.
Pinang hanya berguna masa tuanya. Jika dimusnahkan yg muda hapus sudah masa depan. Pemikiran singkat hanya membawa mudarat di masa hadapan.
5-7 tempayam air mata anak dara
Rakyat hidup dalam kesengsaraan sedangkan Raja dalam kemewahan
6- Darah anak raja satu mangkuk..
Kehendak nafsu disamakan dengan nilai nyawa
Kehendak nafsu disamakan dengan nilai nyawa
Apa yg ingin digambarkan mungkin kecelaruan akhlak golongan pemimpin pada masa itu yang membawa kepada keruntuhan kerajaan Melaka.
buah fikiran Hj Kamudin hmmm itu ler moral of the story
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Saturday, April 4, 2009
UMNO and money politic
Kawe concern sangat pasal isu politik wang dalam UMNO, bukan pasal kawe jeles dengan senangnya dapat duit bagi diaorang ni, tapi sebab pemimpin dalam UMNO secara rasmi akan jadi pemimpin negara kawe. Secara realitinya UMNO masih lagi parti terkuat bagi orang Melayu. Paling kawe takut adalah munculnya pemimpin - pemimpin yang lahir dari proses budaya politik wang dalam UMNO ini. Senang cerita cara kesimpulan budak sekolah adalah pemimpin yang lahir dari budaya politik wang adalah dipersoal dari segi integriti dan moralnya, inilah yang paling kawe takut. Kawe sayang tanahair Malaysia ini dan kawe tak ingin tanahair ini tergadai di tangan pemimpin yang lemah integriti dan jahat moralnya. Jika ingin menjadi Pemimpin Eksekutif tertinggi negara iaitu Perdana Menteri seseorang itu tidak perlu mendapat sokongan seluruh rakyat Malaysia, cukuplah dengan mendapat sokongan Majoriti perwakilan UMNO yang tak lebih 2 ribu orang tu kalu tak silap kawe. Untuk jadi PM tak perlu tagih undi seluruh negara macam pemilihan Presiden kat negara orang putih, cukup jer kalu dapat tarik undi delegasi perwakilan UMNO yang lebih kurang 2 ribu tuu.. berapa duit boleh beli undi seorang delegasi? 10 ribu? 100 ribu? patutla kat kampung aku waktu pemilihan bahagian UMNO orang boleh gaduh dan tak ngaku sedara sepupu..mana taknya kalu jadi delegasi perwakilan ada banyak peluang nak dapat duit dan bersuka ria tiap kali pemilihan agong. kata la 100 ribu x 2000 delegasi = 200 juta , 200 juta untuk pastikan menang pemilihan UMNO.. banyak sangat ke amaun tuu? perwakilan tu mungkin seronok kalu dapat 100 ribu, kalu gitu la jadinya dengan 200 juta jerr laa seorang pemimpin negara boleh dijual beli.. aku sokong sangat dengan cadangan Pak Lah supaya pemilihan pemimpin UMNO diundi oleh seluruh ahlinya, bukan takat lebih kurang 2000 orang tuu.. so kalu nak beli undi pun kena la beli undi ahli seluruh negara.. jenuh la sikit wat jamuan sponsor dan tabur duit... orang luar pun boleh la pakat tengok
Bukan perkara baru yang budaya politik wang telah menular dalam UMNO sejak berzaman daripada peringkat akar umbi hingga peringkat tertinggi. Pada ahli peringkat rendah dan orang kampung cukuplah dengan wang saguhati berapa ratus ringgit tiap kali Pilihanraya umum, mangkin tinggi hieraki makin tinggi la habuan nyerrrr... pada peringkat Ketua Division cukuplah dengan projek juta ringgit buat sekolah dan bina balik jambatan kalu tak masa pemilihan UMNO jadi tempat pembalasan dendamnyerr. Pernahkah golongan pengundi di kampung2 terutama di kampung kawe yang amat berbangga dengan duit beratus yang diterima setiap kali pilihanraya tanda kemajuan pemerintahan UMNO, tiap kali Pilihanraya kipas duit la orang UMNO depan orang PAS ...terpikirkah apa kesannya budaya merasuah undi dengan beratus ringgit ini pada negara dan bangsa Melayu?. terpikirkah orang kita dari mana datangnya duit beratus juta untuk diagihkan pada mereka.. siapakah penyumbangnya? apa timbal balas dan korban - harga barang naik atau kontrak juta juta .. silap kira negarapun boleh tergadai .... patutla DEB tak capai2 .. hmmmm
Bukan perkara baru yang budaya politik wang telah menular dalam UMNO sejak berzaman daripada peringkat akar umbi hingga peringkat tertinggi. Pada ahli peringkat rendah dan orang kampung cukuplah dengan wang saguhati berapa ratus ringgit tiap kali Pilihanraya umum, mangkin tinggi hieraki makin tinggi la habuan nyerrrr... pada peringkat Ketua Division cukuplah dengan projek juta ringgit buat sekolah dan bina balik jambatan kalu tak masa pemilihan UMNO jadi tempat pembalasan dendamnyerr. Pernahkah golongan pengundi di kampung2 terutama di kampung kawe yang amat berbangga dengan duit beratus yang diterima setiap kali pilihanraya tanda kemajuan pemerintahan UMNO, tiap kali Pilihanraya kipas duit la orang UMNO depan orang PAS ...terpikirkah apa kesannya budaya merasuah undi dengan beratus ringgit ini pada negara dan bangsa Melayu?. terpikirkah orang kita dari mana datangnya duit beratus juta untuk diagihkan pada mereka.. siapakah penyumbangnya? apa timbal balas dan korban - harga barang naik atau kontrak juta juta .. silap kira negarapun boleh tergadai .... patutla DEB tak capai2 .. hmmmm
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Word of Allah Controversy?
An article from Yahoo news
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090311/wl_nm/us_malaysia_religion_1
I think report by Niluksi is misleading. Over my life only recently that I found out that Malaysian Christians are using word "Allah" for God not word "Tuhan" as what normally referred to (for those in peninsular especially), when Herald - The Chatolic Weekly insist on to use the word in their publication... If Reverend Father Lawrence Andrew claimed that they should be allowed to use word Allah to promote use of National Language Bahasa Malaysia, he is wrong. Word Allah is an Arabic literally while the correct word for God in Bahasa Malaysia would be "Tuhan". Word Allah used by all Muslim all over the world with one mutual meaning, on the opposite Christian used different term and word for God tu suit place, people and objective. Word Allah is significant to Muslim not only literally, but in spiritually and akidah. To justify whether Christian religiously correct to use word Allah we have to look at it not only in literally but in religious aspect of each religion. What word Allah really meant? Generally it meant Oneness of God. Literally it is "the One" [1] , from root word of "ilah" (God) [1}and "Al" in arabic refer to specific one like "the" in English so "The One" and "ma'luh" meant (yang disembah). Inherently it meant He who has all the al-ilahiyyah (the ultimate power), al-ubudiyyah (servitude) over His creatures.
The use of word Allah can be traced back to first Prophet of Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad (peace be upon them all) mutual teaching of them all lay on divine religion of pure monotheism of God. Islam is the only religion which recognizes and believes that all the prophets brought the same essential message[2]. This message was, still and will be the belief in and submission to ONE God (the Creator and the Sustainer of all things, the Exalted and the Redeemer of all things. The word Islam itself means "submission and surrendering" to God. Islam is the complete submission and obedience to Allah (God).When the teaching of previous prophet already deviated and changed for want of priest and people. The question of authenticity of Holy Book and Teaching came. Allah sent new prophet /religion to renew call for right path to Him. The Pure Monotheism of Islam calls all people to the worship of the God of Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and all of the other prophets. However, even though Jews, Christians and Muslims worship the same God — since there is only one God — their concepts concerning Him differ in some significant ways. The concept of Trinity would definitely against the meaning of Oneness of God of word Allah.
In Islam Jesus is a prophet of Allah, he is not a Allah’s son. The belief of Jesus as Allah/God’s son would negate the concept of Oneness of God lay in word Allah, literally and religiously. Christian in Western countries never used word Allah as God, Christian Arab speaker use word Allah al-‘Ab (God the Father), Christian in China and Japan chose word in their own language. Christian in Malaysia should use word “Tuhan” in Bahasa or “Tuhan Ayah” if they prefer to.
correct me if i'm wrong
The name Allah (God) in Islam never refers to Muhammad (pbuh), as many Christians may think; Allah is the personal name of God. What do Muslims believe about Allah?
1. He is the one God, Who has no partner.
2. Nothing is like Him. He is the Creator, not created, nor a part of His creation.
3. He is All-Powerful, absolutely Just.
4. There is no other entity in the entire universe worthy of worship besides Him.
5. He is First, Last, and Everlasting; He was when nothing was, and will be when nothing else remains.
6. He is the All-Knowing, and All-Merciful,the Supreme, the Sovereign.
7. It is only He Who is capable of granting life to anything.
8. He sent His Messengers (peace be upon them) to guide all of mankind.
9. He sent Muhammad (pbuh) as the last Prophet and Messenger for all mankind.
10. His book is the Holy Qur'an, the only authentic revealed book in the world that has been kept without change.
11. Allah knows what is in our hearts.[2]
Allah is the One, No God but Allah,
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.Say: He is Allah, the One!Allah, the eternally Besought of all!He begetteth not nor was begotten.And there is none comparable unto Him.-Al-ikhlas Holy Quran
References[1]http://www.islam.gov.my/ajaransesat/pdf/KALIMAH%20ALLAH.pdf[2]http://en.allexperts.com/q/Islam-947/2008/10/meaning-Allah-1.htm
References
[1]http://www.islam.gov.my/ajaransesat/pdf/KALIMAH%20ALLAH.pdf
[2]http://en.allexperts.com/q/Islam-947/2008/10/meaning-Allah-1.htm
Malaysia Christians battle with Muslims over AllahBuzz UpBy Niluksi Koswanage Niluksi Koswanage – 1 hr 1 min ago
KENINGAU, Malaysia (Reuters) – Reciting the Catholic Creed, the 1,800-strong congregation attending mass at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral on Borneo island intones in Malay: "We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of Allah."These Malaysian Catholics, like their brethren in Indonesia, have used the word "Allah" in place of "God" since converting to Christianity in the 19th century.But now the government in this mostly Muslim Southeast Asian nation of 27 million people wants to prevent "Allah" being used by Christians, saying it is subversive and aims to convert Muslims.Christians fear this is just the thin edge of the wedge."The government of West Malaysia has an infection of religious hatred. We have to fight back so it does not spread," said Bishop Cornelius Piong after Sunday Mass at the cathedral in the heart of a rice-growing district in eastern Sabah state.Christianity is practiced by 9.1 percent of the Malaysian population, according to the 2000 census, the most recently available figures. Many of them, like Bishop Piong, come from ethnic groups such as the Kadazandusun, Dayaks, Ibans and Bidayuh who live in the Borneo states of Sabah and Sarawak."Our worship of Allah is so natural, it is part and parcel of the Kadazandusun people here," Piong said.The row over the use of Allah to describe the Christian God feeds into a long-running feud over conversions between the government of a country where all Malays must be Muslims and other faiths, such as Hinduism and Buddhism that are practiced by ethnic Indians and Chinese.MALAYS FRET OVER CONVERSIONIt is illegal in Malaysia to convert from Islam to any other religion although conversions to Islam are allowed.One of the biggest cases involved Lina Joy, a woman who wanted to convert to Christianity to marry her partner, who was baptized and applied to have her conversion legally recognized by the Malaysian state.She lost a court battle two years ago to have the word "Islam" removed from her identity card. All Malaysian identity cards carry a person's race and religion.It is cases such as these that worry Malaysian Muslim activists and officials and they see using the word Allah in Christian publications including bibles as attempts to proselytize.Those concerns led to the ban on the Catholic Herald newspaper's use of "Allah" to denote God. The Herald is now suing the government to overturn the ruling, made after it appeared the paper would be allowed to use "Allah" provided it stamped "For Christians" on the front page of the paper."Allowing Christians to use the word is dangerous because it's attacking the sole religion of the Malays," said Yusri Mohamad, president of the influential Muslim Youth Movement."We have to question Christians' motive for wanting to use this obviously Muslim word. It appears to be for conversions. All Muslim Malays in Malaysia are against this."Some leading Muslim scholars here say the issue is being blown out of proportion and that the risk of conversions among the 60 percent Muslim population is tiny.They see it as an attempt by the government that has ruled Malaysia uninterrupted for 51 years since independence from Britain to hold on to power by identifying ethnicity with religion.The main ruling party in Malaysia is called the United Malay National Organization, and like its allies from Chinese and Indian parties, it is ethnically based."It is an irrational fear (of conversions) but a very powerful one," said Osman Bakar, the deputy head of the International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies Malaysia. "Now the government has moved to setting up demarcations around the national language."SPILLING INTO POLITICSWhile the Kadazandusun and other indigenous people on Borneo hold the same privileges as Malays in preferential access to areas such education, loans and housing, the resource-rich states of Sabah and Sarawak are far poorer than peninsular Malaysia.Sabah and Sarawak have voted solidly for parties from the governing National Front coalition since the start of democratic rule in Malaysia.That hegemony is now under threat after the opposition scored its best-ever election result in 2008 when it deprived the government of its two-thirds parliamentary majority and ended up in control of five of Malaysia's 13 states.Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is now targeting the voters of Borneo in an effort to keep up pressure on the government and the first test will come in a state assembly by-election in Sarawak in early April.There may also be a chance for voters in a constituency near to St Francis Xavier to flex their muscles depending on a court decision on whether a move to disqualify three non-government parliamentary candidates was valid.For the people of Bishop Piong's congregation what happens in the battle over the use of "Allah" will certainly be an issue if the election is re-run."If the government wants to be nasty and stop people from using Allah, it can. But it may not work here. It's God's country here," said 28-year-old Teresa Palikat, a tailor, after attending Sunday Mass in Keningau district."If the elections happen, we will show them (the government) we are serious about Allah."
(Editing by David Chance and Bill Tarrant)
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090311/wl_nm/us_malaysia_religion_1
I think report by Niluksi is misleading. Over my life only recently that I found out that Malaysian Christians are using word "Allah" for God not word "Tuhan" as what normally referred to (for those in peninsular especially), when Herald - The Chatolic Weekly insist on to use the word in their publication... If Reverend Father Lawrence Andrew claimed that they should be allowed to use word Allah to promote use of National Language Bahasa Malaysia, he is wrong. Word Allah is an Arabic literally while the correct word for God in Bahasa Malaysia would be "Tuhan". Word Allah used by all Muslim all over the world with one mutual meaning, on the opposite Christian used different term and word for God tu suit place, people and objective. Word Allah is significant to Muslim not only literally, but in spiritually and akidah. To justify whether Christian religiously correct to use word Allah we have to look at it not only in literally but in religious aspect of each religion. What word Allah really meant? Generally it meant Oneness of God. Literally it is "the One" [1] , from root word of "ilah" (God) [1}and "Al" in arabic refer to specific one like "the" in English so "The One" and "ma'luh" meant (yang disembah). Inherently it meant He who has all the al-ilahiyyah (the ultimate power), al-ubudiyyah (servitude) over His creatures.
The use of word Allah can be traced back to first Prophet of Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad (peace be upon them all) mutual teaching of them all lay on divine religion of pure monotheism of God. Islam is the only religion which recognizes and believes that all the prophets brought the same essential message[2]. This message was, still and will be the belief in and submission to ONE God (the Creator and the Sustainer of all things, the Exalted and the Redeemer of all things. The word Islam itself means "submission and surrendering" to God. Islam is the complete submission and obedience to Allah (God).When the teaching of previous prophet already deviated and changed for want of priest and people. The question of authenticity of Holy Book and Teaching came. Allah sent new prophet /religion to renew call for right path to Him. The Pure Monotheism of Islam calls all people to the worship of the God of Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and all of the other prophets. However, even though Jews, Christians and Muslims worship the same God — since there is only one God — their concepts concerning Him differ in some significant ways. The concept of Trinity would definitely against the meaning of Oneness of God of word Allah.
In Islam Jesus is a prophet of Allah, he is not a Allah’s son. The belief of Jesus as Allah/God’s son would negate the concept of Oneness of God lay in word Allah, literally and religiously. Christian in Western countries never used word Allah as God, Christian Arab speaker use word Allah al-‘Ab (God the Father), Christian in China and Japan chose word in their own language. Christian in Malaysia should use word “Tuhan” in Bahasa or “Tuhan Ayah” if they prefer to.
correct me if i'm wrong
The name Allah (God) in Islam never refers to Muhammad (pbuh), as many Christians may think; Allah is the personal name of God. What do Muslims believe about Allah?
1. He is the one God, Who has no partner.
2. Nothing is like Him. He is the Creator, not created, nor a part of His creation.
3. He is All-Powerful, absolutely Just.
4. There is no other entity in the entire universe worthy of worship besides Him.
5. He is First, Last, and Everlasting; He was when nothing was, and will be when nothing else remains.
6. He is the All-Knowing, and All-Merciful,the Supreme, the Sovereign.
7. It is only He Who is capable of granting life to anything.
8. He sent His Messengers (peace be upon them) to guide all of mankind.
9. He sent Muhammad (pbuh) as the last Prophet and Messenger for all mankind.
10. His book is the Holy Qur'an, the only authentic revealed book in the world that has been kept without change.
11. Allah knows what is in our hearts.[2]
Allah is the One, No God but Allah,
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.Say: He is Allah, the One!Allah, the eternally Besought of all!He begetteth not nor was begotten.And there is none comparable unto Him.-Al-ikhlas Holy Quran
same God? Different teaching? Different way of life?
References
[1]http://www.islam.gov.my/ajaransesat/pdf/KALIMAH%20ALLAH.pdf
[2]http://en.allexperts.com/q/Islam-947/2008/10/meaning-Allah-1.htm
Malaysia Christians battle with Muslims over AllahBuzz UpBy Niluksi Koswanage Niluksi Koswanage – 1 hr 1 min ago
KENINGAU, Malaysia (Reuters) – Reciting the Catholic Creed, the 1,800-strong congregation attending mass at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral on Borneo island intones in Malay: "We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of Allah."These Malaysian Catholics, like their brethren in Indonesia, have used the word "Allah" in place of "God" since converting to Christianity in the 19th century.But now the government in this mostly Muslim Southeast Asian nation of 27 million people wants to prevent "Allah" being used by Christians, saying it is subversive and aims to convert Muslims.Christians fear this is just the thin edge of the wedge."The government of West Malaysia has an infection of religious hatred. We have to fight back so it does not spread," said Bishop Cornelius Piong after Sunday Mass at the cathedral in the heart of a rice-growing district in eastern Sabah state.Christianity is practiced by 9.1 percent of the Malaysian population, according to the 2000 census, the most recently available figures. Many of them, like Bishop Piong, come from ethnic groups such as the Kadazandusun, Dayaks, Ibans and Bidayuh who live in the Borneo states of Sabah and Sarawak."Our worship of Allah is so natural, it is part and parcel of the Kadazandusun people here," Piong said.The row over the use of Allah to describe the Christian God feeds into a long-running feud over conversions between the government of a country where all Malays must be Muslims and other faiths, such as Hinduism and Buddhism that are practiced by ethnic Indians and Chinese.MALAYS FRET OVER CONVERSIONIt is illegal in Malaysia to convert from Islam to any other religion although conversions to Islam are allowed.One of the biggest cases involved Lina Joy, a woman who wanted to convert to Christianity to marry her partner, who was baptized and applied to have her conversion legally recognized by the Malaysian state.She lost a court battle two years ago to have the word "Islam" removed from her identity card. All Malaysian identity cards carry a person's race and religion.It is cases such as these that worry Malaysian Muslim activists and officials and they see using the word Allah in Christian publications including bibles as attempts to proselytize.Those concerns led to the ban on the Catholic Herald newspaper's use of "Allah" to denote God. The Herald is now suing the government to overturn the ruling, made after it appeared the paper would be allowed to use "Allah" provided it stamped "For Christians" on the front page of the paper."Allowing Christians to use the word is dangerous because it's attacking the sole religion of the Malays," said Yusri Mohamad, president of the influential Muslim Youth Movement."We have to question Christians' motive for wanting to use this obviously Muslim word. It appears to be for conversions. All Muslim Malays in Malaysia are against this."Some leading Muslim scholars here say the issue is being blown out of proportion and that the risk of conversions among the 60 percent Muslim population is tiny.They see it as an attempt by the government that has ruled Malaysia uninterrupted for 51 years since independence from Britain to hold on to power by identifying ethnicity with religion.The main ruling party in Malaysia is called the United Malay National Organization, and like its allies from Chinese and Indian parties, it is ethnically based."It is an irrational fear (of conversions) but a very powerful one," said Osman Bakar, the deputy head of the International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies Malaysia. "Now the government has moved to setting up demarcations around the national language."SPILLING INTO POLITICSWhile the Kadazandusun and other indigenous people on Borneo hold the same privileges as Malays in preferential access to areas such education, loans and housing, the resource-rich states of Sabah and Sarawak are far poorer than peninsular Malaysia.Sabah and Sarawak have voted solidly for parties from the governing National Front coalition since the start of democratic rule in Malaysia.That hegemony is now under threat after the opposition scored its best-ever election result in 2008 when it deprived the government of its two-thirds parliamentary majority and ended up in control of five of Malaysia's 13 states.Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is now targeting the voters of Borneo in an effort to keep up pressure on the government and the first test will come in a state assembly by-election in Sarawak in early April.There may also be a chance for voters in a constituency near to St Francis Xavier to flex their muscles depending on a court decision on whether a move to disqualify three non-government parliamentary candidates was valid.For the people of Bishop Piong's congregation what happens in the battle over the use of "Allah" will certainly be an issue if the election is re-run."If the government wants to be nasty and stop people from using Allah, it can. But it may not work here. It's God's country here," said 28-year-old Teresa Palikat, a tailor, after attending Sunday Mass in Keningau district."If the elections happen, we will show them (the government) we are serious about Allah."
(Editing by David Chance and Bill Tarrant)
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Different Perspective
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE
Blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: ' I am blind, please help .' There were only a few coins in the hat.A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy.
That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, 'Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?'The man said, 'I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way.'What he had written was: ' Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it. '
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?
Moral of the Story: Be thankful for what you have. Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently and positively.Invite others towards good with wisdom. Live life with no excuse and love with no regrets. When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1000 reasons to smile. Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear.Great men say, 'Life has to be an incessant process of repair and reconstruction, of discarding evil and developing goodness…. In the journey of life, if you want to travel without fear, you must have the ticket of a good conscience.'The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling…And even more beautiful is, knowing that you are the reason behind it!!!Giving Love Is The Greatest Pleasure Of Life...
Blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: ' I am blind, please help .' There were only a few coins in the hat.A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy.
That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, 'Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?'The man said, 'I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way.'What he had written was: ' Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it. '
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?
Moral of the Story: Be thankful for what you have. Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently and positively.Invite others towards good with wisdom. Live life with no excuse and love with no regrets. When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1000 reasons to smile. Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear.Great men say, 'Life has to be an incessant process of repair and reconstruction, of discarding evil and developing goodness…. In the journey of life, if you want to travel without fear, you must have the ticket of a good conscience.'The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling…And even more beautiful is, knowing that you are the reason behind it!!!Giving Love Is The Greatest Pleasure Of Life...
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