First of all, Shaza is safe and sound (and happy) in Germany; for more about her, visit www.shaz-souriez.blogspot.com!
Just a short entry to show that this blog is still alive (albeit barely so!).
It is pretty humorous to say people talk about Muslim intellectuals bla bla bla: and the funny thing is, most Muslims do no know who these are! These people are pretty much in obscurity, preferring to write "fanstastic" theses; but the works are confined to the libraries. No one reads them other than their ardent fans and the Malay Studies majors. So, for these intellectuals and their self-proclaimed fans, I strongly urge you all to expand the means for you all to spread whatever message you intend to: and not blame the people for not "reading enough" and what not; coz that would be just plain dumb! When you know majority of the people don't even know abt your writings, and you blame them for not being aware, I really can't think of a word other than dumb.
And it's amazing really; recently someone has commented that he doesn't understand why there's a "trend" of helping the madrasahs. Even wanting to help the madrasahs can be an issue now! Haha! It is so ludicrous, that I shouldn' talk about it further. As my ustadz says, "Anjing kalau menyalak, gunung takkan runtuh." And people will always talk about anything; especially those self-proclaimed intellectuals, who want to problematize everything.
And next, I hope MS people, you're reading this, the yahoo group is going to be a joke really soon, if it isn't already. Whenever Surya posts something, there will be a few people (the same old people) who will embark on personal and cynical attacks on him. Yet, those scathing emails are approved. I wonder why. And my email to the yahoo group publicizing AAM wasn't aprroved initially (though it was later on)! I really wonder how this yahoo group works: maybe you guys can clarify for me.
Many many other issues that can and should be talked about: though time is a constraint. I'm looking forward to Yaacob Ibrahim's dialogue session, fro now. Hopefully, after that, there'll be an entry.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Hamas VS Israel: Who is the terrorist?
Well, I'm sure if you ask different people you'll get a variety of answers to that question. But I feel, that question is totally inadequate in explaining what's happening. Is the real situation "Palestinians VS Israel; who is the guilty one?", or perhaps "400 innocent people have died: how long more will the world watch?", or maybe even "Gaza: the only place in the world where mass murders can take place?".
I just want to highlight some stuff. Firstly, as intelligent people, do realize that things does not always seem as they are: the power of the media is relevant to this issue. So, please do no take as given, fro example, when the media from our side of the world says that a group is, maybe, a terrorist organization. Go read up from different sources, go watch RTM 1 news, go do whatever it takes to learn more, do not just believe what you hear instantly.
Israel's PM said that they will help the Palestinian civilians in any way possible and they will provide humanitarian aid as far as possible. HA-HA.
CNN reported the other day, that Israel's "Coast Guard" rammed a vessel carrying 3000 tonnes of medical aid to Gaza tp prevent it from reaching. The vessel almost capsized according to one of its passengers (all the passengers were Western volunteers by the way). Israel says it was accidental. The said passenger told CNN that the Israeli "Coast Guard" surrounded the vessel for half an hour before ramming it, so how could it be accidental. Who's telling the truth? Is it the volunteer who has no selfish motivations, who isn't even Muslim, or is it the state that has been responsible for many many brutal killings? I don't know, you guys decide.
From Dr Asri's blog: "DRMAZA menyeru umat Islam zahirkan bantahan terhadap Israel dalam apa bentuk sekalipun." Dr Asri was in London, and he joined the protests outside the Israeli embassy there. I know that it's not practical to do so in Singapore (or is it?),so let's just do whatever we can for the people who are constantly living in fear, who are waiting for their turns to die, who are being hated/killed/brutalized just because of their skin colour or religious beliefs. Let's pray for them, at the very least. Better still, show our disgust (legally might I add) towards what is happening; either via writing in to the newspapers, facebook, blogs, whatever it is: just to make our feelings known, and hopefully, insya Allah, over time, we're heard.
Rasul s.a.w said in his hadith: "Whoever does not bother about his brother (in Islam), then he is NOT ONE OF US." (aukama qal) I think those are very very strong words from the Prophet. NOT ONE OF US.
So ladies and gentlemen, it's time to start bothering.
I just want to highlight some stuff. Firstly, as intelligent people, do realize that things does not always seem as they are: the power of the media is relevant to this issue. So, please do no take as given, fro example, when the media from our side of the world says that a group is, maybe, a terrorist organization. Go read up from different sources, go watch RTM 1 news, go do whatever it takes to learn more, do not just believe what you hear instantly.
Israel's PM said that they will help the Palestinian civilians in any way possible and they will provide humanitarian aid as far as possible. HA-HA.
CNN reported the other day, that Israel's "Coast Guard" rammed a vessel carrying 3000 tonnes of medical aid to Gaza tp prevent it from reaching. The vessel almost capsized according to one of its passengers (all the passengers were Western volunteers by the way). Israel says it was accidental. The said passenger told CNN that the Israeli "Coast Guard" surrounded the vessel for half an hour before ramming it, so how could it be accidental. Who's telling the truth? Is it the volunteer who has no selfish motivations, who isn't even Muslim, or is it the state that has been responsible for many many brutal killings? I don't know, you guys decide.
From Dr Asri's blog: "DRMAZA menyeru umat Islam zahirkan bantahan terhadap Israel dalam apa bentuk sekalipun." Dr Asri was in London, and he joined the protests outside the Israeli embassy there. I know that it's not practical to do so in Singapore (or is it?),so let's just do whatever we can for the people who are constantly living in fear, who are waiting for their turns to die, who are being hated/killed/brutalized just because of their skin colour or religious beliefs. Let's pray for them, at the very least. Better still, show our disgust (legally might I add) towards what is happening; either via writing in to the newspapers, facebook, blogs, whatever it is: just to make our feelings known, and hopefully, insya Allah, over time, we're heard.
Rasul s.a.w said in his hadith: "Whoever does not bother about his brother (in Islam), then he is NOT ONE OF US." (aukama qal) I think those are very very strong words from the Prophet. NOT ONE OF US.
So ladies and gentlemen, it's time to start bothering.
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