UMNO Youth's 'Monkey Business' - Someone Baiting Bloggers?

I received an sms while I was in Penang yesterday, from a fellow Blogger about my name being listed amongst UMNO's hit list as being circulated in the Blogosphere.

Well, that's news to me. I for one don't know whether this is really true or just some spineless cyber sniper's way of instigating trouble between us Bloggers of Malaysia and the powers that be or just plain rumormongering by certain quarters to gauge and see what will our reactions be to such an offensive and yet childish prank of 'name calling' purported to be done by this nation's ruling party's Deputy Youth Chief ?

I am not interested to engage with some lamebrain writer hiding under a pseudonym or cybertrooper who doesn't have the 'male sac's to identify himself behind such a provocative and personal attack against us, bloggers in general!

Did Khairy Jamaludin refer to us Malaysian Bloggers as that?

If he truly did as it is being reported, then it's a sad day for the nation to have a ruling party's deputy leader issuing nonsensical insults such as that! I hope KJ will clarify on this.

I can't believe that an educated young chap such as KJ would be reduced to such petty name calling as he is being reported to have uttered against us?

He's the World Halal Forum Chairman! Someone who needs to be well cultured and decent!

I wouldn't be surprised if it was done by those 'warong politicians' and kedai mamak YB's who are widespread all over this nation, were to call bloggers as monkeys or whatever because those country bumpkins would know nuts between a blog and a web portal?

I still await for proof that KJ did just that! I don't take seriously what ball carrying websites report or castigate against us true citizen bloggers of Malaysia!

To me, those ball carriers do not deserve an iota of our attention because they do not have the integrity to stand on their own and engage in a meaningful discourse or public forum as true gentlemen of a civilized nation.

Does this nation not have a population of mature, civil, decent citizens capable of genuine debate or discussions as per what we would expect from a nation that is about to reach it's golden age of 50 years?

A free democratic nation being independent from the last Colonial Masters in the form of the British Empire back then in 1957 to now being a land where its citizens are dictated to and oppressed by such vile and disgusting purveyors of pretentious and delusional tyrants in the form of the cybertroopers who are out to wreak havoc amongst us Malaysians of this nation?

I am not one who is keen to engage in filth mongering as being propagated by the 'has been's' and the 'wannabe's' of this nation's political theatre.

I have better things to do such as attempting to unify the Muslim Bloggers of Malaysia first and eventually the whole wide world and come to a better understanding between us and look for a common platform where we can engage in carrying out Dakwah al Islamiyah to all Mankind.

I would welcome constructive debate and discussions between us and our libelers instead of wallowing with them who love being so petty and idiotic in issuing illogical assumptions and statements vilifying us Bloggers who love this nation and are just out to speak up for ourselves as rightful citizens of Malaysia.

Lest they forget, we who are Bloggers, are also rightful citizens of this country and who are also amongst the very voters who stood in the hot blazing sun and voted for some idiots who during Election time are so bloody nice to us but after getting elected into power and position, so conveniently forget us common citizens and ignore us for another 5 miserable years!

It's so sickening to have to witness such irresponsible pontificating attitudes of those who hide under anonymity of being webmasters of this site and that ; yet issue unnecessary challenges and spew insults to those of us Malaysian citizens who happen to be Bloggers.

Bloggers are not the enemy here, you numbskull's! Better get your information, objectives and understandings right.

Learn to appreciate valuable feedback and citizen journalism from those of us Bloggers of Malaysia who care about the nation.

To go and spew fitnah against your fellow Muslims and citizen brothers here in the Kingdom of Malaysia, will only see those of you who are the culprits itching for a showdown between the authorities and those of us who are just exercising our rights to speak as legitimate citizens of Malaysia, will be held answerable before Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala for attempting to create animosity and ill will between the 'Ulul Amri' and the 'Umara!

In Malay, this is called 'mengadu domba' @ 'instigating trouble' which is a grievous sin in Islam.

As I have said in my earlier postings, we Bloggers are not the anti-establishment people folks like this or this make us out to be!

It is those who irresponsibly issue inflammatory statements like what I hear and read from sites such as this, that makes me feel so sad to see such buffoonery going on in this nation under guise of taking the citizens who are just voicing out against blatant corruption and injustice to task!

If they are truly Muslims to the letter, then do swear before Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala that we are as they accuse us to be troublemakers?

Swear upon the Holy Qur'an if they are righteous failing which they better repent and ask for Allah's Forgiveness lest it becomes a liability against them that will take them straight to we know where later in the Hereafter!

Na'uzubillahi min zalik! Fear Allah's Wrath and stop libeling us Bloggers just because some bloody spineless cyber snipers took pot shots at your beloved patrons.

I am not interested to engage in useless banter with the likes of paid instigators for I have no political ambitions on my part and couldn't care less as to who is what or holds whatever bloody post here in this temporal life!

All I am concerned about is the welfare and future of my fellow Muslim Ummah and that of my fellow Malaysian citizens, irrespective of creed, social standings or color!

Anyway, sometimes it is pointless to bother about those who are clouded in their judgments and fail to see the right from the wrong.

It is all up to the Will and Taqdeer of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

La haula wala quwwata illa billahil aliyyil azheem! Allahu Akbar! Wallillahill hamd.

Traveller's Tales - My 3rd trip to my Herbalist in Kepala Batas, Penang

Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.

Alhamdulillah. I am back home in KL after a day's journey back to my Herbalist Phang Oo Lang for my monthly Diabetes Mellitus Blood Sugar Level and Urine Check up and replenishing my herbal treatment.

I took the MARAliner to Butterworth from Puduraya Terminal, KL. Usually, I'd take the Transnasional Express Bus Service but since I missed the 0900am bus, I opted for the MARAliner service. The fare was RM24.00 from KL to Butterworth. I managed to secure a single seat for the 10.30am trip.

MARAliner had a clean, spacious coach and the driver plus his assistant was very helpful and courteous as well. I will be taking the MARAliner from now on for my monthly trips to my herbalist @ Phang Oo Lang in Kepala Batas, Insya Allah.

I reached Kepala Batas by 4.00pm after a 40 minutes stop at Bukit Seguntang R & R along the PLUS North-South Highway at about 2.00pm.

I called up the herbal centre and they dispatched Phang Oo Lang's son, Phang Phek Kee to fetch me at the Kepala Batas Complex.

I was pleasantly surprised to get a 'Zero' Urine Sugar level and a not too bad reading of 12.8 in the Blood Sugar level test.

12.8 is what I received in the blood sugar level test which was done after I fasted from 8.00pm in the night till 0800hours in the next morning at the Lady Templar Hospital Health Clinic at Cheras.

So, to get the same reading after a month of uninhibited eating of foods, and getting what I got during my first check up seemed not too bad.

Alhamdulillah, for Allah's Mercy for me to get such an effective herbal treatment from Phang Oo Lang, my resident Herbalist since the last few months.

I am quite happy with the results and will continue taking his herbal prescriptions for as long as I shall live. Ameen.

Price wise, the herbal treatment costs me RM100.00 per month. 3 capsules in the morning after breakfast and 3 capsules after dinner.

In between I take a tablet of Metformin after each meal supplied by the Ministry of Health through it's Cheras Clinic for just RM1.00 for 2 month's supply.

I thank Allah Azza Wa Jalla for the consideration of the Health Ministry to keep such important medications so cheaply priced for us citizens.

At least, this is one part of the government that must be appreciated for keeping its citizens well supplied with medications at practically no costs to us.

Islam teaches us to be grateful for the kindness that the ruler does ; and to me this is surely very appropriate to show my gratitude to the relevant authorities.

Terima kasih Kementerian Kesihatan.

I would also like to thank my herbalist Mr.Phang Oo Lang for keeping his herbal medication affordable for folks like me.

This is my blood sugar test result after a month of experimental no holds barred eating. By that I mean , just eating normal foods such as what I enjoyed before knowing that I am a diabetic.

This is truly a success. My urine sugar level registered zero. Last month, the reading was 300.

Alhamdulillah.

I hope those of you who are diabetic to check out Phang Oo Lang's Herbal Treatment Centre at Kepala Batas and go get treatment there before its too late.

If you want to get well , then by all means go look for the cure or at least, try out his herbal treatment.

You will be pleased with the results ; if you follow his instructions and not take this as a joke.

If it is to be, it is up to you and me.

I for one, can vouch for him that his treatment works with the Mercy and Consent of Almighty Allah.

You owe it to yourselves to realize that nothing will change in our life's until and unless we do something positive to change the course of our fate!

Where, there's a will, there will surely be a way!

Malaysian Bloggers aren't totally anti-establishment

Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.

I wish to state to the Malaysian Government authorities that not all Malaysian Bloggers especially those of us who disclose our true identities upfront and write responsibly are anti-establishment.

Speaking for myself as a Malaysian blogging citizen and a registered Malaysian voter, I am all for good government and accountability by those who have been elected to rule over us.

I am also of the opinion that those who have chosen to write blogs and websites exercise responsible monitoring of what they share or allow to be in their sites.

Bloggers in my opinion are their own media publishing entities who have access to sharing whatever news or views to the online public and worldwide readers about all that they choose to publish.

As such, can we Bloggers delude ourselves that we are free to write as we please without taking responsibility over our deeds?

I say that is totally illogical and irresponsible of anyone in Blogosphere to think so.

Many fear repercussions from the Malaysian authorities such as what happened to Nathaniel Tan and also Malaysia-Today webmaster Raja Petra Kamarudin who was summoned to the Dang Wangi District Police Headquarters to give his statements regarding the postings and comments in his site.

I can understand the fear of being spirited away by the agencies of the Malaysian authorities whose very job functions are to follow direct orders from the Internal Security and Home Affairs Ministry or any other relevant powers without question and just execute those orders to the letter.

As the Malay saying goes, "Kalau takut dilambung ombak; jangan berumah ditepian pantai" which means' If you fear being washed away by the waves ; do not build your homes by the seashore!'

Blogging is not just an idle thing to do IF one touches on social, politics or religious issues.

This is an undertaking that merits accountability and legally binding responsibility when we write about such matters.

You can say that there exist 'occupational risks' when one comments on matters that involve matters such as what social-political and religious matters which are sensitive in nature and have repercussions against any one person or grouping which publishes articles, comments or reports touching on the affairs of others, private or official.

So, the matter at hand today concerns the matter of facing up to the liability of Bloggers who are in practice individual publishers of media content to the online public and worldwide readers and audience.

Yesterday, at the Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall, concerned Bloggers asked Sivarasa Rasiah, a lawyer about the liabilities, rights and responsibilities that is incumbent upon them as Bloggers and website owners.

The Malaysian Government, being the authority elected to run the affairs of this land naturally would feel threatened by the emergence of Bloggers as a free media devoid of their control especially when the internet is a free agent of communication that will be almost impossible to censor or exercise control without coming to affect the reputation and financial dealings of this country IF the authorities decide to clampdown on the internet access of the ones who blog anonymously or even those amongst us who identify ourselves straightforward to the world.

No one likes to be criticized day in day out without resorting to retaliate by whatever means one has at one's disposal or by way of authority.

So, the onus goes back to us Bloggers. What do we really want to achieve?

If we want a better government and a responsible government, aren't there better ways to go about achieving it?

When cyber snipers start taking potshots at those in authority without being willing to expose their true identities, even if they publish facts and proofs of any government official's wrongdoing, their exposes fail to hold water because they did all those exposes whilst hiding under a pseudonym or anonymity.

Such an expose thus lacks credibility because of the legal aspect of being just another 'poison pen letter' where the publisher hides behind a veil of mystery.

This in turn ricochets against the very person him or herself by way of not giving credence to the accusations or charges against the corrupt ones who abuse their power.

The way that the legal system operates in this world, one can't expect to achieve the desired results when exposing any crime or wrongdoing when one chooses to shoot at the intended target from the dark.

Even when people lodge reports officially and dare to be upfront in exercising their rights as citizens of a democratic country, officialdom and bureaucracy tends to bury all such reports in the sea of redtape and purposeful manipulation of how things are run in any justice system here that Mankind come up themselves and put aside the Supreme Constitution of Almighty Allah.

Lack of accountability or willpower to uphold God's True Laws and Constitution to all Mankind in the true sense of it.

Its easy to say this and that but without credibility and accountability of what one publishes in one's blogs or websites renders all the proof and exposes that one makes against the authorities be dismissed off as irrelevant by those who do not hold true to the trust and commandments of Almighty Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

What I would like to say to the authorities reading this , is simply to look at Bloggers from a positive angle except those who hide under a pseudonym or anonymity.

The Malaysian Government can benefit from getting precious and sincere feedback from the Citizens of Malaysia who choose to be Bloggers by checking up on the info that is being published and see if it is true?

If the info is not true and proven to be a fabrication by the particular Blogger or Website publisher, then by all means they ought to be taken to task and if found guilty, be dealt with in the manner of what the law prescribes according to the matter.

We also need to see that justice is upheld and taken against those who are reported to have committed crimes whilst holding office and when proven to be true, be dealt with according to the Laws of this nation.

We can't escape being held to account before Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala in the Akhirat.

We will face Him with our Book of Deeds, where not a jot , not an iota of our doings will be missed by the Recorders of our Deeds, the two Malaikats ascribed to each and everyone of us, no matter who we are, here on Earth?

Surely as Mukmins, we all know that Malaikat Raqib on our right records each and every good deed, thought or wish that we do or plan in our minds.

Malaikat 'Atid on our left records each sin that we do after 6 hours pass without our repentance of committing whatever sin that we did.

Those who are learned in the 'Ilm of Islam know that this is true. We are under constant monitoring of the Malaikats of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and Allah SWT Himself, 24/7.

Sometimes I think of all those who spy on others without realizing that they themselves are being under surveillance, for as long as they live.

All that I am asking here is for our rulers to be wise, rational and realistic about the Blogging phenomena.

It is all up to them as to how to look at things. If they choose to look at it positively, they are today being offered so much unbiased information to choose from and gather as their intelligence as to what the grassroots are saying, free from editing or manipulation by those with vested interests in misleading the very top authorities.

If they decide otherwise, well, what good is that going to do for the spirit of freedom that we hear every now and then but actually do not get to put to practice within the legal framework and rights of a voting citizen of the Kingdom of Malaysia?

I am not saying that people can be let loose and do as they please. Accountability. It works both ways.

The present government ought to deliver on its Election promises as stated on its manifesto to us , Malaysia's citizens. We all know that this is yet to be delivered in full yet the next GE is looming around the corner.

Both the government and the citizens ought to come to a mutual understanding between us and each party conduct themselves as responsibly and honorably as enjoined upon us by Allah!

A citizen is wrong before Allah SWT if he or she does not obey a just and rightful leader.

Likewise , any leader is held accountable and will be taken to task by Our Creator if the leader is unjust and victimizes his or her subjects. It's the truth, isn't it?

Instead of creating an atmosphere and climate of fear, I call upon the Malaysian authorities to engage with the Bloggers of Malaysia in a win win manner and hold a general series of seminars or forums where responsible Bloggers are accorded their true rights and freedom of dialogue with the authorities instead of just going on a 'witch hunt' against any Blogger picked at random and victimized for the crimes of the spineless cyber snipers out there in the Malaysian Blogosphere or elsewhere.

I know that most of us Bloggers won't object if action is taken against those who are really guilty in creating the current dilemma of Bloggers being ruled as 'liars and troublemakers in general' by the government when they have nothing to do with the cyber snipers.

Yesterday, most of us at Nat's forum agreed that Bloggers must moderate their blogs and censor out unfounded allegations or insensitive comments which can harm the delicate and fragile balance of our multi ethnic and multi faithed nation of mostly peace loving Malaysians.

If the Malaysian Government can stay calm and collected over this matter by taking appropriate actions to engage in constructive dialogues and discuss with us Bloggers in a manner befitting our status as a democratic country that is also a dynamic developing leading nation in South East Asia and the world, I am sure that the whole nation can gain much from this proposal to have dialogues instead of allowing dissent to grow and spread amongst the people by this clampdown being urged by those who are just being overly emotional and not looking at the root cause for all this anti this and anti that online warfare going on.

We can then come to an amicable solution to remove and reduce the prevailing unhealthy atmosphere and feelings of distrust brewing between the citizens and the authorities.

I would like to round up this rather lengthy post by stating that as a Malaysian Muslim Blogger, I am all for a mutual understanding between Bloggers and the Government of Malaysia.

Wabillahi Taufeek Wal Hidayah. Wassalamu Alaikum Warahmatullahi Ta'ala Wabarakatuh.

Malaysian MP's. Mimosa Pudica's or Mediocre Perspectives?

I refer to the manner by which our Malaysian Parliamentarians behave in the nation's highest institution of legal authority and platform where the laws of this country is tabled, debated and passed or amended.

We all know how a majority of the Members of Parliament behave in a manner that is ungentlemanly, rude, uncouth and expose their base natures of being uncultured and at times so vulgar in both their speech, mannerisms and attitudes in that 'august' house where the affairs of this nation are put to discussion.

I am ashamed to see the way our nation's supposedly top leaders and elected representatives of the Malaysian people every now and then reduced to being mere village idiots by the crass mannerisms where they hurl abuses, insults, challenges to one another especially where we see Cabinet Ministers and Opposition leaders behave like uneducated gangsters and common hoodlums except that these people are dressed in suits and label themselves as 'Yang Berhormat's' @ 'Respectable One's.

Frankly speaking, I believe that most Malaysians who are unfortunate to be witnesses to the tantrums and name callings taking place in the Malaysian Parliament have shaken their heads in disbelief and hung their heads in shame after looking at the manner by which their MP's behave or in this case 'misbehave' in the country's Parliament!





I have seen schoolchildren conduct themselves in a much more civilized manner and proper decorum in school debates compared to the MP's whom I wish to label as 'Mimosa Pudica's who have failed us in their pledge to conduct the affairs of representing the citizens who voted them into office and power in a responsible manner during their tenure in government.



There are also cases where the antics of these politicians are featured in the You Tube.com in cleverly edited videoclips highlighting the crude language and unparliamentary attitudes of those who are elected to be Chief Minister's and Cabinet Minister's.



This is the original clip of the MB Pahang's outburst in the Pahang State Assembly.



Do we even wonder why a growing number of the impressionable youth of today in this country behave as they do? Follow the leaders?

I sure wish that they don't! We don't need to see such types polluting the hearts and minds of our nation's population.

Sometimes, one wonders just what is in store for this country? Fistfights in Parliament like what we see take place in Taiwan, India and other countries?

May Allah SWT save us all from such a tragedy! Our nation's MP's are clearly a sorry example of how similar they are to the Mimosa Pudica. 'Touch me not's!'

I wish that anyone who wants to run for government be a graduate of the School of Good Manners, which is sadly, not the case anymore as this nation slowly but surely edges towards a social meltdown due to an incompetent and apathetic 'what can I do?' misleadership.

I know it, you know it, every Malaysian knows it but as usual it will just get from bad to worse from now till the Doomsday!

May Allah save the Malaysians from such kind that we have masquerading as the 'Yang Berhormat's' of our unfortunate Parliament. Ameen.

I long for the day when we can see them conduct themselves in a manner befitting their posts.

Nathaniel Tan 's forum on Blogger's Liabilities at SCAH

Saturday, 28th July, 2007.
Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall, Kuala Lumpur.

I attended Nathaniel Tan's small get together with fellow Bloggers today at the Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall, in Kuala Lumpur with my missus this evening.

I saw amongst the small audience, fellow Bloggers such as Zorro, Julian Hopkins, Hafiz, Ronnie Liu, etc.

I came to meet in person fellow Blogger Sagaladoola for the first time and was quite surprised to learn that he wasn't an Indian chap as I figured him to be all these while!!! Hehehehe!

Am not going to disclose to you who he is in the photo below without his consent. :)

Lawyer Sivarasa Rasiah was answering questions from the floor and had Politikus besides him and also a personality whom I had been admiring all these while for his courage and sincerity in standing up for the common man, in the person of Brother Arulchelvam of the JERIT movement!

Brother Arulchelvam was the one who was arrested in the Kg.Berembang Malay squatter village demolition protest and he has been quite involved in many citizen protests just like our nation's # 1, dare to say no protesting Opposition politician, the ever getting into trouble Tian Chua!

These fellows have hearts made of steel. Sheesh...talk about courage of convictions.

These gentlemen are true Malaysian heroes of the common folks and although many might say that they are rabble rouser's and troublesome protesters, just try to imagine the scenario if these brave Malaysians weren't in the picture?

Democracy is a process where at times, people like Tian Chua and Arulchelvam come to be a major practitioner of the practical part of striving to keep democracy alive.

If the powers that be had their way without any check and balance, chances are that injustice will go unchallenged and the citizens will have no voice to speak up for them and the mighty will just 'bulldoze' away as they please, the very vestiges of the foundations of this nation.

Lawyer Sivarasa had his hands full answering the many questions coming to him from those present who had questions spewing out like buttered popcorns just sprouting out of everyone's mouth every few minutes.

Zorro asked about the consequences of anyone saying anything that sounded like a question? Sivarasa explained that if it was just a simple. clear cut question, asked without malice , then one should not fear any repercussions from asking.

I added on to Sivarasa's reply by sharing my point that the question must not be missing the question mark @ '?' which if missing will expose the questioner to libel action by the party concerned.

Sivarasa had to leave by 5.45pm as he had another appointment to go to and after he left, the guests were invited to have some drinks and local delicacies by the host Nathaniel and his beau Li Tsin a.k.a. Politikus.

Nat's parents were there as well and they thanked us for supporting Nat through our blogs etc.

Nat gave me a large parcel of SUARAM booklets to share with friends and I have them stashed in my car, to be handed out to fellow bloggers whom I get to meet.

I am thinking of sharing them with my Muslim Bloggers Alliance members.

We left after that and here I am sharing this with you late in the night. Hot off the Blogosphere!

Here's a group photo of us.

L to R : Julian Hopkins, Li Tsin @ Politikus, Nathaniel Tan, myself.

Blogophobia - Severe case affecting powers that be!

I am concerned to see a severe case of 'Blogophobia' affecting and further confusing those amongst this nation's ruling government leaders, who are issuing negative statements against Bloggers in general.

It bewilders me to read the kind of statements being reported by the mass media quoting chief ministers and top cabinet senior ministers condemning whole scale the entity of Bloggers without pinpointing the culprits responsible for the current 'Blogophobia' running wild in this nation especially amongst the authorities.

Why is this so?

Is it because the ones making such statements are not IT savvy or don't know the difference between actual responsible Bloggers and those anonymous spineless cowards who are the real menace in Blogosphere?

Well, I for one call for all those amongst the nation's ruling elite to please learn to differentiate between the criminals messing up the Blogosphere and those of us who are blogging with a purpose.

I blog about all things that matter to me as a citizen of this country which I so love and cherish with all my heart and I do so in a manner as clear and upfront as possible.

As my blog header states, I write about my faith of Islam, my nation @ Malaysia and all that takes place in it and general matters that are worth writing about.

I call upon the Cyber Crimes Division and the National Security Council to update our government ministers as to what Blogging stands for and not to let them remain clueless as to what the whole thing is about?

There is certainly an obvious difference between those of us who identify ourselves upfront and reveal our true identities and blog sincerely to provide info and feedback to our readers which may well include all the relevant Intelligence Agencies of the whole wide world especially of our nation about matters that are important and worth our attention.

Please cure yourselves of this 'Blogophobia' once and for all and if possible, come join us in seminars and events such as the one held recently at the Concorde Hotel, Shah Alam by The Centre for Media and Information Warfare Studies @ CMIWS of the Faculty of Mass Communications and Media Studies of the Universiti Teknologi MARA last Tuesday.

I ask that our nation's top leaders not to embarrass themselves with issuance of such unfounded statements akin to wanting to burn down the whole house because of a few annoying mosquitoes!

With the technological advancement we have amidst us today, especially in the field of Internet Forensics which I am sure that our experts in the Cyber Crimes Division are well equipped with and know how to trace even the anonymiser using cyber snipers out there who are the root cause of all the latest incidents of victimizing Bloggers and Webmasters of this nation's blogs and websites.

Naturally, the onus and responsibility of monitoring what goes on in our individual weblogs fall on us but for someone who gets hits in the millions as Raja Petra Kamarudin in Malaysia Today, just do the maths yourselves!

There is none who can devote their entire day and night just in deleting all those trashy comments on their own.

We are talking about 600 over useless spam comments flooding his web portal as he stated to the press upon leaving the Dang Wangi District Police Headquarters after being interrogated for 8 hours about comments left in his website.

I am not suggesting anything to my fellow Blogger Raja Petra as he very well knows as to how best to run his website but to hear of comments such as the one I read today from one of our nation's top leaders condemning bloggers in general, I feel that its not a wise thing to say as amongst those who voted the government into power are those of us who are Bloggers and Webmasters.

Responsibility in either Blogging or issuing statements to newspapers is incumbent on all of us, both bloggers and government leaders.

Let's be rational about things and lay the blame on the anonymous blog commenter's instead of badmouthing just about anyone else but ourselves.

By that I refer to those making comments and statements such as what we have before us in both the print media and online.

Do not lump all bloggers as one. We are individuals. Some have the integrity to be upfront as to who we are and then , there are those spineless scum who hide behind anonymity.

Wise up and learn to differentiate between right and wrong. That's my take on this.

Bloggers who blog responsibly ought not fear anything!

Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Ta'ala Wabarakatuh.

I refer to the current brouhaha about Bloggers facing the crackdown upon those identified as blog owners who post or allow to remain in their weblogs materials considered as offensive or libellous against the nation's ruling government ministers, past and present or even the monarchy for the matter.

We all know that each and everything that we do here on Earth has its consequences and the old saying of 'Thou shall reap what thou sows' and ' What goes around comes around', etc.

The thing is , as being among those who have access to the internet and are capable of putting to print our thoughts and opinions does have its obligations to be fulfilled and to ensure that what we publish is based on facts or that we are willing to take responsibility over what we blog about or allow any relevant comments in it.

To claim ignorance of the prevailing laws especially of those in the Cyberspace or to purportedly champion the 'Freedom of Speech' for anonymous spineless cowards hiding behind nicknames or pseudonyms is just an irresponsible thing to do and must be stopped.

I am all for responsible blogging and am supportive of measures to ensure that each and every blogger who writes or comments about anything that concerns or affects any person or authority to take full responsibility and be accountable for the contents of one's blog or website.

Mankind tends to fear repercussions from the authorities over such a thing as this blogging but conveniently choose to forget that each and everyone of us are in fact being monitored for just all that we do, think or even feel by the Malaikats Raqib and 'Atid' appointed by Almighty Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

If those who think that they can escape persecution or repercussions for their attacks on others or any government without due and reasonable cause for the matter under a cloak of mystery or hide behind the IP anonymiser, then they ought to know that they can't hide from the Creator who monitors each and everything that they do!

Yes, you can hide from the people here on Earth but each and every lie, each and every insult, each and every fabrication that you do, will be entered in your Book of Records without a miss and you can rest assured that you will get your dues, if not here on Earth, its guaranteed to get you in the Hereafter.

So, my fellow Bloggers. Fear not if you stand by your postings with a rightful reason to say what you wish if you have the 'locus standi' so to quote, in arguing or presenting whatever is your cause to the worldwide netizens.

Allah SWT knows each and everything that we do , no matter that some amongst us do not have it in them to own up or face up to their postings!

We can't hide under cloak of anonymity forever. Just take a look at what history has in store for all those who thought that they were invincible! Where are they now?

I end this post with saying 'Bloggers who blog responsibly ought not to fear anything except the Wrath of the Almighty who hates those who spew lies and are irresponsible backbiters without cause!'

After all, each of us humanbeings and all other creation do have an end to our existence here on Earth. Get ready to face our True Master in time and not fret unnecessarily if one is on the legitimate and straight Path of Allah !

Wabillahi Taufeek Wal Hidayah.

Wassalamu Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.

UiTM's CMIWS National Seminar on Bloggers -Issues and Challenges of the 21st Century

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

The Centre for Media and Information Warfare Studies @ CMIWS of the Faculty of Mass Communications and Media Studies of the Universiti Teknologi MARA invited me to participate in the very first National Seminar of Media and Technology with the topic of 'Bloggers - Issues and Challenges of the 21st Century' on Tuesday 24th July, 2007 at the Concorde Hotel in Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan.

They sent me the invitation last month and I attended it yesterday. It was a whole day session and as expected, I got caught in the traffic snarl crawling all the way from after Angkasapuri right till I reached Shah Alam.

Gosh, it sure must drive those who commute between KL and Shah Alam daily to and fro from work nuts!

No wonder KLites get heart attacks and so worked up almost everyday! Sheesh! Talk about the pressures of going through traffic jams day in, day out! Can drive one to an early grave!

Anyway, I managed to register myself at 0930 hours , half an hour late due to unavoidable circumstances.



















I met Datuk Kadir Jasin, the Editor of Berita Harian, who is himself a fellow Blogger and I believe to be the first Malaysian Blogger to have his 'blook' published!

One of my comments to his blog was also featured in it, prompting many to call me up from my contact number published in his book. We exchanged pleasantries and I took the opportunity to pose for a snapshot with him, shown below.

He was quite amiable and not a proud man. Good for him to be that way. May Allah SWT bless him. Ameen.

I was given my seminar door gift @ a very nice notebook bag and other seminar materials and ushered to my seat just behind fellow Blogger Zaharin Mohd Yassin @ Sang Kelembai, who was among the panelists.

The seminar was officiated by the Vice Chancellor of UiTM, Professor Dato Seri Ibrahim Abu Shah, who spoke about the important role that Bloggers today play in the field of media and communications.

Amongst the many things he spoke upon was the need for Bloggers to be responsible over what they post or allow to be in their blogs. Cases in relations to bloggers was touched by the Vice Chancellor who even cracked a few jokes at his own expense.

Who said academicians can't be funny?

Hehehehehe...he even shared with the audience how a student's blog comment calling him a 'fat pirate' drove him to go on a crash diet just to prove the student wrong and managed to slim down a bit after he took it as a challenge against himself!

Well, to cut it short, this goes to prove that blogs affect everybody , even those staid and serious academics like Professor Ibrahim! Blogs are here to stay and the masses have to keep updated and informed about blogs if they want to be on par with the rest of the world.



















Sang Kelembai stole the show with his witty comments and lambasting PM Abdullah Badawi with his constant jibes against Pak Lah who sacked him from UMNO for the way he blogs against the Premier.

Zahrin is infamous for being sacked twice in UMNO. He still defiantly bamboozles Abdullah Badawi and I believe will do so as long as he lives.

When I left the seminar, Zahrin was talking to the Johor Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Ghani and one of Malaysia's billionaires, Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al Bukhary , whom I greeted and complimented on building a fine mosque at Jalan Hang Tuah. He was happy to hear that and asked me to stop by at the mosque often. Insya Allah, I will.

Dato Seri Ghani Othman, the Johor State Chief Minister, was courteous as well but I didn't stay long to chat with them as I had to make my way through the after office rush hour traffic to fetch my missus from work.


















This is Datuk Kadir A Jasin speaking about the transition he made from active journalism when he retired, to now being a blogger.

He declares his blog to be the most boring blog in Malaysia compared to all the technological gizmos and gadgetry in many of this nation's young bloggers space.

He referred to himself as a 'goblog' with the emphasis on the sound 'k'.

I have it all in tape. :P

His gist of presentation was that Bloggers are here to stay but they also ought to moderate their blog comments section so as not to allow unsolicited problems from those anonymous and crude commenter's who stir trouble by malicious and unwarranted statements that goes against the civil decorum of public discussion and debates over anything especially where it involves sensitive matters such as what we all know is discouraged and unlawful in this nation.

Things such as Malay Sultans and Malay rights, Religious Sensitivities, Racial matters, etc.

He also agreed with me that he too got upset when his articles were also subject to the foul speech and comments in Malaysia Today when Raja Petra Kamaruddin republished his articles in the alternative news web portal but left unmoderated the vicious and irresponsible manners by which most of the anonymous spineless cowards in MT ( I would pretty much like to use the b!@#$%ds word but its not to my taste) spewed forth their verbal swill online in response to such republishing of our postings by RPK without our knowledge back then.

RPK has stopped doing that after I called him up and requested him not to do that anymore.

Thanks for your sparing me the heartaches RPK! Alhamdulillah.



















This is Steven Gan, Editor in Chief of Malaysiakini, speaking about how Bloggers have come to be a new kind of journalists @ citizen journalists, who despite being thought of as a new threat to the mainline journalists, actually complement the media world with their active blogging.

Steven spoke at length of how his Malaysiakini came to be what it is today because he wanted to cut through all the editorial firewall in the mainstream media and establish a common platform for all Malaysian citizens to be able to discuss and debate about things that are considered taboo all these while in Malaysia.

We all know how Malaysiakini got raided by the Cyber Crimes Division before and how to this day, they aren't exactly free to post as they please.

Accountability. That's the key word for anyone who writes anything online meant for public readership.

I for one do stand by this requirement as posting something that's a clear fabrication will not only destroy any iota of credibility that one has but also open up oneself to legal action by those whom one has wronged!

I try my best to be as factual as I can be in my posts. Insya Allah.


















The morning session of the seminar was chaired by Associate Professor in Journalism, Dr.Faridah Ibrahim, Chair of the School of Media & Communication Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor.

A fellow Penangite from Glugor and ex student of Jelutong Secondary School, next to my primary school, Jelutong English School at School Lane, Jelutong, Penang, our hometown. Prof Faridah was a pleasant person to be with. We sat at the same round table during lunch and exchanged contact details. Nice person.



















The afternoon panelists. Except for Sang Kelembai, the other speakers were all Professors and academicians.

Rocky Bru didn't turn up leaving only our man in red , the only blogger to field his working paper to the remaining seminar audience and steal the show, so to speak!



















His constant UMNO bashing so riled up a journalist by the name of Ismail that the journo took Zahrin to task during question time and accused him of being one who didn't protest against UMNO when he was in the party but after being sacked becomes the vociferous critic of the government especially of PM Abdullah Badawi and there was the usage of the word 'Blogger Sampah' in Ismail's outburst!

Zahrin responded to the question by saying that he has been criticizing the party leadership well before Pak Lah's time and that his postings are backed by proofs.

Proofs as his saying that the PM wears adult diapers as he posted in his blog before. Zahrin asked the journalist to go check with the doctors as to whether his allegations are true or false? Things were getting pretty hot as a result of this verbal warfare between the two and the seasoned ex-UMNO politician was at his best in refuting and parrying with his questioner.

Zahrin also explained that that's the way that he writes. Each blogger has his own unique identity and manner of writing!

It's stupid to think that when one wants to take to task or counter attack any of one's political opponents or enemies to go about it in a 'polite way'! Hell hath no fury as a Blogger scorned!!!

'Excuse me! I want to kick your ass! Please watch out for my foot!' etcetera!!!

Sang Kelembai was in his element and the man in red never failed to drag poor old me in his statements!

Mahaguru this , Mahaguru that! Sheesh!!! I was getting highlighted every now and then by Sang Kelembai.

Hahahahaha! Thanks for the spotlight bro! Burnt me to my color ! Hehehehehe..Sweet brown. :P

He had his points though. Each blogger has his own way of expressing. If just because he's no longer in UMNO, does that mean he has to change his ways in blogging?

He got kicked out of UMNO because of his attacks against Abdullah Badawi now and Mahathir before!

Why the hell should he change his style just to placate others? Humbug is what he replied to journalist Ismail in the context of his rebuking the clearly UMNO diehard supporter!

Zahrin referred to me saying would I be who I am now if I change the way I blog? He also pointed out to Tian Chua and asked the same? We are all our own individual bloggers!

Hehehehehe...Phew!!! Hot...hot..hot..hot...hot stuff baby! :P You folks should have been there!


















Next at the mike was a fellow blogger by the name of Julian Hopkins, a lecturer at Monash University.

Have to listen to the tape again to recall what Julian said but it was nice to meet him in person. Julian and me have linked to each other's blog before and to finally meet each other was a good thing.


















This is a view of the seminar scene.


















Save for myself, Julian, Ujie, Ismail, a few UiTM students, etc, the participants were mostly not daring enough to come up to the microphone and ask questions or share their thoughts with the seminar participants.



















Maybe, an underlying fear of repercussions should they be vocal as fellow blogger Rauff who tells me that it was him who called the UiTM VC a fat pirate and got kicked out from the university as a result!

Wallahu Alam whether this is the true situation still prevailing in our nation's universities?

Tian Chua and Ginie Lim of the PKR were there but merely as observers.

I took the opportunity to highlight his presence amongst us during question time when I commented on Ismail the journalist's statement to Zahrin about the existence of certain bloggers whom he referred to as 'trash bloggers'!

I told Ismail that we who dared to put up our true identities and faces are the true bloggers and who have the courage to stand behind what we say or post in our blogs!

If he wants to refer to anyone as 'trash bloggers' , then by all means please refer to the ones who are anonymous commenter's and bloggers who hide behind a pseudonym and hurl barbs and snipe at people without a sense of responsibility or accountability!

Those are the ones who are trashtalkers and spineless nincompoops of the Blogosphere!

These are the ones who want everyone to give them free unlimited access to come into anyone's blog or website and shit all over the place as they please!

Now, these are the ones whom journalist Ismail should focus on and take to task! But as we all know, Zahrin has been a bloody thorn in UMNO's backside and thus the onslaught against him by one of UMNO's diehard supporters, if I may assume so?

Journalists aren't all picture perfect themselves, are they? They write bullshit at times too and when corrected, some do not even have the courtesy or the moral fibre to rectify their mistakes! I read recently about Howsy referring to some journalists as 3rd rate bloggers!

So, to say that to Zahrin was uncalled for and he should accord to Zahrin his freedom to criticize the nation's leaders if he has reasonable grounds and cause to do so!

Today's papers are full of reference to Bloggers and threats to muzzle them down!

I asked in the seminar 'as to what this government exactly want?'

Does this government want a nation of oppressed and depressed people or a vibrant free rational , reasonable populace of responsible citizens who are bloggers amongst them, writing without fear or favor and providing valuable feedback straight to the top leaders of this country as to what's taking place at the grassroots level, free from media manipulation or distorted info by any elements who have vested interests?

That sums up the events that i can recall offhand that took place yesterday. I wish to get a copy of the video recordings of the seminar for my records and reference.

Need to contact the organizers about that. Well, that's it for now. Have a nice day!

Wabillahi Taufeek Wal Hidayah. Wassalamualaikum Warahmatullah!

Terang Bulan and Negara Ku - Similar but not the same!

In the spirit of celebrating our nation's 50th Anniversary of achieving Independence from the last colonial British Masters on 31st August, 1957, let's listen to a rendition of 'Terang Boelan' by an Indonesian beach travelling quartet, the Shurshar Boys at Sanur Beach, Bali Island, People's Republic of Indonesia.

The rhythm is so similar to our beloved national anthem 'Negara Ku'. Just listen and enjoy the close links we have between us and our Nusantara neighbouring nations.

It doesn't matter that the rhythm sounds similar. The important thing is that the lyrics, the spirit and the meaning of these words in our National Anthem 'Negara Ku' that each and every Malaysian who is born on this land, must appreciate and takes to heart the meanings and significance of it.

Love our heritage and appreciate it as best as we can. Love it now or regret later when you lose it! Really! You won't know it till you experience it yourself.

Usually one doesn't know the value of anything whilst having it but will only start to realize its true worth and precious value when it is no longer with one.

Like our parents, loved ones, childhood, youth, health, wealth , rational thought, our Iman, our Deen and our nation plus its independence.

It is up to us to strive to improve ourselves as best as we can , within our capabilities and learn to be the best we can all be.

Be positive thinkers, rational thinking and do your best to live life well and not descend into disasters of your own making through irrational thoughts and haste decisions. Nurture your hearts and minds with gratitude towards Allah the Almighty and not be amongst the losers.



Happy 50th Birthday Malaysia!

May you prosper and progress in peace without forgetting your rich traditional roots and may your sons of this Earth comprised of the Malays, Orang Asli's, Chinese, Indians, Sikhs, Ibans. Kadazans, Eurasians, etcetera cherish this life that we have and learn to appreciate what we have with us now and not lose it all because of your citizens tendencies to constantly complain, grumble, seethe and explode every now and then for bloody racist and religious insensitivities.

May Almighty Allah bless you with peace , harmony, responsible governance and the upholding of His Supreme Constitution over all of us. Ameen Ya Rabbal Alameen.

Negarakuku by a 'disgruntled' Malaysian Chinese Rapper

The videoclip by a Malaysian Chinese university student making the news for the wrong reasons is hosted by You Tube here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyiBvJtJ5Z4

Well, this rap song by a 'disgruntled' Malaysian Chinese rapper is surely drawing lots of attention with the way he dishes out all his frustrations or dissatisfactions about how things are in Malaysia especially by his reference to the Malaysian Police which he refers to as 'Mata' as our polis were called before -'mata-mata'.

It is a catchy unique way that he has sort of intermixed our usually staid and solemn National Anthem with the rap music that youngsters now so love. Call it the rhythm of the young and free. Free from responsibilities and bills, that is.

As usual, in every nation, there will be many such young citizens who are vocal, rebellious, anti-establishment, etcetera and we find such kind in every nation or community on Earth since Time immemorial.

Hell, I am sure that most of us were so ourselves, during our youth and age of rebellion. Hehehehehe...

This chap is somewhat creative and even risking being slapped with the ISA or whatever other relevant acts he has breached by lampooning our National Anthem.

I understand that he's not here in Malaysia right now but things will sure get interesting when our 'overseas rapper' returns home when his visa expires.

I am sure that he has hundreds and thousands of fans now rooting for him comprised of the restless souls who have expressed support for him in You Tube where his video is being hosted.

I obtained the link from here: http://thecicak.com/?p=275

By NAMEWEE

Literal translation by NICOLE FOO

Intro credits:
2007 Visit Malaysia Year Theme Song
I Love My Country
Negaraku

(Repeat) Check it out, yo, yo, yo.

(Repeat) Negaraku, Negarakuku.

I love my country, only when you have a country you have a home
Only with a home then there will be me, standing here with you
Loudly singing, don’t be afraid
Even though I curse all the time
My song, is just like the durian
Tough and spiky, only
To see if you dare to open it, to look at the truth inside
It can be very stinky, it can be very fragrant
It only depends on what kind of nostrils you have.

Our police is called Mata
Because they have very shiny eyes
Once it’s New Year, they will be very hard working
Holding pens but they will rarely write you a receipt
Because they are thirsty, they need to drink tea
Also kopi-O, want to add sugar?
If they add sugar, their mouths will sweetly smile at you
When you are leaving
They will even go “Tata.”

Negaraku
Tanah tumpahnya darahku
Rakyat hidup bersatu dan maju.

This phenomenon, doesn’t need any improvements
Neither does it need strengthening, the police and the people work together
A cup of coffee keeps our relationship temperate
I so very suka
At least I won’t go home and receive a saman (fine or ticket)
My dad would sure be pissed
I would also kiong kan (swear word in Cantonese for “get raped”), with no car to drive
What to do, this time so very kao lat (an expression, something like aiyo)
With no car, how do I go out and play?
With no car, how do I wage “wild war”? (I don’t know what it means but I assume it has something to do with a girl)
With no car, how do I go and watch ah kua? (transvestites)
This country, I like it very much.

5 in the morning
There’s even a morning call to wake me up
Sometimes a few of them will sing together
When you listen to it, it’s like a love duet
The voice ululates like an R&B song
Even though sometimes they sing until it’s out of tune
Even though sometimes they even sing until their voices break
Some sound like cockerels, but they wake up earlier than them
This way we can know the time to get ready for class and for work
Don’t blame, the government only takes cares of the natives
Don’t blame, we don’t receive equal care
Only this way we can prove that we Chinese are not afraid of hard work
Only this way we can train ourselves to find a solution during hard times
Don’t feel weird about their standards
Because this only shows that we are smart (or capable)
Children who are not spoilt will not be dependant
Because you see some children are still not weaned off breast-feeding.

Rahmat bahagia
Tuhan kurniakan
Raja kita
Selamat bertakhta.

People who hide in government departments are even better (even more capable)
They can do everything so slowly
Even when people are queuing, are cursing stinky lelai (what’s that?)
They’re chill and unfazed
Sometimes they even bring out their kuih
They eat their nyonya kuih
More people will continue queuing up
Even when you curse stinky lelai it doesn’t matter
Because the guard at the side is dreaming
And he won’t scold you one lah.

They wrap up their heads; walk slowly and cross the road slowly
When you pass in the car you even have to let them pass first
The most important thing is to live happily; the most important thing is to live comfortably
Don’t be like the Chinese
Busy the whole day, very tough
We really cannot NOT admire this spirit”
Because this is their attitude in life.

(Attitude, attitude)

I’ve been saying good things in this song
I believe those of you who are pissed at me will like this now
The world is peaceful, and full of hope
No one is hurt, there aren’t any riots
You’re so classy, you’re so elegant
Your shit is fragrant, and you don’t curse
You guys are the most high class, every day it’s just romancing

Listening to Guang Liang Pin Guan (this local Chinese artiste)
But he already ran to Taiwan
Private school students graduate
It’s so very tough to get admitted into local universities
Actually we don’t have to get pissed about this issue
Actually this is the a very noble plan by the government
They want us to explore the world, to find new opportunities for ourselves
To learn things and come back and repay the country
This is plan is so great, I can’t quibble about it
All over the world you can see Malaysia’s children
They’re like refugees, so very shiok (expression for orgasm or high)

2007, Malaysia’s having Visit Malaysia Year
The Chinese culture is brought out and paraded
The government doesn’t even care about private school students
The certificate is thrown into the longkang (ditch), just like me

Graduated and went to Taiwan
Learned about things, and got ready to come back to repay my country
I stood on the streets of Taipei with my guitar
But my mouth still sings.

Rahmat Bahagia
Tuhan kurniakan
Raja kita Selamat bertakhta.

–
Visit NAMEWEE’s site.

Update on official reaction to his posting of his videoclip is reported here.

Please take note that I for one do not support this chap's actions but am only posting it here as a matter to be taken note of that whatever one does in one's life as a follow up to one's viewpoints especially where it touches on sensitive matters such as race, religion and national pride, then has has to be responsible in facing up to one's actions.

This Wee fellow can't expect the Government of Malaysia to let him go free just like that. He must be taken to task for using or in this case misusing the National Anthem as his base track in his videoclip.

Usage of curse words interplied with excerpts of our beloved 'Negara Ku' is akin to eating food contaminated with filth. It is not right. It is a sign of the person's character of being not decent!

I for one support the government in taking appropriate action against the chap.

As a mark of my respect to our National Anthem, I hereby am removing the said clip from my site here but this article and link to it will remain as a point of reference to the subject matter.

May Malaysians come to realize that we have only this country to call our own and to those who choose to differ and think they might do better elsewhere, it's your free will to go wherever you wish.

As the Malay saying goes ' Dimana bumi dipijak ; disitu langit di junjung!'

No more comments allowed on this subject.

Topic closed.

Knowing to differentiate between Bloggers and Libellers.

I refer to the way some stupid jokers and idiots keep badmouthing the Muslims online who for the matter never ever go and write anything offensive against any person of other faiths or even fellow 'Muslim's or those who are in name only unless provoked in the first place by such kind.

The Blogosphere is full of such people who are without principles and blaspheme Islam and ridicule the Muslims without cause. I am not saying that all Non Muslims are as such.

Some folks write from their conscience and share with us what they exactly feel about any subject or topic that they want to share or discuss with their readers.

These are those whom I would categorize as true Bloggers. Writers who deserve to be accorded certain respect and treated with proper decorum as they rightfully deserve.

Then there are those whom we should refer to as nothing but mere libelers and online snipers, spewing rubbish and nonsense against legitimate writers and bloggers, hiding behind a pseudonym and no blog or website of their own to speak of.

Such kind cowardly lambaste and ridicule those of us who are Muslim bloggers with all kinds of nasties and think that they are better than us.

Swine such as those cowards give their respective faiths a bad name and deserve to be castigated by each and every respectable blogger worth his or her name.

Blog owners and webmasters who are true to their conscience ought to know the difference between allowing reasonable comment in their sites to true commentors and also be wise enough to remove and ban such vermin from fouling up their spaces with such filth and venom.

The irony is that in the name of freedom of speech, many webmasters and blog owners sacrifice goodwill and harmony online by allowing such travesties to go on hurting us without an iota of remorse on their parts.

It is evident in the manner of crude gutter language they allow to be present in their websites and blogs , clearly announcing to the whole wide world as to their lack of standards and social etiquette. So much for free speech!

I'd rather stay away from such hypocrites than soil my heart and mind with such likes. I suggest you to do the same. Really!

Who gets dirty but us when and if we have to wrestle online with such swine? No thanks!

We shall all know who's the riff raff and who are the righteous when this life comes to a close for each and everyone of us!

As for now, let the sons and daughters of Lucifer spew as they cowardly please unless of course they have the backbone to face up to us and try saying such things to our face!

As proven many times before, such scum of the world never have it in them to do so! Really!

Modern Day Slavery in the Oil palm Estates of Malaysia?

I felt like I was reading the movie script of a Tamil tearjerker movie when I came across the cases being reported by Lawyer P.Uthayakumar of the Police Watch Malaysia.com.

Modern day slavery right in the midst of this nation! This is totally outrageous , criminally insane and so very bloody unacceptable!

What the hell are the Briged Pemuda MIC who were all so bloody aggressive in the by-elections in Ijok doing about this gross injustice on their fellow Indians?

Why are these heart wrenching atrocities being left to go on unchallenged by the Royal Malaysian Police Force, the Malaysian Indian Congress, the Democratic Action Party and all other parties which speak and trumpet about human rights and all such stuff?

Are the Indians of Malaysia damned to suffer like these? What are their leaders doing?

This is something that no self respecting government or authority should ignore and not go save those poor souls who have been tortured, raped, bonded in modern day slavery amidst all the development that the rest of the country seems to enjoy but apparently can't see, hear or even bother to listen to their cries for help and pleas to be rescued from the thugs and gangsters terrorizing the poor family!

How can this atrocity be left unattended to all these years despite the many police reports lodged by the lawyer P. Uthayakumar on behalf of the family of Mr. Avadiar a/l V. Malayandi of No.8, Rumah Kilang Sawit Tementi, Triang, 23600, Pahang Darul Makmur?

This is simply too outrageous and a gross dereliction of duty by the Polis Di-Raja Malaysia and that of the MIC if what is being reported by lawyer Uthayakumar is the truth of the situation reported to be taking place there amidst the oil palms in the said estate!!!

This nation can't allow such evil savagery to go on like that! I call upon my fellow Malaysian Bloggers who might be living around Triang, to see if this is true and write up about it and publish it in your blogs for the authorities to take note and respond to this serious crime against those poor souls!

Ya Allah! I can't believe such atrocities taking place here in my nation! What a bloody miscarriage of justice is this?

Samy Vellu and Lim Kit Siang! Is what lawyer P.Uthayakumar is saying true?

That both you 'leaders' of this country have turned a blind eye to his pleas for assistance to that family who have been enslaved by such vicious criminals and rapists?

I am gonna ask Uncle Kit about this when I see him! In the meantime, dear Bloggers of Malaysia, check out this site and read for yourselves!

Be warned! It's just too damn sickening ! What the hell is happening here?

Slight mishap yesterday cancelling my trip to see Nat's Release!

The Proton Iswara that crashed into our Wira. His car didn't suffer that much except for the bruised bumper which had crashed into our Wira's front right hand side panel at an angle thereby causing us damage whilst his Iswara's bumper remained unbroken!



















Our Wira crashed into and damaged as shown above.


















Restored to its former condition. Alhamdulillah!

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Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Ta'ala Wabarakatuh.

Sometimes, when we least expect it, things will just happen and change whatever plans we had in mind and alter the way we had wanted to go here and there and do what we had in mind.

Yesterday, I suffered a slight change of plans when our car was crashed into by a Proton Iswara whose driver just drove fast out of a crowded junction in Cheras and failed to brake in time, crashing into our Wira!

Our car was crashed in at the right hand side of the front panel and our signal light, spotlight and front side panel caved in and the lights cracked and the spotlight left hanging like a protruding eyeball whacked out of its socket!

Luckily, I didn't suffer any whiplash to my neck and no damages to my self except that naturally I blew a fuse and was a bit pissed off at the young Chinese guy who didn't exercise safe driving!

I pulled up my handbrake and got out to inspect the damage. Damn..I was just angry to see what he had done.

Yet, Alhamdulillah, I managed to retain my composure and asked the fella how is he going to settle?

Luckily for me, the guy was a gentleman and he asked that we settle it at a safer area and clear the road.

I was a tad skeptical for I have had our right side mirror crashed into before several years ago when I was driving at Salak Selatan and the culprit had just brazenly driven off without compensating me , so this time around, I knew better.

I drove ahead slowly and made sure that he followed in his car to a parking lot nearby.

I had my digital camera at my waist belt and promptly snapped up his car's registration number plate and also the damages our Wira had suffered.

I also asked for his MyKad and snapped a macro shot of it with the intention of furnishing the police of the visual proofs if the fella absconded! :P

I then asked him to settle and he agreed. We first agreed that he get his foreman to repair the damage but when I saw the look of the workshop and the foreman's face, I somehow didn't feel sure about letting the guy handle the repairs and I proposed that 'Ah Yew' the guilty party follow me to my regular Proton Edar Service Centre in Pandan Indah.

Jacky, the Service Center's supervisor assessed the damage and replacement costs to come up to RM470.00.

The chap 'Ah Yew' didn't have that much on him and asked for a compromise on the parts especially opting for a 'local' signal light, which would cost a bit less and ease his suffering.

I could be adamant and drag the thing further but what the heck, I just asked Jacky to do just that and the repairs came to RM385.00.

He called up his friend who owes him money and asked that the fella come pay him some cash for him to pay to the workshop.

After a while, his friend arrived and he settled with the service centre. Alhamdulillah.

I took my 'Touch n Go' card from our car which was immediately driven off to the Proton Service panel replacement centre elsewhere and was told that its gonna take a whole day to do the repairs satisfactorily.

What choice did I have except to just go with the flow?

I got Ah Yew to drop me off at the Pandan Jaya LRT station and we parted our ways.

I returned home and reflected on how our plans can go just haywire at the slightest turn of events as related by what Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala tells us in the Qur'an of 'man planning things and Allah's plans on us where eventually it will be Allah's plans that will prevail!'.

Subhanallah. How so very true. Anyway, to cut things short, the car got repaired and brought back to its original condition.

The workshop sent one of their workers to fetch me at my place around 5.00pm and I was relieved to see our Wira back to it's fine condition.

I missed getting the chance to be at Nat's release but was relieved somewhat when MENJ called me up and said that he had gone on our behalf at the last minute. Alhamdulillah.

So, if anyone was wondering where the heck was Mahaguru58 at such an important occasion such as Nat's release, please know that I was caught in a situation where I had just no control over it.

Anyway, our car's back to being up and running. Nat's out. I am alright. That's all that matters!

Malaysia is yet to qualify as a true Islamic Nation!

Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.

I refer to the statement of this nation's Deputy Prime Minister who said that this nation has been an Islamic nation all along as reported here.

"Datuk Seri Najib Razak said the country had never been a secular state, but was governed by the fundamentals of Islam.

"Secular by the Western definition is a separation of Islamic principles in the way we govern the country. We have never been affiliated to that position.

"We have always been driven by our adherence to the fundamentals of Islam and the Constitution states that Islam is the country’s official religion," he said after opening the International Conference on the Role of Islamic States in a Globalised World on behalf of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi."

Excerpt of the news report from the New Straits Times Online.

I for one do not agree with his statement for it is only a shallow interpretation of what an Islamic Nation in the true sense means.

Even those who aren't Muslims are clearer about such a definition of what a true Islamic Nation stands for as shown in the related News and Commentaries section of the Malaysia-Today.net alternative news portal.

My understanding of a true Islamic Nation is a country ruled according to the Syariah Laws of Islam as laid out in the Holy Qur'an and the authentic Hadiths and Sunnah of the Prophet of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, Muhammad Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam.

To date, there is none that has yet to truly qualify as an Islamic Nation as Almighty Allah commands us to live in or as what the Messenger of Allah established in Madinah al Munawwarah in Arabia.

Nations that call themselves as Islamic have failed to put to practice the true teachings of the true Faith of Islam to the letter and most only pick and choose certain parts of the Syariah and come up with their own versions or interpretations of it.

I visited the Museum of Letters in the Malaccan Museums Complex last Sunday. The Malaccan Code clearly practiced the Syariah Laws way back then as depicted in the many exhibits displayed at the museum.




















The picture above shows the exact punishment for adulterers as laid out in the Hudud Laws of Islam and was practiced in the era of the Sultanate of Melaka.

Pray tell us since when has this punishment for the adulterers of this nation ever been imposed and put to practice as what our nation's rulers here are saying?

They make a mockery of Allah's Laws and come up with their own misconstrued versions of punitive measures that has in a way increased the occurrence of sex related crimes in this so called Islamic nation where the majority of the sexual predators and adulterers comprise of the Malay Muslims, who are as they are today due to the blatant misinterpretation of the actual Syariah Laws of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala!

It is a shame and irony that the true teachings of Islam is left to be in the museums and not put to practice by those present day rulers who do not practice what they preach.

To list in detail all the transgressions taking place in this nation running contrary to the true Islamic Laws and teachings will make this post a very, very, long article.

Insya Allah, I think I should do just that and once it is ready, link to it at my other site.

The day that this nation is ruled a 100% according to the Holy Qur'an, the Sunnah and the Hadiths of the Prophet Muhammad Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam, will be the day that this nation's leaders can without an iota of doubt proclaim to the whole wide world that the Kingdom of Malaysia is a true Islamic Nation.

Until that happens, please spare us the drivel.

Wabillahi Taufeek Wal Hidayah. Wassalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Ta'ala Wabarakatuh.

Nathaniel's Freed! Viva Bloggers! Syukur Alhamdulillah!

Picture from Nat's blog.

Today, marks a historic and triumphant day for us Malaysian Bloggers to hear that Nathaniel Tan, a fellow Malaysian Blogger who was arrested and locked up since Friday the 13th of July, 2007 on vague charges of having committed a crime in breaching the Official Secrets Act of Malaysia by having documents or data relating to the corruption accusations against the Malaysian Home Affairs and Internal Security Deputy Minister, Dato' Johari bin Baharom, has finally been released this afternoon! Syukur Alhamdulillah!

The irony is that this arrest came about due to a reported website accusing Dato' Johari of something that is already 'old news' as the nation's top alternative news portal Malaysia Today had long posted much more 'hotter' news about the case.

Nathaniel Tan is a symbol of how the 'system' can sometimes miss the forest for the trees!

What do the powers that be expect Malaysian bloggers and internet users to do? Write personal diaries only or share recipes? Chit chat about the hedonistic world here in Bolehland?

Politics and socio-religious issues are part and parcel of each and every Malaysian's life!

Surely, they don't expect people to just purely mind their own business and look the other way when anything involving the government and the way it's elected ministers and officials have behaved or misbehaved come into public scrutiny?

I am not saying that bloggers and anyone who posts anything not right and unsubstantiated news or reports without concrete proofs and evidence must be left to do as they please.

With the existence of the Cyber Crimes Division of the Malaysian Government present , surely the experts in the division can trace and pinpoint exactly who are the offenders and culprits behind baseless websites and libelous website owners or bloggers?

Go after those who are really the culprits instead of just taking someone at random based on some idiot's unwarranted comments or linking to any unsuspecting blog owner or webmaster.

Please do exercise restraint before putting someone behind bars. It is not something pleasant or good for the image of this dynamic nation.

We are due to celebrate our 50th Merdeka Celebrations soon. Please ensure that we the citizens are given our rightful freedom of speech albeit those which are right and have merit.

A government that terrorizes its citizens into submission is not running a free nation. Period.

Give MERDEKA its real meanings by allowing us to share our views as we see it but by all means take corrective action against those who spew lies and untruths.

As Allah is my witness, I will do my part in blogging responsibly and speak with the intention to improve our situations and not to add unnecessary stress to the 'Ulul Amri.

Seems like our rulers expect Malaysians to be deaf, dumb and blind to the predicament they put our fellow Malaysian citizen and blogger in when they arrest and imprison people as they please!

Well, sorry to have to disappoint our 'masters' that the year is 2007. Not easy anymore to go against the grain as portrayed here in Blogosphere. We can't be divided and ruled anymore!

Read here , here, here, and here as well as here to see the wrath of the fellow Malaysians from all creed and color.

Even Harakahdaily.Net, a PAS Online News Portal featured Nathaniel's release and have been reporting on his arrest all these while!

Truly this goes to show that we the Malaysian Bloggers and those of us who are true Muslim activists aren't racist or extremist in our ideals or principles.

We are a living proof that through responsible blogging, we Malaysians have established a network of goodwill and harmony amongst those of us who value all good things in life and not mere trash talkers or bloody liars as spewed by a misconstrued chap in the cabinet before?

Each and every responsible Malaysian Blogger will raise the issue and keep on writing to express our dissatisfactions as long as the authorities fail to accord due respect to the ones who voted them in in the first place, every 5 years, come the General Elections.

Keep doing like these and suffer the consequences both here on Earth and in the Akhirat!

We do have a choice, don't we? Or is our votes gonna end up missing in action? Hope not!

Do not abuse the trust that we the citizens have placed in the democratic process or that which you the government swore to protect and profess!

Remember your slogan, ' Cemerlang, Gemilang, Terbilang!?'

Prove it as you say or we, the citizens of Malaysia will think its all pure bloody 'Temberang!'.

Na'uzubillahiminzalik! May Allah Forbid!

As long as you take care of our basic rights and freedom to voice our feelings, rest assured that we Bloggers will stay true to our cause which is to see to it that the Truth gets told, without fear or favor.

You the government, can gain from all these valuable feedback and get to listen to the actual voice of the Malaysian people instead of the bullshit and misleading info that certain elements serve up to you regularly officially or clandestinely!

We, the Bloggers of Malaysia who reveal our identities upfront to the whole world are a clear proof and symbol of our being straightforward in our writings to preserve and protect our rights as free citizen voters of Malaysia.

We put up our true names and publish our faces upfront in our blogs! What does that tell you? If we are liars and libel spewers, would we do that? Hell No!

It takes balls and guts to do what we do, yet we get victimized by unscrupulous people hiding behind rank and power.

As long as you do your job right, we will be true to ourselves and take responsibility over our writings. Try doing the same in your governing us.

As long as we the citizens are taken care of and allowed to be as we deserve, I am sure that none would envy you guys for the perks you enjoy. To each, their own. That's all.

May this nation's bloggers be protected and be safe from unnecessary harm.

Ameen Ya Rabbal Alameen.

1st Nuffnang Cheque Received!

Alhamdulillah! I received my first Nuffnang Cashier's cheque yesterday in the mail.

Even though it's not big a sum, I still appreciate getting the cheque for it can help pay for my expenses in buying the domain url dotcom and dot org for the Muslim Bloggers Alliance of Malaysia, which our Protem Secretary and my Comrade in Arms, Brother MENJ has done at my behest.

I have yet to fully utilize the advertisement spaces in my blogs to the max but will do so once I get the hang of it.

Really appreciate the ringgits coming my way, Nuffnang! Hope you guys will continue to grow from strength to strength and take us with you all the way up.

Who says one can't make money by blogging? Hehehehe..Bigshots like LiewCF and MENJ plus others are raking in hundreds and thousands every now and then.

Yours truly still needs to learn from these IT and Multimedia experts as frankly speaking, I do all that I can online using my own self taught skills and commonsense.

Never attended a computer class but damn, ain't I a fast learner? Hehehehehe...Alhamdulillah!

Nathaniel's Release Pending Today! Insya Allah!

All praises be to Almighty Allah for answering our prayers.

Heard from Politikus that Nat's getting free today. This is an immense relief for me as well as millions of others all over Malaysia and I gather throughout Blogosphere too.

I wish him well and hope that he gets free by today. This has been a worry for me since he got arrested and bundled off like that. This uncalled for action by the powers that be is regretted.

It reminds me of how Anwar Ibrahim was taken away by force by the UTK chaps way back in 1998.

Only thing to be glad about is that Nat hasn't been physically hurt by the Special Branch so far and they have treated him in a manner that isn't altogether harsh as we all had earlier feared. Alhamdulillah for that!

Let this be an eye opener for all bloggers to unite as one and exercise control over their blogs and not to link to any websites that aren’t relevant to their cause and train of thought.

Comment moderation might sound like being restrictive but with Nat’s experience here , every Blogger worth mentioning need to know that whatever goes in their personal realm has repercussions coming home to roost IF they don’t monitor what they post or allow to be in their sites.

May Nat recover from his ordeal and now enjoy his unexpected stardom as he will forever be on record as the ‘First Malaysian Blogger to be locked up on charges of breaching the 'OSA'.

Not that I like to see him being arrested and locked up like that but its all part of history now.

Welcome home Nathaniel! You are now officially the icon for Malaysian Bloggers to realize that we need to unite as one in our cause to defend the freedom of speech and blog responsibly.

May the Truth prevail! Ameen.

His younger sister Cheryl maintains a constant update as to his situation here.

I pray that the family will recover from their moments of trauma and ordeal that Nat has been put through as they themselves have suffered sleepless nights and worrisome days due to this tragedy.

May the Bloggers of Malaysia learn from this sad turn of events and realize the need to be united in their stand against tyranny and abuse of the freedom to speak and disseminate info.

Blog responsibly and do not allow anything not relevant to remain in your sites or allow any idiot out there to link you into unnecessary and unsolicited trouble.

The Malay saying 'Berani kerana benar! Takut jika salah!' comes to mind. If you write the truth and nothing but the truth, then you have no reasons to fear any being!

Fear Almighty Allah only for it is He whom we all have to face when we shall no longer exist here in this Earthly Life and it is only to Him that we shall all return.

No matter whether one is a King, Sultan, Raja, Prime Minister, Director General, Chief Executive Officer, Director, Manager, whatsoever!

May Almighty Allah bless us all with His Guidance and Wisdom to be responsible Bloggers of Malaysia.

On behalf of the Muslim Bloggers Alliance of Malaysia, I wish Nathaniel a speedy recovery from his emotional trauma and 'Welcome Back to the Malaysian Blogosphere'!

Nathaniel Tan - Guilty, Innocent or Caught in between?

Assalamualaikum Warahmatulillahi Ta'ala Wabarakatuh.

I refer to my fellow Blogger Nathaniel Tan's being held by the Royal Malaysian Police under charges of being guilty of committing a crime under the Official Secrets Act @ OSA of this country since Friday, the 13th of July, 2007.

He is reportedly being held for being in possession of documents or in control of a website that accuses the Deputy Minister of the Internal Security and Home Ministry of Malaysia, Dato' Johari Baharom of corruption!

It is a sad day for this nation now when we see folks like Brother Nathaniel Tan being incarcerated for the crimes of so many others and I for one think that our Royal Malaysian Police Force are capable of doing so much more better if only they pay heed to the Kalimah of 'ALLAH' and 'Muhammad' emblazoned atop their logo and crest.

This means that the Royal Malaysian Police Force intend to uphold the Justice in the Name of Allahu Ta'ala and Our Holy Prophet Muhammad Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam! Ameen.

Islam does not punish someone because of another's mistake or crime. I am positive that the PDRM who uphold the law will be gentlemen enough to see to it that the justice situation in Malaysia is not alike the Dark ages anymore where innocents perished because powers that be who were corrupt and evil simply ordered the uniformed personnel around.

I ask 'Is Nathaniel Tan guilty of setting up that website that accuses Dato' Johari Baharom of corruption or is he a sacrificial 'test the waters' victim of the powers that be to gauge the reactions and responses of the Malaysian socio-political-religious bloggers?'

To most of us, concerned Malaysians citizens and registered voters, Blogger Nathaniel Tan seems to be a hapless victim caught in a power play between the Deputy Minister of Internal Security and Home Affairs of Malaysia and the Royal Malaysian Police top brass!

If it is true that Nathaniel Tan is guilty of libel against the Malaysian Internal Security and Home Deputy Minister, then as expected, he can be held liable for his 'crime'.

If it is otherwise, then please for the sake of the peace and harmonious future of this nation, free Brother Nathaniel from further imprisonment. Go after real criminals, not imagined ones!

The general Malaysian public must also know that those in the Special Branch are acting under orders. They will not have come after Nathaniel if they didn't receive the 'go ahead' from a higher authority. Who is that authority? Wallahu Alam Bissawab. Only Allah Knows!

Whether it is 'selective prosecution' or 'rightful arrest' beats me and is something that has intrigued me and many other Malaysians today as I have read worse articles, reports, statements and comments in Malaysia-Today.net against practically every power that be in this land?

How come those 'shit spewers' get no action taken against them or as challenged by the blog owner himself, Raja Petra Kamaruddin so that the justice system can dissect the information rightfully in court and see who's right and who's wrong?

Is Raja Petra too big a fish for the boys to haul in? Most of us Malaysians wonder?

Why does the Inspector General of the Royal Malaysian Police who has been accused point blank in Malaysia-Today.net so reluctant to seek legal redress against the nation's # 1 Alternative News Portal? Is he so forgiving? What gives?

Why only Nathaniel Tan and not those Malaysia Today commentors who so blatantly accuse and lambast our nation's # 1 Police Officer of corrupt practices? This is what many of us wonder?

I am sure that the Cyber Crimes Division of our learned Special Branch of the Royal Malaysian Police Force at Bukit Aman are well equipped and professional enough to trace the IP address of the libelous website and get to the root address of whoever set up the 'offending' website.

No one can assume to be a 100% untraceable in the cyber world . There are hundreds of thousands of expert and capable cyber hackers and IT experts in the world who would be able to put 2 and 2 together and trace anyone to whatever they have posted or published online.

Surely, our Cyber Crimes Division experts have such brains amongst them and do not need a person like Nathaniel Tan to teach them things they already are well aware of ?

I have already blogged about responsible blogging way back then and do still exercise comment moderation in my blogs which has earned me the wrath of many cyber trolls and commentors who love to leave nonsense and hate comments without the decency to stand by their sins!

Here is an excerpt of what I posted back on Sunday, 30th of July, 2006 :

Well, that is all history now and we know that there are blogs out there which need to be monitored by whoever is responsible towards maintaining National Security and all that!

My principle is that we bloggers need to be responsible in standing behind what we say or share!

We are liable to be sued, taken action against and held responsible for any consequences arising from what we publish!

Any postings we publish must be based upon facts or reliable sources failing which then we must have the balls to face any reaction from any party out there no matter how many 'disclaimers' we put upfront in our respective blogs!

Disclaimers are just the cowardly way out ! I do not believe in that!

We see disclaimers in every bloody thing out there!That's chickenshit in practice!

We can't expect to just say anything online and not get our dues smashing back at us if we wrote wrong or libeled anyone without due cause and rightful feedback or expressing our opinions without something concrete and just to back us up!

I have always checked and double checked my arguments and opinions by the Al Qur'an and authentic hadiths of Rasulullah Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam before I click that 'Publish Post' button!

If I screw up and realize my mistake, I am not one who will shy away from owning up to my slip up and apologize to the offended party!

So, please be just and do what's right for Brother Nathaniel. I am sure that our PDRM Boleh!

May Almighty Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala guide all our PDRM SB officers at Bukit Aman to be just, transparent and fair to Nat and all Malaysian Bloggers to be responsible when blogging and do the right thing by exercising caution before saying anything that is baseless and criminal for there is a saying that ' Thou shall reap what thou sows!' Ameen Ya Allah Ya Adil!

Wabillahi Taufeek Wal Hidayah. Wassalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.

Newsflash- Confirmed Nat's being held in Bukit Aman

Poster from Mob's Crib.

Latest update as from 11.15pm from http://thetrialsofcheryl.wordpress.com his sister, is that Nat is now in the Dang Wangi Police Station lockup. Read up from her blog as linked above.

As at 10.00pm just now, Mob1900 has updated his blog that the Police HQ at Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur have confirmed that Blogger Nathaniel Tan is in their custody.

Well, even though it's still bad news to know that Brother Nat is in police custody, I am still glad to know that he is there in Bukit Aman and not missing as we feared being kidnapped by unknown persons.

I call upon all Malaysian Bloggers to keep your attention focused on this case as it involves us , the Bloggers of Malaysia and we must come together as one for the show of support and solidarity with Brother Nathaniel.

Today, its him, being hauled off like that. Tomorrow , it could be anyone of us.

I do not wish to procrastinate as to why Nathaniel is being held because frankly speaking, I do not have any idea as to why he of all people is being subjected to such actions by the Special Branch?

I do hope that our Royal Malaysian Police especially the Special Branch will issue a statement as to why our fellow Blogger is being held?

I won't be here in KL tomorrow as I am leaving for outstation and returning on Sunday.

Those of you who have any news about Brother Nathaniel's situation or hear of his release, please update me with an sms to my mobile at 016-3969881.

My sincere wish and prayers are for the release of my friend and fellow citizen Nathaniel Tan as soon as the SB are satisfied with questioning him or chit chatting about the 'internet' as reported.

Nathaniel Tan may be an Opposition party's webmaster but detaining him like this by the SB raises concern amongst us fellow Malaysian Bloggers as to the exact reasons why of all people , they have to pick him?

What 'national security' risk and harm has Nathaniel Tan committed, I wonder?

There are bigger government bashers and lambasters out there who might be more worthy of our SB's time.

I ask that those who are in charge of this case to spare us unnecessary heartaches and ease our worried hearts by releasing our Nathaniel safe and unharmed back to his soulmate, Li Tsin, as soon as they can.

Please free Nathaniel Tan. I hope that the PDRM will not disappoint me and my support for the Royal Malaysian Police Force all these years because I know many in the force personally and from my experience , most of the chaps are quite decent save for a few who bring disrepute to the force.

Bersih, Cekap dan Amanah? I seriously hope so! Wallahi Wabillahi!

Blogger Nathaniel Tan Reported Being Held in Bukit Aman Police HQ

It is with sadness and concern that I share with you a newsflash that fellow Malaysian Blogger Nathaniel Tan is reportedly being held in the Royal Malaysian Police HQ in Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur, for questioning.

I met Nat and his girlfriend Soon Li Tsin @ Politikus at the BUM 2007 Gathering at Club Lakeview a couple of months back for the first time and then again at the recent DAP Inter Faith Forum at Hotel Armada, Petaling Jaya.

The picture above was taken of us with Howsy ( in striped blue shirt), Politikus ( the pretty lass) and her beau Nat ( smiling side profile of his face showing) at the BUM 2007 event.

Click here for more news and updates about this unfortunate turn of events.

Is our nation finally free no more for freedom of thoughts and expressions in our own personal tiny spaces in Blogosphere or is this having to do with politics as Nathaniel is also the webmaster for the Opposition National Justice Party @ Parti Keadilan Rakyat, which has only 1 or 2 seats to speak?

Does it have anything to do with his other site at bangkit.net?

I don't have the actual reasons as to why he is being held for questioning by our Special Branch as the newsflash is a bit vague and not official but still it's cause for concern to me as a fellow Blogger and Malaysian citizen as well.

I pray that the SB officers will treat him in a befitting manner as Brother Nat is not a threat to the nation as I see it.

Yeah, he is a bloody Opposition party webmaster but if it is due to his writings that he is being questioned, then I think our SB just needs to take a look at the nation's # 1 Alternative News Portal at Malaysia Today.net which will make some folks blush at the way some of their commentors speak and thrash the government day in, day out without fail!

With today's advancements in internet forensics and tracing capabilities of any 'subversive' writing, they can get all that they are looking for if they want to.

All I ask and pray for tonight is to hear of Brother Nat's release safely back to his worried sweetheart Politikus and back to our fold in the Malaysian Blogosphere.

May Almighty Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala grant me my wish. Amin. Ya Rabbal Alamin.

Jahiliyah Renaissance amongst Malaysian Muslims

Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.

I refer to the latest report from Khaleej Times Online which quotes this nation's Sports Minister Azalina Othman who is reported to have said that 'Muslim sportswomen do not have to cover up!'

She must be unique and 'exempted' from the Commandment of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala as He orders all 'Believing Women' in Surah An Nur Verse 31 :

And say to the faithful (believing) women to lower their gazes, and to guard their private parts, and not to display their beauty except what is apparent of it, and to extend their headcoverings (khimars) to cover their bosoms, and not to display their beauty except to their husbands, or their fathers, or their husband's fathers, or their sons, or their husband's sons, or their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their womenfolk, or what their right hands rule (slaves), or the followers from the men who do not feel sexual desire, or the small children to whom the nakedness of women is not apparent, and not to strike their feet (on the ground) so as to make known what they hide of their adornments. And turn in repentance to God together, O you the faithful, in order that you are successful.

Surah al-Ahzab verse 59 reads:

O Prophet! Say to your wives and your daughters and the women of the faithful to draw their outergarments (jilbabs) close around them; that is better that they will be recognized and not annoyed. And God is ever Forgiving, Gentle.

Click here to read more in depth as to what the Hijab means to Muslim Women who Believe in Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and submit to Him in the truest sense.

I know that the particular Malaysian Sports Minister is not ladylike in person and that she's used to be as she is but hello...one who is a Muslimah must not spew forth such a ridiculous statement like that and think that she can get away with it!

If she is a Kaffir, I can accept that ; as a Kaffir is not obliged to submit to the Commandment of Allah Azza Wa Jalla, but she is as we understand a Muslim female, and obliged to cover her aurat. By their actions, you shall know them. Whether they are truly Muslims or Munafiks?

It's sheer stupidity nowadays for people amongst the Ummah to think that they can do as they please as they are people in power and position and whatever they want to say, they can just spew it forth and no one will dare to castigate them or take them to task?

This is the result of the Malaysian Muslims in the Government who although they claim to be an Islamic administration, do not actually practice the faith in its totality and just put up a sham of being an Islamic nation!

If this is what they mean by propagating their concept of 'Islam Hadhari' which to me is a sheer innovation , trying to outdo the Prophet Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam but really ending in screwing up the faith in its practices and understanding, well..I say 'No thank you!' to these hypocrites.

They can forget getting any support from those of us true Muslims, who try to live as best as we can according to what Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and Rasulullah Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam enjoin upon us.

I do not claim to be a perfect, sin free Muslim but Wallahi Wabillahi , I will not let those who try to make a mockery of my faith go by without my protesting against them and their likes as best as I can within the rights I have as a fellow citizen and as a Muslim blogger!

The present Malaysian Government under Abdullah Badawi looks like its all set to go bring about a 'Jahiliyyah Renaissance' amongst the ignorant Muslim masses by the way they allow such preposterous statements from their Cabinet Ministers and irresponsible 'tidak apathy' starting to ruin this country!

I wonder if this is not the start to the slide of the Malaysian Muslims especially those in government to bring about the collapse of the Ummah here with their lackadaisical attitude towards the practice of Islam in this land?

If this is their way of promoting Islam Hadhari, then just wait for the consequences of their words and inactions to come home to roost.

May the Muslims in Malaysia be aware of the wrong that these people are doing and stay away from supporting such munafiqs from ruling over us in the future.

You have a choice. Obey Allah Almighty God or end up as stooges to those who advocate a hedonistic existence that will take them and their supporters to you know where.

Na'uzubillahi min zalik! May the misleaders come to their senses or get their dues soon! Amin!

Wabillahi Taufeek Wal Hidayah. Wassalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Ta'ala Wabarakatuh.

Answers to Hypoglossal's Question # 2 and 3.

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

I now refer to the other questions from blog commentor Hypoglossal.

2.I know as Brothers and Sisters in Islam, one should do their best to keep their siblings with faith to Allah (Is it wrong for a kaffir to write that name?), but, to the extent of attacking their free will and demolishing their rights, i feel it's akin to (pardon my french) Mental Rape, don't you agree?

My answer : You are right when you say that it is best for Muslims to help their brothers and sisters stay true to the faith of Islam and help guide them to the rightful ways and prevent them from straying off into ignorance.

Narrated Abu Huraira Radhiallahu Anhu that Allah's Messenger Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam said "

• Do not feel envy against one another,
• Do not outbid one another, (with a view to raising the prices -in trade)
• Do not bear aversion against one another,
• Do not bear enmity against one another,
• one of you should not enter into a transaction when the other has already entered into it;
• and be fellow brothers and slaves of Allah.

A Muslim is another Muslim's brother. He does not wrong, desert or despise him. Piety is found here -(pointing three times to his chest)-despising his Muslim brother is enough evil for any man to do. Every Muslim's blood, property and honour are unlawful to be violated by another Muslim."

Hadith No.1292, The Comprehensive Book. Page 526. Bulugh al Maram by Ibn Hajar.

It is the duty of any Muslim, male and female to help correct their brother or sister from falling into sin. Apostasy is a grievous major sin that can be punished with capital punishment.

Apathy towards the folly and ignorance of others when we know the truth of the faith and situation is a criminal breach of trust between us human beings and a serious neglect and abandonment of goodwill upon the ties binding us to one another as fellow Muslims and Mukmins.

It is not as you say 'mental rape' or stopping anyone from living as they please but rather a civic duty and responsibility to save one another from falling into harm and Kufr towards Allah the Almighty where the consequences for the wayward fool or ignorant is the burning Hellfire!

Surely, you will not allow your loved ones to fall into disaster and tragedy in this temporal world; what more everlasting eternal torture in the Hereafter?

A true Muslim who is learned and knowledgeable about the Hakikat @ Truth of Islam will never stand by and let his fellow Muslim brother or sister go into sin. Notice the emphasis on 'true Muslim'.

Those who just pay lip service of being a Muslim surely can't comprehend or even want to accept what is being shared here.

To answer your interim question referring to whether it is wrong for a 'kaffir' to refer to Allah by His name, there is no sin in that. In fact, it is the true name of Almighty Allah. You must call God by His Name- Allah, the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, Creator and Master of us all.

3. I move on to your next question about obeying the elected leader no matter what he says or does? Please refer to the following hadith :

Volume 9, Book 89, Number 258:

Narrated 'Abdullah:

The Prophet said, "A Muslim has to listen to and obey (the order of his ruler) whether he likes it or not, as long as his orders involve not one in disobedience (to Allah), but if an act of disobedience (to Allah) is imposed one should not listen to it or obey it. (See hadeeth No. 203, Vol. 4)

Can you see the part where it says ' as long as his orders involve not one in disobedience (to Allah), but if an act of disobedience (to Allah) is imposed ( or as in this case where the PM wrings his hands saying in weakness and clueless resignation that he doesn't know what to do), one should not listen to it (his excuse) or obey it ( the inferred -do as you please to apostates) blunder he has made here?

We as human beings aren't cattle to be led here and there by our nose. Use the Faculty of Reason to learn about Allah, His Messengers, Islam and what is your relation to all the other Children of Adam.

Moving over to your referral to those who follow the exhortations of their leaders to kill themselves and others by blowing themselves up, well, I for one do not find it anywhere in the Qur'an where it says that a Muslim can kill himself or herself like that!

It is haram for any Muslim to kill themselves in any which way especially where other innocent life's are also put to harm and taken. Instead of Heavenly Paradise that those desperado's seek, Hellfire awaits them if their cause is not just or an act of terror, not justified and cruel.

If you are referring to the situation in the illegal Zionist terrorist regime of Israeli in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, where many Palestinians are forced to a corner by the murderous Zionists bulldozing and destroying any vestiges of their freedom and entities by killing their loved ones and flattening their homes together with their wife and kids in them, then I suggest you picture yourself in the position of those poor Palestinians for a second and see what is it that you would do IF you were in their situation?

People can talk this and that, speak as if they are the righteous ones and that they know best but most of the times, they are just living in a delusion of imagined grandeur.

Only when their soul is being pulled out of their body and passing their throat's , will they realize that 'hey! their life is about to be over and all that they were so worked up about is actually nothing valid and here they are in their death throes and about to depart this Earthly life'.

Then, dear Sir, at that junction, would many find their very moment of truth. Guaranteed.

I will stop here and continue answering your questions tomorrow. Have a good rest and good night.

May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala bless and guide us all. Ameen.

Wabillahi Taufeek Wal Hidayah. Wassalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.

Abdullah Badawi's Reported Comment's Response to Hypoglossal

Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.

I refer to a blog commentor's questions as related to my recent post about Abdullah Badawi's reported statements concerning his inabilities to stop anyone from apostasizing here in Malaysia.

Since, he asked his questions in a decent, admirable manner, I deem it fit to accord him the honor and respect by answering his questions in a befitting manner.

Hence, this special series of replies to his many questions.

Here goes:

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Hypoglossal said...

Dear Mr. Mahaguru,

Great article, but there are some parts that I don't get.

1.From a general perspective, what the PM said was, (albeit me paraphrasing), "I cannot force someone to continue having faith in something they no longer refuse to accept as true". Basically he is no ventriloquist with supreme control over how his 'Subjects' think.

2.I know as Brothers and Sisters in Islam, one should do their best to keep their siblings with faith to Allah (2A.Is it wrong for a kaffir to write that name?), but, to the extent of attacking their free will and demolishing their rights, i feel it's akin to (pardon my french) Mental Rape, don't you agree?

I've read elsewhere people say the Qu'ran dictates one should use his reasoning and abillity to think blessed to him by Allah to make decisions. But I find some parts of the Sunnah or Hadith's or Qu'ran that you quote seem to contradict said ideas.

3.For example, the part where a Muslim has to follow what their elected leader says, regardless?

4.I suppose if what the leader had to say was Good, that's great, but does this not also explain cases of terrorism, where Martyrs with bombs strapped around their waist going around killing innocent people because their Imam (?4A is this term right), orders them to do so?

The part where you ask him to do what he was elected to do, I assume you meant for OIC?

5.But I feel that to say his job description is largely based on Apostasy, instead of the various other parts of Islam that needs development (Dakwah was it?) seems a bit watered down don't you feel?

6.Islam growing as fast as it is, only shows many people are starting to believe in it. If something is right, regardless of apostates, it will reign supreme in the end, there is no need to force someone to abide it, right?

7.Curious, if you were in power, what would you do to tackle this problem?

8.Would you make it illegal to convert?

9.What do you think of the double standards happening around our nation? (It is welcomed to convert perhaps a Christian into Islam, but, illegal, and a punishable act to do vice versa)

10.Last but not least, I have a request. Recently my friends and I were talking about "Islamic Banking" and why it was good or why it was being advocated. Roughly they all said about all parties gaining a benefit.

Would you terribly mind running an article on what exactly Islamic Banking is, together with it's Pro's and Con's?

Cheers.

Thursday, 12 July, 2007

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This is my response and reply to 'Blog Commentor' Hypoglossal :

Dear Sir,
Response to question 1:

First and foremost, Abdullah Badawi is not just any ordinary person whose comments or opinions, one can just ignore or to disregard.

He is the current Malaysian Prime Minister of this Malay Muslim majority nation, thus this statement reportedly uttered by him with regard to something as serious and sensitive to us Malaysian Muslims can't be allowed to slide without our apt response and reactions.

If he is a kampong 'pakcik' who doesn't hold power and authority over us, none would bother paying any attention to him as we all know that there are already millions of 'kopitiam YB's' who spew forth all kinds of drivel all over the nation, day in day out without a care or concern.

Abdullah Badawi is also the current elected Chairman of the OIC, although a 'toothless' grouping of 'Muslim' nations, still exists as an entity representing the world's Muslims in the international arena. He therefore is held responsible over each and every comment that he makes on behalf of the world Muslim population in general and to us Malaysian Muslims in particular.

As the one who is holding authority over the affairs of the Muslims in actual practice and not the Yang di Pertuan Agong, Supreme Constitutional Monarch of the Kingdom of Malaysia, the PM is accountable for any decisions concerning the legal process and procedure which can be affected by anything he says or states.

I beg to differ when you say that he has no control over the Malaysian Muslims and powerless to 'control' how his subjects think?

'Control' is not a suitable word to be used as regarding his position as the 'Ulul Amri' @ Leader of the Malaysian citizens, irrespective of creed or color.

I would rather favor the use of the term 'guiding mentor' because that is exactly what a leader should and must be. As the Prime Minister and actual executive who rules over the whole nation, he is responsible to nurture the people to learn and practice the faith as Islamic Affairs fall under his jurisdiction.

All the Islamic authorities are under his Prime Minister's Department's rulings and guidelines.

The problem as I see it is the lack of Wisdom on the part of the Prime Minister and all his Islamic Affairs Departments staffs and officers in implementing the Dakwah al Islamiyah from the grassroot levels up to the highest officers in JAKIM and all the various 'Jabatan Agama' bigshots.

If the Islamic Development Department had been doing their jobs sincerely and honestly as they have all sworn to do since day one of the forming of such departments and authorities, this nation would not be seeing all the nonsense coming forth from those 'apostates' ignorance about their faith and creed as well as all the other deviants existing amongst the Muslims here in Bolehland.

As usual, these Islamic Affairs personnel always waste their times away in the comfort of their offices and departments, fail to go nip the problems in the bud amongst the Muslim population, fail to go teach and reach out to the masses as they should and are expected to do in the first place.

Unnecessary red tape and officialdom bullshit has infested the administration of even the surau's and masjids of this nation, where the Imams run their own little kingdoms amongst the AJK Surau and Masjid's, fail to connect and relate to the needs and wants of the grassroot jamaah @ congregation and operate in their own vested interests circle to which the ordinary public is kept out and shunned from.

The Imam's fail to address the problems faced by the Muslims and thus each and every Malaysian Muslim today is left to fend for their own selfs, devoid of spiritual help, guidance and assistance from even the lowest levels of local authority ; what more to expect the high and mighty Government officers and officials to sully their precious foot from stepping onto the mud and soil of the local kampongs , rural or urban areas?

Most of the nation's Imam's come across as stern, haughty unfriendly characters that the youngsters and ignorants shy away from as the Imams in most cases would only be too 'triggerhappy' in accusing the poor ignorants amongst the Ummah with their 'holier than thou' bloody attitudes.

No smiles on their faces. Who would want to come even near to such types?

All the bloody religious bigshots and 'titled' scholars and 'mufti's act as if they are too holy and spotless to even extend their hands sincerely towards any ordinary citizen in a 'salam'!

The usual trend amongst these 'hypocrites' is to sit smugly in all those pretentious 'holier than thou' Forum Perdana's hosted by RTM and pretend to address and handle the day to day affairs of the going ignorant Muslim masses.

Their phony attitudes reek of ' Do as I say ; not do as I do'.

All these goes all the way back to the way the Prime Minister's Department exercises control over each and every aspect of the religious network of departments, masjid and surau committees, which in turn, fail to carry out the necessary 'Dakwah' activities because from what I hear from almost each and every surau or masjid official is that the 'Jabatan Agama's did not give them the clearance to hold any such activities and anyone who intends to do so must first go and get the permit @ tauliah' from them before moving a finger so to speak in tackling the mess that the Muslim society is drowning in.

Recently, the Islamic Religious Department officers raided and took into custody the reformer former rocker turned Ustaz Akil Hayy whom they accused of teaching Islam without their permission! What a bloody thing to do when the poor man was only inviting to the good?

Wonder now why the Muslims in Malaysia are left clueless as to what's right and what's wrong?

It is because the Prime Minister's Department, which in turn controls all the State and District Islamic Affairs authority clampdown on those who want to do their part in corrective Dakwah and guidance to the ignorant masses instead of helping them to do their duties in the first place.

Now, do you see why I take offense at the reported statements of the PM asking what is there that he can do to stop apostasy?

The buck goes back all the way to his office! He can do what he is supposed to do that is to order his department to cut away and remove all the bullshit redtape that these religious department morons have bogged down the Islamic authorities of this nation with!

The PM must see to it that JAKIM gets to work in the real sense and the Mufti's go down to the masses and help them to understand what Islam exactly is and not what they imagine it to be and to stop hassling those who want to do proper Dakwah al Islamiyah.

I am not saying that JAKIM and all the State Islamic authorities should just let any Ahmad, Bakar or Kassim go and preach as they please and deviate the masses into even more problems.

Monitor them and their manners of preaching. If they are right, support them. If they go off the track, advise and correct them. Where there's a will, there will definitely be a way. Groom many more motivators and counsellors in the likes of Dato' Fadzillah Hj. Kamsah and other great Muslim personalities.

Teach and remain humane and humble. Guide and nurture instead of just arresting ignorants and upon them inflicting torture.

There is just so many things that the clueless PM can do for the Muslims instead of giving a lame duck excuse like that.

End of answer no.1. To be continued.

Muslim Bloggers Alliance E-Group Open Invitation

Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.

I invite like minded Muslim Bloggers to come join me and others in the Muslim Bloggers Alliance e-group that I have set up recently.

This alliance is meant to bring together all Muslims who are bloggers into a union of minds and Insya Allah create a platform of common understanding amongst the Ummah, regardless of whatever jamaah you belong to, political affiliations or social background.

As long as you are a true Muslim who abides by the Holy Qur'an al Kareem and the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad, Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wassallam, you are eligible to be a member of this alliance.

This alliance is open to all Muslims aged 18 and above, male and female.

Further details and objectives of this alliance will be made available to those who register yourselves with me by emailing me your particulars and blog's url.

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May Allah SWT bless and guide us all. Ameen.Wabillahi Taufeek Wal Hidayah.

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Imam of Islam Hadhari says he can't do nuts about Apostasy!

I refer to the latest news report in Channelnewsasia.com

Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, grandson of the Ulama Sheikh Abdullah Fahim and the architect of the concept of 'Islam Hadhari' which he promotes unabashedly worldwide and trying to propagate his brainchild is reported to have said that he can't do anything about those who want to apostate from the faith that he is 'professing'!

"Asked about the growing number of religious disputes dominating news headlines, he clarified that Muslims can leave the religion but they must first bring the matter to the state religious authorities.

Mr Abdullah says: "This is not something that cannot be done. It has happened before. Those who have decided to leave the religion for some reason, they don't want to be Muslims anymore, what can you do? If they want to leave the religion, what are you going to do?"

What a bloody shame and letdown from ironically a man who has been elected to be the Chairman of the OIC @ Organization of Islamic Countries!

Speak about incompetency at the highest levels of the current Muslim leadership of this world!

This is surely a disastrous example of the deep shit that the Islamic world is bogged down with incompetent and clueless leaders in the likes of him!

Volume 9, Book 89, Number 258:

Narrated 'Abdullah:

The Prophet said, "A Muslim has to listen to and obey (the order of his ruler) whether he likes it or not, as long as his orders involve not one in disobedience (to Allah), but if an act of disobedience (to Allah) is imposed one should not listen to it or obey it. (See hadeeth No. 203, Vol. 4)

When this leader of the Muslims says he can't do anything to stop the apostasy of his subjects, doesn't the above authentic Hadith of the Rasulullah Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam come into force?

We are talking about the lack of leadership qualities here. A person can be nice and gentle , not haughty or stern but he can't and shouldn't be elected to be the Imam or Caliph of the Ummah for he certainly lacks the calibre of being wise, courageous and firm in protecting the interests of the faith of Islam and the wellbeing of the Muslim Ummah.

By that, I mean that a true Muslim leader must see to it that the Aqeedah of the Ummah is protected from falling prey to the manipulations of the enemies of Islam and the leader must ensure that the Muslims under his authority and responsibility are well cared for in all aspects of living as true Muslims by providing them the proper forms of religious and academic education, provide them with all relevant skills and knowledge vital to being successful in both the earthly needs and those in the hereafter.

Unfortunately, we have in the current Malaysian 'Imam of Islam Hadhari' a weak, clueless, apologist who wrings his hands saying 'what can we do?'

Sahih Bukhari Volume 9, Book 89, Number 264:

Narrated Ma'qil:

I heard the Prophet saying, "Any man whom Allah has given the authority of ruling some people and he does not look after them in an honest manner, will never feel even the smell of Paradise."

The above authentic hadith from the Prophet Muhammad Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam clearly foretells the fate of the man who having been elected to be the leader of the Muslims and has the authority of power over them, yet does not do what he must to safeguard them from such major sins as Apostasy from Islam, is bound for Hellfire.

This is my response to him. Straight from my heart. Sincerely as a fellow Muslim brother.

Do what you are elected to do! Be the true Muslim who is commanded by Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to uphold and enforce His Laws not what you and your kowtowing Cabinet come up with your own ideas as to what has already been revealed to all mankind in the Holy Al Qur'an Al Kareem.

When you die as each and everyone of us will as Allah Wills, you will have to face Him, our Creator and Supreme Judge above all judges!

You must face up to what you have been elected to do. Who do you worship?

Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala or the masses of human beings?

Learn from your grandfather as to how to save your fellow Muslims from this sin.

If you can't lead us proper, then let those who can take over from you. Period.

Muslims in Prayer - almost everywhere on Earth!

Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Ta'ala Wabarakatuh.

The distinction between a true Muslim and a Kaffir is the matter of the Solat @ Prayer to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

Keeping one's prayers is the core essence of being a Muslim, who submits to the worship of Almighty Allahu Ta'ala.

Failure to do so makes a human being a Kaffir @ Disbeliever of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. Period. No qualms about it.

The Solat is the first thing that will be taken into consideration of each and every human being on Earth when they stand before Him on the Day of Judgment in the Yaum Al Mahsyar.

How did the order to pray for us come into being?

It took place in the Ascension of the Prophet Muhammad Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam in his Night Journey up to the Seventh Heavens @ 'Israk n Mikraj.

Here is the translated authentic hadith.

Volume 1, Book 8, Number 345:

Narrated Abu Dhar:

Allah's Apostle said, "While I was at Mecca the roof of my house was opened and Jibreel Alaihis Salam descended, opened my chest, and washed it with Zam-zam water.

Then he brought a golden tray full of wisdom and faith and having poured its contents into my chest, he closed it.

Then he took my hand and ascended with me to the nearest heaven, when I reached the nearest heaven, Jibreel Alaihis Salam said to the gatekeeper of the heaven, 'Open (the gate).'

The gatekeeper asked, 'Who is it?' Jibreel Alaihis Salam answered: 'Jibreel.' He asked, 'Is there anyone with you?' Jibreel Alaihis Salam replied, 'Yes, Muhammad is with me.' He asked, 'Has he been called?' Jibreel Alaihis Salam said, 'Yes.'

So the gate was opened and we went over the nearest heaven and there we saw a man sitting with some people on his right and some on his left.

When he looked towards his right, he laughed and when he looked toward his left he wept.

Then he said, 'Welcome! O pious Prophet and pious son.' I asked Jibreel Alaihis Salam, 'Who is he?' He replied, 'He is Saiyidina Adam Alaihis Salam and the people on his right and left are the souls of his offspring.

Those on his right are the people of Paradise and those on his left are the people of Hell and when he looks towards his right he laughs and when he looks towards his left he weeps.'

Then he ascended with me till he reached the second heaven and he (Jibreel Alaihis Salam) said to its gatekeeper, 'Open (the gate).'

The gatekeeper said to him the same as the gatekeeper of the first heaven had said and he opened the gate.

Anas said: "Abu Dhar added that the Prophet met Prophets Adam, Idris, Moses, Jesus and Abraham, he (Abu Dhar) did not mention on which heaven they were but he mentioned that he (the Prophet ) met Adam on the nearest heaven and Abraham on the sixth heaven.

Anas said, "When Jibreel Alaihis Salam along with the Prophet passed by Nabi Idris Alaihis Salam, the latter said, 'Welcome! O pious Prophet and pious brother.'

The Prophet asked, 'Who is he?' Gabriel replied, 'He is Idris." The Prophet added, "I passed by Moses and he said, 'Welcome! O pious Prophet and pious brother.'

I asked Jibreel Alaihis Salam, 'Who is he?' Jibreel Alaihis Salam replied, 'He is Moses.' Then I passed by Eesa @ Jesus and he said, 'Welcome! O pious brother and pious Prophet.'

I asked, 'Who is he?' Jibreel Alaihis Salam replied, 'He is Eesa @ Jesus.

Then I passed by Abraham and he said, 'Welcome! O pious Prophet and pious son.'

I asked Jibreel Alaihis Salam, 'Who is he?' Jibreel Alaihis Salam replied, 'He is Abraham. The Prophet added, 'Then Jibreel Alaihis Salam ascended with me to a place where I heard the creaking of the pens."

Ibn Hazm and Anas bin Malik said: The Prophet said, "Then Allah enjoined fifty prayers on my followers when I returned with this order of Allah, I passed by Moses who asked me, 'What has Allah enjoined on your followers?'

I replied, 'He has enjoined fifty prayers on them.'

Moses said, 'Go back to your Lord (and appeal for reduction) for your followers will not be able to bear it.'

(So I went back to Allah and requested for reduction) and He reduced it to half.

When I passed by Moses again and informed him about it, he said, 'Go back to your Lord as your followers will not be able to bear it.'

So I returned to Allah and requested for further reduction and half of it was reduced.

I again passed by Moses and he said to me: 'Return to your Lord, for your followers will not be able to bear it.

So I returned to Allah and He said, 'These are five prayers and they are all (equal to) fifty (in reward) for My Word does not change.'

I returned to Moses and he told me to go back once again.

I replied, 'Now I feel shy of asking my Lord again.'

Then Jibreel Alaihis Salam took me till we '' reached Sidrat-il-Muntaha (Lote tree of; the utmost boundry) which was shrouded in colors, indescribable.

Then I was admitted into Paradise where I found small (tents or) walls (made) of pearls and its earth was of musk."

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Such is the way, we Muslims came to inherit the Call to Solat @ Prayer to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

Thus, true Muslims, no matter where or in what situation they are will hasten to Prayer when the time comes.

There is no excuse for a male Muslim to miss or neglect his prayers save for those who aren't aware of it, by way of being in a coma and incapacitated from even moving their eyes or able of rational thought.

The Solat is the very first thing that differentiates a Muslim from a Kaffir. He who doesn't prostrate himself before Allah will find his due punishments in this life and in the hereafter.

Muslim women who are having their menses or have just delivered their child are exempted from the period where they are having their menses or post natal discharges. They do not have to repeat any such missed prayers due to their conditions.

Islam is the ultimate faith for us Mankind and to those of us capable of rational thought, it is best to learn about the faith proper and not make any assumptions about it due to ignorance or biased feedback or data.

Prayer is the connecting link between Man and his Creator. Failure to pray negates those who refuse to submit to Him from qualifying for His Mercy.

Watch how true Muslims prostrate before the Almighty throughout the world. Be a Muslim and live as Allah SWT commands us to. Insya Allah.

Malaysian Apostates in Limbo - Whose Fault?

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

I refer to the sorry undetermined state of affairs regarding those in our midst who are deemed and known to be apostates from Islam but are sort of being in a state of limbo due to the unclear and undefined legal quandary they are put in because this nation is ruled by two sets of rules and both not exactly be practiced to the letter!

On one hand, we see this country said to be ruled according to the Federal Constitution and said to be fair to all its citizens.

On the other hand, we hear that there exists a Syariah system here which I as a Muslim and am sure that there are millions of my fellow Muslims who know that it is a sham and not exactly what we understand to be the Syariah Laws of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala as laid out in the Holy Al-Qur'an Al Kareem, the Last Testament of Allah Azza Wa Jalla and according to the Hadiths and Sunnah left to us Muslims by Allah's Greatest and Last Messenger to All Mankind, Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wassallam, Muhammad ibni Abdullah, Al Mustafa, Rahmatulill Alameen.

This sorry situation therefore sees these unfortunates who are labelled as Muslims yet live a life devoid of any resemblances to that of a Mukmin or Mukminat as spelled out clearly in the Principles of Iman and Islam.

Their aqeedah is clearly wrong and they are clearly not Muslims in the true sense but here they are living in limbo, not here nor there and suffering unnecessarily due to the stalemate we have here in this nation when Mankind chooses to IGNORE the Laws of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and yet try to do one better than Him, our Lord and Creator by devising those of their own.

Who wrote or came up with the Federal Constitution of Malaysia? Is it Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala or just a Kaffir who was the Colonial British master of this nation back then?

Each nation stands on a clear principle of being either a Muslim nation in the true sense of it or be as what we have here, a befuddled state of neither secular or Islamic as spelled out in the Al-Qur'an Al Kareem.

The poor leashed Muftis of this land are caught between the 'devil and the deep blue sea'. So are the defanged Malay heads of their individual states who have been stripped of their rightful powers and authorities, reduced to being 'Constitutional Monarch's' when they are rotated on a 5 yearly term and installed as our Kings when they are denied in the real actual sense of ruling over us in the Name of Allah, Ar Rahman, Ar Raheem and as the responsible beings who will face Him when they depart from this Earthly realm of existence and return to being just another created ordinary being, and judged as per their Record of Deeds here in this Life.

The Executive who wields the absolute power and the will to impose and uphold change is also caught in a fix where he is like one who has a bone stuck in his throat. Can't spit nor swallow.

He makes the 'wrong decision' favoring the Muslims, all the Kaffirs will gang up on him and accuse him of betraying their 'trust'!

He goes ahead and kowtows to the Kaffirs, Fasiqs, Munafiqs and Liberals demands, he'll get screwed left, right and bashed black and blue by us Muslims who'll wage war against him and his supporters or backers.

Tch..tch..tch..tch...Very touchy, delicate, fragile, unfavorable position to be when one is beholden to so many.

This is the quagmire of Malaysian political mess and quandary that the powers that be face today due to being stuck in the quicksands of legal and religious issues that have bogged down so many including our country's apostates and those wannabe's, biding their time to see what comes up?

To me as a Muslim, I say that the fault of allowing this situation to come into being is our nation's founding fathers and those who were the Malay Sultans back then.

They lacked the foresight to set clearly the path for this nation when they allowed Islam be sidelined to be just an entity in name only without subscribing in total or adhering to the core of this faith, which is the Laws of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and to have defined that each and every Muslim in this nation from back then in 1957 to eternity must be ruled according to what Islam entails to and that the Rule of Law concerning the affairs of the Malaysian Muslims must be in accordance to that of the Syariah of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, to the exact letter and interpretation of it. No beating about the bush or trying to come up with mankind's own version of it as we now have here in this country.

Non Muslims of Malaysia must be ruled according to the provisions of the Civil Law which they so clearly advocate and want imposed over them.

When we have certain groups here amongst the Muslims advocating the separation between Allah's Will and fighting for the 'freedom to apostate from Islam' , doesn't that clearly prove to all of us here that these are the Fasiqs and Munafiqs that Rasul Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam warned us his Ummah about a thousand four hundred over years ago?

Hence this sticky situation for folks like Azalina Jailani @ Lina Joy, Siti Fatimah@ Revathi, and so many others.

The Islamic Development Department @ JAKIM, and all the nation's State Islamic Councils failed to carry out proper Dakwah activities to the Muslim masses from day one and left it to the parents and individual Muslim organizations to do what they can with their limited resources and authority to see to it that the Ummah are brought up and nurtured as per Islamic principles.

What can individuals do except to try and help guide limited numbers amongst the ummah here when those big budgeted departments waste precious resources by idling away their time in their lush airconditioned offices and do their work as any other civil servant, punching in at 0800 hours and clocking out at 1700 to the dot?

The Muftis stay way above the reach of the ordinary Muslims and allow self imposed 'red tape' and 'official bureaucracy' upon themselves and their office from being reached by the ordinary Muslim who needs their help or guidance.

They think foolishly that it is enough that they appear before the jamaah once a week on the mimbars and forums that the ministries and departments set up for them to be as if celebrities , talking to the public as if they have done their part and fulfilled their duties towards the average Muslim citizen of this nation.

The way the Islamic Development Department and their state representatives go about their affairs, Islam comes across as a strict, 'holier than thou', devoid of love , care and compassion faith that drives its own folks like those apostates away and into the clutches of its enemies who go overboard in showering those apostates with support and love that is actually enshrined here in Islam.

Whose fault is it that persons like Lina Joy and Revathi opt out from the Mercy of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and end up as Kaffirs?

I say that is is this nation's authorities in general and the individual parents and themselves who are to be blamed.

There is no excuse today for any Muslim to say that they didn't know about the tenets of Islam and the do's and don'ts of the only true faith that Almighty Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala has revealed to us mankind in completion a thousand four hundred over years ago through Muhammad Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam.

Information about Islam is so easily attainable and learned by anyone who wants it. Failure to go out and seek knowledge about this birthright of each and every human being is just asking for the calamity to fall upon their own selfs, both here on Earth and in the Hereafter.

As we speak, the situation for the apostates of Malaysia is in limbo in this 'Islam Hadhari' nation.

Will we see a way out for them yet? Wallahu 'alam bissawab.

It is for this very reason that I am putting together an E-Group to unite all Muslim Bloggers into an alliance.

Muslim Bloggers Alliance is the name and unity of all the jamaah's is my aim. Those who want to join me, please email me your particulars and blog url to mahaguru58@gmail.com.

This is for all true Muslims. Those 'Muslims' in name only need not apply. Jazakallah khairan kathiraw.

Wabillahi Taufeek Wal Hidayah. Wassalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Ta'ala Wabarakatuh.

Kayveas KO's CTOS's Black Listing 'Bureau'

If there's one thing I am sure many people here in Malaysia love to read right now is the CTOS Black Listing company getting slammed left right , black and blue today for using the word 'bureau' in its memorandum documents.

Man, I sure love to see such a turn of events where this one company that makes profits out of other people's misery is finally getting to taste some rightful headaches of its own and in due time too.

What I admire about Deputy Minister Kayveas is his doggedness, persistency and courage in going after those who abuse their positions and power in the officialdom of this do as they please government and those linked to it!

I dare say that Kavyeas is one hell of a man and politician worth his name here in Malaysia who needs to be supported and respected by all Malaysians, irrespective of race or religion!

As the President of the PPP political party, Datuk M Kayveas should rightfully be made a full Minister and given a suitable portfolio.

Hell, he would make a better Minister of Works than the incumbent 'Blame it all on God' Samy Vellu!

Only thing is that our present Prime Minister isn't one whom I see capable of seeing to it that the old dinosaur get's retired permanently and from his track record so far, our newly wed PM does not have it in him to terminate anyone's ministership even when so many wrongdoings perpetrated by them are surfaced and spread out right before him.

CTOS is arrogant and they do not show any semblance of being sorry about anything that they have done to the millions of Malaysians who are in dire straits and devastated as a result of being caught in a quagmire of debts and destruction of their very life's and being blacklisted by this company that makes its millions from their personal tragedies.

I received so many calls when I advertised about the availability of a chance to apply for a bank loan from Bank Rakyat last couple of months from people who desperately needed financial help by way of loans from banks and financial institutions but they got stonewalled due to their being blacklisted by CTOS!

Not everyone wants to run away from paying their debts and dues. Many intend to apply for fresh loans to settle their current outstanding loans but they face zero chance of doing just that due to their being black listed by companies like CTOS and they end up with no other options except to go get into worse and more damaging situations when they are forced to go borrow from the loan sharks @ 'Along's'.

Who is responsible for this dilemma if not this cruel black listing company?

The situation is made worse by the lack of updating of the data and latest situations when those who got blacklisted had managed to settle their debts and obligations yet still can't get their names off the blacklist and they can't apply for anymore new loans for their personal or business needs!

So, what does the government do? Pass the buck and lay the blame on someone else and shrug their shoulders saying its not their business.

No wonder that millions of Malaysians suffer unnecessarily because of this made to order red tape and official bureaucracy that forces many debtors to drown in the oceans of misery and doom for the rest of their miserable life's.

This country needs more and more people with the calibre of YB Datuk M.Kayveas and of another brilliant chap in the person of YB Datuk Ong Tee Kiat, from the MCA.

CTOS must be removed from choking the life out of the millions of suffering Malaysians who are dying literally due to their being forced to sink in the quicksands of Malaysian 'tidak apathy' that is widespread in every part of government bureaucracy!

All you Malaysian government policymakers must take into consideration the plight of millions of suffering Malaysian citizens who need a way out from forever being blacklisted and barred from getting financial help the legal way because of this CTOS's cruel practice of blacklisting them and thus stop from freeing themselves from the clutches of debt!

Have some heart to help your fellow Mankind here on Earth ; Insya Allah the Almighty will free you from the Hellfire.

If you are haughty and cruel to your fellowmen, then brace yourself for Allah's Punishment both here on Earth and in the Yaum Al Akhirat! You can rest assured on that!

If those of you who have the power and authority can come up with a viable way out to help the poor debtors with a reasonable plan or repaying their loans and obliagtions and clear their name when the loan or debt is finally settled, it will be much better for all concerned than to deny them access to future financial assistance just because they had difficulties in settling their loans earlier.

Wise up and get rid of this infamous CTOS! Kayveas! You have our support and vote!

Hidup Kayveas...as long as Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala permits you!

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Reverts to Islam are at times so much better than born Muslims!

Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.

It means 'May Peace , Mercy and the Blessings of Allah be upon you!'.

Surely, you'd agree with me that this greeting which is more of a prayer is the best form of greeting that you would want to receive and give to others as well.

Well, know that this is what we Muslims wish upon each other and exactly the same form of greeting that was uttered by our Creator upon all his Creations and by all His Prophets and Messengers from Time immemorial till this very second and Insya Allah @ ' By the Will of Allah' till Eternity.

Now, let's get to what I want to share with you about why I say that some 'Reverts to Islam' are so much more better than the majority of those who are 'born Muslims'.

Personally, I have had the pleasure to be in acquaintance with some fantastic and dedicated 'Reverts to Islam' who can hold their ground and even excel over any number of those who strut about being cocky and think that they are so much better and higher in prestige over others because they were born Muslims.

Plain, dumb old ego at work, I must say. Unfounded feelings and delusions of being superior either in race or lineage.

Some go about being a pompous ass in their mannerisms and are haughty towards all others because they say that they are from the lineage of the Prophet Muhammad Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam and have the title 'Syed' or 'Sharifah' before their names, or are the descendants of some of the Companions of the Prophet Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam or some Auliya or Anbiya, Rahmatu Alaih.

Personally, I'd just address anyone who comes to me with that 'high and mighty' attitude and counter claim that 'Hello! I am a descendant of the Prophet too!'.

At this , the said person will at once brighten up and ask 'Really? From whose lineage? Saiyidina Ali or Siti Fatimah?'

I'd be a bit solemn and reply, ' From Saiyidina Adam Alaihis Salam!' which would immediately deflate that pompous ass's ego and bring him or her down , back to Earth!

Hehehehehe... each and every humanbeing, no matter what color or creed they are, comes from the lineage of the Prophet Adam Alaihis Salam and who is the noble and blessed Father of All Mankind.

You are no less in status than any other person here on Earth and equal before Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala save for your faith in Him and as per your Deeds.

Remember to use this exact response and reply to anyone who tries to belittle anyone of you reading this!

I have this to say about a fellow Da'ee of Islam and the very person who was instrumental in my decision to be a Caller to Islam today.

He is Brother Haji Kamaruddin Santanasamy bin Abdullah, whom I saved from being beaten black and blue from a group of men in front of the Masjid Kapitan Keling, back in Georgetown, Penang Island, my home island in the north of Peninsular Malaysia, back in the late 80's.

I was working opposite the historical Masjid Kapitan Keling at Berkat Jewellers as a Jewellery Sales Executive when the incident took place.

A group of Malays and Indian Muslims were assaulting this Indian chap who was trying his best to parry off the attack by the 'gang'!

I looked at my boss, Haji Mohamed Hussain bin Haji Mohamed Abdullah, who nodded and gave his permission for me to go see what it's all about?

I immediately ran over, crossed the road and intervened in the assault!

I was quite well built back then , having returned from Singapore and indulged in a bit of bodybuilding for over 6 years whilst being there from 1980 to 1986 and thus posed a formidable figure to the fellows!

I shielded the Indian chap from being further attacked and asked the group why were they attacking the fellow?

They said that he needs to be taught a lesson for he was 'kurang ajar' towards them!

I then asked the chap who he was ? He replied that he was a fresh convert to Islam and that his name is Kamarudin bin Abdullah!

I turned to the group and asked them who they were? They said that they were Committee members of the masjid and were pissed off at him for he didn't ask their permission to do what he did in the mosque!

I then asked him what did he do? The chap replied that all he did was to pass out pamphlets about Understanding Islam to visiting tourists to the mosque and try to do some 'Dakwah' work at the mosque!

I was perplexed and turned to the group and asked them what the hell was wrong with that?

They said he didn't ask for their permission to do so! I was pissed off immediately and took them to task!

I blasted them and said 'Look here! Here is this new Muslim who is doing what the Prophet Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam enjoined and yet all of you have the audacity to attack him for doing just that and which you should in the first place help and support him!

What if he becomes a 'murtad today' because of what you have done to him? You will have to bear the sin of causing him to apostate! Aren't you all ashamed?

This is the masjid of Allah and he doesn't need your permission to do what Allah SWT Himself commands of each Muslim! You do not own the masjid! It belongs to Allah Himself and every Muslim has the right to be in it and carry out Dakwah work within the place!'

The group were silent and didn't answer. I then challenged them and said, 'If any of you want to attack him, you will have to go through me!'

They then backed off and went back into the mosque compound. Tch..tch..tch..tch!

I then introduced myself to the revert and promised him my protection and told him that from that moment onwards, I will be his helper in the work and we struck a friendship from that day itself.

I did just that and from that day onwards, joined Kamaruddin in handing out Dakwah brochures and pamphlets from ABIM to the tourists and visitors to the masjid and started conducting guided tours of the masjid's areas excluding the main prayer areas but sat down with the tourists whom we supplied jubahs and tudungs to wear when they were in the masjid's interiors.

We were joined in our work by Haji Yassin, a tough looking bearded Muslim brother and many others who slowly became interested to join us in our Dakwah activities in the masjid.

You can read more here where I have written about our efforts in raising the first ever Islamic centre within the compound of the historical masjid and after fighting the red tape of both the masjid's committee and pursuing the approval of the Majlis Agama Islam Pulau Pinang for more than 7 years , we finally got the approval and permission to turn the vacant space below the masjid's minaret tower structure into a practical Islamic Centre of our own.

Here is a picture of us , the founding members of the centre in front of the entrance to the space below the tower of the minaret building of the Masjid Kapitan Keling, Penang.

















Picture shows the founding members of the IPCI (Malaysia) with Haji Abdurrahman , a visiting Islamic Activist from the UK.

L to R : Haji Mohd.Yassin, Haji Kamarudin Abdullah, Haji Abdurrahman, Zainol Abideen a.k.a Mahaguru58 (since blogging in 2004)

Haji Yassin works as a bank clerk with Standard Chartered Bank in Penang.

Haji Kamarudin Santanasamy Abdullah is a former Roman Catholic now turned Da'ee and had worked as a Passenger Services Assistant with Malaysian Airlines in Penang before.

He is now a full time Da'ee and is financially supported by several Muslim companies to carry out his work in Islamic Propagation as best as he can.

Haji Abdurrahman is a full time Islamic activist from the UK and travels the world to share info about Islam. I have lost contact with the man and hope he's okay, wherever he is.

At every given opportunity , we would converge at the IPCI centre and attend to the hundreds of visitors coming from all over the world daily.

We cherished each and every moment of being able to continue the noble work of the Holy Prophet Muhammad SAW in our own limited ways. Alhamdulillah hi rabbil alameen!

Times have now changed and the IPCI that we set up is now known as the IPSI @ Islamic Propagation Society International and Kamarudin is now known as 'the sole founder' of the centre! I don't mind.

Worldly titles and recognition isn't what I set out to achieve when I saved his butt from being whupped by those chaps from the masjid's committee and I am not much for positions.

As long as I get to share even a morsel of truth about Islam with anyone who bothers to learn and listen, suffices enough for me to have been blessed to do my bit.

May my efforts be rewarded with Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala's forgiveness of all my sins which I have committed knowingly and unwittingly, Ameen!

Same goes for Haji Yassin. Haven't met him since I left Penang for KL in 2001 after my divorce. I hope to see him again in the near future. Haji Yassin is also a great Da'ee and he speaks fluent Italiano, English, Tamil and Malay.

You can find him at the Standard Chartered Bank in Beach Street, Georgetown, Penang. He is a Sufi disciple of Syaikh Nazim Adil Al Haqqani Al Qubrusi An Naqsyabandi like me and is a dedicated mureed.

I am however not as enamoured with 'hero worshipping' anyone except Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala thus I am not your typical gone overboard Sufi mureed as many unfortunately do all over the world.

Haji Yassin is one. His ways of doing Dakwah are naturally quite different from Kamaruddin's and at times, these two get into differences and are your proverbial 'love and hate' brothers in Dakwah! :D

I used to be the peacemaker between the two but now that I am here in KL, I can only pray that these two great Muslims will go easy on each other and learn to live and let live! Hehehehehe..May Allah SWT bless them both. Ameen.

Recently, I had to go to Kepala Batas , Penang to get our herbal medications from our herbalist specialist, Phang Oo Lang for my diabetes and my missus's general health.

I went over to Penang and met my friends and acquaintances from my jewellery days. It was nice to be back home in the island where I was born and grew up in. The sights, smells and the historical places all brought back memories to me and I just loved being back in Penang.

It was a bit too hot actually, the weather gone crazy and all that but still, it was home. My beloved Penang Island.

Nowhere else would I love to be but circumstances cause me to have to migrate in search of peace of my mind and the love of my life, my present and eternal wife! Rosmawati my lovely , kind, gentle, understanding wife. May Allah bless her! Ameen.

I had the opportunity to perform my Zohor prayers at my favourite masjid of all times, the place where I found peace and sanctuary for my soul and where I have met some of the nicest people in my life including this chap who was influential in my decision to be a Caller to Islam!

Many familiar faces were so eager to greet me and I was equally excited to be with them ans we exchanged hugs and wellwishes.

Imam Haji Abdul Latiff was very happy to see me again and said that only the other day, he had dreamt of meeting me again.

Alhamdulillah, his wishes were granted by Allah Azza Wa Jalla and it was my pleasure to be with him once more in the confines of the blessed Masjid Kapitan Keling.

Time for prayer came and I had the golden opportunity to be in the first saff right behind the Imam and besides the Muezzin, who was also glad to see me again.

These were my constant companions when I was living in Penang before. So, it is only natural to feel so happy being back with my fellow Muslims in our beloved sanctuary.

I had just finished praying the congregational prayer when this familiar voice called out from behind me!

'Assalamualaikum Brother Zainol Abideen!' Masya Allah, pleasure to see you again brother, I hope that you are back here in Penang for good, etc!'

I turned around and saw him whom I have at times hugged with the camaraderie of being Brothers in Arms, lambasted him if and whenever he got out of line and became too bigheaded for his own good at times, supported him when he was feeling down, adviced him when he seemed lost, been his friend, mentor and comrade all these while.

Haji Kamaruddin Santanasamy Abdullah is not someone who minces his words and aspirations now when it comes to speaking his mind as he has gone through hell and heaven here on Earth and has survived the 'Baptism of Fire' in the world of Islamic Dakwah.

He has been assaulted by idiots who think that they are better Muslims than him because they were 'born into Islam'.

He thus has become a tad arrogant in his person but still comes up tops as far as his zeal to do his best as far as the field of Dakwah is concerned. I don't blame him.

When I see him being badmouthed by many around him there in the masjid, I ask them, what have you done better than what he has achieved?

What makes you think that you are better than him before Allah?

Have you done anything for Islam and the Ummah except badmouthing someone who has stayed the course all these years and in a way keep the work alive by remaining committed to the cause of Islam there in Penang , no matter that some of you think he's too snobbish for his own good?

You want to look for faults in anything? I can bet you that you will be able to see a thousand and one faults with just whatever it is you set your eyes and mind upon.

Same thing goes if you want to look for the plus points in anything too. I can guarantee you that a thousand and one positive things will highlight themselves to you if you so choose to look for them and have the right mindset.

It is Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala who creates everything and it is through His gift of Reasoning that we are able to figure out what is right and what is wrong with anything?

Learn to appreciate all that we have before us and do not be a nitpicker.

To me, Kamaruddin Abdullah may not be perfect but hell, he's so much more precious to me than many others born into Islam but fail to live up to its tenets and principles.

He asked me to be with him at our centre and attend to a group of four tourists who were there. 3 Norwegians and a New Zealander. Two ladies and two gents.

Tamara, one of the Norwegian ladies was a real smart lady and she was very funny as well, Allah bless her soul.

I ended up sharing with them many facts about Islam and they all responded very well and understood all that I shared with them. Answered their questions about Islam and Kamaruddin gave them some books about Islam for free.

Subhanallah, it sure felt good to be able to do my stuff all over again at the centre. There's nothing better on Earth than carrying out Dakwah to our Brothers and Sisters from all over the world.

After all, ain't we all the Children of Adam?

Kamaruddin was so happy to have me back in the centre but I could only be there for a few hours as I needed to get back home here in KL.

He gave me a few books to bring back and asked me to get the Masjid Jamek Bandaraya KL Islamic Centre going and promised to share books and pamphlets with me once I get the centre in operation.

That's good news. I also bought a DVD of him and another revert to Islam speaking at a masjid in Kuala Kangsar, Perak.

They were both very passionate in their speech to the Muslims attending and Kamaruddin lambasted the chaps in JAKIM for not doing enough for the Dakwah efforts movements here in Malaysia and for the manner in which they drag their feets so to speak when it comes to helping out with funds and the necessary material needs of Islamic Propagation societies like the IPSI, etc.



















To round it all up, to me , reverts like Kamaruddin and so many others all over this world are at times so much more better than those born into Islam but are Muslims in Name Only!

Substance rather than mere labels of being born Muslims speaks louder than words or coming forth as smug holier than thou morons.

To all Muslims, I say this. Do not look down on those who have become Muslims today.

They deserve to be respected and supported for their own personal 'Hijrah's from being Kaffirs to now being excellent Muslims!

Allah SWT knows best as to who's more of a true sincere practicing Muslim and who's just coming across as a Muslim in name only and at times be a hypocrite and enemy to the Ummah from within.

Remember that the reverts to Islam become absolutely sin free when they proclaim their Shahadah's and are exalted before Allah Azza Wa Jalla!

They have to go through so much torment and tests when they have to give up on all their former positions, perks and privileges, sacrifice many important things they used to have and enjoy, face life and death situations!

Many of these courageous and dedicated Muslim reverts have been killed for their beliefs, and all other things which many born Muslims wouldn't even be willing to face or go through for one split second of their life's.

Reverts to Islam. I salute you and welcome you to I.S.L.A.M.

The International System of Living for All Mankind.

Wabillahi Taufeek Walhidayah. Wassalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.

PKR's Dilemma - Time to recite the Talqin for Anwar's Party?

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

I would like to touch on the latest developments concerning the Parti Keadilan Rakyat which is undergoing a dramatic turn of events and subject to severe consequences of political demise.

The Parti Keadilan Rakyat @ PKR came into being for one major reason. One reason only!

Freeing Dato Seri Anwar bin Ibrahim from imprisonment on trumped up charges by persons who are yet to be implicated in court but largely due to the order and directive of his former mentor and political boss, ex Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Dr.Mahathir bin Mohamad.

This former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister was one of the most outstanding politicians during his tenure as the nation's promising leader and his charisma was such that when Anwar spoke , the nation listened.

His oratorical prowess was unmatched for his articulation and mastery of the Malay language and equally impressive command of English. He has to this day the 'gift of the gab' and none amongst this nation's politicians has the capabilities to match him. What a waste.

His religious credentials were superb having led the nation's largest and most influential Muslim youth movement @ 'Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia' or ABIM as it is known by its acronym in Malay.

His mercurial rise to the second highest political position of power in UMNO which he joined after being wooed by Tun Dr.Mahathir saw him ruffling the feathers of many UMNO top guns who were also eyeing the spot as Mahathir's successor and future Malaysian Prime Minister.

Trouble with Anwar was that the man was a tad impatient and his rocket fire political flight up the rungs of UMNO's ladder of political leadership brushed aside many who had struggled for power for so much more longer than him. Amongst those who suffered was the late Deputy Prime Minister Allahyarham Tun Ghafar Baba.

Anwar had many enemies in UMNO and thus many were just itching to crucify the fellow at the slightest opportunity they could get.

Their dreams were answered when the Grand Old Man @ Tun Dr.Mahathir himself started getting uncomfortable with Anwar's impatience to edge him out from the Premiership which he had held for 22 long years!

For many Malaysians, when the word Prime Minister was mentioned, none else would come to mind but the wily ol' Tun 'Dr. Mahathir ! Such was the impact of Mahathir's being the PM for over 2 decades! No other Malaysian Prime Minister can match or challenge Mahathir's record!

So, as we all know, Anwar got sacked unceremoniously. Mahathir accused him of being a bloody sodomite and Anwar's trial was the dirtiest in the history of this nation with lewd accusations and sexual misconduct attributed to this man who was known for his Islamic ideals.

As they say, the only way to discredit a religious fellow was to smear his reputation with charges of filth and sex related accusations. As expected, his reputation was sullied and damaged beyond repair right up to this day.

The machinations of those who are powerful and have the mass media in their control proved seriously damaging and Anwar Ibrahim's splendid track record and Islamic credentials have been corroded and destroyed so viciously by Mahathir where he even spew forth his hatred and charges against Anwar on live national televison to the whole nation and right across the whole wide world.

Trust the old man to be a Master in Machiavellian political tyranny! None can beat him yet!

So, Anwar got tainted systematically, tarred and feathered and brown nosed with such a brutality that even to this day, many cringe in fear and wish that such a calamity must never fall upon anyone, even to their most despised enemies.

Anwar surely sets the record for being victimized beyond anyone's wildest imaginations as far as the tendencies to cause harm politically goes by in this nation.

Anwar got arrested by the balaclava clad Special Action Unit team of the Royal Malaysian Police who broke in at his home, bundled him off unceremoniously into a van, driven away from his family and friends, blindfolded into the night, handcuffed behind his back, stripped naked and thrown into a lock up and then was walloped black and blue by Tan Sri Rahim Noor, the former Malaysian Inspector General of Police in Bukit Aman, the Royal Malaysian Police Headquarters.

Sent to prison for 6 long years on charges of corruption and abuse of power. He remained in prison for all those years and reported attempts were made to snuff him out in jail by way of gradual arsenic poisoning.

His arrest and imprisonment unleashed a 'Reformasi' movement by all those who loathed Mahathir's rule and the nation went through such as testing period of civil unrest and there were many who got bloodied and walloped by the FRU and Special Branch as a result.

The Parti Keadilan Rakyat came into being led by Anwar's wife Datin Seri Dr. Wan Azizah and his sympathizers with only one major objective. To free Anwar from jail and to cause Mahathir to step down from power.

The Malaysian Opposition rallied for his cause. The country was caught in a state of unrest and nearly became a police state as a result. I hope such a situation never recurs again, ever!

He was like a fishbone stuck in the throat of the Malaysian government and he remained in prison even after Mahathir stepped down as the PM.

Mahathir's successor, the 'Mr.Clean' Abdullah Badawi is far from the dictatorial person that Mahathir was and he didn't disturb the judicial process of the nation as Anwar's supporters and himself appealed to the courts.

As we all know, Anwar was finally freed and today, he is barred from actively participating in Malaysian politics and can only do so by the 14th of April, 2008.

His claim to be the 'de facto' leader of the party which his wife leads till now and the disastrous consequences of Mahathir's politically induced character assassination of Anwar all these years and the general atmosphere of the Malaysian public to not trust the man anymore has somewhat started to affect the loyalty of all those folks who had rallied behind him and his wife for so long.

One by one, his supporters are deserting him and the PKR party as a result and many of them accuse him of being dictatorial himself and committing breaches of trust and promises that he made when they signed up with PKR.

I for one had long supported him but now feel that he has no chance to ever stage a political comeback here in this land. The damage done to Anwar is too severe to see any major healing in his lifetime.

I even wrote earlier expressing my doubts as to whether he can do a 'Nelson Mandela' seeing that the PKR's main objective had already been realized with his getting free from prison.

I had wrote to him before advising him to stay clear of the 'political remora's' from UMNO who stuck to him purely for their own vested interests and would swim over to another once he's done with and doesn't offer any opportunities for themselves to either enrich their own pockets or use him as a stepping stone for their own aspirations in the Malaysian political arena.

I now wonder whether the time has come for the 'Talqin' to be recited over the Parti Keadilan Rakyat Malaysia as more and more of its leaders desert him and head over to greener pastures?

I for one think that Anwar would do better to forget politics, focus on Islamic Dakwah and maybe just do business in the 'halal food industry' which is a huge opportunity to make more money legitimately and do the whole world a major favor.

Anyway, I leave it to him. It's his life. I can only share my personal views and thoughts about him, whom I used to support as my future Prime Minister and fellow Da'ee here in this space of mine.

About his chances of being a future Prime Minister, I have my doubts but in him being a good Da'ee of Islam , I believe that he has all the necessary 'Ilm and capabilities to be a great one.

May Allah SWT guide him and us all to a better future, both here on this Earth and in the Akhirat! Ameen Ya Rabbal Alameen!

Wabillahi taufeek walhidayah. Wassalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

Terrorism by Muslims has no legitimate place in Islam

Praise be to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and May Peace and Blessing be upon all the Messengers and Prophets of Allah Azza Wa Jalla.

I refer to the current situation in Pakistan's Red Mosque and also the latest railway tracks sabotage in Narathiwat, Southern Thailand where certain acts by Muslims there are bringing disrepute to the faith of Islam as a result of the irresponsible ways by which the perpetrators are causing more harm than good to the Ummah!

I felt immense disgust seeing the so called cleric cowardly don a burqa and try to escape from the authorities by fleeing amongst the female students from the Red Mosque where he had been instigating the students into open revolt against the government of Pervez Musharraf.

This is clearly an extreme act of cowardice and hypocrisy on his part after being responsible for the situation there which has seen the loss of life of 19 Muslims to date as a result of the gun battle between the holed up students in the mosque and the government's armed forces.

It is criminal acts like these that causes the world to have negative views and opinions about Islam and the general Muslim Ummah who are unnecessarily being scapegoated and ostracized due to the acts of people like this cleric and others like him who hide under the title of scholars and imams but drive others to harm and mortal danger by their inciting towards sabotage and acts of terror against society in the name of 'Islam'.

These spineless felons hijack our faith, use selective misinterpretation of certain Quranic verses or Hadith's of the Prophet Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam, to instigate their followers into committing acts of terror and kill those who have done nothing to them in the first place.

It would be acceptable if let's say such acts were carried out against the enemies of Islam in direct confrontation as in a field of open declared war or as what is taking place in Iraq where the American Army and their allies have invaded and occupied the Muslim nation of Iraq but these acts of inciting dedicated students of religion into unnecessary fighting against their fellow Muslims is not only uncalled for but suicidal which is haram in Islam.

There is still other legitimate avenues to bring about Syaria rule in their country through the general elections but not this way.

This act of cowardice on the part of the cleric who disguised himself as a female in trying to save his skin ought to be condemned and the spineless man be brought to trial and punished for treason and held accountable for the deaths of those students!

The acts of sabotage in Southern Thailand where the railway tracks have been damaged and the tracks made unsafe for the public trains to travel is also haram in Islam for a true Muslim must not harm innocent people who use the trains as a means of transport in their daily life's.

They are committing sin when they put to danger the life's of ordinary civilians who have done no harm to them.

If the attacks were against the Thai Army or the Police, then, it would be understandable because the Thai security forces have killed many innocent Muslims in Tak Bai and other areas in Southern Thailand but these acts of sabotage against the public transportation system is stupid and uncalled for!

All Muslims ought to be united against all those who terrorize the innocents, and those who permit the killing of non-combatants without a justifiable reason.

Islam has declared the spilling of blood and the destruction of property as absolute prohibitions until the Day of Judgment.

Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala (glory be to He) said: " Because of that We ordained unto the Children of Israel that if anyone killed a human being - unless it be in punishment for murder or for spreading mischief on earth- it would be as though he killed all of humanity; whereas, if anyone saved a life, it would be as though he saved the life of all humanity. And indeed, there came to them Our messengers with clear signs (proofs and evidences), even then after that, many of them continued to commit mischief on earth." Al Qur'an Surah Al-Ma'ida Chapter 5 Verse :32

Hence, whoever violates these pointed Islamic texts is an offender deserving of the appropriate punishment according to their offense and according to its consequences for causing destruction and mischief to those who are innocent in their society.

Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala (Glory be to He) said:

"The recompense of those who wage war against God and His Messenger and do mischief on earth is only that they shall be killed or crucified or their hands and their feet be cut off from opposite sides, or be exiled from the land.

That is their disgrace in this world, and a great torment is theirs in the Hereafter. Except for those who (having fled away and then) came back with repentance before they fall into your power; (in that case) know that God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful." Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Ma'ida Chapter 5 Verse : 33

Therefore, it is necessary to apprehend the true perpetrators of these crimes, as well as those who aid and abet them through incitement, financing or other support.

They must be brought to justice in an impartial court of law and punish them appropriately, so that it could act as deterrent to them and to others like them who easily slay the lives of innocents, destroy properties and terrorize people.

Hence, it's a duty on Muslims to participate in this effort with all possible means, in accordance with Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala's saying:

"And help one another in virtue and righteousness, but do not help one another in sin and transgression." Al-Qur'an Chapter 5 Verse : 2

Terrorism has no legitimacy in Islam. Muslims need to fight their enemies directly in battle.

These acts of terror only jeopardizes the cause of the Ummah in upholding the faith of Islam, which is the true religion from Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and causes the whole Ummah to bear the sins of these dastardly cowardly fellows who hide under the banner of misconstrued 'Jihad'.

True Jihad is fighting against our enemies directly , face to face, in the gentlemanly manner by which our Rasul Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam and his Companions did.

There are many interpretations of how to carry out Jihad.

Educating oneself as to what is right and wrong in Islam is also a form of Jihad. Speaking out against injustice and stopping them in a legitimate manner is also a kind of Jihad. Striving to improve oneself and one's fellow Muslims and the general society is also a type of Jihad. Doing rightful Dakwah is also a Jihad.

There are just so many other ways that we can help ourselves, our faith and our Ummah, our society and our country in good, useful manners instead of resorting to such baseless and harmful acts that will only further alienate the Muslims and the rightful faith from being understood and accepted by the general human race.

Instead of resorting to such uncalled for acts of terror and sabotage against society in general, it would be much more better to engage against the true enemies of Islam and the munafiqs and fasiqs from within by facing them directly and take them to task.

As it is, the way certain folks amongst the Muslim world are going about it with such illegitimate manners of fighting against the enemies of Islam, only gives credence to those Kaffirs to say that they have probable cause to invade and occupy the Muslim lands as a preemptive action to safeguard themselves from the 'terrorists'.

To those who carry out these acts of terror and sabotage against society and not directly against the enemies that you want to strike at, I say this:

"See the terrible damage that your actions have inflicted and are causing to Islam as a whole.

By your stupid and cowardly acts, you now bring yourself and your causes to be seen as the ones who are wrong and the whole world's opinions about Islam and the Muslims thus becomes absolutely negative and they gang up against us because of criminals like you!

Fear Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and stop causing further harm to us Muslims in general.

You are right if you fight against the enemies of Islam directly and your cause will be considered as rightful and legitimate Jihad if you engage in battle against the Kaffir soldiers and armies.

You will however be regarded as enemies to the ummah itself if you go about your objectives in these harmful manners and cause hurt and kill those who are innocent of crimes against yourselves and the Ummah by these cowardly acts of inciting students against the army or cause the trains to be derailed and murder innocent life's of ordinary civilians who have done nothing to you.

It will be alright if the particular train is carrying the enemy soldiers who are coming to kill you but if it is not, then you are no better than them when you take the life's of innocents, no matter that they be Kaffirs or Muslims like yourselves".

Related article and fatwa here. Read also what the ulama's have to say about this subject here.

May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala guide us all. Ameen.

True Muslims ! Know your Noble Status before Allah!

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. Ya Aiyyuhal Muslimun.

There is no need for true Muslims who obey Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and strive in His Deen to feel any remorse as to the state of affairs many of its adherents face in this life today.












Read the Qur'an Surah Al Hujurat Chapter 49 Verse 13-14 above and see what Our Rabb promises us?

Life as we know it today isn't that bad when we realize that our existence here is just a temporal phase of our realities of eternity in the Grace and Mercy that Allah Ar Rahman Ar Raheem promises for those who submit to Him in total faith and live as He Commands us to.

We must keep to our roots as a Muslim and know that Our Lord and Creator is Al Haqq! Everything else is a figment of Man's imagination.

A majority of mankind through the annals of Time continues to confuse him or herself with imaginary deities and supernatural mumbo jumbo because it is in the susceptibility of the human mind to conjure up imaginary beings to be their maker when even their imaginary deities cease to exist just as they too perish in time.

If you read the current news, some ethnicities go to the extent of worshipping their fellow beings and as in this case, can even declassify their chosen 'living goddess' to be no more and are now looking for a replacement goddess. :P

Let's just leave them at that. Some folks are beyond advice or reasoning.

True Muslims must understand that if they observe all the tenets and principles of Islam, their status before Allah is one that is noble and respectable. Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala knows us best and He knows us for what we truly are.

Live your life's honourably and stand firm in your Aqeedah and Iman. Practice your faith.

Do not despair of Allah's Mercy to you in the hereafter. This life is but a 'litmus test' of our Iman and Amals.

Many unfortunately misconstrue what Islam is and is not and as a result go to such extents as killing themselves in the name of Islam and Allah!

This is so very wrong! Fighting against the enemies is enjoined upon us but nowhere in the Qur'an does it say that you can and must go and destroy yourself and others who are innocent of crime against you.

The sorry sad situation in Palestine is something that will be held responsible against the leaders of the ummah who fail to protect and avenge their fellow Muslims through sheer cowardice and fail to unite as one against the Yahuds and the Nasarah!



To cowardly send innocent young kids to their death and claim it to be an act of martyrdom is tantamount of a grievous bida'ah that only adds to the grave situation facing the desperate Palestinian ummah!



















The leaders of all the Muslim nations are responsible in allowing this injustice to take place in the lands of the anbiya iwal mursalin through their ineffective leadership and for failing to live up to their positions as the 'Ulul 'Amri of the Muslims.

As long as they have the fear of Death in their hearts and the love for this temporal Earthly life, the Muslims of this world will continue to suffer as a result of failing to live according to the Syariah of Allah and the Sunnah of His Rasul, Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam.

This is the reason why Muslims need to realize their true status before Allah SWT and return to upholding the basic tenets of Islam, Ad Deen ul Haqq!

To the Palestinians , I hope that there will rise amongst you a righteous leader who will take you to a better future. As it is, there are just too many factions amongst you who fail to adhere to Allah SWT but rather submit to their Nafsul Amarah. May Allah SWT protect and save you all.

Innallah ha ma assabirin. Tawakkaltu Allallah hu La ila ha ill lall Laah huwal Laah hu Akbar!

Fee Amanillah O Muslims! Wassalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Ta'ala Wabarakatuh!

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All Malaysians owe their life's and liberty to live their life's as they please today due to the fact that years before, many selfless men and women in Malaya itself and tens of thousands of armed forces from other nations such as England, Nepal, Fiji, Australia, etc. lay down their life's fighting the Japanese Imperial Army and then the Malayan People Anti Japanese Army turned Communists who wreaked havoc and caused so much destruction to this fledgling nation back then from 1948 to 1960!

Many of these heroic souls remains lie buried in the soil of this nation today, practically forgotten by so many of this nation's people save for the annual Merdeka Celebrations or Warriors Day remembrance ceremonies, by placing a wreath of flowers, blowing the bugle and observing a minute's silence honoring them whereas here they are for eternity, resting in the bowels of this land, having died in battle defending and liberating it.

















Yesterday, we bought a DVD Documentary produced by TV3 and Nickleodeon Books that chronicled exclusive and historical footage from the archives of the British Malaya Library in England and from our own Malayan Film Unit, now known as Filem Negara Malaysia.

There is just so much important history being showcased here in this DVD costing RM21.90 which we bought at MPH, Jusco Taman Maluri, Cheras, KL that I was so moved to see the terrible hardships and immense sacrifices made by our heroes and liberators back then.

Every Malaysian living today must see this historical documentation of the irreplaceable record of how we all owe our existence today to all those brave, selfless heroes, who died in the cause of fighting for this nation to achieve freedom and independence so that we might live!!!

When I reflect on how so many of us take for granted, the liberties we have and are enjoying today, compared to the stark, spartan life our forefathers had to suffer and go through, it brings tears to my eyes and I express my gratitude to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala that for all the hardships that I have gone through in my life, it still doesn't amount to much compared to what our people back then endured and many of them perished at the hands of the bloody notorious Japanese Army and the scoundrels in the Communist Party of Malaya under Chin Peng!

Instead of our present day national TV stations competing with one another in broadcasting ungrateful idiots singing and dancing, wasting away the precious hours and minutes of the hedonistic masses that we have amongst us today, gawking at their television sets, I wish that the nation's TV stations would screen this series of documentaries in prime time slots so that Malaysians from all walks of life will remember what took place back then, enabling them to live in so much better situations today!

We waste so much time and money before the tv sets and forget the history of this nation simply like that!

When I see today's hedonistic culture permeating every bit of this nation's everyday life, it pains me deeply in my heart knowing that the current Malaysian populace are not bothered anymore to mind the freedom that many have died before to give us our liberties today.

Most Malaysians are fixated on all things that divide us and stir up trouble at every given chance today especially by zooming in on sensitive issues like race and religion neglecting to focus on the very ties that bind us all - nation building.

If you can view this DVD, sit together with your families during prime time and watch how the heroes of yesteryears sacrificed so much back then, I am sure that your outlook on our life here today will change!

You will start appreciating what you have now with you and realize that this life that you are enjoying today, with all its modern trappings and extravaganzas would not be what it is today if not for the sacrifice of all those men and women who perished at the hands of our mutual enemies so that we may live as we are right this moment in our own individual ways.

Sometimes, I can't help but think that if we do not lose what we love most in our life's , we will fail to cherish all that is important to us unless and until it is taken away from us, either gradually or abruptly!

As human beings, we are so susceptible to our desires and we seldom reflect back to what we didn't have back in our life's and we just breeze through the minutes, hours, days and years of our being here on Earth without a care until we run right smack into the brickwall of our fate!

Youngsters today abuse themselves and fall prey to their lusts without a care or concern for their parents, forefathers or past leaders.

They lose all sense of accountability and responsibility to live this life with care and control. People no longer bother to help each other and the general population is slowly but steadily succumbing to gross apathy over the fate and destiny of this nation.

You can see this manifest itself in many examples of our daily life's as we see more and more Malaysians turn ruthless and heartless when being in public or private.

We seldom see civil courtesy being extended to each other or exercised. Malaysians are so ruthless on the roads and we see many littering the roads and highways of this nation as they please.

There is a lack of compassion in many Malaysians hearts and those who do care and want to do what they should are considered as wimps, show off's or have a hidden agenda!

The way things are taking place in this nation makes me wonder whether the sacrifices of all our heroes of yesteryears was worth it?

Would they have been willing to die for this country had they known that it will come to this sorry state of affairs plaguing this nation as we are about to reach a half century of Independence?

Go, buy yourself this DVD and see what it has to share with us. I for one am grateful to come to own this record of our nation's most important period of going through hell and highwater just so that we can today live as free citizens of Malaysia but still owe all those good souls a duty to take care and watch out for the future of this blessed Malaysian paradise that many seem to take for granted and just don't give a hoot about.

As I said earlier, sometimes, people need to go experience the hardships elsewhere before they come to their senses and learn to appreciate this land on which we were born and Insya Allah, will die one of these days.

To all the heroes of Malaya, I salute you and pray that Allah the Almighty will forgive you your sins and give you an eternal abode amongst those whom He favors! Ameen.

Malaysians, learn to look at the past and reflect upon all that this nation has achieved with the sacrifice by those who gave us their life's, shed their blood, sweat and tears so that we might live!

May we all be blessed with the commonsense to learn to live in peace and harmony together!

Ameen.

Doomsday-What will our track record be if it takes place now?

Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Ta'ala Wabarakatuh.

Day by day, our life's getting more complicated and the whole world seems to be getting crazier by each passing second.

The planet's suffering ecological and environmental destruction.

Flora and fauna are being decimated by the day as mankind ruthlessly plunder the natural environment and destroy the fragile balance of life that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala has bequeathed us and as a result, everything on Earth suffers including us, here in Malaysia and the rest of this living globe.

As we progress in scientific advancements all over the planet save for a few still isolated places, either out of choice or lack of accessibility, the Earth and it's inhabitants are caught in a vicious cycle of destruction, on land and in it, the sea and the skies, affecting each and every living organism within this atmosphere.

Environmental damage is everywhere. Mountains are being polluted. Hills are being devastated.

Rivers and streams that supply much needed and precious water for every life here on Earth are fast being destroyed by the greedy hands of Man whilst some have been turned into open sewers killing them off, one by one, and with it all sources of life within the ecological system.

The whole wide world is being ravaged by the destructive acts of Mankind and it is now reaching epidemic levels where even to drink water which was once found plentiful by the Mercy of Allah, Ar Rahman Ar Raheem, we are now forced to buy bottled water sourced from only a few remaining places, deep underground in order to quench our thirsts and have to dig deeper into our pockets to pay for them.

I am just starting to touch on the ecological destruction upon this one planet that we all share but do not care for at all.

I have yet to broach into the emotional and spiritual destruction that the Ego and Lusts of Mankind that wreaks an even more devastating toll upon the entire Humankind.

We are all inching towards the Ultimate End of Life here on Earth as we know it but the sad, mad fact is that no one seems to even bother to worry about it for even a split micro second!

The arrogance of the majority of Mankind is just too outrageously sickening to even consider why do we need to even bother, admonishing them or even try to drive some sense into their thick recalcitrant skulls that seem numb and oblivious to the harm and destruction that they wrought upon themselves, by each passing second?

For all the advanced civilization that we pride ourselves with achieving today, we are internally wasted with the obsession with this temporal existence so much so that for many, the question of accountability is so far from their minds and conscience!

It astonishes me to see the patience and oceans of mercy that is of Our Creator, Ar Rahman Al Kareem, in allowing His Creations so much freedom to devastate just everything here on Earth including themselves with the liberty of choice to even go to the stage of denying Him, their Maker in the first place!

Just take a look at all that's going on here in this nation.

Amid all the hullabaloo that is taking place in this country which trumpets its so called achievements in nation building, etcetera, there exists so much wanton destruction of its natural resources, so much abuses of power by its executive rulers and those whom we are subjected to as the constitutional monarchs of each and every Malaysian here, the uniformed personnel who are supposed to be the bastions of Law and Order of this Federation of Malaysia, etc yet are being exposed day by day to be the very transgressors of all known rules and laws of both Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and those conjured up by Man.

Imagine the questions that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala will pose to all those held responsible over the affairs of us Malaysian citizens and those who have emigrated to our shores.

Let's start from the very top of the persons who hold authority over us.

• The Yang Di-Pertuan Agong @ Supreme King of Malaysia.

Imagine HRH being asked as to what he did to uphold the Commandments of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala as laid out in the Holy Al Qur'an Al Kareem, being the Supreme Ruler of all Malaysians, irrespective of race and creed but held responsible to watch out over all matters that concern Islamic Affairs of each and every Muslim subject of his, here in Malaysia?

What do you think His Royal Highness would answer as to why he is powerless to do anything to defend or uphold the faith of Allah SWT when day by day, there comes forth, all kinds of uncouth remarks and blasphemy uttered by his subjects against the True Faith of God, yet allowed to let pass without a whimper of protest or concern on His Majesty's part although His Majesty is the very first Muslim who is to be held accountable over each and every matter that touches on the faith of Islam in this land where he is the Supreme King over all the other Malay Sultans?

Okay, I know that the YDP Agong is just a figurehead and a 'constitutional' Monarch yet isn't His Majesty the one to whom every subject here in Malaysia are subjected to revere as their leader and their King?

Why do we need to pretend that this nation is being ruled by the Sultans when in fact they aren't being given the freewill to rule over us in the real sense and the only one man who is holding the true full blown Executive Power and the de facto Supreme King above the Sultans is ironically the ordinary subject and citizen of this union of kingdoms, in the person of the Prime Minister of Malaysia?

I mean no disrespect to the person of the YDP Agong but as a Muslim who fears only Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, am just stating the facts and the very obvious matter here.

We need to return the power to the King if he is the one whom we are to subject ourselves to as the citizens of this kingdom.

It is preposterous to have a King who subjects His Majesty to his subject, as in the case here to the 'advice' of the common citizen, elected to be the Prime Minister!

The culprits responsible for this fiasco are the British Colonial Masters and the Malays Sultans of yesteryears, themselves.

The other major felon in this state of affairs is our former Premier. Yet what Mahathir did was a direct result of the cruelty and criminal deeds of the Johor Sultan!

What a screwed up situation we are all caught up in here?

We need to return power to the Sultans or just become a Caliphate in the truest sense. If we can't have that, then just be a bloody republic!

I am just voicing out what goes on in the hearts and minds of tens of millions of my fellow citizens. This is the sorry sordid state of affairs plaguing this pretentious nation.

• Next, let's wonder what the respective Malay Sultans are going to answer Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala when they are brought before Him, the Supreme King above all Kings of Mankind?

What are their Majesties going to answer when asked about what they did during their rule over their respective subjects in their own States?

Did they ever go down and take to task all those who were rampaging as they pleased all over their states?

What Amal Maa'ruf Nahi Mungkar did their Majesties ever carry out during their reign over their states?

This is gonna be a long list of persons whom I figure to be those who are held responsible over us so, I will stop here and continue after this. You can maybe help me out by suggesting positions and names for me to include in this series.

Till then. Think!

Despicable - Preferential Treatment of Wedding Guests

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

Last Saturday, I attended a wedding of the 3rd son of a friend at Wangsa Melawati, Hulu Kelang, Selangor.

It is an obligation on the part of a Muslim to attend a wedding feast if he or she is invited.

This is in compliance of an authentic hadith of Rasulullah Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam as narrated by Ibn 'Umar Radhiallahu Anhu :

" When one of you is invited to a wedding feast, he (or she) should attend it."

In another hadith narrated by Abu Huraira Radhiallahu Anhu, the Messenger of Allah Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam is reported to have said:

" The worst kind of food is that at a wedding feast from which those who come (i.e. the poor) are turned away and to which those who refuse to come (i.e. the rich) are invited. If anyone does not accept an invitation, he has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger." (Reported by Muslim)

Now, I am not one who expects much fanfare to be accorded to myself as a person when attending such wedding feasts, etcetera being just a simple kampong man, used to living life as whatever comes along my way.

After moving here to KL, my lifestyle somewhat changed dramatically and I have sort of acquired a taste for the finer things in life as a result of being introduced to all the luxuries of life and fine dining, etcetera.

I have sat together with the cream of the crop so to speak and tasted fine food and refined company which in my wildest dreams I would not have even dared to imagine being able to do so. Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala gives to his servants what they deserve and takes away from us when it is due, whatever trappings of life we have come to enjoy and take for granted.

I am fine with all that and usually, I'd just go with the flow. No worries. Happy go lucky guy that I am.

The recent wedding feast that I attended recently somewhat pissed me off to see the way, the hosts differentiated between their guests and served them on a preferential basis.

It was so bloody obvious that I just couldn't help but decide to take these snapshots to show you what I mean.

First, the wedding party were perched high up above the stage as if they were bluebloods , overlooking their 'subjects'.

Secondly, they had special tables for the VIP's of their clan sitting on cushioned and gold ribboned seats with attending waiters.

Thirdly, all other common 'low class' guests were left to their own on plastic chairs and had to scrounge for their 'buffet' spread which was utterly repulsive to see the kind of food they served up.

If not for the sake of friendship, I'd simply have made an about turn and gone home. I was further incensed to see the way the 'deejay' announce the arrival of certain 'bigshots' and attempts to 'curry favor' in kissing the butt of the 'rich and infamous'.

This is what I mean as a 'despicable preferential treatment of wedding guests' to which if the Prophet Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam was still around, I'd immediately make a complaint to him and voice my grievances to see such blatant abusive manner that the hosts displayed in selectively treating their guests!

I ticked off the deejay and lambasted the wedding committee for the way they handled their guests to which they apologized and said, it's beyond them to do anything as it is the hosts who arranged the way things were run that day.

This is one wedding that I am sure the guests attending especially the ones who felt slighted by such preferential treatment were silently cursing the hosts in their hearts and many left immediately after having their meals, maybe swearing in their hearts not to ever turn up if invited by the same hosts for any other functions.


















Super VVIP 'bluebloods' perched high up on stage.



















VIP's seating on cushioned gold ribboned seats attended to by waiters.



















Ordinary folks left to fend for themselves. Couldn't help but feel sorry for them.

Tch..tch..tch...this is the sorry state of affairs plaguing the hearts and mindsets of those who after becoming a bit affluent forget the humble, humane traditions of the Malays who hail from the kampongs, once they start living a better quality of lifestyle in the cities.

I ask that those of you who are intending to hold any feasts or functions in the future, not to do what this clueless chap did.

Remember that this life is just temporary and those who go around thinking that they are better than the rest, will just find out when they are lying dead in the grave where their just rewards will be awaiting them with the promise of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala coming to manifest itself without fail in the Yaum 'Al Barzakh. Insya Allah.

Treat your guests respectably and equally. Insya Allah, every morsel of food they partake will bring you blessings and be an abolishment of your sins.

Wabillahi Taufeek Wal Hidayah. Wassalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.

Imams and Khatibs need dialogues with the congregation

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

This post is dedicated to the Imams and Khatibs here in Malaysia and also to those living in the rest of the Muslim world.

I pray that you are in the best of Iman, Health and Wealth with your loved ones. Ameen Ya Rabbal Alameen.

Today, I would like to touch on the need of dialogues and interactions between those of you who have been appointed as Imams and Khatibs and the general Ummah..mainly with the jamaah @ congregations of your respective masjids and surau's.

The time has come for you O respected Imam's and Khatib's to spare some of your precious minutes or hours to engage in post solat dialogue sessions after each fard prayers or the weekly Jumaat prayers with those amongst the jama'ah @ congregation who have questions about matters concerning religious matters or those related to the topic of the Friday Khutbah that you just delivered.

It's not my intention to introduce something new as a form of bida'ah @ innovation into the faith but in these times where the Muslims are undergoing tremendous challenges in their daily life's as a result of these hedonistic era where the government of this land encourages and promotes it unabashedly through the various multimedia and broadcasting channels.

Challenging times need creative measures. This initiative will bolster the image and character of the Imam's and Khatib's to be proactive and dynamic in their roles as the leaders of the Ummah.

Shying away from the roles that they have got themselves into is a gross breach of trust and neglecting the huge responsibilities that the people have placed in them.

The Imam's and Khatib's can't just dictate to the congregation and get away without explaining in detail or clear any confusions that might arise in the hearts and minds of the very people they just preached to.

Many amongst the Muslims lack understanding and aren't clear about the do's and don'ts of the Islamic Faith and they live their life's as they please without giving a hoot about what's halal, haram, sunat, makruh, etcetera.

We see all kinds of immoral activities and moral decay taking place in our midst everyday here in this nation and throughout the world. The religious authorities seem ineffective and powerless to do anything about it as a result of their lack of awareness as to how to go about addressing these problems.

Many Ulamaks, Imams and Khatibs leave their Ummah clueless about how to deal with the various challenges facing them today and they usually give all kinds of cock and bull excuses to save their butts from accepting responsibilities towards the salvation of the Muslim Ummah!

What a bloody shame! These criminal breach of trust won't go unpunished by Allah for these alims are held accountable for their people's misdeeds.

I suggest that every Imam and Khatib of this nation spend at least half an hour after each fard prayers or the Friday prayers to engage in a dialogue with the Jama'ah and answer their questions about matters concerning the faith of Islam.

We all know that the usual practice in every masjid or surau is to have some sort of an inner clique where the Imam or the Khatib will disappear into the masjid's office with their inner circle and avoid interacting with the congregation immediately after praying their sunat nawafil prayers.

This takes place in practically each and every masjid or surau of this nation effectively cutting off communications between the Ulama' and the 'Umara.

Is this the example shown by the Prophet Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam? I am sure it is not!

It doesn't hurt to spend some time talking to members of the congregation, listen to their troubles, offer them a way out or answer their questions about matters they are confused about.

The Deen of Islam is 'Nasihah' @ 'Advice' and the Imam's or the Khatib's ought to put it to practice. There's no point in preaching to the masses but not following up with the details or how to's!

To nip the problems affecting the Ummah in the bud, the Imams and the Khatibs ought to start at the grassroots level. Speak to the people.

Smile as often as possible and practice what you preach. Show them that you care for them sincerely and not just get away with giving them mere 'lip service'. We don't need actors!

There's just too many artistes around. Take a pebble and throw into a crowd. You are bound to hit a singer or an actor or actress! This is what this nation seems to be enamored with.

Not a day goes by without a reality show being hosted and hundreds of thousands of mostly Malay Muslims young males and females aspire to be the latest star and singing sensation of this hedonistic nation.

Singers and performers get decorated with titles and rewarded with the affluence of this life whilst the Mufti's and Religious figures get hounded into obscurity when they ever dare to speak up against the rot taking place in Malaysia effectively silencing the 'learned ones' into shutting the hell up and fear for their life's!

This is the state of affairs of our religious scholars! Reduced to being the official ' Do'a Reciter' for the various hedonistic programs of this 'Islam Hadhari' Government of Malaysia! Hooray!!!

The Imams and the Khatibs have been reduced to being just prayer leaders and to 'read' the prepared khutbah texts of JAKIM @ the Islamic Development Department of Malaysia.

Anyone trying to preach to the congregation as Allah SWT commands them will incur the wrath of those who are ordered to toe the line of the powers that be or risk being sacked and removed from their official government jobs and positions.

The Imams and the Khatibs are now cuckolded and the entertainers and performers feted in the royal courts and awarded medals and prestigious titles.

What a screwed up hypocritical life this is? Islam Hadhari? Yeah...right!

Islam needs its ulamaks and heirs to the Prophet Muhammad Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam to return to their roots and stand up to fulfill their roles as the advisers and guides of the Ummah to show and guide them back to the fundamentals of the faith.

The scholars need to break free from the encumbrances now stifling them from performing their respectful roles as the leaders of this Ummah and stop kowtowing to the powers that be and neglect the people by not doing what they are expected to do by Allah SWT and His Messenger!

Have the initiative to stop the rot from destroying the Ummah and spend time with them after each fard prayers and the Friday prayers. As it is , not many people listen to the Khutbah and they just chat amongst themselves not paying heed to whatever prepared text that is being read by the Khatib.

Yeah, the Khatibs are now official newsreaders of JAKIM. They have been stopped from preaching to the masses. Go ask any Khatib worth his salt and you will learn that he is under orders to read whatever that JAKIM has prepared and posted to him or hand delivered.

Any attempts to preach anything on his own will see the poor fella get a show cause letter within the week and a threat to dismiss him from his post. Go on. Ask your local Imam or Khatib if it is true or false?

Any Muslim must fear and oblige only Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. He or she must not submit towards any threat or harassments from their fellow beings.

We live and we die with the Will of Allahu Akbar. Whom would we face when we pass away from this world if not Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala?

Come dear Imams and Khatibs of Islam. Return to the fitrah of being a Caller to Islam. The Ummah needs you. Lead them well and do not fear anyone except Allah!

Just leading the obligatory prayers and reciting the Do'a is not what He has created you to be.

You need to lead the ummah. Speak to them. Listen to their grievances. Show them the way. Guide them. Lead them towards Allah's Salvation.

The Ulamaks need to free themselves from being caught in the doldrums of fear and uselessness. You are responsible to ensuring that your congregation are aware of the tenets and principles of Islam. It is you who will be held accountable for all the things happening in your place and kariah @ masjid's area.

The Malays of Malaysia need your guidance. No more excuses or cock and bull stories. As the Imams and Khatibs of your respective masjid's jurisdiction, you hold responsibility to see to it that your kariah is safe from maksiat and harmful practices.

The Islamic Religious Department all over the nation ought to wake up and lead the people to a better future and avoid passing the buck or blaming whatever situations affecting the place on others. Start cleaning up the mess and avoid shying away from carrying out enforcement of the Syariah laws.

Fear Allah. Respect human beings. Guide those who need you to a better lifestyle.

May the Imams and Khatibs of this nation heed my calling to them and start holding the dialogue sessions that I propose between them and the members of the congregation after each major prayer session and after each Friday prayers. Insya Allah.

Where there's a will, there'll definitely be a way! Do not let this society go to waste as a result of your being hesitant to do what you have been appointed to do. The nation's Muslims future depends on you.

Last thing that I want to ask is that you the Imams and Khatibs of Malaysia start smiling. Nobody likes to see a stern, frowning face!

When you face your congregation from the mimbar @ pulpit, can't you smile at them? Almost every Khatib I have seen looks like they are constipated when they stand up there in the pulpit, admonishing the jamaah!

Remember that before you are hundreds and thousands of Muslims who have gathered before Allah SWT and have answered the Call to Prayer.

These are the good ones before you. They are guests of Allah the Almighty just like you. You must smile at them and appreciate their being there. Without them being present, who are you being an Imam to?

Learn to appreciate the jamaah and show them that you do care for them. Yours is a trust that needs you to live up to.

An Imam or a Khatib is nobody without the Jama'ah! Be kind to them and share some time with them, answering any questions they might have or want to ask about concerning their life's.

Remember that it is a sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam to smile and be kind and gentle towards the jamaah, when they are doing right.

You can be stern when and if the situation and circumstances warrant you to be so but not all the time, please.

A smile is but a sadaqah and those of you who shy away from smiling because you have missing teeth, fret not for we the jamaah can pool our resources to sponsor your dentures if it comes to such a situation. :D

Looking forward to a positive response from you gentlemen and wishing you all the best in your life and careers!

May Allah SWT bless us all. Ameen. Wabillahi Taufeek Wal Hidayah.

Wassalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.

Malaysia's BN Government promotes Hedonism. Why?

If there is one thing that the BN Government of Malaysia can be proud of and lay claim to is the record breaking achievements of promoting Hedonism to a level that leaves many nations in the world trailing so very far behind.

You name it, they have done it and now are bending over backwards to out do the West in holding as many concerts and reality shows as they possibly can!

For all the 'Islamic Nation' bullshit that they dish out over the media and proclaim to champion the concept of 'Islam Hadhari', this nation is so very far away from even remotely resembling the model Islamic nation that the spin masters broadcast every now and then to the world.

RTM's TV1 used to broadcast the 'Azan' for every prayer time interrupting the entertainment programs that sort of reminds those so engaged in going gaga over the artistes and singers bellowing out their songs and gigs over the national television.

Not anymore. Even as I type this post, there is a live telecast of 'Suara Emas Bintang RTM Akhir'. This is Malaysia for you. A hypocritical do as I say , not do as I do government that seems to be so grossly involved in promoting hedonism to it's easily influenced population.

They even have the audacity to ask the 'ulamaks' to recite the opening prayers for such hedonistic programs. The irony is that those ulamaks are spineless to protest and they do so at every behest for a few measly ringgits. So much for leadership by example!

The way they mix and match religious practices with hedonistic activities is just so bloody sickening to stomach what more watch all those idiots try to 'out glamor' each other and end up wasting away their life's in a pursuit that only incurs the wrath of Allah!

Parents are more inclined to approve and smile broadly seeing their kids emulate the singers and artistes doing their song and dance routine than groom their offsprings to become useful citizens who might be able to lead the nation in the future.

Is the BN Government of the opinion that singers and artistes will make superb leaders of this nation and be able to spearhead development of this nation to be on par if not better than our neighbours?

Would this country be a developed nation by 2020 looking at the way the BN led Government of Malaysia is keeping the people fixated by all its hedonistic programs?

I don't think so. Malaysians are being distracted by a hidden agenda of drawing attention away from governmental affairs and as a result, the hedonistic loving Malays are largely going down the drain so to speak in terms of educational excellence and they are amongst the worst performing students save for one or two exemptions.

Look at the qualities of the average Malaysian student. Who do you think is better equipped with all the necessary skills and aptitude?

Which particular ethnicity amongst the Malaysian population who excels in their educational achievements?

Which ethnicity comes up tops in truancy, dropping out from school, being involved in sex related offenses, out of wedlock pregnancies, juvenile delinquency, criminal activities, etc?

No prizes for guessing but you are right. It's a shame and a sham for this BN Government to claim that the nation as a whole is so much better under their 5 decades of autocratic rule!

The Opposition on the other hand is a disunited , constantly squabbling disorganized loose hodge podge coalition of the unwilling and they have yet to even come close to toppling the BN in the next GE or any other after that.

Malaysians ought to wake up and return to the basics of raising their children properly and equip them with all necessary skills and expertise that will come handy to them in their future than just know how to croak horribly at a karaoke session.

We don't need that many 'artistes' so to speak! The BN better wise up and stop fooling around with the future of this country!

Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala won't spare us if this hedonistic trend does not stop soon enough or catastrophes will be our gain as a result of the way this nation is heading. Na'uzubillah!

Female Genital Circumcision is not Compulsory in Islam

I read with sadness another case of the death of a young Muslim female as a direct cause of an irresponsible female doctor in Egypt who overdosed her patient with anesthesia whilst trying to carry out a circumcision of the young girl's genitalia.

Islam does not make it compulsory for a Muslim female to undergo such a circumcision.

It is more of a social custom of some ethnicities especially those in the African and Middle East nations and tribes that still carry out such destructive and harmful violations upon their young women in the name of religion whereas there is nothing in the faith that makes it compulsory to circumcise the females.

The ruling is only for males. Even then when such a circumcision might be dangerous to the person, the ruling is waived for Islam does not constitute endangering anyone's life just to fulfill a principle of its teachings.

In the Holy Qur'an Surah Al-Imran Verse 191 :

" Those who remember Allah standing and sitting and lying on their sides and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth: Our Lord! Thou hast not created (all) these in vain! Glory be to Thee; save us then from the chastisement of the fire! "

I understand the notion of some cultures to desensitize the female genitalia especially at the area where arousal is most concentrated but to go and destroy something that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala Himself created for the pleasure and enjoyment of a woman in lawful copulation with her husband is tantamount to denying His Blessings to the progeny of our Mother Saiyidatina Hawwa Radhiallahu Anha.

The practice of mutilating the female genitalia is forbidden in Islam. Those who do so commit a grievous sin and harm the person upon whom they carry out such an abominable crime! May this horrible crime be stopped and removed from all of mankind.

Self regulation and adherence to the rules of Islam is much better and society accord to the womenfolk their rights to live unmolested and given their rightful honorable position as the mothers of mankind.

We need to study the Last Testament of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala @ The Holy Qur'an and see how Allah SWT teaches us to live as respectable human beings amongst society and to take care of ourselves from harm and evil practices that brought many of those who lived before us to their ruin.

The prohibition goes first to the 'believing men' to lower their eyes from looking at the exposed aurat of women who are not forbidden to them and to guard their own sense of modesty (from the navel to the knee) and then to believing women to lower their eyes and not to look at men who are not forbidden to them when their area of modesty is exposed to them. The believing women are enjoined to cover their adornments (bosom) with clothing over their heads and not to attract attention to themselves by wearing (exposing attire) or to rattle their ornaments in order to seek men's attention.

Surah An Noor Verse 30-31.

I will follow up on this subject after this. To be continued. Have a wedding to attend. Take care.