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English Pronunciation

2012-01-21T17:54:00.000-08:00

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If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world.
After trying the verses, a Frenchman said he’d prefer six months of hard labour to reading six lines aloud.
Dearest creature in creation,
Study English pronunciation.
I will teach you in my verse
Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse.
I will keep you, Suzy, busy,
Make your head with heat grow dizzy.
Tear in eye, your dress will tear.
So shall I! Oh hear my prayer.
Just compare heart, beard, and heard,
Dies and diet, lord and word,
Sword and sward, retain and Britain.
(Mind the latter, how it’s written.)
Now I surely will not plague you
With such words as plaque and ague.
But be careful how you speak:
Say break and steak, but bleak and streak;
Cloven, oven, how and low,
Script, receipt, show, poem, and toe.
Hear me say, devoid of trickery,
Daughter, laughter, and Terpsichore,
Typhoid, measles, topsails, aisles,
Exiles, similes, and reviles;
Scholar, vicar, and cigar,
Solar, mica, war and far;
One, anemone, Balmoral,
Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel;
Gertrude, German, wind and mind,
Scene, Melpomene, mankind.
Billet does not rhyme with ballet,
Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet.
Blood and flood are not like food,
Nor is mould like should and would.
Viscous, viscount, load and broad,
Toward, to forward, to reward.
And your pronunciation’s OK
When you correctly say croquet,
Rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve,
Friend and fiend, alive and live.
Ivy, privy, famous; clamour
And enamour rhyme with hammer.
River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb,
Doll and roll and some and home.
Stranger does not rhyme with anger,
Neither does devour with clangour.
Souls but foul, haunt but aunt,
Font, front, wont, want, grand, and grant,
Shoes, goes, does. Now first say finger,
And then singer, ginger, linger,
Real, zeal, mauve, gauze, gouge and gauge,
Marriage, foliage, mirage, and age.
Query does not rhyme with very,
Nor does fury sound like bury.
Dost, lost, post and doth, cloth, loth.
Job, nob, bosom, transom, oath.
Though the differences seem little,
We say actual but victual.
Refer does not rhyme with deafer.
Fe0ffer does, and zephyr, heifer.
Mint, pint, senate and sedate;
Dull, bull, and George ate late.
Scenic, Arabic, Pacific,
Science, conscience, scientific.
Liberty, library, heave and heaven,
Rachel, ache, moustache, eleven.
We say hallowed, but allowed,
People, leopard, towed, but vowed.
Mark the differences, moreover,
Between mover, cover, clover;
Leeches, breeches, wise, precise,
Chalice, but police and lice;
Camel, constable, unstable,
Principle, disciple, label.
Petal, panel, and canal,
Wait, surprise, plait, promise, pal.
Worm and storm, chaise, chaos, chair,
Senator, spectator, mayor.
Tour, but our and succour, four.
Gas, alas, and Arkansas.
Sea, idea, Korea, area,
Psalm, Maria, but malaria.
Youth, south, southern, cleanse and clean.
Doctrine, turpentine, marine.
Compare alien with Italian,
Dandelion and battalion.
Sally with ally, yea, ye,
Eye, I, ay, aye, whey, and key.
Say aver, but ever, fever,
Neither, leisure, skein, deceiver.
Heron, granary, canary.
Crevice and device and aerie.
Face, but preface, not efface.
Phlegm, phlegmatic, ass, glass, bass.
Large, but target, gin, give, verging,
Ought, out, joust and scour, scourging.
Ear, but earn and wear and tear
Do not rhyme with here but ere.
Seven is right, but so is even,
Hyphen, roughen, nephew Stephen,
Monkey, donkey, Turk and jerk,
Ask, grasp, wasp, and cork and work.
Pronunciation (think of Psyche!)
Is a paling stout and spikey?
Won’t it make you lose your wits,
Writing groats and saying grits?
It’s a dark abyss or tunnel:
Strewn with stones, stowed, solace, gunwale,
Islington and Isle of Wight,
Housewife, verdict and indict.
Finally, which rhymes with enough,
Though, through, plough, or dough, or cough?
Hiccough has the sound of cup.
My advice is to give up!!!
English Pronunciation by G. Nolst Trenité
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2012-01-21T01:56:00.000-08:00

Amaini

~~ Kisah Iblis Terpaksa Bertemu Rasullah SAW ~~

Posted by Amaini on January 21, 2012 at 1:59pm in Ruangan Agama

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Kisah Iblis Terpaksa Bertemu Rasullah SAW.

Dari Muadz bin Jabal dari Ibn Abbas:

Ketika kami sedang bersama Rasulullah SAW di kediaman seorang sahabat Anshar, tiba - tiba terdengar panggilan seseorang dari luar rumah:

"Wahai penghuni rumah, bolehkah aku masuk? Sebab kalian akan membutuhkanku. "

Rasulullah bersabda : "Tahukah kalian siapa yang memanggil?"

Kami menjawab : "Allah dan rasulNya yang lebih tahu."

Beliau melanjutkan, "Itu iblis, laknat Allah bersamanya."

Umar bin Khattab berkata: "Izinkan aku membunuhnya wahai Rasulullah"

Nabi menahannya :" Sabar wahai Umar, bukankah kamu tahu bahwa Allah memberinya kesempatan hingga hari kiamat? Lebih baik bukakan pintu untuknya, sebab dia telah diperintahkan untuk ini, fahamilah apa yang hendak ia katakan dan dengarkan dengan baik."

Ibnu Abbas RA berkata: Pintu lalu dibuka, ternyata dia seperti seorang tua yang cacat satu matanya. Di janggutnya terdapat 7 helai rambut seperti rambut kuda, taringnya terlihat seperti taring babi, bibirnya seperti bibir sapi..

Iblis berkata: "Salam untukmu Muhammad.... Salam untukmu para hadirin..."

Rasulullah SAW lalu menjawab : "Salam hanya milik Allah SWT, sebagai mahluk terlaknat, apa keperluanmu? "

Iblis menjawab : "Wahai Muhammad, aku datang ke sini bukan atas kemauanku, namun kerana terpaksa."

"Siapa yang memaksamu? "

"Seorang malaikat utusan Allah mendatangiku dan berkata:

"Allah SWT memerintahkanmu untuk mendatangi Muhammad sambil menundukkan diri. Beritahu Muhammad tentang caramu dalam menggoda manusia. Jawablah dengan jujur semua pertanyaannya. Demi kebesaran Allah, andai kau berdusta satu kali saja, maka Allah akan jadikan dirimu debu yang ditiup angin."

"Oleh kerana itu aku sekarang mendatangimu. Tanyalah apa yang hendak kau tanyakan. Jika aku berdusta, aku akan dicaci oleh setiap musuhku. Tidak ada sesuatu pun yang paling besar menimpaku daripada cacian musuh."

Orang Yang Dibenci Iblis

Rasulullah SAW lalu bertanya kepada Iblis: "Kalau kau benar jujur, siapakah manusia yang paling kau benci?"

Iblis segera menjawab: " Kamu, kamu dan orang sepertimu adalah mahkluk Allah yang paling aku benci."

"Siapa selanjutnya? "

"Pemuda yang bertakwa yang memberikan dirinya mengabdi kepada Allah SWT."

"Lalu siapa lagi?"

"Orang Alim dan wara' (Loyal)"

" Lalu siapa lagi?"

"Orang yang selalu bersuci."

"Siapa lagi?"

"Seorang fakir yang sabar dan tak pernah mengeluhkan kesulitannnya kepada orang lain."

"Apa tanda kesabarannya? "

" Wahai Muhammad, jika ia tidak mengeluhkan kesulitannya kepada orang lain selama 3 hari, Allah akan memberi pahala orang - orang yang sabar."

"Selanjutnya apa?"

"Orang kaya yang bersyukur."

"Apa tanda kesyukurannya ?"

"Ia mengambil kekayaannya dari tempatnya, dan mengeluarkannya juga dari tempatnya ."

"Orang seperti apa Abu Bakar menurutmu?"

"Ia tidak pernah menurutiku di masa jahiliyah, apalagi dalam Islam."

"Umar bin Khattab?"

"Demi Allah setiap berjumpa dengannya aku pasti kabur. "

"Usman bin Affan?"

"Aku malu kepada orang yang malaikat pun malu kepadanya ."

"Ali bin Abi Thalib?"

" Aku berharap darinya agar kepalaku selamat, dan berharap ia melepaskanku dan aku melepaskannya. Tetapi ia tak akan mahu melakukan itu." (Ali bin Abi Thalib selau berdzikir terhadap Allah SWT)

Amalan Yang Dapat Menyakiti Iblis

"Apa yang kau rasakan jika melihat seseorang dari umatku yang hendak solat?"

"Aku merasa panas dingin dan gementar. "

"Kenapa?"

"Sebab, setiap seorang hamba bersujud 1x kepada Allah, Allah mengangkatnya 1 darjat."

"Jika seorang umatku berpuasa?"

"Tubuhku terasa terikat hingga ia berbuka ."

"Jika ia berhaji?"

"Aku seperti orang gila. "

"Jika ia membaca al-Quran?"

"Aku merasa meleleh laksana timah di atas api."

"Jika ia bersedekah?"

"Itu sama saja orang tersebut membelah tubuhku dengan gergaji."

"Mengapa jadi begitu? "

"Sebab dalam sedekah ada 4 keuntungan baginya... Iaitu keberkahan dalam hartanya, hidupnya disukai, sedekah itu kelak akan menjadi hijab antara dirinya dengan api neraka dan segala macam musibah akan terhalau dari dirinya."

"Apa yang dapat mematahkan pinggangmu?"

"Suara kuda perang di jalan Allah."

"Apa yang dapat melelehkan tubuhmu?"

"Taubat orang yang bertaubat."

"Apa yang dapat membakar hatimu?"

"Istighfar di waktu siang dan malam."

"Apa yang dapat mencoreng wajahmu?"

"Sedekah yang diam - diam. "

"Apa yang dapat menusuk matamu?"

"Solat fajar."

"Apa yang dapat memukul kepalamu? "

"Solat berjamaah."

"Apa yang paling mengganggumu? "

"Majlis para ulama."

"Bagaimana cara makanmu?"

"Dengan tangan kiri dan jariku."

"Dimanakah kau menaungi anak - anakmu di musim panas?"

"Di bawah kuku manusia."

Manusia Yang Menjadi Teman Iblis

Nabi lalu bertanya : "Siapa temanmu wahai Iblis?"

"Pemakan riba."

"Siapa sahabatmu?"

"Penzina."

"Siapa teman tidurmu?"

"Pemabuk.."

"Siapa tamumu? "

"Pencuri."

"Siapa utusanmu?"

"Tukang sihir."

"Apa yang membuatmu gembira?"

"Bersumpah dengan cerai."

"Siapa kekasihmu? "

"Orang yang meninggalkan solat jumaat"

"Siapa manusia yang paling membahagiakanmu? "

"Orang yang meninggalkan solatnya dengan sengaja."

Iblis Tidak Berdaya Di hadapan Orang Yang Ikhlas

Rasulullah SAW lalu bersabda : "Segala puji bagi Allah yang telah membahagiakan umatku dan menyengsarakanmu. "

Iblis segera menimpali :" Tidak , tidak.. Tak akan ada kebahagiaan selama aku hidup hingga hari akhir. Bagaimana kau boleh berbahagia dengan umatmu, sementara aku boleh masuk ke dalam aliran darah mereka dan mereka tak boleh melihatku.

Demi yang menciptakan diriku dan memberikan ku kesempatan hingga hari akhir, aku akan menyesatkan mereka semua. Baik yang bodoh, atau yang pintar, yang boleh membaca dan tidak boleh membaca, yang durjana dan yang soleh, kecuali hamba Allah yang ikhlas."

"Siapa orang yang ikhlas menurutmu ?"

"Tidakkah kau tahu wahai Muhammad, bahawa barang siapa yang menyukai emas dan perak, ia bukan orang yang ikhlas. Jika kau lihat seseorang yang tidak menyukai dinar dan dirham, tidak suka pujian dan sanjungan, aku boleh pastikan bahawa ia orang yang ikhlas, maka aku meninggalkannya. Selama seorang hamba masih menyukai harta dan sanjungan dan hatinya selalu terikat dengan kesenangan dunia, ia sangat patuh padaku."

Iblis Dibantu oleh 70000 anak - anaknya

Tahukah kamu Muhammad, bahawa aku mempunyai 70000 anak.. Dan setiap anak memiliki 70000 syaitan.

Sebahagian ada yang aku tugaskan untuk mengganggu ulama. Sebahagian untuk menggangu anak - anak muda, sebahagian untuk menganggu orang - orang tua, sebahagian untuk menggangu wanita - wanita tua, sebahagian anak -anakku juga aku tugaskan kepada para Zahid.

Aku punya anak yang suka mengencingi telinga manusia sehingga ia tidur pada solat berjamaah. Tanpanya, manusia tidak akan mengantuk pada waktu solat berjamaah.

Aku punya anak yang suka menaburkan sesuatu di mata orang yang sedang mendengarkan ceramah ulama hingga mereka tertidur dan pahalanya terhapus.

Aku punya anak yang senang berada di lidah manusia, jika seseorang melakukan kebajikan lalu ia khabarkan kepada manusia, maka 99% pahalanya akan terhapus.

Pada setiap seorang wanita yang berjalan, anakku dan syaitan duduk di pinggul dan pahanya, lalu menghiasinya agar setiap orang memandanginya.

Syaitan juga berkata, "Keluarkan tanganmu", lalu ia mengeluarkan tangannya lalu syaitan pun menghiasi kukunya.

Mereka, anak - anakku selalu meyusup dan berubah dari satu tempat ke tempat lainnya, dari satu pintu ke pintu yang lainnya untuk menggoda manusia hingga mereka terhempas dari keikhlasan mereka.

Akhirnya mereka menyembah Allah tanpa ikhlas, namun mereka tidak merasa.

Tahukah kamu, Muhammad? Bahawa ada rahib yang telah beribadat kepada Allah selama 70 tahun. Setiap orang sakit yang didoakan olehnya, sembuh seketika. Aku terus menggodanya hingga ia berzina, membunuh dan kufur.

Cara Iblis Menggoda

Tahukah kau Muhammad, dusta berasal dari diriku?

Akulah makhluk pertama yang berdusta.

Pendusta adalah sahabatku. Barangsiapa bersumpah dengan berdusta, ia kekasihku.

Tahukah kau Muhammad?

Aku bersumpah kepada Adam dan Hawa dengan nama Allah bahawa aku benar-benar menasihatinya.

Sumpah dusta adalah kegemaranku.

Ghibah (gosip) dan Namimah (adu domba) kesenanganku.

Kesaksian palsu kegembiraanku.

Orang yang bersumpah untuk menceraikan isterinya ia berada di pinggir dosa walau hanya sekali dan walaupun ia benar. Sebab barang siapa membiasakan dengan kata - kata cerai, isterinya menjadi haram baginya. Kemudian ia akan beranak cucu hingga hari kiamat. Jadi semua anak - anak zina dan ia masuk neraka hanya kerana satu kalimat, CERAI.

Wahai Muhammad, umatmu ada yang suka lalai semasa solat. Setiap ia hendak berdiri untuk solat, aku bisikan padanya waktu masih lama, kamu masih sibuk, lalu ia manundanya hingga ia melaksanakan solat di luar waktu, maka solat itu dipukulkannya kemukanya.

Jika ia berhasil mengalahkanku, aku biarkan ia solat. Namun aku bisikkan ke telinganya 'lihat kiri dan kananmu',

Dia pun menoleh. Pada masa itu aku usap dengan tanganku dan kucium keningnya serta aku katakan 'solatmu tidak sah'.

Bukankah kamu tahu Muhammad, orang yang banyak menoleh dalam solatnya akan dipukul.

Jika ia solat sendirian, aku suruh dia untuk bergegas. Dia pun solat seperti ayam yang mematuk beras.

Jika dia berhasil mengalahkanku dan dia solat berjamaah, aku ikat lehernya dengan tali, hingga dia mengangkat kepalanya sebelum imam, atau meletakkannya sebelum imam.

Kamu tahu bahawa melakukan itu batal shalatnya dan wajahnya akan dirubah menjadi wajah keldai.

Jika dia berhasil mengalahkanku, aku tiup hidungnya hingga dia menguap dalam solat. Jika ia tidak menutup mulutnya ketika menguap, syaitan akan masuk ke dalam dirinya, dan membuatnya menjadi bertambah serakah dan gila dunia.

Dan diapun semakin taat padaku.

Kebahagiaan apa untukmu, sedang aku memerintahkan orang miskin agar meninggalkan solat. Aku katakan padanya, 'kamu tidak wajib solat, solat hanya wajib untuk orang yang berkemampuan dan sihat. Orang sakit dan miskin tidak, jika kehidupanmu telah berubah baru kau solat.'

Dia pun mati dalam kekafiran. Jika dia mati sambil meninggalkan solat maka Allah akan menemuinya dalam kemurkaan.

Wahai Muhammad, jika aku berdusta Allah akan menjadikanku debu.

Wahai Muhammad, apakah kau akan bergembira dengan umatmu padahal aku mengeluarkan seperenam mereka dari islam?

10 Permintaan Iblis kepada Allah SWT

"Berapa yang kau pinta dari Tuhanmu?"

"10 macam"

"Apa saja?"

Aku minta agar Allah membiarkanku berbagi dalam harta dan anak manusia, Allah mengizinkan.

Allah berfirman, "Berbagilah dengan manusia dalam harta dan anak. Dan janjikanlah mereka, tidaklah janji syaitan kecuali tipuan." (QS Al-Isra :64)

Harta yang tidak dizakatkan, aku makan darinya. Aku juga makan dari makanan haram dan yang bercampur dengan riba, aku juga makan dari makanan yang tidak dibacakan nama Allah.

Aku minta agar Allah membiarkanku ikut bersama dengan orang yang berhubungan dengan isterinya tanpa berlindung dengan Allah, maka syaitan ikut bersamanya dan anak yang dilahirkan akan sangat patuh kepada syaitan.

Aku minta agar boleh ikut bersama dengan orang yang menaiki kenderaan bukan untuk tujuan yang halal.

Aku minta agar Allah menjadikan bilik mandi sebagai rumahku.

Aku minta agar Allah menjadikan pasar sebagai masjidku.

Aku minta agar Allah menjadikan syair sebagai Quranku.

Aku minta agar Allah menjadikan pemabuk sebagai teman tidurku.

Aku minta agar Allah memberikanku saudara , maka Ia jadikan orang yang membelanjakan hartanya untuk maksiat sebagai saudaraku.

Allah berfirman, "Orang - orang boros adalah saudara - saudara syaitan. " (QS Al-Isra : 27)

Wahai Muhammad, aku minta agar Allah membuatku boleh melihat manusia sementara mereka tidak boleh melihatku.

Dan aku minta agar Allah memberiku kemampuan untuk mengalir dalam aliran darah manusia.

Allah menjawab, "Silakan", aku bangga dengan hal itu hingga hari kiamat. Sebahagian besar manusia bersamaku di hari kiamat.

Iblis berkata : "Wahai muhammad, aku tak boleh menyesatkan orang sedikitpun, aku hanya boleh membisikan dan menggoda."

Jika aku boleh menyesatkan, tak akan tersisa seorangpun.

Sebagaimana dirimu, kamu tidak boleh memberi hidayah sedikitpun, engkau hanya rasul yang menyampaikan amanah.

Jika kau boleh memberi hidayah, tak akan ada seorang kafir pun di muka bumi ini.

Kau hanya boleh menjadi penyebab untuk orang yang telah ditentukan sengsara.

Orang yang bahagia adalah orang yang telah ditulis bahagia sejak di perut ibunya. dan orang yang sengsara adalah orang yang telah ditulis sengsara semenjak dalam kandungan ibunya.

Rasulullah SAW lalu membaca ayat : "Mereka akan terus berselisih kecuali orang yang dirahmati oleh Allah SWT " (QS Hud :118 - 119)

Juga membaca, " Sesungguhnya ketentuan Allah pasti berlaku" (QS Al-Ahzab : 38)

Iblis lalu berkata : " Wahai Rasul Allah takdir telah ditentukan dan pena takdir telah kering. Maha Suci Allah yang menjadikanmu pemimpin para nabi dan rasul, pemimpin penduduk surga, dan yang telah menjadikan aku pemimpin makhluk-makhluk celaka dan pemimpin penduduk neraka. aku si celaka yang terusir, ini akhir yang ingin aku sampaikan kepadamu. Dan aku tak berbohong."

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2012-01-15T22:47:00.001-08:00

Corruption - a culture!

I joined a conversation with a total stranger, a senior citizen, during breakfast at a market food court near where I live last Saturday morning and here’s what he (that stranger) said to me, “My nephew who works in the Road Transport department (Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan) is corrupt, I think. The people there go to work at 8:00 a.m. and by 8.30 am they haven’t even started working and when they do after that, by 9:30, they go missing again to have their almost two-hour morning coffee break and nobody bothers, because their bosses also do that. At 4:00 p.m. they go missing again and this time for their tea break and by the time they get back to their respective counters, it’s almost the end of the working day already”.

“Like that, how can they serve the public efficiently?” he remarked.

When he confronted his nephew about his alleged corrupt practices, his nephew told him, “Everyone in my office does it and if I did not do the same thing, I will be ostracised by my colleagues”.

Is that happening because of peer pressure?

After Isya’ prayer at the local mosque last night, a fellow worshiper who is a retired senior customs officer said to me, “My friend, a former colleague, bought a RM100,000.00 superbike for only RM10,000.00 from a multi-millionaire Tan Sri who is also superbike enthusiast. That Tan Sri has more than 25 motorcycles, all luxury ones, you know”.

I remarked, “That’s corruption, I am sure if that Tan Sri asked for favours from your friend like clearing goods at the Customs Station where your friend works, he would grant those favours to that Tan Sri quite happily”.

Upon hearing that remark I made, he got very angry with me and walked off.

When I wanted to register a new car a couple of years ago to get a licence plate that starts with the initial W and something something followed by the numbers, I was told to go to the JPJ office in KL. I asked one of the officers manning the registration counter on how to get special numbers and he told me to see the Director (Pengarah) upstairs. I went up to see him and when I entered his office, he brought me to the window near his desk and then told me, "You see that man with the mailboard there?"

I said , "Yes."

He replied, "Go and see him."

I went to see him with the car salesman with me and saw that man. He had with him a five-page list of numbers and they ranged from RM200.00 - RM5000.00 each. I chose the number I wanted, paid him RM2000.00 and registered my car. There’s no other way to do that, that’s the only way and no receipt was issued.

So, the Pengarah was in cahoots with that man and from the way he dressed, he was definitely not a JPJ staff.

One day, as part of a convoy of ten cars to accompany a newlywed for a ‘Majlis Nikah’, heading towards Tampin, Negeri Sembilan from Kuala Lumpur, I was caught speeding at a ‘speed trap’ placed by PDRM somewhere near Sepang along the North South Highway. Upon exiting at the Seremban Toll Station, I was stopped by a team of policemen and one of them, a sergeant, asked for my driving licence. I got out of the car, showed him my driving licence and he, the police sergeant, started to take down my particulars on an empty ‘summons’ book. I noticed he had two books in his hands and I presume, the other one is the proper summons book.

I then moved to the rear of the car and open my car boot , upon his instruction, while at the same time explaining to him that I was part of a convoy of ten cars accompanying a groom-to-be to a ‘Majlis Nikah’ in Tampin. He saw a stack of RM50 notes placed neatly in a decorated box and he then took out a piece and told me to go.

You see, he even had the gall to take a piece of RM50 note which was in a stack and which he knew was part of the ‘Duit Hantaran’. That’s how cheap they all are.

It is very sad that there are people, in this case in RTD, PDRM and Royal Malaysian Customs, who cannot tell the difference between a corrupt practice and a legal one and this happens maybe because corruption is so rife and widely practised, it is something ‘normal’ to some of the people there and has since been a culture.

HUSSAINI ABDUL KARIM, Shah Alam

Tun Mahathir's Talk.

2012-01-11T02:17:00.000-08:00

Now, to join UMNO, one must go to the Bahagian or the Cawangan to apply and if you are a doctor, lawyer, engineer or some other professionals and you want want to join the party, the Ketua Cawangan or the Ketua Bahagian will sure tolak.

Why?

Because, they are scared that you will one day take over his place and all their interests will be gone: the money, the position, the opportunity to become a director or CEO in one of the several GLCs, the opportunity to become a 'calon', etc. So, these professionals will instead join PAS and now, there are more Malay professionals in PAS than in UMNO. PAS will readily accept them because this will be good for them. It is therefore very difficult to choose a good candidate from amongst the UMNO ranks because there is no one with the qualifications and the leadership qualities available. So, only the weak ones are chosen to represent the party because only these types are available in UMNO. And, money politics is rife in UMNO, at all levels. UMNO is sick!!!

Who said that????

Salah seorang wartawan telah bertanya Tun M tentang pendapat beliau berkenaan perhimpunan yang akan di adakan pada 9 hb Jan nanti dan inilah komen beliau, "If they want to rallly and 'tunjuk perasaan', by all means, go ahead but, if they want to 'UGUT' the government so that the judges will make a favourable decision about DSAI, that's wrong!!!"

What he (Tun M) said this morning was, 'A rally (tunjuk perasaan) is ok but a show of force to threaten (UGUT) the government to influence the government, including judges, to make a decision that favours them, that is not ok!'

"Dan janganlah bawak kanak-kanak atau sebagainya di dalam mana-mana perhimpunan, they are only going to expose them to bad things and they may grow up being 'sampah masyarakat' dan 'anti-whatever'. Expose them to positive things!!!

''Sampah masyarakat' dan 'anti-whatever' is my version, Tun M definitely didn't say that but that was what he meant and I fully agree with him.

Tun M and he reiterated the importance of English language but it's very sad, even he is unable to influence the government to place more emphasis on English in national schools and retain PPSMI.

Headline: Proof that PPSMI should be continued
Publication: NST
Date of publication: Jan 4, 2012http://www.nib.com.my/cross-search/search/_1325809480/

Tun M looks good and very smart in his long sleeve dark blue bush jacket this morning accompanied with his perpetual smile!!!

Salah seorang wartawan telah bertanya Tun M tentang pendapat beliau berkenaan perhimpunan yang akan di adakan pada 9 hb Jan nanti dan inilah komen beliau, "If they want to rallly and 'tunjuk perasaan', by all means, go ahead but, if they want to 'UGUT' the government so that the judges will make a favourable decision about DSAI, that's wrong!!!"

"Dan janganlah bawak kanak-kanak atau sebagainya di dalam mana-mana perhimpunan, they are only going to expose them to bad things and they may grow up being 'sampah masyarakat' dan 'anti-whatever'. Expose them to positive things!!!

''Sampah masyarakat' dan 'anti-whatever' is my version, Tun M definitely didn't say that but that was what he meant and I fully agree with him.

‎"War is not the solution for the world's problems!" Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad.

There's an ongoing arms race between Russia, USA, Europe and all of them are imterested to sell their latest weapons to countries in the Middle East and Asia.

One day, an arms designer/manufacturer/supplier came to Malaysia with a blueprint of the latest S-21 jet fighter and said, if are not intersted, we will go to your neighbour. If you buy our equipment, you will be superior than your neighbour. So, the country bought the jets at RM200 million each and true enough, the country had better air-power than the neighbour. Three years later, when the neigbour bought jet fighters from a rival country's arms designer/manufacturer/supplier, a new blueprint of a new jet fighter, the S-25, was offered with the latest in aviaonics and weaponry and do you keep on buying. Malaysia may not but many countries, especally the rich Arab countries and some Asian countries, would. So, this arms race go ono and on and help the economy of the supplier countries.

Supplier countries, especially the US, Russia and even NATO, 'create' wars in rich Third World countries such as Kuwait, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Saudi Arabia, etc. So, they will keep on buying weapons and ammunitions to fight the war. The supplier countries' economy will continue to be supported by these rich Third World countries and so on.

He said, those countries in conflict should engage in a dialogue.

Corruption

2011-12-16T05:09:00.000-08:00

CORRUPTION

I joined a conversation with a total stranger, a senior citizen, during breakfast at a market food court near where I live yesterday (Saturday) morning and here’s what he ( that stranger) said to me, “My nephew who works in the Road Transport department (Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan) is corrupt, I think. The people there go to work at 8:00 a.m. and by 8.30 am they haven’t even started working and when they do after that, by 9:30, they go missing again to have their almost two-hour morning coffee break and nobody bothers, because their bosses also do that. At 4:00 p.m. they go missing again and this time for their tea break and by the time they get back to their respective counters, it’s almost the end of the working day already”.

“Like that, how can they serve the public efficiently?” he remarked.

When he confronted his nephew about his alleged corrupt practices, his nephew told him, “Everyone in my office does it and if I did not do the same thing, I will be ostracised by my colleagues”.

Is that happening because of peer pressure?

After Isya’ prayer at the local mosque last night, a fellow worshiper who is a retired senior customs officer said to me, “My friend, a former colleague, bought a RM100,000.00 superbike for only RM10,000.00 from a multi-millionaire Tan Sri who is also superbike enthusiast. That Tan Sri has more than 25 motorcycles, all luxury ones, you know”.

I remarked, “That’s corruption, I am sure if that Tan Sri asked for favours from your friend like clearing goods at the Customs Station where your friend works, he would grant those favours to that Tan Sri quite happily”.

Upon hearing that remark I made, he got very angry with me and walked off.

It is very sad that there are people, in this case in RTD and Royal Malaysian Customs, who cannot tell the difference between a corrupt practice and a legal one and this happens maybe because corruption is so rife and widely practised, it is something ‘normal’ to some of the people there.

HUSSAINI ABDUL KARIM, Shah Alam

Market talk - what some people talk about

2011-11-30T17:13:00.000-08:00

Sometimes, on Saturdays, I accompany my wife to go to the wet market at Section 16 in Shah Alam and I will have my breakfast besides reading the newspapers whist waiting for her to complete her weekly marketing.

Normally, my wife joins me for breakfast before we leave for home, like this morning. There are many different types of food to choose from; nasi lemak, rati canai, lontong, mee rebus, goreng pisang,assorted kuehs, etc. They are not just good, they are also quite cheap. Drinks, either hot or cold, are available at less than the price of the same items at mamak eating shops. On certain days, there's also entertainment kara - o - ke style with the resident DJ singing the songs, mostly very popular 60s Pop Yeh Yeh Malay songs and once a while you will have same courageous members of the public singing too. I sometimes sing too, English and Malay classic rock songs of the 70s and the 80s, when my wife is not nearby.

Last Saturday morning at the market, whilst having breakfast, I overhead a discussion about history between two very senior citizens who were seated next to me, both waiting for their wives doing their marketing, I believe. I listened to their conversations and found the discussion very interesting and I could relate to what they both were talking about. One of them said that he is disappointed that students now are not taught the real history but what they are taught is actually ‘alam manusia’(humanities). He said that anyone aged 50 or below are not learning the right things as far as history is concerned and hopes that this is corrected soon.

“Facts are distorted and nobody bothers to check on their accuracy,” according to him. From the way he talks, he must have been a teacher before.

He commented on Sir Stamford Raffles whom he thought was a visionary besides being a statesman and a scientist (botanist) who has a flower, the very smelly Rafflesia, named after him and continued to say that he was also responsible for the commercialisation of rubber in Singapore and Malaya and had developed the Port of Singapore as an important entreport.

“Who do you think was the first person who romanised the Malay language?” he asked his friend. After waiting for a few minutes without receiving any answer from his friend, he said: “It was R J Wilkinson (I thought it was Winstedt?) and not Zaaba like many thought. His friend just smiled at that.

Further, he thought that it is a shame that the government needed to bring in teachers from the USA to teach our students English. He said, “I am sure there are many excellent English writers and speakers in the country and if the government really tries, I am sure many will come forward to volunteer their services. They may be old but they are still very useful”. He fears that some of the foreign teachers that the government brings in may be either CIA or KGB agents, spies like what you see in James Bond movies.

“Do you know that Malays was controlled by the communist for 14 days?”
he asked.

“Yes,” answered his friend.

Seated on the same table with me was another senior citizen and his young son and after exchanging the normal greetings, he began to lament about the lack of discipline of people, especially young people today, and began his comments by saying that many like to throw rubbish indiscriminately; from inside the car to the roads they are driving on, into rivers and drains, for example, and everywhere else.

“How can we ever keep our rivers clean?” he commented.

“Just look at this market, it’s dirty with rubbish strewn everywhere,
this is typical Malaysia,” he said.

He said, “I am sure they are taught cleanliness and not to litter indiscriminately at home by their parents, at school by their teachers and at work by their peers but still they litter”.

“It must be due to the lack of discipline and the lack of enforcement”, he continued.

He said he has a nephew who works with one of the bigger government agencies in the country who, according to him, is corrupt. They come to work at 8:00 a.m. and by 8.30 am they haven’t even started working and when they do after that, by 9:30, they go missing again to have their almost two-hour morning coffee break and nobody bothers, because their bosses also do that. At 4:00 p.m. they go missing again and this time for their tea break and by the time they get back to their
respective counters, it’s almost the end of the working day already.

“Like that, how can they serve the public efficiently?” he asked.

When confronted about his corrupt practices, his nephew told him that all the others do it and if he didn’t do the same, he will be ostracised by his colleagues. Peer pressure, it seems.

About the situation at our markets he says, ‘Look, even markets are segregated, not just schools. There are markets for Malays/Muslims and there are markets for non-Muslims. Like that, how can we be like 1Malaysia.

A young man joined us after over hearing our conversation and gave his take on the situation of Malaysian cars to day. Commenting on the new Perodua Myvi car models he asked, “Are these cars safe to drive?”

“Just look into the engine compartment, there’s no reinforcement at all, if one is to crash head on, it’s finished!” he says. We just smiled and left after that.

“My friend just bought one, the SE 1.5 twin cam model and he had a workshop installed reinforcement bars at a cost of RM600 to make sure that the car is safe to drive,” he told us.

“I know they want to make a lot of profits, but definitely they should
not do that at our expense!” he grumbled.

“Don’t they ever crash-test those cars?” he asked.

Suddenly, my wife appeared from nowhere and sat next to me and the conversations stopped abruptly. She ordered a bowl of mee rebus and teh - o and as soon as she finished her breakfast, we left for home and had me thinking about the things common people say every day.

P.S. Photo shows a scene taken at PD Market wet market in Negeri Sembilan.

English language policy still salvageable

2011-10-30T05:40:00.000-07:00

Sunday October 30, 2011

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By NOOR AZIMAH ABDUL RAHIM

All education stakeholders are urged to lend their support to the campaign to make the Government allow for the PPSMI to be retained in schools that want it.

THE Parent Action Group for Education Malaysia (PAGE) is on its last leg in appealing for the visionary policy of the Teaching and Learning of Science and Mathematics in English (PPSMI) to be given as an option in national primary and secondary schools where parents wish it.

The Education Act 1996 stipulates that “pupils are to be educated according to the wishes of their parents”, not teachers, not principals, not PTAs and, most definitely, not politicians or deluded national language linguists.

Prior to the Sarawak polls, the Prime Minister said: “Let us consider the option” and this was immediately backed by the Deputy Prime Minister/Education Minister, although rather awkwardly for the Government, it was not echoed by the Deputy Education Minister II.

However, six months have passed and the Education Ministry continues to drag its feet, knowing full well that time is running out for us, parents, taxpayers, voters, we who pay their salaries.
When PPSMI was conceived in 2002, its objective was to address the poor employability of graduates, in particular the Malays.

It was vital for young Malaysians to acquire scientific knowledge, and be renowned in the field, before we could even envision Bahasa Malaysia as an international language, let alone a language of scientific knowledge.

Fortunately, the language of knowledge is English, which we have been exposed to for half a century, unlike many other countries that continue to struggle.

The then Cabinet endorsed the decision for students to be taught these two constantly evolving subjects in its lingua franca. Many of the same Cabinet ministers who agreed with PPSMI then continue to sit on the same Cabinet that abolished it.

The Academy of Sciences Malaysia was sought by the Government for their professional advice. While sourcing for scientific material in Indonesia, the largest Malay-speaking country in the world, the scientists there suggested that we should just stick to the English references, as they did not have any to show themselves.

The academy still stands by its opinion that PPSMI should continue. The president, in a column in May, wrote: “Much of the scientific references are in English. A recent announcement to review the policy is welcome.”
The then Education Minister, the only technocrat ever to lead the Education Ministry and who holds seven honorary doctorates in science to date, was adamant that the policy would succeed.

He set in place an implementation committee, which he headed as chairman, encapsulating a strict regime of controls and intervention programmes, which, if conformed to, could have made a tremendous success of the policy. The PPSMI unit in the ministry was the place to be and the envy of many.

Knowing full well the challenges, such as teacher competency and proficiency, coupled with poor computer literacy, ICT was introduced on a large scale and relied upon to bridge the shortfall between resources available and needed.

The latest in hardware and carefully designed software which were pedagogically correct were acquired, and numerous short courses in English were embarked upon.

On top of that, a cash allowance was offered to the science and mathematics teachers to use the money to further improve their English proficiency.

Sadly, in 2004, the technocrat minister completed his term, and PPSMI was abandoned without the leadership it so badly needed.

Come late 2007, rumblings were heard. These were not from the rural folk but from self-acclaimed clerics, linguists and politicians.

In 2008, the not-so-new Education Minister sought views from stakeholders on the policy. In 2009, the policy was abolished by the Deputy Prime Minister/Education Minister, three months into his portfolio and well before a government and an education blueprint was put in place.

Now the Government is talking of an education transformation. The transformation was already taking place before their very eyes, initiated by the Government itself, before it was prematurely decapitated – a case of self-infliction.
Yet the students continue to perform in Science, Mathematics and English without relegating Bahasa Malaysia. The rural students even outperform their urban friends in science, as has been pointed out by the director-general.

As we understand it, a government policy is to be carried out by the minister and his/her respective ministry.
As far as the Education Ministry is concerned, the teachers should have been prepared and required to ensure the policy succeeds, as is stated in their code of ethics.

Instead, the ministry faulted its teachers for being incompetent when the ministry itself had failed to ensure the controls which were already in place were strictly adhered to.
Naturally, by the time studies were conducted to review the success of the policy, it had reached a stage of declination.

PAGE believes PPSMI is still salvageable. And we are not alone. Jaringan Melayu Malaysia (JMM), which represents rural parents, also feels the same. JMM has an incredible online Malay base that is not to be underestimated.

The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS), Malaysia’s second leading think tank, has fallen in line too with its founder president, giving the much needed royal endorsement.
Together, we believe that the option must be given to parents to represent their children, and no one else.
Parents in Penang and Malacca are very restless. Parents in Selangor are gathering themselves together again. So are those in Kuala Lumpur. Do not underestimate the parents in Perak and Johor either.

We urge all education stakeholders to e-mail us your support as we want to collaborate with groups of influence to show to the Government that we are not all urban and neither are we isolated.

Let us put the past behind us and begin afresh. Let us instead start small, with the schools that parents want PPSMI to be retained, but allow the option to other schools to be able to do the same in the future.
Double the cash allowance for the Science and Mathematics teachers who enjoy and want to continue teaching these subjects in English.

Visit www.pagemalaysia.org to vote for the “Yes to PPSMI Option” and send the link to everyone you know, students included. Also look out for the Facebook poll “1M Malaysians Say Yes to PPSMI as an Option”, add your friends to the group, and get your friends to do the same. Make it viral.

Let us turn this into a success story for our children, for Malaysia and for many under-developed and developing countries to emulate.

PAGE is a national education watchdog. Kudos to our past Education Ministers for enlightening us on the benefits of a good education which we have enjoyed and now want for our children.

10 Sifat Calon Suami Yang Baik

2011-10-20T17:30:00.001-07:00

Biarpun Jalan Itu Panjang, Kita Akan Merintisnya Perlahan-lahan

Jika anda seorang wanita, carilah lelaki yang mempunyai sifat-sifat berikut.
Jika anda seorang lelaki, jadilah seorang lelaki yang mempunyai sifat-sifat berikut.

1. Kuat amalan agamanya. Menjaga solat fardhu, kerap berjemaah dan solat pada awal waktu. Auratnya juga sentiasa dipelihara dan memakai pakaian yang sopan. Sifat ini boleh dilihat terutama sewaktu bersukan.

2. Akhlaknya baik, iaitu seorang yang nampak tegas, tetapi sebenarnya seorang yang lembut dan mudah bertolak ansur. Pertuturannya juga mesti sopan, melambangkan peribadi dan hatinya yang mulia.

3. Tegas mempertahankan maruahnya. Tidak berkunjung ke tempat-tempat yang boleh menjatuhkan kredibilitinya.

4. Amanah, tidak mengabaikan tugas yang diberikan dan tidak menyalahgunakan kuasa dan kedudukan.

5. Tidak boros, tetapi tidak kedekut. Tahu membelanjakan wang dengan bijaksana.

6. Menjaga mata dengan tidak melihat perempuan lain yang lalu lalang ketika sedang bercakap-cakap.

7. Pergaulan yang terbatas, tidak mengamalkan cara hidup bebas walaupun dia tahu dirinya mampu berbuat demikian.

8. Mempunyai rakan pergaulan yang baik. Rakan pergaulan seseorang itu biasanya sama.

9. Bertanggungjawab. Lihatlah dia dengan keluarga dan ibu bapanya.

10. Wajah yang tenang, tidak kira semasa bercakap atau membuat kerja atau masa kecemasan.

10 Surah dapat Menghalang daripada 10 ujian Besar Allah:

2011-10-17T18:43:00.000-07:00

1- Surah Al-Fatihah dapat memadam kemurkaan Allah SWT.
2- Surah Yasin dapat menghilangkan rasa dahaga atau kehausan pada hari Kiamat.
3- Surah Dukhan dapat membantu kita ketika menghadapi ujian Allah SWT pada hari kiamat.
4- Surah Al-Waqiah dapat melindungi kita daripada ditimpa kesusahan atau fakir.
5- Surah Al-Mulk dapat meringankan azab di dalam kubur.
6- Surah Al-Kauthar dapat merelaikan segala perbalahan.
7- Surah Al-Kafirun dapat menghalang kita daripada menjadi kafir ketika menghadapi kematian.
8- Surah Al-Ikhlas dapat melindungi kita daripada menjadi golongan munafiq.
9- Surah Al-Falq dapat menghapuskan perasaan hasad dengki.
10- Surah An-Nas dapat melindungi kita daripada ditimpa penyakit was-was..

As - Salaam.

Hussaini Abdul Karim

~ Golongan Lelaki Yang Akan Ditarik ~

2011-10-16T22:50:00.000-07:00

Di akhirat nanti ada 4 golongan lelaki yg akan ditarik
masuk ke neraka oleh wanita. Lelaki itu adalah mereka
yg tidak memberikan hak kpd wanita dan tidak menjaga
amanah itu. Mereka ialah:

1. Ayahnya
Apabila seseorang yg bergelar ayah tidak mempedulikan anak2 perempuannya didunia. Dia tidak memberikan segala keperluan agama seperti mengajar solat,mengaji dan sebagainya Dia membiarkan anak2 perempuannya tidak menutup aurat. Tidak cukup kalau dgn hanya memberi kemewahan dunia sahaja. Maka dia akan ditarik ke neraka oleh anaknya. (p/s; Duhai lelaki yg bergelar ayah, bagaimanakah hal keadaan anak perempuanmu sekarang?. Adakah kau mengajarnya bersolat & saum?..menutup aurat?.. pengetahuan agama?.. Jika tidak cukup salah satunya, maka bersedialah utk menjadi bahan bakar neraka jahannam.)

2. Suaminya
Apabila sang suami tidak mempedulikan tindak tanduk isterinya. Bergaul! bebas di pejabat, memperhiaskan diri bukan utk suami tapi utk pandangan kaum lelaki yg bukan mahram. Apabila suami mendiam diri walaupun seorang yg alim dimana solatnya tidak pernah bertangguh, saumnya tidak tinggal, maka dia akan turut ditarik oleh isterinya bersama-sama ke dlm neraka. (p/s; Duhai lelaki yg bergelar suami, bagaimanakah hal keadaan isteri tercintamu sekarang?. Dimanakah dia? Bagaimana akhlaknya? Jika tidak kau menjaganya mengikut ketetapan syari’at, maka terimalah hakikat yg kau akan sehidup semati bersamanya di ‘taman’ neraka sana .)

3. Abang-abangnya
Apabila ayahnya sudah tiada,tanggungjawab menjaga maruah wanita jatuh ke bahu abang-abangnya dan saudara lelakinya. Jikalau mereka hanya mementingkan keluarganya sahaja dan adiknya dibiar melencong dari ajaran Islam,tunggulah tarikan adiknya di akhirat kelak. (p/s; Duhai lelaki yg mempunyai adik perempuan, jgn hanya menjaga amalmu, dan jgn ingat kau terlepas… kau juga akan dipertanggungjawabkan diakhirat kelak…jika membiarkan adikmu bergelumang dgn maksiat… dan tidak menutup aurat.)

4. Anak2 lelakinya
Apabila seorang anak tidak menasihati seorang ibu perihal kelakuan yg haram disisi Islam. bila ibu membuat kemungkaran mengumpat, memfitnah, mengata dan sebagainya…maka anak itu akan disoal dan dipertanggungjawabkan di akhirat kelak….dan nantikan tarikan ibunya ke neraka. (p/s; Duhai anak2 lelaki…. sayangilah ibumu…. nasihatilah dia jika tersalah atau terlupa…. krn ibu juga insan biasa… x lepas dr melakukan dosa… selamatkanlah dia dr menjadi ‘kayu api’ neraka….jika tidak, kau juga akan ditarik menjadi penemannya.)

Lihatlah…..betapa hebatnya tarikan wanita bukan sahaja di dunia malah diakhirat pun tarikannya begitu hebat. Maka kaum lelaki yg bergelar ayah/suami/abang atau anak harus memainkan peranan mereka. Firman Allah S.W.T; “Hai anak Adam, peliharalah diri kamu serta ahlimu dari api neraka dimana bahan bakarnya ialah manusia, jin dan batu-batu….”..!!!!

Renung-renungkan dan selamat beramal~

People and development

2011-10-16T06:46:00.000-07:00

I am a Malay, raised in Singapore until I was 19 years old and still keeps returning to Singapore regularly and I saw many important events during that 19 year period; the merger with Malaysia, the confrontation, the separation, and the direct telecast on TV showing Mr Lee Kuan Yew crying after Tunku Abdul Rahman announced the separation, the racial riots that went on for almost a week that erupted on 21 July 1964 on the occasion of the celebration of Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) birthday; the last big flood in Singapore in the late 60's and the many non-stop campaigns by the PAP government since they took over in 1959, broadcast in Malay, Chinese, Tamil and English and participated in many of Singapore's youth building, education and development programmes and the national service, amongst others. I moved to Malaysia in 1971 and became a citizen of this country, by choice, due to events and circumstances that happened to me and in what I believe, where my future lies, in 1979. I am just like Malaysians who move to Australia and becomes an Australian citizen, Malaysians who move to the US and becomes a US citizen, Malaysians who move to Singapore and becomes a Singapore citizen, Singaporeans who move to Malaysia and becomes a Malaysian citizen, etc. We all have our own special reasons and circumstances that led us to do so.

When I was born, Singapore being a country in the Straits Settlements together with Penang, Malacca and Dindings in Perak, I was, like many others born during my time, was a British subject. I then became a Singapore citizen after the City Council under David Marshall took over the administration of the state and in 1963, I became a Malaysian citizen when Singapore became part of Malaysia. When Singapore separated from the Federation of Malaysia, I became a Singapore citizen again and now, I am a Malaysian citizen.

As the Berita Harian editor Guntor Sadali said, "For Malays in Singapore,power is not about wielding the keris. For us, knowledge is ... THE real power ... We do not believe in getting any special treatment, because it would only reduce the value of our achievements and lower our dignity ...Dr Mahathir [Mohamad] and some Malay leaders across the Causeway do not like the way we do things here and have therefore warned Malaysian Malays not to be like us. On our part, there is certainly no turning back. Meritocracy has proven to be a good and fair system. It pushes us to work hard and makes us proud of our achievements". These and all the rest that he said are all very true.

My mother, brothers and sisters who are still in Singapore are all very successful, so are many of my relatives who are still there. We work hard and we are Malays!They do not complain unnecessarily about the PAP government, then and now. Those who do not make it, including some of my Malay relatives (I also do have non-Malay relatives there) who are there, know that they deserve it and they cannot complain. Even if they do, no one would listen to them. In Singapore, there's no NGOs or political parties to help people fight or lobby for lost causes, they are just a waste of time and nobody is interested.

Malays in Singapore have since a long time ago assimilated into the general Singapore society very well and we do not care what race people are or what religion they belong to, even amongst Malays there who are not Muslims anymore or Malays who claim to be Muslims but do not practise the religion.There's never been a case like 'Lina Joy' in Singapore. This, to them, is a private matter between the individual and God. The 'Natrah' case, if some insist, was an ancient one, so to speak. As long as they are not troublemakers, they will be accepted by the society, regardless of race, language or religion.

The Muslims in Singapore are all very well, thank you and they do not need to be told what to do and what not to do by anyone, any organisation or any institution or even the government, and as a matter of fact, the government of Singapore listens to them. Muslims in Singapore comprise a multitude of races, not just Malays. Many, if not most, of the mosques and madrasahs in Singapore are self-financing though they do receive some grants from the government and they do receive a very good support from the government on education including studying Islam up to the highest level. Many of these institutions have now, however, been taken over by the government as they saw it fit to be absorbed into the national education system and the people are not complaining. Their relationship with people from other communities and people from other religions is excellent and they do mix and exchange ideas regularly. Mind you, being a very small country, Singapore has more religions than most country in the world, including some ancient religions. There are still the Parsis there who practise Zoroastrianism and there are also the Ba'hais, the Orthodox Jews, etc., etc.

Of course, there will always be some oddballs around like Mas Selamat, who wants to carry out their so-called 'Jihad' in Singapore. I and many ofthem in Singapore, the Muslims especially, believe that these people are misinformed and confused.

So, I believe, Singapore is doing the right things and they have set their priorities right. They do not waste their time on things that are non-productive or things that are non-relevant any more. And the big thing is, there's no corruption there. Singapore is, in many ways, more Islamic than Malaysia.

There's a lot that Malaysia can learn from Singapore.

Of course, I also saw and was privy to the transformation of many Malay people and the Malay kampungs in Singapore to become educated Singaporeans and kampungs became satellite townships, respectively, and that includes Geylang, Kg. Kembangan, Kaki Bukit Teluk Kurau, Kg. Amber, Kg Ambo Solo, Kg. Wak Tanjung, Paya Lebar, Tongkang Pechah, Jalan Kayu, Lor Buangkok, Bedok, Changi, Pasir Ris, Tempenis (Tampines), Kg. Tai Seng, Kg Jawa, Kg Pachitan, Kg. Tengah, Pasir Panjang, Kg. Ubi, Kg. Pisang, Kg. Kelapa, and many others.

The transformation of some Chinese kampungs needed more work and at times, the government resorted to arson and professional arsonists to move the people. That was very sad indeed. Nevertheless, the government made sure that all facilities were ready and operable before carrying out such drastic actions. So, things progressed quite smoothly. After everybody moved to their individual well equipped SIT flats, later taken over by HDB, no one complained.The government also made sure that complete infrastructure were thoroughly planned, designed, constructed and completed before the displaced people moved in.

Can our country Malaysia emulate that?

I remember Bukit Ho Swee was the first Chinese settlement to be developed after Singapore's biggest fire (organised arson?) and after that there were many campaigns about fire prevention broadcast on TV, radio, schools, public places, homes, etc. I was then still in primary school. There were many fires that followed in rapid succession but though property and belongings were damaged or lost, no life was ever lost. Lee Kuan Yew did what he had to do. I thought that was classic Singapore.

In the early 60's , just before and soon after the separation, Singapore's Prime Minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew, had several debates that were telecast live and his opponents included fellow PAP stalwarts,opposition political party leaders, local and foreign journalists, writers, political anaylsts, heads of the various communities, student leaders, etc. One of the debates that I remember very well was the one he had with the late Sheikh Abdullah Basmeh, Islamic scholar, journalist, author, teacher, state elder, politician and Malay/Islam community leader. He was a very strong and staunch supporter of Tunku's UMNO and the Federation of Malaysia with Singapore in it. I watched the telecast together with my Malay, Chinese and Indian neighbours as well as their school going children. LKY was practically running rings around the Sheikh and we could sense that the Sheikh was uncomfortable and jittery and was 'hot around the collar' throughout the whole 1 hr debate and we also knew that LKY was not convinced with most, if not all, of the answers the Sheikh gave hims. We were all very happy with the PM's skill and ability to play with words. Mind you, my Chinese, Indian and Malay relatives (cousins) and friends and me were only about 9 or 10 years old then!

One of the questions LKY asked the Sheikh that I still can remember word for word until today was, "Apa itu Sheikh?" Again, his (the Sheikh's) answer to the question was not good enough and we all were laughing throughout the debate and the loudest laughter was when that question was asked. The next day at school, everyone were talking about that debate held the night before and the question if you wish to ask someone a red-herring question was, "Apa itu Sheikh?" followed by a roar of laughter by the person who asked and the person being asked accompanied by laughters of all the people nearby.

I wonder what it would be like if that were to happen here in this country?

Another landmark incident was when the government, in the early 80's, decided to change the name of the new township Bt. Panjang (it lies somewhere between Woodlands and Bt. Timah) to Zheng Dong, during the peak of the first of many speak Mandarin campaigns held there without consulting the people and Bukit Panjang has always been a predominantly Chinese area. There was a huge hue and cry about the decision and people from all communities, in particular the Chinese, who were complaining daily about it to the PM, ministers, MPs, town councils, TV, radio, newspapers including the vernacular newspapers, schools, colleges, universities, etc. The government quickly backtracked and retained the original name, Bukit Pamjang, to everyone's relief and satisfaction.

Here, in our country, every community wants to have names of roads, among others, changed and to be named after their own leaders, regardless of the sentiments. What lah my fellow Malaysians!

Mr Lee Kuan Yew did not achieve what he wanted to achieve in and for Singapore overnight. He took almost thirty years to do that!

Soon after the separation from Malaysia on 9th August 1965 before the introduction of National Service, the Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, introduced 'The Pledge' to be said by all all primary and secondary schools for both the morning and afternoon sessions which read as follows:

"We, the citizens of Singapore, pledge ourselves as one united people,regardless of race, language or religion, to build a democratic society based on justice and equality so as to achieve happiness, prosperity and progress for our nation".

This was done to instill loyalty, discipline and unity in all the young people of Singapore, both boys and girls regardless of race, language or religion to ensure that thestate's desire to build a democratic society based on justice and equality so as to achieve happiness, prosperity and progress for the small nation.

See here for more: http://hak55.blogspot.com/2010/02/pledge.html

Primary and secondary school students then were almost all from the baby boomers generation and they were the people who would become future leaders, politicians, and top civil servants in Singapore and you all can see for yourself the results now. His son, BG Lee Hsien Loong, the current Prime Minister of Singapore, was one of them and also are the many ministers and state minsters and top civil servants serving the country now. Granted, many of them come from Malaysia including the former and the current Chief Justice.

Of course, there were many other very successful campaigns and development programmes involving youths of all races that took place there even until today.

For starters, how about if the Malaysian PM makes all primary and secondary school students take a similar pledge now. Any comments?

On infrastructure, Singapore did not need to build a SMART Tunnel like Malaysia as part of their flood mitigation programme. They deepened, widened and increased the number of drains throughout the country and built huge, very deep and very wide canals at strategic areas which are very much cheaper than what we spent on our drains in Malaysia. For safety, especially for very young children, since some drains are as deep as six feet, all drains around markets, shopping centres, residential areas, etc. are fitted with steel grill covers and nobody steals them. Of course, the key thing is proper care and maintenance and these are done religiously.

Notice that when you travel on the MRT, buses and /or taxis, there are terminals and stops located at places very convenient for the commuters. One walks only 100 or at the most 300 steps to where you want to go after alighting from the MRT trains and buses and there you are, the places you want to go are all nearby. One need not walk 200 metres or more, for example, from the bus stop to the market, like what is very common here. And when you take taxis anywhere in Singapore, you do not haggle over prices.

Many Malaysians who have other than a Malaysian background may want to share their knowledge and experience here: Americans, South Americans, Europeans, Arabs, Indians, Chinese, Thais, Indonesians, Australians, etc.

What am I now? I am a Malaysian.

Malaysians: Can we do the same things here?

HAK

History of Malaya (Who are the real heroes?)

2011-10-13T01:54:00.000-07:00

The talk by Tan Sri Prof Emeritus Dr. Khoo Kay Kim last night was interesting,mind-opening (not mind-boggling) and sometimes, confusing, especially on the part whether Malaya was colonised by the British or not but after talking to him and having got further clarification from him, I now fully understand the technicality. According to what i understand now is that the Straits Settlements (Penang, Malacca and Singapore) and Dindings (in Perak) were colonised but the Federated Malay States and the Unfederated Malay States, weren't. This however can be argued further. However, arguments must be based on facts and knowledge otherwise, you will only be discussing rubbish.

But, for all intents and purposes, Malaya was colonised by the British. Confusing eh?

See here: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=163362220417719

It scares me to learn that some young people whom I met last night believe in what they hear from people who are neither historians, academicians nor professionals about our country's history in particular about the part on who were the heroes and who were the traitors. Some even believe that the communist were the real heroes and this, to me, is most horrifying!

I would have thought that being graduates or undergraduates, they would have at least given some thought about whatever they hear, check them, verify them and only after that make a conclusion rather than believing the story wholesale whoever they heard them from. That is, they should make a critical appreciation about what they hear before coming to any conclusion.

I posted before an essay, 'Fighting The Communists - A First Hand View,' which I wrote based on my personal experience when I was serving with the Malaysian Army and taken from my blog here: http://hak55.blogspot.com/ and someone asked me whether that same article was ever published in any mainstream newspaper. Yes, it was published in NST (Letters) on 31 August 2011, in conjunction with Merdeka day and it was done as a reply to Mat Sabu's mistaken claim that Mat Indera was the hero and glorifying him and the communists in the Bt Kepong tragedy.

Who are the real heroes then? We all are, Malaysians who are loyal to the country and the nation, we who want to see the country develop further, continue to be prosperous, peaceful and harmonious and be able to tolerate the multi-racial and multi-religious society we live in.

Please see here if the above is not clear enough for you to read: http://hak55.blogspot.com/2009/05/fighting-communists-first-hand-view.html

As - Salaam.

HAK

The National Budget - comparison

2011-10-10T21:37:00.000-07:00

PoliTweet.Org

How does the Pakatan Rakyat Budget compare with the Barisan Nasional Budget for 2012?

This graph shows the allocation in spending in both budgets across 7 different areas.

Barisan Nasional (BN) allocated RM 232.8 billion.
Pakatan Rakyat (PR) allocated RM 220.5 billion.
The previous 2011 Budget was 213.9 billion.

The percentage gap in spending priorities is greatest in National and International Affairs, Education, Talent and Employment and Community Wellbeing.

Pakatan Rakyat's spending priorities are:

1. Education, Talent and Employment (25%)
2. National and International Affairs (21%)
3. Economics and Finance (16%)
4. Community Wellbeing (15%)
5. Security (11%)
6. Agriculture and Regional Development (8%)
7. Infrastructure, Resource Management and Environment (4%)

Barisan Nasional's spending priorities are:

1. National and International Affairs (26%)
2. Education, Talent and Employment (22%)
3. Economics and Finance (16%)
4. Community Wellbeing (12%)
5. Security (11%)
6. Agriculture and Regional Development (8%)
7. Infrastructure, Resource Management and Environment (5%)

Despite similar priorities and a 5.57% smaller budget, Pakatan Rakyat has allocated more spending than Barisan Nasional in the following areas:

1. Education, Talent and Employment (54.3 billion vs 51.4 billion)
2. Community Wellbeing (32.8 billion vs 28.1 billion)

This was achieved by reducing the allocation in other areas, primarily National and International Affairs.

Ahmed Kamal
11th October 2011

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Government agencies for each area:

National and International Affairs
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Tanggungan
Parlimen
Pejabat Penyimpan Mohor Besar Raja-Raja
Jabatan Audit
Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya
Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam
Jabatan Perdana Menteri
Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam
Jabatan Peguam Negara
Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM)
Kementerian Luar Negeri
Kementerian Wilayah Persekutuan dan Kesejahteraan Bandar
Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Pendidikan
Kementerian Penerangan, Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan
Simpanan Luar Jangka
Kementerian Pembangunan Usahawan dan Koperasi
Kementerian Perpaduan, Kebudayaan, Kesenian dan Warisan
Kementerian Hal Ehwal Dalam Negeri

Education, Talent and Employment
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Kementerian Pelajaran
Kementerian Sumber Manusia
Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi

Economics and Finance
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Kementerian Kewangan
Kementerian Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri
Kementerian Perdagangan Dalam Koperasi dan Kepenggunaan
Kementerian Pelancongan

Community Wellbeing
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Kementerian Pengangkutan
Kementerian Kesihatan
Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan
Kementerian Belia dan Sukan
Kementerian Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat

Security
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Kementerian Pertahanan
Kementerian Dalam Negeri

Agriculture and Regional Development
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Kementerian Perusahaan Perladangan dan Komoditi
Kementerian Pertanian dan Industri Asas Tani
Kementerian Kemajuan Luar Bandar dan Wilayah

Infrastructure, Resource Management and Environment
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Kementerian Sumber Asli dan Alam Sekitar
Kementerian Kerja Raya
Kementerian Tenaga, Teknologi Hijau dan Air
Kementerian Sains, Teknologi dan Inovasi

"JASA BESAR" KERAJAAN UMNO-BN KEPADA RAKYAT MALAYSIA....UNTUK MELAYU YANG MUDAH... LUPA!!!!!

2011-10-09T03:06:00.000-07:00

1. PKFZ RM12bill
2. Submarine RM500mil
3. Simedarby RM964mil
4. Paya Indah Westland RM88mil
5. Posmalaysia (transmile) RM230mil lost
6. Eurocopter deal RM1bil wasted?
7. Terengganu Stadium Collapsed RM292mil
8. MRR2 repair cost RM70mil
9. Maybank Overpay for BII RM4bil
10. Tourism -NYY kickback RM10mil
11. 3 paintings bought by MAS—————– RM 1.5M
12. Overpayment by Sport Ministry ———— RM 8.4M
13. London 's white elephant sports complex — RM 70M
14. MRR2 Repairs—————————— RM 70M
15. MATRADE repairs ————————– RM 120M
16. Cost of new plane used by PM————– RM 200M
17. InventQ irrecoverable debt ————— RM 228M
18. Compensation for killing crooked bridge —– RM 257M
20. Lost in selling Augusta ——————— RM 510M
21. Worth of AP given out in a year ———— RM 1.8B
22. Submarines (future Muzium Negara artifacts)- RM 4.1B
23. PSC Naval dockyard ———————— RM 6.75B
24. The Bank Bumiputra twin scandals in the early 1980s saw US$1 billion (RM3.2 billion in 2008 ringgit)
25. The Maminco attempt to corner the world tin market in the 1980s isbelieved to have cost some US$500 million. (RM1.6 billion)
26. Betting in foreign exchange futures cost Bank Negara Malaysia RM30 billion in the 1990s.
27. Perwaja Steel resulted in losses of US$800 million (RM2.56 billion).
28. Use of RM10 billion public funds in the Valuecap Sdn. Bhd. operation to shore up the stock market
29. Banking scandal of RM700 million losses in Bank Islam
30. The sale of M.V. Agusta by Proton for one Euro making a loss of €75.99 million (RM 348 million)
31. Wang Ehsan from oil royalty on Terengganu RM7.4 billion from 2004 – 2007
32. For the past 10 years since Philharmonic Orchestra was established, this orchestra has swallowed a total of RM500 million. Hiring a kwai-lo CEO with salary of more than RM1 M per annum !!
33. In Advisors Fees, Mahathir was paid RM180,000, Shahrizat Abdul Jalil (women and social development affairs) RM404,726 and Abdul Hamid Othman (religious) RM549,675 per annum
34. The government has spent a total of RM3.2 billion in teachingMaths and Science in English over the past five years. Out of the amount, the government paid a whopping RM2.21 billion for the purchase of information and computer technology (ICT) equipment which it is unable to give a breakdown. Govt paid more than RM6k per notebook vs per market price of less than RM3k through some new consortiums they setup just to transact the notebook deal. There was no math &science content for the teachers and the notebooks are all with the teachers' children now.
35. The commission paid for purchase of jets and submarines to two private companies Perimeker Sdn Bhd and IMT Defence Sdn Bhd amounted toRM910 million.
36. RM300 million to compensate Gerbang Perdana for the RM1.1 billion "Crooked Scenic Half-Bridge"
37. RM1.3 billion have been wasted building the white elephantCustoms, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) facilities on cancellation of the Malaysia-Singapore scenic bridge
38. RM 100 million on renovation of Parliament building and leaks
39. National Astronaut Programme – RM 40 million
40. National Service Training Programme – yearly an estimate of RM 500 million
41. Eye on Malaysia – RM 30 million and another RM5.7 million of free ticket
42. RM 2.4 million on indelible ink
43. Samy announced in September 2006 that the government paid compensation amounting to RM 38.5 billion to 20 highway companies. RM380 million windfalls for 9 toll concessionaires earned solely from the toll hike in 2008 alone.
44. RM32 million timber export kickbacks involving companies connected to Sarawak Chief Minister and his family.
45. Two bailouts of Malaysia Airline System RM7.9 billion. At a time when MAS incurring losses every year, RM1.55 million used to buy three paintings to decorate its chairman's (Munir) office.
46. Putra transport system bailout which cost RM4.486 billion.
47. STAR-LRT bailout costing RM3.256 billion.
48. National Sewerage System bailout costing RM192.54 million.
49. Seremban-Port Dickson Highway bailout costing RM142 million.
50. Kuching Prison bailout costing RM135 million.
51. Kajian Makanan dan Gunaan Orang Islam bailout costing RM8.3 million.
52. Le Tour de Langkawi bailout costing RM 3.5 Million.
53. Wholesale distribution of tens of millions of shares in Bursa Malaysia under guise of NEP to cronies, children and relatives of BN leaders and Ministers worth billions of ringgits.
54. Alienation of tens of thousands of hectares of commercial lands and forestry concessions to children and relatives of BN leaders and Ministers worth tens of billions of ringgits.
55. Since 1997, Petronas has handed out a staggering 30 billion ringgit in natural gas subsidies to IPPs who were making huge profits.In addition, there were much wastages and forward trading of Petronas oil in the 1990s based on the low price of oil then. Since the accounts of Petronas are for the eyes of Prime Minister only, we have absolutely no idea of the amount.
56. RM5700 for a car jack worth RM50
57. Government-owned vehicle consumed a tank of petrol worth RM113 within a few minutes
58. A pole platform that cost RM990 was bought for RM30,000
59. A thumb drive that cost RM90 was bought for RM480
60. A cabinet that cost RM1,500 was bought for RM13,500
61. A flashlight that cost RM35 was bought for RM143
62. Expenses for 1 Malaysia campaign paid to APCO?
63. RM17 billion subsidy to IPP
64.Ini soalan yg paling saya nak tau jawapannya, adakah negara Malaysia pernah dijajah British ataupun tidak?

By: Seligi Alpha

DOA SEWAKTU BERSUJUD & KEISTIMEWAANNYA

2011-10-06T05:36:00.000-07:00

Sewaktu bersujud, kita berada amat hampir dengan Allah. Katakanlah apa sahaja di... dalam hati hajat kita sebagaimana yang dilakukan oleh Rasulullah s. a. w. yang biasa memanjangkan sujudnya dengan memperbanyakkan zikir dan doa didalamnya.

Sabda Rasulullah s. a. w :- "Suasana yang paling hampir antara seseorang hamba dengan Tuhannya ialah di kala ia bersujud kerana itu hendaklah kamu memperbanyakkan doa di dalamnya."

Banyak doa yang diamalkan oleh Rasulullah untuk kita ikuti. Salah satunya yang paling baik untuk diamalkan ialah doa yang dibaca sewaktu sujud akhir dalam solat.

"Ya Allah, tambahkanlah bagiku rezeki yang banyak lagi halal, iman yang benar, ilmu yang bermanfaat, kesihatan yang elok, kecerdikan yang tinggi, hati yang bersih dan kejayaan yang besar."

Semoga dengan mengamalkan doa itu kita mendapat manfaat atau sekurang-kurangnya menjadi cita-cita kita dalam mencari keredhaan Allah dunia dan akhirat.

Banyak kelebihan memanjangkan sujud dan memperbanyakkan doa di dalamnya.

Rasulullah s. a. w biasa berbuat begitu sehingga pernah para sahabat hairan kerana lamanya baginda bersujud.

Keistimewaan umatnya yang bersujud telah disebut oleh baginda dalam sabdanya yang bermaksud:-

"Tiadalah ada seorang umatku melainkan aku yang akan mengenalinya di hari kiamat"

Mendengar itu para sahabat bertanya: "Bagaimanakah engkau dapat mengenali mereka dalam khalayak ramai wahai Rasulullah?"

Jawab baginda: "Tidakkah engkau melihat seandainya sekumpulan unta dimasuki oleh seekor kuda yang amat hitam, sedang di dalamnya pula terdapat sekor kuda putih bersih, maka adakah engkau tidak dapat mengenalinya?"

Sahabat Menjawab: "Bahkan !" Rasulullah menyambung: "Kerana sesungguhnya pada hari itu kiamat) muka umatku akan putih (berser-seri) disebabkan mereka bersujud (di dunia), segala anggota mereka (terutama anggota wudu') putih berseri-seri oleh cahaya wudhu' !!!"

KEISTIMEWAANNYA

Ahli neraka juga mendapat keselamatan kerana bekas sujudnya. Rasulullah s.a.w. bersabda yang bermaksud:-

"Apabila Allah hendak melimpahkan Rahmat (kebaikan) kepada ahli-ahli neraka yang Dia kehendaki, Dia pun memerintahkan malaikat supaya mengeluarkan orang-orang yang menyembah Allah, lalu mereka dikeluarkan dan mereka dikenali dengan kesan-kesan sujud (di dahi mereka), di mana Allah swt menegah neraka memakan (menghapuskan) bekas-bekas sujud itu, lalu mereka pun keluar dari neraka, maka setiap tubuh anak Adam akan dimakan api neraka selain bekas sujud"

Begitulah Allah memuliakan hamba-Nya yang bersujud. Orang yang sujud mendapat keistimewaannya apatah lagi di dalam sujud itu kita berdoa. Sudah tentu mendapat perhatian yang sewajarnya. Semoga kita akan menjadi hamba yang benar-benar mendapat rahmat.

Wassalam.

"Tunjangkanlah resah mu di dada SOLAT, Himpunkan perit mu di genggaman DOA, Tutupi kekecewaan mu dgn keTAQWAan dan Nilaikan kesucian hati mu dengan keIKHLASAN hati."

KEBESARAN SOLAT 2 RAKAAT

Allah SWT selesai menciptakan Jibrail as dengan bentuk yang cantik, dan Allah menciptakan pula baginya 600 sayap yang panjang , sayap itu antara timur dan barat (ada pendapat lain menyatakan 124, 000 sayap). Setelah itu Jibrail as memandang dirinya sendiri dan berkata:

"Wahai Tuhanku, adakah engkau menciptakan makhluk yang lebih baik daripada aku?."

Lalu Allah swt berfirman yang bermaksud.. "Tidak"

Kemudian Jibrail as berdiri serta solat dua rakaat kerana syukur kepada Allah swt. dan tiap-tiap rakaat itu lamanya 20,000 tahun.

Setelah selesai Jibrail as solat, maka Allah SWT berfirman yang bermaksud. "Wahai Jibrail, kamu telah menyembah aku dengan ibadah yang bersungguh-sungguh, dan tidak ada seorang pun yang menyembah kepadaku seperti ibadat kamu, akan tetapi di akhir zaman nanti akan datang seorang nabi yang mulia yang paling aku cintai, namanya Muhammad. ' Dia mempunyai umat yang lemah dan sentiasa berdosa, sekiranya mereka itu mengerjakan solat dua rakaat yang hanya sebentar sahaja, dan mereka dalam keadaan lupa serta serba kurang, fikiran mereka melayang bermacam-macam dan dosa mereka pun besar juga. Maka demi kemuliaannKu dan ketinggianKu, sesungguhnya solat mereka itu aku lebih sukai dari solatmu itu. Kerana mereka mengerjakan solat atas perintahKu, sedangkan kamu mengerjakan solat bukan atas perintahKu."

Kemudian Jibrail as berkata: "Ya Tuhanku, apakah yang Engkau hadiahkan kepada mereka sebagai imbalan ibadat mereka?"

Lalu Allah berfirman yang bermak! sud. "Ya Jibrail, akan Aku berikan syurga Ma'waa sebagai tempat tinggal..."

Kemudian Jibrail as meminta izin kepada Allah untuk melihat syura Ma'waa.

Setelah Jibrail as mendapat izin dari Allah SWT maka pergilah Jibrail a.s dengan mengembangkan sayapnya dan terbang, setiap dia mengembangkan dua sayapnya dia boleh menempuh jarak perjalanan 3000 tahun, terbanglah malaikat jibrail a.s selama 300 tahun sehingga ia merasa letih dan lemah dan akhirnya dia turun singgah berteduh di bawah bayangan sebuah pohon dan dia sujud kepada Allah SWT lalu ia berkata dalam sujud:

"Ya Tuhanku apakah sudah aku menempuh jarak perjalanan setengahnya, atau sepertiganya, atau seperempatnya?"

Kemudian Allah swt berfirman yang bermaksud. "Wahai Jibrail, kalau kamu dapat terbang selama 3000 tahun dan meski! p! un aku memberikan kekuatan kepadamu seperti kekuatan yang engkau miliki, lalu kamu terbang seperti yang telah kamu lakukan, nescaya kamu tidak akan sampai kepada sepersepuluh dari beberapa perpuluhan yang telah kuberikan kepada umat Muhammad terhadap imbalan solat dua rakaat yang mereka kerjakan....."

Marilah sama-sama kita fikirkan dan berusaha lakukan... Sesungguhnya Allah S.W.T telah menyembunyikan enam perkara iaitu :

* Allah S.W.T telah menyembunyikan redha-Nya dalam taat.

* Allah S.W.T telah menyembunyikan murka-Nya di dalam maksiat.

* Allah S.W.T telah menyembunyikan nama-Nya yang Maha Agung di dalam Al-Quran.

* Allah S.W.T telah menyembunyikan Lailatul Qadar di dalam bulan Ramadhan.

* Allah S.W.T telah menyembunyikan solat yang paling utama di dalam solat (yang lima waktu).

* Allah S.W.T telah menyembunyikan hari kiamat (hari kejadiannya) di dalam semua hari.

Semoga kita mendapat berkat daripada ilmu ini. Wallahualam

"Sesungguhnya keadaan kekuasaanNya apabila ia mengkehendaki sesuatu, hanyalah ia berfirman kepada (hakikat)benda itu: "Jadilah Engkau!", maka ia terus menjadi"-ayat 82, surah Yassin.

Salam Ukhuwah..~ By: ‎-Tok Wan 2

Renungan Sejenak Agar Terhenti Segala Ayik dan Enak Lamunannya...

2011-10-06T05:27:00.001-07:00

Renungan Sejenak Agar Terhenti Segala Lagha` Dalam Ayik dan Kelunakan Lamunannya...
Fahami, Renungi, Selami dan Timbang-Timbangkanlah dengan neraca ilmu dan iman masing-masing....
Kebenaran dan Nur yang mutlak dan haqiqi hanyalah milikNya segalanya tanpa cela keseluruhannya...Wallahua`lam....

... Dated October 1 2011 at 6:04pm
By Fakeh Khalifah Saka.

Islam dibina bermula dari diri kita
kepada sekalian ibu dan bapa
marilah kita bina Islam itu dalam diri anak-anak kita
kerana esok anak-anak inilah yang akan menjadi ibu dan bapa

ramai yang keliru perihal ini
membina islam bermula dengan masyarakat dan negara
jika tak percaya tengok lah anak-bini mereka
caca marba dan huru hara
inilah padah meletakkan sesuatu tidak pada tempatnya
ingatlah bahawa dalam Islam ada 73 cabang
72 sesat tapi 1 sahaja yang betul
apakah 1 cabang yang betul itu ?
namanya ialah Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jamaah
iman, islam dan ihsan
tauhid, feqah dan tasauf
ilmu tauhid bersandarkan 2 imam
al-maturudi dan al-asyairah
mudah dikenal sebagai sifat 20
mengenal Tuhan dengan akal
akal menjadi tajam jika mengaji ilmu ini
bukan tauhid 3 serangkai
bernama uluhiyyah, rubbubiyah dan asama wa sifat
kalau payah sangat nak faham
taqlidlah pada guru yang mursyid
ilmu feqah ada 4 imam
di negara nie diamalkan mazhab Syafie
jangan lah ikut golongan yang konon berakal
dicop semua pekerjaan adat sebagai bidaah
sedangkan ijtimak ulama Melayu menghukum harus
adat bersendikan syarak ditimbang neraca al-uruf
disuruh kita guna akal untuk pilih hukum yang sesuai
dari mana-mana 4 mazhab yang muktabar
atau istilah dalam Arabnya bernama TALFIQ
berlaku biadap pada imam-imam yang mulia
kalau tak serasi boleh juga cantum-cantum mana yang suka
atau buat ijtihad hukum yang baru
inilah mazhab fiqh sunnah atau kaum muda
diasaskan syed sabiq, imam besarnya kini yusuf qardawi
kini hidup subur di negeri kelantan
di bawah kepimpinan nik abdul aziz
adapun fiqh sunnah adik sekufu dengan islam wahabi
hidup subur di negei perlis
bapak besarnya bernama asri bekas mufti
perangainya sama macam nik abdul aziz
akhirnya sekali ialah ilmu tasauf
sering dicop kaum muda dan wahabi sebagai sesat
ilmu tasauf itu tujuan nak bersihkan hati dari penyakit mazmumah
tasauf itu teori dan imamnya ialah Imam Ghazali
tareqat itu amalan dan imamnya ialah Imam Junaid al-Baghdadi

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Kenapa PAS dan UMNO tidak boleh bersatu

2011-10-03T20:46:00.000-07:00

Politik Matang Syarat Kerjasama
Ditulis oleh admin Isnin, 12 Julai 08:09
MUKADIMAH
SUDAH terlalu lama isu kerjasama antara UMNO dan Pas diperkatakan sehingga pernah pada satu ketika kedua-dua parti yang mewakili orang Melayu beragama Islam di negara ini dikatakan telah bersedia untuk berbincang ke arah menubuhkan kerajaan perpaduan. Namun, perkembangan semasa menunjukkan cadangan kerjasama itu tidak menemui kesepakatan jauh sekali mampu membentuk kerajaan yang menggabungkan kedua-dua parti itu. Ada yang berpandangan, mungkin generasi muda dalam UMNO dan Pas boleh memainkan peranan untuk merealisasikan kerjasama tersebut tetapi dalam bentuk mengangkat agenda sosial orang Melayu dan Islam. Naib Ketua Pergerakan Pemuda, DATUK RAZALI IBRAHIM ketika ditanya perkara itu menegaskan, kerjasama seumpama itu boleh dilaksanakan jika kedua-dua pihak telah sampai ke tahap politik matang. Bercakap kepada wartawan Mingguan Malaysia, NORAINI ABD. RAZAK dan HAFIZAHRIL HAMID, beliau menyatakan kesediaan untuk bekerjasama dengan Pas asalkan politik dendam, marah dan emosi keterlaluan diketepikan.
Ketua Dewan Pemuda Pas, NASARUDDIN HASSAN ketika ditemui di Kuantan turut menyentuh perihal politik separuh matang dan pentingnya punca pergeseran antara UMNO dan Pas dihapuskan untuk membolehkan kedua-dua parti itu menjalin kerjasama dalam isu-isu bukan politik. Beliau melihat jalan terbaik bagi UMNO-Pas untuk melaksanakan peranan tersebut adalah dengan kembali kepada Islam dan bersikap lapang dada dalam menerima teguran baik di pihak Pas mahu pun UMNO.
Razali dan Nasaruddin sependapat dalam satu perkara iaitu bertepuk sebelah tangan tidak berbunyi, justeru UMNO dan Pas tidak ada pilihan melainkan bersama-sama berusaha menghapuskan segala punca pergeseran dan menyediakan suasana kondusif supaya kerjasama seumpama itu dapat dilangsungkan.
MINGGUAN: Bagaimana Datuk melihat kerjasama antara UMNO dan Pas terutama dalam bidang yang tidak berkait dengan politik?
RAZALI: Dalam perkara ini saya nak tanya kenapa kita ada parti politik di negara ini. Kita ada parti-parti politik yang berbeza dengan falsafah dan matlamat tersendiri. Masing-masing akan berkata mereka berjuang untuk rakyat. Tetapi perkara pertama yang perlu ditanya kepada pemimpin termasuklah diri saya kenapa kita berada di sini. Sudah tentu jawapannya sama iaitu untuk negara kita. Namun adakah kita berlaku adil kepada tugas dan tanggungjawab kepada rakyat. Contohnya persidangan Parlimen atau Dewan Undangan Negeri. Berapa peratus kita bincang pasal kepentingan politik dan berapa pula untuk kepentingan rakyat. Kalau diselitkan dengan politik itu biasa tetapi kalau berlebihan tentang politik itu luar biasa.
Dalam soal penyatuan saya lebih memilih untuk kerjasama. Ia berlaku apabila wujud kasih sayang yang sama untuk negara. Dari segi matlamat saya yakin sama namun dalam perjalanan menuju matlamat banyak benar keruntuhan dilakukan secara sengaja atau sebaliknya yang akhirnya boleh dipersoalkan apakah ia benar-benar sahih. Apa guna kita dapat apa yang dimahukan tetapi ia akhirnya meruntuhkan semua yang telah wujud apabila berada di tampuk kuasa dan menyusahkan untuk membina semula. Alangkah baiknya segala keharmonian dan kemakmuran yang telah wujud dikekalkan tanpa ada sebarang keruntuhan. Kita kena ada cara iaitu dalam perkara baik yang boleh bekerjasama hendaklah disokong dan perkara sebaliknya perlu dimaklumkan atas tujuan membina dan bukan menghukum. Kita belum mencapai apa yang dipanggil demokrasi matang. Sepatutnya bila parti politik bertembung ketika pilihan raya ia tidak perlu dilanjutkan selepasnya. Pertembungan dari segi ideologi dan falsafahnya sepatutnya hanya berlaku ketika pilihan raya tetapi malangnya di negara ini ia berlaku sepanjang masa. Mengapa tidak kita terima keputusan pilihan raya dan selepasnya buat kerja untuk rakyat dan kemudian bertembung balik dalam pilihan raya akan datang. Kerjasama yang bukan politik dalam bidang seperti sosial, pendidikan, ekonomi dan sebagainya hendaklah disumbangkan atas niat yang sama iaitu melihat kepada kepentingan rakyat dan bukan atas perbezaan yang wujud.
Mungkin ada halangan lain dalam membentuk kerjasama ini?
RAZALI: Pada saya masalah utamanya adalah emosi namun sebagai pemimpin kita tidak boleh terlalu mengikut emosi. Sebagai pemimpin kita tidak boleh ego, berdendam yang akhirnya membuatkan kita tidak boleh berlaku adil kepada rakyat. Keduanya, kekurangan pengalaman kerana ilmu pengetahuan sangat mustahak. Namun ilmu sahaja tidak cukup jika tidak mempunyai pengalaman yang cukup. Dalam soal kepimpinan juga tidak cukup jika selepas menamatkan pengajian maka merasakan sudah cukup pembacaan untuk menjadi pemimpin yang baik tanpa pengalaman yang cukup. Jika tidak kita akan hanya ditipu oleh mereka yang lebih berpengalaman. Dalam konteks kerjasama UMNO dan Pas, saya tidak ada masalah dengan Dewan Pemuda Pas malah mempunyai perhubungan dan perbincangan dengan mereka.
Tetapi kenapa mereka marah sangat dengan saya. Mungkin kerana persepsi dan tingkah laku yang dibuat kepada parti saya. Ini mungkin melibatkan pemimpin yang terdahulu. Mungkin akibat perselisihan antara pemimpin Pas dan UMNO ketika mereka bersama di bawah BN dahulu. Ia kemudiannya diwariskan kepada pemimpin sekarang walhal hakikatnya tidak ada masalah pun sekarang. Saya secara peribadi tidak ada masalah dengan Nasarudin Hassan dan mana-mana pemimpin Pas dan kita tidak perlu mewarisi apa yang berlaku antara pemimpin sebelumnya supaya kita menunjukkan contoh kematangan dalam politik yang akhirnya akan dinilai oleh pengundi. Yang penting generasi muda perlu jujur dan ikhlas dalam hal kerjasama ini dan tidak seharusnya mewarisi persengketaan sebelum ini. Masyarakat di luar sana sedang menanti satu proses kematangan kepimpinan namun proses itu belum wujud sebarang tawar menawar. Sekarang ini rakyat tidak ada pilihan iaitu sama ada memilih BN atau selain BN. Saya beranggapan kerjasama ini boleh berlaku tetapi setakat ini kita masih belum ada kematangan politik berbanding negara-negara lain. Dari segi formatnya mungkin kita sudah tahu dan faham tetapi dari segi pengisiannya kita masih belum bersedia.
Mungkin kerjasama sebegini sukar kerana penyokong di peringkat bawahan tidak mahu menerimanya?
RAZALI: Ada persepsi bahawa jika mereka yang tidak menyokong BN tidak akan menerima manfaat sebaik yang lain. Namun itu hanyalah berbentuk struktur yang kita guna pakai selama ini. di tempat lain ia tidak begitu. Jika kita lihat keadaan sebenar, orang kaya di negara ini adakah kita tahu mereka ini menyokong parti mana. Kalau betul yang kaya hanyalah orang UMNO sahaja tetapi ia tidak berlaku. Ini kerana kerajaan sekarang jaga semua dan semua dapat secara menyeluruh. Persepsi ini berlaku kerana ia ditimbulkan pihak-pihak tertentu. Jika kita lihat pembangkang sentiasa kata orang UMNO rasuah, pakai kereta besar kerana ambil rasuah. Tapi sekarang kita boleh lihat ahli politik mereka juga sudah mampu pakai kereta besar sedangkan baru berapa tahun terlibat dalam politik. Saya tak mahu kata mereka mengamalkan rasuah namun hakikat negara kita ini makmur. Masalahnya kita terlibat dalam politik yang tidak matang. Mereka bercerita tentang perkara buruk seseorang ahli politik supaya rakyat akan menyokong mereka.
Saya juga yakin anak muda sekarang sudah mampu membuat perubahan kerana kita telah terperangkap dalam politik yang tidak matang sejak sekian lama sama ada di peringkat pembangkang mahupun kerajaan. Bagi saya bohonglah kalau Pas kata mereka tidak dapat apa-apa selama ini. Sedangkan jika kita lihat berapa ramai yang menerima biasiswa, belajar di universiti jadi doktor, peguam dan sebagainya.
Sejauh mana Datuk melihat keperluan kerjasama antara UMNO dan Pas?
RAZALI: Pada saya usaha untuk menyelesaikan apa juga masalah melibatkan orang Melayu dan negara bukan sahaja melibatkan parti politik tetapi melibatkan semua pihak. Siapa sahaja yang ingin menyumbang boleh datang dan bekerjasama apatah lagi para pemimpin politik. Sebenarnya tidak perlu menunggu sehingga pihak pembangkang kata jadi pemerintah baru hendak dibuat sesuatu. Mereka boleh datang dan beritahu apa yang mahu dicadang dan dikongsi untuk kebaikan agama, bangsa dan negara. Tidak kira parti politik, badan bukan kerajaan (NGO) dan sebagainya. Ini merupakan proses yang sentiasa berlangsung.
Pemuda UMNO sentiasa mengalu-alukan tapi kalau kita hendak pelawa dengan siapa. Kita pelawa Pas mereka kata sekarang bila UMNO lemah baru hendak pelawa. Ini bukan soal lemah atau tidak kerana dalam apa juga keadaan kita akan sentiasa berusaha untuk terus membina negara. Jika kita lihat sekarang beberapa perkara yang baik untuk dilaksanakan tetapi tidak boleh dilakukan kerana suasana politik maka ia tidak boleh dilakukan dan ini mengecewakan. Ini tidak menguntungkan dalam pembentukan kematangan berpolitik di negara ini
Pas lebih rela bekerjasama dengan DAP dari UMNO, bagaimana Datuk melihat perkara ini?
RAZALI: Masalahnya mereka bercakap tentang politik memang susahlah sebab kita bersaing dalam pilihan raya. Tapi kalau kita boleh tolak politik tidak salah kalau kita duduk berbincang dalam banyak perkara lain malah kita boleh wujudkan forum kerjasama tentang apa yang kerajaan boleh buat. Masalahnya pertimbangan politik lebih berat dari tugas dan tanggung jawab sebagai wakil rakyat. Contohnya sering dibangkitkan dalam Parlimen Wakil Rakyat pembangkang tidak dapat peruntukan dari kerajaan tapi kita cakap di Selangor pun sama juga, akhirnya samalah kita, dua kali lima.
Apakah Datuk melihat perlu kerjasama secara formal ?
RAZALI: Saya tidak ada masalah dalam hal ini. Namun jika bertepuk sebelah tangan ia tidak akan berbunyi. Bagi saya kalau ada kesungguhan dan keikhlasan serta kita menolak sentimen sempit dan terlalu berpolitik kita boleh buat. Jika tidak apa yang dilakukan akan dilihat sebagai perkara yang melucukan kerana dua pihak bercakap tentang kerjasama tetapi tidak mahu duduk sekali. Namun saya tidak menafikan pemimpin Pas sedar tentang kepentingan kerjasama ini. Begitu juga di kalangan orang muda yang mahu melihat semangat politik yang lebih matang di mana semua pihak boleh bekerjasama dan mengenepikan kepentingan politik jika melibatkan soal kepentingan bangsa dan negara. Cumanya sentimen buruk itu telah dimanipulasi oleh para pemimpin yang tidak bertanggungjawab.
Adakah orang Melayu agak emosi dalam soal kerjasama?
RAZALI: Kita lihat dalam soal ekonomi, kenapa kita tidak boleh maju. Apa yang kurang dari segi bantuan kerajaan. Tapi orang Cina mereka sanggup membantu kaum mereka. Begitu juga dalam soal politik jarang sekali kita melihat perbalahan antara orang Cina tetapi orang Melayu ia selalu berlaku. Masalahnya ia hanya melibatkan orang Melayu di Malaysia tetapi orang Melayu di tempat lain lebih berjaya dan tidak menimbulkan perkara remeh temeh seperti ini. Mungkin kita terlalu manja dan yakin kerana majoriti adalah Melayu. Kita tidak perasan kerana kita agak selesa maka apa yang terjadi kita hanya lebih tertumpu kepada perbalahan walaupun perkara yang remeh. Bagi kaum-kaum lain mereka lebih fokus dan ada sasaran yang mahu dicapai. Bagi orang Melayu kerana selesa dan tidak ada fokus banyak masa dihabiskan untuk bersengketa dan akhirnya ia akan merugikan kita.
Bagi saya demokrasi matang adalah yang terbaik tetapi perlu dipersiapkan pemahaman di kalangan pemimpin kerana ia akhirnya membantu rakyat dan negara.
MINGGUAN: Sebagai parti yang menaungi orang Melayu beragama Islam, bagaimana ustaz lihat ruang untuk Pas -UMNO bekerjasama dalam isu-isu sosial dan ekonomi?
NASARUDDIN: Paling penting sekarang ini kita lihat premis kerjasama, kalau melibatkan orang Melayu dan Islam sudah tentu kita akan merujuk ajaran agama. Allah SWT berfirman yang bermaksud: Bertolong bantulah kamu dalam perkara yang mendatangkan kebajikan dan kebaikan dan juga taqwa.
Satu lagi premis kerjasama yang salah iaitu jangan bekerjasama dalam perkara yang menumbuhkan dosa dan mencetuskan kemurkaan Allah dan mencetuskan pertelagahan serta perbalahan di kalangan manusia, bangsa dan kaum.
Pada saya ayat al-Quran ini merentasi sempadan geografi politik, siapa pun tertakluk kepada apa yang diarah Allah SWT. Jadi apabila bercakap soal kerjasama dalam isu berkait gejala sosial, jenayah dan sebagainya sememangnya menuntut kerjasama semua. Gejala buang bayi bukan isu parti, kerajaan atau pembangkang tetapi isu negara, ummah dan rakyat keseluruhannya. Jadi saya lihat wajar ada satu usaha bersama dan berkesan untuk kita memerangi bentuk mungkar dan maksiat.
Malangnya secara jujur saya ingin menyebut masih ada unsur-unsur membajai kemungkaran dan pertumbuhan sosial yang negatif seperti membenarkan pergaulan bebas, pusat hiburan beroperasi hingga lewat malam, penampilan artis-artis hiburan keterlaluan yang mendorong masyarakat terikut-ikut. Kita tidak mahu usaha kita menjadi sia-sia. Satu-satu masa kita bercakap soal membasmi gejala sosial, pada masa yang sama ada ruang untuk menyuburkan isu-isu seperti ini.
Pernah ada kerjasama dengan Pergerakan Pemuda UMNO?
NASARUDDIN: Setakat ini belum ada. Saya pernah ajak Pemuda berwacana berkait isu negara Islam, namun disebabkan situasi ketika itu tidak mengizinkan ia tidak dapat dijayakan. Saya sentiasa menggunakan pendekatan berbincang tetapi dengan syarat-syarat yang saya sebut secara jujurnya supaya tidak menimbulkan kekeliruan atau salah sangka. Ia mesti dilaksanakan secara terbuka untuk sama-sama menyelesaikan masalah negara dan masyarakat melepasi kepentingan politik. Bukan untuk berlumba mencari saingan dan saling mencari peluang untuk jatuh menjatuh, sebaliknya betul-betul ke arah pelan penyelesaian kepada isu yang dihadapi umat Islam. Situasi yang kondusif perlu wujud terlebih dahulu. Cuma buat masa ini yang menjadi penghalang adalah pertembungan antara Pas dan UMNO terlalu tajam, kesat dan berkrisis sehingga lupa di sana ada perkara-perkara yang perlu kita lakukan demi kebaikan negara dan ummah. Saya sangat berbesar hati sekiranya kita hapuskan punca sengketa. pertelagahan atau krisis tetapi bukan melupakan. Ada orang bercakap marilah kita melupakan sengketa antara kita, saya tidak bersetuju sebab melupakan sengketa bukan cara yang tepat atau yang baik. Cara yang tepat adalah dengan menghapuskan puncanya.
Apa punca-punca itu?
NASARUDDIN: Antara punca besar adalah dasar Islam itu sendiri. Sebab itu kalau kita lihat dalam al-Quran, Allah SWT sebut: berpegang teguhlah kamu, bersatulah kamu di atas tali Allah jangan kamu berpecah belah. Jadi kerjasama mesti atas premis tali Allah, atas agama iaitu Islam itu sendiri, bukan atas premis material, perkauman yang sempit. Kalau semua kembali kepada Islam, kita ada ruang untuk bekerjasama dalam perkara-perkara yang membawa kebaikan kepada negara. Bukan kita menghulurkan ruang kerjasama di saat kita ingin memerangkap atau mengambil political mileage atau ketika kita terdesak. Saya tidak mengatakan Pas semua betul, tetapi sebahagian besar daripadanya perlu diambil tanggungjawab oleh kerajaan.
Punca kedua boleh dikaitkan dengan apa yang berlaku di Kelantan dan Terengganu sebagai negeri majoriti Melayu/Islam. Isu royalti masih jadi pertikaian. Ini antara punca persengketaan, oleh itu kembalikan royalti kerana itu adalah hak mereka.
Saya ingat persengketaan tidak sangat atas nama Pas--UMNO tetapi lebih kepada dasar dan prinsip perjuangan. Kalau ini boleh diselesaikan maka perlu kita menadah rahmat Tuhan. Al-Quran menyebut Islam itulah jalan keluar kepada kemelut, kalau boleh Pas dan UMNO kembali merujuk kepada Islam, saya kira itu pelan damai antara manusia.
Adakah ustaz bersetuju trend berpolitik di negara ini keterlaluan sehingga mengetepikan perkara yang lebih penting?
NASARUDDIN: Politik adalah sebahagian daripada Islam, tidak mengapa untuk mengekalkan tempo berpolitik walau selepas pilihan raya, apa yang salah adalah politik tidak matang atau separuh matang, politik yang lebih bermaksud untuk bertelingkah, saling tidak menidakkan. Contoh, orang UMNO kata Pas sesat, (satu lagi persengketaan). Tapi mungkin di pihak Pas sendiri bertindak balas, jadi bila nak selesai? Kedua-
dua pihak mesti bersedia dengan penuh lapang dada dan kejujuran tamatkan persengketaan dan balik semula kepada Tuhan yang satu, Insya Allah tidak ada ruang untuk berpecah lagi. Sejurus selepas pilihan raya sepatutnya masing-masing menyusun agenda bertindak - kerajaan bangunkan dasar-dasar negara manakala parti-parti politik pembangkang beri sumbangan menerusi kritikan dan berperanan sebagai check and balance di Parlimen, supaya pembangunan itu benar-benar matang, telus dan baik. Saya ingin melihat setiap tindakan kerajaan tidak bersifat balas dendam walaupun kalah di beberapa negeri, Kalau kerajaan beri pengiktirafan secara profesional dan tidak beri tekanan, itu satu lagi mansuhkan persengketaan. Misalnya di Kelantan seperti ada dua kerajaan apabila kerajaan Persekutuan tubuh JKP. Kalau itu dapat ditiadakan, saya nampak akan menjernihkan keadaan. Bukan saya seratus peratus mahu hempas ke atas kerajaan tetapi kedua-dua pihak mesti mengambil langkah yang sama. Kita boleh terus berpolitik tapi bukan politik pertelingkahan, politik pertembungan, fitnah memfitnah, tetapi politik bangunkan negara serta bersedia menerima pandangan semua pihak.
Mengapa Pas susah sangat mahu bekerjasama dengan UMNO, tapi dengan DAP mudah saja?
NASARUDDIN: Bukan isu mudah bekerjasama dengan DAP dan payah bekerjasama dengan UMNO. Saya sebut tadi isu besarnya adalah persengketaan itu sendiri. Selepas pilihan raya 2004, ada bibit-bibit kerjasama pembangkang untuk berdepan dengan BN, itu asasnya. Pada waktu itu terus terang saya katakan UMNO dan BN langsung tak layan Pas, tatkala itu mereka berada di puncak kuasa. Boleh dikatakan tak timbul isu perpaduan seperti mereka tak perlukan kita. Oleh kerana tiada ruang ketika itu kita kena cari jalan untuk menang besar atau paling minimum menafikan dua pertiga majoriti. Sekurang-kurangnya satu tamparan, tekanan kepada kerajaan maka lunturlah sikit ego atau pengaruh kuasanya. Itu hasrat awal. Kerjasama itu telah menumbuhkan semangat kerjasama yang baik antara parti-parti pembangkang sehingga 2008 takdir Allah kita menang. Maka tanpa lengah lagi kerjasama yang dibina beberapa tahun dulu terus dijadikan cagaran untuk bentuk kerajaan di beberapa negeri. UMNO tak pernah beri ruang selesa kepada kita. Ruang untuk dekat dengan kerajaan memang sukar lebih-lebih lagi igauan lama Pas keluar dari Perikatan menghantui para pemimpin dan ahli-ahli parti sehingga menjadikan mereka berhati-hati dan berwaspada. Kerjasama dengan DAP dan PKR atas premis sirah Nabi Muhammad menganjurkan kerjasama politik dengan bukan Islam dan pihak-pihak lain. Sekiranya faktor-faktor politik dalam negara ini tidak mencetuskan ruang yang lebar antara Pas dengan kerajaan, saya percaya perkara ini tidak berlaku. Saya mengharapkan sangat UMNO melihat apa sebenarnya keperluan pembangkang. Rakyat boleh menilai yang baik dan buruk. Yang buruk boleh dijadikan sempadan, kita bukan mendesak supaya diterima semua perkara
Ustaz terlalu melihat kepada kelemahan UMNO, bagaimana pula kelemahan Pas?
NASARUDDIN: Saya tidak mahu jadi hipokrit sehingga menganggap orang salah dan kita betul. Kita duduk dalam satu perjuangan dan kita yakin dengan dasar perjuangan kita. Tetapi mungkin ada kesilapan dalam tindakan atau ketika mengatur langkah. Saya pesan pada diri saya, rakan-rakan parti sama ada pimpinan besar dan adik-adik Pemuda yang saya pimpin, kita mesti lihat satu perkara paling besar, iaitu keikhlasan dan kejujuran ketika berjuang bukan semata-mata kerana kita terdorong oleh emosi, benci membenci antara satu sama lain. Kita kena ingat seorang ahli UMNO ada ahli keluarga yang juga ahli Pas, begitu juga sebaliknya. Apa yang saya kritik dan tegur bukan kerana saya membenci tapi untuk check and balance,. Andai saya silap, bukankah kita boleh perbetulkan. Jangan rasa malu membetulkan diri kita. Saya seru supaya kita menuju ke arah politik baru negara, politik kasih sayang, rapat jurang dan persaudaraan.
Tepuk sebelah tangan tidak berbunyi. Walaupun sukar kedua-dua pihak mesti main peranan. Ada kalanya kita kena merentasi sempadan untuk melihat sesuatu lebih bermanfaat kepada ummah dan negara.
Adakah Pemuda Pas bersedia mendahului proses kerjasama ini?
NASARUDDIN: Apa pun tindakan mesti dibuat secara collective dan mesti dapat persetujuan semua. Saya lihat transformasi masa depan negara diterajui generasi muda. Sekiranya suasana kondusif, punca persengketaan dapat ditiadakan, saya tiada masalah untuk bekerjasama..
Memang cita-cita semua untuk melihat kita bersatu padu. Umat Islam tidak bermusuhan menjadi impian semua orang hatta tok guru Nik Aziz biarpun sangat tegas tetapi berulang kali menyebut sekiranya UMNO boleh menerima Islam tidak ada sebab kita harus bertelagah.
Adakah orang lama yang membarisi kepimpinan Pas menjadi punca sukar untuk bekerjasama dengan UMNO?
NASARUDDIN: Saya tak nampak sangat faktor lama baru, kombinasi itu penting supaya yang lama tidak terlalu lebih laju daripada lajak, yang baru dapat menegur. Saya percaya di hati kecil semua orang tak nak kekal macam ini, dua-dua kena tepuk, tapi biar tepuk dalam keadaan-punca pergeseran diatasi. Generasi muda boleh menerima jika semua ini dijernihkan.

- Temubual ini dipetik daripada akhbar Mingguan Malaysia

Merompak wang rakyat

2011-09-30T01:25:00.000-07:00

Pendebat Ilmiah Pejuang Islam

Gambar hiasan : Seekor Beruk sedang mencuri.Jika dah beruk tahu nak bawa lari barang milik orang tanpa kebenaran, kalau orang agaklah, jika ada manusia sanggup bawa lari hak rakyat, curi wang royalti kelantan,rompak harta rakyat dan lain2 lagi apakah mereka juga sebaris dan sebangsa dengan beruk?

Antara kaum yg suka mencuri seolah-olah seperti bangsa Beruk seperti fakta2 rompak wang rakyat dan isu2 yang masih gagal untuk dijawab hingga hari ini seperti :

1. PKFZ RM12bill
2. Submarine RM500mil
3. Simedarby RM964mil
4. Paya Indah Westland RM88mil
5. Posmalaysia (transmile) RM230mil lost
6. Eurocopter deal RM1bil waste?
7. Terengganu Stadium Collapsed RM292mil
8. MRR2 repair cost RM70mil
9. Maybank Overpay for BII RM4bil
10. Tourism -NYY kickback RM10mil
11. 3 paintings bought by MAS- RM 1.5M
12. Overpayment by Sport Ministry - RM 8.4M
13. London 's white elephant sports complex - RM 70M
14. MRR2 Repairs - RM 70M
15. MATRADE repairs - RM 120M
16. Cost of new plane used by PM - RM 200M
17. InventQ irrecoverable debt - RM 228M
18. Compensation for killing crooked bridge - RM 257M
20. Lost in selling Augusta - RM 510M
21. Worth of AP given out in a year - RM 1.8B
22. Submarines (future Muzium Negara artifacts)- RM 4.1B
23. PSC Naval dockyard - RM 6.75B
24. The Bank Bumiputra twin scandals in the early 1980s saw US$1 billion (RM3.2 billion in 2008 ringgit)
25. The Maminco attempt to corner the world tin market in the 1980s isbelieved to have cost some US$500 million. (RM1.6 billion)
26. Betting in foreign exchange futures cost Bank Negara Malaysia RM30 billion in the 1990s.
27. Perwaja Steel resulted in losses of US$800 million (RM2.56 billion).
28. Use of RM10 billion public funds in the Valuecap Sdn. Bhd. operation to shore up the stock market
29. Banking scandal of RM700 million losses in Bank Islam
30. The sale of M.V. Agusta by Proton for one Euro making a loss of €75.99 million (RM 348 million)
31. Wang Ehsan from oil royalty on Terengganu RM7.4 billion from 2004 – 2007
32. For the past 10 years since Philharmonic Orchestra wasestablished, this orchestra has swallowed a total of RM500 million.Hiring a kwai-lo CEO with salary of more than RM1 M per annum !!
33. In Advisors Fees, Mahathir was paid RM180,000, Shahrizat AbdulJalil (women and social development affairs) RM404,726 and Abdul HamidOthman (religious) RM549,675 per annum
34. The government has spent a total of RM3.2 billion in teachingMaths and Science in English over the past five years. Out of theamount, the government paid a whopping RM2.21 billion for the purchaseof information and computer technology (ICT) equipments which it isunable to give a breakdown. Govt paid more than RM6k per notebook vsper market price of less than RM3k through some new consortiums thatsetup just to transact the notebook deal. There was no math &science content for the teachers and the notebooks are all with theteachers' children now.
35. The commission paid for purchase of jets and submarines to twoprivate companies Perimeker Sdn Bhd and IMT Defence Sdn Bhd amounted toRM910 million.
36. RM300 million to compensate Gerbang Perdana for the RM1.1 billion "Crooked Scenic Half-Bridge"
37. RM1.3 billion have been wasted building the white elephantCustoms, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) facilities on cancellation ofthe Malaysia-Singapore scenic bridge
38. RM 100 million on renovation of Parliament building and leaks
39. National Astronaut Programme – RM 40 million
40. National Service Training Programme – yearly an estimate of RM 500 million
41. Eye on Malaysia – RM 30 million and another RM5.7 million of free ticket
42. RM 2.4 million on indelible ink
43. Samy announced in September 2006 that the government paidcompensation amounting to RM 38.5 billion to 20 highway companies. RM380 million windfalls for 9 toll concessionaires earned solely from thetoll hike in 2008 alone.
44. RM32 million timber export kickbacks involving companies connected to Sarawak Chief Minister and his family.
45. Two bailouts of Malaysia Airline System RM7.9 billion. At atime when MAS incurring losses every year, RM1.55 million used to buythree paintings to decorate its chairman's (Munir) office.
46. Putra transport system bailout which cost RM4.486 billion.
47. STAR-LRT bailout costing RM3.256 billion.
48. National Sewerage System bailout costing RM192.54 million.
49. Seremban-Port Dickson Highway bailout costing RM142 million.
50. Kuching Prison bailout costing RM135 million.
51. Kajian Makanan dan Gunaan Orang Islam bailout costing RM8.3 million.
52. Le Tour de Langkawi bailout costing RM 3.5 Million.
53. Wholesale distribution of tens of millions of shares in BursaMalaysia under guise of NEP to cronies, children and relatives of BNleaders and Ministers worth billions of ringgits.
54. Alienation of tens of thousands of hectares of commercial landsand forestry concessions to children and relatives of BN leaders andMinisters worth tens of billions of ringgits.
55. Since 1997, Petronas has handed out a staggering 30 billionringgit in natural gas subsidies to IPPs who were making huge profits.In addition, there were much wastages and forward trading of Petronasoil in the 1990s based on the low price of oil then. Since the accountsof Petronas are for the eyes of Prime Minister only, we have absolutelyno idea of the amount.
56. RM5700 for a car jack worth RM50
57. Government-owned vehicle consumed a tank of petrol worth RM113 within a few minutes
58. A pole platform that cost RM990 was bought for RM30,000
59. A thumbdrive that cost RM90 was bought for RM480
60. A cabinet that cost RM1,500 was bought for RM13,500
61. A flashlight that cost RM35 was bought for RM143
62. Expenses for 1 Malaysia campaign paid to APCO?
63. RM17 billion subsidy to IPP
64. Cincin Rosmah Mansur USD 24Million ( Laporan SPRM-13 Julai 2011)

Adakah puak2 MENCURI DAN MEROMPAK ini sebangsa dengan gambar diatas??

SURAH AL KHAUSAR

2011-09-28T18:19:00.000-07:00

Surah ini paling pendek, hanya mengandungi 3 ayat & diturunkan di Makkah dan bermaksud sungai di syurga. Kolam sungai ini diperbuat daripada batu permata nan indah dan cantik.

Rasanya lebih manis daripada madu, warnanya pula lebih putih daripada susu dan lebih wangi daripada kasturi.
Surah ini disifatkan sebagai surah penghibur hati Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. kerana diturunkan ketika baginda bersedih atas kematian 2 orang yang dikasihi iaitu anak lelakinya Ibrahim dan bapa saudaranya Abu Talib.

Pelbagai khasiat terkandung di dalam surah ini dan boleh kita amalkan:-

1) Baca surah ini ketika hujan dan berdoa, mudah-mudahan Allah s.w.t. makbulkan doa kita.

2) Jika kita kehausan dan tiada air, bacalah surah ini dan gosok di leher, Insya'allah hilang dahaga.

3) Jika sering sakit mata, seperti berair, gatal, bengkak, sapukan air mawar yang sudah dibacakan surah ini sebanyak 10x pada mata.

4) Jika rumah dipercayai terkena sihir, baca surah ini 10x, mudah-mudahan Allah s.w.t. bagi ilham pada kita dimana letaknya sihir itu.

5) Jika membacanya 1,000x rezeki kita akan bertambah.

6) Jika rajin membacanya, hati kita akan menjadi lembut dan khusyuk ketika menunaikan solat.

7) Jika orang teraniaya dan terpenjara membacanya sebanyak 71x, Allah s.w.t. akan memberikan bantuan kepadanya kerana dia tidak bersalah tetapi dizalimi.

Perkara yg baik kita amalkan selalu. Sebar2kan kepada kekawan,tanpa perlu minta izin lagi untuk berkongsi.

Salam Ukhuwah

AMALAN YANG BAIK OLEH IBUBAPA SUPAYA ANAK-ANAK DAPAT MENJAWAB SOALAN PEPERIKSAAN DENGAN MUDAH DAN TENANG

2011-09-28T18:16:00.000-07:00

Assalamualaikum,

Kepada pembaca yang mempunyai anak-anak yang akan menduduki peperiksaan tahun ini. Penulis ada sikit untuk kita berkongsi bersama iaitu amalan yang baik untuk ibubapa melakukan amalan ini ketika anak-anak sedang menjawab soalan di Dewan Peperiksaan. Ibu atau bapa yang berada di rumah boleh melakukan amalan ini supaya anak-anak kita dapat menjawab soalan dengan mudah dan tenang.

KETIKA ANAK-ANAK SEDANG MENJAWAB SOALAN DI DEWAN PEPERIKSAAN.

Ibu atau bapa di rumah pula lakukan amalan ini:-

1. Ambil Wudhuk.

2. Mengadap kiblat.

3. Baca Syahadah - 3x

4. Al- Fatihah - 1x

5. 3 Qul- 1x

6. Surah Insyirah - 1x

7. Selawat Atas Nabi - 10x

8. Baca Surah Yassin - 1x

9. Baca Surah Insyirah 100x.

10. Niat di dalam hati supaya Allah SWT permudahkan anak-anak kita menjawab soalan dengan mudah dan tenang.

Contoh:

Waktu peperiksaan bermula jam 0800 pagi. Ibu atau bapa di rumah boleh mula melakukan. Semuga anak-anak kita dapat menjawab soalan dengan baik serta beroleh kejayaan yang besar.

Sumber:

Amalan ini diberikan oleh seorang guru wanita yang sudah bersara 4 tahun yang lalu iaitu Cikgu Rohana dari Sekolah Menegah Hutan Melintang. Anak-anak beliau kesemuanya telah berjaya didalam akademik. Alhamdulillah kita dapat berkongsi.

Wasallam

S’pore’s exit nullified Malaysia Agreement

2011-09-26T18:31:00.000-07:00

Monday, September 26, 2011

The Malaysia Agreement, signed in 1963, has lost its legitimacy among its entities.

By Joseph Wilfred Lakai

The Malaysia Agreement 1963 is a binding treaty that was signed by several representatives from the five parties, namely United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Federation of Malaya, North Borneo (Sabah), Sarawak and Singapore.

The main objective of this agreement relates to the formation of Malaysia.

This involved the Federation of Malaya, North Borneo (Sabah), Sarawak and Singapore.

The entry of the United Kingdom as a signatory to the treaty was to ensure, especially for Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore, that their sovereignty and jurisdictions were in force in the agreement.

It can also be said that the United Kingdom was one of the main observers of the agreement .

The British role was to see the last delivery of the sovereignty and jurisdiction of Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore in the formation of Malaysia.

The British were also to see that the states’ main requirements, such as the “20-point” Sabah protection rights, were incorporated, implemented and respected when they agreed to join the Federation of Malaya to form Malaysia.

The Malaysia Agreement combined with the various related documents including the Bill of Malaysia, is now called the Malaysia Act 1963.

All these documents also included entry requirements and the constitutional reference to Sabah and Sarawak to form Malaysia.

Agreement illegal

The Malaysia Agreement also required all partners to be signatories before a final decision was made.

The intention of including all four signatories was to ensure they were in full knowledge of the agreement between the Federation of Malaya and the sovereign states of Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore when forming Malaysia.

Therefore, Malaysia has been described by various parties as a coalition of partners coming together to form a unified new country and with many of its respective sovereign features included.

When Singapore was removed from the Malaysian Federation in 1965, questions arose and continued to persist as to what had happened to the Malaysia Agreement signed by all parties in 1963.

The absence of Singapore has directly resulted in the constitutional treaty, which included the constitutions of Sabah and Sarawak in the Federation of Malaysia, being invalid.

The Malaysia Agreement is now neither valid nor legal in that the Federation of Malaysia is now an illegal entity because of the removal of Singapore which was one of the signatories to the agreement, which led to the origin of the federation itself.

Neither the Malaysia Agreement nor the Malaysian Federal Constitution provides for the removal of any partner in the Federation of Malaysia.

In which case, does the Prime Minister or Parliament of Malaysia have the power to state that Singapore should not be based on the resolution of the Parliament of Malaysia?

Partners have the same rights

Do they have the power to allow all 104 Members of Parliament from the 11 states of Malaya to determine – which is contrary to the minority of the 36 MPs from Sabah and Sarawak – their future?

It is disappointing that while Sabah and Sarawak had disagreed with the dismissal of Singapore, the Malayan states could still get a two-thirds majority or more to decide on the destiny of the Borneo states.

The 11 states, which form the starting line-up of the Federation of Malaya, should not have the rights to decide whether Singapore could or could not be removed from the Federation of Malaysia.

This is because Malaysia was not formed by the federated states alone.

Through the Malaysia Agreement, each state that signed the agreement are assumed as a couple (partners) who have the same rights.

They have formed Malaysia with Singapore, Sabah and Sarawak.

One vote per partner

Because the four signatory states have signed the Malaysia Agreement as private partners and independent of other members (spouse-free), it is appropriate that each signatory has the same ballot (that is, one vote per state) to determine whether a sovereign state (Singapore) should be removed from the Federation of Malaysia.

In this case, each state of Malaya should not have rights or power to determine the destiny (expulsion) of Singapore from the Federation of Malaysia. This is because they are only entitled to one vote only as determined by the Federation of Malaysia. Sabah and Sarawak also have one vote each.

This view is consistent with their status as Malaysia’s free and private partners to the agreement.

Thus, the decision to remove Singapore from the Federation of Malaysia should be made by the three signatories to the agreement.

Issue of consent

Singapore’s removal also brings up an important core issue – consent.

Thus, the failure to seek consent from Sabah and Sarawak as to the removal of Singapore from Malaysia has had an impact on their representation in Parliament.

For example, to make amendments, especially on the 20-Point Agreement, relating to special privileges given to Sabah, Parliament must get the votes of two-thirds of its members.

In fact, before the removal of Singapore, all the MPs in the Peninsula could not make up the required two-thirds majority unless they were supported by Sabah, Sarawak or Singapore.

However, after Singapore’s expulsion, this was seen as unnecessary for Peninsular Malaysia.

The Peninsula no longer needs to gain support from Sabah and Sarawak as it is now able to secure the two-thirds majority or more in Parliament.

This means that Peninsular MPs can easily make amendments to the Federal Constitution any time they like.

To quote author Shafruddin Hashim’s “Reflection on the Malaysian Constitution” (1986): “With the removal of the monopoly of Singapore then returned to the composition of the ethnic Malay Peninsula.

“This episode is a clear proof of the failure of the federal system and national unity.”

Kuan Yew convinced Borneo states

For this reason, there should be a revision of or research into the conditions of admission of Sabah and Sarawak to Malaysia.

Sabah was not told when Singapore was removed from the Federation of Malaysia. The failure to obtain consent or notify Sabah of Singapore’s removal, is in itself a breach of the terms in the Malaysia Agreement.

Sabah, which is an equal partner in Malaysia, was ignored in this decision (to expel Singapore).

Discussion on the expulsion of Singapore was very important for Sabah as Lee Kuan Yew had worked hard to please the leaders of Borneo to convince them to participate in the formation of the Federation of Malaysia.

At the Association of Commonwealth Members of Parliament meeting in Singapore in July, 1961, the leaders of Borneo (the British were not present) had met with Lee who was then a strong supporter of the idea of Malaysia.

Lee used his genius to persuade the leaders of Borneo to join Tunku Abdul Rahman and support the proposal (reference: Interview of Ong Kee Hui by JP Ongkili in his book, “Nation-building in Malaysia, 1946-1974”).

‘Similar policy’ to Australia, New Zealand

The Federation of Malaya and Singapore favoured incorporating Sabah and Sarawak to form Malaysia.

For example, in a speech at The Foreign Correspondents’ Association of South-East Asia in Singapore on May 27, 1961, Tunku said that Malaya would not be willing to go on its own.

He had suggested that Malaya would soon be having an understanding with Britain and Singapore , Sabah (North Borneo), Brunei and Sarawak (Nation-building in Malaysia, 1946-1974).

Also in 1961, Lee said: “The combination will occur not due to the requirements of the People’s Action Party or because of the requirements of the federal coalition government.

“But the matter cannot be avoided… (Nation-building in Malaysia, 1946-1974).”

The formation of Malaysia was also a British requirement.

The Times newspaper reported on July 28, 1961 that “the desire of the British… in this area is also desired by Australia and New Zealand which will also form the same policy” (Nation-building in Malaysia, 1946-1974).

The term “area” referred to Southeast Asia and the purpose of enforcing “the same policy” in Malaysia was perhaps to enable them (British) to maintain their influence despite the effects of nationalism.

Gradual erosion

The chairman of the Cobbold Commission also made an important point.

He said: “From the start, Malaysia should be considered by all concerned as an equal member of the coalition, combined to accelerate the common goal to establish a sovereign but retains its own characteristics of those states.

“In the event of any attempt by Malaysia to ‘take over’ the boundaries of the Federation of Malaysia and Borneo… then I think Malaysia is mostly not acceptable or successful” (Nation-building in Malaysia 1946-1974).

In reality, the gradual “erosion” in the protection of the Borneo states by the Federal Government, was an act that destroyed its own states.

Therefore, if the agreement is not valid in Malaysia, then Malaysia as a nation is not valid .

It has lost its legitimacy among its entities.

Malaysia has been and is still in operation for 48 years after the expulsion of Singapore.

As has been disputed, political developments during that time did not allow the parties to the Malaysia Agreement to study the matter or question the issues.

Today, the situation is different. The political circumstances have turned towards evil.

It is now important and urgent that the terms of the Malaysia Agreement be reviewed.

Going back to study the validity of the agreement is very important.

Capt Joseph Wilfred Lakai is mechanical engineer of native Murut descent. He engineered the formation of United Borneo Front (UBF), an NGO committed to the terms of the Malaysia Agreement.

Posted by wikisabah at 3:56 PM

Let the parents decide

2011-09-25T04:25:00.000-07:00

The Star, Sunday September 25, 2011

ON THE BEAT
By WONG CHUN WAIA

Allow English to be the medium of instruction in schools if there is a demand for it.

JUST about everyone seems to agree that we need to do something to stop the deteriorating standard of English in this country. These include our leaders who can make the decisions to stop the rot, but they seem to lack the political courage to do so.
What we have here is a situation where everyone sees the problem and agrees that something has to be done fast or the country would be in trouble, but no one dares to make the first move.
Instead, we continue to hear lame excuses, such as Malaysia needs to train enough English teachers first, we need to study the problems first, or we need to assess the situation. In the end, we will just continue talking.
There is already a whole generation of Malaysians who are not proficient in English today. The product of the switch from English to Bahasa Malaysia as the medium of teaching in schools, many of them are already in their 40s. From conversing with them, you know their teachers did not teach them grammar. Many cannot write a proper sentence in English and seem to have no idea even of present or past tenses.
The situation can only become worse as most Malay parents send their children to national schools, which seem to be evolving into Malay-Islamic entities, while the Chinese, believing that a strong foundation in Mandarin is important, prefer their vernacular schools, at least for primary education.
While it is not wrong to assume that students in rural areas have less exposure to English in comparison to their urban counterparts, the reality is that a poor command of English has hit all students regardless of their race and geographical location. In other words, it is not a Malay, Chinese or Indian problem any more but a Malaysian problem.
We should be pressing the panic button now but, unfortunately, there is no political will. Government and opposition leaders are equally guilty in their inability to commit themselves to any long-term solution.
Are these politicians so afraid of upsetting the self-appointed guardians of Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil languages to the point that we are prepared to sacrifice the larger interests of Malaysians?
While we debate, often very emotionally, about having a single school system to forge unity, advocates of vernacular schools are pointing out their rights under the Federal Constitution to the medium of their choice. Clearly, we are heading in different directions.
There could be a middle ground or, more precisely, a neutral ground in English medium schools, especially missionary schools, where many of us had the privilege of studying and growing up.
It is that system – some would say that era – that many older Malaysians today speak proudly and fondly of. They speak of making friends with students of all races and English was spoken and written well without compromising the standard of the national language.
But that era is gone and no politician today would dare to even push for this system, which is very unfortunate, as they prefer to preserve the status quo. Yet they moan about the poor command of English while hoping that no fresh contentious issue would pop up to add another worry to their long list of headaches.
Meanwhile, we are seeing a growing number of private, international and boarding schools that emphasise English, and parents who have the means send their children to these schools. Knowing the importance of this international language, they realise that they have to make the financial sacrifice.
How many of our leaders send their children overseas, or at least to these elite schools, for secondary education? Do our policy makers even believe in our own policies?
There is no level playing field here, as the poor are unable to send their children to such schools and only have the national or vernacular schools to pick.
Previously, if you went to an English medium school, it did not matter if your father was rich or poor. You had a shot at life because everyone was in the same system and type of education.
Why can’t Malaysians be given the right to English medium schools, at least at primary level, if there are vernacular and private/international schools?
But we know that’s a long shot because even at a simpler level, no one wants to decide whether we should teach Maths and Science in English. In this case, at least let the parents decide.
If there is a demand to use Bahasa Malaysia or Chinese or Tamil, then let it be. Let these schools use the language of their choice.
But if there are those that prefer to use English, then let them use English. Why should it be an issue? It’s not a racial or religious or even an economic problem, as a survey by Jaringan Melayu Malaysia has shown.
In a four-month survey that involved 15,000 respondents, Jaringan Melayu Malaysia found that 54.08% of parents in rural areas prefer English in the teaching of Maths and Science.
The Parent Action Group for Education Malaysia (PAGE) is also strongly advocating the move with support from former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
We are not even talking about a compulsory pass for the SPM here because most of us know that if a real benchmark is set for this, there could be a high failure rate. And if the standards are lowered, which seems to be the case now, we will continue to bluff ourselves. As it is, parents and their children with their string of PMR and SPM distinctions already have a false sense of achievement. There are overseas institutions who insist that our children sit for their entrance examinations because they are not sure whether our A is really an A or merely a D at international level.
So are we surprised that graduates cannot converse or write in English proficiently?
We can talk about a high income and minimum wage society but Malaysian workers need to be productive and of high quality if we want investors from the financial, technical or service sectors to come here.
Malaysians can no longer offer themselves as low-end assembly operators because other countries have taken over that role with their lower wages.
But how do we stand as a workforce against our neighbours in the region? One of our advantages has always been our language abilities but being able to converse isn’t good enough. We need to be good at what we are doing as well.
The reality is that our students have to read books in English at university level and search for material online in English. When they enter the job market, the language used is English – unless they want to join the public sector, which is already bloated.
Our politicians know how serious the situation is. It’s time we see them lead and not be led. Time has run out; the future of Malaysians is your hands.

DIKERJAIN WONG TEGAL

2011-09-23T09:06:00.000-07:00

PIDATO DI MIMBAR MUSHALLA

by Nening Mahendra on Friday, September 23, 2011 at 12:43am

Tahun 1988 saya resmi jadi penduduk Tegal. Walaupun masih sangat sedih karena harus berpisah dengan para tentangga dan teman-termamn di tempat lama, saya terhibur juga dengan keramahan wong Tegal.

Tapi, jujur, saya terkaget-kaget mendengar wong Tegal ngomong. Sebagai orang asli Turki[1] saya merasakan dialek bicaranya wong Tegal, uniq. Saya sendiri, karena baru pindah dari kota metropolitan masih berbahasa Indonesia. Begitu juga mereka, selalu mengajak bicara saya dengan Bahasa Indoensia, dikiranya saya tidak ngerti atau tidak bisa berbahasa Jawa…

Hari pertama masuk kerja, saya diterima oleh orang nomor dua di kantor dan diperkenalkan pada semua orang di banyak ruangan (keren, kan?). Lalu saya ditempatkan di salah satu Seksi. Saya langsung sibuk menerima kunjungan teman-teman yang ingin mengenal saya lebih dekat. Kebanyakan yang mengajak ngobrol, para karyawan, mungkin karena saya tampak sangat berbeda dengan para karyawati, jadi menurut pandangan mereka saya cantik, hahahaha, yang ini mohon dengan sangat dan hormat jangan percaya, karena saya cuma ge-er! Sumpeh, sung, saya ge-er saja

Tapi pada hari itulah saya dikerjain sama mereka!
Ketika terdengar suara adzan, teman-teman seruangan mengajak saya ke mushalla yang jaraknya 100 meter dan masih dalam lingkungan kantor. Di tengah perjalanan mereka bilang :

“Mbak, nanti setelah shalat memperkenalkan diri, ya...”
“O, begitu ya? Insya Allah..” jawab saya, sambil deg-degan juga, karena tidak ada persiapan sama sekali. Lagi pula saya pikir kami sudah saling berkenalan, tapi ada bagusnya juga dan saya nilai ini hal positif.

Ternyata mushallanya cukup besar, namanya Al Ikhlas, memenuhi syarat untuk sebuah masjid, tapi karena tidak pernah dipakai untuk shalat Jumat, ya namanya tetap bukan Masjid. Jamaah cukup banyak! Tidak ada tabir antara jamaah laki-laki dan perempuan

Yang jadi imam shalat, Kepala Kantor. Setelah selesai doa, tangan saya digamit oleh teman sebelah yang intinya memberi syarat bahwa saya harus memperkenalkan diri.
“Bagaimana? Saya berdiri?’ tanya saya
“Ya! Di sana!” tangannya menunjuk mimbar

Dengan masih memakai mukenah, saya pun bangun dan berjalan menuju mimbar. Semua orang melihat saya. Ada sebagian yang sudah berdiri, duduk kembali, bahkan Bapak Kepala Kantor. Setelah membaca basmalah di dalam hati, dengan lantang saya menugcap salam dan memperkenalkan diri sebagai Pegawai Baru. Pertama mengucapkan terimaksih telah diterima dengan baik, kedua mohon bimbingan, ketiga cerita tentang kantor lama, keempat cerita tentang keluarga…semuanya secara singkat dan padat, tapi cukup lengkap…

Eh, ada yang mengacungkan tangan sambil nyelethuk (mananya Dakir, pesuruh):
“Wis enak kerja nang Bank ganing pindah mene??… gajiane akeh nang ngkana, belih???” [2]
Lalu saya jelaskan tentang kantor lama, Badan Litbang… Bang di sini bukan Bank. Pak Dakir tertawa terkekeh-kekeh. Semua tersenyum bahkan ada yang tertawa setelah saya mengucap salam dan turun dari mimbar.

Begitulah, telah berjalan beberapa bulan, datang pegawai baru, satu, dua sampai tiga orang. Ada yang pindahan dari luar kota, ada yang karena diangkat sebagai PNS…. Tapi saya perhatikan semua orang baru setelah saya itu, tidak ada satu pun yang memperkenalkan diri naik ke mimbar setelah shalat dzuhur berjamaah….. padahal mereka semuanya laki-laki.

Saya pun bertanya tentang hal itu…. Jawab mereka :
“Sebenarnya memang tidak pernah ada acara perkenalan seperti itu. Kamu dikerjain…!"
Patas, pantas…semua orang senyum-senyum…

SAYA HARUS BERTERIAK

Pada hari ke lima, atasan langsung memerintah saya bon kertas stensil di Bagian Umum. Di sana saya bertanya :
“Pak, saya mau minta kertas, ke siapa ya?”
“O, di ruang sebelah, Mbak …ke Pak Imam...”
“Ya..ya..” jawab saya
“Eh, Mbak, tapi tolong ya, Pak Imamnya dicolek..” kata Mbak Sonah dengan suara pelan…
“Kenapa?” tanya saya
Yang lain menjelaskan dengan isyarat bahwa Pak Imam kurang pendengaran alias tuli..
“Ngomongya yang keras ya, Mbak..” pesan yang lain sambil berbisik. Saya mengangguk-angguk

Saya pun ke ruang sebelah dan bertanya di mana meja Pak Imam. Rupanya Pak Imam pimpinan di ruang itu, terlihat dari letak dan besarnya meja. Beliau sedang menulis sehingga wajahnya menunduk. Saya mendekat, dam mencolek pundaknya sambil berteriak “
“Paaakkkk!!! Sayaaa mauuu minta kertaaas!!!”

Tiba-tiba Pak Imam mengangkat wajahnya, nampak sangat terkejut! Dan dengan sangat pelan dan sopan dia bilang :
“Mbak, tolong, bicaranya jangan keras-keras.. …” Telunjuknya mengorek-korek telinga, mungkin tadi mendenging mendengar kerasnya saya berteriak
“Maafff, jadi… jadi..Bapak tidak tu….”
“Ya, ya… saya tidak tuli.. Mbak Nening dikerjain sama orang sebelah….”
Saya membungkuk memohon maaf kepada Pak Imam. Saya melihat beberapa orang di ruangan itu pun tertawa, setelah, mungkin, ikut kaget dengan teriakan saya….

Sementara itu… orang-orang di sebelah tertawa ngakak. Pembatas ruangan hanya papan triplek, jadi pasti dengan sangat jelas mereka mendengar saya berteriak kepada Pak Imam.
Lalu Pak Imam mendatangi mereka setelah menyuruh staf memberi saya satu rim krim kertas, kata beliau "Bocah-bocah, aja padha mbajor lhen, melasi [3]Mbak Nening…"

PENYAKIT AYAN KUMAT SELAGI NGGENJOT BECAK!

Awal-awal di Kota Slawi, sungguh saya sangat menikmati naik becak (sampai sekarang). Suatu hari sepulang dari pasar ketika naik becak, dari arah berlawanan ada tukang becak berteriak kepada saya:
“Buuu, awas ati-ati, tukang becake sering kumat ayane! Mudhun bae , owh!![4]”
“Bangsat, koonn [5]!!” jawab tukang becak di belakang saya. Terdengar tawa tukang becak yang dikatain bangsat.

Saya tentu sangat khawatir mendengar berita itu! Aduh, bagaimana kalau benar-benar tukang becak ini kumat penyakit ayannya. Saya berdoa dengan sungguh-sungguh mohon keselamatan…

Ketika sampai di rumah, sambil membayar ongkos becak saya bertanya dengan sangat hati-hati (sangat mengkhawatirkan dia)
“Pak, mohon maaf, benar Bapak ada penyakit ayan?”
“Ora, Bu! Kae mau sing ngomong wong gembung, ka! Aja digugoni[6]!
“Bapak kenal dengan dia?”
“Kenal jahat, wong mangkale bareng nang ngarep pasar [7]..”
Saya lega! Ketika dia pergi, saya geleng-geleng kepala…
Batin saya : Hemmmm wong Tegal..wong Tegal…
******

[1] Turunan Kidul
[2] Sudah enak kerja di bank kok pindah ke sini, gajinya besar di sana, bukan?
[3] Anak-anak, jangan pada kuang ajar deh, kasihan…
[4] Hati-hati, tukang becaknya sering kumat penyakit ayannya, turun sajalah
[5] Kamu
[6] Tidak, Bu! Tadi yang bilang itu orang gila, koq! Jangan dipercaya!
[7] Kenasl sekali, mangkalnya sama-sama di depan pasar

Pangkah, Slawi 22 September 2011

PAS PISSSS PUSSSS PAS SUDAH MAMPUSSSS

2011-09-17T06:44:00.001-07:00

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.

Saya sudah cuba dan berusaha untuk memahami pencacai-pencacai PAS di dalam FB ini, lebih-lebih lagi si Nurpais Ismail Al-Muwahid dan si Azrulna'im Yazit, tetapi nampaknya di sebabkan oleh perangai teruk mereka, kebongkakkan mereka, kesombongan mereka, kebodohan mereka, kedegilan mereka dan ego mereka nyang terlalu besar, mereka tidak dapat menerima kenyataan, pendapat da......n tidak mampu befikir dengan rasional.

Saya lihat mereka ini seperti 'right-wing' extremist dan pendirian ini, kalau betul adalah amat merbahaya, bukan sahaja kepada parti tetapi kepada masyarakat keseluruhannya. Dengan adanya orang-orang seperti ini di dalam PAS dan jika PAS memimpin negara, nampaknya masa depan negara kita adalah tidak begitu baik, a akan menjadi jauh lebih buruk daripada keadaan yang ada sekarang.

Jika di PRU 13 nanti, kemenangan masih berpihak kapada BN, saya rasa PAS lah, dengan adanya orang-orang seperti ini, sebabnya dan apa-apa yang telah di lakukan selama ini oleh PAKATAN RAKYAT termasuk tindakan BERSIH 2.0 akan menjadi sia-sia sahaja.

Sebab orang-orang yang ada dalam PAS seperti ini adalah 'extremist', besar kemungkinan, ISA yang baru sahaja di batalkan semalam seperti yang telah di umumkan oleh PM, akan di wujudkan semula dan pemerintahan secara rasis akan berlaku. Ideologi komunis pula akan di serapkan dan komunis akan di anggap sebagai pejuang, anggota-angota angkatan tentera dan polis, kebanyakkannya orang-orang Melayu/Islam yang telah bertungkus lumus berjuang untuk keselamatan, perpaduan, keharmonian dan keamanan negara di labelkan sebagai pengkhianat. Lihatlah dan fahami sendiri apa yang mereka kata di dalam pos-pos mereka. Saya sendiri, bekas seorang pegawai tentera, yang telah menentang pengganas-pengganas komunis telah di labelkan sebagai pengkhianat negara. Anggota-anggiota komunis seperti Mat Indera, Abdullah CD, Rashid Maidin, Musa Ahmad, yang telah menentang tentera kita, membunuh dan mencederakan tentera kita yang kebanyakkannya orang-orang Melayu/Islam mereka anggap sebagai perwira (hero) negara.

Mereka memutarbelitkan fakta, membuat tuduhan-tuduhan tanpa bukti, tidak mahu menerima keterngan, menggugat dan mengancam selain daripada mengejek dan memperli orang-orang seperti saya walaupun PAS belum lagi memerintah negara. Kalau sudah memerintah negara nanti, agaknya akan menjadi lebih teruk mereka itu. Mereka tidak boleh membezakan di antara kenyataan, soalan, hypothesis dan mereka memberi komen-komen dan kritikan-kritikan memngikurtsesuka hati mereka. Merka langsung tidak boleh berfikir secara rasional. Mereka tidak mahu menerima kenyataan dan fakta yang memang terang-terang sahih dan benar, dan mentafsirkan segala-galanya mengikut rasa hati mereka kerana kebatilan dan keegoaan mereka.

Perlaksanaan hukuman hudud atau membina sebuah negara Islam akan menjadi angan-angan sahaja dan korupsi, yang sepatutnya di banteras, akan menjadi lebih teruk daripada sekarang. Mereka akan mengamalkan 'Draconian laws' jika PAS memerintah dengan adanya orang-orang seperti ini di dalam PAS. Ekonomi dan perdagangan negara akan teruk terjejas dan FDI tidak akan masuk kedalam negara lagi. Malah, akan ada beberapa investor-investor barat yang sudah lama bertapak di negara ini yang akan berpindah dan beberapa konglomerat tempatan jiuga akan berpindah ke negara lain. Negara akan menjadi tersepit kerana ketiadaan wang dan hutang negara akan bertambah banyak lagi. Rakyat akan mederita di sebabkan oleh itu.

Mereka akan mengamalkan 'double stadard', musuh mereka (pembangkang) tidak boleh buat beberapa perkara seperti mengadakan hubungan dengan CPC (Cina) dan Israel Yahudi laknatullah tetapi mereka boleh.

Sepatutnya mereka menjadi 'duta' PAS dan berusaha bersungguh untuk mengubah pendirian 'PAS sympathisers' seperti saya untuk menjadi penyokong tegar PAS tetapi, cara mereka yang saya terangkan di atas akan mengubah fikiran dan pendirian orang-orang seperti kami untuk tidak mengundi PAS di dalam PRU 13 atau pilihanraya kecil di masa akan datang dan paling teruk lagi, mereka ini, termasuk saya, akan mengundi BN di dalam PRU 13 atau pilihanraya kecil di masa akan datang yang harusnya di elakkan. Habislah hasrat PAKATAN RAKYAT untuk mengambil alih dan menguasai PUTRAJAYA kalau macam ini. Sebab apa? Sebab PAS! Mereka sepatutnya ada kebolehan 'Public Relations' yang baik suopaya orang akan lebih menyukai PAS, bukan membenci. Kalau mereka tidak ada kepakaran ini, latihlah mereka.

Kalau kita lihat di ceramah-ceramah PAS di seluruh negara ataupun acara ibadat seperti solat hajat dan sebagainya, orang-orang seperti kamilah yang memenuhkan ruangf atau pun memenuhkan masjid atau dewan. Bukan semua yang datang adalah ahli-ahli PAS. Ramai di antara nya adala 'PAS sympathisers,' seperti saya.

Tak gunalah berkopiah dan berserban tapi hati sangat busuk.

Saya percaya pendirian pemimpin-pemimpin PAS sekarang tidak sama dengan pendirian orang-orang PAS yang saya sebutkan di atas dan mereka (pemimpin-pemimpin PAS) seharusnya memandang serious tentang perkara ini dan mencatasnya dengan seberapa cepat yang boleh sebelum 'nasi menjadi bubur' dan mengelakkan senario yang saya terangkan di atas itu daripada betul-betul terjadi.

Apa-apa pun, saya rasa, mereka tidak akan menerima apa yang saya catitkan di sini kerana perangai teruk mereka, kebongkakkan mereka, kesombongan mereka, kebodohan mereka, kedegilan mereka dan ego mereka yang terlalu besar.

Saya memohon maaf jika ada yang tersinggung.

Setakat ini, saya masih menyayangi PAS!

As - Salaam.

HAK