1) 7.00 MLM – Jamuan Makan Malam Bersama:

 1) YB Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim

2) YAB Sdr Lim Guan Eng

3) YB Mansur Othman

4) YB Chong Eng

      Tempat : Pejabat DAP Bukit Mertajam,   Taman Ciku, Bukit Mertajam 

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2) 8.30 MLM – Solat Isya/ Hajat

Tempat : Masjid Cherok Tok Kun

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3) 9.00 – 12.00 MLM – Ceramah Umum 1 

Tempat : Galeri Perdana, Cherok Tok Kun

  Penceramah:

1) YB Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim

2) YBHG Rashidi Hussain

3) YB Sim Tze Tzin

4) YB Saifuddin Nasution

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 9.00 – 12.00 MLM – Ceramah Umum 2 

Tempat : Dewan Besar Sungai Bakap, Seberang Prai Selatan, Nibong Tebal

 Penceramah :

1) YB Mansur Othman

2) YB Saifuddin Nasution

3) YB Tan Tee Beng

4) YB Tan Hock Leong 

5) YB Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim

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Pejabat Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim

Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim akan ke Mahkamah Syariah Kuala Lumpur pada 7hb Januari 2010, hari Khamis, jam 10 pagi untuk menghantar affidavit serta menandatangani wakalah berhubung tuntutan qazaf yang sengaja ditangguhkan oleh pihak Mahkamah Syariah.

Responden bagi tuntutan ini ialah:

1. SHAMSUDDIN BIN HUSSAIN, KETUA PENDAKWA SYARIE WILAYAH PERSEKUTUAN
dinamakan di atas yang mempunyai alamat di Jabatan Agama Islam Wilayah
Persekutuan, Kompleks Pusat Islam, Jalan Perdana, 50676 Kuala Lumpur.

2. DATO’ HJ CHE MAT BIN CHE ALI, PENGARAH JABATAN AGAMA ISLAM
WILAYAH PERSEKUTUAN (JAWI) dinamakan di atas yang mempunyai alamat di
Jabatan Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan, Kompleks Pusat Islam, Jalan
Perdana, 50676 Kuala Lumpur.

3. MEJAR JENERAL DATO’ HJ JAMIL KHIR BIN HJ BAHAROM (B) MENTERI DI
JABATAN PERDANA MENTERI dinamakan di atas yang mempunyai alamat di
Aras 9, Blok D7, Parcel D, Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan,
62159 W.P. Putrajaya,
Malaysia.

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PEJABAT DATO’ SERI ANWAR IBRAHIM

–Kenyataan Media–

(Plainfield, IN-4 Januari 2010) Persatuan Islam Amerika Utara (ISNA) menyokong keputusan yang telah dibuat oleh Mahkamah Tinggi di Malaysia pada 31 Disember 2009 yang lalu yang mengiktiraf hak dan kebebasan beragama bagi penganut-penganut agama Kristian di Malaysia.

Mahkamah tersebut telah memutuskan bahawa penganut Kristian mempunyai hak untuk menggunakan pekataan “Allah” untuk tujuan menterjemahkan perkataan “God” ke dalam Bahasa Melayu. Ia sekaligus membatalkan sekatan yang pernah dikenakan oleh Kerajaan Malaysia pada tahun 2007 berkenaan penggunaan terma ini di dalam literasi Kristian.

Kumpulan yang membantah penggunaan kalimah Allah sebagai terjemahan kepada “God” berhujah bahawa “God” biasanya diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa Melayu sebagai “Tuhan” oleh penganut-penganut agama selain daripada Islam. Mereka juga menegaskan bahawa kalimah “Allah” hanya boleh digunakan untuk merujuk kepada Tuhan dalam Islam sahaja.

Hujah ini sebenarnya bercanggah dengan kefahaman dan pengamalan Islam yang sebenar. Bebarapa petikan ayat dalam Al-Quran jelas menyatakan bahawa Muslim menyembah Tuhan yang sama dengan penganut agama Kristian. Al-Quran memerintahkan pengikutnya menyaksikan bahawa Tuhan yang mereka sembah dan disembah oleh pengikut-pengikut Kitab yang telah diturunkan oleh Allah termasuk dari kalangan penganut agama Kristian adalah Satu: “…dan katakanlah: Kami percaya dengan apa yang telah diturunkan kepada kami serta apa yang telah diturunkan kepada kamu, dan Tuhan kami dan Tuhan kamu adalah Satu, dan kepadaNya lah kita menyembah.” (Qur’an 29:46)

Merujuk kepada amalan semasa dan sejarah terdahulu, orang-orang Arab yang beragama Kristian telah menggunakan kalimah “Allah” untuk merujuk kepada Tuhan dalam Kitab-kitab agama mereka sejak Islam mula diperkenalkan di Tanah Arab, namun amalan ini tidak pernah dipertikaikan oleh mana-mana individu Muslim atau Kerajaan Islam yang memerintah ketika itu.

Undang-undang Islam sangat jelas mengiktiraf hak penganut agama Kristian untuk mengamalkan agama mereka sesuai dengan kehendak dan ajaran Kitab mereka. Justeru, kami menggesa agar Kerajaan Malaysia mengiktiraf prinsip kekebasan beragama yang sewajarnya diberikan kepada penganut agama Kristian di Malaysia serta menerima keputusan Mahkamah baru-baru ini.

Kamu juga mendesak NGO-NGO Muslim di Malaysia agar menghormati ajaran dan tradisi Islam yang telah lama dilaksana, serta sekaligus menggugurkan bantahan mereka terhadap pengunaan kalimah “Allah” oleh saudara-saudara mereka dari agama Kristian.

From Malaysia Kini

PKR leader Anwar Ibrahim is set to question the Kuala Lumpur Syariah Court on its “intentional delay” in hearing his action against former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan for qazaf (false accusation) which was filed two years ago.

In this regard, Anwar will file an application at the court tomorrow morning.

He will also sign the wakalah which is a legal agreement allowing him to be represented by a syarie lawyer.

Anwar had filed the suit on July 2008 to urge the court to order the Federal Territory (FT) Syariah public prosecutor to prosecute Saiful for qazaf under Section 41 of the Syariah Criminal Offences Act (Federal Territories) 1997 and/or syariah laws.

He named FT Syariah public prosecutor Shamsuddin Hussain, FT religious department head Che Mat Che Ali and minister in charge of religious affairs Jamil Khir Baharom as respondents. (more…)

From Islamic Society of North America
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Plainfield, IN – January 4, 2010) The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) commends the landmark ruling by a Malaysian Court on December 31, 2009, that affirms the religious freedom of Malaysian Christians. The ruling asserts that Christians have the right to use the word “Allah” to translate “God” into Bahasa Melayu, the Malaysian language. It strikes down a government ban that was placed in 2007 on the use of the term in Christian literature.

The opponents of the use of the word Allah in reference to God have argued that the term “God” is usually translated by Malaysians who follow faiths other than Islam as “Tuhan” in Bahasa Melayu, not “Allah.” They insist that “Allah” should only be used to refer to God in Islam. This argument is contrary to both Islamic understanding and practice.

The Qur’an is quite explicit that Muslims worship the same God recognized by Christians. The Qur’an commands Muslims to declare that the God they worship and the one worshiped by the followers of revealed books, including Christians, is one: “… and say: We believe in that which has been revealed to us and revealed to you, and our God and your God is One, and to Him do we submit.” (Qur’an 29:46)

With regards to actual and historical practices, Christian Arabs have been using the word “Allah” to refer to God in their religious sources since the inception of Islam, and have never been challenged by private Muslims or Muslim governments on this ground. Islamic law is clear that followers of the Christian faith have the right to practice their religion according to their own religious teachings.

We call on the Malaysian government to uphold the religious freedom of Christians and to let the court ruling stand. We also urge Muslim NGOs to respect Islamic teachings and long-held Islamic traditions, and to withdraw their opposition to the use of the word “Allah” by their Christian compatriots.

From Malaysia Kini

Jet engines: ‘We need a better story, AG’

‘Rather than prosecuting the rank-and-file that managed to pull of this brilliant smuggle, we should promote them to be the heads of our security agencies.’

Rank-and-file behind theft of jet engines

Freemsia: Let me get this whole story right – low-ranking officers were able to sneak out two huge RM50 million jet engines without getting detected by army security and without any authorisation from top officers and then proceed to contact a foreign buyer in Uruguay, have the engines sent out without raising suspicions from our Customs Department.

Then get paid millions after selling the engines, deposited the money into their accounts without being known by Bank Negara? Or maybe they deposited the money in a Swiss bank account?

If the government actually decided to sell this story to Hollywood, the movie would flop. Somebody get a better storyteller for the government to spin something more realistic.

Mangodurian: Rather than prosecuting the rank-and-file ‘ikan bilis’ that managed to pull of this brilliant feat of smuggling, we should promote them to be the heads of security agencies and the armed forces.

Without any help, they managed to find a buyer, steal the engines from the repair shop, smuggle them out of the air force facility, pack and ship them out of the country, arrange for payment through a proxy and keep it under wraps for two years.

This is much harder than smuggling cash or a few gold bars. I say, promote these brilliant dudes!

Steven KC Poh: Does the attorney-general think the rakyat is dumb enough to believe that there were no higher-ups involved? He wants us to believe that the rank-and-file were powerful enough to escape the eyes of the air force, the Customs Department and what not?

This AG has to be sacked immediately. Please. Next time, at least come out with a better story. (more…)