From Wall Street journal
By Anwar Ibrahim
Malaysia has once again resurfaced in international headlines for the wrong reasons. Over the last two weeks, arsonists and vandals attacked 10 places of worship, including Christian churches and Sikh temples. Though there were no injuries and the material damage is reparable, the same cannot be said about the emotional and psychological scars left behind. After numerous conflicting statements from government officials, the underlying causes of the violence are still unaddressed. Malaysia’s reputation as a nation at peace with its ethnic and religious diversity is at stake.
Malaysia’s poor handling of religious and sectarian issues is not unique. The ill treatment of minority groups in Muslim countries is often worse than the actions Muslims decry in the West. I have called attention to the broader need in the Muslim world for leadership that demonstrates consistency and credibility in our call for justice, fairness and pluralism. These values are embedded in the Islamic tradition as the higher objectives of Shariah expounded by the 12th-century jurist al-Shatibi.
We have seen Muslims around the world protest against discriminatory laws passed in supposedly liberal and progressive countries in the West. Yet just as France and Germany have their issues with the burqa and Switzerland with its minarets, so too does Malaysia frequently fail to offer a safe and secure environment that accommodates its minority communities.
The recent arson attacks exemplify what’s wrong with the way Malaysia regards its non-Muslim citizens. The attacks were provoked by a controversy over the use of the word “Allah” by Malaysia’s Christian community, which numbers over two million, or about 10% of the population. In late 2007, the Home Ministry banned the use of the word by the Herald, a Catholic newspaper, and later confiscated 15,000 copies of Malay-language Bibles imported from Indonesia in which the word for God is translated as “Allah.” A Dec. 31, 2009 ruling by the Kuala Lumpur High Court overruled the earlier ban, asserting constitutional guarantees regarding the freedom of religion in Malaysia. Since then, an already tense situation boiled over, largely due to incitement by a few reckless politicians, the mainstream media and a handful of nongovernmental organizations linked by membership and leadership to the United Malays National Organization, the ruling party.
For example, Utusan Malaysia, the nation’s largest Malay-language daily—which is also owned by UMNO—has inflamed Muslim religious sentiments by accusing non-Muslims of desecrating the name of the “Muslim” God and alleging a Christian conspiracy to overrun this predominantly Muslim nation through conversion. I have seen these incendiary propaganda techniques used before, when politicians and demagogues exploit public sentiment to garner support by fomenting fear. Such tactics are useful diversions from embarrassing scandals ranging from controversial court decisions, to allegations of exorbitant commissions extracted from military procurements, to the theft of two jet engines from the inventory of the Royal Malaysian Air Force. This behavior has been exacerbated since the ruling party lost its two-thirds majority in parliament last year. UMNO is now desperately struggling to regain public support.
Few Muslims around the world would endorse the claim that we have a monopoly on the word “Allah.” It is accepted that the word was already in the lexicon of pre-Islamic Arabs. Arabic’s sister Semitic languages also refer to God as “Allah”: namely, “Elaha” in Aramaic, and “Elohim” in Hebrew. Historical manuscripts prove that Arabic-speaking Muslims, Christian and Jews have collectively prayed to God, the Creator and Sustainer of the Universe, as “Allah” for over 1,400 years. The history of Islam in Southeast Asia is known for its pluralistic and inclusive traditions, and amicable relations between Muslims and non-Muslims have been the norm for generations.
Muslim scholars outside of Malaysia thus find our “Allah” issue absurd and cannot fathom why it has sparked protest and outrage. Minority Muslim populations living in the West, particularly in the aftermath of 9/11, have diligently tried to remind the public that Muslims, Christians and Jews share common Abrahamic roots and ultimately worship the same God.
Local sensitivities have been aroused over this issue. They should be handled through dialogue and engagement. Instead of permeating a sense of insecurity or a siege mentality, Muslims must be encouraged to engage and present their concerns to the Christians in a constructive manner. The example of Muslim Spain is a moment in our history to which Malaysian Muslims should aspire. But efforts toward fostering a convivencia are not only found in the past. The ongoing “Common Word” initiative, a global effort launched in 2007 that captured the support of over 130 of the world’s most prominent Muslim scholars, has made historic progress towards building goodwill among Muslims and Christians to find ways to live in sincere peace and harmony. It is ironic that noble efforts such as these are being undone by the actions of Muslims themselves.
Malaysia’s international reputation has taken a beating since Prime Minister Najib Razak was sworn in last year. Despite his efforts to promote national unity, news about the caning of a young Muslim woman charged with drinking, the mutilation of a cow head in protest of the construction of a Hindu temple, ill treatment of Muslim converts who revert to their earlier faith and even the outlawing of the practice of yoga by Muslims have many at home and abroad wondering which direction Malaysia is headed under Mr. Najib’s leadership. There are already misgivings about governance, human rights, the rule of law and rampant corruption; Malaysia dropped 10 spots on Transparency International’s 2009 Corruption Perception Index, our worst showing in over 15 years. The vision of Malaysia as a peaceful and stable location for investment, tourism and migration is now in peril.
This matters most for Malaysians who have to contend with an increasingly polarized social and political landscape. Malaysia cannot afford to be held hostage by the vested interests of a few who manipulate faith and identity as a means to elicit fear for political and economic gain. This is old politics, and it has become clear that those who incite hatred are only doing so to prolong their monopoly on power. The majority of Malaysians reject this approach. They realize that overcoming the challenges we face—a stagnant economy, declining educational standards and rising crime—depends on our ability as a nation to internalize and make real the principles of fairness and justice to all.
PAS FOR ALL………ISLAM FOR ALL………ALLAH FOR ALL
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lurus bendul Reply:
January 26th, 2010 at 7:05 pm
UMNO for Keroni Umno for Keroni UMNO for keroni
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noorisa27 Reply:
January 28th, 2010 at 10:30 am
Allah only for Muslim who believed there is no god but Allah and Prophet Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.
Allah only for Muslim who believed that Allah have no any company, children, wife or whatever spirit. Allah is the Supreme Power and Creator of the universe and all the belongings on the earth and the sky. Allah will do justice for good deeds and wrongdoings in the hereafter. Only Allah will give pardoning and not a mankind as what used to happen in churches over the world. Hence the word of Allah is not suit to be used by followers of other religions except Muslims.
Al Quran al Kafiruun Surah 109: Dengan nama Allah Yang Maha Pemurah, lagi Maha Mengasihani.
1. Katakanlah ( Wahai Muhammad), ” Hai orang-orang kafir. 2. Aku tidak sembah apa yang kamu sembah. 3. Dan kamu tidak mahu menyembah ( Allah ) yang aku sembah. 4. Dan aku tidak akan beribadat secara kamu beribadat. 5. Dan kamu pula tidak mahu beribadat secara aku beribadat. 6. Bagi kamu ugama kamu, dan bagiku ugamaku.
( Petikan dari Tafsir Pimpinan Ar-Rahman terbitan Darulfikir, 329B Jalan Abdul Rahman Idris off Jalan raja Muda adul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur.
Al Quran is purely the words of Allah.
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Asraf Reply:
January 28th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
Assalamualaikum.
Miss noorisa27, I agree with you. The surah u gave also very suitable for this.
Of course, the religions Jew, Christian and Islam came from the same root, from Ibrahim, the Samawi religions. But i don’t think that the Jews and Christians will admit that their gods are the same as the Muslims’ god, and i believe that Muslims don’t want to admit that our god is the same as their god. If we do admit, than why the different religions? Why Jew, Christian and Islam? Why not just Islam, or just Jew, or just Christian? Do we, Muslims want to admit that our Allah is part of the Trinity god, like what the Christians believe?
Plus, the way Jews and Christians worship their gods are not the same as how Muslims worship Allah. That is clearly stated in the surah Al-Kafirun. Muslims don’t worship what the non-Muslims worship, and non-Muslims don’t worship what Muslims worship. That is Kalamullah. Allah Himself says that the non-Muslims don’t worship Him. We, Muslims, have learned at school that when Islam came, the other Samawi religions were supposed to be abolished (dimansuhkan).
Another thing is, why non-Muslims in Malaysia want to use the Arab word of god? Arab is not our mother tounge. Not like those Christians in Egypt and Syria, they use the word Allah because they speak Arab. If not, what other language are they going to use if not their own mother tounge. Christians in Malaysia can use our mother tounge word, that is Tuhan, or they can use the word in Hebrew or Latin, if they want, since Chritian religion was born in Hebrew/Roman sociaty. Not Arab sociaty. But Muslims in Malaysia deserve the word Allah since Islam was born in Arab and Muslims all over the world unite as one and use the word Allah, regardless of their mother tounge. So Muslims DO HAVE monopoly over “Allah”.
I admit that I’m not a pious Muslim. But I wouldn’t want to admit that my god is the same as the Jews’ and Christians’.
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We are ONE HUMAN RACE who may differ in our thoughts but,
children of Allah. So what is the problem if we all address
our Creator as Allah! Why all the fuss?
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Zahidi bin Rahmat Reply:
January 27th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
Setuju.
Tuhan kita bersama ialah Allah yang Satu.
Cuma yang kita merujuk kepada Allah dengan cara-cara yang lain!
Kalau ini pun tak paham, aku tak tau la nak buat apa
Walhal Allah yang mencipta semua agama dan kaum manusia agar kita kenali dia melalui kehebatanNya kerana mencipta kepelbagaian yang indah di alam semestaNya.
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SIR ABU Reply:
January 27th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
Saya sokong pandangan saudara Zahidi bin Rahmat.
Mudah-mudahan Tuhan memberikan rahmat untukmu, wahai saudaraku.
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Anonymous Reply:
January 28th, 2010 at 9:11 am
If all humankind address Allah as a creator, why there still religious worship other God or many God beside Allah? If you want all religious address Allah as our creator, then you must not worship other God other than Allah. Primary school children can answer your statement lol.
Please refer to surah Al-Ikhlas. That surah clearly state Allah is one and no God except Allah. Where’s your brain? Allah is among 99 good name for Allah in Islam clearly state in Asma’ Ul-Husna. Think if somebody mess up with something so scared, do you can just watch and let it be?
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Sepanjang sejarah ‘beragama’ di Malaysia, tidak ada masalah yang berlaku. Tapi, kegelisahan berlaku bila soal agama ‘dipolitikkan’. Nampaknya, Umno-BN mahu memperalatkan semua perkara. Habis semua mahu ‘dipijak’…Malangnya, bila ditegur, melenting ! Sempurnakah kamu ?
Adat berkawan, tegur-menegur. Bukankah kamu sendiri yang beriya-iya nak bersatu ? Maka, kenapa khianat ? Kita bertegas bukannya benci. Jika selamanya berlembut tapi tidak mendatang manfaat, bukankah gertak dan ‘jentik’ itu satu kaedah mencapai kejayaan ?
Demikian sikap kita kepada anak dan isteri. Bukan benci ! Sayang kerana takut terjerumus ke jurang Jahannam. Perangai sedara Umno kita pelik ! Tak ubah, macam melepas anjing tersepit. Bersusah payah DSAI & PAKATAN mahu membantu pembangunan insan serta kecemerlangan, ‘tangan’ kita pula yang digigit ! Akai ada ka ?
Islam tidak menolak kepelbagaian agama asal akur pentingnya perpaduan. Biar mereka dengan keyakinan mereka. Kita dengan cara dan panduan yang kita ada. Kisah sedara Zul yang ‘melawan arus’ patut dijadikan iktibar. Jangan membelakangkan pemimpin. Jika tidak nafsu kamu yang memimpin kamu ? Ikut nafsu, tak selamat, Zol !
Apa jadi jika kapal punya 10 nakhoda ! Punah ranah kapal tu…
Ini pun soal agama serta adab. Wajib taat pemimpin bertaqwa ! DSAI lebih arif asam-garam perjuangan. Rujuk dan jangan memandai-mandai sendiri.
Umno sudah ‘berpatah arang’ ! Marahkan nyamuk, kelambu dibakar. Habis disondol semak dan samun. Biarkan dia dengan gelojohnya. Silap sondol, terjerumus ke ‘perigi buta’ ! Padan muka !
Nak jadi juara Islam, jaga diri…tengok buruk baik perangai anak dan menantu ! Kalu isteri sendiri tak terbela, jagoan apo camtu, Tuan Haji Mokhtar ? Hahaha…
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thoha Reply:
January 27th, 2010 at 12:43 pm
sedih sy membaca komen saudari ni..semoga kita sentiasa berada dibawah rahmat-Nya
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ohmnivore Reply:
January 29th, 2010 at 11:07 am
saya pun sedih membaca komen saudari… saya berharap agar saudari merujuk Tuan Guru Dr Haron Din ke, Ismail kamus ke… tanya pendapat diorg yg lebih berilmu dari DSAI… soal Akidah ni kdg2 ustaz pun boleh tersilap..jgn kita menyokong saja tanpa usul periksa walaupun dia pemimpin kita…
kita diberi akal untuk berfikir…ade perkara yg boleh mengugurkan iman seseorang walaupun dia seorang yg alim..kita tinggal kan umno,pas,dap ke pakatan ke… tetapkn iman dan akidah kita… jgn taksub pd pemimpin…even TG Nik Aziz pun ade buat silap kan…jgn kerana pemimpin iman kita tergadai..saudara Zul dilihat sedaya upaya menjg akidah dan imannye…biarpun menentang pemimpin sendiri.. soal akidah jgn dipandang rendah…sama2 lah kita menjaga saudara islam kita bersama..Asslamualaikum..
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(Maaf Dato Seri Diluar Tajuk)
KELEMAHAN UMNO, SPR UBAH TAKTIK UNDI POS PEGAWAI KERAJAAN
Dari Kacamata Halik Zaman:
Senario politik UMNO kita lihat semakin hari semakin tidak stabil duduk-berdirinya. Di Semenanjung, sekiranya kita lihat secara terperinci dan teliti, majoriti yang mereka menangi tidak sebegitu kuat seperti sebelumnya. Dengan kerja-keras Pakatan Rakyat serta dokongan padu daripada rakyat, Insya Allah kita bisa merubah senario pentadbiran Kerajaan Malaysia pada PRU13 kelak.
UMNO punya cita cita untuk merampas Selangor, Penang, Kedah dan Kelantan. Ini satu fatamorgana dari para pemimpin UMNO sahaja, “Yang dikejar tak dapat yang dikandung berciciran” salah haribulan Perak,Trengganu, Perlis, Melaka dan Negeri Sembilan melayang kepangkuan Pakatan Rakyat. Kita tidak lah sentuh disini peranan Barisan Nasional, kerana gerabak gerabak komponen ini bagai kerangka dah hilang nyawa. Dah hancur lebur terkulai layu.
Di Sabah, masyarakat luarbandar dan dalam bandar telah banyak terbuka minda mereka. Mereka telah dapat mengenal – pasti cacat-celanya pentadbiran Kerajaan UMNO. Terlalu banyak kepincangan yang berlaku dalam UMNO Sabah yang secara tidak langsung membuka minda rakyat Sabah dalam ertikata yang lain rakyatnya sudah dilanda ribut kenaikkan kos hidup rakyat yang melambung tinggi.
Terlalu banyak misteri yang dihasilkan oleh Kerajaan UMNO pada hari ini dan misteri-misteri ini tidak pernah terungkai sehingga kehari ini . Misteri-misteri ini jugalah yang menyebabkan rakyat berhenti dari meyakini UMNO. Misteri kematian Altantuya, misteri kematian Teoh Beng Hock, misteri enjin jet kapal terbang hilang, misteri penangkapan Michael Chia di Hongkong dan pelbagai lagi yang sering menjadi persoalaan tanpa ada jawapan berpatutan.
Biarpun UMNO senantiasa menyajikan juadah pembohongan kepada rakyat, kerana pada hemah UMNO, rakyat masih lagi seperti dahulu, menerima bulat-bulat segala penceritaan mereka tanpa mengkaji lebih jauh. Ternyata UMNO kini tersilap dan jauh tersasar ramalan mereka.
Terbaru SPR mengumumkan bahawa andai di luluskan, para doktor-doktor dan kaki tangannya, pegawai – pegawai Kerajaan juga akan diminta mengundi secara pos. Sepintas lalu, kita tidak nampak perbezaannya. Tapi sekiranya kita halusi maksud yang tersirat kita pasti nampak halatuju mengapa SPR mengkehendaki ‘kumpulan’ ini mengundi secara pos?
Dalam PRU12 baru-baru ini, banyak yang mereka terlepas pandang. UMNO dan SPR menyangkakan bahawa semua kakitangan pegawai pegawai Kerajaan memberikan undi kepada UMNO/BN. Tetapi bilamana keputusan keluar, mereka dapat menganalisa bahawa wujudnya sebilangan besar kakitangan dan pegawai pegawai Kerajaan yang menghadiahkan undi mereka kepada Pakatan Rakyat.
Oleh yang demikian, demi untuk menyelamatkan bahtera UMNO yang sudah pecah-memecah dan hampir karam, SPR harus mengambil langkah drastik merangka satu undang-undang pengundian yang baru sebagai penyelamat UMNO.
Kerana SPR maklum, sekiranya mengundi secara pos, kakitangan dan pegawai pegawai Kerajaan akan di berikan ‘nasihat’ dan ‘ingatan’ dengan menggambarkan bahawa undi mereka boleh dipantau tanpa mereka sedari. Oleh yang demikian, demi takut kehilangan punca pencarian, kakitangan dan pegawai pegawai Kerajaan ini terpaksa menghulurkan undi secara keterpaksaan dan tidak rela kepada BN.
Seandainya undang-undang ini di luluskan, disinilah kita dapat melihat dengan sejelasnya, bahawa tiada lagi demokrasi di Malaysia. UMNO akan berbuat apa sahaja demi menyelamatkan nasibnya dari terus hanyut dan tinggal sejarah.
Sebagai rakyat Malaysia, kita harus bijak dalam menentukan undi kita. Huluran dan bantuan yang diberikan semasa pilihanraya hanya sebagai ‘pengabur mata’. Ingatlah, UMNO hanya memerlukan rakyat Malaysia semasa mereka inginkan kemahuan mereka di penuhi, selepas mendapat apa yang di hajati, “rakyat di belakangkan, poket sendiri di utamakan” .
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kak yah Reply:
January 27th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
Salam,
Penatlah, asyik luar tajuk je…..
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meroloh belengkor Reply:
January 28th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
Biarlah luar tajuk nanti nanti halik Zaman merajuk pulak susuah pulak!!
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Zzjebat Reply:
January 29th, 2010 at 12:06 am
Tuan, Lain kali “Dalam Tajuk”
baru ada ommmmp….maaf ya…saja nak usik2
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Bulanmengembang Reply:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
Luar tajuk or tak… yang penting kita bersama-sama memperjuangkan Reformasi..
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I got a feeling that this article rides on the ground of religion more than the analytics of the situations whereby the contentions locks’ in more than rationale of course of the issue. To me, Deity cannot be owned by anyone because Deity owns us. It is that we being the taker of a certain faith become part of. It just doesn’t make sense to own a God, a religion and needless to say the name to the God.
You and I are all owned by God as we are God’s subjects!. We don’t own God of our own as it is not allowed under any religion beliefs. The possessions cannot possess the possessor! Claiming possession of the Deity is heresy in both the teaching. The teaching of old has always say that “He is my God” and never “He is our God”. This is because we address it as if we are the subject, not the possessor. The saying “He is my God” in the aspect of deity is claiming that I am a subject of God, But once we say “He is our God” it has made God the our subjects.
Dr. P. PhD.
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Dear DSAI!
This “Allah” issue was brought to the forefront and as you have rightly said, to deflect public attention to the on going serious corruption scenario which has engulfed Malaysia! It amuses me to think that UMNO/BN has a “library of excuses” to get the public to look the other way instead of solving the immediate problems confronting them being the custodians of Malaysians in general! On the sidelines, we have their “backup” in the form of the former PM, the one and only Tun Dr Mahathir and his silly comparison of the movie AVATAR to that of 9/11!!!! Just how low educated people can stoop to fool the general public escapes my wildest imagination!!! If Tun is craving for attention, as he is hardly getting any in Malaysia, from the international media, then he has certainly picked the wrong subjects and that too for all the wrong reasons to achieve his end! Mahathir and his UMNO Baru…..MY FOOT!!!!!!!!
I am certainly looking forward to the next GE to see to it that these irresponsible “goons” in Putrajaya are out of a job!
Das
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Without race and religion dirty politics…to divide and rule…UMNO BARU is dead.
UMNO have nothing to offer…except to keep misguiding…..giving false hopes.. to his own race.
Simultaneously…UMNO must be seen as… non racists……love everyone as equals.
Their double standards played everyday….contradicts everything they try to promote…to keep fooling young voters.
“1Malaysia” slogan to fool young Malaysians.
After 54 years..now talk “1Malaysia”??…WHY NOW?
Simple…UMNO never expect to loose so many States in 12th GE…and so…after that..non stop to promote and advertise…how good they are….hoping voters will believe everything they say.
After thousands upon thousands…of brain washing…advertising..promotional work…..propaganda stuffs…. in papers and TVs shows.. Malaysian brains…will all be hypnotized…to believe them..trust them…and keep voting for them.
This is the way…UMNO is going about…besides using money to buy up loyalties and the country.
UMNO BARU is a very dangerous …evil party.
The many unfair and unjust methods used by UMNO will not work in favour of them anymore.
World is getting smaller. Internet is saving Malaysians…..being hypnotized.
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Why are we quarrelling over how we call ‘God’?? By right we should all pray to ‘Allah’ together in the Malaysians’ Prayer, “Ya Allah, we thank You for Your gifts of oil, timber, mineral and grain. But then the devil sent us a corrupt Prime Minister without a Brain, robbed us of our national wealth and we are set backward many years. Ya Allah, please take this corrupt PM back to Hell And we will be well and alive, and eternally grateful as a Nation. Ameen!”
(modified from the Malaysians prayer first published in the Bangkok Post, 1997)
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umat Islam peliharalah aqidah. tiada apa yg nak ditakutkan sekiranya kaum nasrani dan yahudi tu mengakui bahawa Allah itu tuhan mereka.
yakinlah aqidah kita membawa kepada keyakinan dan keimanan yang nyata. Allah dah mengakui sendiri bahawa kaum yahudi dan nasrani menyebut namaNya.
jgnlah risau, kerana hikmahnya, yang akan keliru tu mereka, bukan kita. kan ini memudahkan kita berdakwah.
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If the word “Allah” can incite such hate, leading to destruction, I would not want to push the matter any further… Being a Christian, I think muslims have every right to call their God Allah and have every right in destroying, desecrating and vandalising differing places of worship…. I fully support these actions…as there is nothing that can be done to control such incivility and criminality.
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Assalamu’alaikum wbt.
Nda taulah aku… Susah betul ka mau di kasi faham isu ini…??? Simple ja… Allah itu tuhan agama samawi – agama langit. Kalau kongsi Nabi Adam hingga Nabi Isa kita tak kisah, kenapa perlu bising dengan isu ini…??? Susah sangat ke nak faham.
Cuma kita kenalah pantau Herlad ni…??? Kalau nantinya mereka cuba untuk meliberalisasikan akidah atau meliberalkan Islam. Senang je… kita bakar pejabat Herlad…??? Ingat BUKAN BAKAR GEREJA ATAU SURAU.
Takkan nak buat undang2 baru sabah, sarawak dan negara lain di dunia boleh pakai kecuali semenanjung. TAK KAH PELIK…
Kadang-kadang tu sakit hati juga. Bila isu sebegini naik, wah…!!! NAMPAK BETUL ISLAMIK MEREKA. Tapi dalam hal-hal mengajak kepada kebaikan dan menjauhi kemungkaran, macam nda ada “sound”.
Kepada NGOk-NGOk yang pro kerajaan, daripada sibuk pasal isu ini, baiklah fikirkan sesuatu untuk MENYELAMATKAN AKIDAH REMAJA MELAYU YANG SEMAKIN HARI SEMAKIN BEJAT…!!! Fikirkanlah sesuatu untuk menyelamatkan mereka… kesian. Atau fikirkan tentang amanah Allah yang diulang berulang kali dalam Al Quran, BANTU FAKIR MISKIN DAN ANAK YATIM.
Wassalam.
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Bekas ahli Ameno Reply:
January 28th, 2010 at 9:45 am
Di bawah bayu saya setuju dengan awak, tetapi bukannya awak tak faham, kebanyakan yg menjenguk blog ini adalah pencacai najis UMNO. UMNO dari dulu kini dan selamanya, sama ja. Bukan berjuang untuk agama. Mereka gunakan agama untuk meraih kemenangan politik ja. UMNO tdk mahu rakyat Malaysia tinggi pengetahuan agama mereka. Takut rakyat tdk menyokong mereka. Maklumlah mereka ini pejuang agama yang rasuah, maksiat, kronisme, tidak amanah dan pelbagai sifat keji. Agama diuar-uarkan untuk mengekalkan dan meneruskan kekejian mereka. Aku ahli UMNO tetapi amat benci dan jijik kepada parti UMNO.
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you are allright, sir…
I like this article.
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salam 2 all.
Kepada sahabat2 sekelian,mudah2han diredhai Allah swt sentiasa.
Memang tiada nas dan dalil di dalam agama bahawa tidak boleh kafir itu menggunakan Allah. itu adalah hakikat beragama di dalam Islam.cumanya,dalam konteks kita di Malaysia, perlu ada badan2 berkuasa,pihak berwajib untuk menghalang puak laknatullah ini menggunakan lafaz ‘Allah’ yang mulia,kerana sebelum ini pun mereka tidak menggunakannya.kenapa pada awal penerbitan itu mereka tidak guna,tetapi pada hari ini perkara telah berlaku sebaliknya?tidakkah kita semua yang muslim dan mengaku beriman ini tidak berasa ada sesuatu agenda yang sedang dirancang puak mereka dengan penuh teliti dan rapi?
Harus diingat,Allah bg kita adalah tuhan yang satu dan esa.Maha Esa!..sedangkan Allah pada mereka ialah Tuhan Trinity. Mana muungkin keduanya adalah sama dan serupa?kalaulah dari segi keyakinan dan keimanan pun adalah tidak sama,mana boleh kita berkongsi kata?…
Muslimin saudaraku sekelian…
Ayuh sedarlah bahawa tiada untungnya buat umat kita kalau saling menuduh orang itu dan ini,begitu dan begini.Marilah kita bersatu menguatkan ummah yang pada hari ini semakin hilang taring dan kekuatan…
Jelasnya,kalimah Allah yang mulia ini haruslah kita pelihara dan jaga daripada dimanipulasikan oleh Kafir Laknatullah,puak yang dihinakan Allah kerana kekufuran mereka.adakah kita perlu terlalu baik hati dan sanggup untuk menyokong mereka memijak kepala orang Islam?tepuk dada,tanyalah iman…
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abu Reply:
January 28th, 2010 at 8:33 am
Allah dalam kedua-dua ugama merujuk kepada yang sama. beza orang kristian, mereka menyekutukan Allah. Mereka mengaku kewujudan Allah, cuma link Allah dengan lagi dua entiti. the son and the holy ghost.
Apakah agenda yang disebutkan itu? mungkin ye, mungkin tidak. kalau ye, sila kemukakan bukti dan suruh pdrm buat research. tapi being paranoid wouldnt help anybody. and if pdrm has something to be concern about, they should be doing something about it.
lagi satu, kenapa kita risau sangat? lemah sangat ke akidah kita sampai rujukan kepada nama Allah pon boleh buat kita gundah-gulana? jangan kita lupa, orang telah pun menyebut nama Allah sebelum kedatangan Islam. ingatlah kes bahira dan apa yg abdul mutalib berkata kepada abrahah sebelum abrahah serang mekah.
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yeahhhhhhhh…..
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Jangan lupa, Allah dalam Islam adalah satu atau tunggal. Konsep agama lain, guna trinity. Mana boleh sama Allah kita dengan mereka.
Dalam Islam, kita tidak boleh bayangkan imej Allah, tetapi dalam agama lain mereka kata imej tuhan mereka boleh dilihat melalui jelmaan Jesus.
Kalau terpengaruh remaja kita dengan konsep tuhan mereka siapa nak bertanggung jawab?
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Dato seri,
bila lah nak diambil tindakan terhadap YB dari KBB nih? orang ramai dah marah dah, sila tengok artikel di TMI – http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/50872-zuls-fate-to-be-known-within-a-month.
Rata-rata commenter dah marah kerana PKR tidak mempunyai pendirian yg tegas dalam hal ini. Sekiranya di biarkan saya bimbang YB dari KBB ini akan menjadi liabiliti kepaa pkr & pr.
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When is DSAI going to get rid of Zul Nordin??????
WHy does DSAI have such great patience for people who purposely keep messing up Pakatan?
The rakyat could see long long ago that Zul Nordin is bad for PKR and PR, but you still keep him around. Well, if you want him, then forget our votes in the next election. The same goes for Hasan of PAS.
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The best example to see what UMNO BARU is..by reading what the founder says or does.
Mahathir keep opposing everything done by Pak Lah…daily…non stop.
Najib took over…worst than Pak Lah…all OK.
Double standards so clear in UMNO.
What do you expect Najib will do for the country…when he cannot united his own UNNO BARU….right now.
Observe all the events and signs…and you will know…UMNO BARU is totally not qualified to govern the country at all.
The danger lies…..how desperate is Najib…wanting to hold on to his unelected position.
Every move he makes is not successful.
Malaysians have awakened to unite and be one.
That spells the end of UMNO BARU…if ever 13th GE materialized.
Will we have 13th GE at all?
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Saudara Anwar,
Bolehkah orang Islam menggunakan Elaha atau Elohim dalam ibadah mereka sama seperti bukan Islam menggunakan kalimah Allah; kerana saudara kata ia merujuk kepada tuhan pencipta yang sama iaitu Allah.
Dari saya yang tidak arif. Terima kasih.
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salam pada semua…
saya tidaklah mahu memberikan sebarang komen berkenaan penggunaan kalimah Allah di kalangan org bukan Islam…
cuma apa yg menjadi tanda tanya kepada saya adalah kenapa org bukan Islam sekarang beriya2 mahu m’gunakan kalimah Allah ini sekarang sedangkan sebelum ini mereka dilihat selesa m’gunakan perkataan ‘God’ utk Tuhan mereka…
tidaklah saya ini menyokong mana2 pihak yg menimbulkan provokasi terhadap isu ini…tapi apa salahnya kita kekalkan keadaan yg sedia ada….biarlah umat Islam m’gunakan kalimah ‘Allah’ untuk tuhan org Islam dan yg bukan Islam pula gunakan saja perkataan ‘God’ untuk tuhan mereka…saya rasa xde apa masalah pun….
x perlulah kita nk menyokong mahupun membangkang penggunaan kalimah Allah untuk org bukan Islam….bukan niat mahukan perkataan ‘Allah’ ini eksklusif utk org Islam mahupun menafikan hak org bkn Islam m’gunakan perkataan tersebut….adakala byk perkara yg x perlulah kita ubah demi kesejahteraan semua pihak….
saya rasa itu yg terbaik utk semua pihak di Malaysia….x payahlah nk bandingkan dgn negara2 lain…apa yg negara lain buat x semestinya sesuai diamalkan di Malaysia…
kekalkan penggunaan kalimah ‘Allah’ ini untuk umat Islam….dan bukan Islam gunakanlah perkataan ‘God’ untuk tuhan mereka….kan senang……
assalamualaikum……
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Assalamualaikum…
Before you all can say Allah is for all, what do you think of Asma’ul Husna means? 99 good names of Allah inside it and the name Allah is the most sacred name among the 99. Do not compare the current situation with 1,400 years ago situation. I don’t believe you had live 1,400 years ago where all religious believe there is one God exist, but why they did not worship the one God (Allah) that the believe to exist? Why there are still a religious worship many God?
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Shatter Reply:
January 28th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
That is not the names, that is the ‘sifat’.
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Fairdinkum ,
let us all be realistic and vote in PAKATAN RAKYAT to enter into
the next phase of Malaysianisation besides othe things .
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Boss,
Tolong cepat selesaikan kutu-kutu umno dlm PKR. Mcm Zul tu, PKR kena buat tindakan tegas Boss ! Tak paya tunggu sampai 30 hari!!! Perak tak lama lagi pilihanraya, kemudian Sarawak..lepas tu PRU-13 tak cukup masa dah..
Saya sebagai rakyat East Malaysia sentiasa mengikut perkembangan PR. Harapan kami adalah PR ambik alih Federal Goverment. Media Perdana sentiasa saje buat besar-besar tajuk konon PKR dlm masalah. Walaupun saya tak tengok media UMNO tapi bukan saya sahaje yg tak tengok. RAMAI penduduk di sini masih tengok berita dan mudah terpengaruh.. ZUL tu buat apa pigi media UMNO buat wawancara???? Ni dah taka betul !!!!
Boss, dengarlah nasihat Datuk Zaid.
Thank you??.
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Mr. Anwar Ibrahim has certainly been making the right statements consistent with his calls for change. Having been unjustly and cruelly incarcerated by the UMNO regime and is now determined not to go the direction UMNO is heading has earned him the respect to be given a second chance to lead the country.UMNO has not been able to offer any solid arguments over why others cannot use the word Allah other that the trite and shallow statement that that word is close to their hearts and showing complete ignorance that that word has been used for centuries by non-muslims to refer to their God. Kudos to Mr. Anwar for showing the world that not all muslims in Malaysia are ignorant fools and bigots.
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Mr DSAI, an advice for you. Look into the mirror yourself before writing this article. Your past in UMNO is a reflection of what you have written that you are still.You are further flaming this issue by having to write this article after so long when everyone has move on and seeking reconciliation.
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ed Reply:
January 27th, 2010 at 10:11 am
Shortly after the first church incident, Anwar met church leaders at Luther Center in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia and issued a statement condenming the act. Two weeks ago or so, Anwar assembled 150 NGO and activist and leaders from various races and religion for an open discussion on this issue.
Anwar has moved way way beyond what people likened him to his past in UMNO. If he is willing to make a change from his past and bring the change to Malaysia, why must we doubt his sincerity. Can you unite different races and different political bearing under a single movement like Pakatan Rakyat without any monetary promise, unlike UMNO and Barisan Nasional whose main driver is monetary rewards?
Anwar has led the way and proved that anything is possible towards a better Malaysia. Just like Martin Luther King who did not live to see his dream. Anwar may not be there to witness a better Malaysia, but he has paved the way. Come on Malaysian, do the right thing. Say no to UMNO and race based politics. Reformasi!.
ANWAR IBRAHIM is probably the most intelectual, balance and sensible Malay politician Malaysia ever get. He is very different from the old out of date UMNO regime. Muslims, Christians and religious of all faith should pray for him for his courage to speak oot.
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Isu ybAzan selesai.Umno gagal lagi!Isu ybZul diruj keJK Disiplin.Perbedaan pendapat diizinkan tapi lapuran polis terhadap ybKhalid dikesali.
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Joe-kedah Reply:
January 27th, 2010 at 10:53 pm
Dato seri!
YB Zul orang masih muda, darah panas, perlu dilakukan bagai menarik rambut dalam tepung, agar rambut tidak putus dan tepung tidak berserak. Perlu perbincangan dari hati kehati. Tidak perlu tergopoh gapah buat keputusan. Begitu juga dengan yb zul sendiri, sentiasa muhasabah diri, agar ketenangan diri dinikmati. Tidak perlu orang ketiga, selesaikan dalam keluarga sendiri.
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Datuk Seri kalau YB Azan dah mula buat statement dalam tv tue dah mula nak buat perangai la tue
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Inshaallah ok. Kenyataan yb Azan tadi tegas bersama pkr
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Dato’ Sri..apa lagi yg akan dihadapi sebelum PRU ke-13 ni..lepas satu-satu…ngeri sy dibuatnya dato’ sri..
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Menguji daya tahan dan daya juang
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SIR ABU Reply:
January 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
Tahniah. Ini kata-kata dari orang yang punya pengalaman dalam perjuangan.
Semoga saudara dilimpahi rahmat daripada Allah.
Mengaku daif, InsyaAllah Tuhan kurniakan kekuatan.
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yb azan is 1 of high perfomance yb at parliment..
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Setuju
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Okla Dato Seri berbanyakkan AZAN?
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Dr. Anwar,
Assalam Alaikum,
I just wanted to say I saw the article. It was excellent and as usually very well written. I have posted it and passed it around. I hope you are doing ok. IA I will call later today to catch up.
Salams,
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NO HOLDS BARRED
Raja Petra Kamarudin
The Member of Parliament for Kulim, Zulkifli Noordin, is keeping his options open. If and when his party sacks him then he will decide where he goes from there. Well, for sure, he will not be joining PAS because he is at war with PAS. That is why he always takes the opposite stand to that of PAS.
Zul’s personal feud with PAS actually goes back a long time, back to the time of the late PAS President, Ustaz Fadzil Noor. Ustaz Fadzil did not want to have anything to do with Zul. He would not touch Zul with a ten-foot pole.
There was one occasion when Ustaz Fadzil was on the way to an event and when he was told that Zul was also going to be there he told his driver to turn the car around and take him home. Ustaz Fadzil would try to avoid any event that Zul would be attending.
But why was Ustaz Fadzil so against Zul? Those who personally know Ustaz Fadzil would tell you that this is one very kind old man who carried no grudges. But why was he so ‘extreme’ when it came to Zul?
It is not that Ustaz Fadzil was taking it a bit too personal when it came to Zul. It is that Ustaz Fadzil did not trust Zul and felt that he was just a plant, a Trojan Horse, who should not be trusted further than you can throw him.
Zul is very ‘Islamic’. He is in fact even more Islamic than PAS, almost Taliban in attitude. So why did he not join PAS? Does he not want to join PAS?
It is not that he does not want to join PAS but more that PAS does not want him. And it is not because Zul is too Islamic even for PAS’s standards that the party does not want him. It is just that PAS does not trust him and suspects that there is more than meets the eye as far as Zul is concerned.
Don’t forget, in the Art of War you need ‘sleepers’. These are plants or Trojan Horses you send into the opposing camp to create damage from the inside. During the Cold War, the superpowers used sleepers a lot. Russia had scores of sleepers in the British government, some very high up the ranks.
And Umno too uses this very effective sleeper strategy. People are sent into the opposition camp as plants or Trojan Horses. They are in PAS. They are in DAP. And they are most certainly in PKR.
Do you know that back in 1999 one Special Branch officer became the head of one of the Parti Keadilan Nasional (PKN) branches? Yes, that’s right. A Special Branch officer was a PKN branch chairman and the party did not find out until much later. How much damage do you think he had done by the time they found out?
Do you know that some of the staff in the PKN headquarters back in the early years reported to the Special Branch? Their job was to print out the membership list and other documents and reports and pass them on to the Special Branch. Yes, but what they did not know is there are also Special Branch officers who report to me. So I was fully aware of the ‘black ops’ going on in the party headquarters.
After I detected the Special Branch agent, I used him to leak false information to Bukit Aman. This is called a ‘disinformation’ campaign. In a disinformation campaign you leak false information to confuse the enemy.
I then placed my son — who is now in the Sungai Buloh Prison — in the party secretariat and his job was to key in members’ details into the computers. But we had two membership lists. One showed only 20,000 members, which we left ‘exposed’ for the Special Branch agent to copy and pass on to Bukit Aman. Then we had the second list, which actually had 250,000 members, but which we kept hidden.
We did not allow even the party Supreme Council Members to see this list. This is because we did not trust our own Supreme Council Members and suspected some of them to be Special Branch agents as well.
The only two people allowed to sight this genuine membership list was the Secretary-general, Anuar Tahir, and the Deputy President, Dr Chandra Muzaffar. Even Dr Wan Azizah was only told how many ‘real’ members we had but she was not given any printout. And the Supreme Council, much to its chagrin, would not receive a membership report during the monthly Supreme Council meetings.
Can you imagine the difficulty we faced when we could not trust our own party leaders in the Supreme Council and had to hide information from them and mislead them because we were worried if we told them the truth then Bukit Aman would get this information within the hour?
And there are still many plants, spies, agents and Trojan Horses in the opposition, in particular in PKR. Anwar Ibrahim knows this. Dr Syed Husin Ali knows this. Dr Wan Azizah Ismail knows this. Zaid Ibrahim knows this. Azmin Ali knows this. Datuk Kamarul Bahrin knows this. Saifuddin Nasution knows this. Tian Chua knows this. R. Sivarasa knows this. In fact, every bleeding party leader knows this and they have known this from way back in 1999.
Do you know how good these agents are? One day, back in 2000 or so, they downloaded all the data from the party’s computers and short-circuited the computers after that. We came to office one morning and found that all ten computers had practically ‘melted’. It was definitely an inside job and we suspected who that person might be.
This particular guy sleeps in the office — so in that sense he is the first one in and the last one out. One night, I too slept in the office, without him knowing of course, and I monitored the telephone switchboard. When I saw the light come on to show which extension was being used, I sneaked up and eavesdropped on the conversation. Yes, he was sending in his daily report.
From then on I used him to send Red Herrings to Bukit Aman. I still smile when I think of all that crap I was feeding the Malaysian intelligence agency that at one time in the 1950s was acclaimed as the best in the world, far superior to even the KGB and CIA.
In another incident, one Special Branch officer penetrated Ruslan Kassim’s office. Ruslan Kassim was then the party Information Chief. I suspected he was Special Branch because during the ‘Arsenic Demonstration’ in the National Mosque (Masjid Negara) he wore a pink wristband. (Stupid isn’t it?)
I grabbed him by the arm and tugged at his wristband and asked him, “Ini apa?” He replied, “Takde apa. Saja.”
From that day on I kept an eye on him and one day he came to my office and asked whether he could leave his bag in my room for an hour or so as he needed to run out for lunch.
“No problem,” I replied, but as soon as he left I searched his bag and found a tape recorder. And it was running on record mode.
I then made many phone calls and spoke to ‘phantoms’ on the other end. I engaged in all sorts of conversations with imaginary people. And of course, in my ‘conversation’, I ‘revealed’ a lot of party secrets.
This chap came back after lunch to collect his bag and till today I still wonder how useful Bukit Aman found all those ‘secrets’ that were recorded.
Back in 1999, during the Tenth General Election, we had to ‘sweep’ the operations room a few times every day. And it was mind-boggling the number of ‘bugs’ that were discovered. How did they plant these bugs if not for the fact that it were insiders who were doing it — because for sure outsiders and police officers could never get past the front door, let alone all the way up to the tenth floor. And we are not talking about lower level insiders, mind you. They were not allowed into the operations room. We are talking about high-level insiders, top party leaders, those with ‘security clearance’.
Anyway, I am rambling. But the point I want to make is for more than ten years we have had to live with this problem and always had to be one step ahead of these agents of Bukit Aman. And we did not trust even the top party leadership because all were suspects as far as we were concerned.
So who is Zulkifli Noordin? He is not even of that level I would call a top party leader. And if we do not trust the top party leadership and suspect the top party leadership of being police and/or Umno spies and agents, what more a person like Zul Noordin?
So, freedom of speech is fine. Democracy is fine. And we should not block anyone from exercising his or her right of expression. But was Zul merely doing this? Or is there something more sinister to what he is doing?
The late PAS President did not trust him. We too never trusted him since his second ISA detention because our sources in Bukit Aman told us he had been ‘turned’.
I would urge Anwar Ibrahim to exercise caution. Anwar sat in jail from 1998 to 2004. So he did not have to manage the party office. I was in the party office right up to the end of 2004. So I know more than Anwar himself about what was going on in the party office and the problems we faced in always having to be one step ahead of plants and Trojan Horses.
And we say that Zul Noordin has a hidden agenda. His agenda is not to uphold Islam or to exercise his right of expressing his opinion. His agenda is to create a split in Pakatan Rakyat, in particular in Selangor, so that Najib Tun Razak can grab back the state as he plans to do. And he had planned to do that this month. And this month has only a few days left. So expect them to become more desperate.
Is Anwar that naive or stupid that he cannot see the false façade that Zul is wearing on his face? I think Anwar may need to spend a second term in the Sungai Buloh Prison to wake him up to the reality of what is going on in the real world.
By the way, Anwar, now do you believe that Saiful, the man Najib sent to work in the party office, is a plant? You have only one plant to worry about. We have had so many. But we ‘killed off’ all the plants they sent. We used them to mislead the enemy. You allowed that one plant called Saiful to kill you. Now you want to allow another plant called Zul Noordin to kill Pakatan Rakyat as well
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DS,
Macamana kalu PAS kemukakan usul ke Majlis Presiden utk pecat Zulkifli di atas isu Zulkifli menjejas kredibilti PAKATAN dan telah mengugut ahli MP dari parti kompenan? Lepas itu apa pulak tindakan DS?Senyum saja dah harap2 kutla Zulkifli Noordin ubah perangai??
DS ..Alrmahum Ustaz Fadzil pun tak percaya kat Zul Noordin!!Macamana pulak DS ble percaya kat dia?
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Assalamualikum Datuk Seri Anwar..moga tambah sihat walafiat..UMNO Sebenarnya mahu menonjolkan dia hero dalam kalimah Allah..Apakah dia tidak sedar dan baca sejarah siapakah yang memulakan onar dalam hal ini. Sudah pasti bekas PM terdahulu Hussien Onn yang menyamaratakan agama..org bukan Islam pun boleh masuk syurga?? inilah masalahnya jika UMNO masih terus memegang kuasa dan akan terus melanyak2 undang2 negara..fikir2knlah
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Hamba Allah Reply:
January 28th, 2010 at 3:52 am
ini bukan ade kaitan ngn umno ke ape ke..ni adalah kes sensitviti agama iaitu islam..ketepikan perbezaan fahaman politik..bersama-sama kita perjuangkan islam..
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Rakyat Marhaen Reply:
January 29th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
AKU MEMANG SETUJU DENGAN HAMBA ALLAH TAPI AKU X BERAPA SETUJU UMNO NI YANG BERLAGAK DIA PEMBELA AGAMA ISLAM. TAK PAYAH KITA PERGI JAUH LIHAT SAHAJA SURAT KHABAR PENGAMPU UMNO DAN BN UTUSAN MALAYSIA DAN BERITA HAIRAN. DI DALAM ADA CERAMAH AGAMA DAN PERJUANGAN MEMBELA KALIMAH ALLAH TAPI DI BELAKANG ADA KEPUTUSAN NOMBOR EKOR. ALLAH KAN MENGHARAMKAN JUDI..????
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Hamba Allah Reply:
January 30th, 2010 at 1:30 am
sama je semua parti politik..Umno dgn perangainya..Pas dgn perangainya..Pkr dgn perangainya…Jom la keluar,buat parti org melayu yg baru..yg betol2 memperjuang agama dan bangsa.. Rasuah tu semua parti ada..kalo PKR pegang Malaysia pun,rasuah jugak..
seniman 85 Reply:
January 31st, 2010 at 3:25 pm
ciri pemimpin ulung itu sabar dan berakal.roh akal pula iman,seringkali kita umumnya bangsa melayu mengaitkan akal itu dengan IQ..ibarat langit dan bumi perbezaan kedua nahu tersebut.Rakyat Marhaen.bermakna golongan kumpulan rakyat yg hidup secara sederhana..asal perkataan marhaen itu diambil dari nama seorang pesawah disebuah daerah jawa indonesia tika sukarno melawat kawasan pertanian yang dimonopoli oleh kolonial belanda..,wahai pesawah yang cekal berkeja seawal terbit hingga terbenam matahari tidakkah kau berdukacita dengan keadaanmu hanya berbekalkan cangkul serta tulang empat kerat sedang laba yang peroleh amat sedikit??..jawab sang petani tu..apa nak dikesalkan aku harus menyambung talian hidup ni kalau tidak dari sumber mana yg mampu ku cari buat sesuap nasi ..tika indonesia dibawah penjajah belanda..semua sumber bumi indonesia dimonopoli belanda yang terkenal sebagai perampas tanah..amat kagum dengan jawabpan petani lalu sukarno bertanya kan nama petani itu tadi siapakah namamu wahai sang petani yang gigih lagi jujur berkeja?namaku marhaen tuan.kita perlu bersabar wahai saudara ku jangan tunduk dengan arahan amarah..kerna amarah tidak menjanjikan kebahagian, berdoalah demi kesejahteraan malaysia selamatkan malaysia kita dari pemimpin autotirian dan korup
Salam untuk semua.
Sejak akhir-akhir ini kita kerap dihidangkan berbagai-bagai issue, kadang-kadang apabila kita berfikir dan merenung sejenak, ada sesuatu yang terselindung disebalik issue itu. Berbalik kepada issue Allah, selaku manusia yang matang, sepatutnya kita mengambil suatu langkahan yang tenang, jangan rambut putus tepong berselerak. Akibat kegopohan mencari nama, kadang-kadang terfikir pemerintah nak tutup issue panas, disensasikan issue Allah, walhal perkara ini boleh diselesaikan dengan mudah sepertimana yang disarankan oleh tuan guru Dato Nik Aziz tu. Sekarang ini timbul pula issue kepala babi dilempar dalam kawasan masjid pula. Inilah akibatnya jika sesuatu pihak hendak menegakan benang basahnya. Seperlunya kita yang jadi warganegara malaysia yang bermajmuk ini hidup dalam harmoni, kalau dulu kita boleh hidup sepakat mengapa sekarang kita sengaja kucar kacirkan?. Inilah puncanya bersebab sikap ketamakan kuasa, bebal, penting diri bila diberi kuasa. Jadi kita berharap sangat issue ini diselesaikan segera, bagi pemimpin yang diberi kuasa, perhati dan lihatlah mana-mana pegawai vvip yang tidak boleh jalankan tugasnya, nasihatkan dia lepaskan jawatan dan gantikan dengan orang yang lebih mampu melaksanakan tugasnya, jangan lah mentang-mentang dia kroni kita beri peluang, beri peluang, beri peluang, kerana dia pandai bodek kita, walhal kerjanya tak sampai kemana, tak kan sampai nyanyuk pun nak diberi jawatan lagi. Sekadar pandangan seorang rakyat malaysia yang ada hak bersuara dalam sistem negara demokrasi.
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DS,
Cukuplah mengulang-ulang perkara yg sama,apa yg saya harapkan ialah DS mengambil tindakan yg segera terhadap Zul Nordin.Jika ini tidak di lakukan atau di lengah-lengahkan PKR akan huru hara,ramai yg dah meluat dengan si Zul ni dan pada masa yg sama keciwa atas sikap sambil lewa DS dalam menghadapi issu Zul ini.Walau pun selepas berkali-kali melakukan perkara yg bertentangan dgn parti,namun beliau di layan dgn cukup ‘lemah lembut’.Saya sudah lama tidak aktif dan tidak menghadhri mesyuarat parti di peringkat tertentu,salah satu sebabnya ialah kerana meluat dgn.tingkah laku org seperti Zul ini,penat lelah kami selama ini akan hancur berkecai kerana orang seperti beliau dan mereka yg menjadi’katak’.
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ada tak tranlation dalam bahasa melayu?? thanks…
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saya setuju bahawa kalimah “ALLAH” itu bukan hak orang ISLAM..
saya masih berpendapat pendirian sdr zulkifli nordin adalah benar. beliau mempertahankan kalimah “ALLAH” atas dasar aqidah iaitu “ALLAH ITU ESA”. Kalau benarkan non-muslim gunakan, mestilah atas dasar “ALLAH YANG ESA” bukan digunapakai untuk tujuan yang mendatangkan syirik.
Lagipun, kenapa baru sekarang penganut kristian hendak gunapakai kalimah “ALLAH”? Tak lain tak bukan nak confusekan umat ISLAM…dan seterusnya memurtadkan umat ISLAM…kebanyakan umat ISLAM sekarang sudah tercabut rasa kasih kepada agamanya.
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Assalammualaikum Datuk,
I respect your stand on this. And yes, you are right, Allah should not be monopolized by the Muslims alone. Allah is One and Only God.
As far as local sensitivities are concerned, what I feel is, it is the Muslims’ sensitivy which not taken into consideration. If one is to compare 10% of the Christian minority as you mentioned above, with 60% Malay population in the country, I guess one can do the math.
Malaysia has tried to rebuild its reputation since ages, and I (though not really into politics myself) has to admit, proud to be a Malaysian. I have been in and out of Malaysia for the past 10 years, and everytime i was outside, I realized how lucky I am to be in this country. For that I can forgive the government for whatever misdoings that happen(ed).
What scholars abroad claimed about this issue, we have to look at the context thoroughly. Datuk, you may be a very lucky father for you manage to guide your family successfully. I respect you for that. But this is not so in many families in Malaysia. I for example, if it’s not because of my parents, won’t be where I am now. But, I also comprehend the fact that others around me are not so lucky. By allowing the kalimah to be shared, it will only bring bad than good. What we fail to do in this, is not weighing the real UTILITY of the issue as sincere as we should.
thank you.
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The recent reports of firebombing of churches in Malaysia is very troublesome given the already fragile state of political, cultural, and religious relations between the Malay, Chinese, Indian, Eurasian and indigenous (Orang Asli, Dayak, Iban, Dusun, Kadazan and Melanau) communities of Malaysia. Unfortunately, this volatile situation has been exacerbated by hyperbolic comments and actions taken by multiple parties within Malaysia, including the Malaysian Government of Prime Minister Najib Razak, the main ruling party UMNO (United Malays National Organization), church leaders, opposition parties, anti-government activists, and evangelical Christian organizations. Local and foreign press has also contributed to this maelstrom with less-than-accurate reporting of several religious and political aspects of this conspicuous and volatile issue in Malaysia.
There can be no doubt whatsoever that attacking houses of worship, regardless of the religious background of their members, is intolerable and must be completely, unquestionably, and unambiguously condemned. The Malaysian Prime Minister has done so, though the sincerity of his condemnations has been open to interpretation by various parties (I will not address that here). Given the history of Muslim-Malay chauvinism towards non-Muslim minorities since independence, it is not unreasonable for some Chinese Malaysians and Indian Malaysians to be skeptical regarding the ruling administration’s condemnations of violent and oppressive behavior by some radical elements within the Muslim-Malay community.
The tendency to want to criticize the Malay community and Prime Minister Najib Razak, without caveats, is indeed strong, given recent and past (and often violent) displays of Islamic bravado and Malay machismo; however, such criticism would result in an inaccurate and incomplete picture of what is presently taking place in Malaysia. In fact, Muslim-Malay activists accuse some Christian evangelical and Catholic churches in Malaysia of proselytizing among Muslim Malays and indigenous people, an activity that is abhorrent to all Muslims (although Muslims in Malaysia are free to proselytize among non-Muslims in Malaysia, often with government support).
The recent crisis in recent days revolves around the allegedly inappropriate use of the word “Allah” by non-Muslims in day-to-day conversations and in liturgical proceedings. Unfortunately, there have been many false accusations and press errors magnifying the situation. A case in point: The repeated false reporting by some Malaysian and American media (Associated Press, in particular), as well as Malaysian Christians themselves, that the word “Allah” has historically and naturally been used by Malaysian Christians to refer to “God” as part of their standard natural liturgical practices. Yes, Christian missionaries in colonial Malaya did introduce the concept of a Western God to indigenous inhabitants of the Malayan archipelago and the island of Kalimantan (Borneo). There are ambiguous historical reports of Portuguese and Dutch missionaries in the East Indies and Malayan archipelago making reference to “Allah” (e.g., Saint Francis Xavier in Malacca in the 16th Century) and these few examples are provided as proof among Christian activists in Malaysia of a historical basis for the use of “Allah.” However, no visual, literary, or historical validation of such usage among Malaysian Christians, whether Chinese, Indian, Eurasian or indigenous, has been offered by those claiming historical right to use “Allah” in Christian prayer.
The historical and archaeological evidence of the root of the word “Allah” in pre-Islamic Aramaic and Arab culture indicates that it may have been used as a generic devotional term. The expression All?h al-?Ab (“God the Father”) is presently used by Coptic Christians in Egypt and Iraqi Assyrian Christians to denote “Allah” as “creator,” distinct from any liturgical references to the Trinity and Jesus as both Father and Son. Arab Christians often use the terms “Issa” (Jesus), “Yahwah” (Jehovah), or “Yeshuah” (Joseph), which makes logical liturgical reference to the belief that Jesus for Christians is both “Father and Son,” whereas Muslims and Jews do not acknowledge any divine duality or trinity. I am afraid that the context in which “Allah” may have been used in ancient times, during the colonial period and in contemporary Malaysia, is being lost in this perverse debate. Context is everything. It is not enough to point to poorly documented usages of “Alláh” in colonial Malaya.
Let us now concede that missionaries may have introduced “Allah” into colonial Malaya; let us also concede that some Arab Christians use a variant of “Allah” in liturgy, but within an implicit context of divine prophets distinct from Muslim conceptions. Some Malay Islamic scholars might reasonably and logically ask Malaysian Christians, “How do you reconcile use of “Allah,” with its implicit and critical negation of divine prophets, with your claimed historical use within Christianity, where divine prophets and prophecy are central?” Not only is this a fair question, it is one that has been addressed satisfactorily by neither those non-Muslims in Malaysia who want to use “Allah” nor by Malaysian political activists of all backgrounds who want to use the “Allah” issue to oppose government on ideological grounds.
Let me ask: Do Christians in Malaysia really want to use (and do Muslims want to permit) a concept that has no implicit doctrinal basis for accommodating one of their core beliefs? Or is it best used as a political and social vehicle for trying to obtain cultural and religious legitimacy and equality? This question needs to be address by ALL Malaysians because I believe it is the central question surrounding what is going on today. Where do accommodation and tolerance for political and societal ends meet established cultural and religious norms, and is political and religious expediency justified in attempting to attain such ends or in attempting to hinder such attempts?
Emotional and violent threats issued by some Malay politicians and Islamic radicals against Chinese- and Indian-Malaysians to stop using the term “Allah,” not to mention occasional firebombing of Christian churches and destruction of Hindu temples, are abhorrent and never justified under any circumstances. Malay chauvinists must temper their anger and respect non-Muslims. Evangelical Christians and Catholics should cease proselytizing disingenuously among Malays using false pretenses (as Muslims should stop utilizing taqiyya, “concealment of beliefs,” in a similar manner). Unfortunately, the parties to this conflict seem to be digging in and radicalizing their rhetoric, worsening the situation by politicizing a religious issue that should be left to individual men and women of faith. Given Malaysia’s increasingly rancorous ethnic, cultural, and religious disputes, that is unlikely to happen anytime soon.
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Abang Anwar, nampaknya Zul Noordin kena pergi la. Dia punya position on the above issue is not only unacceptable but it is divisive as far as Pakatan Rakyat is concerned. His tirade of remarks against Khalid Samad and Zaid Ibrahim have been unfair and improper la.
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dato seri,
saya mohon, tolonglah pecat yb zul. orang dah marah, cuba tengok komen di blog-blog pro-PR..semua dah meluat dgn YB zul. pecat dia demi kesejahteraan PR.
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The real issue here is the court’s decision to allow Herald to use the kalimah in its publication. However, that has been turned into political mayhem and I suspect, was done as a result of the insecurities felt by the proposition as well as opposition parties.
There is also a possibility that all these attempts at targeting the house of worships have nothing to do with this use of kalimah. Instead, there are people out there who are trying to create chaos and instil hatred and doubts among Malaysians.
All Malaysians (leaders and people) must make sure that we are united and not allow this matter to overwhelm our rationale and logics.
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Allah is NOT equal to Jesus as per translated from Bible.
Nuff said.
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MINTA MAAF. MEMANG SAH TERKELUAR TAJUK !
NAK PUBLISH TAK PA, TAK PUBLISH LAGI BAGUS !
Datuk Seri. Kita sokong kuat Datuk Seri kat Blog ni. Macamana kalu DS kumpul kawan-kawan penyokong kita kat blog nih ! Sesekali pekena teh atau kopi !? Bukan minta upah. Mana ler tahu dengan pertemuan dapat menambah erat silaturrahim. Dan mudah-mudahan akan lebih jelas persefahaman di antara kami yang marhain ini.
Bersatu teguh, Datuk Seri.
InsyaAllah, akan jadi tambah kukuh PKR dan Pakatan !
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it is name.. there are 20 “sifat” Allah. but 99 names of God.. Allah is one of them which means “The One and Only God”
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You have to concentrate on 3 various workouts: cardiovascular, weightlifting and ab exercises. And aim to workout 4 occasions per week (certainly a minimum of three occasions per week). The cardio you need to do could be anything: walking, running, biking, swimming…whichever cardio you don’t thoughts doing which means you stick with it.
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..gerabak BN dah longlai, hancur lebur, kerangka terkulai layu…kata P. Ramlee, hehee… lemas sebab pelampongnya rosak binasa. Tenggelam timbul..lama-lama tak nampak timbul sebab terus tenggelam…..mukhlisiin.
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Allah adalah pencipta manusia dengan berbagai agama
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