Between a rock and a hard place..

For once , a 'Minister or his deputy is actually talking sense instead of talking thru his small orifice at the rear end. And as usual the 'public servant' is at the receiving end,which i am sure, acted on the behest of his political masters.... article below courtesy of Malaysiakini.

P'raya kampus: Timbalan menteri jumpa pelajar UPM

Abdul Rahim Sabri
Feb 24, 11
1:24pm

Timbalan Menteri Pengajian Tinggi, Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah hari ini mengadakan pertemuan berasingan dua kumpulan mahasiwa Universiti Putra Malaysia berhubung isu berbangkit dalam pilihan raya kampus di UPM Isnin lalu. Dua kumpulan mahasiswa tersebut ialah kumpulan Pro-Aspirasi UPM dan Persatuan Mahasiswa Islam UPM.

Dalam satu kenyataan, Saifuddin berkata, dalam kedua-dua pertemuan tersebut beliau menekankan bahawa pilihan raya kampus (PRK) seharusnya dijadikan medan terbaik memberikan pendidikan politik dan demokrasi kepada mahasiswa.

Menurutnya, pendidikan politik dan demokrasi seharusnya merintis ke arah amalan demokrasi yang lebih matang di negara ini.

"Dalam konteks PRK, Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi (KPT) berkecuali dan tidak memihak kepada mana-mana kumpulan mahasiswa atau mana-mana individu yang bertanding," tegasnya.

KPT juga, tambahnya, mahu PRK menjadi gelanggang politik yang sihat dan menyuburkan idealisme mahasiswa; dijalankan dengan, licin, telus dan adil; serta meningkatkan partisipasi mahasiswa dalam proses tersebut.

"Berhubung dengan isu di UPM, saya telah menghubungi Naib Canselor, Prof Dato' Ir. Dr Radin Umar Radin Sohadi pada pagi 23 Februari 2011, apabila dimaklumkan bahawa kemenangan sekumpulan mahasiswa dalam PRK (pada 22 Februari 2011) telah dibatalkan oleh pihak universiti atas alasan yang tidak munasabah.

"Saya ingin ulangi kenyataan saya sebelum ini, bahawa saya “tidak mengarahkan” Naib Canselor, sebaliknya “memberi pandangan” kepada pihak universiti tentang cara terbaik mengatasi isu tersebut.

"Pada saya, alasan membatalkan kemenangan sekumpulan mahasiswa itu tidak wajar kerana:

"Alasannya ialah kumpulan tersebut berkempen secara kumpulan. Saya anggap alasan ini tidak munasabah kerana umum tahu bahawa pihak yang membuat bantahan itu sendiri adalah sebuah kumpulan juga. Ini diakui sendiri oleh seorang daripadanya dalam perbincangannya dengan saya hari ini.

"Pembatalan itu dibuat tanpa memberi peluang pihak yang dibatalkan itu untuk membela diri.

"Jika berlaku pembatalan atas alasan yang tidak munasabah ini, saya bimbang kita akan dilabelkan sama seperti Burma yang tidak mengiktiraf kemenangan Parti Liga Demokrasi Kebangsaan pimpinan Aun San Su Kyi dalam pilihanraya pada 1990, atau AS, EU dan Israel yang tidak mengiktiraf kemenangan Hamas dalam pilihanraya Palestin pada 2006.

"Saya memuji kesediaan dan keterbukaan naib canselor UPM bertemu
dan mendengar aduan kelompok mahasiswa yang tidak berpuas hati dengan keputusan tersebut. Malah keterbukaan beliau telah berjaya menyelesaikan isu tersebut dengan baik," tegasnya.

Bagaimanapun, katanya, beliau kesal kerana terdapat juga sesuatu permintaan sekumpulan mahasiswa yang diinginkan daripada pegawai tertentu, tidak dilayan sehingga menyebabkan insiden yang tidak diingini berlaku.

"Saya bukan menyokong permintaan mahasiswa itu, saya cuma kesal ia tidak dilayan.

"Saya juga kesal dan tidak bersetuju dengan tindakan sekumpulan mahasiswa yang menyebabkan kerosakan harta benda awam.

"Pun begitu, saya percaya jika permintaan kumpulan tersebut dilayan, maka insiden tersebut mungkin tidak akan berlaku," tegasnya.

Semalam, pintu kaca bangunan pentadbiran UPM yang menempatkan pejabat Timbalan Naib Canselor Hal Ehwal Pelajar (HEP) Prof Dr Mohd Fauzi Ramlan, pecah selepas dirempuh sekumpulan mahasiswa pro-M.

Mereka dilaporkan bertindak demikian selepas Dr Mohd Fauzi enggan memberikan penjelasan mengapa kemenangan calon mereka dalam pilihan raya kampus itu kelmarin dibatalkan. Difahamkan mereka berkumpul di bangunan selama 19 jam - sejak jam 10 malam kelmarin.

Ia ekoran keputusan pentadbiran universiti menarik balik pembatalan kemenangan 11 calon pro-M selepas menolak tiga bantahan kerana "tidak berasas disebabkan di luar skop pemilihan Majlis Perwakilan Pelajar (MPP) UPM 2011 dan kesalahan teknikal".

TNC HEP kemudian memanggil beberapa wakil pelajar untuk berbincang dan beliau bersetuju untuk mengadakan perbincangan lanjutan dengannya mereka pagi ini.

Bagaimanapun, ia dibatalkan atas permintaan pro-M 'kerana susana masih panas'.

Sebaliknya, mereka mencadangkan pertemuan itu diadakan selepas solat Jumaat esok di Kolej Kediaman 13.

Menurutnya, cadangan tersebut telah dimaklumkan kepada pegawai TNC HEP dan telah dipersetujui.

Antara yang akan dibincangkan, katanya, adalah mengenai cadangan mereka berhubung penambahbaikan pilihan raya kampus.

Cucu Tok Kenali

Harakahdaily , 21 Feb 2011

Harakahdaily: Apa yang menyebabkan saudara Bob terdorong untuk memilih dan menyertai PAS?

Bob Lokman: Sebab saya rasa ada masalah dengan sistem kehidupan. Saya nak mendidik anak saya dengan jalan Islam tetapi dia ada masalah dengan sistem persekolahan, sistem pergaulan, dan sistem masyarakat.

Bila saya di rumah suruh dia sembahyang, di luar ada kumpulan yang suruh dia buat benda lagha. Masa saya muda dulu saya tak sedar, dan itu berlaku pada anak saya sekarang, dan sekarang sara rasa tanggungjawab pada anak.

Tengok anak kita tidak menjadikan Allah nombor satu... dia duk ikut ‘rakyat didahulukan pencapaian diutamakan’, pada hal Allah nombor satu, takwa diutamakan tapi anak-kita tak tahu.

And 'Bob Lokman' continued ~ 'Saya serahkan rezeki saya bulat-bulat pada Allah, yang penting saya dapat selamatkan kehidupan anak saya di dunia dan saya tak masuk neraka," kata Bob Lokman.'

My sons & daughters , learn a thing or two from brutha 'Bob Lokman' and not 'Bob da Builder' here ... :D

The meaning of repentance - Bro Suhaib Webb

Hubby : " u look good, I don wanna go fajr..",
Wifey : " u look good too yeah, but Brad Pitt was Kufr . Go ta da mosque , git some of them Nur and bring them back, coz that's what we are...'

Tarak cakap tarak buat - bo liau..,

Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Allah has forgiven my followers the evil thoughts that occur to their minds, as long as such thoughts are not put into action or uttered." And Qatada said, "If someone divorces his wife just in his mind, such an unuttered divorce has no effect. [Bukhari, Book 63, Number 194] -

The son returns.... 12th Feb 2011

Kalah 'Nuh Hujan'

First confession and first impression of a parish priest

Priest’s Retirement Dinner courtesy of 'Kosong cafe'

A Priest was being honored at his retirement dinner after 25 years in the parish. A leading local politician and member of the congregation was chosen to make the presentation and to give a little speech at the dinner.

However, since the politician was delayed, the Priest decided to say his own few words while they waited:

‘I got my first impression of the parish from the first confession I heard here. I thought I had been assigned to a terrible place The very first person who entered my confessional told me he had stolen a television set and, when questioned by the police, was able to lie his way out of it. He had stolen money from his parents, embezzled from his employer, had an affair with his boss's wife, taken illegal drugs and gave VD to his sister. I was appalled. But as the days went, on I learned that my people were not all like that and I had, indeed, come to a fine parish full of good and loving people’.

Just as the Priest finished his talk, the politician arrived full of apologies at being late. He immediately began to make the presentation and gave his talk:

‘I’ll never forget the first day our parish Priest arrived, said the politician’. ‘In fact, I had the honor of being the first person to go to him for confession...’

Ops Rumah Firaun - Apabila pahat berbunyi selepas rumah siap...

Diceduk dari < sini >

'Pelajar perempuan dan lelaki bebas bergaul tanpa batasan dan boleh duduk berdua-dua waktu malam tanpa ada kawalan atau penguatkuasaan, Pihak KMJ dan MBC mahu membuat taskirah tidak dibenarkan; Banyak pelajar pengajian Islam dari Universiti Al Azhar dan Tanta yang mahu menganjurkan kuliah agama dan tazkirah tetapi tidak dibenarkan atas alasan takut ada propaganda politik; Terlalu banyak pegawai yang berada dalam bilik operasi dan bermesyuarat setiap hari tetapi tidak tahu apa keputusan dan kesudahannya;'

Wael Ghonim...

'I want to tell every mother and father that lost a son, I'm sorry it's not our fault (cries). I swear to God it's not our fault. It's the fault of everyone who held to power and clung to it!(cries). I want to leave.'

End of a journey...

Who's afraid of the Muslim Brothers?

"Islamism" has been sending jitters through Western political corridors over recent years readily aided and abetted by Arab autocrats who have exaggerated and harnessed the "Islamist" threat to prolong their iron-fisted rule. In the case of Egypt, the biggest bogeyman in this long-running battle over political supremacy with the state is the Muslim Brotherhood (the Ikhwan al-Muslimun) whose influence extends across the Arab and Islamic world. With the Middle East and North Africa currently convulsed by popular uprisings against political repression, the Muslim Brotherhood has been thrust into the limelight, not only by those seeking a better insight into the origins and goals of the movement as they try to peer into Egypt's future, but also by those whose entire raison d'etre consists of demonising the Ikhwan for ulterior political ends. "I'm fed up" of ruling Egypt, complained Hosni Mubarak to an American news channel on February 4 as protests against his 30-year presidency accelerated. "But if I resign now, there will be chaos. And I'm afraid the Muslim Brotherhood will take over," he warned. In a couple of short sentences, Mubarak wonderfully encapsulated the fear that his regime has generated over three decades in order to maintain control. With little concern for the sentiments of his people, Mubarak played directly to the fears of his Western backers: Either support my despotism, whatever its limitations, he was saying, or face having to deal with the "Islamists". While leaders in the US and the EU stutter over how to respond to the new realities in the region, unfortunately for Mubarak, the people of Egypt are refusing to buy into his fear-mongering. The Muslim Brotherhood - whether Mubarak's regime and his backers like it or not - is part and parcel of Egyptian society. The Ikhwan is the "father" of Islamic political activism, tracing its roots back to 1928 when it emerged as a movement advocating a return to Islamic morals. Its early political activism was against British rule in Egypt when it opposed the Westernisation of the country. While its formative years were devoted to overcoming imperialism, its history has been marked by challenges to the political status quo and, thus, to fending off state repression. The Muslim Brotherhood has alternately been tolerated, outlawed, its leaders assassinated and/or executed. Despite the suppression, its popularity has grown owing mainly to a network of medical, legal, social and charitable services that it continues to provide. Where the state has failed Egyptians, the Ikhwan has helped prop up peoples' lives. Such is its influence that it has spawned offshoots in Algeria, Tunisia, Sudan, Libya and Somalia in Africa, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine and Israel in the Levant, across the Gulf States and further afield in places such as Pakistan. Misconceptions in the West about the movement do not detract from the Brotherhood's popular following in Egypt and beyond. Milestones to where? One of the most seminal works to emanate from the ranks of the Ikhwan, one which led the Egyptian regime at the time to clamp down massively against the movement, was Milestones, written by a powerful Brotherhood ideologue, Sayyid Qutb, in 1964. The publication of Qutb's book, which called for the reinstatement of Sharia as the basis of Egyptian law and for the overthrow of what he labelled the "Jahili" (i.e. pre-Islamic) system prevalent in the country, led to his execution. That Milestones is today considered the principal reference book for a myriad of armed Islamic groups across the world is testament to its influence. The book was used to discredit the entire Muslim Brotherhood with accusations that it advocated the violent overthrow of secular regimes. Anti-Ikhwan proponents felt little need to explain the circumstances under which Qutb penned his treatise: The fact that he was utterly disillusioned with the prevailing system after being subjected to years of solitary confinement and torture for his political beliefs made little difference to his opponents who sought to characterise his rejectionism as representative of Islamic political movements in their entirety. Despite proclaiming to be a bottom-up "reformist" movement and eschewing violence, the charge of extremism has subsequently hung over the Brotherhood. Given the historical antipathy of the Ikhwan to the West, furthermore, Western governments have easily bought into the Egyptian regime's claims that the movement is a threat to their way of life. The old fears of, and tricks against, the Ikhwan are once again being employed as the most organised challenger to Mubarak's despotism joins (not leads) protesters in calling for his removal. Although depicted as a regressive movement, the Brotherhood's membership is anything but unenlightened. The top tier of the movement is made up of doctors, lawyers, engineers and teachers, or the crème de la crème of the Egyptian middle class. The Ikhwan's social activism is derived from its members' ability to live and breathe the problems that average Egyptians face. It is essentially a grassroots movement campaigning for the betterment of Egyptian society. That the movement gained an impressive 88 seats in the 2005 parliamentary election, or 20 per cent of the total, despite widespread electoral fraud (in 2010 it lost all its seats after Mubarak's National Democratic Party massively rigged the election once more, this time leaving nothing to chance) speaks volumes about its popularity. Even in districts that are predominantly Christian, many voters opted to back the Ikhwan against the regime. Christian protesters are as resolute against Mubarak's dictatorship as their Muslim counterparts and many have expressed little worry about the Muslim Brotherhood despite the fear perpetuated by the regime. In talks with senior US officials in 2006, the newly-appointed Egyptian vice-president, Omar Suleiman, termed the Ikhwan's parliamentary success in 2005 "unfortunate". Private US cables released by Wikileaks (from where the previous quote was taken) reveal starkly the obstacles that the Brotherhood has faced under Mubarak. Opponents of the movement will continue to stoke fears about its apparent "clandestine" motives. The cry of "one man, one vote, one time" will be heard loudly and relentlessly from those seeking to deny the Brotherhood a role in Egypt's political future. This is one scare tactic, however, that the people of Egypt will not fall for. Political Islam is a force with strong roots in the country and in the wider Islamic world and will continue to remain so. Algeria set a precedent in the early 1990s of the levels to which opponents of Islamic movements will sink to deny them a political role. A brutal civil war was the cost of voting for the Islamic Salvation Front back then. The people of Palestine are similarly being ostracised by the "international community" for voting in Hamas, an offshoot of the Ikhwan. However, the people of Egypt, and only the people of Egypt, will decide what part the Muslim Brotherhood will play in Egypt's future development. What will its detractors do in response? Scream, shout, curse and maybe try to prevent such an eventuality, if recent history is any guide. Mohammed Khan is a political analyst based in the UAE. The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera's editorial policy.

Source: Al Jazeera

"#Jan25"

'I heard them say the revolution won’t be televised. Al Jazeera proved them wrong, Twitter has them paralysed' ~

Omar Offendum, The Narcicyst, Freeway, Ayah, Amir Sulaiman - #Jan25 (Produced by Sami Matar)

Thrilla's gone .. The demise of Gary Moore, 6th Feb 2011

'Mubarak “is like Dracula..'

Muslim Brotherhood strategist calls for Mubarak trial

'He must be held to account,' longtime official of Islamic group's tells NBC

By Michael Isikoff National investigative correspondent

NBC News NBC News

updated 2/3/2011 7:35:29 PM ET 2011-02-04T00:35:29

A longtime strategist for the Muslim Brotherhood said Thursday that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his senior associates must be put on trial and held to account for their “crimes” against the Egyptian people.

Mubarak “is like Dracula,” said Youssef Nada, an Egyptian-born banker who served for decades as the Muslim Brotherhood’s de facto “foreign minister” and remains an influential adviser. “He is a ruthless dictator who betrayed his people and killed a lot of people. He must be tried for what he did and held to account.”

Nada’s comments, made in a telephone interview from his home in a tiny Italian enclave in the Swiss Alps, appear to signal a more aggressive -- and potentially dangerous -- stance by the Islamic group on Egypt’s political crisis. Just moments before he spoke to NBC News, the Muslim Brotherhood, which had largely remained quiet during the first few days of demonstrations last week, released a formal statement demanding that Mubarak immediately step down. “We demand that this regime is overthrown and we demand the formation of a national unity government for all the factions,” it said.

Although the 80-year-old Nada no longer holds a formal position with the Muslim Brotherhood, he told NBC News that he is in “continuous touch” with its leaders in Cairo and advised them on the statement calling for Mubarak’s ouster. Asked if his call for criminal trials of Mubarak and other leaders of his regime is shared by the group’s leadership, Nada replied: “Yes, in general, it is their opinion.”

Among those who should be tried, he said, is Mubarak’s new vice president, Omar Suleiman, the longtime chief of Egypt’s security service. In addition to his role in the suppression of Egyptian democracy, Nada said, Suleiman was responsible for the “torture of people the CIA sent to him,” referring to the security chief’s role as liaison with the agency during its “extraordinary rendition” program, which brought dozens of terrorist detainees to Egypt for harsh interrogations.

As Egypt’s largest political opposition movement, the Muslim Brotherhood’s goals and motives have been the subject of intense scrutiny and debate among U.S. officials. An Islamist movement founded in 1928, the organization remains formally committed to the imposition of Islamic law and refuses to recognize the validity of Egypt’s treaty with Israel. But in recent years, it also has renounced violence and some U.S. officials have argued that its leaders should be brought into a political dialogue.

Nada’s role in the organization goes back decades. He was first imprisoned for his involvement in Muslim Brotherhood activities in the early 1950s and, after leaving Egypt in the late 1970s, served for years as the group’s official foreign envoy. In 2007, he was tried and convicted by an Egyptian court in absentia for allegedly financing its activities.

Accused al-Qaida financier
Nada was also accused by the Bush administration in 2001 of using an international financial institution he once ran -- the Al Taqwa Bank -- to finance the al-Qaida terror network. The worldwide assets of the bank were frozen at the U.S. government’s request in 2002.

Nada has consistently denied the charges. He claimed vindication two years ago when the United Nations formally removed him from a list of individuals allegedly tied to al-Qaida. Previously, Swiss prosecutors had dropped their own investigation of Nada, claiming that the U.S. government had refused to turn over its evidence against him. (U.S. officials have said they were unable to do so because most of its evidence was classified. Although his bank has long since been shut down, Nada remains on the U.S. Treasury Department’s list of terrorist financiers.)

Throughout this period, Nada has remained a key figure in Brotherhood circles, serving as the group’s spokesman to select journalists and attempting to shape the group’s international image. In his interview with NBC, Nada insisted that the Muslim Brotherhood is misunderstood and the American people have no reason to fear it.

He said the group does not want political power, but would push to align Egyptian society with Islamic principles, he said. Asked about Egypt’s treaty with Israel, which some fear a Muslim Brotherhood dominated government would renounce, Nada replied: “The treaty must be rewritten—to be fair to everyone.”

But while insisting that the group has no intention of instigating violence, Nada left little doubt that there would be plenty of violence if Mubarak does not heed the calls for his resignation. If the president doesn’t leave soon, he said, “It will be a disaster.”

:D , Melayu mudah luper..

Jawapan saya untuk Tun Mahathir — Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat
February 03, 2011

3 FEB — Saya gembira apabila Tun Dr Mahathir memberikan ulasan berkenaan pandangan saya tentang nasionalisme. Bagi saya, ini membuktikan kesediaan beliau untuk mendengar pandangan dan berhujah. Ia baik untuk percambahan minda masyarakat agar masyarakat segar dengan hujah dan tidak bergantung kepada seringgit dua habuan menjelang pilihanraya semata-mata.

Jawapan saya ini bukan hanya untuk Tun Dr Mahathir sahaja, tetapi juga merupakan jawapan yang saya cadangkan untuk dijawab pada hari di mana saya, Tun Mahathir dan manusia keseluruhannya berdiri di hadapan Allah SWT satu masa nanti. Ini kerana saya beriman dengan hakikat bahawa setiap apa yang dipertuturkan di dunia ini akan diadili di akhirat nanti. Setiap kenyataan yang keluar melalui televisyen, akhbar bahkan blog sekalipun direkod oleh malaikat-malaikat yang ditugaskan oleh Allah SWT untuk dibentangkan di hari yang kita tidak lagi mempunyai kuasa ke atasnya.

Firman Allah SWT:

يَوْمَ تَشْهَدُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ وَأَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلُهُم

بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Yang bermaksud : Pada hari (ketika), lidah, tangan dan kaki mereka menjadi saksi atas mereka terhadap apa yang dahulu mereka kerjakan. — Surah al-Nur, ayat 24

Hakikatnya saya sebenarnya diajak untuk menari dengan irama yang gendangnya dipalu oleh Umno. Saya diajak untuk turut sama mengutuk Lee Kuan Yew seperti pimpinan Umno. Padahal, apa yang berlaku di seberang sini jauh lebih dahsyat daripada apa yang dilakukan oleh Lee Kuan Yew.

Pertama saya ingin nyatakan kepada Tun Mahathir bahawa asas Islam tidak sama dengan nasionalisme. Di dalam ajaran nasionalisme, tidak pernah dinyatakan apakah tujuan hidup ini. Tidak pernah saya terdengar sepatah kata dari pimpinan Umno yang menghuraikan berkenaan tujuan hidup seorang manusia di muka bumi. Jikapun ada, hanya sebaris dua dari menteri yang dimanahkan menjaga hal ehwal agama. Adapun pemimpin utama Umno, tujuan hidup ini seolah-olah tidak menjadi agenda penting sehingga tidak pernah sedikitpun terkeluar isu ini dari bibir mereka.

Islam meletakkan bahawa tujuan hidup untuk mengabdikan diri kepada Allah SWT. Justeru, manusia dihidupkan untuk diuji oleh Allah SWT siapakah di kalangan mereka yang terbaik amalannya. Firman Allah SWT:

الَّذِي خَلَقَ الْمَوْتَ وَالْحَيَاةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ

أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْغَفُورُ

Yang bermaksud : Dia lah yang telah mentakdirkan adanya mati dan hidup (kamu) — untuk menguji dan menzahirkan keadaan kamu: siapakah di antara kamu yang lebih baik amal dan aktivitinya ; dan Ia Maha Kuasa (membalas amal kamu), lagi Maha Pengampun, (bagi orang-orang yang bertaubat) (Surah al-Mulk, ayat 2)

Apabila tujuan hidup untuk mengabdi kepada Allah SWT, dan hidup sendiri merupakan ujian untuk menguji siapakah yang beramal soleh, justeru manusia perlu bersyahadah dengan maksud sanggup menjadi saksi untuk menyatakan ketuhanan Allah SWT dan kenabian Nabi Muhammad SAW. Jika syahadah manusia pada lafaznya, maka syahadahnya pertubuhan ialah pada dasarnya. Ingin saya bertanya kepada Tun Mahathir, apakah dasar perjuangan Umno? Di celah manakah Umno meletakkan Islam setelah dasar kebangsaan dijadikan sebagai dasar perjuangannya? Dari sudut praktikalnya, adakah perjuangan Umno merupakan satu amal soleh? Adakah pada saat Umno yang menjadi tulang belakang kerajaan mengeluarkan lesen judi itu merupakan amal soleh? Adakah pada saat Umno menghapuskan tulisan Jawi pada tahun 1968 sehingga melahirkan generasi yang buta al-Quran itu merupakan amal soleh? Adakah pada waktu Tun Mahathir menarik balik peruntukan perkapita untuk sekolah agama rakyat itu merupakan amalan soleh?

Kedua, Tun Mahathir melabelkan saya dan PAS sendiri sebagai punca pecah belah orang Melayu. Barangkali kerana sayalah yang menyebabkan parti Umno diharamkan pada tahun 1987 yang membawa kepada penubuhan Semangat 46. Barangkali sayalah juga penyebabnya sehingga terpecat Timbalan Presiden Umno pada tahun 1999 yang membawa kepada penubuhan parti Keadilan dan kini dikenali sebagai Parti Keadilan Rakyat. Saya bimbang, Tun Mahathir sudah dijangkiti penyakit Melayu Mudah Lupa yang pernah disebutnya satu ketika dahulu.

Suka saya jelaskan. Islam meletakkan bahawa pecah belah ialah satu perkara yang pasti berlaku di kalangan masyarakat manusia. Allah SWT berfirman:

وَقُلْنَا اهْبِطُوا بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ وَلَكُمْ فِي الأَرْضِ

مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَاعٌ إِلَى حِينٍ

Yang bermaksud: “..dan Kami berfirman: "Turunlah kamu! Sebahagian dari kamu menjadi musuh kepada sebahagian yang lain dan bagi kamu semua disediakan tempat kediaman di bumi, serta mendapat kesenangan hingga ke suatu masa (mati)". — (Surah al-Baqarah, ayat 36)

Perpecahan telah digazetkan oleh Allah SWT di dalam al-Quran lama sebelum PAS ditubuhkan lagi. Ia berlaku apabila ada yang memilih hidayah dan ada yang menolaknya. Nabi Muhammad SAW datang membawa hidayah daripada Allah SWT dan ditolak oleh kaum yang sebangsa dengannya. Utbah bin Rabiah yang mewakili gerakan nasionalis Quraisy pada zamannya, bangkit dengan tegar melabelkan bahawa Nabi Muhammad SAW sebagai pemecah belah dengan kata-katanya:

فرقت به جماعتهم!

Yang bermaksud: Dengan agama yang kamu bawa, kamu telah memecahbelahkan kesatuan mereka!

Adakah benar baginda merupakan pemecah belah? Tentu sekali tidak, tetapi itulah natijahnya apabila membawa kebenaran seperti yang dilakukan oleh Rasulullah SAW.

Dari zahirnya kelihatan Tun Mahathir sebagai seorang yang sangat cintakan perpaduan Melayu. Sedarkah Tun Mahathir bahawa Umnolah selama ini yang menzalimi orang-orang Melayu? Pada tahun 1961, siapakah yang menculik ADUN-ADUN PAS di Terengganu yang menyebabkan akhirnya kerajaan PAS pimpinan Allahyarham Daud Samad digulingkan dari pintu belakang? Di Kelantan, mereka juga menculik lima wakil rakyat PAS dengan tujuan menggulingkan kerajaan yang dipimpinan oleh Allahyarham Dato Asri Muda namun usaha mereka gagal. Ini boleh disahkan oleh bekas wakil rakyat Tanah Merah Timur yang masih hidup sekarang ini, Che Omar Mohamad yang turut menjadi mangsa. Siapakah yang bertanggungjawab melakukan perbuatan tidak demokratik ini kalau bukan Umno? Episod-episod kezaliman ini masih segar di ingatan pejuang-pejuang PAS. Bukan untuk menyemarak api permusuhan lama jauh sekali menyimpan dendam, tetapi sekadar untuk memperkukuhkan fakta sejarah buat generasi muda yang saya bimbang terbuai dengan dodoi Ketuanan Melayu yang ditaja oleh Umno.

Di zaman Tun Mahathir, siapakah yang bertanggungjawab melakukan persempadanan pilihanraya pada tahun 2003 yang menafikan pertambahan kerusi parlimen dari negeri yang majoritinya orang Melayu kalau bukan Umno di zaman Tun Mahathir? Siapakah yang bertanggungjawab mengarahkan pembunuhan beramai-ramai Ibrahim Libya di Memali bersama pengikut-pengikutnya yang kesemuanya terdiri daripada orang Melayu tanpa sebarang sebab yang munasabah kalau bukan Umno di zaman Tun Mahathir? Siapakah yang memperkenalkan pengajian Sains dan Matematik dalam bahasa Inggeris yang kemudiannya ditolak sendiri oleh Umno kalau bukan Tun Mahathir?

Hari ini, Umno masih lagi menjuarai amalan tidak demokratik. Di Perak, mereka gulingkan kerajaan dari pintu belakang. Di Selangor, mereka melantik Setiausaha Kerajaan tanpa sedikitpun perbincangan dengan Menteri Besar. Peliknya, juara Ketuanan Melayu inilah pula yang menentang usul mengembalikan kuasa Sultan di Selangor. Tidak malukah mereka kepada DAP yang mereka dakwa sebagai parti cauvinis Cina? Di Kelantan, mereka nafikan royalti minyak serta menubuhkan Jabatan Pembangunan Persekutuan (JPP). Jika begini, demokrasi pun tidak, federalism pun tidak, Islam jauh sekali!

Apa yang lebih penting, Islam tidak akan sempurna tanpa iman. Al-Quran sering menyebut Wahai orang-orang yang beriman tetapi al-Quran tidak menyebut Wahai orang-orang Islam. Ini kerana seorang yang mengerjakan rukun Islam sahaja belum layak dipanggil orang yang beriman jika hatinya tidak beriman dengan yakin kepada Allah SWT.

Jika Tun Mahathir berkata bukti Umno berjasa kepada Islam dengan membina masjid, maka Abdullah bin Ubay di zaman Rasulullah SAW lebih dahulu membina masjid yang dikenali sebagai Masjid Dhirar. Jika Tun Mahathir menyatakan bahawa Umno berjasa kepada Islam dengan membina sekolah agama, maka di Thailand juga wujud sekolah-sekolah agama. Bahkan jika Tun Mahathir berkata bahawa jasa Umno ialah arak tidak dihidangkan di majlis rasmi kerajaan, maka apakah bezanya jika arak tetap diberikan lesen secara besar-besaran dan judi pula terus dinikmati sekalipun bertentangan dengan nilai-nilai Islam dan kemanusiaan. Pertanyaan saya pula kepada Tun Mahathir, sebutkan apakah yang saya lakukan di Kelantan yang bertentangan dengan Islam. Jika tidak ada, maka untuk apa kami dilawan?

Akhir kata, saya akui Tun Mahathir seorang yang bijak, dan alangkah baiknya kebijaksanaannya digunakan untuk Islam. Nasihat saya kepada Tun Mahathir, sebelum terlambat marilah sama-sama berfikir untuk menempuhi hari pengadilan yang dijanjikan oleh Allah SWT. Jika saya ditanya adakah saya telah mengajak Tun Mahathir dan rakan-rakan sealiran dengannya agar meninggalkan aliran nasionalis sekular dan menerima Islam yang syumul, saya Insya-Allah akan menjawab: اللهم قد بلغت (Ya Allah, aku telah menyampaikan.)

* Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat adalah Mentri Besar Kelantan dan Murshidul Am PAS.