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PAS and the alcohol ban

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By Datuk Dr Denison Jayasooria | August 6, 2009

PAS‘s move to implement a blanket ban on the sale of alcohol in all Muslim-majority areas in Selangor has now given us an opportunity to draw up guidelines on alcohol sale. While their call for a ban might seem drastic, it must not be viewed from a moralistic or from only an Islamic perspective. This call for a ban is an opportunity for us to recognise the problems associated with alcohol abuse, which is acknowledged by all the world’s major religions.

There are major social and health-related problems associated with alcohol abuse among the natives of Sabah and Sarawak, among the Orang Asli and sections of the Indian Malaysian community in Peninsular Malaysia. There are so many silent sufferers, especially women and children, who are victims of alcoholics and other behavioural problems arising from alcohol consumption.

The Consumers Association of Penang has undertaken many studies on this matter and proven that there is a social-impact dimension involved as well. Hence, while PAS was speaking for the Muslim community, many of the social issues and abuses are among non-Muslim communities.

Society has already accepted that certain types of human behaviour can affect oneself and others. In the case of smoking, the Health Ministry and other authorities have undertaken many measures to restrict where one can smoke in public places, and on cigarette company sponsorship and advertisement. These initiatives are done in the interest of the common good.

A total ban of alcohol has not been effective in the past. Nonetheless, there is still an urgent need for Malaysian society to discuss further the issues arising from the negative and abusive aspects of unrestricted sale and availability of alcohol.

Currently there are already some forms of restrictions on alcohol. For example, one cannot drink and drive; alcohol can only be sold in licensed shops; alcohol cannot be sold to underaged individuals; and there are restricted hours for places which sell and serve alcohol. There are laws to curtail the production and sale of illegal and unlicensed alcoholic products as well.

The problems we face have often been associated with weak enforcement by the local authorities. There must be some public outcry on this matter because of the negative impact of alcohol abuse.

Some restrictions on the places and locations where alcohol is sold are necessary. For example, not permitting the sale of alcohol in or near residential areas and schools might be necessary. This will include all kinds of residential areas.

Designated places where the sale and consumption of alcohol can take place should also be regulated by the local authority. For example, it might be healthy not consuming alcohol in a public park or even during a football game.

While this proposal is being advocated by PAS, my interest is as a sociologist from a social work background. I am a Christian by conviction and belief. Therefore, let us not discuss social issues and concerns from a perspective that divides us. Let’s find alliances and collaborations across religions.

Public education

Alcohol producers, promoters and retailers have not embarked on public education on the potential of alcohol addiction. The government has not done enough to address the resultant abusive behaviour and health-related problems. Currently, there are no counselling programmes and if there are any, they would be inadequate. There are also no rehabilitation services like for drug addiction.

I strongly advocate that alcohol producers and the related industry pay a levy from their annual sales for public education on alcohol abuse and addiction. They should also take greater responsibility for the rehabilitation of alcoholics. Some systematic intervention programmes are necessary to assist women and children who face abuse and violence. Federal and state agencies must address these concerns.

Maybe the Selangor government could take the lead in providing the guidelines necessary for healthy living and ensure that all responsible will put human lives before profits.

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Datuk Dr Denison Jayasooria is principle research fellow at the Institute of Ethnic Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Views expressed in this article are his own.

Why the West craves materialism & why the East sticks to religion

 Credit to 'Arab News' 

Author:
By Imran Khan
Publication Date:
Mon, 2002-01-14 03:00

My generation grew up at a time when colonial hang up was at its peak. Our older generation had been slaves and had a huge inferiority complex of the British. The school I went to was similar to all elite schools in Pakistan. Despite gaining independent, they were, and still are, producing replicas of public schoolboys rather than Pakistanis.

I read Shakespeare, which was fine, but no Allama Iqbal — the national poet of Pakistan. The class on Islamic studies was not taken seriously, and when I left school I was considered among the elite of the country because I could speak English and wore Western clothes.

Despite periodically shouting ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ in school functions, I considered my own culture backward and religion outdated. Among our group if any one talked about religion, prayed or kept a beard he was immediately branded a Mullah.

Because of the power of the Western media, our heroes were Western movie stars or pop stars. When I went to Oxford already burdened with this hang up, things didn’t get any easier. At Oxford, not just Islam, but all religions were considered anachronism.

Science had replaced religion and if something couldn’t be logically proved it did not exist. All supernatural stuff was confined to the movies. Philosophers like Darwin, who with his half-baked theory of evolution had supposedly disproved the creation of men and hence religion, were read and revered.

Moreover, European history reflected its awful experience with religion. The horrors committed by the Christian clergy during the Inquisition era had left a powerful impact on the Western mind.

To understand why the West is so keen on secularism, one should go to places like Cordoba in Spain and see the torture apparatus used during the Spanish Inquisition. Also the persecution of scientists as heretics by the clergy had convinced the Europeans that all religions are regressive.

However, the biggest factor that drove people like me away from religion was the selective Islam practiced by most of its preachers. In short, there was a huge difference between what they practiced and what they preached. Also, rather than explaining the philosophy behind the religion, there was an overemphasis on rituals.

I feel that humans are different to animals. While, the latter can be drilled, humans need to be intellectually convinced. That is why the Qur’an constantly appeals to reason. The worst, of course, was the exploitation of Islam for political gains by various individuals or groups.

Hence, it was a miracle I did not become an atheist. The only reason why I did not was the powerful religious influence my mother wielded on me since my childhood. It was not so much out of conviction but love for her that I stayed a Muslim.

However, my Islam was selective. I accepted only parts of the religion that suited me. Prayers were restricted to Eid days and occasionally on Fridays, when my father insisted on taking me to the mosque with him.

All in all I was smoothly moving to becoming a Pukka Brown Sahib. After all I had the right credentials in terms of school, university and, above all, acceptability in the English aristocracy, something that our brown sahibs would give their lives for. So what led me to do a ‘lota’ on the Brown Sahib culture and instead become a ‘desi’?

Well it did not just happen overnight.

Firstly, the inferiority complex that my generation had inherited gradually went as I developed into a world-class athlete. Secondly, I was in the unique position of living between two cultures. I began to see the advantages and the disadvantages of both societies.

In Western societies, institutions were strong while they were collapsing in our country. However, there was an area where we were and still are superior, and that is our family life. I began to realize that this was the Western society’s biggest loss. In trying to free itself from the oppression of the clergy, they had removed both God and religion from their lives.

While science, no matter how much it progresses, can answer a lot of questions — two questions it will never be able to answer: One, what is the purpose of our existence and two, what happens to us when we die?

It is this vacuum that I felt created the materialistic and the hedonistic culture. If this is the only life then one must make hay while the sun shines — and in order to do so one needs money. Such a culture is bound to cause psychological problems in a human being, as there was going to be an imbalance between the body and the soul.

Consequently, in the US, which has shown the greatest materialistic progress while giving its citizens numerous rights, almost 60 percent of the population consult psychiatrists. Yet, amazingly in modern psychology, there is no study of the human soul. Sweden and Switzerland, who provide the most welfare to their citizens, also have the highest suicide rates. Hence, man is not necessarily content with material well being and needs something more.

Since all morality has it roots in religion, once religion was removed, immorality has progressively grown since the 70s. Its direct impact has been on family life. In the UK, the divorce rate is 60 percent, while it is estimated that there are over 35 percent single mothers. The crime rate is rising in almost all Western societies, but the most disturbing fact is the alarming increase in racism. While science always tries to prove the inequality of man (recent survey showing the American Black to be genetically less intelligent than whites) it is only religion that preaches the equality of man.

Between 1991 and 1997, it was estimated that total immigration into Europe was around 520,000, and there were racially motivated attacks all over, especially in Britain, France and Germany. In Pakistan during the Afghan war, we had over four million refugees, and despite the people being so much poorer, there was no racial tension.

There was a sequence of events in the 80s that moved me toward God as the Qur’an says: "There are signs for people of understanding." One of them was cricket. As I was a student of the game, the more I understood the game, the more I began to realize that what I considered to be chance was, in fact, the will of Allah. A pattern which became clearer with time. But it was not until Salman Rushdie’s "Satanic Verses" that my understanding of Islam began to develop.

People like me who were living in the Western world bore the brunt of anti-Islam prejudice that followed the Muslim reaction to the book. We were left with two choices: fight or flight. Since I felt strongly that the attacks on Islam were unfair, I decided to fight. It was then I realized that I was not equipped to do so as my knowledge of Islam was inadequate. Hence I started my research and for me a period of my greatest enlightenment. I read scholars like Ali Shariati, Muhammad Asad, Iqbal, Gai Eaton, plus of course, a study of Qur’an.

I will try to explain as concisely as is possible, what "discovering the truth" meant for me. When the believers are addressed in the Qur’an, it always says, "Those who believe and do good deeds." In other words, a Muslim has dual function, one toward God and the other toward fellow human beings.

The greatest impact of believing in God for me, meant that I lost all fear of human beings. The Qur’an liberates man from man when it says that life and death and respect and humiliation are God’s jurisdiction, so we do not have to bow before other human beings.

Moreover, since this is a transitory world where we prepare for the eternal one, I broke out of the self-imposed prisons, such as growing old (such a curse in the Western world, as a result of which, plastic surgeons are having a field day), materialism, ego, what people say and so on. It is important to note that one does not eliminate earthly desires. But instead of being controlled by them, one controls them.

By following the second part of believing in Islam, I have become a better human being. Rather than being self-centered and living for the self, I feel that because the Almighty gave so much to me, in turn I must use that blessing to help the less privileged. This I did by following the fundamentals of Islam rather than becoming a Kalashnikov-wielding fanatic.

I have become a tolerant and a giving human being who feels compassion for the underprivileged. Instead of attributing success to myself, I know it is because of God’s will, hence I learned humility instead of arrogance.

Also, instead of the snobbish Brown Sahib attitude toward our masses, I believe in egalitarianism and strongly feel against the injustice done to the weak in our society. According to the Qur’an, "Oppression is worse than killing." In fact only now do I understand the true meaning of Islam, if you submit to the will of Allah, you have inner peace.

Through my faith, I have discovered strength within me that I never knew existed and that has released my potential in life. I feel that in Pakistan we have selective Islam. Just believing in God and going through the rituals is not enough. One also has to be a good human being. I feel there are certain Western countries with far more Islamic traits than us in Pakistan, especially in the way they protect the rights of their citizens, or for that matter their justice system. In fact some of the finest individuals I know live there.

What I dislike about them is their double standards in the way they protect the rights of their citizens but consider citizens of other countries as being somehow inferior to them as human being, e.g. dumping toxic waste in the Third World, advertising cigarettes that are not allowed in the West and selling drugs that are banned in the West.

One of the problems facing Pakistan is the polarization of two reactionary groups. On the one side is the Westernized group that looks upon Islam through Western eyes and has inadequate knowledge about the subject. It reacts strongly to anyone trying to impose Islam in society and wants only a selective part of the religion. On the other extreme is the group that reacts to this Westernized elite and in trying to become a defender of the faith, takes up such intolerant and self-righteous attitudes that are repugnant to the spirit of Islam.

What needs to be done is to somehow start a dialogue between the two extreme. In order for this to happen, the group on whom the greatest proportion of our educational resources are spent in this country must study Islam properly.

Whether they become practicing Muslims or believe in God is entirely a personal choice. As the Qur’an tells us there is "no compulsion in religion." However, they must arm themselves with knowledge as a weapon to fight extremism. Just by turning up their noses at extremism the problem is not going to be solved.

The Qur’an calls Muslims "the middle nation", not of extremes. The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) was told to simply give the message and not worry whether people converted or not, therefore, there is no question in Islam of forcing your opinions on anyone else.

Moreover, we are told to respect other religions, their places of worship and their prophets. It should be noted that no Muslim missionaries or armies ever went to Malaysia or Indonesia. The people converted to Islam due to the high principles and impeccable character of the Muslim traders. At the moment, the worst advertisements for Islam are the countries with their selective Islam, especially where religion is used to deprive people of their rights. In fact, a society that obeys fundamentals of Islam has to be a liberal one.

If Pakistan’s Westernized class starts to study Islam, not only will it be able to help society fight sectarianism and extremism, but it will also make them realize what a progressive religion Islam is. They will also be able to help the Western world by articulating Islamic concepts. Recently, Prince Charles accepted that the Western world can learn from Islam. But how can this happen if the group that is in the best position to project Islam gets its attitudes from the West and considers Islam backward? Islam is a universal religion and that is why our Prophet (peace be upon him) was called a Mercy for all mankind. (Internews)

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19022021 Englais 123

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*The Mysteries of Anatomy*

Where can a man buy a cap for his knee,

Or the key to a lock of his hair?

Can his eyes be called an academy?

Because there are pupils there?

In the crown of your head can jewels be found?

Who crosses the bridge of your nose?

If you wanted to shingle the roof of your mouth,

Would you use the nails on your toes?

Can you sit in the shade of the palm of your hand,

Or beat on the drum of your ear?

Can the calf in your leg eat the corn off your toe?

Then why not grow corn on the ear?

Can the crook in your elbow be sent to jail?

If so, just what did he do?

How can you sharpen your shoulder blades?

I'll be darned if I know.

Do you?

01012021 - Mujahirun Tidak Diampuni

kredit pada  'Majalah Muslim Tashfiyah'

 

6 February 2017 

كُلُّ أُمَّتِي مُعَافًى إِلَّا الْمُجَاهِرِينَ وَإِنَّ مِنْ الْمُجَاهَرَةِ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ الرَّجُلُ بِاللَّيْلِ عَمَلًا ثُمَّ يُصْبِحَ وَقَدْ سَتَرَهُ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ فَيَقُولَ يَا فُلَانُ عَمِلْتُ الْبَارِحَةَ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَقَدْ بَاتَ يَسْتُرُهُ رَبُّهُ وَيُصْبِحُ يَكْشِفُ سِتْرَ اللهِ عَنْهُ

“Setiap umatku akan terampuni kecuali al mujahirun (orang yang terang-terangan berbuat dosa). Di antara bentuk terang-terangan dalam bermaksiat adalah seorang melakukan maksiat di malam hari, Allah telah menutupinya pada waktu pagi, namun ia justru mengatakan, ‘Hai Fulan, semalam saya melakukan ini dan itu.’ Ia melewati malam dalam keadaan Allah menutupi dosanya, namun masuk waktu pagi, ia justru menyingkap tutup Allah darinya.” [H.R. Al Bukhari dan Muslim dari sahabat Abu Hurairah radhiyallahu ‘anhu].

Sungguh Mahaluas rahmat-Mu ya Allah…!
Manusia memang penuh alpa dan dosa. Setiap saat tersalah dan jatuh dalam maksiat. Namun, Allah subhanahu wata’ala senantiasa membuka pintu rahmat dan ampunan-Nya. Tentunya bagi mereka yang senantiasa kembali kepada-Nya, bertaubat dengan taubat nashuha. Rasulullah shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam menyampaikan dalam hadis ini bahwa semua umat beliau akan diampuni. Kecuali mereka yang tidak malu-malu berbuat dosa, terang-terangan melakukan maksiat. Terlebih Al Mujahirun, orang yang sudah Allah subhanahu wata’ala tutupi aib dan celanya berupa perbuatan dosa, ia justru malah menampakkannya.

Pembaca, aib dan cela nampaknya bisa menjadi komoditi di zaman ini. Setidaknya, itu menjadi hiburan yang dinikmati. Ironis memang! Atau, apakah sebegitu jauh rusaknya moral, sehingga aib dan cela adalah biasa saja? Tidak perlu risau dan enggak usah gelisah. Faktanya, konflik keluarga adalah acara yang ditunggu dalam program infotainment stasiun televisi. Gosip atau tepatnya ghibah diminati ribuan mata bahkan jutaan dalam berita-berita media massa. Tingkah selebriti yang bangga dengan kehamilan di luar nikah sebagai ajang sensasi, ‘siapakah calon bapak si jabang bayi?’ Yang lainnya tidak mau kalah -bejatnya- berlibur dengan pria lain padahal belum sah cerai dengan suami. Bahkan tanpa malu, menghina dan melecehkan suami di depan media.

“Wajarlah itu ‘kan selebriti! Selalu saja cari sensasi. Kalau perlu dari tidur sampai tidur lagi aktivitasnya diberitakan dan dinikmati oleh publik.” Pembaca, ternyata bukan hanya artis yang ingin seperti itu. Sadar atau tidak, orang sekarang ingin aktivitasnya dikomentari orang lain. Mereka sangat senang dan menikmati hal itu. Ya, fenomena itu bernama Facebook. Setiap saat para Facebooker mengupdate statusnya agar bisa dilihat dan dikomentari orang lain. Tidak peduli dengan perkara yang sebenarnya bersifat pribadi. Lupa bahwa aib harus disimpan rapi dan ditutupi. Sedang di warung tulis status, jalan-jalan update lagi, di rumah sendirian tulis di Facebook. Semuanya seolah ingin dilihat orang lain. Ada yang mengarah kepada perkara mesum dan tabu, ada pula yang lebih parah, bangga meng-update status saat bersimpuh di depan Ka’bah. Jadilah Facebook ajang berbangga akan perbuatan maksiat termasuk ajang riya’ dan pamer ibadah. Minimalnya obrolan yang tidak jelas pangkal ujungnya. Ya, menyia-nyiakan waktu, dan tenggelam dalam perbuatan sia-sia. Sekarang, mari kita perhatikan nukilan dari Imam Asy Syafi’i t, “Jiwamu, apabila engkau tidak menyibukkannya dengan kebenaran, ia akan menyibukkanmu dengan kebatilan.” [Ad Da’u wa Ad Dawa’, karya Ibnul Qayyim rahimahullah].

Sejak kemunculannya, Facebook memang banyak diminati orang. Website komunitas terbesar dunia ini menarik banyak lapisan masyarakat. Tua, muda, pria, wanita rela meluangkan porsi besar waktunya untuk Facebook. Update status, upload foto, mengobrol, atau sekadar melihat dinding orang lain bisa sangat mengasyikkan dan membuat lupa waktu. Situs web Facebook memang memungkinkan pemakainya menerima permintaan pertemanan dari siapa saja. Teman sekolah, teman lama, kerabat, atau siapa saja. Bahkan orang yang tidak dikenal sebelumnya pun bisa mengajak berteman melalui Facebook. Facebooker bisa juga memasukkan foto, kemudian menandai siapa saja dari pertemanannya yang diinginkan untuk melihat foto tersebut.

Dengan fitur ini, sangat memungkinkan seorang Facebooker mencari teman sebanyak-banyaknya. Yang ia kenal sebelumnya atau tidak ia kenal. Di sinilah kemudian banyak orang yang salah pilih teman. Betapa sering kita mendengar seorang gadis belia hilang dari rumah dibawa lari teman Facebooknya. Banyak pula rumah tangga yang retak karena Facebook. Kata-kata romantis yang dikirim teman Facebook tidak jarang memicu pertengkaran suami istri. Atau komunikasi yang sangat akrab sering membuat saling cerita masalah yang bersifat pribadi. Terjadilah perselingkuhan. Ini bukan berita baru, bukan pula cerita basi.

Inilah di antara dampak buruk Facebook. Padahal kita dituntut untuk selektif mencari teman. Rasulullah shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda:
الرَّجُلُ عَلَى دِينِ خَلِيلِهِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ أَحَدُكُمْ مَنْ يُخَالِلُ

“Seseorang itu sesuai agama temannya, maka lihatlah kepada siapa kalian berteman.” [H.R. Abu Dawud dari sahabat Abu Hurairah radhiyallahu ‘anhu, dihasankan oleh Asy Syaikh Al Albani rahimahullah dalam Shahih Sunan Abi Dawud]. Bukankah Abu Thalib mati di atas kekafiran karena pengaruh teman? Demikian pula mayoritas tokoh kafir Quraisy yang menentang waktu itu adalah karena lingkungan di sekitar mereka. Karena pertemanan. Teman bisa membentuk keyakinan agama seseorang. Apalagi akhlaknya!

Selain itu, mustahil Facebook lepas dari gambar foto. Baik dari pertemanan, atau minimalnya gambar foto iklan yang muncul di dindingnya. Padahal, kenyataannya para Facebooker menampilkan gambar mereka sendiri. Foto narsis, nampang dengan model cukuran artis, berpakaian gaul dengan celana pensil yang musbil. Wanita berpose dengan pakaian dan dandanan norak tanpa malu. Seandainya kita kaitkan dengan hadis di atas, maka ini termasuk terang-terangan dalam kemaksiatan. Bahkan bangga dengan maksiat yang dilakukan. Bukankah cukuran rambut meniru orang kafir adalah tasyabuh yang haram? Demikian pula pakaian dan celana musbil-nya? Bukankah seluruh tubuh wanita adalah aurat yang harus ditutupi? Sementara di Facebook, justru bangga dengan memajang foto noraknya. Senang dengan banyaknya like dari pertemanannya.

Keluarga harmonis yang hancur karena foto Facebook pun tidak sedikit. Keluarga yang awalnya tenang, hidup rukun bersama anak-anak yang manis dan lucu bersama istri tercinta. Tiba-tiba ada teman lama yang meng-tag foto masa sekolah SMA-nya, saat masih jauh dari hidayah, bercampur baur laki-laki perempuan, atau foto bersama mantan pacar. Padahal, aib saudara seiman harusnya ditutupi. Apalagi telah bertaubat dan meninggalkan masa-masa kelamnya. Bayangkan, berapa pelanggaran agama dalam kasus ini? Menyebarkan aib saudaranya, merusak ikatan keluarga, memajang foto, dan yang lainnya.

Tentang hukum gambar sendiri, sebenarnya ancamannya sangat mengerikan. Fitrah yang masih lurus pasti akan merinding takut mendengarnya. Rasulullah shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda:
إِنَّ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ عَذَابًا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ الْمُصَوِّرُونَ

“Manusia paling keras siksaannya pada hari kiamat adalah para tukang gambar.” [H.R. Al Bukhari dan Muslim dari sahabat Abdullah bin Masud radhiyallahu ‘anhu]. Dalam hadis lain beliau shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda:
كُلُّ مُصَوِّرٍ فِي النَّارِ يَجْعَلُ لَهُ بِكُلِّ صُورَةٍ صَوَّرَهَا نَفْسًا فَتُعَذِّبُهُ فِي جَهَنَّمَ

“Setiap tukang gambar di neraka. Gambar yang ia buat akan dihidupkan untuk mengazabnya di neraka.” [H.R. Muslim dari sahabat Abdullah bin Abbas radhiyallahu ‘anhu]. Dua hadis ini sekadar contoh saja, yang lainnya sangat banyak. Semua menunjukkan bahwa menggambar makhluk bernyawa adalah dosa besar. Asy Syaikh Utsaimin rahimahullah menjelaskan bahwa hukuman berlapis bagi tukang gambar adalah hal-hal berikut: orang yang paling keras azabnya pada hari kiamat, Allah subhanahu wata’ala akan menghidupkan lukisannya kemudian akan mengazab di neraka dengannya, dan ia dipaksa menghidupkan lukisannya. Hukuman-hukuman ini menegaskan bahwa tukang gambar di neraka, terlaknat sebagaimana riwayat Al Bukhari dari hadis Abu Juhaifah radhiyallahu ‘anhu. [Al Qaulul Mufid, Asy Syaikh Muhammad bin Shalih Al Utsaimin rahimahullah].

Mungkin ada yang beralasan bahwa ulama berselisih pendapat tentang foto. Sebagian membedakan dengan melukis. Kita jawab, benar Syaikh Utsaimin rahimahullah membedakan antara melukis dan fotografi. Namun, untuk menyimpannya beliau tetap mengharamkan. Apalagi dipajang untuk pamer agar dilihat orang. Sebagai seorang muslim, menghadapi perbedaan cara pandang ulama seperti dalam masalah ini, seharusnya memilih jalur hati-hati. Yaitu keluar dari perselisihan. Toh menyimpannya pun haram, kenapa meributkan perbedaan ulama tentang fotografi dan melukis. Jadi, tidak ada dalil untuk memasang foto di Facebook. “Alhamdulillah, saya tidak pasang foto.” Apakah Anda bisa menjamin bebas foto dari pertemanan Anda? Atau kiriman tag teman Anda? Atau iklan yang ada? Apabila Anda tidak malu, berbuatlah semau Anda!

Pembaca, tentu ini hanya sekilas tentang mudarat Facebook. Kita belum menyinggung masalah penipuan, virus, kloning status untuk tindak kriminal, caci maki cela mencela, menghasut dan provokasi, mobilisasi masa demonstrasi, menyebarkan syubhat agama, mendukung sekte sesat seperti Syiah, ISIS, Al Qaida, JI, Islam Nusantara, JIL, dan yang lainnya.

Lalu, haramkah Facebook? Menjawab pertanyaan ini bukan wilayah kita. Namun, dikembalikan kepada para ulama. Yang jelas Facebook sebagai media mujaharah bil fisq, ajang mengumbar maksiat, bangga berbuat dosa. Ini secara keumuman.

Di sinilah terbedakan orang yang cerdas, dengan melihat secara menyeluruh. Membandingkan antara maslahat dan mudarat. Apalagi ketika ada alternatif lain yang jauh lebih aman.

Dengan melihat ancaman untuk al mujahirun dalam hadis di atas, hendaknya berpikir seribu kali untuk membuat akun Facebook.

[Ustadz Farhan]

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Joe Najib

May 31, 2014 · Damansara ·

The SS2 Pelita is super packed tonight. I couldn't get a table to myself, so I asked a group of well-dressed boys (college kids ready to go clubbing I assumed then) if I could share their long table. They gave me an up-down-up-down stare and looked away. Thick-faced, I took it as a reluctant yes, and sat down anyway.

I must add too that I'm a little "underdressed", wearing my cheap Sports Toto-sponsored bowling t-shirt (Berjaya Group sponsors my bowling team). I'm also wearing a worn-out frown too, from the rough evening I had today. I minded my own business, until I overheard the boys talking in Cantonese:

Boy 1: "Damn thick faced this mahchan. Dunno how to wait for table, simply sit down."

Boy 2: "You surprised meh? See what he wear oso you know lo. "Ahmad" driver or dispatch lo, where got care one. They think this one still like their kampung, everywhere oso can sit."

They break out in laughter.

Boy 2 adds on: "...probably make RM800 per month feed 4 kids. Go everywhere on motorbike must do stunt cos all sit together"

They started talking in English again about their college assignments, and by such brilliant coincidence, they're studying marketing communications from what I gathered.

So right before I left, I stood up, tapped brother no.2 on his shoulder, and spoke to all:

"Contrary to your stereotypical beliefs, I don't work as a dispatch. I own a car, being washed back there. Yes, I understand Cantonese."

I took out 3 of my name cards, and put one in front of each of them.

"I'm an A&P head at a bank, I lead a team of young men just like you, aspiring to be where their 'mahchan' boss is now in terms of knowledge, experience, and a more than decent income. In fact, here, *putting down RM10 on the table* let me pay for your drinks."

I left. Never felt better.

LGE - 'jangan harap wang percuma'

 

08082020 - 'FACT CHECK: Regarding YB Tony Pua’s ‘The Curious Case of the Persecution of Lim Guan Eng’'

 Credit goes to Chan Quin Er with thanks

'With all due respect YB,

1. The tunnel project was NOT awarded via Open Tender. It was awarded via a Request for Proposal (RFP). In Open Tenders, all parties bid on the same project with the specifications provided by the client. The bidders will fight to see who is able to carry out the same set of specifications for the lowest price. However, in an RFP, the client does not provide any plan or project specifications for the parties to bid on. The client only has a rough idea of what they want. They then call a RFP, leaving bidders to submit different proposals, and no two proposals are the same.

The entire Penang Transport Master Plan was an RFP (Request for Proposal) RFP is NOT Open Tender, as the public have no means to scrutinize or compare the proposals. Also, RFP are a type of Public-Private Partnership (PPP), which are rather risky. According to Prof Jomo, they are easily abused “because they are ‘off balance sheet’ and do not show up on government debt, giving the illusion of ‘easy money’ or credit”.

MACC did NOT close the case in November 2018. As late as March 2019, when Pakatan Harapan was in full swing, the MACC had confirmed that there were at least 6 active investigation papers looking into the Penang Tunnel issue.

But after PH came to power, MACC mysteriously marked the Penang file ‘No Further Action’, which even perplexed Latheefa Koya so much that she called for it to be reviewed in July 2019 .

But we will never know the results of that review as she suddenly refused to talk about it.

3. Not a single sen involved? Not all corruption has to do with the exchange or transfer of funds & cash. It is public knowledge that cost of the feasibility studies was to be paid via a land swap. It was previously reported to be RM305 million, and the findings are still unreleased as of today – 7 years after the agreement was signed.

Back in January 2018, Penang State Public Works Committee chairman Lim Hock Seng admitted that RM208 million had already been paid just for the feasibility study and road design alone, and such payment was made via alienation of two pieces prime seaside freehold land at the exclusive Seri Tanjung Pinang to Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd, the firm which was awarded the project to build an undersea tunnel and three roads.

Also in January 2018, Lim Guan Eng had said that the feasibility study for the tunnel was 92% complete. It is now August 2020 and the tunnel study is still nowhere to be seen. But by now, condominium blocks with a gross development value of RM800 million and the Wellness City of Dreams at Bandar Tanjong Pinang, Penang with a gross development value of RM15 billion, have already sprung up on the lands given as payment for the tunnel study.

Not a single sen involved indeed.

4. Lim Guan Eng is not the only one targeted. A whole host of persons have been interviewed and questioned by the MACC, not just Lim Guan Eng alone. You mentioned that the tunnel project was evaluated by a committee chaired by the state secretary? Well, both the Committee chairman Danny Law Heng Kiang and Penang State Secretary at the time Datuk Seri Farizan Darus have been called up for questioning as well.

If the tunnel project was really free from any form of corruption, why was Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd so eager to get MACC to close their investigations into the RM6.3bil undersea tunnel project that they paid a conman RM19 million to egt MACC to ‘settle’?

So what could be the reason Lim Guan Eng has been so kind to Consortium Zenith Construction, giving them the project and practically free land?

It has been revealed today (7th August 2020) that the MACC charged Lim Guan Eng under Section 16 (a) (A) of the MACC Act 2009 for “corruptly soliciting” 10% of the profits in kickbacks from Datuk Zarul Ahmad Zulkifli, the senior executive director of Consortium Zenith Construction, in return for the projects.

We keep hearing “not a single sen paid/received” from YB Tony and his comrades. But Lim Guan Eng was not charged for receiving bribe money; rather, he was charged for SOLICITING bribe money (https://www.nst.com.my/news/crime-courts/2020/08/614672/guan-eng-charged-soliciting-bribe-bail-fixed-rm1-million) . So it should have been “not a single sen paid…yet”.

Of course, we have been hearing about this from Raja Petra since last year, but it still remains to be proven true. Raja Petra chose to ignore the lawsuit in order to protect his source in the MACC, hence Lim Guan Eng was awarded a judgement-in-default. We hope that Lim Guan Eng’s lawyers fight the good fight in clearing his name, and may the judges be fair.

PS: On a side note, there is no need to bring Dato’ Sri Najib into this at all, YB. He has already been convicted by a court of law. Two wrongs don’t make a right. At least Dato’ Sri Najib was tried in court, perhaps it is time for Lim Guan Eng to prove his case too?'

'You tahu siapa curi Negara punya wang. ' ~ bg non...

credit to bg non opkos...

'You tahu siapa curi Negara punya wang. You pun tau. Saya kesian juga, Dr. Mahathir hari-hari marah sama saya. Antara orang yang paling takut saya jadi Perdana Menteri ialah Mahathir. Dia demam tau. Kemudian ada orang beritahu, “Mahathir, Anwar mungkin jadi Perdana Menteri. Terus dia bangun, tak boleh, kata dia haha. You tau apasal takut? Sebab harta sudah banyak. Harta anak-anak dia berpuluh puluh BILIYUN. Tengok kontrak Petronas. Siapa dapat banyak? Kencana Petroleum. Mokhzani Tun Mahathir. Semua dia angkut. Takdak melayu pandai berniagakah? Tak da Cina, Dayak pandai berniagakah? Semua anak dia punyakah?

Itu satu. Kemudian beli itu beer punya company. St Miguel Filipina. Saya punya meja takdak. Carlsberg takdak. Tetapi Mahathir punya anak, Mirzan beli..beer punya company.. Aiyoo! Kadawale..Berapa harga? 2900 juta cash..RM 2.9 billion cash! Mana angkut (dapat duit)? Menang loteri tiap hari? Dia menang loteri, every month for 20 years. Kemudian selepas ambil St Miguel ini untung. Beli Esso Malaysia. Kalau tak salah kira-kira RM 1.7 billion. Tukar nama kepada Petron. Semalam, Malaysia Airlines. Siapa dia penasihat petronas? Mahathir. Semalam Malaysia Airlines umum, pertama sekali dalam sejarah dan ini satu syarikat penerbangan di dunia yang beli minyak untuk enam bulan ini, tiada syarikat penerbangan lain (lakukannya). Malaysia Airlines hanya akan beli dari syarikat minyak (milik) anak Mahathir, Petron - 6 bulan. SAYA MAU TANYA INI NEGERI.. BAPAK YOU ATAU RAKYAT PUNYA? KALAU RAKYAT PUNYA, HENTIKAN BENDA MENGARUT INI.'

n.

'No intersection. So area bounded in infinity....Q.E.D. 😐'

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An answer to sarcasm , credit to Mr Abdul Wahab Ishaari, Ex UTM - FKE, retired not retarded.