Thursday, April 10, 2008

fatwa baru

assalamualaikum

in the name of Allah the Most Gracious the Most Merciful

this is taken from Ustaz Maszlee Malik, the one that keeps us Malaysians updated on the Palestine issues. To anyone who does not know Ustaz Maszlee, click [here] to get some idea of his academic background.


Fatwa Halalkan Darah warga Arab Palestin

Laman web al-jazeera.net melaporkan bahawa para khakham (ulama besar) Yahudi telah meluluskan fatwa menghalalkan darah warga Arab Palestin (Islam dan Kristian) sebagai balasan kepada pembunuhan kader-kader mereka di bandar al-Quds. Fatwa yang akan disebarkan keapda umum pada hari Sabtu, 29 Mac 2008 melalui majalah rasmi kumpulan ultra ortodoks Yahudi itu bertajuk ‘Darah Yahudi lebih mahal dari emas’.

Rabbi dari bandar Safd, Samuel Eliyahu telah mengesahkan perkara tersebut dan menyeru agar kerajaan Israel mengulangi menubuhkan semula unit 101 yang pernah diketuai oleh Ariel Sharon pada masa lampau. Unit tersebut terkenal dengan kekejaman mereka membunuh warga awam Arab dan juga pembunuhan kelarga-keluarga Arab di kampung Qabyah dan Nahalin pada tahun 50’an. Unit yang diketuai oleh Ariel Sharon itu juga terkenal dengan kekejaman mereka membunuh seluruh penduduk kampung Arab, termasuk wanita, kanak-kanak dan warga tua di dalam sebuah rumah yang diletupkan secara kejam.

Eliyahu menjelaskan bahawa fatwa berkenaan adalah bersumberkan dari Taurat. Menurut beliau darah kaum selain dari Yahudi adalah halal dan mereka berhak untuk melakukan perkar ayang sedemikian. Beliau mendakwa, jika pihak AS dan Rusia boleh menumpahkan darah kaum Muslimin, mengapa kaum Yahudi tidak boleh dibenarkan melakukan perkara yang sama. Fatwa tersebut telah mengundang kritikan dan penentangan dari ahli parlimen Arab di dalam knesset rejim Zionis Israel. Mereka membawa isu tersebut ke pihak pengadilan dan meminta agar fatwa yang berbau keganasan tersebut diharamkan oleh pihak mahkamah tinggi kerajaan rejim.

Agak ironik, darah lebih 100 rakyat Gaza telah ditumpahkan sebelum peristiwa serangan ke atas kader-kader Yahudi ultra Ortodoks. Tidak pula kedengaran mana-mana ulama Islam di Gaza menghalalkan darah warga awam Yahudi di seluruh dunia. Peliknya, apabila nyawa para kader-kader ultra ortodoks Yahudi Zionis yang juga merupakan anggota tentera sukarelawan rejim terbunuh, mereka menghalalkan darah semua warga Arab Palestin. Di manakah media antarabangsa untuk mempamerkan kepada dunia wajah sebenar ‘pengganas dunia’?

I wonder, where do the Christians stand on this matter? Protestants in the US have clearly thrown their support towards Zionism. What about the rest? Maybe they don't know there are lots of Christians too in Palestine. Or don't care maybe?

Sorry, by no means I want to hurt anyone's feeling, especially my Christian friends. This on going issue has not shown any signs of improvement. It hurts to see hundreds die every week for no reason. Israel has been on killing spree day in and day out. We have feelings right? Would you be laughing when somebody close to you passed away? I wouldn't.

It'd be great if all of us, regardless of religion and race, can come together for a better life of the human race. Maybe tomorrow??

p/s : Dr Zainur Rashid is another person who reads and writes a lot about Palestine. I don't know if he has any website. Cool thing, he was my lecturer back in IMU.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Azri,

I agree with you that there are many Palestinian christians who are displaced with Palestinian muslims as well, marginalised and persecuted in the name of forming the political nation-state of Israel.

Certainly not all evangelical protestants (at least not me) are sympathetic with the Zionist interpretation, certainly there are some fundamentalist fringe groups who suscribe to the narrow interpretation that the restoration of "Israel" is the political nation state in 1948, and therefore they must be supported by all means.

But I personally think that is a not an accurate view, as the "New Israel" in the New Covenant (theological term) is refering to all who believes in Jesus as the Messiah and Saviour (Non-believing Jews reject Jesus). This "New Israel" is NOT the political nation state of Israel (1948), and is not justified in all evils or injustice that they have committed.

NECF in Malaysia has released a public statement in 2003 for a just, peaceful co-existence between this two nation (http://www.necf.org.my/newsmaster.cfm?&menuid=43&action=view&retrieveid=258).

In a number of churches in Malaysia, congregations are praying for lasting peace in that region, because it is still a Holy Land for us.

Perhaps they are not as vocal and passionate about it as they should be, and that's a shame.

The command of God still rings clear, to "seek justice, encourage the oppressed, defend the cause of the fatherless and plead the cause of the widow" (Isa. 1:17) on top of everything.

Unknown said...

Hi Sahabat,

thanks for your comment.

the thought of lack of action and support from the world community is so upsetting.

i know Palestine is the holy land for the Christians too, that's why it's hard to fathom why Christians are nowhere to be seen in this issue.

just to be clear, this is not an attack to anyone.

Everyone was so kindhearted to Indonesia and India during Tsunami, but why is everyone closing their eyes off towards Palestine issue?

Anonymous said...

Maybe because the Palestine issue shouldn't be an issue at all.