in the name of Allah the Most Gracious the Most Merciful
Happy New Year to all my readers.
The 1st day of 2010 kicked off exactly the ways I had predicted. Mostly went down to the streets, but each party had their own intentions.
The most interesting one has to be the group of Allah who voiced out their frustration on the reversal of ban of using 'Allah'. Living in a democracy country, I think it would be unfair if we did not listen to what they had to say.
On the ground if they had any basis to object the court's decision, in my limited capacity, I personally think the decision by the court was neither right nor wrong. The name ' Allah' has been used for centuries by both Muslims and Christians in Arabic soil. Hence the claim that the name is solely exclusive for the Muslims is wrong.
The fight for it was wrong in the first place. Whatever the name they would like to choose, the main concern for the scholars should be to strengthen the aqidah(faith) of the young Muslims, rather than capitalising on the opponents' weaknesses. Come 1000 names they have in mind, would it be a problem for if the rock solid aqidah Muslims? I do not think so.
I suppose it is just another rethoric to say 'it is now time to stand up and be counted'. The truth is, I am running out of ideal words, and it is the time for us to get up and out of the comfort zone. No more complaining of others, and all of us should shoulder the responsibility to take the Muslims to a greater height.
The sermon(khutbah) today was a perfect one. It touched on a few subjects, but 2 of them caught my eyes. 1st was on the 'krisis keilmuan' and the 2nd on 'bayi luar nikah'. As a medical personnel, the period of high delivery rate has to be in Sept and October because people get married in November and December. Surprisingly, December's rate is on the rise secondary to Valentine's Day. Now, it's interesting, isn't it? Of course I am talking about those out of wedlock ones!
Another mildly shocking news was the death of Gus Dur. Of course, he was a good man. I have a very little respect for this late president. Do your own research, and you will find out why. Okay, 1 example, 'Quran adalah kitab paling lucah di dunia'. Does that ring a bell to you?
To those who like to read,
1. Switzerland has decided that Muslim mosques in that country would not be allowed to have minarets. It seems that minarets would overwhelm the Swiss.
2. I wonder what would happen in Malaysia if Hindu temples are not allowed to have statues, for example. I think there would be an explosion. The whole world will condemn us as being undemocratic, not respecting human rights, not upholding religious freedom etc.
3. But when the Swiss bans minarets (there are only four minarets in the whole of Switzerland) and the French ban headscarves, these are very democratic. Always double standards and unfortunately the discrimination is always against Muslims.
2. I wonder what would happen in Malaysia if Hindu temples are not allowed to have statues, for example. I think there would be an explosion. The whole world will condemn us as being undemocratic, not respecting human rights, not upholding religious freedom etc.
3. But when the Swiss bans minarets (there are only four minarets in the whole of Switzerland) and the French ban headscarves, these are very democratic. Always double standards and unfortunately the discrimination is always against Muslims.
5. In fact more soldiers have been sent by him to Afghanistan and Iraq. He is now preparing to attack Iran together with his ally, Israel.
taken from Tun Mahathir's blog, http://chedet.co.cc/chedetblog/2009/12/threatening-minarets.html
Get up get up everyone.
Sorry no pictures this time,
till next time,
assalamualaikum
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