Syawal Tanpa Masjidil Aqsa; Bermaknakah Ia?

Beberapa hari lagi, umat ISLAM akan menyambut Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Hari kegembiraan selepas berjaya menahan diri, iaitu berpuasa, selama sebulan. Majoriti rakyat beragama ISLAM membuat persiapan yang sebegitu gah untuk merayakan hari yang mulia ini. Malah, seawal minggu pertama Ramadhan, lagu raya telah berkumandang.

Inilah realiti rakyat di Malaysia, negara yang aman damai. Negara kita tidak merasai kesengsaraan perang mahupun sekatan itu dan ini. Walaupun ada segolongan yang dizalimi dengan akta binatang, ISA, namun majoriti masih bergembira. Umat Islam seolah-olah tidak terasa betapa sayu dan sepinya sambutan Syawal mereka yang sedikit ini. Memang mereka sedikit, tetapi itu tidak bermakna kita boleh mengabaikan kesengsaraan mereka. Bukankah umat ISLAM seperti satu jasad, jika tangan kiri dicubit, tangan kanan turut merasa pedihnya?

Itu realiti di Malaysia. Bagaimana pula jika kita menjejaki kesengsaraan mangsa kekejaman rejim yahudi laknatullah? Mereka yang di Palestin saban tahun merayakan sambutan Aidilfitri dalam ketakutan. Merayakan dalam serba kegawatan. Kegembiraan mungkin ada, tetapi sangat sedikit. Sudah berpuluh tahun mereka menderita, terseksa, sedang kita di sini masih lagi lena.

Masjidil Aqsa menjadi simbol penting penindasan rejim yahudi terlaknat ke atas Palestin. Malah ia juga simbol bahawa perjuangan gerakan ISLAM masih lagi jauh. Sudah bertahun-tahun sejak peristiwa Al-Quds, Masjidil Aqsa telah dirampas daripada umat ISLAM. Masjid yang menjadi kiblat pertama umat ISLAM kini ditawan yahudi terlaknat.

Masjidil Aqsa bukanlah calang-calang masjid. Mungkin senibinanya dan kecanggihannya tidak seperti masjid-masjid di Malaysia, tetapi nilainya di sisi ALLAH sangatlah besar. Jika tidak, mengapa Rasulullah singgah di Masjidil Aqsa dalam peristiwa Isra Mikraj? Malah di Masjidil Aqsa jugalah Rasulullah menjadi imam kepada para Rasul dan Nabi.

Ikuti sedutan artikel menarik tentang memperingati Al-Quds,

Isu al-Quds dan Palestin bukan sekadar isu kemanusiaan sejagat, ia merupakan isu aqidah yang wajib dipertanggungjawabkan ke atas pundak umat Islam untuk membebaskannya kerana Masjid al-Aqsa merupakan tanah suci ketiga mereka.

Masjid al-Aqsa dirakamkan Allah SWT dalam al-Quran menerusi firman-Nya (mafhumnya):

"Maha Suci Allah yang telah menjalankan hamba-Nya (Muhammad) pada malam hari dari Masjidil Haram (di Makkah) ke Masjidil Aqsa (di Palestin), yang Kami berkati sekelilingnya, untuk memperlihatkan kepadanya tanda-tanda (kekuasaaan dan kebesaran) Kami. Sesungguhnya Allah jualah yang Maha Mendengar, lagi Maha Mengetahui." (Sural al-Isra' ayat 1).

Palestin dan al-Aqsa merupakan kiblat pertama kiblat pertama umat Islam, bumi para anbiya dan pusat pemerintahan dunia Islam seperti yang dirakamkam dalam sirah Rasulullah s.a.w.

Palestin, al-Quds dan Masjid al-Aqsa sebenarnya berada pada kedudukan dan tempat yang terhormat di hati kaum umat Islam seluruh dunia. Islam telah menempatkan dan menambah kemuliaan bagi al-Quds dan Masjid al-Aqsa melalui ungkapan ayat-ayat Al-Quran yang menyebutkannya sebagai negeri penuh berkah dan suci.

Kemuliaan dan penghormatan semakin bertambah dengan Isra Rasulullah s.aw, di mana beliau menjadi imam solat bagi para Nabi dan Rasul di Masjid al-Aqsa.

Dan saat yang memilukan ini, al-Quds dan bumi Palestin yang penuh keberkatan itu menjadi tawanan tangan-tangan Yahudi yang mencalarkan luka yang amat dalam di hati setiap Muslim.

Artikel penuh?

Saya hairan, bagaimana kita masih boleh merayakan ketibaan Syawal dengan sebegitu gembira sedangkan masih ada umat ISLAM yang terseksa dan merana? Jika dilihat perumpaan yang dibuat oleh Nabi Muhammad SAW, iaitu umat ISLAM ibarat satu jasad, apakah umat ISLAM masa kini masih seperti satu jasad?

Dalam kita bersuka ria, janganlah dilupa saudara seagama kita nun jauh di Palestin, Lubnan, Chech, Filipina dan merata lagi. Memang kita dianjurkan untuk menyambut meraikan kemenangan kita berpuasa, tapi biarlah berpada-pada. Lagipun, berapa ramai sangat antara yang beraya sakan ini betul-betul 'menang' dalam berpuasa?

Aidilfitri bermaksud kembalinya kita kepada fitrah. Maka marilah kita bersama kembali kepada fitrah kita sebagai umat ISLAM. Dan marilah kita mengembalikan agama ISLAM kepada 'fitrahnya'.

Saya tak mampu menyambut kegembiraan Syawal dalam keadaan memikirkan sambutan Syawal mangsa dan keluarga mangsa tahanan ISA. Dan saya juga tak mampu bersuka ria tatkala terkenangkan saudara-saudara saya di Palestin yang masih terus diseksa. Malah, saya belum mampu tersenyum penuh suka tatkala kiblat pertama umat ISLAM belum menjadi milik kita. Anda bagaimana?

Wallahualam...

ISA; Cukuplah Syukurku bagi-Mu Ya ALLAH

Tempoh hari, negara telah digembirakan dengan pembebasan seramai 17 mangsa tahanan ISA. Antara yang dibebaskan ialah Nik Adli, iaitu anak kepada Tuan Guru Nik Aziz. Berita ini telah menggembirakan rakyat. Akhirnya mangsa-mangsa kezaliman kerajaan ini berjaya juga mengecapi nikmat Aidilfitri bersama keluarga tercinta.

Namun, harus diingat, kesyukuran perlu kita panjatkan hanya pada ALLAH yang SATU. Ucapan 'terima kasih' tidak layak buat Pak Lah mahupun kerajaan Barisan Nasional. Merekalah yang telah menahan, malah menyambung tempoh tahanan mangsa-mangsa ISA ini. Apakah layak mereka dihargai? Semuanya berlaku dengan izin ALLAH, bukan kerana Pak Lah. Manusia kejam seperti Pak Lah tak layak untuk ucapan semurni 'terima kasih'!

Tambah menyedihkan dan menyakitkan hati tatkala membaca berita-berita arus perdana yang masih menyatakan bahasa kesemua 17 mangsa ini merupakan ahli KMM dan JI yang merancang untuk menggulingkan kerajaan kerana jihad. Walhal, realitinya, mereka tidak pernah dibuktikan bersalah oleh mana-mana mahkamah. Menurut prinsip keadilan yang digunapakai negara, seseorang tidak boleh dikatakan bersalah selagi mana belum dibuktikan bersalah oleh mahkamah.

Mengapa akhbar perdana masih ingin memainkan isu ini? Malah akhbar utama tidak langsung menyentuh betapa terseksanya kehidupan keluarga mangsa ISA serta kezaliman yang berlaku di dalam Kem Kemunting. Walaupun SUHAKAM pernah menyatakan ISA melanggar hak asasi manusia, pernahkah akhbar perdana sudi melaporkannya?

Itu baru soal hak asasi manusia. Sedangkan IFC juga kononnya menuntut kebebasan hak asasi manusia, kenapa apa yang SUHAKAM sendiri utarakan ini tidak pernah diberi pendedahan? Apakah kerana kawalan kerajaan terhadap media? Sadis dan dayus sekali kerajaan hari ini. Media dikawal sesuka hati. Media arus perdana pun satu, pengecut. Memikirkan keuntungan semata-mata sehingga sanggup menggadaikan prinsip kewartawanan sendiri.

Saya sebak memikirkan nasib yang sedang dihadapi oleh keluarga mangsa ISA ini. Walaupun 17 orang telah dibebaskan, ada kira-kira 60 mangsa lagi yang masih terus dizalimi. Mengapa mereka ini masih lagi ditahan? Ditahan atas kesalahan yang tidak mampu dibuktikan kerajaan. Nah, wajarkah kita berterima kasih? Tidak! Tidak sama sekali...

Kita mungkin tidak merasai keperitan yang ditanggung oleh keluarga mangsa ISA. Berata mata memandang, berat lagi bahu memikul. Pasti ada antara rakyat yang melihat seolah-olah baik benar Pak Lah kerana membebaskan 17 orang ini. Realitinya, ini cumalah permainan politik jijik UMNO. Mereka yang dibebaskan ini, hakikatnya, masih lagi dikawal. Pembebasan bersyarat namanya.

Dibawah saya sertakan sedutan berita dan artikel tentang kezaliman kerajaan pimpinan Pak Lah, tak lupa Tun. Mereka berdua sama zalim...

"Saya mengucapkan syukur kerana sebahagian daripada tahanan ini dibebaskan. Bagaimana saya ada menerima kiriman sistem pesanan ringkas(SMS) isteri-isteri tahanan yang tidak dibebaskan, yang merintih kenapa suami mereka masih ditahan.

"Perkara ini menyebabkan saya tidak dapat menahan sebak mengenangkan nasib mereka kerana saya tahu mereka tidak berdosa dan bersalah," kata Timbalan Ketua Dewan Muslimat PAS Pusat itu.

Dr Lo' Lo' sebak kenang nasib anak isteri tahanan ISA

"Dalam kesulitan mereka, masyarakat khususnya umat Islam perlu menjadi galang ganti sementara sebagai 'suami' dan 'ayah' kepada anak-anak mereka, tambahan pula pada saat menyambut Aidilfitri ini," katanya yang ditahan sewaktu berlaku Operasi Lalang tahun 1987.

"Kita mesti membantu dalam memenuhi keperluan hidup seperti sokongan moral, bantuan kewangan dan merawat sakit pening mereka," katanya yang ditahan dua tahun di Kem Kamunting, Taiping termasuk tidak dibenarkan keluar daerah selama satu tahun.

Isteri tahanan ISA perlukan sokongan berterusan

Teringat kesedihan dan kesunyian yang diungkap Pak Lah, spontan saya terbayang wajah-wajah isteri tahanan ISA, yang telah lama kesunyian dan dilambung kesedihan, malahan lebih lama berbanding Pak Lah sendiri.

Ya! Hampir lima tahun mereka diselubungi kesunyian dan kesedihan. Hampir lima tahun pelbagai perasaan terimbau di jiwa mereka. Sedih, kecewa, terkejut, marah, sakit hati, pedih, dan segala macam rasa yang ada tersemat kukuh dalam jiwa mereka.

Isteri-isteri yang selama ini banyak bergantung harap kepada suami mereka semata-mata, dipisahkan secara kejam hingga mengakibatkan mereka mengalami 'kejutan budaya' apabila terpaksa mengambil alih tugas dan tanggungjawab suami selama ini.

Sebelum ini, sebelum saya menjadi wartawan, saya tidak tahu apa itu ISA. Pada pandangan saya, ISA ini sama seperti undang-undang lain. Aduh! Alangkah ceteknya pengetahuan saya ketika itu. Dan saya sedar, ramai di luar sana yang masih kabur, malah tidak memahami apa ISA itu sebenarnya.

Rujuk - ISA: Sunyi, syahdu selubungi keluarga tahanan menjelang Syawal

ISA terdiri daripada empat bahagian, 12 bab dan 85 seksyen.

Terdapat 2 seksyen dalam Bahagian I, 45 seksyen dalam Bahagian II, 25 seksyen dalam Bahagian III dan 14 seksyen dalam Bahagian IV.

Seksyen-seksyen ini memberikan kuasa yang luas kepada Menteri Dalam Negeri dan pihak polis untuk membuat penangkapan dan penahanan sewenang-wenangnya.

Seksyen-seksyen ini juga membolehkan menteri dan polis bertindak yang mana sebelum ini hanya boleh dilakukan dalam keadaan darurat.

Seksyen-seksyen ini diambil daripada Ordinan Darurat 1948-1960 dahulu!

Darurat berakhir pada 30 Julai 1960. ISA dikuatkuasakan pada 1 Ogos 1960.

Ini bermakna dalam sejarah, Umno-Perikatan dan Umno-BN hanya berjalan selama 24 jam tanpa tongkat.

Tongkat tersebut adalah dalam bentuk undang-undang menahan dan memenjarakan pencabar-pencabarnya secara tanpa bicara.

Rujuk - ISA undang-undang komprehensif zalim

Saya tak pasti sekeras mana hati saya, namun artikel yang saya lampirkan di atas cukup menyentuh emosi. Air mata mampu bergenang dibuatnya. Anda yang membaca, saya tak pasti terasa bagaimana. Saya hanyalah pemerhati, bagaimana agaknya perasaan mangsa sendiri?

Kezaliman Pak Lah dan konco-konconya akan dibalas kelak oleh ALLAH. Mungkin di dunia lagi, mungkin di akhirat. Yang penting, mereka tetap berdosa dan bersalah pada isteri-isteri dan juga anak-anak mangsa ISA. Dosa yang tidak terhitung banyaknya...

Celakalah Pak Lah dan barisan pengampunya!

Wallahualam...

P/s - Hayati kisah kezaliman kerajaan BN terhadap mangsa ISA di Blog Saari Sungip aka Abu Urwah. Itu merupakan bahagian ke-30 kisah beliau. Sila pilih seksyen 'Sengsara Kem Kemunting' untuk membaca bahagian 1-29.

(Masih menulis dalam keadaan kehangatan menyambut ketibaan Syawal.)

Open Letter to Khir Toyo

Dear Sir,

You are a learned man and should be well-versed in the laws related to your job, but for the benefit of the readers of this column, please allow me to enlighten them on the appointment of councillors.

Section 10 (2) of the Local Government Act states: Councillors of the local authority shall be appointed from amongst persons the majority of whom shall be persons ordinarily resident in the local authority area who in the opinion of the state authority have wide experience in local government affairs or who have achieved distinction in any profession, commerce or industry, or are otherwise capable of representing the interests of their communities in the local area.

That is the law. It's simple - the majority shall be residents who have experience in local authority or are professionals like lawyers, doctors and engineers or those capable of looking after the community.

That's all. There is no mention of representation by members of political parties or families or dynasties. Therefore, your reaction to the fact that three members from one family will be sitting as councillors is indefensible.

You were quoted by the New Straits Times as saying that "there is nothing wrong in appointing three members of a family as municipal councillors" and that "they are there by virtue of their party positions."

Sir, your rationale breaches the basic pre-requisites prescribed in the Act. It is understandable if you had said that they are "professionals" or "they have excellent knowledge on local government affairs".

But if you had said that "they are looking after the interests of the community" the people of Klang will certainly take umbrage.

Therefore, under what limb of the Act are they being appointed? How could you disregard what the law states and appoint councillors based solely on their positions in their parties?

Below I append an e-mail from Krishna Singh of Seremban which was sent to you:

One more scandal in the most developed state in the country? Why is it only in your state? Maybe theSun Exco has a secret agenda against you. You should investigate. Maybe being riddled with scandals is a sign of being the most developed state. Are the councillors in all these town councils appointed by you? Then maybe you need a better vetting system.

And your reply, reproduced in verbatim, to his mail was:

Thank you for sending e-mail to me. For your information, all the names to be appointed as councillors will be vet (sic) by Police and also BPR. If any of the names have problems, the state government won't appoint them as councillors.

Sir, councillors may have not done anything wrong in the eyes of the law. As the ACA always defends its ineffectiveness by saying that "there is not enough evidence", let it rest.

But what about the moral and ethical wrongs that have been conducted by councillors, and sometimes even assemblymen and government officials?

By building a mansion without prior approval, a serving councillor breached the Town and Country Planning Act. Instead of revoking his appointment, you have re-appointed him.

So, the so-called vetting process is nothing but an eyewash to say they have no criminal records.

By the way, Sir, your government alienated 43,000 sq ft of land to the wife of the councillor to build his palace.

Do you know how many people are living in shanty sheds nearby? You talk about housing for all and your "zero squatter" campaign, and yet, a drive around Klang will show otherwise.

How do poor people who deserve or need land go about applying for land in your state?

Is there a formal application or must the request be made through party officials? I am sure there are many out there who would want to build a small house - not a mansion - and they do not know how to go about it.

Could you enlighten us, please?

And Sir, remember the Petaling Jaya City Councillors who voted to give Seni Jaya Sdn Bhd monopoly of billboards? The decision was revoked after a public outcry.

The police and the ACA have no records of the councillors' decisions, but don't you think they were morally wrong? And don't you think it is unethical to contra donations for the football team for licence fees?

Well, we are told that most of them are being re-appointed. And it is because they hold positions in their political parties.

But Sir, what about whether they had served the interests of the local community in their current term? Or is it a case of Semuanya OK! with how they had performed?

Taken from TheSUN, written by R. Nadeswaran, the deputy editor (special reporting) at theSun. He can be reached at: citizen-nades@thesundaily.com

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Pelabur Melarikan Diri; Benarkah?

Akhbar Utusan makin hari makin menarik. Berita tentang di mana Siti Nurhaliza akan beraya lebih penting daripada berita tentang kedudukan terkini pelaburan dalam Malaysia. Malah, akhbar percuma TheSUN menyiarkan tentang kerugian Bank Islam sebanyak RM1.5B, tetapi Utusan tak sentuh langsung isu ini. Mengapa?

Itu perlu dihuraikan dalam post yang lain. Kali ini, saya ingin membawakan keganjilan statistik pelabur-pelabur luar yang masuk melabur di Malaysia. Ataupun kata lainnya, daya tarikan Malaysia terhadap pelabur luar. Lebih banyak pelabur yang berminat, maka lebih makmurlah negara. Jumlah pelabur juga menunjukkan sejauh mana keyakinan orang luar terhadap keupayaan dan kemajuan sesuatu negara.

Menurut laporan United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's World Investment Report (WIR) 2006, jumlah pelaburan luar (foreign direct investment - FDI) negara Malaysia merosot sebanyak 14.21% kepada hanya USD3.97 billion. Pada tahun 2004, jumlah pelaburan luar ialah USD4.62 billion. Kemerosotan yang memusykilkan. Bukankah Pak Lah, Najib dan Rafidah mengatakan ekonomi negara semakin meningkat? Mereka juga mendakwa jumlah pelabur bertambah? Dan kini, terbukti bahawa mereka tak lebih sekadar PENIPU LICIK.

Lebih menyedihkan, laporan UN tersebut mengatakan FDI di Asia Tenggara meningkat sebanyak 44.7% kepada USD37.14 billion. Tetapi mengapa FDI di Malaysia merosot? Apakah kerana pelabur sudah hilang keyakinan dengan keupayaan Malaysia? Ataupun mereka tak yakin dengan kepemimpinan dan polisi Pak Lah serta barisan kabinetnya?

Bukan setakat FDI Malaysia merosot 14.21%, kedudukan Malaysia juga jatuh dari tempat kedua ke tempat keenam, jatuh empat anak tangga dalam senarai keupayaan 10 negara Asia Tenggara menarik pelabur luar. Jatuh empat anak tangga bukannya sedikit. Malah kita tewas untuk kali pertamanya kepada Indonesia. Perkembangan yang menarik dan boleh dibanggakan oleh Pak Lah.

Inilah antara fakta-fakta menarik lagi terkini yang cuba disembunyikan oleh akhbar-akhbar perdana. Mengapa info sebegini perlu dirahsiakan? Biarlah rakyat tahu realiti sebenar yang dihadapi oleh negara. Pelabur makin lama makin lari. Walhal, menteri-menteri semuanya menjaja kemajuan negara. Kononnya ekonomi sedang meningkat. Kajian UN ini lagi membuktikan PENIPUAN mereka.

Negara sekecil Singapura mampu mempunyai FDI setinggi USD20 billion. Berkali-kali ganda mengalahkan Malaysia. Tidakkah kita malu? Sewaktu Tun masih PM, ekonomi negara tidak segawat sekarang. Benarlah bagai dikata orang, Tun seorang pakar ekonomi. Pak Lah seorang pelingkup ekonomi. Baru 3 tahun lebih, Malaysia dah jatuh ke tempat ke-6. Lagi lama, mungkin sudah tidak ada nombor.

Fikir-fikirkanlah sidang pembaca sekalian. Kita sedang bergerak kebelakang. Laporan ASLI yang bercanggah dengan laporan EPU. Tariff air yang naik walaupun Syabas makin untung. Pelabur makin lari dari Malaysia. Harga minyak dunia turun, tapi harga petrol kekal. 3 orang daripada keluarga yang sama boleh menganggotai Majlis Perbandaran. Banyak lagi ke'ajaib'an bakal berlaku di bumi tercinta ini.

Expect the unexpected fellow readers...

Wallahualam...

Tarif Air Naik; Relevenkah Alasan Kerajaan?

Hujung minggu lepas, penduduk lembah dikejutkan dengan pengumuman kenaikan tariff air sehingga 15%. Kenaikan yang dikatakan hanya memberi kesan kepada mereka yang menggunakan lebih daripada 20 kubik meter padu tidak boleh dipandang ringan. Malah alasan kerajaan juga begitu melucukan dan tidak masuk akal.

Syabas (Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor) yang merupakan pemegang konsesi pembekalan air untuk negeri Selangor dibenarkan menaikkan tariff setelah Syabas dikatakan berjaya menurunkan NRW (NRW-non revenue water. Air yang 'hilang' akibat paip bocor dan kecurian air) sebanyak 5%. Ini sebagai tanda terima kasih kerajaan kepada Syabas, dan ianya termasuk dalam syarat pemberian konsesi.

Pelik bukan? Perjanjian apakah yang meletakkan rakyat perlu membayar lebih apabila Syabas berjaya mengurangkan kerugiannya? Bukankah apabila kerugian berjaya dikurangkan, bermakna keuntungan makin bertambah. Ini juga bermakna, sepatutnya tariff air boleh dikurangkan. Correct me if I'm wrong. Tapi serasa saya, inilah logiknya. Ini tidak, Syabas makin untung, makin kaya, maka rakyat kena bayar lebih.

Pelik bin Ajaib. Siapalah punya kerja merangka perjanjian berat sebelah yang jelas menguntungkan sesetengah pihak? Tak heranlah ASLI dan Gerakan mendakwa DEB sebenarnya mengKAYAkan sesetengah orang sahaja. Inilah satu lagi bukti. Yang miskin makin miskinlah selepas ini. Kos barangan pasti akan meningkat. Pengilang mana yang taknak naikkan harga barangan selepas kos produksi meningkat? Business is business!

Kenapa kerajaan perlu memberikan saguhati kepada Syabas atas kejayaan mereka menurunkan NRW sebanyak 5%? Bukankah itu memang menjadi tanggungjawab Syabas? Sekiranya Syabas tidak mengurangkan NRW mereka, maka mereka akan rugi. Nak tak nak, mereka perlu kurangkan NRW. Tambah memelikkan, kerajaan memberi bantuan sebanyak RM2.9 Billion untuk membantu Syabas menurunkan NRW. Sekarang rakyat pula kena bayar lebih.

Syabaskah yang terlalu tamak duit? Ataupun beberapa orang yang nak kaut duit lebih? Tak cukup lagi RM2.9 billion? Masih nak perah keringat rakyat marhean... Kejam. Sudahlah tidak logik. Apa kejadahnya menteri-menteri? Duduk di parlimen sekadar sembang di kedai kopi? Rakyat tertindas, lagi nak suruh kami makan budi? Sudah pak menteri, ingatlah soal MATI! Jangan dok jaja sangat ISLAM HADHARI. Kang pengundi makin lari.

Anda rasa pelik? Saya lagilah pelik. Dah pulak kena saya duduk dekat dengan Syabas. Makin naiklah bil air selepas ini. Orang-orang rumah pulak tak pandai berjimat. Orang lelaki bujang katakan. Apalah malang nasibku...

Wallahualam...

Bank Islam Rugi Rm1.5b?

Berita terbaru yang disiarkan oleh akhbar TheEdge agak memeranjatkan. Bank Islam rugi sekali lagi. Kali ini 2 kali ganda kerugian yang dialami tahun lepas. Tahun lepas, Bank Islam mengejutkan negara dengan kerugian RM774 juta...

Setelah kes kerugian Rm774 juta, kerajaan dikatakan telah melakukan siasatan untuk mencari punca kerugian Bank Islam. Malah beberapa laporan polis turut dibuat. Hasil siasatan, kekal sebagai tanda tanya. Dimanakah ketelusan pihak polis dan kerajaan?

Lebih memalukan orang ISLAM, Transparency International (TI) turut menyuarakan kebimbangan dengan situasi ini. Apatah lagi, Bank Islam antara sistem perbankan Islam yang pertama di Malaysia. Apakah Bank Islam mengalami korupsi mengalahkan bank-bank konvensional?

Dunia hari ini makin pelik... Sangat pelik!

Rujuk berita penuh di TheSUN.

Wallahualam...

Pak Lah Melatah Lagi!

Setelah diserang bertubi-tubi dek isu ASLI Vs EPU, Pak Lah akhirnya melatah lagi. Kepulangan Pak Lah dari Mekah setelah menunaikan umrah (dan menyelesaikan beberapa isu negara) telah disambut dengan latahan tak berkesudahan.

Perdana Menteri berkata, kerajaan tidak mempunyai masalah untuk memberi penjelasan mengenai kaedah yang diguna pakai dalam mengukur pegangan ekuiti bumiputera di negara ini jika perkara itu yang dipersoalkan.

“Jangan menyindir. Sindir-menyindir ini buat apa. Menyindir, tuduh-menuduh tidak ada kebaikan.

“Nak minta penjelasan mintalah betul-betul. Buat apa sambil minta sambil menyindir. Buat apa sambil meminta sambil menuduh. Itu bukan cara nak cari kebaikan,” katanya kepada pemberita sekembali daripada mengerjakan umrah.

Penuh beremosi nampaknya Pak Lah kali ini. Mungkinkah penangan umrah kali ini? Ataupun Pak Lah sudah terlalu letih menjawab itu dan ini. Bukan menjawab, tapi menserabutkan lagi sebenarnya. Kesian Pak Lah...

“Kalau niat nak buat kacau, tengoklah apa nak jadi. Nak tanya, tanya dengan baik,” kata Abdullah

Tengok, Pak Lah dah pandai mengugut. Mungkin Pak Lah rasa tergugat kerana Presiden Gerakan, antara parti komponen BN sendiri mempertikaikan statistik EPU dan DEB. Segalanya mungkin. Nampak gaya, pilihanraya kena diawalkan lagi kot...

Pak Lah oh Pak Lah... Apa nak jadi dengan kamu nih? Are you sure you are still in control?

Wallahualam...

ASLI Vs EPU; Mana Satu Pilihan Kalbu?

Kebelakangan ini, rakyat dikejutkan dengan isu laporan ASLI (Institut Kepemimpinan dan Strategi Asia) tentang hak pemilikan ekuiti korporat oleh bumiputera yang mendakwa bumiputera menguasai sehingga 45% ekuiti korporat dalam negara. Ini bercanggahan dengan laporan EPU (Unit Perancang Ekonomi) yang mendakwa hanya 18.9% dikuasai bumiputra.

Pelbagai pihak dilihat melatah mendengar dakwaan ASLI ini. Ini termasuklah Pak Lah dan para pengampunya. Kebanyakan mendakwa kaedah kajian ASLI tidak tepat, hasil kajian ASLI adalah 'rubbish' dan 'mengarut', etc. Semuanya mempertahankan statistik EPU; mungkin kerana menjaga imej Pak Lah, mungkin juga kerana menjaga periuk nasi sendiri.

Isu ini yang akhirnya dipolitikkan oleh UMNO sebagai mempertikaikan hak bangsa Melayu berjaya menimbulkan suasana kelam kabut seketika. Pihak itu tuding ini. Pihak ini tuding itu. Akhirnya, yang terpaksa berundur ialah Dr Lim Teck Ghee, pengarah Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) ASLI yang mengetuai kajian tersebut. Sesuatu yang perlu diratapi; pengunduran seorang tokoh ilmuan yang terkenal dan diiktiraf dunia.

Beliau bukanlah calang-calang orang; pernah menjawat jawatan United Nations regional adviser, World Bank senior political scientist, dan pernah menerima pelbagai anugerah academik di peringkat antarabangsa. Dan dikatakan, ASLI telah berusaha menarik Dr Lim daripada PBB untuk berkhidmat demi negara. Namun akhirnya, Dr Lim terpaksa tunduk akur dengan sikap pemimpin negara sendiri... (Berhenti kerana kecewa dengan Presiden ASLI sendiri yang mengaku laporan ASLI salah dan tersasar.)

Mengapakah isu ASLI Vs EPU ini sangat penting dan wajar diselidiki? Kajian yang dilakukan oleh ASLI bukanlah kajian cikai yang dibuat oleh pelajar sekolah mahupun siswazah universiti. Tetapi ianya dianggotai oleh bijak pandai daripada seluruh negara. Mengapa masih mahu ianya dipertikaikan?

Lebih pelik, kajian ini dibuat untuk RMK9 dan dihantar kepada kerajaan untuk review pada bulan Februari 2006. Laporannya didedahkan kepada media bulan September 2006. Selepas itu, barulah kecoh satu parlimen. Walhal, selama 5 bulan telah berlalu untuk kerajaan melakukan review. Atau sebenarnya kerajaan memandang enteng kajian ASLI tersebut?

Malahan, jika dilihat, kajian dan dakwaan ASLI ada benarnya. Sebenarnya, bumiputera mungkin menguasai lebih daripada 18.9% ekuiti korporat dalam negara. Bukan semua bumiputera yang berjaya menguasai ekuiti korporat negara, tetapi oleh segolongan. Segolongan manusia yang menjadi kaya raya atas kemiskinan majoriti bumiputera.

Siapakah golongan ini? Tanyalah Pak Lah. Tanyalah Najib. Tanyalah mereka dan 'keluarga' mereka. Kita ambil contoh, kerajaan bayar RM30000 untuk baik pulih di sebuah sekolah. Kos baik pulih hanya RM3000. Siapa untung? Mungkin kontraktor. Mungkin pegawai yang meluluskan tender. Contoh lain, kerajaan batal projek Jambatan Indah. Kos asal RM1.19 billion. Kos pembatalan, RM1.2 billion. Siapa untung?

Inilah sebenarnya yang cuba dibuktikan oleh ASLI dan Dr Lim. Beliau cuba membuktikan, NEP (Dasar Ekonomi Baru) tidak menguntungkan bumiputera, tetapi menguntungkan sesetengah pihak sahaja. Setelah lebih 20 tahun NEP dilaksanakan dengan pelbagai nama, peratusan ekuiti korporat milik bumiputera tetapi rendah, malah MEROSOT.

Dr Lim hanya ingin membantu golongan miskin (yang majoritinya MELAYU). Kajiannya ikhlas tanpa niat politik. Tanpa dipengaruhi oleh sesiapa. Beliau tidak mendapat ganjaran atas kajiannya, malah mendapat cemuhan. Jika dibandingkan jawatan beliau di PBB dan Bank Dunia dengan jawatan sebagai Pengarah CPPS ASLI, mana lebih selesa dan berprestij?

EPU pula dipengaruhi oleh dasar kerajaan. Dipengaruhi oleh parlimen, atau mungkin oleh Khairy Jamaluddin. EPU tidak telus. Kaedah kajian tidak didedahkan. Walaupun Najib kata boleh didedahkan, tapi masih tak dedahkan. Bila nak dedah? Tunggu pilihanraya mungkin.

EPU boleh percaya ke? Saya lebih yakin dengan kajian ASLI yang diterajui oleh Dr Lim yang bukan seorang BUMIPUTERA. Ia tampak lebih telus dan jujur. Ia berani untuk menongkah arus. Sayangnya presiden ASLI seorang pengecut. Pemimpin yang tidak membela anak buahnya. Tunduk dek tekanan pemimpin UMNO...

Nampaknya agak tersasar sudah diskusi kita kali ini. Maaf... Isunya satu, YANG KAYA TERUS KAYA, YANG MISKIN TERUS MERANA. Persoalannya satu juga, SAMPAI BILA?

Wallahualam...

Re: Passion for Heaven; Are We?

I would like to share a comment from one of my friend. She email me this comment which I find worth reading. Kind of long, but again, its worth it!

erm...i think better i give some opinion about your recent post but in malay..english x power..may be next time coz i feel better with malay now..

congrat to you coz u dare to write this recent post in english...ana rasa selesa dengan artikel nta kerna satu soalan yg dilontarkan pada kita...dan kembali mengingatkan diri kita suma...dimana kita?...btulkah aku dambakan syurgaNya??...musahabah yang indirect but effective if we think it back..good job...pada ana bukan syurga kita dambakan tapi mungkin lebih pada keredhaannnya...nikmat yg diberi ni hanya setitik air lautan pada ALLAH tapi kita rsa sangat selesa dan bahgia dengannya...ana merasakan nta mungkin akan menekankan kembali diakhir artikel tentang keredhaan Allah....means kita ni belum tentu dapat redhanya apatah lagi kita nakkan syurganya...i hope for that sentences but i dun get it...pa pun ni hanya pendapat...pada ana mungkin bila menulis artikel kita kena stresskan realiti sbenar la..i hope u get it..i dun know how i want to xplain it...but i think u can understand me...mengapa kita still melanggar hukum allah walaupun kita tau bila melanggar hukum allah kita jauh dari syurganya...pada ana kerana benda tu kita x nmpak akibatnya di masa hadapan...i means bukan depan mata..x dpt waktu tu gak..macam contoh nta la...kita kerja kuat coz apa??? passion or money..but for me it more to the money..their goal...selesai kerja dapat gaji ...tapi buat good deed x dpt skang..x dapat akhir bulan reward dia...x nmpak...goalnye jauh..x clear...tapi hanya iman,taqwa dan keikhlasan shaja yang menguatkan kita utk buat semua ni...inilah pilihan allah...mereka2x yang ada suma ni insyallah akan merasanya tapi tidak yang hanya logik semata...ni suma pada ana dtg dr ilmu sendiri...ayat pertama turun pun ...iqra kan??bacalah...so nmpak betapa penting ilmu utk capai iman,taqwa n keikhlasan sendiri...ada yang lain juz stated yang ni je k...adanya nya rukun iman pun minta kita percaya means x semestinya hukum allah ni logik je tapi mesti letak trust or believe gak so ini yang x suma org dapat rsa..walaupun tau syurga utk org yg buat baik tapi mereka x nmpak goal tu skang that why diorg still wat...for me...amalan yang kena buat pun diorg x rsa kepentingan...x dapat nmpak goal...cthnya...sembahyang wajib tapi org x wat..napa??coz bukan mcm kerja...buat dpt reward yg nmpak..real...tapi kita perform prayer pahala dapat..x nmpak..disinilah perlunya trust...pada ana kalu allah bg setiap org nmpak pahala dan dosa ...maka x wujudlah neraka...coz suma nak yang terbaik...coz baru rsa passion tu ada utk wat good deed...that juz my opinion...before dis i think i go throught my life without a life of islam..so i juz think that knowledge is so important...maka ana percaya mengapa allah menurunkan wahyu pada muhammad s.a.w ialah surah iqra...i can see it...it make i believe what i choose now...dis one juz nak share ek...coz it juz an opinion...hope u dun mind...sma juga mengapa wujudnya perktaan hikmah dalam diari seorang muslim...kerna disitu kita dapat fikir positive dengan apa yang berlaku jadi kita redha...tapi hanya yang percaya sahaja akn percaya tapi yang tidak ttp akan frust dan rsa that not d bez for them..they deserve to get it...for me k...sory kalu my opinion ni merepek atau apa saja..juz nak bg tau napa still org dambakan syurga tapi x go for it....that all....bezanya passion kita dalam islam adalah pada keimanan .ketqwaan dan keikhlasan itu sendiri kerna bnda ni x nmpak on time tapi satu jangka yg panjang..manusia ni pun maksudnya lalai so may b keinginan nafsu menguasai diri hingga mereka tahu mereka mahukan syurga tapi tetap tidak mengejarnya...last sekali tittle passion ni bez sebenarnya coz sejarah juga mengatakan passion yang mengubah manusia eropah menjadi manusia bertamadun....coz they have passion to know something...kalu x silap tamadun recsonnane...x ingat la ejaan dia...dah lama x stdy history...tapi apa pun congrat dr ana...god job..sory if my opinion ni x btoi @ apa sja..plz correct me...i want to become better person..ana pakai ayat sempoi je n rojak skit..maaf ye ....tq n wasalam...

Thanks a lot for the for the comment. Really appreciate it. Best... I have to agree about the 'redha' part. I don't really know what the term is in English. Huh! Anyway, she has her point there. Share while you can...

Wallahualam...

Passion for Heaven; Are We?

In some of my recent post, I wrote a lot about passion. And again, I would like to write about passion. I'll make it short and simple. Stright to the point. Its more of a muhasabah; hopefully I won't make any stupid 'miss communication' in this English written post. What is passion anyway? Maybe you guys already forgot. Too old to be true. Just kidding...

I'll try to make this as simple as I can. Take example in our office, at work, we can observ many people working hard. Sometimes too hard; doing overtime; going back late. Well, there is two assumption. It's either there have passion in the work they are doing. Or, they have passion in the salary (money) that they will be paid. Either way, because of passion, these people are working hard. I said 'these' people, not 'we', because I'm not one of them. Hehe...

Now, that is what I define as passion. It drives us, human to do something. To work hard for something. To strive for something. Without passion, what we do will be dull. We will do it half hearted. Like me myself, doing my current work at my current office, its damn too dull and boring. But, when I'm back in front of my computer, wow! Never felt better. This is PASSION.

So, whats the big deal? Well, an idea just struck me after breaking my fast. Logically, everyone must have hope to go to heaven. And I believe, no one wants to be put in hell. Of course, I have met people that believe they will go to hell and never did try to change so that they can have the chance to go to heaven. But the point is, everyone wants to go to heaven? Correct me if I'm wrong. Again, whats the big deal here?

Don't you guys get it? If everyone wants to go to heaven, should be, everyone have passion in it. But, if everyone is passionate enough to go to heaven, why isn't everyone striving for it? Doing good deeds, amar makruf nahi mungkar, controlling themselves from breaking Allah's' law and list goes on. Why?! We do our work in the office good enough; sometimes better than 'good'. But why does when it comes to doing our responsibility to ALLAH, we don't do it at our best?

Its kind of weird, but believe me, we are too weird than we think we are. We want to go to heaven so badly, but still, we never did act like we wanted to. We are deadly scared of hell (neraka jahannam), but still, we tend to do things that are forbidden. Logically thinking, we are crazy!

Got the message I'm trying to deliver? I'm not actually saying "We are crazy,". No! I'm trying to say that, if we really have passion towards heaven, if we really want to go to heaven, than, act like we want to. We can work damn hard to get a rise in salary, or even get a better position. Why not work even harder to get the opportunity to go to heaven?

Think about it. Do we really want to go to heaven? If the answer is a YES, than strive for it. Prove it to the Al-Mighty. Don't just keep saying you want to go to heaven. If you just keep on saying and dreaming, you will be nowhere even near to heaven. And I'm not joking.

I take this opportunity in this month of Ramadhan, to urge myself, and fellow readers to have the passion to go to heaven, and strive for it. With only 11 days to go, I don't think its enough. That's my personal opinion. Maybe for some of you, and that is a very little 'some-of-you' I mean; are already prepared for the here after. I'm not yet...

Just my two cents. (I wonder why it is always 'two cents'. Lol~).

Wallahualam..

P/s - Sorry if my words are a bit too sempoi. I prefer this style of writing. Not to formal. And also no bombastic words. Open for comments!

Sambutan Ramadhan-Aidilfitri Sepi Buat Tahanan ISA

Malam ini, pelbagai ilham datang mendesak untuk dinukilkan ke alam blogger ini. Saya sendiri keliru mana satu ilham yang hendak dicurahkan menjadi penulisan buat perkongsian. Kebetulan, saya terbaca artikel menarik yang menyentuh perasaan. Artikel tulisan Ahmad Lutfy Othman tentang kesengsaraan mangsa ISA menyebabkan hati ini sedikit berombak kesayuan.

Ada SB bertindak lebih nekad untuk memporak-perandakan hubungan suami isteri mangsa ISA dengan menimbulkan pelbagai kecurigaan tidak berasas. Bayangkan pula, dengan wang yang dikumpul berdikit-dikit untuk tambang ke Taiping, mereka hanya diberi kesempatan tidak lebih 45 minit untuk berbicara sambil dipisahkan dinding kaca. Masa 45 minit itu terpaksa diagih-agihkan supaya setiap seorang dapat melepaskan rindu.

Kadang-kadang si ibu terpaksa melepaskan anak-anak sahaja yang pergi.

"Kami anak beranak jarang melawat ayah mereka. Lagipun semuanya memerlukan belanja. Adakalanya saya belikan teket bas pergi balik untuk anak-anak dan mereka pergi sendiri," cerita seorang isteri mangsa tahanan ISA kepada Harakah.

Menjelang akhir Ramadan penuh keberkatan ini, kami di Harakah cuba menyelami kesukaran hidup beberapa keluarga tahanan di sekitar ibu kota. Pertama, untuk menimbulkan kesedaran dan keprihatinan pembaca, selain berusaha mendorong para dermawan menyumbang bakti.

Nak baca yang penuh?

Inilah realiti yang terpaksa kita telan. Walaupun kononnya Pak Lah adalah Mr.Nice Guy, cucu ulama, orang berlatar belakang ISLAM dan sebagainya. Hakikatnya, itu semua RETORIK belaka. Dan Pak Lah hanyalah makhluk tanpa hati dan perasaan. Bertopengkan wajah manusia, namun perangai dan sikap serupa binatang. Malah binatangpun lebih bertimbang rasa.

Maaf andai penulisan malam ini terlebih kasar. Tapi sebak di dada tidak dapat dibendung. Walaupun cuaca di KL malam ini sejuk dan nyaman, tapi artikel saudara Lutfy memanaskan suasana. Tidak pernah terlintas di hati ini, akan ada manusia yang mengaku MUSLIM, tetapi terlalu zalim. Zalim terhadap orang MUSLIM sendiri.

Malah dalam kezaliman itu, Pak Lah sibuk melobi ke sana sini bercakap tentang ISLAM (HADHARI). Mengimamkan solat itu dan ini. Seolah-olah ingin memperlihatkan kepada ramai, "Aku pemimpin berjiwa ISLAM,". Penipu terlaknat sungguh si keparat Pak Lah ini... Apatah lagi akhir-akhir ini jika kita sedar, Utusan Malaysia asyik memetik ucapan tazkirah Pak Lah dan gambar 'alimnya'. Nak termuntah eden...

Dalam kemuliaan bulan Ramadhan, bulan di mana syaitan dan iblis dirantai, bagaimana Pak Lah dan barisan kabinetnya terlepas daripada rantaian? Saya boleh katakan, tindakan Pak Lah sekarang bukan dek hasuran syaitan dan iblis terlaknat, tapi realiti dirinya sendiri. Sungguh menyedihkan. Mendapat pemimpin yang tak layak digelar pemimpin. Berperangai hodoh lagi jijik.

Buat mangsa-mangsa tahanan ISA, tabahkan hati. Yakinlah kemanisan daripada ALLAH menanti. Mungkin bukan di dunia, tapi nun jauh di akhirat. Doa orang yang dizalimi makbul, apatah lagi dalam bulan Ramadhan. Semoga ALLAH mempermudahkan usaha anda. Insya-ALLAH, kami sentiasa bersama anda.

Buat pemimpin terlaknat, insaflah dan mohonlah keampunan kepada ALLAH. Tak lupa kepada mangsa-mangsa ISA, kepada isteri-isteri mangsa, kepada anak-anak mangsa, kepada ibu bapa mangsa. Mungkin di dunia anda boleh tunjuk hebat. Berlagak sombong dengan kuasa di tangan. Tapi saya yakin, di akhirat, kuasa anda takkan mampu berbuat apa-apa. Saya yakin! Yakin dengan janji ALLAH...

Akhirul kalam maaf andai terkasar bahasa. Memang saya rasa, inilah bahasa yang paling layak buat Pak Lah dan barisan menterinya yang senggal. Jika blog ini dimonitor oleh mana-mana pihak, lagi bagus!

Salam Perjuangan, Salam Ramadhan. Wallahualam...

Nuzul Quran; 1001 Hikmah dan Pengajaran

Hari ini, ataupun lebih tepat, semalam, telah berlalunya Nuzul Quran. Ia bersamaan dengan 17 Ramadhan di mana dikatakan Al-Quran telah diturunkan pada malam tersebut. Bagaimana ia diturunka? Pelbagai pendapat yang menjadi khilaf di kalangan alim ulama. Saya tak berhasrat menulis tentang itu, ataupun pengajaran daripada Al-Quran. Terlalu banyak untuk dinukilkan. Bahkan, jika seluruh internet ini digunakan untuk menulis tentang pengajaran daripada Al-Quran, belum tentu ia mampu menampungnya.

Apa yang ingin saya bawakan di sini ialah tarikh 17 Ramadhan ini menandakan telah berlalu 17 hari kita berpuasa. 17 hari kita telah menunaikan ibadah puasa, menahan diri dari desakan hawa nafsu. 13 hari saja lagi tinggal untuk kita menikmati indahnya hidup tanpa dibayangi nafsu serakah. 13 hari lagi bulan mulia akan meninggalkan kita. Dan 3 hari lagi bermulanya detik pencarian Lailatul Qadar.

Pantas sungguh masa berlalu. Kalau masa boleh diperlahankan, ingin saja saya memperlahankan masa. Biarlah bulan mulia Ramadhan ini tidak berakhir. Biarlah saya mampu mengecapi nikmat bulan barakah ini hingga ke akhir hayat. Bulan di mana amalan umat ISLAM digandakan ALLAH.

Namun, inilah realiti ketentuan ILLAHI. Bulan puasa hanya sekali setahun. hanya 30 hari daripada 365 hari. Siapa antara umat-Nya yang menggunakan peluang 30 hari sebaiknya, maka ganjarannya tersangatlah besar. Malah, ada riwayat mengatakan, antara golongan yang dicela oleh Rasulullah ialah orang yang tidak menggunakan peluang bulan Ramadhan untuk beribadat kepada Al-Khalik. Nah, adakah kita mahu dicela Nabi?

Menjelang 13 hari terakhir Ramadhan kali ini, some points to ponder:

1. Daripada 17 hari yang telah berlalu, berapa harikah kita menunaikan solat terawih berjemaah? Berapa rakaat? dan solat witir pula bagaimana?
2. Daripada 17 kali kita bangun bersahur (jika bangun), berapa kalikah kita turut qiamullail?
3. Setelah 17 hari melewati kita, berapa juzuk Al-Quran telah kita baca? Berapa pula yang telah kita fahami? Orang kata, dalam bulan Ramadhanlah kita mampu khatam Al-Quran (30 juzuk dalam sebulan) kerana tiada gangguan syaitan dan hawa nafsu. Fikirkan!).
4. Setelah merasai 'nikmat' lapar dan dahaga, berapa banyak kita telah bersedekah kepada fakir miskin dan yang memerlukan? Berapa banyak pula telah kita berjoli membeli makanan untuk berbuka?
5. 17 hari = 24480 minit. Maka daripada 24480 minit, berapa minitkah yang telah kita infaqkan untuk berselewat dan bertasbih? Berapa minit pula masih kita bazirkan untuk memfitnah, mengumpat dan perkara sia-sia yang lain?
6. Dan pelbagai lagi yang tak tertulis oleh tangan ini...

Marilah bersama muhasabah diri. Saya sendiri tidak mampu menyempurnakan kesemua yang saya nyatakan di atas. Tak dapat buat semua, tapi janganlah tinggalkan semua. Itulah pesana n As-Syahid Imam Hassan Al-Banna.

Akhirul kalam, saya hairan dan bingung melihatkan begitu ramai orang yang ternanti-nantikan kedatangan Syawal. Memanglah Hari Raya itu menggembirakan, tetapi, tidakkah kita sedih untuk ditinggalkan oleh bulan mulia Ramadhan? Satu-satunya bulan yang amalan kita digandakan,malah diberikan pelbagai 'insentif' tambahan. Juga, bulan di mana letaknya malam lailatul qadar.

Pelik bukan umat akhir zaman ini? Zaman Rasulullah, sahabat-sahabat menangis apabila tibanya penghujung Ramadhan. Mereka takut tidak dapat berjumpa dengan Ramadhan akan datang? Kita? Kita tak sabar nak raya, puasa ntah ke mana. Tepuk dada, tanya iman. Mahu ke mana kita nanti? Syurga atau neraka?

Wallahualam...

P/s - Post tentang kebenaran Al-Quran (sempena Nuzul Quran) --> Bukti Kebenaran AL QURAN

Terengganus' Monsoon Cup; Whats With the RM250 Million?

This is my 4th post in English. I find it really interesting to write in English. Not saying that I prefer English than Malay, but sometimes, English is simpler in its own way (But Bahasa Melayu is still my number 1 language! Don't get me wrong). I try writing in English so that more people can read about the truth. After all, English is an international languange. (Well, Bahasa Melayu used to be the Lingua France once upon a time ago).

I hope the issue I'm writing this time is not too outdated. I tried to write about this issue earlier, but it just came to me that I don't have enough facts to be presented. And I don't like to write crapt that have no basis. This issue that I'm writing about have a lot of basis. That is if you are willing to open yourself for the truth.

I'm not thinking to explain bla bla bla. But I just want to share some links regarding misuse of the wang ehsan for Terengganu. If some of you are aware, after BN won the election in 2004, they introduce a new competition called monsoon cup, which is a high prestige event. It can be considered an international-waste-money-event though...

On 26 June 2005, they set up an events management company called Premium Project Management Sdn Bhd (company number 692728-M). Then, on 9 September 2005, the name was changed to T-Best Events Sdn Bhd. The company’s paid-up capital is only RM2.00.

The company is supposed to be a Terengganu based company but its registered address is at no. 23A, Jalan SS 21/60, Damansara Utama, Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

The two shareholders of the company who hold one share each of RM1.00 are Saharuddin bin Abdullah and Suhami binti Kiman. The directors of the company are Wan Hisham bin Wan Sallehspan> (Terengganu), Mohamed bin Awang Tera (Terengganu), Chew Kok Foo (Petaling Jaya), Peter William Gilmour (Australia), Chua Hooi Sian (Petaling Jaya) and Lim Poh Tiang (Petaling Jaya).

The name to note here is Wan Hisham bin Wan Salleh, a (EXCO) member of the Terengganu State Government, and the man behind the entire operation. Wan Hisham’s brother, Wan Mohd Farid, is the political secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi,pan> who, coincidentally, is also the Prime Minister of Malaysia. But Wan Hisham is only there to give the company political weight. The man running the company is Patrick Lim.pan> And Patrick Lim’s job is to conjure up events that the state can embark upon -- which, of course, would require a couple of hundred million Ringgit to finance.

One very ingenious project they came up with was to hold a sailboat race from 29 November to 4 December 2005 called the Monsoon Cup. Instead of everyone running for the hills in fear of a Tsunami hitting this country like it did around Christmas of 2004, they would congregate on the beach to watch sailboats race against each other in the monsoon winds.

And the Monsoon Cup was given a budget of RM250 million, more than enough money to go around. Only in Loony Malaysia can a RM2 company, hardly a couple months in operation, get its hands on a RM250 million government job.

The plan was to invite sailboat champions from all over the world to participate in the race. This would give the Monsoon Cup credibility and prestige that would rival the Langkawi powerboat race. But these world champions would need to be given suitable accommodations and the only five-star hotel in Kuala Terengganu was certainly not suitable enough.

So they built 50 new houses on Mermaid Island, known locally as Pulau Duyung. n style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Each house was priced at RM1 million, so RM50 million would be needed to build these houses. Of course, you and I can build these same houses for around RM250,000 each. But that is not the issue here. The issue is: the foreigners need to be made to believe that they are living in a million dollar house (though it would only be for a few days). Pricing the houses at four times what they actually cost to build was not for purposes of siphoning out any money. (And if you believe this then you will believe that pigs can fly).

Everything was plain sailing -- pun intended -- until race day arrived. Then, on race day, the monsoon winds suddenly died down and the sailboats ended up dead in the water.

Full article from Malaysia-Today!

I'm sure you guys are a bit shocked, of even impressed by how 'intelligent' (read STUPID) these culprits are. This is reality I'm talking about. Facts that are TRUE! Well, so far, there are still true since Pak Lah haven't mention 'I don't know anything about it', which I hope will be the last words that comes to his mind.

Dato' Husam Musa did some nice comments in his blog, Cetusan-Hati-Blogspot. His post was titled, Wang Minyak Terengganu dihumban ke laut?. I really recommend all of to visit his blog and read this post. If possible, all the post there. He did take the same 'quote' that I took from Malaysia-Today.

I leave it to all of you to read, evaluate and take action; take action by sharing this infomation and spreading it so that all Malaysian can know the hidden truth. Its all up to you. Do it, or leave it!

Wassalam...

Malaysia Among Top Bribe Payers?

On Friday, while reading theSUN on the way to work, I came to a news mentioning about top bribe payers in the world, based on a survey done by Transparency International (TI). Its interesting to know that Malaysia was among the Top 10. Its more interesting to know that Malaysia is the only so called Islamic Country in the Top 10 list. Malaysia as the Chairman of OIC. This is a good ending term though. Nice!

I think it was around a month ago when Pak Lah urge all the OIC members to reduce the corruption in their country. Taking an example of Malaysia's BPR and saying bla bla bla (All those crapt things Pak Lah usually mention). Than, here comes TI proving that Malaysia is the worst among the OIC country. Wow!

BERLIN: Companies from emerging export powers in Asia, namely India and China, were ranked the worst in global anti-corruption organisation Transparency International's 2006 Bribe Payers Index (BPI).

The BPI looks at the propensity of companies from 30 leading export countries, including Malaysia, to bribe when doing business abroad.

The BPI revealed that although companies from the wealthiest countries generally ranked in the top half of the index, their scores show that they still routinely pay bribes, particularly in developing economies.

A score of 10 indicates a perception of no corruption, while zero means corruption is seen as rampant.

Full news!

I think Pak Lah did a very good job in taking care of Malaysias' image as chairman of OIC. I'm impressed! Maybe its because Pak Lah was involve in the Iraq Oil Scandal, who knows. And he did mention that his action was normal action for people like him (politician). If thats normal, what is abnormal to them? I just can't believe what othe surprises are waiting for us. Do you?

Expect the unexpected my friend...

Is Formal Education That Important?

A few days ago, last week if I'm not mistaken, I've wrote one post about me reading a book by Robert T. Kiyosaki. Maybe some of you have downloaded the book and read it. One of the important message the book wants to deliver is telling us that FORMAL education isn't really important to get a successful, rich life. I repeat, FORMAL education. Which is learning in school, college or university. And Kiyosaki really have his strong point there.

Anyone ever heard about Steve Jobs? Well, this guy is among the founder of Apple Macintosh. He didn't even finish college. He took the 'road no taken' and now is a very successful man. Yesterday, while surfing the internet, I wound an interesting speech given by Steve Jobs. Thanks to Pakdi!



Hope you guys enjoy this speech. I find it too interesting to not share with my beloved readers. If your connection is a bit slow, just read his speech (since you can't watch it. Sorry for you...).

Thank you. I'm honored to be with you today for your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. Truth be told, I never graduated from college and this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation.

Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories. The first story is about connecting the dots.

I dropped out of Reed College after the first six months but then stayed around as a drop-in for another eighteen months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out? It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife, except that when I popped out, they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking, "We've got an unexpected baby boy. Do you want him?" They said, "Of course." My biological mother found out later that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promisedThis was the start in my life. And seventeen years later, I did go to college, but I naïvely chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, and no idea of how college was going to help me figure it out, and here I was, spending all the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back, it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out, I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me and begin dropping in on the ones that looked far more interesting.

It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms. I returned Coke bottles for the five-cent deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the seven miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. Let me give you one example.

Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer was beautifully hand-calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and sans-serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating.

None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me, and we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts, and since Windows just copied the Mac, it's likely that no personal computer would have them.

If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on that calligraphy class and personals computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do.

Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college, but it was very, very clear looking backwards 10 years later. Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backwards, so you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something--your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever--because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart, even when it leads you off the well- worn path, and that will make all the difference.

My second story is about love and loss. I was lucky. I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents' garage when I was twenty. We worked hard and in ten years, Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4,000 employees. We'd just released our finest creation, the Macintosh, a year earlier, and I'd just turned thirty, and then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew, we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so, things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge, and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our board of directors sided with him, and so at thirty, I was out, and very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating. I really didn't know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down, that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure and I even thought about running away from the Valley. But something slowly began to dawn on me. I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I'd been rejected but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over.

I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods in my life. During the next five years I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the world's first computer-animated feature film, "Toy Story," and is now the most successful animation studio in the world.

In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT and I returned to Apple and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance, and Lorene and I have a wonderful family together.

I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful-tasting medicine but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life's going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love, and that is as true for work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work, and the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking, and don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it, and like any great relationship it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking. Don't settle.

My third story is about death. When I was 17 I read a quote that went something like "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself, "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "no" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important thing I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life, because almost everything--all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

About a year ago, I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn't even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctors' code for "prepare to die." It means to try and tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next ten years to tell them, in just a few months. It means to make sure that everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.

I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope, the doctor started crying, because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and, thankfully, I am fine now.

This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope it's the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept. No one wants to die, even people who want to go to Heaven don't want to die to get there, and yet, death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It's life's change agent; it clears out the old to make way for the new. right now, the new is you. But someday, not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it's quite true. Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice, heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalogue, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late Sixties, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and Polaroid cameras. it was sort of like Google in paperback form thirty-five years before Google came along. I was idealistic, overflowing with neat tools and great notions. Stewart and his team put out several issues of the The Whole Earth Catalogue, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-Seventies and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath were the words, "Stay hungry, stay foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. "Stay hungry, stay foolish." And I have always wished that for myself, and now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you. Stay hungry, stay foolish.

Thank you all, very much.

What do you think? Kind of cool right? I've been thinking a lot about these things called 'financial freedom' and going for what you have passion in. My passion is in computers, writing, business & investment, reading and teaching. Man, am I too confuse to choose?

Wallahualam...

Leadership Crisis; A Review!

I taught not to right anymore post for tonight, but I just find it too hard to resist my eagerness. Maybe because I want to try writing in English. I do like reading English books, and I do have an English education background. Why not give it a try?

My first post in English is on the leadership crisis within Barisan Nasional. I'm pretty confident that most of you guys are already aware of it? Or am I wrong? Anyway, it doesn't matter much to me. I still want to share...

1# Khir Toyo being goofed again?

Well, quite amazing this so called leader is. After being smack for several cases in Selangor, he still repeated some stupid mistakes. Its just like this guy can never learn from mistakes. Maybe the next election will teach him something. That is if he fails to win...

Try take a look at this...

SHAH ALAM: The Selangor government today (Oct 4, 2006) admitted it goofed in forcing pest control companies to register with the Ministry of Finance before they could be in the Subang Jaya Municipal Council panel.

"There was a mistake actually ... during the meeting we assumed the pest control companies will be providing service to government departments," said Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo.

"Rightfully, they don't have to (register with the MOF)."

Full news?

I think this guy really stinks! Or what Donald Trump like to say, "Khir Toyo, I think you are a lousy leader!". If only I can find a word that is worst than lousy. That will sure suit Khir Toyo.

2# MCA Vs UMNO; The Never ending Conflict

If not mistaken, it was just yesterday that I read a few articles and news stating that Khary had given a very in detail explanation about his so called racial speech which he gave in August. In the speech, he said and warn the Chinese no to take advantage of the internal problems being faced by UMNO.

MCA asked for an apology, but UMNO youth didn't agree. They didn't even try to agree. What a pity. After nearly two months, the newspaper tried to bluff us. But than, this brave newspaper came to tell the truth.

"If Khairy had never intended to hurt the feelings of the Chinese community as he claims, then he must do something to show his sincerity."

Khairy had, at an Umno divisional delegates meeting in August, said the Chinese community would try to take advantage of a weak Umno.

Liow said MCA youth repeatedly told Khairy at the Barisan Nasional (BN) Youth exco meeting yesterday (Oct 3, 2006) that his statement had upset the Chinese community.

"He (Khairy) kept insisting that his remarks were taken out of context by the media so now he must act to show and prove his sincerity to the Chinese community," he told reporters after launching the 8th Yamaha Balik Kampung safety campaign.

Full news?

Hmm, I don't know what these sarcastic leaders are up to this time. Maybe its only one of their 'political dramas'. Who knows? Politician are good at acting. Well, maybe not all politician. Pak Lah is an example of an actor that can win 'The Worst Actor of The Millenium'. He's just don't know how to act.

I think thats all I can comment for the time being. Sorry if my English is a bit... Not proper or what so ever. I take this as a challenge. Many readers have urge me to write in English. Also they urge me to write a lot. I'll try my best. Can't promise much, but I'll try my best. Feel free to comments. I'm always open to hear them...

Wassalam....

Kondom Percuma Untuk Majlis Tari-Menari?

Berita yang agak mengejutkan. Terdapat pendedahan dan bantahan daripada beberapa pihak tentang pemberian kondom percuma sewaktu majlis tari menari di kolej ataupun universiti. Kondom tersebut dikatakan diberi sebagai door gift daripada penaja, biasanya Durex. Alasan Durex, mereka tiada peruntukan kewangan.

Malah, mereka mempertahankan langkah mereka sebagai salah satu cara untuk mempromosikan seks selamat. Seks selamat? Apakah itu? Well, I'm not saying I'm an ortodoks. Cuma, bukankah pencegahan itu lebih baik? Kalau merbahaya, why take the risk?

Dalam ISLAM, tidak ada trying to play safe. Zina tetap HARAM. Walaupun memakai kondom ataupun apa-apa untuk mengelakkan kehamilan. Mengapa susah sangat kerajaan ataupun pihak-pihak ini untuk menerimanya. Tak perlu mempromosikan kaedah selamat untuk melakukan seks HARAM. Its just not right!

While the practice may raise concern among Catholic students and parents - some organisers of prom nights in private colleges have no qualms about placing sponsored condoms in goodie bags, or making them freely available.

In defence, condom manufacturers like Durex say they only distribute the prophylactics with good intentions - as a sex-education effort and not to encourage students to practise pre-marital sex.

SSL Healthcare senior product manager Chan Chow Lee said since the company does not have cash-sponsorship policy for proms and balls organised by these institutions, the condoms are provided as door-gifts.

"We only have a few colleges which approach us for sponsorships and it only happens once a year. We also feel that these students are leaving the college.

"It is not to endorse sex among college students but safe sex among those already doing it," she said.

"The condoms are aimed to leave them with some sex-education, especially with the attached leaflets promoting safe-sex," she said.

Rujuk sini.

Well, I don't need to right any longer. Think about it. Going to a prom night, given free condoms. What?

Wallahualam...

P/s - Post ini tidak bermaksud untuk bermain dengan sentimen seks ataupun yang berkait dengannya.

.:: Artikel Menarik Minggu Ini ::.

Akhir-akhir ini, saya diresapi dengan semangat membaca yang begitu tinggi. Pantang sahaja ada masa terluang di ofis, pantas jari-jari ini membuka koleksi e-book peribadi untuk dibaca. Lalu terlekalah diri ini dengan keasyikan e-book tersebut. Tapi tidaklah sampai mengabaikan kerja, don't misinterpret me! Apapun, saya ingin berkongsi dengan anda, tiga artikel yang saya kira amat menarik untuk dibaca. Worth the time spent for reading it...

1# Jika Musharraf boneka AS, Abdullah pula bagaimana?

Artikel ini tulisan Tuan Guru Dato' Nik Aziz dan menyentuh tentang percaturan dunia oleh kuasa barat, atau lebih tepat lagi, oleh AS. Apa yang beliau sentuh, sedikit sebanyak sekitar teori FREEMASON; percaturan ISRAEL LAKNATULLAH untuk menghancurkan ISLAM. Hayati sedutan artikel ini,

Saya cuma terlintas, jika presiden Pakistan itu boleh diheret ke dalam keadaan tekanan yang semacam itu, apakah diluar kemungkinan untuk orang ramai turut berfikir yang jangan-jangan langkah menyekat bantuan perkapita kepada SAR, menahan sebahagian bekas-bekas graduan dari universiti-universiti Pakistan dan Timur Tengah di bawah ISA (termasuk anak saya) oleh Perdana Menteri Malaysia juga adalah akibat dari mematuhi telunjuk-telunjuk khianat dari Washington?

Jika Hamid Karzai adalah boneka mereka di Afghanistan dan Shinzo Abe adalah Perdana Menteri pro-AS yang baru dilantik di Jepun, maka tidak mustahilkah dasar-dasar anti terrorisme Malaysia juga adalah dirangka di Rumah Putih?

2# Hakikat sebenar pilihan raya kampus

Artikel ini ditulis oleh bekas pelajar UKM dan mengulas in detail tentang strategi dan penyelewengan PRK. Semuanya kerana BN terlalu takut jika kampus jatuh ke tangan mahasiswa yang lantang. Apa yang ditulis tersangatlah panjang, tapi menarik untuk dibaca. Sekiranya anda belajar di IPTS, mungkin anda tak pernah tahu realiti ini.

Saya mempunyai seorang kawan di UKM. Dan apa yang diceritakan oleh beliau sama seperti apa yang dinukilkan oleh penulis artikel ini. Sedih mengenangkan betapa BAHLULnya pemimpin BN. Ikuti sedutan artikel ini...

Penulis sendiri berpengalaman menghadapi telatah buruk segelintir pegawai-pegawai ini apabila PMUKM Sesi 2001/2002 yang dipimpin oleh penulis telah dihalang untuk turun melakukan lawatan kebajikan di kolej-kolej kediaman UKM. Ianya jelas bertujuan untuk menimbulkan persepsi di kalangan pelajar bahawa MPP gagal berfungsi dengan baik bagi menjaga kebajikan mereka.

MPP juga dinafikan hak untuk duduk di dalam jawatankuasa induk Minggu Orientasi di samping tidak dilibatkan langsung dengan Minggu Orientasi. Ahli-ahli jawatankuasa dan fasilitator Minggu Orientasi hanya dipenuhi oleh pimpinan dan ahli-ahli kumpulan pelajar prokerajaan yang telah ditolak oleh pelajar di dalam Pilihan raya Kampus.

Motifnya amat jelas, iaitu untuk menanam pengaruh mereka di kalangan pelajar baru supaya mengundi mereka di dalam Pilihan raya Kampus. Bahkan yang lebih teruk, Minggu Orientasi digunakan sepenuhnya untuk memburukkan MPP dan PMI serta parti-parti pembangkang di samping pelajar baru diugut supaya tidak terlibat dengan sebarang kegiatan anjuran PMI yang sekiranya diengkari boleh dikenakan tindakan disiplin di bawah Akta Uniuversiti dan Kolej Universiti.

Suasana menekan dan cukup tidak demokratik ini berterusan sepanjang sesi 2001/2002 dan Sesi 2002/2003. Usaha jahat pakatan Umno/BN dan HEP ini mencapai kemuncaknya di dalam Pilihanraya Kampus Sesi 2003/2004 apabila buat pertama kalinya HEP menaja parti politik pelajar yang sah dan berdaftar yang dikenali sebagai Kumpulan Aspirasi di hampir kesemua kampus IPTA bagi bertanding di dalam pilihan raya kampus sesi tersebut. Perbuatan ini jelas menyalahi undang-undang pilihan raya yang digubal oleh HEP sendiri.

3# Umno dipenuhi pemimpin yang bermasalah dengan Islam

Ditulis oleh saudara Mohamed Hanipa Maidin, seorang yang tidak asing lagi bagi mereka yang aktif berjuang. Tulisan ini memetik kata-kata pemimpin UMNO berkenaan dengan ISLAM. Petikan kata-kata tersebut menjadi bukti penipuan dan kejahilan pemimpin UMNO tentang ISLAM. Rupa-rupanya, ISLAM HADHARI hanyalah retorik semata-mata (saya sudah lama tahu tentang ini...).

Antara yang menarik...

"Umno dipaksa menggunakan Islam bagi mendapatkan undi dan kami tidak memberi apa-apa khidmat kepada masyarakat. Kami didorong melakukan sesuatu yang kami tidak mempercayai atau beriman dengannya."

Saya telah memberikan komentar saya terhadap kenyataan Nazri tersebut seperti berikut:-

Apa yang didedahkan Nazri ini menjadi bukti yang sahih dan kuat bahawa Umno tidak dapat lagi bertahan untuk terus berpura-pura kepada rakyat negara ini tentang sikap sebenar mereka terhadap Islam.

Satu keperitan dan kesakitan yang amat sangat Nazri dan Umno rasakan apabila bersikap berpura-pura ini.

Ibaratnya kalau Umno dahulu terpaksa bertopeng bagi melindungi wajahnya yang hodoh kini topeng yang lama dan mungkin sudah busuk dan berulat itu terpaksa ditanggalkan dan kini orang telah dapat melihat wajar sebenar pemakai topeng tersebut. Amat hodoh!

Pendedahan Nazri mengajar kepada kita tentang perlunya orang Islam mengetahui dan memahami Islam dari satu segi dan permainan politik golongan sekular Islam dari satu segi yang lain bagi mendapatkan undi.

Sekian saya bawakan beberapa artikel yang saya kira amat menarik. Maaf kerana tidak mampu mengulas isu-isu semasa dengan panjang lebar. Keletihan berbuka puasa menyebabkan otak ini sedikit bejat. Insya-ALLAH saya akan cuba mengawal nafsu makan ini untuk hari mendatang. Hehe... Kita doakan yang terbaik insya-ALLAH.

Wassalam...

Isu Minyak di Iraq; Pak Lah Nafi Salah Guna Kuasa

Ini juga berita terbaru yang agak hot. Setelah diasak-asak oleh Tun, akhirnya Pak Lah bersuara juga tentang tuduhan bahawa dia terlibat dengan penyelewengan dan salah guna kuasa sewaktu menjadi TPM.

Ini petikan daripada TheSUN, (mungkin akhbar harian lain takkan siarkan berita ini!)

PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday denied any personal interest in the US$800 million (RM2.96 billion) United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme in Iraq.

"Anyone can say whatever they want and he knows what he has done.

"I have got no interest (in the programme).. recommending people an opportunity to participate does not imply that I have been involved in any dealings. It is quite normal for government leaders to write letters of introduction for any particular group seeking genunie business opportunities," he said.

The prime minister was responding to allegations posted on the internet that he benefited by recommending his sister-in-law's company for the programme using his office as the then deputy prime minister.

The internet posting referred to two reports on the programme, namely:

• Charles Duelfer - Comprehensive Report of the Special Adviser to the Director of the Central Intelligence on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction, Sept 30, 2004; and
• Paul A. Volcker - Independent Enquiry Committee into The United Nations Oil-for Food Programme (Manipulation of the Oil-for-Food Programme by the Iraqi Regime) Oct 27, 2005 (the "Volcker Report" in short).

Both reports named Abdullah's connection to the programme via Malaysian companies.

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Menarik bukan? Sama-sama kita lihat bagaimana Pak Lah dan pengampu-pengampunya melenyapkan kes ini daripada terus diketahui rakyat. Adakah Pak Lah akan keluar di TV3 dan menjawab persoalan dengan kekeliruan? Kita tunggu dan lihat...

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