Truth?

Naah.

There’s no such thing as absolute truth. I meant there is, but we will never discover it. Except, for Muslims of course. We have our 2 sources of absolute truth. But those themselves, requires explanations and interpretations, which somehow sometimes, deviate and disturb us from seeing the truth.

The Syrian Revolution started as a what you say a “normal” uprising in the Arab world. You know, one of those riots and clashes than turn out to be a mass scale revolution.

15 March 2011. That’s when it started. Almost parallel with other uprisings which later be known as the Arab Spring. The time when Ben Ali, Mubarak, and Gaddafi crumbled down. 


Then it proceed just like the others, demonstrations and clashes between security forces and protesters , killing many, and of course , many on the weaponless side, as in the case of any other demonstration-turn-bad cases. More than 100 protesters are killed in the first massacre and quadrupled in the next several conflicts.

Sounds familiar right?
For some, it’s just the same boring plot and storyline that every Arab uprising possesses.

So, some of us might be asking, why the fuss? It’s the same old sh*t about dictators and tyrants waiting to be removed. If you are in my world, you are blatantly wrong.

Post ini mungkin agak kontroversi, but this is a personal opinion and this is a free world, so you don’t have any right to stop me from expressing it, as long as it’s permissible in Islam. Diilhamkan oleh salah satu post oleh Inche Gabbana (Kenapa Tak Ramai Ikhwah Yang Hensem).  Jadi, seperti beliau juga ingin saya tekankan di sini BACA DAHULU post ini sehinggalah ke bahagian comment sebelum anda mula menyelar saya atau menekan butang pangkah di atas.


The thing struck after I watched Kemuncak Ustazah Pilihan at Astro Oasis. No. I’m not a frequent subscriber to that show. This is the first time  I watched it, and ironically it’s the last for this season. And I got to say yes, maybe there ARE benefits that it can give to the public in terms of general religious knowledge, but I see that the emphasis is more to the women (or ustazahs) as a person, which

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I am not a big fan of Apple , nor do I own some i-Thingies but the death of Steve Jobs kinda open my eyes. His words and speeches was less known until he is dead. And you know what? They are priceless.

It just show how much what Syeikh Muhammad Abduh (a prominent Islamic scholar and founder of Pan-Islamism or Gerakan Islah) once said is true :

"I went to the West and saw Islam, but no Muslims; I got back to the East and saw Muslims, but not Islam"

 I'm not saying that Steve Jobs is THE model that we should look upon too, nor did I say that he's better than other our OWN scholars and prominent figures, but all I'm asking that we contemplate his famous quotes and thoughts and take lesson from it.

Nikah Khitbah Satu Solusi

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Did you remember?

The times when you have trouble and you believe that your future is hopeless.
The times when you felt so stressed because of the examinations and all you see is a dark road lying in front of you.
The times when you felt so down because you feel that other people are better than you and get something better than what you have.
The times when you felt so inferior to everyone else in the room .
The times when you sat down and stares to the sky and said to yourself , "what happened to me? "
The times when you cried cause' you feel that the world is being harsh to you?

Mungkin tajuk agak panas. That's what we called marketing strategy. ^^.


Obedient Wives Club ? Apa tu?


Mungkin ada yang bertanya sebegini.Atau mungkin ramai yang sudah tahu mengenai isu ini. Maklumlah, dengan bercambahnya laman-laman sosial, maklumat terbang sepantas kilat, tak sampai sejam , dah tersebar sesuatu berita. Tiba-tiba teringat teks daripada novel "The Pearl" yang menjadi bahan kajian sewaktu di tingkatan 5 dahulu (ceyh,macam dah lame dah), "The news spread faster among the citizens faster than young kids can run and tell their mothers". Ok fine.Enough with the crappy talk.



Untuk sesiapa yang masih belum mengetahui, Obedient Wives Club atau Kelab Isteri Setia adalah satu kelab wanita yang ditubuhkan oleh Global Ikhwan untuk menggalakkan wanita khususnya isteri untuk meningkatkan taraf layanan terhadap suami khususnya dalam HUBUNGAN SEKS sebagai satu CARA untuk mengurangkan social illness seperti perceraian dan berlakunya maksiat dan zina.

The idea of writing this post suddenly popped out to mind when I came back from Friday prayer last week. Watching the situation in the mosque during the 'khutbah' was really a deja vu experience.

To my left, from 5 people, 3 of them were dozing off. Heads can be seen going up and down frequently.
To my right, children were talking loudly,some of them were poking each other. Looking down across the hallway to the outside compound,my sight rests upon groups of teenagers and adults and even senior citizens having conversations while relaxing on benches and on their respective motorcycles.

Well, for your information,this is what really happens every week. The loud voice of the khatib (preacher) seems to only become the background music for all these activities. A lot of people just doesn't seem to care about it. Don't know who to blame. But for me , it;s the imams and and the system itself that need to uphold the utmost responsbility.

Sometimes in our life,we came upon a branching road.There are choices that we had to make.And these choices will determine who we are and what we do in the future.

People say that we you came across options that were really hard to choose, you should always ask God for guidance. "Istikharah je la". Yes,its true that solat istikharah is really important in making the right choices.

But,people tend to miss another critical element which is musyawarah.It's about asking people who really knows more.Researching, analysing what's important,what we need,what's our priority and rationalising ourselves to make the right choice. At the end of the day,we ourself will make the choice.God will not change someone's fate but the person himself will transform his life.

To tell you the truth,I am in this situation right at this moment. And I really needed COMMENTS,SUGGESTIONS,FEEDBACK to help me in this confusion.

HERE'S MY CASE
Ok, right now, I got two offer, namely UIAM Pre-Med Foundation and the other one is International Baccalaureate at Kolej Mara Banting under Mara Scholarship (Medic). Let's see the it.

Marah.Sedih.Kecewa.Keliru.Terpanggil.
Perasaan bercampur baur seusai menatap berita kematian Osama Bin Laden.
Sedih apabila melihat salah seorang saudara terbunuh,marah melihat reaksi pemimpin-pemimpin dunia,keliru apabila menerima pelbagai maklumat di FB mengatakan kematian Osama itu palsu dan pelbagai teori konspirasi, dan yang paling penting kecewa dengan sikap segelintir daripada umat Islam. Maka hari ini, saya terpanggil untuk men'express'kan pandangan saya berkenaan isu ini. To tell you the truth , what hurts me the most was seeing how certain groups of Muslims mourned his death and elevate his level as a martyr or a mujahid. Maybe this will sound controversial , tapi kata saya : that's a BIG MISTAKE. Why?

I spend at least 2 hours a day on Facebook these days. I don't know if I am categorised as a facebook-addict or not but the most important reason that I press the login button frequently is because for me FB had become a useful tool to catch up with the latest news. It's like the news portal of the whole teenage world, anything can be found here,ranging from important dates for post-SPMmers to breaking news around the world. But that's not what I want to say today.


THE REAL DEAL
Have you ever been linked to some pictures or videos or even a FB profile that contains offensive material to Islam? (Remember Jasmine Selalu Hepi?). Really sad to see how people's ignorant about Islam made them to slanderously insult Islam without any knowledge. What do they feel if someone insult their own religion?

Assalamualaikum w.b.t dan Salam Pembaharuan.

Penulis yakin dan percaya anda semua pernah melalui salah satu atau lebih daripada situasi berikut:


 SITUASI 1
Di Laman Sosial seperti FB, :

      - Seseorang mengepost gambar menunjukkannya bersama pasangannya tanpa ikatan perkahwinan yang sah keluar "dating" dan menayang posing2 mesra mereka berdua. Di bawahnya, sekumpulan manusia sibuk menulis komen memuji-muji " sweetness" pasangan tersebut.: bagai pinang dibelah dua..,waa..sweetnye, semoga berbahagia la..haha,. Bangga menyelubungi.

      - Status ditulis. Berkisar tentang dirinya yang baru putus cinta. Di bawahnya juga sekumpulan manusia memberi kata-kata semangat. Kononnya, kumbang bukan seekor,bunga bukan sekuntum."Open up urself,there will be other person that will care for you better than him."

      - Gambar lagi. Namun yang berbezanya kali ini bukan berdua. Segenap daerah tubuh yang menggiurkan ditayang tanpa rasa malu, bertudung,tidak bertudung, apa sahaja. Pelbagai kata berbaur kekaguman dan pujian berselirat di ruangan komentar.