The Murder of a Sufi Leader

We have received recent reports of a Russian woman whose husband somehow persuaded her to commit suicide in the presence of a certain Sufi leader active in their community. Russian media quoted police as saying that Said Atsayev, a renowned Sufi Muslim spiritual leader popularly known as Shaykh Said Afandi al-Chirkawi, was killed in an attack when the woman entered his home disguised as his follower and detonated an explosive belt around her waist. The blast happened in the village of Chirkey in the southern republic, which borders Chechnya.

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Kenyataan Media PEMBELA 29 Ogos 2012 bersamaan 11 Syawal 1433

1. PEMBELA mengulangi penegasan bahawa pertubuhan-pertubuhan Islam yang diwakilinya tidak berminat dengan persaingan mendapatkan sokongan melalui politik kepartian. PEMBELA juga tidak terpengaruh dengan sebarang sikap dan tindakan partisan para pemimpin Negara, sama ada di pihak kerajaan ataupun di pihak pembangkang yang ghairah memperjuangkan dasar dan manifesto masing-masing, khususnya di dalam mengemudi kehangatan bahang Pilihanraya Umum ke-13.

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The many faces of Genocide

http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/206569

How many instances of attempted genocide have we seen since 1900? Some would say the Turks tried to eliminate the Armenians. The Armenians are sure of it. Hitler admittedly tried to eliminate all Jews from the face of the earth. People did not quite believe him until the actual death camps were discovered. If you stand in one of them, for example Auschwitz in Poland, there can be no question what went on there. There can be no question anything ELSE went on there. It is plain as day. Even then, the world didn’t want to believe it.Continue reading “The many faces of Genocide”

Karpal dicabar buktikan perkataan ‘sekular’ dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan

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KUALA LUMPUR 12 Ogos – Pengerusi DAP, Karpal Singh dicabar membuktikan perkataan ‘sekular’ yang dilaung-laungkan selama ini adalah termaktub di dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan. Pengerusi Pertubuhan-Pertubuhan Pembela Islam (PEMBELA), Aminuddin Yahaya berkata, pihaknya kesal apabila pemimpin DAP itu berulang kali mengatakan Malaysia adalah negara sekular sedangkan Perlembagaan telah menetapkan Islam adalah ‘Agama Negara’.

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An important Ramadhan reminder

[Note] The following article on “The 10 Benefits of Hunger” by Hujjat al-Islam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali is from a mailing list I belong to.

The Prophet (pbuh) said: “combat the self with hunger and thirst, for there is reward in that.”

One might perhaps ask: “wherefrom is this great virtue of hunger? What is the reason for it when there is but pain for the stomach and harmful suffering? And if it is to be so, then man should be granted greater rewards for allowing the self to suffer such harm in denying the flesh what it craves and forcing it to accept the objectionable and the like.”

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Welcome Ramadhan 1433H

Ramadhan will start insha Allah 21 July 2012, Saturday. During the month of Ramadhan, Allah (swt) makes it easy for us to acquire His blessings, mercy and forgiveness. There can be no better time to attain this than this blessed month. All that is required on our part is to create in our hearts the wish, ambition, devotion, zeal; eagerness and that we exert increased determination to acquire the pleasure of Almighty Allah.Continue reading “Welcome Ramadhan 1433H”

Sydney 2012

Alhamdulillah, our recent one week trip to Sydney was a memorable one. I can’t summarize the many places of interest, acknowledging forthright the futility of finding the words to capture our children’s thrill during the visit. But the following is just to offer a glimpse of the memories we had. You will have to ask our kids of their personal holiday experience!Continue reading “Sydney 2012”

Human Rights for LGBTs?

Al Qur’an makes it clear from the first Surah that the Shaitan will tempt and corrupt all human beings possible, since he is jealous that humankind is only made out of earthly mud while the Shaitan himself was one of the angels made out of fire. Allah SWT gives Shaitan permission to try any tricks he may wish, that in the end, those humans who test well in their behavior and refrain from performing mischief in the earth, will be protected and chosen by Allah SWT to enter Paradise when they die.Continue reading “Human Rights for LGBTs?”