NEGARA YANG MASIH DICENGKAM RUSSIA PUN BERSEMANGAT NAK LAKSANAKAN ISLAM!

Chechnya, sebuah negara kecil yang menjadi topik hangat suatu ketika dulu kerana terpaksa mengangkat senjata bagi membebaskan diri dari kuasa besar Russia. Nama-nama seperti Dzokar Dudayev, Zelimkhan Yenderviyev, Aslan Maskhadov dan lain-lain lagi menjadi nama yang saban hari menghiasi berita-berita antarabangsa atas kegigihan mereka mempertahankan tanah air dan akidah mereka. Dan kebanyakan daripada mereka kini tinggal sejarah kerana menemui syahid dalam perjuangan suci mereka.

Kini Chechnya dipimpin oleh bekas pejuang, Ramzan Kadyrov. Disebalik segala kekangan, beliau tetap bersemangat memimpin rakyatnya menjalani hidup yang bersendikan nilai-nilai Islam. Malahan beliau dengan beraninya mengisytiharkan bahawa undang-undang Islam adalah lebih tinggi dari undang-undang Persekutuan Russia.

Beliau bukan bercakap kosong, tetapi lihatlah imej-imej isteri beliau, Medni Kadyrova, dan bandingkanlah dengan imej-imej sesetengan isteri pemimpin negara kita, yang kononya negara Islam contoh!

Mednin turut aktif mengadakan pertunjukan fesyen gaya Islam melalui yayasan yang ditubuhkannya iaitu Firdows Fashion House:

Chechen first lady unveils Islamic fashion in Dubai

By AFP
DUBAI

Chechnya’s first lady, Medni Kadyrova, has displayed her Islamic fashion collection to a captivated audience in Dubai, faithful to the politics of her husband who has sought to impose Islamic dress codes in the Caucasus republic.

More than 20 veiled Chechen models paced the catwalk in a Dubai palace on Saturday evening, clad in silk and carefully embroidered muslin dresses that covered them from head to toe but also managed to outline their figures.

The show culminated in a display of wedding dresses.

Organized by the Firdaws (paradise in Arabic) fashion house, launched by Kadyrova three years ago, it was the first such show for the label outside Chechnya.

“With their beautiful eyes and their slender figures, they actually look like houris,” said Omar, a Palestinian working at the show, referring to the virgin angels who, according to the Koran, await faithful Muslims in the afterlife.

“But our young women who wear revealing tops and short skirts, will they agree to dress like this?” he asked.

Firdaws was founded by Kadyrova in 2009 “to lead Chechen women towards a new way of life, full of harmony and serenity, based on the national Islamic traditions,” according to a statement by the show's organizers.

“Dubai was chosen for the event because of the good relations between the two countries and between the Kadyrovs and the ruling family” in the emirate, said Zeina Habib, with the public relations agency who helped organize the show.

Dubai is considered “a fashion hub as well as being an Islamic country,” she added.

“My designs are inspired by natural beauty and the grace of Arab women, to whom I dedicate my collection,” Kadyrova said, adding that she hoped the show in Dubai would be “the first step towards the organisation of many others in the region.”

Kadyrova is married to the Kremlin-backed strongman Ramzan Kadyrov, a 35-year-old former Chechen rebel who took power in 2004 and has described Islamic law as superior “to the laws of the Russian federation.”

A father of seven, Kadyrov has sought to impose Islamic values by encouraging women to wear headscarves and men to take multiple wives, even though traditions like polygamy are in conflict with Russian law.

ADUN DAP BUKIT GASING MENINGGAL DUNIA

KUALA LUMPUR, 20 Dis: DAP hari ini mengucapkan takziah terhadap keluarga Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri Bukit Gasing, Edward Lee, yang meninggal dunia akibat barah kolon pagi tadi.

Lee, 61, menghembuskan nafas terakhir berikutan barah yang telah merebak ke hati dan tulangnya, lapor Roketkini.

Ketua Parlimen DAP Lim Kit Siang berkata, beliau terkejut dan sedih dengan pemergian Lee.

“Takziah kepada keluarga beliau. Malaysia telah kehilangan seorang patriot yang tekun dan rajin. Rest in peace,” katanya melalui mesej Twitter.

Lee memenangi kerusi Dun Bukit Gasing dalam pilihan raya umum 2008 atas tiket DAP setelah menewaskan calon penyandang Gerakan Datuk Dr Lim Thuang Seng dengan majoriti 8,812 undi.

Sebelum itu, mendiang adalah aktivis alam sekitar di Petaling Jaya, khususnya bergiat untuk menyelamatkan Bukit Gasing untuk dikekalkan sebagai kawasan hijau di Selangor.

Pengerusi DAP Selangor Teresa Kok berkata, Leed yang beliau kenal merupakan seorang yang jujur dan perihatin terhadap masyarakat khususnya golongan yang tidak bernasib baik.

“Takziah kepada keluarga beliau, semoga tabah dan kuatkan azam terhadap mendiang,” katanya.

Lee merupakan Pembantu Exco Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Tetap Pelancongan, Hal Ehwal Pengguna dan Alam Sekitar Selangor, Elizabeth Wong.

Mendiang juga merupakan salah seorang anggota Jawatankuasa Pilihan Khas Selangor Mengenai Keupayaan, Kebertanggungjawaban dan Ketelusan (Selcat). – Roketkini.com

AWAS SINDIKET DI DUTY-FREE SHOP

Seorang rakan daripada India menghantar emel mengenai cerita di bawah ini. Sama ada berita ini benar ataupun tidak, tidak dapat dipastikanlah. Walau bagaimanapun tidak salah kita ambil untuk dijadikan peringatan dan iktibar.

An Indian was detained in Bangkok for stealing a box of cigarettes in a duty-free shop in Bangkok International Airport . He had paid for chocolates and a carton of cigarettes. The cashier put an extra pack of cigarettes into his bag and he thought it was a free pack. He was arrested for shop-lifting and the Thai Police extortion price was 30,000 Baht for his release.

He spent two nights in jail and paid 500 Baht for an air-conditioned cell, 200-300 baht for each visitor and 11,000 baht for his final release. The Police shared the money in front of his eyes. On top of that, he was charged in court and fined 2,000 baht by the magistrate and handcuffed and escorted to his plane.

His passport was stamped "Thief". While there, his relatives requested help from the Indian Embassy and was told that they are helpless, and many Asians are victimized similarly daily and letters and phone calls to the Thai authorities are ignored. He shared a cell with a Singaporean the first night who paid 60,000 baht for his release. The second night was a Malaysian national who paid 70,000 baht.

Mind you this was not in a shanty shop in downtown Bangkok but in a duty-free shop at the Bangkok International Airport . So - BE WARNED! The above is 100% correct information because Mr. Rajan Khera's customer from India faced exactly the same scenario mentioned above when he was in transit at Bangkok Int'l Airport going to Taipei .

Someone went through the same ordeal in Dubai . He bought stuff at the duty-free shop upon entering. The girl at the duty-free shop put a bottle of cologne in his shopping bag (he did not even see it happen). He was arrested for stealing (this is before he even picked up his luggage). He sat at the airport jail where he was harassed for the whole day. NO FOOD, NO WATER for one day and only after he paid a fine (bribe of US 500...). That was all the cash he had in his pocket at the time. They let him go. These are scams that are happening all over the place. Please BE CAREFUL! All of this is pre-planned and the people who work at the airport know who to target.

UNBELIEVABLE BUT APPLY CAUTION....duty-free employees intentionally put extra items to scam passengers. ALWAYS TAKE A RECEIPT FOR ANY FREE GIFT THAT THE DUTY FREE SHOP GIVES. PLEASE BE CAREFUL AND WATCHFUL WHEN YOU ARE BEING BILLED AND ITEMS PACKED AT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS (DUTY FREE SHOPS)