Sunday, December 27, 2009
Demo Penyokong PAS di Selangor
Saya cuma nak komen.UMNO dah kehabisan budget ke untuk buat lebih realistik sikit lakonan ni?Hampir kesemuanya saya boleh katakan ianya bukan ahli ahli PAS samda dari segi rupa diri ataupun kelakuan...
Best luck next time UMNO.
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009
The Malays are leaving UMNO in Droves
http://wfol.tv/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2500:malays-are-leaving-umno-in-droves-tun-m&catid=52:latest-news&Itemid=2
Tun Mahathir, former Malaysian PM wrote on his blog that he was shocked to hear from a long time party supporter that the United Malays National Organization (Umno) 'was wrotten to the core'. This shock was given to him when he went on to find the popularity of the Umno leadership among the people.
His lambasting comments on how the Umno is being run and how the divisions are corrupt would sure make the rounds of the gossips in Kuala Lumpur and across Malaysia. The interesting part will be to see what the leaders have to say to the comments by Tun Mahathir.
Tun Mahathir added that the former top leader of the Umno whom he interrogated told him that he was thinking of voting for the Party Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) in the next general elections which Mahathir says will be in two years time. Many among the retired Umno leaders and party workers were also thinking of voting for the PAS, Tun M was told.
Umno is rotten to the core since most of its division heads are too happy to be at the post and not for the sake of fighting for the party and the people who support the party. They are given allowances and they are also in a strong position to gain from contracts that usually goes to the party from various sources.
To remain as the head of the divisions, the division leaders would make sure that the divisions has a very limited number of members. New membership demands were rejected on the basis that the party did not want a large number of members for divisions since too many people would mean it would be difficult for the divisions to handle them. Problems may also arise from a large group of people, the division heads and their 'cronies' would state to those who wanted to become members of these divisions.
Tun Mahathir also wrote that most of the Umno heads would not want learned people and professionals to join them. He added that the reason was that the leaders would not want to be challenged by the learned people hence they prefered to have less educated people as division members. They themselves, Tun M wrote, were not well educated altogether.
"UMNO, kata bekas pemimpin kanan ini sekarang dipimpin oleh perasuah. Mereka menjadi ahli Majlis Tertinggi kerana sogokan wang. Orang ramai tidak akan serah nasib mereka kepada perasuah." wrote Mahathir. In English, it means the party is being run by corrupt people and the corrupt people got the upper hand in the party thanks to 'money politics'.
"The corrupted leaders and people in the government were altogether an addition to the bad image of Umno. The people are afraid that the corrupt people in government will be nominated as Umno candidates and in the end, a corrupt regime will win the 13th Elections in Malaysia," wrote Mahathir. He added that: "More than half of the Malay community felt the Umno was unfair since they supported the opposition and because of that, their rights were not respected,"
He again accused Tun Abdullah Badawi of being responsible for the state in which Umno is in since it is, according to Mahathir, during his reign that many people lost faith in Umno.
He added that those now left supporting the Umno were people who expect to get something from the party and nothing else.
The Barisan National (BN) is weak and divided and the views of the people who want to abandon Umno in the next elections have reached all the levels of the Malay community in the country, even to the extent of the Umno membership. "Time is limited if any change to this situation was to be made," said Tun Mahathir, as if he is aware that the next General Elections will not see Umno winning
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Nik Aziz Coup Send Chills Through UMNO
Najib said there are quarters that give more importance to politics than the interest of the ummah, which indicates the difficulty that the Umno is actually having in bringing the PAS to join it in a coalition in the Barisan National (BN).
Nik Aziz, the PAS spiritual leader launched a daunting challenge to the pro-Umno leaders - who includes the President and the Vice-President of the PAS - to hold a party's Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) in order to decide the future of the party. The EGM would also have decided on the role played by Party President Ustad Hadi Awang and Vice-President Nasaruddin Mat Esa in dividing the party over the cooperation with the Umno.
While the party was taken by surprise by Nik Aziz's move who made his wish known through his blog, the fact remains that the PAS cannot continue being misled over which group it will be loyal to. Will it be the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) or will it be the BN? WIth Nik Aziz's call for the EGM, it was clear that news was out about the party leadership still courting the Umno for a possible jump to the BN.
Now thrown in the open, the PAS leadership has to prove it is not working in the shadows with the BN component party the Umno against the Pakatan Rakyat partners with which it is in a coalition that forms the opposition in Malaysia.
The party leadership was in panic mode with Nik Aziz's proposal while the Umno insisted that it was Anwar Ibrahim that was behind the latest 'scheming' by Nik Aziz to remove Hadi Awang and Nasaruddin from the party leadership. The fact is if the PAS follows the democratic process, it is probable that the two leaders of the party may be ousted if an EGM is ordered.
This panics the Umno and the pro-Umno leaders within the PAS indeed. The possibility of being turned down as leaders only months after winning the vote in the PAS Muktamar would be devastating for Hadi Awang and his group. This would also put the Umno far away from the 'dream' alliance with the PAS as it would keep the PAS within the Pakatan alliance.
If Anwar Ibrahim is really behind the 'scheming' as some Umno leaders and commentators are saying, then it was a great plan indeed to avert the 'flight' of the PAS from the cookoo's nest. Anwar cannot be blamed for being an astute politician who knows what is going on in his own backyard.
With the pro-Umno leaders and the Umno itself expressing their grief over Nik Aziz's wish for a full, short and quick EGM to decide on the party leadership, the story is made clear. The pro-Umno leaders are either almost certain of defeat in a 're-vote' or they are not sure of the outcome. This is because the outcome could also be against Nik Aziz and the party members could easily give their support to the current leadership and that would have meant a sure and certain pre-condition for two chains of events: 1. The PAS would be free to join the Umno in a broader 'Ummah' coalition, while 2. The PAS would definitely break apart if the leadership make the move to join the Umno in a coalition.
With a breaking away PAS, the Umno gains little while the Pakatan would be re-inforced with former PAS members who would be too obliged to join the Party Keadilaan Rakyat (PKR) for instance. In the end, the Umno would not get the much wanted 2/3rd majority it is desperately trying to get by wooing the PAS within the BN.
However, Prime Minister Najib has also made it clear in Thailand. He said his party appreciate those who see Umno as representing the Malays and having done many things for the community. This is a clear statement to the pro-Umno PAS members to pack their stuffs and to move in.
Najib said that one group in PAS rejected any form of cooperation with Umno although it was for the interest of Malay and Muslim unity.
He said that another group of leaders, who was willing to find ways to enhance unity among the ummah, was more inclined towards cooperating with Umno. "What types of cooperation is not defined but they don't want to see disunity," he said.
Asked whether Umno would discuss with PAS, Najib said it would be difficult to do so as long as there was no consensus in the party. "Let's wait and see the development in PAS," he said, adding that any discussion would not be fruitful if it only involved certain leaders and not the party as a whole
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Perbezaan Antara Blogger PAS dan Blogger Pro PAS
Cuma satu shj pasal blogger ni yg saya nak komen.Ada dua jenis blogger yang menyokong PAS.Yang pertama adalah blogger PAS yanag dibayar secara langsung oleh PAS dan juga bekerja terus dengan PAS.Keduanya adalah blogger pro PAS saperti saya,TB,Ipoh Mali dan beberapa orang yang lain.Blogger pro PAS adalah "self finance" atau mana mana yang lebih "established" hidup dengan sumbangan orang ramai .
Blogger PAS secara semulajadinya akan menyokong PAS didalam semua keadaan.Manakala Blogger pro PAS pula bebas mengeluarkan pendapatnya samada menyokong atau mengkritik PAS.Walaupun blogger pro PAS selalu juga mengkritik PAS tetapi ianya juga turut sama saperti blogger PAS mencintai Islam dan perjuangannya.Bezanya Blogger pro PAS enggan di kawal oleh mana mana pihak.Kebebasan adalah ciri utama bagi blogger sebegini.Kebiasaannya blogger sebegini kurang disukai oleh banyak pihak kerana kelancangannya mengeluarkan pendapat.Semua blogger pro PAS menghargai kebebasan mereka.Adalah diharapkan semua pihak memahami perkara ini . Situasi yang sama juga berlaku pada UMNO.UMNO tidak dapt mengawal blogger pro UMNO yang tidak mendapat sebarang bayaran dari UMNO
PAS dan semua parti politik perlu menerima realiti ini bahawa zaman kawalan kepada siaraya telah pun berakhir dengan wujudnya internet.PAS perlulah menyesuaikan dirinya keadaan ini.Mereka tidak boleh mengharapkan para blogger sentiasa berada disebelah mereka.Sekali sekala mereka perlu juga menerima tempelak dan kritikan.Samada betul atau tidak kritikan berkenaan ianya bukan persoalan.Yang penting adalah PAS mestilah mengetengahkan gambaran bahawa PAS bersikap terbuka dengan segala kritikan.Samada kritikan betul atau pun tidak.Mereka perlu bijak menanganinya.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Sembang Sembang Sembang Kedai Kopi 1
Saya jawab balik "sejak bila pulak Jabatan Ugama Islam ini ditubuhkan untuk mengembangkan Islam dan ajarannya?? Kalau mereka buat dah lama dah Pengarah JAIS dan EXCO Ugama di tangkap dan DiISAkan".
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Mengenali NGO UMNO -JASA
Ketua Pengarahnya adalah Datuk Fuad Hassan iaitu bekas pimpinan ABIM sezaman dengan DS Anwar Ibrahm dan Datuk Kamaruddin Jaafar.Adalah diharapkan semua penyokong PR dapat membuka mata dan bekerjasama agar aktiviti JASA ini dapat dibendung dari mengelabui mata pengundi pengundi..
Berikut adalah petikan dari laman DR Halimah Ali Exco PR Selangor. http://drhalimahali.blogspot.com/2009/11/jasa-akan-berjasa-lagi-dalam-menyebar.html
Tidak cukup dengan media cetak serta eletronik, satu agensi iaitu Jabatan Hal Ehwal Khas yang diketuai oleh Datuk Fuad Hassan bekas ADUN Ulu Kelang akan dipewrhebatkan aktivitinya bagi membantu BN menangani apa jua yang dianggapnya sebagai berita FITNAH. Ini semua petanda bahawa PRU ke -13 kian hampir bagi mereka yang ingin berfikir.
JASA Akan Manfaatkan NGO Untuk Perjelas Isu Semasa
KANGAR, 18 Nov (Bernama) -- Jabatan Hal Ehwal Khas (JASA) akan memanfaatkan pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO) bagi memperjelaskan pelbagai isu semasa secara tepat supaya masyarakat tidak membuat takfisran yang salah mengenai dasar negara.
Ketua Pengarahnya Datuk Fuad Hassan berkata bagi melicinkan urusan itu, JASA akan membekalkan segala maklumat mengenai perkembangan terkini kepada NGO untuk disalurkan kepada kumpulan sasaran mereka.
"Kita tidak mahu ada yang terpengaruh dengan fitnah dan tanggapan negatif yang bawa pihak tertentu.
Orang yang tak ada maklumat tepat akan terpengaruh dengan fitnah," katanya semasa melancarkan sekretariat NGO JASA Perlis di sini hari ini.
Beliau berkata, orang ramai perlu mendapat maklumat yang jelas dan tepat mengenai apa jua isu yang berlaku dalam negara supaya mereka tidak menjadi penyumbang kepada penyebaran fitnah.
JASA turut memberi penjelasan gagasan 1Malaysia yang diperkenalkan oleh Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Razak supaya ia tidak dipandang negatif dan menganggapnya sebagai konsep yang boleh membawa kemudaratan kepada negara.
Katanya, pertubuhan-pertubuhan kaum juga perlu memahami konsep sebenar 1Malaysia supaya mereka dapat menyalurkan maklumat yang jelas mengenai konsep yang bertujuan mewujudkan suasana perpaduan kaum yang lebih sempurna.
BERNAMA
PS: BILA MELIHAT KEADAAN DATUK FUAD HASSAN SEKARANG HATI SAYA MENJADI SEDIH.BELIAU SEORANG YANG KOMITED SEMASA BERGIAT DIDALAM ABIM DAHULU.NAMUN SEKARANG BELIAU LEBIH SUKA MENGABUNGKAN DIRI NYA DENGAN GOLONGAN YANG ENGGAN MENEGAKKAN KALIMAH ALLAH DIMUKA BUMI INI .SEMOGA ALLAH SWT MELINDUNGI SAYA DARI MENGIKUTI JALAN SAPERTI ITU DAN SEMOGA ALLAH SWT MEMBERI PETUNJUK KEPADA BELIAU
Monday, November 16, 2009
Opinion polls reveal changing perception about BN and PR
Saya sendiri dapat merasakan sokongan golongan atas pagar agak sedikit condong kepada BN.Isu kepala lembu Shah Alam dan isu kematian misteri Teoh Beng Hock ternyata gagal mempengaruhi masyarakat Hindu dan Cina untuk memberi sokongan lebih kuat pada Pakatan Rakyat.PRK Bagan Pinang telah membuktikan bahawa telahan ramai orang termasuk saya jauh meleset.Gula gula yang diberi oleh BN masih mempunyai sengatnya.Antara geran tanah dan sokongan pada isu Kepala lembu dan Kematian misteri Teoh Beng Hock manakah lebih bernilai pada pengundi? Jawapannya jelas memihak pada BN.
Pakatan Rakyat perlu memperkemaskan peringkat "grassroot" terlebih dahulu,So back to the basic it seem...
Artikel diambil dari http://masterwordsmith-unplugged.blogspot.com/2009/11/opinion-polls-reveal-changing-trends.html
....At the Sembang-Sembang Forum yesterday, Encik Ibrahim Suffian, Head of Programs and a Director of the Merdeka Centre of Opinion Research, revealed that the approval rating for Barisan Nasional has improved by 5% while that for Pakatan Rakyat has slipped by 17%. More importantly, he believed that based on current trends, it is likely that BN will have a bigger win in the next elections ceteris paribus. The middle ground of 10% is relatively small and may not affect the swing in an impactful manner. The warning is out and the writing is on the wall - PR had better shape up or prepare to ship out for BN!!!
According to the results of the public opinion polls, there are no major issues affecting public discourse at the moment. Generally, citizens are relieved that the impact from the economic meltdown has not been that bad. While many believe that the worst is over, they are still very concerned about the economic performance of the country. However, could it be that the respondents are not aware of the economic indicators/current issues that should be used to assess the actual scenario?
Encik Ibrahim highlighted interesting observations from the research that has been conducted by the centre.
* Public approval for the Prime Minister in March 2009 was 46%
* This figure shifted to 43% after he was declared UMNO President
* During the Perak debacle, his rating slipped to 34%
* After his announcement of various liberalisation policies, the rating improved to about 65% because the rakyat seemed to be happier that he announced KPI index and his new policies seemed to address key concerns of the country.
* The main concern of most of the polls is economic issues and not political problems.
* Confidence in Pakatan Rakyat seemed to be waning in the September polls. Whilst most states that were being governed by PR seemed steady, confidence in PR at federal level is still low due to infighting, controversial statements by PR leaders and other issues.
* Results seem to show that leaders must fulfil promises made to the rakyat or suffer their wrath in the next polls.
Where voter attributes are concerned, the results of opinion polls seem to indicate that 48% of Malay respondents feel that their political position is being threatened whilst 38%, mainly the older respondents, are open to equal rights. Thus one can safely conclude that the older they are, the more open they can be to the Opposition and that it is surprisingly the younger populace who are more resistant to the Opposition front!!! Food for thought for PR leaders - lots of work to be done here.
With regards to addressing key issues of the next general election, Encik Ibrahim suggested the following steps:
* improving treatment and handling of grievances of minority groups
* implementing structural reforms of the civil service to improve delivery of promises
* reducing corruption and other forms of leakages
* improving leadership selection process in UMNO
He emphasized that whilst promises do matter, at the end of the day, it is the delivery of these promises that matter most to the rakyat as they do not forget that easily.
During the forum, participants were reminded that March 2008 was a watershed event that showed that the electorate are now more capable to voice out their discontent and better able to assess for themselves the options available.
Encik Ibrahim emphasized that technology is an important consideration when reaching out to the young population as it is a powerful agent of mobilization. This younger population is one that grew up on a culture of consumerism and have little memory of the political history of the country, particularly the May 13 incident. As such, he anticipated that this is the group that will make the difference in the next general elections, especially since only 55% of the young population have registered as voters.
The party that can mobilise the remaining 45% will have the power of the ballot box! I am sure that the political parties concerned are well aware of the demographic patterns of the electorate but I am uncertain if the necessary steps are being taken to maximise their mileage with this pivotal group.
Interestingly, Encik Ibrahim discussed a few events which triggered the March 2008 tsunami.
1. On the Wednesday before the elections, PKR leader Anwar attended a meeting in Singapore after which he released a press release that unleashed a media attack on him, including one from Dr. Chandra Muzaffar.
Encik Ibrahim revealed that following this, there was an increase in the number of people who did not want to reveal their voting preferences.
2. The second influencing factor was the announcement by the Elections Commission that indelible ink would not be used. With this, opinion polls revealed a 4-5% increase in Malay voters rooting for the Opposition.
If the Elections had been held a week later, Encik Ibrahim believed that ground support for the Opposition would have been broader but if it had been held 2-3 weeks later, the reverse would have happened.
Another interesting finding that was highlighted by Encik Ibrahim was that support from Indian voters for BN is increasing. There is a general understanding that some effort is being made to win support from the Indian community with the new political entities emerging that seem to provide an alternative voice to what they have within BN today - MIC.
Research findings of polls conducted by the Centre can be accessed at THIS LINK.
Another interesting observation that Encik Ibrahim shared with us was that Malay respondents from West Malaysia regarded themselves as Muslims whereas Muslims in East Malaysia regarded themselves as Malaysians!!! We have a long way to go in nation building as race/religion is still a strong factor in the formation of perceptions of national identity.
Encik Ibrahim handled the Q & A Session beautifully. A range of questions were posed to him including queries about the technical aspects of the research instrument used for the polls, the validity/representativeness of the result, and other questions pertaining to the impact of the PKFZ/Altantuya issues on the public opinion of BN. At the same time, he acknowledged that it was difficult to assess the public opinion of East Malaysians due to technical factors such as number of people in the states who had telephones and also the lack of exposure to MSM and internet - two important influences on the perception and opinions of the rakyat. He acknowledged that leaders from both sides of the political divide did consult the centre which is funded by various organizations.
Encik Ibrahim also reiterated that Merdeka Centre is an organization that emphasizes independent data and information gathering of unbiased information, validation of internal sources of information without external influences. You can read more about the organization at THIS LINK.
This forum which was organized by Sembang-Sembang Forum - a group of anak-anak Pulau Pinang concerned with social and civil issues affecting our daily lives who hope to provide a public forum to discuss these issues openly. The forum which was held at Kompleks Pusat Penyayang, Jalan Utama from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. yesterday was attended by about 80 to 100 persons, mainly those above 40 years old. A small number of young people were present. Perhaps others were attending the SABM forum which was held concurrently at Hu Yew Seah Hall yesterday afternoon. Personally, I hope that more people will attend these forums in future.
Keputusan Penghakiman DUN Kota Seputeh,Kedah
High Court judge Datuk Alizatul Khair Osman Khairuddin ruled yesterday that the Election Commission had encroached on the Speaker’s powers when it decided that Abu Hassan was still the state representative despite being told by the Speaker that the seat had been ruled vacant.
Umno lawyer Datuk Hafarizam Harun said he plans to file an appeal against the decision today.
If a by-election is held, it will be the eighth this year, of which Barisan Nasional has won only two, including the Bagan Pinang by-election last month.
Keputusan penghakiman saperti diatas adalah saperti yang kita fahami selama ini.Tetapi mengapa di Perak mengenai isu yang sama yang mana sepatutnya pengosongan kerusi DUN Changkat Jering dan Behrang diveto oleh Suruhanjaya Pilihanraya dan diterima pakai oleh mahkamah?
Mengikut undang undang sediada yang dicipta oleh UMNO untuk memberi kelebihan kepada mereka sepatutnya Speaker berkusa penuh didalam hal hal pengosongan kerusi DUN.
Keputusan terkini memberi tamparan hebat kepada UMNO sekarang ini.Adakah mereka akan membuat rayuan kemahkamah Rayuan dan Persekutuan? Kita semua adalah amat maklum UMNO membiarkan Hakim Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi bebas tetapi memastikan hakim hakim Mahkamah Rayuan dan Persekutuan dipenuhi oleh hakim hakim yang korup dan boleh dikawal.Segala keputusan penghakiman mereka akan disemak semula dimasa akan datang set menjadi bahan ketawa dan cacian jenerasi akan datang
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Nationalism and sectarianism tearing the Ummah apart
The Muslims’ natural habitat is the Islamic State; the vehicle for establishing the Islamic State is the Islamic movement. It is therefore necessary for workers in the Islamic movement to be clear about the methods they use in pursuit of their goals. In particular, they must be aware of the pitfalls that impede progress of the Islamic movement.
Two impediments can immediately be identified that stand out amid many others: nationalism and sectarianism. Nationalism has been imposed on Muslims from outside while sectarianism is internally generated. Nationalism is totally alien to the values, ethos and culture of Islam. It was injected into Muslim political thought by colonialism. The colonialists had a clear objective: to divide the house and power of Islam. They succeeded in this because the tiny elites in the Muslim world, alienated from the values and culture of Islam immediately accepted this Western concept and adopted it as their own. The Muslim masses firmly wedded to the universal concept of the Ummah that Allah (swt) has given in the noble Qur’an, have not accepted this. The masses may not be able to articulate this but they practice it in their lives, hence their deep concern for fellow Muslims suffering in any part of the world.
The Qur’anic concept of the Ummah is clear. Any person who utters the shahadah, declaring the Oneness of Allah (swt) and the Prophethood of Muhammad (s) automatically enters the fold of Islam and is considered part of the Ummah. Naturally, there are many other steps required to elevate an individual to higher levels but nobody can deny that person his place in the Ummah. Regrettably, in much of the Muslim world, this concept has been smothered under the stifling notion of nationalism. Muslim lands have been divided into nation-states like different species of animals in the cages of a zoo, where Muslims are separated from each other on the basis of color, language, ethnicity and place of birth. Where no nation-states existed, new ones like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, etc. have been created by the colonialist powers to divide the House of Islam.
Such divisions have led not only to the dismemberment of the Ummah but to its defeat and humiliation as well. The Saudis, Egyptians, and Jordanians, for instance, do not help the Palestinians because of their perceived “national interests.” The same is true of Pakistan vis-a-vis Afghanistan. The previous Pakistani regime abandoned the Afghans in 2001 because of American threats. The Pakistani dictator, General Pervez Musharraf invoked the doctrine of “national interest” to justify his surrender to the US.
If nationalism is imposed from outside, sectarianism is internally generated. Its roots go back into early Islamic history when the khilafah was subverted into mulukiyah. The Umayyad clan imposed their rule on the Muslims through intrigue and brute force. Further, by conflating exclusivist tribal solidarity with sectarian rationalizations, they institutionalized a nonrepresentative form of governance, thereby preventing future generations of the Ummah from representing the rest of the world’s peoples in the areas of social justice, equity and prosperity.
In recent years, sectarianism has been stoked to contain the liberating influence of the Islamic revolution in Iran. While traces of sectarianism have always existed among Muslims, its most virulent form — attacks on the followers and masjids of different madhhabs — is a more recent phenomenon. Instigated by the US, the illegitimate Arabian and other rulers in the Muslim world eagerly grasped this in order to target and isolate Islamic Iran. The level of sectarianism among Arabian rulers is directly proportional to the degree of their subservience to the US, hence their vicious campaign to open centuries’ old controversies.
Three countries where sectarianism is most pronounced and used to deadly effect are Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, all bordering Islamic Iran. These countries are also directly or indirectly occupied by the US. It is natural to assume that influence of the Islamic revolution will spread to these countries first.
It is also interesting to note that in Pakistan and Afghanistan, sectarianism is promoted through the Deobandi “scholarly” establishment, linked to the Deoband madrassa in India, yet there is little or no sectarian conflict in India from where such ideas emerge. The Deobandis also have close links with the Saudis. This toxic nexus has led to an alarming rise in sectarianism in Pakistan, thus frustrating the possibility, in the near future, of an Islamic revolution in Pakistan.
It is also not surprising, therefore, to note that Pakistan is a virtual colony of the US and dependent on Saudi patronage. Unless Muslims identify the impediments blocking their way, they will not be able to make progress toward their natural habitat — the Islamic State
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Its Dangerous To Be Right,When The Goverment Was Wrong
As if the rots that have plagued the judiciary weren’t enough to erode the confidence of the people towards this critical institution, the de facto Law Minister, DS Nazri Aziz, on Monday, stunned the House when he said that there’s no law to criminalize brokering for judicial appointment. Despite all the hue and cry, VK Lingam is after all going to be scot-free as no crimes were established.
This has surely brought utter disrepute to the already tainted judiciary, now badly in need of a ‘total overhaul’ of its image and integrity. While the claim of an absence of a legislation or an act to ‘illegalise’ and ‘criminalise’ may be unfortunately true, his suggestion that ‘Lingham might have just acted to fix the appointment of judges to impress’ was really a very bad joke. I almost wanted to say that he has turned himself into a clown. But I would reserve it for another day.
But this decision has made a huge mockery of the Royal Commission of Inquiry on VK Lingam’s fiasco. I stood in that august house on that day, to make the minister to commit saying that ‘what may be morally wrong could be legally or politically right’ in this country of ours.
He answered in the affirmative without hesitation. He wanted to lecture us on that. He chose to be oblivious of the saying of Abraham Lincoln and many a great mind on the subject of “Philosophy of Law”, “Moral Foundation of Law” and “Theory of Law” 101.
Admittedly also, the acrimonious debate is a long standing one, from time immemorial. Notwithstanding, the case of Lingam is surely so obviously ‘wrong’ as much as it is ‘immoral’. When an action could not, but be interpreted, as brokering or lobbying for an appointment of the highest position of the office of the judiciary, it indeed is an open assault on the integrity of the judiciary.
And that is almost subversion and ‘treason’ to the state. The entire act of those involved in the Lingam’s case is despicable as it inevitably brings one to the next logical conclusion. If judges’ appointment could be fixed than logically verdicts/judgments of judges could as well be similarly fixed, at a ‘certain price’ of course.
Most atrocious in the Lingam’s case is the fact that, while the ‘brokering’ may be immoral but legal, the latter ie writing judgment, while both immoral and illegal, also escaped the long arm of the law. The nation must not take all these assaults lying down. This will be elaborated later.
Nazri had in fact earlier said that further investigations into the Lingam’s case cannot be undertaken by the MACC as the key witness could not be located. The MACC had subsequently classified the case as ‘no further action’ (NFA).
In an effort to counter the various indiscriminate claims of the law minister, the Opposition MPs have brought a key witness sought by the Malaysian Ant-Corruption Commission (MACC) to Parliament yesterday (Tuesday 10). Jayanthi L.G Naidu was Lingam’s former secretary at the time of the royal commission’s probe into Lingam’s alleged involvement in brokering the appointment of judges.
Reading from her written statement, Jayanthi explained that she has been available to assist MACC in their investigations at all times and was very willing to cooperate with the ant-graft body. She was also called in as a witness by the commission to testify about Lingam’s holiday with the former Chief Justice Eusoff Chin to New Zealand.
She had given a full statement in 1998 regarding the trip to the former Anti-Corruption Agency (now MACC). She repeated this at the royal commission’s proceedings. She had told the ACA and the royal commission that Lingam and Chin’s family holiday trip to New Zealand in 1994 was arranged and paid for by Lingam. She stands her ground to date. Kudos Jayanthi! Her safety is now the responsibility of the nation.
However, the commission found that no crime has been committed as both parties had paid for their own respective holidays and that further investigations cannot be undertaken as a key witness could not be located. The rakyat now wishes to know who the person is, as only he or she is capable of putting the case to rest for ever.
But most appalling, the MACC and Nazri had both refused to name the witness that could not be located. If it’s not Jayanthi, they must now name the person as it is critical to safeguard the integrity of the judiciary. Their actions are indeed at best irresponsible and at worst amounting to ‘subverting’ the judiciary. Is that both moral and legal?
Inter alia, Jayanthi also divulged information pertaining judgment delivered by Judge Mokhtar Sidin in the Vincent Tan vs MGG Pillai ’s libel case that was written in the office of Lingam. Besides, on various occasions, she confessed having withdrawn large sums of cash between RM100,000 and RM300,000 under Lingam’s instructions which then were wrapped in gift boxes with the understanding that they were to be hand-delivered by others to individual judges.
“On one occasion I saw one of these money boxes being placed with a box containing a cake to be delivered to a judge,” she testified.
Despite the commission’s recommendation to conduct fresh investigations into the Lingam’s case, authorities decided to close two of the investigation documents and another was marked as ‘no further action’.
The Pakatan MPs and the rakyat the nation over, now unequivocally demand that the MACC and the relevant authorities would re-think their position.. The buck must stop at the premier. Pak lah, as a reminder to all and particularly to Najib, has now left a ‘legacy of lost opportunity’.
Najib had equally pronounced high-sounding rhetoric, ever since he took over the premiership in the same tradition of his predecessors. But slogans without substance undermine trust.
This is an opportune time to placate grouses against himself and vindicate his claims of People’s First. If he insists of doing it wrongly again, let him be reprimanded that, (quoting Voltaire), ”It’s dangerous to be right, when the government is wrong”!.
He shall be duly punished come next 13th GE
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Mereka Wahabbi???Tangkap Mereka...
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Perlu ke Tauliah mengajar Ugama?
Ini seolah olah orang orang yang telah mempunyai kelulusan ugama yang tinggi tidak diiktirafkan ilmunya jika tiada tauliah walaupun di bekas mufti.Saya sebenarnya kurang hormat pada Jabatan Ugama Islam sebab Jabatan Ugama Islam ni biasanya dipenuhi orang orang yang tidak mempunyai perasaan cinta kepada Islam dan cuba berusaha keras untuk mengembangkannya.Segala program program mereka hanyalah melepaskan batuk ditangga sahaja.Mereka lebih berperanan menjadi penghalang kepada penyebaran Islam daripada mengembangkannya.Mungkin kenyataan saya ni agak melampau tetapi itulah realitinya.Isu penangkapan Dr Asri diharapkan membuka mata masyarakat mengenai kebobrokan Jabatan Ugama Islam.Sudah tiba masanya untuk "highlight"kan isu ini secara besar besaran
Bersama ini saya sertakan artikel dibawah yang dipetik dari harakahdaily.net..
Jim syor Jais jadikan kes Dr Asri sebagai tauladan
Harakahdaily
Tue Nov 03, 09 8:41:20 pm MYT
KUALA LUMPUR, 3 Nov: Jamaah Islah Malaysia (Jim) mengesyorkan supaya Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (Jais) mengambil kesempatan krisis keyakinan terhadapnya ekoran penangkapan Datuk Dr Asri Zainul Abidin untuk meneliti semula enakmen-enakmen pentadbirannya.
Langkah ini perlu supaya ia tidak mengekang pengembangan ilmu yang boleh memberi manfaat kepada umat Islam, kata Presidennya, Zaid Kamarudin.
Zaid turut sama menyertai kekesalan umat Islam di negara ini ekoran cara penangkapan Asri itu oleh pegawainya dengan bantuan polis.
Pada hari Ahad, 1 November 2009, negara dikejutkan dengan penangkapan bekas Mufti Kerajaan Negeri Perlis, Datuk Dr Mohamad Asri Zainul Abidin oleh pihak Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (JAIS) dengan bantuan Polis di sebuah rumah banglo di Hulu Kelang.
Penangkapan dilakukan atas dakwaan bahawa Dr Asri tidak mempunyai tauliah ketika beliau menyampaikan kuliah agama kepada lebih kurang 300 orang di rumah berkenaan.
Dr Asri bukan sahaja seorang ilmuan Islam dengan kelulusan ijazah doktor falsafah dalam pengajian Al-Qur'an dan sunnah, beliau adalah bekas Mufti Kerajaan Negeri Perlis dan merupakan pensyarah bahagian pengajian Islam di Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Berikutan penangkapan tersebut, pelbagai pihak telah mempertikaikan cara penangkapan dilakukan. Menurut laporan-laporan media, beliau ditahan pada jam 12.10 tengah malam dan dibawa ke Balai Polis sebelum dibebaskan dengan jaminan polis pada kira-kira jam 1.10 pagi.
Beliau kemudian diarah hadir ke Mahkamah Rendah Syariah Gombak Timur pada jam 9.00 pagi keesokkannya untuk dituduh.
Namun setelah disemak peguam beliau, didapati bahawa tiada pendakwaan telah difailkan di mahkamah.
Beliau akhirnya dibebaskan pada kira-kira jam 12.30 tengahari dengan jaminan JAIS tanpa sebarang pendakwaan tetapi boleh dipanggil oleh JAIS pada bila-bila masa untuk siasatan lanjut.
Menurut Pengarah Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (JAIS), Datuk Mohammed Khusrin Munawi, Dr Asri di minta ke mahkamah bukan untuk didakwa tetapi untuk jaminan bon bagi melanjutkan tempoh siasatan.
Menurutnya lagi, Dr Asri akan didakwa selepas jabatan itu selesai menjalankan siasatan berhubung kesalahan mengajar agama tanpa tauliah.
Katanya, Dr Asri akan didakwa di bawah Enakmen Pentadbiran Agama Islam Negeri Selangor 2003, Seksyen 119 (1) yang menyebut mana-mana orang yang mengajar agama Islam atau perkara-perkara tentang agama Islam di negeri itu perlu mendapatkan tauliah daripada Jais.
Ekoran itu, kata Zaid dalam kenyataannya, Jim mempersoalkan kaedah penangkapan yang dilakukan.
"Mengapakah beliau ditahan secara mengejut dan mengaibkan seperti penjenayah besar sedangkan beliau boleh dipanggil dengan cara yang lebih profesional dan hormat untuk bertemu Jais atau mana-mana pihak berkuasa?" soal Zaid.
Pengarah Jais sendiri menyatakan bahawa Dr. Asri telah lama dipantau.
"Mengapakah pula tiada pertuduhan atau pendakwaan difailkan di mahkamah sedangkan tangkapan telah dibuat pada hari sebelumnya? Apakah motif di sebalik penahanan begini?" soalnya lagi.
JIM melihat bahawa adalah menjadi kewajipan kepada umat Islam apabila berselisih untuk mereka kembali kepada Al-Quran dan As-sunnah.
Allah berfirman: "Wahai orang-orang yang beriman, taatilah Allah dan taatilah Rasul (Nya), dan ulil amri di antara kamu. Kemudian jika kamu berlainan pendapat tentang sesuatu, maka kembalikanlah ia kepada Allah (Al Quran) dan Rasul (sunnahnya), jika kamu benar-benar beriman kepada Allah dan hari kemudian. Yang demikian itu lebih utama (bagimu) dan lebih baik akibatnya." (An-Nisa : 59)
Apatah lagi sekiranya perkara yang diperselisihkan itu adalah perkara yang boleh diselesaikan secara musyawarah dan tidak perlu dibawa ke mahkamah, kata Zaid.
Jim berpendapat bahawa sewajarnya Jais lebih berhemah dalam membuat penangkapan dan pertuduhan terhadap sesiapa juga tidak kira rakyat biasa atau seorang bekas Mufti kerana dikuatiri tindakan mereka boleh mengakibatkan salah tafsir atau boleh mencacatkan sistem keadilan Islam itu sendiri.
Dalam melaksanakan tindakan, sandaran Al-Qur�an dan sunnah harus dijadikan panduan selain mengambil pendekatan kaedah-kaedah fiqh seperti Al-Aslu bara�atu zimmah iaitu seseorang itu tidak bersalah sehinggalah dibuktikan bersalah, tambah Zaid.
Di samping itu, katanya, keadilan bukan sahaja dilaksanakan tetapi harus dilihat dilaksanakan dalam proses dan prosidur berkaitannya.
"Jim berharap Jais akan bersikap amanah, jujur dan profesional dalam melaksanakan siasatan yang bebas, adil dan telus ke atas Dr Asri. Pemeliharaan keadilan dan hak asasi serta karamah insan haruslah menjadi pegangan," katanya.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Isu Penangkapan Dr Asri
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Hassan Ali:Hanya Exco Ugama dan Individu Bertauliah sahaja layak memberi khutbah
GOMBAK, 31 Okt - Exco Hal Ehwal Islam, Adat Melayu, Infrastruktur dan Kemudahan Awam Selangor, Datuk Hasan Ali berkata hanya mereka yang bertauliah sahaja yang dibenarkan untuk menyampaikan khutbah Jumaat dan kuliah agama di masjid dan surau negeri ini.
Hasan Ali menegaskan peraturan dan garis panduan sudah pun dikeluarkan namun masih ada individu tertentu yang ingkar mengikutinya.
Bagaimanapun, pentauliahan itu hanya dikeluarkan oleh Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (JAIS) dengan menetapkan beberapa proses tertentu sebelum seseorang itu layak berbuat demikian.
“Peraturan-peraturan itu telah pun diberitahu sebenarnya kepada masjid-masjid dan surau-surau dan selepas ini peraturan itu akan diletak dalam bentuk notis yang agak besar di dinding-dinding tempat yang boleh dilihat dengan terang di surau dan masjid dan sebagainya. Antara peraturan itu ialah setiap pemberi khutbah, pengkuliah dan sebagainya mesti ada tauliah yang dikeluarkan Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (JAIS)”, katanya.
Berkata demikian selepas menyerahkan bantuan Skim Mesra Usia Emas di Pusat Khidmat Masyarakat Dun Gombak Setia hari ini.
Sebelum ini terdapat aduan daripada penduduk Seksyen 19 mendakwa seorang pemimpin politik menyampaikan khutbah Jumaat di Masjid Seksyen 19, Shah Alam baru-baru ini.
Bagaimanapun katanya, sebagai Exco Hal Ehwal Islam Selangor beliau dikecualikan sepertimana yang termaktub dalam Enakmen dan kaedah-kaedah pentadbiran Agama Islam Selangor.
“Itu kita sudah bagi tahu nazir-nazir, selagi tidak bertauliah, siapa pun tidak dibenarkan untuk memberi khutbah, macam saya misalnya membaca khutbah memang sudah ada dalam Enakmen dan juga Kaedah-kaedah Pentadbiran Agama Islam Selangor, bahawa Exco Agama Kerajaan Negeri Selangor dibenarkan untuk memberikan khutbah, kuliah dan sebagainya”, jelasnya. - MOHD SAHRULNIZAM MOHD ZAIN
P/S Saya rasa Hassan Ali ni semakin hari dah jadi semakin UMNO kelakuannya..
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Pas tidak akan pecah
Saya menyinggung politik dalam Pas kerana saya melihat parti ini penting dalam Pakatan Rakyat. Dan Pakatan pula penting dalam politik baru Malaysia. Seterusnya politik baru ini kritikal dalam membina sistem dua parti yang akan menentukan sama ada perlembagaan kita dapat diperkasakan atau terus dimanipulasi untuk kepentingan politik sebagaimana yang kita saksikan selama ini.
Sesiapa yang menafikan bahawa perlembagaan telah dikembirikan selama 52 tahun ini adalah jahil dan menipu dirinya sendiri. Selain tindakan UMNO, istana dan mahkamah dalam krisis politik di Perak apa yang dilakukan sejak merdeka juga sebenarnya telah menghambat perkembangan kemerdekaan. Jika ada yang tidak percaya silalah teliti laporan Suruhanjaya Reid dan draf yang mereka sediakan dan bandingkan dengan dokumen perlembagaan yang ada hari ini. Kaji juga keputusan-keputusan mahkamah sejak merdeka.
Memang Pakatan belum tentu tidak jadi macam Barisan Nasional. Tapi saya fikir kita perlu realistik dan beri mereka peluang. Jika mereka gagal kita akan letakkan kembali Barisan di tempatnya sekarang. Dalam sistem demokrasi yang kita amalkan ini sahaja cara yang kita boleh lakukan.
Inilah gambar besar yang kita harus perhatikan. Bukan soal remeh temeh yang para pencacai politik cuba paparkan dalam blog-blog mereka. Apakah Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat sudah nyanyuk dan menyusukan kera di hutan tidak relevan. Begitu juga dengan mereka yang cuba menonjolkan betapa Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang menjadi mangsa dan perlunya orang baik ini dipertahankan.
Rakyat yang sedar kepentingan negara tidak bicara soal individu. Kita bicara soal arah dan masa depan negara. Tentang perlunya sistem negara ini diperbetulkan. Proses ini sudah pasti panjang dan berliku. Apa yang berlaku dalam Pas adalah salah satu daripada mata rantainya. Proses sama sudah bermula dalam PKR. Ini baik. Tak perlulah kita bertengkar tentang namanya. Kalau nak kata krisis pun katalah. Yang penting ia ubat yang akan menyembuhkan penyakit-penyakit yang ada.
UMNO baru sahaja mendapat suntikan baru dan ia pastinya tak senang dengan perkembangan itu. UMNO mahu Pas terus kekal dengan bisul yang sekarang cuba diubati oleh Nik Aziz. Sebab itu media miliknya ramai-ramai mengatakan bahawa krisis Pas dan PKR itu adalah tanda bahawa musuh ketat mereka sudah mula buang tabiat. Sebagaimana orang Pas dan PKR mengejek pergelutan dalam UMNO. Sebagai rakyat yang prihatin kepada hidup mati negara kita tidak harus terjebak dengan gelagat dan permainan ahli-ahli politik seperti mereka. Kita perlu fokus kepada gambar besar tadi. Kita perlu lupakan soal-soal yang tidak wujud dan remeh seperti kedudukan dan perpaduan Melayu, Islam dan macam-macam lagi. Lagipun sejak bila yang UMNO prihatin sangat dengan Melayu dan Islam ini?
Gambar besar yang dikatakan tadi merujuk kepada imej Pas dan ini berkait dengan persepsi rakyat kepada parti itu. Dalam senario dan landskap yang ada sekarang Pas cuma boleh mendapat sekitar 40 peratus undi Melayu. Ini bermakna ia perlu mengekalkan sokongan bukan Melayu jika hendak mengekalkan kedudukannya sekarang. Ini bukan soal menjual maruah Melayu dan Islam. Sebaliknya ia adalah cabaran kepada Pas bagaimana hendak menjelaskan konsep-konsep negara kebajikan dan Pas untuk semua yang telah dimulakannya. Abdul Hadi gagal di sini. Atau memang tidak mampu. Dalam keadaan sebegitu dia dan kawan-kawannya sembunyi-sembunyi berkira dengan UMNO.
Kita tak peduli apa namanya. Kita juga tak peduli sama ada mereka masih lagi meneruskannya atau tidak. Yang jelas aktiviti itu telah membolehkan UMNO memberikan ciuman maut buat Pas dan sekarang virusnya merebak dalam parti. Ia menyebabkan syak wasangka dan menimbulkan kemarahan bukan Melayu. Abdul Hadi dan kumpulannya perlu ingat bahawa UMNO mahu memujuk bukan Melayu dan sekiranya Pas boleh digambarkan berada bersamanya itu sudah cukup baik. Dalam keadaan itu hanya tinggal DAP dan PKR sahaja yang perlu ditangani.
Imej Pas sudah tercalar dan Nik Aziz sebagai seorang pemain yang licik dapat menghidunya. Abdul Hadi dan kawan-kawannya semacam terlupa siapa yang mengundi mereka dalam PRU ke 12. Jika tidak masakan Datuk Dr Hassan Ali terus berdegil dan cuba menjaringkan gol sendiri! Saya sudah beritahu bahawa beliau boleh lakukan apa yang dibuatnya itu. Tapi kenalah letak jawatan dan jadi penyokong kerajaan sahaja.
Sehingga ini nampaknya usaha Nik Aziz belum disekat secara rasmi meskipun ada suara-suara yang mempersoalkan. Tak kiralah apa cara dan namanya. Muktamar khas atau sekadar mesyuarat majlis syura atau mesyuarat jawatankuasa agung membincangkan isu itu. yang penting persepsi rakyat diperbetulkan sebelum pilihan raya kecil yang akan dating. Dalam senario politik yang ada sekarang pastinya UMNO gian hendak bertanding. Saya fikir orang Pas dan Pakatan takut sekarang. Saya dapat tahu Nasrudin Hassan ada berkata tidak takut berlengan di Bagan Pinang. Tetapi inikah jenis kepemimpinan yang hendak kita pamerkan?
Oleh kerana isu besar yang hendak ditangani berkait dengan imej dan persepsi saya fikir elok Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim pecat Hassan Ali dari kerajaan kerana kesalahannya cukup besar dan cukup jelas: melanggar perlembagaan negara dan negeri. Memang ini tak pernah dilakukan oleh UMNO Barisan. Tetapi inilah yang hendak ditunjukkan; yakni bahawa Pakatan serius dalam mendaulatkan perlembagaan yang menjadi tunjang dan nadi kepada demokrasi dan apa sahaja yang bersifatkan merakyatkan di negara ini. Saya tak fikir ada siapa yang boleh menghalang. Lagipun bukankah telah ada ketetapan yang menyekat gelagat seperti yang dilakukan oleh Hassan Ali itu? Di sisi undang-undang itu kuasa mutlak Khalid. Kalau Khalid tidak buat dia boleh dipersalahkan kerana tidak menjunjung perlembagaan.
Berbalik kepada Pas Datuk Seri Azizan Razak dikatakan tidak berminat. Mungkin itu cara orang politik: malu tapi mahu. Lagipun takkan dia hendak kata mahu. Pas perlu paksa Azizan. Lagipun dalam parti ramai yang kuat-kuat dan bertenaga. Khalid Samad contohnya. Dan ramai lagi.
Oleh sebab yang menjadi masalah ialah imej maka mereka yang terpalit dengan imej-imej yang negatif itu kenalah berundur. Ini bukan soal sudah tak buat kerja itu atau sudah bertaubat. Yang penting imej parti sudah rosak dan dalam politik hukumannya ialah letak jawatan dan beri laluan kepada orang lain. Saya tahu orang Pas ada yang marah. Tetapi mereka kena fikir bahawa itulah risiko yang perlu diambil apabila parti dirakyatkan. Dahulu mereka ejek UMNO. Sekarang baru mereka tahu susahnya mentadbir parti yang besar. Apa yang menjadi masalah sekarang ialah ada orang Pas yang berfikir seperti zaman Pas masih parti kecil dahulu. Mereka inilah yang gagal meletakkan keutamaan. Bagi mereka yang berfikiran sempit ini apa sahaja cadangan untuk memperbaiki parti akan dilihat sebagai agenda anasir UMNO yang menyusup ke dalam parti.
Apakah Pas akan pecah? Saya tak fikir begitu. Dan saya tak fikir saya yang kerdil ini boleh menggoncang Pas. Lainlah kalau Pas ini harimau kertas. Sejarah politik ini cukup jelas bahawa parti serpihan tak lama. Pas bukan parti serpihan. Kalau pemimpin tertentu disingkirkan pun saya tak fikir akan ada yang ikut. Mungkin mereka akan merajuk beberapa hari. Lepas itu mereka akan balik. Kalau dalam UMNO pun begitu apalagi dalam Pas. Lagipun para pemimpin bermasalah yang disebut oleh Nik Aziz itu bukan hero; kebanyakannya sakit nak menang pilihan raya. Jadi kalau letak jawatan atau disingkirkan pun tidak akan ada kesan pada parti. Orang Pas tak perlulah percaya ramalan dan analisis media UMNO.
Ada juga yang mempersoalkan tidakkah penyingkiran bermakna membelakangkan keputusan perwakilan muktamar yang membuat pemilihan? Saya fikir ini tidak timbul kerana kita bukan mempertikaikan keputusan pemilihan. Kita mengatakan ada di antara yang terpilih telah gagal. Dan kita cadangkan supaya diminta berhenti atau letak jawatan. Kalau Pas berdegil dan tidak mahu membuat anjakan tunggulah keputusan rakyat nanti.
Apakah perubahan drastik itu semestinya menyelesaikan kelesuan? Kita tidak tahu. Tetapi apa yang penting sesuatu perlu dilakukan kerana jika Pas tidak berbuat apa-apa ia telah melakukan dua kesalahan; yakni sudah sedar ada sesuatu yang tak kena tetapi tidak berbuat apa-apa. Apa pun pemimpin baru itu akan diadili juga. Tidakkah kita beroperasi dalam sistem demokrasi?
Profesor Dr Abdul Aziz Bari mengajar undang-undang di UIAM, Gombak.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Wanita Pertama Malaysia?
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Iran’s real crime: refusing to venerate the West’s holy cows
Perspectives by Iqbal Siddiqui
In the months since the inauguration of Barack Obama as president of the USA in January, the hype that characterised his campaign has all but disappeared. Only his most ardent fans continue to expect much from him, although they are disproportionately represented in the world’s westoxicated media; commentators in the US are already talking of him as a likely one-term president. Elsewhere too, the realisation has long since dawned that in most significant ways his policies are little different to those of George W. Bush; only the tone and style of his presidency are different.
This has been most obvious in his policies on Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Palestine and other issues in the Muslim world. For all his conciliatory words on Islam and Muslims, his policies are essentially similar to those of the Bush administration. It is hardly surprising therefore that his attention should turn to Iran last month, as he prepared for his first attendance at the General Assembly of the United Nations at the end of the month. After his speech to the UN, Obama was accused by some US commentators for apologising for America. The following day, at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, he reassured them. How? By taking a familiarly tough stance against the one constant bogeyman in American foreign policy over the last three decades: Iran. Other players in the global game — Saddam Hussain, the Taliban, Osama bin Laden, Moscow, Colonel Qaddafi, even France — may wax and wane in the US consciousness, moving from friend to rival to enemy, as suits the US agenda, but Iran has been a constant enemy throughout.
It is easy to say that that is because it is the only Islamic state, or the only modern state that genuinely aspires to be Islamic. The question is what that means in real terms. The answer is that Iran simply refuses to accept its allotted place in the US-centric international order, established by the Western powers to ensure their continued dominance in all spheres of the world’s affairs. This is what the West demands, and provided other states understand this, they are permitted their limited freedom of action, evn dissent, within the system, however authoritarian, brutal and repressive they may be.
Many ask why Iran’s constant criticism of Zionism and Israel, and in particular its refusal to accept the mythology created around the “Holocaust” — long since brilliantly exposed by an American Jew, Norman Finkelstein —causes such ructions in the West. The answer is not really that anyone fears a repetition of Hitler’s genocide; only the most paranoid can take that accusation seriously. The real reason is that Ahmedinejad’s questioning of Israel’s right to exist, and the grounds given for it, has come to symbolise Iran’s rejection of virtually all the West’s holy cows; the foundational myths it uses not only to justify its global dominance, but to claim moral legitimacy for it.
Central to these is the historicist idea that the West represents universal values of freedom, democracy, liberalism and progress for all people. It is this claim that Western democracies use to justify imposing their will on the rest of the world, and which Americans believe gives them the right (even the onerous duty) to dominate the world because they are supposedly the free-est, most democratic people in the world. In institutional terms, this translates to the right to dominate the UN, supposedly the global representative of the world’s people, with legitimate authority over the rest of the world. The fact that the West usually works through the UN, its associated bodies, such as the World Bank, the IMF, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and similar bodies such as the EU and NAFTA, to formalise and/or implement the decisions taken by Western elites in forums such as the G8 and the G20, is supposed to legitimise those decisions. That much of the rest of the world sees the UN as having little more standing than the Iraqi parliament under Saddam Hussain (for example) is irrelevant provided that key institutional players — states in particular — opt to work within the system rather than challenge it.
In the West, and in the Westernised elites of the rest of the world, even those who criticise the policies of Western powers, and the working of international institutions, seldom question the myths on which they are based. Iran’s real crime is that it does precisely that. Its refusal to allow the Western powers to dictate its energy policy, through the spurious authority of the UN and the IAEA, is bad enough. The fact is it is doing so not only on grounds of its interests, but because it rejects the mythical moral foundations of that authority (the same foundations that supposedly legitimise the Zionist state) makes it not just an outlaw, but a revolutionary threat. And the fact that it is doing so in the name of Islam, with the potential to inspire up to a quarter of the world’s population, is what renders it so very dangerous.
It is this that explains the West’s intense and inevitable enmity, which Iran has faced for 30 years, faces now, and will continue to face for many years to come, insha’Allah.
Iqbal Siddiqui publishes a personal blog, A Sceptical Islamist: http://scepticalislamist.typepad.com
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Why the Pakatan Rakyat government was brought down in Perak
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Pilihanraya Kecil Bagan Pinang
Friday, October 9, 2009
Pilihanraya kecil Bagan Pinang.Sartu komentar
Friday, October 2, 2009
Isu Undi Pos
Sepanjang pengetahuan saya setelah selalu berdiskusi dengan bekas bekas anggota tentera/polis,ada beberapa cara yang dilakukan oleh SPR dan tentera untuk menipu didalam proses undi pos ini.Antaranya:
- Pegawai atasan memangkah sendiri semua kertas undi anggota bawahan mereka.Kebiasaan yang mereka buat adalah dua pertiga untuk BN dan satu pertiga untuk pembangkang.Biasanya pegawai pegawai ini diberi imbuhan oleh UMNO
- Anggota tentera memangkah sendiri dihadapan pegawai mereka.Mereka hanya mengikut sahaja arahan mereka.Dah tentu majoriti nya adalah untuk BN.
- Anggota tentera bebas memilih calun yang mereka suka.Tetapi didalam proses penghantaran kepusat undi,peti undi berkenaan akan di"kidnap" dan diganti dengan peti undi lain yang telah siap berisi dengan kertas undi lain.
Jadi walau macamanapun undi pos ini akan tetap memihak kepada BN.Pihak SPR dengan sengaja membiarkan kawalan dalaman undi pos ini lemah dan tiada usaha usaha untuk memperbaikinya dibuat.
Pihak Pakatan Rakyat perlulah meneruskan tekanan agar sistem undi pos ini digantung kecuali keadaan negara berada didalam tahap kecemasan.Anggota tentera juga adalah rakyat Malaysia.Mereka juga berhak dibawah Perlembagaan Malaysia untuk memilih calon yang mereka suka tanpa sebarang tekanan dari pihak lain.
Walaubagaimanapun pihak tentera sendiri perlu sedar hak mereka.Berapa lamakah mereka sanggup membiarkan diri mereka dibodohkan oleh UMNO? 52 tahun dah lebih dari cukup.Merek sendiri perlu memberi tekanan kepada SPR.Mereka perlu menghentikan diri mereka dari dilacurkan oleh oleh bapak ayam politik ( UMNO) . Mereka juga adalah rakyat Malaysia yang mempunyai hak.
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Friday, September 4, 2009
Isu kuil:Khalid Samad sedia kalah demi berlaku adil pada semua
Beginilah sepatutnya seorang wakil rakyat yang berjiwa Islam.Tetap pendirian untuk berlaku adil walaupun majoriti pihak mnentangnya.Kualiti yang wujud didalam ahli Parlimen Pakatan Rakyat.Suara yang datang dari hatinya set kefahaman yan gmendalam terhadap konsep Islam.Pernahkah Ahli ParlimenUMNO berpendirian begini??Semoga Allah bersama beliau dan memberi kekuatan kepadanya.Semoga Allah SWT membuka tembelang UMNO seluas luasnya kepada rakyat Malaysia. Kenyataan YB Khalid Samad adalah sesuatu yang amat saya harapkan datangnya dari pimpinan PR selama ini agar semua pihak dapat melihat keadilan Islam.Kita berjuang adalah untuk keadilan semua orang.Jika konsep keadilan ini tidak jelas pada kita,adalah ditakutinya akhirnya kita akan jadi sama saperti UMNO.Saya perhatikan beliau bersendirian menghadapi isu ini.Agak kurang bantuan dari pihak PAS Selangor sendiri.Adakah mereka juga telah terpengaruh dengan fikrah pemikiran sempit UMNO? Pihak pimpinan Pakatan Rakyat perlulah bersedia berpegang kepada konsep keadilan Islam walaupun mendapat tentangan dari ahli sendiri.Realiti ini pahit tetapi perlu dipegang.Walk the talk please... Syabas YB Khalid.I am proud of you. Petikan dari Harakah Daily .http://harakahdaily.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22383&Itemid=1 |
Abdul Aziz Mustafa Sat Sep 05, 09 11:24:17 am MYT | |||||||
SHAH ALAM, 5 Sept: Ahli Parlimen Shah Alam, Khalid Abdul Samad bersedia kalah dalam pilihan raya kerana berlaku adil kepada semua pihak. "Ada yang bertanya kepada saya, tidakkah saya khuatir saya kalah dalam pilihan raya yang bakal tiba oleh kerana isu ini. Bagi saya sekiranya itulah kehendak pengundi, apakan daya? "Yang penting sejarah akan menjadi saksi bahawa ada Ahli Parlimen dari parti Islam yang memperjuangkan keadilan untuk semua walaupun orang Hindu," kata beliau dalam surat terbukanya kepada penduduk penduduk Seksyen 23 Shah Alam. Untuk menjelaskan maksudnya, beliau mengungkapkan kisah seorang raja Islam di Mysore, Bangalore, India pada abad ke 18 yang bernama Sultan Fateh Ali Khan Tippu atau Tippu Sultan. Di bawah pemerintahan Tippu Sultan, rakyatnya terdiri daripada orang Islam, Hindu dan Sikh. "Hingga ke hari ini rakyat India masih menceritakan mengenai pemerintahan beliau yang berasaskan Islam sebagai sebuah pemerintahan yang adil," kata beliau. Dengan mengemukakan ayat kelapan Surah al-Maidah yang menekankan keadilan, Khalid mengingatkan bahawa ketaqwaan mempunyai hubungan rapat dengan keadilan. Keadilan ini pula perlu dilaksanakan terhadap semua, walaupun terhadap yang tidak disenangi, kata beliau. "Kalau terhadap kaum yang dibenci sekalipun dituntut keadilan, apatah lagi terhadap jiran sekampung dan warga sekota? "Walaupun mereka tidak sebangsa dan seagama, hakikatnya mereka tidak memusuhi kita atau memusuhi Islam. Maka, mereka layak mendapat layanan yang adil. "Adakah adil sekiranya kita menafikan mereka hak tempat beribadat yang berhampiran dan sebaliknya memaksa mereka ke seksyen 22, di tengah-tengah kawasan industri berat, jauh dari kawasan kediaman? Tiada apa di sana kecuali kilang-kilang," kata beliau dalam surat yang disiarkan dalam blognya itu (www.khalidsamad.com). Khalid bagaimanapun tidak memaksa pandangannya diterima. "Saya hanyalah seorang wakil rakyat yang dipilih oleh tuan-tuan melalui pilihan raya yang diadakan pada masa-masa tertentu. "Saya tidak berhak memaksa apa-apa pandangan atau keputusan ke atas tuan-tuan semua. "Saya hanya mengharapkan keputusan yang tuan-tuan rumuskan sendiri berhubung cadangan pemindahan kuil ke Seksyen 23 mengambil kira persoalan ketaqwaan dan keadilan," katanya. Isu pemindahan kuil itu semakin bergolak berikutan tindakan sekumpulan yang dipercayai penyokong Umno baru-baru ini mengadakan tunjuk perasaan membantah pemindahan kuil Hindu ke Seksyen 23, Shah Alam. Beberapa orang dari mereka adalah penduduk kawasan tersebut. Mereka mengheret kepala lembu ke bangunan Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri (SUK) dan kemudian meludah-ludah serta memijak-memijak kepala lembu itu. Mengulas kejadian itu, Ketua Pembangkang Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Selangor, Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo berkata, kepala lembu itu bermaksud "kerajaan (Selangor) telah membuat satu keputusan bodoh seperti lembu dalam menangani kontroversi tersebut". "Nak tunjukkan kerajaan itu bersikap mengambil keputusan yang bodoh seperti lembu," kata beliau. _ |