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Sunday, May 10, 2009

The End of The Zionist Agenda

The End Of The Zionist Agenda

The first convention i went for, and i was alone.

Nevermind that, there were more than 3000 of us in the Merdeka Hall PWTC.

The speakers were Dr Azzam Tamimi, Dr Muhsen Soleh and Dr Roslan. The first two are Palestinians now based in England and Beirut respectively. Dr Roslan on the other hand is our own local speaker.

The convention made me think of some new things and enlightened me on a few others. One of the hardest info to believe was Dr Azzam’s statement on the coming of the Mahadi. As i was taught since small, Imam Mahadi will come when the world is coming to its end. In another book i read recently (Jerusalem in the Quran by Imran N. Hosein), Imam Mahadi’s role will be the same as John the Baptist (Nabi Yahya) more than 200 years back. Nabi Yahya identified Jesus (Isa) at that time. And when Mahadi appears, he will do the same thing, identify and declare Isa as the man we have been waiting for. Dr Azzam however, rejected this opinion completely. And i got to know that a prominent Muslim scholar, Ibn Khaldun rejected this as well. Dr Azzam said that Muslims shd not wait for Mahadi, we should be fighting this battle of ourselves which I agree. We shd not sit quietly waiting for a hero to come and save us all. This goes back to my post on “Locus of Control” where we actually have control over our destiny, a limited one.

He mentioned that waiting for a hero to save us is an act of desperation, and we should not believe in it. But, i became confused when he mentioned both Mahadi and Messiah in the same time. He mentioned Mahadi is not coming but he didn’t say Messiah is coming. Nor did he say both Mahadi and Messiah are the same person. As far as i know, Messiah is NOT Mahadi. But he somehow “integrated” this 2 persons into 1.

I had a feeling that he is a bit pro-jew during his 1st presentation entitled Judaism vs Zionist. It was either i misunderstood him or not, i’m not sure. But he said that it wasn’t the Jew’s fault to be placed in Jerusalem. It wasn’t even their 1st choice. It was the Europeans i.e British or more accurately, Christian’s plan to place them there. The Christians believed that their Messiah will come and kill all Jews in Jerusalem, thus they want the Jews to be there earlier. He said the Jews did not even want to go to Jerusalem and it was the role of Hitler who massacred Jews and forced them to flee from Europe and settled down in Jerusalem. It was as if the Jews were innocent and the British are to be blamed (at that time, not now).

And I disagree. History proved that the Jews had always made mischief in the country and cause havoc almost everywhere. I don’t deny that they are good Jews (one of Caliph Umar AlKhattab’s friend was a Jew, even Prophet Muhammad SAW has good Jew friends). But, in most cases, Jews are always dishonest and untrustworthy. They broke Sahifatul Madinah (the 1st constitution of Madina and also an agreement between the people of Madina, including Jews. The Jews cooperated with the Kafir in Makkah to attack Prophet Muhammad SAW in Madina). As a result, they were chased out of Madina. There is also a verse from the Quran [2;85] stating clearly that Jews always broke their promise (an act we often see today). Hence, it won’t be inappropriate if i say that Jews played an important role in chasing the Palestinians out of their hometown, it wasn’t planned only by the British.

But, in his second presentation, Dr Azzam showed his aggressiveness in criticising the Jews for taking his land away from his family, which actually brought the burden out of my heart a bit. At least he still blames the Jews, not only the British. I admired his open-ness and daring-ness (if such a word exists). He openly claimed Husni Mubarak and Mahmoud Abbas to be Arab Muslim-Zionists.

Dr Muhsen, from my point of view, has a milder personality, not as stern as Dr Azzam. Or perhaps i think of him that way because he did not use the b*****d and b****y words Dr Azzam used. And i think he was the one who mentioned that Jerusalem is the heart of the Muslims. And if British do not want the Islamic empire to rise, they will need to “stab” its heart, and the heart is Jerusalem. Thus, it was a very wise decision to put Israel in Jerusalem apart from the fact that Palestine is a very strategic spot.

Dr Roslan had only one presentation, but it should not be neglected. He presented on the Fall of Ottoman Empire. We can’t move forward without knowing our history and thus, reading his paper stating that one of the causes that weakens Ottoman empire was the Arab Revolt made me shudder. This means, Muslims have been divided even earlier on. The British did not only “divide and conquer” in Malaysia but also way before that in Turkey.

Doesn’t that fact reflect an important proof? Muslims need to unite to achieve the victory.

Another summary of the convention, by lwtc247.

Saturday, May 9, 2009

GAZA

The whole area from south Lubnan in the north to Sinai Peninsula in the south, from Jordan river in the east to the Mediterranean sea in the west belongs to Muslims. The land is known as Palestin or “Daulah Filastiniyyah”.

The key of Jerusalem, or Baitul Maqdis, or Illyaa’ was given to Caliph Umar Al-Khattab by the Patriach of Jerusalem. Among these two, there was an agreement, known as “The Treaty of Umar”. An extract of the agreement:-

“In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Beneficent.

This is what the slave of Allah, Umar b.Al-Khattab, the Amir of the believers, has offered the people of Illyaa’[1] of security granting them Amaan (protection) for their selves, their money, their churches, their children, their lowly and their innocent, and the remainder of their people.

Their churces are not to be taken, nor are they to be destroyed, nor are they to be degraded or belittled, neither are their crosses or their money, and they are not to be forced to change their religion, nor is any one of them to be harmed.

No Jews are to live with them in Illyaa’...”

And so, the Christians and Muslims lived together peacefully. But that is not the end.

When the Crusaders attacked and conquered Baitul Maqdis about 477 years later (492H), they massacred more than 70,000 Muslims in Masjidil Aqsa. They killed Islamic scholars, imams and students. The Muslims then lived under the oppressions of the crusaders. 91 years later, Sultan Salahuddin Al-Ayyubi liberated Jerusalem from the Crusaders.

That was a very brief intro on Muslims’ Sacred Land, Palestine.

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Gaza, or Ghazzah, is the second largest city in Palestine after Jerusalem. Most of the Gaza people stays in refugee camps such as Khan Yunus Camp, Dir Balah Camp, Rafah Camp and Jabalia Camp, just to name a few.



There are 7 ways out of Gaza strip but 6 of these are controlled by the Zionist. The one not controlled by the Zionist is Rafah which is controlled by Egypt since 2005. Although Rafah crossing is controlled by Egypt, a country with the same religion and race as Palestine, Egypt had never make it easier for the Palestinians. Egypt is very worried that Palestinians might use the Rafah crossing as a way for them to get weapons and help.



With all the gates out of Gaza strip controlled, Gaza strip had became a jail for its own people.



Gaza was occupied by the British until she was given to Egypt in 1948. In 1956 however, British launched an attack on Egypt, seizing Gaza from Egypt. But after 5 months, the Israeli army withdraw from Gaza and Egypt continued to rule Gaza starting March 1957.



On June 7th 1967, Israel occupied the whole Gaza peninsula, Sinai Peninsula and the West Bank. 3 days later, Israel succeeded in seizing Golan Heights from Syria.



6 years later, in 1973 Husni Mubarak led Egypt Air Force with Syria to attack Israel to liberate Sinai Peninsul from Israeli occupation. They succeeded gloriously, Israel was chased out until Taba border.



But Gaza remained occupied by Israel. And Egyptian President, Anwar Sadat began to be “friendly” with Israel. On 19th November 1977, Sadat became the first Arab leader to make an official visit to Israel and signed Camp David Accord (17th Sept 1978). Egyptian however, cannot accept this fact that their leader betrayed fellow Muslims thus, Sadat was assassinated by his own army officer in 1981.



Fighters of Gaza, Hamas and Jihad Islami tried their best to chase Israelis out of Gaza. They launched intifadha(s), one of them known as amaliyyah istisyhadiyyah where they invented their own explosives. But, the only way to explode it is by bringing the explosives themselves to the middle of the enemy’s group. This was the “suicide bombers” described by the western world. However, most of Muslim scholars not only said the act was not a suicide, but went further by declaring them martyrs (asy-Syahid).



Israel was shocked by these brave attacks by Gaza fighters who dreamt of martyrdom more than the Israelis dreamt of luxurious lives.



But the fighters knew they can’t depend on amaliyyah istisyhadiyyah for long, as that will mean they will have to sacrifice more of their youths. Thus, they invented their own rockets, known as Al-Qassam Rocket. Unable to stand with the amaliyyah istisyhadiyyah and Al-Qassam Rockets attacks, the Israelis withdraw from Gaza in September 2005.



The whole world savoured the moment of that freedom. Gaza is at last independent. Gaza crossing is at last open for the Muslim world to channel their aids to the people in Gaza. People of Gaza can also cross to Egypt to get their daily needs. But all these remained a dream. Egypt closed the Rafah crossing with the excuse that Gaza is still under the rule of Israel. The whole world criticised Egypt but Husni Mubarak; the man who was the hero of people of Egypt; the man who led Egypt Air Force against Israel thus liberated Sinai Peninsula did not even moved an inch from his decision to close the Rafah crossing.



As time passes, Palestinians lose their trust on Fatah leaders as Fatah did not show any signs that they will liberate Palestine from Israel. Thus, in the 2006 election, Fatah lost to Hamas, with a Hamas leader; Said Siyam got the highest vote, 75 880 votes. With this, he was entrusted with the post of Minister of Home Affairs.



As Hamas is the “smaller brother” of another movement in Egypt, “Ikhwanul Muslimin” which means “Brotherhood of Muslims”, Mubarak was afraid that Ikhwanul Muslimin might win in the Egypt election. Thus, Mubarak placed a heavier oppression towards Gaza. He threatened to close Rafah crossing forever unless Hamas returned the ruling power to Fatah and accept an international observer.



On 25th December 2008, the Foreign Minister of the Haram State of Israel; Tzipi Livni paid a visit to Mubarak in Cairo, to inform him of the condition in Gaza that is posing greater threat to Israel. 2 days later, 60 US-made Fighting Falcons F16, attacked Gaza strip, killing more than 200 Muslims in just one day. The attack did not stop there, it went further for 3 weeks, with the number of deaths amounting to 1350, mostly civilians.

Reference: Aris Hazlan Ismail, Gaza Menangis, Jundi Resources, Kuala Lumpur (2009)

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Which One is Al Aqsa?

Assalammualaikum.

I googled "Masjidil Aqsa".
And i found two different mosques.



As far as i know, there's no mosque with 2 domes. Thus, this means that this two mosques are different.

I also found articles saying that the Israelis are trying to confuse Muslims between Al Aqsa Mosque and their Dome of Rock.

But, as i'm losing my trust to articles on the net, i don't know as to which one to trust. Who knows the article is trying to manipulate the confusion the other way around?

But i think the one with yellow dome is not Al-Aqsa.
Because that "building" looks newer.
I thought Al-Aqsa shd be old?
And also, when i google "Dome of Rock", the yellow dome building appeared.


Saturday, May 2, 2009

Welcome to Facebook! Uh?

Assalammualaikum.

Oh yes, i've juz set up my facebook account today.
My initial reason was to grab some of the pics my seniors took during the camp but i ended getting engrossed with it. (or is it just because it is something new to me?)

Anyway, i spent quite a lot of time on facebook today, something i can say i am sad with it but can help it.

Perhaps this is just a thing i'm crazy abt for now, i'm pretty sure this craze will subside as i get myself busier with more important things (like studying and getting to know more things abt the world).

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Reality and Fantasy

Assalammualaikum...
Well, hanis... here comes my post!!
hahaha... *wink*


To kick start this post, i'll juz tell one fact: i went to a leadership camp held by IMU Muslim Society during last weekend (24-27 apr) in Sg Tekala.

Though we got lost during our journey there, it certainly didnt dampen my spirit to have fun during the camp. Oooh.. i wasnt suppose to have the intention to hv fun there, i was supposed to learn new things there..

Anyway, the camp was a beneficial one. It successfully cut me off from the reality for 2 days and just be with my friends, strengthening the bonds with them. One of the activity i suprisingly enjoyed the most was the night walk. We were brought deep into the jungle at night, in the dark without torchlights, to let us test ourselves on how much we depend on Allah.

That was my first time doing a night walk, although i joined a lot of camps before, i somehow skipped the "night walk" session because i fell ill, or some other reasons. I was brought into the forest, and then left alone for some time. I was told to remember Allah (zikir), and read verses of the Quran. That was the one time i spent my time and dedicated my heart only for reciting verses of the Quran and zikir. during the sharing session after the night walk, i wanted to speak out, and share my experiences with the others but somehow i didnt do it.

Of course, another fun activity will be playing in the river!! i learnt a lot of new games from my friends and we played for hours in the river. I can only blame myself for the flu i'm having now. Haha...


One of the activities were talks on Palestine which unfortunately i missed as i went back to IMU sending my sick friend back. The other talk was on the world today. How we were programmed
to live the way some forces want us to live. i have juz finished reading "Jerusalem in The Quran" by Imran N Hosein and it was a mind-opening book. It explains the situation the world is facing now, the riba that is dominating almost everybody now, and also the conquer of Jerusalem by Israel.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Inter-Faith Forum; Science And Religion

Assalammualaikum.
Ok, as i told earlier, i went to an interfaith forum.
The topic of discussion was whether religion and science conflicts with each other or not.

The speaker representing Islam was Mr Shah Kirit (one of my fav), Uncle Vijaya representing Buddhism, Dr Living Lee representing Christianity while Prof (i'm truly sorry i cant remember the name, pls do inform me if u know the name) representing Hinduism.

Towards the end of the forum, the moderator asked if the member of the floor have any question. And since the beginning of the forum, i had been wanting to ask but i dared not.
At last i plucked my courage and stood up to ask the questions that had been disturbing my mind.

One of my drawback is my stage-fright-ness... It may be surprising for some, but i cant deny the fact that i'll start to shake whenever i'm supposed to talk in public. My sympathetic nervous system is very efficient in conveying the tiniest, deepest feeling in my heart, that i'm afraid. The fear somehow gets amplified and was shown to everybody everytime i talk in public. The microphone i'm holding, or any paper i'm holding will also vibrate with my fingers. Combined with the fact that the hall was very very freezing-ly cold, my fingers were numb and i cant even move my fingers synchronisingly. I was shaking because of cold + nervous-ness... And i am upset with it.

Anyway, that is not what i want to draw my readers' attention to. The major issue here is the questions i asked.

1. Do the Christians, Buddhist and Hindus agree or not with Darwin Theory of Evolution? If no, why then is the theory still circulating even years after it was introduced? Does that mean there are more Atheist than people of religion now?

2. Premarital sex and gays were not accepted by the society since early history. But now as science advances, we know preventions can be taken to avoid the STDs. So, should religion changes and accept this immoral act? (This question was for Uncle Vijaya, the Buddhist representative because earlier he mentioned abt religion having to change from its dogma to suit modern science)

Perhaps it was partly my fault that my nervous-ness somehow overshadowed my questions that the speakers did not catch what i really wanted to say.

The Muslim speaker said Islam do not accept theory, only scientific facts based on proofs.

The Christian speaker said it's rubbish that ppl denies the existence of God.

The Hindu speaker somehow agrees with the evolution (i think that's what he said). And he added, where we come from is not important. What important is where we ended.

The Buddhist speaker's answer wasnt very clear. But he said not only where we ended is important, but how we live now is more important than where we came from. So, live now (at least that was what he said)

For the 2nd question, Uncle Vijaya said religion does not have to change to accept these immoral act but rather it's ok if it is beneficial for u and me.
I really wanted to ask more, "does that mean religion cant accept free sex because the act transmits STDs around the world, but if free SAFE sex is applied, religion permits it? It doesnt harm u and me."
But since there was lack of time, the question was never asked.

From the little and limited knowledge i have, i know that Muslims believe that Adam was the first human in the world. He was sent down to Earth as a HUMAN. Not merely a single cell that somehow evolved randomly and became what we are now. Hence, this itself denies the theory of evolution completely. Christians will have the more or less same opinion, if not exactly the same.

But i really do not know what a Buddhist or a Hindu think of this theory of evolution. Where living beings actually came from a single cell.

Anybody will like to give any thought?
Or perhaps can join in this debate in another blog.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Still Thinking....

Assalammualaikum...

I think i'll be changing my blog layout again..
Eheh...
Later today insyaAllah...
Btw, i'll be attending Inter-Religious Forum in IMU today...