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Anwar Ibrahim

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 07:16 PM PST

Anwar Ibrahim


Islam Rahmatan lil ‘Alamin: Challenges in the Globalized World

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 07:34 AM PST

Inaugural address by Anwar Ibrahim, MP and Chair, World Forum for Muslim Democrats at the Opening of the Biennial International Conference on Islam on 1st February 2015, in Ampang, Selangor.

Introduction

We gather here today in circumstances of turmoil and political unrest in the Muslim world as yet unprecedented in our modern history.

Whether it is in the Middle East, the Indian sub-Continent, or in Europe, hardly a week goes by without some negative breaking news of innocent people being kidnapped, beheaded, shot at or blown up by perpetrators who are ostensibly Muslims. Not since 9/11 have the repercussions of these vile attacks been so far-reaching and pervasive.

When the Twin Towers were attacked in 2001, I wrote an op-ed piece for Time magazine a week later but being still in prison, it took another two weeks for me to get it out. I had prefaced it with the Qur'anic reminder in surah al-Maidah ayah 8: "Let not your hatred of others cause you to act unjustly against them." I then said:

"Never in Islam's history have the actions of so few of its followers caused the religion and its community of believers to be such an abomination in the eyes of others. Millions of Muslims who fled to North America and Europe to escape poverty and persecution at home have become the objects of hatred and are now profiled as potential terrorists. The nascent democratic movements in Muslim countries will regress for a few decades as ruling autocrats use their participation in the global war against terrorism to terrorize their critics and dissenters."

Today, religious groups in the name of jihad are trying to outdo each other in their demonstration of faith – who can kill more, be more violent and be as uncompromising as possible? Who are the champions in striking fear among those who do not subscribe to their beliefs?

In this perverse race for supremacy in brutality, ISIS has been at the forefront, issuing ultimatums for ransom to be paid for the release of foreign captives and beheading them with clock-work precision when the ransom is not paid. To add to the depravity, they also carry out mass summary executions by firing squad and shamelessly broadcast these atrocities to the world.

For fear of losing out to ISIS and other terror groups in notoriety as bloodthirsty and ruthless killers, the Taliban on December 16 last year struck their as yet 'most cruellest cut' in depraved violence by attacking a school in Pakistan and massacring 140 children.

Just two days before that, Boko Haram insurgents kidnapped at least 185 women and children, and slaughtered 32 people in a raid in Nigeria where, incidentally, twelve of its thirty-six states have introduced hudud punishments. The gunmen attacked a village, destroying half of it, shooting down men before herding women and children together.

But even all this seems to pale before the atrocity committed by ISIS militants in late October when they herded over 600 Shia, Christian and Yazidi men into the desert and executed them at point blank range.

They were forced to count themselves as they lined up before their executioners who, while proclaiming 'God is great', opened fire on them with machine guns.

Stabbing Islam in the back

Then of course there were the horrific murders that were carried out at the offices of Charlie Hepdo in Paris on 7th January followed by the brutal killing of four Jewish hostages. There was widespread condemnation of the Paris killings from people and quarters regardless of religion or creed. Once again, the savage acts of a few in the name of Islam had tainted the rest of the Muslim communities.

In this senseless and brutal killing, the perpetrators have stabbed Islam in the back. It is indeed the height of audacity for these murderers to say they are avenging the Prophet and protecting the sanctity of the religion.

By what authority do they justify killing people for insulting Islam or the Prophet?

Islam has survived for almost 1500 years without these self-righteous self-proclaimed defenders of the faith. It can certainly go on for another thousand years and more without them. The Prophet was sent unto mankind as a blessing and guidance, not a preacher of terrorism.

Al-anbiyaa: 107
"And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], except as a mercy to the worlds."

We know that during his early mission, all kinds of insult, led by Musaylima, were hurled at the Prophet and his Companions urged him to fight back. The Prophet merely said: 'Let him be. He is just a liar. Ignore him.'

When the enemies of Islam stepped up their ridicule and persecution, the Companions again asked the Prophet to curse them. At this, the Prophet replied, "I have not been sent to lay a curse upon men but to be a blessing to them."

When the Prophet went to Ta'if, he attempted to call the community there to Islam. In response, they set the street urchins to hound, harass and then stone him. When he was utterly exhausted and bleeding from head to foot, did he curse his tormentors or seek help for revenge? On the contrary, as all Muslims know or should know, what issued from the Prophet's lips was and remains indeed one of the most moving and beautiful du'a in Islam:

"O Allah, To Thee I complain of my weakness, my lack of resources and my lowliness before men.
"O most Merciful! Thou art the Lord of the weak and Thou art my Lord. To whom wilt Thou entrust me? To one who will misuse me? Or to an enemy to whom Thou hast given power over me? If Thou art not angry with me then I care not what happens to me. Thy favour is all that counts for me.
"I take refuge in the light of Thy countenance, by which all darkness is illuminated. And the things of this world and next are rightly ordered. I wish to please Thee until Thou art pleased. There is no power and no might save in Thee."

So, where is the textual authority to establish that Muslims should avenge the Prophet by embarking on a killing spree?

The Prophet's heart was always filled with love and compassion for human kind regardless of creed or colour. The hearts of these self-appointed avengers are filled with hatred and hostility.

The Prophet taught us tolerance and understanding. These avengers preach intolerance and animosity. The Qur'an tells us to reach out and get to know one another. These killers sow discord and division.

Of 9/11 back then, I had denounced it thus:
"The attacks must be condemned, and the condemnation must be without reservation. The foremost religious authorities are outraged and have issued statements denouncing the monstrous murders. All efforts to punish the perpetrators must be supported."

Likewise, the response to the killings in Paris must also be unequivocal condemnation. It is cold blooded massacre, plain and simple. There's nothing to justify or rationalise. It is also not the time for moralizing over U.S., French or European foreign policy.

As stated earlier, these acts of barbarism are tragically not new. We would recall the reaction of Muslims to the Danish cartoons. Innocent lives were lost and buildings were set on fire as angry mobs in various parts of the Muslim world went on a rampage to demonstrate their anger. Was that following the example of the Prophet?

Freedom of expression and double standards

Nevertheless, much as we must defend our fundamental liberties, the fact is that there is no such thing as absolute freedom of expression, not even in Europe and certainly not in France. When the comic book on the life of the Prophet was first published in France two years ago, I had deplored it as sacrilege against Islam. Indeed, I had called for calm and rationality in response even as we should denounce the cartoons as vile and contemptible.

To my mind, the Danish cartoons, Charlie Hebdo caricatures and the rest of the tasteless and insensitive publications ridiculing Islam and the Prophet are mere manifestations of Islamophobia in all its varied guises. They appear to betray a deep-seated Freudian prejudice or animosity harking back to the Crusades.

This is most disappointing considering the strong tradition of scholarship and interest on Islam in Europe that has yielded scholars such as William Muir, Richard Burton, Reynold Nicholson, Max Muller, Theodor Noldeke, Ignaz Goldziher, Ernest Renan, Louis Massignon and Henri Pirenne, to name but a few.

Inspired by Hafez (1325-89), Goethe (1749-1832) wrote West-östlicher Divan (West-Eastern Diwan). It symbolizes, not a clash, but interaction between the West and the East, between Greek and Persian civilizations and between Christendom and the Muslim world.

Goethe's Diwan in turn inspired other works by European writers. In 1924, Iqbal (1877-1938) himself was moved to publish Payam-e-Mashriq (The Message of the East) underscoring the role of religion and spirituality in civilisation.

As we moved into the 21st century, instead of great works of literature celebrating intellectual convivencia between the Muslim world and the West, we are instead inundated with trashy and worthless writings and cartoons clearly aimed at provoking Muslims and causing unrest.

A clear line must therefore be drawn between freedom of expression and hate crimes.

So, while I condemn the Paris killings, I cannot subscribe to the chant of "je suis Charlie" because I do not support the portrayal of the image of the Prophet, let alone caricaturing him in any way. Likewise, I do not support blasphemy against Christians, Jews or any other religion. Neither do I support the freedom to incite hatred against anyone or community on account of religion, ethnicity or culture.

The publication of the Charlie Hepdo cartoons was highly offensive to many Muslims. The French government did nothing to hold to account the people responsible for that act of profanity. Now, in the aftermath of the Paris massacre, just a few days later the magazine republished the offensive cartoons and this was officially sanctioned by the French authorities.

These are blatant acts of provocation and must be condemned.

The issue here is: should there be freedom to commit blasphemy and incite communal hatred? It is true that crimes such as incitement to racial discrimination or hatred will always be challenged as a violation of the right to freedom of expression. But if someone makes a speech clearly liable to arouse feelings of distrust, rejection or even hatred towards a particular group of people of a particular ethnic background, it is incitement to racial hatred. His freedom of expression must then become secondary to the right to dignity and freedom from harassment or vilification on account of ethnic or religious differences.

Holocaust denial

In 2007, the European Union approved legislation that would make denying the Holocaust punishable by jail sentences. This was said to be a minimalist compromise because of the need to reconcile the protection of freedom of speech with protection of their citizens from racism and hate crimes.

This EU law mandates prison terms of as much as three years for "intentional conduct" that incites violence or hatred against a person's "race, colour, religion, descent or national or ethnic origin." The same punishment would apply to those who incite violence by "denying or grossly trivializing crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes."

Even before that, "Holocaust denial" laws were already in place in Germany, France, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland and several other European countries: It is a crime publicly to dispute the official version of Holocaust history. So, this is a classic example of even established European democracies watering down freedom of expression. But no one, at least no Western media, has ever framed this issue as a clash between Judaism and freedom of expression.

I personally have no problem with that. 'Holocaust history' is something very sensitive to the Jewish community. To deny that indeed is to hurt the feelings of the Jewish community – and also to deny that they were victims of genocide. It may or may not incite violence in doing so. We don't condone violence but we appreciate that the Jewish community is entitled to feel hurt by such denials.

Of course, those who subscribe to absolute freedom will not agree. We can debate this and there is no need to kill anyone.
But the question is why is it perfectly legitimate to hurt the sensitivities of Muslims by depicting their Prophet or caricaturing him?

Why the double standards?

If France is to remain true to its "je suis Charlie" credo which is the metaphor for absolute freedom of expression then they should repeal the "Holocaust denial" law too or other related laws. Or else, they should stop parading on their moral high horse in the name of absolute freedom of expression.
However, the constraint on freedom of expression in these matters must work both ways. For example, in the case of Malaysia, if action is taken against anyone for blaspheming Islam or ridiculing Muslims on account of their religion, then the authorities must also act even-handedly in cases of blasphemy or insult to other religions and faiths. This is not a hypothetical issue. In Malaysia, we have seen how certain prominent Muslim leaders openly insult Hindus or Christians and get away with it. Why the double standards again?

As even the great libertarian Hayek has said, liberty and responsibility are inseparable. A free society will not function unless its members accept the consequences of their action. Freedom also implies the freedom to speak the truth and not to spread falsehood or corrupt public morals.

Yet, in saying that not only Muslims but any right minded and decent individual may be offended by these kinds of publications, Muslims must learn temperance and tolerance in the tradition of the Prophet. Remember the Prophet's du'a at Taif and stay true to the Prophet's memory. Emulate his magnanimity in the face of ridicule and scorn from the enemies.

Between je suis and j'accuse

There is also the tendency to pin anti-Semitism in Europe to Islamic militants as was clearly the case in the Paris attacks where both the Israeli and French governments were quick to label them as anti-Semitic attacks.

Some perspective is needed here. We may recall that the French government has had a history of anti-Semitism. While the mantra is now "je suis Charlie", at one time more than a century ago, it was "J'accuse". That was the title of the open letter that Émile Zola published on the front page of a leading Parisian newspaper.

Expressed in highly emotional language, Zola charged the nation's military top brass with conspiracy and anti-Semitism in dealing with the infamous Alfred Dreyfus affair.

Instead of bringing the culprits to book, the authorities lost no time in arresting Zola, charging him with criminal libel, and having him tried as a common criminal. The show trial was so well managed that an angry bloodthirsty Parisian mob gathered outside the court house clamouring for Zola's head.

Anatole France, another eminent man of letters, came to his defence and valiantly testified to Zola's "admirable good faith and absolute integrity." But this was of no consequence as Zola was hastily convicted and sentenced to jail. However, thanks to his quick thinking and survival instincts, Zola chose freedom instead and dashed off to England. By his reckoning, there was a total failure of justice and it would be foolish for him to submit to an utterly corrupt and unjust system.

Today, France has swung to the other end of the pendulum in making itself among the most vocal in condemning anti-Semitism, apart from the "Holocaust denial" law.I have no quarrel with that. But placing anti-Semitism in juxtaposition with Islam or Islamist activities perpetuates a false dichotomy. It is misguided as well as misleading and only breeds further Islamophobia.

Islamophobia and the 'clash-of-civilisations' narrative

Should the Charlie Hebdo attack lead to a resurgence of the clash-of-civilisations narrative?

For the reasons as aforementioned, it should not. Why should it? If it does, then it is testimony to the success of the military jihadists' doctrine of terror. Terrorism wins if we succumb to fear. It wants to sow discord, distrust and suspicion. Jihadist terrorists rejoice at the rising tide of Islamophobia for it sustains and justifies their hatred and killing. Islamophobia may deal a double whammy – it pushes moderate Muslims to a corner and moderate non-Muslims further to the right. The clash of civilizations would then become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

There are portents of that possibility as evidenced by the rising cases of the German far-right extremists attacking foreigners, particularly Muslims. As of last year, there has been a significant nationwide increase in xenophobic offences.
At the same time, there has been a spike in anti-Islam 'Monday marches' under the PEGIDA banner. What can we expect from a movement that says "Patriotic Europeans against the Islamisation of the Occident" if not more intense Islamophobia? There has also been a sudden rise in hate crimes against Muslims in France after the Paris killings.

It is therefore not only wrong but harmful to frame the Charlie Hepdo killings as a clash between Islam and freedom of speech, and hence the chanting of "je suis Charlie". Such a narrative can only add to Islamophobia.

Islam and Muslims are not in this battle. Terrorists and murderers are. And they will continue to kill and maim not just to do battle against freedom of speech but against generally what the free world, including Muslims, want.

Islamic statehood

While it would be pointless to make sense of these acts of indescribable brutality, it may be instructive to review the underlying basis for excessiveness in religious observances.

This may be attributed to a fundamental misunderstanding of the concept of istiqamah, a doctrine of piety grounded in Surah Fussilat: 30:

"Indeed, those who have said, 'Our Lord is Allah' and then remained on a right course – the angels will descend upon them, [saying], 'Do not fear and do not grieve but receive good tidings of Paradise, which you were promised.'"

The term refers to persistence, taking a firm position, remaining steadfast in one's religious beliefs, views and practices. But it should be pointed out that while istiqamah is enjoined, extremism is forbidden, as in surah Hud: 112:

"So remain on a right course as you have been commanded, [you] and those who have turned back with you [to Allah ], and do not transgress. Indeed, He is Seeing of what you do."

Indeed, transgressing the limits means taking things to the extreme and that is not permitted. Whilst we cannot deny that jihad is textually ordained, it would be misconceived to equate it only with war and violence. Islam stands for peace founded on equity and justice. While Muslims are told to fight tyranny and oppression, force may only be used as a last resort.

As well pointed out by Esposito:
The two broad meanings of jihad, nonviolent and violent, are contrasted in a well-known prophetic tradition. It is said that when Muhammad returned from battle he told his followers, "We return from the lesser jihad to the greater jihad." The greater jihad is the more difficult and more important struggle against one's ego, selfishness, greed, and evil.

Yes, but as following the jihad al asghrar (the lesser jihad) and the jihad al akbar (the greater jihad) is the jihad al kabir or "great jihad" as mentioned in the Surah al Furqan 25:52,

"So do not obey the disbelievers, and strive against them with the Qur'an a great striving."

This is the intellectual jihad, which is the universal principle that requires respect for knowledge, including freedom of thought, publication, and assembly. This jihad is a permanent effort. It is the responsibility of concerned citizens and those in leadership positions to bring the wisdom of Islam to bear on all issues of conscience.

Even though there is no real textual authority, Jihadi terrorist groups generally and particularly in the case of ISIS fall back on a simplistic but highly appealing interpretation of Islam to provide a moral imperative for martyrdom: fight in the way of Allah to establish an Islamic state ruled under shari'ah law with hudud and die as martyrs.

There is a certain romantic allure for this borne by history if we recall the abolition of the institution of the caliphate under Mustafa Kemal and the bitterness and resentment it caused to those who had felt that this indeed was the final severance of the link with Islam's glorious past.

Whilst mainstream and moderate Muslims may find the idea laughable, for extremist groups like ISIS and to a slightly lesser extent, al-Qaida, the restoration of a caliphate and dying as martyrs in the process may well be a paramount goal.
This may well be a ploy by the powers that be in the organisation who personally may have more worldly rewards in mind, but to the highly impressionable and idealistic Muslim youth across Europe and other parts of the Muslim world, this could be their clarion call.

Nevertheless, it needs reminding that the state set up by the Prophet Muhammad in Medina after 622AD was not a Caliphate but a community with a constitutional Charter comprising Muslims, Jews, Christians or pagans whose fundamental liberties were protected including the right of all citizens to be free and equal.

This foundational doctrine of Islamic statehood is just lost on these jihadists and their leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi with the self-proclaimed title of "Caliph Ibrahim", arrogating to himself the highest authority in the Muslim world.
They pervert the concept of jihad and among the first acts they do is to force non-Muslims to convert and appropriate women and young girls as war booty.

In their fanatical drive to expand their state, they force into marriage young women and even children or worse, rape them, apart from the other acts of brutality as recounted earlier.

Unfortunately, we see that certain leaders of the Muslim community have chosen to remain coy in their responses to the spread of ISIS as well as to the murder and mayhem committed. They don the cloak of religiosity, pay lip service to upholding the sovereignty of the faith and exploit the ignorance of the masses.

Allah does not forbid you to be kind, uphold ties, return favours and be fair towards non-Muslims. Placed in the present context of ISIS and the manner in which they treat non-Muslims, we can see the gross violation of these zealots who are killing in the name of Islam.

However, the answer to the rise of fundamentalist jihadism is not just more bombs and fire power but more efforts at removing the fundamental reasons for their misguided notions of jihad as well as the factors that tend to disenchantment and alienation.

Military power, indeed, is essential on the battle front in terms of gaining geographical and territorial advantage but without winning the ideological war, jihadist terrorists will continue to sprout like mushrooms.

Justice and Moderation

In surah al-Baqarah:143, Allah enjoins:

And thus we have made you a just community that you will be witnesses over the people and the Messenger will be a witness over you.

Moderation and justice feature in all aspects of Islam.
Islam maintains moderation in faith and enjoins respect for other religions. The true Muslim believes in all the Prophets, Messengers, and in all Allah's revealed Books.

Hence, controversy over use of 'Allah' and Malay translation of the Bible can be resolved once this fundamental principle is understood. The traditional conservative members of the Malay-Muslim community must therefore be actively engaged.

In Malaysia, groups like Perkasa and Isma should also be engaged on account of their truncated views of Islam and their apparent inability to separate religion from ethnicity.

Islam is moderate in the acts of worship it enjoins for it neither commands one to abandon it nor to dedicate oneself totally to it.

Islam strikes a balance between extremes of what are forbidden and extremes of what are permitted. The halal-haram controversy must be dealt with by using a moderate approach without the need for name-calling and hostile posturing.

In the pursuit of knowledge, moderation must be maintained by striking a balance between reason and Revelation. The human intellect (aql) is essential for material progress but without divine guidance, man's propensity to go astray could take him to excesses.

As between reason and revelation, the raison d’êtrelies in jihad al kabir as mentioned earlier.

Maqasid al-Shari'ah

"Islam rahmatan lil 'alamin" will remain just a catch phrase if the umma fails to rise up to the challenges of the globalized world. Jihad in the true sense must begin with the principle that all pursuits are to be actualised by striving for what is beneficial for mankind and preventing what is harmful.

Indiscriminate bandying of terms like 'Shari'ah' and 'hudud' serves no purpose other than offering a truncated view of Islam and perhaps enabling certain quarters to garner brownie points among the less informed.

To my mind, the generic prescription for the umma to face the challenges of the globalized world lies in the maqasid al-Shari'ah.

It is a manifestation of the miracle of the Qur'an that the more we subject it to our rational intellect, the more meaning it unfolds. This is quite apart from what we know as kashf or ilham, that is, infused knowledge or inspiration which is direct knowledge from Allah, accompanied by sakina (tranquility). In respect of the maqasid al-Shari'ah, it is jihad al-kabir that must prod us to go beyond mere labels. This warrants a sincere and earnest effort to strive intellectually in order to do justice to the true purport of revelation.

“He gives wisdom to whom He wills, and whoever has been given wisdom has certainly been given much good. And none will remember except those of understanding.” Surah al Furqan:32

In this regard, applying the maqasid al-Shari'ah in the economic sphere, the best prescription not just for the Muslim world but for the world at large must be nothing less than the establishment of a humane economy. The central doctrine of balance must be observed in order to achieve equilibrium free market capitalism and social justice.

In quibbling over whether or not hudud is mandatory or that the Shari'ah should be the law of the land, there is the unfortunate neglect of the main issues: socio-economic hardship with rising costs of living and growing unemployment, widening wealth gap, housing and health care problems, and of course rampant corruption and power abuse.

In governance, transparency and accountability cannot be compromised while corruption is shunned.

Again, the maqasid enjoins that the preservation of peace and security requires appropriate laws but this must be balanced by the Qur'anic imperative on justice and the rule of law.

Disconnect with modernity and shallow understanding of Shari'ah

Much of the underlying problem in the discourse about establishing an Islamic state, implementing the criminal punishment of hudud, and the need for Islam to be practiced according to its black letter tradition can be traced to a shallow understanding of the Shari'ah and the failure to consider the maqasid.

For example, in Southeast Asia where there is much clamour by certain groups for the imposition of hudud, much of the discourse on the subject of hudud is simplistic as there is generally neither a serious attempt made to understand a modern theory of criminal justice within the maqasid nor paying sufficient attention to the approaches used by the Prophet SAW.

Views by well-known ulema such as Shaikh Yusuf al-Qhardawi and Shaikh Taha Jabir al-Alwani on the position and priority of hudud are condemned as being apologetic.

In his treatise "Hudud in Present Day Discourse" Sheikh al-Qhardawi gives the basic guidelines on the method of implementation of hudud so as to narrow the gap of diversity and avert further discord and conflict.

Sheikh al-Qardhawi asserts that before the Prophet implemented hudud, the prerequisite was to ensure that the Muslim community must be fully prepared for it by having reached the level of advancement in aspects of faith, religious laws, morals, ethics and values.

He maintains that other laws pertaining to Islam should be implemented first before the implementation of hudud which is not 'top priority' especially while other crucial matters pertaining to the umma remain unresolved.

Citing the jurisprudence of Sheikh Abdul Wahhab al-Khallaf, (1998, Ilmu Usul al-Fiqh (The Science of Islamic Jurisprudence), Mansurah: Darul Kalimah, pp.34-35), al-Qardhawi says there are three main categories of the Shari'ah, namely, laws pertaining to faith, (aqidah), laws relating to morality, (akhlak) and laws governing practical affairs (amali).

Within this latter category of practical affairs (amali) there are two sub-divisions, namely, laws pertaining to rituals of worship (ibadat) and laws pertaining to transactions (muamalat).
Under this latter category of transactions, there are another seven sub-divisions of the law, namely, Family Law, Civil Law, Criminal Law comprising hudud, qisas and takzir, Legislation, Constitutional Law, International law, and law pertaining to the economy.

This categorisation clearly shows that hudud law is but one constituent of the vast corpus of the Shari'ah and not, as some parties would suggest, the be-all and end-all of Islamic law. On the contrary, as stated by al-Qardhawi, hudud law occupies the bottom rung in the overall scheme of the implementation of the Shari'ah.

Qardhawi's view is also shared by Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah al-Khatib, prominent leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and author of Risalah al-Ta’lim, Sharh Usul al-’Isyreen and other important works of Islamic jurisprudence. He has dismissed the claim that the implementation of hudud law is top priority.

In the words of al-Khatib, "hudud in Islam…comes at the end of the process of the Shari'ah because Islam places greater value on the human hand (rather than amputating it because of stealing), honour, property, and the overall quality of life."

Qardhawi also asserts that Islam is not out to subject people to hudud punishment, as evident in the practice of the Prophet, who made it a point to avoid imposing it, even on those who had approached him with confessions of having transgressed the law.

Jurisprudence of priorities (Fiqh aulawiyat)

It remains to be said that this discourse is not about placing hudud in a less than favourable light but rather that al-Qardhawi's view is part and parcel of his jurisprudence of priorities (fiqh aulawiyat) where the maqasid al-shari'ah warrant that matters of importance for the community should be ordered according to priorities.

Consequently, the implementation of hudud, being lower in the hierarchy of priorities, cannot supersede the attainment of the higher objectives of the Shari'ah. The principle of balance is therefore crucial to this as ordained in Surah al-Rahman (verses 7-9):
"And the Firmament has He raised high, and He has set up the Balance (of Justice) in order that ye may not transgress (due) balance. So establish weight with justice and fall not short in the balance".

In taking this position, al-Qardhawi is also supported among others by Taha Jabir al Awani, Hasan Al Turabi and Rashid al-Ghanusi, all luminaries in Islamic scholarship and jurisprudence.

Jihad al kabir and the intellectual tradition

There is nothing wrong with ritualistic observance according to literalist interpretation in matters of dress, eating, food and socialising but a proper approach must take into account Islam's far richer and more comprehensive moral tradition, one that gave rise to morally conscious intellectuals.

Jihad al kabir therefore warrants that rather than merely mouthing easy prescriptions we should clearly demonstrate our stand on injustice, the abuse of power, and society's moral duty to uplift the social condition of the weak and oppressed.

The maqasid will also enjoin government by democratic process and the development of civil society and an intellectual culture in which issues can be vigorously debated where there is ample room for diversity of opinion on issues confronting society.

Diversity of views and inclusive engagement

According to one of the most influential public thinkers of our time, Nobel laureate Professor Amartya Sen, "the central issues in a broader understanding of democracy are political participation, dialogue and public interaction."

The failure to allow for 'government by discussion' can be seen for example in the deprivation of a free and independent press. Without this, the advancement of public reasoning is constrained and is forced to find its voice through other channels. The benefits of a free and independent media have been well expounded by leading writers and empirically we know what that is all about.

Muslim leaders and a new discourse

Nevertheless, for much of the Muslim world, the problem of tyranny and corruption of power remains like a malignant cancer with no clear signs of abatement.

Whatever bright prospects that were held out from the Arab Spring have quickly dissipated into the dark and gloomy portents of despair. Egypt, which witnessed the short-lived democracy that gave much hope to the rest of the Middle East, is now under the stranglehold of a dictator said to be even more tyrannical than Mubarak. Yemen and Libya are back in turmoil while Syria's Bashir al-Asad continues to massacre his own people with impunity.

Meanwhile, the plight of the Palestinians is all but forgotten. It is time for a reminder to the world that the notorious atrocities perpetrated against the Palestinians since 1948 are not about to disappear any time soon. The renewed massacre of thousands of civilians including women and children in July last year in Gaza cannot be anything but state organized terrorism although much of the West would never deign to refer to it as such.

Today, the Muslim world continues to bear the negative manifestations of a civilization in decay. Even in countries not ravaged by war and that are supposedly 'democratic', real freedom and democracy remain elusive. Repressive and archaic laws inherited from the colonial masters continue to prevail in addition to new legislation that stifle freedom and tend to lead to injustice.

With the exception of a few, there is no free and independent press. As a result, the people's voice can only be heard through an alternative media, one which thrives in spite of the constraints imposed by the authorities by using a plethora of laws enforced with the full might of the organs of state power.

Muslim democrats and the umma

Against this backdrop, the World Forum for Muslim Democrats was recently established whose primary role is to provide a common platform for leaders, intellectuals and professionals in the Muslim world to set a new narrative on freedom, democracy and justice.

There will be zero tolerance for the propagation of extremism, fanaticism or the so-called jihadism of the likes of ISIS, al-Shabab or Boko Haram.

We must make it clear that such actions can never be jihad. This is corruption of Islam of the most vulgar and savage kind. They claim they are doing this for Islam and the umma but what they really seek is worldly gain and political power.
In truth, Allah has a perfect description of this subterfuge and hypocrisy:

And when it is said to them, "Do not cause corruption on the earth," they say, "We are but reformers." Al-Baqara: 11

Many attempts have been made to engage these extreme groups but it appears all calls for moderation and consultation have fallen on deaf ears. It is as if they are as what Allah has stated:

"Deaf, dumb and blind – so they will not return [to the right path]". Al-Baqarah:18

To my mind, a new approach has to be articulated on jihad whose true imperative is not to drive wars and conquer new lands but to set the example for inclusive engagement and to drive home the message that differences of views are healthy. The crisis of the umma today is not one of differences of views but of bigotry and intolerance and thus inability to accept the diversity of opinions in a wide spectrum of matters.

In this regard, we must raise the bar in the engagement and go beyond mere tolerance of differing views. While remaining steadfast in our religious convictions, we must do our utmost to foster healthy and vibrant discourses and hold fast to the conviction that allows for freedom of conscience, opinion and expression.

Conclusion

Islam is a blessing and mercy to the entire universe. But Muslims have to make it happen. Muslim leaders can and must set the example for inclusive engagement and to drive home the message that differences of views are healthy.

Justice and moderation should always prevail over injustice and extremism in all its varied guises. The atrocities committed by the extremist groups and terrorists constitute the corruption of Islam of the most vulgar and savage kind.

Islam Rahmatan lil "Alamin must entail that all pursuits are to be actualised by striving for what is beneficial for mankind and preventing what is harmful.

In this new narrative, we must maintain within our moral compass the progressive notions of human rights, freedom of conscience and justice.

These principles will entail the moral duty to protect women and children, the old and the infirm, the rights of minorities. They will drive efforts to establish social justice – to uplift the living standards of the ordinary people, eradicate poverty and democratise access to education at all levels.

Ultimately, these principles will be the bedrock for true democratic governance where transparency and accountability will be virtually written in stone.

That is the true meaning of Islam Rahmatan lil 'Alamin.

Thank you.

Islam a victim of global terrorists – Anwar Ibrahim, Felix Marquardt, Ghaleb Bencheikh and Tareq Oubrou

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 06:15 PM PST

We Muslims are not accustomed to speaking out while brandishing our faith like a banner.

But we understand some of the questions that are arising throughout the world, and it is in light of the latter that we are speaking up today.

The accusations brought against the "silent majority of Muslims may be unjust, but they are understandable. Once and for all, the barbarous murderers who justify their crimes in the name of Islam must realise that when they attack anyone, they are attacking us Muslims, our values, and the very essence of Islam.

On Wednesday, January 7, two assassins savagely murdered 10 people at the Paris headquarters of Charlie Hebdo and two police officers on duty.

The following day, another assassin shot dead a policewoman, and on Friday, January 9, he executed four Jewish hostages at a kosher supermarket at the Porte de Vincennes.

Today, although the French can pride themselves on the surge of national unity and solidarity of January 11, they remain somewhat stunned and perplexed. The families and friends of the victims are inconsolable in the face of the violence of these acts motivated by this hideous, perverse travesty of our religion.

By attacking the press, the police and a religious community all at the same time, these murderers have hurt the whole of Islam.

Yes, we are Muslims, but we also claim the heritage of the Enlightenment and consider freedom of speech as an inalienable right. The copy editor Mustapha Ourrad and the police officer Ahmed Merabet paid for this commitment to those values with their lives, and it takes a very short memory indeed to forget that many other Muslims before them have died for the same values.

Those who want to divide humanity use uneducated shortcuts to associate Islam and barbarism and imply that there is an intrinsic violence in our religion, a natural solidarity between Muslims and terrorists.

Muslims are not cowards who have to resort to physical or verbal violence to defend their faith. To be sure, many of us are upset by the caricatures in Charlie Hebdo. Yet we stand united in affirming that in no way should their authors (or anyone else) be harmed as a result of their publication.

We must stand up as Muslims to publicly voice our attachment to secularism in politics. Let us never forget that on a global scale, Muslims themselves are the first victims of both the fundamentalists who claim to represent Islam and of secular dictators who claim they are the only resort to contain those fundamentalists.

The vast majority of Muslims reject violence. And when freedom and democracy suffer, they suffer, too.

The enemy is not our neighbour who goes to the synagogue, the church, or the temple. The danger is not our neighbour who chooses not to cover her hair with a scarf. The real peril lies elsewhere: it is in the withdrawal, the ignorance, and the stigmatisation of the other, it is in the prejudices that drive us apart when we should be joining together as humans.

If the first aim of terrorism is to frighten us, its second aim is to divide us into distinct, isolated communities. That is why we must all refuse fear and fundamentalism, respect our differences on the basis of our shared values and use them as a source of strength to bring out the underlying principles and values behind our unity.

There is undeniably a very real contemporary problem of manipulation of the Quran and of prophecies by certain self-proclaimed theologians, preachers and exegetes with a warped understanding of Islam.

Muslim religious leaders must be aware of their crucial responsibility. If they do not want Islam to be permanently hijacked, it is their duty to take a clear stand on reforming the interpretation of scriptural sources (Ijtihad).

This is particularly urgent since the last meaningful and structured (failed) attempt of that sort, the Muhammad Abdu project, took place more than a century ago. Whatever the nationality and religious creed, humans must be free to approach their citizenship and relation to religion as they see fit.

* Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is the Malaysian opposition leader. Felix Marquardt is founder of Khlass (Enough with) the Silence. Ghaleb Bencheikh is president of the World Council of Religions for Peace. Tareq Oubrou is imam and rector of the Great Mosque of Bordeaux.

From: www.thejakartaglobe.com, February 1, 2015.

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Whatever the verdict, there is no going back

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 05:58 PM PST

By JOHN R MALOTT, former US ambassador to Malaysia.

Feb 10 is V-day – Verdict Day. That’s when we will learn whether Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim will be found guilty in a trial that governments and human rights organisations around the world unanimously have called politically motivated.

No legal basis for Anwar’s guilt

Judged solely on legal grounds, there is no doubt that the prosecution has failed to prove its case. In the Federal Court hearings which spread over two weeks, Anwar’s defence team, led brilliantly by a former judge, Gopal Sri Ram, made mincemeat of the government’s prosecutor, Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, who is better known as Umno’s lawyer.

Anyone who looks at the facts of the case would conclude this: If Anwar is found guilty, it will be for political, not legal, reasons.

Malaysia has changed forever

But if Anwar is found guilty, he can go to prison with his head held high. He can look back and think about all that he has been accomplished since he was first arrested by then premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad in 1998, and how Malaysia’s political situation has changed over the past 16 years.

Even as the Umno government pursued and persecuted him, Anwar never gave up. Neither did his supporters. And now the movement he began, and the challenge to Malaysia’s political order that he and his wife Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail started in 1998, have become much larger than Anwar himself.

There is no going back. Malaysia has changed forever.

Anwar put country above self

Anwar had many opportunities over the past decade to travel overseas. But he always went back to Malaysia, despite the risk. If Anwar were selfish – if it were just about him – he could have stayed overseas and gone into exile.

Mahathir actually gave him that choice in 1998, yet Anwar turned him down and ended up spending six years in prison.

That is one reason why I respect him so much. Anwar always chose to go back. He chose his country Malaysia over any risk to himself.

I wonder how many other people would do that.

Umno a minority government

Anwar can think about the fact that in the last general elections, the opposition defeated – yes, defeated – Umno and its coalition partners in the popular vote.

Umno was saved only because of the inequitable distribution of electoral seats by the Electoral Commission, which as everyone knows is controlled by the Umno government.

Even with one hand tied behind its back, Anwar and the opposition won 53 percent of the vote in peninsular Malaysia. It defeated BN at the polls.

As for Umno’s own candidates, they took only 33 percent of the national vote.

Malaysia now has 'two-party' system

Anwar can think about the fact that in the past 16 years, a genuine opposition and 'two-party' system have emerged. The difference between Umno-BN and Pakatan Rakyat is now very clear.

One side, BN is dominated by Umno, which increasingly tries to survive by appealing to the basest and most racist instincts of its members. It survives by the use of Sedition Act, control of the media, and threatening to arrest anyone who dares to speak out.

Umno has castrated the other parties in the coalition, MCA and MIC, to the point where they are politically meaningless. There really is no BN anymore.

Umno – even though it was the recipient of only 33 percent of the national vote – now calls 100 percent of the shots. MCA and MIC have lost their supporters and are struggling for their own survival.

Chinese Malaysians have shifted

During the struggle in 1998, the Chinese Malaysian community stood on the sidelines. They considered it an internal Umno struggle among the Malays. They thought of Anwar as an “ultra Malay”.

But not today. The Chinese-Malaysian community has shifted their support to the opposition, to the point where Najib complained of a Chinese tsunami after the last elections.

No longer just about Anwar

Over the past 15 years, the movement that began with Anwar’s sacking, arrest, and imprisonment has grown into Pakatan. It is now a permanent fixture in Malaysia’s political landscape and a genuine alternative to BN.

Fifteen years ago, Keadilan basically was about Anwar and the injustice that had been done to him. But no longer. Today it is about democracy, freedom, human rights, and Malaysia’s future. It is about an end to corruption and cronyism. It is about Malaysia’s future.

So whether he goes to prison or not, Anwar already has won.

Link to original article: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/288445

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Kit Siang Layan Hj Hadi Umpama Budak Suruhan???

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Panglima Perang Cyber

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 11:46 PM PST

Panglima Perang Cyber


Analisa : PAS Main Wayang Atau Memang Mahu Singkir Parasit PASMA ???

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 09:43 PM PST

Rencana - Utusan Online


PAS MAIN WAYANG?

AHMAD FARIS
04 Februari 2015 12:45 AM

PERSATUAN Ummah Sejahtera Malaysia (Pasma) 'dipersila' tinggalkan Pas jika tidak lagi sehaluan dengan parti itu. Berselorohkah Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang dengan cakapnya itu. Sinis­kah? Padahal 'pisau' di tangan Pre­siden Pas itu. Pecat sahajalah Pre­siden Pasma, Datuk Ir. Phahrolrazi Zawawi.

MOHD. AMAR NIK ABDULLAH

Kata Naib Presiden Pas, Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man; Timbalan Menteri Besar Kelantan, Datuk Mohd. Amar Nik Abdullah dan Pemang­ku Timbalan Ketua Dewan Ulama Pas, Datuk Dr. Mahfodz Mohamad, 'kami' ada bukti Phahrolrazi burukkan Pas. Maka, kalau serius, singkirkan sahaja Phahrolrazi.

Daripada isu Pasma, pilihan raya pihak berkuasa tempatan (PBT) dan hudud, Pas nampaknya seakan-akan 'main wayang'. Sudahlah dihina oleh DAP dari segenap penjuru dalam isu-isu semasa dan sebelum ini termasuklah dalam isu 'pandangan bersifat perkauman' dalam mesej WhatsApp Pengarah Operasi Pusat Penyelidikan Pas, Dr. Mohd. Zuhdi Marzuki tahun lepas, namun Pas termasuk Abdul Hadi tetap diam membatu. Di mana maruah Pas setiap kali berdepan de­ngan DAP?

Kalau adat orang berumahtangga, jika isteri sudah memanggil si suami dengan gelaran macam-macam, apa status suami itu. Da­yuslah!

Orang Pas boleh susun balik komen-komen pedas dan toh­mahan Setiausaha Organisasi Kebangsaan DAP, Anthony Loke Siew Fook dan Ketua Publisiti DAP, Tony Pua terhadap pemimpin terhormat mereka sebelum ini. Bukan sahaja Abdul Hadi, beberapa orang kuatnya juga terpaksa menerima penangannya.

Terbaharu, pertelingkahan antara Setiausaha Agung Pas, Datuk Mustafa Ali dan Setiausaha Agung DAP yang dikatakan belum di­sahkan jawatannya oleh ROS, Lim Guan Eng mengenai isu pilihan raya PBT. Perbalahan itu telah membuka pekung di mata rakyat betapa tiada kejujuran sesama pemimpin pa­katan. Bohong-membohongi sesama sendiri, bolehkah nanti meme­rintah negara? Kes ini berlarutan sehinggakan Mustafa sen­diri mahu mengeluarkan bukti bahawa Guan Eng berbohong apabila mengatakan dia telah bersetuju dengan pilihan raya itu.

"Isu sebenar adalah mudah, bahawa saya cabar Guan Eng (bersemuka) kerana dia me­nuduh saya tidak jujur dan saya katakan dia berbohong," kata Mustafa.

Namun begitu, menghairankan, atau mungkin sedikit rasa takjub, bagaimana pucuk pim­pinan Pas masih boleh menempek parti mereka bersama seluruh ahlinya pada Pakatan Rakyat setelah begitu banyak tohmahan keras dan sinis terhadap pimpinan tertinggi Pas?

Malah, kalau diperhati ucapan penggulung­an presiden pada sesi muktamar lepas, jelas sekali rasa tidak puas hati tuan presiden terhadap rakan Pakatan dan tentunya, sikap tersebut tidak habis begitu sahaja usai muktamar. Ramai dari luar sedar, Pas hakikatnya dalam keadaan gelisah berada dalam Pakatan Rakyat. Perbalahan dalaman mereka juga sampai terburai keluar ke khalayak umum.

Semakin lama Pas bersekongkol dalam Pakatan Rakyat, semakin jelas kebenaran dakwaan ramai terhadap Pas lama dahulu bahawa asbab tunggal Pas menyertai Pakatan Rakyat adalah mendapatkan kuasa memerintah Kerajaan Persekutuan. Tidak lebih daripada itu.

Tujuannya hanya kuasa, itulah yang menjadikan Pas bergelap mata sehingga sanggup membuang ahli­nya yang berpegang kepada tunjang perjuangan Pas. Andai benar Pas sebuah parti politik yang berprinsip, semalam lagi Pas sudah menarik diri daripada Pa­katan Rakyat dan tidak seperti hari ini yang hidung­nya sudahlah tak mancung, pipinya pula tersorong-sorong.

Bukan sahaja Abdul Hadi, beberapa orang kuatnya juga terpaksa menerima penangannya. Dalam musibah banjir yang me­landa Kelantan baru-baru ini, Mohd. Amar sendiri terpaksa me­nyangkal dakwaan sesetengah pihak bahawa jentera kerajaan Pas Kelantan gagal berfungsi dan ko­nonnya kerajaan ne­geri langsung tidak membantu mangsa.

Cuma, berbalik kepada 'permainan' Pas. Adakah parti itu mahu terus memainkan sentimen rakyat dan selama mana rakyat boleh 'diputarkan' dengan isu-isu lapuk kononnya berlaku pertelingkahan antara pemim­pin Pas dan DAP?

Kalau sudah tidur sebantal dan mimpi lain-lain atau jika arah tuju serta prinsip perjuangan sudah berbeza, apa lagi mahu ditunggu oleh Pas? Kalau ada maruah, tidak dayus, isytiharkan sahaja keluar dari pakatan pembangkang.

Dalam isu pilihan raya PBT, tiga ahli jawatankuasa kerja Pas Pusat tidak ragu-ragu menghentam Abdul Hadi yang mengaitkan pilihan raya PBT yang diingini DAP dengan rusuhan berdarah 13 Mei 1969.

"Apabila disebut oleh Presiden Pas, maka ramai yang terkejut dan tertanya-tanya," kata Khalid Sa­mad. Mohamed Hanipa Maidin yang juga Ahli Parlimen Pas Sepang pula bukan sahaja tidak bersetuju de­ngan pandangan Abdul Hadi malah menyifatkan hujah yang mengaitkan dengan tragedi berdarah itu sebagai pelik. Seorang lagi, Datuk Dr. Mujahid Yusof mengatakan, isu hudud atau pilihan raya PBT tidak seharusnya ditunggangi golongan sempit yang melihat semuanya dari kaca mata perkauman.

Sebelum ini pun dalam beberapa isu, ketiga-tiga individu ini sering mempersoalkan keputusan Majlis Presiden dan Majlis Syura. Namun tidak pernah pula dikenakan tin­dakan disiplin.

Adakah ini menunjukkan kelemahan Pas di bawah Abdul Hadi yang nampaknya tiada kawalan langsung ke atas pemimpin-pe­mimpin utama partinya? Begitu selesa mereka sewenang-wenangnya menghentam dasar parti secara terbuka, tetapi terlepas begitu sahaja.

Sebab itu jangan terkejut jika Abdul Hadi kemungkinan besar dicabar pada pemilihan parti pertengahan tahun ini. Sekarang pun mesyuarat agung cawangan Pas sedang berjalan dan Mac atau April ini menyusul mesyuarat agung kawasan.

Kumpulan Anwarinas ter­utamanya dikatakan telah mempersiapkan diri untuk bertanding dalam muktamar itu nanti, dengan 'barisan ulama' mereka dikatakan diwakili bekas Presiden Persatuan Ulama Malaysia, Datuk Ahmad Awang yang juga bekas pesuruhjaya Pas Perak. Ahmad akan me­nyaingi Abdul Hadi, dengan gan­dingannya, Husam untuk timbalan presiden. Ahmad cukup dikenali sebagai pendukung kuat Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim yang hanya menyertai Pas setelah ketua pembangkang itu dipecat daripada UMNO dan kerajaan pada 1998.

Mahfuz Omar, Salahuddin Ayub dan Khalid pula dipercayai akan mewakili Anwarinas untuk tiga Naib Presiden. Cuma persoalannya, ke mana Mat Sabu?

Dalam isu pilihan raya PBT, Mat Sabu yang juga ahli lembaga air Pulau Pinang sehingga hari ini pun belum menyatakan sebarang pendirian terhadap isu itu.

Laluan penuh ranjau terpaksa ditempuh Abdul Hadi untuk mengekalkan jawatan Presidennya. Dalam keadaan kesihatan juga tidak memihak dirinya, Abdul Hadi terpaksa akur dengan kumpulan yang 'berkiblatkan' Anwar manakala satu lagi berajakan DAP. Ini rahsia umum.

Seelok-eloknya dalam usaha mengukuhkan penguasaannya, Abdul Hadi perlu segera turun padang memperjelaskan kepada ahli akar umbi.

Dengan adanya kalangan penulis Harakah pun menggunakan portal propembangkang, Malaysian Insider untuk menghentam parti sendiri sehingga terpaksa dijawab oleh Mohd. Amar dalam isu banjir di Kelantan, sekali gus menyaksikan kempen pemilihan Pas telah bermula.

Dimulakan dengan penulis ­upah­an daripada parti sendiri. Pekakah Abdul Hadi dengan bahaya ini?

DATUK AHMAD FARIS ABDUL HALIM ialah penganalisis isu-isu semasa.



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#Repost : JUST READ!: IPK Johor and PKR rusty whistle

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 11:30 PM PST

JUST READ!: IPK Johor and PKR rusty whistle

IPK Johor and PKR rusty whistle

What's the motive of PKR issuing threatening statements to Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, giving him an ultimatum to explain the abandoned Police HQ (IPK) building in Johor Bahru?

And what kind of brain do these people have to politicise the project without doing any homework? It seems that each time the opposition leaders come across any 'unpleasant' matter, they'll start shooting blindly.


Don't they have good lawyers, doctors, engineers and accountants among them?
PKR leaders Bukit Batu assemblyperson Jimmy Puah (below) and National Oversight and Whistleblowers (Now) director Akmal Nasir said they have paid a visit to the construction site in Johor.
"Based on our visit to the site ... in Johor Bahru that began work since 2010, it is still abandoned," said the duo in a statement today.
They said when the matter was raised at the Johor state assembly, it was informed that the construction would be completed in July 2013.
However last June, Works Minister Fadillah Yusof was reported saying the contractor has been terminated due to financial and work quality problems, but that a new contractor would take over that July.
The ministry considered the IPK, as well as a Public Order Training Centre in Bentong, Pahang and a Police Musuem in Bukit Kepong, Muar as "sick projects" that needed close monitoring for failure.
The problem, said the PKR duo, attracted Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairperson Nur Jazlan Mohamed's attention last June and had asked the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission to probe the matter.

Let me feed them with info on the 'BANGUNAN TAMBAHAN IBU PEJABAT POLIS KONTINJEN JOHOR' if they are so lazy in seeking its details or applying their positive mind to the fact behind it.


A local company, Global Globe (M) Sdn Bhd won the open tender for the project that costs RM103,356,694.84 more than four years ago.

The construction started on December 28, 2010 and was due for completion by August 3, 2012.

However, the government had terminated its contract on February 10, 2014 for failing to complete it on time. The company was not only facing financial problems but the quality of works done did not comply to the standard set.

In order to 'salvage' the project, the Finance Ministry had chosen 9 contractors under a 'selective tender' system by conducting interviews and other formalities.

The Public Works Dept (JKR) Cawangan Kerja Keselamatan had on January 9 this year appointed QSE Construction Sdn Bhd as the 'rescue contractor' for the project with a budget of RM72,800,000.

The company was given August 3, 2016 to complete the project.

So, what's the issue here? Tell me, what kind of a 'whistle' you used to manipulate the 'sick project'? A rusty one?



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The Unspinners

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 11:30 PM PST

The Unspinners


Sampai bila DAP berdiam isu turun harga barang

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 11:30 PM PST


Taktik alih perhatian bila LGE dan Ngeh tertekan

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 08:30 PM PST


Tiadakah opposisi dan blogger Indon mahu jadukan isu jet Presiden?

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 04:13 PM PST



Jet private PM yg jauh lebih kecil sentiasa mahu dijadikan isu oleh pembangkang dan blogger journo.

Agak2nya, Indon yg jauh lebih terbuka dan vocal timbulan tak isu kapalterbang presiden?

Penulis Indon lebih bangang atau lebih matang? Di Malaysia, orang Indon ramai.jadi pembantu rumah dan buruh kasar.

Sapa kata #turunhargabarang tak ada sokongan

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 07:00 AM PST















 


Sampai guna gangster pasai tak mau #turunhargabarang

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 05:00 AM PST



Pasal gangster ini banyak jadi orang tengah tipu duit rakyat tapi salahkan kerajaan ...


Antara yang paling kuat hentam Ismail Sabri pasal pertahankan gangster adalah si babi berikut:




Nak #turunhargabarang biaq betoi-betoi, bukan auta

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 03:04 AM PST




Semua ini bohong saja ... mana ada semua barang RM2. KPDNKK patut ambil tindakan. Iklan bohong.

Saja menipu orang ramai untuk tarik pelanggan. 


TNB sahut #turunhargabarang, peniaga cina DAP bila?

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 01:00 AM PST








Dialog Dewasa Kritik Berasa

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 11:20 PM PST

Dialog Dewasa Kritik Berasa


HELAH DAP PERMAINKAN PAS DALAM ISU HUDUD?

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 04:21 AM PST

Artikel dari Tranungkite :

DAP yakah ya



Suatu ketika dahulu para pemimpin Pas, presiden timbalan pressiden dan naib naib presiden dan musyidul Am yakin dengan "ya" yang di yakan oleh DAP.

Atas sebab terlalu yakin dengan DAP para pemimpin Pas dalam mana mana ceramah diseluruh Negara mencanangkan bahawa orang china mahukan Islam.

Dan mengatakan penuh mulut, bahawa orang Islam sendiri tak mahu Islam. Atau dengan kata lain orang Islam tolak Islam atas nama tak mahu hudud dilaksanakan di Kelantan dan di Malaysia Amnya.

Mengapa? Kerana para pemimpin pas bukan calang calang orang dalam menilai pemikiran dan tingkah laku orang orang DAP .mustahil tak faham bukti sejarah DAP yang berasal dari PAP Singapura itu.

Sebelum ini pun tindakan beberapa pemimpin kanan DAP telah mem pamerkan ya memang ya tetap tidak.

Contohnya Karpal Singh pernah bertegas dengan kata kata yang berbunyi: "langkah mayatnya dulu jika hendak jadikan Negara ini sebagai Negara Islam.

Mustahil para pemimpin pas terutama sekali yang kanan kanan tak faham dengan kata tidak yang telah diyakan oleh beberapa pemimpin telah menyembunyikan didalam hati masing masing.

Sejak dari dulu lagi jelas dan nyata ya sebenarnya tidak dapat kita lihat dengan mata kepala terang lagi bersuluh dan tergamak mengatakan biar orang china faham dahulu bahru boleh laksanakan hudud.

Yang sangat sedih masih ada para pemimpin yang buta hati mengenali bicarahati orang orang DAP yang diyakan dahulu itu sudah nyata ditidakkan, itu tidak setuju PAS Kelantan melaksanakan hudud.

Penulis tidak tahu kenapa boleh jadi begitu. Nak kata para pemimpin pas sudah dipukau, mustahil kerana mereka golongan bijakpandai Islam di Negara ini yang tidak mudah terpesona dan terperdaya oleh tipuhelah musuh Islam.

Mungkin kerana terlalu bersendirian dalam pilihanraya umum tak menang dan bila bertiga dalam pakatan rakyat mudah dan boleh menang dan memerintah tertutup pintu hati untuk mengena hakikat sebenarnya.

Pada hal hakikat sebenar yang telah dinyatakan dalam Al Quran bahawa yahudi dan Nasrani tidak sekali sekali akan bersetuju dan suka dengan Islam.

Malang sekali telah diawar warkan sedemikian rupa kepada rakyat jelata satu Malaysia bahawa orang china mahukan Islam. Yakah orang china mahu kan Islam. Kini ya itu sudah jadi tidak aitu DAP tak rela hudud dilaksanakan di Kelantan.

Usaha untuk menyakin rakyat jelata satu, yang china mahukan Islam dicanangkan kata kata yang berbunyi: "dah ada orang DAP yang membaca ayat ayat Al Quran".

Apa sudah jadi dengan kempen kempen yang sangat bercanggah dengan lojika yang ya DAP dahulu itu kini ya jadi tidak ya lagi."

Sumber : http://tranungkite.net/v12/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=21130

Pendedahan ini sama seperti yang ditulis oleh blog CinaKawKaw yang mana Melayu di Temasik juga pernah ditipu dengan helah yang sama. Sebelum berkuasa mereka bersetuju, bila dah menguasai, lain pula jadinya. Mungkin anda boleh baca pendedahan tersebut di sini :

http://cinakawkaw.blogspot.com/2015/02/melayu-spore-60an-vs-melayu-penang.html

*Melayu Mudah Cair.....

ANGIN PERUBAHAN

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ANGIN PERUBAHAN


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BERANI MEMBUAT PILIHAN...

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Rakaman tunjuk kemaluan dalam keretapi viral

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 11:01 PM PST

RICHMOND - VIRGINIA. Seorang wanita berusia 33 tahun bertindak pantas merakamkan aksi seorang lelaki yang dikatakan menunjukkan kemaluannya di dalam sebuah keretapi.

Memetik laporan Mirror.co.uk, mangsa yang tidak mahu dikenali berkata, dia menyedari perilaku aneh suspek, Nuku Cudjoe Vanonyi Calvocoressi, 40,  sebelum mengambil telefon bimbit dan merakamkan aksi curiga itu.

Menurut mangsa, dia bertindak sedemikian kerana bimbang diserang oleh Calvocoressi.

"Saya panik melihat gelagatnya. Saya tak tahu apa yang akan dilakukan oleh dia dan saya tak mahu dia ikut saya balik ke rumah.

"Saya hantar mesej kepada suami untuk menceritakan apa yang berlaku sebelum saya rakamkan aksinya," katanya.

Sebuah klip video berdurasi 48 saat menunjukkan gelagat tidak senang Calvocoressi sebelum lelaki itu menunjukkan kemaluannya kepada wanita itu.

Menurut laporan itu lagi, ketika kejadian, mangsa dan Calvocoressi berada di dalam keretapi yang bergerak dari Richmond menuju ke  Wokingham dan mangsa dikatakan hanya duduk beberapa kaki dari lelaki itu.

Kejadian tersebut berlaku pada Jun lalu sekitar dan video itu tersebar meluas di internet baru-baru ini

Seks pelajar dan profesor di sebuah universiti terkenal

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 07:31 PM PST

NEW YORK: Salah sebuah universiti paling berprestij di Amerika Syarikat, Harvard melarang profesornya supaya tidak mengadakan hubungan seks dengan pelajar berikutan kajian semula terhadap dasar pencabulan seksual.

Jawatankuasa Fakulti Seni dan Sains berkata, larangan "hubungan romantik atau seksual" dikenakan sama ada ke atas kakitangan fakulti yang mengajar atau menyelia pelajar dipersoalkan.

Larangan itu dikenakan terhadap mahasiswa dan mahasiswi serta lepasan ijazah serta dijadikan sebahagian daripada kajian semula bagi salah laku seksual.

Kajian semula "bagi menentukan huraian sedia ada berkaitan hubungan tidak sama status tidak mencerminkan jangkaan fakulti mengenai apa yang ditetapkan sebagai hubungan sewajarnya."

Keputusan itu dibuat apabila universiti terkenal di Amerika Syarikat mengambil pendekatan defensif terhadap aduan berkaitan keganasan seksual di kampus.

Mei lalu, Jabatan Pelajaran Amerika Syarikat menyenaraikan 55 kolej dan universiti bagi menjalani kajian semula berkaitan pengendalian aduan serangan seksual dan pencabulan.

Harvard, terletak di timur laut wilayah Massachusetts turut berada dalam senarai itu.

Pesaing tradisi universiti itu, Yale, melarang hubungan seksual di antara faculti dan pelajarnya pada 2010. -AFP

Saintis gila seks, rakam aksi perkosa wanita 'bahan kajian'

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 06:01 PM PST

Tokyo: Polis menahan seorang lelaki yang disyaki memberi dadah dan membuat serangan seksual terhadap lebih 100 wanita yang percaya diri mereka terbabit dalam kajian perubatan, lapor media tempatan.

Memetik sumber, media melaporkan, sejumlah wanita menawarkan diri menyertai "kajian klinikal menguji tekanan darah ketika tidur" selama lebih dua tahun sehingga November 2013.

Kata sumber, wanita terbabit langsung tidak menyedari mereka sebenarnya diperdaya menyertai "kajian" yang tidak wujud.

Suspek pula, kata sumber, dikenali sebagai Hideyuki Noguchi, 54, yang memberi sedatif kepada semua wanita terbabit.

"Ketika mangsa tidak berupaya berbuat apa-apa, Noguchi memperkosa mereka sambil merakam aksi itu," katanya.

Rakaman berkenaan kemudian tidak disimpan suspek, sebaliknya dia mengambil kesempatan mengaut keuntungan dengan menjualnya kepada sesiapa yang berminat.

Menurut sumber, rakaman itu diperdagangkan melalui Internet.

"Kadang-kadang pelanggan suspek ialah pengedar filem lucah," katanya.

Siasatan mendapati, Noguchi memperoleh keuntungan sehingga 10 juta yen (RM303,715).

Jurucakap polis di Chiba pula berkata, mereka mengenal pasti ada sekurang-kurangnya 39 mangsa berusia antara belasan tahun hingga 40-an di Tokyo, Chiba, Osaka, Tochigi dan Shizuoka menjadi mangsa Noguchi.

"Kami masih menyiasat untuk mengetahui berapa ramai jumlah sebenar mangsa Noguchi tetapi dipercayai ia melebihi 100 orang," katanya.

Noguchi dilaporkan tidak pernah mendapat sebarang latihan dalam bidang perubatan.

Umpan keropok sebelum liwat

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 05:05 PM PST

KUALA TERENGGANU - Seorang lelaki OKU akal berdepan dua pertuduhan meliwat seorang kanak-kanak lelaki berusia tiga tahun 10 bulan, di mahkamah sesyen, semalam.

Bagaimanapun, Muhammad Rozi Saat, 34, dari Dungun, mengaku tidak bersalah dan mohon dibicarakan atas kedua-dua pertuduhan tersebut.

Berdasarkan pertuduhan pertama, dia yang juga seorang buruh itu didakwa telah melakukan persetubuhan yang bertentangan dengan aturan tabii (liwat) terhadap mangsa di sebuah rumah kosong di Jalan Gong Pasir, Dungun, antara jam 6 hingga 6.30 petang, 24 Januari lalu.

Bagi pertuduhan kedua pula, dia didakwa mengulangi perbuatan sama di lokasi sama pada keesokan harinya, iaitu 25 Januari lalu, antara jam 6 hingga 6.30 petang.

Dengan itu, Muhammad Rozi yang memiliki kad OKU itu didakwa melakukan kesalahan mengikut Seksyen 377 C Kanun Keseksaan yang memperuntukkan hukuman penjara tidak kurang lima tahun dan maksimum 20 tahun dan serta sebatan, jika sabit kesalahan.

Hakim Wan Nor Zanuar Wan Ahmad menetapkan 10 Mac depan sebagai tarikh sebutan semula kes.

Sebarang jaminan tidak ditawarkan kerana bimbang tertuduh akan mengganggu mangsa serta saksi-saksi pendakwaan.

Berdasarkan laporan diterima sebelum kejadian, tertuduh yang mengenali mangsa telah mengajak kanak-kanak malang itu pergi membeli keropok lekor bersama beberapa orang rakannya.

Semasa dalam perjalanan pulang, suspek dipercayai telah membawa mangsa singgah di sebuah rumah kosong dan telah melakukan perbuatan terkutuk itu.

Ketika itu, salah seorang rakan suspek yang turut sama berada di situ cuba menghalang tindakannya, namun suspek tidak mengendahkan dan rakannya itu telah bertindak mengambil rakaman video menggunakan telefon bimbit miliknya.

Rakan suspek menyerahkan rakaman tersebut kepada ahli keluarga mangsa pada malam kejadian dan mendakwa suspek sebelum ini ada melakukan perkara sama terhadap mangsa.

Sejurus melihat rakaman video tersebut, keluarga mangsa membuat laporan polis dan beberapa jam kemudian, suspek ditahan untuk siasatan

Cucu Tok Selampit

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 01:44 PM PST

Cucu Tok Selampit


Upah @ngehkooham Untuk Jual Dua Lebai Melayu Hanya Bagi Makan Old Town White Coffee?

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 08:01 AM PST


Pada mulanya, CTS tidak mengesyaki apa-apa apabila membaca status Ahli Parlimen Beruas, Ngeh Koo Ham, apabila beliau mengheret dua orang Pak Lebai bergambar di hadapan restoren Old Town White Coffee di Ipoh. Beliau meletakkan status di Twitter beliau dengan kenyataan "At Old Town White Coffee, Ipoh. Many muslims patronise this outlet. They don't listen to UMNO Minister who tell lies."

Pertamanya, agak melucukan apabila bergambar dengan dua orang Pak Lebai, sudah menggunakan ayat "Many muslims patroniss this outlet". Mungkin bagi beliau dua orang sudah cukup banyak kot? Kedua, tak tahu mengapa Ngeh Koo Ham begitu mempertahanakan Old Town White Coffee, walaupun beliau sering kali menafikan ada kepentingan di dalam restoren berkenaan.

Apabila melihat gambar kedua di bawah, dua Pak Lebai yang sama diheret ke sidang media, barulah CTS tahu inilah barua Melayu Islam yang boleh dijual beli. Bukan lagi sekadar kebetulan dua orang Pak Lebai ini berada di dua tempat yang sama. Entah berapa harganya, wallahualam. Mungkin cukup sekadar satu hidangan makan tengah hari?

Doris Jones Bertemu Tony Pua Di London - Apa Hubungan SSKM Dengan Pembangkang? cc. @PDRMsia

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 04:52 AM PST


Sudah terang lagi bersuluh. Siapa kata Pengerusi "Sabah Sarawak Keluar Malaysia (SSKM)", Doris Jones tiada kaitan dengan pembangkang? Biarlah gambar berbicara dengan 1001 pembuktian. Adakah ini merupakan pertemuan yang dirancang ataupun sekadar satu kebetulan yang berlaku di Kota London? 

Doris Jones merupakan seseorang yang dikehendaki oleh pihak Polis Di Raja Malaysia disebabkan penglibatan beliau di dalam usaha untuk mengeluarkan Sabah dan Sarawak dari Malaysia, baca Borneo Asian Reports, di sini.

Sebagai seorang Ahli Parlimen, Tony Pua sewajarnya menjelaskan pertemuan beliau di atas dan menjawab persoalan-persoalan berikut:

1. Boleh anda mengesahkan bahawa perempuan dalam gambar berkenaan adalah Doris Jones?
2. Jika benar adalah beliau, bila dan mengapa anda bertemu dengannya dan apa yang anda bincangkan?
3. Apakah anda menyokong SSKM? Sila sahkan atau nafikan.

Jika Tony Pua menghormati Perlembagaan Malaysia dan perjanjian 18/20 perkara, Tony Pua perlu mengeluarkan kenyataan bahawa beliau menentang pergerakan SSKM ini. Mungkin pihak berkuasa perlu bertanya kepada Tony Pua beberapa soalan yang berkaitan apabila beliau kembali ke Malaysia kelak. 

Mari Lihat Wajah-Wajah Pencacai Melayu DAP Minta DS @IsmailSabri60 Letak Jawatan

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 11:31 PM PST


Inilah wajah-wajah Melayu bangang pencacai Cina DAP yang tebal muka untuk menghadirkan diri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri (JPM), Presint 1, Putrajaya. Segelintir bangsa Melayu semakin bodoh. Tiada bangsa Cina kelihatan. Hanya 15 orang yang mengelarkan diri mereka Lensa Anak Muda Malaysia (LENSA) hendak menyerahkan memorandum kononnya untuk mendesak Menteri Pertanian Dan Asas Tani, DS Ismail Sabri untuk meletakkan jawatan.

Agak memalukan apabila anak muda Melayu mendesak menteri Melayu meletakkan jawatan kerana menyeru orang Melayu bersatu dalam mempertahankan hak pengguna Melayu daripada terus ditindas golongan peniaga cauvinis.Tak perlu diulas panjang-panjang. Sejarah telah membuktikan terdapat pertualang dan pengkianat bangsa di kalangan bangsa Melayu sejak dahulu yang menjadi barua kaum Cina DAP. Kalau tak percaya cuba 'Google' nama Othman Wok.








@cmlimguaneng Kata Jangan Mengaku Kaum Cina Kalau Berkawan Dengan UMNO - Ini Bukan Rasis?

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 07:16 PM PST


Ini adalah petikan dari akhbar Bahasa Cina iaitu China Press, 6 Februari 2015. Joseph Lim Guan Eng berkata Ismail Sabri akan sekali lagi mengkritik peniaga-peniaga kaum Cina apabila GST dilaksanakan April nanti. Beliau menggesa parti-parti berasaskan kaum Cina supaya tidak lagi "berkawan" dengan UMNO, sekiranya mereka gagal berbuat demikian, mereka tidak layak mengaku mereka dari kaum Cina.

DAP tidak amal politik perkauman? DAP tidak rasis? Mungkin Tokong Joseph Lim suka dengan Lee Meng Teck yang membuat posting kontroversi semalam. Tidak mengapa memanggil Melayu Anjing UMNO? Apakah kenyataan Lee Meng Teck juga tidak rasis? Mungkin hanya rasis apabila Melayu sebut nama Cina?

Pembangkang Tak Bising Ka Pak Jokowi Dan Rombongan Naik Jet Kerajaan?

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 04:26 PM PST


Pak Jokowi Widodo, Presiden Indonesia tiba di Malaysia petang semalam dalam rangka lawatan 3 hari beliau. Pak Jokowi tiba di Malaysia dengan menggunakan Jet Kerajaan Indonesia dan bukan penerbangan komersial. Tidak kedengaran pula suara-suara sumbang daripada pembangkang mengritik penggunaan Jet Kerajaan oleh Pak Jokowi sebagaimana mereka bising sepereti orang mati anak apabila DS Najib Tun Abdul Razak menggunakan Jet Kerajaan untuk urusan rasmi Kerajaan.

Mungkin pembangkang terlupa,Jjet Kerajaan milik Kerajaan. Bukan milik persendirian DS Najib. Sesiapapun menjadi Perdana Menteri, beliau layak dan boleh guna jet berkenaan. Hatta jika KETUM Anwar Ibrahim sekalipun. Jika pembangkang serius mengatakan Jet Kerajaan itu membazir, kenapa sudah berkali-kali pilihanraya, pembangkang tidak pernah masukkan di dalam manifesto mereka untuk menjual Jet Kerajaan jika mereka memerintah dan Perdana Menteri mereka akan menaiki penerbangan komersial? Beranikah mereka masukkan di dalam manifesto akan datang jika mereka menang mereka akan jual Jet Kerajaan?

KETUM Anwar Ibrahim baru jadi Ketua Pembangkang pun sudah pakai jet peribadi pergi berkempen di Sarawak. Masa kempen PRU siap pakai helikopter lagi ke sana ke sini. Dulu kata Putrajaya membazir dan mereka nak lelong kepada Brunei jika mereka menang. Hari ni Putrajaya itu yang mereka kejar. Dulu kata Jambatan Pulau Pinang membazir. Sekarang dah ada 2 jambatan pun, Tokong Lim Guan Eng nak buat terowong dasar laut lagi. Cakap bolehlah, sembang setakat mulut macam bontot ayam.






waadat

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 01:04 PM PST

waadat


Final maharajalawak mencemar

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 08:53 AM PST

Patut ke Nabil lawakkan alif ba ta? Memang ia bukan ayat Quran tetapi huruf-huruf itu lah yg membentuk kalimah-kalimah yang membina ayat Al-Quran. Jalaludin hasan yang amat sensitif dengan bahan yang digunakan oleh peserta sebelum ini pun tidak tersentuh langsung.

PEJUANG BANGSA

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 11:10 AM PST

PEJUANG BANGSA


TUDIA !! CAJ PARKING KERAJAAN DAP SAMPAI 12.00 MALAM , TAHNIAH RAKYAT PENANG PILIH UBAH ! @dzainalabidin @Rrafizal

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 05:03 PM PST




Selepas surcaj , kenaikan tarif air ,dan   90 sen caj  bayar bil , kerajaan DAP terbaru mengenakan caj parking SETIAP HARI  &  waktu hingga 12 malam !!

Kalau dahulu kerajaan BN punya caj parking hari Ahad tak dikenakan malah waktu hanya sampai pukul 5 petang sahaja .

Tapi tak pa .. rakyat negeri ini  tak kisah caj dinaikkan merujuk  kata seorang Exco DAP dalam isu harga barang tak turun   iaitu          

" Tiada sesiapa memaksa mereka dan mereka lalukan atas kehendak sendiri " 

Jadi , mereka tak hairan nak naikkan sesuka hati sebab rakyat negeri ini tak kisah naik harga mahupun dikenakan caj bermacam-macam .




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