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  • Dr Zakir Jawab Persoalan Tidak Terjawab

    Dr Zakir Jawab Persoalan Tidak Terjawab

    Datuk Kazim Elias gembira dengan penerimaan orang ramai terhadap kedatangan pendakwah antarabangsa Dr Zakir Naik ke negara ini yang secara tidak langsung mengembangkan syiar Islam di negara ini.

    “Beliau (Dr Zakir Naik) adalah pakar perbandingan agama, justeru kedatangannya ke negara ini membantu menjawab persoalan yang menjadi tanda tanya dan tidak terjawab.

    “Secara langsung orang bukan Islam berpeluang bertanya soalan yang mungkin kita sendiri tidak mampu menjawabnya,” katanya selepas Program Santai Bersama Ustaz Kazim Elias di Dataran Shah Bandar, malam tadi.

    Menurutnya, dia berharap kedatangan Dr Zakir itu dilihat secara positif serta memberi kesan penyebaran syiar Islam di negara ini, tidak sekadar mencari kekurangan.

    “Kita mesti melihat impak akan kedatangannya bukan mencari kekurangan beliau yang akhirnya merugikan masyarakat itu sendiri.

    “Tiada siapa yang sempurna dan mustahil untuk menyenangkan semua pihak, tidak terkecuali Dr Zakir dan saya sendiri,” katanya.

    Menurutnya, program dianjurkan membabitkan penceramah antarabangsa seperti itu perlu diteruskan kerana memberi kesan positif terhadap penerimaan bukan Islam kepada Islam dan mengukuh perpaduan dalam kalangan orang Islam di negara ini.

     

    Source: MyMetro Malaysia

  • Insiden Kelar Di ITE: Rayuan Terhadap Hukuman Penjara Diluluskan

    Insiden Kelar Di ITE: Rayuan Terhadap Hukuman Penjara Diluluskan

    Rayuan yang dikemukakan seorang pelajar ITE terhadap hukuman penjara 18 bulan dan enam sebatan rotan yang dikenakan ke atasnya, diluluskan mahkamah.

    Muhammad Zuhairie Adely Zulkifli, 17 tahun, didapati bersalah mengelar teman lelaki rakan sekolahnya di kampus ITE pada Mac tahun lalu.

    Hakim Chan Seng Onn hari ini (21 Apr) sebaliknya mengarahkan Zuhairie supaya menjalani latihan pemulihan antara 18 bulan hingga tiga tahun.

    Pada Mac tahun lalu, Zuhairie menggunakan pisau sepanjang 35cm untuk mengelar Ahmad Nuthaqif Sahed berkali-kali di mukanya. Zuhairie melarikan diri selepas serangan itu, namun ditangkap pada hari yang sama. Mangsa mengalami beberapa keretakan tulang serta beberapa tendonnya juga terputus akibat serangan tersebut.

    Zuhairie mengaku bersalah atas serangan tersebut pada Oktober 2015 dan dijatuhi hukuman pada November tahun lalu.

    TAFSIRAN HAKIM TERHADAP KESALAHAN “TERLALU BERAT”

    Peguamnya, Benny Tan memberitahu Mahkamah Tinggi hari ini bahawa tafsiran Hakim Daerah terhadap kesalahan-kesalahan Zuhairie mungkin terlalu berat, dan beliau menjatuhkan hukuman pencegahan, bukan pemulihan.

    Encik Tan menggesa Mahkamah Tinggi supaya mengarahkan Zuhairie menjalani latihan pemulihan, di mana remaja itu boleh memanfaatkan program-program khusus untuk membimbingnya – sesuatu yang gagal dilakukan ibu bapanya, kata peguamnya.

    LAPORAN: ZUHAIRIE MEMBESAR DALAM SEKITARAN TIDAK STABIL

    Satu laporan psikologi menyatakan bahawa Zuhairie membesar dalam sekitaran yang “tidak stabil” dengan “jagaan ibu bapa yang tidak konsisten serta keganasan di rumah.”

    Mahkamah diberitahu bahawa ibu bapa Zuhairie “gagal menjadi peran contoh” dengan “rekod jenayah bagi tempoh masa yang panjang”.

    Zuhairie juga tinggal di sebuah rumah kebajikan sejak usianya 12 tahun.

    Peguamnya berkata latihan pemulihan akan memperbetulkan kesan latar belakang keluarganya terhadap Zuhairie.

    PENJARA AKAN BERI “KESAN NEGATIF”

    Beliau menambah bahawa langkah terbaik bagi kepentingan masyarakat ialah mengarahkan Zuhairie menjalani latihan pemulihan, bukan menjatuhkan hukuman penjara, di mana remaja itu akan terdedah kepada kesan negatif.

    Encik Tan juga menunjukkan mahkamah dua klip video insiden serangan itu yang dirakamkan seorang pelajar dan tersebar luas di lelaman media sosial. Ia menunjukkan mangsa mencemuh Zuhairie dan mencabarnya supaya melawannya.

    DPP: ZUHAIRIE BERSEDIA GUNA KEGANASAN KETERLALUAN

    Namun, Timbalan Pendakwa Raya, Wong Kok Weng, menggesa Mahkamah Tinggi supaya jangan menarik balik hukuman penjara yang dikenakan terhadapnya.

    Beliau menarik perhatian tentang beberapa perkara dalam laporan probesyen Zuhairie – termasuk sikapnya yang bersedia menggunakan keganasan yang keterlaluan untuk menghuraikan konflik, dan sikapnya yang semberono dan terburu-buru.

    DPP Wong juga berkata prospek pemulihan Zuhairie tidak seharusnya dibesar-besarkan, dan menarik perhatian, Zuhairie terus mewajarkan tindakan ganasnya dengan menyalahi mangsa kerana menyakitkan hatinya.

    Hakim Chan, ketika menarik balik hukuman yang dijatuhkan sebelum ini, memberitahu Zuhairie supaya memanfaatkan sepenuhnya tempoh menjalani latihan pemulihan untuk memperbaiki dirinya.

    Source: Berita Mediacorp

  • Authorities In M’sia Uncover Pyramid Scheme Which Turns Children Into Addicts, Drug Pushers

    Authorities In M’sia Uncover Pyramid Scheme Which Turns Children Into Addicts, Drug Pushers

    Drug suppliers are turning children as young as seven into addicts by giving them free drug-laced sweets only to turn them into pushers for their peers.

    This has been carried out since last year through a pyramid scheme which also comprises children besides small syndicates that supply drugs to children.

    National Anti-Drugs Agency deputy director-general (operations) Izhar Abu Talib said the use of children in the scheme was a strategy deployed to entrap other children.

    “The children get the sweets from a distributor who pushes sales just like in a pyramid scheme,” Mr Izhar said.

    He said those selling the sweets usually loitered at places frequented by children outside schools or near playgrounds.

    “But they are usually at places packed with children or at their hangout spots,” he said.

    Mr Izhar said although the potency of the drug in the sweets had not been determined yet, most were laced with pil kuda or ganja.

    “Their addiction to the drug depends on how regularly they eat the sweets. It is difficult to determine how fast the children get addicted,” he said.

    “If they take it once a week, it will take a while to affect the child but if the child takes it every day, it would be faster.”

    The drug distributor’s objective ultimately was to ensure a continuous customer base.

    “It is a floodgate to introduce drugs to children so when they feel like they are enjoying themselves, they will keep looking for the drug and eventually become dependent,” he said.

    “Then, it will not be hard for the supplier to find people to sell the drugs to.”

    Mr Izhar said there were 26 students in the agency’s Cure and Care Service Centre (CCSC) in Kedah who were only being given tuition to prepare for the PT3 examination.

    Another group at the CCSC in Kota Baru still go to school daily.

    He said the agency only came into play if schools were unable to rehabilitate the children.

    “Some children come forward voluntarily with their addiction. Others are persuaded by their parents or reported to us by schools.” he said.

    “We usually ask the schools to intervene and if they (the children) are rehabilitated, then they can go back to school. But if they can’t, then we will step in and place some of them under voluntary rehabilitation.”

    He said the agency’s primary role was to save students with higher drug dependency.

    “We are also working with the Health Ministry prevention programmes which include random urine testing on students suspected of being involved in drugs,” he said.

    “Right now, our focus is to get children out of their drug dependency and save them, especially since some are still in the early stages.”

    In an immediate reaction, Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation vice-chairman Lee Lam Thye said it was not surprising drug distributors were selling such sweets to children.

    He said it was important to teach children not to be influenced by drugs.

     

    Source: TODAY Online

  • This Is Islam: Muslims Must Emulate Prophet Muhammad’s Graciousness

    This Is Islam: Muslims Must Emulate Prophet Muhammad’s Graciousness

    If u are agitated or angered by the picture of the youth who showed his middle finger to the Quran n mocked Muslim prayers, remember the story of a man who tugged Prophet Muhammad’s (Peace Be Upon Him) shirt..

    The Prophet once took a loan from a Jew in order to help a group of villagers who were in financial difficulty..A few days BEFORE the promised date of settlement, the Jew came to the Prophet while he was with his companions. When the Jew got close to the Prophet, he tugged the Prophet’s shirt holding him by the neck and shouted in the Prophet’s face “I didnt know from amongst the family of Banu Abdul Muttalib are those who would delay their repayment of loans!”
    Saidina Umar stood up and was about to beat up the Jew when Prophet Muhammad stopped and said “We do not need this from you O Umar. In fact I need you to counsel me to repay the loan in a good way n for u to advise him to claim his loan to me in a gracious manner! Now please help me to bring him to where I have prepared the amount to repay him n u are to add to the amount that I am repaying him for the trauma that you have caused him from your action!”

    Saidina Umar then acceeded to Prophet’s request and brought the Jewish man to where the location of the repayment is. Along the way the Jew asked Saidina Umar “O Umar do you know who I am? I am so and so”. Saidina Umar then said “Arent u the famous scholar of the Jewish community? Why did u act like that towards the Prophet?” The Jewish scholar said “I have observed many sign of Prophethood in Muhammad but I have yet to observe one sign with my own eyes! That sign is the more ignorance n evil is thrown at him, the more gracious he shall be and today I have witnessed it.. Bear witness O Umar that I testify that there is no God but Allah n I bear witness that Muhammad (PBUH) is His messenger..

    ‪#‎DoGoodBeGood‬ ‪#‎Blindspotmukmin‬ ‪#‎SGMuslimsCare‬‪#‎JgnCkpUstazTakPayung‬

     

    Source: Irwan Hadi

  • 9 More Months To Live, Malay Naval Logistics Command Corporal Holds Solo Art Exhibition In Fight Against Cancer

    9 More Months To Live, Malay Naval Logistics Command Corporal Holds Solo Art Exhibition In Fight Against Cancer

    In battling his illness, CPL Muhammad Khairul Ikwan has shown us what it means to be resilient, to be hopeful, and to fight unyieldingly, even in the face of cancer.

    “I want people to see that hope can be anything – even negative things, like illness, can become positive things as well. I don’t want people to see pain as a hindrance to stop them from what they want to do in life.”

    This is why Khairul chose the title ‘Hope’ for his solo art exhibition.

    A naval material assistant with Naval Logistics Command (NALCOM), Khairul was diagnosed with Stage 4 colorectal cancer last year and lost much of his vision and hearing since. Despite the pain and the side effects from his fortnightly chemotherapy, he continues to stay positive by directing his attention to arts – a passion of his since young.

    And this Thursday, he will be fulfilling his greatest wish of holding an exhibition to showcase his art works, expressing the experience in which he battled his illness. Jointly organised by Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) and HCA Hospice Care, it will be held at NAFA on-air gallery from 21 – 25 Apr.

    Your support would mean much to Khairul and us here in the Navy.

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    The nightmare began with a ringing in Mr Muhammad Khairul Ikwan’s ears last July.

    Then he developed a migraine so severe he could barely stand and had to crawl to the toilet.

    Doctors discovered he had Stage 4 colorectal cancer, which had spread from his intestines to his brain.

    At age 23, the young man has lost much of his vision, hearing and hair, and no longer parties as he once did with friends.

    But the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa) graduate is not wallowing in despair. Instead, he is launching an exhibition of 87 art pieces at the school on Thursday.

    Titled Hope, the works represent his experience battling his illness.

    He said: “I want people to see that hope can be anything – even negative things, like illness, can become positive things as well.

    “I don’t want people to see pain as a hindrance to stop them from what they want to do in life. ”

    Jointly organised by Nafa and HCA Hospice Care, the exhibition fulfils one of Mr Khairul’s greatest wishes under the Star Pals palliative care programme for youth with life-limiting illnesses.

    Mr Khairul is the second of four children. His mother is a secretary in a law firm, while his father is a safety supervisor in a shipping company.

    Ms Nur Alwiyah, 25, a customer service officer at a call centre, said her brother is expected to live about nine more months .

    Said Mr Khairul: “It’s shocking to go from healthy to seriously ill, but anger won’t make the illness go away.”

    He now has chemotherapy fortnightly and wears a stoma bag to collect his waste, which goes out of his body through a hole in his abdomen.

    In the four months he spent on art, he had to battle the side effects of chemotherapy, such as fatigue and vomiting but he soldiered on.

    He used to listen to music while painting, but having lost most of his hearing. He now reads song lyrics or poetry for inspiration.

    His favourite work in the exhibition is a series titled Spirits & I (Eye), a set of six watercolour paintings.

    Three are in red and have an eye motif, which he describes as “surgical, with veins”, while three in blue are “water spirits rising up”.

    “Because of my affected vision, I am going through so much pain. But at the same time, there are so many people lifting my spirits,” he said.

    Apart from paintings, he is also exhibiting mixed media works with synthetic hair, photographs, a video and a fabric piece.

    Calling art a therapeutic outlet, Mr Khairul said his role model is Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who uses her artwork as a way to express her mental illness.

    The exhibition, which is free, will be at the Nafa on-air gallery from April 21 to 25.

    And he is already dreaming of his next project, a photography exhibition with himself as the subject.

    He said: “What’s the point of giving up when you’re still living? The only moment you give up is when you’re dead.

    “If I can recover, it will be a miracle, but if I can’t, I will just keep on fighting, make more works of art and leave a legacy.”

     

    Source: Republic Of Singapore Navy and Straits Times