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  • Fed-Up With Malay-Muslim Personalities Drinking Alcohol To Fit In Non-Muslims’ Networking And Celebratory Events

    Fed-Up With Malay-Muslim Personalities Drinking Alcohol To Fit In Non-Muslims’ Networking And Celebratory Events

    I was at a celebratory event a couple of days ago and the waiters were offering wine. ‘oh I don’t drink alcohol’ – a simple reply that I’ve said time and time again but this time, I hear a new acquaintance pip in ‘oh not just a little? but (insert name of successful Malay person) does!’.

    this is why I’m disappointed with us. Not the ignorant friend I had just made – us, the Malay Muslim community.

    alcohol is almost always associated with celebrations and networking. I know this because for most of my career, I’ve been offered it and I’ve had to spend quite a bit of time explaining the reason why I don’t drink – I’m a Muslim and the Quran forbids it’s consumption.

    In the Qur’an Surat Al-Baqarah [2:219] it says “They ask thee concerning wine and gambling. Say: ‘In them is great sin, and some profit, for men; but the sin is greater than the profit.’”

    this is why I get disappointed in the success of Malay Muslim professionals/success stories who choose to drink. I do not applaud their success because you are one more person who is saying ‘it’s okay, I’ll bend the rules so that I can succeed’ and that sucks. it paints a picture of me (not successful yet but working towards it) being inflexible when really, there is no room for flexibility in this matter – it’s a great sin. not a small one, a great one.

    I’m sure there are many success stories of people who have achieved their amazing careers without ‘bending the rules’ and I want to meet these people. i want these people to be applauded and to be identified as role models. I want the future business/accountancy/law/whatever other fields that require networking graduates to know that it’s possible – to be successful in your career while not having to compromise on your beliefs.

     

    Source: Nur’Ashikin Ahmad

  • Ad Featuring Wombat Wearing Songkok Taken Down After Muslim Mistake It For A Pig

    Ad Featuring Wombat Wearing Songkok Taken Down After Muslim Mistake It For A Pig

    KUALA LUMPUR, July 5 — An electronic billboard in Bukit Bintang has purportedly been retracted after it upset some Muslims who mistook the wombat featured in a songkok and baju Melayu as a pig.

    News portal Mynewshub said the billboard by Australia-based company Servcorp, a serviced office and virtual office provider, that featured a Selamat Hari Raya greeting by the company’s mascot, Sydney the Wombat, could “confuse” Muslims even though the animal featured was not a pig.

    “Mynewshub understands that DBKL (Kuala Lumpur City Hall) has ordered the company to retract the billboard as it was put up without approval,” Mynewshub reported today.

    Malay Mail Online was unable to reach Servcorp Malaysia as it is the weekend, outside the company’s business hours from Monday to Friday.

    Some Facebook users also slammed Servcorp Malaysia on its Facebook page, with one called Ajoy Yusof saying: “do you know that pig is haram (forbidden) to Malay/Muslim….please change it or we will report your company to authority and sue your company for making fun of the Muslim and Malays”.

    A Facebook user called Farah Annesa, however, said in reply: “Dear All, please note that the animal depicted in the advert is an Australian Wombat. It has been an official mascot for Servcorp for years. Kindly do your research first. Selamat berpuasa everybody”.

    The consumption of pork is forbidden in Islam and the pig is considered offensive to many Malay-Muslims in Malaysia, with former sex bloggers Alvin Tan and Vivian Lee even being charged with sedition in 2013 for posting on Facebook a mock “Selamat Berbuka Puasa” (breaking of fast) greeting on Facebook featuring “bak kut teh”, a soupy pork dish.

    The Friends of BN — Barisan Nasional Facebook page said today that the Servcorp billboard was “disrespectful” to Muslims and posted that the advertisement has been retracted.

     

    Source: www,themalaymailonline.com

  • Masyarakat Melayu-Islam Patut Boycott Cathay Cinemas

    Masyarakat Melayu-Islam Patut Boycott Cathay Cinemas

    Admin,

    Saya ada baca tentang sokongan yang diberi syarikat-syarikat tempatan dan MNCs untuk menjayakan acara Pink Dot. Sekarang kita baru tahu yang pawagam Cathay pun teleh berniat untuk menyiarkan iklan Pink Dot di pawagam-pawagamnya . Usaha itu buntu sebab MDA tak luluskan ikklan tersebut.

    Ada pihak yang meneyeru agar Cathay diboycott. Saya sokong 100% seruan ini.

    Saya bapa kepada seorang anak lelaki berusia lima tahun. Saya dan isteri dulu juga sering ke Cathay untuk menonton wayang ketika tengah dating dulu. Sekarang kita juga ke Cathay sekeluarga untuk menonton cartoon…hiburan untuk anak.

    Jadi saya sekeluarga kecewa apabila diberitahu yang makanan dan minuman yang dijual Cathay tidak lagi Halal. Saya rasa terkilan. Memanglah kita boleh melanggani pawagam lain tetapi Cathay yang penuh bermakna bagi saya sekeluarga.

    Saya tertanya menagapa Cathay membuat langkah komersil sedemikian? Mungkin jumlah penonton Islam kekurangan. Mungking Cathay tak kisah langsung dan tidak endahkan maklum balas daripada pelanngan Islam mereka.

    Tetapi ianya lebih jelasa sekarang.

    Cathay lebih rela mempromosikan acara yang bercanggah dengan ajaran Islam daripada menjaga hati pelanggan Muslim. Bila makan minum dah tak halal dan mereka juga menyokong aktiviti haram, apa lagi yang boleh penonton lakukan?

    Tak payah kita buat bising. Jawapannya senang je. Kita sama-sama boycott Cathay, walau berat hati nak lakukannya.

     

    Adam

    [Reader Contribution]

  • JAKIM – Sijil Halal Secret Recipe Di Malaysia Ditarik Balik

    JAKIM – Sijil Halal Secret Recipe Di Malaysia Ditarik Balik

    KENYATAAN MEDIA

    ISU PENARIKAN SIJIL PENGESAHAN HALAL MALAYSIA BAGI SYARIKAT SECRET RECIPE MANUFACTURING SDN. BHD.

    Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (JAKIM) melalui Bahagian Hab Halal ingin memberi penjelasan berhubung isu penarikan balik Sijil Pengesahan Halal Malaysia bagi syarikat Secret Recipe Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd. berikutan kenyataan mengenainya yang disebarkan secara meluas di laman-laman sosial.

    Penarikan Sijil Pengesahan Halal Malaysia bagi syarikat tersebut adalah disebabkan telah berlaku perlanggaran terhadap Manual Prosedur Pensijilan Halal Malaysia yang melibatkan kesalahan-kesalahan kebersihan dan GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) yang serius. Penarikan ini walau bagaimanapun adalah TIDAK disebabkan kesalahan penggunaan bahan haram dalam pemprosesan produk.

    Bahagian Hab Halal telah memanggil syarikat terlibat dan syarikat berkenaan telah berjanji akan melakukan tindakan segera berhubung kesalahan yang dilakukan sehingga mengakibatkan Sijil Pengesahan Halal Malaysia mereka ditarik balik.

    Penarikan Sijil Pengesahan Halal Malaysia adalah berkuatkuasa pada 7 Mei 2015. Walau bagaimanapun, penarikan sijil halal tersebut tidaklah menghalang syarikat berkenaan untuk memohon semula Sijil Halal setelah tindakan pembetulan telah dibuat dan mematuhi piawaian pensijilan halal Malaysia. JAKIM akan membuat penilaian semula terhadap permohonan tersebut berdasarkan pemeriksaan dan pematuhan ke atas Malaysia Standard 1500:2009 dan Manual Prosedur Pensijilan Halal Malaysia 2014.

    JAKIM amat memandang serius perkara ini dan mengingatkan kepada setiap pemegang Sijil Pengesahan Halal Malaysia agar sentiasa mematuhi piawaian pensijilan halal Malaysia dari masa ke masa. Tindakan juga akan diambil tanpa kompromi kepada mana-mana pihak yang melakukan pelanggaran terhadap pematuhan piawaian pensijilan halal setelah memiliki Sijil Pengesahan Halal Malaysia.
    JAKIM juga ingin menasihatkan pengguna agar tidak membuat andaian pelbagai dan menyebarkan isu ini secara salah. Sebarang maklumat lanjut, pengguna boleh berhubung terus dengan Bahagian Hab Halal Jakim di talian 03-8892 5000 / 5001 (talian utama) dan 03-8892 5048 (Pegawai Perhubungan Awam) dan semakan status halal juga boleh disemak melalui Direktori Halal Malaysia di www.halal.gov.my.

    Sekian dimaklumkan, terima kasih.

    HAJAH HAKIMAH BINTI MOHD YUSOFF
    Pengarah,
    Bahagian Hab Halal, Jakim
    26 Mei 2015

     

    Source: Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (Jakim)

  • Ustaz Azhar Idrus: Forbidden In Islam To Celebrate Mother’s Day

    Ustaz Azhar Idrus: Forbidden In Islam To Celebrate Mother’s Day

    PETALING JAYA: Now recirculating on social media is a video recorded in 2012 of Terengganu-based Ustaz Azhar Idrus calling on Muslims to disregard Mother’s Day and denouncing it as a Christian festival.

    In the 3.47 minute video, Azhar speaks to a crowd, warning them of the celebration’s supposedly Christian roots, saying it was linked to the Mother of the Church, the Virgin Mary.

    “The movement began in the early 19th Century, applying to the church and the government to declare this day a public holiday,” says Azhar, who then explains that the movement had asked churches in 1862 to note it in church calendars as a Christian celebration.

    “Mother’s Day has been declared a public holiday in all Christian nations; this is why it is forbidden to celebrate Mother’s Day,” says Azhar.

    “On that day, people will give a ‘mother cake’ to their mother, and they do this once a year. But Islam teaches us to be generous with mothers throughout the year.”

    He pointed out that the Chinese did not celebrate Deepavali, and the Japanese, Awal Muharram.

    “They (the Japanese) will not celebrate Awal Muharram because they know it is a Muslim festival. The Mexicans celebrate Christmas and not Maulidur Rasul,” says Azhar.

    “The Canadians do not celebrate Thaipusam,” The Star quoted him as preaching in the video.

    Mother’s Day was founded in America in the 20th century by Anna Jarvis, the daughter of Civil War peace activist Ann Jarvis, who cared for wounded soldiers on both sides of the Civil War and created the Mother’s Day Work Clubs to address public health issues.

    Following her mother’s death, Anna campaigned to make Mother’s Day an officially recognised holiday in the States. Following her efforts, Mother’s Day was officially recognised as a national holiday in 1914, set on the second Sunday of May.

    Rampant commercialisation and marketing soon brought it to the rest of the world.

     

    Source: www.freemalaysiatoday.com