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  • Mufti Perak: Haram Beri Zakat Terus Kepada Asnaf

    Mufti Perak: Haram Beri Zakat Terus Kepada Asnaf

    PARIT BUNTAR, Jumaat – Umat Islam diminta tidak membayar zakat secara terus kepada asnaf kerana perbuatan itu hukumnya adalah haram, kata Mufti Perak Tan Sri Dr Harussani Zakaria.

    Beliau berkata, orang ramai dinasihatkan untuk membayar zakat kepada pusat zakat yang dilantik oleh kerajaan di setiap negeri.

    “Mengikut hukum syarak, apabila ada satu badan yang telah dilantik kerajaan untuk mengumpul zakat fitrah dan harta, setiap orang wajib mengeluarkan zakat kepada badan tersebut.

    “Ini kerana badan itu telah diperintahkan supaya mencari dan mengumpulkan asnaf yang ada untuk disampaikan secara adil hasil zakat itu,” katanya pada sidang media selepas majlis penyampaian bantuan Aidilfitri kepada 300 fakir miskin dan sumbangan kepada Majlis Agama Islam dan Adat Melayu Perak (MAIPk) oleh Yayasan Muhibbah Fng Ah Seng di sini, hari ini.

    Dr Harussani mengulas berhubung isu viral di Facebook di mana sebanyak 70 peratus orang ramai bersetuju membayar zakat terus kepada asnaf manakala 30 peratus lagi kepada badan pungutan zakat.

    Katanya, pembayaran seperti itu hukumnya tidak sah dan dikhuatiri asnaf yang menerima itu layak atau tidak menerima zakat.

    “Pendapat seperti ini salah kerana MAIPk memberikan zakat secara adil kepada asnaf yang layak menerima zakat. Pegawai kita masuk kampung untuk mengesan asnaf yang layak menerima zakat dan gaji mereka kita ambil dari bahagian amil dan bukan dari asnaf,” katanya.

     

    Source: www.ismaweb.net

  • No Choice But To Raise Food Prices, Ramadan Traders In Malaysia Say

    No Choice But To Raise Food Prices, Ramadan Traders In Malaysia Say

    Several Ramadan bazaar stall owners in Petaling Jaya and in Penang feel uneasy charging their customers more following the 10 to 30 per cent increase in price of raw food items. But, they claim they have no choice.

    Fried chicken seller Ismail Ibrahim, 24, who is in his fifth year of selling at Ramadan bazaar lamented the price of chicken had increased by 40 per cent since the beginning of Ramadan and it was affecting his business.

    “Earlier this year, 1kg of chicken would cost around RM5.50 (S$1.81), but now it is roughly RM7.70 per kg,” he said.

    “Our fried chicken are sold cheap at RM1 per piece, but we now struggle to maintain the price.”

    The significant increase of price of poultry had also forced trader Mohd Ayob Yakob, 47, who had been selling chicken rice for 18 years, to offer a different menu at the Section 14 bazaar this year.

    “The price of chicken kept shooting up and I would have to sell a packet of chicken rice at RM5 to make a little profit. But if I do, nobody would buy from me,” he said.

    “So after much contemplation, I decided to stop selling my usual Ramadan fares and sell murtabak instead this year.”

    Mr Ayob said even by selling murtabak at RM3.50 per piece, he made just enough profit to cover his business for the next day.

    Last week Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Hamzah Zainuddin denied prices at Ramadan bazaar had gone up.

    Mr Hamzah said if there were hawkers who contravened the price control scheme, the ministry could charge them under the Price Control and Anti-Profiteering Act 2010, adding he had instructed his officers to routinely conduct checks to prevent profiteering.

    Ms Nor Baaiah Yusoff, 45, who sells mixed rice at the USJ4 bazaar in Subang, said she was left with no option but to charge differently, depending on the size of the chicken parts.

    “If a customer picks a bigger part, it will be RM5. Otherwise, it is fixed at RM3.50.

    “If I don’t charge extra, I will be making very little profit or none at all,” she said, adding she made sure her fares are delicious enough to satisfy her customers.

    In George Town, kuih seller Rahimah Abdul Rahman, 36, at the Seberang Jaya bazaar said she had raised the prices of the items as the cost of ingredients had increased.

    “I cannot sell the items with last year’s price as there has been a price hike for cashew nuts, almond and flour,” she said.

    “I feel bad about selling at a higher price, but I have to accept the reality the price of everything has gone up now, especially after the introduction of Goods and Services Tax last year.”

    Mr Ismail Ariffin, 48, who sells rice at the same bazaar, said prices of chicken and vegetables had increased and he had to hike prices between RM1.20 and RM2. He said he charged RM5.50 for a packet of rice with a piece of chicken, some okra and an egg. The same items were sold for RM4.50 in previous years.

    Seafood stall operator Noor Anisa Mohd Desa, 31, who started her business four years ago, echoed the same sentiment.

    “The basic products and ingredients I use to prepare my dishes are mainly crabs and prawns, but of late, they have gone up by almost 20 per cent due to the decline in catch by the fishermen,” Ms Anisa said.

    “I try to manage without hiking my prices as I have so many regular clients.”

    Ms Anisa said she was paying RM32 per kg for crabs compared to RM25 to RM26 last year, and RM40 for prawns, which was about RM8 more expensive than last year’s price.

    She also had to pay an additional of RM4 to RM6 this year for a kg of sea shells, which only cost her RM8 to RM9 last year.

    However, Mr Naim Noor, 31, who runs Sate Kebab Malaiu Panahan Arjuna at the Balik Pulau bazaar, said although the cost of food items had gone up, he still charged his customers at a reasonable rate.

    “I cannot charge my customers exorbitantly as it will only turn them away to other stalls. It is the fasting month and we should not be out to make unreasonable profit,” Mr Naim said.

    He also said prices of beef and chicken had risen about 10 per cent, but he did not pass the extra cost to his customers.

    Mr Naim said a kg of beef cost him RM10 this year compared to RM8 last year and approximately RM9 per kg of chicken which was priced at around RM7.50 last year.

     

    Source: TODAY Online

  • Activist: Malaysian Malays Still Cannot Accept Non-Muslim PM

    Activist: Malaysian Malays Still Cannot Accept Non-Muslim PM

    PETALING JAYA: The majority of those who responded to a survey conducted by social activist Fahmi Reza rejected the possibility of Malaysia having a non-Muslim prime minister some day.

    According to a Malay Mail Online report, out of 1,344 respondents, 39% said they could accept such a situation, while 31% said that as long as the prime minister was a Muslim, they would be agreeable to it.

    The other 30%, however, completely rejected the possibility of having a non-Malay premier.

    The one-day survey conducted on Fahmi’s Twitter account revealed the prevalence of mistrust among the Malays towards those of other ethnicities which he said portrayed Malaysians’ failure as a society.

    Speaking to the English news portal, he said the country’s education and political systems, which had increasingly become polarised based on race, were not helping the situation.

    “But at the same time, this problem exists because there is a lack of interaction and sharing among races and an in-depth understanding among ourselves in society.”

    Targeted only at Malays, Fahmi said he conducted the survey because he was interested in finding out their views over such a possibility.

    The graphic designer acknowledged that the results of his survey may be flawed as anyone could have responded to it, but said that was a trivial matter as the survey’s primary aim was to get the public speaking on the issue.

    It was also a follow-up to a previous question he posed on Facebook, asking his followers if they were prepared to openly discuss matters related to racial discrimination and racism, with those of a different ethnicity.

    “I posted this question because I wished there were more spaces and opportunities where these exchanges could really happen in real life, and not just on social media,” he said, adding that the poll was merely a starting point for open talks on the rarely discussed topic of racism.

    “I am actually planning to hold a few series of workshops about the issue of racial discrimination and racism that is intended to create a space and opportunity for this issue to be discussed openly by workshop participants from different ethnic backgrounds.”

    Public policy advocacy group Centre for a Better Tomorrow had on March 17, released the results of a survey it conducted last year where 60% of the 1,056 Peninsular Malaysians polled claimed they were not racist.

    Out of the 60%, half however said they would not vote for a candidate coming from a different race, while another 34% felt race-based politics was still relevant.

     

    Source: www.freemalaysiatoday.com

  • Alvin Tan Muat Naik Gambar Hanya Untuk Jenaka – Bekas Teman Wanita

    Alvin Tan Muat Naik Gambar Hanya Untuk Jenaka – Bekas Teman Wanita

    Vivian Lee, bekas teman wanita blogger Alvin Tan, memberitahu Mahkamah Sesyen semalam (10 Mei) bahawa lelaki itu memuat naik gambar berserta kapsyen yang mempersenda umat Islam hanya untuk berjenaka dan melihat reaksi masyarakat.

    Vivian Lee atau Lee May Ling, 27 tahun, berkata Tan memberitahunya sedemikian selepas dia (Tan) menyunting gambar berserta kapsyen bertajuk ‘Selamat Berbuka Puasa (with Bak Kut Teh…fragrant, delicious and appetising (‘Selamat Berbuka Puasa (dengan) Bak Kut Teh, Wangi, Enak dan Menyelerakan’).

    Lee berkata Tan kemudian memuat naik gambar berserta kapsyen itu ke laman Facebook miliknya tanpa mendapat kebenaran daripadanya terlebih dahulu walaupun Lee merupakan seorang daripada pentadbir bagi akaun Facebook berkenaan.

    Dia berkata pada mulanya, Tan enggan memadam atau menukar kapsyen itu tetapi selepas menerima kecaman dan penghinaan pelbagai kaum dan masyarakat, Tan menulis kapsyen baharu iaitu ‘Ampunkanlah kami’ ‘Selamat berbuka puasa dengan rendang ayam’.

    “Kapsyen baharu itu digantikan selepas melihat sentimen negatif daripada masyarakat yang boleh menimbulkan kemarahan. Kapsyen itu diharap dapat memperbetulkan dan menjadikan keadaan lebih baik,” kataya.

    Ketika pemeriksaan utama oleh peguamnya Chong Joo Tian semasa membela diri di hadapan Hakim Abdul Rashid Daud, Lee berkata dia dan Tan bergaduh berikutan tindakannya memuat naik gambar berkenaan.

    Wanita itu berkata Tan turut menolaknya ketika cuba mengambil komputer riba milik Tan.

    “Kami bergaduh. Saya rasa sedih, tidak gembira dan marah dengan tindakan Tan. Saya suruh dia padam kesemuanya namun Tan enggan dan memberitahu itu hanya untuk jenaka dan mahu melihat reaksi masyarakat,” katanya.

    Menurutnya gambar itu diambil secara ‘selfie’ di sebuah kedai makan di Jalan Ipoh pada 10 Julai 2013.

    Lee, saksi tunggal pembelaan, berkata demikian dalam perbicaraan kesnya dan Alvin Tan atau Tan Jye Yee yang didakwa menyiarkan gambar mereka sedang menikmati hidangan dengan kapsyen bertajuk ‘Selamat Berbuka Puasa (with Bak Kut Teh.. fragrant, delicious and appetising)’ dan mengandungi logo halal di laman Facebook mereka.

    Mereka didakwa bersama-sama melakukan kesalahan itu pada 9.00 pagi, 12 Julai 2013 mengikut Akta Hasutan yang membawa hukuman denda RM5,000 (S$1,690) atau penjara tiga tahun atau kedua-duanya, jika sabit kesalahan.

    Pada 14 April lepas, Hakim Abdul Rashid memerintah Lee membela diri terhadap pertuduhan itu.

    Pada perbicaraan kes itu yang bermula pada 23 Nov lepas, hanya Lee yang hadir manakala Tan telah melarikan diri ke luar negara.

    Ketika pemeriksaan semula Timbalan Pendakwa Raya Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin, Lee menafikan dia bersama-sama Tan memuat naik gambar itu.

    Lee juga tidak bersetuju dengan cadangan Wan Shaharuddin bahawa dia boleh memuat naik gambar itu kerana dia tidak memiliki akaun facebook, komputer dan telefon bimbit pintar bagi membolehkan gambar itu dimuat naik.

    Mahkamah menetapkan esok untuk hujahan kedua-dua pihak selepas pihak pembelaan menutup kesnya semalam (10 Mei).

    Source: Berita MediaCorp

  • Drugs, Sex And Bribes: Malaysia’s Police Come Under Scrutiny

    Drugs, Sex And Bribes: Malaysia’s Police Come Under Scrutiny

    The Malaysian ­police force has come under scrutiny in recent weeks for all the wrong reasons.

    There have been several cases this month in which the men in blue were nabbed for various criminal activities, such as kidnapping, bribery, sexual assault and extortion.

    At the same time, it has also emerged that six anti-narcotics enforcers from the state of Selangor were arrested over several days since late last week on suspicion of being on the payroll of a major drug ring that was crippled last week when RM36 million (S$12.4 million) worth of methamphetamine was seized.

    On April 1, two police constables were detained by the Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in Johor, after soliciting a RM300 bribe from a man who allegedly committed a traffic offence.

    A day later, four policemen from federal police headquarters Bukit Aman joined three accomplices in an attempt to extort money from a sundry shop worker in the state of 
Pahang. All seven, aged between 29 and 35, were detained by the police.

    On April 10, a married corporal was detained after he sexually assaulted three teenagers who were being held for rioting at a detention centre in Jinjang, Selangor. He was charged for gross indecency.

    On April 14, two policemen were suspended from their duties after they released a man who allegedly raped a four-year-old girl.

    Two days later, four policemen and a woman constable were detained by the MACC for allegedly accepting money from a man who wanted to settle a car theft case in Penang.

    On April 23, a police constable, who was recently dismissed, tried to pass himself off as still being in the force before he was caught by police patrolling the area, where he was holding a man for ransom.

    Between 2010 and 2015, a total of 3,677 police personnel were arrested for alleged involvement in criminal activities.

    While 521 officers were charged in court, 2,312 of them were released after investigations.

    Meanwhile, sources told the Malay Mail that the six anti-narcotic enforcers — an inspector and five lance corporals — who were nabbed had collected about RM100,000 during the past six months from drug lords to close an eye to their mass production of methamphetamine.

    The sources said the policemen had stumbled upon the drug operation between three and six months ago.

    “We believe the six made a pact with the syndicate not to expose their activities, provided they were paid enough to keep quiet,” said one source.

    Investigations are under way to determine if the policemen were also paid to tip-off the syndicate if they knew police were on their trail.

    The drug bust also resulted in police seizing RM3.85 million worth of cash and vehicles.

    Malaysia’s police chief Khalid Abu Bakar had said drugs totalling 239kg were seized.

    “If it had hit the streets, it would have supplied about 12 million drug users,” he was quoted as saying by The Star.

     

    Source: TODAY Online