Some standards of free freedom.
If a woman chooses to get naked then its her freedom but if she wants to cover her self then they scream, “Say no to Islam or to sharia law… !”.
People can be deceived but can’t be make fools for ever.
May Allah protect us from all these lies and double standards. Aameen
Source: Mohamed Nazem Suki
Wearing a red hijab and all-encompassing gown, Sakdiyah Maruf cuts an unusual figure in a dark, smokey Jakarta bar as she reels off taboo-breaking jokes to laughter from a rapt audience.
She is a rare character in Indonesia — a female Muslim stand-up using humour to challenge prejudice against women and rising religious intolerance.
Despite resistance from those who believe a woman’s place is not on stage cracking jokes, even within her own family, the 34-year-old has forged ahead and is winning fans at home and abroad.
In the country with the world’s biggest Muslim population, she does not shy away from sensitive subjects. Her jokes touch on topics ranging from Jakarta’s recent religiously-charged election — which saw the Christian incumbent ousted by a Muslim — to sex and alcohol.
“Hijab, niqab, burqa — it saves you from a bad hair day,” she said to laughter from the crowd in the Indonesian capital, a typical gag that gently pokes fun at her own religious customs.
Maruf jokes about how women were not allowed to attend public events in the small, conservative community on Java island where she grew up, and that she is seeking to be more progressive by trying “to have sex even though I am married”.
For the slight, unassuming lady, comedy is a playful form of resistance to a creeping conservatism she believes is eroding the rights of women in her homeland.
Indonesia has long been praised for its inclusive brand of Islam but this reputation has been tarnished by a rise in attacks on minorities and the growing influence of a vocal hardline fringe.
The comedian sees an alarming trend of “more rigid and conservative practices of religion” which she believes tend to marginalise women, and is particularly concerned about issues including early marriage and domestic violence.
For Maruf, humour is the perfect weapon to tackle such trends.
“The message can be very aggressive but it can be delivered in a very subtle way,” she told AFP. “You speak to people’s hearts instead of only their minds.”
‘ARE YOU FOR REAL?’
Maruf comes from a traditional family in the provincial Javanese town of Pekalongan, an unlikely background for a witty, worldy-wise stand-up.
She became interested in comedy at an early age by watching US sitcoms such as Roseanne and Full House, a love that she carried with her to university, where she started performing stand-up in 2009.
Depending on the audience she will either perform in English — which she studied at university — or the main Indonesian language of Bahasa.
Sakdiyah Maruf still has a day job working as an interpreter at conferences, but regularly performs in comedy clubs and nights in Jakarta, where she lives.
In the early days, the comic would lie to her parents when she performed at university or headed into Jakarta for shows, believing they would disapprove, but as she became successful it was far harder to conceal the truth.
She says she has managed to reach a kind of uneasy truce with her family.
“We have disagreements sometimes, but they are cool with it,” she explained.
But the greatest resistance has come from conservatives who don’t think Muslim women should be comedians at all.
“One woman came up to me after a show and said ‘are you for real, are you wearing this hijab for real?’,” she recalled.
Still, Maruf has not been put off and her irreverent brand of humour has won her fans outside Indonesia.
In 2015 she was awarded the Vaclav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent established by the New York-based Human Rights Foundation and last year took part in a BBC-run global stand-up jam.
Her humour seems more relevant than ever as concerns escalate about declining religious freedoms in Indonesia after the jailing this month of Jakarta’s Christian governor for blasphemy, a verdict that sparked criticism inside the country and abroad.
But Maruf remains confident that Indonesia will remain a tolerant country — not least because a devout Muslim woman like herself can still get up on stage and crack jokes.
She said: “If you can write ‘Indonesian conservative Muslim female stand-up’ in one sentence, why be so pessimistic?”
Source: www.channelnewsasia.com
Two suspected suicide bombers have blown themselves up at a busy bus terminal in Jakarta, killing themselves and three police officers.
Five civilians and another five police officers were also injured in the attack, just after 9:00pm (local time) yesterday.
National police spokesman Setyo Wasisto said the blasts took place minutes apart.
“Tonight, to Indonesian citizens and all of us who are here at the scene, I express very deep concern,” he said.
TV networks showed people helping a victim lying on the ground and three policemen carrying another victim away from the scene.
Police may have been the target, with extra officers in the area to guard a torch rally to mark the beginning of the Islamic holy month Ramadan.
Police did not immediately reveal a motive but likened the attack to the events in Manchester and said it was linked to global terror.
“As you all know that there has been global incidents in Manchester during Ariana Grande’s show, there was an explosion there,” Mr Wasisto said.
“Then we also heard that in our neighbouring country, the Philippines, there was an attack from ISIS in Malawi city.
“Thus we’ve actually been prepared — but we didn’t know when and where it was going to happen.
“In my opinion, this incident is related to global attacks and related to some groups that have attacked several places.”
Authorities in the world’s biggest Muslim-majority country have been increasingly worried about a resurgence in radicalism, driven in part by a new generation of militants inspired by Islamic State.
There has been a series of low-level attacks linked to Islamic State since January 2016, when four militants mounted a gun and bomb assault in the heart of Jakarta.
Eight people were killed in that attack, including the militants.
More recent attacks have also been linked to the group and targeted police officers, including in Solo in Java, but they have largely failed.
Source: www.abc.net.au
Trainee teacher Yusrina Ya’akob has become the first Singaporean to summit Mount Everest this year after she reached the top of the world’s highest mountain on Monday (May 22), expedition company Everquest Expeditions confirmed.
The 30-year-old successfully climbed a dizzying height of 8,848m above sea level at 9.40am on Monday, after more than 50 days of trekking.
For Ms Yusrina, the feat is especially sweet after her failed attempt to summit Everest in 2015, which was meant to commemorate Singapore’s 50th year of independence. She was one of the leading members of the Aluminaid Team Singapura Everest 2015 which had to abandon the climb halfway following a powerful earthquake that struck Nepal.
For this year’s attempt, Ms Yusrina teamed up with Singaporean climbers Jeremy Tong and Dr Arjunan Saravana Pillai. The trio’s expedition is supported by Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the National Institute of Education (NIE).
Mr Tong and Dr Saravana, who were both attempting to summit Everest for the first time, were unable to reach the top as they were both unwell.
Ms Yusrina started her summit push from Everest’s base camp last Thursday and reached the top one day ahead of schedule after taking advantage of good weather conditions.
Before her latest expedition, Ms Yusrina told Channel NewsAsia that she embarked on this second attempt because she wanted to “face the mountain again”.
“I would not have been able to get over it (the disappointment) if I did not try again … because the situation that forced us to abort our expedition was not because of a lack of ability but a natural disaster,” she added.
With her triumph, Ms Yusrina has become the first female Malay Singaporean to conquer Everest.
Editor’s note: The article originally stated that Ms Yusrina was the first Singaporean to summit Mount Everest since 2009. This was wrong. Pilot Felix Tan had conquered the mountain last May. We apologise for the error.
Source: www.channelnewsasia.com
Kemusykilan Rakyat
Hukum Membuat Dapur Kubur dan Tanya MUIS
Soalan
Baru2 ini ada satu keluarga yg kematian ibunya, sebahgian adik beradik mahukan agar kubur ibunya itu dibina dapur seperti yg dilakukan ke atas kebanyakkan kubur2 yg berada di tanah perkuburan sedang sebahgian tidak bersetuju
Terjadi semacam pertelingkahan dikalangan adik beradik tersebut dan ada di antara mereka katanya telah menghubungi Hotline Muis dan diberi tahu oleh ‘ustaz’ yg menjawab agar jangan terpengaruh dengan asatizah yg diluar sana yg telah ‘rusak’ akidahnya dengan mengatakan ini bid’ah itu bid’ah dan membuat dapur di atas kubur pun bid’ah!
Kesimpulan katanya, ‘ustaz Muis’ mengatakan boleh sahaja membelanjakan duit utk membina dapur kuburan.
Saya menjawab masalah ini dengan 2 kenyataan.
Pertama: Jika benar adanya ‘ustaz Muis’ yg berkata sebegitu maka “celakalah” ke atas ‘ustaz’ tersebut! Jika engkau membuat kenyataan sedemikian berdasarkan kejahilan maka seharusnya engkau tidak layak utk berada ditempat sedemikian utk mengelirukan dan menyesatkan orang lain. Jika engkau mengatakan sedemikian adalah kerana mahu menyembunyikan kebenaran dan haq, maka itu lebih celaka lagi!
Sila renungkan salah satu hadits antara banyak2 hadits yg menyebut tentang larangan meninggikan kubur melebihi sejengkal.
Makruh tahrim meninggikan kubur dan membuat binaan di atasnya sebagaimana yang dibuat oleh kebanyakan orang hari ini. Menurut sunnah bahawa kubur tidak boleh ditinggikan melebihi sejengkal dari paras tanah. Hal ini berdasarkan hadith, daripada Ali bin Abu Talib RA, katanya, Abu al-Hayyaj al-Asadiy berkata:
أَلاَّ أَبْعَثُكَ عَلَى مَا بَعَثَنِى عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ لاَ تَدَعَ تِمْثَالاً إِلاَّ طَمَسْتَهُ وَلاَ قَبْرًا مُشْرِفًا إِلاَّ سَوَّيْتَهُ
Maksudnya: “Aku menyampaikan pesanan Rasulullah SAW kepadaku bahawa jangan ditinggalkan patung-patung kecuali setelah engkau hancurkannya, begitu juga dengan kubur yang binaannya tinggi kecuali setelah engkau ratakannya.”
Kedua: Jika kenyataan yg sedemikian adalah dia’yah sebahgian adik beradik keluarga tersebut utk menurut hawa nafsu mereka dengan cara menfitnah MUIS maka celakalah ke atas orang yg telah membuat fitnah tersebut.
Nota Tambahan
Dalam kitab al-majmu’, an-Nawawi Rahimahullah dengan jelas mengatakan:
قال أصحابنا رحمهم الله : ولا فرق فى البناء بين أن يبنى قبة أو بيتا أو غيرهما ، ثم ينظر فإن كانت مقبرة مسبلة حرم عليه ذلك ، قال أصحابنا ويهدم هذا البناء بلا خلاف… وإن كان القبر فى ملكه جاز بناء ما شاء مع الكراهة ولا يهدم عليه
Ertinya: Sahabat-sahabat kami Rahimahumullah berkata: “Tidak ada beza dalam membina binaan itu di antara membina kubah atau rumah atau selain keduanya. Kemudian hendaklah diperhatikan, jika tanah perkuburan itu adalah perkuburan musabbalah (tanah perkuburan orang awam) adalah haram ke atasnya berbuat sedemikian: Sahabat-sahabat kami berkata (lagi): “Dan hendaklah dirobohkan binaan tersebut tanpa ada pertikaian (para sahabat-sahabat kami)… (Al-Majmu’: 5/260)
Hukum haram mendirikan sebarang binaan yang tersebut di atas juga adalah berdasarkan kepada hadits Jabir Radhiallahu ‘anhu katanya:
نهى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أن يجصص القبر وأن يقعد عليه وأن يبنى عليه
(رواه مسلم)
Maksudnya: Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wassalam menegah daripada diplaster kubur dan diduduki di atasnya serta dibina binaan di atasnya.
Source: Abdul Rahman Mohamed