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  • Indonesian Man Caned In Aceh For Khalwat Offence Collapsed

    Indonesian Man Caned In Aceh For Khalwat Offence Collapsed

    BANDA ACEH: An Indonesian man collapsed while being publicly caned Monday for spending time with a woman who is not his wife in contravention of strict Islamic laws in a staunchly Muslim part of the country.

    Herizal bin Yunus, 27, fainted after being caned eight times in front of a crowd in Aceh, the only province of the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country that imposes sharia law.

    Officials carried him off stage after he collapsed during the punishment outside a mosque in the provincial capital Banda Aceh, which was carried out by a religious official dressed in an all-encompassing, hooded cloak.

    But once he came to, a doctor examined him and said he was in good health, and he was taken back up on stage to be flogged another 14 times. A local religious court had sentenced him to be caned a total of 22 times.

    The man had broken Islamic laws that forbid people in Aceh from spending time in close proximity with members of the opposite sex who are not their husband or wife.

     

    Source: www.freemalaysiatoday.com

     

  • Shamma Al Mazrui – Menteri Termuda Di Dunia

    Shamma Al Mazrui – Menteri Termuda Di Dunia

    Biarpun usianya masih muda, pencapaian wanita cantik ini sudah boleh dikira besar. Shamma Bint Suhail bin Faris Al Mazrui menyandang jawatan sebagai Menteri Negara Emiriah Arab Bersatu (UAE) bagi Ehwal Belia.

    Cik Shamma, 22 tahun, ialah menteri paling muda bukan setakat di negaranya, malah di dunia setelah dilantik secara rasmi pada bulan Februari 2016, menurut laman Kabinet UAE.

    Di rantau di mana berpuluh-puluh juta penduduk dibawah usia 25 tahun menganggur, wujudnya ketidakadilan antara jantina, kekurangan akses kepada pendidikan, maka tidak hairanlah jika pelantikan Cik Shamma disambut baik, lapor laman Newsweek Timur Tengah.

    Dua tahun selepas tamat pengajian dari Universiti New York (NYU) – Abu Dhabi dengan ijazah dalam jurusan ekonomi dan setelah beliau memperolehi ijazah Sarjana dari Universiti Oxford sebagai penerima Biasiswa Rhodes, Cik Shamma dilantik memimpin generasi muda di negara beliau dan menjadi jambatan antara generasi muda dengan entiti-entiti awam UAE.

    (Gambar: Sky New Arabiah/YouTube)

    SESIAPA PUN BOLEH TERIMA BIASISWA BERPRESTIJ RHODES

    Meskipun beliau seorang penerima Biasiswa Rhodes, yang dianggap sebagai salah satu biasiswa berprestij di dunia, Cik Shamma meyakini bahawa “sesiapa pun boleh menerima biasiswa Rhodes jika mereka mendapat latihan dan bimbingan bagaimana mempersiapkan diri supaya disenarai pendek”, menurut Iman Ben Chaibah, seorang penulis di laman Sail Magazine, yang merupakan kenalan Cik Shamma.

    Berkongsi tentang pengalaman yang dilaluinya sebelum beliau dilantik, Cik Shamma berkata beliau ternampak catatan Twitter Perdana Menteri merangkap Naib Presiden UAE, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, yang sedang mencari Menteri Belia UAE yang seterusnya lantas beliau menghantar permohonannya.

    “Selepas saya buat permohonan, saya tidak terlalu memikirkannya, maka saya terkejut melihat nama saya disenarai pendek. Saya ditemu bual dan mereka bertanya soalan-soalan yang mencabar. Saya ditanya tentang kemahiran-kemahiran saya dan apa kekuatan saya,” kata Cik Shamma dalam wawancara bersama Newsweek.

    Mengulas tentang pelantikan Cik Shamma sebagai Menteri Belia, Sheikh Mohammed berkata: “Kami akan memberi majlis (belia) sepenuh tanggungjawab dan kami menjangkakan pencapaian yang terbaik daripada beliau dan majlisnya.

    “Para belia mewakili sekitar separuh daripada masyarakat Arab, maka logik untuk memberikan mereka suara dan peranan mentadbir negara,” tambah Sheikh Mohammed seperti yang ditukil oleh laman Televisyen Bebas Afrika.

    (Gambar: NYU Abu Dhabi/YouTube)

    MUDA, CANTIK, PETAH, BIJAK – TAPI TETAP RENDAH DIRI

    Pencapaian dan kejayaan Cik Shamma sejauh ini boleh dijadikan inspirasi ramai belia, khususnya di Timur Tengah. Beliau cantik, muda, petah, bijak serta memecahkan siling kaca – suatu gabungan ciri yang diidamkan ramai orang. Namun beliau dengan rendah diri pernah menekankan bahawa kisah kejayaannya tidak relevan.

    Ternyata harapan beliau besar terhadap golongan muda UAE dan beliau mahu setiap anak muda UAE mencatat kisah kejayaan mereka sendiri.

    Cik Shamma menambah, beliau mahu membantu anak-anak musa mencapai lebih daripada apa yang sudah beliau kecapi, lapor laman The National.

    “Kisah di sebalik kejayaan saya biasa-biasa saja, dan saya berharap agar anda semua (golongan muda) mencapai lebih daripada apa yang saya kecapi.

    “Saya tidak mahu bercakap mengenai kisah saya kerana ia kisah biasa sahaja. Tugas asas saya adalah untuk mendengar terlebih dahulu. Saya tidak akan mewakili belia dengan hanya suara dan pandangan saya, saya tidak mahu menjadi (pemimpin) sedemikian,” tegas Cik Shamma.

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

  • Imam At Masjid Jami’ Chulia Allegedly Cursed At Christians And Jews During Friday Prayers

    Imam At Masjid Jami’ Chulia Allegedly Cursed At Christians And Jews During Friday Prayers

    This is a video, from the 6th January 2017, of the imam at Jami’ Chulia Mosque cursing Christians and Jews. This was during the Friday khuthbah. He did it again today.

    In summary, he said, “God Grant us victory over the disbelievers, God Grant us victory over the polytheists, God Grant us victory over the hypocrites and the people of envy, God Grant us victory over the Jews and the Christians, God Grant us victory over the Jews and the Christians …” The last part was repeated twice as an emphasis.

    This is 2017, and we still have unlettered people leading prayers in the mosque and supplicating as if we are all living in the Crusades and there is a huge religious war. How is this acceptable in the context of Singapore? It is only because he said it in Arabic that most people in the congregation likely did not realise.

    Islam is not at war with people of other faiths, particularly the Ahl al-Kitab, People of Scripture. This is an unbecoming relic of a different age. We should not encourage this sort of thiking or condone this sort of supplication

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    Mr Terence Hekiaon Nunis, the contributor of the video confirmed in an online interview that this was not the only time he heard such supplications made in the mosque and reaffirmed that everything he wrote was factual.

    “It should be noted, also, that this was not a solitary occurrence. It was first noted on the 17th January and then again, on the day I posted this.

    Some people went there for Friday prayers. At the end of the sermon, this is what was recited as a supplication. The first few lines are innocuous and paraphrased from the Qur’anic supplication. The last part about overcoming the Jews and Christians is his own, or likely, taken from some similar supplication elsewhere, and is not from Scripture.

    The word used is “fanswurna” which I have translated as “grant victory over”, but more accurately means, “to overcome”. Translating from Arabic to English is not always easy because there are words which have no direct translation without losing the flavour of the meaning.

    In this case, the flavour is far from benign and the implicit meaning is more than just being better than them, the Christians and Jews, but to dominate them.”

     

    A Muslim Convert Once More

     

    Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

  • The 10 Golden Rules On Ethics And Social Etiquette From Surah Hujurat

    The 10 Golden Rules On Ethics And Social Etiquette From Surah Hujurat

    The Holy Quran was sent down in order as a huda, a righteous guidance for people to learn from and to utilise as a means to gain closeness to Allah (swt). One example of the best of guidance comes from Chapter 49 of the Quran, Surah Hujurat, which came down to the Prophet in the city of Medina. In this short Chapter, (containing on 18 verses) Allah (swt) instructs us on how to deal with one another with the best social etiquette. Here are 9 examples from this Chapter:

    1. Fa Tabayanu

    يَـٰٓأَيُّہَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِن جَآءَكُمۡ فَاسِقُۢ بِنَبَإٍ۬ فَتَبَيَّنُوٓاْ أَن تُصِيبُواْ قَوۡمَۢا بِجَهَـٰلَةٍ۬

    “Oh you who believe; if an evil-doer comes to you with a report, look carefully into it, lest you harm a people in ignorance.” [Verse 6]

    Here the believers are instructed to look carefully into the news and reports that are given to us, in order to distinguish right from wrong, ahead of disseminating it to others. If we don’t do this, it becomes easy to distribute false information and this can harm those around us who may take the reports at face value.

    2. Fa Aslihu

    وَإِن طَآٮِٕفَتَانِ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٱقۡتَتَلُواْ فَأَصۡلِحُواْ بَيۡنَہُمَا‌ۖ

    “And if two parties of the believers quarrel, make peace between them.” [Verse 9]

    This one is pretty self-explanatory. If there is a group who is quarreling, taking the initiative to resolve the problems between them is something that is not only rewarding in this life but also in the hereafter. The same verse continues to discuss justice:

    3. Wa Aqsitu

    فَإِن فَآءَتۡ فَأَصۡلِحُواْ بَيۡنَہُمَا بِٱلۡعَدۡلِ وَأَقۡسِطُوٓاْ‌ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُقۡسِطِينَ

    “Then if it returns [the quarrel] make peace between them with justice and act equitably; surely Allah loves those who act equitably.” [Verse 9] 

    Again, it reminds us to keep the peace but to ensure that one is fair and just in the resolving of this issue. Further to this, it serves as a reminder as to the qualities that Allah (swt) wishes for the believers to have and in this case, it is being equitable.

    4. La Yaskhar

    يَـٰٓأَيُّہَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا يَسۡخَرۡ قَوۡمٌ۬ مِّن قَوۡمٍ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونُواْ خَيۡرً۬ا مِّنۡہُمۡ

    “Oh you who believe; let not (one) people laugh at (another) people, perchance they may be better than them.” [Verse 11] 

    It is often we look down on people as we believe that they are lesser than us in some way. Here we are instructed not to laugh or mock others, especially since there is a chance that they are better than us in some way or another. This verse then continues to discuss name calling:

    5/6. Wa La Talmizzu, Wa La Tanabazu

    وَلَا تَلۡمِزُوٓاْ أَنفُسَكُمۡ وَلَا تَنَابَزُواْ بِٱلۡأَلۡقَـٰبِ‌ۖ

    “And do not find fault with your own people, nor call one another nicknames.” [Verse 11] 

    This leads on from the previous part and reinforces the fact that name calling may be a side-effect of putting yourself on a pedestal ahead of others. It also reminds us to avoid doing one of the things that is extremely rife in a good many communities, and that is finding fault within our own ranks.

    7. Ijtanibu Katheeran Minal Than

    يَـٰٓأَيُّہَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱجۡتَنِبُواْ كَثِيرً۬ا مِّنَ ٱلظَّنِّ إِنَّ بَعۡضَ ٱلظَّنِّ إِثۡمٌ۬‌ۖ

    “Oh you who believe; avoid most of suspicion for surely, suspicion in some cases is a sin.” [Verse 12]

    Many times we tend to base our ideas on people on sneaking suspicions on who they are rather than who they truly may be. Allah (swt) also warns us that at times, suspicion is akin to a sin.

    8. Wa La Tajassasu

    وَلَا تَجَسَّسُواْ

    “And do not spy on one another.” [Verse 12] 

    This one really is a no-brainer but is something so incredibly vital to so many of our modern day surveillance states. With this, Alla (swt) reminds us that for the best social etiquette, one should avoid it.

    9. Wa La Yaghtaaba Ba’thukom Ba’th

    وَلَا يَغۡتَب بَّعۡضُكُم بَعۡضًا‌ۚ أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُڪُمۡ أَن يَأۡڪُلَ لَحۡمَ أَخِيهِ مَيۡتً۬ا فَكَرِهۡتُمُوهُ‌ۚ

    “And do not backbite one another. Does one of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother, and you abhor it.” [Verse 12]

    The Quran here brings forth a comparison to highlight how heinous the act of backbiting is, and likens it to devouring the flesh of your own brother. For a functioning society and for people of high morals, one should not backbite.

    10. Inna Akramakom ‘ind Allah Atqaakom

    إِنَّ أَڪۡرَمَكُمۡ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ أَتۡقَٮٰكُمۡ‌ۚ

    “Surely the most honourable of you with Allah is the one among you who is most careful of his duty.” [Verse 13]

    The start of this verse is usually cited when it comes to discussion on marriage and equality, reminding people that they were created of a male and a female and into tribes and families so that we may get to know one another. The verse then continues to highlight one of the most important verses on equality, reminding us that nothing puts one human over the other in the eyes of Allah, not gender, faith, tribe or anything in between; the ones who are most honourable in the eyes of the Lord is one who carries himself with taqwa, piety, and God consciousness.

     

    Source: The Muslim Vibe

     

  • Mahershala Ali Becomes First Muslim To Win Acting Oscar, Trump And Streep Centre Stage

    Mahershala Ali Becomes First Muslim To Win Acting Oscar, Trump And Streep Centre Stage

    Mahershala Ali won his first Oscar on Sunday for his supporting role in Moonlight, kicking off what could be a big night for diversity at the Academy Awards.

    Ali, 43, who played the mentor to a young black boy in Moonlight, was one of a record seven actors of colour nominated for Oscars this year, along with films that ranged from overlooked African-American female math geniuses (Hidden Figures) to interracial marriage (Loving) and black incarceration rates in modern United States society (13th).

    A first-time nominee, Ali became the first Muslim film star to pick up a golden statuette for acting, reported AFP. He saw off competition from Britain’s Dev Patel, veteran US actors Jeff Bridges and Michael Shannon and newcomer Lucas Hedges.

    “I want to thank my teachers, my professors,” Ali said. “One thing that they consistently told me… ‘It’s not about you. It’s about these characters. You are a servant. You’re in service to these stories and these characters’.”

    He thanked his fellow cast members – and his wife, who gave birth to their first child, a baby girl, just days earlier.

     

    Source: ST

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