Tag: PERGAS

  • MUIS Dan PERGAS: Nabi Muhammad SAW Harus Dijadikan Kayu Ukur Dalam Reaksi Kepada Insiden Charlie Hebdo

    MUIS Dan PERGAS: Nabi Muhammad SAW Harus Dijadikan Kayu Ukur Dalam Reaksi Kepada Insiden Charlie Hebdo

    PEMERINTAH tidak akan membenarkan pengedaran penerbitan yang memaparkan karikatur Nabi Muhammad saw seperti yang dilakukan malajah satira mingguan, Charlie Hebdo, mahupun apa sahaja kandungan sensitif dari segi agama.

    Ini ditegaskan Penguasa Pembangunan Media (MDA).

    Dalam pada itu, Menteri Bertanggungjawab bagi E`hwal Masyarakat Islam, semasa bertemu media Jumaat lalu, akur bahawa umumnya masyarakat Islam setempat berasa tersinggung dengan tindakan majalah Charlie Hebdo, namun mereka memahami perlunya bertindak secara rasional.

    Sehubungan dengan itu, Pejabat Mufti dan Persatuan Ulama dan Guru-Guru Agama Islam Singapura (Pergas) turut suarakan rasa kesal terhadap tindakan mempersenda agama, namun mengingatkan umat Islam agar dalam memberikan reaksi kepada insiden Charlie Hebdo, Rasulullah saw semestinya menjadi kayu ukur kita.

    Rasulullah ketika dikasari membalasnya dengan hemah dan berhikmah sehingga beliau dihormati.

     

    Source: http://beritaharian.sg

  • Singapore In The Anti-IS Coalition: A Missed Opportunity

    Singapore In The Anti-IS Coalition: A Missed Opportunity

    Bismillahirrahmanirrahim

    I’ve debated whether to post this.

    Decided I should.

    In the last few weeks, there was an issue that was extremely important for the Muslim community here to address. Yet as a whole, we did not. For whatever reasons.

    I refer to PM Lee’s announcement that the SG govt was considering joining the ‘coalition of the bombing’.

    Instead of addressing the issue – the elephant in the room in my view – they chose to address the dog issue.

    The situation is akin to what happened in Saudi Arabia during the first Gulf War and the setting up of a US airbase in Dahran. Instead of addressing the issue, the ‘establishment ulema’ there chose to focus their attention to a Muslimah who – heaven forbid – decided to drive. Aparently that’s far more impt than the issue of an entire airbase being situated very near to Islam’s holiest shrines. But I digress.

    Let’s recap. After Minister Shanmugam posting something on IS on his FB, suddenly so many establishment asatizahs start falling all over themselves to condemn IS. Not in their name, they chorused dutifully. The asatiahs were from RSIS and MUIS. The big guns, so to speak. Then The head of PERGAS gave an interview on national TV, condemning in no uncertain terms IS and again chorusing ‘not in our name’.

    Don’t get me wrong. I do not support IS. Im saying these acts do not happen in a vacuum. US atrocities, the bombing of entire Muslim villages by drones, the killing of many Muslims attending a wedding feast, CIA and Mosad complicity in the genesis of IS…. all these are conveniently left out of the narrative.

    Then there’s the woeful episode of the black flags. Asatizahs began writing articles, questioning the authenticity of the hadith on Khurasan and the black flags. Firstly, it was done in a rather lop-sided manner. Eg, in a particular chain that was quoted by both Imam Tirmidhi and Imam Ahmad, it was said that Imam Tirmidhi considered the chain weak. But what did Imam Ahmad say about it? Next, two places were mentioned: Khoorasan and Jerusalam. There are other ahadith about a Muslim army liberating Jerusalem, and the hadith is muttafaqqun alaih – of the highest possible authenticity. This was not mentioned. Also, there appears to be numerous chains of the hadith. And these chains could strengthen one another, making it collectively sahih. Not to mention these ahadith appear in the canonical six collections of ahadith – collectively the most authentic we have.

    Then the ED of PERGAS saw fit to talk to BH about it not being right to purchase the flag, as it would make non Muslims uncomfortable. Truly, that’s a preposterous statement. Should we then censor the Quran? After all, the end of Bakarah is a doa for Allah azzawajal to Grant us victory agst the non Believers? That’s juz one eg out of many.

    We are told we should have husnu zhon. But shouldn’t these asatizahs have husno zhon on the Muslims who had purchased the flags, without realising its bigger implications? Should the asatizahs not contact these people personally and advise them to remove it from FB? To my knowledge this wasn’t done. And our brothers were hauled up by the authorities and have to answer for their deeds, with all the attendant worry the family had to go thru.

    Now, after the govt announced that they would join the ‘coalition of the bombing’ and the issue has become fait accompli, some among the asatizahs are voicing out their displeasure. A little too late no? Or is it an attempt to recover lost legitimacy, since there has been voices ‘encouraging’ out estab asatizahs to join the jihad?

    Final word. Late for Jumuah. We hope our pol leaders and estab asatizahs enjoy their paychecks and coming EOY bonus. If u r MUIS staff, bear in mind it comes from the Fitrah fund.

    A reminder these things come with strings attached.

    We hope and pray there will not be hell to pay.

    Gotta go for now. I’m not done yet. will dress our own complicity in this.

    Wallahualam. Barakallahufeek.

     

    Authored by Syed Danial on 7 Nov 2011.

  • Jihad al-nikah Atau Jihad Seks Bertentangan Dengan Ajaran Islam

    Jihad al-nikah Atau Jihad Seks Bertentangan Dengan Ajaran Islam

    hasbi hassan

    MEREKA sanggup menggadai jiwa dan menjual maruah sebagai wanita demi memuaskan nafsu anggota militan IS di medan perang di Syria.

    Itulah pengorbanan segelintir wanita, termasuk tiga wanita warga Malaysia, kononnya bagi ‘berjihad’ dengan memenuhi keperluan batin anggota militan itu.

    Mereka dikenali sebagai wanita penghibur atau comfort woman.

    HAMBA SEKS

    Namun, perbuatan yang dipanggil jihad al-nikah atau jihad seks itu sebenarnya bertentangan dengan ajaran Islam.

    Pengerusi bersama Kumpulan Pemulihan Keagamaan (RRG), Ustaz Ali Haji Mohamed, yang juga pengerusi Masjid Khadijah, berkata bahawa perbuatan itu sebahagian agenda IS bagi memenuhi keperluan pejuang mereka.

    “Selain itu, ia juga sebahagian rancangan IS melahirkan lebih ramai penjihad dan menarik lebih ramai orang bagi mengembangkan kumpulan itu,” ujar Ustaz Ali.

    Menurut presiden Persatuan Ulama dan Guru-Guru Agama Islam Singapura (Pergas), Ustaz Mohamad Hasbi Hassan, yang turut memimpin RRG, hubungan antara lelaki dengan perempuan dalam Islam hanya sah dengan pernikahan yang sah dan halal. Oleh itu, tiada istilah ‘wanita penghibur’ dalam Islam.

    Imam eksekutif Masjid Darul Aman, Ustaz Suhaimi Hassan, pula menarik perhatian tentang zaman Sayidina Umar Al-Khattab di mana beliau pernah membenarkan pejuang Islam nikah mutaah atau nikah kontrak kerana sudah lebih empat bulan tidak berjumpa dengan isteri.

    Namun, katanya, Sayidina Umar sendiri memansuhkan hukum itu selepas perang berakhir dan sehingga kini ia diharamkan bagi ahli sunnah wal jamaah.

    FATWA JIHAD SEKS

    Sebelum ini, IS juga mengeluarkan fatwa mengarahkan orang ramai menghantar wanita tidak berkahwin berjihad untuk seks.

    Namun, apakah kesahihan fatwa itu sedangkan ia bukan dikeluarkan ulama yang diiktiraf?

    Ustaz Mohamad Hasbi berkata dalam Islam fatwa disyaratkan dikeluarkan oleh ulama yang mempunyai tahap ilmu yang tinggi sahaja.

    “Mereka harus menguasai Al-Quran, hadis Rasulullah saw, tahu pandangan ulama yang berbeza dan dapat menentukan ketepatan sesuatu pandangan. Seandainya beliau belum memiliki tahap ilmu itu, fatwa yang dikeluarkan akan menjadi tidak sah.

    “Contohnya di Singapura, kita ada jawatankuasa fatwa dan bukan mufti seorang sahaja yang keluarkan fatwa. Ini bagi memastikan fatwa yang dikeluarkan itu betul, tepat dan dikehendaki agama,” ujarnya.

    Oleh itu, fatwa yang dikeluarkan IS berkenaan jihad seks tidak boleh dituruti dan harus ditolak.

    Malah menurut pengurus Masjid Assyafaah, Ustaz Mustazah Bahari, istilah ‘jihad seks’ langsung tiada dalam Islam.

    JALAN PINTAS KE SYURGA

    Selain wanita Timur Tengah, beberapa wanita warga asing dari Britain, Australia, Norway, Jerman dan Filipina juga telah ke Syria menyertai konflik di negara Timur Tengah itu.

    Malah baru-baru ini, tiga wanita Malaysia dikatakan menyertai kumpulan militan IS dipercayai menawarkan diri bagi mengadakan hubungan seks demi menenangkan anggota IS itu.

    Menurut Ustaz Mustazah, wanita terbabit itu melakukan demikian mungkin kerana ingin peluang cepat masuk syurga, kononnya sebagai syahid.

    “Mereka juga mungkin rasa simpati terhadap anggota militan itu tetapi sebenarnya tidak tahu erti sebenar perjuangan itu.

    “Wanita harus ingat, mereka mempunyai banyak tanggungjawab kepada ibu bapa atau suami bagi mereka yang telah berkahwin, daripada ke sana,” ujarnya.

    Malah menurut Ustaz Ali, keinginan masuk syurga dengan mudah serta kekosongan ilmu agama dan pengaruh pendakwah yang tidak diiktiraf juga antara sebab yang mendorong wanita itu menyertai kumpulan militan IS di Syria.

    Kekurangan ilmu agama itu jugalah yang membuat wanita itu gagal membezakan antara yang baik dengan buruk, kata Ustaz Mohamad Hasbi.

    Tambahnya, wanita itu juga mungkin dipengaruhi atau terpaksa dek keadaan.

    “Contohnya, mereka rasa terdorong menyertai perjuangan itu kononnya kerana ingin menegakkan agama Islam tetapi sebenarnya mereka tiada ilmu.

    “Mereka juga mungkin telah jatuh cinta dengan pejuang IS dan terpaksa ikut mereka ke sana,” katanya.

    TREND MEMBIMBANGKAN

    Semangat kuat segelintir wanita itu untuk berjuang bersama IS dan melihatnya sebagai ‘tiket’ masuk syurga bukan sahaja membimbangkan pemerintah negara mereka, bahkan turut mencetuskan keresahan keluarga yang mendesak agar mereka kembali ke pangkuan yang tersayang.

    Ini lebih-lebih lagi kerana mereka pergi ke Syria tanpa izin keluarga.

    Menurut Ustaz Suhaimi, perbuatan itu menunjukkan betapa ceteknya ilmu pemahaman agama mereka sehingga tergamak ke sana tanpa izin bapa yang merupakan satu dosa besar.

    “Masalahnya, wanita yang ke sana untuk berkahwin dengan anggota militan IS mesti diiringi wali, kecuali beliau janda.

    Kalau tiada, siapa yang menjadi kadi bagi mengesahkan pernikahan mereka? “Ini menjadikan pernikahan mereka syubhah (meragukan) atau barangkali boleh berlaku zina,” katanya.

    Ustaz Mohamad Hasbi tidak menafikan akan kemungkinan wanita Singapura turut menyertai kumpulan militan IS di Syria kerana pengetahuan agama yang cetek atau pengaruh lain.

    Namun, beliau menggalak masyarakat Islam setempat supaya menghubungi asatizah atau ulama di sini serta Pergas, Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (Muis) atau badan Islam lain bagi meminta pandangan, bimbingan atau nasihat sekiranya tidak pasti atau mempunyai masalah.

    Ustaz Ali turut menggesa asatizah di sini menggiatkan lagi usaha mereka berdakwah serta berkongsi pandangan dan nasihat mereka dengan orang ramai.

    HAMBA SEKS ZAMAN DAHULU

    Wanita kini juga seharusnya belajar daripada sejarah, lebih sedar dan berhati-hati supaya tidak menyertai IS dan menjadi hamba seks anggota militan kumpulan itu, kata Ustaz Mohamad Hasbi.

    Ini kerana wanita hari ini tidak dipaksa menyertai militan IS di Syria, yang setakat ini hanya menguar-uarkan tentangnya.

    Malah, pihak mereka yang mendatangi pihak asing daripada pelbagai negara di seluruh dunia.

    Ini berbeza berbanding zaman Perang Dunia Kedua di mana askar Jepun memaksa wanita di beberapa negara, seperti Korea, menjadi hamba seks atau wanita penghibur atau tempat mereka melepaskan nafsu.

    Sekiranya wanita itu tidak menuruti permintaan askar Jepun itu, nyawa mereka terancam. Sekitar 200,000 wanita dianggarkan telah dipaksa mengadakan hubungan seks dengan askar Jepun.

    Kebanyakan mereka merupakan wanita Korea, manakala bakinya termasuk wanita China, Indonesia, Filipina dan Taiwan.

    Menurut Ustaz Suhaimi, konsep wanita penghibur tidak harus dikaitkan dengan Islam kerana ia langsung tiada dalam hukum syariah Islam.

    “Kumpulan militan IS mengaburi wanita ini dengan slogan agama Islam, kononnya inilah cara terbaik dan perbuatan itu dibolehkan dalam Islam tetapi sebenarnya ia bertentangan dengan ajaran Islam,” jelas beliau.

    Source: http://beritaharian.sg/wacana/hidayah/tiada-konsep-wanita-penghibur-dalam-islam#sthash.VbQrewmL.SAaEfWkt.dpuf

  • Lee Hsien Loong: MUIS Collecting Funds For Humanitarian Assistance to Gaza

    Lee Hsien Loong: MUIS Collecting Funds For Humanitarian Assistance to Gaza

    Credit: Lee Hsien Loong Facebook
    Credit: Lee Hsien Loong Facebook

    In the last week, the armed conflict in Gaza has hotted up. Hundreds of people have been killed, mostly civilians, including many children and infants. The loss of innocent lives is tragic and painful. The Middle East is far away, but still we empathise with the pain and suffering of the Palestinian people, because of our common humanity.

    Alas there is no easy solution. The Israel-Palestinian problem goes back almost a century. The distrust and enmity are mutual, and deep. Yet there is no future in this endless cycle of violence and retribution.

    Any lasting solution must begin with restraint and an end to violence, by both sides. I hope all parties will work together to stop this latest episode of violence.

    Let’s keep the victims of the ongoing conflict in our thoughts and prayers. MUIS is collecting funds for humanitarian assistance to Gaza. Singaporeans have donated generously, and not only Muslims. I hope more concerned Singaporeans will continue showing support in this way. – LHL

    Konflik bersenjata di Gaza semakin meruncing sepanjang seminggu ini. Ratusan nyawa terkorban, kebanyakannya orang awam termasuk ramai kanak-kanak dan bayi. Korban jiwa mereka yang tidak bersalah dalam jumlah yang besar ini, amat menyayat hati. Walaupun Timur Tengah begitu jauh, kita dapat rasakan kepahitan dan kesengsaraan yang ditanggung rakyat Palestin kerana ikatan kemanusian yang kita semua kongsi bersama.

    Tiada huraian mudah. Masalah Israel-Palestin berakar umbi hampir seabad lamanya. Mereka saling tidak mempercayai dan permusuhan begitu mendalam. Lingkaran keganasan dan tindak balas yang tiada penghujung tidak menjanjikan masa depan yang baik untuk rakyat.

    Sebarang huraian jangka panjang mesti bermula dengan kedua-dua pihak menghentikan keganasan. Saya harap semua pihak bekerjasama untuk akhiri gelombang keganasan terbaru ini.

    Marilah kita sama-sama mendoakan kesejahteraan mangsa-mangsa konflik yang sedang berlaku ini. MUIS mengumpul dana bagi bantuan kemanusiaan untuk Gaza. Rakyat Singapura telah menyumbang dengan murah hati termasuk bukan Muslim. Saya harap rakyat Singapura yang prihatin akan terus memberi sokongan mereka melalui cara ini. – LHL

    (Those who wish to contribute can do so at donation boxes placed at all mosques till 24 July, or donate online via MUIS’ website. / Photo courtesy of MUIS)

    Authored by Lee Hsien Loong

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  • LGBT Issue: Obama Declaring War on Religion, Bullying People of Faith

    LGBT Issue: Obama Declaring War on Religion, Bullying People of Faith

    OBAMA LGBT

    Dear Mr. President, I write to you today as a concerned citizen of our great nation, standing as a witness against your historic actions on the morning of July 21, 2014, actions which I hope you will one day repudiate with deep remorse and regret.

    I am referring, of course, to your signing an executive order Monday banning “discrimination” by federal contractors against LGBT people, allowing for no religious exemptions of any kind.

    This was an outrageous act of discrimination against religion in the name of anti-discrimination—an act of bullying people of faith in the name of the prevention of bullying.

    How can you, as a man who professes to be a person of faith and a follower of Jesus, throw religious Americans—in particular Christians—under the bus?

    How can you attempt to force Christians, Jews, Muslims and others to violate fundamental aspects of their moral codes in order to appease a small but powerful special interest group, one that is not, in fact, suffering daily economic hardship by being fired from their jobs because of their sexual orientation or expression?

    Have you forgotten entirely that our nation was founded on the concept of religious freedom?

    It was unfortunate that you did not reflect on the recent Supreme Court decisions that made clear that you and your administration have consistently overstepped your bounds. Instead, once again, you bypassed the will of the people, as reflected in their elected officials, and simply made a decision affecting millions of Americans.

    Worse still, you ignored the appeals of trusted religious leaders, some of whom campaigned for you in the past and others of whom have been among your trusted advisors, deciding instead to side with radical LGBT activism.

    These leaders made a righteous and reasonable appeal to you, writing, “Mr. President, you have spoken eloquently of your commitment to protecting religious liberty, our nation’s first freedom. As you seek to promote the rights of LGBT persons, please also protect the rights of faith-based organizations that simply desire to utilize staffing practices consistent with their deep religious convictions as they partner with the federal government via contracting or subcontracting.”

    In response, you mocked these “deep religious convictions,” and there are no words you can say to minimize the seriousness of your actions.

    Mr. President, what was wrong with letting Congress make an informed decision on ENDA? Do you scorn the political process so much that you bypass it entirely?

    You stated that, “I’m going to do what I can, with the authority I have, to act,” but the implications of your actions are massive.

    An organization like Prison Reform, which utilizes federal funds to help transform the lives of inmates, would suffer dramatic financial setbacks should they simply refuse to hire individuals who violate their time-proven, biblically based code of conduct.

    Children supported by World Vision, with the help of federal funds, would be deprived of food and shelter unless World Vision leaders compromised their Christian convictions. (After much soul searching this year, they have made clear that they will not compromise).

    Fine Christian universities, which provide important academic and ethical training for the next generation of leaders and which are also the recipients of federal funding, could suffer a massive blow unless they forsake the faith on which their institutions were built.

    Mr. President, must you now even take the place of God and tell Christians what they can and cannot actively practice?

    I concur with Peter Sprigg who wrote that, “This level of coercion is nothing less than viewpoint blackmail that bullies into silence every contractor and subcontractor who has moral objections to homosexual behavior. This order gives activists a license to challenge their employers and, expose those employers to threats of costly legal proceedings and the potential of jeopardizing future contracts.”

    In truth, this is not a civil rights issue, as if gay were the new black. As Catholic leader Austin Ruse observed, “the LGBTs are the most powerful aggrieved minority the world has ever known,” while, in contrast, “Black Americans really were aggrieved: enslaved, not allowed to vote, discriminated against in housing, banking and much else, hunted down and lynched.”

    As our nation’s first African-American president, you must surely see the difference. Or is it true, as your critics claim, that you really intend to declare war on religion in America?

    It is one thing to treat all people fairly, be they male or female, gay or straight, young or old. It is another thing to trample religious freedoms under foot and to attempt to coerce, with the full force of the government, men and women of deep religious faith and commitment.

    Mr. President, there are millions of Americans who pray for you on a regular basis, and I have often called on my radio listeners to pray that you would be the greatest president in American history.

    Despite those prayers, you took it upon yourself to enact an order which declares that, in the workplace, sexual rights trump religious rights. What a terrible, tragic shame.

    I do pray for you, sir, as my president, that God would grant you the humility to recognize the error of your ways. At the same time, I assure you that there are countless thousands of Christian leaders and people of faith who will neither abandon their convictions nor be silenced from articulating those convictions.

    And so, perhaps, in God’s providence, what you intended as a religious restriction will become the impetus for a religious awakening.

    After all, you might well be the most powerful human being on the planet, but we will all bow down one day before the throne of God, and He will have the final say.

    Michael Brown is author of Can You Be Gay and Christian? Responding With Love and Truth to Questions About Homosexuality and host of the nationally syndicated talk radio show The Line of Fire on the Salem Radio Network. He is also president of FIRE School of Ministry and director of the Coalition of Conscience. Follow him at AskDrBrown on Facebook or at @drmichaellbrown on Twitter.

     

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