Fighting Islam or Finding Islam?

"How about I reading books about your religion, and you reading about Islam?"

"No way. You should forget everything about Islam, then come to study my religion."

The conversation between my friend who trying to preach Islam to other religion follower. That's what have been claimed by him.. Religion study can be studied for few century history, where we can read about religion comparison at The Big Religion Chart (However I should warning that this chart is not detailed in explaining Islam, especially they put moon and star as symbol of Islam.. Islam is not religion of praying moon.)

Please Don't Call Me Muallaf?

This article is continue my unfinished part from the
previos post : Muallaf? Saudara Baru? Reverted Muslim?

"Kalao bukan dipanggil muallaf, kena panggil apa pulak?"
One of the chinese muslim friend asked.

That is a good question. In a matter of fact, there is no specific name in calling chinese muslim no matter just reverted or already many years. We couldn't being called as Baba Nyonya also because that's more to Melaka unique cultural and yet they are not muslim. I am thinking about it all over and over again...

Calling reverted as "saudara baru" is not wrong, because reverted muslim are being welcome as "Saudara" just like what have been stated in Surah Al-Hujurat Ayat 10 :

Sebenarnya orang-orang yang beriman itu adalah bersaudara, maka damaikanlah di antara dua saudara kamu (yang bertelingkah) itu; dan bertaqwalah kepada Allah supaya kamu beroleh rahmat.

Also, "Muallaf" also is not a mistaken appellation to call as. Because it means "Orang yang cenderung atau lembut hatinya kepada (menerima) Islam." What's the different between me and my friends who still not embrace Islam? It's more to my heart have been soften to accept Islam is the righteous Religion, however my friends is not and hold firm to their own religion. Yup, it is true anyway.

How about "Reverted Muslim"?
Some muslim reject the word of "Convert" because it means change into another religion, but "Revert" is means we all born as Muslim... Yet we lost then found the way back to Islam, so we are "Reverted" to Islam.

From how these appellation being used, I feel that each of them is no problem to be call as. I don't condemn the different between born muslim and reverted muslim in knowledge part but in Islam, but we all must be live as the same Umat no matter what background we come from.

"Don't ask for respect, go earn it instead."
We can't force people to respect us although if someone have the power to do so. That is only cheating ourselves by doing so and yet we lose more and more respect. Yes, can't be deny everyone need the feeling of being respected. Asking someone to call us in more beautiful appellation like Dato', YB, Tuan Haji or else is a very normal phenomena in society... But if someone win the impressing appellation but act differently, what is the point of being called as "such name"? Normally we call this as "Cakap tak serupa bikin" hehe..

Earning respect is different but better way.
We don't ask for any appellation, also not trying to show off how great is our "Islamic Look". But as Muslim we keep improve our knowledge in Islam and practice it in daily life. Being patient to face every difficulty instead of blaming on others, never discuss about others ashamed gossip but more to positive speech and praise to others ability. The most interesting thing is while I was reading the book  "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" also mention that we shouldn't criticize others although the person we mentioned is not realize about it. Because it is lower our "Reputation" in front of others and lost respect, how could someone can be trusted if he/she is someone who love to criticize others? Who knows one day that someone go to gossip all of the bad things about us with others?

It seems simple but Islam already told us the "Natural Law" of live as well respected person. Earn respect, because earning is let those respect come on their own. We can't force people to respect us especially while someone dare to call us in unpleasant appellation no matter we realize or not.

Janganlah kita bersikap prasangka terhadap orang lain, walaupun kita tak mampu mengawal orang lain supaya bersangka baik kepada kita.


Wahai orang-orang yang beriman! Jauhilah kebanyakan dari sangkaan (supaya kamu tidak menyangka sangkaan yang dilarang) kerana sesungguhnya sebahagian dari sangkaan itu adalah dosa; dan janganlah kamu mengintip atau mencari-cari kesalahan dan keaiban orang; dan janganlah setengah kamu mengumpat setengahnya yang lain. Adakah seseorang dari kamu suka memakan daging saudaranya yang telah mati? (Jika demikian keadaan mengumpat) maka sudah tentu kamu jijik kepadanya. (Oleh itu, patuhilah larangan-larangan yang tersebut) dan bertaqwalah kamu kepada Allah; sesungguhnya Allah Penerima taubat, lagi Maha mengasihani.

(Al-Hujurat : 12)

Sometime being called as "Saudara Baru" is not a bad thing, depends on how the people interpret the word only. Also one day colleagues from other states asked me "Saudara Baru ke?" I just nodded.

"Saya betul2 menghormati saudara baru yang memeluk Islam, mereka sangat rajin beribadah dan belajar Islam. Kadang kala saya yang dilahirkan sebagai Islam pun rasa malu dengan saudara baru."

I smiled... I am not a tip top religious muslimin, but from the way he talked I realized that "Saudara Baru" sometime is just a symbolic name to call those not-born-muslim who embrace Islam. It's no harm at all if someone is sincere to use that appellation.

"Name", "Pangkat", "Salary" is always what society putting effort in, but how many of us still digging out the importance of Taqwa?

“Hai anak Adam, sesungguhnya Kami telah menurunkan kepadamu pakaian untuk menutupi auratmu dan pakaian indah untuk perhiasan. Dan pakaian taqwa itulah yang paling baik. Yang demikian itu adalah sebahagian dari tanda-tanda kekuasaan Allah, mudah-mudahan mereka selalu ingat.

( Al-A’raf : 26)


Not just about what kind of Kopiah or Tudung to pick, or about the controversy between Saudara "Baru" or "Lama"... But Allah SWT already urge us to wear the more suitable wearing, that is Taqwa.

Orang bertaqwa akan sentiasa memelihara dirinya daripada semua batas dan hukum-hukum agama. Segala yang wajib dan sunat akan dilaksanakannya. Manakala segala yang haram dan makruh akan ditinggalkannya. Bukan itu sahaja malah, mereka sangat berpada-pada dengan segala yang halal kerana takut dihisab (diperhitungkan di akhirat kelak). Ini selaras dengan kata-kata Sayidina Ali: “Aku sangat berhati-hati dengan dunia kerana haramnya diazab, halalnya dihisab.”


-Genta Rasa - Pahrol Mohamad Juoi




Earning Respect instead of getting respect, and what most important is we should focus more on Pakaian Taqwa. 



Recommended Article : 

Pesan Takwa - Pahrol Mohamad Juoi
http://genta-rasa.com/2011/01/03/pesan-taqwa/

Muallaf? Saudara Baru? Reverted Muslim?

"Kamu tahu tak kenapa masyarakat sekarang asyik memanggil orang yang memeluk Islam itu sebagai 【Mualaf】?" I was met Syukhri at Putrajaya few months ago, due to lost in this never slept city I was late about 11pm to met him.

"Hmm.. Entah, ada apa-apa maksud sebalik itu ke?"
"Masyarakaat kini selalunya memandang orang yang bertukar ke agama Islam itu ialah orang yang ilmu cetek dalam perihal Islam, ada juga orang yang telah bertahun-tahun memeluk Islam tetapi ilmunya seperti baru memeluk Islam. Maka panggilan 【mualaf】itu diberikan kepada mereka..."

"Begitu nampaknya, patutlah pendakwah Cina yang terkenal itu akan naik angin sekiranya ada orang memanggil dia 【mualaf】."

Commonly there are 3 names in calling those not-born-muslim after embrace Islam.
-Muallaf
-Saudara Baru
-Reverted Muslim

Also, apparently this 【mualaf】have been caused few reverted muslim being annoyed and even telling others that "Saya bukan Saudara baru dah... Sudah menjadi Saudara lama..."

If refer to the Wikipedia website that edited openly by internet user, it means :

Dalam agama Islam, Mu'allaf adalah panggilan bagi individu yang bukan muslim atau bukan Islam yang mempunyai harapan masuk agama Islam atau orang yang baru masuk Islam yang imannya masih lemah.

Honestly, if someone is calling me as mualaf I will not feel angry at all.
Why? Hmm... If according to the Majalah Al Islam (Jun 2010) it have been explained the real meaning of mualaf and what role it play at Malaysia.

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According to this article, Mualaf mean "Orang yang cenderung atau lembut hatinya kepada (menerima) Islam." So how can be this beautiful word transform into an insulting appellation? It even mentioned in at-Taubah ayat 60 sound as "wal muallafati  quluubuhum".

The problem is not the calling of "Mualaf" itself but how society in tend to perli reverted muslim no matter about knowledge or looks not so "Islamic"? It shouldn't happen at multiracial country that everyone have the choice to choose what kind of religion they want to embrace with.

Call me any name as you wish, because there are lots more annoying appellation waiting for me at non muslim society. Been 3 years reverted, I am keep walking very little steps on path of Islam, just like a kinder garden kid learning patiently in applying primary school exam huh?


I am still spending time in finishing my Iqra no. 6, not looking for any wonderful appellation but just keep Istiqamah in learning Islam. One small step for every single day, Insyaallah...

Between Harrassment and Apologize

 
Since I have been involved in various kind of events with my job position, Bacaan Doa is a must for every opening speech in ceremony. Without feeling hesitated I would raise my hands while baca doa, although this act is always an shocking moment for those who sit beside me.

Of course I can be stay put and pretend that I am not related with Bacaan Doa, but in the name of Allah SWT I still raise my hands and ignore those who look at me with bemused face.

"Masa itu majlis jalan oh... Kita suruh Ikhwan pergi depan baca doa lah. Angkat tangan itu macam dan bla bla bla..."  She raise hands and pretend like muslim who baca doa.

Laughing and harassment from my colleagues make me feel insulted. I don't want to mention their race and religion because it's due to their own personality problem. I tried to calm down myself and give them a smile, perhaps? I never been to live alike others, thus there's a lot of prejudice and criticize waiting aside to smash me hard on my face anytime. Sure it's pain but I am already feel numb with the same situation for many times.

Also, I was went to Kursus Jabatan at Putrajaya.
Unlike other kursus, it specially aimed to train discipline and attitude as Gov Servant. So every muslim who attend this Kursus need to be Solat Jemaah for every prayers. I was wearing Baju Melayu and Kopiah and walking by non muslim as if nothing happen. I pray to Allah SWT and Zikir in solat Jemaah, feeling calm and peacefully in my unstable heart which moves like wave of sea. Well... at the same time I was saw the rude colleague watching me go in and out of Surau and only God know what she gossip with her friends, I tried to comfort myself and keep thinking that it's not a big deal.

While attending kursus I was sharing room with 3 muslim colleagues. Well I guess may be I am the only one chinese male at there... This is the room that I was going to spent with for one week.

At next two morning, I woke up at 5.30AM and go for my Subuh prayers. I also waken up those muslim colleagues who still asleep, I just don't want they feel disturbed that why I went out silently. Untill next few days, a not so friendly Malay Colleagues suddenly tell me this : " Ikhwan, saya ingin memohon maaf."

"Kenapa?" I was shocked with this sudden apologize.
"Sebenarnya saya ni orang yang Racist. Saya tak berapa suka bergaul dengan orang yang berbangsa cina.. Jadi saya ingin memohon maaf kepada kamu dengan apa yang saya telah buat sebelum ini."

I was shocked.
Well he is not really offended me,  just not talked with me even a word and act like I was not existed. Untill now I still not understand why he give me an apologize. However after that we did chit chat like friends untill the Kursus finished.

There's so many different type of people I have to deal in my life.
I never keen on revenge what they insulted me or asking anyone to agree that I am a serious muslim. I just want to live on the path of Islam silently, peacefully... It doesn't matter for me whenever I receive harrassment or apologize, I never put so much hope on humans that never know what will happen next at tommorrow. We all are just servants of Allah SWT no matter what skin colour we have or what is our religion status.

I raise my hands and pray to Allah SWT.
Only to Him I bowed and pray, only to Him I am going back.

Katakanlah: “Sesungguhnya sembahyangku dan ibadatku, hidupku dan matiku, hanyalah untuk Allah Tuhan yang memelihara dan mentadbirkan sekalian alam.

(Al-An’am : ayat 162)

Solving 9-11: The Deception that Changed the World by Christopher Bollyn

What does this pic means to whole world? Islam = Terrorist?
I'm still recalled how shock I was while I woke up by family, they urge to look at TV News. Two building at USA were being Bombed !! Newspaper headline written 911 crisis, and a muslim named Osama Bin Laden claimed his organization is responsible for the attack.

It happened at 11 September 2001.
I was shocked with that tragedy, till I was afraid with muslim at Malaysia. Whenever I went out I must be asking myself why muslim did that to USA? Newspaper keep on publishing how Osama was hiding himself at cave, USA Troop was chasing at nowhere of Middle East.

Year 2004, I met my wife at school.
She told me 911 is a HOAX, Yahudi who did the job. The most apparent reason is non of the Jewish died in this tragedy. I was still hesitated.

Year 2008, Alhamdulilah I embraced Islam.
The beauty of Islam and truths doesn't stopped me from embrace Islam. I found out there's a very thick wall build by arrogant people at the entry of Islam, they are using lots slander as their brick, racist follower as wall builder. However I was breakthrough it, ignoring what society criticize on me. At this very moment, I still don't know much about 911.

Untill year 2010, I was accidentally found Solving 911 Online Book written by Christopher Bollyn .

http://www.bollyn.com/solving-9-11-the-book

An American who loves his country more than anyone.
When talk about 911, you or me also not qualified to talk about it. Because we are not American who lives there, we don't how what's really going on at USA land. Just like Malaysia politic, do you think foreign people knows more than Malaysians? There are a lot of dark side in politic which only local people understand it, Newspaper is failed to telling the truth. (Alhamdulilah Malaysia is not too complicated like America where Jewish controlled their country)

While reading through his article, I found out a lot of interesting facts.
He is definitely qualified to discover truth about 911, and the truth he founds can be annoying and disgusting. I would quote some of his article as a brief intro :

Jews from Eastern Europe created an empire of their own in Hollywood in the early 1900s and have influenced how Americans see the world ever since.

Indications of Israeli Involvement

The first indication that the attack on the World Trade Center was an elaborate "false flag" operation came with the arrest of the five men on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River. These men, described as "Middle Eastern" in the first media reports, were later identified as Israelis.  A false flag operation is a crime which is designed and carried out so that another party or nation is blamed.

That the five jubilant Middle Eastern men, who had photographed themselves smiling and celebrating with the burning World Trade Center in the background, were indeed Israelis (namely Sivan and Paul Kurzberg, Oded Ellner, Omer Marmari, and Yaron Schmuel) and that two of them were known to U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies as agents of Israeli intelligence, was ignored by the mass media. 

The men had been observed taking video or photos of themselves with the World Trade Center burning in the background.  Sivan Kurzberg told the police that the men had been driving in their van in the immediate vicinity of the towers that morning.  He was photographed flicking a lighter with the burning towers behind him. 

A woman who had observed the jubilant Israelis said she was struck by the expressions on the men's faces. "They were like happy, you know," she said.  "They didn't look shocked to me. I thought it was very strange." 

When they were arrested, Sivan, the driver of the van, told the police, "We are Israeli. We are not your problem. Your problems are our problems. The Palestinians are the problem."

Odigo Warnings 

In the first days and weeks after 9-11, I paid very close attention to the large number of Israeli terror suspects arrested, which was more than two hundred by November 2001, and investigated the published reports that an Israeli instant text message service had been used to warn Israelis of the attacks in New York, hours before they occurred.  Many Israelis were evidently forewarned of the attacks through an Israeli instant messaging service called Odigo. This story, which presents the clearest evidence of Israeli prior knowledge of the attacks, was reported only very briefly in the U.S. media – and then forgotten. 

According to the published reports, Israel-based employees of Odigo reported having received warnings of an imminent attack at the World Trade Center hours before the first plane hit the north tower.  Odigo, an Israeli-owned company, had its U.S. headquarters two blocks from the World Trade Center, but the forewarned Odigo employees did not pass the terror warning on to the authorities in New York, an act that would have saved thousands of lives.
 

Two weeks after 9-11, Alex Diamandis, Odigo's vice president, said, "The messages said something big was going to happen in a certain amount of time, and it did – almost to the minute."  "It was possible that the attack warning was broadcast to other Odigo members, but the company has not received reports of other recipients of the message," Diamandis said.  Four thousand Israelis were expected to have been working at the World Trade Center on 9-11, yet only one was reported to have died at the complex.  Based on the Israeli government figure that 4,000 Israelis were expected to have been at the World Trade Center at the time of the attacks, it seems evident that many Israeli Odigo users got the message of warning.

ISRAEL - A TERRORIST STATE 

Israel is a nation which was founded by terrorists, ruthless men with histories of committing genocidal crimes and false flag terror attacks.  Israel was created in 1948 in Palestine on land that had been "ethnically cleansed" of its indigenous Christian and Muslim inhabitants.


The Terror Drills That Became Real


"The easiest way to carry out a false flag attack is by setting up a military exercise that simulates the very attack you want to carry out," Captain Eric H. May, a former military intelligence officer from the U.S. Army wrote in a recent article entitled "False Flag Prospects, 2008 - Top Three U.S. Target Cities."
"This is exactly how government perpetrators in the US and UK handled the 9-11 and 7/7 'terror' attacks," May writes, "which were in reality government attacks blamed on 'terrorists'."

THE 9-11 FAIRY TALE – The alleged hijackers, according to the government and media version. But why has the mass media shown no interest in interviewing the families of these men in order to document and support the official story? How can it be than several of them are even reported to be alive and the media doesn't investigate?

The BBC's Jane Standley reported that Larry Silverstein's Salomon Brothers building (WTC 7) had collapsed 30 minutes before it fell straight into its foundation.  The BBC later said it had destroyed all of its original tapes of 9-11 broadcasts.

I have a very hard feeling while reading through Solving 911, I would say I can't even continue to read more. I can't accept how cold-blood a race would do for their "Holy Land". I can't clapping hands and yelling like them when I was looking at thousands of innocents life being killed. 

Allah SWT already warned us beware of Yahudi, long ago before Islam become the last and the only religion for mankind. How could we forget the history of Prophets and Quran Verse that condemn Yahudi? How are we going to stop Islam being "defined" as Terrorist through Movies and "terrorist attack"?

Sungguh engkau akan dapati manusia yang keras sekali permusuhannya kepada orang yang beriman ialah orang Yahudi dan orang musyrik. Dan sesungguhnya engkau akan dapati orang yang dekat sekali kasih mesranya kepada orang yang beriman ialah orang yang berkata: Bahawa kami ini orang Nasrani. Yang demikian itu, disebabkan ada di antara mereka pendeta dan ahli ibadat, dan kerana mereka tidak berlaku sombong.

(Surah Al Maa'idah ayat : 82 )

Alhamdulilah now we have the connection of Internet. 

Through Internet we may find lots of info easily, especially those news who "blocked" by jewish.  Alhamdulilah. Insyaallah one day, whole world would know that 911 actually is a "Hollywood Terrorist Show" who directed by Jewish. 

I put these link as my conclusion and condolence for those who passed away in 911 tragedy, and also Palestine civilians who fight for their beloved country. Assalamualaikum.

Permusuhan Yahudi Terhadap Islam Dalam Sejarah

http://muslim.or.id/manhaj/yahudi-islam-dalam-sejarah.html

Solving 911 PDF Format (Recommended/Easier to read)
http://www.bollyn.com/public/Solving_9-11_-_The_Deception_That_Changed_The_World.pdf

You masuk Islam… Sebab Kahwin?

Soalan yang paling digemari oleh semua orang terhadap saya.

“You Kahwin dengan Melayu ke?”

“You masuk Islam sebab Kahwin ke?”

Saya hanya senyum dan menjawab : “ Memang saya kahwin dengan melayu, tapi saya masuk Islam adalah sebab saya berminat dengan Islam.”

“Oo… Ye Ke??” Adakah reaksi ni bermaksud menafikan jawapan saya atau mempercayai saya? Saya tak tahu pun tak nak peduli.

Ya, memang tidak boleh dinafikan ada sebilangan muallaf masuk Islam adalah sekadar memenuhi syarat perkahwinan di Malaysia. Sehingga saya diri sendiri dianggap sebagai salah seorang daripada mereka.

“Saya telah kehilangan seorang anak lelaki, saya nak bunuh diri.”

Inilah reaksi mak saya selepas mengetahui saya telah memeluk Islam. Saya tidak boleh menjelaskan apakah motif saya masuk Islam, juga tak mampu menggerakkan hati beliau terhadap Islam. Saya sayangi mak saya, tetapi apabila kecintaan saya terhadap Allah swt telah melebihi segala sesuatu, saya memilih jalan yang lurus.

Kesedihan mak saya merupakan ujian kehidupan yang berat kepada saya, cinta bukan biasa kami dan agama Islam tidak dapat diterima oleh mak saya. Saya hanya mampu berdoa selepas setiap kali sembahyang agar Allah swt melembutkan hati mak ayah saya, terimalah saya sebagai anak kandung mereka yang beragama Islam.

Cabaran yang terbesar dalam kehidupan saya.

Apakah yang saya boleh jawab, apabila kepercayaan saya kepada Allah swt diragui dan pada masa yang sama saya perlu menghadapi masalah keluarga saya?

Demi Allah swt, saya beriman kepadaNya.

Jodoh saya dengan bangsa melayu dan masuk Islam, hanyalah sebahagian daripada takdir Ilahi. Hanya Allah swt lebih mengetahui segala hikmahNya dalam kehidupan saya.