Thursday, June 30, 2011

50 Failures under the current Goverment:

Sila Sebarkan Ini Demi BN!...

INI senarai 50 dalil kenapa rakyat perlu pangkah BN dalam PRU-13 nanti yang saya terima melalui email. Email ini bemaya.redar di serata tempar dalam dunia ..sendiri mau baca dan buat kajian agar anda tidaak mensia-siakan akal anda.

50 Dalils (reasons) why we MUST vote for BN:
1. PKFZ (Port Klang Free Zone) Scandal - more than RM12.5 billion incurred and counting
2. Useless & problematic Scorpene submarines - costing approximatelyRM7.6 billion
3. Commission for the undiveable Scorpene submarine - RM500 million halal comission, read MEGA CORRUPTION
4. Loss of Bumiputera equity - RM52 billion
5. Limbang offshore blocks L and M given to Brunei - worth RM320 billion
6. Bank Negara Forex loss - RM6 billion
7. Perwaja Steel Scandal - RM15 billion
8. 60,000 Approved Permits given to UMNO-linked cronies - worth RM2.4 billion every year
9. BMF Scandal (Carrian group) - RM4 billion..BMF manager was murdered
10. Double-tracking railway project from Ipoh to southern Thailand - RM12.5billion
11. Purchase of 6 EMU locomotives - irregularity at a cost of RM500 million
12. Maminco affair....cornering tin market/speculation cost us RM 2.5 Billions
13. Maltrade II land grab by Naza, costing taxpayers some RM 2.2 Billion
14. RM 6.75 billion to PSC Bhd for locally made naval vessels which were never delivered .
15. MAS shares - Tajuddin Affairs: Govt bought at $8 ringgit when market price was $3.5 ringgit. RM8 Billions taxpayers money lost
16. Halal Hub - RM 2 billion spent, nothing done, only RM 200 million left.
17. Armoured carriers -RM 8 billion .By industry standards, a good armoured car will only cost half a million. Mindef will spend RM 30 million each
18. RM 810 Million palace balloning to some RM 1.2 Billion, Selangor Hospital overrun by RM 100's of millions
19. School classrooms and computer labs - RM10 billion, direct nego. How much did the Government actually get?
21. Khir Toyo's Balinese palace - RM24 million
22. Menara Warisan or mega-tower - RM5 billion
23. Bail-out of GLCs and BN's crony-corporations - too massive and too many
24. Anwar's black-eye incident (beaten up by police while in prison)
25. Churning out acronyms, i.e. 1Malaysia,NEM, GTP, ETP, EPP, NKRA, NKEA, and TEM (Terrible Economic Management)
26. Prime Minister Najib Razak's aide Nasir Safar's statement: "Chinese came here to sell their bodies and Indians came to beg"
27. BiroTata Negara deputy director Hamim Husin's statement: Chinese are "si mata sepet" and Indians "si botol"
28. Missing jet engines.What a joke, Ain't you ashamed to be a Malaysian? .
29. Perak illegal and undemocratic power-grab in February 2009: Remember Perak, remember the Injustice!
30. Lingam-gate Scandal: Correct, correct, correct or Korek, korek, korek
31. Sodomy I and Sodomy II trials , Datuk T trio and the sex video
32. Stamping of Bibles: ' Bible smelly' said Hishammuddin and 'Christian-state' false news from Utusan and Umno bloggers
33. Perkasa, Pembela: Increasingly anarchist stance due to the lack of punishment by the authorities
34. Cow-head protests, vandalism at churches and mosques
35. 1 Malaysia email granted to 'broke' firm Tricubes Bhd (GN3 company).
36. Brand new Stadium roof collapse in Terengganu
37. Flip-flop of key education policy in the teaching of Maths and Science in English
38. Ibrahim Ali is Adolf Hitler alter-ego & mouthpiece of BN 1Malaysia
39. Water Rally (to demand that the government returns water rights to the rakyat)
40. Eye-on-Malaysia Ferris Wheel (white elephant in Melaka)
41. Bukit Merah-Papan rare earth tragedy in Perak (MItsubishi) and now Gebeng in Pahang (Lynas) & WTF 2 Nuclear plants !!!
42. Bakun Dam (destruction of environment, displaced peoples)
43. Female nude-squats - November 2005 and June 2011
44. Abuse of the New Economic Policy/Dasar Ekonomi Baru
45. Buying of votes in 10th Sarawak State Elections in April 2011. I help you, you help me ?
46. Wasted money spent on 1Million Youths Gathering - more than RM25 million - May 2011
47. Hike in Electricity Tariffs on June 1, 2011 and more upcoming hikes in sugar, diesel and petrol
48. Asian Petroleum Hub in Johor - RM1.4billion, now in receivership
49. Various Malaysian corridors started by Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi now empty, unutilised and vacant
50. Altantuya,while walking in KL picked up a stone which turned out to be C4 Xploding herself! ; Teoh Beng Hock, room too hot, opened window and accidentally fell out!; Kugan Ananthan (only 22, but the cops beat him until his kidneys failed), Aminul Rasyid (15-years old, but shot multiple times by cops), Ahmad Sarjani ( MACC victim) .
51. Name your grouse ....The list above is by no means exhaustible, serves to remind Malaysians that never before in Malaysian history is so much at stake.

(Diangakt dari http://wartashubhi.blogspot.com)

What you need to know if arrested?

Your rights, by the Malaysian Bar council:
http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=2202&Itemid=332

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Talking about Islamic values to a non-Muslim


Sukhdev Singh   
This exchange of messages took place on account of the news about the 15 year old schoolgirl who made RM30,000 by having sexual intercourse with five men a day during her school holidays.

Friend: RM30,000 / 5 men = RM6000 per man. So good biz? Aiyah, the government already has 'moral education' based on Islamic principles. Guess that's not doing much good too, huh?

Me: What use is education without supervision, laws and policing? Even patimokha (code of coduct for Buddhist Theravada tradition monks) has punishable laws, the worst sentence being disrobing. And what may I ask you are the effects of disrobing? Simple, plain humiliation.
Kota Bharu town centre
All religiously based laws have these common traits including the Muslim hudud. I wish, in the event the Kelantan state government gets a chance, that it makes itself as an experiment not just for Malaysia, but for the whole world to see the wisdom upon which religiously based laws act.

Friend: So, you support Hudud laws, which may also including chopping off the hands, stoning someone to death, etc?

Me: (Laughs) Excuse me? This Malaysia we are talking about and the state is Kelantan. The Menteri Besar is Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat.  Whose head or hands are going to get chopped off and who is going to get stoned to death? What you are expressing is pure Islamophobia, though not of that chronic grade as expressed in the western media.

There was once this article I read in Harakah some time ago claiming that once Kota Baru was a real 'maksiat' entertainment centre which could easily rival KL’s once famous BB Park.

Nauseated, the residents pooled their political will and now decades later ‘Bandar Maksiat Kota Baru’ (BMKB) has been transformed into Bandar Islam Kota Baru (BIKB).

Now it just happens that this is Tanah Melayu, and their religion is Islam. (Jocular digression: I always thought that ‘Singapura’ was ‘Tanah Singh’. However, instead of Karpal Singh, Lee Kuan Yew turned out to be the PM!).

Okay, now you are a sincere Buddhist, rather a Theravadin, to be more specific. Let me ask you, would you like the country that you have adopted as your own to be run by people who are sincere followers of their religion or hypocrites who would twist and turn or interpret their teachings for material gain through corruption, unfair and one sided dealings. Basically, we are talking about all the problems we have been putting up with where our BN is concerned.

In my whole life (and I am in yours too) I have never come across an attempt to run a government out of the teachings of a Holy Book.

Yes, you may cite the few 'Islamic' governments today, you might even include the Islamic countries that are now undergoing violent revolutions at the moment, but if you were to read the Harakah the view of Islam that will build up in your mind will be radically different.

However, the only thing that you will be required to do mentally is to pretend that you are not non-Malay. If mentally, we are going to continually mistrust the Malay or Muslim Malay administration of this country, we as a country are never going to develop and get ahead.

Many, especially the entire opposition, already have the view that we are strategising to compete with Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia for the 10th place.

Religiously speaking, now let’s talk Theravadin, okay, we have the Sigalavoda Sutta:

There are six ways one dissipates one's wealth:

1. Drinking and drugs
2. Carousing late at night
3. Wasting away your time at shows
4. Gambling
5. Keeping bad company
6. Laziness


What can we do to ensure that our citizens do not get caught up in the above and dissipate their wealth?
The 'reclining Buddha' in Tumpat, Kelantan
Buddhistically, nothing. We are not a Buddhist country. (Please, please, I have heard enough of education.  The Road Transport Department has a Road Safety Department which is the educational arm. But without the Traffic Police and the Laws the Road Safety Department will be one nice wayang kulit.)

Next, administratively speaking how can we ensure that our government has the qualities as listed down here:
The Ten Duties of a King (from the Pali Jatakas):
But the common man or woman is not the only one for whom Buddha provides guidance...
1. Dana: Liberality, generosity, charity, concern with the welfare of the people.
2. Sila: High moral character, observing at least the Five Precepts.
3. Parccaga: Willing to sacrifice everything for the people -- comfort, fame, even his life.
4. Ajjava: Honesty and integrity, not fearing some or favoring others.
5. Maddava: Kindness and gentleness.
6. Tapa: Austerity, content in the simple life.
7. Akkodha: Free from hatred, ill-will, and anger.
8. Avihimsa: Non-violence, a commitment to peace.
9. Khanti: Patience, tolerance, and the ability to understand others’ perspectives.
10. Avirodha: Non-obstruction, ruling in harmony with the will of the people and in their best interests.

Again, Buddhistically nothing. We are not a Buddhist country. But as Buddhist, or Sikhs for that matter we know that no founder of any religion taught anything bad nor was he ever motivated by bad intentions or aspirations. So, why don’t we just trust Islam?

But, you will say that you have heard many scary things about Islam. That is what Islamophobia is all about. It happened because you listened to the wrong views about the wrong Muslims. You want to understand true Muslim administration read the Harakah.
* Sukhdev Singh is a Harakahdaily reader.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Ustaz Haron Din's Interview

“Negara Berkebajikan: Pas tidak melencung dari dasar”
SIASAH: Secara umumnya macam mana Datuk melihat kepada barisan kepimpinan Pas yang baru dipilih dalam muktamar lalu. Semacam ada pemecahan tradisi di mana golongan ulama di kesampingkan?
DATUK Dr HARON DIN: Setiap kali berlakunya perubahan dalam herarki pimpinan parti maka setiap itulah ada struktur yang berbagai-bagai. Di antaran olahan terkini seolah-olah ahli-ahli Pas telah mengkesampingkan ulama. Mungkin dari segi bahasa itu bertepatan hasil pemilihan muktamar itu, daripada presiden dan timbalan presiden.. itu betul berlaku daripada bukan golongan ulama. Tetapi satu fakta yang perlu disebut bahawa faktor pecah undi itu jelas. Jika disatukan undi ulama itu menujukan majoriti masih menyokong ulama.
Sama juga dengan pertandingan naib presiden, juga pecah undi di kalangan calon ulama berdua itu berlaku. Tapi jika seorang saja calon, ulama.. masih menang. Tetapi apa pun ini boleh saya katakan faktor sementara. Setiap dua tahun sekali diadakan pemilihan. Bagi kali ini ada kewajaran kita melihatkan perkembangan politik yang telah sampai ke ambang pilihan raya ke-13.
Jadi dengan suasana politik semasa yang kita perlu undi tambah daripada undi bukan Islam, dan itulah yang menjadi satu perkara yang dirasakan boleh mengubahkan keadaan, maka dilihat itu perlu kepada barisan yang pada umumnya orang Islam boleh terima, tak ada masalah, orang bukan Islam boleh terima, berbanding kalau barisan ulama kesemuanya, kita tak ada masalah tetapi takut bukan muslim ada masalah. Sebab itu tawaran ini seperti disebut oleh Presiden kabinet pilihan raya.
Maka itu saya mengatakan soal menyisih ulama tidak berlaku, sebab di dalam Syura Ulama dipegang, dipimpin, didokong oleh 17 orang yang semuanya seratus peratus ulama. Mereka inilah yang menentukan hala tuju parti. Maka selama-lamanya tidak timbul menyampingkan ulama.

Jadi tanggapan mengatakan Pas telah meminggirkan golongan ulama dalam kepimpinan atau parti itu tidak benar?
Amat tidak betul kerana tidak ada usaha dalaman yang kita nampak, mencemuhkan atau mesej tidak mahu ulama yang dihantar. Tetapi kenapa berlaku seperti disebut tadi kerana faktor pecah undi, tidak berpakat, atau ikut nak jadi apa pun maka terjadi demikian. Tetapi kalau itu satu kebaikan kepada Pas, apa salahnya kita terima. Kalau tidak ada kebaikan, kita boleh rombak balik.

Dalam konteks ulama ini bila berlaku pecah undi, adakah Datuk melihat tidak ada konsensus atau syura di kalangan ulama?
Kita telah fikir sebelumnya, dan daripada awal berlaku, saya memantau. Walau ada pada mulanyatrend ke arah pertembungan antara ulama tetapi kita dengar dari awal ada usaha beberapa orang ulama yang dicalonkan telah menyatakan mereka hendak menarik diri. Terutamnya Datuk Seri Azizan Razak, terus tarik diri. Sama juga dengan Yang Berbahagia, Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man dia menyatakan dua kali akan menarik diri. Pada ketika itu semua orang melihat kalau berlaku pertandingan pun dua penjuru dan tidak sangat mengusarkan. Tetapi bila tiba saat akhir, tiga penjuru itu kita tidak sempat buat apa dan kita serahkan kepada takdir.

Datuk ada menyatakan baru-baru ini, pemilihan ini dalam konteks apa yang Datuk Sri Presiden menyatakan bahawa kepimpinan untuk pilihan raya. Datuk ada mengatakan kombinasi ini satu percubaan yang baik, apakah signifikennya?
Saya melihat daripada realiti politik orang ramai memilih keadaan begitu, ini pada saya merupakan pilihan yang diilhamkan oleh keadaan yang Allah menentukan demikian itu mesti ada kebaikannya. Saya melihat mesti adalah ‘maslahah’. Sebab ini yang dipanggilkan, kalau dalam Islam ia ada perkataan ‘ijmak’. Ijmak itu semua maufakatnya ulama. Nabi menyebut (membaca hadith): “umatku tidak akan beramai-ramai melakukan perkara yang sesat.”
Walaupun tidak tepat sangat dengan apa yang berlaku tetapi ada imbas-imbas, kalau sudah ramai sangat mengatakan itulah pilihan mereka maka saya menambah ada hikmahnya kenapa berlaku demikian.

Berbalik kepada ucapan dasar Datuk Sri Presiden yang mengangkat satu tema baru Membangun Negara Kebajikan, nampaknya tema itu telah menimbulkan kontroversi dengan mengaitkan Pas telah meninggalkan Islam, jadi bagaimana Datuk melihat perkara ini?
Sinilah saya mengatakan apa yang berlaku pelik sedikit. Di mana orang yang sepatutnya merasa sensitif dan mudah sangat terasa ialah orang-orang yang telah mendokong perjuangan Pas ini sejak zaman berzaman. Saya sebagai seorang telah lama kekecimpung dan diamanahkan sebagai Timbalan Musydiul Am, sepanjang kita mengikuti ucapan dasar disampaikan, saya tenguk riak di bawah dan di atas, takut ada riak yang menunjukkan rasa tidak senang. Tetapi di sepanjang ucapan dasar itu disampaikan tidak ada pun mana-mana yang memberi reaksi yang tidak baik, semuanya memberi tumpuh sepenuhnya.
Kedua, bila ini tidak mengubah haluan, kita tenguk perbahasan pastilah orang pertama mengambil bahagian akan sebut yang itu, apakah ini maksudnya presiden hendak bawa Pas keluar dari landasan? Malahan kesemua yang bercakap baik dihari pertama dan hari akhir muktamar, dari semua golongan, tidak separuh suara pun yang membantah, malah menerima sebulat suara. Mana mungkin orang Pas boleh menerima sesuatu yang mereka tidak setuju, hatta dalam muktamar... saya sendiri pun bila ada orang menafsirkan apa yang saya buat tidak betul orang mengkritik saya dalam muktamar. Tok Guru presiden (Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang) pun dikritik dalam muktamar, Ustaz Nasha (Nasharudin Mat Isa) pun dikritik dalam muktamar.
Contoh dalam mukatamar dulu saya dikritik kerana saya menulis satu kertas kerja untuk dibentang dalam permukiman (retreat) Pas, dalam itu saya sebut; “hendaklah kita berhati-hati dengan musuh terutama musuh yang mungkin berada dalam Pas sendiri.” Jadi dengan bahasa begitu Datuk Husam Musa bangun minta penjelasan, apakah ada musuh di dalam Pas, sila tunjukkan kalau ada. Saya jawab dengan ayat Quran dengan mengatakan, (membaca ayat Quran); “sesungguhnya kata Allah antara pasangan hidup kamu dan anak-anak kamu musuh kepada kamu maka hati-hatilah menghadapi mereka.” Kalau Allah sebut demikian boleh, apakah saya nak ingatkan begitu tidak boleh. Setelah saya jawab demikian semua selesai.
Apa yang hendak dimaksudkan kalau berlaku perubahan itu, bukan perubahan dasar parti. Itu pandangan peribadi. Kalau ini merupakan perubahan dasar parti atau Pas telah keluar daripada garis perjuangan asalnya, mungkin bukan tunjuk perasaan berlaku di muktamar tetapi mungkin akan berlaku kekecuhan yang lebih besar.
Bila semua diterima dengan baik, kita orang dalam amat faham dan amat yakin Negara Berkebajikan tidak ada beza dengan negara Islam atau dengan apa yang hendak kita perjuangkan itu. Keduanya substand, iaini apa yang hendak diisi. Negara Islam memang berkebajikan. Malahan dilihat dalam Quran juga memang disebut negara berkebajikan ini, walaupun tidak disebut negara Islam tetapi isinya negara Islam. Bila tidak disebut bukan pula bermakna tidak boleh dibuat. Bila kita sebut Negara Berkebajikan selaras dengan Quran, kita sebut Negara Berkebajikan tidak ada perubahan dasar dan tidak ada sebarang penyelewengan dan kita puas hati dengan Negara Berkabjikan itu sesuai dalam konteks kita pada hari ini. Peliknya orang dalam tak ada masalah langsung, orang luar yang nampak bergelabah (ketawa).

Jasi tidak benar kalau Pas telah lari dari dasar Islamnya selamanya ini sebab tema itu sendiri menempati dasar parti?
Saya melihat begini, bila musuh politik sama macam kita juga, musuh kita Umno, dalam perjuangan politik kita senantiasa melihat di mana langkah musuh yang sumbang maka di situlah kita mengambil peluang untuk menghentamnya.
Selama ini mereka tiada peluang untuk mengatakan kepada Pas ini...pemimpin ke, perjuangan ke.. memang tidak ada isu besar. Lebih-lebih lagi dekat dengan pilihan raya, melainkan ini mereka tafsirkan sebagai salah langkah. Tetapi salah langkah apa, kami tahu apa yang kami tidak salah langkah. Sebab sebarang perubahan dasar dalam parti kita bukan semudah atau diselesaikan dengan ucapan dasar.
Sebagai contoh, dulu Pas tidak beri muslimat bertanding, bila Pas nak beri muslimat (zaman Khatijah Sidik) bertanding awal tahun 70-an Dewan Ulama bersidang kemudian dibawa dalam muktamar, baru diputuskan. Mislanya soal tahalul siayasi... tahaluls siyasi ini bukan menyentuh dasar tetapi soal strategi dan aktiviti tetapi dibawa ke syura, dibincang, bagi pandangan, buat kertas dan kertas diseminarkan pula.
Begitu juga apabila Pas hendak menerima bukan Islam sebagai ahli, ia dibincang secara menghalusi, sampai diterima atas nama kelab penyokong. Bila semakin ramai penyokong, bolehkah pula ditubuh dewan yang sama dengan taraf dengan dewan-dewan lain dalam Pas. Keputusan itu bukan diputuskan dalam satu muktamar tetapi di bawa ke dalam Majlis Syura. Syura bincangkan dulu. Jadi kalau itu kita buat, dan kalau perubahan dasar ini apakah logik kalau ia berlaku dengan hanya seorang saja yang mengemukakan dalam ucapannya.
Sebab itu perkara bini dibawa ke dalam syura dahulu barulah keluar isu Negara Berkebajikan di dalam muktamar dan selepas iu berlaku hentaman-hentaman dari para juhala-juhala ini (ketawa). Itulah prosesnya bukan sesenang dan semudah itu.

Tetapi diluar masih ada yang tidak faham dengan perjuangan Pas struktur Pas yang dikukuhkan oleh Majlis Syura Ulama dan sebagainya. Apakah Datuk rasakan Pas perlu mengadakan penerangan dalam hal ini?
Betul memang ada orang yang tidak faham. Dan dalam pepatah Arab bermaksud; “manusia ini dia bermusuh dengan apa yang dia tidak tahu. Samalah dia tidak tahu mengenai negara Islam dia jadi musuh. Keduanya, tentang penjelasan dan keterangan lanjut memang perlu. Memang telah dan sedang dibuat dan akan diperhebatkan. Semasa mesyuarat pun kita buat... dan penjelasan akan dibuat beberapa peringkat akan turun ke akar umbi memberi kefahaman kepada orang kita dan kepada masyarakat seluruhnya.
Memang perlu kerana sesuatu yang belum pernah orang berjumpa dalam hidup kita ini, sebuah negara nama Islam atau berkebajikan, atau negara yang memerintah bersendi kepada hukum-hukum Islam kita tidak pernah berjumpa. Sebab itu bila kita hendak laksanakan ini orang yang tidak tahu akan jadi musuh lebih-lebih lagi musuh yang terasa ini suatu langkah yang amat baik, sesuai dengan masa, dan pandai lontar idea pada waktunya dan mungkin mereka rasa akan kecundang.
Kebimbangan itulah maka akhirnya ... menyebabkan mereka rasa sayang dan terkilan dengan negara Islam yang kononnya hendak kita tinggalkan. Kalau sayang sangat ambilah.. (ketawa). Maknanya sama seperti kata orang, musang tidak boleh ambil buah anggur itu kerana semut banyak atau buah masam... begitulah. Akhirnya ia merupakan satu fitnah, merupakan memburukkan musuh yang sepatutnya, cara itu tidak gentlemen. Kalau kita sudah mengatakan kita tak ubah dasar kenapa nak sibuknya, dia pula mengatakan kita ubah dasar. Dasar termaktub dalam perlembagaan..

Datuk, Perdana Menteri, Mohd Najib Razak telah menempelak Negara Berkebajikan yang Pas hendak dilaksanakan. Katanya Pas telah ciplak kebajikan yang dibuat oleh kerajaan BN. Apakah benar dakwaan Najib itu atau pun memang ada perbezaan di antara Negara Berkabjikan yang Pas hendak bangunkan dengan kebajikan yang didakwa telah dibuat oleh BN itu?
(Perlahan dan tegas) Amat amat jauh... bezanya. Apa yang kita nak buat sesuatu kita berterasakan al Quran sebagai dasar. Quran adalah kebaikan sejagat dan kebaikan mutlak. Tidak macam orang yang berpegang kepada rasional dia hanya ikut kepala dia saja. Dia bercakap mengikut hati...kita bila perkenalkan kebajikan kita ambil dari Quran...yang disebut Baldatuntayibah.... ada hujungnya itu, rabbugharafu ... negara yang berkebajikan di bawah Allah yang maha pengampun. Kalau berhenti, negara kebajikan saja,(baldatuntayibah) kita dapatlah yang Jepun dapat, Amerika dapat, Perancis dapat, di mana mereka hanya dapat dunia saja. Di mana betul mereka dapat baldatunyaibah tetapi tidak mendapatrabbugharafu, mereka kufur.
Jadi kita berjuang ini bukan untuk dunia ini saja, kita akan bawa sampai ke akhirat. Kalau maju pun yang Allah taala kutuk buat apa? Kita fokus kepada rabbugharafu, Tuhan yang maha mengampun. Bagaimana Tuhan nak mengampun kalau kita membina negara kita ke arah kemaksiatan...bermaharajala lela, nak ampun macam mana negara yang penuh dengan rasuah. Padahal di dalam hadith sahih, (sambil membaca hadith) bermaksud; yang bagi rasuah, yang menerima rasuah, yang menjadi perantaran melakukan rasuah, semuanya masuk neraka.
Jadi keliling kelalang orang tahu negara kita tenat dengan rasuah...kejujuran yang dikatakan dalam semua hal, misalnya pilihan raya orang tahu berlaku penipuan. Jadi ketidakjujuran di dalam memerintah, malah kroni dan sebagainya, bagaimana kita nak dapat rabbugharafu di dalam hal-hal seperti itu?
Bila kita balik, semua kepada apa yang Pas telah buat..di Kelantan untuk perbandingan.. adakah selama ini... Pas perintah Kelantan sejak 1990, adakah kes-kes immoral sama ada rasuah, kes skandal atau salah guna kuasa, berlaku? Saya tahu orang semua tahu boleh bandinglah dengan apa yang dibuat di Kelantan. Contoh apa disebut di dalam muktamar baru-baru ini, Tok Guru Mursyidul Am, (Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat) dia tidak duduk rumah kerajaan dan duduk rumah sendiri... dia dapat elaun perumahan...dia tidak ambil. Dan saya berkawan dengan dia lama, dia tak sebut pada saya. Isteri MB mana-mana pun ada peruntukan make-up tetapi isterinya tidak ambil. Kita tahu isteri siapa yang paling mahal harga make-upnya.
Elaun keraian kenduri hari raya, dia buat dengan duit dia sendiri, kenduri kahwin anaknya dari duit dia sendiri. Dia tidak ambil dan dia bagi balik kepada rakyat. Saya cadangkan elok kalau interviu dia tanya kenapa dia tidak ambil semua wang itu? Maknanya kita (Pas) tidak rakus dan pemimpin kita tidak mengambil kesempatan.
Kalau itulah orangnya mengapa didedahkan dia dengan rasuah, sedangkan duit yang halal dia tak ambil. Itulah saya kata orang menilai ini semua sebab itu orang suka melabor di Kelantan.
Ini yang orang tidak tahu negara berkebajikan walaupun kita memerintah belum pegang Pusat. Kita pegang negeri saja, inilah benda yang kita sebutkan tadi, bahawa negara berkebajikan itu jauh beza dengan negara lain dan kita akan lakukan sesuatu yang orang tidak nampak itu kebaikan yang balik kepada rakyat. Jadi di sini jelas bezanya apa yang dakwan Najib dengan apa yang hendak Pas buat.
Bila dia berkata begitu, kita sedar untuk dijadikan umpan kepada rakyat, agar berpihak kepada dia. Tetapi yang saya sebutkan tadi bahawa kita ambil Islam sebagai asas perjuangan kita. Hidup kita ini bukan selesai setakat mati saja. Pemerintah adalah pemegang amanah. Ada Hadith sahih (sambil membaca hadith) bermaksud; “mana-mana pemimpin yang memerintah umat Islam dia mati dalam menipu rakyatnya, Allah haramkan dari masuk syurga.”
Menipu rakyat bukan menipu semua rakyat. Contohnya, Nabi kita sebelum dipanggil menghadap Allah, dalam keadaan keuzuran kerana nak ‘musafir’ jauh sempat panggil semua orang yang ada, dan menyebut, sesiapa yang aku aibkan di tengah ramai, datanglah kepada aku ambil hak dia balik dan aibkanlah aku. Dan dia sebutlah apa yang aku buat ini sebagai nak balas balik. Sesiapa yang telah aku pukul belakangnya, ini belakang aku, datanglah pukul balik, ambil balik hak kamu (qisas) balik aku tidak mahu berjumpa dengan Allah aku ada kezaliman yang aku tinggalkan kepada rakyatku.
Satu riwayat menyatakan seorang lelaki, tampil ke hadapan Rasululah s.a.w. berkata dulu Rasulullah tikam perut aku dengan tongkat dalam satu barisan tentera dan saya terasa sakit ketika itu...saya nak qisas, (balas). Sahabat merayu jangan dan dia kata dia nak balas juga. Rasulullah juga melarang jangan itu hak dia. Dia datang dan tongkat itu ada, dia kata tak adil dulu semasa tuan tikam aku baju aku terbuka, sekarang tuan pakai baju dia minta dibuka baju untuk menikamnya. Orang ramai dan sahabat merayu janganlah, tetapi dia kata tidak... aku nak balas juga. Nabi membuka perutnya... lelaki itu datang, bukan menikam tetapi mencampak tongkat ke bumi dan mencium perut Rasulullah sambil berkata, “saya telah memaafkan tuan sejak hari itu lagi sebab saya bersalah. Jadi hari ini adalah peluang saya untuk mengucup perut tuan.”
Jadi roh daripada hadith itu pemimpin Islam (Pas) ini dilatih dan diterbiyah dia takut melakukan kezaliman sampai ke situ sekali.
Umar al Khattab, dalam satu episod...semasa dia hendak tiba di saat akhir hayatnya, dia kata aku tidak bimbang aku bejumpa Allah tentang kezaliman aku kepada mausia kerana aku telah berbuat dan adil kepada kamu sehingga aku tidak adil kepada isteriku. Yang paling aku bimbang, takut ada seekor unta yang berjalan di Bhagdad (Iraq), tersliuh kakinya disebabkan berjalan di jalan yang aku tidak bina dengan baik. Aku bimbang unta itu komplen di depan Allah ia mati kerana kakinya terseliuh kerana berjalan di negeri yang Omar sebagai pemerintahnya.
Itulah negara berkebajikan yang dibanding dengan PM dakwa itu. Itu dia boleh buatlah, tapi adakah dia berani mengatakan yang dia buat Allah redha. Kalau redha apa jadi dengan dosa-dosa yang berlaku hari ini?

Thursday, June 9, 2011

PAS and the success of the contemporary Islamic movement - Mat Sabu




Thursday, 09 June 2011 08:17
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Frankfurt, GermanKertas kerja yang telah dibentangkan oleh Tuan Hj Mohamad Sabu di Universiti Goethe, FRANKFURT dan Universiti Humboldt, BERLIN, kepada Professor-professor dan pensyarah-pensyarah serta pelajar di universiti tersebut.
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PAS and the success of the contemporary Islamic movement
Early Developments

The Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) was established in 1951 at a time when the Muslim ummah the world over was in a very weak position, colonized by European powers and at most beginning to achieve independence as in the case of Pakistan and Indonesia. Muslims were suffering, in a state of identity loss, their civilization threatened and faced general apathy and helplessness. Their lives were patterned according to the interpretations of the local ulama and leaders.
In the midst of this weakness amongst the Muslims everywhere, without any economic strength, weak militarily, and without the support of a civilization, there arose a reformist movement in Eastern Europe and in Russia. This movement was a social reform movement that wanted to redistribute the wealth of the nation and was led by the socialist or communist movement. However, the movement and its ideologues like Karl Marx, Lenin or Mao Ze Dong who promised social justice did not find support or interest from amongst the PAS leaders at the time. Although there were some Malay-Muslims who were attracted to the message of socialism particularly when it promised to fight for the poor masses – the farmers and ordinary labourers – and there arose leftist political parties like the PKM (the Communist Party of Malaya), the Parti Rakyat (Peoples Party) in Malaysia as well as the communist party in Indonesia, PAS however shied away from communism and in fact took an anti-communist stand.
The British on their part carried out their propaganda amongst the Muslims that the leftist movement was against all religions. In this they were successful in attracting Malay-Muslims to their cause of weakening communism on the premise that communism was against religion. The same held true for the socialist movement as well.
Although the communists launched a military campaign against the colonialists in Malaya (Malaysia) and employed violent tactics against the British – PAS was also against the British – yet, PAS stood steadfast against communism. This strong position was clearly evident amongst the religiously-educated group in the party.
My view is that the movement inspired by Marx and Lenin which described religion (read Christianity) as an obstacle to progress adequately described the way the religion was exploited. This was because the clergy in Europe at the time worked closely with the Czarist rulers in their oppression of the people. We all know that under the monarchs who ruled at the time the people suffered, lived in poverty and had to obey their rulers without question while the rulers lived in opulence and oppressed the people. Such a way of life was not checked by the clergy who had much influence over the masses under the dictate of religion. Christianity became a tool manipulated by such clergy to justify the unjust situation that prevailed. So in this sense it would be right to say, as Marx has observed, that religion “is the opium of the masses”. The people were held in place under the influence of religion. Sunday mass was used to ensure compliance and obedience to the unjust rule of the monarchs. The people were made to understand religion as mere worship of God and nothing to do with politics or even attempt to look into the oppressive rule that prevailed.
So, the clergy actually delivered “opium” to the masses; the people had to accept their condition as fated. Their living conditions, their lack of education, progress, and plain suffering was to be accepted as something ordained by God. Thus, I can accept Marx’s and the rest of the socialist idea that “religion is the opium of the masses” when we analyze the situation that prevailed then.
The Court Ulama and the state of the Ummah
And this situation is not unique to Europe. It was also true of the Muslim world. Religion (read Islam) was manipulated by the ulama to preserve the tyrannous rule of the kings and rulers. There is a special term to describe this type of ulama – the court ulama.
They would “sell opium (religion)” to the masses where they would coerce the people to accept blindly rulers who would be lavishing in excesses and committing debauchery. As a result of the collusion between these ulama and the rulers, Western colonialists found it easier to influence the rulers and expand colonialism in the Muslim world. This happened all over; in Asia, the Arab world and the Far East. The ulama’s role was just to appease the rulers and justify their oppressive rule by manipulating verses of the Holy Quran and the Traditions of the Prophet. Never was there an attempt to shake the status quo that was in total contradiction with the basic message and teachings of Islam. In fact, Islam was presented in such a deviated form that the people – not well versed in religion and having left all interpretations to the court ulama – felt that questioning the ruler (especially a tyrannous one) was tantamount to questioning the commands of Allah.
As a result of such malaise afflicting the Muslim ummah, there arose reformists within the Muslims who attacked the capitulation recommended by the court ulama. These were people like Jamaluddin al-Afghani who called upon the people to reject the narrow and unIslamic interpretation of the religion and to galvanize their strength to rise against colonialism. Jamaluddin’s call was well received by many segments of the ummah, and in particular PAS was also influenced by the reformist thinking of the scholar. PAS later went on to work with the leftist movement in the struggle to achieve independence without compromising its basic ideology.
In the closing stages of colonialism, the British brought in immigrants from China and India to expand their tin and rubber industries. This influx in very large numbers made the Malay Muslims anxious over the question of their survival. It could be seen as a threat to the political position of the Malay Muslims. This more so as the British granted these immigrants citizenship following a compromise they made with the Malay Muslims. After independence, the citizenship status of the Chinese and Indians could not be questioned as it was already provisioned for in post independent Malaysia’s constitution. As for PAS Youth, the survival question was very much incorporated into its struggle to make the Malays aware of their position in Malaya (Malaysia). In the 1950s and 1960s, PAS focused its struggle on the issue of Malay survival and the guarantee of Malay and Muslim rights.
The Umno-led administration however tried to convince the people through various forms of propaganda that it was struggling for the Malays. It tried to convince the Malays that their rights and that of religion would be protected.
On the issue of protecting Muslim rights however, the nationalist-secular movement as in the case of Umno, could not be seen as successful as in the case of the Islamic movement. It is important to note that religion – in the context of Islam in particular – can in a way be seen as “opiate” of the masses. This is because of the wrong interpretation of religion, in which case it would stifle growth and advancement. On the other hand, the right interpretation of religion would bring progress in the right context and protect the Muslims.
The rise of Khomeini and the revolution in Iran
I feel that after Jamaluddin al-Afghani, several ulama and thinkers had arisen to awaken the consciousness of the Muslims as to the true meaning of their religion and in this I would say it was Imam Khomeini who had the most profound influence on the direction of the Islamic movement. Imam Khomeini was successful in his struggle to re-establish Islam. His success is in using the platform of Islam to achieve the goal of reviving the Muslim ummah in their struggle to achieve true independence, justice and destroying the feudal structure established in Iran under the Shah. Besides, his was struggle of the oppressed (Muslim masses) against the oppressors (the Shah and his aristocratic class). The difference between Khomeini’s struggle and that of the socialists was that he used religion to mobilize the people to overthrow oppression whereas the socialists rejected any role for religion in their struggle.
Khomeini’s movement under the banner of defending the oppressed (mustadhafin) and facing the oppressors (mustakbirin) drew my attention as well as my friends in PAS Youth in the early 1980s. The Islamic revolution in Iran was the focus of our attention – we studied it, followed events in the Islamic republic and increased our awareness of the movement brought about by the revolution.
Therefore, never in our minds did it cross that we would have to sideline religion as the basis of a struggle. In a party based on Islam, we in PAS, we further galvanized by the success of the Islamic revolution. This feeling and commitment began to spread amongst the Muslim youth. However, as usual, the court ulama –peddling religion as opiate – tried and succeeded in stemming the consciousness of the youth by embarking on the Sunni-Shiah issue thus denting the movement towards success. The monarchies ruling over the Muslims particularly the Saudis launched a propaganda war against the Shiah hoping that this would then ensure their survival. The other Arab leaders were also wary of the growing influence of the Islamic movement and tried to stop the march of the movement in order to remain in power.
The other factor was of course the strong influence the US and some other Western powers had over the Saudis and other Arab states especially in the Gulf. These countries rich with oil are practically vassals of the US and therefore were only too willing to become tools of the superpower in facing the new awakening brought about by Khomeini. If Shiism was the reason for the Saudi attack on the Islamic movement arising after the revolution, then why did they not oppose the Shah in his heyday when he too was a Shiite? It is obvious that the reason is that during the Shah’s time, the court ulama held influence, but after the revolution, the true ulama were spearheading the movement. My view is that this propaganda of the Shiite threat is merely created to save the thrones of the rulers in the Arab countries. And in this the US and European countries are also very keen to maintain the status quo in the Muslim world so that their survival can be better ensured and the flow and exploitation of oil will continue unhindered.
The influence of Imam Khomeini’s thoughts and the movement in Iran was also felt amongst the youth in PAS. A small number of PAS Youth members became ardent followers of Imam Khomeini’s message. A few of them attended courses held in Iran in order to understand the uniqueness and success of the Islamic movement there. These courses had nothing to do with weapons training as some may have thought, but simply about learning about repeating the success of the Islamic movement and how it could get so close to the people in Iran. Amongst the success of such interaction was the setting up of the Amal Unit which copied the success of the Jihad Sazendagi (JZ) movement in Iran. The JZ was an all encompassing youth volunteer movement that helped the poor farmers increase their yields, brought education to the rural areas and carried out welfare work amongst the masses. This success influenced PAS Youth to set up a similar movement and in the mid 1980s and later the movement has expanded to form the Amal Foundation that does relief and voluntary work in disaster zones like the 2004 tsunami in Acheh. It now has both local and international chapters.
The advent of Tahalluf Siasi (Consociational politics)
PAS’ strength derived mainly from the Malay Muslims and in the context of Malaysia, this would mean that it would remain on the sidelines and be unable to come to power without the support of the non-Malays and non-Muslims. Its strength would be confined to the Malay belt comprising Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah and Perlis – four northern states with a Muslim majority. The most that PAS would be able to win would be the states of Kelantan and Terengganu (90% Malay Muslim) as witnessed in 1999. In fact, only the state of Kelantan can be considered very safe for PAS to win at an election.
Therefore the PAS leadership revisited the concept of cooperation with others not committed to the ideals or ideology of PAS. As the leaders of PAS were both political and religious leaders they found that working with others to achieve a common aim so long as did not run contrary to Islam was permitted. This then saw the emergence of consociational politics (politics of cooperation amongst several parties) beginning in 1986. Despite some opposition from among segments within the party that working with non-Muslim parties was against the ideals of PAS, however, the leadership held sway and the concept of working together became the method that would be employed in the future.
In Malaysia, there are many parties reflecting the multi-ethnic nature of Malaysian society. On the ruling party’s side there are Umno (the Malay party), MCA (Chinese), MIC (Indians) and some other parties representing different minor ethnicities. On the Opposition side there are PAS (Muslims), PKR (multi ethnic with a Malay majority)and the DAP (Chinese). If PAS wanted to defeat the Barisan Nasional (the ruling coalition), it would have to work with the other Opposition parties. However in the beginning, PAS was reluctant to work with the DAP which was seen as having something to do with communism or even “anti-Islam”. The advent of the PKR – a multi ethnic party led by Anwar Ibrahim- and the support that it gained from the younger generation made PAS rethink cooperation with DAP and with Anwar’s acumen, accepted to be in the Opposition alliance working with the DAP. The result was the success of the Opposition alliance – called Pakatan Rakyat (Peoples Coalition) – at the 2008 general elections. It won 48% of the popular vote besides winning 4 more provinces (states) in addition to the one already in its hands.
A similar situation can be seen in the context of Lebanese politics. Hizbullah, the Islamic movement in Lebanon and which I admire for its resilience and success in facing invaders, after its period of military struggle had to return to the political scene and contest in elections. This it did successfully by forging alliances with non-Muslim parties, in fact even with the Christian factions, to gain power or at least have significant representation in Lebanon’s parliament. Such an experience further prove to us in PAS that working with other parties under tahalluf siasi was necessary.
The welfare and voluntary nature of the Hizbullah made the Christian community see Hizbullah as a meaningful partner not an enemy. Hizbullah’s commitment to the defence and unity of Lebanon is of great significance and is important. I do not favour the struggle launched by al Qaeda, or the Taliban, unlike that of the Hizbullah. Hizbullah is committed to peaceful coexistence and is welfare-oriented. A careful examination of the movement will show that Hizbullah’s approach is relevant too in the context of multi-ethnic Malaysia.
The creation of Israel in the Middle East was the result of the “guilt” feeling of the Europeans over the deaths of Jews in the Holocaust. Jews were held in concentration camps in Germany, Austria and other nations and this prompted Europeans to agree to the establishment of a state for the Jews in the midst of Muslim Palestine by driving out the original inhabitants, the Palestinians. Israel continues to be supported by the Europeans and in particular the US.
When the intifadah (uprising) was launched by the Palestinians in 1989, it attracted the attention of the world particularly NGOs, and the European countries.
Under the slogan of the right to return to their homeland, the Palestinians began to receive attention especially from the NGOs in Europe. These organizations have started to demand the Western nations to reconsider their support for Israel. If the Jews faced a holocaust during World War 1, they are now inflicting a holocaust upon the hapless Palestinians. The NGOs are not following the line taken by western governments like the claim that Hamas and Hizbullah are terror organizations. They are beginning to question the labeling of these movements as such.
I believe that the Palestinian struggle to liberate their homeland will succeed and the refugees be able to return after 62 years in diaspora. The role of Islamic movements Hamas and Hizbullah is increasingly being accepted by organizations in the West. Surely, these NGOs will be able to exert pressure on their governments to re-examine their support for the regime. They will have to put an end to the racist, apartheid nature of the regime called Israel.
I also believe that the success of the struggle will not be coming from the Arab nations because they are all under the thumb of the Americans. Most of the leaders of these countries have either been installed by the US/Britain, or have the blessings of these superpowers. It is wonder how the Americans can tolerate and accept these regimes which are not democracies and stifle dissent amongst its people. Furthermore, religion as “opium” of the people is being peddled more feverishly in order to secure the position of the rulers of these regimes.
Conclusion Events that have taken place over the last 2 years in Malaysia point to the fact PAS’ acceptance of change to accommodate cooperation with other parties in the Pakatan gives a new hope for a new Malaysia. The growing strength of the Pakatan can cause the downfall of the incumbent BN regime. PAS will be responsible partner and will use the opportunity to infuse Islamic elements acceptable to all in the administration in the event of a win at the elections.
The new politics in Malaysia has dawned. The racial politics still practiced by the present regime is no more relevant. The new generation are the most ardent aspirants of the new politics in Malaysia.
Presenter :
Mohamad Sabu
22 Jun 2010

Organized by: 
Research Group 
"Contemporary Discourses on State and Society 
in the Islamic World"
Goethe University Frankfurt
Senckenberganlage 31
60325 Frankfurt
Germany
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