Do Malays have rights and privileges? — Hussaini Abdul Karim

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February 14, 2012

FEB 14 — Malays (Malay: Melayu Jawi: ملايو) are an ethnic group of Austronesian people predominantly inhabiting the Malay peninsula including the southernmost parts of Thailand and island of Singapore, coastal Indonesian including east of Sumatra, coastal Borneo, including Brunei, coastal Sarawak and Sabah, and the smaller islands which lie between these locations. These locations today are part of the modern nations of Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, southern Thailand and western Indonesia.

Article 160 of the Constitution of Malaysia defines various terms used in the Constitution. It has an important impact on Islam in Malaysia and the Malay people due to its definition of a Malay person under clause 2. It took effect after August 31, 1957 (“Merdeka Day” or “Independence Day”) in West Malaysia, and took effect in Singapore and East Malaysia when they merged with Malaya in 1963. The article no longer applies to Singapore, as it declared independence from Malaysia in 1965; however, it does affect the legal status of Malay Singaporeans when they enter Malaysia.

Definition of a Malay

The article defines a Malay as a Malaysian citizen born to a Malaysian citizen who professes to be a Muslim, habitually speaks the Malay language, adheres to Malay customs, and is domiciled in Malaysia or Singapore. As a result, Malay citizens who convert out of Islam are no longer considered Malay under the law. Hence, the Bumiputera privileges afforded to Malays under Article 153 of the Constitution, the New Economic Policy (NEP), etc, are forfeit for such converts.

Likewise, a non-Malay Malaysian who converts to Islam can lay claim to Bumiputera privileges provided he meets the other conditions.

In Mingguan Malaysia yesterday (February 12, 2012), Tan Sri Mazlan Nordin wrote: “In old maps of the Malay Archipelago names like Aceh, Minangkabau, Rawa, Makasar, Kerinci, Madura, Jambi, Palembang, Bidayuh, Kampar, Sulawesi, Maluku, Pekan Baru, Sumatera, Jawa Borneo, etc, appear.

He further said: “Profesor Anthony Milner dari Universiti Kebangsaan Australia also contributed towards some historical records and among others he wrote that the role of the Governor of Singapore, Sir Stamford Raffles, changed the name of Malay History (Sejarah Melayu) to give prominence to common Malays who were not from the royal families.”

He further stated: “Whenever he (Raffles) made a speech or he wrote he said ‘Malays’ and ‘the Malay race’ and he influenced the writer/historian Abdullah Munshi.”

In another document, Abdullah Munshi, who was from another race, considered himself a Malay. The Malay language became the language of his choice and he was acknowledged as an expert in Malay culture and the Malay language.

Milner, in his inference, among others, wrote about the separation aspect and how the Malayan independence was achieved — Malaysia (West and East), Indonesia, Brunei, etc.

Also mentioned was the migration of the Malay people to Sri Lanka and South Africa.

Malays as a racial identity and the Malay language in the Far East comprised people of various groups. Malays, therefore, were not a tribe.

In Malaysia, there are people from different races and tribes (communities), especially in Sabah and Sarawak, as follows:





1. Malays
2. Chinese
3. Indians
4. Babas and Nyonyas
5. Kadazandusun
6. Bajaus
7. Muruts
8. Momogun Rungus
9. Brunei Malays
10. Bisayas
11. Iranuns
12. Suluks
13. Idahans
14. Tidongs
15. Tombonuos
16. Kedayan
17. Bagahaks
18. Lundayehs
19. Ibans
20. Melanaus
21. Bidayuhs
22. Kenyahs
23. Kayans
24. Penans
25. Klemantans
26. Lu Bawang, etc.

The Orang Asli communities in Malaysia comprise the following: Negrito, Kensius, Kintaks, Lanohs, Jahais, Mendriqs, Bateqs, Senois, Temiars, Semais, Semoq Beris, Jah Huts, Mahmeris, Che Wong, Melayu Proto, Orang Kuala, Orang Kanaq, Orang Seletar, Jakuns, Semelais, Temuans.

I believe if the people from the various communities above such as 1, 5 – 19 and the Orang Asli communities, if they profess to be Muslims, habitually speak the Malay language, adhere to Malay customs, they are Malays, as per the definition of “Malays” as stated in the Malaysian Constitution.

They are also Bumiputeras and Bumiputeras have rights and privileges. So, Malays have rights and privileges as Bumiputeras. But do Malays by themselves have rights and privileges? The rights and privileges of Malays are not stated anywhere!

If a person who is a Malay renounces Islam and becomes an apostate, besides remaining a Malaysian, though he remains a Bumiputera, what race does he belong to?

* Hussaini Abdul Karim reads The Malaysian Insider.

* This is the personal opinion of the writer or publication. The Malaysian Insider does not endorse the view unless specified.

English Pronunciation

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If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world.
After trying the verses, a Frenchman said he’d prefer six months of hard labour to reading six lines aloud.
Dearest creature in creation,
Study English pronunciation.
I will teach you in my verse
Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse.
I will keep you, Suzy, busy,
Make your head with heat grow dizzy.
Tear in eye, your dress will tear.
So shall I! Oh hear my prayer.
Just compare heart, beard, and heard,
Dies and diet, lord and word,
Sword and sward, retain and Britain.
(Mind the latter, how it’s written.)
Now I surely will not plague you
With such words as plaque and ague.
But be careful how you speak:
Say break and steak, but bleak and streak;
Cloven, oven, how and low,
Script, receipt, show, poem, and toe.
Hear me say, devoid of trickery,
Daughter, laughter, and Terpsichore,
Typhoid, measles, topsails, aisles,
Exiles, similes, and reviles;
Scholar, vicar, and cigar,
Solar, mica, war and far;
One, anemone, Balmoral,
Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel;
Gertrude, German, wind and mind,
Scene, Melpomene, mankind.
Billet does not rhyme with ballet,
Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet.
Blood and flood are not like food,
Nor is mould like should and would.
Viscous, viscount, load and broad,
Toward, to forward, to reward.
And your pronunciation’s OK
When you correctly say croquet,
Rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve,
Friend and fiend, alive and live.
Ivy, privy, famous; clamour
And enamour rhyme with hammer.
River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb,
Doll and roll and some and home.
Stranger does not rhyme with anger,
Neither does devour with clangour.
Souls but foul, haunt but aunt,
Font, front, wont, want, grand, and grant,
Shoes, goes, does. Now first say finger,
And then singer, ginger, linger,
Real, zeal, mauve, gauze, gouge and gauge,
Marriage, foliage, mirage, and age.
Query does not rhyme with very,
Nor does fury sound like bury.
Dost, lost, post and doth, cloth, loth.
Job, nob, bosom, transom, oath.
Though the differences seem little,
We say actual but victual.
Refer does not rhyme with deafer.
Fe0ffer does, and zephyr, heifer.
Mint, pint, senate and sedate;
Dull, bull, and George ate late.
Scenic, Arabic, Pacific,
Science, conscience, scientific.
Liberty, library, heave and heaven,
Rachel, ache, moustache, eleven.
We say hallowed, but allowed,
People, leopard, towed, but vowed.
Mark the differences, moreover,
Between mover, cover, clover;
Leeches, breeches, wise, precise,
Chalice, but police and lice;
Camel, constable, unstable,
Principle, disciple, label.
Petal, panel, and canal,
Wait, surprise, plait, promise, pal.
Worm and storm, chaise, chaos, chair,
Senator, spectator, mayor.
Tour, but our and succour, four.
Gas, alas, and Arkansas.
Sea, idea, Korea, area,
Psalm, Maria, but malaria.
Youth, south, southern, cleanse and clean.
Doctrine, turpentine, marine.
Compare alien with Italian,
Dandelion and battalion.
Sally with ally, yea, ye,
Eye, I, ay, aye, whey, and key.
Say aver, but ever, fever,
Neither, leisure, skein, deceiver.
Heron, granary, canary.
Crevice and device and aerie.
Face, but preface, not efface.
Phlegm, phlegmatic, ass, glass, bass.
Large, but target, gin, give, verging,
Ought, out, joust and scour, scourging.
Ear, but earn and wear and tear
Do not rhyme with here but ere.
Seven is right, but so is even,
Hyphen, roughen, nephew Stephen,
Monkey, donkey, Turk and jerk,
Ask, grasp, wasp, and cork and work.
Pronunciation (think of Psyche!)
Is a paling stout and spikey?
Won’t it make you lose your wits,
Writing groats and saying grits?
It’s a dark abyss or tunnel:
Strewn with stones, stowed, solace, gunwale,
Islington and Isle of Wight,
Housewife, verdict and indict.
Finally, which rhymes with enough,
Though, through, plough, or dough, or cough?
Hiccough has the sound of cup.
My advice is to give up!!!
English Pronunciation by G. Nolst Trenité
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Amaini

~~ Kisah Iblis Terpaksa Bertemu Rasullah SAW ~~

    Posted by Amaini on January 21, 2012 at 1:59pm in Ruangan Agama

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Kisah Iblis Terpaksa Bertemu Rasullah SAW.

Dari Muadz bin Jabal dari Ibn Abbas:

Ketika kami sedang bersama Rasulullah SAW di kediaman seorang sahabat Anshar, tiba - tiba terdengar panggilan seseorang dari luar rumah:

"Wahai penghuni rumah, bolehkah aku masuk? Sebab kalian akan membutuhkanku. "

Rasulullah bersabda : "Tahukah kalian siapa yang memanggil?"

Kami menjawab : "Allah dan rasulNya yang lebih tahu."

Beliau melanjutkan, "Itu iblis, laknat Allah bersamanya."

Umar bin Khattab berkata: "Izinkan aku membunuhnya wahai Rasulullah"

Nabi menahannya :" Sabar wahai Umar, bukankah kamu tahu bahwa Allah memberinya kesempatan hingga hari kiamat? Lebih baik bukakan pintu untuknya, sebab dia telah diperintahkan untuk ini, fahamilah apa yang hendak ia katakan dan dengarkan dengan baik."

Ibnu Abbas RA berkata: Pintu lalu dibuka, ternyata dia seperti seorang tua yang cacat satu matanya. Di janggutnya terdapat 7 helai rambut seperti rambut kuda, taringnya terlihat seperti taring babi, bibirnya seperti bibir sapi..

Iblis berkata: "Salam untukmu Muhammad.... Salam untukmu para hadirin..."

Rasulullah SAW lalu menjawab : "Salam hanya milik Allah SWT, sebagai mahluk terlaknat, apa keperluanmu? "

Iblis menjawab : "Wahai Muhammad, aku datang ke sini bukan atas kemauanku, namun kerana terpaksa."

"Siapa yang memaksamu? "

"Seorang malaikat utusan Allah mendatangiku dan berkata:

"Allah SWT memerintahkanmu untuk mendatangi Muhammad sambil menundukkan diri. Beritahu Muhammad tentang caramu dalam menggoda manusia. Jawablah dengan jujur semua pertanyaannya. Demi kebesaran Allah, andai kau berdusta satu kali saja, maka Allah akan jadikan dirimu debu yang ditiup angin."

"Oleh kerana itu aku sekarang mendatangimu. Tanyalah apa yang hendak kau tanyakan. Jika aku berdusta, aku akan dicaci oleh setiap musuhku. Tidak ada sesuatu pun yang paling besar menimpaku daripada cacian musuh."

Orang Yang Dibenci Iblis

Rasulullah SAW lalu bertanya kepada Iblis: "Kalau kau benar jujur, siapakah manusia yang paling kau benci?"

Iblis segera menjawab: " Kamu, kamu dan orang sepertimu adalah mahkluk Allah yang paling aku benci."

"Siapa selanjutnya? "

"Pemuda yang bertakwa yang memberikan dirinya mengabdi kepada Allah SWT."

"Lalu siapa lagi?"

"Orang Alim dan wara' (Loyal)"

" Lalu siapa lagi?"

"Orang yang selalu bersuci."

"Siapa lagi?"

"Seorang fakir yang sabar dan tak pernah mengeluhkan kesulitannnya kepada orang lain."

"Apa tanda kesabarannya? "

" Wahai Muhammad, jika ia tidak mengeluhkan kesulitannya kepada orang lain selama 3 hari, Allah akan memberi pahala orang - orang yang sabar."

"Selanjutnya apa?"

"Orang kaya yang bersyukur."

"Apa tanda kesyukurannya ?"

"Ia mengambil kekayaannya dari tempatnya, dan mengeluarkannya juga dari tempatnya ."

"Orang seperti apa Abu Bakar menurutmu?"

"Ia tidak pernah menurutiku di masa jahiliyah, apalagi dalam Islam."

"Umar bin Khattab?"

"Demi Allah setiap berjumpa dengannya aku pasti kabur. "

"Usman bin Affan?"

"Aku malu kepada orang yang malaikat pun malu kepadanya ."

"Ali bin Abi Thalib?"

" Aku berharap darinya agar kepalaku selamat, dan berharap ia melepaskanku dan aku melepaskannya. Tetapi ia tak akan mahu melakukan itu." (Ali bin Abi Thalib selau berdzikir terhadap Allah SWT)

Amalan Yang Dapat Menyakiti Iblis

"Apa yang kau rasakan jika melihat seseorang dari umatku yang hendak solat?"

"Aku merasa panas dingin dan gementar. "

"Kenapa?"

"Sebab, setiap seorang hamba bersujud 1x kepada Allah, Allah mengangkatnya 1 darjat."

"Jika seorang umatku berpuasa?"

"Tubuhku terasa terikat hingga ia berbuka ."

"Jika ia berhaji?"

"Aku seperti orang gila. "

"Jika ia membaca al-Quran?"

"Aku merasa meleleh laksana timah di atas api."

"Jika ia bersedekah?"

"Itu sama saja orang tersebut membelah tubuhku dengan gergaji."

"Mengapa jadi begitu? "

"Sebab dalam sedekah ada 4 keuntungan baginya... Iaitu keberkahan dalam hartanya, hidupnya disukai, sedekah itu kelak akan menjadi hijab antara dirinya dengan api neraka dan segala macam musibah akan terhalau dari dirinya."

"Apa yang dapat mematahkan pinggangmu?"

"Suara kuda perang di jalan Allah."

"Apa yang dapat melelehkan tubuhmu?"

"Taubat orang yang bertaubat."

"Apa yang dapat membakar hatimu?"

"Istighfar di waktu siang dan malam."

"Apa yang dapat mencoreng wajahmu?"

"Sedekah yang diam - diam. "

"Apa yang dapat menusuk matamu?"

"Solat fajar."

"Apa yang dapat memukul kepalamu? "

"Solat berjamaah."

"Apa yang paling mengganggumu? "

"Majlis para ulama."

"Bagaimana cara makanmu?"

"Dengan tangan kiri dan jariku."

"Dimanakah kau menaungi anak - anakmu di musim panas?"

"Di bawah kuku manusia."

Manusia Yang Menjadi Teman Iblis

Nabi lalu bertanya : "Siapa temanmu wahai Iblis?"

"Pemakan riba."

"Siapa sahabatmu?"

"Penzina."

"Siapa teman tidurmu?"

"Pemabuk.."

"Siapa tamumu? "

"Pencuri."

"Siapa utusanmu?"

"Tukang sihir."

"Apa yang membuatmu gembira?"

"Bersumpah dengan cerai."

"Siapa kekasihmu? "

"Orang yang meninggalkan solat jumaat"

"Siapa manusia yang paling membahagiakanmu? "

"Orang yang meninggalkan solatnya dengan sengaja."

Iblis Tidak Berdaya Di hadapan Orang Yang Ikhlas

Rasulullah SAW lalu bersabda : "Segala puji bagi Allah yang telah membahagiakan umatku dan menyengsarakanmu. "

Iblis segera menimpali :" Tidak , tidak.. Tak akan ada kebahagiaan selama aku hidup hingga hari akhir. Bagaimana kau boleh berbahagia dengan umatmu, sementara aku boleh masuk ke dalam aliran darah mereka dan mereka tak boleh melihatku.

Demi yang menciptakan diriku dan memberikan ku kesempatan hingga hari akhir, aku akan menyesatkan mereka semua. Baik yang bodoh, atau yang pintar, yang boleh membaca dan tidak boleh membaca, yang durjana dan yang soleh, kecuali hamba Allah yang ikhlas."

"Siapa orang yang ikhlas menurutmu ?"

"Tidakkah kau tahu wahai Muhammad, bahawa barang siapa yang menyukai emas dan perak, ia bukan orang yang ikhlas. Jika kau lihat seseorang yang tidak menyukai dinar dan dirham, tidak suka pujian dan sanjungan, aku boleh pastikan bahawa ia orang yang ikhlas, maka aku meninggalkannya. Selama seorang hamba masih menyukai harta dan sanjungan dan hatinya selalu terikat dengan kesenangan dunia, ia sangat patuh padaku."

Iblis Dibantu oleh 70000 anak - anaknya

Tahukah kamu Muhammad, bahawa aku mempunyai 70000 anak.. Dan setiap anak memiliki 70000 syaitan.

Sebahagian ada yang aku tugaskan untuk mengganggu ulama. Sebahagian untuk menggangu anak - anak muda, sebahagian untuk menganggu orang - orang tua, sebahagian untuk menggangu wanita - wanita tua, sebahagian anak -anakku juga aku tugaskan kepada para Zahid.

Aku punya anak yang suka mengencingi telinga manusia sehingga ia tidur pada solat berjamaah. Tanpanya, manusia tidak akan mengantuk pada waktu solat berjamaah.

Aku punya anak yang suka menaburkan sesuatu di mata orang yang sedang mendengarkan ceramah ulama hingga mereka tertidur dan pahalanya terhapus.

Aku punya anak yang senang berada di lidah manusia, jika seseorang melakukan kebajikan lalu ia khabarkan kepada manusia, maka 99% pahalanya akan terhapus.

Pada setiap seorang wanita yang berjalan, anakku dan syaitan duduk di pinggul dan pahanya, lalu menghiasinya agar setiap orang memandanginya.

Syaitan juga berkata, "Keluarkan tanganmu", lalu ia mengeluarkan tangannya lalu syaitan pun menghiasi kukunya.

Mereka, anak - anakku selalu meyusup dan berubah dari satu tempat ke tempat lainnya, dari satu pintu ke pintu yang lainnya untuk menggoda manusia hingga mereka terhempas dari keikhlasan mereka.

Akhirnya mereka menyembah Allah tanpa ikhlas, namun mereka tidak merasa.

Tahukah kamu, Muhammad? Bahawa ada rahib yang telah beribadat kepada Allah selama 70 tahun. Setiap orang sakit yang didoakan olehnya, sembuh seketika. Aku terus menggodanya hingga ia berzina, membunuh dan kufur.

Cara Iblis Menggoda

Tahukah kau Muhammad, dusta berasal dari diriku?

Akulah makhluk pertama yang berdusta.

Pendusta adalah sahabatku. Barangsiapa bersumpah dengan berdusta, ia kekasihku.

Tahukah kau Muhammad?

Aku bersumpah kepada Adam dan Hawa dengan nama Allah bahawa aku benar-benar menasihatinya.

Sumpah dusta adalah kegemaranku.

Ghibah (gosip) dan Namimah (adu domba) kesenanganku.

Kesaksian palsu kegembiraanku.

Orang yang bersumpah untuk menceraikan isterinya ia berada di pinggir dosa walau hanya sekali dan walaupun ia benar. Sebab barang siapa membiasakan dengan kata - kata cerai, isterinya menjadi haram baginya. Kemudian ia akan beranak cucu hingga hari kiamat. Jadi semua anak - anak zina dan ia masuk neraka hanya kerana satu kalimat, CERAI.

Wahai Muhammad, umatmu ada yang suka lalai semasa solat. Setiap ia hendak berdiri untuk solat, aku bisikan padanya waktu masih lama, kamu masih sibuk, lalu ia manundanya hingga ia melaksanakan solat di luar waktu, maka solat itu dipukulkannya kemukanya.

Jika ia berhasil mengalahkanku, aku biarkan ia solat. Namun aku bisikkan ke telinganya 'lihat kiri dan kananmu',

Dia pun menoleh. Pada masa itu aku usap dengan tanganku dan kucium keningnya serta aku katakan 'solatmu tidak sah'.

Bukankah kamu tahu Muhammad, orang yang banyak menoleh dalam solatnya akan dipukul.

Jika ia solat sendirian, aku suruh dia untuk bergegas. Dia pun solat seperti ayam yang mematuk beras.

Jika dia berhasil mengalahkanku dan dia solat berjamaah, aku ikat lehernya dengan tali, hingga dia mengangkat kepalanya sebelum imam, atau meletakkannya sebelum imam.

Kamu tahu bahawa melakukan itu batal shalatnya dan wajahnya akan dirubah menjadi wajah keldai.

Jika dia berhasil mengalahkanku, aku tiup hidungnya hingga dia menguap dalam solat. Jika ia tidak menutup mulutnya ketika menguap, syaitan akan masuk ke dalam dirinya, dan membuatnya menjadi bertambah serakah dan gila dunia.

Dan diapun semakin taat padaku.

Kebahagiaan apa untukmu, sedang aku memerintahkan orang miskin agar meninggalkan solat. Aku katakan padanya, 'kamu tidak wajib solat, solat hanya wajib untuk orang yang berkemampuan dan sihat. Orang sakit dan miskin tidak, jika kehidupanmu telah berubah baru kau solat.'

Dia pun mati dalam kekafiran. Jika dia mati sambil meninggalkan solat maka Allah akan menemuinya dalam kemurkaan.

Wahai Muhammad, jika aku berdusta Allah akan menjadikanku debu.

Wahai Muhammad, apakah kau akan bergembira dengan umatmu padahal aku mengeluarkan seperenam mereka dari islam?

10 Permintaan Iblis kepada Allah SWT

"Berapa yang kau pinta dari Tuhanmu?"

"10 macam"

"Apa saja?"

Aku minta agar Allah membiarkanku berbagi dalam harta dan anak manusia, Allah mengizinkan.

Allah berfirman, "Berbagilah dengan manusia dalam harta dan anak. Dan janjikanlah mereka, tidaklah janji syaitan kecuali tipuan." (QS Al-Isra :64)

Harta yang tidak dizakatkan, aku makan darinya. Aku juga makan dari makanan haram dan yang bercampur dengan riba, aku juga makan dari makanan yang tidak dibacakan nama Allah.

Aku minta agar Allah membiarkanku ikut bersama dengan orang yang berhubungan dengan isterinya tanpa berlindung dengan Allah, maka syaitan ikut bersamanya dan anak yang dilahirkan akan sangat patuh kepada syaitan.

Aku minta agar boleh ikut bersama dengan orang yang menaiki kenderaan bukan untuk tujuan yang halal.

Aku minta agar Allah menjadikan bilik mandi sebagai rumahku.

Aku minta agar Allah menjadikan pasar sebagai masjidku.

Aku minta agar Allah menjadikan syair sebagai Quranku.

Aku minta agar Allah menjadikan pemabuk sebagai teman tidurku.

Aku minta agar Allah memberikanku saudara , maka Ia jadikan orang yang membelanjakan hartanya untuk maksiat sebagai saudaraku.

Allah berfirman, "Orang - orang boros adalah saudara - saudara syaitan. " (QS Al-Isra : 27)

Wahai Muhammad, aku minta agar Allah membuatku boleh melihat manusia sementara mereka tidak boleh melihatku.

Dan aku minta agar Allah memberiku kemampuan untuk mengalir dalam aliran darah manusia.

Allah menjawab, "Silakan", aku bangga dengan hal itu hingga hari kiamat. Sebahagian besar manusia bersamaku di hari kiamat.

Iblis berkata : "Wahai muhammad, aku tak boleh menyesatkan orang sedikitpun, aku hanya boleh membisikan dan menggoda."

Jika aku boleh menyesatkan, tak akan tersisa seorangpun.

Sebagaimana dirimu, kamu tidak boleh memberi hidayah sedikitpun, engkau hanya rasul yang menyampaikan amanah.

Jika kau boleh memberi hidayah, tak akan ada seorang kafir pun di muka bumi ini.

Kau hanya boleh menjadi penyebab untuk orang yang telah ditentukan sengsara.

Orang yang bahagia adalah orang yang telah ditulis bahagia sejak di perut ibunya. dan orang yang sengsara adalah orang yang telah ditulis sengsara semenjak dalam kandungan ibunya.

Rasulullah SAW lalu membaca ayat : "Mereka akan terus berselisih kecuali orang yang dirahmati oleh Allah SWT " (QS Hud :118 - 119)

Juga membaca, " Sesungguhnya ketentuan Allah pasti berlaku" (QS Al-Ahzab : 38)

Iblis lalu berkata : " Wahai Rasul Allah takdir telah ditentukan dan pena takdir telah kering. Maha Suci Allah yang menjadikanmu pemimpin para nabi dan rasul, pemimpin penduduk surga, dan yang telah menjadikan aku pemimpin makhluk-makhluk celaka dan pemimpin penduduk neraka. aku si celaka yang terusir, ini akhir yang ingin aku sampaikan kepadamu. Dan aku tak berbohong."

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Corruption - a culture!

I joined a conversation with a total stranger, a senior citizen, during breakfast at a market food court near where I live last Saturday morning and here’s what he (that stranger) said to me, “My nephew who works in the Road Transport department (Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan) is corrupt, I think. The people there go to work at 8:00 a.m. and by 8.30 am they haven’t even started working and when they do after that, by 9:30, they go missing again to have their almost two-hour morning coffee break and nobody bothers, because their bosses also do that. At 4:00 p.m. they go missing again and this time for their tea break and by the time they get back to their respective counters, it’s almost the end of the working day already”.

“Like that, how can they serve the public efficiently?” he remarked.

When he confronted his nephew about his alleged corrupt practices, his nephew told him, “Everyone in my office does it and if I did not do the same thing, I will be ostracised by my colleagues”.

Is that happening because of peer pressure?

After Isya’ prayer at the local mosque last night, a fellow worshiper who is a retired senior customs officer said to me, “My friend, a former colleague, bought a RM100,000.00 superbike for only RM10,000.00 from a multi-millionaire Tan Sri who is also superbike enthusiast. That Tan Sri has more than 25 motorcycles, all luxury ones, you know”.

I remarked, “That’s corruption, I am sure if that Tan Sri asked for favours from your friend like clearing goods at the Customs Station where your friend works, he would grant those favours to that Tan Sri quite happily”.

Upon hearing that remark I made, he got very angry with me and walked off.

When I wanted to register a new car a couple of years ago to get a licence plate that starts with the initial W and something something followed by the numbers, I was told to go to the JPJ office in KL. I asked one of the officers manning the registration counter on how to get special numbers and he told me to see the Director (Pengarah) upstairs. I went up to see him and when I entered his office, he brought me to the window near his desk and then told me, "You see that man with the mailboard there?"

I said , "Yes."

He replied, "Go and see him."

I went to see him with the car salesman with me and saw that man. He had with him a five-page list of numbers and they ranged from RM200.00 - RM5000.00 each. I chose the number I wanted, paid him RM2000.00 and registered my car. There’s no other way to do that, that’s the only way and no receipt was issued.

So, the Pengarah was in cahoots with that man and from the way he dressed, he was definitely not a JPJ staff.

One day, as part of a convoy of ten cars to accompany a newlywed for a ‘Majlis Nikah’, heading towards Tampin, Negeri Sembilan from Kuala Lumpur, I was caught speeding at a ‘speed trap’ placed by PDRM somewhere near Sepang along the North South Highway. Upon exiting at the Seremban Toll Station, I was stopped by a team of policemen and one of them, a sergeant, asked for my driving licence. I got out of the car, showed him my driving licence and he, the police sergeant, started to take down my particulars on an empty ‘summons’ book. I noticed he had two books in his hands and I presume, the other one is the proper summons book.

I then moved to the rear of the car and open my car boot , upon his instruction, while at the same time explaining to him that I was part of a convoy of ten cars accompanying a groom-to-be to a ‘Majlis Nikah’ in Tampin. He saw a stack of RM50 notes placed neatly in a decorated box and he then took out a piece and told me to go.

You see, he even had the gall to take a piece of RM50 note which was in a stack and which he knew was part of the ‘Duit Hantaran’. That’s how cheap they all are.

It is very sad that there are people, in this case in RTD, PDRM and Royal Malaysian Customs, who cannot tell the difference between a corrupt practice and a legal one and this happens maybe because corruption is so rife and widely practised, it is something ‘normal’ to some of the people there and has since been a culture.

HUSSAINI ABDUL KARIM, Shah Alam

Tun Mahathir's Talk.

Now, to join UMNO, one must go to the Bahagian or the Cawangan to apply and if you are a doctor, lawyer, engineer or some other professionals and you want want to join the party, the Ketua Cawangan or the Ketua Bahagian will sure tolak.

Why?

Because, they are scared that you will one day take over his place and all their interests will be gone: the money, the position, the opportunity to become a director or CEO in one of the several GLCs, the opportunity to become a 'calon', etc. So, these professionals will instead join PAS and now, there are more Malay professionals in PAS than in UMNO. PAS will readily accept them because this will be good for them. It is therefore very difficult to choose a good candidate from amongst the UMNO ranks because there is no one with the qualifications and the leadership qualities available. So, only the weak ones are chosen to represent the party because only these types are available in UMNO. And, money politics is rife in UMNO, at all levels. UMNO is sick!!!

Who said that????

Salah seorang wartawan telah bertanya Tun M tentang pendapat beliau berkenaan perhimpunan yang akan di adakan pada 9 hb Jan nanti dan inilah komen beliau, "If they want to rallly and 'tunjuk perasaan', by all means, go ahead but, if they want to 'UGUT' the government so that the judges will make a favourable decision about DSAI, that's wrong!!!"

What he (Tun M) said this morning was, 'A rally (tunjuk perasaan) is ok but a show of force to threaten (UGUT) the government to influence the government, including judges, to make a decision that favours them, that is not ok!'

"Dan janganlah bawak kanak-kanak atau sebagainya di dalam mana-mana perhimpunan, they are only going to expose them to bad things and they may grow up being 'sampah masyarakat' dan 'anti-whatever'. Expose them to positive things!!!

''Sampah masyarakat' dan 'anti-whatever' is my version, Tun M definitely didn't say that but that was what he meant and I fully agree with him.

Tun M and he reiterated the importance of English language but it's very sad, even he is unable to influence the government to place more emphasis on English in national schools and retain PPSMI.

Headline: Proof that PPSMI should be continued
Publication: NST
Date of publication: Jan 4, 2012http://www.nib.com.my/cross-search/search/_1325809480/


Tun M looks good and very smart in his long sleeve dark blue bush jacket this morning accompanied with his perpetual smile!!!

Salah seorang wartawan telah bertanya Tun M tentang pendapat beliau berkenaan perhimpunan yang akan di adakan pada 9 hb Jan nanti dan inilah komen beliau, "If they want to rallly and 'tunjuk perasaan', by all means, go ahead but, if they want to 'UGUT' the government so that the judges will make a favourable decision about DSAI, that's wrong!!!"

"Dan janganlah bawak kanak-kanak atau sebagainya di dalam mana-mana perhimpunan, they are only going to expose them to bad things and they may grow up being 'sampah masyarakat' dan 'anti-whatever'. Expose them to positive things!!!

''Sampah masyarakat' dan 'anti-whatever' is my version, Tun M definitely didn't say that but that was what he meant and I fully agree with him.

‎"War is not the solution for the world's problems!" Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad.

There's an ongoing arms race between Russia, USA, Europe and all of them are imterested to sell their latest weapons to countries in the Middle East and Asia.

One day, an arms designer/manufacturer/supplier came to Malaysia with a blueprint of the latest S-21 jet fighter and said, if are not intersted, we will go to your neighbour. If you buy our equipment, you will be superior than your neighbour. So, the country bought the jets at RM200 million each and true enough, the country had better air-power than the neighbour. Three years later, when the neigbour bought jet fighters from a rival country's arms designer/manufacturer/supplier, a new blueprint of a new jet fighter, the S-25, was offered with the latest in aviaonics and weaponry and do you keep on buying. Malaysia may not but many countries, especally the rich Arab countries and some Asian countries, would. So, this arms race go ono and on and help the economy of the supplier countries.

Supplier countries, especially the US, Russia and even NATO, 'create' wars in rich Third World countries such as Kuwait, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Saudi Arabia, etc. So, they will keep on buying weapons and ammunitions to fight the war. The supplier countries' economy will continue to be supported by these rich Third World countries and so on.

He said, those countries in conflict should engage in a dialogue.

Corruption

CORRUPTION

I joined a conversation with a total stranger, a senior citizen, during breakfast at a market food court near where I live yesterday (Saturday) morning and here’s what he ( that stranger) said to me, “My nephew who works in the Road Transport department (Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan) is corrupt, I think. The people there go to work at 8:00 a.m. and by 8.30 am they haven’t even started working and when they do after that, by 9:30, they go missing again to have their almost two-hour morning coffee break and nobody bothers, because their bosses also do that. At 4:00 p.m. they go missing again and this time for their tea break and by the time they get back to their respective counters, it’s almost the end of the working day already”.

“Like that, how can they serve the public efficiently?” he remarked.

When he confronted his nephew about his alleged corrupt practices, his nephew told him, “Everyone in my office does it and if I did not do the same thing, I will be ostracised by my colleagues”.

Is that happening because of peer pressure?

After Isya’ prayer at the local mosque last night, a fellow worshiper who is a retired senior customs officer said to me, “My friend, a former colleague, bought a RM100,000.00 superbike for only RM10,000.00 from a multi-millionaire Tan Sri who is also superbike enthusiast. That Tan Sri has more than 25 motorcycles, all luxury ones, you know”.

I remarked, “That’s corruption, I am sure if that Tan Sri asked for favours from your friend like clearing goods at the Customs Station where your friend works, he would grant those favours to that Tan Sri quite happily”.

Upon hearing that remark I made, he got very angry with me and walked off.

It is very sad that there are people, in this case in RTD and Royal Malaysian Customs, who cannot tell the difference between a corrupt practice and a legal one and this happens maybe because corruption is so rife and widely practised, it is something ‘normal’ to some of the people there.

HUSSAINI ABDUL KARIM, Shah Alam

Market talk - what some people talk about

Sometimes, on Saturdays, I accompany my wife to go to the wet market at Section 16 in Shah Alam and I will have my breakfast besides reading the newspapers whist waiting for her to complete her weekly marketing.

Normally, my wife joins me for breakfast before we leave for home, like this morning. There are many different types of food to choose from; nasi lemak, rati canai, lontong, mee rebus, goreng pisang,assorted kuehs, etc. They are not just good, they are also quite cheap. Drinks, either hot or cold, are available at less than the price of the same items at mamak eating shops. On certain days, there's also entertainment kara - o - ke style with the resident DJ singing the songs, mostly very popular 60s Pop Yeh Yeh Malay songs and once a while you will have same courageous members of the public singing too. I sometimes sing too,  English and Malay classic rock songs of the 70s and the 80s, when my wife is not nearby.

Last Saturday morning at the market, whilst having breakfast, I overhead a discussion about history between two very senior citizens who were seated next to me, both waiting for their wives doing their marketing, I believe. I listened to their conversations and found the discussion very interesting and I could relate to what they both were talking about. One of them said that he is disappointed that students now are not taught the real history but what they are taught is actually ‘alam manusia’(humanities). He said that anyone aged 50 or below are not learning the right things as far as history is concerned and hopes that this is corrected soon.

“Facts are distorted and nobody bothers to check on their accuracy,” according to him. From the way he talks, he must have been a teacher before.

He commented on Sir Stamford Raffles whom he thought was a visionary besides being a statesman and a scientist (botanist) who has a flower, the very smelly Rafflesia, named after him and continued to say that he was also responsible for the commercialisation of rubber in Singapore and Malaya and had developed the Port of Singapore as an important entreport.

“Who do you think was the first person who romanised the Malay language?” he asked his friend. After waiting for a few minutes without receiving any answer from his friend, he said: “It was R J Wilkinson (I thought it was Winstedt?) and not Zaaba like many thought. His friend just smiled at that.

Further, he thought that it is a shame that the government needed to bring in teachers from the USA to teach our students English. He said, “I am sure there are many excellent English writers and speakers in the country and if the government really tries, I am sure many will come forward to volunteer their services. They may be old but they are still very useful”. He fears that some of the foreign teachers that the government brings in may be either CIA or KGB agents, spies like what you see in James Bond movies.

“Do you know that Malays was controlled by the communist for 14 days?”
he asked.

“Yes,” answered his friend.

Seated on the same table with me was another senior citizen and his young son and after exchanging the normal greetings, he began to lament about the lack of discipline of people, especially young people today, and began his comments by saying that many like to throw rubbish indiscriminately; from inside the car to the roads they are driving on, into rivers and drains, for example, and everywhere else.

“How can we ever keep our rivers clean?” he commented.

“Just look at this market, it’s dirty with rubbish strewn everywhere,
this is typical Malaysia,” he said.

He said, “I am sure they are taught cleanliness and not to litter indiscriminately at home by their parents, at school by their teachers and at work by their peers but still they litter”.

“It must be due to the lack of discipline and the lack of enforcement”, he continued.

He said he has a nephew who works with one of the bigger government agencies in the country who, according to him, is corrupt. They come to work at 8:00 a.m. and by 8.30 am they haven’t even started working and when they do after that, by 9:30, they go missing again to have their almost two-hour morning coffee break and nobody bothers, because their bosses also do that.  At 4:00 p.m. they go missing again and this time for their tea break and by the time they get back to their
respective counters, it’s almost the end of the working day already.

“Like that, how can they serve the public efficiently?” he asked.

When confronted about his corrupt practices, his nephew told him that all the others do it and if he didn’t do the same, he will be ostracised by his colleagues. Peer pressure, it seems.

About the situation at our markets he says, ‘Look, even markets are segregated, not just schools. There are markets for Malays/Muslims and there are markets for non-Muslims. Like that, how can we be like 1Malaysia.

A young man joined us after over hearing our conversation and gave his take on the situation of Malaysian cars to day. Commenting on the new Perodua Myvi car models he asked, “Are these cars safe to drive?”

“Just look into the engine compartment, there’s no reinforcement at all, if one is to crash head on, it’s finished!” he says. We just smiled and left after that.

“My friend just bought one, the SE 1.5 twin cam model and he had a workshop installed reinforcement bars at a cost of RM600 to make sure that the car is safe to drive,” he told us.

“I know they want to make a lot of profits, but definitely they should
not do that at our expense!” he grumbled.

 “Don’t they ever crash-test those cars?” he asked.

Suddenly, my wife appeared from nowhere and sat next to me and the conversations stopped abruptly. She ordered a bowl of mee rebus and teh - o and as soon as she finished her breakfast, we left for home and had me thinking about the things common people say every day.

P.S. Photo shows a scene taken at PD Market wet market in Negeri Sembilan.