PAS GIVES UP HOPE OF WINNING, EVEN HAS NO CONFIDENCE IN REDUCING MAJORITY

PAS has given up hope of winning the Kuala Besut state seat but the party has not ‘thrown the towel down’ yet as it struggles to reduce incumbent Barisan Nasional (BN) the 2,434 majority votes the latter got in the 13th general election.

But then, the party does not see any indication that the majority gained by BN would be reduced given several factors that hamper the efforts.

PAS central committee member who is also Tumpat MP Datuk Kamaruddin Jaafar said firstly was polling would be held on Wednesday, a working day where outside voters were not able to return to vote.

“Secondly the turn out for local voters is not expected to be high given it is a Wednesday, a working day and fasting month.

“Nevertheless, we will continue pushing as we are not out as yet,” he said.

PAS is indeed far behind BN with three more days to polling as the party’s nightly ceramah held at various kampungs attracted not more than 150 people, except for the party spiritual chief Datuk Seri Nik Aziz Nik Mat’s ceramah held at Gong Badak which attracted some 1,000 but apparently most of them were from Kelantan, not local voters.

And that was only once, three nights ago and after that, there are no more Nik Aziz as he is not well, in fact he only spoke for hardly 15 minutes as he felt tired.
Terengganu PAS chief who is also party president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang had just appeared in the scene two nights ago after returning from performing umrah, thus leaving the party with a ‘commander’ in the battle.

The party had actually fell behind on the first day of official campaigning when BN launched a Massive attack in the state constituency with dozens of ministers and deputy ministers flocking meeting voters day and night.

Small ceramahs have been held indoors in small groups comprising not more 100 people, explaining government policies and what kind of aid the people can get for what kind of sectors while official functions are held daily in the daytime, a true show of force.

PAS, on the other hand has been slow as Terengganu PAS played second fiddle to Kelantan PAS given the director of the bye-election is from Kelantan – Datuk Husam Musa – and most of the election machinery is from PAS, which is just 20 minutes away from Pasir Puteh, Kelantan.

With such scenario, Kamaruddin is right about his party’s status in the ‘battlefield’.

Beware Of The Fake American QURAN

A new Quran is being distributed in Kuwait, titled “The True Furqan”. It is being described as the ayats of the Shaytan and Al-Furqan weekly magazine has found out that the two American printing companies;’Omega 2001′ and ‘Wine Press’ are involved in the publishing of ‘The True Furqan’, a book which has also been titled ‘The 21st Century Quran’!

It is over 366 pages and is in both the Arabic and English languages…it is being distributed to our children in Kuwait in the private English schools! The book contains 77 Surats, which include Al-Fatiha, Al-Jana and Al-Injil. Instead of Bismillah, each Surat begins with a longer vesion of this incorporating the Christian belief of the three spirits. And this so called Quran opposes many Islamic beliefs.

 In one of its ayats it describes having more than one wife as fornication, divorce being non-permissable and it uses a new system for the sharing out of the will, opposing the current one. It states that Jihad is HARAAM.

This book even goes as far as attacking Allah, Subhanahu wa Tahala! All this is poisoning our children at approx. $3.

It is not wise to compare the act of Burning a Malay Bible with the Alvivi case.

The case where 30,000 Malay language Bible that use the word Allah instead of God or Lord is still a pending court case where the government who tries to stop the distribution of the said book lost the first round. Even though it made the Muslims angry and agitated it shows to the world that the Malaysian government do not interfere with court proceedings and judgements.

Because of that, the pro-Malay NGO, PERKASA Malaysia, ask for the bible to be burn as what is done to books and publications that does not follow the specific requirements to be distributed in this country. The call for the bible to be burn is supported by the former Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. As a result, both parties are being targeted by the Christians community to show that Malaysia is not fair regarding religious solidarity.

They said that, it is similar to the case of Alvin-Vivian who provoked the Muslim community in Malaysia, by inviting Muslims to break their fast with Bak Kut Teh, a Chinese cuisine made of pork.
By using the same analogy, DAP and other pro opposition media (the Malaysian Insider and Malaysiakini) has unleashed an all-out attack saying that the government is unfair in its judgement.

It is clear that there are a lot of parties try to defend the Christian religion by manipulating the Bible issue and the word Allah to ensure that the Islamic Government of Malaysia will be at the receiving end of the onslaught. It is clear that in both of these issues; the sensitivity of Muslims is provoked first and not the Christians. The Muslims were offended by the Christian’s move to claim the name of the Muslim God for their Holy Scriptures.

The call to burn all Malay language Bible was made as a retaliation to the provocation made first by the Christian.
If the Christian did not provoke the Muslim by using their God’s name in the Bible, there would be no call for the Bible to be burn.

In other words, the Christian are intentionally trying to provoked the sensitivity of Muslims and later blame it on the Muslims after they retaliated. This is a dirty tactics that can’t be accepted by any religion, including the Christians.
Up till now, there are no proper explanations given by the Christian, for them to legitimize their claim, to use the word Allah instead of the word “God” or “Holy Father” as already being used by their religion for centuries.

Why not the Christian use the name of the Hindu god and goddess for the Tamil bible or the word ‘Buddha’ for Chinese language Bible? Or why the Christians are not keen to use the word Allah even in their English language bible.
If they say that the word Allah is the universal name of God, and not only the Malays use it in the Malay language why don’t they fight for the word Allah for all the bible in the world.

Another point to ponder by the Christian is that, even if the Bible is considered as a holy book in their religion, they do not put it as high of a status similar to the Muslim with the Al-Quran. This is because Islam does not condone the act of simply changing any words or facts in the Al-Quran ever since it was given to humanity. None of the words in the Al-Quran has been changed, add or deleted, even if it is one word.

Meanwhile the bible has been through several changes since it is being handed to the Prophet Isa. According to Muslim theology, the original Bible shows that Isa was a prophet of God and he is a human being. He was never a God or the son of God. The original Bible is nowhere to be found, and only one or two copies exist today. One is in Turkey, and the other one is in the Vatican City where even the Christians doubt its originality. This is because, they know that their Bible was changed many times and even they did not know which one is the original. Basically, majority of them believe that it does not even exist.

With the position of the Bible being changed and replaced, it can be said that, the current bible is a book written by men. Because of that, the call to burn the bible will not offend any religion because the modern bible did not come from God himself.

Hadi Awang Joins Nik Aziz in Sticking his Foot in It in Kuala Besut

With early voting already underway in Kuala Besut, all delusions of gentlemanly conduct seem to have gone out of the window as PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat proved this week.

Speaking at a ceramah late Thursday night, the former Kelantan MB set the tone when he accused Umno of being "evil" and "rejecting Islam."

This was of course despite the existing agreement between PAS and Barisan Nasional to conduct a clean and civil campaign in respect of the fasting month.

Presumably this was the same sort of agreement Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim made with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak through Jusuf Kalla prior to GE13 – one that PAS never had any intention of actually honouring.

And with PAS support in the seat wavering, reinforcements for the 82-year-old are being jetted in from all over (just don't mention Bangladesh).

Uncertainty in the Islamist party's inner sanctum must be at a high after party President Datuk Seri Hadi Awang made an enforced appearance.

Probably thinking he was being clever, the PAS President 'pulled an Anwar' this weekend when he patronised the largely rural community in what was actually an impressive fashion given the limited time he is spending there.

Describing fishermen for example, who clearly have to work extremely hard to make a living, as "idle", the Marang MP said that they should use a different kind of net (the internet) to learn more about politics and make an "informed" choice.

"Kuala Besut people have to learn from the educated," he said, ironically without thinking.

"We won many seats in Terengganu but here... we lose. We are not blaming the Kuala Besut people as they are busy working and do not have time to access the internet."

For a man who previously had enjoyed good popularity ratings there, expect his mealy-mouthed comments to cause his cachet in the state to drop.

From Umno one of the most important messages came from Supreme Council member Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek who called on voters to remember the failings of PAS in Terengganu when it ruled the state from 1999 to 2004.

"I do not want to talk about development because PAS is not interested in development. There were no mosques, madrasah, religious schools and roads built at that time," he reminded.

"But, we must remember how cruel they were when they chased away kindergarten pupils from schools throughout Terengganu."

He was referring to the infamous incident in 2000 when the PAS State Government removed some 40,000 children from pre-school after issuing a directive that all multi-purpose halls, civic and community centres must not be used for their education.

The State Government even instructed the Kemas kindergartens to repair, at their cost, all the buildings before handing them over to the Terengganu PAS for their own use.

Perhaps the 1,148 members of the police and armed forces eligible to for early voting will have remembered their grim past and make sure they vote for a positive future.

The rest of the voters who take to the polls on Wednesday would do well to keep the Communication and Multimedia Minister's words in mind.

Nik Aziz Up to his Old Tricks in Kuala Besut

Until the latter half of this week the campaign between Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat in Kuala Besut has been notable for the good conduct displayed by both sides.

Coinciding with Ramadan, both PAS and Umno campaigners have largely been on their best behaviour. At the start of the campaign period, leaders from both sides had pledged to conduct a clean and civil campaign in deference of the fasting month.

It should come as no surprise then that PAS' spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat has been the first to try to tear the harmony apart.

Waiting until his first official appearance in the by-election campaign, the former Kelantan Mentri Besar described Umno as an "evil" party, criticising Umno supporters' devotion to Islam.

"Yes, Umno build mosques, but they don't pray," he claimed.

"Even the name of the party is not in Bahasa Malaysia but English."

In the run-up to May 5, Nik Aziz was called up on many occasions for branding Umno members and supporters as "evil", "infidels" and "Pharoahs".

These hardly sound like the teachings of a man who supposedly advocates peace.

He even claimed that those who were awarded Federal Government construction contracts to develop projects including mosques, schools and hospitals would be disqualified from receiving divine blessings.

"They are only going after the contracts and not doing it for Islam," Nik Aziz declared on Sunday.

"It is not possible to receive pahala (divine merits) if Umno has rejected Islam."

That Nik Aziz is at it again, and during Ramadan no less, shows where the wizened spiritual leader really stands where faith intersects politics.

This week we also saw another of Pakatan's tried and tested battleground techniques fall flat on its face, with PAS calling for a public debate after tarawih prayers.

Curiously, Vice President Datuk Husam Musa suggested Parti Keadilan Rakyat's Strategy Director Rafizi Ramli should take time away from his misfiring campaign on indelible ink, suggesting he could better represent PAS than one of their own number – much less PAS' own candidate.

It is a lesson that Pakatan Rakyat clearly failed to learn after their failed GE13 campaign in which calls for debates accounted for a large part of their efforts.

Rather than thrash out policy plans and offer any real substance to the rakyat, Pakatan leaders still believe the best path to the voters is a public demonstration of their fastest talkers – or in the case of Nik Aziz, their dirtiest.

Why Religious Fasting Could Be Good for Your Brain

Ramadan is in its second  week now, and the required dawn-to-dusk fasting often feels like a daily mini–marathon. By late afternoon, hunger and thirst have sucked me dry, leaving me sleepy, slow-minded, and sometimes short-tempered.

I know that the purpose of fasting is spiritual—God will reward us in the next life—but in this lifetime, fasting sometimes makes me an ineffective, irritable person. So I was excited to learn that Harvard psychiatrist John Ratey, MD, had spoken at a recent Renaissance Weekend event about how caloric restriction can improve brain function.

I emailed Dr. Ratey to find out if those benefits might extend to religious fasting, and he sent me a 2006 paper on the brain functioning of men during the Ramadan fast. The researchers studied a small group of healthy men during and after the holy month, looking at their brain activity via functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). They concluded that “all individual results showed consistent and significant increase of activity in the motor cortex during fasting.”

Other research shows similar results
That research builds on the work of other scientists, including Mark Mattson, PhD, who heads a neuroscience lab at the NIH’s National Institute on Aging. Mattson has done important research on how dietary restrictions can significantly protect the brain from degenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s.

In a 2003 article, Mattson and others reported that rats who were deprived of food every other day, or restricted to a diet at 30% to 50% of normal calorie levels, showed not only decreased heart rates and blood pressure, but also “younger” brains, with “numerous age-related changes in gene expression.”
Mattson and his colleagues also shared data from research on humans, which shows that populations with higher caloric intakes—such as the United States and Europe—have a greater prevalence of Alzheimer’s than do populations that eat less—such as China and Japan. The authors speculate that humans may have adapted to conditions of feast and famine; the stress of having little food, they write, “may induce changes in gene expression that result in adaptive changes in cellular metabolism and the increased ability of the organism to reduce stress.”

Although this research is relatively new, with many questions left unanswered, the authors conclude that “it seems a safe bet that if people would incorporate a spartan approach to food intake into their lifestyles, this would greatly reduce the incidence of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and stroke.” (Of course, how this recommendation translates for individual people remains almost a complete unknown; consult with your own doctor before restricting your diet in dramatic ways.)
But here’s the hard part: Although we know eating too much leads to all sorts of health problems, “it has proven very difficult to successfully implement prolonged dietary-restriction regimens,” reports Mattson and his team. Information and doctor’s orders are rarely enough motivation.

This last observation gave me hope, because it seemed the authors were overlooking the role of religion; it can inspire people in ways information or experts don’t. Would I be undergoing this rigorous month of fasting unless I believed strongly it was the right thing for me to do? Probably not. And the same goes for millions of Muslims around the world.

And many other religions include fasting or dietary restrictions as part of their religious observances. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, or Mormons, for example, fast one Sunday a month. The Orthodox Church in America notes five separate fasting seasons on its website, in addition to individual fast days; during some of these fasts, all food is restricted, and during other fasts, only certain foods are off-limits. Some Roman Catholics abstain from meat on Fridays, and all do during Lent. Many types of Buddhist monks abide by a code that prohibits eating after noon each day.

Science may only now be discovering that some of these religious practices, both ancient and modern, offer nourishment not just for the soul, but for the body as well.

 Andrea Useem

Titas covers Chinese, Indian civilisations, says education ministry

The Islamic and Asian Civilisation Studies (Titas) covers not only Islamic civilisation but Malay, Chinese, Indian civilisation and aspects of sociology, said the Education Ministry.

Higher Education director-general Datuk Dr Morshidi Sirat said Titas had been compulsory for public university students of all races since 2006 and both Muslims and non-Muslims have had no issue with the course.

Thus, he said, statements from certain parties that Titas would be unfair to non-Muslim students should not arise, as Muslim students would also be learning the civilisations of the Chinese and Indians and of future civilisation.

“Titas was introduced to give exposure to students of the civilisations existing in Malaysia as a way to develop patriotism and unity," Dr Morshidi said in a statement.

He was commenting on the debate for Titas to be made an elective subject instead of compulsory.

On the concerns that Malay be the medium of instruction, Dr Morshidi said the Private Higher Education Institution Act allows institutions to teach in other languages if they applied for it.

He said concerns that Titas was Islamic in nature, and not suitable for non-Muslims, should also not arise.

With Titas, he said, students have the opportunity to understand the various civilisations in Malaysia, adding that this could instil a sense of patriotism and nationalism.

Raja Nong Chik sues Nurul Izzah for defamation

Former Cabinet minister Datuk Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin is suing Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar and two others for allegedly defaming him over the sale of prime land in Bukit Kiara.

He is seeking a court order to force the defendants to publish an apology, on his terms.

Raja Nong Chik also wants an injunction to stop the defendants from publishing any libellous words against him.

He is asking for general, aggravated and exemplary damages, interests and costs.

He has named Nurul Izzah, online news publisher Mkini Dotcom Sdn Bhd and its reporter Lu Wei Hoong as defendants in his libel suit.

On Friday, his lawyer M. Reza Hassan told the media that the suit is fixed for case management before High Court judge Justice Yeoh Wee Siam on Aug 19.

In his lawsuit, the former senator said Nurul Izzah has caused the publication of libellous and false statement against him at a press conference to the media on May 4.

He said Nurul Izzah has caused similar statements to be published in the Malaysiakini online news portal in two versions - Malay and English - on the same day.

He said the words implied that he has misused his position as the Federal Territories and Urban Well-being minister for his personal interest and gain.

He said the words also meant that he did not respect law, was untrustworthy and involved in a transaction which was doubtful and caused losses to the people.

He said the defendants has published the words without verifying its truth.
Raja Nong Chik said that the publication has tarnished his reputation and dignity as a politician, a former minister and a former senator.

He said his credibility had been ruined especially among the voters of the Lembah Pantai parliamentary constituency.

(In the 13th general election held on May 5, Nurul Izzah received 31,008 votes, beating Raja Nong Chik with a majority of 1,870 votes).

In his statement of claim, Raja Nong Chik said that he had sent a letter of demand dated June 10 through his solicitor asking Nurul Izzah to apologise, to promise not to publish libellous statements against him and pay appropriate damages but she had failed to do so.

He said that he had sent a similar letter to Mkini Dotcom and Lu and they, too, had failed to meet his demands.

He filed the suit through Messrs Raja Riza & Associates at the High Court civil registry on Wednesday.

PAS’ Husam Musa withdraws defamation suit against blogger Kickdefella

PAS vice-president Datuk Husam Musa has withdrawn his RM5mil defamation suit against blogger Syed Azidi Syed Abdul Aziz, also known as Kickdefella.

Syed Azidi's lawyer Datuk Jahaberdeen Mohamed Yunoos said Husam's lawyer had told the High Court here that he wanted to withdraw the suit with freedom to file it again in the future.

"The plaintiff Husam also asked for no costs to be incurred. I objected to it because three witnesses have already been called and the plaintiff himself has not even taken the stand," Jahaberdeen said after the proceedings in chambers before Justice Mariana Yahya here Friday.

He said Justice Mariana then allowed his application for the suit to be withdrawn without freedom to refile as well as costs to be fixed at RM40,000.

Husam filed the suit on Sept 19, 2011, claiming that three articles posted on Syed Azidi's blog contained defamatory elements about him.

The articles allegedly appeared on kickdefella.wordpress.com between January and July, 2011.

Azhar Idrus Vs Al-Azhar Scholar: PAS is in love with a Youtube celebrity.

According to history, PAS was built by youngsters who were educated from renowned Islamic universities like Al-Azhar and such. This is to become the pillar of the party that supposed to uphold Islamic values.

Sadly, the contributions of Al-Azhar as a cesspool of future PAS leaders are being marred by the advancement of technology. Currently, the responsibility of Ulama’ in the party are taken over by individuals who are only able to talk a lot about religion, and has the ability to hold a stand up comedy show at the same time.
Ironically, the popularity that is overwhelming PAS’s ulama’s from Al-Azhar is also an Azhar, or better known by his full name Azhar Idrus.

The popularity of reality shows especially on comedic skills is used fully by Azhar Idrus to expose himself in the same way but by using the Youtube as a medium and a little bit of religious knowledge that he have as an early start.

However, his planned works and he steadily increase the numbers of supporters challenging the numbers of PAS ulama’s who is more educated like Harun Din, Harun Taib and Nik Aziz.

The fact of the matter is the person who supports Azhar Idrus are not looking for religion, but they are looking for religion that is the comedic version of religion.

That is one of the reason why PAS ulama’ are not popular in ceramah anymore, Azhar Idrus is more popular even though he has no formal education in Islamic teaching, just the fact that he claimed he studied with a few Islamic teachers.

It is not puzzling why he campaigned for PAS in the Kuala Besut by-election (Malays are the majority) as what is happening now. Pas is using Azhar Idrus for the benefit of the party and they are ready to kick out Al-Azhar’s scholar that is filled in the party.

What important to PAS is to win the election; they will take whatever way for them to ensure that they win the election. PAS is actually ready to kick out the religious scholar’s faction in the party.

It is more shocking to know the fact that Azhar Idrus has already taken the ‘key’ to heaven and hell from Nik Aziz when he made statement regarding things that can only be judge by Allah.
He is not even Ulama’, he is just an ordinary preacher, but he dared to say who will go to heaven and hell.

Whatever it is, the reality is, there is a war brewing in PAS right now. PAS is choosing Youtube star instead of a genuine Islamic scholar. The party is at the brink of destruction.

Election Fever: Nik Aziz Knows That PAS Will Lose.

When the rumours that PAS Mursyidul Am Nik Aziz Nik Mat and PAS Vice President Mat Sabu will turn up the the Kuala Besut by election, all PAS members was in the state of frenzy. They expected that the dynamic duo would arrive and campaign in Kampung Nangka in Kuala Besut.

 

You actually can see that all of the PAS member’s faces are glowing in Kuala Besut yesterday. They were happy to hear that the old coons who can’t even walk are campaigning with Mat Sabu.

It’s a match made in political satire when a Quran bashing old man is paired up side by side with a womanizer.

 

However, their dream of seeing the pair do their magic did not came true as Nik Aziz on the last minute cancel the event because he is not well. Mat Sabu himself have to transfer his program to another site rather than doing it in the Gong Kedak Air Base.

 

Only 200 people attended the program. This is a new record as Mat Sabu is known to have called thousands of people to listen to his fake sermon.

 

It was said before, if any of the PAS branch is in financial needs, they can always call Mat Sabu to come and the collection from his sermons can be used to finance the operation for 2 or 3 month.

 

That is the myth of the Legendary Liar, Mat Sabu. However, the people of Kuala Besut has put that name to the test, and Mat Sabu failed to obtain the number that he has predicted to come to his sermon.

 

What we are intrigue is on the problem of Nik Aziz Nik Mat. We all know that he is old and frail, but before this, however, frail or sick, he will never disappoint his fans to speak, at least for 5 minutes.

 

According to his supporter, the “tok guru” aura is important and not what he have to say.

Nik Aziz can babble all he wants and his supporters take it all in without any hesitation.

 

We believe Nik Aziz is having a fever because he knows that PAS will lose in Kuala Besut. Up till now there are no sign that PAS will win in this constituency.

 

It is not hard to change a person’s mind in two months. And BN is doing a pretty good job in taking care of the Kuala Besut people. They can live peacefully, they can work, they can pray, what more do they need?

Does the government have the guts to prosecute Alvin, Vivian and Marino?

Does the government have the guts to prosecute Alvin, Vivian and Marino?
 
Alvin Lee, Vivian Tan together with the Ambassador of the Vatican City is accused of mocking the Islamic faith and trying to meddle with the Malaysian government administration. Both of them are considered as a threat to the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration. 

Talking about the couple Alvin and Vivian, I do not see any laws that can be used against them for any offences in the Malaysian legal system. The thing is what they are doing is too small to even be on the front page of the local newspaper. 
It is because, we were informed according to the religion of Islam it is forbidden to eat swine, and it is not an offence if a non-Muslim to invite a Muslim to eat swine. The couple even apologize for their mistakes. For us it is more than enough. 
However, because of this matter is under the supervision of the ruling party of the country. We would not want to meddle in this issue. BN need to solve this matter professionally. 

In the same time, the statement made by the Vatican City Ambassador, supporting the usage of the word “Allah” in Malaysian church triggered a chain reaction that pushed the government to take action against the Bishop. 

Even though there’s an official apology from the Bishop, it is clearly not enough for some of the parties in Malaysia and they want Marino to be prosecuted. Maybe if Marino is hanged, then all of would be satisfied. 

Even so, we are waiting with full attention whether the government is brave enough to take action against all of the names that is stated earlier in this article. What we want to say here is that whether the government has the guts to prosecute these individuals or not. 

We believe that, we do not see that the government is brave enough. They can lie to their minions, but frankly speaking Malaysians are more intelligent than the government think. The most that they can do is to take statement from Alvin and Vivian. Marino was called by the foreign affairs division. 

Let’s forget the statement made by the Attorney General, because we know that even the mightiest prosecutor in Malaysia cannot take any action before getting a nod by the government first. 

The fact of the matter is, we believe that the action will not be brought fourth only because the government want to mend things with the Chinese and the Christians in Malaysia. The rationale is, after the PRU-13 the Chinese and Christians opposed BN almost 100%.

PERKASA and all of the Islamic NGO who believes that the government will defend Islam will be disappointed as Najib Razak is not as brave as he tries to be.

 

PAS BEGS FOR VOTES TO DEPRIVE BN OF A ONE SEAT MAJORITY

PAS begs for Kuala Besut voters to deprive the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) state government the Kuala Besut state seat so that PAS can regain the state to give them (voters) better benefits.

The party deputy president Mohamed Sabu or popularly known as Mat Sabu said PAS just needed Kuala Besut to make it even – 16 to 16 seats – and the two petitions the party filed against BN for alleged fraud would help it form the state government.

Speaking at a ceramah last night, he claimed PAS would practice its Welfare State policy if it wins Terengganu to give the people better life just like the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) government of Selangor and Penang.

Attended by some 100 people, the ceramah was tame and Mat Sabu did not project any fiery oratorical skill as he always do given the month of Ramadhan where Muslims are to be at their best manner and adhere strictly to religious teachings.

After all, some locals said there was nothing to talk about in ceramahs because the general election had just be concluded two months ago where they are still waiting for projects promised during the general election to begin.

Campaigning during the Ramadhan month in Kuala Besut by-election is tame and subdued and the environment is normal except the clear visible of flags and banners lining the streets and kampungs.

Both parties are engaged in vigorous house-to-house campaign with ceramahs held in the houses for BN and PAS at empty fields and lands along the road.

Attendants to these ceramahs thus far do not exceed 150 and all are held around 10.30pm, after the Terawih prayer.

So far the big guns that have converge here was Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin while for PAS was party president Abdul Hadi Awang.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak is scheduled here on Sunday while PAS has scheduled Pakatan Rakyat (PR) big guns on Thursday night.

However, no one can confirm whether PR big guns like Anwar Ibrahim and Lim Kit Siang would be coming.

Christian Terrorist Is Terrorizing Malaysia

It can’t be denied that the constant attacks on the Islamic faith in Malaysia are linked with the Christians. It made us think that it may be a planned move on some of the Christian group probably the Catholics and we are sure that it is not just a coincidence. 

It started with the mocking of the holy month of Ramadan by the notorious couple Vivian Lee and Alvin Tan (of whom both are Christians) to the open support by the Vatican City Ambassador, Father Joseph Marino on the usage of the word “Allah” on the Bible. It seems that there systematic attacks on Islam and someone is behind it. 

Even though there are a lot of people agree with this statement, we believe that all of the acts done by these attackers are those who belong to Christian extremist. The attacks are targeted to the Islamic institution and Muslims all over our country. 

Alvin, Vivian and Marino probably do not understand this but they are actually Christian terrorist who are trying to distrupt the peace and harmony of our country. Yes, they did not organized a car bombing or trying taking hostage in a building but their act of mocking the Muslims in the month of Ramadan is much more dangerous than blowing up something. 
Recently a young Chinese Christian was kidnapped and beaten was said to have been the retaliation from the act of Alvin, Vivian (and maybe Morino). The incident is correlated and evidently the retaliation came not long after all of the parties involved in mocking the Islamic faith was made public. 

We are not saying that all Christians are involved in these acts of terror. We believe that there are a group of people among the Christians are trying to create a difficult situation between the two most influential religions in the world, which is Islam and Christianity.   

When there are attacks, there must be a counter attack and finally the country will be in a state of fear. This is what some of these people wants; they are trying to play with fire that can burn us all. 

In the Marino case, he was played by the Pakatan Rakyat in the issue because he knows that in this country only the Pakatan Rakyat choses to support the idea of using the word “Allah” in the Malays version of the bible. 

We believe that, the authorities in this country are alert with this situation and they will do their best to counter the attacks from Christian terrorist if they actually exist. 

 

BN LEADING FAR AHEAD ON SEVENTH DAY OF CAMPAIGN IN KUALA BESUT

Barisan Nasional (BN) is leading far ahead in the campaing trail in the Kuala Besut state seat by-election as the coalition machinery comb every inch of the ground of some 30km square.

While the coalition’s candidate Tengku Zaihan Che Ku Abdul Rahman practically go knocking at every door from 8.30am to evening, PAS candidate Azlan Yusof focuses more on places where there are crowd such as the Ramadhan market and other public markets.

Both candidates apparently do not get involved in nightly ceramahs where leaders of the political divide speak on issues – local and national – as they concentrate more on one-to-one meeting.

After four days of official campaigning, it is no denying that BN is leading far ahead as its operation centre gathers information on headcounts of who will vote for which party.

BN’s modus operandi is more meticulous as the one-to-one marking system it does currently may give a near accurate figure compared to PAS ‘feeling the response’ style.

BN deputy by-election director Datuk Seri Idris Jusuh expressed confidence of higher majority when met where he was walking about at Kuala Besut jetty to Pulau Perhentian, where foreign tourists gather.
“I personally think voters will not change their minds two months after the general election.

“This means we have the 2,000-odd majority in our hands and with the personalize campaign and a young qualified candidate, we should be able to increase the majority,” he said confidently.

And true to his words, PAS by-election director Datuk Husam Musa admitted BN’s election machinery was far ahead for his party to catch up.

“As we can see at present, BN is not using its full force and when they do, things will not be the same.
“Our fear is BN’s full force attack will include money politics which the locals, being poor, will not resist and PAS’s chance of making even is lost,” he added.

BN HAS ‘FIXED DEPOSIT’ IN FHISHERMEN’S VILLAGES

Kampung Nail is a quiet and tranquil village with old small houses along the river mouth of Kuala Besut.
A flat area of some 3km square with narrow tarred roads where only one vehicle can through at one time, it houses some 1,000 population who are mostly fishermen.

As early as 4am the fishermen take to the open sea to catch fishes with some 30-odd trawlers that the government had given them to enable them to have better catch and higher income.

By 8am to 9am, they land their catch at the Fisheries Development Authority (LKIM) complex at the mouth of the river where they sell their catch to LKIM and keep some of the catch for their own consumption.
For Mohd Aimi Md Nor, 41, and the rest of the fishermen at his village, it is a daily routine unless during rainy season where they could not go to the sea.

Asked on his daily income, Mohd Aimi said it all depended on the catch of the day which fluctuated from RM100 to even RM1,000.

Asked on average income which he could not figure, he said the income is comfortable for his family of five.
“We are simple people with simple needs and the help the government give make our life better and more comfortable,” he said.

Politically, Mohd Aimi said nearly 80 percent of the villagers supported Umno and BN, the party he described as very helpful and sensitive of their needs.

“I am not a politician and I have no education except till Form 5 so I do not involved myself in politics but I know, and many of us fishermen here know that Umno and BN has always helped us.

“So this by-election, you can expect some 80 percent of the villagers will vote for BN,” he added sincerely.
Yes, what more does the people want when they are pampered by the government.

Malaysia fuel prices eighth lowest in the world

Malaysia's petrol and diesel prices is the eighth lowest in the world.

"Out of 227 countries in the world, Malaysia's petrol and diesel price to its motorists is the eighth lowest," said Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Ahmad Maslan.

He said the cheaper price was due to the significant subsidy given by the government for petrol and diesel as well as cooking gas.

He disclosed this when winding up the debate on the Supplementary Supply Bill (2012) 2013.
Ahmad said the government had given a subsidy of 90.4 sen for each litre of diesel and 90 sen for each litre of RON95 petrol.

He said the people had only to pay RM1.80 per litre of diesel instead of RM2.74, and RM1.80 per litre of RON95 petrol.

"Without the subsidy of 90 sen per litre, the price for RON 95 petrol should be RM2.80 per litre," he said.

Ahmad said cooking gas enjoyed substantial subsidy as well, with a 14-kg cylinder costing RM26.60 instead of the actual price of RM47.46.

"This means that the government is giving a subsidy of RM20.80 per cylinder," he said.

Sex bloggers to be charged on Thursday morning, says KL CID chief

Sex bloggers Alvin Tan and Vivian Lee are expected to be charged in court on Thursday.

Kuala Lumpur CID chief Senior Asst Comm Datuk Ku Chin Wah said the pair would be charged at the Sessions Court on Jalan Duta. 

 

When asked whether Tan and Lee had surrendered to police, SAC Ku denied it.
Ku also did not confirm what Act the bloggers would be charged under.

The bloggers were probed by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) after posting a controversial Buka Puasa greeting on their Facebook account.

They were also investigated by police for uttering words with the deliberate intent of insulting a religion.

Anwar tendered fake MC in court, alleges his former legal aide

A former legal aide of Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has alleged that Anwar duped the court during a trial in September 2012.
M. Yuktesvaran has claimed that the PKR advisor tendered fake a medical certificate (MC) in order to postpone court proceedings over his involvement in the Bersih 3.0 rally.
Yuktesvaran said he did not reveal the matter earlier as he was afraid for his safety and did not want any trouble.

"I decided to break my silence after the Opposition claimed that the elections were rigged," he told reporters after lodging a police report at the Travers police station on Wednesday.

He said he handed evidence on the alleged MC to the police when he lodged the police report.

"What Anwar did is perjury and he should be made liable under Section 193 of the Penal Code," he said.
Anwar, PKR deputy president Azmin Ali and Rembau PKR division chief Badrul Hisham Shaharin pleaded not guilty to two charges against them at the Sessions Court here in May 2012 for their involvement in the rally.
They were charged under Section 4(2)(c) of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2011 for participating in a street protest, with the intention of disobeying a warning issued by Magistrate Zaki Asyraf Zubir against the public from assembling at Dataran Merdeka from April 28 to May 1, in a court order on April 26

Making the Best in Ramadan

The Holy month of Ramadan is a great opportunity for all believers to reestablish their relationship with Almighty Allah . During this month, Allah opens the doors of guidance, mercy, and forgiveness and showers His blessings on mankind. Blessed are those who avail this opportunity and work hard to obtain the pleasure of Allah .

Following are some points to remember that may help us have a better Ramadan:

Sahoor: Rasulullah said, “Allah sends blessings on those who eat Sahoor (meal before Fajr) and the angels pray for them.” (Ibn Habban) We should never miss Sahoor as it is blessed food and a Sunnah of the Prophet .

Salat Al-Taraweeh: Perform twenty raka’ah of Taraweeh every night.

Salat Al-Tahajud: Other than Taraweeh, perform some raka’ah of Tahajud prayer.

Dua: After Tahajud, spend some time making Dua for yourself, your family, the community, and the whole Muslim Ummah. This is extremely needed and very few do it. Every person in the family should engage in Dua and prayers in the darkness of the night and in isolation. Cry before Allah for forgiveness and for all of your needs.
Also wake up your children and teach them how to make Dua to Allah . Teach them how to cry before Allah , for those who do not cry before Allah will have to cry before people like themselves.
Crying and begging to Allah attracts His Mercy. Rasulullah encouraged his followers to cry when making Dua.

Salah in the Masjid: Try your best to perform every Salah in the Masjid with congregation (jama’ah)

Perform the additional following ibadah:

1. Recite Istighfaar 100 times a day (i.e. Astaghfirallah)
2. Send blessing on Rasulullah 100 times a day
3. Tasbeehaat 100 times a day (i.e. Subhanallah Wal-Hamdulillah wala Illaha Illallah Wallahu Akbar)
4. Recite at least one Juz of the Qur’an every day
Avoid all kinds of sins: Rasulullah said, “Many of those who fast get nothing out of it except hunger” (Nasa’ee) Advising his wife, once Rasulullah said, “O Aishah, refrain from even the minor sins because Allah will question you about them also.” (Ibn Majah)
Do not become angry: Avoid all quarrels, fights, and arguments which may lead you to anger.
Use only Halal food bought by Halal earnings. Avoid all doubtful items.

Reduce the amount of:

1. Eating
2. Sleeping
3. Talking

Unfortunately, it is very common in many Masajid to sit and chat after iftaar. This time should be used for Nawafil prayers, recitation of the Holy Qur’an, Tasbeeh, and Dua. Masjid is the House of Allah . It must be given its due respect. Disrespecting the house of Allah is disrespect to Allah .
Raising the voice or talking of worldly matters in the Masjid is forbidden. It is the responsibility of every Muslim to maintain the order, silence, respect, and cleanliness in the Masjid.

May Allah bless and guide all of us.

Pakatan leaders in both PAS and DAP are again at loggerheads trying to prove that their respective party is more relevant to Malaysia than the other – once more failing to understand the purpose of a coalition.

The Opposition's heightened state of insecurity was brought to light this week after Deputy Agriculture Minister Tajuddin Abdul Rahman suggested that DAP could in theory run Malaysia if the party were given more sway over Putrajaya through PAS.

"The sultan is the head of our religion. The agong is a Muslim. If we were to become a republic, DAP Chairman Karpal Singh would then become the President. He would be your chief," he speculated during a visit to the Malay heartland of Terengganu this weekend.

No doubt hoping that Pakatan officials would pick up on his remarks, he teasingly suggested that PAS' desire to reach Putrajaya meant that they would be forced to hold open the door for DAP.

"DAP would work with PAS, but the condition is that they would demand this and demand that. Perhaps they will ask to be the Deputy Prime Minister. Who would that be? Lim Kit Siang, or his son Lim Guan Eng?"

PAS central committee member Dr Dzulkifli Ahmad hit back on Monday, saying it was out of the question that DAP could ever run the country – much less on the back of a hung state assembly.

Last month the ever-desperate sounding DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng said he was planning on a proposal to his PAS 'allies' that they should boycott the Kuala Besut polls.

"This will not affect BN's power in the state," Lim said, claiming that a boycott could send a "strong signal" of their unhappiness.

Of course, Lim's suggestion had nothing to do with his own party's insecurities about their coalition allies and not wanting to cede any more ground to their Islamist allies.

In all, Barisan Nasional took 17 seats in Terengganu at GE13 with BN's candidate Dr A. Rahman defeating Napisah Ismail of PAS with a comfortable majority of 2,434 votes to take Kuala Besut.

As PAS and DAP seek further distance from each other, Lim Guan Eng's party have shown their hand by revealing their fear of a possible PAS-Umno Unity Pact in the state.

If such a pact developed and, worse for Lim, if it spread beyond Terengganu, then the Democratic Action Party's hopes would finally be dashed. It would be the political equivalent of a cold bucket of water over his dreams of being the kingmaker for Seri Perdana.

The Art Of self Insulting By Alvin and Vivian Whore?

It may not be too late to talk about the dysfunctional duo, Alvin Tan and Vivian Lee whom would have their heads on rewards should their Breaking Fast ‘friendly greetings’ reached the Arab world.   But lucky for them to be here in the land where the Muslims have better things to do than entertaining a couple of whores.
We assume that the whore couple are Christians based on their names.  And for that, we thank them for proving to us what ‘good Christians’ are all about.  They could be Buddhist or Atheist but still, it proves that it is not the Muslims who are having ‘problems in heads’ and it is not the Muslims who go around picking fights in this region.

In fact, the Muslims, except from expressing anger in the social media, don’t even lay a hand on them.  So, this proves that the Muslims are not violent too.
I’m not trying to get back at this couple as their immorality and stupidity is beyond anger, almost non-human.  No sane, civilized, human would put themselves at the lowest and proud of it.   I mean, even giggling happily?  It is obvious that they don’t have any sense of morality whatsoever or just don’t have any sense at all.

I don’t know what kind of environment did these two whores grew up in, but even the dumbest person on earth would have some dignity and don’t go around ‘doing it’ in front of everybody.  Even prostitutes know that what they are doing is not something to be proud of and wouldn’t publish it for the world to see.   So, there is no word that could even describe the lowest or the dumbest of human of what Alvin and Vivian Whore are.  Even the word ‘whore’ seems much too ‘decent’ to describe them.

That is why the only word that is close enough to describe the couple could be ‘animals’ as only animals have no shame ‘doing it’ in the open.  But still, animals don’t do it because they are proud of it and they don’t go around insulting people after that.   Therefore, Alvin and Vivian Whore, are less than animals.

And I can’t comprehend the fact that they are not locked-up yet – it must be our system or the people in our system.  These whores are not a couple of retarded who don’t understand what they are doing.  And they can’t get away just because they are inhumanly stupid and immoral?  I mean, they look like humans so they should be treated like human by making them pay for their action.

Assuming that they are Christians, why don’t the Christians do anything about them?  I understand that we just had a visit from Vatican City, maybe we should ask the Pope about what he thinks about these whores. Or maybe we can ask the Pope, since when does Christians allow such action?  And while at that, maybe we can ask him about LGBT too, since some Christians in Malaysia seem to believe that LGBT is part of human rights.

Perhaps, the DAP Evangelist like Hanna Yeoh can help sort it out because as long as I can remember, insulting and immoral acts, what more in the open, are wrong in all religions, not just in Islam.   Except from voicing out your disapproval, why don’t we see any of you pushing for the government to take action on the whores?  Things wouldn’t be the same if it is the Muslims who insulted other religions, right?  All of you would team up and hammered the government until the culprit is finally punished.

Anyway, it is becoming clearer and clearer now that Islam is the only religion that makes sense.

 

Kuala Besut By-Election: Teachers in Pulau Perhentian Are PAS Agents?

Like we all know, Perhentian Island is a popular tourist destination in Malaysia. It was named as one of the 10 most beautiful Islands in the whole world. The beauty of Perhentian Island sandy beaches and golden shores has attracted thousands of tourist since years ago.

 

Other than that, Perhentian Island is also one of the 9 voting centre in the Kuala Besut constituency. With 733 registered voters, the Island would be one of the target by both parties who are currently having a showdown in the 24^th of July 2013.

 

Sadly, no one knows that the beauty of Perhentian Island is marred by the low quality education that is currently plaguing the school children.

 

It was said that the teacher’s attitude is the factor that has created a very low quality of education for these children. The teachers here are said to have been lazy and ignoring their duties to educate and teach the children of Perhentian Island.

 

From the complaints of the residence, many of the teachers in Sekolah Kebangsaan Pulau Perhentian spends their time in the main land rather than focusing all of their effort to the education of the children.

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This particular action clearly caused a serious effect to the education of the children as they did not have enough time to finish their syllabus that has been stated by the Ministry of Education. It was said that some of the teacher, teach the student so fast so that they can spent more time to go to the mainland.

 

This particular habit is clearly seen in almost all of the teachers especially on Thursdays.

This “accusation” is supported by the UPSR result in 2012 where Sekolah Kebangsaan Pulau Perhentian is the worst school in Terengganu. Many of the pupils failed their UPSR exam.

 

Even though we were informed that the government has already spent millions to build teachers quarters in the school, the teachers refuse to stay there and they are willing to travel from the main land. They prefer to stay in Kuala Besut.

 

There are statements made by the locals saying the the majority of the teachers in the Perhentian Island are PAS members and they consider the help from the government will only burden them with sins.

 

This particular thinking is not strange in PAS as we all know that PAS members are thought to ridicule and hate the government, even though the government is trying its best to help them.

This particular incident has been forwarded by the locals, however, because of all the teachers are PAS members their letters and emails are thrown in the rubbish bin as soon as it is received by the recipient.

 

The Ministry of Education has to take this seriously and investigate what is happening in the Perhantian Island to ensure that the future of the children is not jeopardise because of the lack of formal education.

 

If it is proven, then the opportunity in the by election should be use smartly by the federal government to improve the quality of teachers to ensure that BN will always gain the support of the people.

 

Mukhriz Offers Olive Branch to Lim Guan Eng on Kedah-Penang Water Issue

Datuk Mukhriz Tun Mahathir was always going to have his work cut out when he took up his new post as Menteri Besar of Kedah.

Picking up the pieces after years of PAS rule that was marred by allegations of nepotism, cronyism and corruption – not to mention ineptitude – Mukhriz's position is one of the toughest in the country.

Yet, despite his relative inexperience, he has got off to a flying start.

The New Straits Times this weekend pointed out that Mukhriz had solved issues facing Kolej Universiti Insaniah (Kuin) staff in less than two months – despite the previous PAS administration sitting idly by while employees were paid late for some five years.

Next on his checklist is resolving the on-going spat between Kedah and neighbouring Penang about the provision of raw water supplies.

Kedah's former Water Supply, Water Resources and Energy Committee chairman Datuk Phahrolrazi Zawawi explained that Kedah had spent millions in maintaining and conserving water catchment areas, ensuring that raw water supplied to Penang was clean and unpolluted.

As a consequence, the thinking in Kedah was that Penang should contribute something towards the costs.

At the time, Lim Guan Eng was happy to bury his head in the sand, quipping that the suggestion must have been nothing more than a clerical error (something that he is presumably very familiar with since the CEC election fiasco in December).

"I believe this confusion arose from the officers in Kedah and I will leave it to the Kedah state government to sort it out," he said, washing his hands of the matter.

But with a newly energised State Government behind him, the hope that Mukhriz can persuade Lim to see reason should be high.

"I will ask him for an appointment and present a proposal where a win-win solution that benefits both parties can be reached," the MB said this week.

"I hope he will look at it with an open mind, instead of just rejecting it outright. As we are neighbours, we can help each other."

Last week the Penang Chief Minister seemed to make a dramatic U-turn by announcing that he believed Kedah should get funds to protect the Sungai Muda basin and the Ulu Muda forests as water sources.

But with Lim being Lim, there's a catch. Writing on his blog, the Chief Minister argued that the funding should not come from the Penang State Government's coffers, but straight from Putrajaya.

However, Mukhriz is a straight talker and is not expected to take such politicking lightly.

"Our intention is to safeguard the people's interests. We want to look into the interests of Penangites without depriving Kedahans," he said.

Effects of Worship in Ramadhan

Experience has shown that effects of ibaadat (worship) in the blessed month of Ramadhan remain upon the remainder of the year.

Whomsoever practises any virtue informally therein, ease of performing A’amale Salihah overtakes them thereafter.

Similarly, whoever prevents them self from sinning therein, for the remaining eleven months abstentation will become easy. In reality, prevention from sins in Ramadhan is not too difficult because, it is established that the Shayateen are imprisoned. Consequently, less sinning occurs generally because of removal of this stimulant.

However, sins do not totally disappear because the other orchestrator: one’s nafs (self) is present. Even in this month it will instigate sins but, yes, its schemes will lesson because only one stimulant is now active.

Therefore, the impositions of this one month should be accepted. All parts (of one’s body) should be saved from sin.

Fresh Questions About the DAP Election Fiasco and the Mysterious Five Tigers

Expect a flurry of legal threats following the publication of a 16-page booklet, which claims to blow the lid of DAP's 2012 Central Executive Committee (CEC) election fiasco.

Because senior party figures are unlikely to be happy with the content of the booklet, which was written by one Father Augustus Chen, and has been printed in Malay, English, Tamil and Mandarin.

He alleges that the flawed internal election at the party's 16th National Congress was not due to an "unfortunate administrative tabulation error" as claimed by (former) DAP Returning officer Pooi Weng Keong. Father Augustus accuses DAP Secretary General Lim Guan Eng and his father Lim Kit Siang of "manipulating the vote tabulation" to favour their cronies in the battle for CEC places.

And he has sensationally alleged Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua and Seremban MP Anthony Loke were tasked by the Lim's with fixing the poll results.

Up until now it has been widely reported how the election fiasco helped rescue DAP from a public relations disaster. Ahead of the December 15th poll it had been eager to play up its Malay appeal but the vote ended up returning not a single Malay figure – including golden boy, Bukit Bendera MP Zairil Abdullah, who finished in 39th position with just 305 votes.

But following the recount, he miraculously received 803 votes and was thus vaulted into the CEC in 20th place. Look! DAP does include Malays.

But Father Augustus has told the story of yet another agenda. His booklet claims the Lim's ultimate aim in allegedly fiddling the poll results was to prevent the rise of the so-called "five tigers." He said they are Penang DAP chief Chow Kon Yeow, Perak's Ngeh Koo Ham and Ngah Kor Ming, Johor leader Dr Boo Cheng Hau and Selangor's Teng Chang Khim. Together they could form an obstacle to the succession of the Lim dynasty, meaning the allegedly rigged vote could have been a huge favour from 72-year-old Kit Siang to his famously ambitious son.

From the outset the CEC election fiasco was hugely embarrassing for the party because it had always prided itself on getting things done more professionally and efficiently than the other parties. But Father Augustus has shone a spotlight on far more sinister motives. He has raised the possibility that there was more at stake than having no Malays faces on the CEC and that the Lim's saw the election fiasco as a price they were prepared to pay for the father – son succession.

Expect the writs to fly thick and fast soon, but DAP will also be pressured to explain itself in the wake of this latest bombshell.

STRAIGHT FIGHT BETWEEN BN AND PAS IN KUALA BESUT – PROXY FIGHT FOR ANWAR IBRAHIM AGAINST NAJIB TUN RAZAK

It is a straight fight for the Kuala Besut state seat in Terengganu between incumbent Barisan nasional (BN) and PAS.

BN fielded a 37-year civil old engineer Tengku Zaihan Che Ku Abdul Rahman while PAS fielded 48-year old businessman Azlan Yusof and both are local ‘boys’ – one a former civil servant and the other a self-made businessman.

The by-election was called following the death of Dr Abdul Rahman Mokhtar, 55.
Nominations went smoothly in the morning at Dewan Kompleks Rakan Muda with supporters of the two candidates filling up the road in a normally quiet and tranquil town which is the popular and famous gateway to Pulau Perhentian, a paradise island for tourist all over the world.

Tengku Zaihan was accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin who is the director of the by-election for BN while Azlan was accompanied by PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang.
The stake is high for both sides of the political divide in this by-election given that if PAS wins, the state will have a ‘hung assembly’ – while BN is hard-pushed to retain the seat – or else risk losing the state.

With just a 17 to 15 seats in the state assembly, BN is not going to take things easy as losing the state or even a ‘hung assembly’ will reflect the ruling coalition’s weakness is ‘sustaining’ its hold, especially it is just about two months ago when the party emerged victorious with a 2,484 majority.

And PAS is also not taking things ‘sitting down’ as it promoted a new approach – having young leaders at the front line – Husam Musa and gang and not the religious fundamentalists leaders such as Abdul Hadi himself, whose bastion is Rusila, about a 100km away from Kuala Besut.

The DAP’s Ubah Bird: A Symbol of the DAP’s immigrant spirit.

The state government of Pulau Pinang has launched their “UBAH” or change symbol in the shape of a floating hornbill on the 11th of July 2013. The UBAH bird is 25ft high and 26ft wide. It is made from high quality PVC and weight approximately 250 kg. The thickness of its body is 0.35 mm and the thickness of its floating apparatus is 0.7 mm.

 According to an official DAP report, the cost for the said bird symbol is around RM 60,000.00 and it is funded by DAP’s supporter and sponsors. It took 2 month to be finished and all of those involved in the process said that their mission is just for fun and personal satisfaction.
 What’s interesting is that the UBAH bird is inspired by the yellow rubber duck that is popular in Hong Kong.

We are not baffled by anything made by DAP is inspired by Hong Kong, China, Singapura, Taiwan and all of the slit-eyes countries associate with them. DAP dreamt of having a country that is dominated by the Chinese and refused to acknowledge that this country belongs to the Malays.

 We do not know whether the state government of Pulau Pinang has already made an audit upon the “contribution” and “sponsors” that they received to make this particular bird. However, the cost of RM 60,000.00 that was managed to collect in 2 month only to satisfy their personal interest shows that they are a bunch of power hungry and are so happy to keep Pulau Pinang in the hands of the Chinese.
Actually, the ambition of the Chinese in this country is too big and they are here not only to fight for their so called exclusive rights.    

It is important for everyone in the country to understand the difference the thinking of Chinese and other races. If a politician of other race can understand that they must serve the people of this country, however, Chinese politician understands that “political power” if they have it, is only to represents their race. Because of that, the Chinese now are considering that that the powers that they have in Pulau Pinang are only as a symbol of the power that their race possessed.

 This explains why one of my friends who went for a vacation in Cameron Highland and heard a Chinese school pupil singing the Negaraku with its lyrics modified and said that Pulau Pinang is his country.
 Thus, it is not that shocking if some of them would be able to give their service in order to design and completing the UBAH bird for free. This is because with their new found ego fuelled by their victory of retaining Pulau Pinang in the last 13th general election, it is a new spirit of their nation and no longer they hold on to their partisan ways.

Maybe some of the readers out there will accuse this article of being too extreme and prejudicial to the Chines. However, I would like to state that a party who lost the election are usually those who undermine their enemy. Those who are in the winning side, have the ability to anticipate their enemies’ moves.
 It is time for the Malays to throw away their “no worries” and “impossible” attitude to judge something. Why can’t we look back at the aftermath of the 13th General Election and take this as a lesson so that we do not have to ignore any possibility and probability in order to safeguard our race and prosperity.

Kuala Besut By-Election: PAS candidate is an UMNO member?

The election process has started early this morning where both candidates and thousands of their respective supporters walked in a parade like fashion to the candidate naming location.

It can be seen here that there are many PAS leaders but only a few leaders of the Pakatan Rakyat coalition attended the parade. The absences of PKR & DAP leaders are clearly notable. Only Lim Kit Siang’s personal advisor is seen walking with his entourage.

If the strength of supporters is taken into account, PAS supporters dominates BN with a ratio of 3:1. What can we confirm today is that more than 20,000 PAS supporters attended the candidate naming process.

This particular situation is expected as the Kuala Besut area is located near the Kelantan state which a stronghold of PAS since the late 70’s. Even the Pasir Putih constituency that is situated beside the Kuala Besut area is a parliamentary seat won by PAS in the last 13th General Election.

However, the candidate naming process has been marred by accusation that stated PAS candidate, Endot @Azlan Yusof is an UMNO member, and once held the position as an UMNO branch youth chief in Kelantan.

This particular news is not easy to bear; especially after the “bai’ah” or oath taking ceremony by the PAS candidate was sensationalized by UMNO and their supporters as a proof that PAS cannot trust their own candidate.

The truth about this particular news is uncertain; however the information that has been leaked by an informer in the UMNO camp shows that the issue is going to be played as a main issue that will be used to attack the PAS candidate.

We ourselves believed that it is impossible that Endot @ Azlan Yusof can become a successful A class contractor without a relationship with UMNO or its leaders.

It is impossible that UMNO would allow a contractor that is a PAS supporter to get an A class licence that has been kept by UMNO members to enables them to get mega projects and to “donate” a sum of their profit to the government.

Even if so, Endot @ Azlan and Husam Musa the Election Director of PAS for Kuala Besut has to come clean with this issue, before it can become a weapon used by UMNO to attack the Pakatan Rakyat.

Husam has to get involve and we was informed that Endot @ Azlan was one of the funder for Husam Musa during his stint to take over the Putrajaya Parliamentary seat from UMNO’s legendary leader Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor. Even though Husam failed to capture the seat, the ability of Endot @ Azlan to conjure up 150 men from Kelantan to help Husam in Putrajaya is truly an incredible feat.
 
We from the negarapakatanrakyat.blogspot.com do not want this news to be left unchecked. Pakatan Rakyat’s opportunity to win in Kuala Besut is entering its most challenging phase. We need to clear up all the issues at hand before we can face UMNO’s candidate who has a clean record. Husam and Azlan @ Endot must come clean for the sake of the people of Kuala Besut.

The Star’s Mind Boggling List of Most Friendly MPs

The findings from a survey by The Star on the ‘friendliest’ MP, made a friend of mine nearly fell off the chair for laughing so hard.

The findings was said to be based on the way the MPs handled the ‘ambush’ by The Star reporters and how they answered the questions.   Some questions were tricky and some were plain, direct, general knowledge.

Who would have imagined that the winner of the most friendly MP would be Khalid Samad?  I mean, this was why my friend laughed out loud.  Khalid Samad is known to be grumpy.  This Salman Rushdie’s look-alike couldn’t even hide his temper when he didn’t get the ‘right’ volume of applause when his name was announced as a candidate in the last election.

And Nik Abduh is the runner up?  All we know is that this guy could be grinning and smiling because he couldn’t answer the questions and that doesn’t mean that he’s friendly.

Except for Nazri Aziz, the top ten most friendly MPs are all from the Oppositions and this include Tian Chua, Lee Boon Chye dan Kulasegaran.  Even Dr. Hatta made it at the 10^th place.

If this is another stunt by The Star to discredit the BN MPs, then it is the worst stunt ever.

We know for a fact that The Star is no longer the voice of a BN’s component, but rather the voice of the Oppositions, or more accurately, the Chinese.   And we know for a fact that the Opposition MPs are only friendly to pro-PR medias and being a pro-PR media, The Star was of course received by PR MPs with sparkling grins and friendly laughs.

We can be sure that these same MPs would not give the same reaction should it be Utusan Malaysia that ambushed them with the same questions.

In fact, Utusan should be so lucky to not receive a summon for an honest, innocent question like ‘did you or did you not accept the GE-13 result?’  And if only the Oppositions won the election, Utusan Malaysia wouldn’t even be able enter the parliament or any government programs.  That’s how ‘friendly’ the PR MPs are and they have proven so, so many times before.

On the contrary, BN MPs have never shut the door on pro-PR media, even though these media are known to be very ‘cunning’ in their reports.

There are quite a few BN MPs who are well known for their friendliness, such as Bung Mokhtar or Ahmad Maslan.   These two are always approachable that the media could be ambushed by them instead.  But somehow, their names didn’t get to the top of The Star’s most friendly MP list.

So, this is how The Star plays the game – biased and unjust.  The newspaper made up conclusions from one particular scenario and published it just to create ‘perception’.  This is the very same game that is being played by the oppositions.

I guess, it might not be long for The Star to become exactly like Malaysiakini, where perception and outright lies are being published as factual reports.

 

Ten Tips for Ramadhan

As the blessed month of Ramadhan approaches, we need to prepare for it in such a way that we can gain the maximum benefit of this month. For many, Ramadhan comes and goes. However, very few people actually benefit from this great month. Our teachers advise us to live the whole year as if we are in the month of Ramadhan. This magnanimous achievement can only be attained when the actual month of Ramadhan is spent properly. In order to acquire a droplet of the reality mentioned above, Insha Allah, I hope to mention ten points that were given as form of advice to me and many others.

1. Discipline: Most people already know to abstain from eating, drinking, and sexual relations from one’s spouse during the daytime of Ramadhan. However, a level of discipline must be developed to do righteous acts and abstain from those acts which would earn the displeasure of Allah. That was a basic form of discipline that needs to be developed but along with that, one needs to have discipline in following a particular routine or schedule for Ramadhan. This will be the real life changing factor for an individual. They wake up for suhoor but also pray Tahajjud at that time. Recite some Qur’an. They eat. Make dua’ while waiting for Salah. They pray Fajr. Recite Qur’an and make zikr. Rest if they need to.
   The idea is to make a schedule and act accordingly the whole month without sacrificing their schedule. This is the desired discipline that is required.One may ask, “Why did he not just put the first point as a ‘making a schedule’?” Well, the answer is very simple. Anyone can come up with a schedule, but it takes real discipline to abide by it.
2. Devotional life (‘Ibadah): Ramadhan is the month where Allah allows us to really fulfill the purpose of our being, and the purpose of our creation. Allah created us all to worship Him, and Him alone. Here, I will not mention virtues of various acts or worship because those can be found in the many books on the merits of certain deeds. However, since Ramadhan and Qur’an are closely connected, I will say that much of our devotional life should be focused on the Qur’an.
   Reciting at least the entire Qur’an once in this month. Understanding it from erudite scholarship of our community or from accepted commentaries and Tafaaseer. I am not asking that a person recites the entire Qur’an and completes one entire commentary of it in one month. Perhaps it may be feasible to recite the entire Qur’an and start off a regimen of a Tafseer and try to finish it on an annual basis.
3. Identifying with the Ummah: It is important that we feel our fast, i.e. feel hunger and thirst. Apart from that, we can use this to our benefit by making other people’s fast count for us as well. This means that if we feed or give to drink something to someone who fasts, we can get the reward of their fast as well.
   Another aspect of identifying with the Ummah is to be grateful for whatever Allah has given us and realize that a little of that we need to give to others so that they may have a decent Ramadhan and wonderful ‘Eid. See what the Ummah is going through and see how we can actively participate to help the Ummah in any way possible.
4. Contact with the Qur’an: Ramadhan is the month wherein the Qur’an was revealed. This is the month of the Qur’an. It is extremely essential to establish a relationship with the Qur’an. Without going into much detail, I will just mention something practical with regards to the Qur’an and Ramadhan.
   For the average person, i.e. one who is not scholar or is not a Hafiz, they should read at least one juz per day so that they finish at a minimum one entire Qur’an for the month of Ramadhan. If one can do more, than Alhamdulillah, no one is stopping anyone. The next thing is to understand the Qur’an. So take the first volume of Ma’ariful Qur’an (for example) and read one section of the Arabic part (if one can) and then read the translation, then read the commentary. Do this every day without fail. Obviously the whole commentary will not be completed in one month, but at least a schedule to read a portion regularly will be developed and hopefully within a year it could be completed.
   Also, one should try to memorize those chapters/surahs which are read often like Mulk, Kahf, Ya Seen, Waqi’ah, and Sajdah. Also memorize Surahs from the last juz at least and more if possible.
5. Mujahadah: Ramadhan is a month of sacrifice and struggle. It is a month where Allah wants our time, our health, our wealth, and our whole being. We literally live the whole year for everything and anything. It is just one month…can we not live one month solely for our Creator?! So what if we have to sacrifice our sleep, and random other luxuries that we can do without anyway. As the saying goes, “No pain, no gain.” The amount of sacrifice and struggle we put into this month, Allah will reward us in this world and the next accordingly.
   Give yourself to Allah, and see what Allah has in store for you.
6. Dua’: The essence of worship is supplication to Allah. This whole month, Allah is willing and readily open to accept all that we ask of Him. It is only to our own loss and detriment that we lack in begging Allah for the things we need. Prioritize your supplications. Ask firstly for yourself, then your family, community, then the Ummah at large. Within that, prioritize and ask for things pertaining to the hereafter, then ask for things pertaining to this world. Just remember one thing when it comes to dua’, the point of dua’ is not that we need something or we need protection or refuge from some other thing, the point is that Allah told us to supplicate to Him, and that is why one should make dua’ abundantly. There are certain things Allah loves to do, and one of them is to answer the supplications of His servants who call unto Him.
   One final aspect regarding dua’ is crying or pretending to cry. Tears are something foreign to Allah and therefore He has immense value for tears. The whole year we become filthy and impure spiritually by sinning, Ramadhan is the month where we purify our spirits by bathing our spirits in our tears.
7. Good Company: Ramadhan is a month to maximize on good deeds and keep bad deeds at zero. Being in the company of the righteous will allow one to attain this goal. I will keep this point short. The minimum benefit one gets by being in good company is that one will not sin which in turn will cause one to become the greatest worshiper based off the hadith of Tirmidhi wherein Nabi (Sallallahu ‘Alayhi Wa Sallam) took Abu Hurayrah (Radhiyallahu ‘anhu)’s hand and said, “O Abu Hurayrah, abstain from all prohibitions and you will become the best worshiper.”
   The maximum benefit is that being with the people of Allah, Insha Allah; a person may just Attain Allah. What can be greater?!
8. Gratitude: The secret to an increase in anything is to be thankful for it. To make sure that we see this month the next year, appreciate it this year. Be thankful for all that we have in every aspect, even the basic things we neglect and take for granted. We have Iman, we have Islam. Alhamdulillah, we are the best Ummah. We have been given the best book, i.e. the Qur’an. The best way to appreciate a bounty is to use it for its purpose.
   Allah has blessed with infinite blessing and bounties. Ramadhan is one of those bounties, so to fully appreciate Ramadhan, we must spend it the way Allah would like us to spend it and attain out goal which is Taqwa.
9. Following the Sunnah: Anything of the beloved is also beloved. That is a principle of love. Allah has proclaimed the Prophet (Sallallahu ‘Alayhi Wa Sallam) as His beloved. If we follow the Sunnah and show a resemblance, then we can also gain the focus of Allah. Particularly follow the Sunnah acts which the Prophet (Sallallahu ‘Alayhi Wa Sallam) performed in Ramadhan.
   If we have to do something, might as well do it the best way possible. The best way for anything to be done is the way of the Sunnah. If by any chance it was some other way, Allah would have had His Prophet (Sallallahu ‘Alayhi Wa Sallam) do it that way then.
10. Istiqamah: Imam Junayd Al-Baghdadi (RA) said, “Steadfastness is greater than a thousand miracles.” Please do not tire one’s self out in the initial stages of Ramadhan, rather figure out a routine that works and stick to it regularly. The most beloved of actions to Allah are those that are done consistently even though they may seem minor. We all need to be thankful for the good that we have done and also for the evil we are able to abstain from. We also need to be thankful for whatever level of steadfastness that we have. We want to make Ramadhan last beyond Ramadhan as well. I’ll end with a quote from one of our mashaaikh, Shaykh In’aam-ul-Hasan Kandehlawi (RA) said, “Whoever lives their life as they do in Ramadhan, then death will come to that person just as the moon of ‘Eid comes for the fasting person.”

To conclude, we pray to Allah that He accepts all of our efforts and overlooks and forgives all of our shortcomings. Ameen.

Ramadan: A Time for Thought, Reflection and Pakatan Stirring Up Chaos

It would be wrong to say that politics is put to one side during Ramadan, but in a majority Muslim democracy our political leaders – led by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak – make an effort to reflect on positive values as the month of fasting begins.

This year was no exception as he said this week: "The arrival of the Ramadan month is a blessing to all Malaysians because we can enjoy the occasion albeit a progressive and peaceful ambience."

This is a noble sentiment and appropriate for the occasion. So how has Pakatan Rakyat responded?

The agitator-in-chief of PKR's Black 505 rallies, Johari Abdul, has used the start of Ramadan to vow that "bigger and better" rallies are coming to your peaceful civic centre soon. Taking aim the Election Commission he said "we will not stop" until they resign.

Apart from the month of fasting, Johari's call for public protest is ill-timed, given the television images being beamed around the world from Egypt's Tahrir Square.

There, the nation wobbles on the brink of civil war due to a crisis that began as a street protest, and while the plight of these Muslim brothers might be lost on Johari, it isn't lost on Najib.

He said the political situation in some Middle East countries is a reminder of the need for unity.

"When there is a lack of unity, tolerance and understanding, it leads to conflict and disunity, which will in return weaken the Ummah," he warned.

Najib could have been speaking directly to Johari, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and any other members of the 505 bandwagon. Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor certainly was more blunt. Clearly exasperated, like so many others, he resorted to some unlikely language to berate them for inciting chaos.

"We have got s... stirrers now and the Opposition is trying to stir things until the country turns chaotic," he said Wednesday, adding that the kind of civil disobedience so favoured by elements within the Opposition is precisely why we need a replacement for the Emergency Ordinance (EO).

Pakatan Rakyat, and Anwar in particular, have had two good opportunities to put all the negativity behind them in the wake of GE13. The first was the opening of the new Parliament and the second is before them right now – the start of the holy month of Ramadan.

They have deliberately spurned the first opportunity and, unfortunately, they look set to reject the second as well.

Ramadan should bring at least a temporary lull to the political friction in Malaysia. It's a shame that notion is lost on the more resentful and desperate elements of Pakatan Rakyat.