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Selangor State Officers Destroy Documents…Sulit!
Posted on March 11th, 2008 by KhoKing. Categories: Malaysia.
Just read the news in Sin Chew Jit Poh today…
Selangor State’s Officers were in the process of destroying some confidential (Sulit) documents when cleaning and tidying up preparing to leave the administration office and hand over the control to the new Opposites (Barisan Rakyat) new state government.
PKR and DAP members rush to the scene to stop the destroying process…but some have already been shredded.
ZAM's Swan Song
Selamat Jalan......Sg Petani voters KICKED yout out decisively and enjoy your forced retirement for good!
TUN DAIM ZAINUDDIN (synopsis of a forth-coming book)
Most members of Umno's new generation are aware that Daim is an acquisitive millionaire and a macho man with a taste of young women, but they concede him these weaknesses because they see in him a clean and competent Economic Adviser to the Government.
Musa Hitam, the Deputy Prime Minister, was at first oblivious of the closet ties between Mahathir and Daim. Innocently, he expressed to Mahathir his disquiet over Daim's wheeling and dealing, particularly his award of projects and contracts to his own associates and cronies. It must have baffled him when his complaints fell on deaf ears although he was Deputy Prime Minister, he has no say when it came to economic matters, particularly privatisation and the assignment (to supporters) of economic projects.
Finance Minister, Daim persuaded Mahathir to give the Economic Planning Unit and Treasury full power in implementing the privatisation policy. Hence, it was no longer necessary to call for tenders for government projects. Instead, the projects were awarded directly to favoured companies. And so began the era of wealth accumulation by and his cohorts. The United Engineering Company, bought for RM2, changed into a multi-million- ringgit corporation.
With his immense wealth and far-reaching influence, Daim eventually became a burden that Mahathir could no longer bear. In every deal he made, there was something in it for himself. It was not beneath him even to conspire with Lee Kuan Yew to snatch KTM land in Singapore. The Malaysian Cabinet had no knowledge of this. But this issue of Malaysia being cheated by Lee Kuan Yew and Daim is far from over.
When he was to told to resign as Finance Minister, Daim asked Mahathir to appoint Anwar Ibrahim to the job. Obviously, he thought this would help to ensure that his skeletons would remain closeted. He warned Mahathir of the peril that Rafidah would be to both of them: the secrets they shared would be uncovered. Daim also persuaded Mahathir to appoint Mustapha Mohammad as Anwar's deputy because these two could be depended on to fill up the holes he had left gaping. Anwar is nobody's fool, but he sacrificed his idealism to protect his towkay.
The falls in currency and share values put Mahathir in a feverish panic. He knew his policies and his own belligerent attitude were partly to blame. Seeing Mahathir in such a frenzied state, Daim recommended that he declare a state of emergency to enable him to restore the economy and at the same time, bury the corpses that were beginning to stink.
We have merely given a sketch of who the real Daim is. A thorough account will soon be available in book form. We recommend the book to Umno members, especially those with big ambitions, because they will learn much from its fantastic but true tales of economic and political intrigues.
Malaysian Made a Headline in UAE
(While still hot on post election dramas, a Malaysian has made it into newspaper's headline in UAE!)
Three conmen held with 1,778 forged ATM cards
By Alia Al Theeb, Staff ReporterPublished: March 18, 2008, 15:18
Dubai: Police have arrested three men who used forged ATM cards to withdraw money from ATM machines.
Dubai Police's Criminal Investigation teams arrested two Indians and one Malaysian who possessed 1,778 forged ATM cards.
The suspects had fed the magnetic strips of the cards with account numbers registered for customers in banks of a European country. The suspects then used the cards to withdraw money from cash machines here. Police said the local banks were the biggest losers in this process because the owners of the account numbers did not exist in the UAE.
Major General Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina, Director of Dubai Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID), said the number of cards is the biggest caught by the CID team.
The scam emerged when a bank employee realised that accounts from outside the country were being used and the money was withdrawn from local ATM machines. The withdrawn amount from that machine amounted to Dh26,000.
The CID department followed up and monitored a number of bank branches and coordinated with some banks' employees to follow up the status of those account numbers during the daily withdrawal operations.
Raid
On February 26, 2008, a man was monitored withdrawing money from one of the ATMs. Police arrested him immediately and found 15 plastic cards on him. Checking the cards, it turned out that they had forged numbers fed into them.
On the same day, the investigation team raided the residence of the rest of the gang based on the confessions of a second suspect. The team arrested the Malaysian suspect who was the mastermind behind the operation. The team also arrested the third suspect who was with the Malaysian suspect and possessed 1,778 forged cards with magnetic strips that had account numbers from banks outside the UAE.
The team also seized a number of laptops which carried secret account numbers in addition to a number of electronic devices and mobile phones which were bought with the withdrawn amounts. Police also seized devices that were being used to print information and numbers on magnetic strips and mini cameras used to steal secret numbers.
Major General Al Mazeina said the department had previously caught many cases of forged cards being used by Malaysian and European suspects, who stole account numbers from their countries to use here to withdraw money. However, this number of cards is the biggest number caught by the CID team.
He thanked the banks' employees and personnel responsible for feeding the cash machines for their attentiveness and cooperation with CID teams to combat such crimes.
Drama Pasca PRU12
Alhamdulillah dengan kejayaan Barisan Rakyat dalam PRU12 tempoh hari. Kejayaan ini adalah untuk rakyat Malaysia yang telah berani untuk membuat perubahan. Kejayaan juga datang bersama amanah dan tanggungjawab besar buat mereka yang terpilih.
Menguruskan kejayaan tidak mudah dan dengan ekspektasi yang tinggi dari rakyat, bebanan lebih besar untuk memastikan kejayaan ini bukan sekadar sementara. Kuasa yang berada di tangan bukan untuk kepentingan diri. Tentunya wakil-wakil rakyat dari BR tahu signifikan dari kemenangan bersejarah selepas 50 tahun kemerdekaan negara.
Lupakan sebentar kemenangan untuk peribadi kerana tanpa sokongan rakyat, tsunami politik 2008 tidak mungkin terjadi. Perebutan jawatan akan hanya menjadikan rakyat menyampah kerana sama sahaja antara wakil rakyat dari BN dan BR, semuanya mahu jawatan untuk kepentingan diri.
Buat kami penyokong BR di UAE, saat keputusan dari pengiraan undian merupakan antara kenangan tidak mudah dilupakan. Sebelum PRU12, kami sempat mengutip dana untuk membantu kempen sebagai sokongan untuk perubahan dalam politik tanahair.
Kami berkumpul di sebuah rumah sahabat dari petang dan mengikuti setiap laman web berita dan blog untuk mendapatkan keputusan terkini.
UAE adalah empat jam kemudian dari Malaysia dan seawal 4 petang kami sudah bersorak untuk mengetahui Pulau Pinang bukan lagi dibawah kerajaan BN! Sebelum berita yang Kelantan masih berada dalam naungan bulan mengambang.
Tidak heran kesemua laman web berita on-line tersangkut dengan jumlah hits yang tinggi. Satu demi satu berita gembira disamping kiriman SMS tidak berhenti menjadi sebahagian dari suasana yang cukup meriah. Seperti diduga, TV Malaysia lambat menyiarkan kekalahan BN di banyak negeri dan semua berada alam siber untuk keputusan terkini.
Memang tidak menjangka untuk lima buah negeri terlepas ke BR dan hanya satu kerusi wilayah bertahan di bawah BN. Bak kata BERSIH, sekiranya pilihanraya benar-benar bersih, telus, adil dan terbuka, BN tidak lagi kerajaan dan menjadi pembangkang. Boleh dibayangkan BN akan jadi porak-peranda dan banyak fail sulit akan hilang di pejabat-pejabat menteri dan MB!
Kami tidak lagi menyokong parti berdasarkan jenama PKR, PAS, DAP tetapi gagasan Barisan Rakyat dan setiap kemenangan PKR, PAS dan DAP adalah kemenangan rakyat, biar di mana mereka berada.
Sorakan dan jeritan dengan keputusan terkini disambut takbir dan tepukan di 'bilik gerakan' BR Dubai memberikan semangat. Tentunya kami lebih suka berada di tanahair untuk meraikan kejayaan bersama rakyat yang tidak lagi terpedaya dengan propaganda BN dulu, kini dan selamanya.
Ini bukan ceramah politik, tetapi majlis penutup Hari Keluarga Malaysian-UAE 2008
Begitupun, drama pasca PRU12 masih belum berakhir. Dengan kemelut di Perlis dan terkini di Trengganu memberi gambaran tentang perubahan lebih besar dengan Sultan menggunakan kuasa perlembagaan. Ini juga seolah-olah balasan terhadap bisingnya UMNO dalam isu 'kebiadapan Lim Kit Siang' apabila DAP dikatakan mahu memboikot majlis mengangkat sumpah MB Perak.
Kini UMNO pula yang mahu memboikot majlis yang sama di Trengganu! Apakah ini bukan kebiadapan dan keingkaran terhadap Sultan? Apakah Idris Jusoh ini terlalu hebat untuk diganti dengan seorang lain yang sama-sama satu parti UMNO?
Allah SWT Maha Berkuasa, BN yang melanjutkan tempoh khidmat pengerusi SPR dengan harapan untuk menawan Kelantan melalui strategi penipuan dsbnya, kini terumbang-ambing setelah gagal berkuasa dengan 2/3 majoriti seperti dijanjikan yang dengan bongkak.
Drama yang paling dinantikan dan klimaks siri peristiwa pasca PRU12 ialah sekiranya benar-benar ramai Ahli Parlimen BN akan melompat ke BR. Kami menanti BN menjadi pembangkang dan seorang Perdana Menteri yang lebih hebat untuk menerajui kerajaan Malaysia!
Semuga tahun 2008 memberikan kecemerlangan dalam pelbagai bidang, terutama pendidikan, ekonomi dan sukan dibawah kegigihan dan keikhlasan para wakil rakyat BR yang terpilih untuk memegang amanah. Mungkin tidak terlalu awal untuk mengucapkan selamat tinggal kepada BN dalam nota kaki sejarah baru Malaysia dan untuk UMNO, Melayu boleh lebih berjaya tanpa kepimpinan 'ketuanan perut dan nafsu' yang sudah usang dan tidak relevan!
Lagi gambar hari keluarga myUAE di sini , sini, sini dan sini
Kerismudin Buat duit dengan Projek F1 di Sekolah?
UPDATE
Benarkah Gosip Ini:
Emel dari Pengirim Tanpa Nama yang Sifu Terima
Puan Ainon,
Sorry I am writing in English. Hope it's ok with you. Thank you for point to the corruption in KPM. You are the first online to to really raise the issue, as far as I can see. The issue is actually very serious. It's worse now than under previous ministers. Dato' Hishammuddin has an undeserved reputation for being clean. In reality every Ministry he takes over shows the same pattern: It becomes a nest of corruption and chaos. The same when he was ini KBS. There too it was BKT who supplied a lot of equipment.
I can confirm that the companies mentioned in the Harakah article below area a cover for BKT, who is a crony of Hishammuddin. BKT has been covered in Malaysia-Today regarding a scandal with AZZ and another with the son of an IGP.
BKT gets to Hisham through Hisham's big spending wife. He gives her lots of expensive gifts. Hisham and wife go on holiday with BKT.
BKT got the F1 deal direct nego'd through Kementerian Pelajaran with the help of a Special Officer of Hisham, TF, who is also member of UMNO Youth's Education Bureau. TF became famous with IT vendors to KPM for demading 15% up front on "projects", claiming it was for his boss or for UMNO. Turned out it all went to his pockets. He was investigated by the ACA last year but Hishammuddin managed to get him off the hook. Otherwise the stories he would be forced to tell would embarrass everyone.
KPM has become extremely corrupt under Hishammuddin. He puts out a clean image but the boys around him are collecting all the time. Thank you for covering this story!
TERDAHULU:
Imej Kerismudin mengangkat keris untuk mempertahankan ketuanan Melayu setiap kali Perhimpunan Agung UMNO adalah lakunan yang sudah tidak relevan. Biarpun beliau berkali-kali menghunus dan mencium keris sebagai simbol ketuanan, beliau sama membunuh Bahasa Melayu dalam pembelajaran Matematik dan Sains.
Sebagai Ketua Pemuda UMNO, Kerismudin dikatakan sekadar boneka kepada menantu kesayangan Presiden UMNO. Rekod Kerismudin sebagai Menteri Pelajaran adalah sekadar keputusan peperiksaan yang ditonjolkan semakin baik peratusan saban tahun!
Dalam keadaan BN yang semakin lemah dan bila-bila masa sahaja boleh menjadi pembangkang, mungkin Kerismudin sedang berusaha untuk menambah dana melalui projek F1 dan Lego di sekolah!
KEMENTERIAN PELAJARAN Menteri: Datuk Hishammuddin Tun Hussein Timbalan: Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong Timbalan: Datuk Razali Ismail
PTS kecewa apabila Pak Lah mengekalkan Dato' Hishamuddin Hussein sebagai menteri pelajaran kerana di bawah pentadbirannya kes rasuah semakin menjadi-jadi di kementerian itu.
Gosip tentang rasuah di Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia (KPM) bukan hanya melibatkan projek-projek buku oleh Bahagian Teknologi Pendidikan (BTP), di Bahagian Buku Teks (BBT), dan Pusat Perkembangan Kurikulum (PPK).
Gosip-gosip juga mengatakan rasuah dan penyalahgunaan kuasa berlaku dengan parah sekali di EPRD (Bahagian Penyelidikan dan Perancangan Pelajaran) kerana bahagian itu yang menguruskan projek-projek pembinaan sekolah-sekolah baru. Dikatakan pegawai-pegawai di bahagian itu dipaksa melantik kontraktor-kontraktor yang ditunjuk oleh orang politik.
Mata pelajaran rekacipta adalah mata pelajaran anak emas Dato' Hishamuddin Tun Hussein, begitulah yang dicakap-cakapkan oleh komuniti orang bisnes tentang banyaknya duit yang dibelanjakan oleh menteri itu khusus bagi mata pelajaran tersebut.
Gosip-gosip yang sedang rancak meniti dari mulut ke mulut mengatakan, menteri itu menentukan syarikat mana mendapat kontrak perbekalan apa untuk mata pelajaran itu. Semua pemilihan produk dan kontrak adalah beliau sendiri yang memilih dengan tidak meminta nasihat daripada pegawai-pegawai di Pusat Perkembangan Kurikulum.
Buat membeli gajet F1, menteri itu meluluskan kontrak RM189 juta secara direct negotiation.
Buat membeli gajet LEGO, menteri itu meluluskan RM151 juta secara direct negotiation.
Tetapi yang paling besar adalah bajet untuk menaik-tarafkan makmal-makmal sekolah dengan membekalkan peralatan produk DEPCO. Jumlah sekolah menengah adalah 2,000 buah. Bajet untuk menaik-tarafkan setiap makmal adalah antara RM1.2 juta - RM1.5 juta. Hanya sebuah syarikat sahaja diberikan kontrak secara direct negotiation.
Kata seorang pegawai, syarikat kontraktor yang mendapat projek membekalkan produk DEPCO itu bukan agen DEPCO sewaktu diberikan kontrak itu oleh kementerian pelajaran.
Diceritakan bagaimana untuk projek naik-taraf makmal itu, sebuah mesin pemotong yang berharga sekitar RM30 ribu tetapi dibekalkan kepada kementerian pada harga RM130 ribu.
Begitulah gosipnya. Kita pun tidak mempunyai bukti-bukti sohih, tetapi bak kata pepatah Melayu, kalau tidak ada angin, masakan banyak pokok bergoyang-goyang.
Sekali lagi, kita menggesa menteri itu supaya mempertahankan nama baiknya dengan meminta BPR datang dan melakukan siasatan bagi membuktikan bahawa semua pemberian kontrak di semua bahagian (BBT, BTP, PPK, EPRD) adalah dilaksanakan dengan mematuhi prosedur yang betul.
Biar ketua pengarah BPR yang membuat kenyataan itu dan meredakan gosip-gosip yang sudah sekian lama kita dengar.
Gosip. Gosip. Gosip lagi...
Bukan baru hari ini sahaja mulut-mulut komuniti bisnes dan komuniti pendidikan berbuih-buih bercakap tentang pelbagai projek pembelian buku dan bukan-buku yang berlaku di Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia (KPM), yang dikatakan dibuat oleh orang politik dengan tidak dibincangkan terlebih dahulu dengan pakar-pakar pendidikan.
Satu lagi pembelian yang digosipkan itu adalah pembelian produk LEGO. Ya, syarikat pembuat permainan LEGO dari Denmark, negara yang dikaitkan dengan lukisan kartun menghina Nabi Muhammad (bacalah salam untuk beliau, anggota keluarga beliau dan sahabat-sahabat beliau).
Produk LEGO itu adalah untuk digunakan oleh guru-guru bagi mengajarkan mata pelajaran rekacipta di semua sekolah menengah. Menurut yang empunya gosip, RM10 juta sudah dibayarkan kepada kontraktor pembekal pada 2007, manakala RM141 juta lagi akan dikeluarkan tahun 2008 ini.
Menurut gosip yang sedang merebak macam api belukar musim panas itu, baik peruntukan RM189 juta untuk membeli gajet F1 mahupun RM151 juta untuk membeli LEGO, kedua-dua kontrak itu dirundingkan terus (direct negotiation) antara kontraktor dengan menteri, tidak menggunakan sistem tender biasa.
Demikian juga dengan pemilihan produk yang dibeli, menterinya hanya mendengar nasihat daripada agen-agen dan salesman F1 dan LEGO, dengan tidak meminta nasihat pakar-pakar yang ada di kementerian.
Gosip yang kita dengar mengatakan Pusat Perkembangan Kurikulum (PPK) tidak pernah memasukkan kedua-dua produk itu dalam kurikulum rekacipta yang digubalnya, oleh itu PPK tidak mempunyai bajet untuk membeli gajet F1 dan LEGO, yang kedua-duanya bernilai RM340 juta. Malah pegawai-pegawai PPK tidak tahu menahu akan pembelian itu sehinggalah diberitahu oleh sumber dari pejabat menteri sendiri.
Nota: Sistem direct negotiation dibenarkan oleh kementerian kewangan bagi membolehkan kontrak diberikan terus kepada syarikat yang 100% dimiliki oleh Bumiputera (baca, UMNOputera). Sistem direct negotiation inilah yang membolehkan korupsi, nepotisme dan kronisme diamalkan dengan efektif.
Mengikut yang empunya cerita, pagi tadi pegawai-pegawai di Pusat Perkembangan Kurikulum (PPK) terkejut membaca berita dalam akhbar The Star tentang ucapan Dato' Hishamuddin Tun Hussein di mana beliau memberitahu bahawa kementeriannya akan menggunakan gajet-gajet F1 untuk mengajarkan mata pelajaran rekacipta di semua sekolah menengah negara ini.
Pegawai-pegawai PPK itu terkejut dan mempersoalkan projek F1 yang diisytiharkan oleh Dato' Hishamuddin itu kerana projek tersebut tidak pernah dibincangkan dalam mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Kurikulum.
Semakan kurikulum rekacipta telah dibuat dan diluluskan pada tahun 2003. Projek F1 tidak disebut dalam semakan itu.
Baca di sini bagi mengetahui apa itu projek "F1 In School".
Sangat jelas dalam berita yang dilaporkan itu bahawa Hishamuddin Tun Hussein bercakap dengan gaya dia adalah salesman bagi gajet-gajet syarikat F1 itu.
Pada masa ini berbuih-buih mulut komuniti bisnes dan komuniti pendidikan bercakap tentang gosip kononnya sebuah syarikat yang bernama "F1 In School Sdn. Bhd." yang dikaitkan dengan nama seorang bisnesman Cina "Roy Chu", yang akan diberi kontrak RM189 juta oleh menteri pelajaran bagi membekalkan peralatan projek robot F1 itu.
Bagi komuniti pendidikan pula, mereka mempersoalkan mengapa harus mata pelajaran rekacipta diajarkan kepada murid dengan cara mewajibkan mereka merekacipta kereta robot F1 menggunakan gajet-gajet dan sofwer yang akan dibekalkan oleh syarikat "F1 In School Sdn. Bhd." Sedangkan mata pelajaran rekacipta dapat diajarkan menggunakan banyak peralatan lain yang lebih murah dan efektif.
Desas-desus tentang deal-deal di kementerian pelajaran bukan dikaitkan dengan projek-projek perbekalan buku sahaja.
Gosip-gosip sedang merebak kencang dari mulut-ke-mulut yang dikaitkan dengan deal-deal bagi projek-projek yang melibatkan ratusan juta ringgit untuk perbekalan mesin, gajet, penaikan taraf makmal dan peralatan makmal bagi mata-mata pelajaran teknikal dan vokasional, di mana setiap kos projek dinaikkan berlipat-lipat ganda harganya.
Antara nama-nama syarikat kontraktor yang disebut-sebut adalah "Khazanraya" Sdn. Bhd., "Formula Satu" Sdn. Bhd., "Jalinraya" Sdn. Bhd., dan "Vitalis Seri" Sdn. Bhd. Digosipkan bahawa 4 buah syarikat itu adalah berkaitan antara satu sama lain dan nama-nama lembaga pengarah Melayunya hanya menjadi muka depan sahaja kepada seorang tokoh bisnesman Cina yang infamous.
Entah betul, entah tidak, kononnya "Formula Satu" Sdn. Bhd. bagi tahun 2006-2007 sudah menerima kontrak bernilai hampir RM80 juta yang melibatkan 300 buah sekolah. Bagi tahun 2008 pula, kontraktor itu akan menerima kontrak bernilai RM189 juta lagi bagi membekalkan robot kereta lumba F1 untuk mata pelajaran rekacipta ke 1,700 buah sekolah menengah lagi.
Macam-macam lagi gosip yang sampai ke telinga kita, semua gosip-gosip itu tidak menyedapkan hati. Yang paling tidak sedap didengar adalah desas-desus kononnya "Formula Satu" Sdn. Bhd. mempunyai hubungan kerjasama yang baik dengan isteri menteri.
The Malaysian Who IS UAE's First Female Judge
Role model : Judgement day
Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Siti Norma Yaakob has created history by becoming the first female judge to be appointed in the UAE.
As one of the six judges of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Court, Judge Yaakob has been entrusted with the task of upholding justice, respecting the laws of the land and discharging her duties without fear or favour.
Respected name
Norma Yaakob is a respected member of the international legal community, having completed a long stint in judicial and legal service. Starting off as Malaysia’s first woman High Court judge, she moved up to be appointed as Court of Appeal Judge, Federal Court Judge and finally the Chief Judge of Malaya.
She retired in January 2007 after putting in more than 43 years of service.
When asked how it feels to be the first female judge at the DIFC Courts – and in the UAE – she said, "Personally I feel singularly honoured and proud by the appointment, and grateful for the confidence accorded to me."
Was she apprehensive?
"Initially I was a bit worried as to how the UAE would take to a woman sitting in judgement, particularly when she is a Muslim. I have now been proven wrong.
"Additionally, my country is also honoured by the recognition given to me and it will certainly contribute to closer ties between Malaysia and the UAE," she says.
A challenge
And what about discrimination? "I used to get very upset when I heard gender-biased statements," she says. "But over the years, I have learnt to accept them and treat them as a challenge."
Norma Yaakob has a message of hope for female lawyers and judges in the UAE.
"Just continue with your hard work and the contribution you are making to the profession. It took Malaysia 26 years after independence to put a woman on the high court bench. Your track record will not continue to be overlooked. It will come to a head and when that happens, you will find an Arab woman elevated to the bench in the UAE," she says.
Factfile
Norma Yaakob studied law in London. She has held many positions in Malaysia, including Senior Federal Counsel at Attorney General’s Chambers, President of the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur, Chief Registrar at the Federal Court, High Court Judge of Malaya and Judge of the Court Of Appeal of Malaysia.
From Xpressme
Pak Lah Bakal Ketua Pembangkang Yang Tidak Tidur?
Senario semasa politik tanahair dari rentetan babak-babak drama pasca pilihanraya ke 12 memang banyak diluar jangkaan. Satu demi satu krisis menonjolkan realiti yang selama ini sekadar mitos. Apalagi dengan media perdana yang bejat dan tertutup, terutama dalam menutup dosa-dosa, kemelut, kecelaruan dan kacau bilau UMNO/BN yang sudah 50 tahun menjadi 'penjajah' di Malaysia.
Laporan Polis dalam Sejarah Negara
Menurut berita, PARTI Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) membuat laporan polis terhadap pemimpin tertinggi Umno dan 23 Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Terengganu yang mereka sifatkan sebagai tidak menghormati keputusan Istana Terengganu berhubung isu pelantikan Menteri Besar.
Faris kemudian memberitahu pemberita, laporan itu dibuat terhadap Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Timbalannya Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, dan 23 ADUN yang telah membantah keputusan pelantikan ADUN Kijal, Datuk Ahmad Said oleh Sultan Terengganu, sebagai Menteri Besar negeri itu.
Sehingga hari ini, sudah berbilion dan mungkin trilion (macam nilai projek-projek koridor kerajaan Imam Hadhari) agaknya jumlah laporan polis sejak lebih 50 tahun lalu. Tiada siapa yang mahu ambil tahu jumlah laporan polis yang pernah dibuat disamping membuat statistik mengenai susulan dari laporan polis.
Selalunya, seperti yang dipaparkan media, laporan polis yang dibuat oleh UMNO/BN dan polis sendiri terhadap pembangkang atau yang dianggap pembangkang begitu cepat diambil tindakan.
Adakalanya, kalau tiada sesiapa membuat laporan, pihak polis sendiri membuat laporan polis bagi menghalalkan tindakan.
Manakala, laporan polis yang dibuat oleh pihak pembangkang atau yang dianggap kaki pembangkang selalunya tiada susulan apa-apa, melainkan menjadi arkib untuk bahan sejarah. Lebih dari itu, pihak polis kadang-kadang dikatakan enggan mengambil laporan polis sekiranya dianggap sensitif untuk UMNO/BN.
Malah seperti yang diketahu umum, telah begitu banyak laporan polis mengenai rasuah, penyelewengan, pecah amanah, penyalahgunaan kuasa dan khianat di pihak kerajaan dan parti UMNO/BN yang telah dibuat.
Walhasilnya, sekadar catatan laporan polis semata-mata.
Membuat laporan polis adalah sebahagian dari undang-undang yang melitupi pelbagai urusan. Termasuk untuk urusan bisnes, insuran kalau ada kemalangan/kecurian sehingga isu-isu politik.
Ada juga yang menjadi glamour apabila membuat laporan polis. Pihak media mengambil gambar dan menjadi berita besar, terutama bila ada kumpulan NGO atau individu Melayu yang membuat laporan polis mengenai ketuanan Melayu, DEB dan menghina PM yang banyak gambarnya mengantuk dan tidur semasa majlis rasmi.
Tiba-tiba banyak pula NGO Melayu yang ada di Malaysia dan hanya aktif untuk membuat laporan polis!
Ada baiknya sesiapa yang berminat untuk mendapat PhD, boleh mengkaji keberkesanan laporan polis terhadap kerajaan dan parti UMNO/BN. Seperti mana seorang menteri baru yang bernama 'Dr'. Zahid Hamidi membuat kajian dan tesis "Barisan Nasional Manifesto As Agenda for Malay Language Newspaper During the General Election Campaign”.
Tidak perlu bersusah payah dengan laporan polis sejak 50 tahun lalu, cukup sebaik Pak Lah menjadi PM sehingga Pak Lah menjadi ketua pembangkang tidak lama lagi, kalau begitu ditakdirkan Allah!
Negeri-Negeri Malaysia Tidak Bersekutu
Negeri-negeri Melayu Tidak Bersekutu ialah sekumpulan lima buah Negeri-Negeri
Melayu. Negeri-negeri itu ialah:
Johor
Terengganu
Kelantan
Kedah
Perlis
Kumpulan ini tidak menggambarkan negeri-negeri berikut sebagai satu entiti tetapi hanyalah sebagai satu terma untuk menerangkan tentang negeri-negeri Melayu berkenaan.Johor menandatangani Perjanjian perlindungan pada tahun 1885 dan akhirnya
tunduk kepada tekanan untuk menerima Penasihat British pada tahun 1904.
Dibawah Perjanjian Bangkok 1909, Siam (kini Thailand) memindahkan hak-hak mereka terhadap Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah, dan Perlis kepada pihak British. Pihak British kemudiannya memaksa negeri-negeri Melayu berkenaan menandatangani perjanjian seperti perjanjian dengan Negeri-negeri Melayu Bersekutu.
Lima negeri kita bertukar tangan.
Lalu berita ini amat menarik:-
Pakatan 5 negeri bentuk dimensi baru politik Malaysia
Lanjusoh Tue Mar 25,
08 11:36:07 am MYT
KOTA BHARU, 25 Mac (Hrkh) - Dimensi baru politik
Malaysia mulai terserlah sekarang selepas rakyat di lima negeri menolak keangkuhan kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN) pada pilihan raya umum 8 Mac lalu.
Mulai kelihatan pakatan di antara kerajaan negeri Kelantan, Kedah, Perak, Pulau Pinang dan Selangor selepas halangan besar di bawah kuasa BN berjaya ditumbangkan.
Selanjutnya di SINIDUBAI : Insects in your food can get you discounts
By Alice Johnson, Staff ReporterPublished: March 25, 2008, 00:34
Dubai: Finding creepy crawlies in your food now gets you a special 'bug in food' discount.
Seven diners at a Dubai restaurant were given this insect discount for four bugs they found crawling around in their meals.
S.H. said: "We were surprised when the receipt said 'bug on food' as a reason for the discount. I think they were trying to be funny. I said one or two bugs might be funny, but four is not funny anymore."
The diners accepted a 25 per cent discount, but didn't find staff 'bug' jokes funny.
The Operations Manager said: "I agree that the 'bug on food' detail on the receipt was an inappropriate detail. It was a misunderstanding from our side - the guys thought being friendly and having a joke about the environment would relax the diners because it was a birthday, but unfortunately it didn't.
"It was a misunderstanding in the way it has been managed, it's not mismanagement."
It's not clear whether more bugs equals more discount, but perhaps 16 live bugs means the meal is free.
Readers' commentsThere is no compromise for finding out there was insect in your food. Sanitation must be ensured in all restaurants. What about the children eating in these restaurants?Ann, Dubai,UAEI don't eat out anymore as I find it very difficult to find a restaurant that is clean enough (according to my standards).Maryam, Sharjah,UAEI have just one word for it ... disgusting!Mercy, Dubai,UAEI'm shocked to find out they had to pay for the meal! I'm sorry but 25 per cent won't do it for me. There is no way I would pay one fil if I found anything alive/with four legs in my plate.Mohammed, Dubai, UAEI eat only in 5-star hotels, as I think at least the minimum standards are observed and carried out.Sanya, Abu Dhabi,UAECome on guys! Eating bugs intentionally or unintentionally has become so common these days one should not be bother about a crawling insect on his food.Ali, Dubai,UAEThe material imported from various countries to fight rodents is of inferior quality. I had anti-rodent gel applied in my home and when my wife accidentally tasted it, she found that it was like peanut butter. So how do you expect the rodents to disappear? The municipality needs to come down heavy-handed on pest control companies.Ebrahim, Abu Dhabi,UAEThe root cause of this scenario is due to the unhygienic conditions of the hotels. The bugs are not only found in the hotels, but also seen in most of the residences. Pest control measures should be strictly taken by the authorities, even by charging building owners/ tenants, to reduce the pests.Ramesh, Abu Dhabi, UAEIt is ridiculous that they have given a 25 per cent discount, it is like a slap in the face. If a restaurant is careless enough to let an insect in the food then they should provide the eaters with new dishes on the house, and not just a 25 per cent discount. How ridiculous is that! Go to the States and see the faces of the waiters and managers if an insect is found in the food. They get terrified and provide food on the house and give free deserts.Jeff, Dubai, UAEHonestly, did they think joking about BUGS would let them get away with it? It's funny how they actually wrote that on the bill. Do they call it the "creepy crawly discount"?Salman, Sharjah,UAEThe Operations Manager said it was a misunderstanding and not mismanagement. But I say that it is a case of mismanagement. He should have taken the appropriate measure to handle the situation instead of inserting some ridiculous joke into this.Ruben, Dubai,UAEI too have seen many cockroaches in food and in hotel kitchens. Dubai Municipality needs to check the hotel kitchens on regular intervals but they should be surprise checks, so that they are not aware of the inspection time and date, this is how the kitchen staff and the owners will show improvement. Not only that, but many of the chefs, cooks and the waiters I have seen putting fingers in their nose and serving the food, or cleaning perspiration from their faces and using the same hands for cooking and serving. Hair in the food is a common sight.Usha, Dubai,UAETo find crawling insects in your food is ridiculous, it's unsanitary. Do you think you can still eat the food even if you found that there were insects crawling or even dead ones? This incident should be look upon by the Ministry of Health and the restaurant should be penalised. Let them do their homework and learn the proper hygiene. The UAE is not only dealing with ordinary people and expats, they are dealing with the tourists, who are the backbone of the industry.Roberto, Dubai,UAEI have found bugs lot of times.Bipin Dubai,UAE101 Sebab Mengapa Pak Lah Mesti Terus Jadi PM
- Pak Lah masih belum cukup puas tidur dalam majlis atau mesyuarat
- Pak Lah masih belum habis melawat tempat-tempat menarik seluruh dunia dengan kaplaterbang peribadi milik rakyat yang baru setahun dibeli
- Pak Lah masih belum cukup jam bekerja kerana selalu tiada di pejabat
- Bloggers masih perlukan bahan kutukan perdana
- Pak Lah baru mahu belajar pasal Internet dan blog untuk pilihanraya akan datang
- Belum lagi setahun menjadi pengantin baru dan menyambut ulang tahun di Sri Perdana
- SCAM-me masih belum habis mendapat kontrak Petronas
- Menantu lelaki masih belum jadi menjadi menteri penuh
- Menantu lelaki masih belum puas tinggal di Sri Perdana
- Wang Ehsan Trengganu masih banyak lagi belum masuk poket dan kini MB bukan lagi Deris
- Patrick Badawi masih belum mulakan PGCC yang tidak pernah diluluskan
- Kali Riong masih belum menjadi Tan Sri
- Kali Riong masih belum mampu jadi orang biasa
- Anuar Pengampu masih belum dapat jual tapak UM
- Anuar Pengampu masih belum dapat musnahkan BERNAMA secukupnya
- Mantan MB dengan 2 Muhamad masih belum bawa berguni wang ke kampung
- Lingam masih belum jadi hakim
- Vincent Tan masih belum jadi penasihat ekonomi bertaraf menteri
- Banyak koridor baru masih belum di umumkan
- Hadhari masih belum setaraf mazhab
- Indeks rasuah masih ditahap belum masuk 10 ke bawah dunia
- Mahathir masih hidup dan tidak nyanyuk untuk mengutuk pengantinya
- Mukhriz masih belum dibuang UMNO
- Hanya 5 negeri dibawah pembangkang
- Pembangkang masih perlukan punching bag yang sudah mahu pecah
8
A Country For UMNO/BN Rogues
A man claiming to be the ambassador representing a self-proclaimed independent sovereign state in Australia has appeared before judges in Dubai charged with fraud. The 48-year-old is charged with issuing false passports and attempting to sell land to UAE residents under false pretences.
The Iranian insisted at the Court of First Instance yesterday that he is the ambassador to the Hutt River Principality, 517km from Perth, and should be treated as a diplomat.
The ‘principality’ was founded in 1970 under its leader Leonard George Casley, who declared the area’s independence from the Commonwealth of Australia. Casley was elected administrator of the new ‘sovereign state’ by his family and later gave himself the title of His Royal Highness Prince Leonard of Hutt.
The rogue ‘state’ covers 75 square kilometres in area, has around 20 permanent residents and 13,000 passport holders. It minted its first coins in 1976 and uses the Hutt River Dollar as currency. Neither Australia nor any other international entity formally acknowledges that the ‘state’ exists. Denying charges of fraud and attempted fraud, the defendant told judges: “I am an ambassador and I have been in jail for 70 days although I am a diplomat.
”Asked why he didn’t appear on a list of foreign diplomats, he told the court: “We are not listed yet as we have only recently started our registration here in Dubai. We are trying to open up an embassy here in Dubai and I would like you to release me on bail so I can get the documents to prove this.
”He is charged along with two others, a 28-year-old Pakistani and a 36-year-old woman from France. All deny the charges against them. The three have been released on bail and the trial has been adjourned until a later date.
The official web site for the principality states that it came into being following a long-running dispute with the government of Western Australia over wheat quotas. The site states: “If anyone asks has our secession succeeded? Then we simply say - we are still here”.
Above article from 7DAYS General and Local News
It states that Hutt River is an Independent Sovereign State having seceded from Australia on April 21, 1970. It adds its Prince Leonard named parts of the Principality with such identities as Lake Beginning, Mount Secession, Lake Serenity and Wild Boar Gorge.
Last October, the Australian Embassy in the UAE posted on its website a statement in which the Ambassador Jeremy Bruer said the Embassy had learned an office purporting to represent the "Hut River Province" was operating in Dubai and allegedly selling travel documents. He said the Australian Government did not recognise the province legally or in any other way.
Can Malaysia Be A Tax-Free Country?
We may learn one or two lessons from the Arabs in UAE. Nobody is perfect but learning through their challenges can also be beneficial. After all, UAE has been rated as the best tax-free system in the world as below and we are wooing their investments and funds as well as tourism money.
We may have an ARAB CORRIDOR, yes, Pak Lah?
The UAE has been rated as the best tax-free system in the world and the least corrupt society in the whole Arab region.
The supreme council of UAE
In its Economic Freedom Index for 2008, the United States Heritage Foundation gave the UAE 99.9 points in its Fiscal Freedom category within its overall index.
It also rated the Emirates as the least corrupt society in the Arab world, granting it 62 points in its Freedom from Corruption category.Although the UAE got a medium rating in the overall index, ranked 63rd among the 162 countries covered by the index, it was on top of the list in some of the 10 sub categories included in the Index, which was created by the Washington-based Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal in 1995.
Only Kuwait was on a par with the UAE in fiscal freedom as it got an equivalent rating, while Qatar received 99.8 points. The index gave 99.7 points each to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain and 98.5 points to Oman.
Other Arab countries received lower points as many of them impose heavy taxes given their relatively low oil resources.They included 65.4 points for Morocco, 83.2 points for Yemen, 74.8 points for Jordan and 77.0 points for Algeria and 86.2 points for Syria. Egypt and Lebanon received relatively high points as they have cut taxes within financial liberalisation and economic reforms aimed at attracting investment.
Lebanon received 91.4 points and Egypt 90.8 points, while Libya got 81.7 points although it is an oil producer.
In its definition of the Fiscal Freedom category, Heritage said it is a “measure of the burden of government from the revenue side”.
“It includes both the tax burden in terms of the top tax rate on income [individual and corporate separately] and the overall amount of tax revenue as a portion of gross domestic product (GDP),” it said.
The UAE does not have income or corporate taxes but imposes indirect token taxes, including fees on government services, on firms and individuals. Economists see no change in such a policy on the ground that the UAE is enjoying massive fiscal surpluses because of high oil prices. “Even during the height of the oil price crisis in late 1980s and 1990s, the UAE ruled out the imposition of income taxes although it was suffering from persistent budget deficits,” an economist at an Abu Dhabi-based bank said.“I do not think the UAE now needs to impose taxes when oil prices are nearly $100 and the country controls one of the largest foreign assets in the world.”
Qatar, which has the highest per capita income in the region, received 60 points by Heritage in the least corrupt society in the Arab world category, while 57 points were given to Bahrain and 54 points to Oman.
Kuwait got only 48 points, while Saudi Arabia was rated as having a relatively corrupt system, with only 33 points.The UAE also got a good rating in the Trade Freedom category, obtaining 80.4 points, third only to Kuwait and Bahrain in the Arab region.It also had one of the best monetary and labour systems but lagged behind in such categories as investment and property freedom.
Strategi BN Untuk Menakluki Kembali Selangor
Terbaca satu posting di sebuah blog sahabat yang juga wartawan dari stesen penyiaran perdana, serta ahli UMNO yang aktif di peringkat cawangan di Selangor dan adik kepada Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, mengenai perkara di atas.Selain itu seorang lagi exco DAP, Ronnie Liu yang memegang portfolio Kerajaan Tempatan mahu PBT di bandar-bandar seperti Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya,
(MPSJ) dan Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya (MPAJ) diterajui kalangan masyarakat Cina.Pentadbiran PBT itu juga dikatakan secara perlahan-lahan akan menghapuskan fungsi Jawatan Kuasa Penduduk (JKP) dan Jawatakan Kuasa Kerja Kampung (JKKK) yang dianggotai pemimpin politik akar umbi BN. Jawatankuasa baru kemungkinan akan dilantik dikalangan pemimpin PKR, DAP dan PAS.
Namun bagi jentera BN, semua jawatankuasa lama itu masih dikekalkan secara tersembunyi dan akan diserap di bawah kementerian yang diterajui menteri kabinet dari Selangor.
Anggota JKP akan diserap di bawah agensi Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan manakala JKKK akan diletakkan di bawah Kementerian Pembangunan Luar Bandar dan Wilayah.
Dan bagi melaksanakan misi menawan semula Selangor, satu-satunya calon BN yang memenangi kerusi DUN di kawasan bandar yang kini dilantik sebagai Timbalan Ketua Pembangkang, dikatakan akan dilantik sebagai Pengerusi Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia (LLM) di bawah Kementerian Kerja Raya.
Seperti yang di maklumi, bekas MB Selangor yang pernah di tahan dan dihukum kerana membawa duit tunai dalam guni berjuta ringgit di Australia selain kahwin lari di Siam dengan anak Sultan Selangor kemudian berbohong mengenainya, kini kembali menjadi pengerusi BN Selangor dan dilantik menjadi Menteri Kemajuan Luar bandar dan Wilayah.Saya berjiran dengan Mat Tyson ini di Kelana Jaya, sewaktu dia jatuh tergolek dari kerusi MB, selalu juga saya berjoging dengan dia pagi-pagi (kebetulan satu jalan) lepas subuh di Taman Tasik Kelana Jaya. Ada juga berbual-bual sambil berjoging. (Masa itu juga dia baru berkahwin seorang lagi...)Selalu juga dia kelihatan datang baca yasin di masjid dekat rumah, tetapi ramai tidak peduli pun. Masa itu kadang sekali berjemaah denggan aruah Mokhtar peguam negara, aruah suami Ziela Jalil, selain KJ (Dato' Kamarudin Jaafar, bukan menantu kesayangan PM) dan beberapa menteri yang tinggal di kawasan sama, antaranya yang bernama Shafie Apdal.Sebelum itu saya dipaksa menjadi ahli UMNO cawangan di situ kerana untuk mendapatkan dana masjid tersebut (masa itu surau) dari kerajaan negeri, syarat ialah sekurang-kurangnya ada 300 ahli baru. Lantas tanpa berfikir panjang, tandatangan sahaja borang yang disediakan. Tidak pasti masih ada nama dalam senarai ahli UMNO.
Dengan strategi BN untuk menakluki Selangor sudah terbuka di bawah Mat Tyson, nampaknya lebih mudah untuk BR mengekalkan kuasa.
Bagaimana pula dengan pengurusan masjid-masjid? Sultan Selangor ada memberi amaran mengenai hanya mereka yang baginda tauliahkan sahaja dibenarkan berceramah. Apakah mereka yang pernah diharamkan berceramah oleh anak Toyo boleh kembali mencerahkan minda para ahli kariah masjid?
Melihat keadaan semasa terutama kemelut politik tanahair, bukan sahaja zaman Mat Tyson yang sudah beruban sepenuhnya sudah berlalu dan ketinggalan, UMNO dan BN juga sedang melalui zaman kejatuhan.
Tiadakah pemimpin baru yang lebih BERSIH dan profesional dikalangan ahli UMNO yang masih mahu jadi pemimpin? Nampak kehebatan MB baru Perak, berbanding Mat Tyson atau anak Toyo.
Begitupun, ini adalah masa untuk bekerja bagi kerajaan baru Selangor.Laman Warkah Untuk PM Sekadar Bersawang?
Sudahkah anda melawat Warkah Untuk PM?Laman web ini dilancarkan oleh Najib pada 1 Mac lalu.Tertulis di muka pertama laman web.Please provide valid e-mail address and phone numberso as not to miss your opportunity to get response from PMDengan kekalahan besar BN dalam pilihanraya kali ini, mungkin PM tidak perlu lagi membaca mesej-mesej yang dihantar. Mesej dari pengundi sudah cukup kuat untuk PM mengundur diri dan pencen.Laman web yang dibangunkan untuk kempen pilihanraya ini mungkin sekadar bersawang.Kali terakhir berita mengenai laman web ini, setelah tiga hari sebanyak 2,229 mesej diterima. Sesudah sebulan, tiada statistik terbaru dan tiada disiarkan mesej-mesej di laman web tersebut untuk tatapan. Mungkin terlalu banyak mesej mengutuk dari yang lain.Saya turut menghantar mesej, "Bila mahu berundur?"Masih belum mendapat jawabanWarkah Untuk PM Terima Sambutan Menggalakkan Orang Ramai
PUTRAJAYA,
5 Mac (Bernama) -- Laman web khas -www.warkahuntukpm.com.my- untuk Perdana Menteri meneliti sendiri pendapat umum telah menerima sambutan menggalakkan dengan sejumlah 2,229 mesej diterima dalam tempoh tiga hari sejak ia dilancarkan.
Ketua Setiausaha Negara Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan berkata sejak dilancarkan oleh Timbalan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak Sabtu lepas, maklum balas itu memberi petunjuk orang ramai yang begitu berminat dan bersemangat, yang antara lain ingin turut sama memperbaiki pengurusan sistem penyampaian awam, jika tidak pun perkhidmatan awam itu sendiri.
"Sebahagian daripada mesej-mesej ini tidak dinafikan mengingatkan kepada aduan-aduan orang ramai sebelum ini, yang intipatinya mahu supaya ia ditangani dan memerlukan perhatian kami untuk mengusahakan pembaikan dan melakukan lebih banyak pembaikan."
"Bagaimanapun, terdapat juga yang mengemukakan pandangan berwawasan dan cadangan-cadangan, yang kami sambut baik kerana ia boleh diusahakan dan baik untuk dilaksanakan," katanya dalam sidang akhbar untuk memberikan nasihat mengenai langkah-langkah yang perlu diambil perkhidmatan awam di sini hari ini.
Beliau berkata 76.93 peratus daripada mesej-mesej yang diterima adalah positif, 12.43 peratus negatif dan 227 mesej adalah berkecuali dengan mesej-mesej diterima daripada warga emas, kakitangan kerajaan, rakyat Malaysia yang berada di luar negara dan syarikat-syarikat.
Mohd Sidek berkata isu pendidikan mencatatkan senarai paling tinggi dengan 242 mesej dan isu-isu berkaitan jenayah, kenaikan harga, Imeigresen dan pendidikan akan ditangani segera.
"Tindakan susulan dan pelaksanaan adalah sangat penting, ini merupakan niat kerajaan untuk memastikan semua mesej yang kami terima akan diambil tindakan susulan. Perkara ini (mesej-mesej) akan diberikan kepada Perdana Menteri, sekurang-kurangnya bahagian ringkasan, dan beliau akan menentukan isu-isu yang akan ditanganinya sendiri terutamanya isu-isu besar yang menjadi isu dasar," katanya.
Who Needs an Islamic State?
Islamic State has been a hot issue over the years in the Malaysia political arena. Mahathir proclaimed that Malaysia was an Islamic State some time ago during his PMship tenure. Abdullah Badawi had moved one step further by introducing Islam Hadhari, though unsucessfully.PAS does not agree on BN's Islamic state and has its own version which was in the 2004 manifesto with disastrous result and this issue was silent this during last election. Both Malay-based political parties are seen trying hard to outdo each other for the battle of Malay votes.Anwar who once introduced masyarakat madani does not want an Islamic state for now. DAP opposes anything Islam even to wear songkok is deemed islamic. While other BN parties are toeing whatever the master UMNO says.I live in an 'Arab Islamic state' since 2000, in the same land Islam was born. There are confusions, differences as well as similarities between UAE and Malaysia. Unlike Malays in Malaysia though, there is no law mentions that an Arab is a Muslim. Yes, there are stark contrasts between being arabs and muslims. But is a different story altogether.Education is important in any aspects. Over the years my kids were enrolled in an Islamic international school here. Last year, I switched the growing kids to a 'secular' school with cosmopolitant outlooks. However, Islamic and arabic subjects are compulsary for Muslim students.My wife was from Kolej Islam Klang while my late father was a tok guru. We have good understanding on Islam and of course would like our children to be good Muslims.We agreed that in facing the real world, the children may have to adjust and adapt to the environment from young. Being parents, we have bigger roles to play as role models to guide them on the best of both worlds. The fundamentals remain the same, we are Muslims and we love being Muslims. At the end of the day, we want to be buried as Muslims.During last parents-teachers meeting, an ustaz of the school made a friendly remark on our decision to enrol the children in this particular school, which is not an Islamic school. He felt it was a wrong choice. Unlike the previous school with mostly British Muslim teachers, this school has a few Muslim teachers.However, our kids are excelled in quran, islamic and arabic subjects as best students, even when they were in the Islamic school. So far so good and we may not switch the school again. The eldest two have few years more to go before going to the university.I had the opportunity to work with great world renowned Muslims like Yusuf Islam and discussed a lot of issues or topics with him along his inner circle of friends such as Dr. Bilal Philips and others from Britain, South Africa and USA. These meetings of minds did give me some alternative perspectives as food for thoughts.
Once I had a chance to meet up with the renowned scholar, Yusuf Al QARADAWI.Recently, Raja Petra in his 'No Holds Barred' column wrote on "I Oppose An Islamic State".An interesting view from a prominent netizen and blogger.Quote:I am not trying to say that PAS' Islamic State proposal is pure rhetorical bullshit. I am not even trying to say that an Islamic State is 'safe' and poses no danger to anyone who would rather live the life of a devil's disciple. What I am emphasising here is that Islam has to rise above mere rhetoric. Shouting about Islam will not bring about changes. Legislation and the creation of an Islamic State would also not bring about changes. Changes can only be brought about through education and by the will of the people to live the life of a true Muslim. That, and only that, will bring about changes. And we do not need an Islamic State for that. If the people refuse to change, no Islamic State can change them. Furthermore, screaming about an Islamic State would just alienate and antagonise non-Muslims, who as it is already fear Islam and would run scared from anyone who rants and raves about Islam
And one of my favourite ustazs, Ustaz Hasrizal in his blog wrote recently about Who Needs an Islamic State?
It is about a book of same title published by Malaysia Think Tank London. Click here for the book web site.One review here for reading. I have not read the book yet. Have your own opinion.Source: Comment is FreeA new edition of Who needs an Islamic State, by the Sudanese-born thinker
Abdelwahab el-Affendi, has just been published.
The new edition provides a fascinating stock-take on the last two decades of political Islam. The goal of every Islamist group - known as “Islamic movements” in Muslim circles - is to create an “Islamic state”.Affendi’s book, first published in 1991, explored Islamic movements and their authoritarian ideas of how an Islamic state should funnction; essentially being built around “scholars of knowledge” who would be above the law and hence little more than dictators in reality.
While the ideas in the book were considered by some heretical when first published, the Islamic movements since then appears to have confirmed the book’s basic thesis. Affendi looks at states where Islamic movements had come to power, such as Iran and Sudan, and how far removed from the Islamic ideals of justice and mercy they were. His disillusionment for Islamist rule crystallised after he witnessed firsthand the disastrous and bloody consequences of Islamists coming to power in Sudan, having been close to Hassan al-Turabi, who became Sudan’s leader after the 1989 coup.
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