LGBT Muslims: Are They Trying To Play The Victim Game?

“If a man or a woman was created in such a way that he or she feels attracted to same gender rather than opposite gender than what is the mistake of that human being. Instead of blaming them that they are sinners, we should try to understand their feelings or help them live their life according to Islam”.

I received the above comment on my recent blog post, “LGBT Muslims: It’s Time For Acceptance?”.

Talking about LGBT, those are the words that we often hear; that “a man or a woman was created in such a way that he or she feels attracted to same gender rather than opposite gender” or I presume that in other words it means that ‘god had created them that way’.

My question is, are these people trying to put the blame on the Creator for the choice made by human beings? 

Hence, in the issue of LGBT Muslims, are they trying to put the blame on Allah for creating a person “in such a way that he or she feels attracted to same gender”?

To claim, “…  what is the mistake of that human being” for choosing to become an LGBT Muslim affirms the above argument that one is blaming Allah for the choice made by a human being to disobey Allah.

“Instead of blaming them that they are sinners, we should try to understand their feelings or help them live their life according to Islam”

Everyone including the LGBT Muslims must know that Islam does not only forbid Muslims from being LGBT people but Muslims must not support the LGBT movements.

As a Muslim, we judge what is right and wrong from the perspective of the Quran and the Hadith; and not from human perspectives.

Hence LGBT Muslims cannot deny the fact that they are sinners, and the society cannot tell them that being an LGBT Muslim is not a sin; there is no question about that and we cannot say otherwise.

Are we saying that we understand the feelings of the LGBT people better than Allah when we as Muslims know that Allah knows best?

Knowing that, LGBT Muslims must repent to Allah and seek forgiveness from Allah and then seek help and must not refuse to be treated.

It is crystal clear that Islam prohibits LGBT; and as Muslims we must follow the laws of Islam.

It is about accepting the facts that being an LGBT Muslim is a sin and not about blaming others and demanding others to treat LGBT people as if they have done nothing wrong.

Please stop playing the victim game.

Keldai ‘Dicat’ Jadi Kuda Belang

Mahmoud tersenyum sinis bergambar bersama haiwan terbabit di sebuah zoo di Kaherah. (Foto Mahmoud A Sarhani)

(Harian Metro) – Kaherah : Zoo di bandar ini menerima kecaman selepas didapati cuba memperdayakan pengunjung dengan mengecat badan seekor keldai supaya haiwan terbabit kelihatan seperti kuda belang.

Perkara itu disedari salah seorang pengunjung, Mahmoud A Sarhani yang melawat taman haiwan berkenaan yang baru dibuka di International Gardens Park, baru-baru ini.

Dia turut berkongsi gambar ‘kuda belang’ terbabit di akaun Facebook sebelum ia tular di media sosial.

Mahmoud dilihat bergambar bersama haiwan terbabit sambil tersenyum sinis mungkin sudah mengetahui ia sebenarnya bukanlah kuda belang.

Katanya, jika dilihat lebih dekat, beberapa perkara boleh diperhatikan iaitu telinganya lebih panjang menyerupai telinga keldai sedangkan telinga kuda belang lebih bulat.

Dia yang juga pelajar berkata, keldai mempunyai surai agak pendek berbanding kuda belang.

Selain itu katanya, walaupun dilihat secara sepintas lalu, belang badan keldai itu kelihatan agak pelik dan terdapat comot pada muka bukannya seperti terdapat pada kuda belang.

Beberapa doktor veterinar di negara itu turut membuat pengesahan bahawa haiwan berkenaan adalah keldai.

Walaupun disahkan pakar dan terdapat bukti kukuh, pengarah International Gardens Park, Mohamed Sultan tetap menegaskan haiwan itu adalah kuda belang bukannya keldai.

GERHANA BULAN PENUH – 28 JULAI 2018 Gerhana Bulan Penuh Paling Lama Pada Abad ke-21

Dari Facebook Yayasan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia (YADIM)

PERKARA : Fenomena Gerhana Bulan Penuh
Tarikh : 28 Julai 2018 (Jumaat malam Sabtu)
Masa : 01:14 pagi hingga jam 07:28 pagi. Kawasan terlibat : Seluruh tempat di Malaysia

Fenomena Gerhana Bulan Penuh akan dapat disaksikan pada 28 Julai 2018 (Jumaat malam Sabtu), yang akan bermula pada jam 01:14 pagi hingga jam 07:28 pagi. Seluruh tempat di Malaysia akan dapat menyaksikan fenomena ini.

Fasa Penuh iaitu Bulan akan kelihatan berwarna jingga kemerahan akan berlangsung selama 1 jam 43 minit dan merupakan Gerhana Bulan Penuh yang paling lama pada abad ke-21.

Fasa Penumbra bermula – 01:14:47 pagi
Fasa Separa bermula – 02:24:27 pagi
Fasa Penuh bermula – 03:30:15 pagi
Fasa Penuh maksima – 04:21:44 pagi
Fasa Penuh berakhir – 05:13:11 pagi
Fasa Separa berakhir – 06:19:00 pagi
Fasa Penumbra berakhir – 07:28:38 pagi

Sumber : Facebook Agensi Angkasa Negara

Ikatan Ukhuwah Yang Semakin Terhakis

Semua orang di dunia ini mahu mencipta dan mencapai kejayaan, dan walau siapa pun orang itu; tidak ada sesiapa yang mahu gagal di dalam kehidupan mereka. Namun, untuk mencapai kejayaan, sudah tentu akan ada cabarannya, dan lebih besar kejayaan yang mahu dicapai, biasanya lebih besar jugalah dugaan yang akan ditempuhi.

Bagi sesebuah negara, di antara kunci utama untuk mencapai kegemilangan tentulah perpaduan, kerana tanpa perpaduan dan kesatuan rakyatnya, amat sukar bagi sesebuah negara itu mencapai kejayaan.

Diatas dasar itulah, moto negara yang terukir pada jata negara kita berbunyi, “Bersekutu Bertambah Mutu”. Sejarah membuktikan bahawa negara kita dibina diatas dasar kesatuan Raja-Raja Melayu dan rakyat Raja. Tipu-helah British untuk menjajah negara-negara Melayu Islam di Semenanjung Tanah Melayu melalui Malayan Union telah gagal disebabkan kesatuan di antara Raja-Raja Melayu yang rela mengorbankan kuasa mutlak mereka ke atas negara-negara masing-masing demi mempertahankan kedaulatan kerajaan-kerajaan Melayu Islam dan maruah seluruh rakyat Raja di Tanah Melayu ini.

Terbukti betapa kuatnya ukhuwah di antara Raja-raja Melayu dan orang-orang Melayu pada masa itu. Apabila seorang daripada mereka ditimpa musibah, walau sekecil mana sekali pun, maka sahabat dan orang sekeliling akan bangkit menghulurkan bantuan, malah, apa sahaja perbezaan pandangan di antara mereka akan diketepikan, demi satu semangat, iaitu ukhuwah atau kesatuan ummah. 

Tanpa ukhuwah di antara Raja-Raja Melayu pada ketika itu, maka tiadalah Persekutuan Tanah Melayu dan seterusnya tidak terbentuklah Persekutuan Malaysia, negara yang amat kita banggakan pada hari ini. Malangnya, semakin lama, kita semakin jauh dan semakin lupa akan semangat asas pembentukan negara bangsa kita ini.

Lebih parah lagi, kini orang-orang Melayu semakin berpecah-belah sesama sendiri dan ada di antara kita yang sudah tidak kenal akar umbi bangsa dan budaya kita. Ramai yang gagal menghayati pepatah Melayu, cubit paha kiri, paha kanan terasa juga. Kini, apabila orang Melayu ditimpa musibah, ada pula orang Melayu sendiri yang bertindak memburukkan keadaan. Ada kalanya, orang yang jatuh itu dipijak-pijak tanpa rasa belas kasihan. Tidak ramai lagi yang mahu berlumba-lumba untuk menghulurkan pertolongan; malah, apabila ada yang bersatu untuk menolong, ada pula orang Melayu lain yang bertindak menghalang mangsa  daripada diberikan bantuan. 

Orang Melayu pada hari ini terlalu bersikap individualistik sehingga lupa akan pentingnya ukhuwah dan tidak sedar bahawa sikap yang terlalu individualistik itu boleh membawa kepada kejatuhan bangsa sendiri. 

Semasa Kota Melaka diserang Portugis, rakyat Raja bangkit mempertahankan tanah air yang tercinta. Malangnya berlaku perpecahan dan pergaduhan sesama sendiri. Akhirnya ada yang menjadi dalang kepada Portugis dan menjemput mereka masuk ke kota Melaka sehingga jatuhnya Kota Melaka ke tangan Portugis. Menyedari perkara ini, rakyat Melaka bangkit mempertahankan kawasan di luar Kota Melaka sehingga sejarah membuktikan bahawa Portugis hanya berjaya menawan Kota Melaka dan bukannya seluruh Melaka.

Zaman semakin moden, manusia menjadi semakin materialistik dan bersikap individualistik. Sehinggakan, orang Melayu Malaysia yang semestinya beragama Islam tidak lagi merasakan keperluan untuk mereka bersatu-padu demi mempertahankan agama dan ajaran Islam. Antara alasan mereka ialah, itu bukan tugas mereka ataupun mereka mempunyai komitmen lain yang jauh lebih penting atau lebih teruk lagi kerana mereka tidak peduli langsung tentang ancaman terhadap agama Islam atau lantas menafikan adanya ancaman ini.

Ada baiknya kita sama-sama renungkan firman Allah S.W.T. di dalam surah As-Syura, ayat 13 Al-Quran, yang bermaksud:

“Tegakkanlah pendirian ugama, dan janganlah kamu berpecah belah atau berselisihan pada dasarnya” ~Surah As-Syura [42:13] | Al-Quran

Demi agama, bangsa dan tanahair, kita mesti berusaha untuk kembali merapatkan saf dan tingkatkan ukhuwah Islamiyyah sesama kita. Tidak ada gunanya kita mendabik dada jika agama kita sendiri dipijak-pijak dan nasib bangsa kita sendiri tidak kita bela. 

Bersatu kita teguh, bercerai kita roboh!

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Mansuh SOSMA Buka Ruang Jenayah Ekstremis Terancang

(UTUSAN) – KUALA LUMPUR 24 Julai – Provokasi perkauman dan jenayah ekstremis terancang akan bermaharajalela sekiranya Akta Kesalahan Keselamatan (Langkah-langkah Khas) 2012 (SOSMA) dimansuhkan.

Bekas Ketua Polis Negara, Tan Sri Musa Hassan berkata, SOSMA adalah satu akta yang adil dan mengikut undang-undang negara.­

“SOSMA hanya boleh menahan seseorang selama 28 hari sahaja sebelum dibawa ke mahkamah untuk pertuduhan dan jika didapati tidak bersalah, tahanan boleh dilepaskan.

“Sebelum ini kita sudah mansuhkan Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) dan kali ini SOSMA pula ingin dimansuhkan. Undang-undang lembut macam mana lagi yang kita mahu laksana­kan?” katanya kepada Utusan Malaysia di sini hari ini.

Sebelum ini, Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad berkata kerajaan akan memansuhkan SOSMA yang dilihat tidak telus bagi memberi keadilan kepada semua rakyat.

Jelas Dr. Mahathir, rakyat berhak untuk dilindungi oleh undang-undang yang adil dan bukannya bersifat zalim kepada rakyat seperti dilaksanakan kerajaan terdahulu.

Menurut Musa, mereka yang ditahan di bawah SOSMA me­lakukan jenayah yang besar se­perti penyeludupan manusia dan aktiviti keganasan jenayah terancang.

“Sekarang ini semakin ramai­ anggota kumpulan militan Daesh ditangkap dan itu adalah ancaman serta disiasat di bawah SOSMA. Sebab itu kena ada undang-undang yang tegas demi keamanan negara,” jelasnya.

Ujar beliau, perlu ada sebab khusus mengapa akta itu hendak dimansuhkan kerana tahanan diberi peluang untuk dibicarakan di mahkamah dan perkara itu adalah adil buat mereka.

Menurut beliau, negara kuasa besar seperti Amerika Syarikat juga memiliki undang-undang jauh lebih keras seperti Akta Patriot yang membolehkan seseorang itu ditahan di mana-mana sahaja di seluruh dunia.

A Paddy Plant In Our Garden?

A lone paddy plant in our garden, July 23, 2018.

Yesterday evening, as my eldest sister, Aiman was gardening, she was shocked to discover that there was a plant that looks like a paddy plant in the middle of our brick pot.

Taking a closer look, my sister saw some ripening rice on the lone paddy plant which grew beside another large pot, surprisingly in a condition where it is not suitable for paddy plant to grow.

It seems as if the paddy plant had miraculously appeared out of nowhere, as we did not plant any rice and neither the dry soil nor the condition of the garden is suitable for a paddy plant to grow.

Please click the pictures for larger images.

A lone paddy plant in our garden, July 23, 2018.

Pohon padi pernah tumbuh di halaman rumah kani.

The ripening rice, July 23, 2018.

The rice harvested from our paddy plant, July 23, 2018.

LGBT Muslims: It’s Time For Acceptance?

A Free Malaysia Today reader, who goes by the name of Dr. Moaz Nair, wrote an article published by the news portal regarding LGBT, which is currently one of the most talked about issue in the country.

With the title of “LGBT, homosexuality and Islam”, Dr. Moaz Nair discussed how he thinks the Muslims should treat the LGBT people including LGBT Muslims.

Even though Dr. Moaz Nair stated that “Islam forbids such behaviour” in reference to LGBT, Dr. Moaz Nair thinks that the Muslims should respect LGBT Muslims and “just leave it to them to live a life of their own”; or in other words, give the LGBT Muslims the freedom to express themselves in any way they wish to.

Dr. Moaz Nair wrote:

“Be that as it may, the LGBT issue should not be judged from a slanted religious or cultural perspective. It has to be looked at from medical and psychological perspectives.”

Interesting, Dr. Moaz wants the LGBT issue including LGBT Muslims “to be looked at from the medical and psychological perspectives” instead of being “judged from a slanted religious or cultural perspective”.

Hence, in order to do so, our main and most important reference should be the World Health Organisation’s International Classification of Diseases which is generally known as ICD.

ICD defines the universe of diseases, disorders, injuries and other related health conditions, listed in a comprehensive, hierarchical fashion and is used and recognised by the medical professionals worldwide.

Going through the list of internationally recognised diseases in the latest edition (2018) of ICD, categorised under, “Conditions related to sexual health”, is “Gender incongruence” which ICD-11 describes as:

Gender incongruence is characterized by a marked and persistent incongruence between an individual’s experienced gender and the assigned sex. Gender variant behaviour and preferences alone are not a basis for assigning the diagnoses in this group – (ICD-11)

Coded as HA60, “Gender incongruence of adolescence or adulthood describes the characters of LGBT people:

This means that LGBT people are internationally categorised as people with “Conditions related to sexual health”.

This proves that not only LGBT is prohibited in Islam but medically, it is recorded under “diseases and health conditions” classified under the code of HA60 in ICD-11, which is the latest edition of ICD.

ICD which is the foundation for the identification of health trends and the international standard for reporting diseases and health conditions, is the diagnostic classification standard for all clinical and research purposes.

Moaz also said that homosexuality and bisexuality can also be found in the non-human kingdoms including animals:

Again, homosexuality and bisexuality can also be found in the non-human kingdom, in animals and plants.

The same symptoms in animals and plants were created as such and this is not an issue at all to human beings. It’s only when human beings are seen as having these distinct traits that it becomes an issue in some societies.

I cannot understand what makes some people think that what is right for plants and animal must also be right for humans.

Or, as I once asked in my column in a news portal last year, do some people think that animals are smarter, more ethical and more civilised than humans that we humans need to follow their behaviours?

As animals practice jungle law, so must we too do the same and live a life without rules and orders where we can become our own kings and free to proclaim war anytime we feel like it?

If so, they might want to live in the zoo or forest or deep in the jungle where they can do what ever they wish and without any rules to follow.

Dr. Moaz Nair also wrote that:

There have been many cases of even religious figures who have children belonging to this category of people. Some have approached counsellors and doctors for ways out, but even trained psychiatrists cannot do much to change these congenital symptoms.

LGBT is classified as a disease, disorder, or a health condition and Muslims know that Islam forbids such behaviour, so not only if their children but if a so-called ‘religious figure’ belongs “to this category of people” or has a tendency to become an LGBT, then the so-called ‘religious figure’ must repent to Allah and seek forgiveness from Allah and then the person must seek help and wants to be treated.

But if the LGBT person refuses to be treated, then “even trained psychiatrists cannot do much to change these congenital symptoms”; not because it is impossible to do so, but because the patient does not want to be cured!

Next Dr. Moaz Nair said:

In Islam, it says Allah is compassionate (al-Rahman) and merciful (al-Rahim). Allah is also the forgiver and hider of faults (al-Ghafur).

So, just have faith in God for he knows best. Let the final judgment be God’s. 

Allah is compassionate, merciful, the forgiver and hider of faults; that is why we must obey Allah.

As Islam forbids LGBT, all Muslims must obey the words of Allah because we are Muslims and we love Allah.

If we truly have faith in Allah for Allah knows best, then we’ll obey and submit ourselves to Allah without any doubt, and not the other way around!

Dr. Moaz Nair also said that:

As human beings with many shortcomings in our judgments, we should not play God and pass spiteful judgments on the LGBT community.

I would like to say that it is not about to “play God and pass spiteful judgments on the LGBT community in Islam”, but it is about the concept of “amar ma’ruf nahi munkar” which means enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong.

In a hadith narrated by Imam -Tirmizhi, the Prophet s.a.w said:

”By He whom my life is in His hands, you shall call others to do good, and stop them from doing wrong. Or (if you do not do so) Allah s.w.t will bring to you a punishment and then you ask for His help and your prayers will not be answered.”

So, if the Muslims care tor the LGBT Muslims and think that they are an integral part of our society, then we should not let them live their lives in sin; instead we must bring them to the right path.

Are we going to do nothing and just let other Muslims taking the wrong path in life only because we think that they “are an integral part of our society and they should be given the leeway and latitude to prove themselves useful to all and sundry”?

As a Muslim, we judge what is right and wrong from the perspective of the Quran and the hadith; and not from human perspectives.

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“Mana Pergi Menteri, Timbalan Menteri?” – Ahmad Maslan

[Utusan Online}- KUALA LUMPUR 18 Julai – Ahli Parlimen Pontian, Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan mempersoalkan tindakan menteri dan timbalan menteri yang meninggalkan Dewan Rakyat ketika persidangan masih berlangsung.

Dalam entri di twitternya, beliau mempersoalkan kenapa pada pukul 4 petang kerusi-kerusi menteri dan timbalan menteri sudah kosong, sedangkan persidangan Parlimen tamat pada pukul 5.30 petang.

“Jam 4 petang, Rabu. Sidang hari ini tamat (pukul) 5.30 petang. Mana perginya Menteri dan Timbalan Menteri Kerajaan #PH (Pakatan Harapan?

“Dahulu mereka pernah tanya, mengapa kami tidak penuhi masa dalam #DewanRakyat? Nampaknya mereka tidak sehebat mana pun. Harap ada perubahan lepas ini. Perlu ada giliran yang bertugas,” kata Ahmad Maslan dalam entri tersebut.

SST: Tiada Pembayaran Cukai Jika Tiada Pembelian – Tun

 

[Sinar Harian}- KUALA LUMPUR – Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad mempertahankan tindakan kerajaan untuk memperkenalkan semula cukai jualan dan perkhidmatan (SST).

Menurut beliau, kadar cukai jualan sebanyak 10 peratus hanya akan dikenakan sekiranya pengguna membuat pembelian.

Katanya, ia berbeza dengan cukai barang dan perkhidmatan (GST).

“Kita dah umumkan kadar sifar terhadap GST. Sekarang kita nak pastikan Parlimen mansuhkan GST.

“Setahu saya 10 peratus, kalau tiada pembelian, tidak perlu menjelaskan cukai. Berbanding GST, ia cukai nilai tambah. Sama ada beli atau tidak, harga akan meningkat,” katanya kepada media di bangunan Parlimen hari ini.

Menurutnya, kerajaan juga perlu menguji dahulu pelaksanaan SST.

Semalam, Menteri Kewangan, Lim Guan Eng berkata, di bawah Akta SST yang bakal dilaksanakan pada 1 September depan, cukai jualan dicadangkan adalah 10 peratus.

Manakala untuk cukai perkhidmatan pula, dicadangkan sebanyak 6 peratus.

Guan Eng berkata, Akta SST itu dijangka dibentangkan di Dewan Rakyat bulan depan sebelum diluluskan dan seterusnya dilaksanakan.

Mahathir Gets Caustic About People’s Rejection of New National Car Suggestion

Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir is disappointed and sad about the people’s rejection to his infamous new national car project.

Will he succeed in pushing his dream to see a second national car project come true?

After all Tun Dr. Mahathir is a fighter and will never give up easily.

Let us wait and see the reactions from other PH’s leaders regarding this matter.

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[The Star}- PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir (pic) voiced his disappointment over the mostly negative response towards the Government’s initiative for a new national car.

“I am told no one wants to see a second national car. It is enough that Proton is said to be a failure,” he wrote in a blog post on Monday (July 16).

“Malaysians prefer to buy imported cars, including those from China,” he wrote rather acerbically.

“Their choice is Japanese cars and those with a lot of money (choose) German cars.”

He said countries such as Japan and Korea discourage the import of foreign cars, and that is the reason behind their high-quality cars.

“I remember Japanese cars right after the war. The consumers said if we scratch it with our nail, we can see (it is made out of) Milo tin.

“However from that ‘Milo tin’ car comes a variety of the Toyota, Nissan and Suzuki models that we use now,” he said.

Dr Mahathir said he is not suggesting that the new national car project be spearheaded by the government as the private sector is already capable of designing and mass producing automobiles.

“However, because we have rejected the suggestion of a (new) national car, we have already closed off all suggestions for the private sector to produce motor cars,” he said.

He said foreign cars monopolised the car market in Malaysia to the point that Proton is “buried” and sold off to foreign entities.

“There is no more national car. No more automotive industry. The workers, engineers, managers don’t have jobs anymore.

He did not refer to Perodua, the second national car company.

“Malaysia would become a country of consumers, paddy field planters and fishermen.

“Forget about Vision 2020,” he said sardonically.

On June 11, Dr Mahathir had revealed at the 24th Nikkei Conference on the Future of Asia the Government’s plans to work on a new national car.

However, many Malaysians did not respond positively to the suggestion. When the story was posted on the official Facebook page of The Star Online, there were over 1,000 comments.

Many asked that the public transport system be improved instead, while some pointed out that we had to learn the lessons of Proton.