Bloggers Buff 2008

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Muslim

Months ago, I happened to have my internship somewhere in KL, nearby KLCC. This opportunity not only helped me learn more about my field of study, Communications Engineering, but also pushed me to become a very loyal fan to the Sun newspaper, a brief Malaysian daily paper that tackles Malaysian politics neutrally. The Sun was available in the building I worked at.

Anyway, developing a new habit of reading the Sun almost everyday, even though it’s not easy to find it in my campus, rewarded me the chance to read about Bloggers Buff 2008 – I’m good at reading small-size ads!- The program won my attention and I further checked it's ads online. After viewing the ad on the net I emailed the organizers and I'm going to join it insha'allah.

Bloggers Buff 2008 is going to be held in Putra World Trade Center (PWTC) next SATURDAY 22^nd November 2008… It’s going to be my first experience to meet people as a blogger, the idea sounds interesting.. the program tentative seems interesting as well… It’s good enough to know that Tun Mahathir himself is officiating the program :-P

What makes this program very appealing to me is that Bloggers Buff 2008 is open for experienced as well as new bloggers. the ad said malaysian bloggers –only-, this is what I thought at first. But, after contacting the organizers I was informed that foreigners can join too, at least me, hehe..

the program tentative is shown below...

Thank You “the Sun”!

Muslim4islam: If you don’t stand up for something, you’ll fall for anything… MalcomX.

Save Palestinian Women!

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MUSLIM

Woman rights have been jeopardized in the past. A sad, but real, example is the debate that has taken place in middle-ages Europe, a debate in which women were not seen by many western philosophers, then, as humans!

As time passes on, women still suffer some massive discrimination! Almost everywhere in the world! BUT, NOT in Israel!! Because, for an Israeli soldier, a Palestinian woman is equally targeted as Palestinian men. They both should be murdered – some Zionist Rabbis believe- no discrimination exists!

Tracing the modern history of occupied Palestine, one can clearly see that the Palestinian woman not only has been a mother or a wife of a martyr or an internee, but also a martyr or an internee herself.

Probably, the first thing that comes to our minds when talking about the agony of Palestinian women are the dozens of martyrs and injured innocents. For instance, hundreds of innocent women were murdered by the Zionist war machine in the late years of the Palestinian uprising (Intifada). Thousands of them were wounded in the same period.

Although our women have been suffering, their struggle can never reach an end soon! this is true because, International Woman Rights Movements throughout the world do not seem to play their role in this struggle.

In fact, it's as simple as this; in order for this struggle to stay alive, substantial International and Islamic Support should see light and reach Palestinian women!

Hopefully one day soon, Western Human and Women Rights Organizations will walk their talk!

August Message

First of all, I apologize for not posting regularly in this blog lately. We are back to school and assignments never seem to finish. Anyway, I hope this short message will mean something to the respected visitors of this blog.

Our Ummah needs to unite, we all agree on this. So, let’s ask ourselves; how can we contribute to unity of our Muslim Ummah?

Basically, fulfilling this mission starts by uniting Muslims in our surrounding environment. This can be done if we achieve three important elements.

First of all, we should have the fundamental Islamic attributes required to uphold our integrity as Muslims.

Secondly, we must have the courage and motivation to work with others for the goodness of the Ummah.

Thirdly, we should feel the sufferings of our Muslim brothers and sisters around the world. It’s only when we feel their sufferings that we can help.

Last but not least, we must remember that Allah will not change a person until he changes himself. Therefore, let’s start working for unity within our very close surrounding environments.

May Allah shower all of you with His Mercy, wassalam.

Time To Change

By:

Muslim

we all agree that we belong to a great Ummah that has a glorious heritage and civilization. Let’s ask ourselves asimple questions then. What is the state of our Ummah today? Do we, Muslims, have any value in any international organization? Can Muslims, today, stand for their rights? Can Muslims, today, protect their lands and dignity? What is happening in Iraq, Palestine, Kashmir, Chechnya and other Muslim Lands? Why is all that happening?

These are just a few questions of the many questions we need to ask ourselves in order to picture the current state of our Ummah. A dark sad picture is what we will see. Change is needed, and we are the ones who should play the main role in the process of change.

It is the time when we, Muslims, should be the leaders of change, because the power of change lies in each single one of us. And in order to change, we have to know the roots of the problem, or you can say the problems, we face today.

In fact, the main factors behind our weakness and dependency today can be summarized in the following:

First of all, Lack of Iman. Muslims today are infected by ‘wahn’. This fatal disease was defined by Prophet Muhammad S.A.W. as loving this life and hating the Hereafter! We can easily see this in our daily life. The bonds of Ukhuwah are getting weaker, while, Asabiah and fanaticism are filling our hearts!

The second factor is, certainly, ‘Jahl’ or ignorance, not only ignorance, but complex ignorance. This is where people don’t know and unfortunately, don’t realize that they don’t know! Alas, the Ummah of {Read, in the name of thy Lord and Cherisher}, rarely reads!. This state of ignorance encouraged our enemies to attack us. Shimon Perez, President of the Zionist Entity, said once, “we, Zionists, should never fear Muslims! Because, they simply don’t read, and if they read they don’t understand, and even if they understand, then they don’t act”!
It is so embarrassing to say that his words are, to some extent, very true! It applies to many Muslims nowadays!

Finally, corruption appears to be one of the main causes of our weakness. Corruption at all levels has penetrated almost all aspects of our life. From ethics to politics, everything is affected.

Knowing all this, we should realize how critical our state is, and start thinking how to reform and develop the Ummah. To succeed in our reform, Qur’an and Sunnah should guide all our actions.

We should always bear in mind that we are the leaders of change and we can do a lot for our Ummah. Looking at the bright stars of the past century, we see that Islamic Reformers were able to make a significant difference. Names like Sayyed Qutub, Ahmad Yasin, Al-Maududi, Al-Nadawi, Al-Qaradawi and others, will be recorded on the golden pages of our Ummah’s history. Today, most of these great people are not around, but their heritage will certainly remain to be a guiding beacon for generations to come.

It is time to see new young reformers, who dedicate their whole lives for the sake of Allah and for the Ummah’s best interests.

The Motivating counter

By:

Muslim

Few weeks ago, I had some doubts about the efficiency of having this blog. I told myself, I was just wasting my time writing those articles for myself! I thought only me and my brother were the only visitors. Fortunately, a good idea crossed my mind. I said to myself, why not count the visitors and decide on whether to continue posting new threads or not. Therefore, I added what they call a COUNTER!

In fact, I had to search the web and try learning about some computer stuff, with which I’m not a good friend, in order to add the counter. Alhamdulillah, after some trials I managed to add it!

Apparently, I realized that I’m having visitors. It really motivated me to know that people do visit this blog. Even if that visit was by coincidence!

Hence, from now on, I promise to give some more effort to develop this page as much as possible insha’llah.

Finally, I really appreciate your support and enthusiasm my dear visitors.

THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT

What Does The Muslim World Need Most These Days?

By:
MUSLIM

Few weeks ago, I posted a poll on the main need of the Muslim world nowadays. The votes I saw were very interesting, yet expected. Most voters acknowledged our need for religious awareness, as could be seen in the attached figure. I myself had another say, I voted for the economic development.

Certainly, I don't underestimate the role of Islamic awareness in reviving this Ummah and supporting the Muslim World. But, don't you all think that when a Muslim man has no bread to eat, nor water to drink, he won't even be alive to worship his God !

Muslims have always been patient. In fact, we teach patience to our children. Arabs have a proverb that says: "Bravery is one hour of patience". However, patience is not the only cure!

When we saw Egyptian soldiers being used by the new Pharaoh to bake bread for the public, while, their Pharaoh is enjoying their welfare in his palace, what would we vote then?! No one will argue the importance of religious awareness. Yet, many would still hesitate to point to the real reason of our backwardness and weakness. It's political tyranny!

Few days back, some Tunisian citizens were shot to death, by their security forces. Why did this happen? It's just because those innocent citizens thought they live in the 21st century! They forgot that their tyrant was allegedly voted 94.94% in last general elections! Those Tunisians were demonstrating for bread and rice, they got fire and bullets instead!

Tyranny is why we will never rise in the meantime! Imam Ibnu Taymeya, may Allah be pleased with him, said:"Allah will grant victory to the just infidel state over the unjust Muslim state".
So this is what we really need, JUSTICE!

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Mahathir's Resignation: Peoples' Say!

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MuslimUsually, a blogger writes then visitors comment. This time, we'll changes positions. People write and I will comment later Insha'allah.

How Do You See Mahathir's Decision To Quit UMNO?

all are welcome to contribute.