Mufti Hopes Ruling On Conversion Not Done In Haste

The Mufti of Perlis, Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin is a nice guy, and he is there to help people to convert to Islam, worried their families would be a hindrance to the conversion, but this new convert is given special privileges. All is done in secret, the non-Muslims are considered kafirs what would they know about Islam. This is what we do with converts, even the wife does not know her husband is converted because what is there to know. Your religion will not know but we know our destination. How can they pose a burden to the new convert, who whatever he was, whatever the wife believes in is unacceptable. The true way is conversion. I have children, the wife says, don’t worry the new convert, we will look into it, once the children convert, say the saviours of Islam.

If this mullah called Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin is genuine what obstacles his he talking about. The convert has rights but what about the family, have they no rights.

Another good guy is the Mufti of Perak, Datuk Seri Harussani Zakaria, he rather convert people than worry about consequences. Convert, convert, convert he says.

But where is your missionary or dakwah work, mullahs like you must convince people of the goodness of Islam to the fellow who converts as well as the family to make them follow the right way. Or do they feel they can’t convince the family. and rather do the conversion is secret. A ceremony in a Islamic cemetery, where only spirits are in attendance; how is that for secrecy. These two mullahs are not sure what is good in Islam. They should be send back to school. Pity is it not, they never learned anything and what a waste of time and money.

A fellow who does not love his family, not bothered about what happens to them, will he love Islam or do these 2 mullahs just want to make up the numbers.

Mufti Hopes Ruling On Conversion Not Done In Haste

KANGAR, April 11 (Bernama) — The Mufti of Perlis, Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin, hopes the ruling proposed by the government to compel those intending to embrace Islam to declare their latest status would not inconvenience the individuals concerned.
He said the ruling should not be implemented hastily but needed further discussions so that it would not pose a burden to those concerned.
“I agree with the ruling but it needs further discussion,” the 37-year-old Mufti told Bernama, here Friday when commenting on the announcement by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Thursday that the government would introduce a ruling to compel those intending to convert to Islam to declare their intention openly because doing it quietly would pose problems and lead to racial tension.
Mohd Asri said the declaration of conversion to Islam would not pose a problem but if they were compelled to obtain family permission, this would pose serious problems.
“I disagree totally if the proposed ruling included a provision requiring them to obtain family permission,” he said.
He said if permission from the family was made a requirement, it would mean that their plan to embrace Islam would face an obstacle.
“Any adult has the right to embrace Islam and need not seek permission from the family,” he said.
Meanwhile in KUALA LUMPUR, the Malaysian Ulama Association (PUM) welcomed the government’s proposal, saying that it proved that Islam did not use force in the conversion of non-Muslims to Islam.
PUM secretary-general Dr Roslan Mohamad said Islam always honoured those who wished to embrace the religion and had facilitated the process of conversion to Islam.
“In Islam, we are asked to facilitate matters instead of making it difficult,” he said.
In IPOH, the Mufti of Perak, Datuk Seri Harussani Zakaria wanted the government to carry out a thorough study on the pros and cons of the proposed ruling as he feared that it could pose a burden to those who intended to embrace Islam.

Mufti Hopes Ruling On Conversion Not Done In Haste :: Bernama.com

Badawi, I Am A Loser

BN’s loss: PM admits being a factor

This is the gist of the conversation I had with a friend this afternoon. Badawi is a gonna I said, today the Johore Umno group will ask him to quit, and he may quit to save UMNO and the country. He had the best mandate from the people 4 years ago, to run the country. This was a privilege not even accorded to Mahathir. The people swallowed hook and line of what Badawi said, and he messed up things. Remember his tardiness in everything, issues commented by some civil servant or a Minister and he does not want to get involved. The people wait and it is only after a few days or week that he comes with a statement, by which time the issue had been discussed by all and it does get stale by the time the Prime Minister comments. Now he wants to rehabilitate both UMNO and Barisan. He wants time, perhaps until the cows come home. He was given a golden opportunity and he failed to make use of it. Giving him a second chance would be fatal.

BN’s loss: PM admits being a factor

Apr 11, 08 7:23pm

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today admitted that he was among the factors which caused the Barisan Nasional (BN) ruling coalition to suffer heavy losses in the March 8 polls.

Abdullah – who is also the Umno president – said he felt
responsible for making the best efforts to rehabilitate BN and Umno.

“I feel I am the reason for the spoilt votes for the Barisan Nasional. And I feel responsible to do what’s best to rehabilitate the BN and Umno,” he was quoted as saying by Bernama.

The prime minister was speaking to reporters after attending a meeting with Johor Menteri Besar Abdul Ghani Othman, who also heads the state Umno liaison body.

Also present at the meeting were International Trade and Industry Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, who is also Umno vice-president, Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar, Higher Education Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin and Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Shahrir Abdul Samad.

However, Education Minister and Umno Youth head Hishammuddin Hussein did not attend the meeting as he is currently in Paris on official duty.

Unfulfilled promises

Meanwhile, Abdullah said he understood that many changes promised to the people earlier had not been fulfilled by the government until now.

He said the changes promised to the people covered various aspects such as the judicial system, eradication of corrupt practices, bringing down the crime rate and fostering inter-racial relations in the country.

Abdullah said the changes implemented by the government needed time before it could show positive results.

“As such, I will continue to give emphasis to bring the changes promised to the people. In fact, they had already been included in the pledges of the BN government in the (election) manifesto in 2004,” he said.

BN’s loss: PM admits being a factor

rocky’s bru: In other words, resign please

The question is how long will Badawi last, even until December is at doubt now. Najib says it is an internal matter, but unfortunately, the Prime Minister himself has told us he is for all of us and therefore not for UMNO alone. Najib please think before you speak.

I would request comedy court a song like ‘Good bye Sam’, maybe in this case ‘Selamat jalan and good bye Badawi’ for the masses.

Also see:http://sloone.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/will-abdullah-abandon-the-sinking-ship/

rocky’s bru: In other words, resign please

Johor Umno tells Badawi of need for an exit plan that consists of the 3S element: Structured, Smooth and Speedy. Johor Umno did the previously unthinkable by asking the party’s President, PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, to come up with a plan to hand over the reign.
During a closed-door meeting with AAB this afternoon, three Umno divisional heads spoke up to convey the message.
The three are:
1. Dr Fuad Zarkashi
2. Dato Nur Jazlan Muhamed
3. Hasni Mohamed
The PM arrived in JB this morning, a day after a newsreport said 20 out of the 26 Umno divisions in Johor, an Umno stronghold state, wanted him to go on leave and hand over the business of governing the country to someone else.
Badawi has come under increasing pressure to resign after the poor March 8 general election performance by the Barisan Nasional. The coalition he led lost the 2/3 majority in Parliament and 5 states, both unprecedented.
AAB still insists that he has not failed and wants to continue as PM.
According to Bigdogdotcom, a rabid pro-Umno blogger, this afternoon’s meeting at the Seri Pacific Hotel, which ended about 5.30pm, made it clear that the consensus reached by Umno Johor is to demand for an exit (for Badawi) which is structured, smooth and, most importantly, speedy.
Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak is scheduled to meet the Umno leaders tonight.

rocky’s bru: In other words, resign please

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KL mayor Datuk Ab Hakim Borhan is a gem among our civil servants. He should be congratulated for his achievements. Luckily for him Toyo is not around because the mayor merits the highest of all honours, the broom, perhaps an original made from coconut leaves.

First and foremost he loves segregation, the city now gets areas with Chinese majority, Indian majority, Malay majority and not forgetting Indonesians, Bangladeshis and Vietnamese.

He is against muhibbah, whereas the government says people must be united.

Even sign boards require Cabinet approval, no wonder actual duties which must be undertaken by the cabinet, is lost among the minor approvals for sign boards. Next the place to put the sign boards must get cabinet approval, poor Badawi and gang.

The Jawi road signs were put up after the Culture, Arts and Heritage Ministry mooted the idea last year. Does this Ministry takes precedence over the cabinet. Only Borhan knows.

Borhan also knows the reason why sign boards are put up is to confuse the people. This helps his enforcement officers to be gainfully employed, by explaining the jawi part, the Bangladeshi part etc.

Next Borhan is going to get a street named ‘Little Napoleon Of Civil Service’ but wait instead of that we may call that street as ‘KL mayor Datuk Ab Hakim Borhan’ a bit long but in remembrance of Borhan for a good job done as a mayor.

City Hall signing off

Minderjeet Kaur

City Hall says it will take down road signs like this in Jalan Bukit Bintang.

After all the brouhaha by MPs from opposition parties over road signs in the Jawi alphabet, City Hall has decided to remove them from areas with largely Chinese populations.

Dr Tan Seng Giaw says people in this area can’t read Jawi.

The Jawi road signs will be used only in mainly Malay neighbourhoods.
City Hall has rejected a request from the MPs for ‘Muhibbah’ signboards (in Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil) to be put up in Kuala Lumpur.
KL mayor Datuk Ab Hakim Borhan warned that the ‘muhibbah’ signboards were illegal because there was no cabinet approval for such signboards.

Hakim said he would instruct City Hall officials to remove the ‘muhibbah’ signboards put up by the DAP in Jalan Bukit Bintang, Jalan Kepong, Jalan Cheras and Jalan Taman Seputeh.
Hakim said road signs in Jawi will be put up in Kampung Baru, Keramat, Setiawangsa and Wangsa Maju.
The cabinet, Hakim said, implemented the Jawi road signs after the Culture, Arts and Heritage Ministry mooted the idea last year.
Road signs in Jawi were also placed in Jinjang, Kepong and Seputeh which have a 70 to 90 per cent Chinese population.
Kepong MP Dr Tan Seng Giaw, Dr Tan who reads and writes Jawi, wrote several letters in Jawi to the mayor, requesting him to remove the contentious road signs and replaced them with the ‘Muhibbah” signboards.
He said the signboards do not serve any purpose, as road signs should be understood by all.
Dr Tan, with other MPs in the city, have started putting up ‘Muhibbah’ signboards as found in the ‘Golden Triangle’ area and Kepong.
“Road signs should be understood and read by all. In Jinjang, 90 per cent of the population are Chinese and they do not understand Jawi,” said Dr Tan.
However, he welcomes the idea of having signboards in Jawi in Malay dominated areas in the city.
“It is a good idea to preserve the heritage as a lot of Malays do not know the alphabet anymore. More should be done by Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka (DBP) to promote the language.
Dr Tan suggested that the Culture, Arts and Heritage Ministry and DBP work together to teach students interested in learning Jawi.
“No one can force others to learn a language. And putting up signboards is not really going to create interest either,” he said.
Dr Tan pointed out the road signboards in Kelantan and Terengganu were written in both Jawi and Malay but had different names for the same road.
“I can read Jawi well. And it is obvious that both the names of the same road do not rhyme.
“The people do not raise the matter because most of them do not know how to read Jawi,” he added.
Dr Tan hopes that City Hall will introduce simple road names for people to remember.
He said City Hall had come up with names for roads in Kepong that were difficult to remember. Among them are Jalan Udang Samping and Jalan Burung Samping, among others.
“They should keep road names simple so that it could be understood and remembered easily by all,” he added.

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