PAS menang - Pakatan menang

I had a big laugh on my face when I received the Kuala Terengganu by election result. PAS won in the KT by election with the majority of 2,631 seats. As I said before, the wild card for BN is only a wild cat. The "rakyat" have sent a clear message that the present governing government is becoming unpopular. The upcoming PM has been rejected. The support for PAKATAN is growing. BN 30,252 / PAS 32,883. This result shows the majority growing percentage from 628 to 2,631 for Pakatan is 300% in ten month time. The rakyat has put BN behind them. BN's unpopulariti also growing. The rakyat have sent a clear message.

PAS 32,883

BN 30,252

Majority 2,631

Majoriti won by BN in March 2008 is only 628.

Are we so different?

“And are we so different?

Did not Muhammad learn from the Christians and much of Islam ‘adopted’ from Christianity? Does not the Ka’bah also appear in the same name and form in the land of the Zoroastrians in the far reaches of Persia? Did not Jesus disappear from the ages of 12 to 30 when he sought tuition from Buddhists, as many now believe? Did not John the Baptist practice what was practiced by the Hindus in India of his time? But what can we really believe? Do we really know what was fact and fiction thousands of years ago? What we do know is what we have been told to believe. And what we are told to believe is what they want us to believe. And what they want us to believe is what suits the political agenda of those who walk in the corridors of power.” This is the latest article from RPK

I am not out for my lunch as my heavy morning breakfast is still digesting. I was in a mid of reading the “Truly Malaysian” latest article. Mostly is about the KT by election heat. It is really heating up and we can see how BN is playing their wild card candidate. The authorities, the gangsters in uniform are really being the “budak suruhan” for UMNO rules BN. What a joke, they order Pakatan to bring down the DAP and PKR’s flag with a reason they are not contesting, only PAS flags are allowed cause they are competing. Approving permits for BN’s ceramah and delaying/not approving Pakatan’s ceramah permits. This has been happening from the day one when Tun M started to rule the country. Cronyism, Nepothism and Corruptionsm.

The UMNO rules BN “taikos” are playing the wild card. RM12.8 millions for Chinese community’s improvement is approved. They return back the petroleum subsidies to state government. More than 500 local contractors shall be awarded with contract which was previously done by their cronies. Why now? Why now they react? Why now they are so keen about the Chinese community? Where is the one who called Chinese as pendatang? Why aren’t they loud out their voice? Why they are keeping their tail down?

Another issue that did click me on this is the word banned “Allah”. Please refer to the first paragraph which I copy and paste from RPK’s article. Believe me, I was looking for this answer for more then 15 years. I came across a statement earlier in 1992 from the book written by Bhagwan Rajneesh, titled “Sing, Dance and Rejoice”. With his explanation now I am confident, what ever been told by the guru is true. Even the Christian was born from the teaching of Buddha. Christ who was traveling on business purpose from Jerusalem came across Buddhism which reached Afghanistan from India. The artifacts were destroyed by the Afghanistan extremist. Rajneesh even claim that Christ was brought down from the cross after 3 hours (6.00pm) after he was crucified on Friday 3.00pm. He was alive and was sent to Kashmir and he lived his age until 100 over years. His cemetry is in a village called “Pahalgam” beside Moses cemetery. I am not creating but it was written in a book by Bhagwan Rajneesh. Even the word “Pahalgam is a Hindi word which means “Shepherd”.

Can anyone deny much of Islam was adopted? Can anyone deny what ever John the Baptist practice is what was practiced by the Hindus in India at that time? I am not going to argue on this as I always believe all religion were from the same root. Only those who are fanatics, less civilized and less educated were the culprits on making the religion as hatred weapon on each other. I will never blame the Jewish. I will never blame the LTTE (Tamil Tigers) and I will never blame the Mujahideens. But I will blame my self for being selfish for not being able to educate and tell the truth to others. A day will come to prove these are the truth. I might be gone by than but the truth will prevail. The day will come for humans to realize that we are all from ONE, but still I am afraid it will too late than.

Yes to all and no to all, I am a bit confused with word “Allah” was ban from used by non-muslim in Malaysia. It was banned only in Malaysia. Not in Indonesia. In Indonesia the word is allowed. I simply don't understand why the double standard in two muslim country. Remember it again, only in Malaysia it was banned. But what was the truth? What actually is the meaning of this word? I did read a book title “One God” written by the disciple of Swami Baktivedantha Prabupada (Great soul who translated Bahgavadgita as it is). This is an excellence book which explain the meaning of words calling God’s name. Such as “Allah”, “Krsna”and many more. This calling name of GOD actually is not GOD’s specific names but the best expression that were given to GOD by human. The name “Krsna” is simply means the attractive one and represent the universe. The word “Allah” means “The Greatest” in Arabic language. In Arabic language god is called “Allah”. It is simple as that. No need to explain further. No need to elaborate. But why in Malaysia, we are so “Hu Ha" about it? They haven’t been told about this? Can’t they simply understand this as another Arabic word to call god. Ask your self, did your name really yours or was given to you by your parents?

It is not the name of GOD himself. GOD has no names. He is infinity, he has no body. He is formless. Fail to understand this shall lead to confusion. The failure to understand this shall create hatred. This is where the fanatism will blind ones eyes. This is where we create wall between each other. This is where hatred was created on each other. The hatred will become wall to one who is fanatic. The wall will separated us from each other and becoming thicker. And this is dangerous. Solution is in our hand. It is time to use our powerful weapon. The need to use the power of “choice”, we need to choose what we want. Choose to reject what we don't need.

“Ragupathy ragave raja ram, pathi tha pavana seethe ram, …. In the mid of this song written by Mahathma Gandhi, it was clearly mentioned…. “Iswara Allah Tero Nam, Sabkho Sanmathi Jai Bagadwan….” Meaning Allah and Iswaran (Lord Siva) is only their name but they are ONE, the only ONE. There is no yours and mine. It is our GOD. The Hindus has been singing this song in every prayer, every day around the temples in this world. What we going to do about it? Banned this song?

Malaysians are far more intelligent than before. The world is in our finger tips. The truth is written everywhere. You just have to surrender to it. The information world is close to us. Nothing can be hidden anymore. As long as we can open our eyes and surrender, than we are in the right track. Surrender but don’t close your eyes, because we need to be alert. We need to give in order to receive. We need to give love in order to receive love. We need respect others as we want them to respect us. If we want others to love us, than love you must give. But be the first to give love. Be the first to forgive, and all of us will be forgiven.

By,
lvbala

PUBLIC TRANSPORT ~ “What a wonderful world”

“What a wonderful world”
Many of us will know immediately when the above words are said. It is from a man who really understood the beauty of this world or shall I say he understood the beauty of this life itself.

“What a wonderful life”
This shall be my quote replacing the quote said by Nat King Cole the man of the blues. The both meaning doesn’t make any different as it is actually the same as how life goes for one in this world, thats how you see the world itself. If you are happy than you see the life will be so colorful and joyful but if you are in a deep shit than you will never wanted the morning to be rise by the sun.

So is it the wonderful world of wonderful life? How the wonderful world going to be if you are not having a wonderful life? The life determined the wonderful world. Let’s look at my point of view on how it is meant by beautiful life.

For about 30 days, I have been going through a new experience. It is the most interesting moment in my life as I face each day with all type of human being, different race, man and woman from different ages, different smell, the tall and the short, the black and the white, different races, different sizes, the bold and the beauty, the beauty and the beast and each one of them has their own uniqueness. Beleive me , I saw a huge woman who need double chairs in komuter, a man who looks exactly like a gold fish, a blind guy who was left alone with his life and there are human who helps this blind human too. Getting stuck in the full pack of train with some beautiful girls does give you fun sometimes. How often you get so close to someone so sexy and get to smell their perfume? Sometimes you see how bad a woman looks when she is sleeping with her mouth open. Human have their own world and they think they are the best in it. Do we? Am I?

I was given this opportunity by nature as I was using public transport to work place. May be this will be my good compliment to the existing public transport owner, I mean the KTM electric train and the LRT. To be honest I felt so amazed by the service given by both of this company. The LRT service is so efficient and wonderful. It is really exciting to use LRT as it is so practical and never failed me so far. You just have to wait for less than 10 minutes and the next train is there for you. The KTM service is good enough but need some efficiency in timing and maybe more train should be on the track and reduce the waiting time. We have double track and I think this can be done. But so far both services never failed me. Believe me and you should try it?

Just imagine, I can be in my office in less than one and a half hour from Rawang to Maluri. Definitely I can’t make it with my own car indeed and even the cost is so much cheaper compare to my own car with new petrol pricing. Hope the government will seriously look into this and I believe one day all of us can depend on the public transport. Why not if it is efficient enough with the timing?

Talking about the bus service, ahhhhh…. F**kin' lousy, specially the Rapid KL. The time management is so poor and I did notice the “tak apa” attitude is so tick in the drivers mind. They are with the look and the uniform but not public services oriented. They talk to you by judging your clothing and appearance. I did notice this many times. If you look good and educated than they will answer you politely and if you are not than they just simply ignore you, some of them do behave rude too. If you are looking for heart attack than you should try their service. This was so different compare to certain countries in Asia. I remember when I was attending training in Nagoya Japan in 2001. You can really rely on public transport for your whole life. It was so efficient and perfect in timing. Even the long distance travel will be on time. Once I did travel for about 400kms from Nagoya to INA by bus, and the timing was so perfect even the driver stopped in every bus stop even there is not passengers waiting. Can you imagine how KL will be when there are less cars and everyone is depending on the public transport. It can be done, if everyone believe in it. Trust me on this.

By being with public is how I discover how “Malaysia” is changing. It is changing, and the changes are good for Malaysia. But I do feel bad about the “Malaysian” changes. For the past 30 days, I did notice how people are attached to their own mind and the technology. Almost everyone have their cell phone with them and do the foreigners too. But in another word, everyone have something in their mind. Some of them shall be sms’ing, some of them will be on the radio or mp3. Some even talking so loud and you can almost know what are they are talking about. This situation specially is on the Indian communities. They will talk so loud even with their next seat friend. You can almost know what actually the topic is and to whom they are talking with. Another changes in Malaysians are, they almost forgot about smiling. Really, almost everyone is so in their own mind and they forgot about smile and being smile. They don’t even smile back if you smile at them. Is this how we Malaysian have changed? And is this where we are heading? Its feel the same as you are in foreign land. Yes, with all the foreigners in the street you definitely feel you are in the foreign land. And it is multi cultural too. With all the Indonesians, Banglas, Nepalese, Vietnamese, China born Chinese and the Indians too. There are places you do feel unsafe too such as Chow Kit, Kota Raya, Puduraya and Lebuh Ampang. What are the authorities been doing? Can’t they notice all this? Can’t they do something about this? May be they are too busy looking into blowing someone with C4? What a wonderful life makes the wonderful world. Does Malaysia is in a process of changing from wonderful Malaysia to wandering Malaysia? Wandering what is wonderful? It is gone, and we are all lost the wondering the wonderful Malaysia.

While I was writing this article, I was reading the RPK’s latest article about Islamic hudud law practice and something did click me on this. I will be writing my next article base on some of his statement said about one GOD.

“What a wonderful life”… what a wonderful world...

By,
lvbala

Step Down or You Shall Stepped Down

Good to read the Sunday’s news (14/12/08)…
Ask me why? For the first time after almost 20 years I felt the heat is on against MIC leader who has been dictating MIC for 3 decades. Some of the left out and sacked MIC leaders are joining force again to rally a campaign to pressure the current MIC leader to step down.

To quote again, the sacked MIC leaders are back in action to force their ex boss to step down. Why now? Ouch… I see. It is because you were sacked or either you were not given anything to gain from his leadership. What a joke. Maybe this shall be the greatest joke for the 2008 year end. What makes you think that you shall succeed? You can’t make any changes when you are in the party and you are now want changes when you are eliminated from the party. It is simply because you can’t “cari makan” as long as the current leader is in power.

The MIC leaders have the greatest power of all the power. He has all the gangsters and the influents and most of all, the current active MIC leaders and the ministers are seems to bow to his feed for their own sake of benefit. He has the money that he made in these 30 years of regime to support him and enough money for him to hire enough bodyguards and gangsters to be his hit man.

Indians gangsters are good for nothing except to bully their own country man. They are good in killing their own brotherhood Indians. This actually reduced the number of Indians specially the youth. They are good only when they are drunk and they will do anything for money. They even will be willing kill their own family members for their own benefits. These are the bunch of nut crackers who crack nuts for anyone for money. They are only in power for bulling their own brotherhoods as I say it again. Look at the numbers of killing and murders been happening in Indian communities. Mostly numbers are the Indian youth. These are the greatest lost for Indian communities and greatest achievement for the Indian gangsters.

These gangsters are made for the current political Indian leader’s own benefit. They are his shield. They are there to create “had hoc” when things heat up. They are there to shut ones mouth if he questions the leader. They will be beat up if they didn’t cooperate with the leader. And if these people are willing to be cooperative than will be spared.

Even most of these gangsters are given privilege to hold important agendas in the organization. Even some of them are made ministers. Tell me now how in the hell Samy will step down by force and campaign? You have to be the greatest gangster indeed to uphold these existing gangsters. Or maybe some money and some opportunities shall keep your mouth shut. He has the power of the president. Or if the fights grow greater than Samy will show his plead to compromise but will keep his agendas to LEAD. He have done this many time since the time if MG Pandithan and even to Dato’ Subra (His ex Deputy) He will shake his enemies hand and tell the whole world that he respect his enemy and will be compromising. He will even offer them the seat and power. But at the end of the day he will show his colors. This happen to his many “yes” man deputy. From Dato Pathmanathan, Tan Sri Mendiang MG Pandithan, Dato Subra, Dato Mahalingam and many more.

Just like the UMNO’s president’s power, MIC leaders do have the autonomy power. This is the other reason for the current leaders to be in silent mode. The power that the President has is what makes the others to keep their tail down. The president can revoke the “membership” in MIC. Once this is done than ones future and goals will sink to the bottom of the sea. This is how DS Anuar Ibrahim was treated by the number one pendatang of Malaysia. DSAI membership was revoke by the party, leaving him from Hero to Zero.

Feel so disgrace when this ex-Malaysia’s number one man talked about Jus soli and Social Contract. He even forgotten about his origin and teaching others about the social contract. His statement is supported by many who don’t even know the history. As far as this blind people exist the politician will have their support. Nothing is written anyway but certain race talking about ketuanan melayu by forgetting the current political scenario. They simply forgot that this Malaysia is not made by the Malays alone. The culture of this race is to copy and later claim they own, from languages, religion, culture, alphabets and even food. Even this race has the proverbs saying “Lupa Daratan” which suits them exactly.

There was an interesting article in current media publication. Ketuanan melayu is just propaganda by the politician to gain cheap publicity. And been supported by those who is in the total dark of political knowledge. It was not even agreed by some of the educated and visionary Malays themselves.

Sometimes I do feel it is easy to live in Malaysia but hard to be a Malaysian. But this is my challenge to create this blog in a first place. To let the Malaysians knows about being ’TRULY MALAYSIAN”.

Back to our topic on the campaign to bring down the MIC leader sounds good to me and I believe all Malaysian Indian will welcome the moves. But make sure it is not another political agendas and waste of time. The sure of this leader to vacate the seat is when his life ends by nature.

By,
lvbala

You are the Miracle

"If you are afraid to loose the shore, than you shall never find the new land"

Everytime when I read the above quote, it will remind me the great Malaysian who made the solo sail around the world. Take a moment and be in his shoe, imagine how he would have face the world alone in the middle of the sea. Not a day or two but it took months. Facing the sea without seing any land for months. No one to talk, no one to refer, no one to complaint and you have to spend all weeks and month only by talking to yourself and trust your electronic instrument in a hope that they are the only cordination for you to reach the destination. If Dato Azhar afraid to loose the shore, I am sure he wouldn't have explored the world. And thats need a great spirit too.

Wake up on your own, cook and no one cares even if you were naked all day long. No aircond to spend your heat day and worse of all is the wave that reach almost 150 feet. Stripe yourself in a seat and just wait for everything to be settle by itself need a great passion and most all the trust in yourself and to GOD. Life need to be carry on with great focus on mind. Journey need to be continued and the goal must be achieve (destination).

What the quote said is actualy is a challenge for one not to be afraid to loose of what we have now but to carry on with life in order to meet the new opportunity as mention as new land. This is what knock on my head..... "not to be afraid of losing what we have". Be strong and open your arms for the ideas and welcome new opportunity. I think this is something like "Blue Ocean Stratergy". Do something new rather than doing what others have done. In another word, don't copy the idea of others but come with something that come from your own. Be creative and start to create. Don't be afraid of new things, and don't be afraid of losing anything, cause this might come out to be the best of all, and if it doesn't than what you got to loose?

Don't hope miracles to happen, many of us hoping everything to fall from the sky. I thing we have to be the miracle. We have to create the miracles. We can as we are the most power creature on this earth. We can always choose what we want. We can choose what we want to be and what we don't want to be, so why wait, Choose to be success, choose to be the best, choose to be inovative, choose to be productive, choose to recpect others, choose to think and talk positif, choose to to give a helping hand, choose to be humble, choose your friends, choose to forgive others, choose to create, choose to change, even you can choose to change the leaders, We don't loose anything by choosing anyway! Good luck.

by,

lvbala

What Is GOD in Hinduism? ~ Intellectual questions and answers

God (ParaBrahman, adipurusa, Isvara) in Hinduism the
Supreme Being Who is transcendent, omnipotent, omniscient,
omnipresent, Eternal-Infinite-Bliss.

What does Parabrahman mean metaphysically?

The Omnipresent
The Eternal
The Boundless
The One Absolute Reality
The Infinite Cause
The Unknowable
The Inmoved Mover
The Truth
The Rootless Root of all
Pure Timeless Beingness

The Immutable Principle on which all speculation in impossible.

It is symbolized under two aspects, Absolute Space & Absolute Motion; the latter representing
unconditioned Consciousness. The impersonal reality of the cosmos is the pure noumenon of thought,

Parabrahman is out of all relation to conditioned existence.

Parabrahmn means “the Supreme Spirit of Brahma”. Whenever Parabrahmn deploys into manifestation,
it assumes a dual aspect, giving rise to “pairs of opposites,” or polarities of the conditioned universe.
The One splits into Spirit –Matter, Subject-Object.

Is Hinduism monotheistic?

Hinduism transcends monotheism.

To say that there is only one God, is to reduce God to a single unit.
God is a Unity of all things,
manifest and unmanifest,
and not to a unit of measure.

There isn’t only one God,
God is one – The Infinite One.

Is God personal or impersonal in Hinduism?

God is impersonal and personal, formless and formful, and beyond.

God is personified and worshipped in many forms to simply express devotion.

God is everything, God is in everything. Everything is in God only.

God is one – the Infinite One.

Hinduism can be called panentheism, but it is transtheistic i.e. it transcends theism and atheism.

What Hinduism is and is not as compared to other religious?

A Hindu can relate to the non-physical or unmanifest God (Nirguna Brahman) as in Judaism.

A Hindu does not insist that God as duality or trinity or infinity as
heretical or akin to polytheism simply because God is not a unit of measure.

A Hindu does not insist that God Is unlike man or only non-physical, nor ona 6-day creationism.

A Hindu can relate to loving God in personal form (Saguna Brahman) as in Christianity.

A Hindu does not insist on the concept of Judgement day or bodily resurrection.

A Hindu does not insist upon the body of Jesus as a way to God, but the original teachings of Jesus.

A Hindu does not insist on bodily resurrection after thousands of years in a grave, on way to heaven or hell.

A Hindu does not consume flesh and pretend love of God.

God exist as spirit soul within all living entities, especially sentient being who feel pain as much as human do?

A Hindu must surrender to God as in Islam.

A Hindu does not insist on muslim-only brotherhood, but universal brotherhood.

A Hindu does not insist that an omnipotent God cannot take a form at will.

A Hindu does not insist impersonal worship and Arabic only prayer in the direction of Kaaba Temple in Mecca.

A Hindu does not insist on subhuman treatment of infidels and women.

A Hindu has Confucian reverence for ancestral spirits.

A Hindu does not insist focusing only on family and morals while forsaking exploration of spiritual planes.

A Hindu understands God as a timeless Tao that precedes and encompasses the universe.

A Hindu does not insist on physical immortality nor pathless inaction to enlightenment.

A Hindu reveres a spiritual guru just like a Sikh does.

A Hindu does not insist on abandoning the historicity of Ram, Krishna, Buddha, and Jesus.

A Hindu has compassionate heart of a Buddhist or Jain, and understand the need to minimize the suffering of all sentient beings.

A Hindu does not stress on extreme non-violence, asceticism, austerities, and renunciation, more than selfless service.

Does Hinduism support any Trinitarian metaphysics?

God is the creator, sustainer, destroyer of all there is.

This is an eternally continues process.

A first person (A AM spirit soul-Atman) as a spark of the second person (God –ParaBrahman), existing as third person (It, as all pervading Consciousness – Brahman) is a Hindu perspective of the Trinity.

Is philosophical debate allowed in Hinduism?

Hinduism is secular inclusion based on merit, logic, phiolosophy, and metaphysics; debate is highly encouraged.

Exclusion based on contradiction or rigid dogma is not supported.

Does “secular” mean that I get to change my religion everyday?

To be a good Hindu, you have to be a good Jain, Buddhist, Sikh, Taoist, Confucian, Jew, Christian, Muslim and more everyday, and not pick one religion a day; minus the skewed contradictory metaphysics.

Hinduism is spirituality, metaphysics, philosophy, and a way of life – the natural state of human psyche.

Yoga means union of soul with the Ultimate Reality through one or more paths.

Why are there so many different views of Hindu philosophy?

Each school of thought has its place, Spirituality can be abstract and take years to understand with a truckload of scriptures on the nature of the spirit soul and its relationship with God.

A mountain appears different to each climber but the view from the top is the same.

Why Baha’i instead of Hinduism?

Baha’u’llah – a self-proclaimed divinity?

Baha’is may or may not hold a view of reincarnation (but only on other planets) as a personal opinion. That’s silly logic, and yet millions of people actually believe in this runaway Deism.

But isn’t Hinduism idolatry?

What Hinduism do is not worship of idols, it is worship of God through idols, so do Christians through the cross as an idol, and Muslims through the Kaaba black stone phallus idol.

Just as Muslim don’t expect Allah to break out of the wall, Hindus don’t expect a sculpture to suddenly become animated, neither does a Christian expect Jesus to jump from a gross.

Religions have different *focal points* to contemplate on God.

Everyone has material object through which religious worship is addressed, which is what an idol is – a physical object.

Idols include paintings, sculptures, cross, stone, rock, wall, or even a book or symbol like OM / Amen / 786, and larger temples, churches, mosques, and synagogues.

Any object used in worship is an idol. Even a mental idol is an idol, and you can’t be a little idolatrous or a little pregnant.

But isn’t Hinduism “pagan” polytheism?

Hinduism may appear polytheistic on the surface, but it is an expression of devotion through a pantheon of deities symbolic of God.

This give a secular choice of a personal deity for men and women to worship God (ParaBrahman).

Why do Hindus worship or feed animals?

For Hinduism, it is reverence of their souls, and not worship.

But on feeding animals:

For the meat industry, it is capitalism.

For non-theists, it is philosophical naturalism.

For atheists, it is ecological benevolence.

For Buddhists, it is compassion.

For Jew, the prophet said so.

For Christians, it is the love of God.

For Moslems, it is on the order of God.

For Confucians, it is morality.

For Taoists, it is the oneness of Tao.

But if it is a Hindu, that is “pagan” animism!!!

We really need to improve on double-standards.

But if the material world is illusory, why bother? Why not just enjoy material pleasures?

The circle of rebirth and karma. In just about a 100 years, 6.5 billion bodies of today will cease to exist. Is the true identity body or soul?

Try getting past clinging on to a temporary bodily existence and false notions of physical immortality.

Realize that deep inside, you are that which is eternal~!

Read Bhagavad-gita: bhagavad-gita.us / Or listen to it: gitamrta.org

OM-TAT-SAT

Islam Own By Mankind – Not Only Malays In Malaysia

It is a joke to read the news, regarding a statement made by Datuk Seri DR - (Teluk Bahang – BN/I am not going to mention these jokers name ) about Penang Chief Minister using a quote said by the great Caliph (Khalifa) Umar Ibn Abd Al-Aziz “Amar Ma'ruf Nahi Mungkar” (Enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil).

His statement was supported by another joker, Permatang Berangan assemblyman and Penang Islamic Religious Affairs president, who claimed the non muslim was not allowed to mention Caliph’s name or his quote. But at the other corner of the ring, the state mufti claimed this was not wrong. Who is right and who is wrong?

I wonder when I was told to take up “Sejarah Islam” as one of the must subject in STPM. I was reluctant to this as a “must” but later I was so glad “Sejarah Islam” turn out to be one of the most interesting lessons. The Prophet Nabi Muhamad’s (SAW) journey to spread Islam as the most dynamic religion captured my heart and definitely the Holy Prophet earn his respect in me.

I did well too compare to my muslim friends. From this STPM Islamic lesson we were thought how Prophet’s friends had fought for him in spreading Islam. This Include Caliph Abu Bakar Al Siddiq ('Abdallah bin Abū Quhāfah) as a first Caliph of Islam (The first to convert Islam from out side of Prophet Nabi’s family).

Caliph Umar Ibn Al Khataab is also referred to as `Umar al-Farūq as a second Caliph. Omar was like most of Quraysh before Islam, yet after Islam he became one of the greatest men to walk this earth.

Caliph Uthman Ibn Affan is the third Caliph from the Rashidun Empire and a son in law of Holy Prophet Nabi.

The fourth Caliph of Islam was Khalifa Ali Ibn Abi Talip.
"My eyes are sore are my legs are thin, but I'll stand by you, O Messenger of Allah”,
Thus said the young man of ten, when the Holy Prophet put his message before his own relatives. The boy was Ali, the cousin of Holy Prophet. It can be said that Ali's succession to the caliphate was approved by the vast majority of Muslims in Medina, and also in most of the provinces of the state.

Umar Ibn Abd Al-Aziz was known as one of the caliph who made a number of important religious reforms in Islam. He abolished the long-standing Umayyad and Khawaarij custom of cursing Ali Ibn Abi Talib (the fourth Caliph), at the end of Friday sermons and ordered the following Qu'ranic verse be recited instead: - Surely God enjoins justice, doing of good and giving to kinsfolk.
Another famous quotes from him: “Rulers usually appoint people to watch over their subjects. I appoint you a watcher over me and my behaviour. If you find me at fault in word or action guide me and stop me from doing it” – Khalifa Umar Ibn Abd Al Aziz.

I am not a Muslim, but for me knowing ones religion is a must to understand their spiritual way of living. This is how I learned to respect my Malay friends with their believing. Even now my understanding about Islam leads me to teach my children to respect Muslims as well. This doesn’t make me Islam. The same goes to Christians as well as Buddhism. Believing in religion comes from ones heart. No one have the right to force another to convert or to stop him from believing.

The quote said by Umar Ibn Abd Al-Aziz is only a quote to be followed by mankind if they think its right from their heart. This is not a preaching nor following. There are many quotes and customs followed by Malays as well. It doesn’t mean one is MURTAD to their own religion. It s all depends on ones “NIAT” in their heart. There is no religion in this world request mankind to harm or hate others. I strongly believe this goes to Islam too. I don’t think Islam request his followers to hate others even the kafir but a Muslim’s responsibilities is to explain and make others to understand the truth (Dakwah).

If I, as a non Muslim can respect and understood other religion, I think these two jokers that I mention earlier should start their religious class again to understand the basic of religious preaching. Learn to respect others as well, the basic fundamental of mankind. If these politician jokers claim was right than the Pendidikan Malaysia must do something about this. This lesson should be stop from continued by the non Muslim in all schools which I don’t think they will. But instead this jokers should be send to religious class to enhance their believe.

“Islam is belongs to all mankind and not only for one race”

Thought of the day

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lvbala