Mr JAIS, the most useless Government officer!!

by - Hesmel Faznee Faisal

The JAIS department has done it again. This time they decided to go beyond overboard an arrested one of Malaysia’s prominent religious scholar. This scholar is none other than Dr Mohd Asri Zainal Abidin, a lecturer from this writer’s alma mater (read here)

Perhaps, the decision to arrest him was made by a group of the orthodox Islamist, whose influence in the society is decreasing, day by day. It was also due to the fact that some of the educated and critical thinking Muslims in the Malaysian society have begin to realize that not all of the knowledge spread by the so called ulamaks on Islam is true let alone is valid nor progressive.

Yesterday was the saddest day for some Muslims who still believe that Islam is a progressive religion.

To the JAIS buggers, this is the only thing this writer has to say;

Jangan Anggap Islam Sempit..

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BUKU WAJAH YANG BERWAJAH - WAJAH..

Oleh - Hesmel Faznee Faisal

Tidak dapat dinafikan lagi, laman web Facebook telah mencipta satu fenomenanya yang tersendiri. Malah, jika satu masa dahulu ramai orang memperkatakan tentang Myspace (Jose, beberapa tahun lalu ianya merupakan laman web sosial yang paling terkemuka di dunia!) kini, semua orang melihat Facebook sebagai laman jaringan sosial yang paling dikenali!

Ramai orang telah berjaya menjejak kembali rakan-rakan lama, bekas rakan sekolah atau kolej dan tidak kurang juga yang menjumpai kembali bekas isteri mahupun bekas kekasih (Yang telah berkahwin dan menjalinkan skandal dengan mereka!) melalui Facebook. Malah, bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad pun, tidak ketinggalan untuk mempunyai akaunnya sendiri. Besar jasanya kepada masyarakat!

Namun, apa yang agak mengecewakan ialah Facebook ini telah turut disalahgunakan oleh sesetengah pihak untuk menyebarkan fitnah seperti apa yang berlaku ke atas Menteri Besar Perlis, Datuk Seri Isa Sabu. (baca sini)

Seperti kata pepatah Inggeris, The pen is mightier than the sword tetapi dalam konteks zaman canggih ini, a website is the mightiest among others.

Sepatutnya, ia digunakan untuk mencari rakan-rakan dan menambahkan rakan-rakan lain. Bukannya untuk melakukan perkara yang tidak baik seperti mensebarkan fitnah dan sebagainya. Jika dilihat daripada aspek perniagaan, Facebook ini mampu membantu peniaga untuk mempromosikan barangan jualannya. Terutamanya kepada mereka yang menjalankan perniagaan MLM (Multi Level Marketing).

Apabila Facebook disalahgunakan oleh orang, ianya mungkin akan mengundang padah kepada masyarakat dan juga kepada masyarakat internet itu sendiri.

Masyarakat Malaysia, terlalu mempercayai kepada cerita sensasi dan dengan kewujudan medium komunikasi seperti facebook, twitter, blog dan sebagainya, ianya hanya akan mempercepatkan lagi sebaran cerita-cerita berikut. Akhirnya, masyarakat ini terdiri daripada kalangan masyarakat dangkal yang hanya mempercayai cerita-cerita karut.

Penulis tidak hanya membuat andaian serkap jarang kerana sudah jelas tidak semua masyarakat Malaysia ingin melakukan kajian atau mendalami berita yang diterimanya secara bersungguh-sungguh. Ada yang hanya terus mempercayainya tanpa mempersoalkan kebenarannya.

Facebook bukanlah semata-mata rangkaian sosial untuk menambahkan rakan-rakan. Ianya juga boleh menjadi senjata merbahaya seandainya ianya jatuh ke tangan individu yang tidak bertanggungjawab.

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AN ACT OF GOD OR AN ACT OF MOCKERY?

by - Hesmel Faznee Faisal

 

Salam, to fellow bloggers and to the only loyal reader of this self proclaimed blog!

A lot of things have passed under the clear blue sky since this writer took his long break after the fall in his office recently. Not much to say or tell of the incident except that according to the specialist who treated him, a sign of stress was the main contribution to it.

Let us go back to our main story. Based on the writer’s brief flipping through the newspaper, be it online or hardline (ie. the traditional media, Jose!) there were some interesting political and religion based stories but for him, the main issues raised within the context of the two subjects are more dominant and important.

Among them were the annual UMNO general meeting that was held a couple of weeks ago which saw the passing of the resolution to allow more UMNO members to vote for their leader. There was also the 2010 Budget presentation by Prime Minister Dato' Seri Najib Razak which according to some, was a pre-General Election oriented budget.

But obviously, one thing that had really caught this writer's attention was the standing praying mat incident. (read here)

Some Muslims strongly felt that this was an act of God.

This writer holds nothing against it. However, he believes that this was just a man made incident and was intentionally done to create a panic condition among us.

For this writer, God would never reveal His power to his servant merely by raising up the praying mat, should He wants us to repent. The standing praying mat incident was indeed a despicable act by some quarters of the irresponsible Muslims to belittle God’s ability and the faith of other Muslims as well.

We must never forget that some of the Muslim scholars received highly respect among the Westerners. For instance, Ibn Rushd (or Averroes) made remarkable contributions in philosophy, logic, medicine, music and jurisprudence.

The area of logical thinking has been a preventable topic, within the context of the disciplinary thinking among Muslims. There are indeed, a number of Islamic scholars whose areas of speciality were that of logical thinking and philosophy but the question that Muslims should ask themselves is why they tend to regress when they should be progressing and compete with others?

Even a local liberal Muslim scholar had denied and discarded such claims to link the incident as an act of God. (read here)

Again, this writer is not trying to discard or to deny the miracles of God but for him God would never reveal His revelation just by simply raising an object nor objects.

We should look around and realized that God has given many to us, but we neither gave back in return by being kind to others. We wretchedly tend to show our selfishness and have been comfortably living a life of a hermit.

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PENYAMUN MEMANGGIL PENYAMUN...

Oleh - Hesmel Faznee Faisal
 
Salam kepada para blogger dan pembaca setia blog Bacalah..
 
Terdapat beberapa suara-suara daripada pihak tertentu yang mengatakan bahawa parti UMNO telah menghalalkan rasuah. Malah, terdapat juga ke peringkat di mana rakyat Malaysia segelintirnya telah menerima rasuah sebagai satu cara hidup! (baca sini). 
 
Tetapi bagi penulis, tidaklah sampai kepada peringkat mengatakan rakyat itu bodoh! (baca di sini )
 
Inilah ironi di dalam politik. Caci mencaci, cela mencela bukanlah sesuatu yang canggung (No, Jose. I did not borrow the word from M. Nasir! It was my own initiative) tetapi tidaklah dengan ini penulis ingin menghalalkan secara taktik kotor politik!
 
Rakyat tidak memilih Tan Sri Isa Samad, atas sifat beliau Tan Sri Isa Samad. Mereka memilih Tan Sri Isa Samad kerana beliau calon parti Barisan Nasional. Barisan Nasional, setakat ini telah menunjukkan sedikit perkembangan dari aspek kesungguhan melakukan perubahan. Dan bukan sekadar janji dan retorik seperti pihak tertentu tersebut. Mereka memilih beliau kerana mereka yakin kepada kepimpinan Perdana Menteri Dato' Seri Najib Abdul Razak. Ini merupakan satu endorsement kepada kepimpinan beliau.
 
Rakyat, walaupun bukannya semua telah kembali menyokong kepada Barisan Nasional (BN) kerana BN telah pulih sedikit walaupun tidak banyak daripada aspek kepimpinan yang lemah.
 
Mulai hari ini, 13 Oktober 2009 UMNO akan mengadakan persidangannya. Diharap akan ada perubahan yang akan menyusul kelak. Bukan sekadar perubahan kosmetik sahaja sebaliknya perubahan luaran dan dalaman.
 
Bagi penulis, Tan Sri Isa telah menerima hukumannya. Beliau telahpun disabitkan dengan kesalahan rasuahnya. Isu UMNO atau rakyat memilih perasuah sebagai calon mahupun pemimpin adalah satu non issue.
 
Jika  sebelum ini seorang bekas banduan, seorang yang telah disabitkan kesalahan dan menjalani hukuman penjara akan tetapi hukumannya yang lagi satu telah digugurkan atas faktor kesilapan teknik telah dilihat sebagai Prime Minister material dan diterima oleh segelintir rakyat, tidak pernah menjadi persoalan?
 
Mungkin pihak tertentu telah mengatakan bahawa BN, khususnya UMNO sudah tidak mempunyai calon lain untuk diletakkan bertanding di Bagan Pinang dan mengambil seorang bekas perasuah sebagai calon, bagaimana pula dengan puak yang tertentu ini dengan penuh harapan ingin melihat seorang bekas banduan sebagai Perdana Menteri, seandainya puak ini berjaya memenangi Pilihanraya Umum ke13?
 
Penulis teringat akan satu pepatah atau mungkin ungkapan yang sering dikatakan oleh orang-orang dahulu kala.
 
"Apabila kita menuding jari ke orang, jangan lupa 3 jari kita akan menuding kepada kita semula"
 
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SALAM AIDILFITRI BUAT SEMUA..

Salam.. kepada para bloggers dan pembaca setia blog syok sendiri ini.

Penulis ingin mengambil kesempatan (No Jose!! I’m not taking any advantage from “that” point of view!) untuk mengucapkan Salam Aidilfitri, Maaf Zahir Batin kepada semua dan berharap anda semua akan dapat bersama dengan ahli keluarga yang tersayang dalam keadaan aman dan bahagia.

Semoga kita akan terus mendapat keberkatan daripada Tuhan dan moga kita sentiasa di bawah lindunganNya.

Ikhlas,

HESMEL FAZNEE FAISAL

A LAVISH LIFESTYLE OF THE OPPOSITION LEADER IN AN OPPOSITION RULED STATE

By – Hesmel Faznee Faisal

Salam, to fellow bloggers and other readers!

Before you jump to any conclusion, kindly have a second look at the title above numerous times as possible!

This writer had just found out from here that a former Menteri Besar for “a now Opposition ruled state” will be called to be present at the MACC office to assist on an investigation in view of his palatial mansion, which was said to be bigger than the former Prime Minister's house in Seri Kembangan. We pray and hope that we won't found the former MB lying dead on the ground floor of the Plaza Masalam building shortly after that (It was a poor attempted joke, Jose!)!

Apparently, the cost of his house was nearly the same as the price of 2-4 blocks of shop houses in Bangsar and this has raised eyebrows for many.

Even the former Prime Minister (Stop making reference to the recent retired Prime Minister, Jose!) feels skeptical after the  MB claimed the cost  of building his mansion was only RM3 million!

Surely any wise guy "or a prick" can tell and differentiate between a good nasi kandar and a phony one just by tasting it! And this issue has indeed raised doubt for the public towards the many aspect of this MB's previous administration and credibility as a leader for one of the wealthiest states in Malaysia!

How on earth could an assemblyman let alone an opposition leader, whose income is solely based on a monthly provide allowances (Depending on whether he has a side income or not, Jose!) can afford to have that kind of house in that fashion?

This writer remembers vividly when as a child, his late grandfather will often  share with him stories on the sacrifice that have been done by our forefathers in their struggle for independence. This involves politicians who had to sell or mortgage their piece of land (or lands, in some cases Jose!) to merchants (in those days, it’s either the Orang-Orang Kaya Daerah or the chettiar!) and to use the money to support the party they belonged to.

The spirit of sacrifice, compared to those politicians from the pre-Independence era has long gone amongst our politicians. But this is not to say that politicians are all the same. We do have a number of good ones who are willing to sacrifice and to ensure that voters who had voted for him deserved every single of it!

According to the former MB, he had purchased the house after having successfully secured a bank loan. Whatever reason being given, it is obvious that a person who supposed to be the slave of the rakyat should live a modest lifestyle.

Without doubt, this writer shares the same sentiment with what John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton had written about power and corruption, in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton more than a centuries ago;

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.

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