Where is The Freedom in Practicing Religion ??

The Banning of Minarets in Sweden

Micheline Calmy-Rey said the Swiss government was "very concerned" about the ban, adopted by voters on Sunday.

"Each limitation on the co-existence of different cultures and religions also endangers our security," she told the European security body, the OSCE.

A top UN official has called the ban "clearly discriminatory".

Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said the ban was "deeply divisive" and at odds with Switzerland's international legal obligations.

'Extremism' risk

More than 57.5% of Swiss voters and 22 out of 26 cantons - or provinces - voted in favour of the ban on Sunday.

The proposal had been put forward by the Swiss People's Party (SVP), the largest party in parliament, which said minarets were a sign of Islamisation.

Muslim leaders across the world, as well as those of other faiths, criticised the minaret ban as a blow to religious freedom.

But European right-wing groups welcomed the result, calling for other countries to take similar measures.

"Provocation risks triggering other provocation and risks inflaming extremism," Mrs Calmy-Rey said at the OSCE meeting in Athens.

Sunday's referendum has forced the government to declare illegal the building of any new minarets, but Mrs Calmy-Rey said Muslims could still build new mosques and continue to worship in the country.

"Swiss Muslims are well integrated and will continue to attend the 200 mosques in the country," she said.

She said if an appeal against the referendum was lodged at the European Court of Human Rights, it would be up to the court to decide on its legality.

For KL people..

assalamualaikum wr wbt.

Sesiapa yang berkesempatan, bolehlah menghadiri program2 berikut;

1) Forum Perdana Ma'al Hijrah Di Masjid Negeri Shah Alam - Khamis 17hb Dis09 jam 9mlm

2) Karnival Ma'al Hijrah juga di Masjid Negeri Shah Alam. Bermula jumaat sehingga ahad (18dis - 20dis)

3) Ceramah Perdana Syeikh Yusof Qardawi (Ketua Kesatuan Ulama' Dunia) di Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC).
Tarikh : 19hb Dis (Sabtu)
Masa : 8.30pg - 11.30 tgh
Anjuran JAKIM (makanan disediakan)

1431 Hijrah..

SALAM MAAL HIJRAH TO ALL !

MAY THIS COMING YEAR BE PROSPEROUS AND FULL OF IMAN, TAQWA AND HIDAYAH FROM ALLAH..

A little something from my Emo Days..

Found this on myspace, god i wonder what happened between this emo phase and now.. haha

sure glad and thankful that i changed.. :D

December 24, 2007 - Monday Life’s a journey Current mood: apathetic Category: Life miles and miles have i walked.. through this long stretch of land that seems to fade by the horizon.. it seems endless i'm walking and trembling along the way i'll get up along the way, never to give up until death comes creeping i know where i'm going.. but things just don't go as i planned it.. i can see all the different paths that i could choose from with signs to guide me.. but i just cant seem to decide which is right ? and which is left ? i'm constantly stopping as i get lost.. asking for directions from people that I actually care about.. and hopefully vice versa but sometimes i just hope and pray to be guided.. by the almighty.. in some cases, hope is just all that we need.. a little window of hope could get us far.. but in my case, i'm hoping for something uncertain. but at least now i know what life is about at least my feet are still touching the ground. Currently reading: The Secret By Rhonda Byrne Release date: 28 November, 2006 7:33 PM 0 Comments (Add Comment) | 0 Kudos Translate Edit Remove

October 29, 2007 - Monday dark spots on a white wall Current mood: gloomy Category: Life it was a strange reaction, for someone like you to remain so silent. and in a chain reaction, i was down and thinking hard. ur like a shining star covered with stormclouds. like a bird with broken wings somethings gotta change, things cannot be the same, its beyond me, its all there waiting for u to sort out. forget about everything, let your heart beat and guide you through difficult situations look at all the people around us, so blissful on the outside yet all messed up in the inside look at everybody, standing around looking for directions. deep in their minds sometime i feel like giving up on you and now, ur star is fading if i'd only wait, would i be stuck in a hole? ur hard on the surface but i know, that ur screaming underneath and i know, that its no cause for concern. u can lie all you want but it wont change a thing i'm sick of all the secrets and fake smiles i'm sick of you being unpredictable even with all the weight that you carry the world just keeps on spinning and ur lost out of control u dont know which way ur going u dont know which way u've gone i need someone, who understands i need someone, who listens like you i've waited all these years for you i'd wait til lightning strikes me we all have secrets, but one conversation would make a big difference only if you'd talk. If you'd only knew what i went through just to get to you if you'd only knew how bad i feel when reality strucks in do you know what it feels like to be in a cave and find a light shining from the deep core. do you know how it feels like to lose a thing that u have always NEEDED this is about u feeling depressed even when you're not and when nobody's looking you're falling apart you wake up in the morning wishing that you could skip a day wishing that the air would smell nicer and the sun would finaly smile upon you suddenly i started looking for a warning sign a warning sign for the future and wutever's heading towards me well the truth is, i miss you and ... i could say that again and again if it were to mean anything to you 11:25 PM 0 Comments (Add Comment) | 0 Kudos Translate Edit Remove

July 27, 2007 - Friday Its been awhile Current mood: lonely Category: Life it has been awhile since i let out these emotions and anger inside me.. i feel so alone in this huge world.. i have all of my emotions concealed by this happy face and happy tunes of Mika. i noe i dont look distressed but i rilli am deep inside. emotions are slowly affecting the outcome of my life the laws of attraction is to blame right there.. where however u think about the world will affect ur life laws of attraction.. how it sucks u probably wont understand wut i'm feeling right now as it is a mixed cocktail of emotions, hormones and mostly, deep thinking.. ugh.. how i wish i cud stop thinking and just lay my problems on the bedsheet, wrap it all up and wash it in the washing machine.. life's great at this point but my head is getting in the way.. too much thinking is bad for your health. even worst with a hinch of mixed emotions and rapid hormones.. its been so long since i last wrote a blog.. even in my xanga.. all i probably talk about there is life, life, and life.. all my thoughts are expressed through this medium.. if i cud write a blog since i was 2.. then i cud make a line graph about my life.. the ups and downs of yusri.. how interesting wud tht be ? perhaps i'm just trying to grow too fast, perhaps life is just being hard on me.. perhaps i'm just hoping to get more in this short period of time 10:34 PM 1 Comments (Add Comment) | 0 Kudos Translate Edit Remove

June 18, 2007 - Monday knock knock, who's there ?? Current mood: disappointed Category: Life here i am again, lying straight on the floor, with my eyes shut.. i know how ridiculous i sound right now but i'm just feeling insecure about the world, about the exams, about school.. i'm very disappointed in you yusri. yes, VERY... its about 4 weeks till PMR trials and ure so very unprepared.. wuts gonna happen if u dont go to MRSM ha?? of course u'll have a place in the debate team next year if tht happen but wht wud that make u ha ?? yes yusri, a total loser.. wut happened to the yusri i knew ? wut happened to the yusri who studied all night bcoz he loves to do so ? who is this man typing rite now ? i do not know this yusri who's neglecting to study and hopes to get 8A's just like tht.. i dont like the new yusri n i wish u cud just get out of my life.. what happened to the old yusri ? why cant this person be like the old him ? u're not gonna even get an A for english if u keep this up yusri, and not even for maths.. seriously ur not gonna get A's with this attitude yusri.. again, i AM VERY disappointed in you yusri.. Akon seems to describe me very well in this situation Akon ft Bone thugs n Harmony.. - i Tried.. You know nothing come easy, you gotta try real real hard, I tried hard...but I guess I gotta try harder. I try so hard can't seem to get away from misery man I try so hard always be a victim of these streets it aint my fault cuz I... tried to get away but trouble follows me and still I try so hard hoping one day you'll come and rescue me but until then, I'll be posted up right here in sleet hail snow rain but until then... I'll be posted up right here with my gettin dough

Nafsu..

Nafsu Oh Nafsu
copied from : http://www.iluvislam.com/v1/readarticle.php?article_id=2107
Dihantar Oleh: nurlinda
Editor: b_b

Saya nak kongsi mengenai apa yang saya dapat hari ni. Hari ni, ditakdirkan Allah, Allah memberi peringatan kepada saya semua mengenai NAFSU. Pagi-pagi saya dah dapat mesej mengenainya, mesej tu berbunyi:

"Tiada yang aku rawati lebih sukar daripada nafsuku sendiri, satu ketika aku mengalahkannya. dan satu ketika yang lain aku dikalahkannya" (Sufyan At-Thauri)

Memang betul, ada masa kita memang dapat kalahkan nafsu kita. Bilamana iman kita naik insyaAllah nafsu juga dalam kawalan dan panduan kita, tapi malangnya bilamana iman kita kurang, nafsu yang mengawal dan pandu kita. Nauzubillah.


Sedang saya menyambung bacaan sebuah buku yang masih belum saya habis baca, saya terjumpa mengenai nafsu lagi. Wah, hari ni topik dan peringatan untuk saya mengenai nafsu nampaknya, Alhamdulillah!

Ia adalah kunci untuk kita mengekang hawa nafsu kita. Kuncinya ialah:

"Bagaimana dapat ditentang hawa nafsu, sedangkan ketika ia menyerang, ia menguasai 2/3 akal. Maka tiada jalan lain melainkan SABAR" (Imam As-Syafie)

Subhanallah, besar peranan sabar rupanya dalam kehidupan kita. Patutlah dalam Al-Quran banyak menyebut kelebihan orang bersabar. Seringkali kita diingatkan dan diberitakan Allah dalam Al-Quran "BERILAH KHABAR GEMBIRA BUAT MEREKA YANG BERSABAR", dan dalam ayat yang lain "SABAR ITU CANTIK/INDAH" dan Allah juga berjanji bahawa"ALLAH BERSAMA MEREKA YANG BERSABAR", masyaAllah bersabarkah aku dan dirimu dalam mengharungi kehidupan di muka bumi ni?


Ya Allah, jauhi aku daripada pautan nafsu syaitan durjana ya Allah. Saya teruskan bacaan saya lagi, dalam ayat seterusnya menceritakan mengenai PENCINTA ALLAH, bagaimana SI PENCINTA ALLAH ITU? Apa kaitan dengan nafsu pulak?

PENCINTA ALLAH ITU IALAH: "Seorang hamba yang menceraikan dirinya daripada gigitan nafsu, tidak putus-putus mengingati Allah, berdiri menegakkan hak-hak Allah dan memandang Allah dengan hatinya. Apabila dia berbicara, dia berbicara dengan Allah, apabila dia berdiskusi, diskusinya tentang Allah. Dia bergerak dengan perintah Allah. Diamnya bersama bersama Allah. Maka dia dengan Allah, Untuk Allah, dan bersama Allah" (Abu Bakar al-Kattani)

Mari muhasabah diri, ada kita punyai ciri-ciri di atas? Jujurnya, saya masih bermasalah dalam mengawal nafsu, maka masih tidak layak bergelar PENCINTA ALLAH. Mengatakan sayang dan cinta amat mudah, tapi dalam membuktikan rasa sayang dan cinta itu amat payah, ditambahi lagi dengan ujian-ujian yang menimpa diri.


Ingatlah kita, NAFSU SENTIASA MENGARAH KEPADA KEMUNGKARAN! Bila nafsu kuasai diri, ini yang akan terjadi:

"Apabila hawa nafsu sudah dominan, maka hati akan gelap. Apabila hati gelap, maka dada kan menyempit. Apabila dada menyempit, maka akhlak jadi buruk. Apabila akhlak buruk, maka makhluk akan membencinya" (Abu Bakar al-Hakim al-Warraaq)

Ya Allah Ya Tuhanku, jauhkan kami daripada pautan nafsu syaitan durjana dan kami berlindung pada-MU daripada kejahatan nafsu kami dan jadikanlah kami daripada golongan orang yang SABAR.

Keeping our Faith

• • Slm again.. this entry is actually a reply to a message from UnKnoWn123 from the shoutbox
  • UnKnoWn123 the ONE thing im afraid right now is stepping out into he real world where we're free from school rules.
  • • UnKnoWn123 i've cum 2 realised dat d rules r wats keepin me safe all dis while n d real world seem so cruel n harsh

      2009-12-14 5:34 PM

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      UnKnoWn123 4 example, is it possible 2 b a gd muslim once ur outside wid ur peers without ur parents keepin an eye on u ? i'm growin up faster than i thought ha3

ok, so regarding the short IM from the shoutbox,

honestly, its a problem in which nobody can escape..

i myself find difficulty in adjusting to this 'new' environment..

i've once heard of a story of a smoker, an old fella.. he's a really heavy smoker.. then one day he stops smoking, and when asked, he said that its simply ur heart's desire, if u believe that it is bad, u believe that it causes bad effect to u and ur family, and u really want to live happily and healthily, u can stop smoking.. and he did, with no need for chewing gums in replacement or wutsoever..

the moral from this is that it all comes from you, if u really believe that its not good, if u really want to get Allah's grace and if u really believe in Allah's promise of paradise, i dont think u'll be interested in doing anything else..

there's one thing we as muslims need to remember, our priority. if we can manage to set the rules straight, as for example: i am going to spend an hour reading the quran before sleep, i am going to wake up early for tahajjud, then no problem..

but that's just how it is, easier said than done, i myself has been in ur shoes, trust me, the few days in my room felt like being in sin city.. but in time, i started to listen to bilal assad and his lectures about Paradise, and alhamdulillah, i'm back on the right track..

so going back to ur question, YES it is possible to live a muslim life, forget about the prophet Muhammad's SAW era, lets look at our own society. we have muslims all over the world, the muslim population is ever growing, we have muslim communities in USA, in Australia, in Britain, in Japan.. its everywhere, so how do u think these people survive in these 'harsh' conditions. i believe they live in a much more cruel and harsh world than we do.. imagine the muslim brothers who got arrested just because they have beards and made them look like a taliban member.. think about the muslim sisters who has been forced to take off their hijab at the airport.. the only thing that keeps them on the right track is FAITH. faith is everything. faith in Allah, faith in His promises of paradise for the believers..

to UnKnoWn123 : u already took the first step in trying to find help, it shows that u have the intention of changing.. and that is already imaan.. the most important thing in Islam is ur heart, the prophet SAW once said that there is one piece of flesh(if i'm not mistaken) that if the flesh is good, then everything else is good, and that is ur heart.. u already have the heart to change, have faith in Allah and insyaAllah, everything will be fine..

the world is a prison to the believers, and a paradise to the disbelievers

if ur feeling the pain of having to endure the world full of sins, and u have a deep hatred for sins, then ur a believer..

life is what u look at it, sometimes the grass is much greener on the other side, if u luk at the muslim community in Malaysia, we're quite strong if compared to 20 years ago, even with all the entertainment and etc, we still have a strong muslim community only if u luk close enuff, u have everything u need abt islam on the net.. in ur neighbourhood im sure u can find classes for tilawah and arabic language and such.. Islam is available, only if we search for it.. Allah will only change the fate of a race if they themselves strive to change..

oh and 1 more thing, the easiest way to live a muslim life is to be around muslim friends ie ppl who actually understands and practice Islam ..

sorry for this long entry, that's just how my brain works. haha

Let us take the good advice from this entry, and forgive the author for all the mistakes and inaccuracy.. i am a human being just like you, and cant possibly escape any faultiness

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh..

PS : judging by the style of writing, i think i noe who u are UnKnoWn123, but lets just act like i dont know you.. its better that way.. haha

Why Only Old People Go to Mosques..

salam to all..

today i bring forward a question that u may not have thot about before

a question u might answer just by stating that it's pure stereotype from the society, the malay society that is

Why is it that only old people belong in mosques ??

why is it that youths only go to mosques on fridays ? (ok that's 2 questions)

now lets look at the stereotype we have.. Old ppl go to the mosques because they're gonna die.. youths go to mosques on fridays because they want to keep their parents' mouth shut.. rational.

na'uzubillahiminzalikh

as youths, havent we thought about WHY do old people REALLY go to mosques.. everybody dies but what's with old ppl that motivates them to go to mosques everyday ?? they use to be kids like us, ignorant about religion and doesnt seem to care more about going to the mosque. we're young, lets do the minimum, coz we're not gonna die tmorrow.. na'uzubillah..

exhibit A : about 2 days ago my sister attended a funeral of her friend (she's 23 if im not mistaken) apparently all of a sudden, the friend of hers got into a comma and died of bacterial infection. sumthing out of the norm for a healthy child.. but hey, it happens.

exhibit B : a friend of mine died earlier this year out of an infection also.. im forgot what its called, but apparently it comes from rodens' faeces and urine. but who would've thot, after a few days of fever, he got into a sudden comma and died.

well here's 2 of young death examples happening around me and if u look closer enough, u might find one in ur circle of friends, or even family.

the truth is, life is a dream.. the reality of life is in the hereafter.. and i believe that all muslim youths and adults agree to that statement.. but the fact is, do we really believe in that ? do we really have faith that we can die at this very second ? i dont think so, who could've possibly thought that he/she could die while going to school ? or while partying..

so why cant we be like old ppl ? why cant we spend at least half an hour at the mosque a day ? dont we believe in Al-Hadith ? dont we believe in the quran ? dont we believe in Allah ? lets luk in the mirror and reflect, do we really believe in the quran ? or are we the hypocrites pretending to believe in what God said, what Rasulullah SAW has preached ? beware o brothers and sisters, we are living in a dream, a dream which lasts for a short while, and the real life starts in the hereafter.

the actions that we conduct today determines the hereafter, whatever we do today leads to the path that we are choosing in the hereafter. and i believe that every muslim men, women, boys and girls know that. but why are we choosing the path to hellfire?? why are we choosing not to cover our aurat and to go to gigs and latenight parties ? why do we choose to stay up facebooking till 3 in the morning and refuse to wake up for fajr prayer ? why do we choose to spend our holidays at the mall instead of the mosque, trying to have a deeper understanding of our religion, the way of life ? whyy ?? dont we believe in the warnings of Allah ?? dont we believe in Allah Himself ?? subhanallah.. may Allah have mercy on us

let us luk closer at our adults.. the only reason on top of our heads as for why they are going to mosques is because they're preparing for death.. so since we arent then we arent really preparing for death arent we ? so since we're busy with our work and studies, we arent gonna die are we ?

sorry i havent prepared any hadeeth or quran verses for this entry but i need u to take this as an advice.. i believe that the people reading this entry is well educated about religion. the only problem is with belief and how much faith we have in God and Muhammad SAW..

let us all reflect and repent. before its too late..

-an advice from someone who has been there before...

Let us take the good advice from this entry, and forgive the author for all the mistakes and inaccuracy.. i am a human being just like you, and cant possibly escape any faultiness

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh..

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discussions

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nasyid..

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slm...

Life Just Started

woohooo000000OOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YEAH BABY !! (i deserve a scream after 5 years waiting for this moment

its the end of SPM !!!!!!~~ ALHAMDULILLAH my two years in boarding school finally came to an end, and nothing happened. as in, nothing bad happened..

i never really regretted going to Taiping really, if u have been reading my blog since the very birth of it, then u'd found out how much problems i face in taiping, as in.. none..

i never thought boarding school is gonna be like what i gone thru,

i never homesick-ed(seriously), i was never bullied/ragged by seniors, i never ragged juniors(biaselah, baik), there was no mosquitos, the ppl are.. human, not like those shallow-minded ppl that i expected..

i actually expanded my connections, i now have more friends than i cud ever have in JESS.. and their fun.. a thing about boarding school is that you cant really have a best friend. its almost impossible to have a best friend. coz everyone's close and u just cant pick ur best bud..

wtv it is, we had a great time together, my 2 years rocked !

ok, back to the topic, SPM just ended.. haha. and my life just started

many ppl wonder, what's so fun about life after spm.. sorry but the only reason why i'm excited about post-spm is that i can finally get into the same league as my sibs.. being the youngest and 6 years younger than my sis, 9 years younger than my 2nd bro, and 11 years to my eldest bro, the only thing that can get us on the same page is anything after spm.. in my family, as long as ur schooling, ur still immature.. or some sort.. in a way, as long as you dont drive ur own car, dont own ur own money, ur immature.. but that's all behind me now, i'm me, and my life just started :D

SO thank you MRSM Taiping, teachers and friends for enriching my 2 years with this wonderful and contenting (is that a word ?) experience.. the experience opened my eyes to a lot of things..

Thanks again..

but now i realise, i now walk alone..

Salam...

Imam Ghazali's Conversation with 4 of his students

Imam Ghazali = ' Apakah yang paling dekat dengan diri kita di dunia ini ? Murid 1 = ' Orang tua ' Murid 2 = ' Guru ' Murid 3 = ' Teman ' Murid 4 = ' Kaum kerabat ' Imam Ghazali = ' Semua jawapan itu benar. Tetapi yang paling dekat dengan kita ialah MATI. Sebab itu janji Allah bahawa setiap yang bernyawa pasti akan mati ( Surah Ali-Imran :185). Imam Ghazali = ' Apa yang paling jauh dari kita di dunia ini ?' Murid 1 = ' Negeri Cina ' Murid 2 = ' Bulan ' Murid 3 = ' Matahari ' Murid 4 = ' Bintang-bintang ' Iman Ghazali = ' Semua jawaban itu benar. Tetapi yang paling benar adalah MASA LALU. Bagaimanapun kita, apapun kenderaan kita, tetap kita tidak akan dapat kembali ke masa yang lalu. Oleh sebab itu kita harus menjaga hari ini, hari esok dan hari-hari yang akan datang dengan perbuatan yang sesuai dengan ajaran Agama'. Iman Ghazali = ' Apa yang paling besar didunia ini ?' Murid 1 = ' Gunung ' Murid 2 = ' Matahari ' Murid 3 = ' Bumi ' Imam Ghazali = ' Semua jawaban itu benar, tapi yang besar sekali adalah HAWA NAFSU (Surah Al A'raf: 179). Maka kita harus hati-hati dengan nafsu kita, jangan sampai nafsu kita membawa ke neraka.' IMAM GHAZALI' Apa yang paling berat didunia? ' Murid 1 = ' Baja ' Murid 2 = ' Besi ' Murid 3 = ' Gajah ' Imam Ghazali = ' Semua itu benar, tapi yang paling be! rat adalah MEMEGANG AMANAH (Surah Al-Azab : 72 ). Tumbuh-tumbuhan, binatang, gunung, dan malaikat semua tidak mampu ketika Allah SWT meminta mereka menjadi khalifah pemimpin) di dunia ini. Tetapi manusia dengan sombongnya berebut-rebut menyanggupi permintaan Allah SWT sehingga banyak manusia masuk ke neraka kerana gagal memegang amanah.' Imam Ghazali = ' Apa yang paling ringan di dunia ini ?' Murid 1 = ' Kapas' Murid 2 = ' Angin ' Murid 3 = ' Debu ' Murid 4 = ' Daun-daun' Imam Ghazali = ' Semua jawaban kamu itu benar, tapi yang paling ringan sekali didunia ini adalah MENINGGALKAN SOLAT. Gara-gara pekerjaan kita atau urusan dunia, kita tinggalkan solat ' Imam Ghazali = ' Apa yang paling tajam sekali di dunia ini? ' Murid- Murid dengan serentak menjawab = ' Pedang ' Imam Ghazali = ' Itu benar, tapi yang paling tajam sekali didunia ! ini adalah LIDAH MANUSIA. Kerana melalui lidah, manusia dengan mudahnya menyakiti hati dan melukai perasaan saudaranya sendiri ' 'sampaikanlah walau satu ayat'..