Penang police on alert for bible-burning ‘fest’

Penang police on alert for bible-burning ‘fest’  
 By Opalyn Mok
January 24, 2013


GEORGE TOWN, Jan 24 ― Heavy police surveillance will be placed on a field in front of Dewan Ahmad Badawi in Bagan Luar, Butterworth on Saturday, ahead of a purported “festival” to torch copies of Malay-language bibles there.
Penang police chief DCP Datuk Abd Rahim Hanafi said the police will not hesitate to take stern action against any groups or individuals who turn up at the site to take part in the event.
On Tuesday, a priest had lodged a police report over the distribution of anonymous pamphlets advertising a “festival” to burn the Malay language bibles at the field on Sunday.
Abd Rahim warned the public not to take part in the event.
“I urge the public not to be influenced but the ‘rumours’ in this pamphlet which was obviously created by irresponsible individuals to threaten the safety and harmony of the public,” he said.
He also warned the public not to spread further rumours on this matter and that those found to spread such rumours will be arrested and charged under Sections 298 and 507 of the Penal Code, for uttering words with deliberate intent to wound the religious feelings of any religious groups and criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication respectively.
Earlier this week, Perkasa chief Datuk Ibrahim Ali also called for the Malay version of the bible containing the word “Allah” and Jawi script to be burned.
The Christian Federation of Malaysia (CFM) has come out to condemn those who had threatened to burn the sacred holy book and had called on those who are spreading hatred through such threats for political gain to cease and desist.
The state government had also urged the police to take the matter seriously.
As extra precaution, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng had instructed the Seberang Perai Municipal Council (MPSP) president Maimunah Mohd Shariff to ensure that no one enters the Dewan Ahmad Badawi, which belonged to MPSP, at the designated time.
The “Allah” dispute, which first erupted after the watershed Election 2008, remains a hot-button topic in the run-up to this year’s polls.
 
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For our thoughts: 

(1) Muslims shouldn't burn any other religious scriptures. The Holy Prophet Muhammad s.a.w told us to respect other religion.

(2) There are many opinions about the Christians using the word 'Allah' refering to God. The fact is the name Allah is widely used by Christians and other religions out there.

(3) Yes the question is - why only now? Why only now Christians in Malaysia would like to use name of Allah? Why not long time ago? Christians existed in Malaysia since 7th century. And before, they used Tuhan which literally means God in Malay.

(4) We can see where they are going now. It's psychology. They know no Muslim interested in listening to their preaching when they used Tuhan. With using the real name of God - Allah, they will get the attention of Muslims. The name of Allah is no stranger amongst the Christians. The Arab Christians use it and so some English Bible still maintaining the name of Allah referring to God; namely - Eli, Elohim, Elo all referring to God in Hebrew which is a sister language of Arabic.

(5) Their decision of using the name Allah is nothing but to attracts Malay community especially. Sadly to say - Malay Malaysian are born as Muslim but still there are many of them who still do not understand Islam completely. Weak in akidah, Tauhid and Iman. There - the Christians knows the weakness of Malay Muslims here, therefore they would like to take this opportunity to attract these people to join them by preaching in Malay.

(6) Times thought them a lesson. Very important lesson indeed. The Christians in Malaysia used English as their intermediate language. Well, Christianity was brought here by the Englishman therefore English was used in preaching the religion by their missionaries. And English is a common language amongst the non Malay in Malaysia. No offence - although the English level in Malaysia is still not up to the right standards but Malaysian got no problem in understanding the language.

(7) Meanwhile Malays always prefer to speak and communicate in their native language although most of the Malays understood English. But in daily life - they would prefer to communicate in their native language.

(8) Years after years of preaching, the numbers of Christians in Malaysia increased. Large numbers of Malaysian Indians (originally Hindu) and Chinese (originally Buddhist) has converted to Christianity. How is that come about? Well, there are no strong missionaries from the Hindu / Buddhist group in Malaysia. Yes we do have tamples for both respective religions but thats it. We dont see their missionaries running active across the country preaching.

(9) Nowadays if you have a Buddhist / Hindu friends - if you asked them about their religion, I repeat Religion NOT culture - not many of them can answer. Why? Because they dont have the right understanding. That's why. So that shows how limited their knowledge on their religion.

(10) Christian missionaries aware about this. English is not a problem for the Indians and Chinese. They move and preach towards them. As a results numbers of them converting to Christianity.

(11) Christianity is beautiful. Don't get me wrong - when I said it's beautiful, I mean their theory is beautiful. Why did I say that? Ok for one second imagine if someone who has no knowledge about religion, about God, about the meaning of this life. One thing they know is that one day you going to die. And not knowing whats gonna happen after that. You must agree with me for those who has no faith, death is like a worst thing. As a Muslim we know death is part of the process of life and it's not the end of life.

(12) For Buddhist especially they do not believe in heaven. They believe that every soul will be going to hell. There's no good thing about death from their perspective.

(13) This is where the Christian come and offer them some kind of good offer. The Christian believes that everyone can go to heaven as long as you believe that Jesus Christ (pbuh) was born and die as God and believe that Jesus (pbuh) died for our sins and you'll have the ticket to heaven. Simple and beautiful. Who wouldn't want to buy that?

(14) People who has no belief would buy that. Hey come on..you dont have to do anything. The only thing you have to do is to believe that Jesus (pbuh) was born and die as God and believe that he has died for our sins. You believe that, you'll be in heaven once you die. Regardless if you have sins your soul or not but once you believe that, heaven is for you. Your sins will be forgiven immediately once you believe that Jesus has died for your sin. Isn't beautiful? Indeed it is.

(15) We Muslim, we don't buy that. Why not? We understood Islam and we believe in heaven and hell. For someone who has logic, knowledge and faith - the theory above doesn't make any sense. I'm not going to elaborate any further on the differences between Islam and Christianity, that's not the topic here.

(16) It's only to give you the view on why Christian in Malaysia insisted to use the name of Allah. That is to attract Malay Muslim who has no concrete knowledge in their religion and weak in their iman. It's psychological war.

(17) But this doesn't give us any reason to go and burn their book. Why worry? Strengthen your Iman, practice it, preach it to your children, brothers, sisters, family and friends. Isn't Da'wah is part of our responsibility? The responsibilty of Da'wah was not just left to the Messengers but also for us.

(18) In the Holy Quran stated:“Who is better in speech than one who calls to Allah, does righteous deeds and says indeed I am among the Muslims.”
Surah Fussilat 41:33

“Let there arise among you a group inviting to all that is good, enjoining righteousness and forbidding evil. Those are the successful ones.”
Surah Ali-Imran 3:104

“Call to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good preaching.”
Surah An-Nahl 16:125

(19) But that's not the case. How many of us see da'wah as our responsibility? How many of us would do that? We are too afraid to open our mouth. We're not even dare to open our mouth to teach our own children and family members!

(20) Nowadays most people happily passing their responsibility to teachers and schools. We got money and pay to the school and expect teacher to teach them all? And when something went wrong we blame the friends of our child and the teacher at school for not educating our children good enough? What is wrong with us?

(21) That is responsibility of every parents to educate their children. Yes, no doubt we still need to send our children to school but how much can the school teach our children? They go to school there's like 12 subjects they have to learn. The school have like thousands of children to take care of. When they come home they spend whole night to complete their homework or study for exams. And we thought that we have done our part by waking up in the morning drop them to school, fetch them home and give them money to spend? And when we are at home give the responsibility to the maid to clean them, to clothes them and even to tuck them at night? Seriously.. what is wrong with us? And when something went wrong we blame the other party?

(22) Come on, do not make any reason. Yes we're working but sometime we forgot what are we working for actually. We forgot what is our main responsibility. Alhamdulillah we solat 5 times a day, we fast in Ramadhan, we pay zakat, and we went for Hajj. But we forgot in making da'wah towards our family members. We passed that to their teachers at school. We have let ourselves down again.

(23) And now Muslims in Malaysia is panicking when the Christian decided to use the name Allah in their scripture. With the reason this could get Muslim confused. Come on! What kind of reason is that? That is so lame. 

(24) We wouldn't be confused if we have thought ourselves and our children well. We have the Quran, the hadith and books everywhere in the country. We have classes at Masjid. Go and learn and teach it to your family.

(25) And in order to show our disagreement for Christian using the name Allah, we now going to burn their bible. The same way as how the Christian shows their disagreement with Islam - that is they burn our Quran. And now what? Are we copying them?

(26) We have to understand. They - Christians believes they are correct. Just like everybody else do. They are so eager in preaching their religion. They will find a way what is the best way to get the message to their 'customers'. They are doing the job.

(27) My question is - what are we doing? Whining and complaining, calling the government to stop them. The government couldn't do much. Burning the bible is the best solution we got? Unbelievable.

(28) Steadfast in your religion O Muslim. Learn everyday, be prepared. The Quran and the hadith is everywhere. Ask right people to get the right answer. Once we have understood Islam we will have no problem In Sha Allah. If happen one of the Christian missionaries come to you trying to convert you - if you have the knowledge you will convert them instead In Sha Allah.

(29) May Allah guide us all. Ameen.

The Truth About Pork

In both Bible and Holy Qur-an Allah (God) condemns the touching & eating of swine flesh. If we agree that Allah (God) is the Best Knower, Foreknower & the All-knowing One, then surely He knows best what foods to eat and not to eat. We must ask the question, "Why does Allah (God) forbid the eating and touching of swine flesh in any form?" First let us look at what Allah (God) says about the eating of swine flesh in both Bible & Holy Qur-an:

Leviticus 11:7-8
"And the swine, though he divided the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
"Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcass shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you."

Deuteronomy 14:8
"And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcass..

Here Allah (God) clearly states that the flesh of swine is forbidden to eat and touch. Bible Scholars agree with the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, that the King's meat spoken of in Daniel Ch. 1:8 is referring to swine flesh. In that story Daniel and the three Hebrew boys, followed the instruction of the Best Knower, the Foreknower and the All-knowing One, Allah (God). In the end they were healthier by not eating the King's meat and drinking his drink. Some of us make the mistake of thinking that the advent of Jesus suspends the Law Allah (God) gave to Moses. Let's examine Jesus' words concerning the Law Allah (God) gave to Moses.

Matthew 5:17-19
"Think not that I (Jesus) am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, But to fulfill.
"For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law , till all is fulfilled.
"Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."

Jesus says he came to fulfill the law Allah (God) gave to Moses. Fulfill means to put into effect, to measure up to. Therefore, Jesus came in the world to put Moses law into effect and make it the reality by which all of us live. This would include Allah's (God's) prohibition against swine. Jesus clearly states that he has not come to destroy the law and that the law will not be changed until heaven and earth pass away. Heaven an earth are still present, therefore law is still in place and should be followed. The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad made and interesting point in reference to this topic. He said to say that the All-wise Allah (God) changed His mind is to say that He is not a Foreknower. Allah (God) is the Foreknower and as the creator of man and pigs is the Best Knower of nature of both of them. Even though pigs are fed grains and corn in some places, this does not negate the FACT that they are filthy and poisonous by nature. If one were to feed a poisonous snake a better diet, it would not change the nature of the snake, being poisonous. If one were to grow a poisonous plant in a different type of soil, it would not prevent the plant from doing by nature what it is created to do. The same principle stands true for the swine. People often make the mistake of thinking that the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad did not know they food would be filled with all types of hormones and chemicals. To say this is to say that he, as the Messenger of God, was not a foreknower like his Teacher. We would be foolish to say that How to Eat to Live is somehow outdated and Dr. So and So has better guidance than the Messenger of the Best Knower, the Foreknower and the All-Knowing One.

Allah (God) continues his condemnation of the swine as follows:

Isaiah 65:2-4
I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;
A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon alters of brick;
Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, eating swine's flesh, and the broth of abominable things is in their vessels."

Isaiah 66:17
"They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord."

The word abomination mean abhorrence; disgust, that which is hated, a cause of abhorrence, disgust or hatred. The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad said that the one tree the people hide behind were the people who used the word of God to justify the consumption of prohibited swine flesh. The Bible condemns those that engage in that type of activity as follows:

Ezekiel 22:26
Her priest have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and the profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean and have hid their eyes form my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

This perfectly describes how those who are charged with the responsibility of using the word of Allah (God), to raise His standard, have used His word to justify their own evil and the evils of he people under their charge. No wonder Jesus says in Matthew 5:19, "Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven..."
The Holy Qur'an, the book of scripture for over one billion Muslims on earth, also condemns the consumption of swine.

Holy Qur-an 2:173
"He has thus forbidden you only what dies of itself, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and that over which any other (name) than (that of) Allah has been invoked..."

Holy Qur-an 5:3
"Forbidden to you is that which dies of itself, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and that over which any other name than that of Allah has been invoked..."

Holy Qur-an 6:146
"Say, I find not in that which is revealed to me aught forbidden for an eater to eat thereof, except that it be what dies of itself, or blood poured forth, or flesh of swine - for that surely is unclean - or what is a transgression, other than (the name of) Allah having been invoked on it..."

Holy Qur-an 16:115
"He has forbidden you only what dies of itself and blood and the flesh of swine and that over which any other name than that of Allah has been invoked;..."

Excerpted from the book, The Truth About Pork - 

By Minister Abdul Muhammad

Q & A (2)

These questions I've received way back in 2010. Back at that time I was very active writing in forums and I've seen many interesting questions. The below is a conversation between me and anonymous person who I believe is a Jew. Well, from how he speak it tells me he must be a Jew.

So here I would like to share with our readers on this very interesting topic. The below questions was actually the last 2 questions addressed to me which both are the most interesting questions from the whole conversation.

Question:

"Anyway, for any command of killing the disbelievers only to be used during battlefield and towards the war prisoners"

Where is this stated? Or are you just assuming that's what it means?

Oh, and one more question--I know that in the Hadith (I forget which verse specifically but I believe it is Sahih Muslim--"The last hour will not come before the Muslims fight the Jews and the Muslims kill them, so that Jews will hide behind stones and trees and the Stone and the tree will say, O Muslim, O servant of God! There is a Jew behind me; come and kill him.") Does it make it difficult for you to be friends with Jews when, presumably, you believe that you must kill them when/if the time arises? It seems that it would be a bit difficult to make friends with Jews under this circumstance, yes?

Answer:

Salam,

1) As I said, if you want to understand it you got to read the whole book. At least read the whole surah. To make it easy for you to understand you may get your self the Quran with translation and commentary by Abdullah Yusuf Ali. With the help of the commentary you will be able to understand the verse better as it will explains about the verse. For me, it really helps me to understand the Quran better. Here is the commentary for the 2 surahs that you have mentioned earlier:

For Surah Al-Maidah Verse 51, the commentary by Abdullah Yusuf Ali:

That is, look not to them for help and comfort. They are more likely to combine against you than to help you. And this happened more than once in the lifetime of the Prophet, and in after-ages again and again.

He who associates with them and shares their counsels must be counted as of them. The trimmer loses whichever way the wheel of fortune turns.

For Surah At-Tawbah Verse 29, the commentary by Abdullah Yusuf Ali:

Jizyah: the root meaning is compensation.

The derived meaning, which became the technical meaning, was a poll-tax levied from those who did not accept Islam, but were willing to live under the protection of Islam, and were thus tacitly willing to submit to its ideals being enforced in the Muslim State.

There are no amount permanently fixed for it. It was in acknowledgement that those whose religion was tolerated would in their turn not interfere with the preaching and progress of Islam. Imam Shafi’i suggests one dinar per year, which would be the Arabian gold dinar of the Muslim States.

The tax varied in amount, and there were exemptions for the poor, for females and children (according to Abu Hanifa), for slaves, and for monks and hermits. Being a tax on able-bodied males of military age, it was in a sense a commutation for military service.

In the last line of the verse it says - عَن يَدٍ وَهُمْ صَاغِرُونَ It reads: AAan yadin wahum saghiroon.

AAan Yadin – literally, from the hand, has been variously interpreted. The hand being the symbol of power and authority. I accept the interpretation ‘in token of willing submission.’

The Jizya was thus partly symbolic and partly a commutation for military service, but as the amount was insignificant and the exemptions numerous, its symbolic character predominated.

Answering to this question: Where is this stated? Or are you just assuming that's what it means?

Answer: I have already explained it to you. Refer to Surah Al-Baqarah Verse 190-194

In Surah Al-Baqarah Chapter 2 Verse 190-194:

Fight in the way of Allah those who fight you but do not transgress. Indeed. Allah does not like transgressors. And kill them wherever you overtake them and expel them from wherever they have expelled you, and fitnah is worse than killing. And do not fight them at al-Masjid al- Haram until they fight you there. But if they fight you, then kill them. Such is the recompense of the disbelievers. And if they cease, then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful. Fight them until there is no [more] fitnah and [until] worship is [acknowledged to be] for Allah . But if they cease, then there is to be no aggression except against the oppressors. [Fighting in] the sacred month is for [aggression committed in] the sacred month, and for [all] violations is legal retribution. So whoever has assaulted you, then assault him in the same way that he has assaulted you. And fear Allah and know that Allah is with those who fear Him.

The Muslims are only allowed to fight against those who intend to harm them (for self-defense) and that if their enemies surrender, they must also stop because God does not like those who transgress limits.

For your information, Islam tells the us to avoid any kind of assumptions. So I do not assume or interpret the Quran according to my preference. Quran was sent down to Prophet Muhammad s.a.w so that he can teach and guide mankind to the right path. It is not for anyone to assume or interpret it according to their own preference. The meaning of every verse has been explained by the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. The commentary that I told you earlier, is to explained the meaning of the verses of the Quran following the teaching of Prophet Muhammad s.a.w through the book of Hadeeth. 

2) “The last hour will not come before the Muslims fight the Jews and the Muslims kill them, so that Jews will hide behind stones and trees and the Stone and the tree will say, O Muslim, O servant of God! There is a Jew behind me; come and kill him."

- This hadeeth is a prophecy mentioned by Prophet Muhammad s.a.w about the sign of Qiamat under the topic of Sign of Qiamat. In the Quran mentioned many times about there is no one would know about the coming of Qiamat except Allah Ta’ala and only Him who knows about it. Somehow the sign was given to us to warn us. The Hadeeth above, some Ulama and Scholars say that the Prophet was speaking in metaphorically.

As you can see today the Jews are scattered around the western world. For instance: In America. It is hard for you to recognize them. You can’t tell if they are Jews or not, they mixed and live in the western society. It is hard for us to differentiate between Jews and the whites as many Jews already adopted the identity of the whites. They have English-sounds name, the looks like them, they sound and speak like them (whites). Today we may find big name Hollywood Celebrities, or big-guys from Wallstreet and the government of America are Jews. If no one ever mentioned about their blood-line, nobody can tell that they are Jews. The Jews are hiding behind the identity of the westerners.

At the time of the revelation of the Qur’an, and for more than a thousand years thereafter, Christians and Jews were locked in a relationship of such mutual hatred that it was impossible to conceive of a future Christian-Jewish reconciliation, friendship and mutual alliance.

After all, the Gospel itself had recorded the exclusive Jewish role in the demand for Christ’s crucifixion, in addition to the fact that the Roman government had opposed it (John, 19:4-7). Christianity consistently, and quite correctly, blamed the Jews for demanding that crucifixion. It created eternal hostility between the two religious communities. 

However, this extraordinary verse of the Qur’an actually anticipated a time when the world would witness a strange and mysterious reconciliation between these two foes, and the emergence of a Judeo-Christian alliance. It is only in the modern age, when Gog and Magog have attacked Euro-Christianity and Euro-Judaism and have transformed Europe into an essentially godless secular society where men can legally marry men, that the world has witnessed the amazing fulfillment of the divine prophecy in this verse of the Qur’an (See chapter on Gog and Magog in ‘Jerusalem in the Qur’an’). 

It should be clear that the Qur’an has prohibited Muslims from maintaining friendly ties with only that Judeo-Christian alliance and not with all Christians and all Jews. The Qur’an has also warned those Muslims who established ties of friendship with that Judeo-Christian alliance that is now ruling the world, that Allah Most High would recognize them to be members of that alliance (rather than the Muslim community), and would thus consider such conduct the ultimate betrayal of Islam.

Euro-Christianity and Euro-Judaism have today joined in an unholy alliance in order to conquer and rule the world from London, Washington and Jerusalem while waging war on Islam. They do so in order to deliver the rule over the world to an imposter Euro-Jewish State of Israel - a state which they themselves created, and then seduced the oriental Jews (i.e., the Israelite Jews) into accepting. That alliance is also waging war on the religious way of life and in the process is transforming almost the whole world to a state of decadence and godlessness.

 – Taken from Neither Friends or Allies by Imran Nazar Hosein.

3) I do not have any Jewish friend. I am not being racist, but you cannot find Jews living here. But yes I have met them before. And they look like a normal white American. I only got to know when they told me that they are Jews. We speak like normal people and we have no problem whatsoever. The Quran say that there are good people amongst them. And we were only told to fight those who fight us. And also there are Jews who are Muslims and they believe in Islam but majority of them are not. If happen to be that I will have a Jewish friend, I will accept them for who they are. But if they join and attack the Muslims, I will fight them. If they’re not, then I will do no harm onto them. We were only told to fight those who fight us, not those who don’t. Since we are in this topic let me share with you one story:

Once I was told a story by a learned man, who have an experience living in the Jewish society. So one day he had a discussion of religious matters with his Jewish friends. He asked them: Do you believe that Muhammad s.a.w is the messenger of Allah? And they answer: Yes. So he was very surprise and asked again: If yes, then why don’t you follow his teaching and be Muslims? They answer: We are Jews, and Moses is for the people of Jews. So we only follow Moses and will not follow Muhammad because he’s an Arab, not Jews.

QUESTION:

I'm afraid your "learned friend" is lying. There is not a single Jew anywhere who believes that Mohammed was or is in any way divinely inspired or a prophet. If a Jew believed that then by definition he would not be a Jew anymore. And I'm sorry but I found your reply to me extremely anti-Semitic. Jews did not willingly "adopt" the identity of "whites". They were forced into Europe after the Romans sacked Israel and had to integrate into those societies. After thousands of years of oppression and persecution they have finally started to be seen as equals.

Oh, and as one final note--only half of Jews worldwide are "white". The rest are Mizrahi or Sephardic ("dark" or "tan"). These people are the descendents of those Jews who were driven out of Arab countries in the 20th century.

Thank you for answering my questions, anyway.

Answer:

Shalom,

First of all about the story that I shared with you, I wasn’t asking you to confirm if it’s true or if it’s a lie. You can think whatever you like, and you may accuse if he was lying. I don’t need you to believe in his story like I do. My intention was only sharing the knowledge and my points of view.

Me, anti-semite? I'm not surprised to hear that. It is very typical for everyone to label someone as anti-Semite whenever they speak about the Jews. It seems like Jews are very sensitive people. Anyway, it is up to you to think whatever you want. After all I was only answering your questions. If you’re not happy and couldn’t agree with my answer – it is your choice, your freedom. I have no rights to force you to accepting my point of views and make you confirming everything I said is true.

Oh another thing, if you think that Muslims were all trained to hate the Jews I can tell you that you are so wrong. Here I quoted you the verse from the Holy Quran. Allah said:

O Children of Israel, remember My favor that I have bestowed upon you and that I preferred you over the worlds. (Surah Al-Baqarah Chapter 2 Verse 47)

Ye are the best of peoples, evolved for mankind, enjoining what is right, forbidding what is wrong, and believing in Allah. If only the People of the Book had faith, it were best for them: among them are some who have faith, but most of them are perverted transgressors. (Surah Ali Imran Chapter 3 Verse 110)

Now compare it to this:

Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.  Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you. (The Old Testament – Deuteronomy 9: 7-8) 

For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: (The Old Testament – Exodus 33:5) 

So my question here - does this mean that Moses was anti-Semite? (You don't have to answer, I already know the answer - I was just trying to pull your leg [metaphorically] by asking you this question)

It is a pleasure to have a chance to discussing over these matters with you. And I am very grateful for this opportunity. You are most welcome.

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Mightee Da'wah Project & Revival of Sunnah campaign will be our first of many projects. We expect to kick start both projects before mid-August 2012, Insya Allah. At the same time we are working on articles to be published from time to time. We are also working on our official website, but since our knowledge in web design is very limited (we need to get help from external party) it caused a little setback. But again Insya Allah it will be ready before year 2013. So far we will be updating all our stories, articles, works, events, and products via this blog.

We welcome your comments, ideas and also critics in order for us to improve. Anybody who would like to contribute i.e articles etc, you're most welcome. The concept of Oummati is simple, we want to connect with the ummah, to grow togetherness and the spirit of ummah. This is why we choose the name Oummati - Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) repeated 3 times 'Ummati, Ummati, Ummati,' calling on his ummah. The name is aligned with our mission and objectives that is to provide solutions, necessity, tools for da'wah and of course building strong networks within the Muslim Ummah.

Again, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all our loyal readers for bearing with us. Insya Allah we will keep you updated from time to time with our products, news and articles. Don't forget to suggest us to your family, relatives and friends regardless of their religion. Insya Allah we can lead to them to the route of Islam. We really appreciate your supports and your patience for bearing with us. May Allah make it easy for us to work on His path.

Till then, Salamun Alaykom Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.


Team Oummati
(Bilal, Mehdi, Ihsan & Arafat)

Ummati Trading Sdn Bhd

31 July 2012 @ 2340 Hours

Al-Quran Surah Al-Baqarah, Chapter 2 Verse 183

“O you who believe! Observing As-Saum (the fasting) is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become Al-Muttaqun.”

Islam for ALL

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other (not that ye may despise (each other). Verily the most honoured of you in the sight of Allah is (he who is) the most righteous of you. And Allah has full knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things).

(Al-Quran, Surah Al-Hujurat Chapter 49 Verse 13)

Revive the Sunnah: Pray in Jemaah