Happy New Year 1430H: Generate Glorious Ummah By Crossing The Border

I read on Malaysiakini's Top Blogs, the theme for this year, 1430H, national-level Maal Hijrah is "Generating Glorious Ummah" -- The celebration will be held @PICC today.

hijrah: cross the border! there's no other choice.

God willing, with unwavering efforts, I think, we will obtain success and blessings from Allah SWT in this world and hereafter.

I am confident that with the Quran as a guide and the Prophet Muhammad’s sunnah (traditions) as a model, all Muslims in Malaysia will be able to explore science and technology further. Hence, the Muslim ummah will be able to gain in strength and influence among the world community.

The Muslim ummah should emulate the Prophet Muhammad’s distinctive personality and his hijrah in carrying out Allah’s will for the creation of a community that can become a new world order.

This is the real model of Hijrah that the Muslim ummah should look for. There’s no other choice.

وَالسَّابِقُونَ الأَوَّلُونَ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالأَنصَارِ وَالَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوهُم بِإِحْسَانٍ رَّضِيَ اللّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُواْ عَنْهُ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي تَحْتَهَا الأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا أَبَدًا ذَلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ

"The vanguard - the first of those who forsook (their homes) and of those who gave them aid, and (also) those who follow them in (all) good deeds, - well-pleased is Allah with them, as are they with Him: for them hath He prepared Gardens under which Rivers flow, to dwell therein for ever: that is the supreme felicity." [9: at-tawbah,the repentance:100]

And we, the Muslim ummah, must have hope that Allah SWT will help His believers to remove the tyrannical Rulers that are the descendants of Fir’aun and return the rule of Islam again, through the Caliphate office, to the lands of all the anbiya, rasol, and awliya that walked the earth.

May Allah SWT force us to be the forces of this change! Together we can make a difference -- Salam Ma'al Hijrah!

Anwar’s Case: Open Letter Concerning Anwar Ibrahim - Islamica Magazine

update 7/20/08: International support for Anwar Ibrahim - The attempt to smear and defame Anwar Ibrahim has been thoroughly rejected by the international community. Statements condemning the arrest of Anwar Ibrahim and stating concerns over the credible dispensation of justice have been made by groups which view the entire conduct of this case as suspiciously, similar to the fraudulent allegations made in 1998.

D8 nations to endorse roadmap at Malaysian summit

D8 nations to endorse roadmap at Malaysian summit

Cabinet Approves Ratification Of OIC Charter

KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 (Bernama) -- Malaysia has ratified the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) new charter which, among others, aims to make the grouping more effective in implementing decisions, especially on problems faced by Muslim nations.

Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said Malaysia would present its decision at the 35th OIC Conference in Kampala, Uganda from June 17 to 18.

"Malaysia's ability to ratify the charter within a short time is appreciated by OIC Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu," Rais said here Friday after presenting a cheque for a donation to Nargis cyclone victims in Myanmar.

Rais said the charter contained provisions to make the OIC more effective in humanitarian efforts as the biggest Islamic organisation in the world.

"The charter also contains a provision for the setting up of an Islamic Court of Justice," he disclosed.

The revised charter was approved at the 11th OIC Summit in March 2008 in Dakar, Senegal. It replaces the charter which was registered in 1974 in conformity with Article 102 of the United Nations Charter.

The OIC new charter will come into force when approved by a two-third majority of the Council of Foreign Ministers and ratified by two thirds of the 57 member states. -- bernama

Kembali kepada Islam, rujuk Ulama - Tun Mahathir

GOMBAK, 16 Feb (Hrkh) - Bekas Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad menyarankan umat Islam belajar daripada Ulama untuk mendapat pemahaman yang betul tentang ajaran Islam yang sebenarnya.

Kenyataan itu membuatkan hadirin memberi tepukan gemuruh kepada Penaung UIAM itu.

Semasa memberikan ucaptamanya di satu Program 'Global Peace : Crisis In Islamic World' di Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM) pagi tadi, Dr Mahathir turut berkata, tanpa Ulama umat Islam sukar untuk memahami Islam yang sebenarnya.

Beliau dijemput memberi ucaptama di UIAM sempena program Minggu Ummah 2008. Turut hadir ialah, Pengerusi UIAM, Tan Sri Sanusi Junid; kepimpinan akademik UIAM serta mahasiswa dari pelbagai negara yang menuntut di universiti tersebut.

Berucap lanjut Dr Mahathir mengingatkan supaya ummah merujuk kepada Ulama untuk memilih pemimpin termasuk dari sudut politik.

Malah, beliau mengingatkan peranan Ulama sejak 1400 tahun lalu yang dijadikan sumber rujukan dan beliau turut menyeru semua kembali kepada asas Islam merujuk kepada Al-Quran dan Hadis.

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