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[ppiindia] Yudhoyono Panggil Sejumlah Menteri secara Tertutup
Refleksi: Kongkalikong akal bulus antara sesama sobat dan sahabat harus tertutup dan dirahasiakan dari umum. http://www.tempointeraktif.com/hg/fokus/2010/02/23/fks,20100223-1133,id.html Yudhoyono Panggil Sejumlah Menteri secara Tertutup Selasa, 23 Februari 2010 | 15:09 WIB TEMPO Interaktif, Jakarta -Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono mengumpulkan sejumlah menteri di Wisma Negara, Kompleks Istana Kepresidenan, Selasa (23/2). Rapat itu digelar secara tertutup. Berdasarkan pantauan Tempo, sejumlah mobil menteri terparkir di depan Wisma Negara. Mobil menteri Toyota Royal Saloon, antara lain milik Menteri Sekretaris Negara Sudi Silalahi, Menteri Koordinator Politik Hukum dan Keamanan Djoko Suyanto, Menteri Negara Koperasi dan Usaha Kecil Menengah Syarifuddin Hassan, Menteri Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral Darwin Zahedi Saleh, Menteri Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata Jero Wacik dan Menteri Pendayagunaan Apartur Negara dan Reformasi Birokrasi EE Mangindaan. Hingga saat ini, belum jelas agenda pertemuan. Wartawan tidak bisa mendekati lokasi Wisma Negara, hanya menyaksikan mobil yang terparkir dari jarak sekitar lebih dari lima meter. Ketika wartawan mendekati Wisma, nomor polisi mobil-mobil menteri diganti dengan nomor dinas bukan lagi nomor RI. Kemarin (22/2), Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono mengumpulkan sejumlah politisi Partai Demokrat di Wisma Negara. Malam harinya, Yudhoyono kembali menggelar rapat internal di Kediaman Cikeas. Namun pertemuan partai-partai koalisi di Cikeas itu dibatalkan. Ketua Fraksi Partai Keadilan Sejahtera di Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat, Mustafa Kamal menambahkan semalam dirinya sudah siap datang ke Cikeas menemani Presiden PKS Lutfi Hasan. Namun, ia mendapat kabar dari Hatta Rajasa --yang sebelumnya menjadi pengundang pertemuan-- bahwa bahwa pertemuan di Cikeas dibatalkan. Kita berfikir positif saja saat diundang, kan ada unsur silaturahminya juga, kata Mustafa. Meski begitu, atas kejadian pembatalan semalan, ia mengusulkan agar manajemen koalisi diperbaiki. Sementara dikumpulkannya sejumlah menteri dan Wakil Presiden Boediono di Wisma Negara tidak terkait dengan batalnya konsolidasi partai koalisi semalam. Biasa kan presiden bertemu dengan menteri dan wapres, kata Menteri Koordinator Perekonomian, Hatta Rajasa, melalui sambungan telepon kepada wartawan, Selasa (23/2). Setiap saat, menurut Hatta, presiden bisa mengundang para menterinya. Termasuk untuk melakukan rapat di Wisma Negara yang tergolong tidak biasa. Ya, jangan begitulah, presiden mau rapat terbatas dimana saja kan bisa, katanya [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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[ppiindia] Benarkah Pertemuan Cikeas Batal Karena Ibunda Yudhoyono?
http://www.tempointeraktif.com/hg/politik/2010/02/23/brk,20100223-227724,id.html Benarkah Pertemuan Cikeas Batal Karena Ibunda Yudhoyono? Selasa, 23 Februari 2010 | 11:20 WIB TEMPO Interaktif, Jakarta - Batalnya upaya Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono mengumpulkan partai-partai mitra koalisinya di kediamannya di Puri Cikeas, Bogor, menimbulkan banyak pertanyaan. Ada yang bilang ini adalah upaya Yudhoyono untuk mengulur waktu. Ada yang bilang karena ibunda Yudhoyono Siti Habibah sakit dan dirawat di rumah sakit. Tak ada penjelasan resmi soal itu. Satu-satunya penjelasan diberikan oleh Anas Urbaningrum, yang membantah dugaan bahwa pertemuan tertutup itu sebenarnya membahas masalah angket Bank Century. Tadi tidak ada agenda atau pembahasan urusan politik, kata Anas. Hanya menyampaikan simpati dan doa kepada ibunda SBY, Eyang Habibah, yang sedang dirawat. Anas menyatakan bahwa soal pandangan akhir fraksinya tentang angket Century telah selesai disiapkan. Kami akan menegaskan pentingnya proses hukum terhadap para pelaku pidana perbankan dalam kasus Bank Century ini, ujarnya. Ihwal sikap partai koalisi yang belum jinak, Anas berujar, Kami memang tidak berniat menjinakkan. Kami yakin koalisi pasti ada maknanya. Kalau tidak ada artinya, untuk apa berkoalisi? Tadi malam, hanya para petinggi Partai Demokrat yang tampak hadir di kediaman pribadi Presiden itu. Tak ada tokoh-tokoh partai lain. Rencana awal memang pertemuan akan dilakukan malam ini. Tetapi beberapa partai koalisi mengusulkan ditunda dulu, kata Ketua Fraksi Partai Demokrat di Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat, Anas Urbaningrum, melalui pesan pendek. Agar lebih lengkap dan masing-masing partai (mitra koalisi) terkonsolidasi. Para petinggi Partai Demokrat yang hadir antara lain Sekretaris Jenderal Amir Syamsuddin dan Ketua Dewan Pengurus Pusat Andi Mallarangeng, yang juga Menteri Negara Pemuda dan Olahraga. Tampak pula Menteri-Sekretaris Negara Sudi Silalahi dan Staf Khusus Presiden Bidang Hukum Denny Indrayana. Tak ada dari mereka yang hadir bersedia menjelaskan isi pertemuan, yang akhirnya hanya dilakukan untuk konsolidasi internal di antara orang-orang dekat Presiden itu. Namun, agenda yang sempat beredar sebelumnya, rapat menjelang tengah malam itu rencananya akan membahas soal persiapan hasil kesimpulan Panitia Khusus Angket Bank Century di Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat. Menurut Anas, atas usulan penundaan tersebut, Presiden Yudhoyono menyatakan setuju. Apalagi kemarin malam rencana pertemuan SBY dengan Partai Demokrat ditunda, karena Presiden tengah menunggui ibundanya yang sedang dirawat di rumah sakit. Ia menambahkan, pertemuan antara Presiden dan mitra koalisi selama ini sudah beberapa kali digelar. Bahkan pertemuan fraksi-fraksi koalisi rutin dilakukan. Anas menegaskan, pertemuan koalisi semacam itu adalah hal yang wajar, biasa, dan sudah semestinya. Kalau partai koalisi tidak bertemu, justru ganjil dan aneh, katanya. Pertemuan partai koalisi bukan hanya halal, tetapi malah fardu untuk dilakukan. Sebelum pertemuan di Cikeas itu, siang harinya Presiden Yudhoyono juga mengumpulkan para petinggi Partai Demokrat dalam pertemuan tertutup di Wisma Negara. Mereka yang hadir antara lain Anas Urbaningrum, Ja'far Hafsah, Achsanul Kosasih, Yahya Secawirya, dan Benny K. Harman. Rapat ini dimulai beberapa saat setelah Presiden Yudhoyono datang dari mengunjungi ibunya, Siti Habibah, di Rumah Sakit Husada. Namun juru bicara kepresidenan, Julian Aldrin Pasha, menolak memberikan keterangan mengenai rapat itu. Saya tidak mengkonfirmasi karena saya tidak berada di pertemuan itu, katanya. Satu-satunya penjelasan diberikan oleh Anas Urbaningrum, yang membantah dugaan bahwa pertemuan tertutup itu membahas masalah angket Bank Century. Tadi tidak ada agenda atau pembahasan urusan politik, kata Anas. Hanya menyampaikan simpati dan doa kepada ibunda SBY, Eyang Habibah, yang sedang dirawat. Anas menyatakan bahwa soal pandangan akhir fraksinya tentang angket Century telah selesai disiapkan. Kami akan menegaskan pentingnya proses hukum terhadap para pelaku pidana perbankan dalam kasus Bank Century ini, ujarnya. Ihwal sikap partai koalisi yang belum jinak, Anas berujar, Kami memang tidak berniat menjinakkan. Kami yakin koalisi pasti ada maknanya. Kalau tidak ada artinya, untuk apa berkoalisi? EKO ARI WIBOWO | CORNILA DESYANA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[ppiindia] Ada 6.632 Kali Bencana di Indonesia Selama 1997-2009
Refleksi : 6.632 kali bencana adalah bencana alam, tetapi bagaimana dengan bencana yang diciptakan oleh penguasa rezim kleptokraik terhadap kehidupan rakyat Nusantara? Bisakah dihitung? http://www.antaranews.com/berita/1266856342/ada-6632-kali-bencana-di-indonesia-selama-1997-2009 Ada 6.632 Kali Bencana di Indonesia Selama 1997-2009 Senin, 22 Pebruari 2010 23:32 WIB | Peristiwa | Umum | Padang (ANTARA News) - Wilayah Indonesia dilanda sebanyak 6.632 kali bencana selama kurun waktu 13 tahun (1997-2009) yang menunjukan negara ini sebagai daerah rawan bencana di dunia. Bencana paling banyak terjadi pada tahun 2008 yang mencapai 1.302 kali, kata programme Asociate Crisis Prevention and Rocovery Unit lembaga PBB, UNDP yang juga Koordinator Pusat Data Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB), Ridwan Yunus di Padang, Senin. Hal itu disampaikannya dalam sosialisasi Daftar Informasi Bencana Indonesia (DIBI) kepada 90 orang perwakilan pihak terkait kebencanaan di Sumatra Barat. Ia menambahkan, setelah 2007 bencana paling banyak kedua terjadi pada 2004 mencapai 895 kali, disusul tahun 2007 sebanyak 888 kali, tahun 2006 (851), tahun 2005 (693), tahun 2003 (532) dan tahun 1998 (497). Sedangkan, jumlah bencana paling sedikit terjadi pada tahun 1997 yakni hanya empat kali, disusul tahun 2000 sebanyak 82 kali dan tahun 1999 sebanyak 101 kali, tambahnya. Sementara itu, jumlah bencana melanda Indonesia selama 2009 masih dalam pendataan dan telah terdata sebanyak 498 kali. Sedangkan jenis bencana yang melanda wilayah Indonesia didominasi banjir yang mencapai 35 persen dari total 6.632 kali bencana, disusul kekeringan (18 persen), tanah longsor, angin topan dan kebakaran, masing-masing 11 persen. Sementara itu bencana banjir yang disusul tanah longsor tercatat sebanyak 3 persen dari total jumlah bencana tersebut, katanya.(H014/A038) COPYRIGHT © 2010 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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[ppiindia] 1 tahun bermitra dengan Buddha-Bar
From: kevin wu kevinw...@yahoo.co.id Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 10:21 PM 1 Tahun “bermitra” dengan Buddha-Bar Persis 1 tahun sudah Forum Anti Buddha-Bar (FABB) bermitra dengan Buddha-Bar. Forum yang dibentuk pada tanggal 23 February 2009 di Menara Cakrawala, Jakarta oleh tokoh-tokoh umat Buddha yang mewakili 85 organisasi yang hadir pada sore hari itu guna menjawab keresahan umat Buddha yang resah atas berdirinya tempat hiburan malam Buddha-Bar di Jakarta. Namanya juga “bermitra”, hubungan ini diwarnai dengan penuh dinamika selama ini. Kadang suka, kadang duka; kadang seru, tidak jarang juga membosankan; kadang sepi, tetapi tiba-tiba bisa ramai lagi. Demikianlah dinamika hubungan kami, akan tetapi sampai hari ini kami tetap bertahan dengan hubungan ini karena Buddha-Bar masih belum merelakan tuntutan kami yang sebenarnya sederhana, yaitu; Ganti Nama Agama dan keluarkan semua symbol Agama dalam bisnis Hiburan Malamnya. Namanya juga “bermitra”, kadang mereka benar dan kami salah, kadang-kadang malah sebaliknya. Mereka benar bahwa ini adalah franchise dari Prancis, tetapi mereka salah bahwa tidak semua yang ada di Luar bisa berlaku di Indonesia yang dikenal taat dan menghormati ajaran agama. Kita mungkin masih ingat bagaimana tersinggungnya rakyat Indonesia ketika figure Nabi dijadikan “karya seni” kartun oleh bangsa lain, kita juga tersinggung ketika symbol agama dijadikan bahan video klip, dan masih banyak contoh-contoh lain. Atas dasar “budaya timur” inilah sampai hari ini, belum ada satu pun Buddha-Bar lain di ASIA selain di Jakarta. Mereka “benar” bahwa ini adalah hanyalah Bisnis sehingga tidak bertujuan untuk menyinggung agama apapun. Apakah pernyataan ini berlaku juga jika yang terjadi adalah Nabi dan Simbol-simbol atas agama yang dianut dan dicintai pemilik atau pengelola hiburan malam ini? Oleh karena itu, apa yang FABB perjuangankan tidak semata-mata demi membela satu agama, akan tetapi demi kepentingan semua agama terlebih lagi para founding father kita memperjuangkan negara ini dengan dasar ke-bhineka-an serta menjadikan sila KETUHANAN YANG MAHA ESA menjadi Sila Pertama sebagai landasan Negara Indonesia, atau apakah dasar dan landasan negara kita ini sudah tidak berlaku lagi? Oleh karena inilah, dalam satu tahun “kemitraan” ini, Forum Anti Buddha-Bar mendapatkan banyak dukungan dari Tokoh Nasional dan Tokoh Lintas Agama yang antara lain oleh; Alm KH Abdurahman Wahid (Presiden Ke-4 Republik Indonesia), Ahmad Syafii Ma’arif (mantan Ketua Umum Muhammadiyah) , Abdul Hakim (Director Nur Cholis Madjid Society), Ahman Syafii Mufid, Prof. Din Samsudin (ketua umum Muhammadiyah) , Romo Frans Magnis Suseno (tokoh Khatolik), J. Kristiadi (Direktur CSIS), Prof. Jimly Ashidiqqie (Mantan Ketua Mahkamah Konstitusi), Prof. Komaruddin Hidayat (rector UIN Jakarta), KH Masdar Mas’udi (PBNU), Prof. Musdah Mulia (ketua ICRP), Muslim Abdurrahman (ICRP), M. Syafii Anwar (Director ICIP), Bhante Nyana Suryanadi (Ketum SAGIN), Bhante Jotidhammo (ketum STI), Bhiksu Dharmasaggaro (Ketum SMI), Oka Diputhera (ketua WALUBI), Romo Ratna Surya Widya (Ketum Magabudhi), Sudhamek AWS (ketum MBI), Budiono Tantrayoga (ketum Tridharma), Omi Komaria Madjid (istri Alm. Nur cholis madjid), KH. Said Agil Siradj (PBNU), Ulil Abshar A (NU), Yudi latif (Reform Institute), KH Nuril Arifin (NU), I Made Gde Erata (ketua umum Parisada Hindu), Johnson Panjaitan (ketua LBHI), A.A Yewangoe (ketua PGI), Adnan Buyung Nasution (mantan Wantimpres), dll Sedangkan keberhasilan- keberhasilan yang telah dicapai oleh FABB antara lain; 1. Dicabutnya sertifikat merek hiburan malam “Buddha-Bar” pada tanggal 15 April 2009 oleh Direktur Merek HAKI. 2. “Plang Nama” hiburan malam Buddha-Bar diturunkan oleh Pemilik pada tanggal 21 April 2009 disaksikan oleh Dirjen Agama Buddha dan media massa, aktifitas ini adalah kebohongan public dan penghinaan terhadap Menteri Agama (Bpk Mahtuf Basyumi), hal ini semata-mata hanyalah lips service semata untuk meredam aksi protes krn sampai hari ini masih beroperasi dengan nama dan simbol-simbol agama di dalamnya. 3. Dikeluarkannya Surat Dinas pariwisata per tanggal 22 April 2009 kepada pengelola Buddha-Bar, terkait dengan tuntutan FABB agar Nama diganti dan Simbol-simbol agama tidak diperbolehkan di dalam hiburan malam tersebut. 4. September 2009, Pengadilan Tata Usaha Negara (PTUN) MEMENANGKAN pihak FABB atas sengketa melawan pengelola hiburan malam Buddha-Bar (PT. Nireta). 5. Oktober 2009, Pengadilan Tata Usaha Negara (PTUN) juga MEMENANGKAN pihak FABB atas tuntutan pemilik hiburan malam Buddha-Bar (George V-Paris). 6. 8 Februari 2010, Pengadilan Tinggi Tata Usaha Negara, Kembali MEMENAGKAN pihak FABB atas upaya banding PT Nireta atas keputusan terdahulu. Kondisi hingga saat ini, adalah; 1. Atas keputusan pengadilan tinggi, sepertinya pihak Buddha-Bar akan mengajukan Kasasi di Mahkamah Agung (MA), kita tunggu saja.
[ppiindia] rehat sosio : HARI PEREMPUAN SEDUNIA makin redup Indonesia
FLASHBACK International Women's Day -- an Occasion of Global Spirituality Dear Friends, Today is International Women's Day, a global special observance created by the United Nations.. Let us pause and reflect on the great strides that some women have made around the world, but also on the long way that we all must go to balance our social and self-government processes at every level so that women can take their vitally necessary place of respect and dignity in the world. Let us remember that the United States has still not ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and let us press forward with renewed hope that with a Democratic majority in the House and Senate and hopefully a new Democratic President in 2008, this vital piece of global legislation can finally obtain US support. Let us also mark this day with rejoicing that the UN General Assembly's president is, for the first time this year, a Muslim woman, Sheikha Haya Al Khalifa, which will go far to re-establish respect for the UN in Arab and Muslim eyes. The programs of the United Nations have been of enormous help to women, but they are not adequately funded, and 1.7 billion people, predominantly women and children, still live in poverty around the world. Below is a short speech on the occasion of International Women's Day by the Canadian ambassador the United Nations. Yours, John Dale CANADA'S U.N. AMB. JOHN McNEE ON GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT (MaximsNews.com, U.N.) UNITED NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com, UN/ - 07 March 2007 -- The following statement by Ambassador John McNee, Canada's Permanent Representative to the 61st Session of the U.N. General Assembly, was presented at the informal thematic debate on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in New York on 06 March 2007. Today’s informal thematic debate is being held in the context of the 30th anniversary of International Women’s Day, and the important deliberations of the 51st session of the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women. Women have not yet achieved the equality envisaged by the United Nations and its Member States 30 years ago. Women and girls continue to struggle. Of the 1.3 billion people living in poverty around the world, 70 per cent are women and two-thirds of children denied primary education are girls. Violence against women and girls also continues unabated as one of the most pervasive and unrecognized human rights violations. For these reasons, the international community committed itself in 2000 to the Millennium Development Goal of promoting gender equality and empowerment of women. Since 2000, there has been increasing consensus that every single goal is related directly to women’s rights and that in societies where women are equal to men there is a much greater chance of achieving all the Millennium Development Goals. Canada, with the international community, recognizes that the Beijing Platform for Action and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women are the global frameworks to achieving this goal. Canada supports initiatives throughout the world aimed at improving girls’ education, ending violence against women and supporting the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. We ensure that concerns related to the equality of women and men, girls and boys are explicitly and systematically integrated in all our overseas development programming. Canada has created a framework for assessing performance on this goal and looks forward to continuing to share experiences and information on achieving results for equality of women and men, girls and boys. The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day, “Ending Impunity for Violence” sits firmly within the core values of Canada’s new government and reminds us of the persistent and unacceptable nature of violence against women and girls, and of the work that remains to be done in achieving equality of women and men, girls and boys and the empowerment of women. Canada takes seriously its commitments to ending all forms of violence against women and has taken significant steps to address questions of impunity for such crimes in our national and international work. The recent In-depth Study on Violence against Women by the United Nations Secretary-General emphasizes the need for political will and commitment at the highest levels to make strengthening prevention of and ending impunity for violence against women a priority. Canada has a strong legislative framework for protecting women and girls from violence, including domestic violence. Additionally, the Government of Canada addresses the problem of domestic violence against women and girls through the Family Violence Initiative. This initiative takes action on violence through prevention, protection and treatment programmes. The government also shares the concerns of all Canadians on the
[ppiindia] Hipnotis dan Hipnoterapi: Bisakah membantu?
Oleh : Roy B. Efferin Beberapa tahun yang lalu hipnotisme sempat memiliki konotasi yang negatif. Suatu ilmu yang dianggap lebih hebat dari persuasi, suatu teknik komunikasi yang mengandalkan pada pemahaman psikologis manusia. Dianggap lebih hebat, karena orang awam menilai bahwa seseorang yang dihipnotis tidak memiliki pilihan sedikitpun untuk menolak. Mereka beranggapan bahwa hipnotis adalah absolut. Seperti bertahun-tahun silam banyak kejahatan dengan menggunakan MO hipnotis yang disebut gendam. Seseorang akan melakukan kontak entah dengan sentuhan, bicara sambil melihat mata, atau apapun, dan korbannya tidak sadar sampai seluruh uang dan barang berharganya hilang dicuri. Atau kasus Selly yang sedang marak, bagaikan Leonardo DiCaprio dalam film Catch Me if You Can, menipu sekian banyak orang dan banyak korbannya kemudian mengklaim bahwa mereka telah terhipnotis Selly sehingga dengan gampang ditipu. Demikian juga tuduhan pelecehan seksual oleh Bapak Anand Krishna terhadap Tara dan Sum di mana pihak Tara menggunakan dalih hipnotisme dan pencucian otak. Belum lagi ahli hipnotis dan psikiater yang mengklaim bahwa apa yang dilakukan oleh Selly dan Bp. Anand Krishna adalah teknik hipnotisme yang hebat. Mereka mengklaim sebagai ‘pakar alam bawah sadar’. Suatu alam di mana pikiran sadar tidak memahami apa yang sedang terjadi pada bagian lain dari pikirannya sendiri. Suatu pemisahan antara pikiran yang muncul pada kondisi jaga dan pikiran yang tidak terdeteksi oleh pikiran jaga. Para ‘pakar’ ini juga mengklaim bahwa seluruh atau hampir seluruh masalah bisa diselesaikan dengan mengakses alam bawah sadar. Alam bawah sadar dikuatkan dengan berbagai macam cara termasuk hipnotis agar potensi mereka bisa keluar. Kemudian para pakar ini ingin kita percaya bahwa dengan hipnotisme, kita akan menjadi manusia yang lebih baik, sukses dan semua trauma kita bisa terselesaikan. Jika memang demikian, mengapa saya tidak pernah mendengar para pakar ini mencapai kebahagiaan atau kedamaian? Atau tingkat yang lebih sederhana seperti contentment dan fulfillment? Atau jika memang hipnotis bisa membuat orang menjadi sukses, Indonesia dengan sekian banyak ahli dan pakar hipnotis, mengapa tidak ada yang masuk dalam daftar 500 orang terkaya di dunia? Atau membuat income per capita penduduk Indonesia masuk dalam 10 besar dunia? Hipnotis adalah upaya untuk memasukkan suatu ide, tingkah laku atau kebiasaan pada seseorang tanpa melalui pikiran jaganya. Pemahaman ini diperkenalkan oleh Sigmund Freud dan Pierre Janet. Sementara yang lain seperti James Braid melihat bahwa hipnotisme sendiri sesungguhnya diarahkan pada pikiran jaga. Suatu sugesti pada seseorang untuk fokus pada satu hal saja dan melupakan hal-hal lain. Apapun penjelasannya, mari kita telaah dari berbagai sudut pandang. Secara etika, kita ambil contoh kasus tuduhan pelecehan seksual terhadap Tara dan Sum. Dalam suatu wawancara di Metro Pagi, para pelapor didampingi ibu Dewi sebagai psikiater Tara menjelaskan bahwa Tara telah dihipnotis begitu kuatnya sehingga ia (ibu Dewi) harus mengkarantina Tara selama tiga bulan tidak boleh bertemu siapapun. Padahal para pelapor pun tidak pernah mengatakan bahwa Bp Anand Krishna mengkarantina mereka selama beberapa bulan tanpa boleh bertemu siapapun. Ibu Dewi dengan gagahnya menyatakan ia mengkarantina selama 3 bulan dan tidak diperkenankan bertemu siapapun. Jika tidak ada orang lain yang pernah bertemu Tara selama terapi, siapa yang bisa menjamin bahwa psikiater tersebut tidak memprogram Tara demi kepentingan tertentu untuk mengaku telah dilecehkan? Siapa yang bisa membuktikan? Bahkan penggunaan hipnotisme untuk terapi, yang dikenal dengan hipnoterapi, membutuhkan kesediaan dari pasien secara penuh dan tidak bisa dilakukan dengan paksa. Menurut saya pribadi, satu-satunya fungsi hipnoterapi adalah untuk mengetahui sumber penyebab gangguan kejiwaan, bukan untuk menyelesaikan trauma. Ini pun tidak mutlak, artinya ada banyak kondisi di mana kita tidak perlu mengetahui asal usul trauma itu tetapi bisa langsung dicari solusinya. Hipnoterapi tidak bisa berdiri sendiri. Hipnoterapi harus dikaitkan dengan neuroscience. Pola kebiasaan, tingkah laku, pikiran, bahkan trauma memiliki representasi biologisnya. Manusia memiliki tiga otak yang merupakan bagian dari evolusinya, yaitu Batang Otak (otak reptil), lymbic (otak mamalia) dan neo cortex (yang sebetulnya juga dimiliki oleh hewan mamalia dan primata dalam bentuk lebih sederhana). Beberapa ahli mengatakan bahwa batang otak dan lymbic adalah satu kesatuan, yaitu otak binatang. Bagian otak ini mengatur kebutuhan dasar manusia, seperti makan, tidur, seks, bahkan kenyamanan. Menurut alm. dr. Bambang Setiawan, seorang ahli bedah syaraf dan otak, sebagian besar dorongan, perilaku dan kebiasaan manusia lahir dari lymbic ini. Segala dengki, cemburu, iri, juga berasal dari otak binatang tersebut. Segala macam emosi dasar terutama negatif termasuk motorik juga berasal dari lymbic. Jika lymbic bisa
[ppiindia] Indonesia not on visa blacklist
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/indonesia-not-on-visa-blacklist/story-e6frg6nf-1225833627254 Indonesia not on visa blacklist Paul Maley From: The Australian February 24, 2010 12:00AM INDONESIA, the world's most populous Muslim nation and the site of more Australian deaths at the hands of terrorists than any other country, will not be included in a list of 10 countries targeted for toughened visa screening rules aimed at thwarting terror attacks. As Kevin Rudd released his government's long-awaited counter-terrorism white paper yesterday, The Australian has learnt that Indonesia, Pakistan and India will not be among the 10 countries singled out for for toughened visa screening. This is despite those countries playing host to the overwhelming number of regional terror attacks. Yemen and Somalia -- identified in the white paper as the emerging epicentres of radical Islamic terrorism -- will be included. The white paper fingers home grown extremists -- as opposed to transnational groups such as al-Qa'ida -- as the main terror threat now confronting Australia. The Prime Minister said the threat of terrorism had become a persistent and permanent feature of Australian life. The key threat comes from people who are adherents to the distorted and militant interpretation of Islam, that is espoused by groups such as al-Qa-ida, Mr Rudd said. He said $69 million would be spent over four years gathering fingerprint and facial data from visitors from 10 yet-to-be-revealed countries in an attempt to detect terrorists travelling to Australia. The biometric screening system will piggy-back a similar system already in place in Britain, which requires all people who travel to the UK on a visa to provide biometric data. A multi-agency Counter Terrorism Control Centre would also be set up within ASIO to identify intelligence priorities, the Prime Minister said. The white paper warned that Somalia and Yemen had emerged as new areas of radical Islamic terrorist activity, citing last year's thwarted plot by Somali and Lebanese extremists to attack Sydney's Holsworthy army barracks and the attempted bombing on Christmas day of a US-bound passenger jet, a plot organised by al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula. Writing in The Australian today, the Australian Security Policy Institute's Carl Ungerer welcomes the document as a modest improvement on the Howard government's 2004 white paper, which focused on foreign terrorism as the main threat. Dr Ungerer questions the spending priorities identified in the paper. If homegrown terrorism is the problem, why is border security and a better visa system for foreigners the answer? he says. Dr Ungerer says there would be little point including Indonesia and India on the list as they are not major exporters of terrorism. However, he says Pakistan should be a priority. Tony Abbott dismissed the white paper, which was released as the government sought to fend off a sustained attack on Environment Minister Peter Garrett's handling of the botched roof insulation scheme. I suspect that like everything that this Government does it will be more talk than effective action, the Opposition Leader said. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[ppiindia] Suspek pengganas dibicara
http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2010dt=0224pub=Utusan_Malaysiasec=Luar_Negarapg=lu_01.htm Suspek pengganas dibicara Mohammed Jibril Abdurahman bersalaman dengan bapanya,, Abu Jibril semasa tiba di kamar mahkamah di Jakarta, semalam untuk menghadapi tuduhan membiayai serangan pengganas ke atas dua hotel mewah di Jakarta tahun lalu. - AFP -- JAKARTA 23 Feb. - Seorang lelaki Indonesia yang dituduh menaiki penerbangan ke Arab Saudi bagi memungut wang untuk membiayai serangan berani mati di dua buah hotel mewah di sini mendakwa kes terhadapnya telah 'diada-adakan'. Pendakwa raya berkata, Mohammad Jibriell Abdul Rahman menjalin hubungan dengan ketua militan, Noordin Mat Top dan cuba memungut wang untuk membiayai serangan-serangan bom di Hotel J.W. Marriott dan Ritz Carlton pada 17 Julai, 2009. Tujuh orang terbunuh dan lebih 50 lagi cedera dalam serangan pengebom berani mati itu. Mohammad, 25, yang dituduh melanggar Undang-undang Antikeganasan negara ini, mendakwa dia tidak bersalah ketika tiba di Mahkamah Daerah Jakarta Selatan untuk dibicarakan. Saya anggap kes ini diada-adakan. Saya tidak melakukan sebarang kesalahan, kata Mohammad kepada wartawan di luar mahkamah, sejurus sebelum perbicaraan bermula. Dia boleh dijatuhi hukuman penjara 15 tahun jika sabit kesalahan. Menurut kertas pendakwaan, Mohammad menemui Noordin yang didakwa mendalangi beberapa serangan bom di Indonesia sebelum dia terbunuh dalam pertempuran dengan polis pada tahun lepas, kira-kira setahun sebelum serangan bom di kedua-dua hotel mewah tersebut. Pada pertemuan itu, Mohammad didakwa mengirim e-mel kepada saudara lelakinya, Ahmad Isrofil Mardhotillah yang berada di kota suci Mekah. Saya sudah menemui N, kami berbincang lama di dalam kereta. N memerlukan 100 juta rupiah (RM36,618)..., kata Mohammad dalam e-mel itu. Mohammad dan seorang lagi suspek serangan, Syaefudin Zuhrithen kemudian berlepas ke Mekah untuk mendapatkan pembiayaan bagi serangan tersebut, kata pendakwa. Syaefudin kemudian terbunuh dalam satu serbuan polis. Kertas pendakwaan tidak menyatakan jumlah wang yang dipungut dan sama ada wang itu sampai ke tangan Noordin atau tidak. Pendakwa raya berkata, Mohammad menemui Noordin buat kali pertama pada 1998 sewaktu dia belajar di sebuah sekolah agama di Malaysia dan Noordin menjadi guru di situ. Polis telah membunuh enam orang dan menangkap lebih 12 suspek dalam siasatan mengenai letupan bom di hotel-hotel mewah tersebut. - AP ++ http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2010dt=0224pub=Utusan_Malaysiasec=Luar_Negarapg=lu_06.htm Indonesia tahan 4 suspek pengganas JI BANDA ACEH 23 Feb. - Polis Indonesia menahan empat orang dalam satu serbuan ke atas fasiliti latihan pengganas di kawasan pedalaman wilayah Aceh. Kami menahan empat orang yang disyaki terlibat dalam latihan pengganas. Mereka dikhuatiri adalah sebahagian daripada kumpulan Jemaah Islamiah (JI). Kami masih menyiasat perkara ini, kata ketua polis Aceh, Aditya Warman kepada pemberita. Lebih 100 anggota polis bersenjata berat mengambil bahagian dalam serbuan itu sebelum tengah malam tadi di kawasan hutan daerah Aceh Besar, kira-kira 70 kilometer di utara Banda Aceh. Warman berkata, kira-kira 50 militan dipercayai berada di kawasan sekitar untuk menjalani latihan ala-tentera termasuk penggunaan senjata api. Hanya empat berjaya ditangkap dalam serbuan itu, manakala yang lain berjaya melarikan diri ke dalam hutan. Polis menemui senapang, pakaian seragam angkatan tentera Malaysia dan propaganda pengganas seperti video pengeboman Bali pada 2002 yang meragut lebih 200 nyawa, kebanyakannya pelancong Barat. Kami menerima maklumat latihan ini disertai 50 orang dari kumpulan yang disyaki mempunyai kaitan dengan JI. Mereka menukar lokasi bagi mengelak dari dikesan dan telah bergerak ke empat daerah. Kami menemui buku mengenai jihad, cakera padat pengeboman Bali dan beberapa kawasan lain, uniform tentera Malaysia, jaket dengan perkataan 'Jemaah' dan beberapa benda lain, kata Warman lagi. Ketua polis itu berkata, operasi akan diteruskan bagi mengesan suspek-suspek lain. Ini bukan kali pertama kawasan pedalaman Aceh digunakan oleh pengganas untuk berlatih dan bersembunyi namun wilayah paling konservatif Indonesia tidak dikenali sebagai sarang ekstremis. Kebanyakan aktiviti JI tertumpu di sekitar masjid dan pesantren radikal di Jawa. - AFP [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[ppiindia] Jakarta Bomb Trial Opens as Militants Arrested in Aceh
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/jakarta-bomb-trial-opens-as-militants-arrested-in-aceh/360414 February 23, 2010 Jakarta Globe Islamic militant Mohammad Jibriel Abdul Rahman behind bars at the court detention center on Tuesday. He faces a 15-year sentence on charges of financing the Jakarta hotel bombings last year. (JG Photo/Afriadi Hikmal) Jakarta Bomb Trial Opens as Militants Arrested in Aceh The trial of a terror suspect believed to be involved in the hotel bombings in Jakarta on July 17 opened on Tuesday morning, just a few hours after four men with suspected links to the shadowy regional terror group Jemaah Islamiyah were arrested in a mountainous area in Aceh. See Also: 4 Suspected JI-Linked Militants Arrested in Aceh Noordin May Have Been Plotting Attack to Rival 9/11 At the South Jakarta District Court, prosecutors reading the indictment against Muhammad Jibriel Abdul Rahman, 25, said the defendant sent an e-mail to his brother in Saudi Arabia saying he had met a man seeking $100 million in cash to finance an attack that would be the biggest after WTC. Prosecutors believe the man to have been terror mastermind Noordin M Top. Prosecutors said they could not confirm if WTC referred to New York's World Trade Center, which was brought down in the 2001 terrorist attack. We just put the plain content of the e-mail in our indictment, prosecutor Totok Bambang told the Jakarta Globe. Of course we will ask the defendant what he meant by 'biggest after WTC' in future hearings. Although it is unknown whether Jibriel secured any funding in his trip to Saudi Arabia in 2008, prosecutors charged him with hiding information about the acts of terror that resulted in the bomb explosions at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels, as well as document forgery. As the revelations in the Jakarta courtroom indicated that terrorists may have been planning a bigger attack than the one that took place, developments in Aceh confirmed that the threat of terrorism in the country remained despite the death of key terror leader Noordin last year. Aceh Police Chief Insp. Gen. Aditya Warman said the four men were arrested in an area believed to be a shooting range for their unidentified militant group. The arrest triggered the deployment of more than 100 officers to hunt 50 more suspected members hiding in the province's forests, including an Afghan national. A high-ranking National Police official told the Globe on condition of anonymity that police strongly suspected the group has links with Jemaah Islamiyah or even Al Qaeda. The developments came as Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd unveiled a counter-extremism white paper in Sydney on Tuesday and said his country planned to fingerprint and face-scan visitors from 10 high-risk countries to combat terrorism. Although Australian officials said they would delay naming the countries, the BBC reported that the white paper stated that despite Indonesia's recent success against terrorism, the Jakarta hotel bombings pointed to an ongoing threat there. Noor Huda Ismail, executive director of the International Institute for Peacebuilding, said Indonesia was likely to be one of the 10 countries. It's simple to see, he said. A few terrorist attacks happened in Indonesia in the past years and most of the victims were Australians. A total of 95 Australians have been killed in terrorist attacks in Indonesia since the October 2002 bombings in Bali, in which 88 Australians lost their lives. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[ppiindia] MUI Says Airport Body Scanners Would Violate Human Rights
Refleksi : http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/mui-says-airport-body-scanners-would-violate-human-rights/360275 February 23, 2010 MUI Says Airport Body Scanners Would Violate Human Rights The Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) had rejected a plan to use full body scanners in Indonesian airports, claiming it would be a violation of Sharia law and human rights. Don't use it in Indonesia. We are not a paranoid or frightened country, What we are afraid of is the scanner violating human rights and being used as a toy to abuse women, Amidhan, the council's chairman, told detik.com. The council agreed with Pope Benedict's objections to full body scanners. It violates human rights. If only the bones are visible then it's all right but if it's the body then it could become a toy, Amidhan said. The MUI said that there would be one exception, however. It could only be used in emergency situations regarding national security and women should scan women and men scan men, he said. Amidhan said that he believed Indonesia was not in an emergency situation at the moment and airport security staff could still make use of other tools. As long as other equipment is available, it's not an emergency, he said. The government planned to use ProVision scanner made in USA. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had said the scanner would not show individual's sensitive parts. At present, ProVision scanners are on trial in Canadian and French airports, while in Indonesia, the device would be used for passengers heading to the United States. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[ppiindia] Komodo Dragon Bite Puts Man in Hospital
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/national/komodo-dragon-bite-puts-man-in-hospital/360273 February 23, 2010 Eras Poke An adult male Komodo Dragon on the island of Komodo. (Photo: Adam Majendie, Bloomberg News) Komodo Dragon Bite Puts Man in Hospital Kupang. A tour guide is receiving emergency care at a Bali hospital after being mauled by a Komodo dragon on Monday at Komodo National Park on Rinca Island, East Nusa Tenggara. Marselinus Sabanhadir was heading for a toilet at the park when a lizard emerged from behind a guard post and sank its teeth into his leg. Tamen Sitorus, chief of Komodo National Park, said on Tuesday that Marselinus suffered deep lacerations to his right leg and had been flown to Sanglah Hospital in Denpasar for emergency medical treatment after the local clinic was unable to do much more than clean and sew up the wounds. Komodo dragons may look tame, but please be warned, they are fierce animals and very powerful, Tamen told the Jakarta Globe. I urge all visitors to be vigilant. Komodo dragons are always hungry. A visitor at the park, Valen Blikololong, questioned whether the incident wasn't caused in part by officials failing to keep to the feeding time for the lizards. Aside from carelessness [on the part of the victim], it is possible that the Komodos were simply starving and it was just their time to feed, Valen said. There have been 15 recorded Komodo dragon attacks on humans at the park, resulting in five deaths. In 2007, a lizard savaged an 8-year-old boy who died of massive blood loss. Two lizards killed fisherman Muhamad Anwar in 2009. Anwar was attacked after he fell out of a tree and was left badly bleeding from bites to his arms, legs, torso and neck. He was taken to a clinic on the neighboring island of Flores, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Monday's attack occurred during a global campaign to vote the national park as one of the new Seven Wonders of Nature. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[ppiindia] Iran to host forum on religious diversity
http://www.tehrantimes.com/Index_view.asp?code=214790 February 24, 2010 Iran to host forum on religious diversity Tehran Times Political Desk TEHRAN - The World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought is scheduled to host the 23rd International Conference under the topic of Islamic Ummah: From Religious Diversity to Sectarianism. The conference will be held in Tehran on March 2-4, and 150 pundits from over 48 countries including Russia, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Denmark, Australia, the United States, Qatar, Kuwait, and Thailand will attend the conference, the center's director Ayatollah Taskhiri told a press conference on Tuesday. The conference will focus on the current issues facing the Muslim world and ways to strengthen unity among the Islamic states. The conference's agenda will include the following topics: the factors behind the creation of different religions, the guarantees for the continuation of natural interactions between diverse religions, the positive results of religious interactions, historical samples of religious interactions, factors behind sectarian tendencies, strategies to eradicate sectarianism and so forth. Some committees, including the women's committee in reinforcing unity among Muslims, will also meet on the sidelines of the conference. Some other conferences will also be held in the border provinces of Hormozgan (Feb. 26), Kermanshah (Feb. 28), Kordestan (Feb. 28, Mar. 1), Golestan and Khorasan (Mar. 1), and Kermanshah and Golestan (Mar. 4) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[ppiindia] Moscow's Eternal Flame moved back to Alexander Garden
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-02/23/c_13184906.htm Moscow's Eternal Flame moved back to Alexander Garden 2010-02-23 20:16:04 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (C) holds the torch as he takes part in the ceremony of lighting up the eternal flame in the centre of Moscow at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier February 23, 2010. The eternal flame was shifted temporarily to Moscow's Victory Park in December 2009 for the reconstruction of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Kremlin wall. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) MOSCOW, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Eternal Flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside the Kremlin was returned to its original site from a war memorial on Moscow's Poklonnaya Hill on Tuesday. The flame was shipped from the memorial back to the Alexander Garden by an armored vehicle. President Dmitry Medvedev lit the flame in the garden at a grand ceremony, which was attended by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, speakers of the two chambers of parliament, war veterans as well as other senior officials. The flame was temporarily relocated late December due to renovation efforts to be completed by the end of April, days ahead of the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II. Russia plans to launch large-scale celebrations in May to mark the 65th anniversary of its victory in World War II. The Eternal Flame was lit on May 8, 1967, to commemorate the heroes that died in the Great Patriotic War, also known as the Eastern Front of World War II. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[ppiindia] Superman comic sells for $1 mln
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/entertainment/2010-02/23/c_13185067.htm Superman comic sells for $1 mln 2010-02-23 19:25:26 The cover of Action Comics No. 1 featuring the first appearance of Superman in 1938. (Xinhuanet File Photo) BEIJING, Feb. 23 (Xinhuanet) -- The 1938 edition of Action Comics #1 featuring caped hero Superman has sold on the Internet for 1 million U.S. dollars, media reported Tuesday. Action Comics #1 was first published in June 1938 and introduced the crime-fighting superhero to fans, describing how he was born on a different planet and came to Earth. It also introduces his alter ego Clark Kent's love interest, Lois Lane. The transaction was held by the U.S. auction website Comic Connect. Both the seller and the buyer were unnamed. Stephen Fishler, co-owner of the website, described it as the Holy Grail of comic books. The opportunity to buy an un-restored, high-grade Action One comes along once every two decades. It's certainly a milestone, he said. The 1 million dollar price tag is more than three times the previous record of 317,000 dollars that Comic Connect fetched for a lower-grade Action Comics #1 magazine last year. There are only about 100 copies of Action Comics #1 known to exist. Of those, only two are in as good of shape as the one that sold today. It has a grade of 8.0 (out of 10) which, in comic terms is a VERY FINE MINUS grade. There are only two of these issues graded so high. Any comic from the late '30s in this condition is considered extremely valuable because of the demand and rarity. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[ppiindia] 17 Years for Supporting Terrorism
Refleksi : Arab Saudia menghukum para pendukung teroris. Akibat terorisme di NKRI puluhan ribu rakyat di Maluku dan Sulawesi melayang jiwa. Bagaimana dengan para petinggi pendukung terorisme di NKRI? Untuk jelasnya silahkan lihat video footage ini : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L-9HcTb1es http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2id=19973 17 Years for Supporting Terrorism 23/02/2010 By Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid In an important step on the path toward combating terrorism, a Saudi court sentenced a Saudi national convicted of inciting terrorism to seven years in prison, and sentenced another to 10 years in prison for financing acts of terrorism. Finally, the picture has become clear to everyone after years of controversy over responsibility for crimes committed under religious and political labels. The punishment for such crimes has now become heavy, and individuals are now incarcerated if they deliver speeches or write articles inciting terrorism, or alleged jihad, or donate funds to terror organizations. In the past, punishment was limited to actual perpetrators and terrorists who committed crimes. Most of the militants of Al-Qaeda were in fact victims of inciters and financiers while these and the rest of individuals in the chain of terror crimes were far from being held to account. For over 10 years, we have urged and recommended the eradication of inciters and the pursuit of funding organizations and other facades which were active in the field and which acted openly under religious, political, and jihadist slogans. When the fire reached our cities in 2003 and terrorists targeted residential complexes with their explosives, the picture became somewhat clearer. And even though fighting terrorism became official policy, the view of terrorists remained confused in the minds of the majority of people. The fall of many terrorist cells revealed a great deal of information confirming what we had been saying. Many of the calls for donations were not innocent. They were organized and a link in a long chain of terrorist crimes committed under religious and humanitarian disguise. They raised sincere calls and pictures but their purposes were far from what appeared to ordinary observers. Everyone can now see that the security agencies have succeeded in cornering and cleansing the country of terrorists. Terrorism militants have been forced to flee abroad and financiers have been forced to go underground. In the past, they used to openly collect donations for their secret organizations in the name of Muslim orphans, widows, the poor, and the destitute. Although terrorist groups fled abroad and financiers and collectors of funds have resorted to secrecy, incitement to terror has, regrettably, continued up to this day. The frequency of acts of terror has dwindled and the inciters now resort to less blunt language. And although they take advantage of times of crisis to incite terrorism, regrettably, incitement to terrorism continues to exist up to this day in non-conventional media outlets. The sentencing of a terrorism-inciter to seven years in prison is a significant step, but it is more important to publicize this punishment in order to combat terror crimes which have spread in the uncontrolled media outlets and multiple forums. The task of monitoring hundreds of websites, mosque pulpits, videotapes, and cd's, which incite violence and encourage fighting, is almost impossible. However, the fact that these acts are now regarded as crimes, and that they are being publicized as such, is at this stage enough to deter inciters who believe that terror crimes are only limited to those who carry explosives and who are involved in direct killing. The Islamic countries have lost tens of thousands of youths who believed the propaganda of inciters and joined the fight in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Somalia unaware of the nature of these organizations and their goals. Those who were lured by jihadist slogans were victims of this jihadist propaganda. If this propaganda is stopped, the large-scale of acts of terrorism we currently witness will end. Although terrorism has been defeated, it has not completely stopped. The capture of a terrorist in Yanbu last week is a case in point. Beyond the Saudi borders and the Yemeni hills are tens of terrorists, if not hundreds, are awaiting an opportunity to commit crimes. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[ppiindia] Look at the Quran Ringtones Fatwa
http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=3id=19976 Look at the Quran Ringtones Fatwa 23/02/2010 By Mohammed Khalil Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- A new fatwa issued by the Grand Mufti of Egypt, Dr. Ali Gomaa, has fuelled controversy among Muslim scholars, dividing them into supporters and opponents of this religious ruling. The Fatwa calls for Muslims not to use Quranic verses or the call to prayer as mobile phone ringtones. Dr. Ali Gomaa stated that it is highly inappropriate to use Quranic verses as mobile phone ringtones because the sanctity and glorification of the Holy Quran is far away from such a use, which ought to be forbidden. Gomaa however indicated that it was permissible for Muslims to substitute Quranic mobile phone ringtones or the call to prayer with Islamic songs or praise of the Prophet that suit the length of the ringtone. Dr. Gomaa said that he considered the use of Quranic verses or the call to prayer as mobile phone ringtones to be a violation of the sanctity of the Holy Quran revealed by God Almighty. Egypt's Grand Mufti said We are ordered to reflect on the verses of the Holy Quran and understand their meanings.such use trivializes the sanctity of the verses, which are for prayer, invocation and recitation and are not to be used illegitimately. Dr. Gomaa argues that recitations of the Holy Quran are abruptly ended when a telephone call is answered, and this could lead to the distortion of Quranic verses meaning and could misinform the listener. Dr. Gomaa maintained that this also applies to the call to prayer. The Egyptian Grand Mufti said that it is unsuitable for the call to prayer to be used as a mobile phone ringtone because this indicates prayer times, and my cause confusion regarding the actual time for prayer. Gomaa stressed that the Word of God should be treated with the respect that it deserves. In response to the fatwa, Dr. Moahmmed al Dessouki, Professor of Islamic Shariaa at Cairo University and a member of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, argued against the belief that using short Quranic verses or the call for prayer as mobile phone ringtones violates and demeans the sanctity of the Holy Quran. He said that this use of religious material can act as a reminder, or advocate Islam, particularly now when Islam is facing attack and censure. Dr. al Dessouki used the following Quranic verse to stress his point: And continue to remind, for surely the reminder profits the believers, [Surat Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 55]. Dr. al Dessouki further stated: Saying that answering a call might lead to interrupting the verses or distortion of their meaning or even cutting off the recitation in order to answer the telephone call is not a strong enough justification against the use of Quranic verses or the call to prayer as mobile phone ringtones simply because the verses that are used as ringtones are usually short ones. Moreover, we should not preoccupy people with such trivial issues. Instead, we should focus on issuing fatwas that tackle more important matters that require the concerted efforts of Muslim scholars. Scholars should not disagree over secondary issues. It would be more beneficial to concentrate on more important matters like reminding people of religious fundamentals so that they try to adhere to them in a practical and faithful manner. Scholars should also encourage people to try and face serious problems like family breakdown, unemployment, extremism and militancy and other important matters. However, Sheikh Youssef el Badri, an Islamic preacher and a member of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, supports the fatwa issued by Egypt's Grand Mufti. Sheikh el Badri said, The Holy Quran was not revealed to serve as a decoration on a wall or a mobile phone ring tone. The sanctity and glory of the Holy Quran must be protected against misuse. Therefore, it is prohibited to use Quranic verses or the call to prayer as mobile phone ringtones because answering a call could lead to an abrupt end to the recitation of the Holy verses and distortion of their meaning or even to their alteration once someone presses the button to answer a call. For instance, look at a Quranic verse like 'Ta Ha. We have not sent down the Quran to thee to be an occasion for thy distress. [Surat Ta-Ha; verse 1-2].' If we cut off right after 'Ta Ha, We have not sent down the Quran to thee.' the whole meaning is altered to convey a misleading message that the Holy Quran was not revealed. Sheikh el Badri pointed out that the same rule also applies to the call to prayer. If a mobile phone ring tone is set as the call to prayer, some might think that it is actually time to pray and this could create confusion. It is worth mentioning that during a meeting last month the Islamic Research Academy that is led by the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Sheikh Mohammed Sayyid Tantawi, issued a fatwa prohibiting the use of Quranic verses as
[ppiindia] Look at the Quran Ringtones Fatwa
http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=3id=19976 Look at the Quran Ringtones Fatwa 23/02/2010 By Mohammed Khalil Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- A new fatwa issued by the Grand Mufti of Egypt, Dr. Ali Gomaa, has fuelled controversy among Muslim scholars, dividing them into supporters and opponents of this religious ruling. The Fatwa calls for Muslims not to use Quranic verses or the call to prayer as mobile phone ringtones. Dr. Ali Gomaa stated that it is highly inappropriate to use Quranic verses as mobile phone ringtones because the sanctity and glorification of the Holy Quran is far away from such a use, which ought to be forbidden. Gomaa however indicated that it was permissible for Muslims to substitute Quranic mobile phone ringtones or the call to prayer with Islamic songs or praise of the Prophet that suit the length of the ringtone. Dr. Gomaa said that he considered the use of Quranic verses or the call to prayer as mobile phone ringtones to be a violation of the sanctity of the Holy Quran revealed by God Almighty. Egypt's Grand Mufti said We are ordered to reflect on the verses of the Holy Quran and understand their meanings.such use trivializes the sanctity of the verses, which are for prayer, invocation and recitation and are not to be used illegitimately. Dr. Gomaa argues that recitations of the Holy Quran are abruptly ended when a telephone call is answered, and this could lead to the distortion of Quranic verses meaning and could misinform the listener. Dr. Gomaa maintained that this also applies to the call to prayer. The Egyptian Grand Mufti said that it is unsuitable for the call to prayer to be used as a mobile phone ringtone because this indicates prayer times, and my cause confusion regarding the actual time for prayer. Gomaa stressed that the Word of God should be treated with the respect that it deserves. In response to the fatwa, Dr. Moahmmed al Dessouki, Professor of Islamic Shariaa at Cairo University and a member of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, argued against the belief that using short Quranic verses or the call for prayer as mobile phone ringtones violates and demeans the sanctity of the Holy Quran. He said that this use of religious material can act as a reminder, or advocate Islam, particularly now when Islam is facing attack and censure. Dr. al Dessouki used the following Quranic verse to stress his point: And continue to remind, for surely the reminder profits the believers, [Surat Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 55]. Dr. al Dessouki further stated: Saying that answering a call might lead to interrupting the verses or distortion of their meaning or even cutting off the recitation in order to answer the telephone call is not a strong enough justification against the use of Quranic verses or the call to prayer as mobile phone ringtones simply because the verses that are used as ringtones are usually short ones. Moreover, we should not preoccupy people with such trivial issues. Instead, we should focus on issuing fatwas that tackle more important matters that require the concerted efforts of Muslim scholars. Scholars should not disagree over secondary issues. It would be more beneficial to concentrate on more important matters like reminding people of religious fundamentals so that they try to adhere to them in a practical and faithful manner. Scholars should also encourage people to try and face serious problems like family breakdown, unemployment, extremism and militancy and other important matters. However, Sheikh Youssef el Badri, an Islamic preacher and a member of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, supports the fatwa issued by Egypt's Grand Mufti. Sheikh el Badri said, The Holy Quran was not revealed to serve as a decoration on a wall or a mobile phone ring tone. The sanctity and glory of the Holy Quran must be protected against misuse. Therefore, it is prohibited to use Quranic verses or the call to prayer as mobile phone ringtones because answering a call could lead to an abrupt end to the recitation of the Holy verses and distortion of their meaning or even to their alteration once someone presses the button to answer a call. For instance, look at a Quranic verse like 'Ta Ha. We have not sent down the Quran to thee to be an occasion for thy distress. [Surat Ta-Ha; verse 1-2].' If we cut off right after 'Ta Ha, We have not sent down the Quran to thee.' the whole meaning is altered to convey a misleading message that the Holy Quran was not revealed. Sheikh el Badri pointed out that the same rule also applies to the call to prayer. If a mobile phone ring tone is set as the call to prayer, some might think that it is actually time to pray and this could create confusion. It is worth mentioning that during a meeting last month the Islamic Research Academy that is led by the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Sheikh Mohammed Sayyid Tantawi, issued a fatwa prohibiting the use of Quranic verses as
[ppiindia] Why did Extremism Lose?
http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2id=19979 Why did Extremism Lose? 23/02/2010 By Ali Ibrahim The front cover of the latest issue of Newsweek magazine includes a provocative headline that arouses a number of questions, most importantly the question How did Bin Laden lose the clash of civilizations? The idea behind the lengthy article written by Fareed Zakaria [The Jihad Against the Jihadis] is that the greatest danger from the September 11 attacks was the eruption of a bloody clash of civilizations had Al Qaeda managed to attract a significant proportion of the one and a half billion Muslims worldwide to its ideology. However now, almost 9 years after the attacks, we can see that the extremist ideology has only managed to attract a limited number of supporters, and the majority of Muslims remain moderate in their ideology rejecting violence and terrorism, and supporting dialogue among civilizations rather than clash of civilizations. A lot of effort has been exerted, particularly in Muslim countries, to combat extremist ideology and terrorists groups either through security measures against armed groups or groups that incite violence, or through ideological efforts to disseminate ideas that counter and defeat such ideology and keep this away from mainstream moderate Islam. Many mistakes have taken place in the policies of some countries or with regards to the announcement of a war on terror which has allowed terrorism to be confused with Islam and in some cases provided the extremist groups with the propaganda and provocation they required. However there is always a safety net that is able to defeat groups such groups the likes of which have appeared from time to time throughout history. This safety net is the simple fact that human nature tends towards reason and dialogue, and looks at what unites us rather than what divides us, in order to build for the future. This is something that Muslims and followers of other religion and culture have in common. This does not refute the fact that extremist groups remain active and represent a genuine terrorist threat and may be responsible for tragic attacks [in the future]. A recent example of this was the Nigerian student who attempted to blow up a US jetliner, and failed not because of the vigilance of the security apparatus but because of the bravery and quick reactions of the passengers. This is evidence that ordinary people are fed up with the series of terrorism attacks and are now prepared to respond to this. Al Qaeda and the groups that follow this ideology continue to be active in certain areas of tension in order to create larger instability with which they can utilize to gain a foothold in Afghanistan, Pakistan, or Yemen. However in the end this is something that remains confined to a narrow group of individuals who conspire in dark rooms to detonate a bomb here or there, or blow up an airplane, whilst in most cases their recruits are youths who suffer from psychological problems or weaknesses that allow them to be exploited. However this extremist ideology was only successful in attracting a handful of people to a small number of [extremist] groups, and this is something that will not be successful in the future for one simple reason, this extremist ideology has nothing to offer other than violence and bloodshed. It is for this reason that we see many religious extremists turning their back on this ideology and condemning it. We also see many preachers who were previously sympathetic to this ideology distancing themselves from this bloody trend after they became aware that those who propagate this ideology are only concerned with creating chaos. Does this mean the end of the battle to win hearts and minds avoid a clash of civilizations? Of course not, this only necessitates more effective international cooperation with regards to dialogue and understanding differences and plurality of cultures and civilizations, and building on the things that we share in common. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[ppiindia] Manisnya Bekerja Dengan Ikhlas di Bank Syariah
By : Alihozi Firman Allah,SWT dalam Al-Qur'an : Barang siapa yang bertakwa kepada Allah niscaya Dia akan mengadakan baginya jalan keluar. Dan memberinya rezeki dari arah yang tiada disangka-sangkanya Qs: At-Thalaq 2-3. Subhanallah, Maha Suci Engkau Ya Allah , Maha Benar Engkau Ya Allah dengan segala firmanNya, saya ucapkan ketika saya secara berturut-turut melihat tiga orang teman saya mendapatkan hadiah undian haji dan umrah dari tempat bank syariah saya bekerja, adalah orang-orang yang benar benar menjalankan perintah Allah,SWT salah satu cabangnya taqwa. Yaitu KEIHKLASAN DALAM BEKERJA. Mengapa saya katakan demikian? Karena keseharian teman-teman saya tsb bekerja keras dengan penuh keikhlasan berusaha memberikan kontribusi membesarkan bank syariah tempat saya bekerja, tidak berkeluh kesah, terus bekerja secara profesional memberikan yang terbaik untuk perusahaan, walaupun secara pendapatan materi yang diterima adalah termasuk yang paling kecil dibandingkan dengan teman-teman saya yang lainnya, sehingga saat ini mereka diberikan balasan kebaikan oleh Allah,SWT berupa bisa pergi haji dan umrah ke tanah suci. Dalam Agama Islam amat menghargai kerja dan mengaitkannya dengan martabat dan harga diri manusia serta kedudukannya di mata Allah,SWT dan seorang individu yang bekerja mencari nafkah hidupnya memiliki kedudukan yang lebih baik disisi Allah,SWT ketimbang ahli ibadah ritual yang tidak bekerja mencari nafkah. Kondisi tidak bekerja dianggap sebagai cacat bagi kemanusiaan seseorang dan tanda kekerdilannya. Dalam sejarah kehidupannya yang suci dikisahkan bahwa setiap Rasulullah, SAW mengangkat tangan seorang penjahit yang bekerja keras, lalu Beliau mencium tangan tsb dan berkata, Mencari nafkah yang halal adalah kewajiban setiap orang yang beriman. Ia yang memakan apa yang dihasilkan dari kerja keras tangannya , akan menyeberangi shiraht seperti kilat., di hari kemudian Allah akan memandangnya dengan kemurahan hati. Oleh karena itu kita dalam bekerja dalam bidang apapun dan dimanapun tidak hanya bekerja di bank syariah haruslah dengan penuh keikhlasan dan tidak berkeluh kesah untuk mendapatkan keridhaan Allah,SWT , tidaklah melulu hasil kerja keras kita diukur dengan materi pemberian manusia karena pemberian dari Allah,SWT adalah lebih baik dan lebih kekal. Contohnya nikmat sehat yang diberikan oleh Allah,SWT untuk diri kita, anak-anak kita dan keluarga kita yang secara sadar atau tidak sadar sering kita lupakan. Mari kita berdo'a kepada Allah,SWT agar kita diberikan hati yang selalu ikhlas dalam bekerja agar mendapatkan keridhaanNya dunia dan akhirat. Amiin Wallahua'lam Salam Al-Faqir http://alihozi77.blogspot.com Bagi anda yang ingin mengetahui pembiayaan bank syariah untuk keluarga dan perusahaan anda bisa menghubungi ali : Hp: 0813-882-364-05 / 0812-1249-001 atau email ali.h...@yahoo.co.id
[ppiindia] Gus Dur: NU, TNI, dan Demokrasi
NU, TNI, dan Demokrasi Oleh: KH. Abdurrahman Wahid DALAM sebuah tulisan, penulis pernah menyatakan bahwa NU (Nahdlatul Ulama) memiliki dasar-dasar demokrasi dalam sejarahnya. Pertama, karena NU mendasarkan diri pada hukum Islam (fiqh), otomatis ia memperlakukan semua orang secara sama di hadapan hukum itu sendiri. Kedua, sejak 1952 dalam Muktamar Palembang para jajaran PBNU dipilih secara terbuka oleh para anggotanya. Bahkan, dalam Muktamar 1968 di Bandung, NU memilih KH M. Bisri Syansuri sebagai Rais Aam PBNU, yang beliau tolak karena penghormatan sangat besar kepada kakak ipar beliau KH A Wahab Hasbullah. Beliau berkeras bahwa selama sang kakak ipar masih hidup, biarlah jabatan orang pertama di lingkungan NU itu dipegang sang kakak ipar dan beliau menjadi wakil Rais Aam. Pada akhir 1984, penulis terpilih menjadi Ketua Umum PBNU dan segera setelah itu sengaja mengokohkan hal itu dengan ketentuan bahwa pengurus cabang NU (PCNU) dan pengurus wilayah (PWNU) di tingkat propinsi haruslah dipilih secara terbuka oleh para peserta konferensi. Sekarang hampir dua puluh tahun lamanya, kebiasaan ini telah mendarah daging dalam kehidupan NU dan dengan demikian menjadi kokohlah tradisi berdemokrasi dalam kehidupan NU. Namun tradisi demokrasi yang dimiliki NU itu tertunda karena keharusan sejarah bangsa kita yang membuat NU berpolitik (1952-1984), hingga organisasi itu kembali kepada Khittah 1926 -yang melepaskanya dari dunia politik-. Dari dulu hingga kini, dengan sikap NU yang mempertahankan semangat kebangsaan, membuatnya menjadi mitra terpercaya bagi TNIdahulu disebut APRI dan kemudian ABRI. Semangat kebangsaan NU itu diperlihatkan sembilan tahun setelah ia didirikan, dengan memberikan jawaban atas sebuah pertanyaan pada forum Bahtsul Masail dalam Muktamar Banjarmasin tahun 1935. Dalam tesis gelar MA-nya, Pdt Einar Sitompul (belakangan menjadi Sekjen HKBP dan kini Kepala Badan Litbang PGI), menceritakan bagaimana NU melalui Muktamarnya menjawab pertanyaan; wajibkah kaum muslimin di negeri kita mempertahankan kawasan Hindia Belanda (demikian kita di sebut waktu itu) yang diperintah oleh orang-orang Non-Muslim, yaitu para kolonialis Belanda?. Jawabannya adalah wajib dari sudut hukum agama (fiqh), karena dua buah alasan: pertama, berdasarkan pertimbangan dari sebuah kitab lama, karena kawasan Hindia Belanda dahulunya adalah milik kawasan kerajaan-kerajaan Islam, maka haruslah dipertahankan sebagai kewajiban agama bagi setiap muslim. Kedua, di kawasan tersebut kaum muslimin berhak melaksanakan ajaran-ajaran Islam tanpa diganggu. Dengan demikian, dalam pandangan kaum Muslimin Indonesia yang mengikuti NU, tidak ada kewajiban mendirikan sebuah negara Islam. * Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI) adalah identitas/wujud yang lahir dari semangat mempertahankan dan melindungi negara kita dari bahaya apa pun yang mengancam. Karenanya secara teoritik ia harus melakukan hal itu secara tuntas, namun dalam kenyataan historis, TNI (semasa masih bernama ABRI) mempunyai juga putra-putra yang memiliki ambisi politik pribadi, dan menguasai jalannya pemerintahan. Bahkan ABRI di masa Panglima Feisal Tanjung pernah bermimpi menjadikan hanya orang-orang muslim saja menjadi pejabat-pejabat teras di negeri ini. Dengan sengaja ia menunggangi kebijakan Presiden Soeharto untuk menggunakan Islam sebagai kekuatan politik utama di negeri ini, sehingga akhirnya munculah kelompok hijau dan merah putih, di lingkungan ABRI kita. Tetapi penyimpangan-penyimpangan sejarah itu tidak menjadikan kita harus berpandangan buruk terhadap TNI, apalagi jika mereka telah meninggalkan fungsi sebelumnya sebagai sebuah kekuatan politik di negeri ini untuk seterusnya. TNI yang bertugas mempertahankan dan melindungi negara kita, masih dapat diharapkan berperilaku demokratis di masa yang akan datang. Bahkan penulis berkeyakinan TNI bersama-sama dengan unsur-unsur lain dalam masyarakat dapat mengamankan jalannya pemilihan umum yang jujur dan terbuka di negeri kita dalam waktu dekat ini. Caranya adalah dengan mempercayakan kepada mereka dan sejumlah unsur lain dalam masyarakat untuk melaporkan hasil-hasil Pemilu kepada sebuah badan yang bertanggung jawab kepada dunia internasional. Tentu saja banyak orang yang tidak percaya kepada peranan demokratisasi TNI dan NU yang tentu tidak masuk di akal mereka. Bagaimana bisa sejumlah orang Kiai/ Ulama yang sehari-harinya bertindak otoriter itu dapat menjadi penjaga demokrasi? Mereka lupa, akan perjalanan sejarah NU yang telah dipaparkan di atas. Demikian juga, mereka menganggap penyimpangan-penyimpangan ABRI di masa lampau sebagai tanda watak anti demokratis dari TNI kita, dengan melupakan asal-usul TNI itu sendiri. Dalam bahasa teori hukum Islam (ushul fi'qh) hal itu dinamai penyamaan yang khusus dengan yang umum (Itlaq al-am wa yuradhu bi hi al-khas). Melihat kepada perilaku partai-partai politik yang menguasai lembaga-lembaga perwakilan rakyat dan badan-badan eksekutif yang kita miliki saat ini, terlihat
[ppiindia] 7 kali tiga baris sajak
sesuap nasi sawah terlantar urbanisasi mimpi massa terapi revolusi budaya sajak terbakar durinya daging koalisi berjudi dosa bersama kacamata kudaku kutukan sajak terbakar rindu membaca langit korban manipulasi sihir politik tarian malam lampu jalanan bulan dirayu sepi mengulur waktu tuyul bersaksi sisanya cuma dusta Heri Latief Amsterdam, 24/02/2010 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[ppiindia] OBAMA: Investasi atau Penjajahan Ekonomi?
Suara Rakyat, Pemerintah tampaknya tak menyia-nyiakan kedatangan Presiden Amerika Serikat Barack Obama, Maret ini. Pemerintah menyiapkan enam kesepakatan mengenai investasi yang bakal diajukan kepada Pemerintah AS. Akan ada enam agreement yang disiapkan terkait investasi di Indonesia. Mereka sediakan dana untuk inve...stasi cukup besar, kata Menko Perekonomian Hatta Rajasa.- kompas.com Agus Nizami Mereka sediakan dana investasi cukup besar. Kita berikan kekayaan alam Indonesia berupa migas, emas, perak, tembaga, dsb. Sedihnya seperti di Papua, Indonesia cuma dapat royalti 1% dari kekayaan alam yang diambil sementara Freeport dapat 99%! Itukah kerjasama (baca: penjajahan ekonomi) yang kita ingini? http://kabarislam.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/bisakah-indonesia-kelola-kekayaan-alamnya-sendiri/ Uang Rp 600 trilyun waktu untuk subsidi para bankir di tahun 1998 atau pun rp 6,7 trilyun untuk Century harusnya cukup untuk dana investasi mengelola kekayaan alam Indonesia secara mandiri. Setelah itu, keuntunganlah yang didapat oleh rakyat Indonesia karena hasilnya tidak dirampas Investor Asing Kemiskinan yang terjadi akibat kerjasama dengan Investor asing harusnya membuat kita sadar bahwa Indonesia tidak akan jadi bangsa yang makmur/maju selama berada di bawah ketiak asing... http://infoindonesia.wordpress.com === Belajar Islam sesuai Al Qur'an dan Hadits http://media-islam.or.id Milis Ekonomi Nasional: ekonomi-nasional-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Lebih aman saat online. Upgrade ke Internet Explorer 8 baru dan lebih cepat yang dioptimalkan untuk Yahoo! agar Anda merasa lebih aman. Gratis. Dapatkan IE8 di sini! http://downloads.yahoo.com/id/internetexplorer/
[ppiindia] Doa Hendak Beraktifitas
Assalamu'alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.. Teman Yang Berbahagia.. Di pagi yang indah ini sambil menikmati indahnya mentari pagi. Izinkan saya menyapa teman2 semua... teriring doa, Semoga anda dan keluarga senantiasa sehat selalu.. Tentunya sebuah kebahagiaan tersendiri kita bisa mengawali hari untuk bisa beraktifitas. Beraktifitas keluar rumah untuk berangkat kerja, berhati-hati dijalan untuk menjaga keselamatan dan jangan lupa memohon keselamatan kepada Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala agar bisa sampai di tempat kerja dan kembali ke rumah dalam keadaan sehat walfiat serta dijauhkan dari hal-hal yang tidak baik maupun yang tidak kita inginkan. Sebagaimana Nabi Muhamad mengajarkan kepada kita setiap hendak beraktifitas yang senantiasa memanjatkan doa berikut ini: 'Allahuma inni a'udzu bika an adhilla, au udhalla, au azilla, au azhlam, au ajhal, au yujhala 'alayya.' Artinya, Ya Allah, sungguh aku berlindung kepadaMu agar tidak tersesat atau disesatkan atau aku tergelincir atau digelincirkan atau aku berbuat dzalim atau didzalimi atau aku berbuat bodoh atau dibodohi (HR. Nasa'i, Tirmidzi, Abu Dawud, Ibnu Majah). Doa ini agar kita terhindar dari hal-hal yang buruk dalam perjalanan atau selama beraktifitas kita sehari-hari. Semoga kita semua dijauhkan dari hal-hal yang buruk. Selamat Beraktifitas.. Wassalam, agussyafii - Tulisan ini dibuat dalam rangka kampanye program Kegiatan 'Munajat Amalia (MULIA)' Hari Ahad, Tanggal 7 Maret 2010 Di Rumah Amalia. Kirimkan dukungan dan partisipasi anda di http://www.facebook.com/agussyafii atau http://agussyafii.blogspot.com, http://www.twitter.com/agussyafii, atau sms di 087 8777 12 431 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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[ppiindia] Importance Of Teen Sex Education
Importance Of Teen Sex Education http://www.worldofestudy.com/hm/Sex-Education-for-Teens.html This makes it all the more important to provide kids with the requisite sex education at schools as a part of the regular school curriculum. The curriculum for sex education should so be designed that it encompasses a wide range of human relationships, including sex. It is advisable to begin sex education at a very early stage of the education process. Information can be provided in small doses and in simple ways. More http://www.worldofestudy.com/hm/Sex-Education-for-Teens.html A concentric mode of education can be adopted where the kids are exposed to more information on sex education each year. As a result of sex education, kids come to recognize sex as something very natural and do not consider it a taboo any more, nor are they extra inquisitive about topics related to sex. So, when kids become teenagers, sex is not something they would spend too much time dwelling on. Instead, the teens would spend their time on other activities. More http://www.worldofestudy.com/hm/Sex-Education-for-Teens.html Read more... http://www.worldofestudy.com/hm/Sex-Education-for-Teens.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[ppiindia] Under the world's greatest cities, deadly plates
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/22/AR2010022204828.html?wpisrc=nl_pmheadline Under the world's greatest cities, deadly plates By Joel Achenbach Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Megacities are something new on the planet. Earthquakes are something very old. The two are a lethal combination, as seen in the recent tragedy in Port-au-Prince, where more than 200,000 people perished -- a catastrophe that scientists say is certain to be repeated somewhere, and probably soon, with death tolls that once again stagger the mind. In 1800, there was just one city with more than a million people -- Beijing. Now there are 381 urban areas with at least 1 million inhabitants. Urbanization crossed a threshold last year when, for the first time, more people lived in city settings than rural ones. About 403 million people live in cities that face significant seismic hazard, according to a recent study by seismologist Roger Bilham of the University of Colorado. The next Big One could strike Tokyo, Istanbul, Tehran, Mexico City, New Delhi, Kathmandu or the two metropolises near California's San Andreas Fault, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Or it could devastate Dhaka, Jakarta, Karachi, Manila, Cairo, Osaka, Lima or Bogota. The list goes on and on. You can name about 25 cities that are like Port-au-Prince. They're not going to shake but every 250 years [on average]. But if you can name 25 of them, you're going to have an event like this every 10 years, said David Wald, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. In many vulnerable cities, people are effectively stacked on top of one another in buildings designed as if earthquakes don't happen. It is not the tremor that kills people in an earthquake but the buildings, routinely constructed on the cheap, using faulty designs and, in some cities, overseen by corrupt inspectors. The difference between life and death is often a matter of how much sand went into the concrete or how much steel into a supporting column. Earthquakes might be viewed as acts of God, but their lethality is often a function of masonry. In recent earthquakes, buildings have acted as weapons of mass destruction, Bilham writes in the journal Nature. Difficult to predict For years, earthquake scientists have shouted their warnings about the strong likelihood that a major quake would level an impoverished city and kill hundreds of thousands of people. They have said, for example, that Kathmandu, where masonry structures expand so haphazardly that some eventually cantilever over narrow city streets, is every bit as vulnerable as the surrounding Himalayas are majestic. They have said that a million people could die in a major quake in Tehran. What's impossible, however, is knowing precisely which of these cities will be the next to crumble. Or when. For all practical purposes, scientists can't predict earthquakes. The theory of plate tectonics, largely developed since the 1960s, explains why earthquakes happen in general. The major plates of the earth's crust move constantly, creeping along at about the speed of fingernail growth. They rarely move smoothly past one another but are usually locked in place. On a strike-slip fault of the type that ruptured in Haiti, strain builds on the fault line for decades or centuries. The fault in Haiti had not ruptured in 240 years. An earthquake is a sudden, stress-relieving event. The fault is said to break. Scientists can map faults and estimate how much strain has accumulated since the last quake. What they can't do is say that a given fault will break tomorrow or next year or 10 years from now. Any calculation of earthquake probabilities has a lot of slop in the numbers. The problem is, the slop is huge on a human time scale, said Susan Hough, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. We're wired to deal with the immediate. We're not geared to plan and stress about things likely to happen in 30 years. Some large earthquakes have small precursors, called foreshocks, but others happen without warning. There is one famous case of earthquake prediction, in Haicheng, China, in 1975. A local official sounded the alarm after many foreshocks and reports of snakes emerging from hibernation. But that prediction was more akin to a hunch than a scientific argument. There have been countless, less publicized instances when predicted earthquakes did not materialize. As Hough notes in her book Predicting the Unpredictable, the successful prediction of earthquakes was an official government mandate in Mao Zedong's China, but no one foresaw the killer quake that took at least 240,000 lives in Tangshan in 1976. Port-au-Prince had not been hit with a major quake since the days of French rule in the 18th century. Only in recent years have scientists mapped the fault that runs near the city. Just the beginning of work had been done.
[ppiindia] Kasus Pembredelan Radio Erabaru FM Batam Terkini
From: Erabarufm erabar...@gmail.com Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 12:20 PM Kepada : Yth. Teman-teman Media Info terkini berkaitan dengan kasus Radio Erabaru FM di Batam. Perkembangan terkini adalah bahwa Radio Erabaru FM mendapat SURAT PERINGATAN dari Balai Monitoring (Balmon) Spektrum frekwensi Radio Kelas II Batam, bernomor No. 85/ II.c/ BII-BTM/ II/ 2010, tertanggal 15 Februari 2010, yang berisi perintah menghentikan kegiatan (off air). Berkaitan dengan surat tersebut maka pihak Radio Erabaru FM di Batam dan LBH Pers sebagai kuasa hukum, mengadakan Konferensi Pers di kantor Radio Erabaru, Jl. Borobudur D1, Komplek Palm Hill, Bukit Senyum, Batam, pada Senin, 22 Februari 2010. Berikut tanggapan Radio Erabaru terhadap surat perintah untuk Off Air. Terlampir pula foto-foto tentang Radio Erabaru Batam. Jika berkenan, mohon bisa dimuat di media anda. Terima kasih. Intimidasi Terhadap Radio Erabaru, Perjelas Dugaan Intervensi Pemerintah Komunis China Lembaga Bantuan Hukum (LBH) Pers dan Radio Erabaru melakukan kunjungan ke instansi terkait sehubungan dengan kasus perijinan yang saat ini telah terdaftar di Mahkamah Agung, pada Senin (22/2). Instansi tersebut adalah Balai Monitoring (Balmon) Spektrum frekwensi Radio Kelas II Batam dan Koordinator Pengawas Penyidik Pegawai Negeri Sipil (Korwas PPNS) Polda Kepri. Hal ini dilakukan sebagai respon atas turunnya surat peringatan dari Balmon No. 85/ II.c/ BII-BTM/ II/ 2010, tertanggal 15 Februari 2010, yang berisi perintah menghentikan kegiatan (off air). Di kedua instansi tersebut pihak Radio Erabaru melalui kuasa hukumnya, LBH Pers menyampaikan surat tanggapan. Disinyalir surat tersebut merupakan bagian dari intervensi yang dilakukan oleh Pemerintah Komunis China sebagai upaya menghilangkan eksistensi siaran Radio Erabaru. Selain itu digelar pula konferensi pers yang dihadiri oleh para wartawan lokal maupun nasional, pada pukul 14.00 WIB di kantor Radio Erabaru, Jl. Borobudur D1, Palm Hill, Bukit Senyum, Batam. Hadir Raymond Tan, Direktur Erabaru dan Sholeh Ali dari LBH Pers selaku kuasa hukum Radio Erabaru. Dijelaskan oleh Sholeh Ali bahwa surat tersebut merupakan bentuk intimidasi dan semakin memperjelas adanya intervensi dari pemerintah komunis China melalui Kedubesnya. “Tidak ada yang salah dengan siaran Radio Erabaru. Jadi pasti ada faktor lain yang mendorong upaya penutupan radio ini. Jelas bahwa ini adalah rentetan intervensi dari Kedubes China yang telah mereka lakukan sejak 3 tahun lalu,” katanya. Menengok kembali bahwa permintaan ditutupnya Radio Erabaru yang bernaung di bawah PT. Radio Suara Harapan Semesta terjadi beberapa saat setelah pemerintah China dengan resmi mendatangi Komisi Penyiaran Indonesia (KPI) pada 2007 silam. Tidak hanya sekedar mendatangi, Kedubes China juga memberikan surat yang berisikan permintaan dengan tegas untuk menghentikan siaran Radio Erabaru di Batam, karena memberitakan penganiayaan aktivis Falun Gong di China. Surat tersebut ditembuskan kepada beberapa lembaga negara, seperti Departemen Luar Negeri, Badan Intelejen Negara (BIN), Departemen Komunikasi dan Informatika, dan Departemen Dalam Negeri Indonesia. “Ada intervensi dari Kedubes China karena pemberitaan tentang pelanggaran Hak Asasi Manusia (HAM) di China. Sebagai radio yang profesional Radio Erabaru selalu memberitakan semua berita penting baik di dalam maupun luar negeri, apalagi peristiwa pelanggaran kejahatan, tidak mengenal batas wilayah, karena adalah tugas radio siaran dalam rangka penegakan hukum dan penegakan HAM,” katanya. Sementara Raymond Tan menyatakan bahwa Radio Erabaru sebagai media berhak menyiarkan pelanggaran HAM yang terjadi dimanapun termasuk di China. Apalagi di China pelanggaran HAM marak terjadi hingga saat ini. Sebut saja misalnya penindasan terhadap kaum muslim Uighur, konflik Tibet, pengekangan pers, penganiayaan praktisi Falun Gong yang tidak bersalah dan pelanggaran HAM lainnya. Apalagi belakangan ditemukan fakta adanya tranplantasi organ tubuh ilegal dari praktisi Falun Gong yang diambil hidup-hidup di China yang masih terjadi hingga detik ini. “Kejahatan kemanusian terbesar ini harus diketahui oleh siapapun. Pemerintah Komunis China takut kejahatannya terungkap, maka mereka berusaha dengan cara apapun membungkam media yang menyiarkannya, termasuk Radio Erabaru,” katanya. Surat Cacat Hukum Terkait dengan adanya surat peringatan dari Balmon Batam, ditegaskan oleh Sholeh Ali, sangat disayangkan surat dari Balai Monitoring Spektrum frekwensi Radio Kelas II Batam tersebut, dikarenakan perkara Radio Erabaru ini masih dalam proses pengadilan. Terlebih lagi surat Balmon tersebut sudah merupakan bentuk intimidasi, karena sejak awal Radio Erabaru selalu mematuhi aturan yang ada. “Surat tersebut adalah cacat hukum, karena selama persidangan sebelumnya tidak ada bukti yang menyatakan bahwa Radio Erabaru telah melanggar hukum dan hingga
[ppiindia] Dinasti Politik Lokal Makin Kental
Refleksi : Rezim neo-Mojopahit membutuhkan dinasti politik bukan saja di pusar kekuasaan, tetapi juga lokal agar bisa salin mengisi kebutuhan kekuasaan. Fungsi pelengkap utama dinasti lokal ialah menjaga dan menjamin agar upeti mengalir dengan saksama ke pusat kekuasan. http://www.gatra.com/artikel.php?id=135228 Pejabat Daerah Dinasti Politik Lokal Makin Kental Rekrutmen pemimpin politik berbasis kerabat terindikasi menguat. Bursa pencalonan kepala daerah yang mulai bergulir awal tahun ini disemarakkan dengan tampilnya sejumlah anak dan istri pejabat lama. Sepanjang 2010, tak kurang 244 pemilu kepala daerah (pilkada) bakal digelar, sekaligus menguji kelangsungan daya saing politisi bersentimen kekerabatan. Di Yogyakarta, Sri Suryawidati, istri Bupati Bantul dua periode, Idham Samawi, maju jadi calon bupati, meneruskan kursi suami. Di Kalimantan Timur (Kaltim), Awang Ferdian Hidayat, putra gubernur setempat, Awang Farouk, mencalonkan diri jadi Bupati Kutai Kartanegara (Kukar), bersaing dengan Rita Widyasari, anak mantan Bupati Kukar, Syaukani. Golkar Kota Bontang, Kaltim, jauh-jauh hari sudah menetapkan Neni Moernaeni, istri Wali Kota Bontang, Sofyan Hasdam, untuk menggantikan sang suami pada pilkada 2011. Neni kini menjadi Ketua DPRD Bontang, sekaligus pengontrol kinerja suami. Aida Nasution, istri pertama Kepulauan Riau, Ismeth Abdullah, maju jadi calon gubernur setempat, melanjutkan kursi suami. Ismeth bakal kesulitan maju lagi karena sejak Desember lalu ditetapkan menjadi tersangka oleh Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (KPK). Lampung juga disesaki persaingan putra tokoh politik. Rycko Menoza, anak Gubernur Lampung, Sjachroedin, mengincar kursi Bupati Lampung Selatan. Di Way Kanan, putra bupati setempat, Agung Ilmu Mangkunegara, bersiap meneruskan kekuasaan sang ayah. Anak Bupati Tulang Bawang, Lampung, Arisandi Dharma Putra, berlaga di pilkada kabupaten lain: Pesawaran. Di Kota Bandar Lampung, Heru Sambodo, anak Ketua Golkar Lampung, Alzier Dianis Tabrani, mengincar posisi wali kota. Di Jambi, bursa kandidat, antara lain, beredar di antara dua orang lingkaran dekat Gubernur Zulkifli Nurdin, yang telah menjabat dua periode. Semula, yang mencuat diusung sebagai pengganti Zulkifli adalah Hazrin Nurdin, adik gubernur. Belakangan, Ratu Munawwaroh, istri gubernur, justru menguat. Eka Wiryastuti, anak Bupati Tabanan, Bali, Adi Wiryatama, bersikeras maju menggantikan kursi bapaknya. Eka semula dipaketkan sebagai calon wakil bupati, tapi tidak terima. Terjadi manuver politik hingga keluar rekomendasi DPP PDI Perjuangan agar Eka diusung sebagai calon bupati, bukan wakil. *** Kentalnya politik kekerabatan menjelang pilkada pada tahun ini sebenarnya merupakan babak lanjutan belaka dari eksperimen serupa pada pemilu legislatif 2009. Pada saat itu, sejumlah calon anggota DPR dan DPD disesaki kerabat politisi lama. Dan ternyata pemilih kita memberi tempat terhormat pada jaringan kerabat. Begitu banyak calon anggota legislatif (caleg) berlatar belakang dinasti politik kemudian terpilih. Dari komposisi anggota DPR perempuan, misalnya, sebagian besar (42,8%) memiliki pertalian keluarga dengan tokoh politik lama. Angka itu di atas caleg kader partai (hanya 30,2%). Meski mereka bersaing merebut kursi level nasional (DPR dan DPD), sebenarnya para caleg menghadapi perilaku pemilih skala lokal juga, terbagi pada tiap daerah pemilihan (dapil), yang ruang lingkup konstituennya mirip pilkada. Artinya, bila pemilih kepala daerah masih mempertimbangkan sentimen kekerabatan, begitu pula pemilih caleg. Peraih suara terbanyak DPD, yang lingkup dapilnya se-provinsi, sebagian kerabat gubernur. Di Kepulauan Riau, suara DPD terbesar diraih Aida Ismeth, istri Gubernur Ismeth Abdullah. Jadi, bila kini Aida mau bertarung merebut kursi gubernur, sebenarnya tinggal mengulang konsolidasi jaringan pengaruhnya ketika maju ke DPD pada tahun lalu. Di Banten, peraih suara DPD terbanyak adalah Andika Hazrumy, putra Gubernur Banten, Ratu Atut Chosiyah. Di Yogyakarta, Ratu Hemas, istri Gubernur DIY, Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X, juga meraih suara DPD terbesar. *** Pemilu 2009 bukan eksperimen pertama politik kekerabatan dalam pemilu secara langsung. Pemilu legislatif 2004 dan sejumlah pilkada langsung sejak 2005 juga menghasilkan peta pemimpin daerah yang kental pertalian kerabat. Awal Februari 2006, Museum Rekor Indonesia pernah memberi penghargaan kepada pasangan suami-istri pertama yang sama-sama terpilih menjadi bupati lewat pemilu langsung. Sang suami, I Gede Winasa, jadi Bupati Jembrana, Bali. Istrinya, Ratna Ani Lestari, jadi Bupati Banyuwangi, Jawa Timur. I Gede Winasa terpilih sampai dua periode (2000-2010). Sedangkan Ratna, tahun ini, bakal sulit bertarung pada periode kedua di Banyuwangi karena sejak Agustus 2008 ditetapkan sebagai tersangka korupsi perkara pembebasan lahan lapangan terbang. Lombok Tengah, Nusa Tenggara Barat, pada Juni 2005, melahirkan pasangan
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