[wanita-muslimah] 90616 Memanfaatkan masjid kembali
90616 Memanfaatkan masjid kembali Bismi l-lahi r-rahmani r-rahim. Masjid seharusnyalah menjadi basis penguatan dan pembinaan ummat, menuju bentuk ummat yang berperadaban tinggi. Masjid merupakan tempat berkumpulnya ummat, yang berasal dari berbagai daerah, yang mungkin satu dengan yang lain berasal dari masyarakat yang berbeda kelompok sosial, politik, ekonominya, ataupun lainnya lagi. Di awal-awal pembangunan masjid, mereka yang datang bermula memanfaatkan masjid sebagai tempat ibadah, namun nyatanya di tempat ini interaksi dapat cukup tinggi sehingga masjid kembali terasa bukan hanya sebagai tempat ibadah, tetapi menampakkan fungsi lainnya lagi; ini sejalan dengan awal-awal masjid didirikan di zaman Rasulullah SAW maupun kurun-kurun sesudahnya. Dalam bentuk sederhana dalam shalat masyarakat dicontohkan ke kenyataam bahwa imam harus diturut, dipatuhi, namun jika salah harus diluruskan.Bukan sebarang orang dapat menjadi imam, ada kriteria yang perlu dipenuhi. Namun jika yang ideal tak ada, yang kurang ideal pun dapat dimanfaatkan, sebagai langkah menyatukan gerakan. Rasulullah mulai membina masyarakat dengan menunjukkan tingginya peradaban Islam dari masjid, menghasilkan masyarakat yang berbudi luhur, berakhlaq mulia, bersikap adil, terbuka, demokratis, yang semuanya itu didasarkan pada upaya menegakkan ketaqwaan masing-masing diri dengan penguatan imannya, dalam bentuk dasar kepatuhan kepada Allah SWT, kepatuhan kepada yang dicontohkan oleh RasulNya Muhammad SAW. Adanya kajian-kajian di masjid akan menggugah orang untuk lebih banyak belajar, ilmu agama maupun ilmu keduniaan, sampai-sampai belajar bela diri pun dilakukan di masjid. Yang pandai didorong untuk menularkan ilmunya dengan “iming-iming” pahala yang berlipat ganda, yang kurang berilmu didorong untuk belajar dengan menggambarkan bahwa orang yang berilmu lebih diangkat derajatnya oleh Allah. “.. ALLAH AKAN MENINGGIKAN ORANG-ORANG YANG BERIMAN DI ANTARAMU DAN ORANG-ORANG YANG DIBERI ILMU PENGETAHUAN BEBERAPA DERAJAT.. “ (Qur’an Surah al-Mujadalah [58] ayat 11) Dari pemahaman ilmu ini pulalah, maka penguasaan teknologi sistem informasi akan memberi peluang pemanfaatan jaringan internet sebagai sarana dakwah juga. Di sinilah perlunya lebih lanjut kerjasama agar apa yang ada di benak para ahli agama itu dapat tersebarkan lebih jauh dan cepat, yang perlu didukung oleh para ahli IT (information technology) dengan perangkat komputer maupun jaringan internet yang ada. Lebih rinci lagi teknologi ini dapat menyediakan bahan kajian untuk berbagai macam kelompok, semisal kelompok umur, kelompok minat, kelompok profesi, maupun lainnya untuk dapat menerapkan bahwa dalam berdakwah perlu ber-hikmah dalam pemelihan materi kajian, dari segi keragamannya maupun kedalamannya. “SERULAH (MANUSIA) KEPADA JALAN TUHANMU DENGAN HIKMAH DAN PELAJARAN YANG BAIK DAN BERDISKUSILAH DENGAN MEREKA DENGAN CARA YANG LEBIH BAIK…” (Qur’an Surah an-Nahl [16] ayat 125) Sayangnya fungsi masjid seperti itu kini banyak yang ditinggalkan karena pemahaman yang keliru, dengan terlalu membatasinya, yang kemudian memunculkan keengganan ke masjid karena di masjid yang dirasakannya bukan ketenangan batin lagi… Semoga kita dengan memanfaatkan potensi kita masing-masing nantiny dapat menjadi pemakmur masjid kembali. Wa l-Lahu a'lamu bi sh-shawwab SAW. = shalla 'l-Lahu 'alaihi wa sallam (Semoga shalawat Allah dan salamNya terlimpahkan pada Rasulullah Muhammad). SWT. = subhanahu wa ta-'ala (Yang Maha Suci lagi Maha Tinggi kedudukanNya). *** Kutipan ayat-ayat diperoleh dari penelusuran menggunakan software sederhana (2,5 Mb): "Indeks Terjemah Qur'an". Assalamu 'alaikum wr. wb. Semoga sedikit uraian di atas bermanfaat. Sebarkanlah pelita hikmah ini dengan forward langsung ataupun dengan mengajak bergabung di URL http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pelita-hikmah. Jika Anda punya ataupun ingin kajian masalah tertentu untuk pegangan hidup silakan hubungi saya. Wassalam, dr. H.R.M. Tauhid-al-Amien, MSc., DipHPEd., AIF. e-mail: tau...@telkom.net Jalan Kendangsari Lebar 48 Surabaya INDONESIA 60292 Telp. (031)-841-7486, 081-652-7486 = Dana dakwah. Transfer ke BCA RekNo 822 0213791 (a/n RM Tauhid), atau bergabung dalam http://www.asiakita.com/pandu-hw === Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Twitter: http://twitter.com/wanita_muslimah Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:wanita-muslimah-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejaht...@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelism...@yahoogroups.com Milis ini tidak menerima attachment.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web
RE: [wanita-muslimah] Hilangnya 100 JUTA Jiwa Perempuan
Inna lillaahi wa inna ilaihi rooji'uun. Sungguh menyedihkan bila berita di bawah ini memang benar. Kalau kita lihat, ini mirip2 dengan sebelum Islam datang, di mana para perempuan dihargai lebih rendah dari lelaki, bahkan tidak ada harganya sama sekali. Sampai-sampai, mereka malu memiliki anak perempuan, dan membunuhnya sedini mungkin - saking malunya. Umar Bin Khotob pun termasuk yang pernah membunuh anak perempuannya, sebelum beliau RA masuk Islam. Kalau saya summarykan, penyebab kematian2 yang luar biasa itu adalah : - HIV/AIDS di Affrika - Kekurangan access kepada kesehatan menyebabkan kematian karena penyakit (eg : Malaria) - Bunuh diri masalah dowry ini, apa di india begitu ya.. Jadi perempuan yang bayar mahar? Ini lebih menyedihkan lagi, karena ternyata pendidikan tidak memperbaiki kondisinya. Malah getting worse. Di masa yang lalu, turunnya Islam melalui Rasulullah SAW akhirnya menyelamatkan bangsa arab dari keterpurukan moral yang dalam tersebut. Wanita dicintai dan diangkat martabatnya dan dimuliakan. Kapankah hal yang sama akan terjadi di masyarakat yang diceriterakan di bawah ? Wallahua'lam bishowab. Wassalaam, -Ning -Original Message- From: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com [mailto:wanita-musli...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dwi Soegardi Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 9:39 PM To: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com; keluarga-sejaht...@yahoogroups.com; majelism...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [wanita-muslimah] Hilangnya 100 JUTA Jiwa Perempuan Ya, 100 juta. 100.000.000 perempuan hilang! Populasi perempuan berkurang! Bukan hilang, tetapi mati akibat kekerasan, diskriminasi dan diabaikan. Di tempat-tempat seperti India, Cina dan Afrika sub-Sahara, nyawa perempuan dihargai kurang dari nyawa laki-laki. http://www.thestar.com/Insight/article/645832 How did 100,000,000 women disappear? TheStar.com - Insight - How did 100,000,000 women disappear? Two researchers crunching population statistics have confirmed an unsettling reality. Siwan Anderson and Debraj Ray noticed the ratio of women to men in developing regions and in some cultures is suspiciously below the norm June 06, 2009 Nicole Baute Staff reporter In India, China and sub-Saharan Africa, millions upon millions of women are missing. They are not lost, but dead: victims of violence, discrimination and neglect. A University of British Columbia economist is amongst those trying to find them - not the women themselves, who are long gone, but their numbers and ages, which paint a sad and startling picture of gender discrimination in the developing world. The term "missing women" was coined in 1990, when Indian economist Amartya Sen calculated a shocking figure. In parts of Asia and Africa, he wrote in The New York Review of Books, 100 million women who should be alive are not, because of unequal access to medical care, food and social services. These are excess deaths: women "missing" above and beyond natural mortality rates, compared to their male counterparts. Women who are dead because their lives were undervalued. Around the world boys outnumber girls at birth, but in countries where women and men receive equal care, women have proved hardier and more resistant to disease, and thus live longer. In most of Asia and North Africa, however, Sen found that women die with startlingly higher frequency. His research began a flutter of activity in academic circles and by 2005, the United Nations produced a much higher estimate for how many women could be "missing": 200 million. >From her office at the University of British Columbia, economics professor Siwan Anderson has been crunching numbers to try and understand why so many women are dying. "If you're interested in gender discrimination, it's really one of the starkest measures of discrimination, because it's women who should be alive, but aren't," she says. The 40-year-old researcher recently co-authored a paper with New York University's Debraj Ray, focusing on figures from China, India and sub-Saharan Africa for the year 2000. What they discovered flew in the face of existing literature and commonly held beliefs about the missing women phenomenon. "Previously, people had thought that they (the missing women) were all at the very early stages of life, prenatal or just after, so before four years old," Anderson says. "But what we found is that the majority are actually later." Female infanticide has been endemic in India and China for some time, which she says led researchers to assume that it was the source of all the missing women. But the truth is much more complicated. Once she and Ray broke down the numbers by age group, they found that the majority of excess female deaths came later in life: 66 per cent in India, 55 per cent in China and 83 per cent in sub-Saharan Africa. One of their colleagues in the economics department at the University of British Columbia says this finding is striking, and points the way for future research and advocacy. "Why would there be excess m
[wanita-muslimah] Bermakna
Salam... Nyai Loro Kidul pun menarik kais kereta kudanya meniti jalan ke angkasa. Begitu pula pendekar dari dunia kramat itu, melewati kobaran api yang dahsyat dengan menunggang kuda sembrani. Di sudut negeri yang lain, Gatot Kaca dan Superman tertegun satu sama lain menatap ke unikan kostum terbang masing-masing. Cerita demikian begitu akrab di telinga kita, kita bisa saja terbius atau ikut-ikutan menjadikan cerita seperti itu menjadi rujukan kita dalam berargumentasi ilmiah. Sebenarnya perlu ndak sih kita mengetahui cerita serupa itu? Apakah cerita seperti itu betul-betul ada atau hanya bohong belaka? Suatu hari kita harus mempertanyakan cerita serupa itu demi ketelitian kita dalam memilah baik dan buruknya pengaruh suatu cerita. Konon ada tokoh nyata ( Vampir) tapi diperkenalkan sebagai tokoh tahayul (fiktif). Sementara tokoh fiktif benaran ( Rambo), eh. malah di jadikan seolah-olah tokoh nyata. Tulisan ini tidak akan membahas ketokohan dan politisasi yang sedemikian rupa dan bukan pula bertujuan untuk menolak membaca novel dan komik :) Kritis dalam mempersoalkan cerita yang kita terima, bisa dimulai dari pengenalan kata. Pengenalan kata yang berhunungan dengan persoalan diatas didalam ilmu logika dikenal dengan istilah kata bermakna dan tak bermakna. Dalam pengertian kata yang lain dikenal ada istilah kata universal dan partial. Dan jika kita teliti, kita akan menemukan bahwa setiap kata universal selalu mempunyai dua macam pengertian, yaitu konotasi dan denotasi. Konotasi menunjuk kepada sifat-sifat khusus dari kata yang dibicarakan, misalnya kata 'manusia'. Manusia adalah kata yang tidak diberikan kepada sembarang benda, tetapi khusus hanya kepada sesuatu yang mempunyai sifat-sifat tertentu. Berdasarkan sifat-sifat khusus tersebut akhirnya kita bisa mengetahui bahwa yang namanya manusia itu adalah suatu makluk hidup yang mempunyai persamaan seperti hewan dalam banyak hal tetapi berbeda dalam beberapa hal, seperti kemampuannya untuk menerima pendidikan, bekerja dengan menggunakan teknologi atau alat, membuat sesuatu dengan menggunakan kemampuan akal dan sebagainya. Sedangkan denotasi menunjuk kepada barang apa saja yang dicakup oleh kata tersebut. Misalnya kata 'manusia', maka dia akan mencakup Budi, Carlie, Deni, Desi, Etty, manusia berkulit kuning, manusia berkulit putih, manusia berkulit hitam dan sebagainya. Suatu kata yang memiliki pengertian konotasi dan denotasi itulah yang disebut sebagai kata yang bermakna atau konotatif. Sedangkan kata yang hanya memiliki konotasi tetapi tidak memiliki denotasi (cakupan) disebut sebagai kata tak bermakna. Dari keterangan diatas sekarang kita bisa menguji, apakah kata-kata seperti Mak Lampir, Nyai Loro Kidul, Kuda Sembrani, Gatot Kaca dan Superman sebagaimana yang kita sebutkan diawal tadi itu termasuk kedalam kelompok kata yang bermakna atau tak bermakna. Kuda sembrani misalnya, kita mengenal nama itu dari cerita yang ditulis dibuku-buku komik dan dongeng, yakni seekor kuda yang memiliki sayap yang dapat terbang. Kita dapat menangkap pengertiannya, tapi sampai kapanpun kita tidak akan menemukan jenis kuda yang seperti itu didalam realita kehidupan. Karena ia tidak mempunyai realitas, maka dia tidak mempunyai denotasi. Dan setiap kata yang tidak mempunyai denotasi maka dia termasuk kedalam kata yang tak bermakna. Contoh yang lain adalah Superman, sama dengan cerita kuda sembrani, cerita tentang Superman juga hanya bisa kita dapati dari komik dan film saja, yaitu sosok jagoan yang bisa terbang kesana kemari dan kalau lagi marah, dia bahkan bisa mengejar dan meremukkan jet supersonik dengan menggunakan sorot matanya saja. Kita dapat menangkap pengertian dari cerita itu, tapi sama halnya dengan kuda sembrani, sampai kapanpun kita juga tidak akan pernah menemui manusia seperti itu dalam realitas. Dan sekali lagi, karena ia tidak mempunyai realitas, maka dia tidak mempunyai denotasi. Dan setiap kata yang tidak mempunyai denotasi maka dia termasuk kedalam kata yang tak bermakna. Catatan : Tidak setiap kata yang tidak bisa diobservasi secara indrawi adalah sama dengan kata yang tak bermakna. Kata seperti : Malaikat, Iblis, Surga, Neraka dan semacamnya adalah kata yang dapat dimengerti dan ada dalam realitas Salam, Iman K. www.parapemikir.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Dubai Iranians protest at Ahmadinejad's 'rigged' win
http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=NTQ1ODY5MTEy Regional News Dubai Iranians protest at Ahmadinejad's 'rigged' win Published Date: June 16, 2009 DUBAI: Iranians from one of the Islamic republic's largest expat communities flouted a ban to protest outside their country's consulate in Dubai on Monday against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed election victory. More than two hundred men and women gathered outside the mission some 200 kilometres (120 miles) across the Gulf from Iran, chanting slogans calling Ahmadinejad a "dictator" and accusing Tehran of rigging Friday's election. "Where is my vote?" they shouted in unison as many of them told AFP that they had cast their ballots in favour of runner-up Mir Hossein Mousavi. "I don't feel that there was any respect for my vote... (the election was) absolutely rigged," said Ali, 32, who works as an architect in Dubai. Ahmadinejad is a stupid... uneducated dictator," he charged. The Iranian mission says there are around 400,000 Iranians in the United Arab Emirates-the second largest congregation of expatriate Iranians outside north America. Official UAE data put the figure at 110,000. Like many other protesters, Ali withheld his family name and also covered his face with mask as a cameraman stood on the consulate's roof shooting footage of the demonstration. Nassim, 31, also an architect, wore stylish sunglasses which she said were enough to cover her face, in order not to get in trouble when she goes back to Iran. "We want to tell the world that we are not stupid. Please don't think we are similar to our government," said Nassim, wearing a short-sleeved shirt and letting her hair flow freely. She said she had voted for Mousavi because he "doesn't want to fight with other countries. Why do we need this nuclear power? We want better relations with the world," she added of Iran's controversial nuclear programme which the West and Israel suspect is aimed at developing atomic weapons. Tehran insists that its nuclear ambitions are purely peaceful. Although Monday's demonstration in Dubai was not authorised in a country that does not permit public demonstrations, anti-riot police allowed the protesters to stand for more than two hours outside the consulate. Some demonstrators said they hoped to get permission to come again and stage another protest. - AFP [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Nine foreign hostages killed in Yemen
http://www.tehrantimes.com/NCms/2007.asp?code=196840 : Tuesday, June 16, 2009 www.tehrantimes.com Nine foreign hostages killed in Yemen SAN'A, Yemen (AP) - Nine missing foreigners in Yemen have been murdered, said a Yemeni official Monday, apparently executed by their kidnappers in the impoverished nation in the Arabian peninsula where al-Qaida has a strong presence. The nine foreigners, including seven German nationals, a Briton and a South Korean, disappeared last week while on a picnic in the restive northern Saada region of Yemen. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press, announced the discovery of the remaining six bodies Monday after three others had been found mutilated earlier in the day. Yemen, the poorest nation in the Middle East, is home to restive tribes, a Shiite rebellion, as well as a branch of al-Qaida which operates in its remote regions and has often targeted foreigners as well as the U.S. embassy. Shepherds roaming the area found the remains of three of the women in the mountainous northern Saada province near the town of el-Nashour, known as a hideout for al-Qaida militants, the official said. In Berlin, the Foreign Ministry said it could not confirm the reports that the Germans had been killed. A spokesman, speaking on customary condition of anonymity, said that a ministry crisis team and the German embassy in San'a were working together to try and get more details. Yemeni authorities said the group included a German doctor, his wife and their three children, as well as a Briton and his South Korean wife and two other German nationals. They were all working in a hospital in Saada, the state news agency said. South Korea's Foreign Ministry identified their national by her family name, Eom, and said she is a 34-year-old aid worker in Yemen. Chantel Mortimer, the press officer at the British Embassy, expressed concern and said that the embassy is seeking information about the rest of the hostages including the British one. ""We are very concerned that bodies were found. We are seeking further details,"" she said. The killing of hostages is not common in Yemen, where tribesmen often kidnap foreigners to press the government on a range of demands, including a ransom, but usually release them unharmed. Kidnapping involving al-Qaida, however, have been lethal for the hostages in the past. A tribal leader in the area, who also spoke on condition of anonymity for the same reason as the security official, blamed al-Qaida for the Friday abduction and the killing. Yemen is the Arab world's poorest nation - and one of its most unstable - making it fertile territory for al-Qaida to set up camp. The country is also in a strategic location, next door to some of the world's most important oil producing nations. It also lies just across the Gulf of Aden from Somalia, an even more tumultuous nation where the U.S. has said militants from the terror network have been increasing their activity. Al-Qaida militants, including fighters returning from Afghanistan and Iraq, have established sanctuaries among a number of Yemeni tribes, particularly ones in three provinces bordering Saudi Arabia. In January, militants announced the creation of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, a merger between the terror network's Yemeni and Saudi branches, led by Naser Abdel-Karim al-Wahishi, a Yemeni who was once a close aide to Osama bin Laden. Over the past year, al-Qaida has been blamed for a string of attacks, including an armed assault in September on the U.S. Embassy in San'a, as well as two suicide bombings targeting South Korean visitors in March. Earlier, the Yemeni government had accused a Shiite rebel group in Saada, led by Abdel Malak al-Hawthi, but the group issued a statement saying it has not been involved in any abductions of foreigners [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] The Thinker: Indonesian Radicals Love to Hate Obama
http://thejakartaglobe.com/columns/the-thinker-indonesian-radicals-love-to-hate-obama/312284 June 15, 2009 Muh Taufiqurrohman The Thinker: Indonesian Radicals Love to Hate Obama Leaders from Muslim countries largely responded positively to US President Barack Obama's recent outreach speech in Cairo. In Indonesia, Muhammadiyah's Din Samsudin praised Obama for his speech. Of the opposite opinion were a number of Indonesian radical groups: the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), the Indonesian Mujahideen Council (MMI), Indonesian Hizbut Tahrir (HTI), Jemaah Islamiyah, Jemaah Ansharut Tauhid and Jamaah As-Shunnah. They regarded the speech with prejudice and distrust. FPI members like Habib Muhammad Mahdi Al Habsyi, head of the group's Surabaya branch, felt the speech was nothing but empty talk. These members said that American leaders had a history of speaking sweetly to Muslims while acting harshly against them. Members of the MMI, including Irfan S. Awwas, suggested that Indonesian Muslims be critical of Obama's speech. They see Obama's promises to increase scholarships and to provide funding for economic and technological development in Muslim countries as an attempt to lure Muslims to support America in fighting their Muslim brothers, namely the Taliban and Al Qaeda. They also view Obama as nothing more than a representative of greedy American businesspeople, not the American people. Interestingly, for HTI members, Obama's speech simply reinforced their belief that Obama is opposed to Islam. They now clearly see Obama as more dangerous than George W. Bush for his encouragement of Muslims around the world to "isolate" extremists. Furthermore, they consider Obama's ideas about the world's need for peace and security hypocritical, saying he is continuing to order the massacre of innocent women and children in Afghanistan and on the Pakistani border through US airstrikes. The allied members of Jemaah Islamiyah, Jemaah Asharut Tauhid and Jamaah As-Shunnah similarly saw Obama's speech as confirming their ideas of who the US president really is - another American infidel. In his speech, Obama spoke about the need for the establishment of Palestine as an independent state, which seems in accord with Muslim desires. However, in another part of the speech, he affirmed the truth of the Holocaust and his sympathy for Jews. This strengthened their belief that Obama is a friend of the Jews and therefore an enemy of the Muslims. Furthermore, these members see Obama's advocacy of democracy as evil. To them, Obama's encouragement for the implementation of democracy is no different from propagating an evil American religion in the Muslim world. They also think that by encouraging gender equality in his speech, Obama was encouraging Muslims to deny Koranic teachings that men are to be the leaders of women. They thus consider Obama's speech as so much American blasphemy. Obama did mention that he had ordered the closure of Guantanamo prison by early next year, but unfortunately this means little to these radicals, who point out that the United States continues to encourage American troops to kill Muslim fighters in Afghanistan and Pakistan. These negative responses are not purely a reaction to the text of Obama's speech, but reveal more fundamental beliefs. First of all, these radicals have great distrust of any non-Islamic political leader. If they cannot trust Muslim Indonesian leaders, they certainly do not believe in Obama, an American and a Christian. If they see President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as an infidel, they view Obama as the infidel of all infidels. They also fear that the speech will induce Indonesian Muslims to hold a positive perception of America. This would potentially eliminate the common enemy that radicals have been selling to Indonesian Muslims. Finally, the radicals fear that Obama's ideas of tolerance may weaken their recruitment projects. They fear mainstream Muslims will find truth in Obama's words that violence caused by extremism is not Islamic. It is a valid fear, as even some radicals have begun to entertain such thoughts. Despite these negative responses, as long as Obama keeps saying the right things and living up to his promises, his words and actions will speak louder than any radical voice in Indonesia. Muh Taufiqurrohman holds a master's degree in international relations from Parahyangan Catholic University (UNPAR) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] SBY Orders Full Audit of Military
http://thejakartaglobe.com/home/sby-orders-full-audit-of-military/312404 June 15, 2009 April Aswadi President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, right, meeting with armed forces (TNI) chief Gen. Djoko Santoso, left, and Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono, second left, at the State Palace in Jakarta on Monday. (Photo: Yudhi Sukma Wijaya, JG) SBY Orders Full Audit of Military Under pressure from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to halt a wave of crashes involving military aircraft in the past two months, the Defense Ministry has been ordered to conduct an audit of alleged budget shortfalls and a technical inspection of the Armed Forces. The shoddy safety record has become a national embarrassment, with defense officials saying the budget allocated is sufficient funds to maintain military aircraft. The latest incident occurred on Friday when an Air Force Puma helicopter crashed during a maintenance flight in Bogor, killing four soldiers and injuring three others. The crash was the fourth such incident involving military aircraft in the past two months. Yudhoyono's audit and inspection directive was announced after Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono and Armed Forces (TNI) Chief Gen. Djoko Santoso met with the president on Monday. "We want to achieve zero tolerance for air accidents and we will sign an audit team agreement soon to evaluate the budgets of the ministry, Armed Forces headquarters and each branch of the Armed Forces," Juwono told reporters after the meeting. Meanwhile, the head of the House of Representatives' defense commission, Yusron Ihza Mahendra, said on Monday that the government should be held accountable for the chain of deadly mishaps. "The repeated accidents are very strange. Someone from the government must be held responsible," Yusron said. He stopped short of calling for the resignations or firings of top officials, saying such moves were "completely under the government's prerogative." The root of the problem, he said, is a lack of funds for the maintenance, procurement and modernization of weapons and equipment. The top-level team is to assemble experts who will inspect and evaluate all technical and management procedures crucial to the maintenance of the country's main weapons systems, as well as assess budgetary priorities. "The audit team will start working today and will finish by the end of July," Juwono said on Monday. In reference to Friday's deadly crash, Djoko said that the TNI would investigate the incident. He said the TNI had also been ordered by the president to investigate the spate of accidents and to evaluate the military's aircraft maintenance and operations capabilities. The promised review and evaluation is to focus on maintenance regulations and procedures, the training of air crews, existing leadership and budgets. Djoko said the recent accidents were not related to insufficient funds, insisting that military aircraft were well maintained and had an adequate operational budget. Juwono disagreed, repeating earlier assertions that the budget was insufficient to guarantee quality maintenance, with the shortfall amounting to as much as 50 percent of the TNI's needs. He cited the Hercules military planes currently in service, which required Rp 1.2 trillion ($118 million) per year to maintain but had a budget allocation of just Rp 500 billion. "Only some of the aircraft can be supported by such an insufficient maintenance budget," Juwono said. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Congress scraps feudal titles
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=HomePage&id=f40b3df4-c0cc-4860-9eec-99a8ae5d7ece&Headline=Congress+scraps+feudal+titles Congress scraps feudal titles Saroj Nagi, Hindustan Times New Delhi, June 16, 2009 First Published: 01:19 IST(16/6/2009) Last Updated: 01:20 IST(16/6/2009) 'Raja' Virbhadra Singh, 'Begum' Noor Bano, 'Rajkumari' Ratna Singh and many more of their kind will not find a place in any Congress document or record. More than six decades after Independence and over three decades after the government abolished privy purses and privileges, the Congress has decided to turn royalty into aam aadmi. "The party has decided to strike off all feudal titles (against the name of Congressmen and women) from its records at all levels," party leader Janardhan Dwivedi said. He, however, admitted it was an "indirect suggestion" made to the leaders not to use such prefixes and suffixes, such as Rajkumar, Nizam, Nawab, Sadr-e-riyasaat or Mahant. Dwivedi refused to speculate or give figures on how many leaders and workers would be affected by the party's advice. But instructions have reportedly been sent to all party units down the line not to include such references in documents. Several Congress leaders are often referred to by their titles, especially by their followers. They include, among others, Lok Sabha MPs "Maharani'' Preneet Kaur (from Patiala royal family) and Chandresh Kumari (from Rajasthan's Jodhpur and Himachal's Kangra-Lambagraon), "Maharaj'' Jyotiraditya Scindia (Gwalior family) and Jitendra Singh (Alwar) "Raja'' Sanjay Singh (Amethi) and "Kanwar'' R.P.N. Singh (Padrauna). Then there are Rajya Sabha MPs like Karan Singh of J&K and Congress leaders like Digvijay Singh (from Raghogarh). So what made the Congress decide to delete feudal titles from its records? Dwivedi denied it is a sudden decision. "It has been in implementation for some time. It is indirectly a suggestion to leaders not to use it themselves.'' While other parties with royalty may also come under pressure on this count, the decision may stir up a hornet's nest. "The 24 th Amendment and the 26 the Amendment, which abolished privy purses and privileges, did not abolish titles. These titles denote our heritage. How can our heritage be taken away?'' said Bhanu Pratap Singh, maharaja of Narsinghgarh (in MP) and ex-Union minister. Dismissing the Congress's move as a "gimmick,'' he said nearly 50 per cent of India's territory consists of former princely states. "Besides, how can we stop people referring to us by our titles?'' he asked [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Taliban attack musicians at Afghan wedding
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=297353&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23 Latest Update: Tuesday16/6/2009June, 2009, 12:54 AM Doha Time Taliban attack musicians at Afghan wedding Taliban fighters beat musicians, shaved their heads and left them tied to trees overnight because they performed at an Afghan wedding, a village tribal chief said yesterday. The militants have returned to areas in the east and south of the country, where violence has sharply spiked in recent years. They attack government officials, Afghan police, foreign troops and schools that teach girls, another practice they forbid. "A party was going on when a group of Taliban grabbed five musicians and started beating them and smashing their musical instruments," said Rahmatullah Khan, a head of Merke Khel village in the east of the country. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Palestinian 'collaborator' gets 20-year prison term
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=297425&version=1&template_id=37&parent_id=17 Palestinian 'collaborator' gets 20-year prison term Publish Date: Tuesday,16 June, 2009, at 12:36 PM Doha Time A Palestinian military court yesterday sentenced a 23-year-old woman to 20 years in jail after finding her guilty of high treason for collaborating with Israel, judicial sources said. The sentence against Taghreed Abu Taybeh was delivered by a court in Jenin in the northern West Bank. The woman was arrested in May and accused of plotting to kill a group of militants from a Palestinian armed group by using a suitcase filled with explosives that was given to her by Israeli intelligence [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Govt orders operation against Baitullah Mehsud
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\06\15\story_15-6-2009_pg1_1 Govt orders operation against Baitullah Mehsud * NWFP governor says 'decisive operation will root out terrorism from Pakistan' * Says Mehsud tribes turned a deaf ear to warnings * Says Baitullah behind attacks in Pakistan By Zulfiqar Ghuman ISLAMABAD: As a military offensive rages on against the Taliban in Malakand and Swat, the government on Sunday ordered a "full-fledged" military operation against Tehreek-e-Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud and Mehsud tribes for harbouring terrorists, abetting terrorist activities and killing innocent people. "Law-enforcement agencies have been ordered to launch a comprehensive operation against Mehsud tribes and the TTP chief and his followers for their failure to fulfil their duties in accordance with the law of the land," said NFWP Governor Awais Ghani at a press conference at Frontier House, but did not provide a date for the launch of the operation. The Online news agency claimed the operation would follow the offensive in Malakand. He said "this would be an affective and decisive operation that would root out terrorism from Pakistan ". The military has already moved closer to Waziristan agencies with operations underway in adjoining districts. The governor said that TTP chief Meshud had been named in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. "He (Baitullah) was also behind the October 18 attack on a PPP caravan in Karachi and several other attacks." The decision to launch the operation against Mehsud tribes had been made to "protect the lives and properties of the people of Pakistan from the barbaric terrorists of Mehsud tribes". "Mehsud tribes were told time and again that their activities are unacceptable," he said. Ghani said Mehsud tribes had not only failed to evict foreign terrorists from their areas, but had also continued operating training camps. "There are a large number of foreign terrorists in the areas. They are getting help from outside," he said in a reference to Afghanistan. He said that Mehsud tribes were bound by tradition and law not to shelter any terrorists or criminals, but "they acted otherwise ... forcing the government to take action". [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [wanita-muslimah] Re: Kalah sebelum Berperang + Drama Kecelakaan Pesawat TNI
Armada Indonesia masih belum sembuh dari penyakitnya, tahun lalu dibieritakan bahwa 40% dari kapal-kapal perang NKRI tidak layak untuk berlayar. Selain itu mungkin juga kekurangan tenaga bermutu dalam bidang pelayaran militer. Untuk menjadi anggota angkatan laut dan udara harus mempunyai pendidikan bidang tertentu, berbeda dengan angkatan darat yang bisa hanya baris-baris putar kiri putar kanan dan bisa menembak. Rukun serumpun itu tidak memainkan peranan menentukan, contohnya dalam kakak adik bertengkar untuk harta orang tua. - Original Message - From: Ary Setijadi Prihatmanto To: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 11:38 PM Subject: Re: [wanita-muslimah] Re: Kalah sebelum Berperang + Drama Kecelakaan Pesawat TNI ;-)) ada joke lain: Ada rahasia mengapa TNI tidak pernah memberikan tembakan peringatan ke kapal-kapal Malaysia. Hal itu bukan karena menjaga hubungan baik dan rukun dengan saudara serumpun, tapi karena masalah teknis, yaitu: takut niatnya membuat tembakan peringatan, tapi malah kena ;-)) - Original Message - From: Lina Dahlan To: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 6:21 PM Subject: [wanita-muslimah] Re: Kalah sebelum Berperang + Drama Kecelakaan Pesawat TNI Saya lagi mbayangin kalo Indo jadi perang sama Malay. Gak usah diapa-apain, diplototin aje deh, pesawat tempur Indo juga bakal jatuh sendiri...:-)) Ssst ntar dimarahin JK neh. Mending dukung perang mulutnya Hotman Paris (Indo) and Sobri (Malay)aja deh. wassalam, --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, "sunny" wrote: > > Jawa Pos > [ Senin, 15 Juni 2009 ] > > Kalah sebelum Berperang > > > PEMERINTAH RI saat ini dipusingkan dengan masalah Ambalat yang dapat mengganggu kedaulatan NKRI. Banyak lontaran dari masyarakat agar kita mempertahankan harga diri bangsa. Tujuannya, kita tidak diremehkan oleh bangsa lain. Kelompok itu menginginkan, kalau masalah tersebut tidak dapat diselesaikan dengan diplomasi, berperang adalah jalan terakhir untuk memperingatkan Malaysia. > > Hanya, yang jadi pertanyaan, bagaimana itu bisa kita lakukan? Pesawat tempur kita sudah tua dan banyak yang jatuh. Berapa lagi korban yang akan jatuh jika perang dilakukan? Pada 2009 saja sudah lima pesawat TNI yang jatuh sendiri, padahal perang belum dimulai! Harapan saya, semoga tragedi jatuhnya pesawat TNI pada 12 Juni lalu menjadi kecelakaan terakhir dan perang pun tidak terjadi. > > ALFIAN, mahasiswa Fakultas Bahasa dan Sains Universitas Wijaya Kusuma Surabaya > > > > Jawa Pos > [ Senin, 15 Juni 2009 ] > > > Drama Kecelakaan Pesawat TNI > Oleh: M. Sanusi > > > Berselang empat hari dari jatuhnya helikopter Bolkow 105 di Cianjur, Jumat siang 12 Juni 2009 helikopter jenis Puma SA-330 milik TNI Angkatan Udara (AU) kembali jatuh dan menewaskan sedikitnya lima di antara tujuh orang penumpangnya. Peristiwa itu merupakan kecelakaan pesawat militer ketujuh dalam empat bulan terakhir, yang menewaskan 84 personel TNI dalam rentang Maret hingga Juni 2009. > > Menyikapi drama kecelakaan pesawat TNI tersebut, segudang pertanyaan dan setumpuk keprihatinan seketika memenuhi pikiran dan perasaan masyarakat Indonesia. Ada apa pesawat TNI? Siapa yang bertanggung jawab terhadap sekian peristiwa nahas itu? > > Pertanyaan pertama mengacu kepada situasi buruk yang menimpa tiga matra angkatan, yaitu Angkatan Darat (AD) Angkatan Laut (AL), dan Angkatan Udara (AU), secara khusus dan TNI secara umum. Pertanyaan kedua mengacu kepada pemerintah dan lembaga yang selama ini diserahi tugas mengelola urusan pertahanan dan keamanan. Jika pertanyaan pertama terjawab, tidak bisa dihindarkan pertanyaan yang kedua juga bisa disingkap. > > Peristiwa kecelakaan di landasan helikopter Markas Besar Komando Lanud Atang Sendjaja, Kabupaten Bogor, itu bisa jadi hanya fenomena gunung es dari kondisi sebenarnya yang terjadi di TNI. Jika benar, alangkah buruknya sistem pertahanan dan keamanan di Indonesia. Jangankan bisa membela negara Indonesia dari serangan luar, mengatasi serangan dari dalam berupa kerusakan dan kecelakaan saja sudah tidak sanggup. Untuk itulah, kita harus mencari penyebab paling signifikan dari serentetan persitiwa nahas yang terjadi tersebut. > > Berbagai Persoalan > > Pertama, yang penting disorot adalah alokasi anggaran. Pemerintah melalui Departemen Pertahanan terbilang minim dalam masalah alokasi anggaran. Menurut Direktur Eksekutif Institute of Defense and Security Study sekaligus penulis buku Defending Indonesia Connie Rahakundini Bakrie, anggaran pertahanan Indonesia adalah yang terkecil di ASEAN. Anggaran pertahanan dalam Anggaran Pendapatan dan Belanja Negara (APBN) 2009 hanya 0,6 persen dari produk domestik bruto (PDB) atau setara dengan USD 3,3 miliar. > > Fakta itu menjadikan Indonesia sebagai negara berwil
[wanita-muslimah] A voice of reason silenced in Iraq
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KF16Ak04.html Jun 16, 2009 A voice of reason silenced in Iraq By Sami Moubayed DAMASCUS - All hopes that the months to come would witness real reconciliation in Iraq were suddenly muted this weekend when Harith al-Obeidi, a heavyweight Sunni politician renowned for his moderation and civility, was gunned down after delivering a Friday sermon in Baghdad. He is one of the most senior politicians in Iraq to have been killed since the downfall of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003. Obeidi, who heads the Iraqi Accordance Front bloc in parliament, was shot twice in the head by a teenager at the Shawaf mosque, bringing the number of Front figures assassinated over the past six years to nearly 100. Four other people were killed in the attack, including Obeidi's brother-in-law, and 12 were injured before the young assassin was himself gunned down by mosque security. Shortly before his death, Obeidi, 45, was speaking to worshipers about the lack of accountability and justice in Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's Iraq. Deputy chairman of the Human Rights Committee in parliament, Obeidi had often criticized Maliki for the continued detainment of Sunnis, calling for a general amnesty and a greater role for Sunni politicians in the post-2003 political system. Harith al-Obeidi was born and raised in Baghdad, where he studied Islamic jurisprudence for one year at Mustansiriyya University in Najaf before moving to the Faculty of Islamic Sharia in Baghdad, from which he graduated in 1988. He then obtained a PhD in Comparative Jurisprudence from Baghdad University and worked as an academic, writing and lecturing, until the downfall of Saddam's regime in 2003. He became an active member of the Accordance Front, lobbying for Sunni rights in the post-Saddam order. His uniform demands were always related to an amnesty for Sunnis, a curb on Shi'ite and Sunni militias, greater freedoms and greater dignity for Iraqi prisoners. He was always at odds end with the Americans, members of Maliki's cabinet and members of al-Qaeda, criticizing all three groups for the chaos that has existed in Iraq since 2003. His loudest words were often directed at the Americans, and he famously said, "The occupation is responsible for every crime and the death of every citizen in Iraq. If the occupier would leave, Iraqis would live as brothers." After entering parliament in 2005, he was voted head of the Front bloc on May 2, only one month before his assassination, replacing his colleague Adel al-Samarrai, who was elected speaker. One day before his killing, he spoke within the chamber, calling for the interrogation of the ministers of Defense and Interior in Maliki's cabinet, blaming them for sectarian violence and poor conditions in prisons. In September 2005, US troops raided his home, suspecting him of being part of the so-called Sunni insurgency. These accusations proved to be false, and, far from it, Obeidi had long called for the disarmament of militias, be they Sunni or Shi'ite, and the restructuring of the army on nationalist lines with no distinction to ethnic or religious backgrounds. In January 2006, he lobbied with Sunni militias to release US journalist Jill Caroll of the Christian Science Monitor, claiming that the continued abduction and killing of foreigners in Iraq harmed the interests of the people. Drawing a clear balance in his criticism, he was equally very critical of the Maliki cabinet; when it raided a Baghdad slum known as Sadr City in March 2008, he commented that the district's residents - who are all Shi'ite - had had enough. More recently, Obeidi called on US President Barack Obama to release blocked photos of prisoner torture at Abu Ghraib, saying that all the promising words spoken by Obama in Cairo on June 4 "would fail" if secrecy over wrongs continued and if the abusers were not brought to justice in US courts. It won't be easy for the Front to recover the loss of a heavyweight like Obeidi. When the coalition was created in 2005, it won 15.1% of the vote, thanks to the charisma of leaders like Obeidi, and took 44 seats of the 275-seat parliament. That entitled it to six seats in the cabinet, which it held until withdrawing from government in August 2007, accusing the prime minister of sectarian practices. The Front is likely to face some turbulence in the weeks ahead as the Americans start leaving and the country braces for parliamentary elections. It will have to push forward with its demands, representing Sunnis, vis-a-vis rapprochement, dialogue and amnesty. That certainly won't be easy without Obeidi. For now, one question remains; who did it? Was it al-Qaeda, as some members of the Front say? Or was it certain Iraqi politicians who were distressed at the lout anti-corruption campaign preached by Obeidi from within parliament? Last month, Maliki was forced to dismiss, then arrest, his Minister of T
[wanita-muslimah] Manohara in her Own Words
http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1933&Itemid=202 Manohara in her Own Words Written by Our Correspondent Monday, 15 June 2009 Indonesian teen model tells of her treatment at the hands of a Kelantan prince The story of the jet-setting Indonesian teen model who was kidnapped by her 31-year-old Malaysian royal husband who allegedly raped and tortured her keeps taking on new permutations, including, last week, protesters who surrounded the Malaysian embassy in Jakarta, demanding war. Now the 17-year-old model, Indonesian-American Manohara Odelia Pinot, has told her story in English, to Jakarta Globe journalist Armando Siahaan. At times insouciant, at times seemingly bewildered, she describes a high-flying life in Europe's capitals as well as detailing allegations of terror and rape at the hands of the prince. Her story can be found here. Last week Mano, as she calls herself, hired Indonesia's most flamboyant lawyer, Hotman Paris Hutapea, to announce she was filing a case with the Indonesian national police alleging abuse against her husband, Kelantan Tengku Temenggong Muhammad Fakhry. Fakhry fired back by filing charges against Manohara in Kuala Lumpur, alleging she had made the whole thing up. It is notable that Manohara didn't file in Malaysia and Fakhry didn't file in Indonesia. Indonesian courts, considered the most corrupt in Southeast Asia, have a pretty much unanimous record of siding with the locals against the foreigners. The courts in Kuala Lumpur are only marginally better, having suffered through a long series of judicial scandals over the last 20 years. Neither side apparently wanted to dare defeat in the other's court. In Indonesia, Manohara's story has consumed readers of tabloid newspapers, TV, Web sites and blogs, making the relatively unknown beauty a household name although at 16 she was named one of Indonesia's 100 Precious Women by Harper's Bazaar magazine. A full half-hour documentary of her travails has aired repeatedly, at times almost a continuous loop, on Jakarta television. The tale of the tortured princess has taken on unlikely diplomatic overtones as well, nearly overshadowing the cat-and-mouse game going on along the ill-defined border between Indonesia and Malaysia in the Celebes Sea, where the two countries' navies have repeatedly squared off since January over the resource-rich Ambalat exploration block. Last week, Malaysia's Navy Chief, Admiral Abdul Aziz Jaafar, journeyed to Jakarta to say he was offering an apology to Indonesia over the incidents and added the navy would no longer deploy its Scorpene submarine in the block. Unfortunately, the commander said, they couldn't deploy their submarine in the Malacca or Sulawesi straits because they're too shallow. War is hardly likely, with the two countries agreeing last week to trade so-called fifth-freedom air rights granting expanded permission for stopovers in each other's major cities. There have been no similar apologies over Mano, as the 17-year-old princess calls herself. Harrumphed one Jakarta paper: "It is a sad truth that Indonesian workers, including female domestic servants, have long been the target of abuse by some employers in Malaysia.We must not stand by and accept such treatment of an Indonesian citizen. The publicity the case has generated and the shocking accusations made by Manohara herself have elevated this matter beyond the tabloids. It is serious and demands action." Malaysia's nine sultans, who critics say were nothing more than a bunch of pirate chieftains until the British colonial government co-opted them to help them run what was then Malaya, today have become nearly a law unto themselves. Despite moves by then-Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to take away many of their powers during his 22 years in power, the United Malays National Organization, the country's biggest ethnic political party, today uses them in much the same way the British did. Although some have repeatedly run up gigantic gambling debts in London casinos, to be paid off by their sultanates, and that at least one reportedly killed two innocent people, none have ever been brought to justice. Whatever the prince either did or didn't do to Mano, it is unlikely he will be dragged before the bar in Malaysia. Accordingly, once Mano made a dramatic escape from the Kelantan royal family in Singapore on May 31 with the aid of the American embassy and the Singapore police, she took to the airwaves along with her mother, Daisy Fajarina, to repeatedly allege in French-accented vernacular American-English that she was drugged, raped, tortured, kidnapped, burned with a cigar and carved with an eyebrow razor by the prince, and that she didn't know she was getting married until two days before the event took place. The prince, she
[wanita-muslimah] Marcos and her gems to be reunited
Refleksi : Capers-capers NKRI bicara dan janji macam-macam, tetapi satu hal yang mereka tidak utik-utik ialah harta kekayaan rakyat yang dicuri oleh Soeharto yang menurut UN Stolen Assets Recovery [StAR] berjumlah antaran US$ 30 - US$ 50,-- milyar. Apakah para capers-capers ini satu komplotan kleptoktatik dengan Soeharto dan oleh karena itu mereka tidak berani mengutik-mengutik masalah tsb dalam pemilihan umum maupun pemilihan presiden yang akan datang? http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7ed68f36-59dd-11de-b687-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1 Marcos and her gems to be reunited By Roel Landingin and agencies in Manila Published: June 15 2009 20:12 | Last updated: June 15 2009 20:12 She was famous for her shoes and lavish lifestyle. Now, 23 years after her husband was deposed as leader of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos may soon be reunited with her jewellery. The Philippine government has urged the return of gems worth more than $310m (?224m), including a Burmese ruby said to be as big as a prune. The justice department on Monday ordered an anti-corruption agency to resolve claims dating back two decades on several sets of jewellery allegedly belonging to Mrs Marcos and return them to her family if warranted. Raul Gonzalez, justice secretary, said that the Presidential Commission on Good Government, which aims to recover about $10bn of the allegedly ill-gotten wealth of Ferdinand Marcos, the late dictator, and his family, did not issue a sequestration order when it seized the jewellery in 1986. "Evidently, Mrs Marcos remains to be the legitimate owner of said prized jewellery," Mr Gonzalez said in a letter to the commission. The commission said that it was surprised but would discuss the order on Tuesday. The collection, which reportedly included a diamond brooch, bracelet and earrings as well as the prune-sized ruby, has been kept in a vault at the Philippines' central bank since 1990. Mrs Marcos, who went to court to stop a government attempt to auction the jewellery collection in 2006 arguing that the gems were not acquired illegally using public funds, welcomed Monday's decision. "Thank God that after more than 23 years of relentless persecution and deprivation initiated by the Cory Aquino administration in 1986, President Gloria Arroyo's government has now started efforts for truth and justice to prevail," she said. Many of the pieces were meant for religious images, including "tiaras for the Blessed Virgin Mary", said the former first lady, whose power and extravagance is the theme of a show, Imelda: The New Musical, set to open on Broadway in New York this autumn. But the justice department order was condemned by human rights advocates as another example of the "unpredictability and instability" of government policies under Mrs Arroyo. The president is struggling to counter record low popularity ratings amid a widespread perception that she is behind attempts to rewrite the constitution to remain in power after her term ends next year. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [wanita-muslimah] Re: Kalah sebelum Berperang + Drama Kecelakaan Pesawat TNI
;-)) ada joke lain: Ada rahasia mengapa TNI tidak pernah memberikan tembakan peringatan ke kapal-kapal Malaysia. Hal itu bukan karena menjaga hubungan baik dan rukun dengan saudara serumpun, tapi karena masalah teknis, yaitu: takut niatnya membuat tembakan peringatan, tapi malah kena ;-)) - Original Message - From: Lina Dahlan To: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 6:21 PM Subject: [wanita-muslimah] Re: Kalah sebelum Berperang + Drama Kecelakaan Pesawat TNI Saya lagi mbayangin kalo Indo jadi perang sama Malay. Gak usah diapa-apain, diplototin aje deh, pesawat tempur Indo juga bakal jatuh sendiri...:-)) Ssst ntar dimarahin JK neh. Mending dukung perang mulutnya Hotman Paris (Indo) and Sobri (Malay)aja deh. wassalam, --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, "sunny" wrote: > > Jawa Pos > [ Senin, 15 Juni 2009 ] > > Kalah sebelum Berperang > > > PEMERINTAH RI saat ini dipusingkan dengan masalah Ambalat yang dapat mengganggu kedaulatan NKRI. Banyak lontaran dari masyarakat agar kita mempertahankan harga diri bangsa. Tujuannya, kita tidak diremehkan oleh bangsa lain. Kelompok itu menginginkan, kalau masalah tersebut tidak dapat diselesaikan dengan diplomasi, berperang adalah jalan terakhir untuk memperingatkan Malaysia. > > Hanya, yang jadi pertanyaan, bagaimana itu bisa kita lakukan? Pesawat tempur kita sudah tua dan banyak yang jatuh. Berapa lagi korban yang akan jatuh jika perang dilakukan? Pada 2009 saja sudah lima pesawat TNI yang jatuh sendiri, padahal perang belum dimulai! Harapan saya, semoga tragedi jatuhnya pesawat TNI pada 12 Juni lalu menjadi kecelakaan terakhir dan perang pun tidak terjadi. > > ALFIAN, mahasiswa Fakultas Bahasa dan Sains Universitas Wijaya Kusuma Surabaya > > > > Jawa Pos > [ Senin, 15 Juni 2009 ] > > > Drama Kecelakaan Pesawat TNI > Oleh: M. Sanusi > > > Berselang empat hari dari jatuhnya helikopter Bolkow 105 di Cianjur, Jumat siang 12 Juni 2009 helikopter jenis Puma SA-330 milik TNI Angkatan Udara (AU) kembali jatuh dan menewaskan sedikitnya lima di antara tujuh orang penumpangnya. Peristiwa itu merupakan kecelakaan pesawat militer ketujuh dalam empat bulan terakhir, yang menewaskan 84 personel TNI dalam rentang Maret hingga Juni 2009. > > Menyikapi drama kecelakaan pesawat TNI tersebut, segudang pertanyaan dan setumpuk keprihatinan seketika memenuhi pikiran dan perasaan masyarakat Indonesia. Ada apa pesawat TNI? Siapa yang bertanggung jawab terhadap sekian peristiwa nahas itu? > > Pertanyaan pertama mengacu kepada situasi buruk yang menimpa tiga matra angkatan, yaitu Angkatan Darat (AD) Angkatan Laut (AL), dan Angkatan Udara (AU), secara khusus dan TNI secara umum. Pertanyaan kedua mengacu kepada pemerintah dan lembaga yang selama ini diserahi tugas mengelola urusan pertahanan dan keamanan. Jika pertanyaan pertama terjawab, tidak bisa dihindarkan pertanyaan yang kedua juga bisa disingkap. > > Peristiwa kecelakaan di landasan helikopter Markas Besar Komando Lanud Atang Sendjaja, Kabupaten Bogor, itu bisa jadi hanya fenomena gunung es dari kondisi sebenarnya yang terjadi di TNI. Jika benar, alangkah buruknya sistem pertahanan dan keamanan di Indonesia. Jangankan bisa membela negara Indonesia dari serangan luar, mengatasi serangan dari dalam berupa kerusakan dan kecelakaan saja sudah tidak sanggup. Untuk itulah, kita harus mencari penyebab paling signifikan dari serentetan persitiwa nahas yang terjadi tersebut. > > Berbagai Persoalan > > Pertama, yang penting disorot adalah alokasi anggaran. Pemerintah melalui Departemen Pertahanan terbilang minim dalam masalah alokasi anggaran. Menurut Direktur Eksekutif Institute of Defense and Security Study sekaligus penulis buku Defending Indonesia Connie Rahakundini Bakrie, anggaran pertahanan Indonesia adalah yang terkecil di ASEAN. Anggaran pertahanan dalam Anggaran Pendapatan dan Belanja Negara (APBN) 2009 hanya 0,6 persen dari produk domestik bruto (PDB) atau setara dengan USD 3,3 miliar. > > Fakta itu menjadikan Indonesia sebagai negara berwilayah besar dengan anggaran pertahanan terendah di ASEAN setelah Laos (0,4 persen dari PDB), Kamboja (1,4 persen dari PDB), apalagi jika dibandingkan dengan Vietnam (6,3 persen dari PDB), atau Singapura (7,6 persen dari PDB). (Majalah Tempo/Mei 2009) > > Minimnya anggaran tersebut berdampak pada poin kesalahan yang kedua, yakni kebiasaan untuk mendaur ulang alat-alat yang sudah tidak lagi memiliki kemampuan operasional yang layak. Poin itu merupakan penyebab signifikan dari terjadinya kecelakaan pesawat, sekaligus akibat langsung dari keterbatasan anggaran. > > Diketahui, pesawat Puma SA-330 yang jatuh kemarin (12 Juni 2009, Red) sebenarnya telah dinyatakan rusak permanen (total loss) oleh TNI-AU. Artinya, pesawat itu sudah tidak bisa digunakan lagi. Pertanyataan i
[wanita-muslimah] Mousavi's letter to Iranians
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/2009614142547175118.html Sunday, June 14, 2009 23:43 Mecca time, 20:43 GMT Mousavi's letter to Iranians Mousavi wants supporters to hold protests calmly and without breaking the law [File: EPA] Fellow countrymen, I am receiving news about objections to the declared results of the latest elections, from all over the country. I am certain that these reactions are not for my personal sake, but it's due to concern about a new way of political life that is being forced on our country. The actions that we have witnessed in these few days has been unprecedented in the Islamic Republic. If the people are following these present developments with a sense of worry, it's because of their deep worry for the great achievements of their revolution being in danger. Related link See the original letter Those who with the assistance of many violations have declared unbelievable results for the presidential elections, are now trying to establish those results and start a new period of our country's history. I have repeatedly, during the course of these elections, have spoken of dangers of escaping from the law and have emphasised that this method might result in tyranny and dictatorship, and today our nation is standing at a point that finds this prospect tangable. We, as those who are loyal to the Islamic Republic and its constitutional laws, consider the Holy Jurisdiction one of the fundamentals of this regime and follow the political movements within legal frameworks. I hope the progress of the new events would show the mistake in this impression and, at the same time, we warn that in this country no one who likes the Islamic Republic would accept this method, and this is what demands the bloods of hundreds of thousands of our martyrs to be responsible against it. In depth Mousavi sees election hopes dashed Iran writer on poll result Mousavi's letter to the people Iran poll result 'harms US hopes' West concerned by Iran fraud claims The Iranian political system Dear people, today, in a letter that I presented to The Guardian Council, I have asked for the annulment of the results of the latest elections and I know this to be the only resolution for gaining the public confidence and the support of the people for the government. My repeated suggestion as your servant is that you continue your civil and legal opposition all around the country, in a calm manner and observing anti-conflict fundaments. We have asked the responsible people to issue a permit for a mass rally in all the cities in Iran so that the people will have an opportunity to show their opposition towards the results of these elections and the way it was conducted. The authorities agreement could be the best resolution for restraining the present tensions. Let's not abandon the green colour which is a symbol of spirituality, freedom and religious mentality and moderateness and the Allah O Akbar slogan that tells us of revolutionary roots. This is the colour and slogan that is still unifying our nation and will be the best measure to connect our hearts and needs. Sadly, an extensive effort has is being used to to cut off our means of communication with each other, and it is not noticed that that the blocking of these lines would change the nature of the organised and goal-driven reactions to, God-forbidding, change into blind actions. I am certain that your creativity would result in new and effective ways of communication so that we could use our actions in a beneficial way for the country and the revolution. As someone who likes the police, I recommend them avoid harsh reactions towards people's self-motivated actions and not let the people's trust to this worthy organ be damaged. These people have come to the scene to to demand both their, and your, rights and they are your brothers and sisters. The power of the police and military forces of our country has always lied in their unity with the people and it will be the same in the future. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Anomali Dendam
Anomali Dendam manusia setengah jadi berlagak jadi nabi kotbah soal moral lidahnya bercabangcabang idenya bau bir basi bacot doang dibanggakan lupa umur lupa jalan pulang masturbasi dipojokan kasian jauh api dari puisi hidup pun sunyi rindu dibakar dendam! Heri Latief Amsterdam, 15/06/2009 http://herilatief.wordpress.com/ http://akarrumputliar.wordpress.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Sajak Pro Rakyat
Sajak Pro Rakyat ayo bung jangan bingung! pilihlah yang berani bela bangsa pro rakyat anti kosmetik politik ayo bung jangan bengong! tanahmu dirampas hidupmu ditindas berani milih anti penindasan! Heri Latief Amsterdam, 15/06/2009 http://herilatief.wordpress.com/ http://akarrumputliar.wordpress.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Sajak Pro Rakyat
ayo bungjangan bingung!pilihlahyang berani bela bangsapro rakyatanti kosmetik politikayo bungjangan bengong!tanahmu dirampashidupmu ditindasberani milihanti penindasan! Heri Latief Amsterdam, 15/06/2009 http://herilatief.wordpress.com/ http://akarrumputliar.wordpress.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Re: Kalah sebelum Berperang + Drama Kecelakaan Pesawat TNI
Saya lagi mbayangin kalo Indo jadi perang sama Malay. Gak usah diapa-apain, diplototin aje deh, pesawat tempur Indo juga bakal jatuh sendiri...:-)) Ssst ntar dimarahin JK neh. Mending dukung perang mulutnya Hotman Paris (Indo) and Sobri (Malay)aja deh. wassalam, --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, "sunny" wrote: > > Jawa Pos > [ Senin, 15 Juni 2009 ] > > Kalah sebelum Berperang > > > PEMERINTAH RI saat ini dipusingkan dengan masalah Ambalat yang dapat > mengganggu kedaulatan NKRI. Banyak lontaran dari masyarakat agar kita > mempertahankan harga diri bangsa. Tujuannya, kita tidak diremehkan oleh > bangsa lain. Kelompok itu menginginkan, kalau masalah tersebut tidak dapat > diselesaikan dengan diplomasi, berperang adalah jalan terakhir untuk > memperingatkan Malaysia. > > Hanya, yang jadi pertanyaan, bagaimana itu bisa kita lakukan? Pesawat tempur > kita sudah tua dan banyak yang jatuh. Berapa lagi korban yang akan jatuh jika > perang dilakukan? Pada 2009 saja sudah lima pesawat TNI yang jatuh sendiri, > padahal perang belum dimulai! Harapan saya, semoga tragedi jatuhnya pesawat > TNI pada 12 Juni lalu menjadi kecelakaan terakhir dan perang pun tidak > terjadi. > > ALFIAN, mahasiswa Fakultas Bahasa dan Sains Universitas Wijaya Kusuma > Surabaya > > > > Jawa Pos > [ Senin, 15 Juni 2009 ] > > > Drama Kecelakaan Pesawat TNI > Oleh: M. Sanusi > > > Berselang empat hari dari jatuhnya helikopter Bolkow 105 di Cianjur, Jumat > siang 12 Juni 2009 helikopter jenis Puma SA-330 milik TNI Angkatan Udara (AU) > kembali jatuh dan menewaskan sedikitnya lima di antara tujuh orang > penumpangnya. Peristiwa itu merupakan kecelakaan pesawat militer ketujuh > dalam empat bulan terakhir, yang menewaskan 84 personel TNI dalam rentang > Maret hingga Juni 2009. > > Menyikapi drama kecelakaan pesawat TNI tersebut, segudang pertanyaan dan > setumpuk keprihatinan seketika memenuhi pikiran dan perasaan masyarakat > Indonesia. Ada apa pesawat TNI? Siapa yang bertanggung jawab terhadap sekian > peristiwa nahas itu? > > Pertanyaan pertama mengacu kepada situasi buruk yang menimpa tiga matra > angkatan, yaitu Angkatan Darat (AD) Angkatan Laut (AL), dan Angkatan Udara > (AU), secara khusus dan TNI secara umum. Pertanyaan kedua mengacu kepada > pemerintah dan lembaga yang selama ini diserahi tugas mengelola urusan > pertahanan dan keamanan. Jika pertanyaan pertama terjawab, tidak bisa > dihindarkan pertanyaan yang kedua juga bisa disingkap. > > Peristiwa kecelakaan di landasan helikopter Markas Besar Komando Lanud Atang > Sendjaja, Kabupaten Bogor, itu bisa jadi hanya fenomena gunung es dari > kondisi sebenarnya yang terjadi di TNI. Jika benar, alangkah buruknya sistem > pertahanan dan keamanan di Indonesia. Jangankan bisa membela negara Indonesia > dari serangan luar, mengatasi serangan dari dalam berupa kerusakan dan > kecelakaan saja sudah tidak sanggup. Untuk itulah, kita harus mencari > penyebab paling signifikan dari serentetan persitiwa nahas yang terjadi > tersebut. > > Berbagai Persoalan > > Pertama, yang penting disorot adalah alokasi anggaran. Pemerintah melalui > Departemen Pertahanan terbilang minim dalam masalah alokasi anggaran. Menurut > Direktur Eksekutif Institute of Defense and Security Study sekaligus penulis > buku Defending Indonesia Connie Rahakundini Bakrie, anggaran pertahanan > Indonesia adalah yang terkecil di ASEAN. Anggaran pertahanan dalam Anggaran > Pendapatan dan Belanja Negara (APBN) 2009 hanya 0,6 persen dari produk > domestik bruto (PDB) atau setara dengan USD 3,3 miliar. > > Fakta itu menjadikan Indonesia sebagai negara berwilayah besar dengan > anggaran pertahanan terendah di ASEAN setelah Laos (0,4 persen dari PDB), > Kamboja (1,4 persen dari PDB), apalagi jika dibandingkan dengan Vietnam (6,3 > persen dari PDB), atau Singapura (7,6 persen dari PDB). (Majalah Tempo/Mei > 2009) > > Minimnya anggaran tersebut berdampak pada poin kesalahan yang kedua, yakni > kebiasaan untuk mendaur ulang alat-alat yang sudah tidak lagi memiliki > kemampuan operasional yang layak. Poin itu merupakan penyebab signifikan dari > terjadinya kecelakaan pesawat, sekaligus akibat langsung dari keterbatasan > anggaran. > > Diketahui, pesawat Puma SA-330 yang jatuh kemarin (12 Juni 2009, Red) > sebenarnya telah dinyatakan rusak permanen (total loss) oleh TNI-AU. Artinya, > pesawat itu sudah tidak bisa digunakan lagi. Pertanyataan itu dikeluarkan > oleh Panglima Komando Operasi TNI Satu Marsekal Muda Imam Safaat di Bandung > (12/6). Meski hasil penyelidikan dan investigasi masih berlanjut, minimal > jelaslah persoalan bahwa kecelakaan terjadi bukan karena semata-mata > ''takdir'' seperti yang pernah dinyatakan menteri pertahanan RI, tapi lebih > dari itu, yakni unsur perawatan yang memang sangat penting untuk menjaga daya > operasional alutsista (alat utama sistem pertahanan) dikerjakan dengan amat > sewenang-wenang dengan tanpa memperh
[wanita-muslimah] Re: Arab-Barat Belum Akui Pemenang Pilpres Iran
saya binun dengan sikap barat. memang negara ini masih dikuasi oleh para Mullah, walaupun demikian Iran tetap melakukan proses demokratisasi, ada pemilu, ada parlemen, ada kubu konservatif, ada kubu reformis. Coba bandingkan dengan Arab Saudi, dan negara2 jazirah arab lainnya, apakah ada proses demokratisasi? ikut binun juga dengan sikap negara-negara Arab lainnya. yang menganggap Iran merupakan 'ancaman' bagi hegemoni mereka. entah karena mazhab Syiah, entah karena mereka bangsa Persia bukan Arab, yang jelas mereka telah menunjukkan konsep ukhuwwah versi Arab (either you are with me or not) yang baik. tambah binun lagi, jika dikaitkan dengan isu senjata nuklir. definisi boleh atau tidaknya punya senjata nuklir tidak jelas, suka2 gue ajalah.. salam, -ariel- --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, "sunny" wrote: > > Jawa Pos > Senin, 15 Juni 2009 ] > > > Arab-Barat Belum Akui Pemenang Pilpres Iran > > > TEHERAN - Sehari setelah diumumkan secara resmi sebagai pemenang pemilihan > presiden (pilpres) di Iran Jumat lalu (12/6), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad kemarin > (14/6) memberikan keterangan pers. Tokoh ultrakonservatif (garis keras) itu > menganggap kemenangannya riil. Dia pun merasa terpilih kembali dalam pilpres > ''yang bebas''. > > Ahmadinejad juga meminta kemenangannya tidak dipersoalkan. Meskipun, ada > tuduhan luas soal terjadinya kecurangan dalam pemungutan suara. ''Pilpres di > Iran benar-benar riil dan bebas. Pemilu itu juga akan meningkatkan power > negara ini dan masa depan di mata dunia,'' kata Ahmadinejad di hadapan > puluhan wartawan lokal dan luar negeri. > > Beberapa wartawan Iran memberikan ucapan selamat kepada Ahmadinejad lebih > dulu sebelum mengajukan pertanyaan. Saat ditanya soal tuduhan ketidakberesan > dalam pemungutan suara, pria 52 tahun itu langsung membantah. Dia juga > menganggap tuduhan itu tidak penting. > > ''Sebagian orang yakin, mereka akan menang, alu mereka marah (saat dinyatakan > kalah). Itu tak punya kredibilitas hukum, tapi lebih mirip kemarahan setelah > pertandingan sepak bola,'' ungkap Ahmadinejad. ''Pendapat saya tidak terlalu > penting. Tapi, selisih perolehan suara saya dengan yang lain terlalu besar. > Jadi, orang tak perlu mempersoalkan,'' lanjutnya. > > Ahmadinejad juga menuduh media massa di luar negeri sengaja melancarkan > ''perang psikologi'' atas negaranya. Ahmadinejad diumumkan memenangi pilpres > setelah meraih 62,63 persen suara. Pesaing utamanya, tokoh moderat yang juga > mantan Perdana Menteri (PM) Mir Hossein Mousavi, mendapat 33,75 persen suara. > > Dua calon yang lain mendapat suara jauh lebih kecil. Tokoh konservatif Mohsen > Rezai meraih 1,7 persen, sedangkan tokoh reformis dan mantan Ketua Parlemen > Mehdi Karroubi 0,9 persen. > > Hingga kemarin, baru Afghanistan (tetangga Iran) yang menyampaikan ucapan > selamat secara resmi. Presiden Afghanistan Hamid Karzai menyatakan, > terpilihnya lagi Ahmadinejad dengan suara mayoritas sangat tepat bagi > kemajuan dan kesejahteraan Iran. ''Saya juga mengucapkan selamat atas > kemenangan ini kepada rakyat Iran,'' kata Karzai. > > Namun, sebaliknya, negara-negara besar di dunia (Barat), terutama pendukung > Afghanistan, seperti AS dan Inggris, belum memberikan pengakuan. Dua negara > itu memilih hati-hati dalam menyikapi terpilihnya lagi Ahmadinejad. > > Presiden AS Barack Husein Obama juga belum memberikan komentar atas > terpilihnya Ahmadinejad. Tapi, sikap AS jelas terwakili dari pernyataan Menlu > Hillary Clinton Sabtu lalu (13/6). ''AS menahan diri untuk tidak mengomentari > pilpres di Iran. Tapi, kami jelas berharap agar hasil pemilu tersebut > mencerminkan keinginan dan kehendak rakyat Iran,'' katanya. > > Sikap yang hampir sama juga dilontarkan Kanada, Prancis, Inggris, dan Uni > Eropa. Bahkan, Uni Eropa mengungkapkan ''keprihatinan atas ketidakberesan > selama pilpres dan kekerasan pascapemilu''. > > Negara-negara Arab maupun Rusia juga memilih bersikap lebih hati-hati. Di > Moskow, Ketua Komite Masalah Internasional Duma (parlemen Rusia) Konstantin > Kosachev berharap, Ahmadinejad akan ''menunjukkan sikap lebih memahami dan > juga bijak kepada komunitas internasional selama periode kedua > kepemimpinannya nanti''. > > Sementara itu, Liga Arab mendesak Ahmadinejad memanfaatkan kemenangannya > untuk menyelesaikan isu nuklir serta membangun perdamaian dan keamanan di > Timur Tengah. ''Kami mengharapkan bisa bekerja sama dalam mencapai keamanan > regional melalui penghancuran senjata pemusnah masal di Timur Tengah,'' kata > Sekjen Liga Arab Amr Musa. Sebaliknya, Israel mengkhawatirkan terpilihnya > Ahmedinejad bisa menciptakan ancaman bagi dunia. > > Situasi di Iran hingga kemarin belum kondusif. Menyusul aksi protes masal > Sabtu lalu, gelombang protes kembali terjadi kemarin. Ketika Ahmadinejad > mengadakan jumpa pers di Teheran, di lokasi yang hanya berjarak sekitar 1,5 > km, sekitar 200 orang turun ke jalan. Kecewa ata
[wanita-muslimah] Kalah sebelum Berperang + Drama Kecelakaan Pesawat TNI
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Jawa Pos [ Senin, 15 Juni 2009 ] Salah Paham Neoliberalisme Oleh: Fahrul Muzaqqi Isu neoliberalisme belakangan santer diperdebatkan. Dalam perdebatan itu, Bambang Nuroso, dosen Program Pascasarjana Kajian Wilayah Amerika UI Jakarta, mencoba membela neoliberalisme dari perspektif keadilan distribusi ekonomi (Jawa Pos, 13 Juni). Bambang membela visi neoliberal dengan catatan bahwa peran pemerintah diperbesar dalam wilayah ekonomi melalui berbagai prakarsa kebijakan. Secara sederhana, dia menceritakan sejarah neoliberalisme sebagai perbaikan dari liberalisme klasik yang telah mengidap banyak kelemahan, terutama dalam praktiknya. Bambang tentu memiliki sederet alasan yang kuat dan masuk akal. Namun, terdapat kesalahpahaman atas neoliberalisme sebagai diskursus ekonomi-politik. Neoliberal sebagai sebuah mainstream ekonomi-politik perlu kiranya ditilik kembali dari kemunculan pada awalnya. Bukan Konsep Keynesian Kesalahpahaman Bambang terletak ketika dia menyamakan konsep neoliberal dengan mainstream pasca-neoklasik yang dimotori John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946), pemimpin aliran Cambridge pada 1920-1930-an atau populer disebut mazhab Keynesian. Memang benar, Keynes-lah yang menyelamatkan bangunan teoretis liberalisme klasik yang didirikan Adam Smith (1723-1790). Bangunan itu hampir runtuh menghadapi depresi besar pada 1930-an yang diderita negara-negara Eropa Barat dan Amerika Serikat. Nilai-nilai klasik penghematan, anggaran berimbang, pajak rendah, standar emas, dan Hukum Say (formula ekonomi yang dipopulerkan Jean Baptiste Say) sedang mengalami serangan yang dahsyat (Skousen, 2006: 395). Akibatnya, para ekonom Anglo-Amerika mempertanyakan kembali ekonomi laissez faire. Keynes dalam bukunya pada 1936 yang berjudul The General Theory of Employment mendiagnosis bahwa kapitalisme pada dasarnya tidak stabil dan tidak berkecenderungan ke arah full employment. Tanpa harus mengadopsi model komunisme, ia menawarkan formula negara kesejahteraan (welfare state) yang diterima banyak negara maju Eropa saat itu. Formula tersebut menghendaki adanya intervensi pemerintah terhadap pasar ketika regulasi pasar sudah tidak mampu mengatur diri sendiri. Akhir 1940-an, pemerintah Inggris yang dikendalikan Partai Buruh memeluk ekonomi Keynesian. AS baru secara eksplisit menerima program Keynesian pada era Kennedy dan Johnson pada 1960-an. Negara-negara maju yang lain mengikuti setelah itu. Namun, doktrin Keynesian hanya mampu bertahan selama lebih dari tiga puluh tahun sebelum kemudian digantikan doktrin neoliberal. Resesi ekonomi, pengangguran, dan inflasi yang kembali terjadi pada paro akhir 1970-an membuat Keynesian kehilangan legitimasi teoretisnya dan akhirnya masuk dalam catatan kaki sejarah (Heertz, dalam Wibowo & Wahono, 2003: 20). Runtuhnya Keynesian memaksa para ekonom berpikir keras mencari rumusan ekonomi baru. Nah, gelombang neoliberal mengemuka menggantikan dominasi welfare state melalui ekonom asal Chicago, Milton Friedman (1912-...) dan ekonom asal Inggris kelahiran Austria, Friedrich A. Hayek (1899-1992). Keduanya merupakan tokoh peraih Nobel Ekonomi 1976 dan 1974. Kembalinya Invisible Hand Salah paham neoliberalisme terjawab. Yakni, ekonomi neoliberal bukannya model welfare state ala Keynesian yang menghendaki intervensi pemerintah dalam pasar, melainkan kritik atas model itu dengan membangkitkan kembali the invisible hand ala Smith. Formula Friedman dan Hayek diadopsi pertama oleh Inggris pada masa Margaret Thatcher dan AS pada masa Ronald Reagan 1980-an. Keduanya sering disebut aliran kanan baru, yakni Thatcherism dan Reaganomics. Negara tidak lagi memiliki tanggung jawab atas pasar karena keyakinan bahwa pasar dapat mengatur diri sendiri dengan ''tangan-tangannya'' yang tak terlihat (the invisible hand). Konsekuensinya, negara tidak lagi memberikan kompensasi kepada orang miskin, apa pun alasannya. Sebab, mentalitas welfare state hanya akan melahirkan kelambanan serta ketergantungan (Heertz: 22). Neoliberal meyakini teori trickle down yang menghendaki pajak rendah, privatisasi, efisiensi, minimalisasi (bahkan penghapusan) subsidi, dan deregulasi ekonomi. Pendeknya, liberalisme klasik menemukan mantelnya yang baru yang lebih radikal (Wibowo: 2). Ignatius Wibowo (Wibowo: 3-5) merangkum sedikitnya empat faktor yang memengaruhi dan mengiringi kemunculan neoliberalisme. Pertama, munculnya perusahaan-perusahaan multinasional (multinational corporations-MNC) dengan aset lebih besar daripada kekayaan negara-negara kecil di dunia. Perusahaan-perusahaan itu mampu menembus batas teritori negara-negara sekaligus memanfaatkan infrastruktur negara tersebut. Kedua, munculnya rezim-rezim internasional sebagai surveillance system untuk menjamin negara-negara patuh dan tunduk pada hukum pasar bebas. Rezim-rezim tersebut adalah World Trade Organization (WTO), World Bank, dan International Monetary Fund (IMF). Ketiga, revolusi teknologi komunikasi dan
[wanita-muslimah] Arab-Barat Belum Akui Pemenang Pilpres Iran
Jawa Pos Senin, 15 Juni 2009 ] Arab-Barat Belum Akui Pemenang Pilpres Iran TEHERAN - Sehari setelah diumumkan secara resmi sebagai pemenang pemilihan presiden (pilpres) di Iran Jumat lalu (12/6), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad kemarin (14/6) memberikan keterangan pers. Tokoh ultrakonservatif (garis keras) itu menganggap kemenangannya riil. Dia pun merasa terpilih kembali dalam pilpres ''yang bebas''. Ahmadinejad juga meminta kemenangannya tidak dipersoalkan. Meskipun, ada tuduhan luas soal terjadinya kecurangan dalam pemungutan suara. ''Pilpres di Iran benar-benar riil dan bebas. Pemilu itu juga akan meningkatkan power negara ini dan masa depan di mata dunia,'' kata Ahmadinejad di hadapan puluhan wartawan lokal dan luar negeri. Beberapa wartawan Iran memberikan ucapan selamat kepada Ahmadinejad lebih dulu sebelum mengajukan pertanyaan. Saat ditanya soal tuduhan ketidakberesan dalam pemungutan suara, pria 52 tahun itu langsung membantah. Dia juga menganggap tuduhan itu tidak penting. ''Sebagian orang yakin, mereka akan menang, alu mereka marah (saat dinyatakan kalah). Itu tak punya kredibilitas hukum, tapi lebih mirip kemarahan setelah pertandingan sepak bola,'' ungkap Ahmadinejad. ''Pendapat saya tidak terlalu penting. Tapi, selisih perolehan suara saya dengan yang lain terlalu besar. Jadi, orang tak perlu mempersoalkan,'' lanjutnya. Ahmadinejad juga menuduh media massa di luar negeri sengaja melancarkan ''perang psikologi'' atas negaranya. Ahmadinejad diumumkan memenangi pilpres setelah meraih 62,63 persen suara. Pesaing utamanya, tokoh moderat yang juga mantan Perdana Menteri (PM) Mir Hossein Mousavi, mendapat 33,75 persen suara. Dua calon yang lain mendapat suara jauh lebih kecil. Tokoh konservatif Mohsen Rezai meraih 1,7 persen, sedangkan tokoh reformis dan mantan Ketua Parlemen Mehdi Karroubi 0,9 persen. Hingga kemarin, baru Afghanistan (tetangga Iran) yang menyampaikan ucapan selamat secara resmi. Presiden Afghanistan Hamid Karzai menyatakan, terpilihnya lagi Ahmadinejad dengan suara mayoritas sangat tepat bagi kemajuan dan kesejahteraan Iran. ''Saya juga mengucapkan selamat atas kemenangan ini kepada rakyat Iran,'' kata Karzai. Namun, sebaliknya, negara-negara besar di dunia (Barat), terutama pendukung Afghanistan, seperti AS dan Inggris, belum memberikan pengakuan. Dua negara itu memilih hati-hati dalam menyikapi terpilihnya lagi Ahmadinejad. Presiden AS Barack Husein Obama juga belum memberikan komentar atas terpilihnya Ahmadinejad. Tapi, sikap AS jelas terwakili dari pernyataan Menlu Hillary Clinton Sabtu lalu (13/6). ''AS menahan diri untuk tidak mengomentari pilpres di Iran. Tapi, kami jelas berharap agar hasil pemilu tersebut mencerminkan keinginan dan kehendak rakyat Iran,'' katanya. Sikap yang hampir sama juga dilontarkan Kanada, Prancis, Inggris, dan Uni Eropa. Bahkan, Uni Eropa mengungkapkan ''keprihatinan atas ketidakberesan selama pilpres dan kekerasan pascapemilu''. Negara-negara Arab maupun Rusia juga memilih bersikap lebih hati-hati. Di Moskow, Ketua Komite Masalah Internasional Duma (parlemen Rusia) Konstantin Kosachev berharap, Ahmadinejad akan ''menunjukkan sikap lebih memahami dan juga bijak kepada komunitas internasional selama periode kedua kepemimpinannya nanti''. Sementara itu, Liga Arab mendesak Ahmadinejad memanfaatkan kemenangannya untuk menyelesaikan isu nuklir serta membangun perdamaian dan keamanan di Timur Tengah. ''Kami mengharapkan bisa bekerja sama dalam mencapai keamanan regional melalui penghancuran senjata pemusnah masal di Timur Tengah,'' kata Sekjen Liga Arab Amr Musa. Sebaliknya, Israel mengkhawatirkan terpilihnya Ahmedinejad bisa menciptakan ancaman bagi dunia. Situasi di Iran hingga kemarin belum kondusif. Menyusul aksi protes masal Sabtu lalu, gelombang protes kembali terjadi kemarin. Ketika Ahmadinejad mengadakan jumpa pers di Teheran, di lokasi yang hanya berjarak sekitar 1,5 km, sekitar 200 orang turun ke jalan. Kecewa atas hasil pemilu, para pendukung Mousavi itu membakar ban dan menutup jalan. Tong-tong sampah juga dilempar ke tengah jalan. Tak luput dari amukan, sejumlah kendaraan dibakar. ''Matilah diktator,'' teriak mereka. Polisi langsung membubarkan massa menggunakan pentungan dan gas air mata. Sedikitnya 170 orang demonstran ditangkap. Di antara jumlah itu, sekitar 15 pemimpin dan tokoh reformis pendukung Mousavi. ''Kami menangkap para pelaku dan otak kerusuhan,'' kata Wakil Kepala Polisi Teheran Ahmad Reza Radan. Dia menegaskan, polisi akan terus bertindak tegas terhadap pengunjuk rasa. Sejumlah sumber menyebutkan, tokoh reformis yang ditangkap termasuk sejumlah orang yang menjabat di era pemerintahan Presiden Mohammad Khatami. Termasuk, saudara mantan presiden kubu reformis tersebut. Tokoh reformis lain yang ditangkap adalah para pendukung Karroubi. ''Tadi malam, mereka (polisi) menggedor pintu rumah kami dan menangkap Taghi,'' tutur Narges Mohammadi, istri Taghi Rahmani, tokoh
[wanita-muslimah] Iran bans planned Mousavi rally, result disconcerts Western powers
http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/world/11867168.asp Monday, June 15, 2009 12:34 Iran bans planned Mousavi rally, result disconcerts Western powers TEHRAN - Iran's Interior Ministry declared as illegal a rally which supporters of defeated moderate presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi plan to hold in Tehran later on Monday. Protests, violence follow Iran vote Unrest has rocked Tehran and other cities since the Interior Ministry released results on Saturday that showed hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had defeated Mousavi by a landslide in Friday's presidential election. Mousavi has appealed to the Islamic Republic's top legislative body to annul the result because of what he alleges were irregularities, a charge the Interior Ministry and Ahmadinejad have dismissed. The election result has disconcerted Western powers trying to induce the world's fifth-biggest oil exporter to curb its nuclear program. U.S. President Barack Obama had urged Iran's leadership "to unclench its fist" for a new start in ties. On Sunday, Mousavi's supporters handed out leaflets calling for a rally in downtown Tehran on Monday afternoon. The protests over the last two days are the sharpest show of discontent against the Islamic Republic's leadership for years. "The Interior Ministry issued a statement and said no permission had been issued for a rally ... The holding of such a gathering would be illegal," state radio said. "Some seditious elements had planned to hold a rally and by fabrication said they had permission from the Interior Ministry. Any disrupter of public security would be dealt with according to the law," it said. State television said Ahmadinejad was due to fly to Russia later on Monday to attend a summit meeting, a day after holding a triumphant rally attended by a cheering crowd of tens of thousands of people. Pro-Mousavi demonstrators threw stones at police at Tehran University on Sunday and also clashed with Ahmadinejad supporters on a main street in the city that was littered with broken glass and fires. In the north of the capital, a stronghold of Mousavi backers, riot police patrolled after midnight. Rubbish burned in the street, some cars had their windows broken, and police blocked access to roads. MOUSAVI'S APPEAL Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called on Iranians to support Ahmadinejad and state media quoted him as saying the unprecedented high election turnout was "a divine wonder". In a statement on his website, Mousavi said he had asked Iran's legislative Guardian Council to cancel the vote result. "I urge you, Iranian nation, to continue your nationwide protests in a peaceful and legal way," he said. After dusk on Sunday some Mousavi supporters took to rooftops across Tehran calling out "Allah Akbar" (God is greatest), an echo of tactics by protesters in the 1979 Islamic revolution. Ahmadinejad appeared at his rally amid a sea of red, white and green Iranian flags waved by supporters thronging Tehran's Vali-e Asr square, some perched on rooftops or cars. "Some ... say the vote is disrupted, there has been a fraud. Where are the irregularities in the election?" Ahmadinejad said in a speech that the crowd punctuated with roars of approval. "Some people want democracy only for their own sake. Some want elections, freedom, a sound election. They recognize it only as long as the result favors them," he said. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden cast doubt on the election result but said Washington was reserving its position for now. "It sure looks like the way they're suppressing speech, the way they're suppressing crowds, the way in which people are being treated, that there's some real doubt," he told NBC's "Meet the Press" when asked if Ahmadinejad had won the vote. Germany, one of Iran's biggest trading partners and a negotiator in the West's nuclear talks with Tehran, said it had summoned the Iranian ambassador. "We are looking towards Tehran with great concern at the moment. There are a lot of reports about electoral fraud," Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told German ZDF TV. An adviser to French President Nicolas Sarkozy said what was happening in Iran was "clearly not good news for anyone, neither for the Iranians nor for peace and stability in the world". Iran's refusal to halt atomic work the West suspects is aimed at making bombs, a charge Tehran denies, has sparked talk of possible U.S. or Israeli strikes on its nuclear sites. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Alice in Talibland-2
http://paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=214661 Alice in Talibland-2 Saturday May 09, 2009 (1259 PST) Anwaar Hussain eagle...@emirates.net.ae Alice's shriek of terror surprised every one. It rose from the depths of her soul and escaped her throat with a gut-wrenching force. Everyone froze while it echoed eerily in the cave bouncing from wall to wall. Taking advantage of this brief moment of paralysis, Alice bolted towards the nearest cave opening. But before she could get out of the room, she found herself falling yet again straight down another hole. The fear, the fall and the dangerous uncertainty of her situation overwhelmed her and she lost consciousness. Her last memory was that of the Talib gesticulating wildly to the Taliban group and their long knives flashing in the dim light. When she came to, she found a kind faced Talib observing her keenly from a distance. Alice abruptly sat upright and looked around in alarm. "Relax", said the kind faced Talib. "That was Mad Hater that you met up there. You were supposed to have met me first. Somehow that did not happen. You see Mad Hater cannot stay normal for a very long time. You also didn't help by your probing questions. The script went horribly wrong actually. It won't happen now. From now on you are going to be chaperoned by me." Alice nodded uncertainly. She didn't have much choice, she thought. "You may continue asking your questions. I hope I will give you better answers than Mad Hater did. But first tell me why do you ask all these questions?" asked the kind faced Talib. "Oh, you see my parents brought me up without a religion. All my friends follow one or the other religion. I felt I was the only odd girl out. So I thought I will choose one for myself too but only after someone answered all my queries about religion", said Alice. "Then you have come to the right people girl; ask." "Ok," Alice took a deep breath before starting her questioning again. "Please tell me what is faith?" she asked. "Faith is the belief in the unseen, the unprovable, the unreachable, the ununderstandable. The faithful are God's chosen people", replied the Talib. "Urrr, I am not sure I follow you." "It's simple. Let me put it this way. When you don't understand how something works, there's no use trying. Just say God did it and be done with it. Actually you should not be even thinking about such issues. The effort is useless. While if you leave it to God, not only you will become faithful yourself, we will have a generation of faithful coming up after you." "But," said Alice, "we will get nowhere by ascribing our ignorance to "God"." Very patiently the kind faced Talib explained to her, "Curiosity is a disease girl. It is this which impels us to try and discover the secrets of nature, those secrets which are beyond our understanding, which can avail us nothing and the knowledge of which brings only further misery to us. That is exactly why learned people are always ill at ease with themselves and others. Why would you willingly bring yourself to such pain? It is such bliss to be faithful." But Alice wasn't giving up that easily. "Why is God considered an explanation for anything? Is this failure to explain not really an admission of ignorance? When someone says, 'only God knows', is that not saying that he hasn't a clue, so he's attributing it to someone that cannot be approached for an answer, the unreachable, as you just called him?" "I have nothing more to say on the subject", said the Talib with a flicker of doubt appearing on his kind face. "Oh, but I am not finished. Not just yet. I think in essence what you are implying is that it is a virtue to be satisfied with not understanding. What is worse you are even implying that the greater the depth of my ignorance, the stronger is my faith," said Alice, a little haughtily. The Talib looked at her with what looked like pity in his eyes. Then after a long pause he said, "Yes that is exactly what I meant. I mean look at some really learned people and look at the condition of their faith. According to one survey only six out of hundreds of Nobel Prize winning scientists believed in God. If this is what learning does to one's faith, give me death any day. I would rather stay ignorant." "But.." Alice wanted to say something before she was cut short abruptly by the Talib. "No ifs and buts in matters of faith", retorted the Talib. "Let ME ask YOU something for a change," the Talib continued without pausing. "Why don't you believe in God? Even if you are skeptical about the idea of God,
[wanita-muslimah] Alice in Talibland-1
http://paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=213613 Alice in Talibland-1 Tuesday April 14, 2009 (1617 PST) Anwaar Hussain eagle...@emirates.net.ae Alice fell straight down the rabbit hole. Suddenly she landed on a heap of sticks and dry leaves and the fall was over. She saw a Talib running in front of her through a long labyrinthine passage. It looked like some underground cave system. Alice started to follow the Talib. He appeared to be in a great hurry. She almost lost sight of him but caught up with him near a bend. Fearful that she would lose him again, she caught his shirt tail to make him stop. At this the Talib came to an abrupt stop pushing her hand away. "You cannot do that," said the Talib, "You are a female!" "But I am only 12 years old!" replied Alice. "That's old enough," retorted the Talib in a gruff voice. Alice blinked, failing to understand the Talib's meaning. "Now here is the deal," the Talib said in a commanding voice. "You follow me while I attend to a few urgent chores and stay quiet. When I am done, I will answer any questions that you have. Agreed?" "Agreed!" said Alice meekly and started following the Talib a respectful distance behind. Presently they entered a hall where they found a group of Taliban holding a miserable looking old man in shackles. In a corner, a Talib was sharpening a butcher's knife. The smell of blood was every where. From his looks, he appeared to be a poor farmer. "What is his crime?" asked the Talib with Alice. He behaved like the group's leader. "He saw us beheading a man and said something blasphemous," said one from the Taliban group. "What did he say?" "He said that if we were doing what we were doing in the name of God then we could not be worshiping the same God. He said that his God was merciful, loving and forgiving." "Ah! That's blasphemous indeed. But why was the man being beheaded?" "He was being beheaded for saying exactly the same thing when he saw us digging a dead man's grave." "And why were you digging a dead man's grave?" "Because he had escaped beheading for saying the exact same blasphemous words when he saw us beheading yet another man for a similar blasphemy but died a natural death before we could reach him. We wanted to dig him out and behead his dead body to correct the lapse." "That seems reasonable," said the Talib with Alice. "Off with his head then!" said he and motioned to Alice to continue with him. Soon they approached a dark cave from which heart rending shrieks of a girl were coming. Trembling slightly, Alice peeked from behind the Talib and saw a strange spectacle. Three men were holding a girl face down while a Talib was flogging the girl mercilessly. With each lash, the girl would beg for mercy at an even higher pitch. That in turn would urge the flogger to whip her with ever greater fervor. Seeing the Talib and Alice, the group at once stopped the activity. "What is her fault?" the Talib asked. "She loved," said one from the group. "What? Loved? How evil. Continue the punishment," said the Talib. "But who are the men holding her down? She cannot be touched by every one." He asked. "Oh, the ones holding her arms are her brothers and the one holding her feet is her father. We took care that every thing is done according to the word of God." "God is great. That is good then. Carry on." With that, the Talib led Alice out of the caves to a dark, unlit opening. A pale moon was visible in the sky. Under the eerie light, the Talib turned towards Alice and said, "Now you may ask your questions." Gathering her nerve, Alice asked her first question, "Is it possible to have a religion that makes me happy, balanced, moral, and intellectually fulfilled?" The Talib thought for a while and then replied, "Well! I am afraid your very first question is a loaded one. You see religion is all about morals. Happiness is just an idea. Balance and intellect are twin-evils born out of lack of faith. Some far gone devils call it reason and rationality too. When one has faith, it doesn't matter whether he has balance or intellect or any thing else. I hope I have made myself clear." "Quite clear, I guess," said Alice. "My next question then is why a religious belief is necessary in order for us to have acceptable morals? And if that indeed is the case then why not cut out the middlemen and go straight for the moral choice without the religion?" The Talib looked stumped for a while. He blinked a few times as if trying to comprehend the real import of the question. Th
[wanita-muslimah] Govt orders operation against Baitullah Mehsud
http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=215963 Govt orders operation against Baitullah Mehsud NWFP governor says full-fledged war against Taliban launched Monday June 15, 2009 (1045 PST) ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has launched a "full-fledged" assault against the Taliban in the lawless northwest tribal belt and will continue until all militants are eliminated, NWFP Governor Owais Ahmad Ghani said on Sunday. "The government has launched a full-fledged operation in the tribal areas including Waziristan," he told a press conference in Islamabad. "Operations will continue till the elimination of the militants." Owais Ahmed Ghani said the Pakistan Army had been ordered to carry out a full-fledged offensive against the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud and his fighters in South Waziristan Agency (SWA). "The military and law enforcement agencies have been ordered to carry out a full-fledged operation to eliminate these beasts and killers by using all resources," Owais told reporters. He didn't give an exact starting date, but implied that military action had already begun. Army spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas told The Associated Press: "The government has made the announcement. We will give a comment after evaluating the orders." Over the past five weeks, as Pakistan has pursued an offensive against militants in Swat Valley, rumours have swirled that it had plans to go into South Waziristan tribal region to target the country's most powerful Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud. -Agencies Our Khar, Bannu, Wana and Mingora correspondents add: At least, 50 militants, including two commanders, and five children were killed when security forces pounded the hideouts of militants with jet fighters and artillery guns in Bajaur Agency, FR Bannu and South Waziristan Agency on Sunday. In Bajaur, 20 militants, including two commanders, were killed when jet fighters of the PAF blitzed suspected hideouts of Taliban fighters in Charmang, Sheda Shah, Asghar Killay, Chinar in Nawagai Tehsil, Darra Banda in Salarzai subdivision and Garigal in Mamond, sources told our sources. Besides 22 militants, five children were also killed and two persons were injured when artillery shells fired by security forces hit houses at Sor Dagi in Salarzai and Garigal in Mamond Tehsil of Bajaur Agency. The civilian deaths caused anguish in the area and forced the people to start migrating from their villages. Two militant commanders were also among the dead, but the official sources said their names couldn't be ascertained. There was no word from the Taliban militants about their losses. The sources added that security forces had entered Charmang, a stronghold of the militants in the agency. They took control of the strategically important locations and established positions on the hilltops. In FR Bannu, 18 militants were killed when security forces targeted their hideouts in Bakakhel and Janikhel areas with artillery from Bannu Cantonment. Official sources said security forces continued the operation against the militants in the troubled semi-tribal areas of Bakakhel and Janikhel on the fifth consecutive day. Security forces travelling in a convoy shot dead a youth identified as Hakimullah Shah in Doghawara Sorani area. Miscreants fired three rocket from an undisclosed location, one of which landed at the house of Parvez, slightly injuring his mother. The second shell landed on the ground of the Government Girls' Primary School, Lalozai, while the third one fell in the fields. The District Police Officer (DPO), Iqbal Khan Marwar, has imposed a ban on the entry of displaced people from Janikhel and Bakakhel areas. He warned the local people against sheltering or renting out houses to the displaced tribesmen. Police also arrested 10 tribesmen under the 21 Frontier Crimes Regulation and sent them to jail. In South Waziristan Agency (SWA), eight militants were killed when jet fighters hit hideouts in Makeen and Spinkairaghzai Kot areas early in the day, official sources said. Also, three civilians were killed in a roadside bomb blast in Angoor Adda. The sources said a container loaded with Nato supplies was on its way to Afghanistan when a roadside improvised explosive device planted by unidentified miscreants went off at 9:00 am near Barmal area of Angoor Adda, completely destroying the truck and nearby parked vehicles. Those killed in the blast included Muhammad Nauroz Wazir, Painda Khan Kharoti and Jan Gul Salyankhel while Saudal Khan and Noor Wali were injured
[wanita-muslimah] A real solution to the crisis
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/951/op11.htm 11 - 17 May 2009 Issue No. 951 Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 A real solution to the crisis The only way of helping the millions suffering the consequences of the global financial crisis is to jettison the economic model, with its engine of inequality, championed by those running the capitalist system, writes Curtis Doebbler* Bill Gates and Warren Buffet think they have the solution to the global financial crisis. At least one would think so listening to these American investors talk up their investments around the world. Barack Obama, although a bit more modest, also seems to have a solution. He is sure he does, at least that is what his vice-president tells us, although it is not exactly clear what this solution is. Outside the US, the likes of Silvio Berlusconi, Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy have solutions to the global financial malaise too. All of these influential people and their entourages of economic advisors tell us they know the answer to the world's economic woes, or at least that they will find it. We must trust in them, they tell us. We must continue to follow their liberal laissez faire capitalist economic solutions or, they threaten us, we will suffer even greater economic pain. They all base their claims on the mantra of individual achievement, greed, and the belief that if each of us does what is best for ourselves, everybody will benefit. According to their creed, the large financial institutions that promote economic growth are the other answer. Paying trillions of dollars to bail out the billionaires that own and operate these institutions, and the million dollar minions who they use to maintain their institutions, is part of the answer. For all the so-called economic crisis trouble-shooters mentioned above, the free market system is the solution. A second thing in common among them is that we have been following their advice for many years and it has never worked for the majority of the people in the world. Yes, some elites have become very rich, but we have not found a way to provide every one of the estimated 6.3 billion people on earth a minimum existence. Instead we have almost half the planet living on less than two euros a day. In Europe or North America an annual salary of 730 euros or around $1,000 would be considered derogatory and insulting. Yet we expect half the world to accept it so that a few of the other half can live the "good life". All this time few have ever thought of asking the other half what the solution might be, or of seeking a solution that makes life liveable for everyone. Even as the global financial crisis continues to squeeze the last drop of blood out of the most vulnerable people in the world, the above elites, usually alone, sometimes with a few others, sometimes even in the G20, have been running around securing their interests and those of their peers and friends. It is only recently that anyone suggested including everyone, at least all sovereign states in the international community that are members of the United Nations. Early this year, the president of the UN General Assembly, the highest-ranking official of the world body, announced that the UN was holding an economic summit 24-26 June 2009 and every state was invited. In doing so he drew attention to the fact that the world economy and the welfare of all the world's people was a concern of all the world's people. Miguel D'Escoto Brockmann, showing the traits that made him one of the most well-known and well-respected reconciliation thinkers of our time, called for everyone to come together to think about how we can jointly solve the global financial crisis. The welfare of all people was too important, he said, to be left to just a few leaders, even to the G20 or the World Bank. Indeed, he could have pointed out that these are the people and institutions that got us into this problem in the first place. Instead, he extended an olive branch to those responsible and invitations to those who have been warning that this was the inevitable outcome of a market- driven economic model. D'Escoto Brockmann even enlisted the services of the Nobel Prize winning free market champion and former World Bank chief economist Joseph Stiglitz to chair the advisory committee preparing for the summit. He solicited the advice and comments of anyone who wished to provide them and had access to the Internet. And realising that this might not be enough to include many of the poorest in the world, D'Escoto Brockmann travelled around the world and asked others to do so to get the opinions of anyone who wanted to give them on what should be done about the global financial crisis. Perhaps it is not surprising that a meeting is called for world leaders at the New York headquarters of the UN to discuss so
[wanita-muslimah] Pagans, atheists and nature worshippers
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/951/he1.htm 11 - 17 May 2009 Issue No. 951 Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 Pagans, atheists and nature worshippers While walking through Wadi Digla with a group of friends we got to talking about pagans, and found that we were not in agreement, writes Jill Kamil Click to view caption Painted amulets dangling from a cartonnage mummy case -- Wadi Digla is a dried-out river bed lying to the east of the Cairo suburb of Maadi. It was declared a nature reserve some years ago, and is frequented by nature lovers and those who want to take exercise far from the madding crowd. For my group of friends it is also an opportunity to walk together to discuss matters of mutual interest. On a recent occasion we got to talking about paganism. As an Egyptologist I naturally associate the word "pagan" with polytheism, the worship of many gods before the introduction of the divine or "revealed" religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Characteristic of pagan traditions, I presented, is the presence of a living mythology that explained natural phenomena and religious practice. However, a friend claimed that paganism referred to atheists and agnostics. A third asked, rhetorically, what of Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism and the Bahaai faith, surely they are not pagan, or are they? When I pursued the conversation with others that evening, I heard the remark that the Old Testament of the Bible (the Hebrew Scriptures) contained references to pagans as those communities surrounding the Hebrews, and they included Babylonians, Canaanites, and Philistines. In fact, everyone I spoke to seemed to have a different definition of the word "pagan", and at some gatherings, as the argument became more and more heated, I realised that while opinions differed, most of my compatriots remained convinced that their meaning of the word was the correct one. There was obviously no consensus, and, I observed, not even a "correct" definition of the word "pagan". So I decided to look it up on the Internet. There I was in for a number of surprises. "Paganism" is actually derived from the Latin paganus, meaning "country dweller, or rustic", and was a term originally used to describe the religions and spiritual practices of pre-Christian Europe; by extension, it was a term for polytheistic traditions or folk religion (like that of ancient Egypt) seen from a Western or Christian viewpoint. Today the word pagan encompasses all of the religions of the world outside of the Abrahamic group of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. And that includes Eastern and native American religions and mythologies. Ethnologists, by the way, avoid the term "paganism" in referring to traditional or historic faiths, calling them shamanism, pantheism, animism and the like. But this too is criticised as terms that refer only to aspects of different faiths, but do not denote the religions themselves. So, what is paganism? If one tries to define it, broadly speaking, as anyone involved in any religious practice that is not Jewish, Christian or Muslim, and which is outside of Hinduism and Buddhism, then are pagans those without a religion -- i.e. are they atheists? Far from it. After all, in the strictest sense paganism refers to the authentic religions of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome as well as surrounding areas. They originated way back in the Stone Age, and while the belief was in many gods, one was chosen to represent the chief god and supreme godhead, worthy of special worship. That supreme god was generally a nature god and kingship was associated with it. When one wanders through the colonnades of Egyptian temples, strolls through museum galleries, stands in awe before the relief on a massive sarcophagus, or simply observes the remarkable detail of a single gold statue or illuminated papyrus, the vast number of divine images staggers the imagination. We are conscious of the vital part religion played in the life and experience of the ancient Egyptians. The capitals of columns are adorned with sculptured reliefs of Pharaohs making offerings to the ram-headed god Amun, or hawk-headed Horus. Statues and statuettes in granite, limestone and sandstone portray different deities, seated or standing, all frozen in hierarchical attitudes. They may be male or female figures with human heads, in human form surmounted by the head of an animal, or sometimes even by the muzzle of an animal, the beak of a bird, or a scorpion. These are the gods and goddesses to whom offerings were made or ritual gestures performed. But a fact that is too frequently overlooked is that the daily, monthly, and annual rituals carried out in the various temples, to various gods in different forms, were uniform. They related
[wanita-muslimah] Yudhoyono : Jangan Mudah Memberi Janji
Refleksi : Janji sudah habis dibagi-bagikan sebelum tiba di Kupang, jadi harap maklum tidak bisa diberikan oleh-oleh janji. http://www.antaranews.com/view/?i=1244963868&c=NAS&s=POL Yudhoyono : Jangan Mudah Memberi Janji Minggu, 14 Juni 2009 14:17 WIB | Peristiwa | Politik/Hankam | Dibaca 331 kali (ANTARA/Widodo S. Jusuf/) Kupang (ANTARA News) - Calon Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono mengingatkan semua pihak tidak mudah berjanji karena semakin banyak janji semakin sulit menepati. "Saya memilih tidak mudah berjanji, tidak mudah mengatasi masalah, tidak mudah memimpin negara, banyak saudara kita yang tidak sabar ingin banyak yang diubah dalam semalam, makin banyak janji sulit dipenuhi," kata Yudhoyono dalam kampanye terbatas di Gedung Olahraga Flobamora, Kupang, Minggu siang. Ia menambahkan, dengan kondisi yang ada sekarang hendaknya rakyat memilih pemimpin yang sudah memiliki komitmen yang jelas terhadap penegakan hukum dan pemerintahan yang bersih. "Saudara bebas memilih, mau pilih yang jelas komitmennya terhadap pemerintahan yang bersih, atau yang belum jelas komitmennya? Kalau janji semua orang bisa, saya lebih baik, saya lebih cepat...jangan terlalu mudah bikin janji," tegasnya. Yudhoyono diawal orasinya mengatakan kota Kupang merupakan kota yang penuh dengan kenangan karena semasa menjadi perwira TNI, dirinya menghabiskan lima tahun penugasan di Timor-Timur dan sering mengunjungi Kota Kupang. "Kota penuh kenangan, saya sering ke sini, lima tahun saya tugas di Timtim, setelah itu waktu saya jadi menteri sering ke sini, alhamdulillah saya bisa bertemu kembali dengan saudara-saudara, terobati sudah kerinduan saya," kenangnya. Yudhoyono hadir didampingi oleh Ani Yudhoyono dan putra bungsunya Edhie Baskoro dan sejumlah ketua partai politik yang berkoalisi dengan Partai Demokrat. Ketua parpol yang hadir adalah Presiden PKS Tifatul Sembiring, Ketua PKB Muhaimin Iskandar, Sekjen PAN Zulkifli Hasan dan Ketua Umum Partai Demokrat Hadi Utomo. Kampanye di Kupang merupakan rangkaian kampanye putaran pertama pilpres dengan kota-kota Malang, Kendari dan terakhir di Kupang. Pola kampanye di Malang, Kendari dan Kupang, menggunakan metode "Town Hall Meeting" yaitu pertemuan dengan jumlah massa terbatas dan memberikan kesempatan pada capres untuk memaparkan visi dan misi mereka.(*) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Orangutan Terdesak ke Tepian Sungai
Dirgahayu NKRI! http://www.antaranews.com/view/?i=1244717325&c=WBM&s=KON Orangutan Terdesak ke Tepian Sungai Kamis, 11 Juni 2009 17:48 WIB | Simpang Hilir, Kalbar (ANTARA News) - Pembukaan lahan di seputar kawasan Taman Nasional Gunung Palung (TNGP) di Kabupaten Kayong Utara, Kalbar, memaksa orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) terdesak ke hutan yang tersisa di tepian sungai. Yusuf (20), seorang pekerja di permukiman Blok Q PT Jalin Vaneo di Kecamatan Simpang Hilir, Kamis, mengaku kerap melihat orangutan di pinggir Sungai Semadang. "Orangutan itu tengah memakan umbut tanaman nipah yang banyak terdapat di tepian sungai," kata Yusuf. Yusuf sudah satu bulan bekerja di permukiman yang berjarak sekitar 20 kilometer dari Desa Batu Barat, Kecamatan Simpang Hilir tersebut. Ia melihat dua ekor orangutan dewasa dalam hari yang berbeda. Namun waktunya sama, sekitar pukul 11:00 WIB. Joni (17), pekerja pembersihan lahan PT Jalin Vaneo di Blok L hampir setiap hari juga melihat orangutan di tepian Sungai Semadang. Blok L sekitar 30 menit ke arah hulu dari kawasan Blok P PT Jalin Vaneo bila ditempuh dengan speed boat bertenaga 40 tenaga kuda. "Orangutan itu juga makan umbut tanaman nipah," kata Joni. Terkadang ada dua ekor orangutan di tepian sungai. Joni sudah bekerja di Blok L sejak Januari tahun 2008. Menurut dia, sewaktu hutan di kawasan itu masih baik, agak sulit menemukan orangutan. Namun setelah pembersihan lahan dilakukan, orangutan mulai sering terlihat. Perusahaan perkebunan kelapa sawit PT Jalin Vaneo menyisakan areal hutan dengan lebar dari tepi sungai sekitar 100 meter. "Di hutan tepi sungai itu kerap terlihat orangutan," kata Joni. Manajer Perlindungan Hewan Yayasan Palung Tito P Indrawan mengatakan, satu ekor orangutan jantan membutuhkan luas kawasan hutan dua kilometer persegi. "Kalau saat ini mereka kerap terlihat di tepian sungai, terpaksa karena hanya itu hutan yang tersisa di kawasan itu," kata Tito P Indrawan. Orangutan, lanjut dia, bersifat individual sehingga kalau habitatnya tergusur akan sulit untuk beradaptasi di daerah lain. Humas PT Jalin Vaneo dan PT Cipta Usaha Sejahtera, Omay Kamaruzzaman mengatakan, mereka menyediakan sebagian lahan perkebunan untuk hutan konservasi. PT Jalin Vaneo dan PT Cipta Usaha Sejahtera mendapat konsesi lahan masing-masing 20 ribu hektare di Kecamatan Simpang Hilir. Perusahaan juga siap untuk membantu evakuasi orangutan yang terjebak di areal perkebunan dan permukiman penduduk setempat. (*) Baca Juga a.. Populasi Orangutan Kalbar Berkurang 50 Persen b.. Aktivis Lingkungan Razia Gedung DPRD Kalbar c.. Populasi Orangutan Taman Nasional Kutai Kritis d.. Empat Bayi Orangutan Menanti Orang Tua Asuh [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Undangan Konprensi Pers PKT RSCM
PUSAT KRISIS TERPADU untuk Perempuan dan Anak Korban Kekerasan RS.Cipto Mangunkusumo Jl. Diponegoro Raya No. 71, Jakarta, Telpon: 021 - 316 22 61 = No : 017/PKT/ SK/V/2009 Lampiran : - Hal : Undangan Konperensi Pers Jakarta, 25 Mei 2009 Kepada Yth Pimpinan Redaksi di tempat Dengan hormat, Kami mengundang media yang bapak/ibu pimpin dalam konperensi pers memperingati ulang tahun Pusat Krisis Terpadu untuk Perempuan dan Anak korban Kekerasan yang ke-9. Dalam konperensi pers tersebut akan kami paparkan apa yang telah PKT RSCM lakukan untuk pemulihan perempuan dan anak korban kekerasan serta memaparkan data kasus korban perempuan dan anak yang menjadi korban kekerasan. Pertemuan tersebut akan diselenggarakan pada : Hari/Tanggal: Kamis, 18 Juni 2009 Jam : 13.00 - 14.30 WIB Tempat : Hotel Acacia, Jl.Kramat Raya No.81, Jakarta Pusat Telp: 021 - 390 3030 Kami sangat berharap liputan anda, demi terwujudnya dunia tanpa kekerasan terhadap perempuan.dan anak. Atas perhatian dan kerjasamanya kami ucapkan terima kasih. Hormat kami, Ketua PKT RSCM Dr. Mutia Prayanti SpOG NIP: 196001131985122001
