[wanita-muslimah] Contemplation of the day : Puasa Itu Sepanjang Hayat
Puasa Itu Sepanjang Hayat. Katakanlah, Sesungguhnya shalatku, ibadahku, hidup dan matiku hanyalah untuk Allah, Rabb semesta alam [QS Al An'aam; 6:162] Puasa adalah ibadah yang paling tua usianya merupakan sarana untuk melatih jiwa dan raga. Puasa tidak sekedar menahan keinginan makan dan minum. Puasa adalah sarana pengendalian nafsu. Menahan diri untuk tidak melihat, mendengar, membaca hal-hal tercela yang dapat merangsang nafsu syahwat, nafsu amarah. Menjaga lidah-lisan dari ucapan-ucapan yang buruk dan keji yang tidak memberi kebaikan. Menahan diri dari perbuatan jahat, menipu, berbuat ke arah yang dapat melalaikan diri dari ketaatan terhadap Allah SWT. Puasa dapat menahan diri dari hal yang berlebihan. Berempati terhadap yang papa, tidak bermegah-megah-an diatas penderitaan kaum yang kurang beruntung. Berpuasa tidak hanya dibulan Ramadhan, puasa adalah ibadah; yang sebaiknya dilakukan selama hidup. Dari Abdullah bin Amr berkata, Rasulullah SAW telah bersabda, Puasa yang paling disukai Allah adalah puasa Daud dan shalat yang paling disukai adalah shalat Daud. Ia tidur seperdua [separuh] malam, bangun sepertiganya, lalu tidur seperenamnya, dan ia berpuasa satu hari lalu berbuka satu hari Puasa adalah 'obat hati' yang menyembuhkan jiwa dari ambisi keduniaan yang rendah, pemikiran duniawiyah. FirmanNya dalam hadith Qudsi : Ditingggalkannya makan minum dan nafsu syahwat karena Daku. Puasa itu adalah untuk-Ku dan Aku akan memberinya ganjaran.. [HR Bukhari dan Abu Dawud] -[lm] (Dari berbagai sumber) l.meilany 011009 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Kisah of the day : Kinclong tapi Bolong
Ramadhan telah berlalu namun ada kisah di penghujung ramadhan yang kiranya sayang untuk dilewatkan. l.meilany --- Kinclong, tapi Bolong Oleh : Fradhyt Fahrenheit, Penulis Novel KOMPAS, Jumat, 25 September 2009 | 02:45 WIB Tiga hari menjelang Lebaran lalu, saya sedang menunggu teman-teman saya berbuka puasa bersama di sebuah restoran berputar nan mewah di salah satu gedung pencakar langit di Jakarta. Suasana begitu syahdu di ruangan ini, jauh berbeda dengan jalanan di bawah sana yang hiruk pikuk dan macet. Di meja sebelah berkumpul tiga ibu muda. Mereka adalah para sosialita yang sering terlihat di berbagai pesta kalangan atas Jakarta. Di hadapan mereka tersaji hidangan melimpah ruah untuk berbuka puasa. Tiba-tiba, salah satu dari mereka memaki di telepon genggam. Tahu, enggak, Yem?! Baju itu seharga sepuluh tahun kamu kerja! Belum pernah dipakai, sudah kamu laundry?! Bego amat sih?! Pokoknya, harus sudah ketemu sebelum saya berangkat umrah besok! Kalau tidak, potong gaji dan kamu tidak boleh mudik! sergahnya. Wah, Jeng Sisly jadi umrah? komentar satu temannya. Biasa, Si Madame. Kalau Lebaran enggak ada bedinde sama tukang kebun, escape, deh! timpal temannya yang lain. Oh iya, dong, habis umrah, kita langsung belanja ke Eropa. Aku lagi incar tas Louis Vuitton terbaru di Paris, sekalian ke London lihat konser 100 hari wafatnya Michael Jackson! ujar orang pertama yang ternyata bernama Jeng Sisly itu. Saya cuma tersenyum memandang hiburan gratis itu. Tiba-tiba di meja lain, terdengar seorang bapak muda bergaya metroseksual tidak kalah heboh mengumpat di telepon genggamnya. Pokoknya, saya tidak mau tahu, mobil harus sudah sampai besok pagi! Lebaran nanti buat saya pakai ke open house Pak Menteri! You minta servis yang bagus. Harga mobil itu, kan, hampir Rp 3 miliar? Sungguh suasana buka puasa yang bikin bete. Apakah mereka tak tahu makna puasa? Mereka mengejar kesempurnaan dan tampang kinclong pada hari Lebaran dengan cara mencaci maki. Akhirnya, teman-teman saya pun datang. Mereka suami istri dari keluarga pengusaha jamu terpandang dan tentu saja kaya. Mereka mengajak saya ikut berlebaran bersama para korban gempa di sebuah desa di Tasikmalaya. Mereka berencana membagi zakat dan sembako kepada para korban itu dan tak mau ada publikasi! Ah, seandainya semua orang terkaya di Jakarta seperti sosok teman saya itu[lm] - l.meilany 011009 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Info : Memahami Aborsi Sebagai Isu Sosial
Sekedar untuk bacaan, salam, l.meilany Memahami Aborsi sebagai Isu Sosial KOMPAS, Selasa, 29 September 2009 | 04:48 WIB Gadis Arivia Kelompok perempuan yang bergiat di bidang kesehatan perempuan dan Benny Phang sama-sama sedang jengkel dengan Undang- Undang Kesehatan yang memuat pasal aborsi. Kejengkelan mereka diungkap di media. Kejengkelan kelompok perempuan terletak pada aturan aborsi yang belum melihat persoalan kesehatan reproduksi secara menyeluruh, yakni penekanan pada keamanan aborsi diabaikan. Mereka berargumen, pengecualian aborsi yang tertuang pada pasal 84-85 tidak cukup. Aborsi harus dibolehkan secara aman sebab kasus-kasus yang ditemukan bukan hanya kasus pemerkosaan dan kondisi darurat medis, tetapi ada kasus-kasus nyata lain seperti inses, remaja hamil di luar nikah, dan aneka tekanan ekonomi yang membuat seorang perempuan dengan berat hati memutuskan untuk aborsi. Kelompok perempuan bertumpu pada argumentasi sosial, mengemukakan fakta-fakta sosial. Janin, seorang individu? Berbeda dari pandangan kelompok perempuan, Benny Phang menekankan argumentasi moral dan menolak aborsi. Ia berpendapat, eksistensi manusia dimulai dari tahap embrionik, tak jelas apakah embrio yang dibekukan untuk kepentingan penelitian dan medis juga masuk dalam pengertian manusia. Ia pun tak sependapat dengan opini medis yang menyatakan aborsi dapat dilakukan dengan aman di bawah 16 minggu. Dari argumen moral itu Benny meloncat ke argumen Deklarasi HAM yang bersifat sosial, soal hak atas hidup. Ada kejanggalan atas pola pikir Benny. Bagi saya, Benny Phang ingin menyamakan konsep janin dengan konsep individu. Pertanyaannya, apakah janin seorang individu? Bila janin adalah seorang individu, lalu apakah ia berwarga negara? Bila ia seorang warga negara, apakah ia disebut di dalam Konstitusi? Di dalam Konstitusi disebutkan setiap orang atau setiap warga negara berhak atas hak-haknya, apakah maksud Konstitusi juga termasuk janin? Lalu, bagaimana dengan hak-hak seorang ibu yang jelas-jelas sudah berwujud manusia dan seorang warga negara? Tidakkah seorang ibu memiliki hak untuk memilih? Konsekuensi dari pemikiran bahwa janin sebagai seorang individu mengarah pada argumentasi lain bahwa melakukan intervensi untuk pembuahan merupakan tindakan menghentikan proses kehidupan. Jadi, menurut alur pemikiran ini, penggunaan alat kontrasepsi pun dapat dipermasalahkan. Jelas, argumentasi konservatif seperti ini sama sekali tidak menghargai hak-hak reproduksi perempuan dan tidak membantu kesehatan perempuan. Bagaimanapun perempuan yang dipaksa memiliki anak banyak bukan saja membahayakan kesehatan ibu, tetapi memberatkan ekonomi dan menghambat kesejahteraan keluarga serta pencapaian kualitas hidup yang optimal. Jaminan hak Aborsi bukan sebuah hobi. Pengalaman perempuan menunjukkan, pilihan perempuan untuk melakukan aborsi merupakan pilihan berat dan bersifat amat pribadi. Tidak ada perempuan yang bergembira ria melakukan aborsi, justru sering mempertaruhkan nyawa. Penelitian menunjukkan aborsi tidak aman merupakan salah satu penyebab kematian ibu dan negara-negara yang menyediakan akses aborsi aman justru bisa menekan angka kematian ibu. Kita tahu, Indonesia masih menghadapi angka kematian ibu yang tinggi. Begitu banyak perempuan Indonesia miskin terpaksa pergi ke dukun atau orang-orang yang tidak memiliki keahlian medis, melakukannya di gang-gang sempit, di ruang-ruang gelap tanpa jaminan kebersihan, atau ke dokter-dokter tak bertanggung jawab yang menguras uang mereka. Berbagai penelitian juga menunjukkan, keputusan melakukan aborsi sering karena desakan kekasih, suami tidak sanggup membiayai, atau suami kawin lagi. Ironisnya, di dalam Undang-Undang Kesehatan justru yang dikenai hukuman adalah pelaku aborsi. Mereka terjerat hukuman berat dan denda hingga miliaran rupiah. Perempuan lagi-lagi menjadi korban. Di manakah tanggung jawab laki-laki? Para dokter dan hakim? Bukankah negara seharusnya menyediakan akses pelayanan kesehatan perempuan yang memadai? Termasuk hak perempuan untuk melakukan aborsi dengan aman. -[lm] (Gadis Arivia Pendiri Jurnal Perempuan dan Pengajar Tetap di Departemen Filsafat, Fakultas Ilmu Budaya, Universitas Indonesia) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Info : Peraturan Hukum di NAD - Qanun Rajam
kalo sudah dirajam kan langsung bebas, gak dipenjara. jadi mendingan mana langsung dirajam, sakitnya cuma setengah jam, misalnya atau dipenjara , kurungan? :-) Salam, l.meilany PERATURAN DAERAH Qanun Rajam, Langkah Mundur Aceh KOMPAS, Rabu, 30 September 2009 | 03:20 WIB Jakarta, Kompas - Meski qanun jinayat rajam di Aceh terbuka untuk proses koreksi, pengesahan qanun itu merupakan langkah sangat mundur karena dalam sejarahnya Aceh telah menghasilkan produk-produk hukum lokal yang sangat maju. Salah satu indikatornya adalah memberikan perlindungan hak-hak yang layak dan pantas kepada perempuan, di antaranya adalah hareuta peunulang, ujar Rusjdi Ali Muhammad, mantan Rektor Institut Agama Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry, Banda Aceh, di Jakarta, Selasa. Hareuta peunulang atau harta bawaan adalah penghibahan barang tidak bergerak, baik rumah maupun tanah, dan sering ditambah yang lain-lain, dari orangtua kepada anak perempuannya yang hendak menikah. Kebiasaan itu, selain untuk mengimbangi pembagian warisan menurut hukum Islam yang lebih besar pada ahli waris laki-laki, juga untuk memperkuat posisi perempuan dalam perkawinan. Kalau sampai ada perceraian, maka yang keluar dari rumah adalah laki-laki, bukan perempuan, tegas Rusjdi dalam bedah buku Demi Keadilan dan Kesetaraan: Dokumentasi Program Sensitivitas Jender Hakim Agama di Indonesia, diterbitkan oleh Pusat Studi Hukum, Konstitusi dan Hak Asasi Manusia Universitas Islam Negeri Jakarta dan The Asia Foundation. Harus dikoreksi Penerbitan buku itu memperlihatkan suatu paradoks politik. Ketika para hakim agam bergerak maju dengan membuka wawasan dan tindakan yang lebih sensitif dan lebih berpihak pada kaum perempuan, parlemen di Aceh malah merendahkan kaum yang melahirkan mereka dengan qanun yang dalam Al Quran pun tak dikenal. Begitu ditegaskan Rusjdi dan Lies Marcoes Natsir dari The Asia Foundation. Karena qanun itu merupakan produk politik di negara demokrasi, maka selalu terbuka untuk proses koreksi, tegas Direktur Puskumham UIN Arskal Salim. Rusjdi melihat dua solusi, yaitu dengan mengajukan uji materi ke Mahkamah Konstitusi yang juga bisa diajukan oleh individu atau direvisi. Qanun rajam itu mustahil diimplementasikan karena secara teknis sulit pembuktiannya, katanya. Duta Besar Kerajaan Belanda Nikolaus van Dam mempertanyakan, apakah peraturan semacam itu sesuai dengan tata kelola yang baik dan penghormatan terhadap hak asasi manusia, dan apakah sesuai dengan kehidupan kemanusiaan pada abad ke-21. Di antara topik penting yang universal dalam isu hak asasi manusia adalah penghapusan hukuman mati dan penyiksaan serta perlindungan hak kaum perempuan dan anak. (MH) -[lm] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [wanita-muslimah] The Destruction of Makkah Madinah!
Untuk dibangun hotel dan fasilitas-fasilitas lainnya untuk tamu-tamu jemah haji. - Original Message - From: Razia Fatima To: yanabi_sis...@yahoo.com.au Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 3:59 AM Subject: [wanita-muslimah] The Destruction of Makkah Madinah! The Destruction of Historical Sites in Makkah Madinah - The Cradle of Islam Yet Muslim Ummah Remains Absolutely Silent! Q. WHY? The Saudis are now set on unprecedented onslaught of demolishing the birthplace of Prophet Muhummed and the remaining historical structures in the heart of Makkah and Madinah, the cradle of Islam, revered by the world's over 1.5 billion Muslims. Over the last two decades most of Makkah's 1000-year-old historic sites have been bulldozed and replaced by casino style hotels, huge westernized malls, parking lots, roads and public washrooms. Failure to protect them from destruction is the biggest tragedy for the Islamic architectural heritage. The Saudi royal family claims to be guardians of the holy places of Islam, and profits hugely by visiting believers to Makkah and Medina for pilgrimage, and yet such self proclaimed custodians are party to this barbaric desecration of the holiest sites in the Islamic world. Today, the religious zealots in Saudi Arabia are not alone. Commercial developers such as Bin Laden Group and many others have joined hands with them and are making hundreds of millions in profits as they build ugly with out respecting any environmental concerns, and today lucrative high-rises are shadowing the Grand Mosque know as the Kaaba (House of God/Allah). Today Saudi petrodollars have the ability to silence even its most vocal critics, but when all is said and done, history will render a harsh judgment on those who try to wipe out its footprints and steal the heritage of all humanity. The problem is the Saudi's interpretation of Islam; they are opposed to the preservation of the old historic structures due to belief that some Muslims in their ignorance would overcome with love and awe that historic sites may invoke, leading to idolatrous thoughts. Destruction of the most precious sites in Islam for presumptuous fear of idolatry by some is like killing a child for fear that he may grow up to be less than pious. Instead of teaching proper Islamic etiquettes and manners one must conduct themselves with, when being around such historical sites of religious importance, the Saudis just annihilated these sites one by one. In effect, behind the obsessive fear of idolatry lies a complete lack of understanding and total fanaticism of radical Islam, unable even to appreciate its own past. The truth is that under the context of Preventing Idolatry Thoughts and be able to safely Accommodate Pilgrims in large numbers, all most all sites of historical importance related to Islam and early Muslims have been wiped out. What is the reason for this silence? Is it because Muslims nations have become so overwhelmed by the power of the Saudi denial of Visas for Pilgrimage (Hajj), that we have lost all courage and self-respect? Or is it because we feel a need to cover up Muslim-on-Muslim violence; Muslim-on-Muslim terror; Muslim-on-Muslim oppression? Or it is fear of loosing ones life in a barbaric way?, stories of citizens being disappeared are far too common, where it is commonly believed that the truth seekers and protesters get thrown naked in middle of Rab-al-Khali, the worlds 3rd largest and the hottest desert if not executed in one of the many underground hidden prisons. As all Muslims of the world have stake in the upkeep and maintenance of two Holiest Mosques and related historically important Islamic sites. King Abdulaziz, upon usurping control of Arab lands including holy cities of Makkah and Madinah from legitimate Hashemite (Prophets Muhummed’s Tribe) rulers, promised to consult with Muslims of the world while undertaking major changes in the holy cities, this promise was never upheld, and hence it is time that Muslims held this regime responsible for such an irreversible breach of trust. We Muslims constantly rail against any wrongs inflicted on fellow-Muslims by non-believers, but hold our silence when Muslims kill, exploit and terrorize other Muslims. Thus, when the Americans kill Iraqis, or the Russians persecute Chechens; we are rightly offended and resentful. But when Saddam Hussein massacred Iraqi Muslims for years, Muslims around the world maintained a discreet silence. So why this conspiracy of silence? Thousands demonstrated against the desecration of the Holy Book Quran at Guantanamo Bay and thousand complained at the remark by Congressman Tom Tancredo of Colorado, referring to Makkah and Madinah said If there is another 9/11 we should take out their holy places, Where are those zealots now? Why aren't preachers at mosques
[wanita-muslimah] Terrorist Noordin M Top Was Sodomized: Indonesian Forensic Expert
http://thejakartaglobe.com/home/terrorist-noordin-m-top-was-sodomized-indonesian-forensic-expert/332686 September 30, 2009 Nufrika Osman Terrorist Noordin M Top Was Sodomized: Indonesian Forensic Expert A forensic pathologist said on Wednesday that an examination of the body of the terrorist mastermind Noordin M Top, who was killed during a raid in Central Java last month, indicated that he had been sodomized at some point in his life. There is an anomaly in Noordin's anus because it is shaped like a funnel, said Mun'im Idris, a forensic pathologist from the University of Indonesia. It indicated that somebody had sodomized him. Mun'im was part of the team of experts that conducted the autopsy on the body of Noordin, a Malaysian-born terrorist sought for a string of attacks carried out across the country in the name of Islam. It is unclear why Mun'im released the information. Badaruddin Ismail, a spokesman for Noordin's family in Malaysia, told the Jakarta Globe that he accepted the allegation but insisted it remained unclear as to when the sodomy took place when he was a child or as an adult. I don't know about his private life so I cannot comment more, he said. Other media outlets that carried the story on Wednesday, speculated on Noordin's sexual deviance because of the anomaly. Homosexuality, though not against the law in the country, remain unacceptable among the nation's mainstream religious communities. The comments from Mun'im are likely to spark anger among some extremist members of the Muslim community that supported Noordin and his supporters. Separately, National Police spokesman Nanan Soekarna said he had no information about the allegations. I haven't received the report about the anomaly on Noordin's body because it is not a part of the investigation, Nanan said, adding the information would not affect the investigation. Nanan also said that the family could collect the remains of the terrorist on Thursday. Noordin's body can be collected by his family on Thursday because we have wrapped up the investigation, he said, adding the family would come to the headquarters in the morning and they would go to Kramat Jati Hospital with officers from the National Police in the afternoon. Badaruddin said the family was expected to claim the body on Friday. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Fw: Fundraising untuk Padang Re: Posting foto Anda di link Flickr ini pada hari Batik, Jum'at 2 Oktober 2009
--- On Thu, 1/10/09, Dwitra Zaky dwitraz...@yahoo.com wrote: Dear all... Dengan adanya musibah Padang, website foto-foto yang tadinya untuk kumpulan foto-foto berBatik Ria pada hari batik Indonesia, saya tambahkan menjadi sekalian untuk menunjukkan support pada korban musibah Padang. Jadi untuk siapa saja ( Indonesia ataupun non-Indonesia) yang mencintai Batik dan sekaligus memberikan doa dan support kepada korban musibah Padang, bisa bergabung di link website Flickr ini http://www.flickr.com/groups/indonesian-batik/ Website ini akan saya share dengan banyak teman-teman non-Indonesia. Jadi tolong dong sekalian disebar ke teman-teman non-Indonesia lainnya, sekalian Fund-Raising untuk Padang. wassalam, Dewi note: Email di bawah ini bisa di copy and paste ; Indonesian and Batik on Friday, Oct 2nd 2009 www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iK2FdKeL4plQA... Indonesia's 's president is pressing the country's 234 million people to wear batik clothes to celebrate a triumph over neighbour Malaysia in a poisonous feud over cultural heritage. I urge Indonesians wherever they are to wear batik on October 2, Yudhoyono was quoted as saying this week by state news agency Antara while in the United States for the G20 meeting of world leaders. Yudhoyono said the country should have a batik party to let the world know that the art form comes from Indonesia. - Admin: Please, for any Indonesian ( especially who live outside of Indonesia /abroad) or any non-Indonesian who loves Batik , take your picture or you and your friends / families picture wearing Batik on that day. Then post it here. Anybody, everybody can join and post their picture here, as long as not pornographic or inappropriate pictures. You can post your picture/pictures here, from Friday Oct 2nd 6 AM EST until Tuesday Oct 6th 6 PM. Let's the world see our Batik Collection and how we, as an Indonesian proud with our Heritage. About this group: Simple Rules Only: One (1) photo per day in the group's stream. How to post your photos to our gallery and threads. Click on the link for easy instructions :) ABSOLUTELY NO NUDITY (This includes Female Topless). Also No Graphic Violence or Obscenities. These photos will be deleted from the group and are grounds for banning. If you have a concern as to whether your photo would be considered nudity, violent or obscene, please contact one of the Admins via Flickrmail. We will be more than happy to review it and let you know. NO VIDEOS ! We are a FAMILY FRIENDLY Group :) Do not start your own thread. If you have an idea for one please let us know by emailing one of our admins and we will post it for you. We maintain our threads on a daily basis and have too much on the go sometimes to be maintaining additional ones. We appreciate your cooperation on this. Photo's submitted into any threads are separate from the gallery therefore there is no limit set for posting in them unless the admin hosting the thread asks you only post a certain amount. Put the place and date where and when you take the pictures. We created this group with hopes of providing a friendly place for an Indonesian from around the world to share their photos with their batik clothes and to show others the beauty they capture with just a simple click of their camera. You may be as creative with your photos as you like or as simple as you like. This is a group for everyone regardless of race, religion or sexual orientation. Everyone is always welcome here . LETS DO IT Versi Indonesia: Pada hari Batik , Jum'at 2 Oktober, silahkan teman-teman, bapak / Ibu untuk mengambil foto berpakaian Batik. Lalu posting disini. Boleh foto sendirian atau beramai-ramai dengan keluarga atau teman. Jangan lupa mencantumkan tempat dan tanggal dimana dan kapan foto itu diambil. LARANGAN : TIDAK BOLEH FOTO PORNOGRAFI ( TERMASUK FOTO PEREMPUAN TELANJANG DADA ) ATAU FOTO-FOTO KEKERASAN ATAU HAL-HAL YANG TIDAK SENONOH. ADMIN BERHAK MENGHAPUS DAN MEMBLOCK ORANG YANG MEMPOSTINGKANNYA. Mari yuuk...!!! -- Added Thursday , 9/30/09 Several days after the announcement from the Indonesian's President, there were several earthquakes in Padang, West Java. First was Wednesday afternoon , a powerful quake with a magnitude 7.6 Scale of Richter and the epicenter is only less than 32 miles away from Padang. The second one was on Thursday morning with 7 SR. Until now at least around 1.100 building and houses already collapsed and most of them flattened into the ground. There were several fires around the area, as well. Thousands people still trapped under the
[wanita-muslimah] Indonesian Legislature Receives Rotten End-of-Term Report Card
http://thejakartaglobe.com/home/indonesian-legislature-receives-rotten-end-of-term-report-card/332831 October 01, 2009 Emmy Fitri A member of the House of Representatives waiting for a plenary session to vote on the contentious Anti-Corruption Court bill. (Reuters Photo) Indonesian Legislature Receives Rotten End-of-Term Report Card In response to the simple question of how they would rate the performance of the 550 lawmakers who served the country over the past five years, political analysts and political novices alike immediately give the same response - a big thumbs down. The 2004-09 batch of lawmakers that officially ended their terms on Wednesday has been little more than a cast of colorful characters in a five-year display of what many consider to be plain incompetence exacerbated by blatant corruption. They simply failed, said Sulastio, an analyst from nongovernmental organization Indonesian Parliamentary Center. Rustiono M, a teacher at an East Jakarta high school, echoed his view. Only a few of them really represented the people's interests, he said. The House of Representatives has three main functions: to produce laws, to monitor the executive branch of government and to produce the state budget. In the wake of the post-1998 reform movement, the legislature should have shifted its role from being the New Order government's rubber stamp to a strong political power house that keeps the balance of power among the three branches of government in check. But the legislators don't appear to have taken this new role seriously. Bickering and grandstanding, it seems, occupied most of the legislators' time, as more news stories on legislative scandals seemed to have been reported in the past five years than actual laws passed. The legislators mostly failed to achieve the legislation targets they set. I think they were overly confident when setting targets that they couldn't fulfil, Sulastio said. The House has only managed to pass 193 bills of the targeted 284, or 68 percent. The failure to hit its target is even more disappointing given that the 2004-09 legislative period was allocated a significant increase in budget. After the 2004 elections, the government, in an attempt to boost the quality of their work, set aside Rp 6.54 trillion ($680.2 million), or Rp 1.3 trillion more than the previous period - to boost the House's communications, expert staff and operations budget. Our legislators use more money from the state compared to legislators in the US and Australia who are allocated less than 1 percent of their respective state budgets. Here, their budget is nearly 2 percent, he said. We haven't even talked about the quality of the legislation that they gave us, Sulastio said. The fact the public strongly reacted to some legislation, as shown in the number of laws brought by the public to be reviewed [in court], is proof that public participation is particularly low or nonexistent during the drafting process. The 2004-09 House will be known for the number of challenges filed in the Constitutional Court against the laws it passed. The Legislative Election Law alone, for instance, has had 10 judicial review requests filed against it. House Speaker Agung Laksono had set up a Work Improvement Team, a kind of resource and development center, which was expected to provide assessment and evaluation for the legislators. But unlike in other countries, Sulastio said, the team did not function as expected, partly because members had to spend most of their time in legislation hearings. Isn't it sad that one legislator can sit on eight special committees? How could he work his utmost if he has to divide his time and energy in such a way, Sulastio said. With all the improvement and increased budget, we pinned so much hope on these legislators. But alas, they just didn't meet our expectations, he said. Image wise, there is also nothing to be proud of as some members were implicated in graft cases, Sulastio said. Indonesia Corruption Watch said around 40 House members have been implicated in graft cases, and most of them are from major parties, including the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), Golkar Party and the National Mandate Party (PAN). Rustiono, the high school teacher, said he believed he was not the only one disappointed with legislators' performance, which didn't match up with promises made during election campaigns. The corruption cases allegedly committed by the lawmakers are saddening. In addition, I rarely heard anything about defending of public interests, he said. They were busy bickering when the government raised the fuel price, for instance. They tend to be reactive when it comes to high-profile cases. Indria Samego, a political analyst from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), called for the drafting of clear guidelines for future lawmakers so the House could function more efficiently.
[wanita-muslimah] Race to aid Sumatra quake survivors
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/10/200910175437577820.html Friday, October 02, 2009 00:28 Mecca time, 21:28 GMT Race to aid Sumatra quake survivors Rescue and relief teams have been ordered to 'flood' Padang with aid [AFP] Indonesia is appealing for international aid in the wake of a series of powerful earthquakes that officials say have killed at least 770 people, with thousands more feared trapped under the rubble. A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Sumatra on Thursday morning, according to the US Geological Survey, just hours after a larger, 7.6 magnitude undersea earthquake had rocked the island. The first earthquake, which struck bout 50km from the coastal city of Padang, flattened hundreds of buildings there, including hospitals, schools and hotels. Search and rescue teams were at work in heavy rain in Padang when the second earthquake struck, causing widespread panic and badly damaging houses in Jambi, another Sumatran town. Indonesia's health ministry has said it fears thousands of people may have died. Rescue operations Rick Cameron, the director of Island Aid, a disaster relief organisation in Indonesia, said he had been taken by surprise by the second tremor. Send your pictures Send us your videos, pictures and comments He told Al Jazeera: We all jumped up, ran to a grassy area outside the house. As we went down the stairs it intensified. Some of my friends fell over, it was so strong. It was extremely disorienting and shakes every perspective of what you think the world is. It was unclear how many injuries the second earthquake had caused, but Raphael Abreu, a geophysicist with the US Geological Survey, told Al Jazeera that it had been definitely capable of creating, by itself, significant damage to structures and property. Step Vaessen, Al Jazeera's correspondent reporting from Padang, said: So far, the worst incident I've seen is 160 people buried at one location. It's sporadic damage, but the damage is serious. High-rise buildings, many of which have collapsed totally or partially - so lots of people trapped ... but it is still hard to say how many have died. I haven't seen many rescue workers active at all. I don't think there's enough equipment at the moment in Padang to conduct these operations. By 1300 GMT on Thursday, an official with the disaster ministry put the toll at 770, with 290 people seriously injured and 2,090 slightly injured. Padang 'overwhelmed' Fauzi Bahar, Padang's mayor, appealed for help on Indonesian radio saying the city was overwhelmed. In video Quake wrecks Sumatra town Padang warning ignored We really need help. We call on people to come to Padang to evacuate bodies and help the injured, he said. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesia's president, instructed officials to flood Padang with aid and medical relief, while his government announced $10m in emergency aid. He has been to Padang to oversee the relief effort and gave a little message, asking people to pray for a miracle to help the city, said Al Jazeera's Veronica Pedrosa. Vaessen reported that medical teams and military aircraft had been arriving with field hospitals, tents, medicine and food rations as officials ramped up the rescue and relief operation. Massive damage At daybreak on Thursday, many Padang residents used their bare hands to dig through the rubble searching for survivors. Survivors were seen being pulled out and hospitals struggled to treat the many injured. Officials in Padang said about 500 houses had caved in and witnesses said many buildings had collapsed after the first earthquake. Priyadi Kardono, a spokesman for Indonesia's disaster management agency, said the effects could be as big as the Yogyakarta quake, referring to a 2006 disaster that killed or injured more than 5,000 people and damaged or destroyed 150,000 homes. The tremor was felt in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, 940km away, and sent frightened office workers streaming out of buildings in Singapore as well as Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur. Dozens of aftershocks followed. 'Ring of Fire' Padang, the capital of Indonesia's West Sumatra province, sits on one of the world's most active fault lines along the so-called Ring of Fire, the same one that cracked off Aceh, at the northern tip of Sumatra, in 2004 to trigger the Indian Ocean tsunami. Shopping malls, hospitals and hotels in Padang were among the structures toppled [Reuters] That disaster killed more than 220,000 people in Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and India among other countries.
[wanita-muslimah] Toward disseminating human values
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7section=0article=126958d=1m=10y=2009pix=opinion.jpgcategory=Opinion Thursday 1 October 2009 (12 Shawwal 1430) Toward disseminating human values Abdul Aziz Valiyaveetil | azi...@yahoo.com As the winds of change, here is another historical moment to remember - the Geneva Conference 2009. Initiated by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah and organized by the Makkah-based Muslim World League, the conference is titled Inter-religious Dialogue and its Impact in Disseminating Human Values. Last year, under the wise guidance and leadership King Abdullah and the patronage of the king of Spain, Juan Carlos, Madrid marked the beginning of a new era of Consensus of Civilizations. And this year, in Geneva, the work continues. All mankind dreams of a beautiful and peaceful world, where there will be no place for hatred and hardship. The advancement of science and technology has given even more substance to these dreams. We once shed the banner of religion in favor of science for achieving this end. Science, we believed, had the answers to all our problems. But the unbridled growth of science without a conscience has caused irreparable harm to humanity. What we see today is that people are abandoning moral values and virtues for material gains. Greed and jealousy have conquered the human mind. War, terrorism and crime have become everyday news. It is here that King Abdullah calls for the unity of civilizations on common grounds to promote common goodness and the peaceful coexistence of various faiths, creeds and communities. Let us not forget that those who oppose dialogue and cooperation between cultures and religions are those who wish the world to remain in chaos and discord. For only if the various cults fight between themselves can the weapons be sold, only then can nations be subjugated. The imperialist long ago realized that the best way to rule was to divide - and the easiest way to divide is on the basis of beliefs and culture. It is, therefore, integral to end the call for the clash of civilizations and cultures and to warn of the danger of campaigns seeking to worsen conflicts and destabilize peace and security. We need to embrace common human values, to cooperate in their dissemination within societies and to solve the problems that prevent their attainment. Disseminating a culture of tolerance and understanding through dialogue in order to be a framework for international relations through holding conferences and symposia, as well as developing relevant cultural, educational and media programs is vital for the modern world. Let us hope that this dialogue follows in the footsteps of the one before and triggers an end to divisions on the basis of religion, sects, beliefs, colors, creeds and origins. Let the world be divided only into two - the good and the bad. And let the forces of good come together till the evil is defeated, till light shines, peace prevails and the Kingdom of God reigns supreme on earth as it does in heaven. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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[wanita-muslimah] New Indonesian Lawmakers Take Oath
http://thejakartaglobe.com/home/new-indonesian-lawmakers-take-oath/333066 October 02, 2009 Febriamy Hutapea Markus Junianto Sihaloho New Indonesian Lawmakers Take Oath With just a passing mention of the disaster unfolding in Padang, 560 new members of the House of Representatives and 128 members of the Regional Representatives Council were sworn in on Thursday for the 2009-14 term in a ceremony criticized for its $4.7 million budget. Greeted by banners outside the House that read, Don't disappoint the people, and Remember your sweet promises, the legislators stood to take their oaths of office in front of beaming family members and foreign dignitaries during a House plenary session. In the name of Allah, we promise to fulfill our duties to the best of our abilities, they repeated after Supreme Court Chief Justice Harifin Tumpa. We will work seriously to uphold democracy and fight for the people's aspirations for the national interest. The Regional Representatives Council (DPD) members then made similar pledges. The DPD and the House (DPR) comprise the People's Consultative Assembly. Hopes that the new crop of legislators would be able to distance themselves from the corruption that blighted the body over the last term took a hit with the inauguration of Muhammad Izzul Islam, a United Development Party (PPP) legislator from West Nusa Tenggara. He had been sentenced by the Mataram District Court on Lombok to eight months in jail for counterfeiting his high school certificate, but has yet to begin his incarceration. The 2008 Election Law stipulates that legislative candidates would be disqualified if they had been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment of five years or more. Related articles Indonesia's House Passes Four More Bills as Clock Ticks 11:22 PM 15/09/2009 Indonesia's House Passes Record Four Bills in One Day 12:58 AM 15/09/2009 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Chinese communists paint town red for 60th anniversary
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26152094-2703,00.html Chinese communists paint town red for 60th anniversary October 02, 2009 Article from: The Australian AFTER a week of dreadful smog and gloom, the Chinese capital was blessed with beauty. The sun shone in a stunning clear blue sky, flags fluttered in the light breeze and the implacable Chinese President Hu Jintao reviewed 8000 immaculately drilled troops through a Tiananmen Square awash in red and yellow and down the length of Beijing's magnificent Chang'an Avenue. In Beijing, at least, everything was right with the world as China's Communist Party celebrated its 60 years in power. For Mr Hu in a black Mao jacket, standing ramrod stiff through the sunroof of a black limousine as he reviewed the troops following a 60-gun salute, it was perhaps the pinnacle of a long career, in his seventh year at the head of China's ruling Politburo. Taking the stage on the parapet of the Forbidden City, Mr Hu promised peace, harmony and a united China. China has infinitely bright prospects, he said. The development and progress of New China over the past 60 years fully proved that only socialism can save China and only reform and opening up can ensure the development of China, socialism and Marxism. The two-hour parade featured the latest in Chinese defence hardware and thousands of troops and civilian standard bearers. It's 60 years since Mao Zedong - whose embalmed body remains in state at the edge of Tiananmen Square - seized power in a bloody civil war, ending a century of turmoil, only to usher in 30 years of experimental socialist government on a scale never seen before or since. The devastating famine of the 1950s was followed by the murderous Cultural Revolution, before Mao's death ushered in China's new era of booming semi-capitalist growth under Deng Xiaoping. Yet China's Communist Party has succeeded where Russia and its satellite states failed in maintaining an ever-morphing form of socialism to govern its people. A total of 52 types of new weapon systems, including China's newest model of intercontinental nuclear-capable ballistic missiles, were on display. Other cutting-edge weaponry includes China's new generation of tanks, radar, airborne early warning and control aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles and satellite communication devices. Some types of equipment were displayed in previous military parades, but what is to be shown in this parade are their upgraded models, parade director Lieutenant General Fang Fenghui said. The parade involved more than 8000 servicemen and women, nearly 500 tanks, missiles and other military vehicles and 151 warplanes. Party leaders including former leader Jiang Zemin and heir apparent Xi Jinping watched on, among 30,000 invited guests including Australia's ambassador to China, Geoff Raby. On Wednesday night, the country's top leaders gathered in the Great Hall of the People to hear Premier Wen Jiabao say the world's economic development faced the most severe challenge since the Great Depression and admit China's economy had also been seriously hit by the global economic crisis. China's double-digit growth had slowed to 8 per cent. Mr Wen pledged to maintain the sustainability and stability of the country's macroeconomic policy to achieve steady and rapideconomic development and contribute to global economic recovery. He urged the people to be sober-minded and proceed with confidence in driving the country's development. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Indonesia Earthquake Leaves City of Devastation
http://thejakartaglobe.com/home/indonesia-earthquake-leaves-city-of-devastation/333077 October 02, 2009 Anita Rachman, Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Farouk Arnaz, Putri Prameshwari, Ismira Lutfia April Aswari Soldiers and volunteers carrying an earthquake victim from a collapsed hotel in Padang, West Sumatra. Crews battled poor communications and road access in an effort to rescue thousands still pinned under ruins. (Reuters Photo) Indonesia Earthquake Leaves City of Devastation With emergency aid in short supply, a desperate search-and-rescue effort was mounted in Padang on Thursday in a race to save thousands of people trapped under rubble from buildings that collapsed after the powerful earthquake the day before. The death toll as of late Thursday remained unclear, with the United Nations putting the number of fatalities at 1,100, while some media agencies quoted the ministries of health and social affairs as saying 770 fatalities had been confirmed. But with rescue efforts only reaching the surface of the extensive ruins dotting this city of 900,000, the death toll from the 7.6-magnitude quake is feared to run into the thousands. Poor transportation and communications made it difficult to determine the actual number of people missing or trapped, or the extent of damage in surrounding areas. Wednesday's quake toppled at least 500 buildings in Padang, started fires, severed roads and caused power and communications outages. All main roads leading to Padang from the neighboring provinces of North Sumatra, Riau, Jambi and Bengkulu were cut off by landslides. Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati announced on Thursday that Rp 250 billion ($26 million) had been prepared for initial relief efforts. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who flew to Padang on the same day, indicated that the government was ready to accept foreign assistance. A number of foreign governments had offered aid, but none had been confirmed as of press time. Meanwhile, various government agencies immediately mobilized teams to assist survivors and rescue those still trapped. Armed Forces Chief Gen. Djoko Santoso said more than 1,000 soldiers had been dispatched to the city, and National Police spokesman Nana Soekarna said 500 members of the elite Mobile Brigade (Brimob) from neighboring provinces were sent to help rescue efforts. Soldiers, policemen and volunteers, along with heavy machinery, were mostly concentrated around two multistory hotels that had collapsed in downtown Padang - the seven-story Bumi Minang and the nearby five-story Ambacang. Only one survivor has so far been pulled from the wreckage of the Bumi Minang. More than 100 victims were believed to be trapped under the toppled Ambacang. The police also sent a 40-person medical and forensic team along with medicine and mobile communications equipment. The military said it had prepared four Hercules military transport aircraft to lift personnel and aid, the police lent five aircraft and the Navy deployed six vessels, including some that would be transformed into floating hospitals operating off the coast of West Sumatra. Despite these deployments of aid, the humanitarian needs were overwhelming. The Muhammad Djamil General Hospital, part of it severely damaged, and the Yos Sudarso Hospital, both in Padang, were overflowing with the wounded. Large military tents were erected on open spaces in the hospital compounds for surgery and to shelter patients. As the sun set on Thursday, residents of Padang and the surrounding countryside, scared of more aftershocks, prepared to spend a second night in the makeshift tents and shelters they had erected in the open, despite the rains that have been falling over the past few days. More than 24 hours after the disaster struck, the city was still bereft of electricity, communication was erratic, and with shops closed, food, water and other essentials were scarce. Public transportation was almost nonexistent, and vehicles that were still operable after the quake were stuck for hours in long lines for fuel. I can't buy bread anymore, all I have is instant noodles, said Afrini Yeti, a housewife in Padang. In Pariaman, just northwest of Padang and the town closest to the epicenter of the quake, a small post set up by the local police was flooded by people reporting missing family and friends. Among them, was Efrijon Darwis, 47, a resident of South Pariaman, who was looking for his wife and two daughters. Nelly Gustif, 46, had gone to Padang by train to shop with her two daughters, Annisa Melia, 16, and Safira Tri Darmayanti, 10. I don't know where I should look for them now. I hope they are still alive, he told the Jakarta Globe. Related articles Survivor: 'Sumatra Quake Was By Far The Worst I've Ever Seen' 12:38 AM 02/10/2009 Indonesia Earthquake: Hospital Forced to Stop Surgeries Due to Shortages 3:02 PM 01/10/2009 Search for Indonesia Quake Victims
[wanita-muslimah] Reinforcing Traits of Personal Excellence
*Reinforcing Traits of Personal Excellence* Driven by our spiritual beliefs, we Muslims demonstrated unrelenting dedication, commitment, and sincerity for the full month of Ramadan. We pushed to achieve more in reward by setting and keeping to a discipline without fail for the consecutive 30 days. For most of us, procrastination became a non-issue. We endured physical strain through long prayers, hunger and thirst during the day, and little and interrupted sleep schedules. All in all, we shirked little in stepping out of our comfort zones and though a positive mental attitude, focus and self motivation, not for a moment any of these stresses deterred us from attaining our spiritual goals. Believe it or not what most of us demonstrated for the full month of Ramadan were traits required to attain personal excellence. People have accomplished more, tackled and resolved the most difficult problems, and become effective leaders by espousing these traits of excellence. *Why then, one wonders, do a majority of Muslims fail to achieve the same levels of excellence in other areas of their lives? Why is the plight of Muslims today only mediocre at best? Why do so many Muslims sincere and passionate in their prayers, fasting and other rituals snap out of the spirit of Islam in other aspects of their lives?* * * A chasm obviously exists between how we successfully step up to excel in our religious rituals and how we otherwise choose not to do so in other aspects of our lives. Because if we habitually lived by the same traits of excellence, we would excel more in our careers, learning and education, dealings with people, enjoy exemplary family lives, possess great health and healthy relationships, and dramatically improve all aspects of our lives. If each one of us did their part to drive toward excellence, the plight of Muslims the world over will be much better than what it is today. The answer to this disconnect lies deep in our minds and is mostly attributed to our beliefs. Our beliefs ingrained in our psyche, whether spiritual or otherwise, provide us with feelings of certainty and drive us to take the right actions. So, while the strength of our *spiritual beliefs*drives us to take the right actions and consequently to excel on *spiritual fronts* (one proof of which we saw in Ramadan), lack of such strength in beliefs related to other areas of our lives keeps us from moving forward. Therefore, when we hold weak beliefs (or none at all) related to our desired actions, we only do the very minimal to get by a far cry from what is needed to excel in those areas. As a result, we struggle in our relationships, have lower standards of education, pursue mediocre professional careers, struggle with maintaining a healthy lifestyle, and so on. Beliefs propel us to take action that we otherwise would struggle with. For example, how many chain smokers do you know of who can quit smoking for hours during Ramadan, which they are not able to do otherwise? How many brides and grooms do you know of who were able to lose weight a few weeks before their wedding that they otherwise could not do earlier? How many cardiac patients do you know of who were able to alter their diet plans and healthy lifestyles permanently after they endured a serious heart attack? In all such cases, something changes in their minds that make them take full-fledged action without fail. That is the power of beliefs. In changing behaviors, forcing oneself to act without believing works only for the short term. Can you recall how many times have you forced yourself to get into the habit of doing something but reverted to your old way of doing things? How many times have you forced your children to do something only to see no change in their behavior for the long run? Quran teaches us too that simply the act of praying for example does not mean much unless one is grounded in the right beliefs. Consider this verse in the Quran: *Righteousness is not that you turn your faces towards the East or the West (in prayers), but righteousness is the one who believes in Allah, the Last Day, the Angels, the Book and the Prophets. [Surah al?Baqarah (2):177].* So, if you have failed to see certain results in any area of your life that is because *you must address your underlying beliefs related to what you have been trying to change.* Simply forcing yourself to act for the moment can get you only so far. *Forming of Beliefs* Your beliefs come together through a combination of your experiences, knowledge, and the process of thought and reflection. Such beliefs also strengthen (or weaken) through the interplay of the same three factors. You can probably easily see how the interplay of these three factors have shaped your spiritual beliefs. The exact same applies to other areas of your life as well. We know for example, that some of the beliefs that you develop through your childhood *experiences *carry forward in your life. Research
[wanita-muslimah] Lindungilah Batik melalui Hari Batik Nasional
Nelson Mandela dengan bangganya mengenakan baju batik, pada saat pidato pertamanya sebagai Presiden Afrika Selatan (Mei 1994). Sebagai hari pembebasan pemisahan ras kulit putih. Saya merasa salut kepada Mandela, karena ia lebih sering dan lebih senang mengenakan baju batik daripada jas. Entah dalam acara bagaimana formilnya sekalipun juga. Baju batik ini di Afrika Selatan diberi nama Madiba. Konon batik pertama kalinya diperkenalkan secara international oleh mantan Presiden Soeharto pada saat konferensi PBB. Ibu kandung dari Barack Obama – Ann Dunham terkenal sebagai kolektor batik. Pada bulan Juni 2009 kemarin hasil koleksinya di pamerkan diberbagai macam museum di Amerika - Barack Obama's Mother and Indonesian Batiks. Pakaian dari disainer kondang Italy Prada bukan hanya senang dipakai oleh perempuan papan atas sekarang ini saja, bahkan ratusan tahun sebelumnya. Para bangsawan kerajaan jaman dahulu mengenakan batik Prada atau Pinarada Mas adalah kain batik yang ditulis dengan menggunakan serbuk emas murni. Pada tanggal 2 Oktober nanti, UNESCO akan mengukuhkan batik Indonesia sebagai Warisan Budaya Dunia (World Heritage) di Perancis. Hal inilah yang mendorong saya melalui artikel ini untuk turut mempromosikan Batik. Tetapi apa sebenarnya yang Anda ketahui tentang Batik? Kata Batik itu sendiri diserap dari bahasa Jawa “amba” = menulis dan “nitik”. Batik erat dikatikan dengan kebudayaan etnis Jawa, bahkan sudah dikenal semenjak zaman Raden Wijaya (1294-1309) pada masa kerajaan Majapahit. Setelah akhir abad ke-XVIII batik mulai meluas menjadi milik rakyat Indonesia dan khususnya suku Jawa. Batik secara historis ditulis dan dilukis pada daun lontar. Pada awalnya kesenian batik ini hanya khusus untuk pakaian raja dan keluarga serta para pengikutnya. Dikerjakannya pun hanya terbatas di lingkungan kraton saja. Akhirnya kesenian ini dibawa ke luar keraton oleh pra pengikut raja yang tinggal di luar kraton, sehingga akhirnya menjadi pakaian rakyat. Sampai awal abad ke-XX batik yang dihasilkan semuanya batik tulis yang dikerjakan hanya oleh kaum perempuan. Membuat batik tulis membutuhkan waktu dua sampai dengan tiga bulan. Batik secara historis ditulis dan dilukis pada daun lontar. Pembuatan batik cap baru dikenal setelah perang dunia pertama. Ide pembuatan batik cap ini timbul dari seorang Tionghoa yang bernama Kwee Seng dari Banyumas. Sejak adanya produksi batik cap inilah kaum pria juga bisa turut dikaryakan dalam pembuatan batik. Pada awalnya batik dibuat dengan menggunakan kain mori. Dewasa ini batik dibuat juga dari bahan-bahan lainnya misalnya sutera, rayon ataupun poliester. Motif gambar batik dibentuk/ditulis dengan cairan lilin dengan menggunakan alat yang dinamakan canting untuk motif halus, atau kuas untuk motif berukuran besar. Kain yang telah selesai dilukis dengan lilin kemudian dicelup dengan warna yang diinginkan. Panjangnya batik pada umumnya sekitar 2¼ meter. Apakah Anda tahu bahwa di Pekalongan ada Museum Batik. Apabila Anda lewat Pekalongan ajaklah anggota keluarga Anda untuk berkujung ke Museum tersebut agar mereka juga bisa lebih mengenal dan lebih mencintai Batik. Silahkan klik: http://www.museumronggowarsito.org/english/jtg/jtg.asp?isi=pekalongan_batik Sebagai akhir dari tulisan ini saya ingin mengajak rekan-rekan dan para pembaca semua untuk turut mengkampanyekan Batik. Mulai dengan menyebar luaskan oret-oretan ini maupun mengenakan pakaian batik pada saat akhir pekan nanti. Dimulai pada hari Jumat tanggal 2 Oktober 2009 sebagai Batik Day. Marilah kita perjuangkan perlindungan Batik dengan aksi nyata dari semua warga Indonesia, dimana kita merasa bangga mengenakan pakaian batik melebihi daripada jas ataupun pakaian formil lainnya. Mari Mencintai Indonesia Mari Berjuang untuk Indonesia Mari lindungi Budaya Indonesia dan mari batikan Indonesia pada hari Batik Nasional Mang Ucup Email: mang.ucupatgmail.com Homepage: www.mangucup.org Facebook === 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, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:wanita-muslimah-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:wanita-muslimah-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an
[wanita-muslimah] Converting to Islam in Britain
ASAK, I generally do not pay attention to stories decribing the conversion of some prominent figures to Islam because often these are not true or are of no consequence. Yet I am curious about the below report sent to me by an individual whose judgement I trust. Kaleem Kawaja - - - -- Britain’s High Class Are Flocking to Islam Authentic research has shown that over 14000 Brits have converted to Islam after having lost hope in the style of life the West is offering. ‘Amongst the converts there exists many famous personalities which is a great booster for the Muslims who have become a prey to accusations of terrorism and are living in fear’ in the words of Muslim leaders. The Muslim Council has appointed the former health minister’s son Ahmed Dobson as chairman of their new committee which is striving to explain the reality of Islam to the whites living in the United Kingdom. Yahya Britt (Jonathan Britt) the former BBC director has researched thoroughly the data of Christians converting to Islam and concluded that the total number of new Muslims in Britain was 14200. In his statement of conversion to Islam last week, Britt stressed the point that Britain also needed a leader to bring whites more easily into Islam, just as Malcom X had done for the blacks of America and to make Islam a more national religion rather than the strange one it is at present. Furthermore, he explained how Islam’s balanced system, strong beliefs and spirituality gave him that hearts contentment. Herbet Scott’s great grand daughter, Emma Clark has also accepted Islam as a way of life, a former designer for the gardens of the Prince of Wales is now involved in designing a mosque’s garden. She stated to the press a few days ago that ‘I accepted Islam after detesting the doubt standards of Western values and to lee from the filth that surrounds it. Her great grandfather who was the prime minister of Britain in 1908-1916 led his people to the lines of victory in the First World War. Most new converts have been greatly influenced by Charles Easton’s book, ‘Islam and the Destiny of Man’. He states that I’ve receives thousands of letters informing me that we have lost hope in today’s Christianity which is following the whims and desires of people and are searching for such a religion which does not have this. The earl of Yarbrough who is the owner of over 28000acres of land in Lincolnshire told the press, ‘I have changed my name to Abdul Mateen and would only like to say that ‘Study Islam and you shall see its beauty’. Her Majesty has given full permission for Muslim staff working in Buckingham Palace to take time off to perform their Friday prayers. The above were examples of people who were directly connected to the kingdom, whose grandparents were the bearers of knighthoods and lordships, who used to sit in the houses of Parliament, wealthy people, from a nation who has never been ruled. But what happened to these people’s progeny? There was no slavery or force on them to make them accept Islam; ‘it was solely the unexplainable hearts contentment we found which compelled us.’ After all this I see not the reasons of my shyness, my regret, my inferiority complex that is stopping me from even performing my Jumu’ah Salaat amidst my colleagues at work only because of the fear of what will people say and that my business may lose important profits, yet the kingdom headquarters, Buckingham Palace, has such facilities… Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Seeking Opinion About Quran
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[wanita-muslimah] Dargah Khwaja Sahib
He is great Muslim saint just visit link to read about him http://relijournal.com/islam/dargah-khwaja-sahib/
Re: [wanita-muslimah] The Destruction of Makkah Madinah!
Apabila hal ini benar, alangkah sayangnya. Bagi Anda yang ingin mengetahui lebih jauh kota Mekah dan Madina, silahkan menghubungi kami untuk mendapatkan Buku Penting: Mekah dan Madinah Di penuhi foto-foto yang mengharukan dan membanggakan. hubungi saya lewat japri di dharma.hutau...@gmail.com atau dharma_hutau...@erlangga.net On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 2:04 PM, sunny am...@tele2.se wrote: Untuk dibangun hotel dan fasilitas-fasilitas lainnya untuk tamu-tamu jemah haji. - Original Message - From: Razia Fatima To: yanabi_sis...@yahoo.com.au yanabi_sister%40yahoo.com.au Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 3:59 AM Subject: [wanita-muslimah] The Destruction of Makkah Madinah! The Destruction of Historical Sites in Makkah Madinah - The Cradle of Islam Yet Muslim Ummah Remains Absolutely Silent! Q. WHY? The Saudis are now set on unprecedented onslaught of demolishing the birthplace of Prophet Muhummed and the remaining historical structures in the heart of Makkah and Madinah, the cradle of Islam, revered by the world's over 1.5 billion Muslims. Over the last two decades most of Makkah's 1000-year-old historic sites have been bulldozed and replaced by casino style hotels, huge westernized malls, parking lots, roads and public washrooms. Failure to protect them from destruction is the biggest tragedy for the Islamic architectural heritage. The Saudi royal family claims to be guardians of the holy places of Islam, and profits hugely by visiting believers to Makkah and Medina for pilgrimage, and yet such self proclaimed custodians are party to this barbaric desecration of the holiest sites in the Islamic world. Today, the religious zealots in Saudi Arabia are not alone. Commercial developers such as Bin Laden Group and many others have joined hands with them and are making hundreds of millions in profits as they build ugly with out respecting any environmental concerns, and today lucrative high-rises are shadowing the Grand Mosque know as the Kaaba (House of God/Allah). Today Saudi petrodollars have the ability to silence even its most vocal critics, but when all is said and done, history will render a harsh judgment on those who try to wipe out its footprints and steal the heritage of all humanity. The problem is the Saudi's interpretation of Islam; they are opposed to the preservation of the old historic structures due to belief that some Muslims in their ignorance would overcome with love and awe that historic sites may invoke, leading to idolatrous thoughts. Destruction of the most precious sites in Islam for presumptuous fear of idolatry by some is like killing a child for fear that he may grow up to be less than pious. Instead of teaching proper Islamic etiquettes and manners one must conduct themselves with, when being around such historical sites of religious importance, the Saudis just annihilated these sites one by one. In effect, behind the obsessive fear of idolatry lies a complete lack of understanding and total fanaticism of radical Islam, unable even to appreciate its own past. The truth is that under the context of Preventing Idolatry Thoughts and be able to safely Accommodate Pilgrims in large numbers, all most all sites of historical importance related to Islam and early Muslims have been wiped out. What is the reason for this silence? Is it because Muslims nations have become so overwhelmed by the power of the Saudi denial of Visas for Pilgrimage (Hajj), that we have lost all courage and self-respect? Or is it because we feel a need to cover up Muslim-on-Muslim violence; Muslim-on-Muslim terror; Muslim-on-Muslim oppression? Or it is fear of loosing ones life in a barbaric way?, stories of citizens being disappeared are far too common, where it is commonly believed that the truth seekers and protesters get thrown naked in middle of Rab-al-Khali, the worlds 3rd largest and the hottest desert if not executed in one of the many underground hidden prisons. As all Muslims of the world have stake in the upkeep and maintenance of two Holiest Mosques and related historically important Islamic sites. King Abdulaziz, upon usurping control of Arab lands including holy cities of Makkah and Madinah from legitimate Hashemite (Prophets Muhummeds Tribe) rulers, promised to consult with Muslims of the world while undertaking major changes in the holy cities, this promise was never upheld, and hence it is time that Muslims held this regime responsible for such an irreversible breach of trust. We Muslims constantly rail against any wrongs inflicted on fellow-Muslims by non-believers, but hold our silence when Muslims kill, exploit and terrorize other Muslims. Thus, when the Americans kill Iraqis, or the Russians persecute Chechens; we are rightly offended and resentful. But when Saddam Hussein massacred Iraqi Muslims for years, Muslims around the world maintained a discreet silence. So why this
[wanita-muslimah] Amazing 3 year old boy memorized the whole Holy Quran!
Amazing 3 year old boy memorized the whole Holy Quran To see video, click following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_DYaQqajJk Microsoft brings you a new way to search the web. Try Bing™ now Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Domain www.nu.or.id expired !!!
Siapa PIC web ini? www.nu.or.id * * *Nama Domain ini telah habis masa berlakunya dikarenakan hal-hal berikut: * * - Pemakai/pengelola nama domain ini mengetahui bahwa nama domainnya telah habis masa berlakunya tetapi memilih untuk tidak memperpanjang masa berlaku nama domain tersebut. - Pemakai/pengelola nama domain ini tidak menerima email informasi mengenai habis masa berlakunya nama domain melalui alamat email yang terdaftar pada sistem registrasi. Hal ini dapat disebabkan oleh tidak aktif/validnya alamat email tersebut. -- Bilamana nama domain ini masih ingin dipergunakan maka pihak pemakai/pengelola nama domain ini dapat melakukan proses perpanjangan agar nama domain dapat diaktifkan kembali. Untuk informasi mengenai proses perpanjangan silahkan menghubungi pengelola domain / Web Hosting / ISP / Agent anda. PANDI (Pengelola Nama Domain Internet Indonesia) Gedung Arthaloka, Lantai 11 Jalan Jenderal Sudirman Kav 2 Jakarta 10220 Telepon +622157939151 (hunting), +6221 98290955 Fax +62 21 579 39152 Email: i...@pandi.or.id website: www.pandi.or.id * [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Thousands perish in quakes
http://www.theage.com.au/world/thousands-perish-in-quakes-20091001-geoo.html Thousands perish in quakes TOM ALLARD AND BEN DOHERTY, PADANG, INDONESIA, AND MALCOLM BROWN, SAMOA October 2, 2009 Video will begin in 5 seconds. Video feedback a.. Play video Indonesia quake aftermath b.. Play video Second quake hits Indonesia Replay video Second quake hits Indonesia The US Geological Survey says another powerful earthquake has shaken western Indonesia. a.. Video feedback b.. Video settings A DESPERATE humanitarian crisis was unfolding last night on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, where rescuers were battling to save thousands of people feared to have been buried under collapsed buildings in the coastal city of Padang. The official death toll stood at 770, but local authorities warned that the body count would soar into thousands once the rubble was cleared in the wake of two powerful earthquakes that struck the area within 24 hours. A shortage of heavy equipment left many rescuers searching hopelessly for survivors by hand. Disaster management experts said there was a window of only about 72 hours to find people alive. A man runs past a burning building in Padang in the aftermath of the earthquake. Photo: AP Thousand of kilometres away in the Pacific island nations of Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga, more bodies were being recovered, hundreds of people remained missing and villages lay in ruins after Wednesday's offshore earthquake and giant tsunami waves that slammed into coastal communities. The number of deaths on the islands was expected to climb well beyond last night's official toll of 149. Four Australians and one New Zealand child who lived in Australia have been confirmed among the dead in Samoa. A further six who were missing have now been located. Twenty-five Australian survivors of the disaster in Samoa arrived in Brisbane yesterday on a chartered flight, some sporting cuts and bruises. The group included passengers with no luggage or passports after the tsunami wiped out resorts and killed scores of people. Click for more photos A man sits on a motorcycle outside a collapsed shopping mall after an earthquake hit Padang, on Indonesia's Sumatra island. Photo: Reuters a.. b.. c.. d.. e.. f.. g.. h.. i.. j.. k.. l.. m.. n.. o.. p.. q.. r.. Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Australia was working closely with NZ and France to co-ordinate aid efforts for Samoa. Medical personnel, fire and rescue officers and Australian Federal Police officers were among a large Australian contingent already in the island nation. Two more military transport planes left yesterday with more supplies and rescue workers. As the magnitude of the disaster in Indonesia became clearer yesterday, Australian officials left for a famed surfing spot on Sumatra searching for missing Australians. Mr Smith said 13 Australians were known to have been in or near Padang when the first quake struck. Of those, seven had been contacted so far. ''We are seeking to make contact with remaining registered nationals,'' Mr Smith said. He said Australia was preparing to respond to any requests from Indonesia for rescue or disaster relief. The first Indonesian Government and military flights laden with food, medicine and body bags began arriving in the devastated region yesterday as another powerful quake struck further south, sending residents fleeing their homes in panic. Wednesday's 7.6-magnitude quake caused buildings to crumble and fires to rage in Padang, a city of just under a million people that was left largely without power and communications. The official toll of 529 dead and 2400 injured was expected to soar. ''Our prediction is that thousands have died,'' said Health Ministry crisis centre head Rustam Pakaya. Terrified residents rushed from homes and ran through the streets as the tremor hit off Sumatra's west coast at 5.16pm local time on Wednesday, 47 kilometres north-west of Padang. Dozens of aftershocks followed, including a major one yesterday afternoon that was measured by the United States Geological Survey at 6.8 and struck on land 225 kilometres south-east of Padang. Rescue teams from the Indonesian army and Health Ministry descended on Padang and surrounding towns yesterday to hunt for survivors in the twisted wreckage of collapsed buildings and homes. In pouring rain, overwhelmed police and soldiers were clawing through the tangled remains of schools, hotels and at least one major hospital that buckled in the quake. The Dr M Djamil hospital in the centre of Padang bore the brunt of the main quake. Most of the two-storey concrete complex was destroyed and so far rescuers have been unable to clear away rubble to search for survivors. ''We don't have enough doctors,'' said Dr Sudyar Iskander, director of the hospital. ''The other problem is phone
[wanita-muslimah] Blasphemy laws won't be misused, Pope assured
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\02\story_2-10-2009_pg1_1 Friday, October 02, 2009 Blasphemy laws won't be misused, Pope assured * Vatican expresses concern over plight of minorities in Pakistan * Pope urges Pakistan to protect its Christians ROME: Pope Benedict urged Pakistan on Thursday to guarantee protection of minority Christians, and President Asif Ali Zardari assured him that all stakeholders and political forces would be consulted to check and stop the misuse of blasphemy laws. Zardari met the Pope at his residence south of Rome at the end of a four-day trip to Italy aimed mainly at promoting trade. A Vatican statement said Zardari's talks with the Pope and Vatican officials centred on minority Christians in Pakistan following violence against their communities two months ago. Emphasis was given to the need to overcome all forms of discrimination based on religious affiliation, with the aim of promoting respect for the rights of all citizens, it said. Seven people - including four women and a child - were killed in violence that broke out in Gojra in August. The Christians' homes were burnt after unsubstantiated accusations that some of them had desecrated the holy Quran. Some 40 houses were burned down in the violence, which was condemned at the time by the Vatican, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the World Council of Churches. The Vatican statement said the talks also focused on elements that have favoured such incidents, an apparent reference to groups that have exploited Pakistan's blasphemy law, which allows the death penalty for blaspheming Islam. Pakistani government officials said at the time that the violence was the work of groups linked to Al Qaeda and the Taliban. The Vatican said the talks with Zardari examined the situation in Pakistan, with particular reference to terrorism and the commitment to create a society more tolerant and harmonious in all its aspects. The president said the government was committed to promoting interfaith harmony and tolerance, and that was why it had pioneered a resolution in the UN calling for interfaith harmony. F Federal Minister for Minorities Shehbaz Bhatti - who also attended the meeting - said that Pope Benedict also praised the steps taken by the government for the protection of minorities' rights and promotion of interfaith harmony. He said the pope had been told that the government also had plans to set up a federal interfaith complex, in addition to interfaith harmony committees in all districts of the country, which would have representation from members of all minorities. Non-Muslims make up less than 5 percent of Pakistan's 175 million people. agencies [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Penghinaan Malaysia Terkait Kehadiran Dua Juta TKI
http://www.antaranews.com/berita/1253707021/penghinaan-malaysia-terkait-kehadiran-dua-juta-tki Penghinaan Malaysia Terkait Kehadiran Dua Juta TKI Rabu, 23 September 2009 18:57 WIB | Peristiwa | Naker | Brisbane (ANTARA News) - Penghinaan sebagian warga Malaysia terhadap Indonesia tidak dapat dilepaskan dari kehadiran sekitar dua juta pekerja Indonesia di negara tetangga itu. Tenaga Kerja Indonesia (TKI) yang bekerja di Malaysia melakukan pengecekan keimigrasian di Bandara Adi Sumarmo, Solo. (ANTARA/Abar Nugroho Gumay) Mengapa Malaysia menghina kita ? Itu karena ada dua juta orang Indonesia (bekerja-red.) di sana, kata Menteri Negara BUMN Sofyan Djalil, pada acara ramah tamah dan dialog dengan puluhan mahasiswa dan warga Indonesia di kampus Universitas Queensland (UQ), St Lucia, Selasa malam (22/9). Sofyan mengemukakan, untuk memperbaiki citra bangsa, Indonesia mutlak perlu memiliki pertumbuhan ekonomi yang tinggi. Selama Indonesia belum mampu melipatgandakan pertumbuhan ekonomi nasionalnya agar mampu menyerap jutaan orang pencari kerja di Tanah Air, penghinaan bangsa lain terhadap Indonesia sulit dibendung, katanya. Menurut Sofyan, banyaknya warga Indonesia yang bekerja di berbagai sektor informal di Malaysia dan beberapa negara lain, tidak dapat dilepaskan dari keterbatasan daya serap lapangan kerja di Tanah Air akibat pertumbuhan ekonomi nasional yang belum mampu menyerap lebih banyak pencari kerja. Menurut anggota Kabinet Indonesia Bersatu kelahiran Aceh 23 September 1953 ini, dengan pertumbuhan ekonomi nasional sebesar tujuh persen, misalnya, jumlah tenaga kerja yang dapat diserap hanya sekitar 2,2 juta orang, sedangkan angka pencari kerja jauh di atas daya serap lapangan kerja yang ada. Fenomena tenaga kerja Indonesia di sektor informal di luar negeri, seperti pembantu rumah tangga, juga sudah memengaruhi citra RI di kawasan Timur Tengah,katanya. Pengalaman Malaysia Kemajuan Malaysia saat ini pun tidak terlepas dari strategi pemerintah negeri jiran itu mengirim sebanyak mungkin warganya belajar ke negara-negara industri maju, sehingga sumber daya manusianya kini umumnya lebih baik dari Indonesia. Bahasa Inggris pun tidak masalah bagi mereka, katanya. Sebaliknya Indonesia menghadapi bottle neck (masalah pelik-red.) pada kualitas sumberdaya manusia. Kualitas sumberdaya manusia adalah masalah besar di Indonesia. Di Indonesia, orang-orang qualified (ahli) sangat terbatas, kata suami akademisi perempuan kenamaan, Dr Ir Ratna Megawangi MSc itu. Sofyan Djalil mengatakan, sejak tumbangnya rezim Orde Baru tahun 1998 yang mengawali era reformasi, Indonesia mengalami banyak kemajuan dengan reputasi internasional yang menguat, namun bangsa ini masih dihadapkan pada sejumlah bottle neck akibat relatif rendahnya mutu sumberdaya manusia dan kelembagaan. Anda (mahasiswa Indonesia di luar negeri-red.) adalah orang-orang terpilih karena tidak banyak warga Indonesia yang mendapat peluang ini, katanya. Sofyan Djalil dan istri, Dr Ir Ratna Megawangi MSc, berada di Brisbane untuk mengunjungi anak mereka yang kuliah di UQ. Di sela kunjungan pribadinya itu, Sofyan Djalil memenuhi undangan Perhimpunan Mahasiswa Indonesia di UQ (UQISA), Perhimpunan Masyarakat Muslim Indonesia di Brisbane (IISB) dan Perhimpunan Pelajar Indonesia di Australia (PPIA) Queensland untuk bertatap muka dan berdialog dengan kalangan mahasiswa dan warga. (*) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [wanita-muslimah] The Destruction of Makkah Madinah!
Israel saja tidak mengijinkan pembangunan di sekitar kota Jerusalem lama secara sembarangan. Bahkan ketika Hotel King David dibangun, ia tidak boleh terlalu dekat dengan situs-situs yang disucikan oleh agama- agama Semit dan harus menggunakan batu yang sama dengan batu kota Jerusalem lama. Dengan demikian suasana sakral tetap terjaga. KM Original Message From: dharma.hutau...@gmail.com Date: 01/10/2009 15:27 To: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Subj: Re: [wanita-muslimah] The Destruction of Makkah amp; Madinah! Apabila hal ini benar, alangkah sayangnya. Bagi Anda yang ingin mengetahui lebih jauh kota Mekah dan Madina, silahkan menghubungi kami untuk mendapatkan Buku Penting: Mekah dan Madinah Di penuhi foto-foto yang mengharukan dan membanggakan. hubungi saya lewat japri di dharma.hutau...@gmail.com atau dharma_hutau...@erlangga.net On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 2:04 PM, sunny am...@tele2.se wrote: Untuk dibangun hotel dan fasilitas-fasilitas lainnya untuk tamu-tamu jemah haji. - Original Message - From: Razia Fatima To: yanabi_sis...@yahoo.com.au yanabi_sister%40yahoo.com.au Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 3:59 AM Subject: [wanita-muslimah] The Destruction of Makkah Madinah! The Destruction of Historical Sites in Makkah Madinah - The Cradle of Islam Yet Muslim Ummah Remains Absolutely Silent! Q. WHY? The Saudis are now set on unprecedented onslaught of demolishing the birthplace of Prophet Muhummed and the remaining historical structures in the heart of Makkah and Madinah, the cradle of Islam, revered by the world's over 1.5 billion Muslims. Over the last two decades most of Makkah's 1000-year-old historic sites have been bulldozed and replaced by casino style hotels, huge westernized malls, parking lots, roads and public washrooms. Failure to protect them from destruction is the biggest tragedy for the Islamic architectural heritage. The Saudi royal family claims to be guardians of the holy places of Islam, and profits hugely by visiting believers to Makkah and Medina for pilgrimage, and yet such self proclaimed custodians are party to this barbaric desecration of the holiest sites in the Islamic world. Today, the religious zealots in Saudi Arabia are not alone. Commercial developers such as Bin Laden Group and many others have joined hands with them and are making hundreds of millions in profits as they build ugly with out respecting any environmental concerns, and today lucrative high-rises are shadowing the Grand Mosque know as the Kaaba (House of God/Allah). Today Saudi petrodollars have the ability to silence even its most vocal critics, but when all is said and done, history will render a harsh judgment on those who try to wipe out its footprints and steal the heritage of all humanity. The problem is the Saudi's interpretation of Islam; they are opposed to the preservation of the old historic structures due to belief that some Muslims in their ignorance would overcome with love and awe that historic sites may invoke, leading to idolatrous thoughts. Destruction of the most precious sites in Islam for presumptuous fear of idolatry by some is like killing a child for fear that he may grow up to be less than pious. Instead of teaching proper Islamic etiquettes and manners one must conduct themselves with, when being around such historical sites of religious importance, the Saudis just annihilated these sites one by one. In effect, behind the obsessive fear of idolatry lies a complete lack of understanding and total fanaticism of radical Islam, unable even to appreciate its own past. The truth is that under the context of Preventing Idolatry Thoughts and be able to safely Accommodate Pilgrims in large numbers, all most all sites of historical importance related to Islam and early Muslims have been wiped out. What is the reason for this silence? Is it because Muslims nations have become so overwhelmed by the power of the Saudi denial of Visas for Pilgrimage (Hajj), that we have lost all courage and self-respect? Or is it because we feel a need to cover up Muslim-on-Muslim violence; Muslim-on-Muslim terror; Muslim-on-Muslim oppression? Or it is fear of loosing ones life in a barbaric way?, stories of citizens being disappeared are far too common, where it is commonly believed that the truth seekers and protesters get thrown naked in middle of Rab-al-Khali, the worlds 3rd largest and the hottest desert if not executed in one of the many underground hidden prisons. As all Muslims of the world have stake in the upkeep and maintenance of two Holiest Mosques and related historically important Islamic sites. King Abdulaziz, upon usurping control of Arab lands including holy cities of Makkah and Madinah from legitimate Hashemite (Prophets Muhummeds Tribe) rulers, promised to consult with Muslims of the world while undertaking major changes in the holy cities,
[wanita-muslimah] Palestinians Drop Effort to Push War Crime Report
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/world/middleeast/02mideast.html?ref=global-home Palestinians Drop Effort to Push War Crime Report By NEIL MacFARQUHAR Published: October 1, 2009 UNITED NATIONS - In a startling shift, the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Council dropped its efforts to forward a report accusing Israel of possible war crimes to the Security Council, under pressure from the United States, diplomats said Thursday. The Americans argued that pushing the report now would derail the Middle East peace process that they are trying to revive, diplomats said. We don't want to create an obstacle for them, Ibrahim Khraishi, the Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, said by telephone from Geneva, where the Human Rights Council is based. We want to get a strong resolution to deal with the report in a good manner to get a benefit from it. The report - produced by a panel of investigators led by an internationally respected jurist, Richard Goldstone - found extensive evidence that both Israel and Palestinian militant groups took actions amounting to war crimes during the Gaza war last winter. Israel says that it acted only to halt missile fire from Gaza that terrorized Israeli civilians. The position of the United States since the Goldstone report was released in early September has been that the Human Rights Council alone should deal with it. But in a compromise, the body is expected to pass a resolution Friday presented by the bloc of Arab and Muslim states that any action will be delayed until the next meeting in March. The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, warned the Palestinians and international powers earlier Thursday that any action to advance the report would be a denial of Israel's right to self-defense and would kill any chance of peace talks. Mr. Netanyahu, speaking during a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, said that any international endorsement of the report would strike a severe blow to the war against terrorism. But most immediately, he said, it would strike a fatal blow to the peace process, because Israel will no longer be able to take additional steps and take risks for peace if its right to self-defense is denied. Diplomats said that the Americans took their position that the report would delay the peace process before Mr. Netanyahu made his remarks. Michael Posner, the new assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor, would not comment Thursday about the negotiations. In a speech to the council this week, however, Mr. Posner called the report deeply flawed and criticized the council for what he called a fixation with Israel. But he concluded by saying that fair reviews on both sides would build confidence. Israel says that it has a serious inquiry under way, with 100 complaints from Gaza already examined and 23 cases still pending court action. It says that about a third of the 36 incidents in the Goldstone report are already under investigation by the military, while others have been referred for investigation. The Israeli government mounted a concerted diplomatic effort over the past few days against the resolution to forward the report. But there has been a growing debate within Israel itself, with some human rights organizations and academics calling for an independent, nonmilitary review of the Gaza conflict. Mr. Khraishi, the Palestinian ambassador, said that if a resolution were passed now insisting that the General Assembly or the Security Council deal with the matter, as the report itself recommends, it would most likely face an American veto. A delay gives the Israelis and Palestinians time to take up another recommendation in the report: that both sides set up independent investigation panels to look into possible war crimes. I don't think that the Americans or the Israelis or anybody can escape from the realities that Goldstone collected - not Hamas either, Mr. Khraishi said, referring to the Islamist group that controls Gaza. He said that he had the support of at least 33 members of the 47-member council - but not that of the United States, European Union members or Japan. There was a tremendous amount of pressure on all members by the Americans, said an Arab diplomat, who requested anonymity according to diplomatic protocol. The Americans wanted something to finish it; the compromise is to defer it, which means it is still alive. Isabel Kershner contributed reporting from Jerusalem. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Unjuk Rasa Anarkis PLN Ternate Dilempari Massa
Refleksi : Dimana-mana PLN bermain padam-padam listerik. Mungkin ini tanda masa kegelapan yang akan tiba? Ataukah sengaja listrik dikedip-kedipkan guna memperkuat tawaran SBY kepada perusahaan listerik di USA beberapa hari lalu? http://www.gatra.com/artikel.php?id=130700 Unjuk Rasa Anarkis PLN Ternate Dilempari Massa Ternate, 1 Oktober 2009 10:08 Kantor PLN Ternate, Maluku Utara (Malut), Rabu malam (30/9), dilempari massa, setelah PLN melakukan pemadaman listrik secara bergilir di kota ini. Akibat aksi pelemparan tersebut, sejumlah kaca jendela Kantor PLN Ternate pecah. Selain itu juga menimbulkan ketakutan pada karyawan PLN yang tinggal di perumahan sekitar kantor PLN itu. Massa yang dari sejumlah warga kelurahan tersebut melempari kantor PLN Ternate karena kesal terhadap pimpinan dan staf PLN yang tidak mau menemui mereka. Aksi anarkis massa tersebut berhasil dikendalikan aparat kepolisian yang sejak awal mengamankan kantor PLN Ternate serta kompleks perumahan di sekitar kantor itu. Salah seorang anggota kelompok masyarakat tersebut, Irwan mengatakan, mereka melakukan aksi demo di PLN Ternate karena pemadaman listrik secara bergilir yang dilakukan oleh PLN setempat semakin menyengsarakan masyarakat. Pemadaman listrik secara bergilir yang sebelumnya hanya selama lima jam per hari, dalam sepekan terakhir ini bertambah menjadi 10 jam per hari dan itu dilakukan secara tidak teratur. Coba bayangkan apa yang bisa dilakukan masyarakat kalau dalam setiap hari terjadi pemadaman listrik selama 10 jam. Anak-anak tidak bisa belajar pada malam hari, usaha juga banyak terhambat, katanya. Sebelumnya, massa dari sejumlah kelurahan di Kota Ternate juga mendatangi Kantor PLN Ternate dengan alasan yang sama. Saat itu Manajer PLN Ternate La Ode La Wati menjelaskan bahwa mereka terpaksa melakukan pemadaman secara bergilir karena kapasitas listrik di PLN Ternate semakin terbatas. Terbatasnya kapasitas listrik tersebut karena dari enam mesin listrik yang ada di PLN Ternate, berfungsi saat ini hanya tiga mesin, itu pun salah satu diantaranya sedang mengalami kerusakan. Kebutuhan listrik di Kota Ternate sebanyak 15 MW, sementara kapasitas yang ada sekarang hanya 12 MW. Kami sekarang sudah memprogramkan menyewa mesin listrik untuk mengatasi keterbatasan kapasitas listrik itu, katanya. [TMA, An [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Salam kenal
Assalamu'alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh Salam kenal untuk smuanya, Sy Maya Purnamihayu Artanty Tinggal d kelapa gading jakarta utara Senang rasanya bergabung dsini Banyak ilmu yg sy dpt Alhamdulillah menambah tali silaturahim Regards, ... Maya Purnami ... Happiness is not having what you want. It is wanting what you have Sent from my BoldBlackBerry® powered by INDOSAT === 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, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:wanita-muslimah-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:wanita-muslimah-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: wanita-muslimah-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
