Re: [wanita-muslimah] Re: Dr. Gina Puspina: Poligami Enak dan Perlu?
1. Kan ada tugas2nya : ada istri yg cari duit, ada istri yg urus anak, ada istri yg urusan dapur, nyuci, nyapu, nyetrika. Nanti itu di gilir. Tapi kalo nyari duit kayaknya sih enggak. Pembantu kan gak ada, ya istri2 itulah jadi pembantu :-) 2. Hidayatullah mungkin gak tau. Banyak sekte/aliran/faham dalam islam yg tidak sama dengan ajaran Islam 'pada umumnya' di Indonesia bisa tumbuh subur. Yg penting adalah gimana mereka beradaptasi, membaur jangan eksklusif. Ahmadiyah sekarang juga ndak apa2 lagi., di Tulungagung tempo hari ribut/ketauan ada aliran Baha'i; ribut sebentar lantas nggak ada apa2 lagi Padahal kalo lihat-baca buku tentang aliran sesat di Indonesia justru Darul Arqam/Rufaqa/GI paling banyak daftar 'dosa'nya dibandingkan misalnya dengan NII/Al Zaytun, Ahmadiyah, Lia Eden. Jadi ya sebenarnya apapun sekte/fahamnya bisa tumbuh di Indonesia asal bisa menyesuaikan diri dengan lingkungannya. Tempo waktu Ahmadiyah di serbu di Parungkuda kan lantaran masyarakat cemburu; masjid Ahmadiyah bagus :-) Sedangkan masjid masyarakat sekitar butut bin kumuh. GI kan melempar isu tentang poligami, ya gak ada masalah. Kita adalah bangsa yg pemaaf dan mudah lupa. 3. Jadi kalo mau lebih jelas mustinya Hidayatullah juga melihat gimana gitu mereka menjalankan syariat Islam; lha wong syahadatnya saja beda. Tempo hari di Malang ada yg bacaan solat pake bahasa Indonesaia , ribut, diadili. Itu karena salahnya sendiri pake ngomong2 :-)) 4. Tentang Klub Poligami : Kan ada juga tandingannya Klub laki2 anti poligami. = Kolim [??] Kayaknya mereka sirik, iri gitu loh :-) Ibaratnya ada " klub Pemilik 4 Mobil Mewah" . Gimana coba reaksinya, pasti kan juga di hujat. Gimana gitu rasanya yg cuma punya mobil 1, nggak mewah pula. Jadi kalo punya mobil mewah, rumah magrong2, bagusnya ya diam2 saja nggak usah pamer2 Salam, l.meilany - Original Message - From: total To: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 12:15 PM Subject: [wanita-muslimah] Re: Dr. Gina Puspina: Poligami Enak dan Perlu? Dr. Gina itu ahli pesawat terbang yg sudah menghabiskan uang rakyat untuk membiayai pendidikannya sampai S3 tapi hanya dipake untuk mengurusi suami yg doyan itu :( --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, Ari Condro wrote: > > aliran rufaqa alias darul arqam alias global ikhwan (klub poligami) > kan dinyatakan sebagai aliran sesat di Malaysia bukan. begitu juga > oleh beberapa kantor departemen agama di indonesia. > > kok hidayatullah tumben tumbennya mendukung aliran sesat :)) > > > On 11/5/09, cak lis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Dr. Gina Puspita mencarikan sendiri madu (istri kedua sampai > > keempat) untuk sang suami. Tapi tak mengaku tertindas. "Poligami itu > > enak dan perlu, " katanya > > > > kok bisa ya? klik: > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.hidayatullah.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9709:2009-11-04-13-55-48&catid=71:wawancara&Itemid=73 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > -- > salam, > Ari > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [wanita-muslimah] HUKUM CAMBUK ITU COCOKNYA UTK BINATNG LIAR SAJA....BUKAN UTK MANUSIA.
Tentang qanun jinayat yg sudah disetujui DPRD masih belum di laksanakan. Kan menunggu persetujuan dari Depdagri. Kayaknya juga Gubernur NAD, masih 'bimbang'. Kalo di Ambon tempo hari juga dipermasalahkan. Salam, l.meilany - Original Message - From: sunny To: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 5:11 AM Subject: Re: [wanita-muslimah] HUKUM CAMBUK ITU COCOKNYA UTK BINATNG LIAR SAJABUKAN UTK MANUSIA. Hukuman cambuk beralaku Indonesia, di Aceh dengan persetujuan MUI. Di Iran diberlakukan hukuman lempar batu sampai terhukum mati. Di Ambon juga pernah diberlakukan hukuman rajam oleh Laskar Jihad Sunnah Wal Jamaah. - Original Message - From: H. M. Nur Abdurahman To: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 10:47 PM Subject: Re: [wanita-muslimah] HUKUM CAMBUK ITU COCOKNYA UTK BINATNG LIAR SAJABUKAN UTK MANUSIA. - Original Message - From: "sunny" To: Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 05:06 Subject: Re: [wanita-muslimah] HUKUM CAMBUK ITU COCOKNYA UTK BINATNG LIAR SAJABUKAN UTK MANUSIA. Apakah negeri-negeri berpenguasa agama semit yang telah menghapuskan hukuman potong tangan, lempar batu sampai mati, hukuman cambuk telah melangar perintah Allah melalui nabi-nabi? # HMNA: Iya-iyalah ! Why not ? Bukan terkhusus negeri-negeri berpenguasa agama semit melulu, juga negeri-negeri sekuler pada umumnya. Lihat saja akibatnya. Overspel (keliwat main, perselingkuhan) meraja lela, mabuk-mabukan berkecamuk, korupsi / money politics meraja-lela di mana-mana. Ta' gendong kemana-mana ! # - Original Message - From: H. M. Nur Abdurahman To: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 6:41 PM Subject: Re: [wanita-muslimah] HUKUM CAMBUK ITU COCOKNYA UTK BINATNG LIAR SAJABUKAN UTK MANUSIA. - Original Message - From: "sunny" To: Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 22:17 Subject: Re: [wanita-muslimah] HUKUM CAMBUK ITU COCOKNYA UTK BINATNG LIAR SAJABUKAN UTK MANUSIA. Saya kurang tak tahu apa dasar falsafah dari hukuman cambuk, lempar batu sampai mati, potong tangan, # HMNA: Islam (juga Yahudi dan Nashrani) bukan atas dasar fissafat, tetapi atas dasar perintah Allah melalui para Nabi-Nabi: Musa AS, 'Isa AS dan Muhammad SAW. Dalam Tawrah ada perintah rajam, dalam Injil? Bacalah: Yesus memerintahkan potong tangan dan kaki bagi pencuri (MATIUS 5:30; 18:8 dan MARKUS 9:43,45) Mat 5:30 Dan jika tanganmu yang kanan menyesatkan engkau, penggallah dan buanglah itu, karena lebih baik bagimu jika satu dari anggota tubuhmu binasa dari pada tubuhmu dengan utuh masuk neraka. Mat 18:8 Jika tanganmu atau kakimu menyesatkan engkau, penggallah dan buanglah itu, karena lebih baik bagimu masuk ke dalam hidup dengan tangan kudung atau timpang dari pada dengan utuh kedua tangan dan kedua kakimu dicampakkan ke dalam api kekal. Mar 9:43 Dan jika tanganmu menyesatkan engkau, penggallah, karena lebih baik engkau masuk ke dalam hidup dengan tangan kudung dari pada dengan utuh kedua tanganmu dibuang ke dalam neraka, ke dalam api yang tak terpadamkan; Mar 9:45 Dan jika kakimu menyesatkan engkau, penggallah, karena lebih baik engkau masuk ke dalam hidup dengan timpang, dari pada dengan utuh kedua kakimu dicampakkan ke dalam neraka; Dalam Islam, tidak dibicarakan filsafat melainkan hikmah. Apa hikmah pemabuk dihukum cambuk? Untuk memelihara akal manusia. Apa hikmah pezina dirajam, untuk memelihara kejelasan keturunan manusia, apa hikamahnya pencuri dipotong tangannya, untuk memelihara harta milik manusia. Oh, ya mengapa cuma usil sanksi dalam agama Islam, Nashrani, Yahudi saja? Mengapa tidak usil itu lho di Singapura, sanksi cambuk bagi pemabuk. Howgh ## [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Pementasan "Kereta Kencana" (Rendra) Mulai Malam Ini di Salihara (Gratis)
Jadwal acara "Mengenang Rendra" di Komunitas Salihara: Jumat, 06 November 2009, 20:00 WIB Pementasan teater "Kereta Kencana" Sutradara: Putu Wijaya Aktor: Ikranegara & Niniek L Karim Sabtu, 07 November 2009 16:00 WIB Pembahasan puisi Rendra "Sihir Rendra" Pembicara: Sapardi Djoko Damono 19:00 WIB Pembacaan puisi Rendra Oleh: Ine Febrianti, N Riantiarno, Slamet Rahardjo 20:00 WIB Pementasan teater "Kereta Kencana" Sebagai penghormatan kepada almarhum Rendra (lahir 7 November 1935 dan wafat 6 Agustus 2009), Komunitas Salihara akan menyelenggarakan serangkaian acara di sekitar hari ulang tahun sang penyair dan dramawan. Selain dua malam pementasan Kereta Kencana (saduran Rendra atas lakon Les Chaises karya Eugene Ionesco) yang menampilkan aktor Ikranegara dan Niniek L Karim dengan sutradara Putu Wijaya. Akan diadakan pula pembacaan sejumlah puisi Rendra oleh Slamet Rahardjo, N Riantiarno, dan Ine Febriyanti (7 November, 19:00 WIB). Sementara itu, Sapardi Djoko Damono akan mengulas perpuisian Rendra dengan sorotan khusus terhadap sejumlah puisi yang ia anggap sebagai karya-karya terkuat sang penyair. Seluruh rangkaian acara diselenggarakan di Teater Salihara. Terbuka untuk umum dan GRATIS. Untuk keterangan lebih lanjut, silakan hubungi Melan di me...@salihara.org atau Dita di riaud...@yahoo.co.id, atau kunjungi www.salihara.org. Sampai jumpa di Komunitas Salihara! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=327095385225&ref=mf http://salihara.org/main.php?type=detail&module=news&menu=child&parent_id=2&id=19&item_id=853 Selalu bisa chat di profil jaringan, blog, atau situs web pribadi! Yahoo! memungkinkan Anda selalu bisa chat melalui Pingbox. Coba! http://id.messenger.yahoo.com/pingbox/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Zinah dan Perkosaan
Temans, Dulu, bbrp tahun yang lalu ada berita di WM, kalau tidak salah satu kasus di Pakistan. Seorang gadis yang ikut kakak perempuannya, diperkosa kakak iparnya (suami kakaknya), hamil, lalu dihukum cambuk karena dianggap berzinah. Si gadis itu tidak bisa mengelak karena dia terbukti berzinah karena bukti perutnya yang berubah bentuk, kakak iparnya sih tidak terbukti apa-apa karena memang tidak ada bukti fisik. Dan tidak ada usaha untuk menelusuri ayah kandung si bayi, eh sebenarnya test DNA itu bisa dilakukan selagi bayi di perut ibunya atau hanya setelah bayinya lahir ya? Nah kalau begitu kasusnya bagaimana? Apakah cambuk itu diberlakukan untuk yang berzinah suka sama suka + yang diperkosa juga alias yang suka hanya 1 pihak saja? salam AY --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, istiaji sutopo wrote: > > Mbak Lina ikut gabung ya, Benar mbak Lina kalau hukum cambuk itu > cocoknya untuk binatang liar. > > Terus yang berzinah itu juga cocoknya binatang liar bukan ? > Jadi adil don antara hukuman dan yang dihukum. > > Sayangnya berzinah sekarang sudah canggih, karena bisa ngumpet di hotel2 > mewah, apartemen dan vila. Apalagi dijaga sama satpam /security ..apa tumon ?
[wanita-muslimah] Palestinian negotiator mulls 1-state solution
http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=NDA1MTY3MjQ5 Palestinian negotiator mulls 1-state solution Published Date: November 05, 2009 RAMALLAH: The Palestinian chief negotiator in Mideast peace talks says his people should give up seeking an independent Palestinian state and pursue a single country for Palestinians and Israelis. Saeb Erekat says growing Jewish settlements are eating away at lands Palestinians want for their hoped-for state. Palestinians may have to abandon the goal of an independent state if Israel continues to expand Jewish settlements and the United States does not stop it Erekat," said yesterday. It may be time for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to "tell his people the truth, that with the continuation of settlement activities, the two-state solution is no longer an option", Erekat told a news conference. Israel has rejected the idea of a de facto annexation of the occupied West Bank, incorporating the Palestinians as citizens, as "demographic timebomb" that would make Jews the minority. Citing a 2003 peace "road map", Abbas has made a cessation of Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank a precondition for resuming statehood talks with Israel. The road map also required that Palestinians dismantle armed groups like Islamist Hamas, which opposes peace talks. That did not happen, and Hamas now controls t he Gaza Strip-half the Palestinian polity-in a running challenge to Abbas's mandate. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who met Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Saturday, unsuccessfully urged Abbas to negotiate with Israel and resolve the settlement issue within the framework of the talks. Erekat said Clinton-who praised as unprecedented Netanyahu's offer to temporarily limit construction in West Bank settlements to 3,000 additional housing units-was only opening the door to more settlements in the next two years. The alternative left for Palestinians is to "refocus their attention on the one-state solution where Muslims, Christians and Jews can live as equals", Erekat said. "It is very serious. This is the moment of truth for us. DICTATION VS NEGOTIATION Erekat said Netanyahu's concept of a separate Palestinian state alongside Israel with limited powers of sovereignty and his uncompromising position on the future of Jerusalem were tantamount to dictating the terms of peace negotiations. Netanyahu, Erekat said, told Abbas "that Jerusalem will be the eternal and united capital of Israel, that refugees won't be discussed, that our state will be demilitarized, that we have to recognize the Jewish state, that it's not going to be the 1967 borders, that the skie s will be under his control". This is dictation and not negotiations," he said. Netanyahu and Abbas last met in New York in September in a handshake meeting arranged by US President Barack Obama. Palestinians seek to establish their future state on all of the West Bank and Gaza, lands captured from Jordan and Egypt in a 1967 war, with East Jerusalem as its capital. "Anything short of that is a non-option for us," Erekat said. "If the Israelis believe they want to partition the West Bank with us, this is a no-go. This is a non-starter, Erekat said, in reference to Israeli control of West Bank settlements, adjacent land, and the territory's eastern Jordan Valley border. Clinton reaffirmed in Cairo yesterday that Washington does not accept the legitimacy of the Israeli settlements. But she added, in another nudge to Palestinians to talk with Israel: "Getting into final status negotiations will allow us to bring an end to settlement activity." Erekat said Palestinians "made a mistake" in the past by agreeing to negotiate with Israel without insisting on a settlement halt, and they were not about to repeat that error. In a statement, Netanyahu said Israel's aim remained the quick resumption of peace talks. But he also deplored the split between Hamas and Abbas's secular Fatah faction, which has widened over the president's disputed call for a Jan 24 ballot. "The possibility that Palestinian election might be held soon is causing a polarization of Palestinian Authority positions regarding Israel and is hindering the opening of negotiations," Netanyahu's office quoted him as saying. - Agencies [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Violent clashes rock Tehran
http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=MjkzNTY4NDQ2 Violent clashes rock Tehran Published Date: November 05, 2009 TEHRAN: Riot police waded in with batons and teargas to break up opposition protests in Tehran yesterday, as huge crowds staged a noisy anti-US rally nearby to mark the storming of the American embassy by students 30 years ago. Witnesses said the clashes occurred at Haft-e-Tir Square in the heart of the capital, where several hundred opposition supporters had gathered mid-morning to stage a demonstration. Marchers also called on US President Barack Obama to pick a side, as his administration pursues talks with the government. "Obama, Obama, you are either with them or with us," they chanted in Farsi in an amateur video clip widely circulated on the Internet. Riot police roared in on motorcycles and fired teargas at the protesters, who were chanting "Death to the dictator." When they refused to disperse, police moved in with batons, beating and arresting dozens of people as groups of pro-government hardliner s stood by chanting "Death to America. Opposition website Mowzcamp.com reported that opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi was among the protesters at the square but left quickly after he and his supporters came under attack by the hardliners. The White House said the United States hoped "violence will not spread" and that it was following the events "clearly and closely." French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said he was "worried" and the developments were "not a good omen, a government that represses at home and refuses dialogue outside. AFP reporter Farhad Pouladi was detained by security force members in the centre of Tehran, witnesses said. He was detained after being stopped by three security personnel, two in uniform and one in plainclothes. On many street corners and side roads away from Haft-e-Tir Square, opposition supporters numbering several thousand in all gathered in small groups, witnesses said. Staging brief demonstrations during which they chanted "Death to the dictator," and "Ya Hossein, Mir Hossein" - in praise of main opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi - the mainly young protesters quickly moved on to new sites when police tried to disperse them. Witnesses said the entire city centre had become a stage for "cat and mouse games" between police on motorbikes and youthful protesters. State news agency IRNA said protesters set fire to rubbish bins and attacked a bus, smashing its windows. It said two policemen were injured in the clashes and hospitalised. Meanwhile, state-owned English-language Press TV showed footage of the crowds of protesters as well as police on motorcycles but not of the clashes. Since June, opposition supporters have been staging protests at every opportunity in Tehran against the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a presidential vote they claim was massively rigged. About a kilometer away, outside the former US embassy complex dubbed the "Den of Spies," thousands of people joined a rally, chanting slogans such as "Death to America" and "Death to Israel." They also smashed up posters they had brought with them of the American "Uncle Sam" symbol and chanted "The blood in our veins is a gift to our leader" - a reference to Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. By mid-afternoon the streets of Tehran were calm again as people who took part in the various rallies and protests went home, witnesses said. However, a large security force presence remained on standby in the city centre. Yesterday's anniversary, which has turned into a cornerstone of the Islamic regime, marks the capture by radical Islamist students of the US embassy compound on Nov 4, 1979 - just months after the Islamic revolution toppled the US-backed shah. The students, who took 52 American diplomats hostage and held them for 444 days, said they were responding to Washington's refusal to hand over the deposed shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The two countries broke diplomatic ties after the event, which have yet to be restored. Obama, in a statement marking the anniversary of the event that sparked decades of hostility between America and Iran, urged Tehran to look to the future rather than the past. "We have heard for 30 years what the Iranian government is against; the question, now, is what kind of future it is for," he said. - Agencies [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Sila download dan sebarkan laman web e-book hafiz firdaus
Sila download dan sebarkan laman web e-book hafiz firdaus http://hafizfirdaus.com/content/view/175/76/ e-Buku yang Ditulis oleh Pengendali Laman (Hafiz Firdaus) Thursday, 01 January 2009 Anda boleh membaca buku secara online ataupun pindah turun untuk membaca ketika offline. Anda juga boleh meggunakan Laman Carian E-Book untuk capaian ayat khusus. (Download kini mula beroperasi) * halaman ini akan dikemaskini dari semasa ke semasa Untuk makluman para pembaca, sebahagian bahan bacaan dalam bentuk eBuku dapat dilayari dengan lebih baik menggunapakai pelayar IE. Jika anda menghadapi kesulitan dengan pelayar Mozilla, sila layari dengan pelayar IE. 1. 20 Persoalan Asas Tentang Hadis Baca Download 2. 20 Hujah Asas Golongan Anti Hadis dan Jawapannya. Baca Download 3. Sunni Yang Sunni Baca Download 4. Mencari Rahmat Allah Di Sebalik Perbezaan Pendapat Baca Download 5. Bid'ah Hasanah: Istilah yang Disalahfahami Baca Download 6. Buku Berkaitan Syiah * Pengenalan Kepada Syiah Rafidhah - Buku 1 Baca * Pengenalan Kepada Syiah Rafidhah - Buku 2 Baca * Jawapan Ahl al-Sunnah kepada Syi‘ah al-Rafidhah dalam Persoalan Khalifah - (Syiah) Buku 3 Baca * Jawapan Ahl Al-Sunnah Kepada Syi'ah Rafidhah - (Syiah) Buku 4 Baca 7. Christianity Through The Lens Of Christian And Muslim Scholars * 1 Baca Download * 2 Baca Download 8. Petunjuk al-Qur’an dan al-Sunnah berkenaan Haid, Istihadah dan Nifas Baca Download 9. Kaedah Memahami Hadis Hadis yg Saling Bercanggah Baca Download 10. Kaedah Memahami Hadis Musykil Baca Download 11. Himpunan Risalah Dalam Beberapa Persoalan Ummah * Buku 1 BacaDownload * Buku 2 Baca Download * Buku 3 Baca Download * Buku 4 Baca Download * Buku 5 Baca Download * Buku 6 BacaDownload 12. Marilah Berkenalan Dengan al-Quran Baca Download 13. Musafir Penerbangan dan Beberapa Permasalahannya Baca Download 14. Pedoman-pedoman Bermazhab Dalam Islam Baca Download 15. Menelan Air Liur Tidak Membatalkan Puasa Baca Download 16. Siapakah Ahli Sunnah Yang Sebenar? Baca Download 17. Sembahyang Jamak Dan Qasar Adalah Sedekah Allah Baca Download 18. Wahai Ayah Wahai Ibu Baca Download 19. Let’s Get Acquainted With Al-Qur’an Baca Download 20. 13 Perkara Yang Mencemari Kemurnian TauhidBacaDownload 21. Beberapa Persoalan Solat Baca Download 22. Berdakwah Melalui Penulisan Efektif Baca Download 23. 7 Tipudaya Syaitan ke Atas Umat Islam BacaDownload 24. Marilah Berkenalan Dengan Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamaah Baca Download 25. Fiqh Harta: Satu PengenalanBaca Download 26. Membongkar Aliran Islam Liberal Baca Download 27. Pengenalan Ringkas Kepada Ilmu Ushul al-Tafsir Baca Download 28. Pengenalan Ringkas Kepada Ilmu Ushul al-Fiqh Baca Download 29. Menjawab 17 Fitnah Terhadap Syaikh al-Imam Ibn Taimiyah Baca Download 30. Apakah Jihad Di Jalan Allah: Definisi, Kepentingan dan Kemuliaan Jihad Baca Download 31. Apakah Jihad Di Jalan Allah: Hukum dan Syarat-Syarat Jihad Baca Download 32. The Approach to Resolve Contradictory Prophetic Traditions Baca Download BARU 33. Pembongkaran Jenayah Ilmiah Buku Salafiyah Wahabiyah - 73 Penilaian Semula ke atas Penilaian Zamihan Mat Zin al-Ghari BacaDownloadBARU 34. Beberapa Persoalan Lazim Tentang Thaharah Baca Download BARU 35. Membersihkan Salah Faham Terhadap Dakwah Syaikh Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab 36. * Buku 1 * Buku 2 * Buku 3 * Buku 4 * Buku 5 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Fw: save our planet
YOGYAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - World Watch Institute, dalam laporan yang dirintis Watch Magazine Edisi November/Desember 2009 menyebut bahwa peternakan bertanggung jawab atas sedikitnya 51 persen penyebab gas rumah kaca global. Ini bukan lagi lampu kuning melainkan sudah lampu merah lebih detail kunjungi : http://sains.kompas.com/read/xml/2009/11/05/08121712/peternakan.hasilkan.51.persen.gas.rumah.kaca [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Bls: [wanita-muslimah] Hidupkan Karnaval Genderuwo
Bagus nih! Biar Indonesia tidak meniru-niru kebudayaan asing Halloween! Hidup Genederuwo! ummumuvidah --- Pada Sel, 3/11/09, sunny menulis: Dari: sunny Judul: [wanita-muslimah] Hidupkan Karnaval Genderuwo Kepada: undisclosed-recipi...@yahoo.com Tanggal: Selasa, 3 November, 2009, 5:37 AM Refleksi: Untuk menghidupkan dibutuhkan bantuan kaum pedagang, tanpa komersialisasi sulit untuk karnaval Genderuwo dihidupkan. Setuju dihidupkan biar ramai gembira ria, iblis bin seythan juga membutuhkan hari perayaan penuh keramaian. - Jawa Pos [ Senin, 02 November 2009 ] Hidupkan Karnaval Genderuwo JOGJA - Di kalangan masyarakat Jawa, dikenal bangsa jin yang disebut genderuwo. Gambarannya mengerihkan dengan tubuh besar hitam, bergigi runcing, dan rupa menyeramkan. Minggu 1 November kemarin, masyarakat Kampung Bumen Purbayan Kotagede, Jogjakarta mengadakan Karnaval Genderuwo. Karnavak itu untuk pertama kalinya diadakan lagi sejak tenggelam 1950-an. "Karnaval ini berawal dari usaha mengusir genderuwo yang lantas bisa dikuasai. Mereka akhinyr amengikuti setiap ada hajatan, termasuk mengiringi pengantin," terang Wardoyo sesepuh Kampung Bumen. Namun, kini tradisi itu dihidupkan lagi dalam suasana berbeda. Genderuwo itu disamarkan dalam berbagai bentuk agar bisa dijadikan asset budaya. Maka, jadilah gendruwo-gendruwo itu bukan sesuatu yang menakutkan. Tapi justru menjadi tontonan khalayak ramai. Karena diarak keliling kampung diiringi tetabuhan dan lucu-lucuan yang menghibur. Dalam karnval kemarin, genderuwo mengiringi sepasang "pengantin" yang diperankan seorang pemuda setempat dan Marissa Reichest seorang mahasiswi asal Jerman yang sedang studi di Jogja. Dan di belakang mereka, puluhan peserta dengan berbagai atribut. Mulai pakaian daerah, para Punakawan, serta ibu-ibu berbusana lucu-lucuan dengan bedak dan coretan di wajahnya masing-masing. (din/jpnn/ruk) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Menambah banyak teman sangatlah mudah dan cepat. Undang teman dari Hotmail, Gmail ke Yahoo! Messenger sekarang! http://id.messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Waspada Kesyirikan Di Balik Ramalan Mama Lauren
Hati-hati terhadap ramalan Pra-normal Indonesia, yakni Mama Lauren yang barusan meramalkan bahwa kota-kota besar di Jawa seperti Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang & Surabaya dalam waktu dekat ini akan mengalami bencana yang menyedihkan. Bahkan dia bersama para dukun lainnya seperti Ki Joko Bodoh cs berkumpul di suatu tempat untuk menangkal bencana yang katanya akan terjadi tersebut. Dan bukan itu saja, dia beberapa waktu lalu juga meramalkan bahwa kiamat akan terjadi pada tahun 2012...!!! Wahai saudaraku seiman dan seaqidah, Mari kita waspada. Waspada terhadap ramalan tersebut yang mustahil untuk dipercayai yang akan menjerumuskan kita ke lembah kesyirikan. Mari kita berhati-hati. Berhati-hati terhadap runtuhnya aqidah dan iman kita bila mempercayainya. Kenapa ramalan ini wajib untuk TIDAK dipercayai? Karena suatu ramalan sifatnya ghoibiyah dan tidak ada satu makhluk pun (baik manusia, malaikat maupun bangsa jin) yang bisa mengetahui sesuatu yang ghoib kecuali Allah Subhanahuwata'ala. Bahkan para malaikat yang berada di bawah "Arash" (singgasana) Allah Subhanahuwata'ala saja sebagai malaikat yang paling dekat jaraknya dengan Allah saja tidak bisa mengetahui sesuatu hal yang ghoib yang akan Allah perbuat dan rencanakan. Apalagi kita sebagai hamba-Nya yang hina ini yang seringkali berbuat dosa dan melupakan-Nya di waktu pagi dan sore di sepanjang hidup kita sampai detik ini, tentu lebih sangat mustahil DIA beritahu sesuatu yang ghoib. Rasulullah Shalallahu'alaihi wasallam saja selaku "kholilullah" (orang yang paling dikasihi Allah bersama Nabi Ibrahim 'alaihissalam) dan Nabi kita yang kita bersahadat atasnya di dalam setiap sholat kita, beliau sendiri tidak bisa menjawab dengan pasti sewaktu para Sahabat bertanya tentang kapan terjadinya hari kiamat, beliau hanya menjawab "hanya Allah yang tahu.." Allah hanya mewahyukan kepadanya sekedar tanda-tandanya saja, seperti terbitnya matahari dari barat, munculnya dajjal, turunnya Nabi Isa dan datangnya Imam Mahdi alaihissalam, banyaknya jumlah perempuan daripada laki-laki, dsb. tidak lebih dan tidak kurang. Dan Allah hanya mewahyukan sesuatu yang ghoib hanya kepada para Nabi dan Rasul. Itupun seizin-Nya melalui jibril as. selaku pembawa wahyu. Namun baru-baru ini tiba-tiba datang seorang perempuan Bukanlah seorang nabi Bukan pula seorang rasul Tepatnya seorang dukun (yang saat ini dirubah penyebutannya untuk menyamarkan ummat dari kefasikannya menjadi "Pra-normal"), seorang yang tidak jelas asal-usulnya, seorang yang tidak seiman dan seaqidah dengan kita, tiba-tiba datang dengan berita ramalan ini apakah layak untuk kita percayai dan diimani...? Wahai saudaraku seiman dan seaqidah, Mari kita kembali kepada Al-Qur'an dan hadits selaku pedoman hidup kita. Allah Subhanahuwata'ala di dalam Al-Qur'an banyak mewahyukan kepada Nabi Muhammad SAW untuk disampaikan kepada kita ummatnya agar berhati-hati terhadap masalah yang ghoib dan mengharamkan kita untuk mempercayainya. Allah azzawajalla berfirman dalam surat An-Nahl ayat 65: "Katakanlah, "Tidak akan mengetahui seorangpun (makhluk) yang di langit dan yang di bumi itu tentang (hal) ghaib kecuali Allah." (an-Nahl:65) Allah juga berfirman dalam surat Al-Jin: "Dialah yang mengetahui yang ghaib dan tidak seseorangpun yang diberitahu tentang keghoiban itu kecuali orang yang dikehendaki-Nya daripada para rasul." (Jin: 26-27) Dan Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam bersabda dalam salah satu haditsnya: "Tidak ada yang mengetahui perkara yang ghaib kecuali Allah." (HR.Thabrani: derajat hadits "Hasan") Apa hubungannya ramalan ini terhadap aqidah dan iman kita? Wahai saudaraku seiman dan seaqidah, mari kita berlepas diri terhadap perbuatan orang-orang yang memusuhi Allah ini, yaitu para dukun alias pra-normal. Sangat besar ancaman Allah terhadap orang-orang yang percaya terhadap ramalan para dukun, apalagi sampai mendatanginya. Bahkan orang yang mendatangi dukun dan mempercayainya maka dia telah keluar dari dien Islam alias kafir, walaupun dia tetap menyatakan diri sebagai seorang muslim dan tetap melaksanakan sholat, namun di mata Allah dia telah kafir terhadap apa yang diturunkan kepada Muhammad SAW yakni Islam. Rasulullah SAW bersabda: Ù ÙÙ٠أÙتÙÙ ÙÙاÙÙÙا٠أÙÙ٠عÙرÙاÙÙا ÙÙصÙدÙÙÙÙÙ٠بÙÙ Ùا ÙÙÙÙÙÙÙ ÙÙÙÙد٠ÙÙÙÙر٠بÙÙ Ùا Ø£ÙÙÙزÙÙ٠عÙÙÙÙ Ù ÙØÙÙ ÙÙد٠Barangsiapa yang mendatangi ahli nujum dan dukun dan mempercayai ucapannya maka dia telah kafir terhadap apa yang diturunkan kepada Muhammad (HR. Ahmad. Derajat hadits "Shohih") Yaitu dia telah kafir terhadap Al Quran, dan orang yang kufur terhadap Al Quran batal keislamannya. Pada hadits ini sudah jelas bagi kita bahwa mendatangi para dukun terlebih lagi mempercayai setiap ramalannya adalah perbuatan syirik. Dan perbuatan syirik adalah puncaknya segala kemaksiatan dan dosa dimana orang yang melakukan perbuatan syirik akan keluar dengan sendirinya dari dien Islam. Mung
Bls: [wanita-muslimah] saudi memasuki islam berpaham liberal...dan sain.
zaman memang sudah edan, kwalak-kwalik! yg benar dibilang gelap yg salah dibilang terang! ummumuvidah --- Pada Sen, 2/11/09, abdul latif menulis: Dari: abdul latif Judul: [wanita-muslimah] saudi memasuki islam berpaham liberal...dan sain. Kepada: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Tanggal: Senin, 2 November, 2009, 8:41 AM ISLAM BERPAHAM LIBERAL MASUK KEDALAM KERAJAAN SAUDI, DAN ISLAM BERPAHAM FUNDAMENTALIS TERSINGKIR.http: //www.youtube. com/watch? v=axQe5ElwTxs& feature=related http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=VMpz043KtIg& feature=related Sangat kita sayangi sekali sekiranya Aceh kembali kepada zaman gelap yg terbelakang, mundur dgn mengatasnamakan; menjaga akhlaq islam yang mulia di Aceh. Saudi ketinggalan 100 tahun dari negara2 maju, yang telah klebih dahulu mengusai sain dan menghabiskan perbudakan2. ..terutama perbudakan wanita2.. Wassalam [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Nikmati chatting lebih sering di blog dan situs web. Gunakan Wizard Pembuat Pingbox Online. http://id.messenger.yahoo.com/pingbox/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Tengil di FB, Evan Brimob Dilaporkan ke Kompolnas
http://www.detiknews.com/read/2009/11/05/131122/1235788/10/tengil-di-fb-evan-brimob-dilaporkan-ke-kompolnas Kamis, 05/11/2009 13:14 WIB Tengil di FB, Evan Brimob Dilaporkan ke Kompolnas Arifin Asydhad - detikNews Jakarta - Evan Brimob, salah satu akun di facebook (FB), membuat gempar. Pemilik akun ini menampilkan foto profil dengan foto seseorang mengenakan baret biru dan seragam Brimob. Dia menulis status yang menyeramkan! Dia pun dilaporkan ke Komisi Polisi Nasional (Kompolnas). Entah apakah Evan Brimob memang anggota Brimob atau tidak. Yang jelas, di komentar-komentar FB, dia menantang para komentator. Komentar di FB Evan Brimob sangat ramai gara-gara dia menulis status: "Polri gak butuh masyarakat, tapi masyarakat yg butuh Polri. Maju terus kepolisian Indonesia, telan hidup2 cicak kecil..". Si pelapor Evan Brimob ke Kompolnas adalah Wawan, warga Catur Tunggal, Sleman. Dia melapor ke Kompolnas dengan mengisi formulir yang disediakan Kompolnas tertanggal 5 November 2009. Wawan mengirimkan formulir pengaduan yang diisinya itu ke redaksi detikcom , Kamis (5/11/2009). Saat menulis kesatuan yang dilaporkan ke Kompolnas, Wawan menulis: Sat Brimob Polda Sumsel. Apakah Evan Brimob adalah benar anggota polisi dari Brimob Polda Sumsel? Entahlah. Namun, di profilnya, Evan Brimob mengaku bertugas di Sat Brimob Polda Sumsel. Yang jelas, Wawan menulis dalam kolon 'Bentuk Perbuatan', sebagai berikut: "Membuat pernyataan yang melecehkan masyarakat dan beropini negatif tentang masyarakat, secara tidak langsung membuat pernyataan yang provokatif dan bisa memperkeruh isu-isu tentang KPK dan Polri di situs jejaring social facebook." Dia juga memberikan link di sebuah situs forum yang meramaikan tentang hal itu. Di FB, Evan Brimob mendapat banyak komentar yang sangat banyak oleh para pemilik akun FB yang menjadi 'friend'-nya. Mereka mengomentari status Evan Brimob yang bertuliskan: "Polri gak butuh masyarakat, tapi masyarakat yg butuh Polri. Maju terus kepolisian Indonesia, telan hidup2 cicak kecil..". Salah seorang pengguna FB yang berkomentar adalah Yudhistira Lembang. Dia merespons dengan kalimat sebagai berikut: Lo digaji masyarakat lewat pajak, dodol. Jangan bilang polisi gak butuh masyarakat. Klo lo ga butuh masyarakat, lo tinggal di hutan saja sama monyet." Pemilik akun lain, Maquin Spanish berkomentar: "Evan, katanya saya bisa melakukan pengaduan kalau ada tindakan polisi yang merugikan masyarakat. Oleh sebab itu, saya akan tulisan kamu ini di pengaduan saya di web kepolisian. " Evan Brimob kemudian menimpali: "Maquis, kamu mengerti apa masalah hukum. kamu tuh gak lebih dari kumpulan orang2 yg gak berguna. Mungkin cinta kamu pernah ditolak oleh polisi ya. Ya iyalah mana mau polisi sama orang yg gak penting kayak lo.." Berbalas komentar antara Evan Brimob dengan pemilik akun FB lainnya kemudian dipindahkan ke forum dan didistribusikan ke banyak mailing list. Dan kasus Evan Brimob ini seakan meledak. Dia pun menerima banyak hujatan. Di FB sendiri sudah muncul fan: Arogansi Evan Brimob Indonesia. Saat ini sudah lebih 300 orang yang bergabung. Juga ada akun FB tandingan bernama 'Evan Brimob Asu' dengan foto profil Evan Brimob yang diplesetkan. Terhadap para lawannya, di salah komentarnya, Evan Brimob menulis sebagai berikut: "oh silakan2, satu jengkal pun saya tidak akan mundur. Jangan tidak ya... saya tunggu. Kalau tidak, berarti Anda yg perkarakan dengan hukum." (asy/nrl) Saut Situmorang http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=554828232&ref=name http://sautsitumorang.multiply.com/ http://sautsitumorang.wordpress.com/ -During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act (George Orwell)
[wanita-muslimah] 7 Common Prayer Mistakes Reminded..
7 Common mistakes usually made in prayers...(a reminder to all, espacially our siblings must be guided)- Listed below are the 7 Common mistakes usually we make in prayers: Mistake 1: Reciting Surat al-Faatihah fast without pausing after each verse. The Prophet (SAW) used to pause after each verse of this surah. (Abu Dawood) Mistake 2: Sticking the arms to the sides of the body, in rukoo' or sujoods, and sticking the belly to the thighs in sujood. The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: 'Let not one of you support himself on his forearms (in sujoods) like the dog. Let him rest on his palms and keep his elbows away from his body.' (Sahih Muslim) . The Messenger of Allah (SAW) used to keep his arms away from his body during rukoo' and sujoods that the whiteness of his armpits could be seen (Sahih Muslim). Mistake 3: Gazing upward during prayer. This may cause loss of concentration. We are commanded to lower our gaze, and look at the point at which the head rests during sujoods. The Prophet (SAW) warned: 'Let those who raise their gaze up during prayer stop doing so, or else their sights would not return to them. i.e. lose their eyesight].' (Muslim) Mistake 4 : Resting only the tip of the head on the floor during sujoods. The Prophet (SAW) said: 'I am commanded to prostrate on seven bones the forehead and the nose, the two hands [palms], the two knees, and the two feet.' (Sahih Muslim) Applying the above command necessitates resting the forehead and the nose on the ground during sujoods. Mistake 5 : Hasty performance of prayer which does not allow repose and calmness in rukoo' or sujood. The Messenger of Allah (SAW) saw a man who did not complete his rukoo' [bowing], and made a very short sujood [prostration] ; he (SAW) said: 'If this man dies while praying in this manner, he would die upholding a religion other than the religion of Muhammad.' Abu Hurairah (RA) said: 'My beloved friend, Muhammad (SAW) forbade me to perform postures of prayer copying the picking of a rooster; (signifying fast performance of prayer), moving eyes around like a fox and the sitting like monkeys ( i.e. to sit on thighs).' (Imam Ahmad & at-Tayalisi) The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: ' The worst thief is the one who steals from his own prayer.' People asked, 'Messenger of Allah! How could one steal from his own prayer?' He (SAW) said: 'By not completing its rukoo' and sujoods.' (At Tabaraani & al-Hakim). To complete rukoo' is to stay in that posture long enough to recite 'Subhana rabbiyal Adheem' three times, SLOWLY, and 'Subhana rabbiyal-a'ala' three times, SLOWLY, in sujoods. He (SAW) also announced: 'He who does not complete his rukoo' and sujoods, his prayer is void.' (Abu Dawood & others) Mistake 6 : Counting tasbeeh with the left hand The Prophet (SAW) used to count tasbeeh on the fingers of his right hand after salah. Ibn Qudamah (RA) said: ' The Messenger of Allah (SAW) used his right hand for tasbeeh.' (Abu Dawood). The above hadeeth indicates clearly that the Prophet (SAW) used only one hand for counting tasbeeh. No Muslim with sound mind would imagine that the Prophet (SAW) used his left hand for counting tasbeeh. Aa’isha (RA) said that the Prophet (SAW) used his left hand only for Istinjaa', or cleaning himself after responding to the call of nature. He never used it for tasbeeh. Yasirah (RA) reported: The Prophet (SAW) commanded women to count tasbeeh on their fingers. The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: 'They (the fingers) will be made to speak, and will be questioned (on the Day of Resurrection. )' (At-Tirmidhi) .. The above Hadeeth indicates that it is preferable to count tasbeeh on the fingers of the right hand than to do so on masbah (rosary). Mistake 7 : Crossing in front of a praying person. The Messenger of Allah (SAW) warned: 'Were the one who crosses in front of a praying person to know the consequences of doing so, he would have waited for *forty better than to cross in front of him.' (Sahih Bukhaari and Muslim). *The forty in the tradition may be days months or even years. Allah knows best. Common Errors in Prayer That MUST Be Avoided - Please inform your near and dear ones to take care of the above. Remember Muslim Ummah in your supplications Jazakum Allah Khairan! __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Add whatever you love to the Yahoo! India homepage. Try now! http://in.yahoo.com/trynew [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [wanita-muslimah] Pro.Alexander,Abbas,Lina HMNUwanita-muslimah] KARENA TIDAK PERNAH
Hahaha., sdr itu ilmunya seberapa tinggi bila dibandingkan dgn para khalifah dan ulama besar? Dgn mbak Lina aja, ilmu sdr sdh sgt jauh dibawahnya. 4 khalifah dan imam 4 mahzab yg sgt hebat itu tdk ada yg jahil dan picik spt sdr, itu kalau sdr seorang muslim. Nyatanya, sdr adalah seorang pengikut Paulus, yg mengaku sbg seorang muslim. Mengapa sdr mengaku sbg orang Islam dan lalu bicara mslh syariat agama Islam?? Harap sdr sadari, bahwa tidak ada tauziyah dan diskusi di dalam agama Islam yg menggunakan Alkitab Perjanjian Lama sbg salah satu landasan ucapannya! Itu hny salah satu bukti bhw sdr adalah seorg Kristiani. Hal2 lain tdk akan saya ungkap, agar bila sdr menggunakan nama lain, identitas sdr bs sgr terdeteksi. Seharusnya sdr lebih cerdas jika ingin menyusup dan merusak Islam dr dalam. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee... (Amsal 9: 8) Tp, kalimat "but foolish one hates you.." adalah tambahan dr sdr sndr, bukan "Firman ALLAH kpd Nabi Daud" spt yg sdr bilang. Dan itulah ciri khas umat Kristiani yg gemar menambah2i firman ALLAH utk kepentingannya sndr. Disgusting., yuckss...!! Bila sdr bilang bhw cara shalatnya umat Islam hny mengikuti nenek moyang saja, maka sdr telah salah besar. Dan, seharusnya sdr bilang hal semacam itu kpd para pdt atau romo sdr. Bukankah agama sdr (Kristen atau Katolik?) itu hny mengekor apa yg dikatakan para petinggi gereja saja? Get lost coward n freak..!!! --Original Message-- From: abdul latif Sender: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com To: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Subject: [wanita-muslimah] Pro.Alexander,Abbas,Lina HMNUwanita-muslimah] KARENA TIDAK PERNAH Sent: Nov 3, 2009 5:22 AM Firman ALLAH kpd Nabi Daud; Rebuke a wise man, he will love you. but foolish one hates you... Orang2 yang berilmu dan bijak kalau di koreksi dia sangat senang dgn kamu.. tapi orang2 bodoh malah membenci kamu... Bpk dalam hal ini ingin mengoreksi pemahaman islam dan shalat yg dilakukan oleh kita semua sebagai seorang MUSLIM Pada umumnya kita tidak pernah memeriksa apa yg di ajarkan oleh guru2 agama kita inilah kesalahan utama dari kita semua. Bacaan Shahadat. waktu kita membacaShahadat. .telunjuk kita di naikan pertanda ALLAH itu ESA (Tauhid) Sayangnya waktu yang sama kita menyebutkan Nama Rasulullah saw adalah pesuruh ALLAH...INI yang JANGGALMENGKULT USKAN Nabi Muhammad saw... Bagi ALLAH semua Rasul2 itu adalah sama..tidak dibedakan bedakan.. Pada umumnya kita shalat itu hanya mengikuti nenek2 kita, tanpa ada koreksi sama sekali.Ini peringatan ALLAH kepada kita yang suka IKUT2AN dgn nenek2 kita; Apabila dikatakan kepada mereka, “Marilah ikuti apa yang Allah telah terangkan dan ikutilah rasul,” mereka berkata, “Apa yang kami dapati ibu bapa ibu bapa kami amalkan itu cukuplah bagi kami.” Apa akan jadi sekiranya ibu bapa ibu bapa mereka tidak mengetahuisuatu apapun dan tidak mendapat petunjuk? QS 5:104. --- On Mon, 11/2/09, Alexander wrote: From: Alexander Subject: Re: Pertanyaan untuk dul Latif <= Re: [wanita-muslimah] KARENA TIDAK PERNAH To: wanita-muslimah@ yahoogroups. com Date: Monday, November 2, 2009, 1:08 AM Benar mbak Lina, saya sependapat. Banyak kosa kata yg digunakan oleh dul latif itu adalah kosa kata khas dr umat Kristiani. Bahkan JIL-pun gak akan menggunakan kosa kota yg digunakan oleh dul latif ini. Dan saya sgt setuju, sekaligus menghimbau kpd sdr2 sesama musim, utk mengabaikan saja email2 dr dul latif ini. Wasting time. Sincerely, AEC Sent from my BlackBerry® powered by Sinyal Kuat INDOSAT -Original Message- From: "Lina" Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:37:07 To: Subje Sent from my BlackBerry® powered by Sinyal Kuat INDOSAT
[wanita-muslimah] There Was No Sex in USSR Indeed
http://english.pravda.ru/russia/history/110310-1/ There Was No Sex in USSR Indeed 05.11.2009 The first years of Perestroika were marked with the growing epidemic of AIDS in the West and the rising popularity of TV call-in shows featuring Soviet and American citizens in Russia. I watched all these shows but one. I know about the one I missed from my grandmother who gave me an enthusiastic recap: "Some American woman asked a question about sex, and a Russian woman got up and said "There is no sex in the USSR!"" Later, this phrase became proverbial. The poor woman became a laughing stock. However, there was some truth to her words as there was no sex in the USSR, indeed. The key, nonetheless, is the understanding of what the word "sex" meant in the USSR. In the 1970s, Literaturnaya Gazeta (Literary Newspaper), a newspaper popular among intelligentsia, used to publish various reports from the USA. To this day, I remember an article about 42nd Street in New York, rife with words like striptease, sadism, masochism, sexual perversions, prostitution, and pornography. After reading these reports, we were convinced that Western countries, especially the US, were hubs of debauchery. The word "sex" was used in the articles about the vices of capitalistic society and, at times, in translated literature. It was not typical for conversational speech. The Soviet government was concerned with preserving family values, mainly, because it could benefit from it. A family was a minimum unit the government could control, hence the name "social unit." Everything that happened outside of family life was hard to control, and therefore, was deemed suspicious and undesirable. Sexual freedom was considered destructive for family values. The government designed various administrative barriers to prevent sex outside of wedlock. People who were not officially married could not share a room in a hotel, or stay overnight in a students' dorm. Sexual education in schools was nonexistent as it could lead to debauchery. People were given no information about contraception since it was believed that the lack of knowledge would contribute to abstinence. Interestingly enough, the phenomenal number of abortions performed on Soviet women was completely dismissed. The only form of sexual education available was boring lectures describing STDs read in vacation retreats. I remember the Russian media trashing the Western sexual revolution. Interestingly, anti-bourgeois trends, typical for young people in the West in the end of the 1960s, were perceived by Russians as bourgeois decadence. Hippies received their fair share of criticism as well. Although they protested against bourgeois society, they also protested against order. The USSR government's biggest fear was uncontrollable, chaotic and spontaneous events associated with destruction. Free market was criticized for being unordered and anarchical. Everything that had an element of change in it was considered bad, including job-hopping, one-night stands, and promiscuous sexual relations. In the late 1970s, certain shifts occurred in youth culture. It was immediately reflected in the Russian language where such words as oversexed and polyamory came to use. The first mention of AIDS in the West appeared at the same time Perestroika began in the USSR. Russian society became more open and could not ignore the threat. The struggle against the virus was unthinkable without sex education. As strange as it may seem, during the struggle prostitution was short of being legalized, and pornography and sexual freedom flourished. While the appearance of AIDS was the end of the sexual revolution in the West, in Russia it was just the beginning. Many years have passed. No one will dare say that there is no sex in Russia. Hotels are happy to offer their rooms to anyone on a "per hour" basis. Erotic videos can be purchased in stores, online, or downloaded from the web. Dating sites and swingers' clubs are gaining in popularity. Life is getting better. However, Russian society still considers sex as something negative. While it is readily available and obvious, sex remains a symbol of sin and vice. Russians still have conservative values. Opinion polls targeting young people reveal that they are even more traditional than the older generation. These values, however, are not necessarily observed. Bigotry is another issue. Those who openly discuss their desires are criticized more than anyone. You are better off keeping your dreams to yourself. Rabkor.ru [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [wanita-muslimah] Atasi Krisis Listrik dengan Hujan Buatan
- Original Message - From: "sunny" To: Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 23:13 Subject: [wanita-muslimah] Atasi Krisis Listrik dengan Hujan Buatan Refleksi: Mengapa harus bikin hujan buatan untuk atasi krisis listrik dari pada pergunakan sinar matahari dengan solar panel? Bikin hujan buatan nanti bisa dicap bahwa manusia mau melebihi Sang Mahaberkuasa atas bumi dan langit, tambah repot, masalahnya dan habis gelap hanya terbit gelap pula, bukan habis gelap terbit terang. HMNA: Ini saya postingkan ttg "hujan buatan", tulisan dari yang dul Latif tuduhkan sebagai golongan Islam fundamentalis fanatik Taliban. . BISMILLA-HIRRAHMA-NIRRAHIYM WAHYU DAN AKAL - IMAN DAN ILMU [Kolom Tetap Harian Fajar] 038. Menabur Awan Suatu Serendipitas Menabur awan adalah terjemahan dari seeding the clouds ataupun het enten van woken. Kedua ungkapan asing itu biasanya diterjemahakan dalam bahasa Indonesia dengan ungkapan membuat hujan. Terjemahan ini dapat menyesatkan, lebih-lebih bagi mereka yang begitu kagum bercampur fanatik, yang hampir-hampir mengkultuskan iptek. Bagi yang tidak begitu mengetahui seluk-beluk hujan buatan itu dikiranya seenaknya saja hujan itu dapat dibuat. Hujan itu merupakan bagian dari apa yang disebut dalam dunia ilmiyah dengan ungkapan daur hidrologik. Daur adalah suatu yang melingkar. Hidrologi adalah ilmu tentang seluk beluk tabiat air. Secara gampangnya, daur hidrologik itu dapat dijelaskan seperti berikut. Air hujan turun ke bumi, ada air yang langsung mengalir di atas permukaan bumi, yang disebut sungai. Ada yang masuk meresap dalam tanah, disebut air tanah. Di mana mungkin air dalam tanah mengalir membentuk sungai dalam tanah, dan yang sempat muncul di permukaan tanah disebut mata air, yang menjadi hulu sungai. Sungai-sungai di atas tanah bersama-sama dengan sungai-sungai di bawah tanah mengalirkan air ke laut. Di tengah jalan aliran air itu di beberapa tempat berhenti mengalir, untuk beristirahat sejenak di danau-danau. Air di laut di danau dan di sungai-sungai menguap ke udara, karena dipukul oleh radiasi matahari. Di udara air itu berwujud awan. Dari awan ini turunlah hujan. Demikianlah daur hidrologik itu melingkar terus. Bagaimana proses terbentuknya hujan dari awan merupakan masalah yang musykil, memusingkan para pakar. Pasalnya ialah walaupun suhu awan sudah jauh di bawah titik beku, air masih berbentuk uap. Seharusnya dalam suhu yang rendah itu sudah terbentuk butir-butir kristal es dari awan itu. Seorang pakar bernama John Aitken berteori bahwa kristal es baru dapat terbentuk apabila ada zat yang halus sekali apakah debu atau materi lain, yang menjadi inti butir-butir kristal itu. Tanpa zat halus itu tak mungkin terbentuk titik-titik kristal itu. Bermodalkan teori ini sejumlah pakar mengadakan penelitian dari tahun ke tahun tanpa hasil. Macam-macamlah zat yang dicoba untuk ditaburkan di atas awan. Tentu saja menaburnya dari atas kapal terbang. Vincent Joseph Schaever mengadakan penelitian tidak pakai kapal terbang dan tidak berurusan dengan awan di alam bebas, karena biayanya mahal. Ia membuat simulasi, yaitu membuat contoh dengan meniru keadaan yang sebenarnya. Schaever mengambil ruang dalam lemari es sebagai simulasi angkasa di atas sana yang dingin. Sebagai simulasi awan ia mempergunakan hembusan napasnya ke dalam lemari es. Sudah banyak zat yang dicobanya, sampai-sampai kepada mentega. Tidak ada yang berhasil. Rupanya semua usahanya seperti sia-sia. Lalu pada suatu hari sedang asyik-asyiknya Schaever meneliti didepan lemari es simulasinya itu, seorang kawan datang mengajaknya makan siang. "Tinggalkan dulu pekerjaanmu yang melelahkan itu, lebih baik kita pergi mengisi perut." Schaever menurut, dan sebelum pergi ia meninggalkan lemari esnya dalam keadaan terbuka, karena suhu cuaca sedang menurun. Dengan demikian suhu dalam ruang simulasi turut turun suhunya. Setelah kembali ke laboratoriumnya sehabis makan, dengan kecewa ia mendapati suhu udara bebas sedang naik. Suhu ruang simulasinya juga ikut naik tentunya, sehingga penelitian tidak dapat dengan segera dimulainya. Harus menunggu dahulu mesin refrigerator bekerja menurunkan suhu ruangan simulasi. Schaever berpikir cepat, teringat bahwa di lemari es yang lain tersimpan es kering. Ingat jangan dikacaukan dengan es krim. Es kering adalah CO2 yang padat, jauh lebih dingin dari es biasa. CO2 ini zat istimewa, tidak pernah dalam phase cair, dari padat langsung jadi phase gas. Itulah sebabnya disebut dry ice, es kering, karena tak pernah basah. Schaever memasukkan es kering ke dalamnya. Dengan demikian ia dapat menghemat waktu. Secara kebetulan bersamaan dengan masuknya es kering itu ia mengeluarkan napas. Ia segera membelalak. Segala jerih payahnya selama ini terbayar. Ia m
[wanita-muslimah] No Mr. President, They Are Not Apostates!
http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=18515 No Mr. President, They Are Not Apostates! 18/10/2009 By Mshari Al-Zaydi There was no need for the Yemeni President to liken southern separatists in Yemen to apostates from Islam. It would have been enough, and his right, to praise the achievement of uniting Yemen and establishing the republic and to have said some sentimental and effective words about the history of Yemen and how it had fell under the yoke of colonialism, a foreign mandate, backward sheikhdoms and the ruthlessness of the Imamate. It would have been enough had he spoken about all the sacrifices that had been made and all those who had laid down their lives to bring the two parts of Yemen together, as it has become a key state in the southern western corner of the Arabian Peninsula overlooking the southern part of the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf. All of this and more should have sprung to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's mind in his most recent speech addressed to Yemeni expatriates. He described, for them, the current critical situation in their homeland, from the Houthi sectarian rebellion in the north to the regional separatist movement in the south along with the Al Qaeda serpent that is doing its best to choke its victim. The president could have spoken frankly to the public admitting that mistakes have been made by the governing party in the past. He could have informed Yemeni migrants of his plans to rescue Yemen and call to account the corrupt and the failures in order to protect the unity of the country and its republican structure. Being a strong man in the face of confrontations and an expert on the current status and the history of Yemen, President Ali Abdullah Saleh could have done that. However, he resorted to provoking the religious aspect and making a miscalculated comparison between the southern separatist movement on the one hand and apostasy on the other. That was a grave error and will be held against him. He will be accused of brazenly branding the people of the south as apostates, though the Yemeni president spoke elaborately in his speech about this point and said that the majority of southerners and members of the Socialist Party are for the concept of unity heart and soul. He also spoke very touchingly about the fusion between the revolution of the south against colonialism and sultanate rule and the revolution of the north against the Imamate. But it is only natural that his opponents will forget about this and focus on the "apostasy" part of the speech. They will try and convince the neutral or hesitant southern masses that their president is accusing them of apostasy, which is the last thing the president meant. Actually, this problem, which is related to political discourse, is not confined to the aforementioned incident. It is a prevalent problem in Arab political discourse as a whole. We are talking about the excessive use of religion and the attempt to monopolize it, which leads to a conflict over who is the most worthy representative of this religion. This conflict becomes more volatile with increasing religious fervour in our region and the reliance upon religious references in all matters of political dispute. There are numerous examples of this. There is a strong competition between Arab governments and authorities on the one hand and those who oppose them on the other to wave the flag of religion and to be the most worthy of representing religion. It is quite a perilous and thrilling competition because it is one that has no end and because of its dangerous impact on calm, rational thinking and because it distracts from real problematic issues such as poverty, corruption, education and injustice. These are the issues of real contention. They are issues of this world; not arguments or affairs of the afterlife. The Arab political powers, whether or not they are in authority, derive their strength from one main source, i.e. the idea that the entire Arab population is only concerned with religion and religious discourse and can only understand matters after they have been presented under the cloak of religion, and also the idea that the monster within the masses cannot be pressed to act unless the card of religious fervour is waved at it first. Will anybody ask whether the Arab masses are really deaf to everything except the voice of religious mobilization? If that is the case then who made the Arab masses so mentally poor? Aren't the majority of Arab political powers, whether in authority or not, responsible for injecting the Arab masses with this religious passion? Of course we are talking about the Arab political powers from the outbreak of the Second Gulf War onwards until the eruption of sectarian and religious impulses following the 9/11 attacks and its repercussions (the Afghan war, the fall of Saddam Hussein, the wars of Lebanon and Hezbollah, Al Qaeda in Yemen,
[wanita-muslimah] Outcry in Bahrain over Female Muezzins
http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=3&id=18696 Outcry in Bahrain over Female Muezzins 04/11/2009 By Salman Dossari Abu Dhabi, Asharq Al-Awsat- Bahrain was shocked to learn last week that Bahraini female citizens were now working as "muezzin" [person who calls for prayers]. This was revealed by the Ministry of Justice and Islamic Affairs, through official documents, to the effect that there are three female muezzins who are working in two different mosques in Bahrain. This has led a deputy in Bahrain's Parliament to threaten to question the Minister of Justice and Islamic Affairs, because he considers a woman working as a muezzin "a reprehensible innovation [bidah] that no Muslim has ever dared introduce before; so, how come that this is allowed to happen here in Bahrain by the ministry?" In this respect, responding to a question asked in Parliament by the Salafi Deputy Sheikh Jasim al-Saidi, Minister of Justice and Islamic Affairs Sheikh Khalid Bin-Ali Al Khalifa, revealed the names of three women working as muezzins in mosques belonging to the Jafariyah [Twelvers; Shiite group] Religious Endowment Administration. According to the minister's response, the first female "muezzin" is Mariam Hasan Ali. She works at the Sheikh Muhammad Mumin Mosque, which is one of the large mosques of the capital, Manama. The other two "muezzin" are Fawziyah Ali Hasan Rustum and Salwa Ahmad Sultan. They work at the Sheikh Darwish Mosque, in the area of Al-Diyah, near Al-Badi district, also in the capital Manama. Contacted by Asharq Al-Awsat by telephone, Sheikh Jasim al-Saidi, who is a Salafi independent deputy in Parliament, said that he is surprised by the permission given by the Ministry of Justice and Islamic Affairs "to subvert the Islamic religion and its tenets by appointing women to the post of "Muezzin." He considered that the admission by the ministry that female muezzin are part of its official staff is "a shame on all of us in Bahrain." Sheikh al-Saidi emphasized that "the issue has only one of two explanations: either the appointment to this job, which happens for the first time in the Arab and Islamic world, is merely formal and not genuine, or they were appointed as muezzin officially but without having to do this job, or they are indeed working as muezzin, and then this is a disaster, with the situation reaching such a level of laxity toward religion." Al-Saidi stated that he is awaiting clarification from the Ministry of Justice and Islamic Affairs concerning the real function of the three women. Calls by Asharq Al-Awsat to Jafariyah Religious Endowments Council in Bahrain were not immediately returned. As for Sheikh Jasim al-Saidi, he has asked the Ministry of Justice and Islamic Affairs to dismiss the female muezzins working in the two mosques in question. He stressed that a woman working as a muezzin is "a reprehensible innovation that no Muslim has ever dared introduce in the past." He pointed out that a woman working as muezzin is not permissible, "dangerous, and badly affects the reputation of Bahrainis in Islamic circles." Al-Saidi threatened the minister of justice and Islamic affairs that he would question him in Parliament "if no rapid, immediate action is taken to correct this matter." He added that he was surprised by the answer given by the minister of justice and Islamic affairs to a question he had asked about a request for a full and detailed inventory of all the mosques, funeral sites, Husayniyat [Shiite mosques] and places of worship in Bahrain. Al-Saidi also said that he is shocked by the presence of official documents proving that there are female muezzins who are performing this function. He stated: "This is a dangerous, reprehensible innovation that no one in the world introduced before us. All the Islamic doctrines agree that it is impermissible for a woman to occupy this post, and therefore the question is: How dare the Jafariyah Religious Endowments Administration employ three women as muezzin? And, does the Imamate Shiite jurisprudence authorize women to perform the function of muezzin? How come that these women have continued to receive their salaries all throughout the previous period of time? This proves that there is clear administrative corruption at the Ministry of Justice and Islamic Affairs, and the minister is politically responsible for this." Moreover, the campaign conducted by the Bahraini opposition, led by the Islamist Al-Wifaq [accord] Association, against what it calls political naturalization in Bahrain, has raised a great deal of controversy amid Bahraini parliamentarians. This was after the independent deputy Abdullah Bin-Khalaf al-Dawsari had said that "the ongoing uproar and the recent statements made by the secretary general of the Al-Wifaq Association, Deputy Ali Salman, concomitantly with the timing of the systematic incitement of the so-called anti-naturalization campaign,
[wanita-muslimah] Unhealthy America
Refleksi: Bagaimana pelayanan kesehatan NKRI, termasuk pelayanan terbaik di dunia? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/opinion/05kristof.html?ref=opinion Op-Ed Columnist Unhealthy America a.. comments (138) By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Published: November 4, 2009 The moment of truth for health care is at hand, and the distortion that perhaps gets the most traction is this: We have the greatest health care system in the world. Sure, it has flaws, but it saves lives in ways that other countries can only dream of. Abroad, people sit on waiting lists for months, so why should we squander billions of dollars to mess with a system that is the envy of the world? As Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama puts it, President Obama's plans amount to "the first step in destroying the best health care system the world has ever known." That self-aggrandizing delusion may be the single greatest myth in the health care debate. In fact, America's health care system is worse than Slov-er, oops, more on that later. The United States ranks 31st in life expectancy (tied with Kuwait and Chile), according to the latest World Health Organization figures. We rank 37th in infant mortality (partly because of many premature births) and 34th in maternal mortality. A child in the United States is two-and-a-half times as likely to die by age 5 as in Singapore or Sweden, and an American woman is 11 times as likely to die in childbirth as a woman in Ireland. Canadians live longer than Americans do after kidney transplants and after dialysis, and that may be typical of cross-border differences. One review examined 10 studies of how the American and Canadian systems dealt with various medical issues. The United States did better in two, Canada did better in five and in three they were similar or it was difficult to determine. Yet another study, cited in a recent report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute, looked at how well 19 developed countries succeeded in avoiding "preventable deaths," such as those where a disease could be cured or forestalled. What Senator Shelby called "the best health care system" ranked in last place. The figures are even worse for members of minority groups. An African-American in New Orleans has a shorter life expectancy than the average person in Vietnam or Honduras. I regularly receive heartbreaking e-mails from readers simultaneously combating the predations of disease and insurers. One correspondent, Linda, told me how she had been diagnosed earlier this year with abdominal and bladder cancer - leading to battles with her insurance company. "I will never forget standing outside the chemo treatment room knowing that the medication needed to save my life was only a few feet away, but that because I had private insurance it wasn't available to me," Linda wrote. "I read a comment from someone saying that they didn't want a faceless government bureaucrat deciding if they would or would not get treatment. Well, a faceless bureaucrat from my private insurance made the decision that I wouldn't get treatment and that I wasn't worth saving." It's true that Americans have shorter waits to see medical specialists than in most countries, although waits in Germany are shorter than in the United States. But citizens of other countries get longer hospital stays and more medication than Americans do because our insurance companies evict people from hospitals as soon as they can stagger out of bed. For example, in the United States, 90 percent of hernia surgery is performed on an outpatient basis. In Britain, only 40 percent is, according to a report by the McKinsey Global Institute. Likewise, Americans take 10 percent fewer drugs than citizens in other countries - but pay 118 percent more per pill that they do take, McKinsey said. Opponents of reform assert that the wretched statistics in the United States are simply a consequence of unhealthy lifestyles and a diverse population with pockets of poverty. It's true that America suffers more from obesity than other countries. But McKinsey found that over all, the disease burden in Europe is higher than in the United States, probably because Americans smoke less and because the American population is younger. Moreover, there is one American health statistic that is strikingly above average: life expectancy for Americans who have already reached the age of 65. At that point, they can expect to live longer than the average in industrialized countries. That's because Americans above age 65 actually have universal health care coverage: Medicare. Suddenly, a diverse population with pockets of poverty is no longer such a drawback. That brings me to an apology. In several columns, I've noted indignantly that we have worse health statistics than Slovenia. For example, I noted that an American child is twice as likely to die in its first year as a Slovenian child. The tone - worse than Slovenia!
[wanita-muslimah] Migrant workers: Have we done our part?
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/11/05/migrant-workers-have-we-done-our-part.html Migrant workers: Have we done our part? Silvester `Syl'Asa , Jakarta | Thu, 11/05/2009 11:53 AM | Opinion Another Indonesian migrant worker has died of torture at the hands of her Malaysian employer. The torture and mistreatment that led to the tragic death of Muni Binti Bani is yet another sorry tale that adorns the pages of history of Indonesian overseas workers. Lured by the dream of improving their lives and those of their loved ones, and driven by their own precarious poverty, our fellow Indonesians brave even such cruel tales to sweat and toil on Malaysian land. While condemning this inhuman act, committed by a certain Malaysian individual, and demanding Malaysian authorities take whatever measures possible to punish the culprit of such a heinous crime are absolutely important, we must not, however, lose sight of, or forget, our corporate responsibility. It is high time the government and the Indonesian people face up to our responsibilities and get our act together. The very existence of Indonesian overseas workers in Malaysia, whether they work legally or illegally, can be traced back to the socioeconomic conditions of what I would call "vocational pockets of overseas workers" i.e. regions that are socially and economically challenged such as East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province. Just a few weeks ago, the Malaysian authorities sent back hundreds of illegal workers, of whom more than one fifth hail from the province of NTT. This sheer number alone and their province of origin reveal one salient reality: The lack of economic opportunities and/or high unemployment that ultimately results in the high number of illegal workers. In other words, the rampant poverty and high unemployment rate in the region contribute significantly to the rise in cases of illegal workers. After all, who, in his or her right mind, would bother to go all the way to Malaysia if that person was blissfully content and economically robust at home? Thus addressing the issue of economic opportunities and improving the socioeconomic conditions of such regions are of paramount importance and must become the priority of the government if we are to face the problem of migrant workers squarely. Furthermore, equally important is for the government and its partners - such as NGOs and other people of goodwill, to have constant education and proper training for the younger generation in the regions, most targeted by often aggressive recruiters. Poverty and high unemployment among the youth, coupled with their illiteracy often makes them an easy target for unscrupulous recruiters, who often aggressively sell the nobility of working in Malaysia. In most cases, young people will be lured with often unrealistic stories of people who are said to have been successful in Malaysia. Once the youths have been convinced by such tantalizing but unrealistic stories -no matter how false they are - they will soon pack their belongings and follow blindly wherever their recruiters tell them to go. Hence there were cases wherein a group of young people agreed to be shipped to Malaysia, even when they had no proper documents such as passports and entry visas. What is, therefore, crucial is for the government agencies to shed light on this innocence among youngsters and eradicate the unjust recruitment practices which are often carried out by no one else but our fellow Indonesians. The government should build partnership with NGOs, civic and religious leaders in this empowering process in order that it may effectively reach the people in far-flung areas of Indonesia. But what is also important is for these young fellows to know the right procedures or regulations and their fundamental rights as human beings and workers. Thus there is a need to educate our youngsters, particularly in these vocational pockets, about the rules and regulations pertaining to working abroad. This will ensure not only they understand the work and immigration regulations, but also equips them with the knowledge which will make them less vulnerable to unjust recruitment practices. Furthermore, there is a need for the government to introduce tough regulations that bind recruitment agencies vis-*-vis consistent follow-ups and performance evaluations. The recruitment agency must be made to agree on their responsibilities that include providing their potential recruits with the right information, transparency in their wage policy and practices, and the accountability of the agencies in ensuring the well-being of their recruits, i.e. the migrant workers. This prerequisite in the establishment of a recruitment agency will provide the government with the necessary control of recruitment agencies, for the benefit of the migrant workers. There have been many cases - in fact, too many already - where our fellow Indonesians h
[wanita-muslimah] An Acehnese view on the new government
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/11/05/an-acehnese-view-new-government.html An Acehnese view on the new government M. N. Djuli , Banda Aceh | Thu, 11/05/2009 11:53 AM | Opinion The re-election of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and his decision to drop Jusuf Kalla (JK) as his vice president and pick Boediono instead makes Indonesian power politics, to use the superpower analogy, unipolar. Whether this will be a negative or positive development for Aceh will be measured by the commitment of the new government in realizing its promises as stipulated in the Helsinki Agreement. Although it doesn't seem to be too relevant now to debate who was responsible for achieving peace in Aceh, in fact, its true champion was the people of Aceh. Both SBY and JK as a team did, of course, hold the key, without which the peace in Aceh that we all are enjoying today would not have been possible. Now that their dream team is no more, what next for the Acehnese? JK has openly expressed his disappointment in the Acehnese for giving over 90 percent of their votes to SBY, prompting him to decry the Acehnese as "ungrateful", forgetting maybe that in politics there is no such thing as gratitude, there being only calculated advantages and disadvantages. Besides, why should the Acehnese be grateful to any of the national leaders, who were the source of their misery in the first place? It is the duty of these leaders to rectify the wrongs committed either by them or by their predecessors that caused unparalleled suffering to the people of Aceh. In overwhelmingly placing their trust in SBY, the Acehnese are in fact showing their political maturity, knowing how to calculate advantages and disadvantages; in other words, in "playing smart". Their votes were too few in number to have any real effect on the result of the election. SBY would have won even without the Acehnese votes. But the votes do have a tremendous effect on SBY's personal prestige as a man of peace, a reformed general. The Acehnese endorsement gave SBY an additional feather in his cap, an acknowledgement by those on whom he had once unleashed 50,000 troops to subdue. Will they be proved right? A handful of representatives in the House of Representatives (not all from the President's Democratic Party), and one Acehnese as a Cabinet member who is in charge of state-owned companies will not have much weight in policy making. Demanding "payback" from SBY for their overwhelming support in the election will not make sense either. In the final analysis, the Acehnese can only base their bet on their belief that SBY is smart enough to realize that maintaining and developing peace in Aceh is in the interest of the Republic itself. SBY, and thus the central government, should realize that the signing of the Helsinki Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was a great victory for the Republic. The peace agreement was signed after long and hard negotiations, between equals, on international soil, openly witnessed by the world community. For the first time in history, the Acehnese have stated in clear and unequivocal terms that Aceh is part of the NKRI. The Free Aceh Movement (GAM), even if not officially disbanded, is fading away, its armed wing dismantled, its weapons destroyed, its members dispersed willingly into civil society as ordinary citizens of the Republic, its leaders becoming government officials, politicians and businessmen. Indeed, one side of the opposing parties in the Helsinki peace negotiations has voluntarily lowered itself to be part of the other upon the signing of the MoU. The GAM, as officially certified by the AMM, has fulfilled all its obligations stipulated in the MoU. Although there is no longer any possible threat whatsoever coming from the GAM, and thus any real pressure it could exert on the central government, it is now the turn of the government of the Republic to fulfill its part of the bargain. The central government needs to make sure that the future generation will not regret the current Aceh population's decision to sign a peace agreement with the central government, as my generation questioned the legitimacy of the agreement made by my father's generation that ended the DI/TII rebellion. Today, four years after its signing, out of the 13 laws required to implement the clauses of the Helsinki MoU, only two, i.e. on the holding of the elections and the formation of local parties, have been realized. Many other crucial issues are still pending, such as the formation of the Human Rights Court (Article 2.2), the Joint Claims Settlement Commission (Article 3.2.6), and the enactment of the law to govern economic matters (the entire Article 1.3). The law on the national TRC, which was passed by the House (DPR) in 2006, was declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court (MK), and has still not been reintroduced to parliament, resulting in the postpone
[wanita-muslimah] Lagi, kabar dari Nabire ...
Refleksi : Kalau listerik sering mati, maka mungkin sekali pertanyaannya, kemana saja hasil kekayaan alam rakyat Papua yang dikeruk selama ini? http://www.harianjogja.com/web2/artikels/detailartikel/241/lagi-kabar-dari-nabire-view.html Lagi, kabar dari Nabire ... Kamis, 05 November 2009 13:07:40Masih ada kisah dari Nabire, sebuah kota di pesisir utara tengkuk kepala burung daratan Papua, tentang anak-anak yang antusias mau menulis. Meski didera listrik mati seperti sore-sore sebelumnya, berbekal lampu darurat sekedar menyaput kegelapan, ada pertanyaan yang menarik dari Paul, "Pak guru, saya sudah mencoba menulis, tetapi sering tersendat atau berhenti, bagaimana usaha mengatasi itu?". Paul yang tinggal di asrama nun jauh dari pedalaman tempat asalnya, yang harus ditempuh tujuh hari berjalan kaki, antusias mengungkapkan pengalaman sekaligus minta peneguhan. Paul, menulis tersendat itu terjadi karena bahan di kepala kita habis. Bisa juga pikiran tidak mampu mengaitkan masalah yang kita bahas dengan lentur. Kiranya tidak berlebihan jika Romo Baker menyebut menulis sebagai tindakan membongkar tabungan yang berupa bacaan di kepala. Entah kepala kita ditumbuhi rambut kriting seperti rambut Paul, atau lurus seperti rambut teman sebelahmu yang bukan asli Papua, harus diisi dengan bekal bacaan. Sedangkan pakar yang lain menyebut menulis sebagai saudara kembar membaca. Intinya, membaca adalah syarat penting untuk bekal menulis. Dengan antusias harus saya sampaikan kepada Paul dan kawan-kawannya di ruang remang-remang itu bahwa sekolah yang menjadi bagian asramanya telah memiliki perpustakaan dengan buku-buku mutakhir. "Paul, sempatkan setiap sore singgah di perpustakaan untuk membaca, kalau perlu meminjam buku untuk dibaca. Lebih baik buku-buku itu kumal atau rusak karena dibaca, daripada kotor berdebu karena tidak pernah dimanfaatkan". Tentu saja, wajah hitam legam itu tampak sumringah mendengar provokasi yang penuh semangat. Pengalaman bersama Paul berbeda dengan pengalaman bersama sejumlah guru di Kulonprogo. Salah seorang guru bertanya, "Pak, bagaimana mengatasi kemacetan ketika menulis? Tapi jangan disarankan agar saya membaca, lho!" Artinya, bapak guru yang seprofesi dengan saya itu tahu, bahwa membaca adalah cara utama menemukan ide dan menimba berbagai inspirasi penting. Untuk Paul dan anak-anak sebayanya di Nabire ketika memulai membaca akan menghadapi hambatan yang tidak mampu mereka atasi. Hambatan membaca pada malam hari adalah listrik mati! Listrik mati Betapa saya mengalami situasi yang dihadapi Paul selama sepekan di sana. Hampir saban sore hingga tengah malam, banyak wilayah mengalami listrik mati dengan alasan giliran. Namun, ironisnya rumah bupati terang benderang bermandikan lampu, sementara persis di seberang jalan gelap gulita. Rumah-rumah penduduk, asrama pelajar atau mahasiswa yang seharusnya memperoleh pasokan listrik untuk membaca dan belajar malam hari justru sering terkena giliran pemadaman. Mereka yang sedikit di pedalaman tentu situasinya lebih berat. Pagi-pagi anak-anak berjalan kaki menuju sekolah, dengan jalan kaki pula pada sore hari baru tiba di rumah, sementara pada malam hari mau membaca atau belajar apa daya gelap gulita. Lengkap sudah ketertinggalan pendidikan mereka. Anak-anak kita membutuhkan listrik cukup untuk membaca dan belajar. Kalau tidak hati-hati kita pun mengalami hambatan karena cara berpikir yang perlu dikoreksi. Lazim perusahaan listrik negara (PLN) mengampanyekan hemat listrik, setiap rumah mengurangi lampu sejak sore hingga tengah malam. Namun, ironisnya PLN tidak mengendalikan pasokan listrik di jalanan untuk lampu-lampu iklan, yang tentu saja menelan daya berlebihan. Rumah-rumah yang mestinya leluasa terang benderang untuk memberikan kesempatan anak-anak nyaman membaca malahan dibatasi. Dalih giliran karena kelebihan beban pada sore hingga malam mestinya tidak ditimpakan ke rumah-rumah pada saat anak-anak belajar. Pangkas lampu-lampu iklan di jalanan yang justru tidak ada kaiatannya dengan pencerdasan anak-anak kita. Akhirnya, membaca tidak menjadi kebiasaan baik, apalagi dilakukan pada malam hari, karena kekurangan cahaya mudah mengantuk. Saatnya untuk mencukupkan penerangan di rumah demi menumbuhkan antusiasme belajar anak-anak kita. Paul dan kawan-kawan sebayanya di Nabire masih harus berjuang untuk memperpanjang waktu membaca dan belajar, sambil berharap tidak mengalami pemadaman listrik pada jam belajar! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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[wanita-muslimah] Indonesia Officials Resign in Graft Scandal
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/06/world/asia/06indo.html?_r=1&ref=asia Indonesia Officials Resign in Graft Scandal By NORIMITSU ONISHI Published: November 5, 2009 JAKARTA, Indonesia - After mounting pressure from the public and the news media, two senior law enforcement officials suspected of trying to undermine the country's respected anti-corruption agency were forced to resign Thursday. The resignations of top officials in the national police and attorney general's office, two of Indonesia's most powerful, though corrupt, institutions, amounted to a positive step in the country's fight against graft, advocates of government accountability said. They were the culmination of a very public, four-months-long battle that pitted the police and attorney general's office against the Corruption Eradication Commission, the nation's chief investigator into corruption, and was also a test of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's commitment to stamp out corruption. Despite praise for his anticorruption drive during his first term, Mr. Yudhoyono was criticized by watchdog groups for distancing himself from the recent dispute. Mr. Yudhoyono was forced to intervene Thursday after wiretapped conversations were revealed in court this week, exposing an apparent plot by police officials and prosecutors to fabricate a case against two senior anticorruption officials. In a cabinet meeting, Mr. Yudhoyono said he "advised the police chief and the attorney general to suspend those whose names were mentioned in the tape recordings and discharge them from their duties." But he stopped short of demanding stronger punitive action against the two officials. Anticorruption advocates said that, given the president's response, it was unlikely that he would push more far-reaching reforms inside the national police and attorney general's office during his second term. "The K.P.K. received a lot of support from the public but not from the government," Danang Widojoko, a coordinator at Indonesia Corruption Watch, a private organization, said, referring to the anticorruption agency by the initials of its name in Indonesian. "It was the failure of the president to handle this situation in the beginning that led to the current problems." The officials, Abdul Hakim Ritonga, a deputy attorney general, and Gen. Susno Duadji, a high-ranking police official, resigned Thursday after being named in wiretaps whose contents were submitted during a hearing at the Constitutional Court on Tuesday and broadcast live on television. Mr. Susno had become the central figure in the police's fight with the anticorruption agency after being caught in a wiretap asking for a $1 million bribe in a case. Mr. Susno denied he had been serious about the bribe and, referring to the anticorruption agency's investigation of the police, likened it to "a gecko challenging a crocodile." Though comparatively small, the anticorruption agency, armed with tools like warrantless wiretaps, has led the nation's charge against corruption since it was established in 2003. It has investigated, prosecuted and convicted businessmen, politicians, bankers, as well as prosecutors and police officials. Watchdog groups have long warned that politicians, prosecutors and the police have been trying to cripple the agency. And so the arrests last week of two deputies at the anticorruption agency, Chandra Hamzah and Bibit Samad Riyanto, on charges of graft and abuse of power set off a series of events leading to Thursday's resignations. The initial arrests sparked outrage among anticorruption advocates, as well as on the Internet and in Indonesia's free-wheeling news media. Mr. Yudhoyono tried to quiet the outcry by appointing a fact-finding team of legal experts to look into the arrests. The two anticorruption deputies were freed after the release Tuesday of wiretapped conversations in which police officials, prosecutors and businessmen were recorded discussing plans to undermine the anticorruption agency. On Thursday, several members of the fact-finding team increased pressure on Mr. Yudhoyono to intervene in the dispute. They threatened to resign from the team if police officials and prosecutors named in the wiretaps were allowed to continue performing their duties. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Designers shrug off militant violence for Pakistan's fashion week
http://www.smh.com.au/world/designers-shrug-off-militant-violence-for-pakistans-fashion-week-20091105-i09o.html Designers shrug off militant violence for Pakistan's fashion week November 6, 2009 Defiance...models wait their turn on the catwalk in Karachi on Wednesday. The event had been postponed by three weeks because of terrorist attacks. Photo: REUTERS KARACHI: Pakistan's fashion week started with an opulent opening ceremony, against a backdrop of militant violence and security fears that delayed the event and kept away foreign glitterati. Models will sashay down catwalks, flaunting the latest creations by local designers in a country where most women cover up and observe varying degrees of Islamic dress. The event's chief organiser, Ayesha Tammy Haq, said: ''We, the members of Fashion Pakistan, feel great to host this colourful event at difficult times of our history when the entire nation is waging a battle against militancy.'' A spokeswoman for Fashion Pakistan, Tehmina Khaled, said it would continue until Saturday. ''The situation was so painful in the country that we postponed it for three weeks,'' she said, referring to a spate of deadly attacks blamed on Taliban militants in which more than 340 people died. ''We have 32 designers from across the country who will participate in the event.'' Sonya Battla, the first designer to show, presented a collection that she said celebrated strong women. She dismissed the fact that, in more conservative parts of the country, her designs might get women driven out of town or stoned to death. ''I'm a very brave woman,'' the 38-year-old designer said. ''I'm not going to be scared and no one's going to judge me.'' Agence France-Presse; Telegraph, London [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Join Muslim Asia or perish: Taliban
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/join-muslim-asia-or-perish-taliban/story-e6frg6nf-1225794873972 Join Muslim Asia or perish: Taliban a.. Abraham Rabinovich b.. From: The Australian c.. November 06, 2009 1:54AM AN official Taliban publication warns Australia that it will have to assimilate into a dominant Asia or face the prospect of being overpowered and forced to take population overspill from Asia. The choice is spelled out in the latest issue of the online Taliban monthly magazine, Al Sumud (Steadfastness), whose lead article offers a sweeping view of a post-war order in which a Taliban-ruled Afghanistan becomes a moral pivot for a pan-Asian renaissance that will coincide with the decline of Western power. "The end of European leadership in the world will place the white settler diaspora in Australia before two choices," writes the author, Mustafa Hamid, a former senior al-Qa'ida member who in 2001 married Australian Rabiah Hutchinson, a Sydney mother with links to Islamic extremists. "It can either return to its motherland in Europe or reconcile with its Asian surroundings and assimilate into it as a wealthy and active member." Otherwise, he warns, a lengthy conflict will ensue in which Australia will be overpowered "by Asian waves that are better armed and more numerous". "There is no doubt that the huge growth in the population of Asia, together with its economic and military development, will make Australia into lebensraum -- to use the European term," writes Mr Hamid. Lebensraum, meaning living space, was a term used by Nazi Germany as a motivation for territorial conquest. Asia, Mr Hamid writes, is facing a population explosion "while Australia is nearly empty of people, apart from scattered groups of white residents". Residents of "the Israeli outpost" at the other end of Asia are likewise warned to return to their countries of origin or face an "unequal conflict". These warnings, however, are marginal to the central vision offered in the article -- the emergence of a vibrant pan-Asian identity in which Islam, and the Taliban in particular, constitutes a powerful moral and cultural force but not an exclusive one. Its emphasis on pan-Asian political identity rather than pan-Islamic sets it apart from al-Qa'ida ideology. The Taliban article does not call for jihad, although it hints at the possibility of "peaceful Islamic expansion" and the linchpin role in the "Asian Age", as the author terms it, is ceded to non-Islamic China. Western power is fading fast, he writes, "to the benefit of Asian giants, and first and foremost among them the colossal economic and human power of China". Even Russia, whose invasion of Afghanistan 30 years ago would prove a milestone in the emergence of militant Islam, is depicted as an ally arraigned with Asia against the "arrogance" of the West. "Today, Russia is taking a defensive position against the Western advance which aims to break (Russia) up into statelets and to cross it on the way to China to break it up as well. Russia desires a coalition with China, with India, with Iran if possible, and even more so with Afghanistan, and even more so with the Taliban movement (which) is a serious, realistic and victorious leadership in that vital country (Afghanistan)." In the article, "The Return of the Islamic Emirate: A vision of Afghanistan's role in the coming international order", Mr Hamid depicts a Taliban-ruled Afghanistan having a fundamental leadership role in the new Asian order -- "not in the field of finance, industry and interest-bearing banks" but as a moral force. "This was demonstrated by the ability of Islam to inspire a small, poor people to resist and defeat five military campaigns of the largest armies on earth." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Saudi jets bomb Yemeni Houthis
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/11/20091151323886933.html UPDATED ON: Thursday, November 05, 2009 18:11 Mecca time, 15:11 GMT Saudi jets bomb Yemeni Houthis A Saudi soldier was killed in a border skirmish with the Houthi fighters [AFP] The Saudi air force has bombed strongholds of Houthi fighters in northern Yemen, officials have said. The attack on Thursday came a day after Saudi authorities accused the fighters, who want autonomy from Sana'a, of killing at least one of their soldiers on the countries' border. The Reuters news agency reported Saudi officials as saying that the air force had attacked fighters who had seized a border area, killing about 40 Houthis. The border area was also recaptured. But a Yemeni defence ministry official denied that Saudi forces had struck targets inside Yemen. "Saudi Arabia did not hit targets in Yemen," the official said. Rocket barrage Six locations were said to have been hit in Yemen, including one that received about 100 missiles in one hour. In depth Video: Interview with Yemen's president Foreign states blamed in Yemen war Profile: Yemen's Houthi fighters Inside story: Yemen's future The Houthis, who are primarily from the Zaidi Shia sect of Islam, earlier posted pictures on the internet of their fighters in the Mount Dokhan area inside Saudi Arabia, although they could not be independently verified. A five-year-old conflict between the Houthis and Sana'a has intensified since August, with both sides increasing attacks. The conflict has raised potential regional tensions, with the government accusing Iran of supporting the Houthis, while the opposition group has said that Sann'a is too close to Saudi Arabia. The Houthis want a return to autonomous rule that was ended by a 1962 revolution. The Houthis say they have been politically, economically and religiously marginalised by the government, which they see as corrupt, while in recent months Sana'a has vowed to crush the rebellion. Thousands of people have died and tens of thousands have been displaced due to the conflict, according to the Red Cross and the UN. untuk lihat video, click : http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/09/200999133235309248.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Yemeni rebels attack border post in Jazan
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=128078&d=5&m=11&y=2009 Thursday 5 November 2009 (18 Dhul Qa`dah 1430) Yemeni rebels attack border post in Jazan Muhammad Humaidan I Arab News Saudi soldiers carry the body of Turki Al-Qahtani during his funeral in Jazan on Wednesday. (AFP) JAZAN: A Saudi border guard was killed and 11 others were injured when armed infiltrators from across the Yemeni border fired on Saudi border guards. The incident took place at Dukhan Mountain close to the Khald border post in Al-Khoba sector of Jazan province on Tuesday, a Saudi official source said on Wednesday. "The Kingdom affirms that it will preserve the homeland's security, protect its borders and deter infiltrators and others from any side. The infiltrators used various weapons to fire at border guards," the official source added. After leading the funeral prayers for Turki Al-Qahtani, the border guard killed in the incident, Jazan Gov. Prince Muhammad bin Nasser said, "Al-Qahtani has been martyred fighting for his country and religion. A rebel group (in Yemen) has stretched its evil hand into Saudi territory. We wish the Yemeni government and its citizens lasting security and stability on its northern and southern borders. You all know that the Kingdom has been striving to preserve the stability of Yemen." The prince continued, "The Kingdom under no circumstances can allow anyone to cross the red line and interfere with the country's security and stability." The governor also stated that the situation in Al-Khoba was under control and that the infiltrators would be dealt with firmly. "They should know that they would be punished for the hostile act they committed." The governor also offered condolences to the family of Al-Qahtani on behalf of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, Crown Prince Sultan, Second Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Prince Naif and all the citizens of Saudi Arabia. Evacuated villagers in the region told Arab News that the infiltrators were Al-Houthi rebels fighting against the Yemeni government. All villages south of Al-Khoba, including Al-Mujaa, Al-Rouqi, Al-Maqbas, Qamadah, Al-Arrah, Al-Batoul, Khamran, Al-Muarasah and Al-Ghawiyah have been evacuated. "Tuesday was a black day for us because we were attacked without provocation by Al-Houthi rebels. All members of my family have been evacuated. But we will not allow anyone to harm our country. After sending our women and children to safe locations, our men will return to their villages to defend them," Isa Al-Hazazi of Al-Rouqi village told Arab News. Sheikh Muflih Al-Kaoubi, the chief of Al-Kaoub tribe, said "We will die for every inch of our land. Our villages are the theater of operations. We will stay with the soldiers and will not flee leaving the place for rebels." The injured Border Guards include Ali Sharahli, Musa Al-Qanaei, Sultan Hamzi, Musaed Hakami, Sami Alwan, Ali Al-Qauzi, Ayman Al-Abdali, Abdullah Al-Ashmani, Musa Ali and Nabil Rayani. Residents of villages living in the area told Arab News Saudi security and military forces had cleaned up the area by flushing out the remaining infiltrators. They also reported sounds of intensive airstrikes from the border areas. Some sources said Jazan airport was closed for passenger traffic with incoming flights being diverted to nearby airports. - With input from Muhammad Al-Majid [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Presiden Paraguay Pecat Pemimpin Militer
http://www.antaranews.com/berita/1257406456/presiden-paraguay-pecat-pemimpin-militer Presiden Paraguay Pecat Pemimpin Militer Kamis, 5 November 2009 14:34 WIB | Mancanegara | Asuncion, (ANTARA News) - Presiden Paraguay Fernando Lugo memecat tiga pemimpin militer negara itu Rabu, sehari setelah membantah rumor tentang kemungkinan kudeta di tengah meningkatnya kecaman oposisi terhadap pemerintahnya. Lugo menggantikan para pemimpin angkatan darat, angkatan laut dan angkatan udara, kata pernyataan dari kantor pers Angkatan Bersenjata, sebagaimana dikutip dari Reuters. Ini adalah kocokan ketiganya terhadap komando militer tertinggi negaranya, sejak Lugo mengambil alih pemerintahan setahun setengah yang lalu. Dia tidak memberi komentar mengenai keputusan ini. Mantan uskup Katolik Roma yang cenderung ke kiri, Lugo menang dalam pemilihan presiden tahun lalu, mengakhiri lebih dari 60 tahun pemerintahan konservatif dari Partai Colorado. Pemerintahan koalisinya berjuang mendesak melalui satu agenda reformis dan menghadapi penentangan dari anggota parlemen Colorado yang menguasai Kongres. Para pemimpin oposisi kian meningkatkan kecamannya kepada Lugo pada beberapa hari terakhir ini. Mereka menuduhnya gagal menghentikan meningkatnya kejahatan dan menyeru dilakukannya penyelidikan mengenai tuduhan-tuduhan tidak benar penjualan tanah, yang melibatkan seorang pembantu presiden.(*) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
