There are 8 of us planning to travel across Turkey this winter. My first attempt in knowing more about Turkey was none other than reading Ustaz Hasrizal’s blog, a teacher whom I’ve known for many years. In the post entitled ‘Selamat Mencari Damai Diri‘, Ustaz Hasrizal put up a YouTube video of a Turkish song called “Katibim“. I was fascinated that that song was very familiar...

All in all, the event was excellent! Abang Muhaimin wrote something about it in his blog post which can be viewed through this link. I have written an email complimenting and thanking everyone who had done excellently well in their roles throughout the preparation and presentation of Hartal Day Cardiff’08. The email was sent through Malaysian Muslim Circle in Cardiff YahooGroup and Facebook, which is copied...

Definition of Tahaaluf Siyasi, in linguistics context. The word Tahaaluf contains 3 arabic letters, which are ‘Ha’’, ‘Lam’ and ‘Fa’’. A prominent scholar, Ibnu Zakaria is quoted in a book entitled ‘Mu’jam Maqayis al-Lughah’ to have said that the root word of Tahaaluf is Hilfu. The word Hilfu was made of the letters ‘Ha’’, ‘Lam’ and ‘Fa’’, which literally means treaty. In...

I came to realise, after reading Ustaz Nasrudin Tantawi’s blog, that our beloved, world renowned Islamic scholar Tok Guru Haji Abdul Hadi’s birthday falls on Hartal Day! 20 October 1947 Happy Birthday, Tok Guru Ayah Chik! Selamat berhartal buat seluruh rakyat Malaysia!

Warga TeamUsrahCardiff, dengan kerjasama MSSCF (Malaysian Student Society of Cardiff University) dengan ini menjemput anda ke diskusi ilmiah yang kami anjurkan iaitu: “Wacana Meneladani Peristiwa Hari Hartal” Hari Hartal jatuh pada tanggal 20 Oktober 1947. Pada hari tersebut, rakyat Tanah Melayu berpakat untuk protes dan mogok kepada pemerintahan British di Tanah Melayu. Tindakan ini merupakan suatu manifestasi...

Introduction The idea of the enraging issue of the Islamic political treaty (tahaaluf siyasi) is not clearly understood by certain factions of the society, of whom are engaging in such treaty. Even worst, such misunderstanding could cause greater confusion among the masses. As a member of the Islamic movement of Malaysia (PAS), I certainly hope that all leaders and members of this party could grasp on the principles,...

A friend of mine, Wan Aimran, wrote a brilliant piece of article entitled ‘Politik Islam hanya untuk orang Islam?’ which can be accessed through this link. As I mentioned in my previous post, there are a few reading materials which I am engaging at the moment, for which each books and articles take quite some time to read and be understood. In the first part of my self-journey ‘Islamic State...

I have been following Malaysia’s political scene closely for almost 3 years now. Whilst there are a great number of individuals in my family whom have strong roots in UMNO, I do not subscribe in the party’s idealism. Race-based politics may be effective in, desperately, uniting the people back then, but it has been historically approved that such idealism would crumble through time as the case with...

This is how I spent my 3-month summer holiday: First stop, Ukraine. Practical attachment with the National Technical University of Oil & Gas in Ivano-Frankivsk, Western Ukraine. in Kiev, Ukraine (7 weeks) Next was the trip to Egypt. I had

This last post from Ukraine is more of a reflection to myself. I am in Kyiv (Kiev in Russian) since last Friday and will be spending the rest of my time here before I’m flying back to London on the 7th of August. There are a few plans that I have, for the moment. VIsiting the Malaysian Embassy, and Malaysian students, visiting some mosques and some museums around the city. I have made contact with 1 Malaysian...