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PAS is not to be trusted – since it is an Islamist organization. Many do not understand the difference between ‘Muslim’ and ‘Islamist’. Islamists are supporters of Arabic-centric medievally dogmatic political Islamic ideology i.e. Islamism, and do not have to be Muslims, that seeks to construct or sustain racist, sexist and fascist dominant power over ordinary Muslim believers and non-Muslim communities alike. This is in order to achieve an absolute “(One i.e. homogenous) Islamic Empire/Ummah”, from east to west, in opposition to modernity and westernization, especially against universal human and women’s rights.
Whereas Muslims are ordinary believers who regard Islam as a personal belief between oneself and God (thus not interested in gaining dominant power over anyone). Further, Islamist ideology will never fundamentally recognize full liberation and equality for women/girls, gays, non-Islamic communities, converts/apostates from Islam and so on. Moreover, this include forcing girls as young as from three years old to SUBMIT to Arabic-centric veiling ideology; so that their consent can be manufactured as when they become adults, rather than from rational i.e. complete, free will! Go to PAS organized meetings and you will see this very clearly – disgusting!
Lastly, even in oil-rich Malaysia and Indonesia, the Pakistan-led (& Bangladesh to a certain extent – including by marrying local village or poor women/girls especially in Borneo – including non-Muslims) Islamist groups have infiltrated local Islamist movements, including PAS and fanaticized such groups, thus causing increasing extremist Islamisation of the two countries, besides targeting our oil, including in oil-rich Borneo. Further, these once dynamically multicultural tolerant two countries will be the Islamist Empire base in South-East Asia.
Katharina Sri (former: Noor Aza Othman)
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close down all karaoke and places selling beer and liquor immediately.
top chinese executives from all companies under the pretext of entertaining customer after work
are wasting their time and increasing the companys expenses.
on top of this nonsense hanky panky
are aplenty.
the govt should ban all this nonsense immediately and urged all
executives and above to go back to their respective families after work.
i am chinese and i support PAS 100%
on banning of alcohol.
alcohol is nothing but trouble.
marriages are crumbling becoz of this nonsense
i am very sure all the chinese housewives and whatever will
support 100% PAS good intention.
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The reason why SIS should be banned
Amina Wadud
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amina Wadud was born September 25, 1952 in Bethesda, Maryland. Her father was a Methodist minister and her mother descended from Muslim slaves of Arab, Berber and African ancestry dating back to the 8th Century. She is considered by many as a controversial Islamic feminist and scholar. She received her her B.S, from The University of Pennsylvania, between 1970 and 1975. In 1972 she pronounced shahadah and accepted Islam by choice, not knowing of her maternal ancestry. She received her M.A. in Near Eastern Studies and her Ph.D. in Arabic and Islamic Studies from the University of Michigan, in 1988. During graduate school, she studied advanced Arabic in Egypt at the American University in Cairo, she studied Qur’anic studies and tafsir at Cairo University, and took a course in Philosophy at Al-Azhar University.
She is currently visiting Scholar at the Starr King School of the Ministry, Berkeley CA. She achieved Full Professor of Islamic Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond, Virginia, in 2007. She is now retired from there as of 2008. She joined VCU after a three year contract as Assistant Professor at the International Islamic University Malaysia, between 1989 and 1993. Wadud’s research specialities include gender and Qur’anic studies. She wrote a book on the subject, Qur’an and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman’s Perspective. The first edition of the book, published by Fajar Bakti, an Oxford University Press Subsidiary in Malaysia while one of the founding members of Sisters in Islam in Malaysia continues to be used all over the world as a basic text for activists and academics alike.[citation needed] After publishing her first book, she spoke at universities, grass roots level, government and non-government forum at various gatherings throughout the United States, Jordan, South Africa, Southern Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Nepal, Pakistan, Indonesia, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Belgium,Netherlands, United Kingdom, Sarajevo, Spain, Malaysia, France, Italy, and Germany.
Her latest book, Inside the Gender Jihad: Women’s Reform in Islam, was published in 2006. It not only continues her Qur’anic analysis but also provides extensive details about her experiences as a Muslim, wife, mother, sister, scholar and activist
Friday Prayer
Wadud was the subject of much debate and Muslim juristic discourse after leading a Friday prayer (salat) of over 100 male and female Muslims in the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York on March 18, 2005, breaking with the tradition of having only male imams (prayer leaders). Three mosques had refused to host the service and the museum that had agreed to host it pulled out after a bomb threat. (The event was not the first time in the history of Islam that a woman had led the Friday prayer. See Women as imams for a discussion of the issue.)
In August 1994, Wadud delivered a Friday khutbah (sermon) on “Islam as Engaged Surrender” at the Claremont Main Road Mosque in Cape Town, South Africa. At the time, this was largely unheard of in the Muslim world. As a result, there were attempts in Virginia by some Muslims to have her removed from her position at Virginia Commonwealth University.
There has been objection and some support from Muslims around the world to Wadud’s imamate. In spite of the criticism, Wadud has continued her speaking engagements, and has continued to lead mixed-gender Friday prayer services. On October 28, 2005, following her talk at the International Congress on Islamic Feminism in Barcelona, Spain, she was invited to lead a congregation of about thirty people.
The majority of the Islamic community, whether laymen and Islamic scholars, are opposed to the idea of women leading mixed gender congregations, but allow women to lead women only.[1] However, some jurists, such as the Iranian Shi’i jurist Mohsen Kadivar have espoused her view on the permissibility of female imams. It must be clarified, however, that most Shi’is do not agree with Kadivar’s views.
P/S:Siapa Aminah Wadud ni?
Beliau antara pengasas Sisters in Islam selain zainah anwar
Pernah jadi imam solat jumaat dengan 100 makmum terdiri daripada lelaki dan wanita di Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine di New York.
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Non Muslim should not intefere or make wild accusation about PAS.It is about our religion.As well as Muslims respect Non Muslim s’ religion,they should do the same to us.PAS just doing the part and responsibility,trying to protect Islam and their followers.
Next time,mind your own business.
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What wild accusation? All I’m hearing are good stuff about PAS except lately some have other personal agenda. Do not interfere, do not talk, do not this- do not that, is typical of narrow mindedness that have nothing positive about others trying to co-exist in this nation.
I feel sorry of such mentality who begins in life with negative and suspicious words like ‘to protect’ – protect from what? from whom? other than illusive threats from within these same people.
Next time, go get a life. This world do not belong only to tok iskandar, it belongs to non muslim too, dig?
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“alcohol is nothing but trouble.”
Non drinkers should not interfere or make wild accusations about alcohol. It is about my deeply held belief. As we drinkers respect non-drinkers’ incredible choice, they should do the same to us. Drinkers are just doing their part, trying to protect fun and friends.
Next time, mind your own business.
Oh, and it’s your round.
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This is the reason why i believe PAS is going to talk on ‘unity government’ with UMNO. because PAS believe far leftist non-muslims in DAP and PKR (pakatan) will stop them in term of reviving PAS’ very basic struggle, Islam.
as long as DAP and PKR harsh on curbing PAS’ Islamic agenda, PAS will continue with their ‘unity talk’ as a threat. fail to understand this, Pakatan will no longer exist in the next 13th GE.
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