NYCBI Serukan Boikot Produk Motorola

Motorola adalah perusahaan yang memproduksi perangkat lunak dan perusahaan telekomunikasi berlevel internasional yang berbasis di Schaumburg, Illinois. Menurut NYCBI, Motorola telah memasok berbagai peralatan yang oleh Israel digunakan untuk menindas rakyat Palestina.

"Motorola memasok peralatan untuk keperluan militer Israel, antara lain peralatan Wide Area Surveillance System (WASS), peralatan radar berteknologi tinggi dan kamera-kamera pengintai yang digunakan untuk memantau dan memata-matai rakyat Palestina di tanah airnya sendiri," kata Lubna Ka'aabneh, juru bicara NYCBI.

"Sistem pengintai produk Motorola dipasang di sekitar pemukiman Yahudi di wilayah Palestina dan di tembok pemisah yang dibangun Israel di Tepi Barat. Ini menunjukkan bahwa Israel tidak berniat untuk membongkar pemukiman-pemukiman ilegalnya dan menghentikan penjajahannya di tanah Palestina," tukas Ka'aabneh.

berita lengkapnya di sini: www.eramuslim.com

My Favourite Nasheed

salam everyone ...

i choose Neo Shalawat by Snada- a group of indonesia nasheed singer-as my favourite islamic song to participate in Muslim Monday  which put "Favourite Nasheed or Islamic Song" as its theme for this week.

I love this nasheed because it says our praise to our Rasulullah Muhammad (PBUH) in various languange from Arabic, English, Chinese and some indonesia local dialect. i love the way Snada sing this nasheed with acapella style. hope you love this nasheed too ...

thank to sis Maryam who has linked me to Muslim Monday

Safa, Raihana or Malia ?

my big family has a new comer, my sister gave a birth a baby girl on 20, March through surgical operation. there is a little problem with the baby because my sister was not aware the fetal membrane has smashed when the baby still inside.

so when the baby came out, the doctor put the baby in an intensive care unit room for special treatment. after four days,  the baby's condition get better and it was taken home.


now, the baby girl save and sound, alhamdulillah. she is so tiny and cute. but now, the parents is still confused to choose a good name for her. her mother want to name her Raihana Humaira, her grandma wants Malia. Before the baby has a certain name, i call her Safa ...

anyway, welcome to the world my beautiful niece .... May Allah bless you always and guide you to be a good muslimah ... amiin.

Mayday ... Mayday ...

long holiday again
start from tomorrow
till sunday ...
still have no idea
no plan
where to go
what to do
put me in a maze
and ...
long weekend
turn into such a nightmare

pay day ... pay day
uuppss ...
i mean,
mayday ... mayday

what should i do
in my long holiday

*maklum deh yah, yang penting tetep posting ...

.... i Believe ...

I believe for every drop of rain that falls

A flower grows
I believe that somewhere in the darkest night
A candle glows
I believe for everyone who goes astray, someone will come
To show the way
I believe, I believe

I believe above a storm the smallest prayer
Can still be heard
I believe that someone in the great somewhere
Hears every word

Everytime I hear a new born baby cry,
Or touch a leaf or see the sky
Then I know why, I believe

Everytime I hear a new born baby cry,
Or touch a leaf or see the sky
Then I know why, I believe

*** wherever you are ...

“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”

PLO buka Warung Bakso ?

nama warung bakso ini bikin saya tersenyum. pengen banget ngobrol sama pemiliknya, apakah warung baksonya ada hubungannya dengan organisasi kemerdekaan Palestina, PLO pimpinan Yasser Arafat itu?

Pagi yang Pedes

buka mp pagi-pagi
seseorang yang bukan kontak saya
tanpa permisi dan basa-basi
tanpa mengucapkan salam
nulis ke guestbook
dengan kalimat

"Ahmadinejad bukan Islam!"

pake tanda seru bo ...

wah, what is the meaning of maksud nih orang
melihat dari headshotnya
kayaknya dia simpatisan sebuah partai Islam

saya cuma Innalilllahi wa inna illaihi roji'un

selama belajar Islam
saya tidak pernah menemukan
Islam mengajarkan umatnya untuk membenci non-Muslim
kecuali non-Muslim itu memusuhi dan menganiaya kita

Rasulullah saja,
pernah menyuapi seorang Yahudi buta

Dibawah kekhalifahan Islam
semua penganut agama dihormati
dan dilindungi

jadi so what kalo pun seandainya Ahmadinejad
atau siapapun yang bukan Islam
tapi perilakunya mulia
bahkan mengangkat derajat umat Islam?

jadi, maaf ya my brother
kalau saya membalas tulisan Anda di guestbook saya
dengan kalimat yang (mungkin) rada pedes ...

http://lenakei.multiply.com/guestbook

"Give Up"

happy weekend everyone
Jummua'ah Mubarak for all of you
just remember
a cup of coffee a day
keep the doctor away

Let's Join Muxlim (Buat Yang Ogah Pake Facebook)

woro ... woro ...

i just open an account in Muxlim, Muxlim is a Muslim Social Networking website such as friendster and facebook but it was specially designed for Muslim around the world by two enterprenuers based in Finlandia, Mohammed El-Fatatry and Pietari Paivenen.

so let's bring friendship from muslim world and if you wanna start it and wannabe my friend, you can add me at http://muxlim.com

Muxlim bisa jadi pilihan buat mereka yang ogah banget pake facebook karena katanya facebook mendukung zionis israel. wokeh .... mari kita ke Muxlim .... 

pelajaran hari ini

pengalaman hari ini
memberikan pelajaran berharga
tentang kejujuran

bersikap jujur
kadang memang menyakitkan
pahit untuk diungkapkan
membuat kita kita kecewa
membuat orang lain juga kecewa
bahkan terluka

tapi apalah artinya kebahagiaan
tapi harus menutup rapat
sebuah kebohongan
seumur hidup

so tell the truth
all the truth
nothing but the truth
just say the truth
even if it maybe bitter

sayup-sayup
Billy Joel bilang
honesty,
is such a lonely word
everyone is so untrue
....

*duh, gimana membantu dua orang ini

... Need Your Signature ...

A well-known Palestinian cartoonist, Majed Badra holds "International Campaign to Advocate and Support Palestinians Issue", just put your signature via this link www.majedbadra.net to show your support on this campaign and send this campaigne to all your friends, the e-mails you have and to the International organization and institutes that support the Palestinian issue to make this campaign successful, to stop Israel atrocity and occupation againts Palestinians. thank you

About Majed Badra

Majed Badra is a well-known Palestinian cartoonist, provides daily cartoons to various news and media outlets. He was presented with many achievement awards by Palestinian, Arab and Muslim organizations. Badra's cartoons focus on the daily life of Palestinian people and their suffering under Israeli occupation.

Enam Tahun Setelah Kematian Rachel Corrie

Tanggal 16 Maret kemarin, genap enam tahun kematian Rachel Corrie, mahasiswi dan aktivis kemanusiaan asal Olympia, Washington, Amerika Serikat. Ia datang ke Jalur Gaza bersama para aktivis lainnya yang tergabung dalam International Solidarity Movement (ISM). Corrie adalah bagian dari kisah kekejaman pasukan Zionis Israel di Palestina.

Corrie masih berusia 23 tahun ketika tentara Zionis Israel melindasnya dengan buldoser buatan perusahaan Caterpillar hingga ia tewas. Peristiwa itu terjadi pada 16 Maret 2003-beberapa hari sebelum serangan AS ke Irak-di Rafah, ketika Corrie berusaha menghalang-halangi pasukan Zionis  yang ingin menghancurkan sebuah rumah milik warga Palestina.

Saksi mata mengatakan, sopir buldoser Israel sengaja melindas Corrie padahal saat itu posisi Corrie terlihat jelas dan mengenakan jaket warna oranye menyala. Namun laporan militer Israel yang dirilis pada bulan Juni 2003 menyebutkan apa yang terjadi pada Corrie adalah "murni kecelakaan".

Organisasi-organisasi hak manusia mengkritik laporan tersebut dan menyebutnya sebagai "laporan yang menipu". Setahun kemudian, kepala staff Menlu AS ( waktu itu dijabat Collin Powell) Kolonel Lawrence Wilkerson mengatakan pada orangtua Corrie bahwa hasil investigasi militer Israel "tidak kredibel, tidak menyeluruh dan tidak transparan."


Orang tua Corrie lalu mengajukan gugatan hukum terhadap negara Israel, Militer Israel dan perusahaan Caterpillar-perusahaan yang mengekspor kendaraan-kendaraan berat ke Israel-pada tahun 2005 atas kematian puterinya. Namun pengadilan Federal menolak gugatan itu pada tahun 2007, terutama gugatan terhadap perusahaan Caterpillar dengan alasan mereka tidak bisa menuntut perusahaan yang berbasis di Illinois itu ataupun menuntut Israel sebagai negara karena hal itu mengharuskan mereka untuk mengeluarkan putusan hukum terkait kebijakan luar negeri AS yang sudah ditetapkan Gedung Putih.

Dalam putusannya, tiga hakim dalam pengadilan tersebut mengatakan bahwa gugatan orangtua Corrie  tidak bisa diproses lebih lanjut secara hukum. Karena jika dilanjutkan, sama artinya pengadilan harus mempertanyakan secara implisit, bahkan mengecam kebijakan luar negeri AS terhadap Israel.

Naima Shayer, warga Palestina yang bersahabat dengan Corrie mengungkapkan kenangannya tentang Corrie. Waktu itu, Corrie sudah tinggal bersama keluarga Naima selama 23 hari. Naima tahu berita kematian Corrie dari keponakan perempuannya. Ia masih tak percaya karena beberapa jam sebelumnya, Corrie masih segar bugar dan mencium Naima berkali-kali sambil mengucapkan selamat tinggal. Naima tidak berfirasat buruk karena Corrie memang sering bersikap seperti itu.


Tapi ketika ia menyaksikan berita kematian Corrie di televisi karena dilindas buldoser Israel. Barulah ia percaya. Naima dan keluarga hanya bisa menangis. "Dia sangat baik pada kami. Dia sudah kami anggap sebagai keluarga kami sendiri," kata Naima mengenang Corrie.

Hari ini, para aktivis ISM di kota Rafah memperingati enam tahun kematian Corrie dengan menerbangkan layang-layang. Satu layang-layang diterbangkan untuk memperingati kematian Corrie dan 14 layang-layang diterbangkan untuk menghormati sekitar 1.400 warga Gaza yang menjadi korban agresi brutal Israel bulan Januari kemarin.

Tristan Anderson


Corrie cuma salah satu aktivis kemanusiaan asing yang menjadi korban kebrutalan Israel. Banyak aktivis lainnya yang mengalami hal serupa meski tidak sampai tewas. Dan yang baru-baru ini terjadi, menimpa aktivis perdamaian dan reporter Indymedia, Tristan Anderson.

Anderson sempat kritis akibat luka-luka yang dialaminya, setelah pasukan Israel menembakkan peluru gas air mata dalam jarak dekat ke kepala Anderson, saat ia ikut aksi unjuk rasa di Nil'in, Tepi Barat, hari Jumat pekan kemarin.

Para saksi mata mengatakan, dahi Anderson bolong terkena peluru tersebut dan darah segar mengalir dari hidung dan mulut Anderson. Meski sudah luka parah, tentara Zionis Israel masih menghalang-halangi ambulan yang akan membawa Anderson ke rumah sakit. Setelah mendapatkan perawatan, kondisi Anderson dikabarkan mulai membaik.

Sebelum insiden penembakan terhadap Anderson, tentara Zionis sudah membunuh empat warga Palestina, dua diantaranya anak-anak di desa Nil'in.

Enam tahun setelah kematian Corrie, rezim Zionis Israel dan pasukannya masih brutal dan membunuh ribuan warga sipil tak berdosa di Jalur Gaza.(ln/IMEMC/MOL)

* tulisan ini dipublikasikan di www.eramuslim.com

Duileee Nih Spanduk ....

berangkat kantor pagi ini,
menemukan dua spanduk partai
yang digantung dengan manisnya di tiang listrik
dengan tulisan yang menggelitik.
pusat syaraf di otak
secara spontan
langsung memerintahkan tangan
untuk memotretnya dengan kamera hp
(thank for instant technology !)

spanduk yang satu tulisannya
"Emang Kuning Bisa PKS?"
spanduk satunya lagi tulisannya
"Emang Merah Bisa PKS?"

dari kedua spanduk ini,
silahkan ditafsirkan sendiri-sendiri
artinya apa ...

what colour are you?
yang jelas saya sih  tetap PUTIH

Misteri Friday the 13th

Sebagai seorang muslim, saya enggak percaya dengan klenik, mitos dan hal-hal yang berbau takhyul. Tapi tahun ini ternyata ada fenomena menarik di penanggalan Masehi. Ternyata sepanjang tahun 2009, kita akan menemukan tiga kali hari Jumat yang jatuh tepat pada tanggal 13, yaitu pada bulan Februari (liat deh di tanggalan, ada hari Jumat yang jatuhnya tepat tanggal 13), bulan Maret (hari ini bo!) dan nanti, pada bulan November (kalo gak percaya, cek ajah di tanggalan). Fenomena semacam ini kabarnya hanya terjadi setiap 11 tahun sekali.

Friday the 13th menjadi mitos usang yang dikaitkan dengan hari buruk yang membawa sial. Tidak jelas asal-usul munculnya mitos Friday the 13th yang diidetikkan dengan peristiwa yang serem-serem. Tapi mitos ini sudah ada sejak zaman pertengahan dan sampai sekarang masih banyak orang yang percaya dengan mitos Friday the 13th.  Mungkin dikaitkan juga dengan mitos angka 13 sebagai angka sial.  Makanya kita sering menemukan gedung-gedung yang menghindari angka 13. Gedung bertingkat misalnya, meniadakan lantai ke-13.

Ternyata banyak lho tokoh-tokoh dunia yang mengidap takut berlebihan sama angka 13. Presiden AS, Franklin D. Roosevelt misalnya, konon tidak pernah mau bepergian pada tanggal 13 dan tidak mau menerima tamu jika jumlah tamunya 13. Selain Roosevelt, Presiden Herbert Hoover dan Napoleon juga kabarnya phobia dengan angka 13. Beberapa restoran di Paris, kabarnya sampai rela membayar orang jika ada rombongan tamu yang datang dengan jumlah 13 orang. Orang yang dibayar itu, untuk menggenapkan jumlahnya menjadi 14 orang. Yang penting jumlahnya jangan 13.

Angka 13 dianggap angka "sial" karena posisinya setelah angka 12. Para pakar simbol angka mengatakan, angka 12 dianggap sebagai angka lengkap karena dalam satu tahun ada 12 bulan, kita juga mengenal ada 12 zodiak bintang, satu lusin jumlahnya juga 12. Belum lagi jika dikaitkan dengan mitos-mitos jaman kuno, misalnya dalam mitos Olimpus ada 12 dewa, dalam mitos Hercules ada 12 pesuruhnya dan masih banyak lagi mitos-mitos lainnya.

Orang yang phobia sama Friday the 13th disebut paraskavedekatriaphobia atau friggatriskaidekaphobia. Dan yang phobia sama angka 13 disebut Triskaidekaphobia.


Ada-ada aja yah ...

Yang jelas, I love Friday, karena besok ....

Chilli Peppers For Sleepy Drivers

Police in the southwestern Chongqing region in China has unique way to minimize road accidents caused by sleepy driver. They are supplying drivers with chilli peppers to prevent them from falling asleep while they are driving.

The Police at highway service stations have handed out a total 1.5 kg chilli peppers to drivers in just nine days. They started this idea after two sleepy drivers from Hunan asked the peppers to keep them awake. However, Chongqing is well known with its spicy cuisines so chilli peppers are essential ingredient in the region.

Chinese roads are the most dangerous in the world. Driving in China is like a game of chicken in the middle of the road with many vehicles coming. There are many big trucks refusing to give a way to smaller vehicles, switch lanes without signaling, driving down in the middle of the road at night and frequently ignoring traffic lights.

No wonder the deaths in road accidents in China is in the ranking first in the world. In 2008, there are almost 73,500 people died and 300,000 wounded in traffic accidents in China.

By handing out the chilli peppers to drivers, China is expecting to decline the road accidents caused of sleepy drivers. So, you may try it when you fell sleepy on the wheel.

source: Islamonline

-QuoTe of the DaY-

When someone criticises or disagrees with you, a small ant of hatred and antagonism is born in your heart. If you do not squash that ant at once, it might grow into a snake, or even a dragon.

Jalaluddin al-Rumi (Mathnavi)

Jummu'ah Mubarokah and Happy Weekend for Everyone

"Closed Zone", Empathy for Gaza

Israeli animator Yoni Goodman created a short film entitled "Closed Zone" for NGO Gisha, a group devoted to freedom movement which calls Israel to open fully all Gaza crossings and lift blockade in Gaza.

The film is depicting the combination of animation and real-life scenes of a boy in the Gaza Strip during the Israeli blockade of the coastal territory. About the film Goodman said that it was very important for him to create a character that anyone can connect to.

"I hope that when people see the movie, they will be able to detach themselves from the automatic view of good or bad. People talk about Hamas, but there are many civilians there who are not Hamas supporters but who are suffering from this blockade," Goodman said.

He added that through this film he wants people in the West seeing  that there are people in Israel who are against war, who want peace. "I think many people see Israel as an aggressive country, but this is not my Israel," He said.

Goodman was a the animation director for Ari Foldman's "Waltz with Bashir" which won a Golden Globe for best foreign film and a nomination for an Academy Award in the same category.

source: Haaretz

Celebrating Prophet's Birthday, Permissible Or Not?

it's still controversial among muslims whether or not it's allowed to celebrate Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon him)' birthday. Some people said it's not permissible and consider it as bid'ah or an innovation, but many people who think it's permissible commemorating Prophet's birthday with special celebration including muslims in Indonesia.

Alhamdulillah, Indonesia government specified Prophet Muhammad's birthday as a big red letter day, so this year we all have a long weekend till Monday coz Prophet's birthday fall on that day. Have a nice long weekend for everybody ...

back to the main topic whether or not it's permissible for muslims celebrating Prophet's birthday, i read a good article about it on Islamonline. Syaikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a prominent Muslim scholar, head of the European Council for Fatwa and Research (ECFR),and the president of the International Association of Muslim Scholars (IAMS) gives his opinion about celebrating Rasulullah Muhammad (PBUH)' birthday and how Muslim should celebrating it.

Here is what he says;

We all know that the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not celebrate the Prophet's birthday, Hijrah or the Battle of Badr, because they witnessed such events during the lifetime of the Prophet who always remained in their hearts and minds.

Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas said that they were keen on telling their children the stories of the Prophet's battles just as they were keen on teaching them the Qur'an. Therefore, they used to remind their children of what happened during the Prophet's lifetime so they did not need to hold such celebrations. However, the following generations began to forget such a glorious history and its significance. So such celebrations were held as a means of reviving great events and the values that we can learn from them.

Unfortunately, such celebrations include some innovations when they should actually be made to remind people of the Prophet's life and his call. Actually, celebrating the Prophet's birthday means celebrating the birth of Islam. Such an occasion is meant to remind people of how the Prophet lived.

Allah Almighty says: (Verily in the Messenger of Allah ye have a good example for him who looketh unto Allah and the last Day, and remembereth Allah much.) (Al-Ahzab 33: 21)

By celebrating the Prophet's Hijrah, we should teach people values such as sacrifice, the sacrifice of the Companions, the sacrifice of `Ali who slept in the Prophet's place on the night of the Hijrah, the sacrifice of Asma' as she ascended the Mountain of Thawr. We should teach them to plan the way the Prophet planned for his Hijrah, and how to trust in Allah as the Prophet did when Abu Bakr told him: We could be seen so easily, the Prophet replied saying: "O Abu Bakr! What do you think of two when Allah is their third?" (Have no fear, for Allah is with us.) (At-Tawbah 9: 40)

We need all these lessons and such celebrations are a revival of these lessons and values. I think that these celebrations, if done in the proper way, will serve a great purpose, getting Muslims closer to the teachings of Islam and to the Prophet's Sunnah and life.

As for celebrating `Ashura’, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), celebrated this day by fasting only. He asked the Jews why they fasted on that day and they told him that it was the day that Allah saved Moses and the people of Israel. The Prophet replied saying: "We have more of a right to Moses than you." So he fasted on that day and ordered the people to fast on that day. He also said near the end of his life: "By Allah, if I lived longer I would fast on the 9th of Muharram." That is, that he would fast on the 9th and the 10th in order to be different from the Jews who fast on the 10th only. However, some of the Sunnis celebrate `Ashura as if it were a feast. The Shi`ah consider it a day of sadness and mourning, but all such things are innovations and are completely un-Islamic.

the exact date of the Prophet's birth is controversial, but it is most likely to be on Monday, 9th Rabee` Al-Awwal (20th or 22nd of April, 571 AC), the same year in which the invasion of the Elephants took place against the Ka`bah. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away on Monday 12, Rabee` Al-Awwal in the eleventh year of Hijrah (8 June 632 AC.)

So let's celebrate our Prophet Muhammad's birthday as such a great event by reading more about the Prophet's Sunnah and life, doing charity work that remind us of the Prophet's life and his struggle and to show our love to him.

for more scholars speak on the prophet's birthday you can take a look at www.islamonline.net
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Thinking Out of The Box

This is a story about my nephew, Faishal and a new baby sitter who just work for two days in my sister's house (Faishal's mother). As a new one, she doesn't know a lot Faishal's character. He is a five-year old energetic young boy and is very talk-active. He is sometimes talking and thinking about something beyond my belief that i thought it will not come from the kids at his age. He often thinks out of the box-i don't know what other people say- that is amazed me many times and make me smile.

It happened when Faishal did his homework and was accompanied by that new baby sitter. It is written on his homework that he had to find at least ten of water utility in our daily life. Firstly, Faishal said that we can use water for wudhu ( ritual ablution before prayer ).

"good, Faishal ..." the baby sitter said.  "And then what else ...?" asked her.

Faishal spontaneously said ... "to wash the aeroplane ... !" he said that words enthusiastically.

"what ....?! washing aeroplane?!"  the nanny said with greatly amased.

"Isn't that too big Faishal?" the nanny asked him again.

"no ...  we can use water for washing aeroplane, can't we?" Faishal arguing.

"sure ... we can. But it's too big Faishal ... why not motorcycle or bike instead of aeroplane ..." the nanny said again.

Faishal and his nanny were arguing for awhile. at the end, Faishal agree to put "to wash motorcycle" as the answer for his homework.

I just smile to hear Faishal choosing "aeroplane" . Again, he choose something bigger beyond my thought. He is always thinking out of the box and this is not a first time i learn from the way of he is thinking ...