Perancis tiada l'uniforme scolaire..pourquoi?

*updated: my apologies for the previous misunderstood info.

1. Tahukah anda jika ban on niqab diluluskan oleh French Constitutional Court setelah parlimen meluluskannya beberapa hari yang lalu, seorang pelancong wanita berniqab yang berjalan-jalan sekitar Eiffel Tower di Paris dalam siri pelancongannya boleh dikenakan denda oleh pihak berkuasa serta merta?

2. Langkah parlimen Perancis meluluskan (melalui undi) larangan pemakaian niqab/burqa di tempat awam baru-baru ini adalah salah satu langkah untuk memisahkan agama dari hidup. Ini sebenarnya bermula berdekad yang lalu apabila uniform sekolah dimansuhkan di sekolah-sekolah awam Perancis selepas Perang Dunia ke-2. Parce que: Ketika itu uniform sekolah dilihat sebagai satu identiti agama dan bertujuan keagamaan. Sekolah Katolik (swasta) di Perancis hari ini masih mengekalkan uniform sekolah sama seperti sesetengah sekolah swasta yang lain.

3. Sesiapa yang belajar bahasa Perancis selalunya kena belajar budaya masyarakatnya - kedai kopi, sistem sekolah, makanan, negeri2, pelacongan etc. Jadi fakta ini saya dapat dari cikgu French saya di sini. Btw, sekolah Britain ada uniform sekolah dan hijab tidak dilarang. Siapa yang bersikap offensive terhadapnya mungkin digantung sekolah.

4. Seperti yang ramai tahu, larangan pemakaian hijab di Perancis di sekolah awam telah diperkenalkan lebih kurang 6 tahun yang lalu. Larangan ini diselaraskan untuk semua agama - Jew dilarang memakai kippah manakala Kristian dilarang memakai cross (tanda salib) yang selalunya dipakai dengan rantai.

5. Walaubagaimanapun, keperluan untuk memakai ketiga-tiga simbol agama ini berbeza. Hijab adalah wajib atau mesti dipakai oleh seorang perempuan Islam yang sudah cukup umur. Manakala kippah selalunya dipakai oleh Jew bila pergi ke synagogue, penyembahan dan festival agama. Ia dianggap sebagai optional sama seperti pemakaian cross yang dipakai peringatan terhadap pengorbanan Jesus [a.s] (yang menurut Kristian disalib tapi menurut Islam, lelaki yang disalib itu bukanlah Jesus a.s).

6. Isu larangan niqab ini memberikan idea kepada seorang jutawan Perancis Muslim, Rachid Nekkaz untuk mengumpul dana bagi wanita2 berniqab di sana bayar denda dengan cara menjual property nya bernilai 1 million.

7. Manakala di Britain, salah seorang ahli parlimen Conservative menyuarakan keperluan Britain untuk mengikut jejak langkah (larangan niqab) jiran-jirannya, Perancis dan Belgium. Wanita berburqa atau berniqab tidaklah susah untuk dilihat di sini terutama di tempat2 ramai Muslim seperti Birmingham. Lebih tepat? Coventry street, Birmingham!

8. Dulu di Malaysia selalu juga nampak budak-budak sekolah (sesetengah skola, pakai tudung wajib) yang sengaja pakai tudung singkat yang kalau dia mengangguk, pasti terdedah tengkuk. Seperti saiz tudung adik-adik 4 tahun. Yang sempurna tudung bahagian depan tapi rambut pony tail belakang terjurai pun ada. Sekarang trend apa pula ya?

4 me & u: To some people out there, the freedom to wear headscarf or be a niqabi is high-priced and nothing compares to it........so please girls, don't take it for granted. It's one of the things that completes you :)

Everyday Muslimahs

Washington D.C

U.S. President Barack Obama introduces Bilquis Abdul-Qaadir during a dinner celebrating the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, September 1, 2009

Kenya

Refugee woman adjusts her headscarf at Dagahaley camp in Dadaab in Kenya’s northeastern province June 5, 2009. The United Nations said on Friday that 96,000 Somalis had fled their homes during a month of battles between Islamist rebels and the government in Mogadishu. They have swelled the more than 1 million internal refugees in Somalia, which aid agencies say has one of the world’s worst — and most neglected — humanitarian crises.

Turkey

In this file picture taken on July 2, 2005 a Turkish woman wearing a headscarf walks past posters sporting a woman veiled by the European Union flag in central Istanbul. Five years after a “big bang” took the European Union deep behind the former Iron Curtain, enlargement fatigue, worsened by the economic crisis, has gripped the bloc. Institutional hurdles and divisions over whether mainly Muslim Turkey should be allowed in have added to fallout from the financial turmoil to dampen enthusiasm for Europe, to the detriment of Balkan nations that want to join.

Doha, Qatar

A line judge in headscarf watches Elena Dementieva of Russia serve against compatriot Nadia Petrova during their WTA Tour Championships tennis match in Doha .

Malaysia

Muslim woman sits on a bench at a mosque in Kuala Lumpur.

Dakar, Senegal

A Muslim girl runs along a street lined with buildings from the French colonial era on Goree Island in Dakar May 1, 2009. Senegal’s President Abdoulaye Wade named a new government on Friday, with his son Karim a notable inclusion in the team despite losses in local government elections, which dealt a serious blow to the Wade family.

Bosnia

A Muslim woman cries as she arrives for a funeral of 34 Bosnian Muslims in the town of Vlasenica in the Serb part of Bosnia April 25, 2009. Those buried were killed by Serb forces during the country’s 1992-95 war and exhumed from mass graves in the area but many more are expected to be found.

Morocco

Moroccan women pray on the esplanade of the Hassan II Mosque.

South Africa

Fagmieda Miller, 34, is from Cape Town, South Africa. The first Muslim in South Africa to reveal her HIV-positive status. An AIDS activist, she is a winner of the Femina Women of Courage award and gives weekly radio advice on HIV/AIDS. I was the first Muslim in South Africa to declare that I was HIV-positive. I am 34 years old. Eight years ago, when I first learnt that I was HIV-positive, I thought I had brought shame upon my family and God had punished me. I prepared myself for death by giving away my stuff.I was referred to a counselor and I learnt that I could live a long time if I took care of myself. Eventually I told my parents. I couldn’t talk because I was crying so much. My father said, This disease comes from God. You shouldn’t think of it as a sin. Don’t turn your back on God. You need him more than ever. It was difficult because there was no support.

Pakistan

A woman supporter of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) takes part in a protest in Karachi on March 4, 2009, to condemn the damage done to a memorial for assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto during a protest by Pakistan Muslim League supporters in Rawalpindi. Bhutto is pictured on the woman’s headband.

Nigeria

Officials of the Nigerian Red Cross attend to injured victims of the civil unrest at Jos in Plateau State on November 30, 2008. Some 200 people were killed in two days of post-election violence in the central Nigerian city of Jos, the Plateau State information minister said, giving the first official toll. Calm appeared to have returned to the city of two million which is the capital of Plateau State and lies in Nigeria’s "middle belt," between the predominantly Muslim north and mainly Christian south.

Palestine

Palestinian Islamic Law Judge, Khuloud Faqih, hands a file to one of the court’s employees at her office at the Islamic Law Court in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Feb. 23, 2009. Palestinians recently appointed the first two women as judges in Islamic courts. Muslim courts in the Palestinian Authority rule over family affairs: marriage, divorce, inheritance and custody, relying on Islamic jurisprudence rather than secular rules.

Germany

A woman wearing a head scarf walks past a pile of books at the Frankfurt Book Fair on October 17, 2008. The world’s biggest book fair is showcasing Turkey this year and some 7,000 exhibitors from 101 countries will be present from October 15 to 19, 2008.

Afghanistan

An Afghan girl adjusts her head scarf during lessons at the girls high school Ayeshe Sedeqa in the center of Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008. About 3000 girls of Kunduz attend in three different shift daily school lessons.

Israel

An Arab Israeli girl stands next to a photo during an exhibition about Muslim Albanians who rescued Jews during the Holocaust, marking the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, in the northern Israeli town of Ramle, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. An exhibition on Albanian Muslims who sheltered Jews during World War Two opened in the mixed Jewish-Arab town of Ramle on Tuesday to mark the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, but the event was overshadowed by tensions in the wake of Israel’s recent offensive in the Gaza Strip.

Indonesia

Muslim women hold placards and shout slogans during a rally outside the parliament building in Jakarta October 29, 2008.

Michigan, USA

Hospital patient transporter Elisa Machado (C) talks with radiology staff member Tiffany Pope (R) while wearing her Muslim hijab as she works in her job at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. Machado is a university student studying to go into the field of medicine. Women who cover up for their faith may encounter problems getting some kinds of work outside the Muslim world, particularly ones requiring them to interact with the public.

Argentina

A muslim woman wears a mask on the back of her head during a protest against the air strikes on Gaza outside the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires, December 29, 2008. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

Iran

An Iranian football fan adjusts her headscarf after pinning the flag of the Islamic republic to her veil during the Asia Group 2 World Cup qualifying match between Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on October 19, 2008 at Sheikh Maktoum Stadium in the Gulf emirate of Dubai. Iran are on top of the group, which also includes South and North Korea and Saudi Arabia. They have four points from two matches and are tied with South Korea, but trailing on goal difference. Hosts UAE have lost all their three matches to date.

Mumbai

A policeman walks past a human chain formed by Muslim women on a street-side in Mumbai December 12, 2008. Thousands of Mumbai residents on Friday formed a human chain around some of the sites that were attacked recently, the latest in a series of citizen initiatives to express anger and demand action from the government.

Thailand

Stranded Muslim pilgrim women from southern Thailand sit at a check-in counter as an anti-government rally continues at the Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok on November 29, 2008.

Philippines

Children wait for the start of Friday prayers at a mosque in Marawai City, the only Islamic city in the Philippines.

Turkey

Women in headscarves hold posters reading ‘Do not touch my headscarf’ as they stage a demonstration in front of the Constitutional Court in Ankara on October 23, 2008. Lifting a ban on women wearing the Muslim headscarf at university violates Turkey’s secular constitution, the country’s top court said on October 22, 2008, defending a decision against the ruling AK Party.

Tanzania

Muslim women from Dar es Salaam, eastern Tanzania, hold signs as they participate in a anti-Bush demonstration in Dar es Salaam on February 16, 2008. US President George W. Bush arrived 16 February in Benin, the first stop on a five-country African tour to highlight US aid to battle malaria and HIV/AIDS and efforts to resolve regional conflicts.

Austria

Muslim women walk across the first muslim cemetery built in Austria during its official opening at Vienna’s Grossmarkstrasse on October 3, 2008. The site is be able to hold 4,000 graves. There are 140,000 Muslims in Vienna, most of them coming from Turkey.

China

Ethnic Muslim Uighurs leave the Nuijie Mosque in Beijing after prayers to celebrate Eid al-Fitr festivities marking the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan on October 2, 2008.

Cambodia
Muslim women wave Cambodian and Kuwait national flags during a welcoming ceremony for Kuwait’s Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah at Phnom Penh international airport August 3, 2008. Sheikh Nasser is in Cambodia on a three-day official visit.

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h1n1 - Semasa, Teori, Usaha, Pencegahan

Saya; "You know what, my parents discourage me to go to crowded places especially town, that's why I don't go out much this summer."

"Really? I go out to town almost everyday." balas Emma yang baru sahaja balik dari holiday di New Zealand, dengan selambanya.

Paranoidkah saya?

Tak sempat isu recession mengundur diri, isu h1n1 memunculkan diri. Cerita UK harini, isu h1n1 bukanlah yang paling hangit hangat seperti Malaysia. Tak pernah sekalipun saya nampak orang pakai mask sepanjang school holiday saya, walaupun kes h1n1 pernah mencapai 100,000 kes seminggu di England sahaja! Belum masuk Wales, Scotland dan Northern Ireland.

Menurut teori Crixerity (Malaysia), orang2 yang bermask tu bukanlah takut mati sebab h1n1. Tapi, takut alam lepas mati, takutkan Allah, takut diseksa sedang diri tau belum cukup amal untuk menghadapi mati. Sekali lagi, hanya teori sahaja.

Wallahu'alam.

Ceramah dari Dr. Haron Din berkenaan swine flu. Jom tengok.

Semester baru sekolah akan dibuka dua minggu lagi. Virus kemalasan+semangat menusuk. Semangat nak jumpa kawan lama dan baru. Rindu! huhu. Saya masih mencongak2, nak pakai mask ke tak nanti? Mana taknya, kawan2 holiday dari benua Eropah ke benua Amerika hinggalah ke benua Asia. Multisources lah jadinya..

Ada news kata jika kes meningkat mendadak selepas semester baru buka, sekolah mungkin tutup dalam bulan November. UK Government pula bersiap sedia untuk the biggest public vaccination dalam 50 tahun dalam bulan Oktober. We'll see. Sambil2 tu, usaha dan tawakkal jangan ditinggal!

- Gunakan tisu untuk tutup hidung dan mulut ketika batuk atau bersin, dan lepastu basuh tangan.

- Jangan guna sapu tangan atau tisu yang telah digunakan, ia berisiko contaminating other stuff.

- Basuh tangan selalu terutamanya selepas batuk, bersin dan guna tisu. Bagus dengan sabun dan air atau hand rubs.

- Kurangkan menyentuh hidung, mulut, mata kecuali jika anda baru bersihkan tangan.

- Detergen biasa dan air perlu digunakan untuk bersihkan permukaan apa2 yang selalu tangan sentuh.

- Bersihkan tangan sejurus memulakan kerja dan sampai rumah.

Hampir semua langkah2 diatas berkait rapat dengan kebersihan. Kebersihan itu kan separuh daripada iman. Moga sinar iman kita makin terik cahayanya di bulan2 mulia ini, inshaAllah!

Selamat berjuang di bulan Ramadhan, para pejuang semua. Barakallahu feekum :)

Sweet fighting for Palestine

Palestinians always remain deep inside our hearts.

1) Shortly after Israel attacked Palestine in December, me, my sis and some of our friends (who are highly concerned) have raised fund for Palestine around my school and Brynmill area. Thanks a whole lot, Mr Headmaster of Bishop Gore School. Despite the ignorance, hesitation and bad-mouth, Alhamdulillah we managed to raise up to £160 (in fact, above our target) and no doubt, I'm pleased. This title is actually inspired by a friend. I just really really love it.

2) Last week, 27th January - Holocaust Memorial day. We had an exhibition (small one) and assembly in school talking about this. Honestly, I'm not interested at all (I mean, according to my ranking - the most important thing to be concerned about today is not this). But, the matter is Holocaust happened like 60 years ago and Palestine Holocaust happened like less than a week ago. Yet, nobody has ever mentioned it even once!


3) Is it still relevant to blab around that this donation stand for Political Interest where thousands of Palestinians are suffering of unusual wounds which Modern Medicine History never had? Or the refusal to donate just to be Fair to Israel where Palestinians were badly attacked with white phosphorus bombs (internationally prohibited weapon) by ISRAELAKNATULLAH (especially Zionists)?


4) Within these issues, we have to make a clear statement that Hamas is a legally elected government of Palestine. They are not terrorists. The truth is Israel is Terrorist! Tell me, when Israel was formed? Tell me, who took Palestine land in 1948? Tell me, is it wrong for Hamas and Palestinians fight for their own land? So, here, who started this War? Stop exclaiming nonsense to cover your criminal, Shimon Peres!


5) I highly salute Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey's Prime Minister for his final speech in World Economic Forum in Devos. He is a real gentleman! There, he condemned people who clapped for Peres, Israel's Prime Minister's arrogant speech which reflecting their agreement towards this cruelty. And here, people are ashamed and scared to support Palestine, frankly, shame on those people! Absolutely unacceptable if those are Muslims. I remember, there was a Hamas' representative visited Malaysia to build diplomatic relationship not long after they won the election. Awkwardly, Malaysia government didn't recognize him. Don't you know, the current Palestinian Ambassador in Malaysia is from Fatah, the lost party of Palestine? And we may leave that to the rational minds to decide whether that is morally the right thing to do.

What in my mind is, in current situation where Malaysia is pointing out the finger to Israel, point it back to you - recognize Hamas first.


6) Seriously, stop saying nothing much that you can do for them. There are always ways in doing good things, the thing is you just have to work out how. "With a willing, you enforced thousand powers, no willing, thousand excuses!" I did meet some peeps who were trying to give such excuses. Like the protest against Israel's attacks to Palestine might cause such violence (here). Sorry? Tell you what, police here is much better in the way they control the protest than in Malaysia (well, most of the time they start the violence) . And in fact, there were loads of children (even baby!) went there. So, purlease laa.

But, protest like this would raise people awareness towards Israel's cruelty. Would you rather let them misunderstand as they get a very distorted image of what is happening in Palestine?

On the authority of Abu Saeed Al-Khurdari, who said: I heard the messenger of Allah said:

"Whosoever of you sees an evil action, let him change it with his hand; and if he is not able to do so, then with his tongue (and writing); and if he is not able to do so, then with his heart (hate it); and that is the weakest of faith."

7) Wake up guys, don't be deaf, don't be dumb spectating their struggle, their jihad! Bear in mind, we do what we can and leave the rest to God. Only Allah knows best.

If you are human, stand for this humanity issue!

If you are a peace lover, fight for peace in Palestine!

If you are a Muslim, let's help our brothers and sisters of the same faith, our Al-Quds, our Baitul Maqdis!

* Fund for Palestine!*

Palestin dari perspektif seorang Non-Muslim

Pada saya, serangan kejam Israel terhadap Gaza baru-baru ini bukanlah perkara baru, masih watak yang sama dengan jalan cerita yang lebih kurang sama. Tragisnya, ia bermula ketika seantero dunia sibuk menyambut kedatangan Awal Muharram dan juga Tahun Baru Masihi. Post dibawah saya jumpa di Facebook kawan Benggali saya, Rahala yang megingatkan saya, sesungguhnya Doa mampu mengubah sesuatu.

Palestine Cries for Your Duaa As the world celebrates the New Year, the Palestinians bury their dead.

As we hear fireworks, the Palestinians listen to bombs.
As we rush to queue in the sales, the Palestinians rush to queue for their daily rationed bread.
As we enjoy the company of our loved ones, the Palestinians wonder who will be next to die from theirs. As we chose new years resolutions, the Palestinians choose their prayers. Remember the Palestinians in your Duaas!

Ya, saya pasti kekadang kita tertanya apa yang kita boleh buat untuk mereka? Saya pernah tanya ayah saya. Benda yang paling least adalah beritahu cerita benar tentang Palestin kepada sesiapa yang kita jumpa jika berpeluang. Berceritalah! Seperti lirik lagu nyanyian Zain Bhikha:

Have you heard?
Each day we are reminded
and each day we say
there`s not much that we can do
it seems so far away
So we live our lives in silence
pretending not to hear
the voices of our people
The cry is so so clear
Why do we stand by spectating
while our brothers cry jihad?

Alhamdulillah saya berpeluang bercerita beberapa hari selepas saya tanya ayah saya. Menariknya orang itu berbeza agama, bangsa, negara - seorang Afrika dari Cameroon yang saya dan kakak saya jumpa di Services/Gwasanaethau/R&R dalam perjalanan ke rumah. Dia menegur buku Yasir Arafat A Political Biography di atas meja kami dan mula bercerita tentang pendapat beliau tentang Palestin.

Saya cuba membangkang kenyataan dia bahawa semua ini berpunca daripada Hamas (serangan untuk memerangi Hamas) kerana ia berlaku bertahun-tahun sebelum Hamas ditubuhkan. Asal usulnya adalah apabila pemindahan Yahudi beramai-ramai ke Palestin hasil daripada Balfour Declaration yang dibuat kerajaan British atas dasar menebus kesalahan Barat terhadap Yahudi selepas Holocaust (pembunuhan beramai-ramai Yahudi oleh Nazi Jerman) berlaku. Padahal kerajaan yang patut bertanggunjawab sepenuhnya adalah Jerman bukannya Palestin!

Foto 1: Protest Against Military Action on GAZA di Trafalgar Square, London. Teringin sangat nak pi, tapi keadaan tak megizinkan.

Kemudian, dia memberikan hujah daripada biblical history bahawa tanah di Palestin adalah tanah yang dijanjikan Tuhan buat Yahudi dan beratus tahun sebelum Holocaust, mereka telah bermastautin di bumi Palestin. Tetapi, sebagai punishment atas kesalahan mereka, Tuhan telah memecahkan mereka ke macam2 negara dan menurunkan Holocaust. Jadi, menurut dia, apabila punishment itu habis, mereka ada hak untuk mengambil kembali tanah Palestin itu daripada penduduknya (walaupun menghalau mereka).

Dan saya katakan - tidak kiralah apa yang mereka percaya, dari segi human rights pun merampas tanah tuannya, menghiraukan mereka, mementingkan diri adalah amat-amat tidak betul dan tidak adil. Benda itu adalah perkara mudah yang senang difahami. Lagipun, kalau dikira2 jika Yahudi ada hak diatas tanah itu kerana itu tanah mereka lebih 400 tahun sebelum Holocaust (menurut dia), Muslim lagi berhak kerana dulu-dulunya Palestin diperintah oleh empayar Uthmaniyyah.

Saya tak pasti agama apa yang dianuti pemuda Cameroon itu. Nak cakap pasal agama Kristian dan Yahudi asalnye dari Islam pun nanti lagi bertambah pening pulok. Saya cuba terangkan bahawa Tanah Palestin penting (adalah tanah suci) buat tiga agama utama - Islam, Yahudi, Kristian kerana Al-Aqsa dibina oleh Nabi Sulaiman a.s ataupun dipanggil Solomon yang dipercayai oleh ketiga-tiga agama ini. Bezanya Yahudi dan Kristian tidak percaya pada nabi yang terakhir, Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. Maka, amat-amatlah tidak adil untuk mengatakan Yahudi laknatullah yang lebih berhak keatasnya.

Foto 2: Protes di Swansea,UK ketika isu tembok di Palestin tahun lepas (2008)

Diakhir perbualan kami, dia kata "I really like this discussion. I hope I would have one like this in the near future." Bagi saya, bukan senang nak jumpa orang seperti dia yang faham dan boleh berbincang seperti ini. Ada satu ketika, BBC menyiarkan berita tentang Gaza, ada seorang minah saleh ni kata "Where is Gaza?" dan rakannya membalas "No idea".

"Wahai kaumku, masuklah ke Tanah Suci (Palestin) yang telah diperintahkan oleh Allah untuk kamu (memasukinya); dan janganlah kamu berbalik undur ke belakang, (kalau kamu undur) maka kamu kelak menjadi orang-orang yang rugi (di dunia dan di akhirat)". (Al Maaidah:21)

Tak kira betapa kuatnya rejim Zionis, Allah telah menjanjikan kemenangan Islam di Palestin!

baru kasut, belum lagi..

Saya rasa satu dunia dah tahu tentang Bush dibaling kasut di fairwell visit nya di Iraq. Tak cukup parti pimpinannya kalah dalam Pilihanraya Presiden US. Satu eksperesi kebencian dan penghinaan serius buat si Bush - kebabush walaupun memang kelakar. Biarpun balingan itu agak tersasar, tapi cukup memberi mesej penentangan bahawa umat Islam tidak boleh dipermainkan.

Seperti kata Rendra, "Jika takut dengan risiko, jangan bicara soal perjuangan."

Pastinya, tinggi risiko yang ditanggung Muntadar al-Zaidi. Siapa yang berani menanggung risiko sebesar itu? Saya pun tak berani mengaku saya mampu. Dengan sang PM Iraq yang dibonekakan, tak bermakna rakyatnya boleh dibonekakan. Seimbas lalu videonya, Bush nampak selamba. Biasalah, itu baru dibaling dua pasang kasut di sidang media..belum lagi dibaling benda2 yang meletup seperti yang berlaku pada bekas Presiden Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto. Wallahualam.