Malaysia mourns the loss of it's First Lady.

Today Malaysia mourns the death of it's First Lady, Datin Endon wife of our Prime Minister,Dato Sri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. After almost 3 years of fighting the disease of breast cancer finally this morning ( 7.55 am ) she succumbs to the deadly disease .She passed away peacefully at the PM's residence,Sri Perdana in Putrajaya. By her bedside were her beloved husband, two children, son-in law , daughter-in law and her mother Datin Mariam Abdullah.Eighteen days ago she returned from the United States where she was treated of the disease .She was laid to rest at the Muslim cemetry at Presinct 20 ,Putrajaya attended by local and foregn dignitaries. Among those who came to pay their last respect were Crown Prince of Brunei Darussalam ,President Arroyo Macapagal of the Phillipines, Premier Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore and the Deputy PM of Thailand .

What is the morale behind this tragedy ? How wealthy you are , how powerful you are ,how good is your doctor that attends to you ,how well known you are ,how well you are loved ,no one could go against God's fate . When the time for us to die has come ,we'll have to go .All living things has to suffer death .No one is exempted . Therefore we must always be ready with enough good deeds , not to go against God's wishes -committing sins and fullfill our obligations to God such as performing the daily prayers etc. Prophet Muhammad (pbh.) once said via the Hadith ' You must do good deeds as if you are going to die tomorrow '.So we cannot say we are still young and there is enough time to do later .No one knows when we are going to die except God .

Cancer is a killer disease .Breast cancer often attacks women and chances of a cure is very slim. Medical practitioners has yet to find the diognose of the deadly disease. God mentioned in the Holy Quran that there is a cure to all diseases .Only that human beings has yet to discover it .Now, I would like to challenge all Medical practioners and would be practitioners to put all efforts available to find the solution to the problem, human beings has been facing since Prophet Adam (pbh.)

It must be very painful for us to loose some one who is very dear to us .I cannot bear to loose my loved ones especially my wife who has been my closest companion for the last 35 years .Especially now that I am retired ,where my activities has almost been restricted to my home. I do not have any other companion or friends to talk and joke to except my wife . One may say ,' Oh ,you can always remarry '. Not as simple as that .By remarrying, that doesn't guarantee happiness .Further, we have to take care the feelings of our children .I'd rather remain single ,than to have another burden on my shoulder.

Oh God, please do not take away my loved ones .

Beware of the fake Quran (The True Furqan)

Last Friday during the Friday Prayer Sermon at the State Mosque in Shah Alam , we had the shock of our lives when told that a new Quran called ' The True Furqan ' are now in circulation through out the world to confuse Muslims with the ultimate aim to lure Muslims into Christianity . As we all know ' Furqan ' is another name for Quran .

Reaching home after the prayer , I immediately rushed to my lap-top computer and surf the internet to verify the information that we received during the Friday prayer sermon . I manage to surf the relevent website and it was confirmed that ' The True Furqan ' existed .It was actually authored by an Arab Christian now living in the US who was sponsored by President Bush and by the Israeli government. After perusing through a few pages , I don't need to be an expert to identify this fake Quran .

Surprisingly , Kuwait became the bastion for distributions of this fake Quran to other countries . In Kuwait it is even being distributed to school children in government schools .On second thought , I am not surprised this is happening in Kuwait or even perhaps in Saudi Arabia . If you all remember not long ago during the Iraq War these are among the Muslim Arab countries which conspired with the US and it's allies to wage war against Iraq . Kuwait was especially indebted to the US for rescuing her from President Saddam's invading army .It has come to this stage that these Arab nations had stooped so low to President Bush even to the extent of almost destroying their own religion . It would not be too long when these infidels would enter the holy city of Mecca just as what had happened to our 3rd.holiest mosque al Aqsa in Baitumaqdis/Bethlehem . Even today US has already had a Military Base outside Riyadh , just a few hundred miles from the Holy City . Who knows that their millitary spies had not entered the Holy City ? Can you expect much from the Arabs who claims that they are entrusted by God to be the custodion of the Holy City ? There is nothing stated in the Quran that they are the custodion of the Holy City . They too ,is not the largest Muslim community .Today , Muslims in Nusantara ( Malaysia and Indonesia ) is the largest Muslim community in the world . In my humble opinion ,the Holy Cities ( Mecca and Medina ) should be administered by OIC .

Now it is confirmed that the enemies of Islam is trying their best to destroy our religion. They have now resorted to the despicable act of inventing a fake Quran to confuse us .A young child or someone with limited knowledge about Islam would slowly be lured into believing the fake Quran .That is why they are targetting school children and adults with limited knowledge of the religion .We Muslims have to unite and consolidate our solidarity to fight against our enemies . We should not emulate the Arabs for they cannot be trusted .We cannot depend on them for they are known to have conspired with our enemies .

Today ,it is almost 2 weeks of fasting this year's Ramadhan .As the previous year we are a bit lonely especially during the breaking of fast .Most of the time only the two of us are at the table for the breaking of fast because Aizad and Azman are seldom at home .Normally ,they breakfasted in the car and only reached home well after breaking of fast time.Luckily , Alisya is around . She becomes our companion to talk and joke to .

Our new house could not be completed in time for Hari Raya .We have to celeberate this year's Hari Raya somewhere else - may be in JB .

Pakistan and Kashmir shaken by eathquakes.

Pakistan and Kashmir have been devastated by the deadly earthquakes. It is estimated about 40,000 lives perished in the tragedy . It is heartening to hear of such disaster and more so they are all our Muslim brothers and sisters . Sometimes I wonder why Pakistan and Kashmir with the majority of the population are Muslims ,have to suffer the disaster this time especially during this Ramadhan .There could be a 'hikmah' or reason from God on why the tragedy this time has to be on the people of Pakistan and Kashmir .After some thought , I reckon that it could be a reminder from God not to conspire with the enemies of Islam . As we all know President Musharraf has been a US stooge in its campaign to destroy Islam .He has also been licking President's Bush's arse in return for a few thousands US dollars to help finance his shaky government . He is responsible for arresting a good number of mujahideens / freedom fighters and turning them over to his 'master' - the US resulting in them being detained without trial at the infamous Guantanamo Bay Prison .His sins does not end there , he is also responsible for the closure of a number of Madrasahs ( Islamic institution ) which was accused by the US for planting seeds of hatred against them and as training grounds for terrorism . As in Malaysia and other countries Madrasahs played a pivotal role in the dissemination of our religion Islam . This fact has been feared by the enemies of Islam which they believe could hamper their campaign to weaken and eventually to destroy the religion .Thousands of students including some from Malaysia had to abandon their studies . Other countries including Malaysia especially under Dr.Mahathir used the same reasons to clamp down on the Madrasahs activities . Thailand for that matter is trying her best to close down Madrasahs in Southern Thailand , as part of it's campaign to weaken Islam . Pakistan which was known as one of the favourite destinations for students of Islam, is left with nothing but stooges of the West . All the goings on in Pakistan could have infuriated God and as a signal to human kind made the earthquakes to happen . This is also a reminder to all Muslim countries especially the Arab kingdoms not to stoop so low to the West , more so to be lickers of their arse . These countries should be the guardian of Islam but instead allowed themselves to be used by the super powers as a tool to destroy another fellow Muslim country , as in the case of Afghanistan and Iraq. But Arabs being typical Arabs are well known for their lack of awareness on the importance of unity and solidairity among themselves .They are always suspicious of each other and can never remain united. That is the main reason for their defeat by Israel during the Gulf War of 1967 .Before the advent of Islam , the Arab community were known for their ruthlessness and lawlessness . If the religion of Islam did not come to them through Prophet Muhammad (pbh), they would have been worst than what they are known today . President Jamal Abdul Nasser of Egypt , President Haffiz al Assad of Syria and President Muammar Gadaffi of Libya tried to unite the Arab community but all failed . I suppose only a non Arab strong leader could unite them in the interest of Islam .

One would ask what is the part played by the OIC ( Organisation of Islamic Countries )to unite the Muslim countries ?As the name suggest " Oh, I see ." , I guess nothing much can be done as long as the Arabs are not united .They are the main obstacles to unity and solidarity .

Taking opportunity of this holy month of Ramadhan ,I pray so that God would guide leaders of Muslim countries to the right path and not to succumb to the lure of the enemies of Islam.