Umum kini dimaklumkan perihal fatwa yang mengharamkan penggunaan kalimah Allah oleh golongan bukan Islam.
Dalam perkembangan terbaru, Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz mengumumkan 'Allah' boleh digunakan di Wilayah Persekutuan, Pulau Pinang, Sabah dan Sarawak.
Yang menariknya, meskipun lampu hijau terhadap penggunaan 'Allah' telah pun diumumkan, fatwa yang melarang penggunaan kalimah ini oleh golongan bukan Islam tetap wujud.
Mengapa fatwa dirujuk untuk mengekang penggunaan nama 'Allah' sedangkan fatwa yang diumumkan Majlis Fatwa Negara hanya boleh digunapakai terhadap rakyat beragama Islam?
Masyarakat bukan Islam tidak dibendung undang-undang syariah tetapi oleh undang-undang sivil.
Jika sekalipun fatwa dijadikan enakmen di negeri -negeri yang bersultan, enakmen itu akan menjadi enakmen syariah.
Selain itu, terdapat satu lagi persoalan yang akan timbul sekiranya pengharaman penggunaan kalimah di kalangan bukan Islam dikuatkuasakan.
Lagu Hindustan ini umpamanya menggunakan kalimah ‘SubhanAllah.
Adakah ini bermakna lagu ini boleh dinyanyikan oleh masyarakat Islam semata-mata?
Adakah pihak berkuasa akan menapis bahagian lagu tersebut?
Jika sekalipun tapisan dibuat, lagu tersebut masih boleh diperoleh dari laman sesawang seperti Youtube.
Harus diingati juga penapisan atau pengharaman hasil ini akan turut menggalakkan kegiatan cetak rompak.
Showing posts with label Allah. Show all posts
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Monday, July 7, 2008
Pray and you shall get a job in Kelantan
This entry is in response to Malaysiakini report, Pray and you shall get a state job in Kelantan.
As stated in the report, I find it not only controversial but nonsensical. That too coming from a man who has immense knowledge on Islam and Syariah law.
I do not agree with this notion simply because job performance cannot be assessed by the number of times my Muslim brothers and sisters pray. It is simply based on what is also known as key performance index and scheduled internal assessments.
My second point would be on the human - Allah relations. I understand that this attempt by Tok Guru Nik Aziz is a way to call the ummah to be closer to Allah. However how is the Kelantan adminsitration going to monitor every single Muslim men in the state government machinery while they are in prayer.
At the end of the day, only the individual concerned can decide the level of his/her relationship with Allah.
P.S. I used the term Allah because I understand that it is equivalent to GOd in Arabic and because majority of the Kelantan state government staff are Muslims.
As stated in the report, I find it not only controversial but nonsensical. That too coming from a man who has immense knowledge on Islam and Syariah law.
I do not agree with this notion simply because job performance cannot be assessed by the number of times my Muslim brothers and sisters pray. It is simply based on what is also known as key performance index and scheduled internal assessments.
My second point would be on the human - Allah relations. I understand that this attempt by Tok Guru Nik Aziz is a way to call the ummah to be closer to Allah. However how is the Kelantan adminsitration going to monitor every single Muslim men in the state government machinery while they are in prayer.
At the end of the day, only the individual concerned can decide the level of his/her relationship with Allah.
P.S. I used the term Allah because I understand that it is equivalent to GOd in Arabic and because majority of the Kelantan state government staff are Muslims.
Masha Allah
The Herald case by the Catholic Church against the Government over the usage of the term, Allah, in the Malay Bible has taken a new twist as both the Perak Religious Department (JAIPP) and the Gurdwara Council had sought to intervene. This was reported in the Star, July 4 2008.
I wonder when the Hindu Sangam would intervene. After all there is a hymn sung in temples and related to Gandhi. Part of it goes as the following:
"Ishvara Allah Tero Naam, Sanmo Sanmathi Hey Bhagwan"
Notice the term Allah. Basically the entire hymn's message is the oneness of God and man calls God with different names. Contrary to the classification of religion that classifies Hinduism under polytheism, the Hindu faith monistic in nature.
Personally I have got no issue with other religious groups using the term Allah in their prayer. From a linguistic perspective, the term Allah means God in Arabic. So what's the big deal. it is more important for us to lead a righteous life instead claiming copyright over how we address God.
From a political perspective, furthering feuds over God's name is detrimental to the progress of Malaysia as race is unique factor that bind Malaysians. Race and religion is interconnected. As Malaysia undergoes a turbulent phase in politics this type of cases can be used by certain quarters to create civil unrest and race relations breakdown. The closest scenario to race relations breakdown would be May 13, 1969 and the Kg Medan incident in 2001.
I wonder when the Hindu Sangam would intervene. After all there is a hymn sung in temples and related to Gandhi. Part of it goes as the following:
"Ishvara Allah Tero Naam, Sanmo Sanmathi Hey Bhagwan"
Notice the term Allah. Basically the entire hymn's message is the oneness of God and man calls God with different names. Contrary to the classification of religion that classifies Hinduism under polytheism, the Hindu faith monistic in nature.
Personally I have got no issue with other religious groups using the term Allah in their prayer. From a linguistic perspective, the term Allah means God in Arabic. So what's the big deal. it is more important for us to lead a righteous life instead claiming copyright over how we address God.
From a political perspective, furthering feuds over God's name is detrimental to the progress of Malaysia as race is unique factor that bind Malaysians. Race and religion is interconnected. As Malaysia undergoes a turbulent phase in politics this type of cases can be used by certain quarters to create civil unrest and race relations breakdown. The closest scenario to race relations breakdown would be May 13, 1969 and the Kg Medan incident in 2001.
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