1. Selepas bertahun lamanya menjadi peminat Liverpool FC, kelab ini akhirnya menamatkan kontrak dengan syarikat minuman keras ternama di dunia. Boleh menang liga lah lepas ini nampaknya! Ya lah, macam mana nak berkat main bola sambil mengiklankan minuman keras? Aku iringi berita ini dengan rasa penuh kesyukuran penuh ikhlas.
2. Senang sikit nak beli jersi lepas ni. Bukan apa, memang ada jersi Liverpool cetak rompak yang tulis 'Liverpool' menggunakan font tulisan jenama minuman keras itu, tapi aku nak jugaklah jersi yang nampak macam asli sikit. Peminat Manchester United mahu ke beli jersi yang tulis BIG,CIG,ZIG kat depan? Nak ke peminat Arsenal pakai jersi tertera 'Fly Sekolah' di dada?
3. Diharapakan lepas ini Celtic dan Real Madrid dapat mengikuti jejak langkah murni ini dengan menamatkan kontrak bersama syarikat minuman keras yang tidak begitu ternama dan syarikat judi alam maya.
4. Selepas sambutan Raya, rakyat Malaysia akan kembali menumpukan perhatian kepada kes Kartika yang ditangguhkan hukumannya. Hakim Mahkamah Syariah Kuantan, Datuk Abdul Rahman Md. Yusof tetap dengan pendiriannya, dan saya bersetuju dengannya.
5. Mari kita lihat balik al-Qur'an, bagaimana pengharaman alkohol (dan sewaktu dengannya lah!) dilaksanakan oleh Allah. Allah menurunkan 3 ayat; 4:43 pada mulanya, yang melarang manusia bersolat dalam keadaan mabuk, kemudian turunlah pula 2:219 yang menyebut "..pada keduanya (arak dan judi) ada dosa besar dan ada pula beberapa manfaat bagi manusia, tetapi dosa keduanya lebih besar" dan akhirnya turunlah ayat melarang pengambilan alkohol 5:90-91.
6. Kenapa Allah perlukan 3 ayat, sedangkan Allah mestilah sudah tahu manusia akan menyalah gunakan minuman tersebut? Saya bukanlah penafsir hebat seperti Ibn Kathir yang mengaitkan hadis dan penurunan ayat-ayat al-Qur'an atau Sayyid Qutub yang menghasilkan tafsir yang dikatakan moden, tapi saya rasakan ini menunjukkan psikologi manusia yang sukar berubah dari yang buruk ke baik. Sukar untuk seseorang manusia berubah secara drastik, jadi pendekatan itu haruslah halus dan Allah menurunkan 3 ayat supaya mereka tidak culture shock kerana budaya itu menjadi sebahagian daripada mereka.
7. Sisters in Islam pulak memohon penangguhan hukuman ini dan meminta agar ia dikaji semula. Mungkin mereka menganggap ini satu penindasan kepada kaum wanita iaitu suatu hukuman fizikal. Tapi bukan mereka kah yang memperjuangkan hak sama rata dan adil bagi laki dan perempuan? Laki kena rotan, kenapa perempuan tak boleh pula? Sama rata? Nak sangat kesama rataan tersebut, nah ambik kau! Kartika pun dah setuju.
8. Tidak kurang juga media antarabangsa yang ada memberi komen tentang isu ini. Salah seorangnya ialah Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf. Dia mengatakan penggunaan perkataan ijtinab (menjauhkan atau avoid) di dalam ayat 5 : 90 adalah perkataan yang lebih lembut dari tahrim (pengharaman atau prohibition) di dalam artikelnya dan tidak bersetuju dengan hukuman tersebut.
9. Tetapi apa yang kita nampak di sini adalah kelemahan Mahkamah Syariah yang tidak diselarikan di seluruh Malaysia. Nampak kelonggaran yang senang dipermainkan oleh pihak asing. Tidak kurang jugak mereka yang hanya tahu mengkritik tanpa mengetahui hukuman rotan itu tidaklah se-brutal hukuman rotan di mahkamah sivil. Mungkin perlu dikaji semula sistem Mahkamah syariah dan menguatkan lagi Majlis Fatwa Kebangsaan seperti cadangan Dr. MAZA.
10. Aku bersetuju dengan pemuda PAS yang ingin mengemukakan cadangan mengawal penjualan arak, tapi sampai sekarang tak nampak lagi apa cadangan tersebut. MB Kedah pun menyoal tindakan pemuda PAS ini.
11. Tapi keadaan memang tidak dimudahkan akibat jeritan 'Ini hak asasi manusia!' daripada golongan yang memperjuangkan hak kebebasan.
12. Persoalannya siapa nak dipersalahkan? Salah kerajaan kerana tidak mengharamkan terus arak? Salahkan ibu bapa yang tidak mendidik anak-anak? Ataupun kau nak salahkan Liverpool kerana mengiklankan minuman keras di dada? Daripada menuding jari, aku masih rasa perlunya didikan dari semua pihak tentang keburukan minuman keras ini. Kalau kau nak salahkan Liverpool pun aku tak kisah.
13. Dan juga perlunya undang-undang yang selari dan lebih ketat agar pesalah-pesalah lain juga diberi hukuman yang sama dengan Kartika. Memang nampak kurang adil apabila ramai lagi yang terlepas sedangkan Kartika ditangkap dan dijatuhkan hukuman. Aku fikir perlunya perbincangan yang mendalam tentang hal ini kerana hukuman tersebut bukanlah sesuatu yang absolut, tetapi relatif yang boleh diubah-ubah kerana tidak pernah ditetapkan sebelum ini.
14. Harus diingatkan, janganlah kita pandang rendah kepada sesiapa sahaja yang melakukan kesalahan dengan hinaan yang tidak tentu fasal. Di dalam satu hadis : - “Seorang lelaki bernama ‘Abdullah, digelar ‘himar’ (kaldai). Dia pernah menyebabkan Rasulullah s.a.w ketawa. Juga pernah Nabi s.a.w. menyebatnya (menjatuhkan hukuman) disebabkan kesalahan meminum arak. Pada suatu hari dia ditangkap lagi (disebabkan kesalahan meminum arak), maka baginda pun menghukum lalu dia disebat. Seorang lelaki berkata: “Ya Allah! Laknatilah dia, alangkah kerap dia ditangkap”. Lantas Nabi s.a.w pun bersabda: “Jangan kamu semua melaknatinya! Demi Allah apa yang aku tahu dia mencintai Allah dan RasulNya”. (Riwayat al-Bukhari). Artikel penuh boleh dibaca di sini.
15. Malangnya sekarang ada setengah golongan yang mengutuk malah ada yang ingin memboikot orang-orang yang melakukan kesalahan. Habes macholah kot nak boikot-boikot ni.
16. Apa-apa pun, marilah kita doakan agar Kartika dapat lebih mendekatkan diri kepada Yang Maha Esa selepas ini.
17. Itu sajalah kot! Sekian, terima kasih.
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It has been quite awhile. How's your Ramadhan going on? We are into the final third of Ramadhan and hopefully the month has been a blast for you.
Since we are still in the holy month of Ramadhan, i think i am obliged to write something beneficial.
38 : 29 (This is) a Book (the Qur'an) which We have sent down to you, full of blessings, that they may ponder over its Verses, and that men of understanding may remember.
What about the Qur'an you ask?
Well, as Khalid Yasin explained in one of his lectures, it's a manual for human beings.
Like, for example, i just bought this dSLR Nikon D40 and was complimented with a user manual from probably the inventors of that camera. Of course any invention or machinery comes along with a set of manual on how to use it. In order for me to be able to fully utilise it, of course i have to go through the pages, try to understand what it is all about.
Likewise, Allah gave us the Qur'an as the divine message, a guidance, a manual on how to live this temporary life. Since the creator knows us better, what better way than for us to follow this manual. This is the final revelation from Allah, and is guaranteed to last til the end of times. And at the same time, he chose Muhammad PBUH as the final messenger to show the way. Just like some complicated machinery that needs an explanation from a technician, the Prophet PBUH was an example for each one of us to follow.
The Prophet PBUH received his first revelation at the cave of Hira, when the angel Jibrail came to him and taught him the first few verses of the Qur'an (96 : 1-5). While the popular belief is that the event took place on the night of 17th Ramadhan, some scholars believe that the occasion transpired on the night of 21st of Ramadhan. From a hadtih narrated by Abu Qatadah,when the Prophet PBUH was asked about fasting on Monday, Muhammad PBUH replied "On it i was born, and on it the Revelation descended upon me." From calculations conducted, the 7th, 14th and 21st nights of Ramadhan that year fell on Mondays. And aptly, they prefer the 21st as the possible night since from the Qur'an was sent down on the night of Al-Qadr (97:1). As we are informed through some narrations, Lailatul Qadr occurs in the last 10 nights of Ramadhan, most likely on odd nights. (The Sealed Nectar, page 87).
The Prophet went crazy, and it was normal for a sane man, with a perfectly normal mental status would react, and Allah explained in the Qur'an that he was not a madman (52:29). And in the period of 23 years, he received revelations in various forms and established a reform never seen before in the history of mankind.
Throughout the years, the Qur'an has been studied extensively, with various discoveries ranging from science to human relations to the study of nature, jurisprudence and so on, it was a revelation that changed the course of history.
One aspect of the Qur'an which is hard to replicate is its intricate and eloquent Arabic language. At that period of time, Arabia was full of kahins who were according to Reza Aslan "revealed divine messages through rhyming couplets". And so, Allah delivered the Qur'an in with a touch of divine literature, applying Arabic with a poetic touch to challenge these poets to produce something similar.
Of course, they failed miserably.
17 : 88 Say: "If the mankind and the jinn were together to produce the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the like thereof, even if they helped one another."
It's hard to replicate such writings and the translations could not really capture the originality and beauty of the language of the Qur'an. Marmaduke Pickthall tried to translate the Qur'an with a poetic touch, and wrote his magnum opus "The Meaning of the Glorious Qur'an" which was authorized by Al Azhar university. He mentioned that the Qur'an has "that inimitable symphony, the very sounds of which move men to tears and ecstacy." However, he made quite a simple claim in his foreword, "the Qur'an could not be translated."
In the end it depends on our intention and hardwork to understand the Qur'an. There are a lot of translations out there for those who are not well versed in Arabic. Recall this hadeeth from Bukhari :
"He who is skillful in reciting the Qur’aan is with the unveiled, honorable, and pious (i.e. Hur al-Ain). And he who stutters when reading the Qur’aan, (and its recitation) is difficult upon him, will receive two rewards."
For our difficulties, we will receive twice the reward. So what are you waiting for?
Sidenote : Whoever did those demonstrations with the cow head, well let's just call them ignorant. There's a good article by Amin Ahmad on Malaysian Insider.
6 : 108 And insult not those whom they (disbelievers) worship besides Allah...
Real Muslims tolerate other religions and cultures, as that was the way the Prophet PBUH showed us. And those people do not show the slighest semblance of what Islam is all about. Believe me, those are just politically and emotionally influenced people who have nothing else to do in life. Malaysian Muslims, mostly are silent because they are sick and tired of the political fiasco behind all those demonstrations.
Since we are still in the holy month of Ramadhan, i think i am obliged to write something beneficial.
38 : 29 (This is) a Book (the Qur'an) which We have sent down to you, full of blessings, that they may ponder over its Verses, and that men of understanding may remember.
What about the Qur'an you ask?
Well, as Khalid Yasin explained in one of his lectures, it's a manual for human beings.
Like, for example, i just bought this dSLR Nikon D40 and was complimented with a user manual from probably the inventors of that camera. Of course any invention or machinery comes along with a set of manual on how to use it. In order for me to be able to fully utilise it, of course i have to go through the pages, try to understand what it is all about.
Likewise, Allah gave us the Qur'an as the divine message, a guidance, a manual on how to live this temporary life. Since the creator knows us better, what better way than for us to follow this manual. This is the final revelation from Allah, and is guaranteed to last til the end of times. And at the same time, he chose Muhammad PBUH as the final messenger to show the way. Just like some complicated machinery that needs an explanation from a technician, the Prophet PBUH was an example for each one of us to follow.
The Prophet PBUH received his first revelation at the cave of Hira, when the angel Jibrail came to him and taught him the first few verses of the Qur'an (96 : 1-5). While the popular belief is that the event took place on the night of 17th Ramadhan, some scholars believe that the occasion transpired on the night of 21st of Ramadhan. From a hadtih narrated by Abu Qatadah,when the Prophet PBUH was asked about fasting on Monday, Muhammad PBUH replied "On it i was born, and on it the Revelation descended upon me." From calculations conducted, the 7th, 14th and 21st nights of Ramadhan that year fell on Mondays. And aptly, they prefer the 21st as the possible night since from the Qur'an was sent down on the night of Al-Qadr (97:1). As we are informed through some narrations, Lailatul Qadr occurs in the last 10 nights of Ramadhan, most likely on odd nights. (The Sealed Nectar, page 87).
The Prophet went crazy, and it was normal for a sane man, with a perfectly normal mental status would react, and Allah explained in the Qur'an that he was not a madman (52:29). And in the period of 23 years, he received revelations in various forms and established a reform never seen before in the history of mankind.
Throughout the years, the Qur'an has been studied extensively, with various discoveries ranging from science to human relations to the study of nature, jurisprudence and so on, it was a revelation that changed the course of history.
One aspect of the Qur'an which is hard to replicate is its intricate and eloquent Arabic language. At that period of time, Arabia was full of kahins who were according to Reza Aslan "revealed divine messages through rhyming couplets". And so, Allah delivered the Qur'an in with a touch of divine literature, applying Arabic with a poetic touch to challenge these poets to produce something similar.
Of course, they failed miserably.
17 : 88 Say: "If the mankind and the jinn were together to produce the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the like thereof, even if they helped one another."
It's hard to replicate such writings and the translations could not really capture the originality and beauty of the language of the Qur'an. Marmaduke Pickthall tried to translate the Qur'an with a poetic touch, and wrote his magnum opus "The Meaning of the Glorious Qur'an" which was authorized by Al Azhar university. He mentioned that the Qur'an has "that inimitable symphony, the very sounds of which move men to tears and ecstacy." However, he made quite a simple claim in his foreword, "the Qur'an could not be translated."
In the end it depends on our intention and hardwork to understand the Qur'an. There are a lot of translations out there for those who are not well versed in Arabic. Recall this hadeeth from Bukhari :
"He who is skillful in reciting the Qur’aan is with the unveiled, honorable, and pious (i.e. Hur al-Ain). And he who stutters when reading the Qur’aan, (and its recitation) is difficult upon him, will receive two rewards."
For our difficulties, we will receive twice the reward. So what are you waiting for?
Sidenote : Whoever did those demonstrations with the cow head, well let's just call them ignorant. There's a good article by Amin Ahmad on Malaysian Insider.
6 : 108 And insult not those whom they (disbelievers) worship besides Allah...
Real Muslims tolerate other religions and cultures, as that was the way the Prophet PBUH showed us. And those people do not show the slighest semblance of what Islam is all about. Believe me, those are just politically and emotionally influenced people who have nothing else to do in life. Malaysian Muslims, mostly are silent because they are sick and tired of the political fiasco behind all those demonstrations.
I just don't get it.
I was reading the Malay Male today, regarding the request of the Herald (a weekly catholic newspaper) to use the word 'Allah' in their publication.
With due respect, it is not wrong for them to use the word to designate God. It is not copyrighted to Malays or to Islam, but it is an Arabic word.
Islam originated from Arab and the Quraan, our Holy Book is in Arabic. Even our prayers are in Arabic, thus we use Allah instead of mentioning anything in the Malay language.
But the fundamental issue is that, they are publishing the Malay language edition of the newspaper. So why did they prefer to use an Arabic word for God, instead of the Malay word for God, "Tuhan".
What are they trying to prove? That they're arabic enough to use the word?
Their original scripture was in Hebrew. So why didn't they use the word "Yahweh" which is God in Hebrew.
I still don't get it.
I was reading the Malay Male today, regarding the request of the Herald (a weekly catholic newspaper) to use the word 'Allah' in their publication.
With due respect, it is not wrong for them to use the word to designate God. It is not copyrighted to Malays or to Islam, but it is an Arabic word.
Islam originated from Arab and the Quraan, our Holy Book is in Arabic. Even our prayers are in Arabic, thus we use Allah instead of mentioning anything in the Malay language.
But the fundamental issue is that, they are publishing the Malay language edition of the newspaper. So why did they prefer to use an Arabic word for God, instead of the Malay word for God, "Tuhan".
What are they trying to prove? That they're arabic enough to use the word?
Their original scripture was in Hebrew. So why didn't they use the word "Yahweh" which is God in Hebrew.
I still don't get it.
Rabbis protesting
"What is happening now in Gaza is not between the Muslim and the Jews; nor it is between Islam and Judaism; but it is a case between the oppressed (Palestinians) and the oppressor (Zionists)!" "The oppressors are not only the Zionists; Bush and the European leaders; the oppressors also include MUBARAK!, ABBAS!, THE SAUDI ROYAL FAMILY!" "And the good news is, They are all coming down!!! They are all coming down!!!"
Azzam Tamimi, 10/1/2009; London, UK.
Azzam Tamimi is a British Palestinian political activist, championing the Palestinian cause. The excerpt above was taken from this cool blog, written by Maszlee Malik.
I do wonder the position of Saudi Arabia in the war against zionism. They 'supposedly' should take the lead, since they are a 'real' Islamic country, which most people would define as a country pracitising Hudud laws.
What they are doing now is contemplating the consequences of their relations with the USA, who themselves are the biggest ally of the Zionistic Israeli state.
Their oil business. Their economical consequences. Their this. Their that. Repercussions in abundance. They have multiple reasonings.
And this is not a war against Jews. It's against the damned Zionists, who mask themselves with the teachings of Judaism in order to gain support. What you have is a destructive force capable of atrocities and genocides without any punishments or trials. Cunning, very.
According to Maszlee Malik (writer of the blog), if you're in Malaysia, never, i mean never donate to any organisations with links to the Palestinian Embassy since they are a bunch of ugly looking corrupted politicians. Instead, try donating to organisations which have clear objectives and a good track record, such as Mercy and the Red Crescent Society of Malaysia and others.
PS : Finished my first exam today. Woooooooooot! One down. Two to go. Thanks to Matpih for the links on his yahoo messenger.
30 : 23 - And among His signs is the sleep that you take by night and by day, and the quest that you (make for livelihood) out of His bounty: verily in that are the signs for those who listen
atau dalam bahasa Melayunya, bahasa ibunda : -
30 : 23 - Dan di antara tanda-tanda yang membuktikan kemurahanNya dan kasih sayangNya ialah tidurnya kamu pada waktu malam dan pada siang hari, dan usaha kamu mencari rezeki dari limpah kurniaNya (pada kedua-dua waktu itu). Sesungguhnya keadaan yang demikian mengandungi keterangan-keterangan bagi orang-orang yang mahu mendengar (nasihat pengajaran).
Malam tadi aku tak boleh tidur. Pusing kiri. Pusing kanan. Tidor meniarap. Tidor mengiring. Tidor bilang kambing biri-biri. Tidor bilang duit dalam bank. (tak banyak pon)
Orang cakap tak elok tidor meniarap, tapi aku buat jugak.
Tidor elok/afdal tak silap aku tidor mengiring sebelah kanan badan.
Hadis riwayat Bukhari dan Muslim maksudnya :-
"Jika kamu akan tidur maka berwuduklah bagaikan kamu akan sembahyang, kemudian berbaring atas pinggang kanan dan bacalah doa dan jadikanlah doa itu yang terakhir daripada bacaanmu."
Tapi still tak boleh tidor. Barangkali aku tak berwuduk.
Insomniac. Nak jadi gila aku. Bengang tak tentu pasai. Otak dah jam.
Aku bangun kejap dan baca diari dari Gaza kat aljazeera. (macam rhyming bunyi)
'I have had 8 hours of sleep since the beginning of this conflict; we can hear attacks almost every minute.'
Bukan lapan jam sehari, 8 jam tidur dalam tempoh lebih seminggu!
Dan aku tak senang, complain macam-macam lebih daripada kucing nak beranak. Baru semalam tak boleh tidor nyenyak.
Aku bangun pagi ini dan search 'sleep' di dalam al-Quran. Sekadar ingin berkongsi kelemahan diri. Moga-moga diberkati.
atau dalam bahasa Melayunya, bahasa ibunda : -
30 : 23 - Dan di antara tanda-tanda yang membuktikan kemurahanNya dan kasih sayangNya ialah tidurnya kamu pada waktu malam dan pada siang hari, dan usaha kamu mencari rezeki dari limpah kurniaNya (pada kedua-dua waktu itu). Sesungguhnya keadaan yang demikian mengandungi keterangan-keterangan bagi orang-orang yang mahu mendengar (nasihat pengajaran).
Malam tadi aku tak boleh tidur. Pusing kiri. Pusing kanan. Tidor meniarap. Tidor mengiring. Tidor bilang kambing biri-biri. Tidor bilang duit dalam bank. (tak banyak pon)
Orang cakap tak elok tidor meniarap, tapi aku buat jugak.
Tidor elok/afdal tak silap aku tidor mengiring sebelah kanan badan.
Hadis riwayat Bukhari dan Muslim maksudnya :-
"Jika kamu akan tidur maka berwuduklah bagaikan kamu akan sembahyang, kemudian berbaring atas pinggang kanan dan bacalah doa dan jadikanlah doa itu yang terakhir daripada bacaanmu."
Tapi still tak boleh tidor. Barangkali aku tak berwuduk.
Insomniac. Nak jadi gila aku. Bengang tak tentu pasai. Otak dah jam.
Aku bangun kejap dan baca diari dari Gaza kat aljazeera. (macam rhyming bunyi)
'I have had 8 hours of sleep since the beginning of this conflict; we can hear attacks almost every minute.'
Bukan lapan jam sehari, 8 jam tidur dalam tempoh lebih seminggu!
Dan aku tak senang, complain macam-macam lebih daripada kucing nak beranak. Baru semalam tak boleh tidor nyenyak.
Aku bangun pagi ini dan search 'sleep' di dalam al-Quran. Sekadar ingin berkongsi kelemahan diri. Moga-moga diberkati.
Kanoute meraikan goal kemenangan Sevilla malam tadi
Dulu selamatkan masjid di Sevilla, sekarang niatnya ingin menyedarkan dunia tentang kekejaman Zionis Israel.
Ya, melalui bola sepak. Malam tadi Kanoute goal lagi. Sevilla menang 2-1, jaringan kedua oleh Frederic Oumar Kanoute.
Mesir apa dah jadi? Berkomplot dengan Yahudi? Menutup jalan-jalan dari Egypt ke Gaza? Kan bagus kalau Mohammad Aboutreika jadi presiden Egypt.
Hosni Mubarak ni Mr. America la kot, macam dalam movie budak Kelantan tu.
Baik Dr. Mahathir lagi yang keluarkan statement, " We [Muslims] are actually very strong. 1.3 billion people can not be simply wiped out. The Nazis killed 6 million jews out of 12 million [during the holocaust]. But today the Jews rule the world by proxy. They get others to fight and die for them."
Orang tuduh dia anti-semitic tapi apa dia kisah? Dia membidas :
"But when somebody condemns the Muslims, calls my prophet a 'terrorist', did the European Union say anything?"
Dr. M, you're the man.
Mungkin dia tak berperang, tapi at least dia bersuara. Sekarang siapa lagi berani bersuara at such a big stage?
Obama preached about "change" while campaigning for the presidential election. Isn't that what politicians do? More talk and less action. But it is too early to judge him, but i doubt there will be any changes.
Alasan diberi untuk tidak bersuara ialah dia belum mengambil alih secara rasmi White House. Nak tunggu sampai ramai lagi orang Palestine mati ke? Alasan boleh diberi Encik Obama, kau memang pandai berhujah. Aku respek kau Mr. Amerika.
Petikan dari saifulislam.com dalam salah satu artikel, "if the only thing we can do to help the Muslims in Palestine is to talk, then talk and don't stop talking. Talk to every single person you meet and let them all know the truth. Educate your wife, your children, your neighbours and your friends about Palestine."
Media cuba memberi persepsi bahawa perjuangan rakyat Palestine adalah gerakan nasionalisma dengan menggelar mereka 'Palestinians'. Realitinya mereka adalah Muslim dan perjuangan ini berteraskan agama.
Sabda Nabi S.A.W. , "Bandingan orang-orang mukmin dalam kasih sayang, kesian dan simpati sama seperti satu jasad. Apabila satu anggota merasa sakit, maka seluruh anggota lain turut berjaga malam dan demam. (Riwayat Muslim)"
Marilah berdoa bersama-sama.
He may not want to be known as one. But he is indeed a legend.
Suffice to say, i miss my old blog between faith and football. Cause it would be much more appropriate to put this up on that blog.
Sheesh.
In a footballing world where materialism exceeds professionalism, Mohamed Aboutreika is a shining beacon which enlightens us all, a man with high ambitions to change the world.
With the power that he has, of course he can't save the world. He can't go bomb Israeli troops which just launched a ground assault into Gaza.
But footballers have emotions and his is something to be admired of.
He got his message clear by wearing a t-shirt underneath with the message :-
"Sympathize with Gaza"
He scored the winning goal in the African Cup of Nations after a pass from Mohammad Zidan. Scored some beautiful free kick goals.
And above all, he refused a higher salary than his fellow teammate although he deserves it, claiming that equality should be practised in every team.
Cristiano Ronaldo, take note.
Mohammad Aboutreika is legend. (thanks to Ikraq Zhafirin for the link which inspired this post.)
PS : Donate for Mercy Malaysia's Palestine relief fund here. Take some time to visit the website and spend some money for our brothers and sisters there.
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