An Open Letter to the Criticisms about Activism

Bismillah.
Assalamualaikum w.b.t

Because giving an-empty forgiveness won’t give any benefits nor make them ponder as well, I was called to write this open letter, just to respond to their concerned thoughts.

I have to say thank you for your question, deep from my heart. Somehow people can learn through it and reshape the way of our students of social responsibility.

First and foremost, before getting into my points, there is one thing to fix here. That is attitude. We as human being, have no capability of knowing everything, the whole activity of a person does in their daily life. Because we merely don’t know, we should not make any deductions based on our own judgement, which we have no ideas what is it about. Deciding on our own, to just throw words that satisfy us, that is childish. A warm conversation would be the best solution for us not to fall into any fallacy, which the actions of believe what we don’t understand, can cause subsequent consequences especially in this information-burst era. At the very least, if we found ourselves cannot do so, respect could be the last option of our self-decree. It is the superior side of ourselves that we always feel like a loser for giving it to others.

So, the questions were that if what I have been joining is really alright, and that there are myriad of organizations that are heading for the same Cause. Why don’t these organizations just be under the same roof, united and drive a better future together?

1- General objective (Cause) could be the same. But, they have different kind of scopes to cope and working on. This is called dividing and distribution of works in order to maximize and to optimize management, improvement, to seize issues by surpassing the times. In a developed country, the government performance is enhanced by contributions of NGO, causing the fiscal policy to change, which taxation payment has happened to decrease.  

2- If having only one organization and crammed all-works in, why do you think if it will be effective? We have seen that even with crowds of them in this world, cases such as bribery, assassination, massacre, destruction of family institution, domestic violence, poverty, oppression and apartheid, environment pollution, global warming and many more, statistically increasing, day by day? People are born with different talents and capabilities. Therefore, the positioning will be done depend on what they can do. I am myself has been focusing more on education.

Social problems won’t end in an eye blinks. The process will take times, sometimes more than 5 decade, continuous efforts passed from a generation to another generation. Social contract is surely a long commitment and some live their whole life as a social fighter.

My friends, I had started be an activist after SPM and although not much as others, I surely have experiencing and watches a lot of hardship. The reality is far beyond of our imaginations and it’s the truth that our youngsters nowadays rely and likely to put much blame on others instead of giving. We have to realize that in the future, there is no one to hope for, instead of ourselves.

Stop being individualistic, be in group/organization/congregation. Be there and then explore it yourselves. We know for sure that we cannot continue and carry our life without each other helps.

Picture : One of  our small effort to advocate about TPPA.

Let's live with positive vibes

and peace no war.

Hidup Biar Berjasa. 

Ruqyah and What Western Says

Bismillah.
Assalamualaikum w.b.t 

I would like to share my part of writing for English subject. So here is it :

          Ruqyah is a word in Arabic with meaning “spell, charm and incantation”. It also brings meaning of enchanting, bewitching, or of being armed against baleful, maleficience or sorcery. In Muslim world, Ruqyah is another type of Exorcism that Muslims conduct. It is  the recitation of specific and choosen al-Quran verses, a method of supplication and rememberance to treat sickness especially ailments that are related to mental illness, djin affliction, devil’s eyes, black magic and possession.

            Nowadays, Ruqyah treatment is an alternative for modern medical if the patients that are being treated, have a normal diagnosis result but they are actually very sick. We can see this is being applied in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Kubang Kerian campus, or well-knowned with the existence of its hospital, HUSM. Specialists will recommend the patients to refer to Islamic Treatment (Ruqyah) for any peculiar cases that they cannot identify the reasons which they cannot solve. When it comes to this kind of ailment or involving metaphysical cases (beyond physical experience), advance modern technology nor social science studies definitely cannot explain because it is beyond of our limitations.

WHAT PSYCHIATRISTS SAY

From The Huffington Post, United Kingdom edition on 20^th April 2016, written by Sara C Nelson entitled “Malaysia School Shuts after Ghostly Figure Sparks Mass Hysteria” which had happened in Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Pengkalan Chepa 2, situated in Kelantan. Recorded that possessions and disturbance of supernatural (djin) had taken place for few days, which happens almost a week. So, Ruqyah treatment was given following the Islamic Tradition because the school places majority number of Muslims’ students including the administration itself.

Cited from the article saying that:

“Psychiatrist Scott D Mendelson believes the phenomenon of “mass hysteria” - often diagnosed as “conversion disorder” - is a psychiatric, rather than neurological disorder and occurs more often in women rather than men. “

            According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, ‘Conversion Disorder’ is a psychoneurosis in which bodily symptoms (as paralysis of the limbs) appear without physical basis-called also conversion hysteria, or conversion reaction which is first used in 1980.

From website Encyclopaedia Britannica, the definition of Psychoneurosis:

‘’Neurosis, plural neuroses, also called psychoneurosis or plural psychoneuroses, mental disorder that causes a sense of distress and deficit in functioning.

Neuroses are characterized by anxiety, depression, or other feelings of unhappiness or distress that are out of proportion to the circumstances of a person’s life. They may impair a person’s functioning in virtually any area of his life, relationships, or external affairs, but they are not severe enough to incapacitate the person. Affected patients generally do not suffer from the loss of the sense of reality seen in persons with psychoses.”

From the view of Western, they have been discussing about physical sickness, only through medical concern. If there is nil definite outcome from the diagnosis, specialists will refer the case to psychiatrist.  Therapy that including counselling will be held for few sessions that is compulsory for them to attend. For problems of stressing and hallucination, the patients will be given routine medicine but we have seen the fact that this method is far from par excellence and of course not an absolute solution.

An article wrote by Jules Evan on 16 May 2016 recorded a view from a psychiatrist, Dr. Copsey who has been saying in her presentation in University of London’s Psychiatry Department that they are actually marginalized spiritual aspect. Part of her words said that :

“Psychiatrists operate from a frame which excludes the spiritual most of the time, while our community includes it.”

          Teaching in Islam, sourcing from al-Quran and Hadith(Prophet Muhammad PBUH), speak about an aspect that is indispensable to fathom beforehand, that is about Tauhid. So, in study of Tauhid, there are aspects such as being and existence and a lot of metaphysical matters that mankind can only know through Revelation (Al-Quran and Hadith). Thus, in order to solve these problems of mental illness, djin affliction, devil’s eyes, black magic and possession, we need to recognise and acknowledge this part. A secularized individual will deny that this aspect does exist in human world, which is crucial in order to understand the connectivity of this world order (Sunnatullah). 

REFERENCES

1- N.a.  1 December 2015.  "Ruqayya". Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruqayya 

2-Evans. J.         16 May 2016.  “Connecting NHS mental health with Islamic ruqyah healing in East London”.                  The History of Emotions Blog.

https://emotionsblog.history.qmul.ac.uk/2016/05/connecting-nhs-mental-health-with-islamic-ruqyah-healing-in-east-london/

3-Nelson, C.      20 April 2016. “Malaysia School Shuts After Ghostly Figure Sparks Mass Hysteria”.         The Huffington Post.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/malaysia-school-shuts-after-ghostly-figure-sparks-mass-hysteria_uk_57175999e4b0f22f021a6f41

4- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica.    “Psychology’’.            Neurosis.            http://global.britannica.com/science/neurosis

Breathing somewhere in Konya

Bismillah.

Assalamualaikum w.b.t
Alhamdolellah, today I have finally come to an end of my first year as a university student. Since two days ago, I thought of writing about one of my 'virtual experience' in somewhere like Konya. (Well I can't really say it is but it seems so)

Actually, on this 18-24 August, Insha Allah there will be another International Youth Gathering that will be held in Ankara-Konya. The moment that I recalled name of 'Konya', it felt really familiar.

A fine morning, scenery of craggy rocks with murky clouds of dim azulejo. But, still there was stray bright sunlight penetrating the atmosphere that it reached the floor of this old-residency of living things, the Earth. Fresh smell of dews from the ground showed that it was in  very early morning that they still not dry. While I was wearing a long dark shirt, embraced myself with a light tone, thick winter coat and dull colour of blue jeans. Sporty shoes and in that short 'virtual experience', I looked very adventurous, simple and full of positive vibes.

I went to stroll around and coincidentally saw a working, an independent bay-coloured coffee shop behind the rocks which as huge as a statue. The atmosphere was classic and the decoration itself looked ancient and antique. Old but still nice. The coffee aroma dominated, adhere to every corners of the shop. So, I went in to try for some coffee that had really good scent.

Sipping mall cup of bitter coffee, strong enough to make me awake for the whole day.  whilst glancing  beautiful morning rays showered the view of craggy rocks, that was so breathtaking !

I found this pic on Google search engine and that was so close. Here it is, almost the same view with my 'virtual experience'.

Looking forward to be there one day soon, Insha Allah. Allahumma Aamiin. :)

Borang kaji selidik berkenaan Pendedahan tentang Islamic Worldview di kalangan mahasiswa-mahasiswi USIM

Bismillah.
Assalamualaikum w.b.t

Alhamdolellah, selesai sudah paper kedua terakhir saya pada sem ini.

Semalam jam 3.00 pagi, saya telah disuntik kembali dengan  pesanan para senior PPIK berkenaan kelansungan aktivisme terutamanya dalam niche intelektualisme.
Kerana saya sudah merasakan peritnya mempunyai pelbagai persoalan yang tidak mampu dijawab oleh rakan-rakan di USIM, kata mereka, saya memerlukan guru untuk memandu dan menjawab getusan-getusan dhihin ini.

Makanya, ini saya bawakan borang kaji selidik untuk mengetahui sejauh mana pendedahan Islamic Worldview di kalangan mahasiswa-mahasiswi USIM, iaitu tempat di mana saya sendiri melanjutkan pelajaran. Aspek ini cukup penting untuk difahami secara fardhiyyah kerana pengajian berkenaan Pandang Alam Islam ini luas dan menyediakan asas faham agama yang kukuh bagi melahirkan seorang Muslim yang teguh jati dirinya, tajam aqalnya dan bebas daripada tempias-tempias sekularisme.

Para pembaca yang dirahmati Allah boleh klik pada link di bawah untuk menjawab borang kaji selidik tersebut : Saya ulang, borang ini hanya khusus untuk pelajar USIM sahaja.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1t2TckiaBmuJc-8AAEdMB7FVYnBqhp8pz_XoOQMDCSk0

Bantu saya untuk bantu anda.
Terima kasih dan selamat berpuasa :)
Jazakumullah khairan kasira

Small dreams of Fretting Young Lady

Bismillah.

In this land of Chaos
Chirping birds wake up
Playing harmonic tones of paradise
Of how they can freely fly
Without any agony and despair

I have describe a very brief, short of my heart piercing.
Hearts roaring and I know this is not the way of life that I would like to lead.
Whenever I talk about this current path, it's just an empty feeling as I don't feel any excitement.
God knows, this desire of mine to believe that I will be just fine, continuing and see the end, I am fighting until I felt sore. I just hope that I will not reach my breaking point and shatters.
Some say that what I dream of is just that flying too high, not concious of reality and rebelling too much.
Yes, I do. Maybe this is just immaturity of this young lady.
Those unreachable dreams always seem to just appear in my sleep which are unforgettable for me.
Waking up happily but then I realized that it is just a dream. Signs of longing. And sighing silently. Muttering that its hurt me that this is not a reality.

One of it that I was fluently speaking in Latin in a small county of an unknown city. People were wearing shabby robe and that place smelled wet as it was raining before. I guess they were not from Muslim community. Somehow, its atmosphere akin to Vatican City near 1600-1800 year. But I am not sure whether I also speak another language or not in that dream. Feels like I do but forgot about it already. After that, I came to know that actually I love to study ancient languages and to dive into the histories as well.

I was travelling to a lot of countries such as Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Russia, Japan, outskirts of Mecca (This was the saddest dream of mine. Woke up in tears). Travelling is one of my passions though.
See, while writing these part of my dreams, I do flutter a lot.
Before this, as I went to Library to study, and suddenly nature called me. I passed by a few book shelves which lastly I saw a section of 'Philosophy and Religion' and stopped.
After all, I sat near that book shelf and happened to read for hours.
Really, could not help restraining myself even for a while to just having curiosity about these matters.

A token of appreciation for kak Eisma Adiba, for asking me to drive her to Pondok in Kelantan. It was the moment where I start to appreciate, recognize and acknowledge these instituitions. Place where I pursue my study, in university, is simply not enough. Sounds like a very ungrateful bachelor. No, its not that I am conveying negative vibes about being a university's student, but the way we are looking at. Many of students thinking that education is the best to gain and learn it in university. At sides of formality, I am admitting that this will be very helpful in order to survive in this real world.

Today, I have a grasp why some of these incandescent and bright students were a dropped out.
Pondok---> Madrasah Hayrat (to learn Rasaail An-Nuur)
Working out for business while learning and I really want to wander around London, Oxford and even going to Palestine. Tracking historical places will definitely makes me feel better. Because people always see me with true solemnness, there is another face of me. In grace of cherishing aesthetics and arts, I would love to have my two own hands that can draws and paints. But I am someone who is not  gifted in these.

Soon, I have to decide again how I'm going to live my life.
I am praying that I will soon satisfy with everything that I have and be grateful upon it.
Aamiin.

From only-talk-dare.
Stop living in fear.