Kaji-Selidik Mengenai Tindakan JAWI Menyerbu Kelab Malam Pada 20 Januari 2005

assalamualaikum warahmatullah and hi to all...

i just came out with a survey concerning the subject above... this is an individually-created questionnaire, in which the results will be used to study more about the understanding and concern of malaysian youths towards what is happening in our home country... few variables and parameters have been identified... please take your time completing it, which i think can be done in less than 10 minutes... click here to view the questionnaire


Pendahuluan

Pada 20 Januari 2005, rakyat Malaysia dikejutkan dengan berita penahanan 100 pemuda dan pemudi beragama Islam di sebuah kelab malam di Kuala Lumpur. Penahanan dibuat oleh pegawai-pegawai dari Jabatan Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan (JAWI) dan dibantu oleh sepasukan anggota polis dari Ibu Pejabat Kontinjen (IPK) Dang Wangi. Kebanyakan pemuda-pemudi tersebut ditahan di atas kesalahan berkelakuan tidak sopan.

Pelbagai persoalan diajukan berkenaan kejadian ini. Ada yang tidak bersetuju dengan cara para penguatkuasa JAWI mengendalikan kes tersebut, yang didakwa dipenuhi dengan kekasaran dan tiada sifat timbang rasa. Ada juga yang beranggapan bahawa serbuan ke atas kelab malam itu tidak sepatutnya dijalankan langsung. Namun begitu, masih ada pihak yang memuji tindakan JAWI dengan alasan mengamalkan 'amal maaruf dan nahi munkar'.


Penerangan

Dalam usaha untuk meneliti serta mengkaji pandangan dan pendapat dari sebahagian rakyat Malaysia mengenai peristiwa ini, maka borang soal-selidik ini telah diterbitkan. Kaji-selidik ini dibuka kepada semua rakyat Malaysia tanpa mengira latar belakang agama, kaum, pendidikan atau lapisan masyarakat.

Diharapkan para peserta dapat mengambil bahagian dengan seikhlas mungkin. Nama serta butiran peserta yang bersifat terlalu peribadi tidak akan diambil. Bagi mereka yang ingin mendapatkan hasil interpretasi kaji-selidik ini bolehlah meminta maklum balas di alamat e-mail mamy2517@yahoo.com
Setinggi penghargaan diucapkan kepada semua yang sudi untuk turut serta. Adalah menjadi harapan supaya kaji-selidik ini dapat disampaikan kepada kenalan-kenalan para peserta.

click here to view the questionnaire

Cath Lab & Happy New Year (1 Muharram 1426)

assalamualaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh and hello...

this morning i went to the cardiac catheter lab as part of my student selected components (ssc) attachment... i'm doing clinical cardiology under dr lawrence cotter, the undergraduate dean at manchester royal infirmary (mri).

i watched 3 procedures, the first two were left ventricle & coronaries (lv & c) angiograms. both patients had strictures in their coronaries; the first one had a narrowed left main stem, just before the junction of the circumflex and the left anterior descending arteries. he will be referred for a coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) or 'bypass' in a few days time. the second patient had few constrictions in his right coronary and circumflex arteries. both procedures took about 15 minutes.

the third patient came in to have a single-lead pacemaker inserted. the procedure was completed after an hour. it was a very useful and interesting session for me, watching all the doctors, nurses and radiographers cooperate with each other inserting catheters, doing x-rays, injecting sedatives, antibiotics and anaesthetics, etc. while this 'one particular rather-blank-looking student' just stood there alone. well, i wasn't alone all the time, in fact, i was constantly being explained about the procedures which was carried out.

i went shopping after lunch. bought myself a pair of football boots and another pair of turf shoes, both being umbros. accidentally slept in the bus on the way back home and as a result i had to get off 2 stops away from the one near my house. medics rugby training at 6pm in carrington, and malaysian football training at 10pm (indoor, jjb soccerdome). and ward round tomorrow at 8am!!! may Allah gives me strength.

at the moment i'm reading an autobiography called "alias Chin Peng: My Side of History". it's about Chin Peng, obviously. i first realized the existence of this book during summer break 2003. i was looking for a man utd mag in the mph, midvalley megamall when i saw this book about the former sec gen of the malayan communist party, which was priced at rm70. didn't have that much cash last time, so i had to wait for 1 and a half years to buy it from amazon.co.uk for nearly £20. i've read half of it but based on my present timetable, it might take me another month or two to finish it.

anyway, i like to take this opportunity to wish all brothers and sisters out there a happy new year. may Allah bestows prosperity upon us and everyone around us. and may we all have enough patience to go through all the tests and tribulations that were destined for us.

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assalamualaikum warahmatullah and a very tired hello to all of you

at last, i managed to find some time to play rugby again. the medics were down in carrington early this afternoon playing clitheroe r.f.c. if i'm not mistaken, we played as sale 3rd, which annoyed some of my teammates who preferred to play as medics.

we won anyway, convincingly as well, scoring at least 8 tries and conceding none. i played left wing for much of the game, being replaced during half-time before coming back again as a cover for an injured player. i proudly say that i had a hand in 3 of the tries. hopefully i'll score some in future games.

i did bring back some 'souvenirs' from the match though i.e. a 'benjol' on my forehead, a scratch mark on my right hand, and few sprain muscles here and there over my body. i'm really hoping i can use the whole of sunday to recharge myself.

before i end, let me share this hadith with all of you. it is quoted by Muslim.

Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had said:

Look at those who are inferior to you and do not look at those who are superior to you, for this will enable you to appreciate better the favors of Allah. It will keep you away from despising Allah's favor to you.

(Reported by Muslim)

Lessons deduced

1. A Muslim should consider the state of those who are inferior to him in worldly gains and should aspire to those who are better than him in religious knowledge and worship.

2. Looking at those given more worldly benefits will lead one to be dissatisfied with Allah’s graces on him. If one looks at those inferior to him in worldly benefits, he will feel the immensity of Allah’s graces on him; and if he looks at those better than him in worship, he will be encouraged to do like them.