Solomonesque wisdom is required

When I was greeted by The Star frontpage this morning at BF table, the first thought was about Nik Aziz, the wise old man of Kelantan. Dear MB of Kelantan had often impressed mne with his King "Solomon"-like decision-making. SIMPLE solutions to COMPLEX issues. If only we used God's unique gift to man. Mankind. Yes, we are naturally born to be kind, but along te way, the devil swaps our clothings...?

Tuesday July 10, 2007


PM: Find out grouses of those wanting to leave Islam

PUTRAJAYA: The Prime Minister wants the religious authorities to find out the grouses of Muslims who renounce Islam.

Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said he had repeatedly told the religious officers to listen to their problems, to learn why they want to leave the faith, and in the case of converts, why they wish to return to their former religion.

“Find out what they are disappointed with, why a Muslim convert would return to her earlier religion after the death of her husband,” he told newsmen after opening the 18th Conference of International Islamic FIQH Academy here yesterday.

The Prime Minister, who was asked to comment on the spate of court cases involving people seeking to leave the faith, admitted that he did not know why “suddenly these things seem to be coming out one after another.”

He recognised, however, that there was a problem and wanted to know the reasons why Muslims were leaving Islam.

He also said he had not heard of people being tortured at religious rehabilitation centres, and brushed off such claims as wild allegations.


DESIDERATA:

Venturing into a territory I often said "with trepidation", I can tell our PM that an obvious reason (NO NEED-LAH TO PASS THE BUCK!) why Muslims or converts renounce Islam (which is commonly '... in the case of converts, why they wish to return to their former religion') is that one of them had "embraced" the religion out of the compulsory requirement in order for the couple to get married.

That's the belief that when we are in love, LOVE CONQUERS ALL.
It's a quick and practical way to overcome the "religious" barriers -- the non-Muslim embraces Islam in name, not in faith -- so why blame the reluctant convert?

So what's Desi's SIMPLE solution?

Let each and every individual freely choose his/her own religion before he/she enters marriage.

A COMPLEX issue: Yes, in NegaraKu because the authorities do NOT allow Muslims to convert to another faith in order to marry the Other (e.g. to Hinduism, Christianity if the Other is a Hindu or Christrian, respectively). ONE-WAY ONLY ... JALAN seHALA...


_____________ FOOD or FODDER for THOUGHT ________________

What's in a religion or name?

Life and death for Lina Joy, go ask her.

Hella of a fight for equality in treatment, go ask Mr Hell and his son.

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Hell's angel barred from
Catholic school

Sydney: Australian Alex Hell claimed a
Melbourne school was living in the Dark Ages
after it turned away his five-yeart-old son
because of his demonic surname.

"It's 2007, not 1407 -- it's not the Dark
Ages," 45-year-old Hell said yesterday after his
local Catholic primary school refused to enrol
young Max.

St Peter the Apostle School headmaster
Michael McGrath admitted he had offered Max
a place on conditionthe boy was regis-
tered in his mother's maiden name of
Wembridge.

"The school is working with the family in
the best interests of the child," McGarth told
Australia's AAP news agency.

Austrian-born Hell said he would sooner
move his son to another school than appease
McGarth.

"We are victims of our name.," Hell said, noting
that in German, rather than having a satanic con-
notation, "hell" means "light" or "bright". - dpa

DESI: Blardy hell, just to please my ER, I had to type out in 'long'-hand
the item sighted in theSun July 10, 2007 page 11 under "briefs". Now get me
that cuppa of tehtarik, or get the blardy hell ouch of hear! You Ingrates!

So we learn a li'l about each other as we interact aMore -- Desi can be aggressive,
you know why? Cos many Malaysians enjoy pain -- masochistic every 4-5 years
Voting for the Devil they know (BN-lah, who else?), then soon after complain, complain, complain about the blardry gomen not performing.

So what else is nu'e?
This is new to Desi! "...that in German, rather than having a satanic con-notation, "hell" means "light" or "bright":)

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And from the latest Corrditors of Power's closing paragraph from well-read Raja Petra Kamarudin's malaysia-today.net of July 9, 2007 entry:

Calling someone a Jew or Political animal, it's done in awe!:), says RPK!
Without fear or favour writer!Salute!

"Well, with Tan Sri Dato’ Azman Hashim behind ECM Libra Avenue and Tun Daim Zainuddin, the other Malay Jew, behind Scomi, how can the ‘First Family’ go wrong? We have two of the best Malay financial ‘brains’ in Malaysia helping the ‘First Family’ acquire billions. Of course, this is all done through floating paper and getting their hands on Malaysia’s ‘liquid gold’. Sure, paper, just like a house built from a pack of cards, can collapse and can become worthless, while Malaysia’s oil reserves would eventually run out. But this will not happen that soon and in the meantime, while Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is still able to hold on to his post of Prime Minister, they can all laugh all the way to the bank.

Oh, and before you slam me as a racist for using the term Jew, stand corrected that I use it not in a degrading manner in the same way as when I refer to Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad as a ‘political animal’. The term is used in awe rather than in disgust. "

DESI: I am only a messenger for RPK, don't shout at Desi!:( "If you wanna shoot someone, hey, look at that mirror in thy bedroom, that's the right target staring handsomely at thee! Right dare with YOU!:)"