After Indonesia, Perkasa calls for boycott against Starbucks over ‘pro-LGBT stand’ (VIDEO)

After Indonesia, Perkasa calls for boycott against Starbucks over ‘pro-LGBT stand’ (VIDEO)

Sunday July 2, 2017
03:57 PM GMT+8

 

Perkasa has urged Muslims to boycott Starbucks over its pro-LGBT stand. — Reuters picKUALA LUMPUR, July 2 ― Malay rights group Pribumi Perkasa Malaysia has urged Muslims nationwide to boycott Starbucks today over a four year-old quote by its then chief executive supporting the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
Just a day after Muslim hardliners in Indonesia made the same call, the group also urged authorities to cancel the international coffee chain’s operating licence, together with other “pro-LGBT” firms, naming tech giant Microsoft as an example.

“Perkasa urges Muslims in this country to boycott Starbucks because this United States-based international coffee chain supports LGBT and same-sex marriage,” the group’s Islamic affairs bureau chief Amini Amir Abdullah said in a statement.
“Perkasa also urges the government to reevaluate the trading licence given to companies that support same-sex marriages and LGBT,” he added.
Amini said his statement was allegedly based on a report that Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz supports same-sex marriage and LGBT.
It is unsure which report he was referring to, but Schultz, who is now chairman, had in 2013 told anti-gay shareholders to sell their stocks if they are opposed to diversity.
Schultz made the remark in response to criticism over the firm’s support for Washington's state's referendum backing gay marriage in 2012.

Amini’s call came a day after Anwar Abbas of Muhammadiyah, an Indonesian Islamic group, urged the republic’s government to revoke Starbucks' operating licence since its LGBT stand is “not in line” with the nation's ideology.
Reuters reported PT Sari Coffee Indonesia, the chain’s licence holder there, saying it is a legal entity that “always obeys the prevailing regulations and appreciates the cultural values in Indonesia”.
Starbucks is a regular target for seasonal boycott by Muslims here, but the boycotts rarely last.
In 2014, Muslim NGOs had called for a concerted boycott against Starbucks, fast food franchise McDonald’s, and British bank HSBC for allegedly “lending their support to Zionist Israel”.

PERKASA: Boikot Starbucks, Microsoft kerana dukung LGBT

2 Jul 2017, 4:51 petang     2 Jul 2017, 5:24 petang

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Kumpulan pendesak Melayu, PERKASA menyeru orang ramai memboikot rangkaian kopi popular Starbucks kerana mendukung hak komuniti lesbian, gay, biseksual dan transgender (LGBT).
Menurut Pengerusi Biro Hal Ehwal Islam (Bihalim) PERKASA, Amini Abdullah, kerajaan juga perlu membatalkan lesen syarikat berkenaan, termasuk Microsoft kerana mempromosi perkahwinan sejenis.
"Sokongan mereka kepada perkahwinan sejenis dan komuniti LGBT tidak selari bahkan bertentangan dengan aspirasi negara dan agenda nasional," kata Amini dalam satu kenyataan hari ini.
Amini merujuk dukungan Pengerusi Starbucks Howard Schultz terhadap perkahwinan sejenis dan LGBT, tanpa memetik sebarang laporan khusus.
Pada tahun 2013, Schultz mengakui bahawa pendirian pro-LGBT oleh Starbucks telah menurunkan pendapatan syarikat itu.
Sementara Microsoft pula sebelum ini diketahui memiliki dasar yang pro kepada kakitangan yang mempunyai kecenderungan gay dan lesbian.
Pendirian Amini Amir dan PERKASA diihat selari dengan kenyataan Muhammadiyah, organisasi Muslim kedua terbesar Indonesia yang mendakwa mempunyai sekitar 30 juta ahli.
Pemimpin Muhammadiyah, Anwar Abbas memberitahu Reuters baru-baru ini bahawa kerajaan Indonesia perlu membatalkan lesen operasi Starbucks kerana sokongan syarikat itu kepada komuniti LGBT "tidak selaras" dengan ideologi negara.
"Jika Starbucks hanya menjalankan perniagaan, maka baiklah, tapi jangan bawa ideologi ke sini," kata Abbas.
Sementara itu, Amini Amir berkata gerakan LGBT bertentangan ajaran Islam, Perlembagaan Persekutuan dan Rukunegara.
"PERKASA juga percaya amalan LGBT adalah amalan yang bukan sahaja bertentangan dengan Islam sejak sekian lama bahkan bertentangan dengan naluri dan fitrah manusia.
"Amalan LGBT tidak pernah mendapat pengiktirafan majoriti umat Islam di negara ini dan dunia. Tidak pernah ada satupun fatwa sejak 1438 tahun yang lalu yang membenarkan amalan LGBT," katanya.

Perkasa mahu Malaysia haramkan Starbucks, Microsoft

FMT Reporters

 | July 3, 2017

Semuanya kerana dasar syarikat itu yang tidak mendiskriminasi golongan LGBT, pendirian yang menurut Perkasa adalah bertentangan dengan Perlembagaan Malaysia.

PETALING JAYA: Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa (Perkasa) menggesa kerajaan membatalkan lesen operasi Starbucks dan Microsoft di Malaysia, dengan alasan kedua-dua syarikat itu tidak membantah perkahwinan sejenis.
“Perkasa juga menggesa kerajaan agar menilai semula lesen perniagaan yang diberikan syarikat-syarikat yang mempromosi perkahwinan sejenis dan LGBT dan kerajaan perlu membatalkan lesen operasi Starbucks dan syarikat-syarikat lain seperti Microsoft kerana sokongan mereka kepada perkahwinan sejenis dan komuniti LGBT tidak selari bahkan bertentangan dengan aspirasi negara dan agenda nasional,” kata jurucakap Perkasa, Amini Amir Abdullah.
Kenyataan itu selepas komen berlegar di media sosial memetik Pengerusi Starbucks Howard Schultz sebagai menyokong hak golongan lesbian, gay, biseksual dan transgender (LGBT).
Schultz didatangi seorang pemegang saham Starbucks yang mengadu polisi syarikat untuk tidak mendiskriminasi golongan LGBT menyebabkan syarikat itu kerugian.

Bagaimanapun, Schultz menjawab: “Kalau anda merasakan boleh mengaut pulangan yang melebihi keuntungan 38% anda tahun lepas, ini negara bebas. Anda boleh jual saham dalam Starbucks dan beli saham di syarikat lain,” katanya dipetik majalah Forbes 4 tahun lalu.
Perkasa berkata umat Islam di Malaysia perlu memulau Starbucks kerana ia pendiriannya mengenai LGBT “bukan sahaja bertentangan dengan Islam bahkan berkhilaf dengan Perlembagaan Persekutuan dan juga Rukunegara”.
“Perkasa juga memberi amaran keras kepada pengamal, penyokong dan pendokong amalan LGBT dalam negara ini agar segera bertaubat meninggalkan amalan terkutuk ini dan kembali ke pangkal jalan yang sebenar,” katanya.
Seruan sama turut dibuat oleh pertubuhan Muhammadiyah di Indonesia, lapor Reuters.
“Tidak mengapa jika Starbucks hanya mahu menjalankan perniagaan, tetapi jangan bawa ideologi ke sini,” kata jurucakapnya Anwar Abbas.
Perhubungan sejenis bukan merupakan kesalahan di bawah undang-undang Indonesia, tetapi beberapa siri serbuan ke atas golongan itu baru-baru ini menimbulkan tanda tanya.

Perkasa mahu Malaysia haramkan Starbucks, Microsoft

FMT Reporters

 | July 3, 2017

Semuanya kerana dasar syarikat itu yang tidak mendiskriminasi golongan LGBT, pendirian yang menurut Perkasa adalah bertentangan dengan Perlembagaan Malaysia.

Perkasa mahu Malaysia haramkan Starbucks, Microsoft

FMT Reporters

 | July 3, 2017

Semuanya kerana dasar syarikat itu yang tidak mendiskriminasi golongan LGBT, pendirian yang menurut Perkasa adalah bertentangan dengan Perlembagaan Malaysia.

PETALING JAYA: Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa (Perkasa) menggesa kerajaan membatalkan lesen operasi Starbucks dan Microsoft di Malaysia, dengan alasan kedua-dua syarikat itu tidak membantah perkahwinan sejenis.
“Perkasa juga menggesa kerajaan agar menilai semula lesen perniagaan yang diberikan syarikat-syarikat yang mempromosi perkahwinan sejenis dan LGBT dan kerajaan perlu membatalkan lesen operasi Starbucks dan syarikat-syarikat lain seperti Microsoft kerana sokongan mereka kepada perkahwinan sejenis dan komuniti LGBT tidak selari bahkan bertentangan dengan aspirasi negara dan agenda nasional,” kata jurucakap Perkasa, Amini Amir Abdullah.
Kenyataan itu selepas komen berlegar di media sosial memetik Pengerusi Starbucks Howard Schultz sebagai menyokong hak golongan lesbian, gay, biseksual dan transgender (LGBT).
Schultz didatangi seorang pemegang saham Starbucks yang mengadu polisi syarikat untuk tidak mendiskriminasi golongan LGBT menyebabkan syarikat itu kerugian.
Bagaimanapun, Schultz menjawab: “Kalau anda merasakan boleh mengaut pulangan yang melebihi keuntungan 38% anda tahun lepas, ini negara bebas. Anda boleh jual saham dalam Starbucks dan beli saham di syarikat lain,” katanya dipetik majalah Forbes 4 tahun lalu.
Perkasa berkata umat Islam di Malaysia perlu memulau Starbucks kerana ia pendiriannya mengenai LGBT “bukan sahaja bertentangan dengan Islam bahkan berkhilaf dengan Perlembagaan Persekutuan dan juga Rukunegara”.
“Perkasa juga memberi amaran keras kepada pengamal, penyokong dan pendokong amalan LGBT dalam negara ini agar segera bertaubat meninggalkan amalan terkutuk ini dan kembali ke pangkal jalan yang sebenar,” katanya.
Seruan sama turut dibuat oleh pertubuhan Muhammadiyah di Indonesia, lapor Reuters.
“Tidak mengapa jika Starbucks hanya mahu menjalankan perniagaan, tetapi jangan bawa ideologi ke sini,” kata jurucakapnya Anwar Abbas.
Perhubungan sejenis bukan merupakan kesalahan di bawah undang-undang Indonesia, tetapi beberapa siri serbuan ke atas golongan itu baru-baru ini menimbulkan tanda tanya.

Perkasa mahu Malaysia haramkan Starbucks, Microsoft

FMT Reporters

 | July 3, 2017

Semuanya kerana dasar syarikat itu yang tidak mendiskriminasi golongan LGBT, pendirian yang menurut Perkasa adalah bertentangan dengan Perlembagaan Malaysia.

PETALING JAYA: Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa (Perkasa) menggesa kerajaan membatalkan lesen operasi Starbucks dan Microsoft di Malaysia, dengan alasan kedua-dua syarikat itu tidak membantah perkahwinan sejenis.
“Perkasa juga menggesa kerajaan agar menilai semula lesen perniagaan yang diberikan syarikat-syarikat yang mempromosi perkahwinan sejenis dan LGBT dan kerajaan perlu membatalkan lesen operasi Starbucks dan syarikat-syarikat lain seperti Microsoft kerana sokongan mereka kepada perkahwinan sejenis dan komuniti LGBT tidak selari bahkan bertentangan dengan aspirasi negara dan agenda nasional,” kata jurucakap Perkasa, Amini Amir Abdullah.
Kenyataan itu selepas komen berlegar di media sosial memetik Pengerusi Starbucks Howard Schultz sebagai menyokong hak golongan lesbian, gay, biseksual dan transgender (LGBT).
Schultz didatangi seorang pemegang saham Starbucks yang mengadu polisi syarikat untuk tidak mendiskriminasi golongan LGBT menyebabkan syarikat itu kerugian.

Bagaimanapun, Schultz menjawab: “Kalau anda merasakan boleh mengaut pulangan yang melebihi keuntungan 38% anda tahun lepas, ini negara bebas. Anda boleh jual saham dalam Starbucks dan beli saham di syarikat lain,” katanya dipetik majalah Forbes 4 tahun lalu.
Perkasa berkata umat Islam di Malaysia perlu memulau Starbucks kerana ia pendiriannya mengenai LGBT “bukan sahaja bertentangan dengan Islam bahkan berkhilaf dengan Perlembagaan Persekutuan dan juga Rukunegara”.
“Perkasa juga memberi amaran keras kepada pengamal, penyokong dan pendokong amalan LGBT dalam negara ini agar segera bertaubat meninggalkan amalan terkutuk ini dan kembali ke pangkal jalan yang sebenar,” katanya.
Seruan sama turut dibuat oleh pertubuhan Muhammadiyah di Indonesia, lapor Reuters.
“Tidak mengapa jika Starbucks hanya mahu menjalankan perniagaan, tetapi jangan bawa ideologi ke sini,” kata jurucakapnya Anwar Abbas.
Perhubungan sejenis bukan merupakan kesalahan di bawah undang-undang Indonesia, tetapi beberapa siri serbuan ke atas golongan itu baru-baru ini menimbulkan tanda tanya.

Malaysia: No need for new halal logo, but distinguish if product Muslim-made

salama | 27/09/2016 | Reply

By Ida Lim, themalaymailonline.com
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 26 — There is no need to introduce a new halal logo for Muslim-made products, as announced by the Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Corporation (Risda) chairman Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin recently, but the origins of a halal product from either a Muslim or non-Muslim company must still be distinguished, Perkasa said today.
Perkasa’s Islamic affairs bureau chairman Dr Amini Amir Abdullah said the key thing was for locally-made products granted the halal status to comply with the requirements of Islamic law and as certified by the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim).
“I don’t think we need another logo because Jakim’s logo is already recognised locally and internationally,” he told Malay Mail Online when contacted today, adding that Jakim’s halal requirements should be enhanced with loopholes removed and with improved enforcement.
In a statement earlier today, Amini Amir had said that Perkasa feels that “the time has come for us to differentiate all halal products whether they have been produced by Muslims or non-Muslims” complying with Jakim’s halal certification standards, noting the need to do so amid non-Muslims’ alleged rush to obtain the halal logo from Jakim.
Amini Amir, however, told Malay Mail Online that distinguishing Muslim-made and non-Muslim made products is not meant to be discriminatory, but would offer Muslim consumers — especially those conscious of products with halal status from non-Muslim companies — freedom of choice.
“It is not a discrimination. It is for the sake of Muslims who are strictly following Islamic teaching,” he said, citing as an example how some Muslims would be concerned when buying from a non-Muslim company that manufactured both alcoholic drinks forbidden to Muslims and halal drinks.
With the same requirements by Jakim for halal certification applicable to Muslim and non-Muslim companies, there would also be no discrimination in the process of obtaining a halal logo, he said.
While insisting that the same halal logo by Jakim be used for all halal products, he disagreed with the use of phrases such as “Muslim company” and “non-Muslim company” on the packaging to show the products’ origins.
When pressed on how consumers would be able to tell if a halal product was Muslim-made without overt displays on the packaging such as through a different logo or origin details, Amini Amir did not specify any plausible method but instead said Jakim should play its role in seeking a solution by having discussions with Muslim and non-Muslim manufacturers.
Even if current laws were amended to allow a new halal logo to be introduced for Muslim-made products, Amini Amir believed that there would not be unfair competition between Muslim companies and non-Muslim companies as consumers nowadays would buy based on the products’ quality.
He conceded that non-Muslim companies may be at a disadvantage when it comes to food, drinks and cosmetics, but also noted their alleged monopoly in certain products in these areas and Muslim consumers’ acceptance of such goods.
He also believed that having an additional logo denoting Muslim-made origin would not give a Muslim company an edge over another Muslim company, as the Jakim-issued halal logo on both companies’ products would be “sufficient” for Muslim consumers.
Last Saturday, the Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Corporation (Risda) chairman Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin reportedly said a new halal logo would be issued by the Malaysia International Institute of Islamic Cooperation (Ikiam) for Muslim-made halal products, noting that this will aid Muslim entrepreneurs and clear misgivings over the veracity of halal products.
He had reportedly said that too few Muslim entrepreneurs applied for halal certification at only 28 per cent against 72 per cent non-Malay entrepreneurs, while noting that only 11 per cent registered with the government’s Halal Industry Development Corporation to export their products are Muslim companies and the rest are non-Muslim companies.

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2. Dokumentari itu hendaklah berdurasi sekurang-kurangnya 40 minit.

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6. Nyatakan tajuk dokumentari itu dengan alamat URL yang lengkap. Contoh:
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7. Kulit depan Tugasan MOOC mestilah dinyatakan perkara-perkara penting. Lihat contoh yang saya berikan.

ADAKAH NABI MUHAMMAD SAW. BERKHITAN?

ADAKAH NABI MUHAMMAD SAW. BERKHITAN?

Khitan adalah salah satu daripada syiar Islam. Ia bersesuaian dengan fitrah manusia. Dalilnya ialah daripada Hadis RasulAllah SAW.  di mana baginda bersabda yang bermaksud:

Fitrah itu ada lima: Berkhitan, mencukur bulu kemaluan, mencabut bulu ketiak, memotong kuku dan mencukur (trim) misai (Bukhari dan Muslim).

Rasulullah saw. menyarankan orang yang masuk Islam untuk berkhitan sesuai sabdanya:

Bermaksud: "Hilangkan darimu rambut kekafiran (yang menjadi  identiti orang Kafir) dan berkhitanlah." (Abu Dawud, Hadis Hasan).

Hadis ini menunjukkan bahawa berkhitan bagi mualaf ialah suatu galakan. Bahkan sayugia diperingatkan bahawa para Mualaf sepatutnya tidak ditakutkan dalam soal berkhitan kerana ia bukan keutamaan bagi puak Mualaf.

Dari segi bahasa khitan berasal dari istilah Arab yang bermaksud potong. Dari segi istilah khitan untuk lelaki bermaksud memotong kulit yang  terdapat pada bahagian hujung kemaluan lelaki (Qulfah) demi menunaikan sunnah Nabi Muhammad SAW., menjaga kebersihan kemaluan pada bahagian penghujung kemaluan agar tiada kekotoran di dalamnya, melawaskan membuang air kecil dan menambah nikmat ketika berjimak. Beberapa ulama membahagikan khitan kepada dua jenis iaitu i'zar (untuk lelaki) dan khafd (untuk wanita).

Menurut riwayat yang sahih, Nabi Ibrahim a.s. melakukan khitan pada usia 80 tahun. Lelaki yang pertama melakukan khitan adalah Nabi Ibrahim a.s. sedangkan wanita adalah siti Hajar. Nabi Adam a.s. diciptakan Allah dalam keadaan telah khitan.

Ibn Al-Qayyim  Al-Jawziyyah dalam Kitab Tuhfat Al-Maulud (hal. 201) menyebut tiga pendapat mengenai persoalan khitan Nabi Muhammad SAW. Ada pendapat yang berbeza mengenai perkara ini:

Pertama, baginda dilahirkan telah bersunat,

Kedua, Jibril menyunatkan Nabi ketika membedah dadanya,

Ketiga, datuknya 'Abd al-Mutalib menyunat dia mengikut adat orang-orang Arab yang menyunat anak-anak mereka.

Berhubung dengan pendapat yang pertama, Ibn al-Qayyim meriwayatkan banyak hadis dalam bukunya tetapi dia memutuskan semua Hadis tersebut sebagai daif (lemah). Kemudian beliau menyebut bahawa jika seorang anak telah lahir disunat, ini adalah satu kecacatan dan ia adalah bukan satu tanda kebaikan seperti yang difikirkan banyak orang.

Berhubung dengan pendapat yang kedua, beliau berkata bahawa Hadis mengenai Malaikat Jibril membelah dan membuka hati Nabi diriwayatkan melalui banyak isnad; ia tidak menyebutkan dalam mana-mana Hadis yang Jibril menyunat Nabi  kecuali dalam satu hadis yang shaz dan gharib (ganjil dan pelik).

Berhubung dengan pendapat ketiga, dalam beberapa laporan dinyatakan bahawa datuknya 'Abd al-Mutalib menyunatkan Nabi pada hari yang ketujuh. Beliau berkata, ini seolah-olah menjadi pandangan yang betul dan yang paling dekat dengan realiti. Maka kita setuju bahawa inilah pendapat yang paling rajih.

Saya tidak menjumpai mana-mana Hadis di mana Nabi memerintahkan isteri atau anak-anak perempuannya disunat (khitan), tetapi Nabi pernah menasihatkan perempuan yang melakukan khitan di Madinah tentang cara yang betul untuk berkhitan. Sabda Nabi Muhammad SAW. yang bermaksud: "Jangan pergi kepada yang melampau dalam memotong; itu adalah lebih baik bagi seorang wanita dan lebih disukai oleh suami." (Hadis ini disahihkan oleh al-Albani dalam Sahih Abi Dawud).

Hina Haron Din: Kenyataan Jeff Ooi tidak wakili DAP - Guan Eng http://www.astroawani.com/berita-politik/hina-haron-din-kenyataan-jeff-ooi-tidak-wakili-dap-guan-eng-116999

Hina Haron Din: Kenyataan Jeff Ooi tidak wakili DAP - Guan Eng

Astro Awani | September 17, 2016 20:45 MYT 

GUAN ENG: Saya ingin melahirkan rasa kesal terhadap ahli keluara sekiranya tersinggung dengan apa yang berlaku berkaitan tweet Saudara Jeff kerana ini tidak mewakili pendirian parti. -Gambar fail

KUALA LUMPUR: Kenyataan tidak sensitif Ahli Parlimen Jelutong, Jeff Ooi berhubung kematian Mursyidul Am PAS, Allahyarham Datuk Haron Din tidak mewakili parti DAP.

Menurut Setiausaha Agong DAP, Lim Guan Eng beliau turut kesal dengan kenyataan berkenaan yang mengundang kemarahan banyak pihak.

"Saya ingin memaklumkan bahawa Saudara Jeff telah memadamkan perkongsian Twitter terbabit.

"Saya juga ingin melahirkan rasa kesal terhadap ahli keluarga sekiranya tersinggung dengan apa yang berlaku berkaitan tweet Saudara Jeff kerana ini tidak mewakili pendirian parti," katanya dalam kenyataan pada Sabtu.

Menurut Guan Eng, meskipun sering berbeza pendapat dalam banyak hal politik, DAP yakin dan percaya bahawa Allahyarham telah menyumbang kepada agama Islam.

Sementara itu, Pengerusi Biro Hal Ehwal Islam Perkasa, Dr Amini Amir Abdullah turut mengingatkan Jeff Ooi agar tidak membakar sentimen umat Islam di negara ini dan mendesak permohonan maaf dibuat terhadap ahli keluarga Allahyarham.

"Perkasa memberi amaran keras kepada beliau yang sering dilihat menghina Islam dan umat Islam dalam negara ini dengan kenyataannya yang biadab dan sangat kurang ajar di Malaysia.

"Cukuplah membuat kenyataan biadap yang menimbulkan kemarahan umat Islam. Perkasa tidak akan bertolak ansur lagi dengan telatahnya kerana buku akan bertemu dengan ruas," katanya.

Tambah Dr Amini, kenyataan Jeff Ooi itu memanifestasikan sikap permusuhannya terhadap Islam dan ulama Islam yang terbuku di hatinya selama ini.

Justeru Perkasa menggesa pengundi Islam agar tidak mengundi wakil rakyat yang menghina Islam dan para ulamanya.

‘Adios’ row: Perkasa wants everyone to apologise https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/other/%E2%80%98adios%E2%80%99-row-perkasa-wants-everyone-to-apologise/ar-BBwi8Po

FMT Reporters 18/9/2016

‘Adios’ row: Perkasa wants everyone to apologise

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PETALING JAYA: The Malay rights group Perkasa has urged Jeff Ooi, the MP for Jelutong, as well as all social media users, to apologise to the family of the late Haron Din for improper comments about his death.
The group said Jeff Ooi should not repeat the insolent comments made on his personal Twitter account. Perkasa also called for all “improper” postings and comments by others to be deleted.
Dr Amini Amir Abdullah, head of the group’s Islamic Affairs Bureau, said Perkasa urged Ooi to apologise to Muslims for the insulting comments made when Haron died in a US hospital on Thursday, Bernama reported.
Ooi has come under widespread criticism after he posted the remark “Adios Harun Din. May there be peace” on Twitter when sharing a tweet by someone else. His remark was viewed as being offensive and disrespectful to Haron and his family.
Amini said Haron, who was PAS spiritual leader, was much-respected by Muslims at national and international levels.
He said Perkasa also urged all social media users, including those on Facebook and Twitter to apologise and delete all postings and comments which were improper, in relation to Haron’s death, Bernama reported.
In the wake of the controversy, the DAP issued a statement late yesterday expressing regret for Ooi’s “insensitive statement”. DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng also expressed regret “if any of Haron’s family members felt slighted over Ooi’s re-tweet which does not represent the party’s stand”.

Perkasa wants RoS to outlaw Aiyoh Wat Lah! organisers FMT Reporters | August 30, 2016

Perkasa wants RoS to outlaw Aiyoh Wat Lah! organisers

FMT Reporters

 | August 30, 2016

Malay rights group says JAG and GEI do not respect the 'credibility or sovereignty of the ulama institution, Muslim agencies, and the government'.

PETALING JAYA: Perkasa has issued a warning to the Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) and the Gender Equality Initiative (GEI) for insulting the Perak mufti and other Islamic authorities in their latest Aiyoh What Lah! awards.
“An event like this does not respect the credibility and sovereignty of the ulama institution, Muslim agencies, and the government,” Perkasa Islamic central affairs bureau chairman Amini Amir Abdullah said today.
“What’s the point? It only aims to insult and make light of certain authorities.”
Perkasa called on the Registrar of Societies (RoS) to outlaw both JAG and GEI so as to “allow the wrath of the Muslims in the country to subside”.
The Aiyoh What Lah! awards was held in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, and the “winners” are voted by the public, under several categories on infamous quotes or statements made by people in authority.
Amini dismissed the awards’ supposed aim to hold public servants accountable to their actions, saying that there were other ways to do so that did not involve insulting Jakim and Jais.

“What they have called discrimination against women is not based on rigid observation,” Amini commented.
“What they do means nothing for women.”
Amini called the principles that the awards represented nothing more than “a repetition of backward Western values”.
“Apparently they (speak out against) hatred for women, sexism, homophobia, and transphobia,” Amini said dismissively.
“However, these awards cannot be seen as anything more than trivial.”
Perkasa directed the “strong warning” to JAG and GEI, as well as the various NGOs represented in the awards.
“Respect the ulamas, and don’t be too taken by the feminist and women’s liberation movement in the West,” Amini said.
Perkasa defended Perak mufti Harussani Zakaria, saying that his comments were based on “principle”.
“He was right when he said that there is no concept of rape in marriage and that wives are to obey their husbands’ sexual needs as long as it is based on syarak (law),” Amini said.
“These are basic principles, which can be excused if the wife is old or ill.”

Perkasa: Zakir Naik ‘highly reputable’, should be defended by Muslims https://themalaymailonline.wordpress.com/2016/07/08/perkasa-zakir-naik-highly-reputable-should-be-defended-by-muslims/

Perkasa Islamic affairs bureau chairman Dr Amini Amir Abdullah claimed that Dr Zakir was a “moderate” and demanded that a local interfaith group retract its “rude” allegations against him.
“Perkasa feels that Dr Zakir Naik should be given a chance to explain and he should not be placed in the dock of the guilty.
“Dr Zakir Naik is a highly reputable preacher and is of the moderate school. Muslims should defend him. He has also helped the authorities understand the true Islam here and internationally,” he said in a statement that was released today.
In defending Dr Zakir, he went on to suggest that there may be attempts to tar Dr Zakir’s name.
“Dr Zakir Naik has given speeches to millions of people and have these millions turned into terrorists? If someone claims to use Dr Zakir’s name, should Dr Zakir be punished immediately? Maybe there are individuals in Bangladesh who intentionally use Dr Zakir’s name…Is it not possible this individual has been hired?
Amini Amir warned the Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism (MCCBCHST) against purportedly making allegations without proof and urged the local interfaith group to be more cautious in making statements.
“Be careful in making statements that touch on the sensitivities of Muslims. Don’t follow the call and baseless news of the West,” he said.
Yesterday, Malay Mail Online reported MCCBCHST deputy president RS Mohan Shan saying that Dr Zakir has been advocating terrorism to youths, citing reports claiming that one of the militants behind the Dhaka killings had followed the Mumbai-based preacher on social media.
India and Bangladesh have reportedly launched investigations on Dr Zakir over claims that he had inspired the Dhaka attack where 22 people ― including the attackers ― were killed, while Malaysia’s police chief yesterday said he will review Dr Zakir’s speeches in India and Bangladesh to see if they contain elements promoting terrorism before considering the action to be taken.
Rohan Imtiaz and Nibras Islam were two of the five Dhaka gunmen who were reportedly inspired by Dr Zakir, with Rohan allegedly posting on Facebook a quote he attributed to the preacher that “every Muslim should be a terrorist”.
The head of the Hyderabad chapter of global terror group Islamic State, Mohammad Ibrahim Yazdani, has attributed Dr Zakir’s teachings as the basis for his venture into militancy.
Dr Zakir reputedly has 14 million followers on Facebook and 200 million viewers of his Peace TV channel.
He was welcomed by the Malaysian government in April this year and held a week-long series of sermons and has been praised as a “very wise man”,  received tributes from the government including the prestigious “Tokoh Maal Hijrah” award in 2013 and was reportedly gifted three islands in Lake Kenyir from the Terengganu government.
In the wake of the global controversy, Deputy Home Minister Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed has now advised Malaysians not to blindly accept the teachings of preachers whom he said may just want popularity.
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Perkasa: Zakir Naik ‘highly reputable’, should be defended by Muslims

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Perkasa harap Najib kekal pendirian sokong rang undang-undang syariah dibentang Hadi Wartawan TMM, May 30, 2016 · 11:52 AM http://www.themalaysianmirror.com/perkasa-harap-najib-kekal-pendirian-sokong-rang-undang-undang-syariah-dibentang-hadi/

 
Kumpulan pendesak Melayu, Perkasa berharap Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak tidak gentar dengan ugutan rakan parti komponen Barisan Nasional dan meneruskan sokongannya ke atas pindaan rang undang-undang syariah dibawa oleh PAS.
Perkasa menyokong langkah Presiden PAS Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang mengusulkan Rang Undang-undang Persendirian iaitu Rang Undang-undang Mahkamah Syariah (Bidang Kuasa Jenayah) (Pindaan) 2016 di Dewan Rakyat Khamis lepas.
“Perkasa harap Najib akan kekal bertegas dalam perkara berkenaan Rang Undang-undang Mahkamah Syariah (Bidang Kuasa Jenayah) (Pindaan) 2016,” kata ketua biro agama Perkasa, Dr Amini Amir Abdullah dalam satu kenyataan.

Dr Amini juga menegaskan masyarakat kaum lain tidak berhak mencampuri urusan hal ehwal agama Islam yang termaktub bawah Perlembagaan Persekutuan dimana Agong diberikan hak dalam menjaga umat Islam di Malaysia.
“Sebarang ancaman terhadap kerajaan Malaysia berhubung hal ehwal Islam merupakan satu penghinaan kepada Yang Di-Pertuan Agong sebagai ketua agama Islam,” katanya.
Pada Khamis, Hadi membentangkan usul itu selepas Parlimen bersidang semula pada sebelah petang.
Usul berkenaan bertujuan meminda Seksyen 2 bagi menggantikan peruntukan dalam undang-undang sedia ada iaitu Mahkamah Syariah akan mempunyai kuasa ke atas penganut agama Islam dan dalam hal-hal kesalahan di bawah perkara yang disenaraikan dalam butiran 1 Senarai Negeri, di bawah jadual kesembilan Undang-undang Persekutuan.
Ia juga bagi memasukkan seksyen 2A iaitu dalam menjalankan undang-undang jenayah di bawah seksyen 2, Mahkamah Syariah berhak menjatuhkan hukuman yang dibenarkan oleh undang-undang syariah berkaitan hal-hal kesalahan yang disenaraikan di bawah seksyen yang disebutkan, selain hukuman mati. – 30 Mei, 2016.

Resign now if you disagree with the Syariah, Perkasa tells trio May 30, 2016 http://www.malaysia-today.net/resign-now-if-you-disagree-with-the-syariah-perkasa-tells-trio/

Dr Amini Amir of Perkasa says the three non-Muslim leaders of BN who threatened to resign over hudud are also threatening the King, who is the country’s head of Islamic matters.

(FMT) – Perkasa says the three non-Muslim leaders of Barisan Nasional (BN), who threatened to resign over the Shariah Court (Criminal Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Bill 2016 tabled in Parliament, should do so now since they do not respect the rights of Muslims.

Islamic Affairs Bureau chairman Dr Amini Amir Abdullah of the Malay rights pressure group, was quoted by Malay Mail Online as saying, “Perkasa welcomes anyone who does not respect Muslim rights and Islam as the religion of the federation to resign from the government.

“Only those who respect the foundation of the Federal Constitution and the majority need be in government.”

Amini addressed his statement to MCA president and Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai; MIC president and Health Minister Dr S Subramaniam; and Gerakan president and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Mah Siew Keong.

All three leaders of BN’s component parties, had over the weekend vowed to resign from their respective Cabinet posts if the Bill was passed.

Vehemently opposing the Bill, the three leaders said it would pave the way for hudud to be implemented in Kelantan, and was “unconstitutional.”

The Bill was initially listed as the last item in the Dewan Rakyat’s Standing Order, but was allowed to jump queue after Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Azalina Othman Said proposed it be tabled on the last day of the May parliamentary session.

According to Amini, the trio, by threatening to resign from the Cabinet over hudud, had also threatened the King who is the country’s head of Islamic matters.

Amini also accused the three leaders of conspiring with Opposition party DAP to stop the Shariah Bill, which he claimed would benefit Muslims in the country if it was passed.

He further argued that by threatening to resign, the three had shown disrespect to the King as well. “Any threat to the Malaysian government on Islamic matters is an insult and disrespect to the sovereignty of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong as the head of Islam and the country’s paramount leader apart from misunderstanding the position of Islam as the religion of the federation.

“Perkasa hopes (Prime Minister) Najib Razak will remain firm on the Shariah Court (Criminal Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Bill 2016.”

Although PAS’s goal for having the Bill tabled in the Dewan Rakyat finally materialised, the Islamist party’s president, Abdul Hadi Awang, made a sudden decision to defer the motion to the next parliamentary sitting in October.

Amaran kepada Hindraf supaya tak campuri urusan agama Islam April 9, 2016 Berita Utama, Utama 3 http://www.ismaweb.net/2016/04/amaran-kepada-hindraf-supaya-tak-campuri-urusan-agama-islam/

BANGI, Sabtu – Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa Malaysia (Perkasa) mengingatkan gerakan hak asasi manusia Hindu, Hindraf Makkal Sakthi, supaya tidak mencampuri urusan umat Islam dan menuduh pendakwah terkenal, Dr Zakir Naik, sebagai sesat.

Malah, Hindraf juga diingatkan supaya tidak membuat tuduhan membabi buta yang mengatakan ajaran Dr Zakir tidak selari dengan fahaman Ahlul Sunnah Wal Jamaah.

Pengerusi Biro Hal Ehwal Islam Perkasa, Dr Amini Amir Abdullah, berkata gesaan Hindraf menerusi kenyataan Pengerusinya, P Waythamoorthy, supaya kerajaan membatalkan siri jelajah Dr Zakir adalah campur tangan dalam urusan agama Islam.

Beliau mengingatkan bahawa Dr Zakir pernah dianugerahkan Tokoh Maal Hijrah oleh Kerajaan Malaysia pada 2014 lalu dan beliau juga adalah pendakwah yang istimewa pada peringkat antarabangsa.

“Perkasa memberi amaran keras kepada Hindraf agar tidak menuduh Dr Zakir Naik sebagai ‘deviant foreign preacher’ (pendakwah luar yang sesat).

“Hindraf juga dinasihatkan agar tidak membuat tuduhan yang melulu dan membabi buta. Wahai Whyta! Tolong berhati-hati dalam membuat kenyataan yang menyentuh hal ehwal Islam dan umat Islam.

“Bila pula ajaran-ajaran Dr Zakir tidak selari dengan fahaman Ahlul Sunnah Wal Jamaah? Sejak bila Whyta pula menjadi ulama dan menghukum Dr Zakir dengan hukuman sedemikian?,” katanya dalam kenyataan yang dikeluarkan, malam tadi.

Dr Amini Amir berkata, tuduhan bahawa Dr Zakir sebagai fanatik dan ‘…a virus in a pluralistic society. He’s a plague’ juga tidak berasas, prejudis dan biadab, sedangkan kedatangan Dr Zakir ke Malaysia adalah atas undangan pihak berkuasa agama dan memberi banyak manfaat kepada umat Islam.

Beliau menasihatkan Waythamoorthy supaya tidak bermain dengan api dan memberikan bukti yang benar dan kukuh yang mengatakan Dr Zakir mempersenda agama Hindu, dan bahawa beliau memperlekeh agama-agama lain serta mazhab-mazhab dalam Islam.

“Pelabelan oleh Darul Ulum bahawa Dr Zakir adalah Ghair Muqallid bukanlah bermaksud bahawa beliau sesat.

“Ghair Muqallid bermaksud tidak bertaklid iaitu beliau tidak mengikut secara semborono mana-mana pandangan mazhab kerana beliau boleh memahami asas pembentukan hukum berasaskan disiplin ilmu-ilmu yang penting dalam Islam.

“Wahai Whyta, adakah anda faham apa yang anda perkatakan?,” katanya.

Beliau berkata, Waythamoorthy juga amat keliru apabila menuduh Dr Zakir sebagai ‘was noted for encouraging and promoting sectarianism within Islam besides having acquired a reputation for making insensitive and disparaging remarks about other religions including mocking Hindu beliefs’.

“Waythamoorthy berkata ‘He chose Terengganu, which is almost all Muslim, probably because he wants to create a sectarian following in the state and spread out from there’.

“Perkasa ingin menasihatkan Whyta agar tidak menimbulkan kegusaran dalam kalangan umat Islam dengan membuat tuduhan yang tidak tepat seperti di atas. Apakah Hindraf tidak mempunyai intelektual yang mempunyai intellectual honesty?,” katanya.

Dr Amini Amir meminta Hindraf memberi perhatian kepada kebajikan ahli-ahlinya yang terbiar.

“Hindraf perlu tanya kepada diri sendiri, adakah kewujudan mereka memberi kebaikan kepada keharmonian dan kesejahteraan masyarakat berbilang kaum dalam negara Malaysia yang kita cintai ini.

“Kenapa Hindraf selalu membuat masalah dalam negara ini? Apakah Hindraf sudah kehilangan modal, lantas bermain dengan isu picisan sebegini?,” katanya.

Dr Zakir Naik dijadual akan menyampaikan syarahan bertajuk ‘Is the Quran God’s Word?’ di Stadium Hoki Bukit Jalil pada 16 April akan datang.

Perkasa: No need for new halal logo, but distinguish if product Muslim-made By Ida Lim Monday September 26, 2016 10:06 PM GMT+8 http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/perkasa-no-need-for-new-halal-logo-but-distinguish-if-product-muslim-made

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 26 — There is no need to introduce a new halal logo for Muslim-made products, but the origins of a halal product from either a Muslim or non-Muslim company must still be distinguished, Perkasa said today.
Perkasa’s Islamic affairs bureau chairman Dr Amini Amir Abdullah said the key thing was for locally-made products granted the halal status to comply with the requirements of Islamic law and as certified by the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim).
“I don’t think we need another logo because Jakim’s logo is already recognised locally and internationally,” he told Malay Mail Online when contacted today, adding that Jakim’s halal requirements should be enhanced with loopholes removed and with improved enforcement.
In a statement earlier today, Amini Amir had said that Perkasa feels that “the time has come for us to differentiate all halal products whether they have been produced by Muslims or non-Muslims” complying with Jakim’s halal certification standards, noting the need to do so amid non-Muslims’ alleged rush to obtain the halal logo from Jakim.
Amini Amir, however, told Malay Mail Online that distinguishing Muslim-made and non-Muslim made products is not meant to be discriminatory, but would offer Muslim consumers — especially those conscious of products with halal status from non-Muslim companies — freedom of choice.
“It is not a discrimination. It is for the sake of Muslims who are strictly following Islamic teaching,” he said, citing as an example how some Muslims would be concerned when buying from a non-Muslim company that manufactured both alcoholic drinks forbidden to Muslims and halal drinks.
With the same requirements by Jakim for halal certification applicable to Muslim and non-Muslim companies, there would also be no discrimination in the process of obtaining a halal logo, he said.
While insisting that the same halal logo by Jakim be used for all halal products, he disagreed with the use of phrases such as “Muslim company” and “non-Muslim company” on the packaging to show the products’ origins.
When pressed on how consumers would be able to tell if a halal product was Muslim-made without overt displays on the packaging such as through a different logo or origin details, Amini Amir did not specify any plausible method but instead said Jakim should play its role in seeking a solution by having discussions with Muslim and non-Muslim manufacturers.
Even if current laws were amended to allow a new halal logo to be introduced for Muslim-made products, Amini Amir believed that there would not be unfair competition between Muslim companies and non-Muslim companies as consumers nowadays would buy based on the products’ quality.
He conceded that non-Muslim companies may be at a disadvantage when it comes to food, drinks and cosmetics, but also noted their alleged monopoly in certain products in these areas and Muslim consumers’ acceptance of such goods.
He also believed that having an additional logo denoting Muslim-made origin would not give a Muslim company an edge over another Muslim company, as the Jakim-issued halal logo on both companies’ products would be “sufficient” for Muslim consumers.
Last Saturday, the Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Corporation (Risda) chairman Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin reportedly said a new halal logo would be issued by the Malaysia International Institute of Islamic Cooperation (Ikiam) for Muslim-made halal products, noting that this will aid Muslim entrepreneurs and clear misgivings over the veracity of halal products.
He had reportedly said that too few Muslim entrepreneurs applied for halal certification at only 28 per cent against 72 per cent non-Malay entrepreneurs, while noting that only 11 per cent registered with the government’s Halal Industry Development Corporation to export their products are Muslim companies and the rest are non-Muslim companies.

Bongkar rahsia al-Quran Oleh W. RAHIMAH DRAMAN | UTUSAN MALAYSIA - 08 Februari 2008 2:36 AM

BERMACAM kitab tafsir al-Quran hasil usaha ulama silam yang diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa Melayu kini semakin mudah didapati. Namun tidak ada satupun buku tafsir yang dikaji dan ditulis sendiri oleh sarjana Islam Melayu, kecuali Tafsir Al-Azhar oleh Dr. Hamka.

Membongkar Rahsia Al-Quran Jilid 1 - Mukadimah Surah Al-Fatihah bagaimanapun mengubah senario itu apabila tampil sebagai usaha sulong dalam penyelidikan dan penulisan mentafsirkan al-Quran oleh ahli akademik dan agama Melayu.
Tidak sebagaimana kitab-kitab tafsir yang dihasilkan oleh ahli tafsir dan ulama Islam silam, buku Membongkar Rahsia Al-Quran ini diusahakan berasaskan pendekatan semasa dalam perkembangan pemikiran dan gaya hidup ummah era kini.
Ringkasnya, buku yang menjadikan surah al-Fatihah sebagai tumpuan kajian dan tafsirannya adalah usaha nekad pakar agama Melayu Muslim tempatan dalam usaha memperkasakan kembali peradaban Islam yang semakin lumpuh terutamanya di kalangan orang Melayu.
Matlamat
Dengan menggariskan lapan matlamat dalam penyelidikan dan penulisan pentafsiran yang dihasilkan dalam buku ini (dicatat dalam pengenalan), visinya cukup jelas iaitu mendorong Melayu di negara ini khususnya dan Nusantara amnya kembali kepada pegangan dan rujukan paling asas dan mutlak iaitu al-Quran.
Mengguna 10 manhaj (kaedah) dalam penulisan tafsir al-Quran, penulis yang terdiri daripada tujuh ahli panel (penulis) kalangan ahli akademik dan agama bagaimanapun menerokai konsep baru dalam membongkar rahsia kitab suci itu apabila mentafsirkannya berasaskan pendekatan semasa.
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Pembaca juga didedahkan mengenai konsep-konsep barakah, pujian, syukur, pemurah, penyayang, pemerintahan, ibadah, tawakal, doa, hidayah, kebenaran dan kebatilan yang terkandung dalam surah al-Fatihah.
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Nama buku: Membongkar Rahsia Al-Quran Jilid 1- Mukadimah Surah Al-Fatihah.
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Diterbitkan: 31 Ogos 2007. Cetakan pertama 2008.