Monday, July 28, 2008

PAS, Our Choice

I'm going to be naughty today.But serious.

I've been going through a few blogs and my quick assessment is this: PAS is the choice of many young intellectual/professional Muslims in Malaysia (and outside). Yayyyy!!!!

My Prof friend from NUS (who is visiting IIUM for a month) has a very interesting observation of PAS too.Met up with him today (his first day) and we spoke about current politics (except topics on Batu Putih).

Prof T is older than Spore itself and was part of the making of Spore as a nation.As a prominent scholar who has been and seen a lot, he shares with me the future of PAS, post 2008 elections. He was in KB, he said. He'd accidentally given a taxi driver a RM50 note (for a RM3 fare or something). The man returned it back to him.Prof T was so touched he wanted to give more.The man refused, saying he takes only what he deserves (or what the meter says).Wow! But Prof T (a non-Muslim) went to a supermarket and bought him stuffs which he insisted the man accept as gifts.

Itulah bezanya pemandu KL and KB although I have met very nice KL taxi drivers before.Yang tamak pun ramai esp. depan KLCC.They only take foreign passengers so that they can earn close to RM100 per trip (or more).Despite complaints in local media, the powers that be buat blur juga. This would explain why there are still so many cars in city centre despite the petrol hike.

Anyway, I think PAS, with its continuous recruitment of young, talented, intelligent, trustworthy (sometimes handsome) leaders, will go a long way. I think they have candidates who are committed Muslims who graduated from good unis in the world (Cambridge? Oxford? Melbourne?) and hence, are streetwise with so many things. Way to go, PAS!

1 comment:

Faridah said...

and someone emailed me this:


Subject: Mari Belajar Bahasa Arab


Assalamualaikum Ustaz Ustazah
Saya ucapkan selamat bermuzakarah
Tok Guru Nik Aziz kata bermuqabalah
Mufti Perlis kata bersumpah bermubahalah
Anwar failkan "qazaf" di mahkamah syariah
Walau sehebat mana fitnah kita terus istiqamah
Ayat-ayat diatas ihsan dari lughatul Arabiah

Kalau nak belajar bahasa Arab begitu mudah
Kalau penyatuan Melayu maknanya assabiyah
Kalau penyatuan Islam maknanya wahdatul ummah
Kalau berpolitik cara PAS itu maknanya siasah
Kalau berpolitik cara Islam itu maknanya fiqh-siasah
Berjamaah ikut Islam itu kehendak syariah
Berjamaah ikut Melayu itu kehendak Pak Lah
Kerajaan bersih ikut Islam bermaksud bebas dari rasuah
Kerajaan bersih ikut Melayu bermaksud sapu dan perah

Kalau jumpa Pak Lah itu tujuannya bermuzakarah
Walaupun tujuan asal ialah untuk sama-sama perintah
Jadi ada empat iaitu Selangor Perak Kelantan Kedah
Dalam erti kata lain maksudnya ialah berpaling tadah
Perjanjian dengan PKR dan DAP itu cuma satu helah
Ustaz Nasha bercita-cita nak ganti Pak Lah
Hassan Ali nak jadi MB Selangor negeri paling mewah
Enta ada can naik Exco wahai Abu Urwah

Ahli-ahli PAS dibawah siap bersumpah
UMNO adalah parti toghut engkar arahan Allah
Kafirkan sesetengah orang yang engkar Kitabullah
Ada yang tidak tegur-menegur bertegang lidah
Hangpa semua pakai songkok kami pakai kopiah
Hangpa pakai baju Melayu kami semua berjubah
Hangpa simpan misai kami ada janggut ikut sunnah
Hangpa songlap rasuah kami bersih dan amanah
Allah berfirman 'berpeganglah kepada tali Allah'
Kemudian baru bersatu dan jangan berpecah-belah
Sebelum muzakarah kononnya untuk kesatuan ummah
Eloklah tanya pendapat kami yang duduk di bawah!!