Debat: Surat jemputan sudah diserah, Najib berani atau tidak?

(Nabihah Hamid)

PUTRAJAYA: “Kami tunggu respon PM,” kata Zulfadzli Abdul Halim, penyelaras Akademi Pak Sako selaku penganjur debat antara Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim dan Datuk Seri Najib Razak dalam isu ekonomi dan Belanjawan 2012.
Beliau berkata, pihaknya sudah menghantar surat jemputan Majlis Debat Belanjawan kira-kira jam 11 pagi tadi di Pejabat Perdana Menteri, Putrajaya, selain diterima Ketua Pembangkang di ibu pejabat KEADILAN.
Anwar sebelum ini menyatakan kesediaan untuk berdebat, malah menyambut baik tawaran mana-mana badan bukan kerajaan (NGO) untuk debat terbuka itu.

Demo UIA: Polis tahan Shamsul ketika iqamat

GOMBAK: Ketua Angkatan Muda KEADILAN (AMK), Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin ditahan selepas dikasari sekumpulan 15 anggota polis di Masjid Universiti Islam Antarabangsa (UIA) di sini, hari ini.
Ketika dihubungi KeadilanDaily, Shamsul berkata, beliau ditahan ketika sedang iqamat untuk menunaikan solat Jumaat dan diheret dari masjid ke kereta peronda dan dibawa keluar dari kawasan berkenaan.

‘Kalau orang meluat, pemimpin pun jatuh juga’

(Oleh: Sidiqin Omar)

PULAU PINANG: Tumbangnya pemimpin dunia seperti Muammar Gaddafi adalah peringatan kepada sesiapa sahaja agar tidak takbur dan sombong dengan kuasa.
Ini kerana, jawatan ialah amanah yang datang dengan tanggungjawab, bukan semata-mata kuasa untuk mengumpul kekayaan diri sendiri, kata Ketua Umum KEADILAN, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
“Kalau Allah takdirkan rakyat bangkit, orang seperti Mubarak dan Gaddafi pun diheret juga,” kata Anwar dalam perjumpaan dengan masyarakat Permatang Pauh di Dewan Orang Ramai Kampung Permatang Janggus, hari ini.

Debat Belanjawan, Najib perlu jadi anak jantan

(Oleh : Nabihah Hamid )

Klang : Angkatan Muda KEADILAN Selangor menggesa Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak untuk menyahut cabaran debat oleh Ketua Pembangkang.
Minggu lalu, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim buat kali keduanya mencabar Datuk Seri Najib Razak untuk berdebat berhubung berhubung kedudukan ekonomi dan Belanjawan 2012.
“Najib perlu terima (cabaran) dan berhujah seperti anak jantan dan tunjukkan kemampuan. Beliau juga perlu bertanggungjawab di atas kenyataan yang memperkecilkan Belanjawan Pakatan Rakyat.” kata Ketua AMK Selangor, Irwan Ismail.
Ia berikutan kenyataan Datuk Seri Najib Razak mengkritik belanjawan Pakatan Rakyat dengan menyifatkannya  ‘Belanjawan Republikan aliran kanan’ yang gagal memahami kehendak rakyat.

Polis biadap, halang saya solat Jumaat

(Oleh Masdar Wahid)

GOMBAK 21 Okt : Ketua Angkatan Muda (AMK) KEADILAN, Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin berkata, polis yang menahannya ketika beliau mahu menunaikan solat Jumaat tengahari tadi biadap dan bertentangan dengan hak kebebasan bersuara di negara ini.
“Saya beritahu polis, kalaupun nak tangkap, bagi saya solat Jumaat dahulu.
“(Malangnya) Saya langsung tidak dibenarkan solat meskipun solat Jumaat hampir dimulakan oleh Imam dan jemaah lain.
“Mereka (polis) terus berkasar dengan mengheret saya keluar dari masjid sebelum sebuah kereta peronda membawa kami keluar dari kawasan universiti,” katanya ketika dihubungi Keadilandaily.
Shamsul ditahan di dalam Masjid Universiti Islam Antarabangsa (UIA) ketika sedang Iqamat dan dikasari sekumpulan 15 anggota polis.

Guess who is Perkasa's guest of honour

Harakahdaily

TAKE A BREAK Oct 20: UMNO offshoot Perkasa will be having its annual assembly and Malaysians may finally be able to see its members gathering in large numbers, a sight many have been waiting for amid repeated yet-to-be-fulfilled claims of the group's wide following. But the large crowd is not the only attraction promised by Perkasa's incorrigible chief Ibrahim Ali (right). In what may possibly eclipse Ibrahim's much humoured fame, the Perkasa congress, which will be held in Kuala Lumpur, will have a guest of honour, one who many Malaysians have not completely forgotten.

Where are all Gaddafi's women now?

Al Bawwaba

Oct 21: They say 'woman' is fickle, but Gaddafi changes his women almost as often as he changes his outfits (many times a day according to his former nurses) -  if reports of the high turnover in female security staff are anything to go by. When his cards are down, where are his faithful female friends? Those Amazonian Guards said to take bullets for him and in service til death do them part with the Colonel. Out with the old, in with the new? Or maybe it a curious mixture of old, new and blood ties that last till his bitter end. It is hard to tell where female allegiances lie at this stage of Gaddafi's demise,  since stories of betrayal are rife and mixed in with tales of steadfast loyalty.

US questioning credit for Gaddafi kill?

PressTV

WASHINGTON, Oct 21: US President Barack Obama congratulates Libyans on the death of their former dictator Muammar Gaddafi, while apparently attempting to attribute the credit for the victory to the Western military alliance of NATO. “This marks the end of a long and painful chapter for the people of Libya who now have the opportunity to determine their own destiny in a new and democratic Libya," Obama said on Thursday in Washington, Reuters reported.

Little Yue Yue dies of injuries

China Daily

GUANGDONG, Oct 21: Little Yue Yue, the toddler injured in a hit-and-run accident in Foshan, Guangdong, died at 12:32 am, Friday morning, Foshan Daily reported. HAPPY TIMES ... A photo of Yue Yue (right) with her father and brother Despite treatment from expert doctors in the past seven days and nights, Yue Yue finally died from severe injuries, said Su Lei, dean of the hospital, at a press conference held at 8:45 releasing the conditions at the hospital where Yue Yue was treated.

Allah is Calling: Menjadi asbab hidayah

Zainuddin Hashim

Sesungguhnya persoalan hidayah adalah tugas dan kerja Allah SWT, walaupun mungkin dari segi zahirnya seseorang itu kelihatan tidak beriman dan mungkin juga jelas menentang-Nya, namun dari segi batinnya tiada seorangpun yang tahu bahawa dia benar-benar cenderung dan suka kepada kebenaran, khususnya Islam, satu-satunya agama yang diperakui Allah SWT. Bagi kita yang memang lahir daripada keluarga Islam, tidak mudah untuk menghukum seseorang terutama dari individu yang bukan Islam, bahawa mereka adalah ahli neraka dan pasti akan kekal menghuni di dalamnya, tetapi persoalannya di sini, pernahkah kita berjumpa mereka dan berkata sesuatu mengenai Islam sebelum menjatuhkan apa-apa hukum terhadapnya sebelum mengatakan bahawa mereka memang ahli neraka. Itulah kesilapan yang memang semulajadi ada pada diri kita yang memang suka menjatuhkan hukum kepada individu tertentu terutama di kalangan bukan Islam, malah ia jadi trend di kalangan kita, sepatutnya kita sudah berubah menjangkau lebih daripada itu, iaitu menjadi golongan yang bersedia untuk memimpin mereka ke jalan selamat di dunia dan akhirat dengan menjadikan ‘Sirah Nabi Muhammad’ sebagai inspirasi untuk berdakwah.

Mansuh ISA: 13 bebas, 16 bela diri

Hazayani Zakaria Foto: Wan Zahari

KUALA LUMPUR, 21 Okt: Seramai 13 daripada 29 tahanan yang menyertai Himpunan Mansuhkan ISA pada 1 Ogos 2009 hari ini dibebaskan manakala 16 lagi diarahkan membela diri. Hakim Ainul Shahrin Mohamad membacakan keputusan tersebut di Mahkamah Sesyen Jalan Duta selepas hampir dua tahun kes itu dibicarakan. 13 tahanan yang merupakan anggota Unit Amal iaitu pertubuhan di bawah Dewan Pemuda PAS Pusat didakwa di bawah Akta Pertubuhan 1966.

1,000 berhimpun tuntut 'bebaskan' Aziz Bari

Harakahdaily

GOMBAK, 21 Okt: Hampir 1,000 orang berhimpun di perkarangan Masjid Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM) hari ini bagi membantah penggantungan tugas Prof Dr Abdul Aziz Bari oleh universiti itu. Perhimpunan aman yang bermula selepas selesai solat Jumaat itu majoritinya disertai golongan mahasiswa dipercayai dari pelbagai universiti serta orang awam. Sejurus imam selesai membaca doa, laungan "Hidup Aziz Bari", “Hidup Ilmu”, “Lawan Kezaliman”, “Bebas Aziz Bari” mula bergema.

Sebutan semula Husam saman Utusan 11 Jan 2012

Harakahdaily

KUALA LUMPUR, 21 Okt: Kes saman Exco Kerajaan Kelantan, Datuk Husam Musa terhadap Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd akan disebut semula pada 11 Januari tahun depan. Dalam saman itu, Husam selaku plaintif telah menamakan Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd, Azran Fitri Rahim dan Ketua Pengarang Mingguan Malaysia sebagai defendan-defendan berhubung artikel bertajuk "Nik Aziz beri cuti lima hari untuk tenangkan fikiran, Husam letak jawatan?" yang disiarkan di dalam akhbar Mingguan Malaysia bertarikh 23 Nov 2009 berkaitan kemelut perletakan jawatan Ir Abdulariff Fahmi Abd Rahman sebagai Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif PMBK.

Tindakan ke atas Aziz Bari ala ISA

Abdul Aziz Mustafa

KUALA LUMPUR, 21 Okt: Tindakan ala-ISA ke atas Prof Dr Abdul Aziz Bari akan 'mengkangkungkan' lagi dunia akademik negara ini, kata Timbalan Presiden PAS, Mohamad Sabu. "Di negara kita sudah terkenal gelaran 'profesor kangkung' yang diberikan kepada pembodek-pembodek yang berjaya mendapat pangkat besar di universiti-universiti hasil membodek dan kemudian bercakap merapu melalui TV dan media tanpa mengikut fakta sebenar semata-mata mengampu pemerintah. "Tindakan UIA (Universiti Islam Antarabangsa) menggantung tugas Dr Abdul Aziz akhirnya akan melengkapkan tindakan menjadikan dunia akademik negara ini sebagai sarang dan dunia professor kangkung," kata beliau.

Kakitangan akademik UIA sokong Aziz Bari

Harakahdaily

KUALA LUMPUR, 21 Okt: Persatuan Kakitangan Akademik Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (PKA UIAM) ingin menyatakan sokongannya terhadap Professor Abdul Aziz Bari di dalam menjalankan amanahnya sebagai seorang murabbi dan sarjana Perlembagaan Malaysia. “Kami berasa terkilan atas campurtangan pihak luar ke atas sistem pendidikan di negara ini yang sepatutnya bebas dan bersifat professional,” ujar persatuan itu dalam satu kenyataan. PKA UIAM berkata, tohmahan serta tekanan yang tidak berasaskan ilmu yang dilemparkan kepada Professor Abdul Aziz Bari hanya membuang masa dan merendahkan status negara di mata dunia. “Professor Abdul Aziz Bari adalah seorang yang berwibawa dan berkelayakan untuk membuat kenyataan ilmiah dan rasional dalam bidang kepakaran beliau,” tambah kenyataan itu.

Zulkifli jahil, liwat isteri termasuk perkara syubhah

Harakahdaily

KUALA LUMPUR, 21 Okt: Ketua Dewan Ulamak PAS Pusat, Datuk Harun Taib (gambar) menyifatkan dakwaan ahli parlimen Kulim-Bandar Baharu, Datuk Zulkifli Noordin berhubung suami meliwat isteri melambangkan kejahilannya dalam hukum hakam yang berkaitan dengan hukum syarak. Menurutnya, hukum syarak tidak boleh dibaca sepintas lalu tetapi memerlukan disiplin ilmu yang tinggi. Beliau berkata demikian sebagai mengulas dakwaan ahli parlimen tersebut di Dewan Rakyat semalam bahawa hukum hudud yang hendak dilaksanakan oleh PAS membenarkan suami meliwat isteri. Selain itu, Zulkifli juga dilaporkan mendakwa bahawa umur 18 tahun yang ditetapkan dalam enakmen hudud bercanggah dengan Islam yang menetapkan had baligh ialah 15 tahun.

ASN, ASB: Beri perbezaan fatwa kebangsaan, negeri

Hazayani Zakaria

KUALA LUMPUR, 21 Okt: Kerajaan diminta memberi penjelasan mengenai perbezaan fatwa di peringkat kebangsaan dan negeri berhubung pelaburan dalam Amanah Saham Nasional (ASN) dan Amanah Saham Bumiputera (ASB). Ahli Parlimen Kota Raja, Dr. Siti Mariah Mahmud berkata, ini kerana Mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Fatwa Negeri Selangor Kali 2/2011 yang bersidang pada 12 April lalu memutuskan bahawa Pelaburan ASN dan ASB dan seumpamanya adalah tidak halal kerana ia masih belum menepati hukum syarak. Namun Muzakarah Jawatankuasa Fatwa Majlis Kebangsaan Bagi Hal Ehwal Ugama Islam Malaysia Kali Ke-80 yang bersidang pada 1 hingga 3 Februari 2008 memutuskan ianya adalah harus.

Semarak kuliah pengajian berteras aqidah Islam

KUALA LUMPUR, 21 Okt: Persatuan Ulama’ Malaysia (PUM) amat prihatin dalam soal mempertahankan aqidah serta kesucian agama Islam.
Dasar untuk berpegang teguh kepada aqidah Islam adalah jelas seperti yang termaktub dalam surah al-An’aam ayat 153 yang bermaksud: “dan bahawa Sesungguhnya Inilah jalanKu (ugama Islam) yang betul lurus, maka hendaklah kamu menurutnya; dan janganlah kamu menurut menurut jalan-jalan (yang lain dari Islam), kerana jalan-jalan (yang lain itu) mencerai-beraikan kamu dari jalan Allah, Dengan yang demikian itulah Allah perintahkan kamu, supaya kamu bertaqwa.”
“Oleh yang demikian, PUM adalah sangat bertegas dalam isu-isu yang berkaitan dengan aqidah, semua pihak perlu memainkan peranan untuk mempertahan serta memperkukuhkan aqidah umat berpandukan kepada kekuatan serta bidang kuasa yang ada,” ujar Pengerusi Lajnah Perhubungan Antarabangsa PUM, Ustaz Nik Muhd Nik Marzuki Muhd Nor kepada Harakahdaily.

Court action against 104,083 PTPTN loan defaulters

SUNGAI PETANI: The court has issued summonses to 69,573 stubborn loan defaulters of the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN).
PTPTN board of director Datuk Tajul Urus Md Zain said the corporation had no choice but to resort to court action since 104,083 students had defaulted on their payment from 2007 to Sept 30 this year.
"We (PTPTN) have no choice but to take stern action since these are loan defaulters who have refused to pay up despite many reminders and requests," he told reporters after opening a community programme.
Tajul said thus far, PTPTN has received RM2.7bil from 725,000 borrowers, dating back from 1997 to last month, while the actual amount that should have been collected was RM5.6bil.

Leave kids out of politics

KUALA LUMPUR: Politicians have been urged to leave children out of politics as they are minors and should not be dragged into the political game.
Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said it was her principle that children should be left out of politics, adding: “There are so many other issues to talk about.”
Commenting on a blogger’s allegations that Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s son was transferred out of his former school due to an offence, the Women, Family and Community Development Minister said any form of allegations should be backed by facts.

Gaddafi's death - who pulled the trigger?

SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Disturbing images of a blood-stained and shaken Muammar Gaddafi being dragged around by angry fighters quickly circulated around the world after the Libyan dictator's dramatic death near his home town of Sirte.

An anti-Gaddafi fighter shows the media what they say was the golden pistol of Muammar Gaddafi, near Sirte October 20, 2011. (REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani)

The exact circumstances of his demise are still unclear with conflicting accounts of his death emerging. But the footage, possibly of the last chaotic moments of Gaddafi's life, offered some clues into what happened.
Gaddafi was still alive when he was captured near Sirte. In the video, filmed by a bystander in the crowd and later aired on television, Gaddafi is shown being dragged off a vehicle's bonnet and pulled to the ground by his hair.

M'sian interest rate will be unchanged, or see a cut

PETALING JAYA: While most economists polled by StarBiz reckon that Bank Negara will keep the interest rate unchanged, there are others who think that it may be lowered to spur growth.
Citigroup Inc Singapore-based senior economist Zheng Kit Wei said in a report that there was still a 40% chance of a rate cut as he expected inflation to ease further.
“While budget measures should cushion consumption, sustained low levels of manufacturing activity could potentially undermine consumer demand, and there may be scope for Bank Negara to provide additional support to leveraged households with small overnight policy rate (OPR) cuts,” he said.

He expects the central bank to take a more “pre-emptive” approach to cut rate by 25 basis points, in view of the fact that inflation may fall below 3% by December.

Auditor-General's Report to be tabled in Parliament on Monday

KUALA LUMPUR: The Auditor-General's Report 2010 will be tabled in Parliament on Monday, said Auditor-General Tan Sri Ambrin Buang.
He will brief Public Accounts Committee (PAC) members on the report on the same day.
In a statement Friday, Ambrin said the Treasury's response to the report would also be tabled together.
"In 2010, the Auditor-General's Report was not tabled on the same day as the national budget so as to enable both to get equal coverage.
"It has been the practice since 1982 that the Auditor-General's report would first be submitted to the Cabinet before being tabled in the Dewan Rakyat.

Woman chess player denies knowing Guan Eng’s son

KUALA LUMPUR: A young woman featured by several bloggers as the victim of Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng's teenage son has expressed shock and dismay over these reports.
Malaysiakini reported that Anya Corke, 21, whose photograph was posted on several blog sites and was depicting as a victim of alleged molest, has denied she was a victim.
"I have never been physically assaulted in any way. The only way in which my 'modesty was outraged' has been (through) the publication of my picture in connection with these scurrilous and unfounded rumours," she was quoted saying.
Corke, a third year student at Wellesley College in the United States, is a Woman Grandmaster and a top Hong Kong chess player. She earned her title at the 36th Chess Olympiad held in Spain in 2004 when she represented Hong Kong men's team.
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Man pays RM20,000 to ‘buy’ someone’s wife

MANY men are taking advantage of the tebus talak system to “buy” people's wives.
A man in Johor paid RM20,000 to the syariah court to pay for a divorce so he could marry Normah, 31, Harian Metro reported.
The RM20,000 was payment for tebus talak (divorce by redemption) as Normah's husband did not agree to a divorce by consent.
She told the Malay daily that the man was willing to part with such a huge sum of money as he was determined that they be together.
Normah said she had told her then husband of her intention to be with the man, who was her ex-schoolmate, but he refused to give his consent to a divorce.

Family offers RM20,000 reward for info on missing woman and son

KUALA LUMPUR: The family members of a missing 75-year-old mother and her 45-year-old son are still riddled with questions about their whereabouts and are offering a RM20,000 reward to try to get some answers.
On Sept 14, it was reported that Lam Yik Sau, and her son Teoh Kean Beng were last seen at their house in Kampung Rapat, Ipoh on Aug 28.
Teoh’s sister, Lai In, 49, was living with her 18-year-old niece Teoh King Men in Petaling Jaya when the incident happened.
On Aug 30, Lai In called the mother’s neighbour to check on the two and was informed by neighbours that the house had been ransacked.