Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Dr Asri nafi palsukan sijil

Mohd Sabri Said
Wed Nov 04, 09 12:10:23 pm MYT


BUKIT MERTAJAM, 4 Nov : Bekas Mufti Perlis, Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin menafi memalsukan sijil Sarjana Muda yang diperolehi dari Univesiti di Jordan dan menganggap tuduhan oleh seorang Pegawai Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (Jakim) sebagai liar dan satu fitnah.

Beliau ketika menjawab pertuduhan tersebut dalam program 'Gelombang Fitnah' di Institut Al-Qayyim, Mengkuang, Bukit Mertajam semalam menambah, sikap Jakim itu membuktikan mereka tidak profesional dalam kenyataan dan tindakan.

Sebaliknya, Asri mendakwa, ia dibuat berdasarkan arahan orang tertentu yang tidak mahu menerima angin perubahan yang di bawa demi kebaikan Islam agar lebih dimartabatkan bukan sekadar penghias zaman.


"Sungguh malu saya nak jawab tuduhan liar pegawai Jakim kononnya saya palsukan sijil Sarjana Muda yang saya perolehi dari Univesiti dari Jordan tempuhari.

"Bayangkan bagaimana saya nak palsukan sijil ketika saya minta kerja sebagai Pensyarah di Univesiti Sains Malaysia (USM) mesti kemukakan sijil yang sah. Masa nak jadi mufti pun mesti kemukakan sijil yang sah. Kenapa bila hadapi keadaan macam ini mereka kata saya palsukan sijil, " ujarnya.

Beliau berkata demikian di hadapan ratusan orang yang mahu mendengar kejadian penangkapannya oleh Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (Jais) serta sepasukan polis selepas mengajar di sebuah rumah dekat Ulu Klang baru-baru ini.

Akibat daripada itu tegas beliau, membuatkannya terpaksa mencari semula sijil yang disimpan lama dan menganggap perbuatan tersebut membuang masa dan tidak lojik dipertikaikan.

Sesiapa pun, sambung beliau, mesti simpan sijil dan memastikan ia tidak dibuang merata-rata apatah lagi beliau turut menggunakan sijil untuk mendapatkan PhD.

Beliau juga mencabar pihak Jakim supaya membuktikan pembabitannya mencerca para ulamak muktabar seperti Imam Ghazali dan Imam Nawawi.

Mereka boleh mencari di mana lokasi beliau mengeluarkan kenyataan menghina para ulamak, perkataan apa yang dinyatakan dan sebagainya.

Jangan hanya mendengar menerusi mulut orang yang senantiasa mencari kesalahan dan sering menggunakan senjata fitnah untuk membunuh kerjaya seseorang, katanya.

"Saya nak tanya mereka di mana lokasi, bila dan hari apa yang saya hina ulamak. Itu sahaja," tambahnya.

Adakah beliau disifatkan sebagai mencerca sekiranya berbeza pendapat dengan Imam Al-Ghazali atau Imam Nawawi berkaitan hadith dan seumpamanya.

Perkataan cerca, katanya, tidak boleh disamakan dengan perbezaan pendapat atau pandangan sebaliknya mencerca ditakrifkan mengeluarkan perkataan seperti bodoh, tolol, bongok dan sebagainya.

Jakim dan Jais kena kaji dulu kenyataanya sebelum bertindak kerana tindakan melulu membawa padah, tambah beliau.

Perbezaan pendapat tidak boleh dipertikaikan kerana di zaman para ulamak dulu memang berlaku dan tidak mustahil ia terjadi sekarang kerana ia tidak jadi satu kesalahan tambahan lagi di era teknologi terkini serta ruang demokrasi yang menjadi amalan negara.

"Sesiapa pun boleh berbeza pendapat dan tidak timbul ia mencerca sesiapa. Perbezaan pendapat dalam sesebuah negara dibolehkan lebih-lebih lagi Malaysia yang mengamalkan demokrasi, " jelas Dr Asri adalah pengasas Institut Al-Qayyim, Mengkuang.

Harakahdaily

Ex-Perlis mufti to sue two parties for defamation

BUKIT MERTAJAM, Nov 4 — Former Perlis mufti Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin said he would take legal action against Malaysian Syarie Lawyers Association and Malaysian Islamic Development Training Institute (Ilim) assistant director Zamihan Mat Zain Al-Ghari for defaming him.

Mohd Asri said the association had ridiculed him in a memorandum dated Oct 12 to Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin while Zamizan had cast aspersions about his qualification.

"Zamizan alleged that I had falsified my bachelor's degree in syariah from Jordan University.

"He claimed that I majored in Arabic language and literature and not syariah. They had made serious allegations. This is too much," Mohd Asri told reporters after giving a talk at the Al-Qayyim Institute, Mengkuang here last night.

He urged the Islamic Development Department (Jakim) to clarify Zamizan's allegation as he (Zamizan) was its employee.

During the talk, Mohd Asri said his arrest by the Selangor Islamic Religious Department on Sunday was intended to defame him. — Bernama



themalaysianinsider

Pakatan finally applies to be formal coalition

By Debra Chong

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 — At last, Pakatan Rakyat (PR) has taken a big step towards formalising its alliance in order to go head on with Barisan Nasional (BN) as a registered coalition at the next general election.

The Malaysian Insider understands that officials from the PR alliance handed in their application to be made a formal coalition to the Registrar of Societies (RoS) some time earlier this week.

According to government sources, some 10 names each from DAP, PAS and PKR were listed in the registration form, together with a list of common objectives, which are expected to be laid out when the alliance holds its first convention next month.

A logo bearing a “rising sun” was also tendered — signalling a “new dawn” for the country — as the fledgling opposition front's symbol against BN's dacing, or scale.


The PR bloc believes its application this time will pass muster, based on the new stand taken by the Registrar of Societies Datuk Md Alias Kalil.

Md Alias had publicly stated that the previous reading of Section 2 of the Societies Act 1966, which states any coalition of political parties must have at least seven political parties as members to be registered did not apply.

The loose alliance of PKR, DAP and PAS first came together in the wake of the landmark March 8 general election last year, which saw its members wrest control of four key states from BN in spite of fundamental differences in philosophies.

But it remains to be seen if PKR, PAS and DAP will be able to settle their various spats within their respective parties as well as with each other and present a force capable of challenging BN.

The growing infighting within all three parties — from Sabah PKR leaders quitting in protest against heavy-handed treatment from its peninsula-based central leadership to frequent eruptions between the religious PAS and socialist DAP — has only served to diminish their viability in the eyes of the increasingly weary and wary public.

PR will need to keep in mind that many of the votes cast were also an act of protest against BN for perceived arrogance.

But under Datuk Seri Najib Razak, BN has managed to claw back some support for the ruling coalition.

themalaysianinsider