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| Saturday, 30-Jul-2005 00:00 |
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APA KABAR SEMUA!
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Minta maaf semua kerana lambat update
Kami sibuk dengan kedai yang baru dibuka
baru-baru ini kami ke melaka untuk sessi pengambaran
untuk mengiklankan pakaian dari butik kami yang baru di buka
Avicenna turut serta menjadi model untuk magazine Keluarga
edisi bumper hari raya
Berikut adalah sebahagian dari aktiviti yang dijalankan
gambar tidak dapat kami paparkan semua atas sebab tertentu
jangan lupa beli majalah Keluarga keluaran Karangkraf edisi bumper raya!
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| Thursday, 24-Mar-2005 00:00 |
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Woman Leads Muslim Prayer Service
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Woman Leads Muslim Prayer Service
'We will no longer accept the back door'
Friday, March 18, 2005 Posted: 7:37 PM EST (0037 GMT)
NEW YORK (AP) -- A female professor led an Islamic prayer service Friday with men in the congregation despite sharp criticism from Muslim religious leaders in the Middle East who complained that it violated centuries of tradition.
Amina Wadud, a professor of Islamic studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, led the service at Synod House at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, an Episcopal church in Manhattan.
Some Islamic scholars have said they were aware of a few other mixed-gender prayer meetings led by women, mostly in the West, but they are rare.
"The issue of gender equality is a very important one in Islam, and Muslims have unfortunately used highly restrictive interpretations of history to move backward," Wadud said before the service. "With this prayer service we are moving forward. This single act is symbolic of the possibilities within Islam."
About 80 to 100 people attended the service, and the group appeared evenly divided between men and women. Most women wore the traditional Muslim headscarf and long, flowing robes. The event was meant to draw attention to the inequality for women in Muslim spiritual life and Muslim life in general, said Asra Q. Nomani, an author and former Wall Street Journal reporter who is the lead organizer of the prayer. "We are standing up for our rights as women in Islam. We will no longer accept the back door or the shadows," Nomani said. "At the end of the day, we'll be leaders in the Muslim world."
There was a brief outburst from some protesters outside the building at the start of the service, but they were kept from entering by a heavy police presence. One young U.S.-born, bearded activist, who only gave his name as Nussrah, said Wadud was not representative of Muslims. "She is tarnishing the whole Islamic faith," he said.
Some critics have accused Nomani of using the event to publicize a book she has written about women and Islam. Three New York mosques had refused to host the service, Nomani said. It was moved to Synod House after a site that had earlier been selected for the service, an art gallery, received a bomb threat.
The call to prayer was led by an American Muslim of Egyptian descent, Suehyla el-Attar, who spoke in accented Arabic and didn't wear the traditional headscarf. Organizers said the service wasn't meant as a protest against Muslim traditions." It was always meant as a spiritual worship opportunity, and it's doing so in an equal space for women and men," said Ahmed Nassef, whose group Muslim WakeUp! helped to organize the service. "It's not about telling other Muslims how they should worship," Nassef said. "We just need to be open to new ideas."
Yvonne Haddad, a professor of Islamic studies at Georgetown University, said the service goes against the religion's traditions. "It's a time when people can get away with anything," Haddad said. "When people have a breakdown of traditional leadership, largely because the U.S. government has delegitimized the Muslim leadership in America, American Muslims are searching for new leaders more able to address their daily needs. "People in America think they are going to be the vanguards of change," Haddad said. "But for Arab Muslims in the Middle East, American Muslims continue to be viewed on the margins of the faith."
The sheik of Cairo's Al-Azhar mosque, one of the world's top Islamic institutions, said Islam permits women to lead other women in prayer but not a congregation with men in it. "A woman's body is private," Sheik Sayed Tantawi wrote in a column in the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram in which he was asked about Wadud's planned prayer. "When she leads men in prayer, in this case, it's not proper for them to look at the woman whose body is in front of them. Even if they see it in their daily life, it shouldn't be in situations of worship, where the main point is humility and modesty."
Abdul-Aziz al-Khayyat, a former minister of religious affairs in Jordan and a Muslim cleric, also said it would be forbidden under Islamic doctrine, and that the prayers of men who participated would not count. "Prophet Muhammad and all the scholars did not allow the woman to lead ... mixed congregations, not even to allow her to pray at the side of the man," al-Khayyat said. "She can only pray behind him."
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| Thursday, 24-Feb-2005 00:00 |
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Stunt man in the making!
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Changing new signboard can be a little bit risky, isnt it?
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| Monday, 21-Feb-2005 00:00 |
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The day Avicenna was born!
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Follow the Arrow!
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Not so many patient in the same room!
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Moments before the historical moment
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Do U know Who is this?
Its Avicenna!
Sorry everyone.
Avicenna punyer birthday is on the 23rd of August
not this month!
we will keep publishing avi punya pic starting the day he was born until the latest pic gradually.
by the way, thanx for the wish. Avicenna celebrate his birthday every month(4 your info)
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| Tuesday, 15-Feb-2005 00:00 |
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[size=18][b]A powerful moral story[/b][/size]
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| Quote: | Once a man saw in his dream, that a lion was chasing him.
The man ran to a tree, climbed on to it and sat on a branch. He looked down and saw that the lion was still there waiting for him.
The man then looked to his side where the branch he was sitting on was attached to the tree and saw that two rats were circling around and eating the branch. One rat was black and the other one was white. The branch would fall on the ground very soon.
The man then looked below again with fear and discovered that a big black snake had come and settled directly under him. The snake opened its mouth right under the man so that he will fall into it.
The man then looked up to see if there was anything that he could hold on to. He saw another branch with a honeycomb. Drops of honey were falling from it.
The man wanted to taste one of the drops. So, he put his tongue out and tasted one of the fallen drops of honey. The honey was amazing in taste. So, he wanted to taste another drop. As he did, he got lost into the sweetness of the honey.
Meanwhile, he forgot about the two rats eating his branch away, the lion on the ground and the snake that is sitting right under him.
After a while, he woke up from his sleep.
To get the meaning behind this dream, the man went to a pious scholar of Islam. The scholar said, the lion you saw is your death. It always chases you and goes wherever you go.
The two rats, one black and one white, are the night and the day. Black one is the night and the white one is the day. They circle around, coming one after another, to eat your time as they take you closer to death.
The big black snake with a dark mouth is your grave. It's there, just waiting for you to fall into it.
The honeycomb is this world and the sweet honey is the luxuries of this world. We like to taste a drop of the luxuries of this world but it's very sweet. Then we taste another drop and yet another.
Meanwhile, we get lost into it and we forget about our time, we forget about our death and we forget about our graves.
F Until, when death comes to one of them, he says: "O my Lord! Send me back (to life),- "In order that I may work righteousness in the things I neglected." - "By no means! It is but a word he says." - Before them is a partition till the Day they are raised up. Then when the Trumpet is blown, there will be no more relationships between them that day, nor will one ask after another! Then those whose balance (f good deeds) is heavy,- they will be successful. But those whose balance is light, will be those who have lost their souls; in Hell will they abide. The fire will burn their faces, and they will therein grin, with their lips displaced. (Quran - Chap 23, Verses 99-104)
Jazak Allah Khair |
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| Sunday, 13-Feb-2005 00:00 |
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Dentist Day for the whole family
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Just a regular check up for the whole family.
Once in every 6 month!
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| Saturday, 12-Feb-2005 00:00 |
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The new Hijri year 1426 A.H. begins February 9th or 10th, 2005
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Mount Thawr
(The Prophet stayed there in a cave for three nights in hiding during his emigration to Madinah.)
| Quote: | The Islamic calendar is based on the year prophet Muhammad ( ) emigrated from Makkah to Madinah in the year 622 C.E. (Christian Era). The emigration took place after spending thirteen years preaching Islam in his hometown, Makkah, where he met extreme resistance and severe persecutions by the people of Makkah. By the command of God, the Prophet left the city with his close friend Abu Bakr Siddique (R.A.) and escaped a death threat by the disbelievers.
The event marks the beginning of the second phase of Prophet's mission. It is the phase when Madinah became the center of an Islamic state.
To Muslims, the Hijri calendar is not just a sentimental system of time reckoning and dating important religious events (e.g., Siyaam (fasting) and Hajj (pilgrimage to Makkah)). It has a much deeper religious and historical significance.
The Islamic (Hijri) year consists of twelve (purely lunar) months. They are:
(1) MuHarram
(2) Safar
(3) Raby` al-awal
(4) Raby` al-THaany
(5) Jumaada al-awal
(6) Jumaada al-THaany
(7) Rajab
( SHa`baan
(9) RamaDHaan
(10) SHawwal
(11) Thw al-Qi`dah
(12) Thw al-Hijjah
The most important dates in the Islamic (Hijri) year are:
1 MuHarram (Islamic new year);
27 Rajab (Isra & Miraj);
1 RamaDHaan (first day of fasting);
Last 10 days of RamaDHaan which include Laylatu al-Qadar (the Night of Power/Decree/Fate which is better than thousand months [Quran, chapter 97]);
1 Shawwal (Eid al-Fitr ("Festival of Fast-Breaking,");
1st ten days of Thw al-Hijjah (the Hajj (pilgrimage to Makkah); which includes the 9th of Thul-Hijjah (the Day of Arafat where Allah saves His Muslim servants from the Hell-Fire) and
10 Thw al-Hijjah (Eid al-ADHhaa – The Feast of Sacrifice).
Regarding those months, Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala has revealed in the Quran, chapter 2 (al-Baqara (the Cow): 189 (translation of the meaning, by Yusuf Ali):
“ They ask thee the New Moons Say: They are but signs To mark fixed periods of time
In (the affairs of) men And for Pilgrimage.”
Since the Islamic calendar is purely lunar, as apposed to solar or luni-solar, the Muslim (Hijri) year is shorter than the Gregorian year by about 11 days, and months in the Islamic (Hijri) year are not related to seasons, which are fundamentally related to the solar cycle. This means that important Muslim festivals, which always fall in the same Hijri month, may occur in different seasons. For example, the Hajj and RamDHaan can take place in the summer as well as the winter. It is only over a 33year cycle that lunar months take a complete turn and fall during the same season.
The Islamic calendar is lunar. Each month must begin with the evening when the new moon is sightable by the unaided naked eye. Muslims are obligated to sight the crescent in every country. Different countries may begin the year at different days based on their own sightings. The calendar is called Hijri calendar. The Arabic word Hijrah means migration.
Gregorian-Hijri Dates Converter
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| Tuesday, 8-Feb-2005 00:00 |
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Gong Xi Fa Cai, Gong Hei Fat Choi, Gung Hay Fat Choy
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February 9, 2005 will mark the beginning of the Year of the Rooster and Year 4702 of the Chinese Calendar.
| Quote: | Chinese New Year (Xin Nian) last two or three days, but the New Year season extends from the middle of the previous years' 12th month to the middle of the 1st month of the new year. It is a holiday celebrated by Chinese the world over.
In preparation, the house is given a thorough cleaning-- a sweeping away of any misfortune or bad luck during the year departing to make way for the incoming good luck and good fortune that will surely arrive during the new year. Doors and windows are given new coats of paint, and paper cutouts with the themes of 'happiness,' 'wealth' and 'longevity' are used as decoration around the home. Special flowers and fruits are also often used as symbolic decorations for prosperity and good fortune. Peach blossoms are said to bring long life; good fortune is represented by the kumquat's golden fruits. Offerings of food may also be left at the altar of ancestors.
New Years' Eve is carefully observed, with all members of a family dining together. Supper is a joyous feast, with jiaozi served-- dumplings boiled in water. (The word literally means 'sleep together and have sons,' a traditional good wish greeting for a family.) Fish is also traditionally served (the Chinese character for fish sounds the same as that for 'abundance'.) There is also served a vegetarian dish with a special seaweed called fat choi, a word similar in sound to that for prosperity. Noodles accent the wish for long life.
Every light in the house is supposed to stay lit for the whole night. At midnight, the sky erupts in a colorful display of fireworks and firecrackers.
The New Year has arrived!
Early in the morning, after sunrise, the children receive their hong bao (red packets, often containing money) from their parents. Then the family visits door-to-door to exchange New Years greetings-- first to relatives, then to neighbors. In some Chinese neighborhoods, mandarin oranges are also exchanged as offerings of good will and good fortune.
The New Year is a time of reconciliation. Old grudges are set aside, and the atmosphere is marked by warmth and friendliness. The visits continue for several days, marked by a great deal of gift giving. Passersby greet one another in various dialects: Sun Nean Fai Lok and Xin Nain Kuai Le (Happy New Year) or Kung Hey Fat Choi, and Gong Xi Fa Cai (May Prosperity Be With You).
Fifteen days after New Years' Day, the celebration's end is marked by the Festival of Lanterns. It is a time for lantern shows and folk dances ... and another reason to feast. Another kind of dumpling is traditionally served-- tang yuan-- sweet rice balls that are stuffed with sweet or spicy fillings
In Chinese calendar terminology:
Great Year = 12 years
Cycle = 5 Great Years = 60 years
Epoch = 60 Cycles = 60 x 60 years = 3,600 years
We are now in the Second Epoch
Begining of a Day
A day begins at mid-night
Double-Hour
Traditionally, and going back for thousands of years and long before the invention of mechanical clocks, a day is divided into 12 equal intervals. Each interval is thus 2 hours long, and may be called a 'double-hour.'
First Double-hour of a Day
The first double-hour begins at 11 p.m. of the previous night,and spans just one hour of the begining of the day.
The 2nd double-hour spans 1 - 2 a.m.
The 3rd double-hour spans 3 - 4 a.m.
The 6-th double-hour spans 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
The 11-th double-hour spans 1-11 p.m.
The 12-th double-hour spans 11 p.m. to the first hour os the next day
Names of Double-hours
The double-hours are not numbered as 1 - 12. Instead they are named in the order of the twelve "earthly branch" names:
zi chou yi mao chen si wu wei shen you xu hai
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Think of these as the roman numerals on modern-day clocks.
Alternatively, we can use 12 animals like these
Plotting like a clock, it looks like this:
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| Sunday, 30-Jan-2005 00:00 |
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Dina @ Malaysian Idol Di Angsana!
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Mari makan limau beramai-ramai
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masamnyer limau nih!
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dah berapa biji aku makan tadi ek?
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Wajah seorang penghibur!
| Quote: | Dina menghadirkan diri di Plaza Angsana atas jemputan Pepsi dan Restoran Selebriti Stulang Laut.
Walau pun hanya untuk mendendangkan beberapa lagu, Dina telah berjaya menghiburkan ribuan penonton pada hari tersebut.
Kehadiran Dina senantiasa menjadi penantian warga Johor!
Cayalah Dina! |
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| Saturday, 29-Jan-2005 00:00 |
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Bersama Chai Sen Yieh di UO Angsana
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Bersama Chai Sen Yieh di UO Angsana yang hadir atas tujuan promosi bersempena Hari Raya Cina yang bakal hadir tidak lama lagi.Avi tidak mahu bergambar dengannya kerana takutkan janggutnya!
Janggut Chai Sen Yieh macam Osama ben Laden kan?
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