yaya on thailand

salam

yaya is the first presenter who make me stick with her from the beginning until last. her presentation was simple but interesting.

southern Thailand as we knew faces many problems in term of religious matter. killing are always happen. i will talked about it more detail later..

Some Notes from Western News Network and Islamic Ethics

I just wanted to share some of my notes from Islamic Ethics and Western news network class which i realy feel that it is clearly explained what we ,as Muslims, are supposed to be and what is really going on in our modern life and media;

The role of true Muslims is to be a reminder that there is no God but God(La ilahe illallah). It is also to help enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil(Amr-i bil Ma'ruf Nahy anil munkar). The role of the media when it comes to Muslims is to demonize them and show them as something they are not. The Media also shows terrorists as Muslims when in fact Islam denounces all forms of violence and terror. So when a Muslim ignorant of Islam is in the lime-light, the media catchs hold of him/her and shows the world this person as a representative of all Muslims. That is the lie the media likes to perpetuate.
The capability of TV screens and computer monitors to mirror an event like it is happening at millions of places at once wets the appetite of evil-minded people as well. An event that attracts the attention of printed and visual media is multiplied by these screens, and ends up having the impact of a million events. This magnified effect destroys the peace of mind of many, shatters hopes, and stabs spirits. An impact of this magnitude serves as base for new ill-intentioned acts. For this reason, the news media organizations have great duties and responsibilities in the fight against terror. A news organization that projects a terrorist act in graphic detail into all parts of the world and injects all destructive ingredients into millions of unsuspecting minds in the name of "fast and true newsmanship' is in fact the biggest partner of terrorists, and lays the ground for new such acts. The principles "Everything you say must be right, but telling all the right things is not right" (Mektubat, p. 265) and "Describtion of falsehood in great detail is a mislead for simple minds." (Mektubat, p. 471) should be guides for news reporters.
Another thing is that we have to be aware of is who owns our most followed channel of news and how they mislead our perspectives with their "strong" and "wide" news networks...
Wassalam...

it is MY opinion

yes i agree that English is important and i realize that we in a speech comm class which is specialize in English language. but in my opinion others language are also important.

as mdm said, tasneem has good in English, and i not denying that. but when her pronoun certain name, and she cannot pronounce it properly, does it will be disruption to our ears? it is OK if it happen once or twice, but it happen again and again from the beginning until last.

not enough preparation.

in contrast, for me it is good strategy that she just gave us blank handout and we need to fill it. it make we listen carefully to her speech.

i will present about Bosnia and of course i will face with weird spelling in terms of name.haha.just watch out umi. u will get attack as u attacking people.haha

A look to the Iraq issue from a westerner's eyes...

Slm to all...
I just wanted to post this commentary which i took from www.zaman.com from the english version.I think sometimes it is good to read others' opinions and views,especially from different backgrounds and perceptions,on our global issues just to have a wider perspective..wassalam


NICOLE POPE n.pope@todayszaman.com Columnists
Remember Iraq?



The war in Iraq dominated the headlines for so long that many readers were relieved when the daily diet of devastating car bombs in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities dropped off the front pages.

These days, US-related news tends to reflect the excitement generated by the presidential race. Will the Democrats back Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama? Which of the Republican presidential wannabes stand the best chance to bid for the White House?

The war in Iraq features in the campaign, naturally, but not as the main issue. Although their takes on the conflict differ, most of the candidates promise to bring the troops home, sooner or later.

In Turkey, Washington is talked about these days mainly in the context of the struggle against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq and President Abdullah Gül's visit to Washington. Most commentators welcome the apparent thaw in relations between Turkey and the US.

The feeble attempt at peace mediation between Israelis and Palestinians launched by George Bush, now a lame duck president, should not obscure the mess his administration has caused in the wider Middle East and the poisoned legacy his successor will inherit.

Recent figures provide a sobering glimpse at the reality of Iraq. Fewer shocking headlines had created the impression that the surge launched by Gen. David Petraeus last year had returned Iraq to normality. While violence has indeed declined in recent months after US troop numbers were boosted, figures show that 2007 was overall still the deadliest year since the 2003 invasion of Iraq -- with the highest number of US troops, British troops and civilians killed.

Now a new extensive survey, published in the New England Journal of Medicine and carried out in cooperation with the World Health Organization, estimates 151,000 people died violently between March 2003 and June 2006.

Higher than the figures provided by the Iraq Body Count, which collected data from published sources and came up with a total of 47,668, and lower than estimates of over 600,000 dead published in The Lancet in 2006, these latest conclusions give an inkling of the trauma Iraqi civilians have experienced.

If you converted these anonymous figures and transferred them proportionally from Iraq's population of 26 million to the more familiar environment of Turkey's 73 million, you could try and imagine how much impact 420,000 deaths and an average daily blood count of 350 would have here. The deep social wounds caused by violence on this scale do not bear thinking about.

To the Iraqi death toll, add countless civilians wounded, physically or mentally, 2 million who sought refuge abroad and 2.4 million displaced internally. Although 30,000 Iraqi refugees are known to have returned in recent months, many did so for lack of money and options and found they had little to come back to.

The drop in violence provides room for rebuilding and for political initiatives, but the fragility of the situation hardly warrants excessive optimism. This has implications for Iraq's neighbors, too. Turkey rightly believes that the US administration has lately been more responsive to its demands, but this does not mean Washington will, in the long term, be able to control the situation on the ground -- let alone guarantee Iraq's national unity to satisfy Turkey's wishes.

We would all like to believe Iraq faces a brighter future, but how stable can a country riddled with internal divisions, traumatized by violence and in the grip of a large-scale humanitarian disaster realistically be? It may take a while until we know the answer.

11.01.2008

hey BEAUTIFUL GIRL....

salam...
ellow my frenz....

miss u all so much... sorry coz i didnt post any blog lately. im soooo busy + not feeling well + got personal problem... sorry also for my group mate, umi and hatije coz i didnt give my full commitment towards this blog. insyaallah i will change after this...



ok. enuf for that.



for qistina....

wow, B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L....

you look soooo beautiful with your nice baju Pahang.... eyt. from where you got it huh?? let me know coz i wanna be more beautiful than you... if you put a ribbon, maybe i will put a lace on it. ahaks... you really grab my attention. i would like to dedicate a song " beautiful girl" from Sean Kingston to you... haha.

about your presentation, for me its ok. not really much you need to improve... mybe you should hide your nervous. the content is ok.. a lot of information... i like your voice... soft and nice... thats all from me... see you next time. sorry... im rushing... got something else to do...



oppss...

before i go, here's a flash about Palestine for you....

you better watch.... its really touching...

till then, c ya... daaa....

qistina on rwanda

Rwanda.i knew this country since I'm matriculation student. it is because my lecturer asked us to memorized Africa map.huhu..

i like Qis presentation.simple and steady, Little bit nervous but acceptable. Sharifah Aini (Malay singer) also said even she had perform in almost thousand performance, she still get nervous before it start.

qis outfit was fabulous. new fashion i thought. pesak gantung with big shiny ribbon.haha.nice.

from her presentation, i knew that every one with money can do anything.even buy a country. but with human bonding spirit, we can counter back this problem. it is important to us muhasabah our self, look back what cause we hate each other, do we have strong reason before we ruin somebody life?

NAMASTE MIRANTI...

KASHMIR...

On visiting the Valley of Kashmir, Jehangir, one of the Mughal emperors, is said to have exclaimed:
"If there is paradise anywhere on earth, it is here, it is here, it is here."

And, till very, very recent times it was paradise on earth. But now the paradise has been turned into hell. why do you think????
very common reason...
terrorist..terrorist..terrorist..
conflict.. conflict... and conflict again...

it is sad to see the beautiful place like Kashmir turn to change just because of the reasons that we can avoid...
so sad...

comment on Miranti..

The presentation is...
-ok and look confident..
-nice smile..
-good point/content..
-got flow on each point..

overall, OK LAH... 3.5 STARS...
HEEE......

The issue of Palestine

Palestine…A sad story of a blessed country with Shahadah and Rahmah…

‘Stand a bit more o bleeding Masjid,
Masjid-I Aqsa…
There is nothing more they haven’t done to you,
A bit more Palestine, patience a bit more,
And there the victory;
The blessings of Allah and the mercy,
A bit more Palestine, patience a bit more…

Says a Turkish poet for Palestine…

State of Palestine, which is not recognized by the United Nations, has been being a huge and number one issue that couldn’t be solved so far…
Alhamdulillah as Muslims we are not supposed to loose our hope about the victory which Allah promise to those who are fighting, dying or even the ones who are trying to survive ,to help the dawah of Islam, for Him..
Just like one of the last century’s scholar said: ‘Be hopeful! Within this changing time and the future, the highest volume and the strongest sound will be the Sada(the call or message) of Islam..
Yes we are hopeful; we believe what Allah stated in the holy Qur’an, but the thing that Allah gives victory even to those cruels, who are trying very hard, at least for some time. So that, as believers we have some mistakes over this issue, this mistake may be sometimes ignorance, sometimes laziness(even to think about what one can do for the name of Allah). Yes, as Muslims we are the one who is supposed to reach our sisters and brothers there and save the one the most important state of Islam. Because this issue and dawah is not only the dawah of Palestinians.
The thing that I really couldn’t understand is, other than the complex relationship of the countries and who supports whom and how, how come so far Palestine has never had an established army and how come those other strong and powerful Muslim countries haven’t done anything realizable to save Palestine. I have heard that most of the Muslim countries don’t want to do anything or they can’t do something legally because the residents of Palestine have sold their land to the Jews during a time in the history which is not so far. This cannot be an excuse that Muslims can overlook to the issue and a war which is full of crime since this is their mistake but I think the issue of Palestine is much more complex than we see and understand…

And dear Eyllia, thanks for your effort and nice presentation. Overall it was a good presentation but maybe you can work on Fluency and self confident a bit. And try to make it more interesting, when you are not dependent on the slides and when you add your ideas and feelings, for sure the presentation will not be monotone.
Wassalam…

public speaking

1.controlling nervousness

• naturalistic
• prepare well
• concentration
• relax
• friendship

2. topic

• types-manuscript -memorize -extemporaneous -impromptu
• nature of audience -note occasion -time and the day -event surrounding -reputation of the speaker.

3. source of information

• text book
• journal
• magazine
• Internet
• newspaper
• radio and TV

4. presentation

• attention -ask question -state unusual fact -give an illustration -historical event -use a gimmick
• discussion -main point of speech -logic arrangement n explanation. -support with data.
• conclusion -review -memorable statement

resource: leadership skill class (br. Ismail Hussain Amzet)

palestine

i knew myself very well..sometimes i fed up with the news.keep saying about what happen in a Muslim world with war, poverty, and uncivilized. i hate all these news. usually i escape myself from read about this matter. for me it is useless because no matter how worst it can be..it cannot change the situation there.

but in this class, i cannot run anywhere, i need to face the problem which my own brothers and sisters in Islam suffer from.

Illya talked about Palestine, very famous region, but because of war..i knew the war between Palestine and Israel will never end, until Israel kill all Muslim there. they will do anything with every possible excuse to do that.

i read somewhere about suicide bomber. the Ulama said that it is our responsibility to protect our religion and country, and if we din't have anything to use to protect it (eg:weapon) we can use our body to do that.it will consider jihad fisabilillah.(Wallahualam).

and we can see,even children keep throw small stone to Jews soldier, maybe it is not enough, but it is proven that they do something for their religion and country.

and for us, we are university student, international Islamic university, communication major, i think that with our pen,or our finger, we can write something to make people keep awake about this problem and try to help Palestinian, even the smallest support that we can give is dua to Allah.

slm n sorry 4 being so late

1st of all i would like apologize to my group dat i cldn't post any comment till now,i was too busy with sm job dat needed 2 b done in a short time.But insallah frm now on,i ll try my best to contribute to our blog.
So far we have discussed and learned abt sm Muslim countries and their issues,the thing dat i have realized, we as Muslims and Muslim countries have sm major problems and it seems like we ll never b able 2 recover b4 we solve those prblms.What r these major problems; Said Nursi named them as poverty, illiteracy and breaking up with the ummah. It feels really sad 2 c our Muslim brothers and sisters in those terrible conditions and scenes...But i just started to judge ourselves ,we are also responsible wht has been happening to those others,i m calling them "Others" coz it seems like they don't mean anything 2 us..when it comes to talking we use thousands of Jihad words,n we r so patriotic,but unfortunately it is so hard 2 c anything in action..we may not have enough 2 contribute smthing 4 thm but our prayers and maybe tears that we have whn we pray 4 them 2 Allah smtimes much more valuable then anythng else,i just cn't understand hw much stingy we are even with the prayers and tears.i m sure some are really doing this with sincere but most of us seem lost in our daily life.
While i was searching abt Sierra Leone,the country dat i m goin 2 present insallah,i found out hw those big powers played with us. They r earning money,getting more power day by day with our sufferings,in Leabanon, Sudan, Iraq, Checenya, Turkey and so on.. Hw thy r able 2 do dis is so simple, politics and benefits of those who has no fear of Allah among us are the key factor 4 thm. Can u imagine those big powers have a great role in gun selling in those areas where the war is still alive. And the countries that i call "big powers" are developed,and the most influential 5 permanet member of UN Security Counsel; US, China, Russia, France and UK. Especialy US has the biggest role in gun running in those war countries. But thy cover it and make their trade 2 look legal with the freelancers that sell guns 2 both side who r fighting with each other and big powers let those freelancers 2 b in those areas just 2 cover up wht thy ve been actually doing. Whn the statistics r compared, the big powers,specially US, sell numbers of guns -which a freelancer can sell within one year- just in one day!
I just wanted 2 share smthng that really makes my mind busy nowadays, cz after all readings i just started 2 fl like we are soooo small but on the contrary issues 2 b solved are so essential,complicated and huge..
And for last presenter dear Nasra, thanks a lot u got a good presentation but i think u had problem with self-confidence a bit just like most of us have, whn we need 2 talk in frnt of a group.But overall i m sure u wld do better if u had plenty of time 2 present.
Wassalam...

my dear amalina..

salaam..

hi its me again.. congrats to my dear amalina... finally you did the presentation even though you always tell me that you are nervous... ahaks.

"country which is full of conflicts, war of terrorism and many more nightmare "- that's what i imagine in my mind every time i heard about the word "AFGHANISTAN". i think most of the people around the world feel the same. anyway, pity them. even though they have their own resources, but they still being threaten by others. this thing happened because of the common reason; others especially US want their resources. they start to create the issues that can make Afghanistan weak and finally collapsed and the conflict still not finished until now... do the Afghan will survive?? Wallahualam......

ok. enough for that. let me talk about the information that the presenter gave..
in my opinion, she did a good presentation.. good huh.. not very good or excellent.... why??? because for me the information was not enough. she just mentioned about a very basic info. but alhamdulillah at least the information was good. for those who has no idea about Afghanistan can get something from the presentation. but for those who already knew about the conflicts i think the info is not enough..

lets go back to the miss sweetie amalina..
maybe she should hide her feeling of nervous. sometimes she obviously showed it. the way she answer the question also need an improvement. maybe because she got a lack of knowledge about Afghanistan. its ok... you still have a time to changed it...
ouch... i need to go now. never mind.. i will continue after this...
daaa....