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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

while waiting for 1.30, i was blogwalking to sushi cicah budu...thanks to yatie chomeyl for sharing this kindda of issue.

sbb sumtimes kite tahu but we become ignorant, buat tak kesah, please take your time to view all picture of somali refugee. pasti akan membuat kita rase insaf.

while we are busy preparing for iftar and upcoming hari raya, there are thousands of people who do not eat yet. yatie, eray copy paste yer..thanks darling...

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I'm sure many of us are well aware of the fact that UN has officially declared two parts of Somalia to be in famine amid the worst drought in east Africa for 60 years.

** FAMINE is a drastic, wide-reaching food shortage.**

If you haven't heard of it, check out these collection of Brendan Bannon's (a photojournalist on assignment for Polaris Images) recent images from Dadaab refugee camp. There are 34 photos in this collection and each photo tell their own story.- image credit: Boston.com -

I just shared few photos from the collection, for other photos check it out at Boston.com.

A young Somali refugee boy and his terminally ill mother, Haretha Abdi at Dadaab refugee camp, near the border of Kenya and Somalia in the horn of Africa. (Brendan Bannon/Polaris Images)

2:Fresh graves in Dagahaley, part of the sprawling Dadaab refugee camp. Tens of thousands of Somali refugees have fled to Kenya. Many arrive in the refugee camp exhausted and malnourished after a perilous journey from drought and war torn Somalia. Hundreds have died in the camp as a consequence of malnutrition.

3: Somali refugees in Dagahaley refugee camp carry their sick and malnourished children to a new feeding center run by Doctors Without Borders on the outskirts of the sprawling refugee camp in Kenya.

4: Somali refugees wait in line at the reception center at Ifo camp. Refugees must first go to reception centers for health screening, immunization and finger printing. They will be given an appointment to be registered as refugees.

5: Somali refugees line up at the reception center in Dagahaley camp. After a long journey, often by foot through perilous territory with little food and water, refugees go through a registration process that includes medical screening and a 21-day ration of food. Thirteen hundred refugees arrive daily at the three camp complexes.

6: A refugee uses twigs and scraps of material to build a shelter for her family. There is no room for most new arrivals in the Dadaab camps, so the thousands of people who arrive every week must carve out a place for themselves in the surrounding desert. Doctors Without Borders estimates that by the end of 2011 there will be 500,000 people living in and around the camps, which were originally built to accommodate 90,000.

7: Fatuma Badel fled Buale, Somalia with 8 children after leaving her sick husband. "He became sick and I couldn't carry him. I don't know if he is alive or dead. This one, my youngest child was like a dead person when I arrived. Now I thank God I can hear him cry again." Badel has spent 3 days in the Doctors Without Borders hospital with her baby, Mohamud, who arrived severely malnourished.

8: A severely malnourished child in the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Dagahaley refugee camp. Malnutrition rates have skyrocketed in the camp since the crisis began earlier this year.

9: Daud Ali, a severely malnourished child at a Doctors Without Borders' therapeutic feeding center in Dagahaley camp.

10:UNHCR protection officer, Mehreen Afzal, expedites registration for Qatmo Lidow Hussien, a handicapped refugee frrom Hagar, Somalia who arrived at the reception center in a wheelbarrow with her family.

11:Asli Adow Ali is the two-year-old daughter of Adow Ali from Salagale, Somali. The family arrived in Ifo in early July and Asli was admitted 27 days later. She is severely malnourished and receiving therapeutic feeding at the GIZ run hospital in Ifo camp.

12:Mariam Mohamud, 30, gave birth to a baby girl during the night. Mariam wrapped her child in a red cloth and holds her at a health-screening center run by Doctors Without Borders in Dagahaley refugee camp.

13: A Somali refugee woman cradles her baby after dousing her elder daughter with water to keep cool under the sweltering sun.

14: A father cradles his severely malnourished child on a bus provided by UNHCR and IOM to move a group of stranded and vulnerable refugees from Hamey, Kenya. Most refugees make the journey from the border to the camps by foot at great peril. The roads are lined with bandits and many women report being raped during the trek.

15: Refugees wait at a reception center immediately after arriving from Somalia. The registration process, which is key for refugees to get a regular, predictable and adequate supply of food, has become backlogged forcing many to wait two months to be formally recognized.

16: Malaboy, 26, cradles her severely malnourished baby, Mahad, 2. The family arrived in June after fleeing drought and war in Baidabo, Bay region, Somalia. The journey took them 20 days. During their journey, they were set upon by bandits who beat the adults. Mahad was later admitted to a therapeutic feeding center.

17: UNHCR prepares tents for refugee families that will be transferred from self-settled areas around Ifo camp to a more formally organized settlement in Ifo extension where there is better access to water, sanitation and security.

18: A Somali girl collects water for her family in the desert at the edge of Ifo camp. These settlements are unlit and lack security. The duty of fetching water culturally falls to girls. They are at risk of being attacked and raped.

19: Somali refugees dig the grave of Ibrahim Issack, a six-year-old child who died of complications of severe malnutrition a month after arriving in the camp, according to his uncle Hassan Issack. "We fled Buaale and traveled for 21 days by foot. It was very tiresome. we walked through drought with no food and little water. Along the way we were robbed and women were raped."

If you are a human being, I'm sure you'll shed tears while viewing those photos.

While we were thinking of what type of food to buy at Pasar Ramadhan this evening, there are thousands of people who suffers for food shortage.

While we were busy planning on what color should we wear for this Eid, there are thousands of people who doesnt even have a clothes to wear on them.

While we were complaining about the taste of cendol that we bought is not so good, there are thousands of people who doesn't even have easy access on clean water source to drink for.

While we were eating even with full stomach at overpriced Buffet Ramadhan at 5 star hotels, there are thousands of people who haven't been eating for 3 days.

If we can afford to buy anything from online shopping; thus we can also afford to donate to them online. Your donation today can save these children’s lives.

MHI (Malaysia Hari Ini, TV3) and all 9 radios under AMP channel have announced one of the option for us to donate to these unfortunate people in Somalia. For those in Malaysia, you can donate through Islamic Relief Malaysia (IRM).

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You can find other details at IRM's FB page and IRM's official website.

“Due to the increasing severity of the situation, Islamic Relief, as part of the DEC and around the world through its Partner Offices, joined in an emergency appeal for East Africa. Further donor support is urgently needed to meet the increasing humanitarian needs emerging from the effects of prolonged drought and escalating fighting.” Said Yasmin Hussein, IRW Communications Director.

Donors are now able to donate online --> CLICK HERE TO DONATE ONLINE
We also require you to key in your Address in the “REMARK” space.

You can also bank-in your donations to our Maybank (5621 4270 8704) or CIMB account (1259 0000 804 058), and fax to us the bank-in receipts to our fax number (03-8948 7339) or e-mail the receipt to info@irmblog.org

Please specify on the receipt which appeal you would like to donate to (e.g: Somalia Crisis Relief). For a more detailed explanation, call us on +60 (0)3 8948 6334.

While for my friend in Japan especially in Fukuoka, you can donate to them through Fukuoka Masjid donation box. Fukuoka masjid is very pleased to announce about collecting and distributing (fasting Charity i.e Zakat el Fitr) this year at the rate of 1500 Yen/person. Also, Fukuoka Masjid are very happy to accept (Money Charity i.e. Zakat El Mal).

All donations will be directed to Muslims in Somalia after covering needy cases of Muslims in Japan. *refer: Egypt's Mufti calls to direct zakat money to Somalia *

for postal account transfer of Charity (fasting and/or Money)

please, consult & Confirm with Br Nakamora +81-(0)80-3428-1661

If we think our problems are big, think carefully about these people in Somalia. Then, you'll realize that our problems are so tiny compared to their problem. May Allah help them to face this horrible condition and may Allah guide us to be a better Muslim that can give benefit to other Muslims; Insya Allah.

Psssssttt : Ucapan syukur bila dapat bonus raya sepatutnya bukan sekadar di bibir "Syukur, Alhamdulillah"; tetapi juga harus di zahirkan dalam bentuk perbuatan. Menysukuri nikmat itu dengan cara berkongsi 'kelebihan' yang kita ada dengan 'kekurangan' yang sedang orang lain lalui.

Pssssttt lagi : bila tengok gambar-gambar ini , terus rasa bersalah membuak-buak nak membazir makanan yang kita ada.

ayah

Pertama Ramadhan & Rayna

Friday, August 12, 2011

soul foods

aku, LIM dan ISLAM

Friday, August 12, 2011

blogwalking ke allbabyaregenius semalam
ada sesuatu yang menarik untuk dikongsi bersama
buat tazkirah di penghulu segala hari ini
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Aku, Lim dan Islam

Aku punya seorang rakan baik dari zaman kanak-kanak. Lim Wei Choon. Sana-sama bersekolah rendah hingga ke peringkat menengah . Selepas SPM. Aku masuk ke Tingkatan 6, manakala Lim dihantar keluarganya melanjutkan pelajaran ke Amerika Syarikat.

Kenangan sewaktu kanak-kanak hingga ke zaman remaja terlalu banyak yang dikongsi bersama. Setiap kali hariraya menjelang, Lim pasti berkunjung ke rumah ku untuk menikmati dodol arwah ayahku yang amat digemarinya. Kadangkala, jika ada kenduri kendara dirumahku, pasti Lim akan turut serta.

Aku jarang ke rumahnya kecuali umtuk beberapa sambutan seperti harijadi dan juga Tahun Baru Cina. Aku takut dengan anjing peliharaan keluarga Lim. Dengan Lim juga aku belajar matematik manakala subjek Bahasa Malaysia sering menjadi rujukannya padaku.

Kenangan-kenangan seperti memancing, mandi jeram, ponteng sekolah untuk melihat pertandingan ‘breakdance’, semuanya kami kongsi bersama-sama. Apa yang ingin kunyatakan ialah, warna kulit dan perbezaan ugama tidak pernah menjadi penghalang persahabatan kami.

20 tahun telah berlalu, Lim telah menetap di Amerika setelah berjaya mendapat Green Card, beliau bekerja disana. Itu yang kuketahui dari kakaknya. Hubungan ku dengan Lim terputus setelah dia melanjutkan pelajaran. maklumlah, dizaman kami dulu tiada internet, email atau telefon bimbit, yang ada cuma sesekali menghantar poskad bertanya khabar. Untuk menulis surat kepada lelaki amat malas kami rasakan.

Suatu pagi….

Aku bertembung dengan kakak Lim di pasar , kakaknya memberitahu Lim akan pulang ke tanahair. Dan aku amat terkejut dengan berita yang kudengar dari kakaknya. ”He’s name is no more Lim Wei Choon. He’s now Ahmad Zulfakar Lim since 5 years ago.”

Subhanallah! Syukur Alhamdulillah, rakan baikku telah menemui hidayah dari Allah S.W.T. Memang aku tak sabar untuk berjumpa dengannya lebih-lebih lagi setelah menjadi saudara seagama denganku.

Hari yang kutunggu-tunggu telah tiba, dan petang itu aku berkesempatan bertemu dengan Lim dirumahnya. Ada satu keraian istimewa sempena menyambut kepulangannya. Ketika aku tiba, tetamu sudah semakin berkurangan.

Itulah kalimat pertama dari mulutnya, wajahnya sudah jauh berubah, air mukanya amat redup dan tenang. Aku menjawab salam dan berpelukan dengannya dan kami menangis umpama kekasih yang sudah terlalu lama terpisah.

"Ini dia olang memang sudah manyak lama kawan, dari kecik ini dua olang” Ibu Lim menjelaskan pada beberapa orang tetamu yang melihat peristiwa kami berpelukan dan menangis itu. Tetapi aku bukan menangis kerana apa, tetapi kerana amat sebak dan terharu dan sangat bersyukur melihat keislaman rakanku.

Lim mengajak aku duduk dibuaian dihalaman rumahnya untuk berbual-bual. beliau masih fasih berbahasa melayu walau sudah lama berada diperantauan.

“Talha, kau kawan baik aku kan? betul tak?…”

“Memanglah..Kenapa kau tanya macam tu?”

“Kalau kau kawan baik aku, Kenapa kau biarkan aku diseksa?”

“Sorry Lim. Aku tak faham..diseksa? What do you mean?”

“Cuba kau fikir, kita ni kawan dari kecil. Aku ingat lagi, rumah kau tu, is my second house. Tapi, mengapalah kau tak pernah ceritakan pada aku tentang Islam? Mengapa aku kena pergi ke US baru aku dapat belajar tentang Islam? Mengapa bukan di Malaysia, negara Islam ni? Dan mengapa aku di Islam kan oleh seorang bekas paderi kristian?”

Aku terdiam, kelu tak mampu menjawab. Dan Lim terus berkata-kata.

“Kalau betullah kau kawan baik aku, Kenapa kau cuma nak baik dengan aku di dunia saja? kau suka tengok kawan baik kau ni diseksa didalam api neraka?”

“Kau tahu, kalaulah aku ni tak sempat masuk islam hingga aku mati. Aku akan dakwa semua orang melayu Islam dalam kampung kita ni sebab tak sampaikan dakwah dan risalah Islam pada aku, keluarga aku dan non muslim yang lain.”

“Kau sedar tak, kau dah diberikan nikmat besar oleh Allah denagn melahirkan kau didalam keluarga Islam. tapi, nikmat itu bukan untuk kau nikmati seorang diri, atau untuk keluarga kau sendiri, kau dilahirkan dalam Islam adalah kerana ditugaskan untuk sampaikan Islam pada orang-orang yang dilahirkan dalam keluarga bukan Islam macam aku.”

Aku masih tunduk dan terkata apa-apa kerana sangat malu.

“Berdakwah adalah tugas muslim yang paling utama, sebagai pewaris Nabi, penyambung risalah. Tetapi apa yang aku lihat, orang melayu ni tidak ada roh jihad, tak ada keinginan untuk berdakwah, macamana Allah nak tolong bangsa melayu kalau bangsa tu sendiri tak tolong Agama Allah?”

“Aku bukan nak banggakan diri aku, cuma aku kesal..sepatutnya nikmat ini kau kena gunakan dengan betul dan tepat, kerana selagi kau belum pernah berdakwah, jangan kau fikir kau sudah bersyukur pada Allah.”

“Dan satu lagi, jangan dengan mudah kau cop orang-orang bukan Islam itu sebagai kafir kerana kafir itu bererti ingkar. Kalau kau dah sampaikan seruan dengan betul, kemudian mereka ingkar dan berpaling, barulah kau boleh panggil kafir.”

Aku menjadi amat malu, kerana segala apa yang dikatakan oleh Lim adalah benar! dan aku tak pernah pun terfikir selama ini. Aku hanya sibuk untuk memperbaiki amalan diri sehingga lupa pada tugasku yang sebenar.

Baru aku faham, andainya tugas berdakwah ini telak dilaksanakan, Allah akan memberikan lagi pertolongan, bantuan dan kekuatan serta mempermudahkan segala urusan dunia dan akhirat sesorang itu.

Petang itu aku pulang dengan satu semangat baru. Aku ingin berdakwah! Lim yang baru memeluk Islam selama 5 tahun itu pun telah mengislamkan lebih 20 orang termasuk adiknya. Mengapa aku yang hampir 40 tahun Islam ini (benarkah aku Islam tulen) tidak pernah hatta walau seorang pun orang bukan Islam yang pernah kusampaikan dengan serious tentang kebenaran Islam?

Semoga Allah mengampuni diriku yang tidak faham apa itu erti nikmat dilahirkan sebagai Islam.

* sources: Pakar How To

breastfeeding

penyusuan & pengepam di bulan ramadhan

Friday, August 05, 2011

orang hilang

alhamdulillah suami yang hilang telah ditemui

Friday, August 05, 2011

soul foods

sering kali kita diuji

Thursday, August 04, 2011

awal ramadhan banyak dengan kisah agak sedih
rumah mak kena pecah
kakak keguguran
kisah rakan yang kehilangan suami
kisah rakan yang kematian suami

pelbagai kisah duka menjadi perencah kehidupan
tapi jangan kita lupa
kerana setiap kesedihan pasti ada kegembiraan
itu janji Allah
janji itu pasti
bersabarlah wahai insan-insan yang diuji
pasti ada sinar pelangi untuk kalian

sesungguhnya Allah Maha Mengetahui
pasti ada sebab kita diuji

The problems you face will either defeat you or develop you – depending on how you respond to them. Unfortunately, most people fail to see how Allah wants to use problems for good in their lives. They react foolishly and resent their problems rather than pausing to consider what benefit they might bring.

Here are five ways Allah wants to use the problems in your life:

1. Allah uses problems to DIRECT you.

Sometimes God must light a fire under you to get you moving. Problems often point us in a new direction and motivate us to change. Is God trying to get your attention? “Sometimes it takes a painful situation to make us change our ways.”

2. Allah uses problems to INSPECT you.

People are like tea bags.if you want to know what’s inside them, just drop them into hot ever water! Has God tested your faith with a problem what do problems reveal about you? “When you have many kinds of troubles, you should be full of joy, because you know that these troubles test your faith, and this will give you patience.”

3. Allah uses problems to CORRECT you.

Some lessons we learn only through pain and failure. It’s likely that as a child your parents told you not to touch a hot stove. But you probably learned by being burned. Sometimes we only learn the value of something. health, money, a relationship...by losing it. “It was the best thing that could have happened to me, for it taught me to pay attention to your laws.”

4. Allah uses problems to PROTECT you.

A problem can be a blessing in disguise if it prevents you from being harmed by something more serious. Last year a friend was fired for refusing to do something unethical that his boss had asked him to do. His unemployment was a problem – but it saved him from being convicted and sent to prison a year later when management’s actions were eventually discovered. “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good.”

5. Allah uses problems to PERFECT you.

Problems, when responded to correctly, are character builders. God is far more interested in your character than your comfort. Your relationship to God and your character are the only two things you’re going to take with you into eternity. “We can rejoice when we run into problems. They help us learn to be patient. And patience develops strength of character in us and helps us trust God more each time we use it until finally our hope and faith are strong and steady.”

Here’s the point:

Allah is at work in your life – even when you do not recognize it or understand it. But it’s much easier and profitable when you cooperate with Him.

*dari emel seorang sahabat