I hope our King, Sultans (especially Sultan of Johor and Selangor) and their prince and princess press hard on blinded politicians to hold this country against the influences of extremist minded people. Long live HM Sultan of Johor, and Sultan of Selangor!
Ustaz: Haram to play chess, checkers, Snakes and Ladders
- Nation
- Saturday, 21 Oct 2017
8:56 AM MYT
PETALING JAYA: Penang-based preacher Ustaz Shahul Hamid Seeni Muhammad
has spoken out against the use of mobile devices, such as the iPad, for gaming and games such as Snakes and Ladders.
The preacher was mired in controversy recently for
asking Muslims not to patronise hair salons run by non-Muslims, seen in footage seemingly released years ago.
In the Youtube video, he was asked for his view on providing children with an iPad until they were engrossed with it and do not want to read the al-quran and hadis: “It’s a sin! Cannot.”
“Playing game, from what I understand, cannot play, the hukum (rule) is haram.
Play checkers, cannot, play chess, cannot, play Snake and Ladders, cannot,” he said.
Shahul also disapproved of asset-accumulation games such as Saidina and Monopoly, and spoke out against Solitaire, a pre-installed game on most computers which involves playing cards, stating that it can lead to gambling.
He also highlighted how schoolchildren spent hours on
multiplayer-shooter games in cybercafes: “Cannot play! The hukum (rule) is haram.”
Shahul also spoke about how online betting snared even the very young, teaching them how to gamble.
“Isn’t there any good engineer that can make games that are more Islamic in nature? Then, even if they’re playing game, at the same time, they can understand Islam better,” he said, approving of such knowledge-oriented games and citing the example of Typing Tutor, which hones typing abilities.
The video, which was published onto Youtube today by an account named News Feed, is believed to be footage recorded at an earlier date.
Read more at
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nati...reacher-criticises-games/#Z1R8Gf1oFATK4CAg.99
In another news portal:-
Leaders’ political will against extremism under scrutiny
Free Malaysia Today October 21, 2017
By FMT Reporter
PETALING JAYA:
Malaysia’s hard-earned racial harmony and diversity could be compromised if its leaders continue to keep mum over acts of religious extremism or if ill-intentioned politicians continue sowing discord among the people, a political commentator warned in Sin Chew Daily today.
Chong Lip Teck, who writes for the Chinese daily, said the real issue behind the recent spate of extremist incidents was
whether the country’s leaders have the political will and power of execution to deal with such cases.
He said the people will use it as a yardstick to gauge the competency of the relevant authorities.
He said the home ministry, police and the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) took action on preacher Zamihan Mat Zin, who had allegedly insulted non-Muslims for lacking hygiene in defending a laundrette’s Muslim-only customer policy, only after the Conference of Rulers issued a statement expressing concern over the situation.
“Even though the government has repeatedly emphasised moderation, whenever a controversial racial or religious issue pops up, these people are slow in defending the cause of moderation as well as the country’s diversity,” he said.
“The issues of the beer festival and the Muslim-only launderette have sadly reflected the submission to conservatism by the authorities, be it the Barisan Nasional or Pakatan Harapan governments.
“This was particularly visible in the Muslim-only launderette issue, where the authorities came out with a remarkably toned-down response only after the Johor Sultan had spoken up,” he said in a commentary republished by The Straits Times.
Chong said moderation, tolerance and accommodation had been an integral part of the Malaysian people’s day-to-day interactions.
Irrespective of race and religion, they had been respecting and accepting one another while politicians and the “little Napoleons” in government departments kept sowing discord.
“In any democratic country, an ineffective government machinery does not augur well for the continued progress of society.
Last month, the Better Beer Festival scheduled on Oct 6 and 7 was disallowed by the authorities following opposition by PAS and Muslim hardliners. Subsequently, the Klang Municipal Council permitted the organisers of the Centro German F&B Party to hold their event on Oct 12 and 13, but disallowed them from using the word “Oktoberfest”.
Also, late last month, two laundrette operators, in Muar and Kangar, were criticised by various quarters after they were reported to have enforced the Muslim-only policy.
On Sept 27, the Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, reprimanded the owner of the Muar laundrette, telling him to operate his business in Afghanistan if he wanted to continue with such a policy.
On Oct 10, the Conference of Rulers condemned the controversies including that of the Muslims-only laundrettes, saying such acts went “beyond all acceptable standards of decency”.
They said these actions risked the harmony within Malaysia’s multi-religious and multiracial society, and that the damaging implications of such acts became more severe when they were erroneously associated with or committed in the name of Islam.
On Oct 11, Zamihan, who is Persatuan Ahli Sunnah Wal Jamaah (Aswaja) president, was arrested and remanded for two days for investigations into a talk he gave at a mosque in Shah Alam on Oct 8 in which he apparently supported the laundrette operators.
It was reported that Jakim referred Zamihan to its disciplinary board following his alleged criticism of the Johor sultan during a religious talk.
