Sunday, March 1, 2009

IS THERE STILL PALESTINE SPIRIT IN US?



It’s been almost 2 months since Gaza being attacked by the indescribable cruel Israel. It was estimated that almost 1,000 people died and further 1,200 people severely injured. I was so depressed when heard about the news and calamities faced by my brothers and sisters there. It was told that the damage is 10x more severe than an earthquake. I couldn’t imagine that really… my heart is more heartbroken when knowing and seeing yet still many Muslims acting as if they are blind and deaf to the Palestinian suffering by buying and eating products contributing to the Israel like McD, KFC and Starbucks.



However, there are still some unity shows by the Malaysian. As for example, during the mega assembly held at International Islamic University of Malaysia, Kuantan Campus. I’m proud with the students, lecturers and staffs who give their full support in this issue, and I felt like to tear down when I saw the students gathering under the rain, attentively hearing the speeches. I hope this spirit of brotherhood will never die… Together we stand and divided we fall…

Mega Demonstration IIUM Kuantan 4 resolutions:
  1. Boycott Israel Product
  2. We will help the Palestinians with money and donation
  3. We are willing to provide humanitarian aids for the Palestinians
  4. We will always pray do’a for our their victory and well being – Qunut Nazilah
  5. What can we do to help the Palestinian? Only crying and utter sympathetic words each time we watch the news? Or should we left our studies, works, families and countries so that we can fight the Israel army? ??
Each one of us has our own capabilities and professionalism. We should provide our help at the best of our capabilities instead… Examples:

1. Organizing Mass ‘Solat Hajat’ 2. Organizing and activating Palestine donation (to the correct channel) e.g. 3. Pertubuhan Jamaah Islah Malaysia –Maybank 562209608847 4. Tabung Amal Palestin 5. Give out handouts and pamphlets 6. Organizing ‘khutbah’ 7. Awareness campaign, participitated by the new generations through performance etc 8. Voice out our opinions9. Utilize the Palestine package e.g. as provided by AMAN Palestine 10. Wearing Palestine shirts e.g. Freedom for Palestine shirt from JKPA executive officer (Md. Nasir Bin Tampol, 014-311 0628) 11. Able to be the speaker for Palestine talks 12. Attending every peace demonstration, media conference 13. Being part of the humanitarian volunteers (NGOs) to the Middle East 14. Boycott Israel products:15. Sell products for donation to Palestine e.g. Jumble sale and second hand props 16. Signing petition:17. Make a prayer: do’a

It’s funny…when we do some small good things like taking occasional vitamin, we hope that the effect will be big to our health. But when we do some small bad things like taking high cholesterol food for once in a while, we hope that the effect to our health will be only minimal. How sure are we that the small things won’t give out big impact in our lives? How sure are we that 5 ringgit lunch in McD won’t support the supply of bullets and rockets used to attack the Palestinian people? Maybe with 1 ringgit we won’t able to buy a rocket but it is possible if more than 100,000 people give out their 1 ringgit note in products supporting Israel.


I still remember the story of Prophet Ibrahim when he was burnt with fire by his people. A small birds then came over and repeatedly fill some water inside its beak and pour to the fire. Its action was observed by other creature and they asked, ‘Why you waste your energy by repeatedly came pouring that small amount of water, instead the fire won’t put out by that’. It replied, ‘Sure the fire won’t put out but I am more afraid to Allah because He will questioned me in the hereafter on what have I done for his religion and He won’t asked me whether I successfully put out the fire or not.’

Therefore, we should be like the small bird, providing help at our best capabilities. Not being like the flying lizard, who blew out the fire in hope of blazing it furthermore (though in reality it won’t).

In facing examination for example, we may need to have a good preparation like the Jew, fully equipped with all the technology arm weapons. But yet we also need to have the spirit of the Palestinians… the spirit that will never die!


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