PAS kecam keras hukuman mati ke atas 529 ahli Ikhwanul Muslimin

Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) mengecam dengan sekeras-kerasnya keputusan sebuah mahkamah Mesir yang menjatuhkan hukuman mati ke atas 529 ahli-ahli Ikhwanul Muslimin termasuklah terhadap Mursyid Am Ikhwan Dr Mohammad Badie atas pelbagai tuduhan yang di reka cipta. Ini dilihat sebagai salah satu tindakan mendadak secara keras ke atas pergerakan Ikhwanul Muslimin.
 
Kes ini melibatkan perbicaraan paling pantas dalam sejarah kehakiman moden dengan skala tertuduh sebegitu ramai bagi pertuduhan bunuh. Apa yang berlaku menunjukkan tatacara perbicaraan mahkamah dan peraturan undang-undang tidak dipatuhi.
 
Kami menggesa agar demokrasi dan keamanan dipulihkan dengan menarik balik pengharaman Ikhwan Muslimin, sebuah organisasi politik yang telah mendokong dan menyertai piliharanya dalam sistem demokrasi di Mesir.
 
Kami menggesa badan kerjasama antarabangsa seperti PBB, Liga Arab dan OIC mencontohi tindakan Afrika yang menggantung keahlian Mesir sebagai anggota kesatuan Afrika kerana menceroboh demokrasi dan secara jelas membunuh rakyatnya sendiri.
 
PAS mengutuk perancangan terlaknat ini. Walaupun berlainan geografi, namun kita tetap bersolidariti dengan saudara-saudara seangkatan kita di Mesir. Inilah realiti cabaran kita, gerakan Islam akhirnya pasti menjadi sasaran utama golongan pengkhianat.
 
Insiden ini jika tidak ditangani dengan sewajarnya boleh berkembang menjadi krisis yang lebih besar dan berterusan termasuk ke peringkat antarabangsa kerana Terusan Suez di Mesir merupakan antara laluan utama perkapalan dunia. Jika krisis dalaman yang boleh mengganggu perjalanan kapal sudah tentu keperluan utama seperti makanan dan minyak akan tersekat dan memberikan impak terhdap pasaran dunia.
 
Abdul Hadi Awang
Presiden
Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS)

Sementara itu Majlis Perundingan Pertubuhan Islam Malaysia (Mapim) mengutuk sekeras-kerasnya mahkamah di Mesir yang menjatuhkan hukuman mati kepada 529 penyokong bekas presiden Islamis Dr Mohammed Morsi kelmarin.

Mataf capacity now 70,000 per hour

The Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques Affairs plans to open the newly constructed levels of the “mataf” (area for circumambulating the House of God) on the ground and first floors to worshippers during the current Haj season, bringing the mataf capacity to nearly 70,000 per hour. 

“The new sites will also include the squares surrounding the new levels. They will also be linked to roads leading to the Grand Mosque and the SAPTCO depot,” Director General of Projects and Studies at the Presidency Abdul Mohsen bin Homaid said in a statement.

Mataf bridge ready to ease Umrah for disabled, elderly

Floating Mataf

The new mataf bridge around the Holy Kaaba opens for pilgrims this week. Only disabled and elderly pilgrims will be allowed to use the circular bridge that can hold 7,000 wheelchair-borne pilgrims per hour.

“Since the bridge would be set apart for weak, infirm and disabled pilgrims, the movement of able-bodied pilgrims below on the ground floor will become easier as that area will be free from wheelchairs that used to clutter in an already crowded area,” said the Haj Ministry’s spokesman Hatim Qadi.

A first time voter's open letter to Muslims

Say NO to BN - ABCD

By Siti Norhayati Mohd Yusoff

These days, politics is the hottest conversation everywhere. You pick up the phone to talk to a friend, or a relative, and suddenly you are discussing politics!

I was not very much into politics until very recently when I felt my money had been ending up in some rich individuals' expensive handbags. We all have heard the "cincin" and handbags story, which has now been confirmed by the lady herself. That she did not purchase it is secondary. The fact is she and her family did have a taste and a liking for such obscene luxury, so much so the ring had actually been shipped here. Would - or could - any of us do that? At a time when people are finding it hard to make ends meet, she was eyeing the ring!

Now, they are giving you back the RM200 or the RM500. But wait! I know that some children in private schools with annual fees of RM30,000 have also been given the cash!