Jenama Islam: Ayam KFC atau Ayam Radix?

Lupakan jenama. Aku naik muak dengan senario jemaah Islam di Malaysia termasuk bagi komuniti Malaysia di United Kingdom. Ilmu berkaitan Islam aku cetek, ya. Tapi secara rasionalnya apa yang berlaku boleh memberikan tanggapan buruk orang terhadap Islam itu sendiri.

Muslim mana yang tak mahukan pelaksanaan Negara Islam mengikut utopia idaman semua Muslim dimana keadilan, kebajikan terjaga. Serta mudah untuk menjaga iman. Itu yang paling dimahukan dengan sistem Islam kerana sistem yang ada sekarang ini amat sukar bagi seseorang Muslim untuk menjaga imannya. Tapi kita perlu realistik.

Baru aku terpanggil untuk membaca satu status berkaitan isu 'daurah islamiyah' di newsfeed facebook aku. Dan status itu telah menunjukkan aku kepada status asal oleh seorang pemimpin gerakan Islam diMalaysia, gerakan yang agak popular dikalangan mahasiswa UK juga. Antara artikel yang diisukan adalah artikel oleh Dr. Asri berkaitan isu terma Daulah islamiyah yang disiarkan di MalaysiaKini. Klik sini untuk artikel.

Rasa terkilan pula bila tengok seorang Ustaz, pemimpin gerakan Islam diMalaysia mempertikaikan kewibawaan Dr Asri dengan ungkapan yang tak melambangkan tahap intellektual beliau. Ungkapan "Boleh pakai ke dia tu?" aku boleh bayang mana-mana Mat Rempit guna untuk chia-chia yang mereka bualkan bersama, tapi tak sangka seorang Ustaz, pemimpin besar macam tu pun turut sama mengistilahkan ungkapan sedemikian tanpa justifikasi yang memuaskan nafsu akal aku.

Tak ada masalah dalam mempertikaikan kewibawaan seseorang. Kalau tak tahu, tak setuju, tanya dan pertikaikanlah. Tapi at least kena bagi justifikasi mengapa. Baru betul, baru adil. Tak boleh juga nak kritik masakan orang, kata tak sedap. Bila orang tanya kenapa tak sedap, cakap la, kurang gula ke, terlalu pedas ke, baru tukang masaknya boleh perbaiki. Setakat nak kondem, budak baru belajar cakap pun boleh, ye dok mung?

Dan lepas tu perbalah soal istilah daurah islamiyah. Apa ke benda nya itu? Biar aku beri analogi, ayam KFC, biarpun ditukar nama menjadi Ayam Radix, bila orang rasa, mereka tetap tau itu Ayam KFC kerana rasanya. Begitu juga soal negara Islam. Letaklah Malaysia sebagai negara Islam contoh didunia contohnya, pasti akan ada orang mempertikaikan Malaysia kerana ciri-ciri yang ada di Malaysia langsung tak menunjukkan ciri Islamik.

Maka, daripada ustaz-ustaz dok berbalah soal terma daurah islamiyah atau negara Islam atau negara berkebajikan dihadapan khalayak ramai via facebook, perutusan rasmi, video dan lain-lain lagi sehingga mengelirukan golongan yang kurang arif tentang agama seperti aku ni sampaikan ada yang hilang kepercayaan dan berasa kecewa dengan kepimpinan ustaz-ustaz seperti ini, bukankah lebh baik diperdebatkan dan dihuraikan soal pelaksanaan negara Islam, ciri-ciri, contoh yang ada, kekurangan mana yang boleh diperbaiki dan seumpamanya. Seterusnya dikupaskan kepada orang muda seperti aku. Pasti ramai yang tertarik. Kemudian boleh juga buka soal jawab intelektual, baru bercambah ilmu. Jangan pula kata, kata-kata ustaz tak boleh dipersoalkan.

Janganlah sampai orang naik muak. Balik-balik golongan macam itu yang jadi pemimpin gerakan Islam di Malaysia. Siapa nak sokong kalau bukan yang berpemikiran ortodoks seperti mereka?

Bila buka TED, South Africa pun dah mula cakap soal investment in South Africa, Afghanistan sudah bercakap soal ekonomi di Afghanistan, isu-isu kemanusiaan, kebajikan, kemiskinan, development in technology dan macam-maca lagi. Tapi kat Malaysia, orang Islam dok berbalah soal nak buh nama produk ayam KFC atau ayam Radix?

Mati akal,
Reverie Malaya

Talk Poem: What is the similarity between a 5-footed cow and the reason RON97 price keeps on increasing?

It is actually very hard to comprehend the reasons thrown to our faces by the popular media,
although popular is now commonly and popularly misunderstood by as many people as the majority of citizens,
Who would nod if he was told that a cow has 5 feet?
Well, unless the person has never seen a cow before.

You see, there is this distinction of the old and young generation
and the common philosophy of the young opposing the old, and being right in doing so
We just need to realise who are we, if we can be defined with the word young or old?
A lot of people measure oldness with the number of wrinkles,
It can't be right, ain't it?

Many people are tiring, getting tired or already are,
and this includes me
There's not many things to go for, I mean what is the point of jumping in the competition,
Where the best you can win is a toy candy?
Not only it is a toy, but it's also a candy!

It does not matter which side we stand for, be it the right or the left side of the river bank.
Because all they do is prevent water from flowing.
But we know, at least those who learnt basic science,
that water fulfill all shapes and thus will keep on flowing until they are stopped
The question now is, how are they stopped?

Is it by throwing reasons all over again that we already know are artificial?
Or maybe by making us addicted to the toy candy, by giving value to them.
Perhaps we just stop being water?
In the end, anyone can believe a cow has 5 feet,
If he or she has a reason to believe in it.

Honestly,
Reverie Malaya

When I talked to my friends about girls, I seldom want to write this non-poetic poem

At many times, it's hard to really comprehend the way a girl think or feel.
They can say they are feeling cold but it means they are getting hot.
I mean a guy needs to really consider all options and answer possibilities when he has to answer a question as simple as "Do you want to eat a burger or a sausage?"
Now you think, what more will it take for that guy to answer the question of "When do you want to marry me?"
So, the point here is girl's thoughts and feelings are complicated.

But that's not the point. You see, the point can't always be about girls.
It is about guys too...
right?
So, many guys do love their women, really.
And as many guys want to see and make their women happy too.
However, a girl usually cannot take this understanding and locate it into her common sense.

When a guy stays with his friend, it does not mean he ignores you because he hates you.
And also please do not take it in a way that the guy likes to hang out with their friends more than hanging out with you.
It is to be understood, that unfair is a very simple, plain and meaningless word to be used when a girl ask if the guy likes to hang out with their friends more than with her. Because guys can not answer such statement.
You can not compare a cup of coffee to a can of coke.
While a can of coke offers you the joy and thrill of coolness during a sunny day, the cup of coffee gives you the feeling of elegance and warmth in your morning sip.

Hence people ask the question,
And many tried to provide answer to 'THE' question.
How to understand girls?
You can not. Simply.
How can you explain why the cloud is blue?

So what we can actually do is to write alphabets forming words.
Words creating sentences, sentences constructing paragraphs.
And paragraphs explaining nothing,
like this one.
Just to show that this nothing,
actually means a thing.

And if you read this until you arrive to this last paragraph of non-poem,
Could you please tell me, which one do you think symbolises a woman?
A can of coke or a cup of coffee?

-Peace out-