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I found this picture in someone's website... care to give it a title? =)

One day insha Allah... as said in the website;


"The sun may have set, but it will, God willing, rise again"

Real Peace of Mind Only Possible with Hamas

BBC Arabic radio asked a so-called expert about what he thought Hamas should be doing now that it is likely to be the next government in the Palestinian territories. He said Hamas has to change because the Palestinian people would want a government that recognizes Israel, that is willing to resume peace negotiations and that will in turn be acceptable to the United States. If this is truly what the Palestinian people wanted they might as well have settled for Fatah and not elected Hamas.

The people of Palestine gave Hamas their trust exactly because it is not what the expert was suggesting; it does not recognize the State of Israel, it is not willing to pursue a humiliating and illusive peace that does away with Palestinian rights and it is more interested in being accepted by the Palestinian people than by the USA or anybody else.

Furthermore the Palestinian people chose Hamas because of its clean and supportive hands; Hamas has proven itself to be a movement that carries the people on its back instead of riding on their backs. Hamas was given the vote because of the sacrifices it made in order for Palestinian rights to remain intact.

The fact that Hamas does not, and will not, recognize the legitimacy of the state of Israel or its right to exist, does not mean that Hamas is not capable of negotiating a peace deal that would end the bloodshed and give both sides a break from the pain and suffering. Hamas would negotiate a settlement based on the concept of hudnah (truce). As far as Hamas is concerned, and that is the position of the majority of the Palestinian people inside as well as outside Palestine, Israel exists on land stolen from the Palestinian. The creation of the state of Israel was a solution to a European problem and the Palestinians are under no obligation to be the scapegoats for Europe's Whiteman's failure to recognize the Jews as human beings worthy of respect and entitled to inalienable rights. Hamas, like all the Palestinians, refuse to be made to pay for the criminals who perpetrated the Holocaust. However, Israel for Hamas is a reality and that is why it is willing to deal with that reality in a manner that is compatible with its values and principles.

A young Palestinian Hamas supporter dressed in camouflage raises his finger during a rally celebrating the group's victory in parliamentary elections, in the Khan Younis Refugee Camp, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Jan. 27, 2006.

It would be a grave mistake on the part of the Israelis, but more so the American and the Europeans, to ignore the wish of the Palestinian people to be represented by the likes of Hamas. Instead of making 'politically correct' statements about Hamas having to do this or that the Europeans must lead the way in recognizing that Hamas today speaks for the Palestinians and therefore has to be communicated with.

Contrary to the claims of alarmists who see the election victory by Hamas a threat to peace, a new horizon for peace making is at our threshold. The entire peace making episodes of the past were based on assumptions absolutely unacceptable to the majority of the Palestinians and those who support their just cause. From Oslo to the Road Map it was always assumed that Israel was the victim that needed to live in peace and security and that the key to this was the end of Palestinian terrorism. The new peace episode that Hamas may indeed be willing to be part of should be based on the fact that the Palestinians are the victims and have been victims since Israel was created on their soil. It is not Palestinian terrorism that is the problem but Israeli aggression.

The late Sheikh Ahmad Yassin who was cut into pieces and his brain poured out of his skull when Israel shot him with an air to surface missile spelled it out for all to ponder a long time ago. He said we shall never recognize the theft of our land but we are willing to negotiate a ceasefire whose duration can be as a long as a generation's life and let future generations on both sides decide where to go then. His conditions for the cease fire are in total agreement with international law and are as fair to both sides as anyone can get. Israel has to give back what it occupied in 1967 as it was then without any Jewish settlements or settlers and has to release all Palestinian prisoners. For that Hamas would be willing to halt its armed struggle and instead pursue peaceful means.

The IRA whose leaders sit in the House of Commons and who negotiated a deal with the British government continue to dream of uniting Northern Ireland with the rest of the Republic; it was never a condition for the peace talks that they should first abandon the dream.

Well, let the Palestinians dream of the end of Israel and let the Israelis dream of Eretz Yizrael from the Nile to the Euphrates but let's negotiate an end to the violence. Hamas alone is capable of that because Hamas will not give up the right of the Palestinians to go back to the villages and towns from which the terrorists who stole their land to build their own state drove them away.

Azzam Tamimi

Visiting Professor

Nagoya University Japan

Azzamtamimi@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Kosong

Penghujung jalan itu... Bristol Suspension Bridge

Kosong...
Relatifnya kosong
Tiada atau ada
Elok atau durjana
Teka teki dari jiwa ke jiwa
Teka teki dari hati ke hati

Jiwaku?
Tiada ku berilmu perihal itu
Berteleku - fikirku hatiku kosong
Kerana kosong omong dijamung
Mengisi hati fikrah ukhrawi
Mengerigi mentaliti cinta duniawi

Benarkah fikirku hatiku kosong?
Mungkin kini, tapi bagaimana nanti?
Tabahkah? Sabarkah? Akankah?
Istilah istiqamah mampukah dihayati?
Dalam mencari tagih rindu Ilahi
Dalam memupuk teguh rindu di hati

Oh Tuhan!
Aku merayu ke hadratMu
Biarlah fikirku hatiku kosong
Andai kosong itu tagih diisi
Agar biar di sana nanti
Wajahku terang alam diterangi
Memancar cahaya cinta hakiki



Idia Idawsa
11:10pm
25 Zulhijjah 1426 bersamaan 25 Januari 2006

Hayat Indah

27-30 Disember 1996


Di sisi tiang berukir atas renda sejadah
kudus tulus doa fakir yang amat gundah.
Khusyuknya utama mengharap restu abadi
surah-surah suci demi hidup dan mati.

Meluncur unggas menara tergetar rumpun taman
bayu berlagu syahdu di kalbu yang rindu
begitu buana berdetak dalam hikmah masa
begitu ghairah hasrat seganjil rahsia senja.

Yang dikenal wajah dan disangsi maruah;
disapa cakerawala, yang diuji manusia
demi hari demi sepi hati inti diri
dan demi malam salam menghiasi alam.

Bilal dan bibir, jemaah dan fakir
tamsil kasih dalam kemelut getir
awal teka-teki di tangan yang alpa
kini rendang mengharum darma ibadah.

Dari hening azan nafas seranum iman;
meresap rindu ke puncak reda Tuhan -
pesan tak bersuara di hati telah terkata
jiwa seindah rimba anugerah Maha Kuasa.

Rehal dan Quran, serindit dan nisan
damai dalam firman Allah Yang Esa
terercik kirai cahaya meluhuri dada
dan sabda Muhammad mengindahi hayat kita.


A. Samad Said

Saat Kulekatkan Dahiku

Saat kulekatkan dahiku perlahan-lahan ke lantai
marmar, kekerdilanku dan kebesaran-Mu
berlumba-lumba terjun ke sumur diriku.
sumur berkecipak. dosaku meriak.
Tak pernah kumimpi, suatu hari, aku
bisa berwuduk, bisa membasuh kalbuku
dengan air dari pipa baitulmuqaddis;
apa lagi berkali-kali menyebut-Mu
dan memuji-Mu dalam serentet doa panjang,
di suatu zuhur dingin yang jernih,
di suatu sudut asing yang putih,
di atas sejadah bersejarah masjid al-aqsa.
aku musafir yang datang menimba air
dari kolah di rumah-Mu. kupilih rumah ini
antara jutaan rumah-Mu kerana kehebatan
kisah yang tersimpan dalam sejarahnya.
saat kuucap salam perlahan-lahan, memandang
ke kanan dan ke kiri, ada sepercik sinar
jatuh di hadapanku dari dinding yang
dipenuhi kaligrafi purba



masjid al-aqsa
baitulmuqaddis
musim dingin 1995



Buku `Pasar Pengalaman' – T. Alias Taib

Adoilar...penatnyer blajo...

Ni sebahagian buku2 yg koi kena telan utk final exam tahun lepas... tahun nih kurang sket, tapi mencanak jugak...

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Tuhan

KepadaMu HambaMu merayu

Dipintaskan segala mehnah

Dicacaikan segala payah

Dipermudahkan segala usaha

Diperkenankan segala doa

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Dalam maraton dunia yang kian beredar

Masaku kian suntuk

Fikiranku kian keruk

Hatiku makin merusuh

Minta dilepaskan dari kitab yg kini dipandang jenuh

Keruh dan lusuh

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Ungkapan 5 minit ini

Kukamit sendiri

Kerana diri genit ini

Sudah perit mentaati

Kitab-kitab Respi, GI dan anatomi

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Aku penat

Berikan aku sihat

Agar dapat aku memahat

Jawapanku dengan tepat

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