Born as a Muslim doesn’t make you a real Muslim, and it doesn’t make sure that you to know everything about Islam. In fact some of us don’t have a real sense of belonging to Islam. We just have the Islam name but in daily life, we don’t really practice Islam.

I am struggling to be a good Muslim for the couple of years but sadly to say, there is no much change as expected. I am still life in the same condition and the same way of life.It’s hard to change if you only have inner strength but nobody besides to encourage you, to tell if you have done something wrong or at least to show you the way as you move in the your daily.

Few days ago, I was listening to the song that make me cried, make me feel fool, make me feel innocent to (more…)

I was attending the Asean Logic Conference last Tuesday, 2 February 2010, organized by few IIUM organizations. The conference was conducted for the purpose to discuss some issues face by the ASEAN countries.

There were five speakers that deliver the speech: Dato Khaleed Nordin, Bro Feriz Omar, Prof Emeritus Dr. Khoo Khai Kim, Dr. Chandra Muzaffar and Tun Mahathir Mohamad.

I was thinking not to attend the conference because I forgot to take the ticket. However, at last I managed to came but only at the end of the conference. Luckily, the last speaker was the former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Mahathir Mohamad.

Tun Mahathir is always an impressive speaker. I still remember when I was child, whenever he appeared on (more…)

Apa sahaja filem yang membabitkan soal cinta pasti mendapat perhatian masyarakat terutamanya kalangan muda-mudi. Dalam usia begini,cinta berkembang mekar dan cinta didefinasikan dengan pelbagai cara.
Novel Ketika Cinta Bertasbih barangkali antara karya agung terbaik dalam mendefinasikan cinta dari perspektif islam. Banyak sudah karya-karya agung yang dihasilkan pemikir-pemikir barat namun jarang sekali karya-karya tersebut yang menyentuh hati dan membawa kita ke arah definasi sebenar cinta yang sesuai dengan fitrah manusia.

Memang ada novel-novel islami yang cuba menerapkan nilai-nilai islam agar cinta yang mahu dibina sesuia dengan redha Allah.

Tetapi, Ketika Cinta bertasbih agak berlainan. Sifat-sifat islaminya menyerap ke dalam tubuh, menyentuh hati (more…)