Of ‘cartoon’ campus election

Assalamualaikum and Salam Satu Malaysia,

Nothing to say about this year campus election but a chaotic plight of campus democracy and the unprofessional actions among campus apparatchiks.

Looking backward on our campus election outburst last week just make me end with a horrific conclusion; ‘university is just another GLC’.

Our local university is a part of public enterprise that basically can be address as a business-style management leading one of the basic country welfare institutions. In specific, university better known as ‘A-Half-Enterprise-Public-Good’.

The public enterprise is an institution that mainly initiates from government for certain strategic goal basically focus on country investment, welfare of the rakyat, national technology enhancement and basic service supplier. Government-linked-company (GLC) is a part of Public Enterprise as well as many parts of government institutions and national departments.

In this case, university is just another GLC to us. GLC means that the main leadership would be specially selected at the ministerial level. I just want to say loudly that the hot seat of Vice Chancellor, Deputy Vice Chancellor and Head of Registrar actually have been specially selected by our ministry, and it’s not too bad to say that the process of choosing is politically motivated.

So, when politics meets the university; the ‘cartoon’ campus election would be the answer.

From the ‘hit-and-run’ unofficial election result announcement from our loveable Vice Chancellor until rhetorical ’state of denial’ action from those drama queens.

The dramatic scene just came out when the puppeteer plays the role. Once a certain person had been chosen at the ministerial level plus politically motivated, he or she could simply become puppet of the story and start doing his jobs unprofessionally.

So, could we decide either business or the other side of long term human investment, which one would be our own real university?

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I beg to differ Sir

Selepas forum “Allah”:Siapa Yang Punya?

Assalamualaikum. Selepas forum “Allah”:Siapa Yang Punya? (“Allah”:Belong to Whom?) Isnin lalu anjuran bersama Persatuan Mahasiswa Islam Uni. Malaya (PMIUM), Free Public Forum (FPF) dan The KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (KLSCAH) Youth, ada beberapa maklumbalas dan tulisan respon yang diluahkan oleh para hadirin. Disini saya kongsikan beberapa tulisan berkenaan.

1. Pertama dari Wan Faysal yang kini ialah penggerak Himpunan Keilmuan Muda (HAKIM). Artikel beliau disini.

2. Kedua daripada Hasmi Hashim, penulis dan pengerusi Republik Anak Muda (RAM) di Malaysiakini, beliau juga dijemput menjadi panelis bagi forum pada malam tersebut. Tulisan beliau disini.

3. Ketiga daripada rakan yang baru dikenali daripada Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia (SABM), iaitu Sivin Kit. Saya selalu berhubung dengan beliau semasa ingin mendapatkan panelis yang mewakili suara komuniti Kristian Katholik, namun gagal. Kit mengulas dengan ringkat berkenaan forum berkenaan disini.

4. Terima kasih juga kepada The Nut Graph yang sudi memaparkan berita berkenaan forum tersebut dengan tajuk “Allah” can be discussed calmly’ disini.

5. Harakahdaily melaporkan berkenaan forum berkenaan, dan lebih memberi fokus kepada kenyataan YB Khalid Samad, laporan berkenaan disini.

6. Terdapat juga media antarabangsa yang membuat laporan berkenaan forum berkenaan seperti Union of Catholic Asian News, sila baca disini.

7. Tahniah dan terima kasih kepada Merdeka Review atas ulasan yang agak panjang sebanyak 2 pos berkenaan forum ini di laman mereka. Terima kasih kepada Editor Lim Hong Siang, tulisan beliau boleh dibaca disini, dan disini.

8. Saya terjumpa tulisan diblog yang sedikit mengkritik tajuk forum iaitu “Allah”: Siapa Yang Punya? – kritikan tersebut disini.

9. Juga satu kritikan membina daripada Zainulfaqar, seorang blogger dan wartawan politik, beliau mencadangkan beberapa pendekatan baru dalam pengendalian forum dengan melihat kekuatan dan isi sesuatu forum pada ruang ’soal-jawab’. Terima kasih atas cadangan. Tulisan beliau disini.

10. Beberapa catatan isi perbincangan dalam forum dicatat secara ringkat oleh seorang blogger muda disini. Terima kasih.

11. Juga menarik untuk saya fokuskan ialah status Facebook Dr Khalif Muammar yang juga merupakan salah seorang panelis bagi forum pada malam tersebut. Selepas forum tersebut, pada pagi esoknya, Dr Khalif menulis:

“Hujah telah disampaikan, dua pandangan yang berbeza telah dipertemukan, dan kebenaran telah terserlah. Hanya orang yang tertutup hatinya yang masih berdegil dan tidak dapat melihat kebenaran. Apapun tugas kita hanya menyampaikan, masing-masing menanggung akibat pilihannya. “manihtada fainnama yahtadi linafsih waman dolla fainnama yadillu ‘alayha”.

Apapun, saya mewakili PMIUM, FPF dan KLSCAH Youth mengucapkan jutaan terima kasih kepada hadirin yang hadir dalam program berkenaan. Alhamdulillah forum berlangsung dengan baik dan aman, cetusan awal bagi integrasi dan persefahaman rakyat Malaysia yang berbilang kaum, agama, bangsa dan fahaman. Diskusi intelek, forum dan dialog begini akan selalu dilaksanakan kearah masyarakat yang lebih intelek, terbuka dan rasional dalam menyatakan idea, fahaman dan pandangan.

Terima kasih juga kepada pihak yang terlibat secara langsung dan secara tidak langsung dalam memberi idea, pandangan, cambahan dan sokongan. Rakaman terima kasih juga pada panelis yang sudi memenuhi jemputan dan memberi huraian yang baik terhadap pendirian masing-masing dalam isu ini. Terima kasih juga pada moderator.

Kami mohon maaf jika ada salah dan kekurangan dari pelbagai sudut. Semoga penganjuran forum seperti ini akan diteruskan dan diikuti oleh pelbagai kumpulan, persatuan, NGO dan front.

Sekalung tahniah juga pada rakan-rakan media yang hadir.

Jumlah yang hadir td mengikut kiraan ialah 1050 orang. Tahniah. Terima kasih kepada semua.

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*Sejumlah gambar sekitar Forum berkenaan disini.

Syarahan Umum ECONS

Syarahan Umum

“Sedekad Kebekuan: Daya Saing, Kelangsungan Dan Strategi Baru Ekonomi Malaysia”

“A Stagnant Decade: Competitiveness, Survival And The New Strategy for Malaysia Economic”

oleh: Dr. Dzulkefly Ahmad

Host:	Economics Student Leaders Council (ECONS) Malaysia
Network:	Global

Date:	Thursday, December 31, 2009
Time:	9:00am – 12:00pm
Location:	Dewan Serbaguna Masjid Matrikulasi Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM) Petaling Jaya
Street:	Seksyen 17
City/Town:	Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

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p/s – Free entrance. More details here on facebook ~ Do come!

The Tank Man

Documentary: The Tank Man about Tiananmen square protests of 1989 in Beijing China. 纪念六四，勿忘历史

Part 1

Part2

Part3

Part4

Part5

Part6

Part7

Part8

‘Raceless’, could it be?

Looking forward due to the issue of racism and multiculturalism through the lense of Malaysia as a country of unique political landscape, abruptly, a question came into my head asking – can we live without race? Or even all Malaysian can be considered as ‘raceless’.

Weekend of Light

Within this weekend, there were few worthful programs and useful in enhancing our intellectualism focusing on Islamic world, especially to those who are the movers of Islamic movement; so called Ab’na Al Harakah.

The first program is ‘Seminar Sehari Pandangan Alam Islam’ and the lecture from Prof. Dr. Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas entitled ‘Reviving the Worldview of Islam: Internal and External Challenges’ proudly will be organized by Himpunan Keilmuan Muda (HAKIM) and Persatuan Kebangsaan Pelajar Islam Malaysia (PKPIM) .

In fact, this is the first appearance of Dr. Syed Naquib Al-Attas to give the public lecture in front of the wide audiences within 6 years of hiatus and; the ‘exile‘ from the media, government, or the political party. I’m waiting for the wonderful quotes and remembrances from him as one of the great murobbi and scholar toward the Islamic World. The program will be started at 8.30 a.m 12 December. More detail here.

Next up, an event and educational exhibition on the life and works of Muhammad Asad, a Jew-turned-Muslim Islamic scholar who have done countless contribution to Muslim World from 12 until 13 December. The keynote lecture will be given by Dr. Tariq Ramadhan on “Islamic Renaissance: The Need for Reform and Renewal”, and he will officiate the launching of Islamic Renaissance Front. Next day on 13^th, Dr. Tariq one again will be given a public lecture focus on Muhammad Asad which is free entrance to the public. More details here.

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Rumah Omar 12:19p.m

Illuminatif pemikiran

Ke Kelantan

Baru saja menghirup udara Kelantan; menghadiri majlis perkahwinan mantan presiden Gabungan Mahasiswa Islam Se Malaysia (GAMIS), Dzulkhairi Noor dan Raihanah (gambar). Bertolak dari Kuala Lumpur pukul 2.00 pagi dan bergegas semula sampai di Kuala Lumpur jam 9.10 malam begitu. Selamat pengantin baru bagi pasangan ini dan semoga kekal ke anak cucu.

Sempat juga bersolat di Masjid Maahad Tahfiz Pulai Condong. Melihat beberapa sahabat yang tekun menghafal Al-Quran, teringat pula saya pada ungkapan Dr. Dzulkifli Ahmad tentang ‘Mandat Sosial’ yang saya lupa malah sukar benar mengingati perkataan Arabnya.

Light Achtung

[OP-ED] As the phenominal epic adventure movie of 2012 just blown up the cinema, I tend to choose not to watch that particular of ‘the-Last-Day-theme’ movie for this week. In fact, I’d never ever go to cinema watching any blockbuster movie before. How “primitive” I am.

Dramatic 2012 and the other perceptions behind the movie, its propaganda and the notorious role of Western media can be an exciting issue to be discussed. Maybe this* and this* can be a good brain-appetizer before strategically watching the movie; or reading the book of faith and religion – A History of God (Karen Armstrong) or etc.

Kick It Over! Campaign

More info from here

Malaysian; and the other side

When I was reading the online news last night, as I’m waiting for the few heavy file to be downloaded, I found this music video that make my ear suddenly catching up the sound and rhythm.

This is the link.

A mixed group of Malaysian included filmmakers, dancers, singers, producers, musicians, actors, entrepreneurs, designers, footballers, activists, celebrities, students and a ‘florist’ gathered and came out with an attractive music video and website, even a package of banner to promote their ideas; Malaysian, or in the other word, anti-racism, just live in harmony, love the country.