Wartawan Sudan DIPENGGAL
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/
Ini beritanya tatkala peristiwanya baru pecah:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4516539.stm
Mohamed Taha dituduh bersalah karena menghina Islam, demikian pemerintah Sudan, tetapi dibebaskan setelah meminta maaf dam membayar denda. Tapi ternyata permintaan maaf itu tidak cukup. Taha kemudian diculik dan DIPENGGAL karena kejahatan melawan Islam oleh mereka yg merasa bahwa penindasan pemerintah terhdp surat kabarnya belum cukup.
Editor SK Sudan yg membuat geram Muslim tahun lalu dgn menerbitkan
artikel yg memuat pertanyaan ttg garis keturunan nabi Muhamad ditemukan tewas di ibukota, Khartum.
Orang2 bersenjata bertopeng menculik Mohamed Taha, kepala editor
Al-Wifaq, di kediamannya hari Selasa lalu. Tubuhnya yg tidak berkepala ditemukan di bagian lain kota itu. Kepalanya diletakkan didekat tubuhnya, dan tangan dan kakinya diikat, demikian laporan Reuters.
Tahun lalu, Taha menerbitkan artikel yg mengacu pada teks kuno yg dianalisa sejarawan Muslim, Al-Maqrizi, yg mempertanyakan garis keturunan Muhamad. Padahal Taha hanya menulis komentar pendek ttg tulisan Al Maqrizi yg JUSTRU MENOLAK sejarah versinya. (naas betul!)
Namun para pemimpin agama di Khartum tidak puas dan mengecam karya Taha dan pemrotes menyerukan agar ia DIBUNUH.
Jaksa mencoba menjatuhkan tuduhan penodaan agama, tuduhan yg bisa dikenakan hukuman mati dibawah Shariah di Sudan.
Taha, didenda $3,000, meminta maaf karena membuat sakit hati Muslim dan surat kabarnya dibredel sementara.
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PERSIS PERISTIWA ARSWENDO. UNTUNG DIA NGGAK DIPENGGAL ! Shocked Shocked
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Man claims beheading of Sudan editor for al Qaeda
12 Sep 2006 12:48:31 GMT
KHARTOUM, Sept 12 (Reuters) - A man purporting to lead an African branch of the al Qaeda militant network claimed responsibility on Tuesday for the beheading of a Sudanese newspaper editor who was found dead last week.
The man, in a statement distributed to Sudanese newspapers, called editor Mohamed Taha a "dog of dogs from the ruling party", and accused him of insulting the prophet Mohammad.
"Three individuals from this organisation undertook this operation ... and they are now outside Sudan", said the statement, a copy of which was obtained by Reuters. The statement was signed by Abu Hafs al-Sudani, who said he was the leader of al Qaeda in Sudan and Africa.
Taha, an ally of the government, was reported kidnapped from outside his home in the capital Khartoum a week ago, and was found dead on Wednesday.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Islamic groups hit curriculum at Saudi school
Here is CAIR's Ibrahim Hooper, of all people, doing and saying what he ought to have been doing and saying all along. Or at least seeming to do so. Pardon me if I am suspicious, in light of the organization's track record. From the Washington Times, with thanks to Jeffrey Imm and Nicolei:
Two Islamic groups say a private Saudi school in Alexandria is teaching first-graders an extreme version of Islam that fosters contempt for other religions, a charge denied by the Saudi government, which creates curriculum for such schools.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a District-based Islamic civil rights and advocacy group, has joined with the Free Muslim Coalition Against Terrorism in calling for an Arabic textbook to be removed from classes at the Islamic Saudi Academy.
One page in the manual for the first-grade textbook instructs teachers to tell students that any religion other than Islam is false.
"These first-grade students are very impressionable," said Kamal Nawash, a Palestinian and practicing Muslim who runs the six-month-old Free Muslim Coalition Against Terrorism.
"The extremist version of Islam encourages violence. We don't need to be teaching that anymore in this diverse world. We need to teach people to get along."
The Islamic Saudi Academy referred inquiries to the Saudi Embassy, which dismissed Mr. Nawash's assertion as an attempt to restart a failed political career.
Embassy spokesman Nail Al-Jubeir compared the textbook to any other religious teaching and said it was "shameful" of Mr. Nawash "to be using this as a source of bigotry."
"They are making a big thing out of nothing," Mr. Al-Jubeir said. "If that's the only thing they have to bring up, how pathetic the argument is. Judaism does not recognize Christ as the Messiah. Christians say the only way to salvation is accepting Christ in your heart."
CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper said the textbook page conflicts with the teachings in the Koran, which says Jews, Christians and all "who believe in God" will "have their reward with their Lord."
"The [page of the] textbook is inaccurate in terms of portraying Islam's relationship with other faiths," Mr. Hooper said. "I would suggest either removing the textbook or inserting a notation that something is being changed in the textbook."...
But Mr. Nawash said he has no intention of running for office again and that his only motive is to stop extremist teaching that he fears will lead to terrorism.
"This is much more important, and it should have been done a long time ago. There is a strong movement of people pushing extremist Islam that tolerates any means, including terrorism, to meet their goals," he said. "It's not a handful, it's a worldwide uprising. ... We're not staying silent anymore."
This is not the first time Mr. Nawash has been under scrutiny.
His law firm once represented Abdul Rahman al-Amoudi, a prominent U.S. Muslim leader who had a role in a Libyan conspiracy to assassinate Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah. Al-Amoudi on Friday pleaded guilty to illegal financial transactions with Libya and admitted his role in the plot.
Al-Amoudi had donated $10,000 to Mr. Nawash's campaign for the state Senate. Mr. Nawash returned the donation.
When asked whether he was friends with al-Amoudi, Mr. Nawash refused to comment.
"I was part of a law firm that represented him," he said. "I can't really comment on that. One of the attorneys in the firm represented him for a short time."
Al-Amoudi's current attorney, Stanley Cohen, said Mr. Nawash's firm has had "nothing to do" with the case for 10 months.
In defending his position, Mr. Hooper cited the teachings of the prophet Muhammad in the Hadiths: "Both in this world and in the Hereafter, I am the nearest of all people to Jesus, the son of Mary. The prophets are paternal brothers; their mothers are different, but their religion is one."
I didn't know Nawash had any connection with Alamoudi. The material on the Free Muslim website is very fine. The group bears watching.
As for CAIR, Hooper's statement is outstandingly disingenuous. Hooper is giving the impression, at least in this article, that Islam teaches that it is one with Christianity as it exists in the world today. But in fact the Jesus to whom he refers as Muhammad's brother is a Muslim construction who is significantly different from the Jesus of Christianity. The one religion they share in the Hadith is Islam, of which, in this view, Christianity is a corruption and heresy. There is nothing in this Hadith, or in the Qur'anic verse Hooper cites above, that is inconsistent with the idea that Christianity is false, as the Saudi textbook teaches. The fact that Hooper doesn't address these issues, but evidently just assumes an audience ignorant of Islam, is questionable at very least.
It is this tendency to go five steps when six are needed, and to persist in leaving important questions unanswered, that makes reasonable people suspicious of CAIR.
UPDATE: Two years ago the Washington Post carried a story about the same school, containing a good deal of illuminating information and raising the question: Why does CAIR only care now? (Thanks to Jo and Al for sending this):
The Saudi Islamic Academy has withdrawn its membership from a respected association of private schools in Virginia and has lost its accreditation with the group after the organization asked questions about how the academy is funded and governed, sources close to the decision said....
Since 1990, the school has touted its accreditation by the Virginia
Association of Independent Schools and the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools, which accredits more than 12,000 public and
private schools in 11 states and Latin America. The school's Web site
still says it is accredited by both.
But Sally Boese, executive director of the Virginia association, said,
"The Islamic Saudi Academy is no longer a member of VAIS, as they
withdrew their membership from our association effective June 30, 2002."...
The sources also said that some board members were concerned about
aspects of the school's curriculum. The Washington Post in January
reported that some Islamic studies classes at the school use Saudi
Arabian textbooks that promote hatred of other religions. However, the
curricular concerns were not part of the questioning that led to the
withdrawal, sources said.
Posted by Robert at August 2, 2004 7:56 AM
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One must wonder if these statements by Mr. Hooper are being made due to their lawsuit with Anti-CAIR. One must also realize that too much has been said, done and documented for this portrayed "change of heart" to make a bit of difference at this point.
There should be no Saudi educational facilities permitted on our soil. That's why the mosques are in operation. I'm personally in hopes of the 9/11 Commission report and recommendations making a difference in how we do business with Islam and Muslims.
The public is tired of them. Perhaps a more fitting name for Muslim civil rights groups would be Muslim special treatment groups.
Posted by: DCWatson [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 2, 2004 8:49 AM
One added note: What purpose are these schools serving? The illiteracy rate among Muslims doesn't seem to be improving. Why don't they erect these schools on their own soil and educate the hundreds of millions of Muslims that can't read or write?
Posted by: DCWatson [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 2, 2004 8:55 AM
I recently read that many muslims spend more time reading the hadiths (traditions of Mohammed) of which there are some 24,000 of them, than they do the Quran. At one time there where over 60,000 hadiths that supposedly reflected things that Mohammed said and, or did in his life time.
Posted by: Mackie [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 2, 2004 9:29 AM
Thank you for noting this development. Please visit my weblog Northern Virginiastan for more about ISA, Kamal Nawash, and Abdurahman Alamoudi (AKA Abdul Rahman Al-Almoudi). Northern Virginiastan is a new blog that monitors Islamicists in Northern Virginia and the DC Metro area. I am looking for other people in Northern Virginia and the DC Metro area who would like to partner with me in this effort.
Posted by: northernvirginiastan [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 2, 2004 9:30 AM
Nice blog and much needed. I'll add your link to my own site.
Posted by: Foehammer [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 2, 2004 10:19 AM
its unbelievable to see the amount of islamic activity in the d.c. area!
i'm glad i don't see or hear about them much where i live .
there is a huge revolution going on in this country.
according to yohanan ramati:
you can thank your business tycoon politicians (on the right or left: it doesn't matter) for allowing it to happen.
what are we really doing?
next to nothing practically speaking: just monitoring and waiting to get hit.
even israel with the tight and savvy security can't keep suicide bombers out all of the time.
Posted by: forrestshalom [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 2, 2004 10:53 AM
bach: 'Jesu:Joy of man's desiring'
playing now at di.fm
click on classical
i listen to this station frequently when on my comp.
it is reassuring to know the Lord still has everything under control.
Posted by: forrestshalom [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 2, 2004 11:00 AM
The Jesus of Islam is not the same as the Jesus in which I believe.
I noticed that Hooper also did not mention Jihad, the Caliphate, beheadings, lapidation, or any of the other tenets and practices that we find offensive. Hooper's statements are another example of taqiyya and kitman directed at a gullible and ignorant population and press.
The population is ignorant because the press are not doing their job which is not to accept the Muslim line hook, line, and sinker.
Posted by: epg [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 2, 2004 12:37 PM
Do NOT be fooled by this "ploy" designed to make CAIR appear to be anti-terrorist. This is indeed intended for the attorney's eyes of Andrew Whitehead, Director of ANTI-CAIR.
This is like Hitler having sex with a Jewish blow-up doll. It is a complete farce. CAIR HAS TIES TO TERROR GROUPS. CAIR HAS TIES TO TERROR GROUPS. CAIR HAS TIES TO TERROR GROUPS. Read that over and over again. For it is nothing but the TRUTH.
Hooper & Co. has a long history of ties to terrroism. They go hand in hand.
They will be exposed in due time.
Posted by: uskafir01 [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 2, 2004 2:30 PM
it would be interesting to know who owns america's
media giants.
Posted by: forrestshalom [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 2, 2004 6:02 PM
CAIR is real good at dismantling the Quranic verses and re-assembling them to portrya Islam as tolerant and peaceful. But the truth stands on its own, I almost believed the tripe from CAIR until I researched the Quran and Islam for myself.
Seems the antisemitism in Islam is a learned behaviour pounded into Muslims.Below is a site I found that brought up a search list about JEWS
when I heard the line about Muhammed revering Christ and the Jewish people.
Seems that these peaceful little followers of Muhammed have a reason to want all Jews dead,a question on Muhammeds near death was answered by
blaming it on the Jews trying to poison Muhammeds food.
http://63.175.194.25/index.php?ln=eng&ds=qa&lv=browse&QR=32762&dgn=3
The site had a long version for the answer so just go there and read it from a Muslim cleric,although CAIR will say he's not a true Muslim.
Posted by: ala-sux [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 3, 2004 12:46 AM
"it would be interesting to know who owns america's
media giants."
Posted by: forrestshalom
Your point being?
Posted by: Whistling Dixie [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 3, 2004 8:20 AM
Two Islamic groups say a private Saudi school in Alexandria is teaching first-graders an extreme version of Islam that fosters contempt for other religions, a charge denied by the Saudi government, which creates curriculum for such schools.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a District-based Islamic civil rights and advocacy group, has joined with the Free Muslim Coalition Against Terrorism in calling for an Arabic textbook to be removed from classes at the Islamic Saudi Academy.
One page in the manual for the first-grade textbook instructs teachers to tell students that any religion other than Islam is false.
"These first-grade students are very impressionable," said Kamal Nawash, a Palestinian and practicing Muslim who runs the six-month-old Free Muslim Coalition Against Terrorism.
"The extremist version of Islam encourages violence. We don't need to be teaching that anymore in this diverse world. We need to teach people to get along."
The Islamic Saudi Academy referred inquiries to the Saudi Embassy, which dismissed Mr. Nawash's assertion as an attempt to restart a failed political career.
Embassy spokesman Nail Al-Jubeir compared the textbook to any other religious teaching and said it was "shameful" of Mr. Nawash "to be using this as a source of bigotry."
"They are making a big thing out of nothing," Mr. Al-Jubeir said. "If that's the only thing they have to bring up, how pathetic the argument is. Judaism does not recognize Christ as the Messiah. Christians say the only way to salvation is accepting Christ in your heart."
CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper said the textbook page conflicts with the teachings in the Koran, which says Jews, Christians and all "who believe in God" will "have their reward with their Lord."
"The [page of the] textbook is inaccurate in terms of portraying Islam's relationship with other faiths," Mr. Hooper said. "I would suggest either removing the textbook or inserting a notation that something is being changed in the textbook."...
But Mr. Nawash said he has no intention of running for office again and that his only motive is to stop extremist teaching that he fears will lead to terrorism.
"This is much more important, and it should have been done a long time ago. There is a strong movement of people pushing extremist Islam that tolerates any means, including terrorism, to meet their goals," he said. "It's not a handful, it's a worldwide uprising. ... We're not staying silent anymore."
This is not the first time Mr. Nawash has been under scrutiny.
His law firm once represented Abdul Rahman al-Amoudi, a prominent U.S. Muslim leader who had a role in a Libyan conspiracy to assassinate Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah. Al-Amoudi on Friday pleaded guilty to illegal financial transactions with Libya and admitted his role in the plot.
Al-Amoudi had donated $10,000 to Mr. Nawash's campaign for the state Senate. Mr. Nawash returned the donation.
When asked whether he was friends with al-Amoudi, Mr. Nawash refused to comment.
"I was part of a law firm that represented him," he said. "I can't really comment on that. One of the attorneys in the firm represented him for a short time."
Al-Amoudi's current attorney, Stanley Cohen, said Mr. Nawash's firm has had "nothing to do" with the case for 10 months.
In defending his position, Mr. Hooper cited the teachings of the prophet Muhammad in the Hadiths: "Both in this world and in the Hereafter, I am the nearest of all people to Jesus, the son of Mary. The prophets are paternal brothers; their mothers are different, but their religion is one."
I didn't know Nawash had any connection with Alamoudi. The material on the Free Muslim website is very fine. The group bears watching.
As for CAIR, Hooper's statement is outstandingly disingenuous. Hooper is giving the impression, at least in this article, that Islam teaches that it is one with Christianity as it exists in the world today. But in fact the Jesus to whom he refers as Muhammad's brother is a Muslim construction who is significantly different from the Jesus of Christianity. The one religion they share in the Hadith is Islam, of which, in this view, Christianity is a corruption and heresy. There is nothing in this Hadith, or in the Qur'anic verse Hooper cites above, that is inconsistent with the idea that Christianity is false, as the Saudi textbook teaches. The fact that Hooper doesn't address these issues, but evidently just assumes an audience ignorant of Islam, is questionable at very least.
It is this tendency to go five steps when six are needed, and to persist in leaving important questions unanswered, that makes reasonable people suspicious of CAIR.
UPDATE: Two years ago the Washington Post carried a story about the same school, containing a good deal of illuminating information and raising the question: Why does CAIR only care now? (Thanks to Jo and Al for sending this):
The Saudi Islamic Academy has withdrawn its membership from a respected association of private schools in Virginia and has lost its accreditation with the group after the organization asked questions about how the academy is funded and governed, sources close to the decision said....
Since 1990, the school has touted its accreditation by the Virginia
Association of Independent Schools and the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools, which accredits more than 12,000 public and
private schools in 11 states and Latin America. The school's Web site
still says it is accredited by both.
But Sally Boese, executive director of the Virginia association, said,
"The Islamic Saudi Academy is no longer a member of VAIS, as they
withdrew their membership from our association effective June 30, 2002."...
The sources also said that some board members were concerned about
aspects of the school's curriculum. The Washington Post in January
reported that some Islamic studies classes at the school use Saudi
Arabian textbooks that promote hatred of other religions. However, the
curricular concerns were not part of the questioning that led to the
withdrawal, sources said.
Posted by Robert at August 2, 2004 7:56 AM
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One must wonder if these statements by Mr. Hooper are being made due to their lawsuit with Anti-CAIR. One must also realize that too much has been said, done and documented for this portrayed "change of heart" to make a bit of difference at this point.
There should be no Saudi educational facilities permitted on our soil. That's why the mosques are in operation. I'm personally in hopes of the 9/11 Commission report and recommendations making a difference in how we do business with Islam and Muslims.
The public is tired of them. Perhaps a more fitting name for Muslim civil rights groups would be Muslim special treatment groups.
Posted by: DCWatson [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 2, 2004 8:49 AM
One added note: What purpose are these schools serving? The illiteracy rate among Muslims doesn't seem to be improving. Why don't they erect these schools on their own soil and educate the hundreds of millions of Muslims that can't read or write?
Posted by: DCWatson [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 2, 2004 8:55 AM
I recently read that many muslims spend more time reading the hadiths (traditions of Mohammed) of which there are some 24,000 of them, than they do the Quran. At one time there where over 60,000 hadiths that supposedly reflected things that Mohammed said and, or did in his life time.
Posted by: Mackie [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 2, 2004 9:29 AM
Thank you for noting this development. Please visit my weblog Northern Virginiastan for more about ISA, Kamal Nawash, and Abdurahman Alamoudi (AKA Abdul Rahman Al-Almoudi). Northern Virginiastan is a new blog that monitors Islamicists in Northern Virginia and the DC Metro area. I am looking for other people in Northern Virginia and the DC Metro area who would like to partner with me in this effort.
Posted by: northernvirginiastan [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 2, 2004 9:30 AM
Nice blog and much needed. I'll add your link to my own site.
Posted by: Foehammer [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 2, 2004 10:19 AM
its unbelievable to see the amount of islamic activity in the d.c. area!
i'm glad i don't see or hear about them much where i live .
there is a huge revolution going on in this country.
according to yohanan ramati:
you can thank your business tycoon politicians (on the right or left: it doesn't matter) for allowing it to happen.
what are we really doing?
next to nothing practically speaking: just monitoring and waiting to get hit.
even israel with the tight and savvy security can't keep suicide bombers out all of the time.
Posted by: forrestshalom [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 2, 2004 10:53 AM
bach: 'Jesu:Joy of man's desiring'
playing now at di.fm
click on classical
i listen to this station frequently when on my comp.
it is reassuring to know the Lord still has everything under control.
Posted by: forrestshalom [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 2, 2004 11:00 AM
The Jesus of Islam is not the same as the Jesus in which I believe.
I noticed that Hooper also did not mention Jihad, the Caliphate, beheadings, lapidation, or any of the other tenets and practices that we find offensive. Hooper's statements are another example of taqiyya and kitman directed at a gullible and ignorant population and press.
The population is ignorant because the press are not doing their job which is not to accept the Muslim line hook, line, and sinker.
Posted by: epg [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 2, 2004 12:37 PM
Do NOT be fooled by this "ploy" designed to make CAIR appear to be anti-terrorist. This is indeed intended for the attorney's eyes of Andrew Whitehead, Director of ANTI-CAIR.
This is like Hitler having sex with a Jewish blow-up doll. It is a complete farce. CAIR HAS TIES TO TERROR GROUPS. CAIR HAS TIES TO TERROR GROUPS. CAIR HAS TIES TO TERROR GROUPS. Read that over and over again. For it is nothing but the TRUTH.
Hooper & Co. has a long history of ties to terrroism. They go hand in hand.
They will be exposed in due time.
Posted by: uskafir01 [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 2, 2004 2:30 PM
it would be interesting to know who owns america's
media giants.
Posted by: forrestshalom [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 2, 2004 6:02 PM
CAIR is real good at dismantling the Quranic verses and re-assembling them to portrya Islam as tolerant and peaceful. But the truth stands on its own, I almost believed the tripe from CAIR until I researched the Quran and Islam for myself.
Seems the antisemitism in Islam is a learned behaviour pounded into Muslims.Below is a site I found that brought up a search list about JEWS
when I heard the line about Muhammed revering Christ and the Jewish people.
Seems that these peaceful little followers of Muhammed have a reason to want all Jews dead,a question on Muhammeds near death was answered by
blaming it on the Jews trying to poison Muhammeds food.
http://63.175.194.25/index.php?ln=eng&ds=qa&lv=browse&QR=32762&dgn=3
The site had a long version for the answer so just go there and read it from a Muslim cleric,although CAIR will say he's not a true Muslim.
Posted by: ala-sux [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 3, 2004 12:46 AM
"it would be interesting to know who owns america's
media giants."
Posted by: forrestshalom
Your point being?
Posted by: Whistling Dixie [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 3, 2004 8:20 AM
Video of Bigley's beheading posted on Internet
British hostage makes final plea moments before death
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A videotape of the beheading of British hostage Kenneth Bigley was posted Sunday on the Internet showing the civil engineer making one last plea for help from his government moments before he was killed.
The nearly five-minute tape of Bigley's beheading appeared two days after his family said it had seen proof the 62-year-old civil engineer from Liverpool was dead. The body has not been found.
The tape showed Bigley, dressed in an orange prison-style jump suit, seated in front of seven armed, hooded men. Behind them was the banner of Tawhid and Jihad, lead by Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
Bigley made a brief appeal, saying: "I am a simple man who wants to live a simple life." He then addressed British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
"Here I am again, Mr. Blair," Bigley said, "very, very close to the end of my life. You do not appear to have done anything at all to help me."
One of the hooded men then spoke, saying the kidnappers extended the deadline for Bigley's death to allow time for coalition authorities to meet their demand to release women prisoners.
"Because Britain is not serious in releasing our sisters, there is nothing further for this malicious Briton than the sword," he said.
Suddenly the speaker drew a knife from his belt, while three of the others grabbed Bigley. The men shoved Bigley to the floor and cut of his head, which the killer then lifted for viewers to see.
Escape attempt
A U.S. official said Friday there was credible information that Bigley had tried to escape with the aid of one of his captors.
The attempt failed and Bigley was killed a short time later as was shown on a video of his beheading, the Washington official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. There was no word on the fate of his captor. A Western official in Baghdad refused to talk about the escape attempt report.
The 62-year-old civil engineer was the first British hostage killed in Iraq and the 28th overall. He was kidnapped three weeks ago, along with two American co-workers. They were beheaded earlier, and grisly footage of their killings was posted on the Internet.
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NBC: Liverpool’s will not enough to save Bigley
Other hostages killed within days
Bigley was seized at his Baghdad home Sept. 16 by the most feared terrorist group in Iraq, Tawhid and Jihad, along with Americans Eugene Armstrong, 52, and Jack Hensley, 48. The Americans were beheaded days later.
Abu Dhabi TV refused to broadcast a videotape of Bigley's killing, saying it refused “to serve as a mouthpiece for such groups or their actions.”
U.S. and British officials in Iraq declined to confirm Bigley’s death, saying his body had not been found. However, Bigley’s brother, Phil, said the family had received “absolute proof” of his death.
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Friday that his government had made contact with the kidnappers through an intermediary, but could not persuade them to drop their demands, even though there are no women in British custody in Iraq.
Brother blames Blair
Meanwhile, one of Bigley’s brothers blamed Blair, saying Friday the prime minister has “blood on his hands.”
In a message to organizers of a Stop the War Coalition rally in Liverpool on Friday evening, his older brother Paul said: “Please, please stop this war and prevent other lives being lost. It is illegal and has to stop.”
That stern message contrasted with a statement read on British television by another brother, Phil Bigley. He said the “family believed the government had done all it could “to secure the release of Ken.”
“The horror of these final days will haunt us forever,” he said. “Our only consolation is that Ken is now at peace, away from those who are capable of such atrocities.”
The Bigley kidnapping and his heart-wrenching appeals to Blair reinvigorated the anti-war movement in Britain just as the Americans were acknowledging that Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction no longer existed by the time the war began in March 2003.
Bigley worked for a United Arab Emirates company that provides services for the U.S. military. It was not known when he was beheaded.
More than 150 foreigners have been kidnapped in Iraq, some for ransom and others as leverage against the United States and its allies. Many Iraqis have also been seized, in most cases for money.
Attacks on foreigners, including gruesome beheadings, have crippled reconstruction by discouraging investment and frightening off international engineers, technicians and others.
Turkish hostages reported freed
An Arab TV station said Sunday it received a statement from Iraqi militants saying they had freed 10 Turkish hostages.
An anchor on Qatar-based Al-Jazeera TV, citing “special sources,” said the 10 workers for Turkish construction company VISNAN have been freed.
An Al-Jazeera editor who requested anonymity told The Associated Press the report was based on a statement from the purported kidnappers. The claim could not immediately be verified.
Al-Jazeera broadcast a video Sept. 18 attributed to the Salafist Brigades of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq showing the 10 Turkish hostages in captivity.
The Turkish company said three days later it was freezing operations in hopes of saving the workers.
A Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman said the Turkish Embassy in Baghdad had no information of any hostages being released.
The Ankara-based VINSAN company also could not confirm the release. An employee said on condition of anonymity that efforts to secure the hostages’ release were continuing “positively.” He did not elaborate.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A videotape of the beheading of British hostage Kenneth Bigley was posted Sunday on the Internet showing the civil engineer making one last plea for help from his government moments before he was killed.
The nearly five-minute tape of Bigley's beheading appeared two days after his family said it had seen proof the 62-year-old civil engineer from Liverpool was dead. The body has not been found.
The tape showed Bigley, dressed in an orange prison-style jump suit, seated in front of seven armed, hooded men. Behind them was the banner of Tawhid and Jihad, lead by Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
Bigley made a brief appeal, saying: "I am a simple man who wants to live a simple life." He then addressed British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
"Here I am again, Mr. Blair," Bigley said, "very, very close to the end of my life. You do not appear to have done anything at all to help me."
One of the hooded men then spoke, saying the kidnappers extended the deadline for Bigley's death to allow time for coalition authorities to meet their demand to release women prisoners.
"Because Britain is not serious in releasing our sisters, there is nothing further for this malicious Briton than the sword," he said.
Suddenly the speaker drew a knife from his belt, while three of the others grabbed Bigley. The men shoved Bigley to the floor and cut of his head, which the killer then lifted for viewers to see.
Escape attempt
A U.S. official said Friday there was credible information that Bigley had tried to escape with the aid of one of his captors.
The attempt failed and Bigley was killed a short time later as was shown on a video of his beheading, the Washington official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. There was no word on the fate of his captor. A Western official in Baghdad refused to talk about the escape attempt report.
The 62-year-old civil engineer was the first British hostage killed in Iraq and the 28th overall. He was kidnapped three weeks ago, along with two American co-workers. They were beheaded earlier, and grisly footage of their killings was posted on the Internet.
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NBC: Liverpool’s will not enough to save Bigley
Other hostages killed within days
Bigley was seized at his Baghdad home Sept. 16 by the most feared terrorist group in Iraq, Tawhid and Jihad, along with Americans Eugene Armstrong, 52, and Jack Hensley, 48. The Americans were beheaded days later.
Abu Dhabi TV refused to broadcast a videotape of Bigley's killing, saying it refused “to serve as a mouthpiece for such groups or their actions.”
U.S. and British officials in Iraq declined to confirm Bigley’s death, saying his body had not been found. However, Bigley’s brother, Phil, said the family had received “absolute proof” of his death.
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Friday that his government had made contact with the kidnappers through an intermediary, but could not persuade them to drop their demands, even though there are no women in British custody in Iraq.
Brother blames Blair
Meanwhile, one of Bigley’s brothers blamed Blair, saying Friday the prime minister has “blood on his hands.”
In a message to organizers of a Stop the War Coalition rally in Liverpool on Friday evening, his older brother Paul said: “Please, please stop this war and prevent other lives being lost. It is illegal and has to stop.”
That stern message contrasted with a statement read on British television by another brother, Phil Bigley. He said the “family believed the government had done all it could “to secure the release of Ken.”
“The horror of these final days will haunt us forever,” he said. “Our only consolation is that Ken is now at peace, away from those who are capable of such atrocities.”
The Bigley kidnapping and his heart-wrenching appeals to Blair reinvigorated the anti-war movement in Britain just as the Americans were acknowledging that Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction no longer existed by the time the war began in March 2003.
Bigley worked for a United Arab Emirates company that provides services for the U.S. military. It was not known when he was beheaded.
More than 150 foreigners have been kidnapped in Iraq, some for ransom and others as leverage against the United States and its allies. Many Iraqis have also been seized, in most cases for money.
Attacks on foreigners, including gruesome beheadings, have crippled reconstruction by discouraging investment and frightening off international engineers, technicians and others.
Turkish hostages reported freed
An Arab TV station said Sunday it received a statement from Iraqi militants saying they had freed 10 Turkish hostages.
An anchor on Qatar-based Al-Jazeera TV, citing “special sources,” said the 10 workers for Turkish construction company VISNAN have been freed.
An Al-Jazeera editor who requested anonymity told The Associated Press the report was based on a statement from the purported kidnappers. The claim could not immediately be verified.
Al-Jazeera broadcast a video Sept. 18 attributed to the Salafist Brigades of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq showing the 10 Turkish hostages in captivity.
The Turkish company said three days later it was freezing operations in hopes of saving the workers.
A Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman said the Turkish Embassy in Baghdad had no information of any hostages being released.
The Ankara-based VINSAN company also could not confirm the release. An employee said on condition of anonymity that efforts to secure the hostages’ release were continuing “positively.” He did not elaborate.
The Murder of Kim Sun-Il
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Another week, another barbaric murder, another victim of Islam's terrorist dogma.
6/22/2004
This video so clearly presents the problem of Islam - what the religion has caused men to do and what it will compel them to do - it is essential that you see it if you want to understand the mindset and motivations of the terrorists who will continue to kill us. (Kim Sung Il beheading). For those who don't wish to confront Islam so head-on, here is my best attempt to describe it:
We have watched the video of the Kim beheading. It is among the most gruesome things we've ever seen. Over a period of several minutes, this young man - a Korean Christian missionary - pleads for mercy. "I want to live," he cries repeatedly. His words are piercing, laden with emotion. Three hooded Muslims standing behind him show no signs of humanity. Armed with guns, a sword, and words, they are corrupted beyond hope. The Islamic camera operator stops the video long enough for his fellow Muslims to gag Kim so that the most dangerous of the Islamic terrorists can justify their sadistic barbarism. The leader of the pack confesses that he is a Muslim serving Muhammad and Allah and that he is perpetrating his savagery in the name of Islam. After denouncing Americans and Jews, one of the Muslims pulls out a sword while the others force Kim onto his face, holding their feet against his back. The sword wielding Muslim proceeds to cut off Kim's head as the thugs with him shout with glee.
Kim's head is held by his hair, blood dripping onto his now severed and mutilated body. And as gruesome as that is, what follows is the most inhuman and ungodly act we've ever witnessed. One of the Muslims chants "Allahu Akbar!" - Allah is Greatest as the men holding Kim's head return the confession - "Allah Akbar!" Swinging Kim's decapitated head before them. They shout "Allah Akbar!" another 14 times. This is followed by an Islamic prayer in the mournful singing voice that is used from their minarets.
The Buddhists do not have an Allah. The Catholics and Protestants don't have an Allah either. Communists and Fascists don't commit crimes claiming "Allah is Greatest." There is but one Allah. He belongs to Islam. Muhammad created him in his own image - that is to say he is as perverse, sadistic, immoral, deceitful, destructive, and demonic as the men who cut off Kim's head. They were all good Muslims, serving Satan and following Muhammad's example. If this conclusion is shocking to you, I invite you to read Prophet of Doom - Islam's Terrorist Dogma in Muhammad's Own Words.
WARNING
The images below are EXTREMELY gruesome and graphic.
Excerpts from Prophet of Doom - Chapter 16 - Mein Kampf:
While there is no message of salvation in Islam, there is an overwhelming need for one. Simply stated: Muhammad was unable to give Muslims a reason to live so he gave them a reason to kill. Ishaq:365 "Ka'b bin Ashraf was from the Jewish clan of Banu Nadir. When he heard the news, he said, ‘Can this be true? Did Muhammad actually kill these people? These were fine men. If Muhammad has slain them, then the belly of the earth is a better place for us than its surface!'" Ka'b understood the danger of mixing false religion, booty, and swords. The future looked ominous. For Muhammad, the only good non-Muslim was a dead one.
Ishaq:365 "When the enemy of Allah became convinced the report was true, he set out for Mecca. He began to arouse people against Muhammad [i.e., he exposed him]. He recited verses in sympathy for the Quraysh men Muhammad had cast into the pit. Ka'b Ashraf composed the following poetic lines: ‘The blood spilled at Badr calls to its people. They cry and weep. The best men were slain and thrown into a pit.'" Poets were the journalists of Muhammad's day. Apart from the Jews, most Arabians were illiterate, so poetry became the most effective means of disseminating a message. The poem Ka'b wrote on this occasion was seven lines long, and there wasn't a violent word among them. Ka'b urged the good people of Yathrib to: Ishaq:365 "Drive off that fool of yours so that you might be safe from talk that makes no sense. Why do you taunt those who mourn over their dead? They lived good lives, and as such we must remember them. But now you have become like jackals." Astute, concise, and accurate.
Tabari VII:94 "Then Ka'b composed poetry about some Muslim women." As we have learned, chivalry had no place in Islam, so this made the prophet angry. If Ka'b had written of lust, pedophilia, and incest, I'm certain Muhammad would have been more understanding.
With these next words, Muhammad ordered his first assassination. While only two men were slain, the nature of his crime has far-reaching implications. Every detail haunts us today. Tabari VII:94 "The Prophet said, ‘Who will rid me of Ashraf.' Muhammad bin Maslamah, said, ‘I will rid you of him, Messenger of Allah. I will kill him.' ‘Do it then.' he said, ‘if you can.'" One of the things that makes Islam lethal is that men are ever ready to kill on the prophet's command.
Ordering the assassination of a journalist for exposing a false prophet, a pirate, and a terrorist, is serious business. Let's check another source to make sure we have this right. Bukhari:V4B52N270 "The Prophet said, ‘Who is ready to kill Ka'b bin Ashraf who has really hurt Allah and His Apostle.' Muhammad bin Maslama said, ‘O Allah's Apostle! Do you want me to kill him.' He replied in the affirmative."
That wasn't any better. Let's see what the earliest source has to say: Ishaq:365 "‘Who will rid me of Ashraf.' Maslama said, ‘I will deal with him for you. O Apostle, I will kill him.' Muhammad said, ‘Do so if you can.'"
Returning to Tabari: Tabari VII:94 "Muhammad bin Maslamah was quiet for three days, neither eating nor drinking more than would keep him alive. The Prophet summoned him and said, ‘Why have you given up food and drink.' ‘O Prophet, I said something and do not know if I can fulfill it.' ‘All that is incumbent on you is to try.' Muhammad replied." This response is chilling when you consider the subject was assassination.
Ishaq:365/Tabari VII:94 "Muhammad bin Maslamah said, ‘O Messenger, we shall have to tell lies.' ‘Say what you like.' Muhammad replied. ‘You are absolved, free to say whatever you must.'" The moment this man walked out of the room, Muhammad must have doubled over laughing. The stooge was willing to commit murder yet he was concerned about lying. And while that's hilarious in a macabre sort of way, consider the value of Muhammad's absolution. Since he had just approved lying, it couldn't have been worth the air it took to offer it. But Muhammad's assassin believed him. And that is why false prophets and corrupt doctrines are so diabolical. Muslim militants still believe him.
While the circumstances are as bizarre as the orders are vile, we do have another first. Islam was the first "religion" to command its faithful to murder and deceive. But since that's a serious charge, let's triple-check our sources. Bukhari:V5B59N369 "Allah's Apostle said, ‘Who is willing to kill Ka'b bin Ashraf who has hurt Allah and His Apostle.' Thereupon Muhammad bin Maslamah got up saying, ‘O Allah's Apostle! Would you like me to kill him.' The Prophet said, ‘Yes.' Maslamah said, ‘Then allow me to say false things in order to deceive him.' The Prophet said, ‘You may say such things.'"
Returning to Tabari, we are told that Maslamah "made a plan to kill Ka'b, the enemy of Allah. Before they went to him, they sent Abu ahead. When he arrived, they spoke together for a while. They recited verses to one another, for Abu was something of a poet." Consider the depth of the corruption necessary for a man to lure another to his death by reciting poetry. And as you read on, think of how the Palestinians use their "we are suffering under Israeli oppression" tale of woe to deceive us today, drawing us ever closer to war. Tabari VII:94/Ishaq:367 "Then Abu said, ‘Ka'b, I have come to you about a matter which I want you to keep secret.' ‘Go ahead.' he replied. ‘The arrival of the Prophet Muhammad has been an affliction for us.' Abu said, ‘Most Arabs are now hostile to us. We cannot travel along the roads, and the result is that our families are facing ruin. We are all suffering.' Ka'b replied, ‘I warned you, Abu, that things would turn out like this.' Abu said, ‘I would like you to sell us some food. We will give you some collateral and make a firm contract. Please treat us generously.'" The Arabs who call themselves Palestinians delivered this same message to Bill Clinton during the Oslo negotiations and he gave them the guns they now use to kill Jewish women and children. Bush is following in his footsteps. Lies remain seductive.
Returning to al-Bukhari, we find Maslama having a similar chat with Ka'b. Bukhari:V5B59N369 "Muhammad bin Maslama went to Ka'b and said, ‘The Prophet Muhammad demands payment of the zakat tax from us, and he has brought us nothing but trouble. I have come to borrow something from you.' On that, Ka'b said, ‘I knew you would tire of him.' Maslama said, ‘But since we have followed him, we do not want to leave until we see how all of this is going to turn out.'"
Although, Ka'b Ashraf was but one man, the circumstances surrounding his assassination provide us with an unparalleled window into the Islamic mindset - their means and motives. The deception that is being presented on behalf of Muhammad should be a warning to us today. When Muslim spokespeople deceive our media, they are following their prophet's orders and relying on his absolution.
Excerpts from Prophet of Doom - Prologue:
Muhammad became so afraid of being exposed, he ordered his followers to assassinate anyone who criticized him. The first was a poet named Ashraf. In an illiterate society, poets were the journalists of their day. Their words swayed public opinion. Ashraf recognized that pirate and prophet were divergent career paths, and he had the courage to say so. This Hadith is from Bukhari's Collection, Volume 4, Book 52, Number 270: Bukhari:V4B52N270 "Allah's Messenger said, ‘Who is ready to kill Ashraf? He has said injurious things about Allah and His Apostle.' Maslama got up saying, ‘Would you like me to kill him?' The Prophet proclaimed, ‘Yes.' Maslama said, ‘Then allow me to lie so that I will be able to deceive him.' Muhammad said, ‘You may do so.'" Islam gives Muslims a license to lie and kill.
We pick up the story on page 94 of the History of al-Tabari, Volume VII. My shorthand for this passage is: Tabari VII:94. "Ashraf suspected no evil when Maslama cried, ‘Smite the enemy of Allah!' So they smote him, and their swords clashed over him. Maslama said, ‘I remembered my dagger and I seized it. I thrust it into the lower part of his body. I bore down upon it until I reached his genitals. Allah's enemy fell to the ground.'"
Ishaq revealed this in the Sira, or biography, of Muhammad: Ishaq:368 "We carried his head back to Muhammad during the night, saluted the Prophet as he stood praying, and cast Ashraf's head before his feet. The Prophet praised Allah that the poet had been slain, and complimented us on the good work we had done in Allah's Cause. Our attack upon Allah's enemy cast terror among the Jews, and there was no Jew in Medina who did not fear for his life.'" Murder and terror are Islam's "good works."
Ishaq:368 "Ashraf's body was left prostrate. After his fall, all of the Jews were brought low. Sword in hand we cut him down. By Muhammad's order we were sent secretly to his home by night. Brother killing brother. We lured him to his demise with deviousness. We made him taste death with our deadly swords. We sought victory for the religion of the Prophet." Tabari VII:97 "The morning after the murder of Ashraf, the Prophet declared, ‘Kill any Jew who falls under your power.'"
Ishaq:369 "Thereupon Mas'ud leapt upon Sunayna, one of the Jewish merchants with whom his family had social and commercial relations and killed him. The Muslim's brother complained, saying, ‘Why did you kill him? You have much fat in you belly from his charity.' Mas'ud answered, ‘By Allah, had Muhammad ordered me to murder you, my brother, I would have cut off your head.' Wherein the brother said, ‘Any religion that can bring you to this is indeed wonderful!'"
This man was crediting the religion of Islam for transforming his brother into an unthinking killing machine. The motivation was purely racist: Bukhari:V1B1N6 "Just issue orders to kill every Jew in the country." Innocent blood still dripping from his hands, Mas'ud proclaimed for all the world to hear: "Muhammad ordered me to murder." Today's terrorists haven't corrupted their religion; their religion has corrupted them.
While hideous, this act does not stand alone. Soon thereafter, Muhammad ordered Muslims to assassinate Sallam. Tabari, Islam's earliest historian, explains: Tabari VII:101 "They asked the Prophet for permission to kill Sallam. He granted it." Tabari VII:99 "When they got to Khaybar they went to Sallam's house by night, having locked every door in the settlement on the inhabitants. He was in an upper chamber. His wife came out and asked who we were. We told her that we were Arabs in search of supplies. She told us that her husband was in bed. We entered and bolted his door. His wife shrieked and warned him of us, so we ran at him with our swords as he lay on his bed. When we had smitten him Abdallah bore down his sword into his belly until it went right through him. ‘By the God of the Jews, he is dead!' Never have I heard sweeter words than those. We returned to Allah's Apostle and told him that we had killed his enemy. We disputed before him as to who had killed him, each of us laying claim to the deed. Muhammad demanded to see our swords and when he looked at them he said, ‘It is the sword of Abdallah that killed him; I can see traces of food on it.'" Deceiving victims is still standard operating procedure for Muslim militants. Attacking defenseless civilians is the very definition of terror. And so is gloating. Today's Islamic terrorists are as eager as Muhammad's original henchmen to claim "credit" for their deeds.
Ishaq's Sira recounts a third Muhammad-inspired execution: Ishaq: 308 "Halfway to Medina, Ocba was called out to be executed." Since the other prisoners were being held for ransom, Ocba asked Muhammad why he was being treated more harshly than the other captives. "The Prophet said, ‘Because of your enmity to Allah and to his Prophet.' ‘And my little girl,' cried Ocba in bitterness, ‘who will take care of her?' ‘Hell Fire,' Muhammad responded. At that moment he was decapitated. ‘Wretch that you were, [Muhammad eulogized] you scoffed at me and claimed that your stories were better than mine. I give thanks that Allah has slain you and comforted me.'" Allah condoned the murder in the 8th surah of the Qur'an, the 68th verse: Qur'an 8:68 "It has not been for any prophet to take captives until he has slaughtered in the land."
Allah approved kidnapping for ransom so long as his prophet slaughtered first. Ocba said something Muslims didn't like, so they murdered him. No wonder authors, journalists, and politicians are afraid to critique Islam.
Looking to rob a Jewish community for a second time, Muhammad had one of his militants torture an innocent man. The tale is recounted by Ishaq and Tabari. Tabari VIII:122/Ishaq:515 "The Prophet gave orders concerning Kinanah to Zubayr, saying, ‘Torture him until you root out and extract what he has. So Zubayr kindled a fire on Kinanah's chest, twirling it with his firestick until Kinanah was near death. Then the Messenger gave him to Maslamah, who beheaded him." Bukhari:V4B54N487 "The Prophet said, ‘The Hell Fire is 69 times hotter than ordinary worldly fires.' So someone said, ‘Allah's Apostle, wouldn't this ordinary fire have been sufficient to torture non-Muslims?'"
You will soon discover that the Nazi fuhrer and the Islamic prophet had more in common than just using fire to eradicate Jews. Beginning in the "Mein Kampf" chapter I will compare Hitler's Manifesto with Muhammad's so that you might know how stunningly similar they are. By so doing, you'll come to appreciate the consequence of tolerating Islam.
The Sacred Muslim Practice of Beheading
By Andrew G. Bostom
FrontPageMagazine.com | May 13, 2004
Reactions to the grotesque jihadist decapitation of yet another "infidel Jew," Mr. Berg, make clear that our intelligentsia are either dangerously uninformed, or simply unwilling to come to terms with this ugly reality: such murders are consistent with sacred jihad practices, as well as Islamic attitudes towards all non-Muslim infidels, in particular, Jews, which date back to the 7th century, and the Prophet Muhammad's own example.
According to Muhammad's sacralized biography by Ibn Ishaq, Muhammad himself sanctioned the massacre of the Qurayza, a vanquished Jewish tribe. He appointed an "arbiter" who soon rendered this concise verdict: the men were to be put to death, the women and children sold into slavery, the spoils to be divided among the Muslims. Muhammad ratified this judgment stating that it was a decree of God pronounced from above the Seven Heavens. Thus some 600 to 900 men from the Qurayza were lead on Muhammad's order to the Market of Medina. Trenches were dug and the men were beheaded, and their decapitated corpses buried in the trenches while Muhammad watched in attendance. Women and children were sold into slavery, a number of them being distributed as gifts among Muhammad's companions, and Muhammad chose one of the Qurayza women (Rayhana) for himself. The Qurayza's property and other possessions (including weapons) were also divided up as additional "booty" among the Muslims, to support further jihad campaigns.
The classical Muslim jurist al-Mawardi (a Shafi'ite jurist, d. 1058) from Baghdad was a seminal, prolific scholar who lived during the so-called Islamic "Golden Age" of the Abbasid-Baghdadian Caliphate. He wrote the following, based on widely accepted interpretations of the Qur'an and Sunna (i.e., the recorded words and deeds of Muhammad), regarding infidel prisoners of jihad campaigns:
"As for the captives, the amir [ruler] has the choice of taking the most beneficial action of four possibilities: the first to put them to death by cutting their necks; the second, to enslave them and apply the laws of slavery regarding their sale and manumission; the third, to ransom them in exchange for goods or prisoners; and fourth, to show favor to them and pardon them. Allah, may he be exalted, says, 'When you encounter those [infidels] who deny [the Truth=Islam] then strike [their] necks' (Qur'an sura 47, verse 4)"....Abu'l-Hasan al-Mawardi, al-Ahkam as-Sultaniyyah." [The Laws of Islamic Governance, trans. by Dr. Asadullah Yate, (London), Ta-Ha Publishers Ltd., 1996, p. 192. Emphasis added.]
Indeed such odious "rules" were iterated by all four classical schools of Islamic jurisprudence, across the vast Muslim empire.
For centuries, from the Iberian peninsula to the Indian subcontinent, jihad campaigns waged by Muslim armies against infidel Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians, Buddhists and Hindus, were punctuated by massacres, including mass throat slittings and beheadings. During the period of "enlightened" Muslim rule, the Christians of Iberian Toledo, who had first submitted to their Arab Muslim invaders in 711 or 712, revolted in 713. In the harsh Muslim reprisal that ensued, Toledo was pillaged, and all the Christian notables had their throats cut. On the Indian subcontinent, Babur (1483-1530), the founder of the Mughal Empire, who is revered as a paragon of Muslim tolerance by modern revisionist historians, recorded the following in his autobiographical "Baburnama," about infidel prisoners of a jihad campaign:
"Those who were brought in alive [having surrendered] were ordered beheaded, after which a tower of skulls was erected in the camp." [The Baburnama -Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor, translated and edited by Wheeler M. Thacktson, Oxford University Press,1996, p. 188. Emphasis added.]
Recent jihad-inspired decapitations of infidels by Muslims have occurred across the globe- Christians in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Nigeria; Hindu priests and "unveiled" Hindu women in Kashmir; Wall Street Journal reporter, and Jew, Daniel Pearl. We should not be surprised that these contemporary paroxysms of jihad violence are accompanied by ritualized beheadings. Such gruesome acts are in fact sanctioned by core Islamic sacred texts, and classical Muslim jurisprudence. Empty claims that jihad decapitations are somehow "alien to true Islam," however well-intentioned, undermine serious efforts to reform and desacralize Islamic doctrine. This process will only begin with frank discussion, both between non-Muslims and Muslims, and within the Muslim community. [Link to article]
Footnote: Shortly after posting this article to POD.net, we discovered an item on a South Korean news site: "Muslim Community Hopes Killing Doesn't Affect Perception of Islam." Since there is but one Islam, there can only be one perception of it; a singular correct view of Muhammad, his religion, and his god -- the one found in the Qur'an and Hadith. Most rational men and women will conclude that Muhammad was a pirate, not a prophet, and that a god who is principally vengeful, forgetful, contradictory, and irrational might not be a god after all. It is the only rational conclusion that can be drawn. Islam condemns Islam sufficiently to persuade even the most ardent skeptic. False perceptions notwithstanding.
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Another week, another barbaric murder, another victim of Islam's terrorist dogma.
6/22/2004
This video so clearly presents the problem of Islam - what the religion has caused men to do and what it will compel them to do - it is essential that you see it if you want to understand the mindset and motivations of the terrorists who will continue to kill us. (Kim Sung Il beheading). For those who don't wish to confront Islam so head-on, here is my best attempt to describe it:
We have watched the video of the Kim beheading. It is among the most gruesome things we've ever seen. Over a period of several minutes, this young man - a Korean Christian missionary - pleads for mercy. "I want to live," he cries repeatedly. His words are piercing, laden with emotion. Three hooded Muslims standing behind him show no signs of humanity. Armed with guns, a sword, and words, they are corrupted beyond hope. The Islamic camera operator stops the video long enough for his fellow Muslims to gag Kim so that the most dangerous of the Islamic terrorists can justify their sadistic barbarism. The leader of the pack confesses that he is a Muslim serving Muhammad and Allah and that he is perpetrating his savagery in the name of Islam. After denouncing Americans and Jews, one of the Muslims pulls out a sword while the others force Kim onto his face, holding their feet against his back. The sword wielding Muslim proceeds to cut off Kim's head as the thugs with him shout with glee.
Kim's head is held by his hair, blood dripping onto his now severed and mutilated body. And as gruesome as that is, what follows is the most inhuman and ungodly act we've ever witnessed. One of the Muslims chants "Allahu Akbar!" - Allah is Greatest as the men holding Kim's head return the confession - "Allah Akbar!" Swinging Kim's decapitated head before them. They shout "Allah Akbar!" another 14 times. This is followed by an Islamic prayer in the mournful singing voice that is used from their minarets.
The Buddhists do not have an Allah. The Catholics and Protestants don't have an Allah either. Communists and Fascists don't commit crimes claiming "Allah is Greatest." There is but one Allah. He belongs to Islam. Muhammad created him in his own image - that is to say he is as perverse, sadistic, immoral, deceitful, destructive, and demonic as the men who cut off Kim's head. They were all good Muslims, serving Satan and following Muhammad's example. If this conclusion is shocking to you, I invite you to read Prophet of Doom - Islam's Terrorist Dogma in Muhammad's Own Words.
WARNING
The images below are EXTREMELY gruesome and graphic.
Excerpts from Prophet of Doom - Chapter 16 - Mein Kampf:
While there is no message of salvation in Islam, there is an overwhelming need for one. Simply stated: Muhammad was unable to give Muslims a reason to live so he gave them a reason to kill. Ishaq:365 "Ka'b bin Ashraf was from the Jewish clan of Banu Nadir. When he heard the news, he said, ‘Can this be true? Did Muhammad actually kill these people? These were fine men. If Muhammad has slain them, then the belly of the earth is a better place for us than its surface!'" Ka'b understood the danger of mixing false religion, booty, and swords. The future looked ominous. For Muhammad, the only good non-Muslim was a dead one.
Ishaq:365 "When the enemy of Allah became convinced the report was true, he set out for Mecca. He began to arouse people against Muhammad [i.e., he exposed him]. He recited verses in sympathy for the Quraysh men Muhammad had cast into the pit. Ka'b Ashraf composed the following poetic lines: ‘The blood spilled at Badr calls to its people. They cry and weep. The best men were slain and thrown into a pit.'" Poets were the journalists of Muhammad's day. Apart from the Jews, most Arabians were illiterate, so poetry became the most effective means of disseminating a message. The poem Ka'b wrote on this occasion was seven lines long, and there wasn't a violent word among them. Ka'b urged the good people of Yathrib to: Ishaq:365 "Drive off that fool of yours so that you might be safe from talk that makes no sense. Why do you taunt those who mourn over their dead? They lived good lives, and as such we must remember them. But now you have become like jackals." Astute, concise, and accurate.
Tabari VII:94 "Then Ka'b composed poetry about some Muslim women." As we have learned, chivalry had no place in Islam, so this made the prophet angry. If Ka'b had written of lust, pedophilia, and incest, I'm certain Muhammad would have been more understanding.
With these next words, Muhammad ordered his first assassination. While only two men were slain, the nature of his crime has far-reaching implications. Every detail haunts us today. Tabari VII:94 "The Prophet said, ‘Who will rid me of Ashraf.' Muhammad bin Maslamah, said, ‘I will rid you of him, Messenger of Allah. I will kill him.' ‘Do it then.' he said, ‘if you can.'" One of the things that makes Islam lethal is that men are ever ready to kill on the prophet's command.
Ordering the assassination of a journalist for exposing a false prophet, a pirate, and a terrorist, is serious business. Let's check another source to make sure we have this right. Bukhari:V4B52N270 "The Prophet said, ‘Who is ready to kill Ka'b bin Ashraf who has really hurt Allah and His Apostle.' Muhammad bin Maslama said, ‘O Allah's Apostle! Do you want me to kill him.' He replied in the affirmative."
That wasn't any better. Let's see what the earliest source has to say: Ishaq:365 "‘Who will rid me of Ashraf.' Maslama said, ‘I will deal with him for you. O Apostle, I will kill him.' Muhammad said, ‘Do so if you can.'"
Returning to Tabari: Tabari VII:94 "Muhammad bin Maslamah was quiet for three days, neither eating nor drinking more than would keep him alive. The Prophet summoned him and said, ‘Why have you given up food and drink.' ‘O Prophet, I said something and do not know if I can fulfill it.' ‘All that is incumbent on you is to try.' Muhammad replied." This response is chilling when you consider the subject was assassination.
Ishaq:365/Tabari VII:94 "Muhammad bin Maslamah said, ‘O Messenger, we shall have to tell lies.' ‘Say what you like.' Muhammad replied. ‘You are absolved, free to say whatever you must.'" The moment this man walked out of the room, Muhammad must have doubled over laughing. The stooge was willing to commit murder yet he was concerned about lying. And while that's hilarious in a macabre sort of way, consider the value of Muhammad's absolution. Since he had just approved lying, it couldn't have been worth the air it took to offer it. But Muhammad's assassin believed him. And that is why false prophets and corrupt doctrines are so diabolical. Muslim militants still believe him.
While the circumstances are as bizarre as the orders are vile, we do have another first. Islam was the first "religion" to command its faithful to murder and deceive. But since that's a serious charge, let's triple-check our sources. Bukhari:V5B59N369 "Allah's Apostle said, ‘Who is willing to kill Ka'b bin Ashraf who has hurt Allah and His Apostle.' Thereupon Muhammad bin Maslamah got up saying, ‘O Allah's Apostle! Would you like me to kill him.' The Prophet said, ‘Yes.' Maslamah said, ‘Then allow me to say false things in order to deceive him.' The Prophet said, ‘You may say such things.'"
Returning to Tabari, we are told that Maslamah "made a plan to kill Ka'b, the enemy of Allah. Before they went to him, they sent Abu ahead. When he arrived, they spoke together for a while. They recited verses to one another, for Abu was something of a poet." Consider the depth of the corruption necessary for a man to lure another to his death by reciting poetry. And as you read on, think of how the Palestinians use their "we are suffering under Israeli oppression" tale of woe to deceive us today, drawing us ever closer to war. Tabari VII:94/Ishaq:367 "Then Abu said, ‘Ka'b, I have come to you about a matter which I want you to keep secret.' ‘Go ahead.' he replied. ‘The arrival of the Prophet Muhammad has been an affliction for us.' Abu said, ‘Most Arabs are now hostile to us. We cannot travel along the roads, and the result is that our families are facing ruin. We are all suffering.' Ka'b replied, ‘I warned you, Abu, that things would turn out like this.' Abu said, ‘I would like you to sell us some food. We will give you some collateral and make a firm contract. Please treat us generously.'" The Arabs who call themselves Palestinians delivered this same message to Bill Clinton during the Oslo negotiations and he gave them the guns they now use to kill Jewish women and children. Bush is following in his footsteps. Lies remain seductive.
Returning to al-Bukhari, we find Maslama having a similar chat with Ka'b. Bukhari:V5B59N369 "Muhammad bin Maslama went to Ka'b and said, ‘The Prophet Muhammad demands payment of the zakat tax from us, and he has brought us nothing but trouble. I have come to borrow something from you.' On that, Ka'b said, ‘I knew you would tire of him.' Maslama said, ‘But since we have followed him, we do not want to leave until we see how all of this is going to turn out.'"
Although, Ka'b Ashraf was but one man, the circumstances surrounding his assassination provide us with an unparalleled window into the Islamic mindset - their means and motives. The deception that is being presented on behalf of Muhammad should be a warning to us today. When Muslim spokespeople deceive our media, they are following their prophet's orders and relying on his absolution.
Excerpts from Prophet of Doom - Prologue:
Muhammad became so afraid of being exposed, he ordered his followers to assassinate anyone who criticized him. The first was a poet named Ashraf. In an illiterate society, poets were the journalists of their day. Their words swayed public opinion. Ashraf recognized that pirate and prophet were divergent career paths, and he had the courage to say so. This Hadith is from Bukhari's Collection, Volume 4, Book 52, Number 270: Bukhari:V4B52N270 "Allah's Messenger said, ‘Who is ready to kill Ashraf? He has said injurious things about Allah and His Apostle.' Maslama got up saying, ‘Would you like me to kill him?' The Prophet proclaimed, ‘Yes.' Maslama said, ‘Then allow me to lie so that I will be able to deceive him.' Muhammad said, ‘You may do so.'" Islam gives Muslims a license to lie and kill.
We pick up the story on page 94 of the History of al-Tabari, Volume VII. My shorthand for this passage is: Tabari VII:94. "Ashraf suspected no evil when Maslama cried, ‘Smite the enemy of Allah!' So they smote him, and their swords clashed over him. Maslama said, ‘I remembered my dagger and I seized it. I thrust it into the lower part of his body. I bore down upon it until I reached his genitals. Allah's enemy fell to the ground.'"
Ishaq revealed this in the Sira, or biography, of Muhammad: Ishaq:368 "We carried his head back to Muhammad during the night, saluted the Prophet as he stood praying, and cast Ashraf's head before his feet. The Prophet praised Allah that the poet had been slain, and complimented us on the good work we had done in Allah's Cause. Our attack upon Allah's enemy cast terror among the Jews, and there was no Jew in Medina who did not fear for his life.'" Murder and terror are Islam's "good works."
Ishaq:368 "Ashraf's body was left prostrate. After his fall, all of the Jews were brought low. Sword in hand we cut him down. By Muhammad's order we were sent secretly to his home by night. Brother killing brother. We lured him to his demise with deviousness. We made him taste death with our deadly swords. We sought victory for the religion of the Prophet." Tabari VII:97 "The morning after the murder of Ashraf, the Prophet declared, ‘Kill any Jew who falls under your power.'"
Ishaq:369 "Thereupon Mas'ud leapt upon Sunayna, one of the Jewish merchants with whom his family had social and commercial relations and killed him. The Muslim's brother complained, saying, ‘Why did you kill him? You have much fat in you belly from his charity.' Mas'ud answered, ‘By Allah, had Muhammad ordered me to murder you, my brother, I would have cut off your head.' Wherein the brother said, ‘Any religion that can bring you to this is indeed wonderful!'"
This man was crediting the religion of Islam for transforming his brother into an unthinking killing machine. The motivation was purely racist: Bukhari:V1B1N6 "Just issue orders to kill every Jew in the country." Innocent blood still dripping from his hands, Mas'ud proclaimed for all the world to hear: "Muhammad ordered me to murder." Today's terrorists haven't corrupted their religion; their religion has corrupted them.
While hideous, this act does not stand alone. Soon thereafter, Muhammad ordered Muslims to assassinate Sallam. Tabari, Islam's earliest historian, explains: Tabari VII:101 "They asked the Prophet for permission to kill Sallam. He granted it." Tabari VII:99 "When they got to Khaybar they went to Sallam's house by night, having locked every door in the settlement on the inhabitants. He was in an upper chamber. His wife came out and asked who we were. We told her that we were Arabs in search of supplies. She told us that her husband was in bed. We entered and bolted his door. His wife shrieked and warned him of us, so we ran at him with our swords as he lay on his bed. When we had smitten him Abdallah bore down his sword into his belly until it went right through him. ‘By the God of the Jews, he is dead!' Never have I heard sweeter words than those. We returned to Allah's Apostle and told him that we had killed his enemy. We disputed before him as to who had killed him, each of us laying claim to the deed. Muhammad demanded to see our swords and when he looked at them he said, ‘It is the sword of Abdallah that killed him; I can see traces of food on it.'" Deceiving victims is still standard operating procedure for Muslim militants. Attacking defenseless civilians is the very definition of terror. And so is gloating. Today's Islamic terrorists are as eager as Muhammad's original henchmen to claim "credit" for their deeds.
Ishaq's Sira recounts a third Muhammad-inspired execution: Ishaq: 308 "Halfway to Medina, Ocba was called out to be executed." Since the other prisoners were being held for ransom, Ocba asked Muhammad why he was being treated more harshly than the other captives. "The Prophet said, ‘Because of your enmity to Allah and to his Prophet.' ‘And my little girl,' cried Ocba in bitterness, ‘who will take care of her?' ‘Hell Fire,' Muhammad responded. At that moment he was decapitated. ‘Wretch that you were, [Muhammad eulogized] you scoffed at me and claimed that your stories were better than mine. I give thanks that Allah has slain you and comforted me.'" Allah condoned the murder in the 8th surah of the Qur'an, the 68th verse: Qur'an 8:68 "It has not been for any prophet to take captives until he has slaughtered in the land."
Allah approved kidnapping for ransom so long as his prophet slaughtered first. Ocba said something Muslims didn't like, so they murdered him. No wonder authors, journalists, and politicians are afraid to critique Islam.
Looking to rob a Jewish community for a second time, Muhammad had one of his militants torture an innocent man. The tale is recounted by Ishaq and Tabari. Tabari VIII:122/Ishaq:515 "The Prophet gave orders concerning Kinanah to Zubayr, saying, ‘Torture him until you root out and extract what he has. So Zubayr kindled a fire on Kinanah's chest, twirling it with his firestick until Kinanah was near death. Then the Messenger gave him to Maslamah, who beheaded him." Bukhari:V4B54N487 "The Prophet said, ‘The Hell Fire is 69 times hotter than ordinary worldly fires.' So someone said, ‘Allah's Apostle, wouldn't this ordinary fire have been sufficient to torture non-Muslims?'"
You will soon discover that the Nazi fuhrer and the Islamic prophet had more in common than just using fire to eradicate Jews. Beginning in the "Mein Kampf" chapter I will compare Hitler's Manifesto with Muhammad's so that you might know how stunningly similar they are. By so doing, you'll come to appreciate the consequence of tolerating Islam.
The Sacred Muslim Practice of Beheading
By Andrew G. Bostom
FrontPageMagazine.com | May 13, 2004
Reactions to the grotesque jihadist decapitation of yet another "infidel Jew," Mr. Berg, make clear that our intelligentsia are either dangerously uninformed, or simply unwilling to come to terms with this ugly reality: such murders are consistent with sacred jihad practices, as well as Islamic attitudes towards all non-Muslim infidels, in particular, Jews, which date back to the 7th century, and the Prophet Muhammad's own example.
According to Muhammad's sacralized biography by Ibn Ishaq, Muhammad himself sanctioned the massacre of the Qurayza, a vanquished Jewish tribe. He appointed an "arbiter" who soon rendered this concise verdict: the men were to be put to death, the women and children sold into slavery, the spoils to be divided among the Muslims. Muhammad ratified this judgment stating that it was a decree of God pronounced from above the Seven Heavens. Thus some 600 to 900 men from the Qurayza were lead on Muhammad's order to the Market of Medina. Trenches were dug and the men were beheaded, and their decapitated corpses buried in the trenches while Muhammad watched in attendance. Women and children were sold into slavery, a number of them being distributed as gifts among Muhammad's companions, and Muhammad chose one of the Qurayza women (Rayhana) for himself. The Qurayza's property and other possessions (including weapons) were also divided up as additional "booty" among the Muslims, to support further jihad campaigns.
The classical Muslim jurist al-Mawardi (a Shafi'ite jurist, d. 1058) from Baghdad was a seminal, prolific scholar who lived during the so-called Islamic "Golden Age" of the Abbasid-Baghdadian Caliphate. He wrote the following, based on widely accepted interpretations of the Qur'an and Sunna (i.e., the recorded words and deeds of Muhammad), regarding infidel prisoners of jihad campaigns:
"As for the captives, the amir [ruler] has the choice of taking the most beneficial action of four possibilities: the first to put them to death by cutting their necks; the second, to enslave them and apply the laws of slavery regarding their sale and manumission; the third, to ransom them in exchange for goods or prisoners; and fourth, to show favor to them and pardon them. Allah, may he be exalted, says, 'When you encounter those [infidels] who deny [the Truth=Islam] then strike [their] necks' (Qur'an sura 47, verse 4)"....Abu'l-Hasan al-Mawardi, al-Ahkam as-Sultaniyyah." [The Laws of Islamic Governance, trans. by Dr. Asadullah Yate, (London), Ta-Ha Publishers Ltd., 1996, p. 192. Emphasis added.]
Indeed such odious "rules" were iterated by all four classical schools of Islamic jurisprudence, across the vast Muslim empire.
For centuries, from the Iberian peninsula to the Indian subcontinent, jihad campaigns waged by Muslim armies against infidel Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians, Buddhists and Hindus, were punctuated by massacres, including mass throat slittings and beheadings. During the period of "enlightened" Muslim rule, the Christians of Iberian Toledo, who had first submitted to their Arab Muslim invaders in 711 or 712, revolted in 713. In the harsh Muslim reprisal that ensued, Toledo was pillaged, and all the Christian notables had their throats cut. On the Indian subcontinent, Babur (1483-1530), the founder of the Mughal Empire, who is revered as a paragon of Muslim tolerance by modern revisionist historians, recorded the following in his autobiographical "Baburnama," about infidel prisoners of a jihad campaign:
"Those who were brought in alive [having surrendered] were ordered beheaded, after which a tower of skulls was erected in the camp." [The Baburnama -Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor, translated and edited by Wheeler M. Thacktson, Oxford University Press,1996, p. 188. Emphasis added.]
Recent jihad-inspired decapitations of infidels by Muslims have occurred across the globe- Christians in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Nigeria; Hindu priests and "unveiled" Hindu women in Kashmir; Wall Street Journal reporter, and Jew, Daniel Pearl. We should not be surprised that these contemporary paroxysms of jihad violence are accompanied by ritualized beheadings. Such gruesome acts are in fact sanctioned by core Islamic sacred texts, and classical Muslim jurisprudence. Empty claims that jihad decapitations are somehow "alien to true Islam," however well-intentioned, undermine serious efforts to reform and desacralize Islamic doctrine. This process will only begin with frank discussion, both between non-Muslims and Muslims, and within the Muslim community. [Link to article]
Footnote: Shortly after posting this article to POD.net, we discovered an item on a South Korean news site: "Muslim Community Hopes Killing Doesn't Affect Perception of Islam." Since there is but one Islam, there can only be one perception of it; a singular correct view of Muhammad, his religion, and his god -- the one found in the Qur'an and Hadith. Most rational men and women will conclude that Muhammad was a pirate, not a prophet, and that a god who is principally vengeful, forgetful, contradictory, and irrational might not be a god after all. It is the only rational conclusion that can be drawn. Islam condemns Islam sufficiently to persuade even the most ardent skeptic. False perceptions notwithstanding.
LAGI2 BUKTI BAHWA ISLAM MENYEBARKAN AGAMA LEWAT PEDANG.
LAGI2 BUKTI BAHWA ISLAM MENYEBARKAN AGAMA LEWAT PEDANG.
Islam mengajarkan bahwa Muslim harus mengundang semua orang memeluk Islam atau paling tidak tunduk pada dakwahnya. Jika non-muslim menolak, Muslim harus menyatakan perang/jihad.
Kata Muhammad (sad ardent wanker):
Berperanglah dalam nama Allah dan di jalan Allah. Perangi mereka yg tidak percaya Allah. Jalankan perang suci . . . Jika kau bertemu musuhmu yg musyrikun, undang mereka utk mengambil satu dari tiga pilihan. Jika mereka menanggapi dan kau menerimanya, tahan dirimu dari tindakan melukai mereka. Undang mereka (utk menerima) Islam; jika mereka menanggapi, terima dari mereka dan jangan memerangi mereka . . . Jika mereka menolak utk menerima Islam, tuntut dari mereka (pajak) Jizyah. Jika mereka setuju utk membayar, terimalah dan tahanlah tanganmu. Jika mereka menolak membayar Jizyah, mintalah pertolongan Allah dan PERANGI MEREKA ! (Sahih Muslim, book 19, no. 4294).
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/01/24/wsaint 24.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/01/24/ixworld.html
By Daniel McLaughlin in Kurilovo
(Filed: 24/01/2004)
Pada ulang tahun ke19-nya, teroris Chechen menjemput Yevgeny Rodionov dari selnya dan memberikannya pilihan utk masuk Islam. Ia menolak dan … MEREKA MEMENGGAL KEPALANYA.
Bagi pengikut agama Orthodox Rusia, tentara muda ini adalah martir. Kini ia diperingatkan sbg Santo Yevgeny. Foto2nya diabadikan pada ikon2 Rusia. Mereka menyajikan doa2 baginya dan gambarnya pada ikon dianggap membawa mukjizat.
"Saya bangga dgn putera saya, ia menghadapi maut dgn mata terbuka dan teguh pada agamanya," kata ibunya, Lyubov, sambil menunjukkan salib perak kecil berlumuran darah kering di tangannya (milik Yevgeny). "Tapi masalah ia Santo atau tidak – itu saya serahkan pada Tuhan."
Ny Rodionova menemukan salib itu di Chechnya, kawasan yg tercabik2 karena perang melawan Muslim yg ingin pisah dari Rusia, mendirikan negara Syariah tersendiri, tempat Yevgeny dikirim pada usia 18 dan mati setahun kemudian.
Ibunyalah yg menemukan sisa2 tubuh puteranya dan menggali tulang2nya dari sebuah kuburan dangkal dgn tangan telanjangnya. Salib itu menjadi tanda pengenalnya.
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See also :
http://www.rusnet.nl/news/2003/11/21/report07.shtml
The First Saint of the Chechen War
http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/8396-3.cfm
Lyubov Rodionov holding two portraits of her son Yevgeny - a primary school photograph and an unauthorized icon. Mrs. Rodionov says Muslim rebels killed him because he refused to renounce his religion
Heidi Bradner / The New York Times
An icon of Yevgeny Rodionov next to one of the Virgin Mary in a church near St. Petersburg
Heidi Bradner / The New York Times
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Islam mengajarkan bahwa Muslim harus mengundang semua orang memeluk Islam atau paling tidak tunduk pada dakwahnya. Jika non-muslim menolak, Muslim harus menyatakan perang/jihad.
Kata Muhammad (sad ardent wanker):
Berperanglah dalam nama Allah dan di jalan Allah. Perangi mereka yg tidak percaya Allah. Jalankan perang suci . . . Jika kau bertemu musuhmu yg musyrikun, undang mereka utk mengambil satu dari tiga pilihan. Jika mereka menanggapi dan kau menerimanya, tahan dirimu dari tindakan melukai mereka. Undang mereka (utk menerima) Islam; jika mereka menanggapi, terima dari mereka dan jangan memerangi mereka . . . Jika mereka menolak utk menerima Islam, tuntut dari mereka (pajak) Jizyah. Jika mereka setuju utk membayar, terimalah dan tahanlah tanganmu. Jika mereka menolak membayar Jizyah, mintalah pertolongan Allah dan PERANGI MEREKA ! (Sahih Muslim, book 19, no. 4294).
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/01/24/wsaint 24.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/01/24/ixworld.html
By Daniel McLaughlin in Kurilovo
(Filed: 24/01/2004)
Pada ulang tahun ke19-nya, teroris Chechen menjemput Yevgeny Rodionov dari selnya dan memberikannya pilihan utk masuk Islam. Ia menolak dan … MEREKA MEMENGGAL KEPALANYA.
Bagi pengikut agama Orthodox Rusia, tentara muda ini adalah martir. Kini ia diperingatkan sbg Santo Yevgeny. Foto2nya diabadikan pada ikon2 Rusia. Mereka menyajikan doa2 baginya dan gambarnya pada ikon dianggap membawa mukjizat.
"Saya bangga dgn putera saya, ia menghadapi maut dgn mata terbuka dan teguh pada agamanya," kata ibunya, Lyubov, sambil menunjukkan salib perak kecil berlumuran darah kering di tangannya (milik Yevgeny). "Tapi masalah ia Santo atau tidak – itu saya serahkan pada Tuhan."
Ny Rodionova menemukan salib itu di Chechnya, kawasan yg tercabik2 karena perang melawan Muslim yg ingin pisah dari Rusia, mendirikan negara Syariah tersendiri, tempat Yevgeny dikirim pada usia 18 dan mati setahun kemudian.
Ibunyalah yg menemukan sisa2 tubuh puteranya dan menggali tulang2nya dari sebuah kuburan dangkal dgn tangan telanjangnya. Salib itu menjadi tanda pengenalnya.
--------------------------------------------
See also :
http://www.rusnet.nl/news/2003/11/21/report07.shtml
The First Saint of the Chechen War
http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/8396-3.cfm
Lyubov Rodionov holding two portraits of her son Yevgeny - a primary school photograph and an unauthorized icon. Mrs. Rodionov says Muslim rebels killed him because he refused to renounce his religion
Heidi Bradner / The New York Times
An icon of Yevgeny Rodionov next to one of the Virgin Mary in a church near St. Petersburg
Heidi Bradner / The New York Times
_________________
Saya bersumpah akan kembali ke Islam jika ada Muslim di situs ini yg merelakan puteri mereka yg berumur 9 thn utk berbagi ranjang dgn saya (SESUAI DGN CONTOH MUHAMAD !)Wink
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raqi official: I'll quit if sons freed
Why perform acts of terror? Because they work. Just ask Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. Non-jihadists in Iraq, having cooperated with the Americans, continue to be targeted. From Al-Jazeera, with thanks to Nicolei:
The governor of Iraq's Anbar province says he will happily resign if captors release three of his sons, snatched from their home by armed men.
"I am ready to give in to your demands, and if you believe my presence in the (provincial capital) city (Ramadi) does not serve the interests of the region, I am ready to go," said Abd Al-Karim Bargis in an open letter to the province on Saturday.
Bargis defended his period of office in the vast province on the border with Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, saying he had arranged convoys of food and medicine for residents in Falluja when the city was besieged by US troops in April.
On Wednesday, his sons, aged 15 to 30, were snatched by armed men who barged into and torched his family home in Ramadi while he was at work.
Posted by Robert at August 1, 2004 7:34 AM
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Posted by: Ali Dashti [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 1, 2004 11:26 AM
Ramadi is next. I have first hand info that Fallujah is getting the shit kicked out of it right now every single day and night. No reporters allowed, so the press has limited coverage of it. After 2 months of dysinfo regarding the "fragility" of Ramadi and the "dangers" of Fallujah, the terrorists went for the bait and set up their little bomb factories in the 2 cities, attracting all kinds of bad guys who thought they had a good sanctuary. The are now assembled. Ramdi is next.
Posted by: Killshot [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 1, 2004 12:01 PM
God, I hope that is true. It would be a worthy strategy and makes complete sense.
Posted by: Foehammer [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 1, 2004 12:16 PM
OT
Voltaire:
I wasn't sure where to post this, but I'm still getting Trojan horse attempts from the Anti-jihad forum site. You might want to stop directing people there until they have the problem solved.
Did they respond to your post advising them of the problem? I went a few times with no problem so I think that this is a NEW Trojan horse infection. You might want to let them know.
Posted by: CGW [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 1, 2004 12:44 PM
The Thing might have to be rebuilt from the ground up.?
Fortunately members... "Sally?" are backing up and saving all forums.
Perhaps to Dump it and start anew With Saved forum is the way?.
The Popups are suspect.
Perhaps just a whole different set of popups would suffice.
Web page building is not a pursuit,So ignorance,and guesses is all we can offer.
Anti-jihad forum site is very valuable, in our humble opinion
Posted by: AvrageJoe [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 1, 2004 1:01 PM
server.com has a free forum setup.
maybe it can be of service
Posted by: forrestshalom [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 1, 2004 4:08 PM
Killshot, I sure hope your intel is 100% accurate. It would make my day if that were true. I became clinically depressed after the Marines were told to stand down when they had almost solved the Fallujah problem.
Ramadi is next? Please, please, PLEASE make it so!
How about that al-Sadr guy? Any news on his soon-to-be demise?
And all this nastiness now threatening New York, New Jersey, and Washington, DC--Oh,boy, I sure do hope we have some effective followup plans for this one. Anybody have anything on that? Bob Owens? DC Watson? Nathan?
Maybe we could START by closing the borders with Mexico until we get them under control. That Pakistani woman can't be the only one who took advantage of that. Gotta do the same with the Canadian border, too. Sorry about that, Canada--I wish more than just about anything things were different with you guys. All this moaning and groaning about "Oh, we can't do anything about the borders, they're too long!" is just a bunch of BS. Hell, if we don't have adequate surveillance technology ourselves, outsource the job to the Israelis!
Posted by: cubed [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 1, 2004 4:46 PM
Hope Reza is reading how brave Muslim warrior deserts his post faster than Fillipinos. Bargis
has certainly BARGED OUT!
Posted by: Morgane [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 1, 2004 7:08 PM
CUBED
I'm Canadian and I totally agree that our limp-wristed Liberals don't know or even care about the threat to the USA.
The Liberals were so worried about offending Muslim in Canada after the 9/11 attack that killed 25 Canadians(one from my work that was on the 105th floor waiting to see a client) among the total,it took over a year to erect a memorial to our victims. The plaque was hidden in a restricted area of Parliament for MP's to relax and read from books supplied on the shelves.
I tried to report a local immigrant and refugee welcoming centre that smuggled people into the USA and housed some near me by bring them from the airport at night and rushing them inside under the cloak of darkness. I noticed the cars having U.S. plates and a couple of the drivers avoided eye contact with me,the RCMP office had a 1-800 # but insisted nothing was illegal and lots of people drive at night.
After that call I contacted the FBI office in Niagara Falls since they surely cared about USA
plates on cars re-entering the Country.My Government is going to get me killed by their P.C. mindset,but I did record the plate I.D. of a car from OHIO being driven by a Arab looking male in a dark 2 door Honda or older Toyota.
The last month or so I've seen two cars with Florida plates,nobody I know would drive from Florida to Toronto when our weather is crap.
Jihad Watch has had stories of Florida Mosques
and a story about a Muslim cleric from a Mosque in OHIO,odd how both state plates appear on cars in my area. Trust me,we don't really get a summer,it's more like a extended fall with no snow. Oh,some cars also had N.Y. and New Jursey
plates,these weren't innocent tourists visiting a cold and windy city for the fun of it.
Posted by: ala-sux [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 2, 2004 4:11 AM
Thanks CGW.
I'll let them know about this new one.
Voltaire
Posted by: Voltaire [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 2, 2004 6:23 AM
I've let them know, CGW.
I hope that they'll fix up the problem.
Voltaire
The governor of Iraq's Anbar province says he will happily resign if captors release three of his sons, snatched from their home by armed men.
"I am ready to give in to your demands, and if you believe my presence in the (provincial capital) city (Ramadi) does not serve the interests of the region, I am ready to go," said Abd Al-Karim Bargis in an open letter to the province on Saturday.
Bargis defended his period of office in the vast province on the border with Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, saying he had arranged convoys of food and medicine for residents in Falluja when the city was besieged by US troops in April.
On Wednesday, his sons, aged 15 to 30, were snatched by armed men who barged into and torched his family home in Ramadi while he was at work.
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Posted by: Ali Dashti [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 1, 2004 11:26 AM
Ramadi is next. I have first hand info that Fallujah is getting the shit kicked out of it right now every single day and night. No reporters allowed, so the press has limited coverage of it. After 2 months of dysinfo regarding the "fragility" of Ramadi and the "dangers" of Fallujah, the terrorists went for the bait and set up their little bomb factories in the 2 cities, attracting all kinds of bad guys who thought they had a good sanctuary. The are now assembled. Ramdi is next.
Posted by: Killshot [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 1, 2004 12:01 PM
God, I hope that is true. It would be a worthy strategy and makes complete sense.
Posted by: Foehammer [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 1, 2004 12:16 PM
OT
Voltaire:
I wasn't sure where to post this, but I'm still getting Trojan horse attempts from the Anti-jihad forum site. You might want to stop directing people there until they have the problem solved.
Did they respond to your post advising them of the problem? I went a few times with no problem so I think that this is a NEW Trojan horse infection. You might want to let them know.
Posted by: CGW [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 1, 2004 12:44 PM
The Thing might have to be rebuilt from the ground up.?
Fortunately members... "Sally?" are backing up and saving all forums.
Perhaps to Dump it and start anew With Saved forum is the way?.
The Popups are suspect.
Perhaps just a whole different set of popups would suffice.
Web page building is not a pursuit,So ignorance,and guesses is all we can offer.
Anti-jihad forum site is very valuable, in our humble opinion
Posted by: AvrageJoe [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 1, 2004 1:01 PM
server.com has a free forum setup.
maybe it can be of service
Posted by: forrestshalom [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 1, 2004 4:08 PM
Killshot, I sure hope your intel is 100% accurate. It would make my day if that were true. I became clinically depressed after the Marines were told to stand down when they had almost solved the Fallujah problem.
Ramadi is next? Please, please, PLEASE make it so!
How about that al-Sadr guy? Any news on his soon-to-be demise?
And all this nastiness now threatening New York, New Jersey, and Washington, DC--Oh,boy, I sure do hope we have some effective followup plans for this one. Anybody have anything on that? Bob Owens? DC Watson? Nathan?
Maybe we could START by closing the borders with Mexico until we get them under control. That Pakistani woman can't be the only one who took advantage of that. Gotta do the same with the Canadian border, too. Sorry about that, Canada--I wish more than just about anything things were different with you guys. All this moaning and groaning about "Oh, we can't do anything about the borders, they're too long!" is just a bunch of BS. Hell, if we don't have adequate surveillance technology ourselves, outsource the job to the Israelis!
Posted by: cubed [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 1, 2004 4:46 PM
Hope Reza is reading how brave Muslim warrior deserts his post faster than Fillipinos. Bargis
has certainly BARGED OUT!
Posted by: Morgane [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 1, 2004 7:08 PM
CUBED
I'm Canadian and I totally agree that our limp-wristed Liberals don't know or even care about the threat to the USA.
The Liberals were so worried about offending Muslim in Canada after the 9/11 attack that killed 25 Canadians(one from my work that was on the 105th floor waiting to see a client) among the total,it took over a year to erect a memorial to our victims. The plaque was hidden in a restricted area of Parliament for MP's to relax and read from books supplied on the shelves.
I tried to report a local immigrant and refugee welcoming centre that smuggled people into the USA and housed some near me by bring them from the airport at night and rushing them inside under the cloak of darkness. I noticed the cars having U.S. plates and a couple of the drivers avoided eye contact with me,the RCMP office had a 1-800 # but insisted nothing was illegal and lots of people drive at night.
After that call I contacted the FBI office in Niagara Falls since they surely cared about USA
plates on cars re-entering the Country.My Government is going to get me killed by their P.C. mindset,but I did record the plate I.D. of a car from OHIO being driven by a Arab looking male in a dark 2 door Honda or older Toyota.
The last month or so I've seen two cars with Florida plates,nobody I know would drive from Florida to Toronto when our weather is crap.
Jihad Watch has had stories of Florida Mosques
and a story about a Muslim cleric from a Mosque in OHIO,odd how both state plates appear on cars in my area. Trust me,we don't really get a summer,it's more like a extended fall with no snow. Oh,some cars also had N.Y. and New Jursey
plates,these weren't innocent tourists visiting a cold and windy city for the fun of it.
Posted by: ala-sux [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 2, 2004 4:11 AM
Thanks CGW.
I'll let them know about this new one.
Voltaire
Posted by: Voltaire [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 2, 2004 6:23 AM
I've let them know, CGW.
I hope that they'll fix up the problem.
Voltaire
Sejarah Indonesia dan Dunia
Sejarah Perkembangan Kota Gudeg
Buku "Sejarah Perkembangan Kota Yogyakarta, 1880-1930" (Yayasan Untuk Indonesia, 2000) ini merupakan studi yang mempelajari proses penyesuaian beberapa kelompok penduduk kerajaan dalam semasa kolonisasi Belanda. Dalam proses itu, terjadi kontak kultural antara kekuatan tradisional dengan kolonial. Dalam pengertian sederhana, berarti telah terjadi sebuah dinamika sejarah dan kebudayaan dalam kehidupan masyarakat Yogya.
Buku karangan Abdurrachman Surjomihardjo ini menitikberatkan uraiannya pada perkembanagan tiga lembaga sosial: pendidikan, gerakan politik lokal, dan pers. Di dalamnya pembaca akan menemui peran golongan bangsawan, golongan mason, dan berbagai golongan agama yang sama-sama memikirkan dan merespon perubahan-perubahan yang terjadi di kota tersebut.
Abdurrachman menemukan bahwa kelompok masonlah yang mula-mula menjadi pusat berkumpulnya berbagai golongan penduduk di kota Yogya. Gerakan kemasonan (freemasonry) adalah aliran pembebasan pikiran yang menerima sesama manusia dalam kedudukan dan kesempatan yang sama, tanpa pembedaan bangsa, warna kulit, dan agama. Tujuannya adalah untuk "ikut serta secara aktif dalam proses perkembangan suatu negara dan bangsa secara serasi" (hal. 42).
Hal ini terjadi bukan saja karena mereka giat dalam usaha dagang tetapi juga karena mobilitasnya kemudian memberi kemungkinan meneriman pikiran dan penemuan baru. Hal terahir inilah yang menjadi syarat perubahan masyarakat dari tardisional menuju ke kemodernan. (One)
Kebudayaan Indis dan Gaya Hidup Masyarakat Pendukungnya di Jawa (Abad XVII-Medio Abad XX)
Prof. Dr. Djoko Soekiman
Yayasan Bentang Budaya, Yogyakarta
Januari 2000
Kebudayaan Indis
Budaya Hibrid di Jawa Tempo Dulu
Oleh Kurniawan
detikcom Kamis, 08/06/2000
Buku ini memaparkan tentang gaya hidup suatu masyarakat yang disebut Indis pada abad XVIII sampai pertengahan abad XX di tanah Jawa. Djoko Soekiman beruntung diberi kesempatan membuka-buka berbagai arsip sejarah di masa itu dan menemukan suatu proses akulturasi budaya Belanda terhadap budaya setempat yang tumbuh subur di alam tropis Jawa.
Dalam buku yang berasal dari disertasi doktoralnya di Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta, Soekiman memetakan sedikitnya tiga macam bentuk manifestasi dari budaya Indis ini, yakni sistem budaya (cultural system), aktivitasnya, dan dalam bentuk benda-benda (artefacts).
Dengan mengamati detil-detil gaya hidupnya, seperti cara mereka berbahasa, berpakaian, ragam perangkat rumah tangga, gaya rumah, dan juga benda-benda yang berhubungan dengan kegiatan ritual keagamaan, Soekiman berupaya membuktikan keberadaan budaya hibrid itu. Soekiman juga mengusulkan nama khusus untuk gaya seni fenomenal itu dengan nama gaya Indis.
Buku ini menambah satu lagi kepustakaan sejarah Indonesia. Meski penyajiannya kering, maklum dari disertasi, namun buku ini dilengkapi pula ilustrasi foto yang berguna untuk memahami paparannya. Secara khusus, buku ini menjadi pendalaman pada budaya tertentu di masa tertentu dari sejarah tanah Jawa yang secara garis besar dan menarik pernah dibahas oleh Denys Lombard dalam Nusa Jawa: Silang Budaya. Namun, berbeda dari Lombard yang hendak mengkaji seholistik mungkin, Soekiman lebih memperhatikan aspek benda-benda sebagai bentuk ekspresi dan jejak-jejak budaya Indis yang dimaksudnya."
Palu Arit di Ladang Tebu: Sejarah Pembantaian Massal yang Terlupakan (Jombang-Kediri 1965-1966)
Hermawan Sulistyo
Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia
12/01/01
Palu Arit di Ladang Tebu
Pesantren, Pabrik Gula, dan Konflik Sosial
Kurniawan
detikcom - Jakarta Senin, 03/07/2000
Buku ini diterjemahkan dari disertasi Hermawan Sulistyo yang menyoroti pembantaian massal PKI di Jombang dan Kediri. Dengan menekankan pada konfrontasi lokal dan pengaruh politik nasional, secara rinci dia memaparkan mengapa terjadi pembantaian disana.
Setelah penculikan dan pembunuhan para jenderal pada 30 Sepetember 1965, dan konfrontasi langsung antara dua kelompok perwira Angkatan Darat dan pasukan masing-masing di ibukota, darah pun mulai menggenang. Tanah Jawa Tengah menjadi ladang pembantaian pertama lewat operasi militer yang dilancarkan tentara. Menyusul di kawasan-kawasan lain Jawa dan Bali.
Dalang
Aksi pembersihan tak sebatas pengurus Partai Komunis Indonesia (PKI), tapi juga meluas ke anggota dan simpatisannya. Selanjutnya darah bertumpahan tak cuma disebabkan operasi militer, tapi juga konflik antarpenduduk di hampir seluruh Indonesia. Laporan resmi tim dari AD pada awal Desember 1965 menyebut bahwa korban terbunuh mencapai 78.000 orang. Jumlah sebenarnya masih perdebatan, berkisar antara 500 ribu hingga 600 ribu jiwa.
Namun, Orde Baru yang lahir setelah peristiwa tersebut telah membangun sebuah wacana sejarah yang cenderung menghapuskan fakta pada tahun 1965-1966 tersebut. Wacana yang berkembang kemudian menjadikan PKI sebagai hantu, "orang-orang jahat", dan mimpi paling menakutkan dalam sejarah republik.
Hermawan Sulistyo mengangkat kembali lembaran kelam dari sejarah republik ini ke dalam disertasinya di Arizona University, AS, The Forgotten Years: The Missing History of Indonesia's Mass Slaughter (Jombang-Kediri 1965-1966). Disertasinya ini kemudian diterjemahkan dan kemudian diterbitkan oleh Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia dalam sebuah buku berjudul Palu Arit di Ladang Tebu: Sejarah Pembantaian Massal yang Terlupakan (Jombang-Kediri 1965-1966).
Seperti ditulis pengarangnya, buku ini "tidak menyodorkan interpretasi baru atas Peristiwa Gestapu". Tapi, "studi ini berusaha melukiskan dan menganalisa berbagai ketegangan dan konflik sosial yang mendahului terjadinya pembunuhan pasca-Gestapu". Namun, Hermawan nampaknya menyadari bahwa mustahil membahas sebuah peristiwa dalam sejarah tanpa memetakan "dalang" di balik peristiwa itu.
Pada dua bab pertama, sepanjang 90 halaman, pengarang buku ini mencoba memetakan konstelasi politik secara umum sebelum terjadinya Gestapu. Khususnya pada bab kedua, di bawah judul "Historiografi Gestapu: Siapa Pelakunya?", pengarang menguraikan satu persatu tesis-tesis yang pernah ada mengenai dalang peristiwa tersebut. Sedikitnya, ada lima skenario yang selama ini diketahui mengenai sabab musabab peristiwa tersebut: PKI sebagai dalang, masalah internal Angkatan Darat, Soekarno sebagai orang yang paling bertanggung jawab, Soeharto sebagai dalang, dan intelejen (termasuk CIA).
Hermawan tak banyak melakukan penggalian yang lebih jauh pada kedua bab ini, kecuali mendaftar berbagai tulisan yang pernah terbit mengenai Gestapu beserta tafsirnya. Tak ada kesimpulan umum dari paparan ini, kecuali mengajukan berbagai sanggahan untuk setiap thesis dengan menunjukkan satu dua kelemahannya.
Ladang Tebu
Pada bab-bab berikutnya, sebuah panorama yang lebih nyata dan berdarah dipaparkan. Fokus utama dari buku ini adalah pada kasus pembantaian massal yang terjadi di Jombang dan Kediri. Hermawan berupaya memetakan konflik-konflik yang melatari peristiwa pembantaian massal di kedua daerah itu. Dia menemukan, ada banyak faktor yang melatarinya, dan yang pasti bahwa konflik politik nasional telah menjalar hingga pecah konflik fisik yang disertai kekerasan di tingkat lokal.
Lebih fokus lagi, Hermawan menyoroti bagaimana berdirinya pesantren dan pabrik gula di dua daerah itu secara historis telah mengubah peta sosial dan budaya di wilayah setempat. Berdirinya PG telah menumbuhkan semacam budaya sekuler di kalangan pegawai dan buruh yang bekerja disana.
Sementara di sisi lain, ada semacam misi suci dari kaum ulama Islam untuk berdakwah disana. Satu persatu pesantren kemudian berdiri di sekitarnya dan menciptakan budaya santri yang khas. Belakangan, pesantren-pesantren yang ada, lewat tradisi yang mereka pertahankan, berhasil memperkuat jaringan kekuatan Islam yang ada. Bahkan, mereka mampu mendirikan organisasi Nahdlatul Ulama yang berkembang sebagai partai dan menjadi salah satu kekuatan politik utama hingga sekarang.
Antara pesantrean dan komunitas di PG tersebut saling berhubungan, sebagian menciptakan pola kerjasama, namun juga sebagian lagi mmembangun konfrontasi. "Orientasi kultural dan perilaku sosial menjadi identitas kelompok, dan persaingan politik bertumpang tindih dengan pemilahan kultural," tulis Hermawan.
Di lapisan permukaan, konfrontasi itu politik terjadi dalam bentuk persaingan antar partai politik yang berpuncak pada Pemilu 1955. Setelah pelarangan terhadap Masyumi pada 1960, praktis partai yang bermuka-muka adalah antara NU dan PKI. Hermawan menguraikan secara cukup rinci, bagaimana setahap demi setahap konflik yang ada berkembang jadi konflik terbuka hingga pecah pada penyerangan fisik.
Setelah pembunuhan para jenderal di Jakarta, kabar tersebut sampai ke Jombang dan Kediri dengan informasi yang sangat terbatas dan tidak berimbang. Aksi-aksi menentang PKI mulai muncul dan perlahan mulai mendekati titik didih, hingga akhirnya pecahlah pada pembantaian berdarah.
Pada bab V buku ini secara khusus memaparkan pola-pola pembunuhan yang terjadi. Baik jenis operasi-operasi yang dilakukan, maupun sisi-sisi politik, psikologi, dan pribadi dari para algojo. Bagian ini kaya dengan rincian kejadian, orang-orang yang terlibat, dan kronologi peristiwanya.
Pemenang yang Diam
Banyak karya tulis yang diterbitkan mengenai tragedi ini. Kebanyakan ditulis dari pihak yang kalah, yakni dari sudut para korban (dalam buku ini Hermawan misalnya menyebut dan sekaligus mengupas secara khusus buku Robert Cribb, The Indonesian Killing of 1965-1966, 1990). Sementara, para pemenang membuat sejarah versinya sendiri, misalnya berupa "buku putih" yang selama ini diterbitkan oleh tentara atau buku yang mendasarkan penulisannya pada pengakuan dari pihak tentara.
Hermawan, sebaliknya, mencoba mengungkapkan peristiwa itu dari sudut para pemenang yang justru tinggal diam. Mereka termasuk pula aktor utama yang terlibat dalam penumpasan PKI, yakni para algojo nontentara dan para pemimpin kelompok ronda. Mereka bukan elit, tapi sebagian punya pengaruh di tingkat lokal.
Selain itu, dai menunjukkan pula bahwa ada banyak aspek yang mendorong terjadinya pembantaian tersebut, dari amok hingga dendam tentara, dari konflik agama hingga konflik kelas, dari lemahnya integrasi nasional hingga tekanan ekonomi. Semuanya itu memberikan sumbangan yang bermakna hingga lahirnya pembantaian berdarah tersebut. (Kurniawan)
Student Indonesia di Eropa
Dr Abdul Rivai
Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia
2000
Student Indonesia di Eropa
KPG Terbitkan Kumpulan Karangan Doktor Pertama Indonesia
oleh Kurniawan
detikcom Rabu, 04/10/2000
Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia baru saja menerbitkan buku Student Indonesia di Eropa. Buku yang menghimpun karangan Dr Abdul Rivai di suratkabar Bintang Timoer ini mencatat pergulatan politik dan pemikiran mahasiswa Indonesia di Eropa sebelum Soempah Pemoeda.
"Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia (KPG) baru saja menerbitkan buku Student Indonesia di Eropa. Buku setebal 383 halaman ini merupakan kumpulan karangan Dr Abdul Rivai yang pernah diterbitkan oleh media yang memuat artikel-artikelnya tersebut, suratkabar Bintang Timoer.
Rivai adalah doktor Indonesia pertama lulusan Universitas Gent, Belgia, lewat program doktoral tanpa disertasi dengan ujian terbuka pada tahun 1908. Rivai yang lulusan STOVIA ini kemudian menjadi redaktur suratkabar Bintang Timoer di Eropa.
Rivai adalah seorang saksi mata yang dengan cermat dan kritis mengungkapkan kehidupan mahasiswa Indonesia di Eropa. Dengan panjang lebar Rivai menguraikan suka duka mahasiswa Indonesia, selain dinamika politik Perhimpunan Indonesia yang melibatkan tokoh utama pergerakan seperti Mohammad Hatta. Karangan Rivai yang dihimpun dalam buku ini diambil dari laporannya antara November 1926 hingga Mei 1928.
"Selain menyegarkan ingatan kita tentang masa-masa awal pergerakan nasional, karya ini berguna juga sebagai acuan untuk mengenal lebih dekat kehidupan dan pergulatan para mahasiswa Indonesia di Eropa, terutama dalam pergerakan nasional melalui Perhimpunan Indonesia di Nederland," tulis sejarawan Prof Dr Teuku Ibrahim Alfian dalam pengantar buku ini.
E = mc2
Semua anak kecil tahu persamaan berikut: E = mc2 (baca: E sama dengan m kali c kuadrat). Dan tak ada yang tahu siapa yang membikin persamaan ini: Albert Einstein. Yang jadi pokok masalah adalah seberapa jauh orang memahami persamaan yang tampaknya demikian mudah ini?
Untunglah ada seorang David Bodanis yang mencoba mendongengkan kembali kisah persamaan paling terkenal di dunia ini dalam bukunya, "E = mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation" (Walker & Co, 2000). David Bodanis telah mengajar bertahun-tahun di dalam penelitian sejarah intelektual di Universitas Oxford.
"Kaum Victorian," tulis Bodanis,"telah berpikir bahwa mereka telah menemukan semua sumber-sumber energi yang mungkin ada: energi kimia, energi panas, energi magnetik, dan lainnya. Tapi, sekitar 1905, Einstein bilang, Tidak, ada tempat lain yang dapat Anda lihat di mana Anda tak akan menemukannya lagi. Persamaannya seperti sebuah teleskop yang menggiring kita ke sana, tapi tempat tersembunyi itu tidaklah jauh di angkasa luar sana. Dia ada di bawah sini --dia ada di sini di depan para pendahulunya. Dia menemukan wadah sumber energi ini dalam satu tempat di mana tak seorang pun berpikir untuk mencarinya. Dia tersembunyi selamanya dalam materi padat itu sendiri."
Dalam periode hanya beberapa bulan saja, Einstein menerbitkan dua kertas kerja ilmiah yang mengubah cara kita memandang alam sekeliling kita. Yang pertama memuat teori relativitasnya yang dikenal sebagai "relativitas khusus" dan kedua sebuah tambahan pendek yang menjelaskan apa yang kita sebut sebagai "kesimpulan yang sangat menarik". Kesimpulan itu adalah E=mc2. (One)
Dunia Arab
Philip K. Hitti, orientalis keturunan Libanon itu, diakui kepakarannya di bidang sejarah dan kesasatraan Arab. Dengan posisi demikian, Hitti pernah mengepalai Department of Oriental Studies di Univsersitas Princeton, AS.
Sumbangan terbesar Hitti dalam studi dunia Arab adalah diterbitkannya "History of the Arabs" pada tahun 1943. Dari buku inilah kemudian disarikan jadi sebuah buku ringkas sejarah Arab, "The Arabs, A Short History", yang untuk pertama kalinya pernah diterbitkan dalam versi bahasa Indonesia pada tahun 1970 oleh Penerbit Sumur, Bandung. Kini, Pustaka Iqra menerbitkan kembali buku Hitti ini dengan tajuk "Sejarah Ringkas Dunia Arab" (Pustaka Iqra, 2001)
Hitti adalah orientalis yang punya kekaguman terhadap kebudayaan Arab dan Islam. Dengan mudah hal ini bisa pembaca temukan bila membaca bagaimana Hitti memaparkan perkembangan peradaban Arab dan sumbangannya terhadap peradaban Barat.
Hitti melukiskan bagaimana masyarakat yang memiliki peradaban yang sangat kaya, para pemimpinnya tengah mempelajari filsafat Yunani, pada saat bersamaan Charlemagne dan para penasehatnya di Eropa tengah mencoba belajar menulis sendiri namanya. Pada saat demikian, masyarakat Arab justru menyelamatkan harta karun seni dan filsafat Yunani Kuno dan Persia dan mengembangkan standar-standar dalam ilmu kedokteran, biologi, filsafat, arsitektur, pertanian, dan bidang-bidang lain yang tak terduga sebelumnya. Prestasi ini menyebar ke Eropa melalui Spanyol dan Sisilia dan jadi faktor utama yang menyulut lahirnya rennaisance di Eropa.(One)
Dari Ekspansi Hingga Krisis: Jaringan Perdagangan Global Asia Tenggara 1450-1680
Anthony Reid
Obor Indonesia
1999
9794611077
Ekspansi Hingga Krisis
Wajah Asia Tenggara Sebelum Kolonialisme
Kurniawan
detikcom Rabu, 02/08/2000
Buku ini merupakan jilid kedua tentang sejarah perdagangan Asia Tenggara. Jilid pertamanya bertajuk Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce 1450-1680: The Lands Below the Winds.
"Anthony JS Reid adalah professor pada Division of Pacific and Asian History, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University. Sebagai sejarawan, dia dikenal intens mendalami sejarah ekonomi pada Asia Tenggara. Buku Dari Ekspansi Hingga Krisis: Jaringan Perdagangan Global Asia Tenggara 1450-1680 ini adalah terjemahan dari Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce, 1450-1680: Expansion and Crisis. Buku ini merupakan jilid kedua tentang sejarah perdagangan Asia Tenggara. Jilid pertamanya bertajuk Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce 1450-1680: The Lands Below the Winds.
Pada buku yang diterbitkan Yayasan Obor Indonesia ini, Reid mengeksplorasi kehidupan sehari-hari beragam masyarakat Asia Tenggara di bawah pengaruh tradisi perdagangan dunia. Dalam bukunya ini, Reid memaparkan perihal masalah dan pergeseran yang berkembang di wilayah ini sebagai perkawinan lokal dan dunia yang lebih luas. Bagaimana perkawinan tersebut mewarnai jatuh bangunnya kehidupan kota dagang, aspek keberagamaan, proses ekonomi, dan perubahan politik." (one)
Buku "Sejarah Perkembangan Kota Yogyakarta, 1880-1930" (Yayasan Untuk Indonesia, 2000) ini merupakan studi yang mempelajari proses penyesuaian beberapa kelompok penduduk kerajaan dalam semasa kolonisasi Belanda. Dalam proses itu, terjadi kontak kultural antara kekuatan tradisional dengan kolonial. Dalam pengertian sederhana, berarti telah terjadi sebuah dinamika sejarah dan kebudayaan dalam kehidupan masyarakat Yogya.
Buku karangan Abdurrachman Surjomihardjo ini menitikberatkan uraiannya pada perkembanagan tiga lembaga sosial: pendidikan, gerakan politik lokal, dan pers. Di dalamnya pembaca akan menemui peran golongan bangsawan, golongan mason, dan berbagai golongan agama yang sama-sama memikirkan dan merespon perubahan-perubahan yang terjadi di kota tersebut.
Abdurrachman menemukan bahwa kelompok masonlah yang mula-mula menjadi pusat berkumpulnya berbagai golongan penduduk di kota Yogya. Gerakan kemasonan (freemasonry) adalah aliran pembebasan pikiran yang menerima sesama manusia dalam kedudukan dan kesempatan yang sama, tanpa pembedaan bangsa, warna kulit, dan agama. Tujuannya adalah untuk "ikut serta secara aktif dalam proses perkembangan suatu negara dan bangsa secara serasi" (hal. 42).
Hal ini terjadi bukan saja karena mereka giat dalam usaha dagang tetapi juga karena mobilitasnya kemudian memberi kemungkinan meneriman pikiran dan penemuan baru. Hal terahir inilah yang menjadi syarat perubahan masyarakat dari tardisional menuju ke kemodernan. (One)
Kebudayaan Indis dan Gaya Hidup Masyarakat Pendukungnya di Jawa (Abad XVII-Medio Abad XX)
Prof. Dr. Djoko Soekiman
Yayasan Bentang Budaya, Yogyakarta
Januari 2000
Kebudayaan Indis
Budaya Hibrid di Jawa Tempo Dulu
Oleh Kurniawan
detikcom Kamis, 08/06/2000
Buku ini memaparkan tentang gaya hidup suatu masyarakat yang disebut Indis pada abad XVIII sampai pertengahan abad XX di tanah Jawa. Djoko Soekiman beruntung diberi kesempatan membuka-buka berbagai arsip sejarah di masa itu dan menemukan suatu proses akulturasi budaya Belanda terhadap budaya setempat yang tumbuh subur di alam tropis Jawa.
Dalam buku yang berasal dari disertasi doktoralnya di Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta, Soekiman memetakan sedikitnya tiga macam bentuk manifestasi dari budaya Indis ini, yakni sistem budaya (cultural system), aktivitasnya, dan dalam bentuk benda-benda (artefacts).
Dengan mengamati detil-detil gaya hidupnya, seperti cara mereka berbahasa, berpakaian, ragam perangkat rumah tangga, gaya rumah, dan juga benda-benda yang berhubungan dengan kegiatan ritual keagamaan, Soekiman berupaya membuktikan keberadaan budaya hibrid itu. Soekiman juga mengusulkan nama khusus untuk gaya seni fenomenal itu dengan nama gaya Indis.
Buku ini menambah satu lagi kepustakaan sejarah Indonesia. Meski penyajiannya kering, maklum dari disertasi, namun buku ini dilengkapi pula ilustrasi foto yang berguna untuk memahami paparannya. Secara khusus, buku ini menjadi pendalaman pada budaya tertentu di masa tertentu dari sejarah tanah Jawa yang secara garis besar dan menarik pernah dibahas oleh Denys Lombard dalam Nusa Jawa: Silang Budaya. Namun, berbeda dari Lombard yang hendak mengkaji seholistik mungkin, Soekiman lebih memperhatikan aspek benda-benda sebagai bentuk ekspresi dan jejak-jejak budaya Indis yang dimaksudnya."
Palu Arit di Ladang Tebu: Sejarah Pembantaian Massal yang Terlupakan (Jombang-Kediri 1965-1966)
Hermawan Sulistyo
Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia
12/01/01
Palu Arit di Ladang Tebu
Pesantren, Pabrik Gula, dan Konflik Sosial
Kurniawan
detikcom - Jakarta Senin, 03/07/2000
Buku ini diterjemahkan dari disertasi Hermawan Sulistyo yang menyoroti pembantaian massal PKI di Jombang dan Kediri. Dengan menekankan pada konfrontasi lokal dan pengaruh politik nasional, secara rinci dia memaparkan mengapa terjadi pembantaian disana.
Setelah penculikan dan pembunuhan para jenderal pada 30 Sepetember 1965, dan konfrontasi langsung antara dua kelompok perwira Angkatan Darat dan pasukan masing-masing di ibukota, darah pun mulai menggenang. Tanah Jawa Tengah menjadi ladang pembantaian pertama lewat operasi militer yang dilancarkan tentara. Menyusul di kawasan-kawasan lain Jawa dan Bali.
Dalang
Aksi pembersihan tak sebatas pengurus Partai Komunis Indonesia (PKI), tapi juga meluas ke anggota dan simpatisannya. Selanjutnya darah bertumpahan tak cuma disebabkan operasi militer, tapi juga konflik antarpenduduk di hampir seluruh Indonesia. Laporan resmi tim dari AD pada awal Desember 1965 menyebut bahwa korban terbunuh mencapai 78.000 orang. Jumlah sebenarnya masih perdebatan, berkisar antara 500 ribu hingga 600 ribu jiwa.
Namun, Orde Baru yang lahir setelah peristiwa tersebut telah membangun sebuah wacana sejarah yang cenderung menghapuskan fakta pada tahun 1965-1966 tersebut. Wacana yang berkembang kemudian menjadikan PKI sebagai hantu, "orang-orang jahat", dan mimpi paling menakutkan dalam sejarah republik.
Hermawan Sulistyo mengangkat kembali lembaran kelam dari sejarah republik ini ke dalam disertasinya di Arizona University, AS, The Forgotten Years: The Missing History of Indonesia's Mass Slaughter (Jombang-Kediri 1965-1966). Disertasinya ini kemudian diterjemahkan dan kemudian diterbitkan oleh Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia dalam sebuah buku berjudul Palu Arit di Ladang Tebu: Sejarah Pembantaian Massal yang Terlupakan (Jombang-Kediri 1965-1966).
Seperti ditulis pengarangnya, buku ini "tidak menyodorkan interpretasi baru atas Peristiwa Gestapu". Tapi, "studi ini berusaha melukiskan dan menganalisa berbagai ketegangan dan konflik sosial yang mendahului terjadinya pembunuhan pasca-Gestapu". Namun, Hermawan nampaknya menyadari bahwa mustahil membahas sebuah peristiwa dalam sejarah tanpa memetakan "dalang" di balik peristiwa itu.
Pada dua bab pertama, sepanjang 90 halaman, pengarang buku ini mencoba memetakan konstelasi politik secara umum sebelum terjadinya Gestapu. Khususnya pada bab kedua, di bawah judul "Historiografi Gestapu: Siapa Pelakunya?", pengarang menguraikan satu persatu tesis-tesis yang pernah ada mengenai dalang peristiwa tersebut. Sedikitnya, ada lima skenario yang selama ini diketahui mengenai sabab musabab peristiwa tersebut: PKI sebagai dalang, masalah internal Angkatan Darat, Soekarno sebagai orang yang paling bertanggung jawab, Soeharto sebagai dalang, dan intelejen (termasuk CIA).
Hermawan tak banyak melakukan penggalian yang lebih jauh pada kedua bab ini, kecuali mendaftar berbagai tulisan yang pernah terbit mengenai Gestapu beserta tafsirnya. Tak ada kesimpulan umum dari paparan ini, kecuali mengajukan berbagai sanggahan untuk setiap thesis dengan menunjukkan satu dua kelemahannya.
Ladang Tebu
Pada bab-bab berikutnya, sebuah panorama yang lebih nyata dan berdarah dipaparkan. Fokus utama dari buku ini adalah pada kasus pembantaian massal yang terjadi di Jombang dan Kediri. Hermawan berupaya memetakan konflik-konflik yang melatari peristiwa pembantaian massal di kedua daerah itu. Dia menemukan, ada banyak faktor yang melatarinya, dan yang pasti bahwa konflik politik nasional telah menjalar hingga pecah konflik fisik yang disertai kekerasan di tingkat lokal.
Lebih fokus lagi, Hermawan menyoroti bagaimana berdirinya pesantren dan pabrik gula di dua daerah itu secara historis telah mengubah peta sosial dan budaya di wilayah setempat. Berdirinya PG telah menumbuhkan semacam budaya sekuler di kalangan pegawai dan buruh yang bekerja disana.
Sementara di sisi lain, ada semacam misi suci dari kaum ulama Islam untuk berdakwah disana. Satu persatu pesantren kemudian berdiri di sekitarnya dan menciptakan budaya santri yang khas. Belakangan, pesantren-pesantren yang ada, lewat tradisi yang mereka pertahankan, berhasil memperkuat jaringan kekuatan Islam yang ada. Bahkan, mereka mampu mendirikan organisasi Nahdlatul Ulama yang berkembang sebagai partai dan menjadi salah satu kekuatan politik utama hingga sekarang.
Antara pesantrean dan komunitas di PG tersebut saling berhubungan, sebagian menciptakan pola kerjasama, namun juga sebagian lagi mmembangun konfrontasi. "Orientasi kultural dan perilaku sosial menjadi identitas kelompok, dan persaingan politik bertumpang tindih dengan pemilahan kultural," tulis Hermawan.
Di lapisan permukaan, konfrontasi itu politik terjadi dalam bentuk persaingan antar partai politik yang berpuncak pada Pemilu 1955. Setelah pelarangan terhadap Masyumi pada 1960, praktis partai yang bermuka-muka adalah antara NU dan PKI. Hermawan menguraikan secara cukup rinci, bagaimana setahap demi setahap konflik yang ada berkembang jadi konflik terbuka hingga pecah pada penyerangan fisik.
Setelah pembunuhan para jenderal di Jakarta, kabar tersebut sampai ke Jombang dan Kediri dengan informasi yang sangat terbatas dan tidak berimbang. Aksi-aksi menentang PKI mulai muncul dan perlahan mulai mendekati titik didih, hingga akhirnya pecahlah pada pembantaian berdarah.
Pada bab V buku ini secara khusus memaparkan pola-pola pembunuhan yang terjadi. Baik jenis operasi-operasi yang dilakukan, maupun sisi-sisi politik, psikologi, dan pribadi dari para algojo. Bagian ini kaya dengan rincian kejadian, orang-orang yang terlibat, dan kronologi peristiwanya.
Pemenang yang Diam
Banyak karya tulis yang diterbitkan mengenai tragedi ini. Kebanyakan ditulis dari pihak yang kalah, yakni dari sudut para korban (dalam buku ini Hermawan misalnya menyebut dan sekaligus mengupas secara khusus buku Robert Cribb, The Indonesian Killing of 1965-1966, 1990). Sementara, para pemenang membuat sejarah versinya sendiri, misalnya berupa "buku putih" yang selama ini diterbitkan oleh tentara atau buku yang mendasarkan penulisannya pada pengakuan dari pihak tentara.
Hermawan, sebaliknya, mencoba mengungkapkan peristiwa itu dari sudut para pemenang yang justru tinggal diam. Mereka termasuk pula aktor utama yang terlibat dalam penumpasan PKI, yakni para algojo nontentara dan para pemimpin kelompok ronda. Mereka bukan elit, tapi sebagian punya pengaruh di tingkat lokal.
Selain itu, dai menunjukkan pula bahwa ada banyak aspek yang mendorong terjadinya pembantaian tersebut, dari amok hingga dendam tentara, dari konflik agama hingga konflik kelas, dari lemahnya integrasi nasional hingga tekanan ekonomi. Semuanya itu memberikan sumbangan yang bermakna hingga lahirnya pembantaian berdarah tersebut. (Kurniawan)
Student Indonesia di Eropa
Dr Abdul Rivai
Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia
2000
Student Indonesia di Eropa
KPG Terbitkan Kumpulan Karangan Doktor Pertama Indonesia
oleh Kurniawan
detikcom Rabu, 04/10/2000
Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia baru saja menerbitkan buku Student Indonesia di Eropa. Buku yang menghimpun karangan Dr Abdul Rivai di suratkabar Bintang Timoer ini mencatat pergulatan politik dan pemikiran mahasiswa Indonesia di Eropa sebelum Soempah Pemoeda.
"Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia (KPG) baru saja menerbitkan buku Student Indonesia di Eropa. Buku setebal 383 halaman ini merupakan kumpulan karangan Dr Abdul Rivai yang pernah diterbitkan oleh media yang memuat artikel-artikelnya tersebut, suratkabar Bintang Timoer.
Rivai adalah doktor Indonesia pertama lulusan Universitas Gent, Belgia, lewat program doktoral tanpa disertasi dengan ujian terbuka pada tahun 1908. Rivai yang lulusan STOVIA ini kemudian menjadi redaktur suratkabar Bintang Timoer di Eropa.
Rivai adalah seorang saksi mata yang dengan cermat dan kritis mengungkapkan kehidupan mahasiswa Indonesia di Eropa. Dengan panjang lebar Rivai menguraikan suka duka mahasiswa Indonesia, selain dinamika politik Perhimpunan Indonesia yang melibatkan tokoh utama pergerakan seperti Mohammad Hatta. Karangan Rivai yang dihimpun dalam buku ini diambil dari laporannya antara November 1926 hingga Mei 1928.
"Selain menyegarkan ingatan kita tentang masa-masa awal pergerakan nasional, karya ini berguna juga sebagai acuan untuk mengenal lebih dekat kehidupan dan pergulatan para mahasiswa Indonesia di Eropa, terutama dalam pergerakan nasional melalui Perhimpunan Indonesia di Nederland," tulis sejarawan Prof Dr Teuku Ibrahim Alfian dalam pengantar buku ini.
E = mc2
Semua anak kecil tahu persamaan berikut: E = mc2 (baca: E sama dengan m kali c kuadrat). Dan tak ada yang tahu siapa yang membikin persamaan ini: Albert Einstein. Yang jadi pokok masalah adalah seberapa jauh orang memahami persamaan yang tampaknya demikian mudah ini?
Untunglah ada seorang David Bodanis yang mencoba mendongengkan kembali kisah persamaan paling terkenal di dunia ini dalam bukunya, "E = mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation" (Walker & Co, 2000). David Bodanis telah mengajar bertahun-tahun di dalam penelitian sejarah intelektual di Universitas Oxford.
"Kaum Victorian," tulis Bodanis,"telah berpikir bahwa mereka telah menemukan semua sumber-sumber energi yang mungkin ada: energi kimia, energi panas, energi magnetik, dan lainnya. Tapi, sekitar 1905, Einstein bilang, Tidak, ada tempat lain yang dapat Anda lihat di mana Anda tak akan menemukannya lagi. Persamaannya seperti sebuah teleskop yang menggiring kita ke sana, tapi tempat tersembunyi itu tidaklah jauh di angkasa luar sana. Dia ada di bawah sini --dia ada di sini di depan para pendahulunya. Dia menemukan wadah sumber energi ini dalam satu tempat di mana tak seorang pun berpikir untuk mencarinya. Dia tersembunyi selamanya dalam materi padat itu sendiri."
Dalam periode hanya beberapa bulan saja, Einstein menerbitkan dua kertas kerja ilmiah yang mengubah cara kita memandang alam sekeliling kita. Yang pertama memuat teori relativitasnya yang dikenal sebagai "relativitas khusus" dan kedua sebuah tambahan pendek yang menjelaskan apa yang kita sebut sebagai "kesimpulan yang sangat menarik". Kesimpulan itu adalah E=mc2. (One)
Dunia Arab
Philip K. Hitti, orientalis keturunan Libanon itu, diakui kepakarannya di bidang sejarah dan kesasatraan Arab. Dengan posisi demikian, Hitti pernah mengepalai Department of Oriental Studies di Univsersitas Princeton, AS.
Sumbangan terbesar Hitti dalam studi dunia Arab adalah diterbitkannya "History of the Arabs" pada tahun 1943. Dari buku inilah kemudian disarikan jadi sebuah buku ringkas sejarah Arab, "The Arabs, A Short History", yang untuk pertama kalinya pernah diterbitkan dalam versi bahasa Indonesia pada tahun 1970 oleh Penerbit Sumur, Bandung. Kini, Pustaka Iqra menerbitkan kembali buku Hitti ini dengan tajuk "Sejarah Ringkas Dunia Arab" (Pustaka Iqra, 2001)
Hitti adalah orientalis yang punya kekaguman terhadap kebudayaan Arab dan Islam. Dengan mudah hal ini bisa pembaca temukan bila membaca bagaimana Hitti memaparkan perkembangan peradaban Arab dan sumbangannya terhadap peradaban Barat.
Hitti melukiskan bagaimana masyarakat yang memiliki peradaban yang sangat kaya, para pemimpinnya tengah mempelajari filsafat Yunani, pada saat bersamaan Charlemagne dan para penasehatnya di Eropa tengah mencoba belajar menulis sendiri namanya. Pada saat demikian, masyarakat Arab justru menyelamatkan harta karun seni dan filsafat Yunani Kuno dan Persia dan mengembangkan standar-standar dalam ilmu kedokteran, biologi, filsafat, arsitektur, pertanian, dan bidang-bidang lain yang tak terduga sebelumnya. Prestasi ini menyebar ke Eropa melalui Spanyol dan Sisilia dan jadi faktor utama yang menyulut lahirnya rennaisance di Eropa.(One)
Dari Ekspansi Hingga Krisis: Jaringan Perdagangan Global Asia Tenggara 1450-1680
Anthony Reid
Obor Indonesia
1999
9794611077
Ekspansi Hingga Krisis
Wajah Asia Tenggara Sebelum Kolonialisme
Kurniawan
detikcom Rabu, 02/08/2000
Buku ini merupakan jilid kedua tentang sejarah perdagangan Asia Tenggara. Jilid pertamanya bertajuk Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce 1450-1680: The Lands Below the Winds.
"Anthony JS Reid adalah professor pada Division of Pacific and Asian History, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University. Sebagai sejarawan, dia dikenal intens mendalami sejarah ekonomi pada Asia Tenggara. Buku Dari Ekspansi Hingga Krisis: Jaringan Perdagangan Global Asia Tenggara 1450-1680 ini adalah terjemahan dari Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce, 1450-1680: Expansion and Crisis. Buku ini merupakan jilid kedua tentang sejarah perdagangan Asia Tenggara. Jilid pertamanya bertajuk Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce 1450-1680: The Lands Below the Winds.
Pada buku yang diterbitkan Yayasan Obor Indonesia ini, Reid mengeksplorasi kehidupan sehari-hari beragam masyarakat Asia Tenggara di bawah pengaruh tradisi perdagangan dunia. Dalam bukunya ini, Reid memaparkan perihal masalah dan pergeseran yang berkembang di wilayah ini sebagai perkawinan lokal dan dunia yang lebih luas. Bagaimana perkawinan tersebut mewarnai jatuh bangunnya kehidupan kota dagang, aspek keberagamaan, proses ekonomi, dan perubahan politik." (one)
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