بسم الله الرحمن الرحيمWith the ism of Allah Most Compassionate Most Merciful اتَّخَذُوا أَحْبَارَهُمْ وَرُهْبَانَهُمْ أَرْبَابًا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَالْمَسِيحَ ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ وَمَا أُمِرُوا إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوا إِلَٰهًا وَاحِدًا ۖ لَا…
In the name of Allah, Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
In 2012, there was a documentary entitled “Islam: The Untold Story”, written and presented by historian Tom Holland. He made rather bizarre statements on the origins of Islam. Tom Holland argues that it is not Islam that gave birth to the Arab Empire (the Islamic Civilization like Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates), but the Arab empire that gave birth to Islam. Prophet Muhammad, according to Holland, never existed, but only a mythological product of the Arab Empire. Islam is an invented religion.
“What if it wasn’t Islam that gave birth to the Arab Empire? But the Arab Empire gave birth to Islam?”
-Tom Holland in “Islam: The Untold Story”.
Did Muhammad Abduh and Jamaluddin al-Afghani conspire with the British? There are some who say yes and there are some who say no.
Do you remember about the well-known Muslim reformist thinkers that we learnt in form 5 in Pendidikan Islam (Islamic Education) ? Yes, yes, Syeikh Jamaluddin al-Afhghani and his student Syeikh Muhammad Abduh. They both called for Muslims to return to the Quran and to not follow Islam blindly or just nodding at every thing the ulama says without referring to the Quran. They are also well-known for their resistance towards colonization. I myself admire their way of thinking.
31 Ogos tarikh semua orang Malaysia tahu- ulang tahun kemerdekaan Malaysia ke-61. Yay Merdeka!
Kebebasan dan hak yang kita nikmati hari ini tidak datang dengan bergolek begitu sahaja, tetapi dengan hasil usaha yang gigih bapa2 kemerdekaan kita.
Namun, adakah hakikat tentang kemerdekaan Malaysia adalah 100% indah?
