Ini lah mendiang ibu saya. Nama penuh, Tiong Ling Ting (張玲珍).
Tarikh lahir yang tertera pada kad pengenalan ibu ialah pada
29/05/1949. Namun saya yakin itu bukan tarikh lahir sebenar ibu sebab
sejak zaman kanak-kanak lagi saya diberitahu bahawa ibu dilahirkan pada
tahun tikus mengikut zodiak cina. Oleh itu ibu dilahirkan pada tahun
1948 dan bukannya 1949 seperti yang tertera pada kad pengenalan.
Begitu
juga dengan tarikh lahir ibu, setahu saya zaman datuk dan nenek saya
dulu-dulu semua menggunakan kalender lunar. Ini bermakna tarikh 29 May
yang tertera pada kad pengenalan ialah tarikh mengikut kalender lunar.
Dengan yang demikian tarikh lahir ibu ialah pada 5 Julai 1948 dan
bukannya 29 May 1949.
1948 = 179 hari Tahun lompat = 5490 hari (15 x 366) Bukan tahun lompat = 16,425 hari (45 x 365) 2009 = 169 hari
Ibu meninggalkan kami pada 18/06/2009 dan telah hidup selama 22,263 hari (61 tahun) di dunia ini...
Saya berstatus anak yatim piatu setelah ayah meninggal dunia pada 23/04/2023.
As a Chinese-Swedish Muslim convert and human rights advocate, using my platform for Palestine after October 7 felt inevitable. But when the pro-Palestinian movement cheered hatred and collective punishment, and legitimized Hamas, I sought alternatives
But the horror that was livestreamed and broke the world over the last two years cannot be repaired by politics or diplomacy. It exposed something deeper in all of us: a collapse of meaning, morality, and of a shared reality of the world.
On October 7, 2023, my social media feeds turned into a stadium scoreboard: Israeli vs. Palestinian flags. As a Chinese-Swedish Muslim convert and human rights advocate in progressive circles, I quickly adopted the dominant narrative: Israel as oppressor, Palestine as victim. On a personal level, supporting Palestine wasn't just a social or moral responsibility. It felt like a spiritual duty.
Six years earlier, burned out by Sweden's hyper-individualistic, materialistic lifestyle, I converted to Islam in search of meaning and framework. My debut fashion show – exposing the Uyghur forced labor that still taints 20 percent of global cotton production – opened doors in fashion, politics and human rights. So when, in response to October 7, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched his war on Gaza, using my platform for Palestine felt inevitable.
I was among the first in my industry to publicly call for a cease-fire. I wore a keffiyeh dress and an End Genocide coat at major fashion events, spoke at the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize, and used every stage to demand peace.
How could I not? Images of children pulled from rubble haunted our screens while Western leaders justified the bombings. Each strike and siege swelled the movement. For many, Palestine became the ultimate symbol of resistance to an unjust world.
Then something shifted.
My first disillusionment came when, in pro-Palestinian circles, I heard the oppression of the Uyghur people dismissed as "Zionist/Western propaganda," the same circles that also praised Iran, China, and Russia for their "support." At first, I thought these were fringe voices. But very soon, with deeper interaction within the movement, I realized much of it was no longer just anti-war and anti-occupation but anti-West, anti-white, anti-system.
What began as outrage over Israeli war crimes turned into something darker. Hate speech spread like wildfire: "Jews control the media." "Israel was behind 9/11, 10/7 and all the world wars." Comment sections cheered wildfires in Jerusalem as "God's work," while praising rockets launched at Israeli civilians from Yemen and Iran. On the streets, protesters chanted "Globalize the Intifada." Bring Them Home posters, referring to the hostages held captive by Hamas, were torn down; kidnapped babies were called "little colonizers who deserved to die."
Protests and boycotts have, in many cases, turned into collective punishment against all Israelis – even those fighting tirelessly against the very crimes they're blamed for.
Most alarming was the moral exception made for Hamas, a group whose brutality has hijacked the legitimate struggle of the Palestinian people. While most terrorist groups are universally condemned, many in the pro-Palestinian camp branded Hamas as a legitimate "resistance" movement, despite executing dissidents, torturing Gazans, and murdering, raping, and burning Israeli civilians. Meanwhile, Gazans themselves, protesting under banners like Let Us Live, were ignored by the very activists who claimed to fight for their freedom.
I started to feel shame and sadness, witnessing how many Jews and Israelis have been fighting tirelessly to end Palestinian suffering, calling for an end to the war and the occupation while too few Muslim voices have been willing to pressure Hamas to lay down its weapons, release the hostages, and end the escalating hatred against Jews around the world.
Many insist, "We are against Israel, not against Jews." But that distinction collapses in practice. Last week, in Malmö, Sweden, the Jewish Film Festival was cancelled after threats of violence resulted in a situation where no cinemas in the entire city dared to host the event. From Europe to the Middle East, synagogues have been attacked or burned down these two years, Jews protesting for the hostages or at prayer have been shot and killed; in some cities entire neighborhoods have become no-go zones for Jews.
For many, an Israel backed by the United States has become the ultimate villain, the symbol of everything they despise about the West. The rage is not only political; it's existential, wrapped in guilt and fear. It's the projection of Western liberals disillusioned with capitalism and guilt for the past, the global south fed up and scarred by post-colonial trauma, and of Muslims tired of Islamophobia and see Israel's actions through the lens of their own historical wounds. The narrative fulfils the ancient human need to project evil onto something tangible.
But if we open our eyes, it's crystal clear: evil has never belonged to any one people. No nation, no movement, no faith is immune. The Chinese Communist Party proclaims solidarity with Palestine while crushing Uyghurs, Tibetans, and threatening Taiwan. Putin condemns Israel while bombing Ukraine. Iran funds terror groups while brutalizing its own citizens. Meanwhile, millions die, starve, and are oppressed in Sudan, Yemen, Nigeria, Congo, Syria, and Afghanistan – victims of war, hunger, and terrorism – in silence. There seems to be no mass motivation to protest on their behalf.
For years, I wrestled with the contradictions of being Western, Chinese, and Muslim. But through that struggle, I saw there's no path to utopia, no perfect system. The never-ending bloodshed between Israel and Palestine is not only a tragedy in the Middle East; it is a mirror held up to the West – exposing our own ideological wars and every unresolved tension of the modern world.
So what is the alternative?
The answer came when I met Maoz Inon, whose parents were killed by Hamas on October 7, and Aziz Abu Sarah, whose brother was killed by the IDF. Instead of revenge, they are working worldwide, building peace and reconciliation through their NGO, InterAct. Through them, I found a network of over 60 Israeli and Palestinian peace-building organizations, among them Standing Together, ALLMEP, Women Wage Peace and Women of the Sun.
Earlier this year, I attended high-level peace conferences in Jerusalem and Paris. There, I glimpsed hope – not only for Palestine and Israel but for humanity itself. People looked beyond race, religion, and inherited hatred and pain, choosing to build justice and peace not by blindly vilifying the other but by working together. Yet their voices are systematically crushed, overpowered by louder, more radical narratives following the old "no-collaboration, no-normalization" script. But only in such spaces, where two people choose to live rather than erase each other, can a future take root.
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the injustices Palestinians have endured need the world's support more than ever. I didn't leave the mainstream pro-Palestinian movement because I stopped caring, on the contrary.
While the vast majority of its supporters are well-meaning people who genuinely care, the movement – like the pro-Israeli counterpart at the other extreme – too often amplifies outrage and buries nuance, fueling radicalization on both sides. It failed to ease suffering; instead, it inflamed it, pushing both peoples further apart from any real chance for peace. By refusing to hold all parties accountable, it narrowed the space for real action and long-term solutions.
Most dangerous of all, it became fertile ground for hatred – actually contributing to the continuation and escalations of this over 75-years cycle of bloodshed.
As Yuval Harari wrote in his books, the best institutions are those with self-correcting mechanisms. The same must apply to communities, peoples, and nations. Any movement, faith, or ideology that cannot hold itself accountable is doomed to collapse under the weight of its own blindness.
It feels good to be told you're on the right side of history, and terrifying to be branded a traitor. The applause of righteousness and the seduction of a simple, zero-sum story – the victim, the villain, and the hero –cast a dangerous spell. It blinds us with moral certainty, offering the comfort of clarity instead of the burden of complex truth.
But the long and hard battle for the future of Palestine, Israel, and all our societies will not be won by those who shout the loudest or blindly vilify the other side, only those who dare to confront the oldest war we know: the one inside our own human heart.
(Louise Xin is a multi-award-winning fashion designer, human rights advocate, EU Sakharov Fellow, Creative Society Member of Human Rights Watch, and founder of the Open Story Foundation)
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU DECLARED LOUDLY, “LET THE WORLD REMEMBER: THOSE WHO TRIED TO DESTROY US ARE NO MORE.”
“We came here 75 years ago just to live. Back then, we had no country and no army. Seven nations waged war against us. We were only 65,000 people. There was no one to save us. Only the God of Israel, Jehovah, saved us. And yet, attacks against us never ceased.
Countries like Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Libya, and Saudi Arabia showed us no mercy. They all wanted to destroy us. But we survived.
After being exiled from our own land, we returned. The United Nations gave us a land that was 65% desert. We soaked it with our blood. We turned it into our nation because it means everything to us.
We forgot nothing. We escaped Pharaoh. We escaped Greece. We escaped Rome. We escaped Spain. We escaped Hitler. We escaped the Arab nations. We escaped Saddam. We escaped Gaddafi. We will escape Hamas. We will escape Hezbollah. We will escape Iran.
Our Jerusalem has been attacked 52 times, besieged 23 times, destroyed 39 times, completely destroyed 3 times, and captured 44 times— but we have never forgotten Jerusalem. It is in our heart, in our mind, and it will live in our soul as long as we live.
Let the world remember: Those who tried to destroy us are no more— Egypt, Lebanon, Babylon, Greece, Alexander, the Romans— all are gone. But we still survive.
They (the Islamists) want to erase us. They took our traditions and heritage. They took our teachings. They claimed our prophets. Abraham became Ibrahim, Solomon became Suleiman.
Then one day they said, “Your prophet (Muhammad) has come.” We did not accept it. They asked how we could reject it. The time of his coming had not yet arrived. They said, “Accept it! Proclaim it!” We refused. So they killed us. They seized our cities. They turned our city Yathrib into Medina. They murdered us and drove us away.
In Mecca, we were 200,000. They killed us. They called us enemies and slaughtered us. The same happened in Syria and Oman. 300,000 of us were murdered. In Iraq, we were 200,000. In Turkey, we were 400,000. We were massacred.
They killed us and took our cities, money, property, homes, livestock, and honor. Yet, we survived.
Over 1,300 years, millions of Jews were killed. Still, we survived.
75 years ago, they spat on us, humiliated us, beat us. That was our fate. But we held firm in leadership and in faith.
Today, we have our own land. We have our own army. We have a modest economy.
In this time, we created Intel, Microsoft, IBM, and Facebook. Today, our doctors make medicines. Our writers write books. This is for everyone— for the well-being of all humanity.
We turned the desert green. Our fruits, medicines, tools, and satellites— they are for everyone.
We are not enemies to anyone. We have not vowed to destroy anyone. We do not wish to destroy anyone. We do not even conspire against anyone.
All we desire is to live with honor in our country, on our land, in our homeland.
For the last thousand years, we were destroyed, expelled, persecuted— but we were not wiped out. We were never defeated. And we never will be.
We will win. We will prevail. We were in Jerusalem 3,000 years ago. Today we are in our first homeland—Israel. Jerusalem was ours. It is ours. It will remain ours. Jerusalem is from us. We are from Jerusalem.”
Gambar tangkap layar di bawah saya ambil dari laman media sosial meta (facebook).
15/03/2025
Walaupun kecoh dikecam sebab isu sensitif melibatkan 3R (Royal, Race, Religion) namun hanya diberi teguran untuk menurunkannya kenyataan tersebut sahaja.
17/03/2025
Andai kata kenyataan tersebut dibuat oleh warga bukan islam pasti tindakan mahkamah bakal dikenakan.
Undang-undang di negara kita seharusnya seragam kepada semua rakyat namun 'double standard' dari segi penguatkuasaan atau pilih bulu.
Muslims living with Hindus = Problem. Muslims living with Buddhists = Problem. Muslims living with Christians = Problem. Muslims living with Jews = Problem. Muslims living with Sikhs = Problem Muslims living with Baha’is = Problem. Muslims living with Shintos = Problem. Muslims living with Atheists = Problem. Muslims living with Muslims = Big Problem.
This led to: They’re not happy in Gaza. They’re not happy in Egypt. They’re not happy in Libya. They’re not happy in Morocco. They’re not happy in Iran. They’re not happy in Iraq. They’re not happy in Yemen. They’re not happy in Afghanistan. They’re not happy in Pakistan. They’re not happy in Syria. They’re not happy in Lebanon. They’re not happy in Nigeria. They’re not happy in Kenya. They’re not happy in Sudan.
Where are they happy? They’re happy in Australia. They’re happy in England. They’re happy in Belgium. They’re happy in France. They’re happy in Italy. They’re happy in Germany. They’re happy in Sweden. They’re happy in the USA and Canada. They’re happy in Norway and India. They’re happy in almost every country that is not Islamic.
Whom do they blame? Not Islam. Not their leadership. Not themselves. They blame the countries they are happy in. They want to change the countries they’re happy in, to be like the countries they came from where they were unhappy.
*Saya amat meminati sebahagian penulisan di blog artikel ini namun
ianya sering menghilang dan muncul sekali kala sahaja atas sebab-sebab
tertentu. Tujuan saya salin & tampal di sini ialah untuk rujukan
semata-mata. Terima kasih
Hukum Fara'id disebutkan di dalam tiga tempat saja di dalam
al-Qur'an, iaitu surah 4:11, 4:12 dan 4:176. Selain daripada ini ia
disebutkan di dalam hadith, dan juga dibincangkan secara ekstensif oleh
para ulama. Pun begitu, pembahagian yang diberikan al-Qur'an itu tidak
terlepas dari masalah. Kiraan matematik dalam mengira pecahan harta
pusaka yang diberikan al-Qur'an mempunyai masalah.
Contoh,
Surah 4:11 menyebutkan jika seorang lelaki meninggal, dan dia
meninggalkan seorang isteri, ibu dan bapa, serta dua anak perempuan,
maka pembahagiannya adalah seperti berikut:
Isteri - 1/8
Ayah - 1/6
Ibu - 1/6
Anak perempuan - 2/3
Totalnya akan menjadi : 1/8 + 1/6 +1/6 + 2/3 = 1.125!!
Yang bermakna ia sudah lebih daripada angka 1. Perkiraan ini jelas satu kesalahan.
Masalah
ini sebenarnya sudah lama disedari umat Islam, sejak dari zaman sahabat
lagi selepas Muhammad meninggal mereka sudah berhadapan dengan masalah
ini, dan mereka mendatangkan satu cara untuk menyelesaikan masalah ini.
Masalah ini dinamakan masalah "Aul".
Aul ni dari segi bahasa
maksudnya kecurangan, kezaliman dan melepasi batas. Kalau dari segi
istilah, maksudnya kurangnya bahagian waris, maksudnya apabila menuruti
formula al-Qur'an, dan didapati jumlah kiraan tidak masuk akal, maka
timbullah masalah Aul.
Masalah Aul ini timbul pada zaman sahabat.
Pada zaman khalifah Ali, yang disebut kes al-Mimbariyah, dia dibawa
sebuah kes yang melibatkan contoh yang saya bagi di atas, sewaktu dia di
atas mimbar (sebab tu dipanggil al-mimbariyah). Disebabkan total dah
lebih dari satu (maksudnya kiraan pusaka yang diberi dah melebihi dari
pusaka yang ada), maka Saidina Ali menukarkan pecahan pembahagian jadi
seperti berikut di bawah. Ini dipanggil "Aul 24":
Gantikan semua bahagian di bawah menjadi angka yang sama (Gandaan sepunya terkecil):
Tetapi, tukarkan angka 24 menjadi 27, maka masalah selesai:
3/27 + 4/27 +4/27 +16/27 = 27/27 (1)
Jadi
masalah selesai dengan cara semua orang mendapat pecahan harta yang
sedikit kurang, tetapi dirasai semua. Ini cara kiraan baru untuk
membetulkan formula Qur'an yang bermasalah. Maksudnya pecahannya apabila
dijumlahkan kini baru menjadi 1.
Untuk lebih faham, ada satu lagi
insiden ketika zaman Umar al-Khattab, di mana ada kes yang dibawa
kepadanya yang melibatkan seorang wanita yang meninggal dan mempunyai
suami dan dua adik-beradik perempuan. Kalau ikut al-Qur'an, suami akan
dapat 1/2 (jika tiada anak, surah 4:12) dan adik beradik perempuan dapat
2/3 (surah 4:176). Kalau dijumlahkan ia akan jadi 7/6. Ini satu masalah
juga, yakni:
RM428,571.43
+ RM571,428.57 =RM1,000,000 (maka baru betul, cukup untuk diagihkan
kepada kedua pihak, dengan mengubah formula al-Qur'an sedikit)
Selain
masalah Aul yang dah diberikan iaitu Aul 7 dan Aul 24 di atas, ada lagi
masalah Aul 6 yang lebih kurang sama seperti di atas.
Masalah berpunca dari formula al-Qur'an
Kenapa
al-Qur'an tidak memperincikan atau menyelesaikan masalah ini? Kenapa
hanya memberikan formula yang jelas salah, dan mengharapkan orang lain
untuk selesaikan masalah ini? Dalam hal ni, beberapa riwayat telah
disandarkan kepada sahabat bahawa kononnya mereka sendiri telah
berbincang sesama mereka sendiridan mereka yang mengubah sendiri formula
faraid yang diberikan al-Qur'an untuk mendapatkan nilai yang tepat.
Mereka sendiri yang adjust formula ini. Kenapa al-Qur'an sendiri tidak memberikan formula yang betul?
Dan
kenapa al-Qur'an tidak bagi cara penyelesaian terhadap masalah ini dari
awal? Sukar untuk diterima seorang tuhan yang maha bijaksana boleh
tersalah dalam memberikan formula matematik yang cukup mudah, dan tidak
pula berminat untuk menjelaskan bagaimana kaedah untuk berdepan dengan
kesalahan ini.
