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Happy New Year - 2012 (Year of water dragon)

My six sense is telling me that I was created 40 years ago on this date. Therefore I choose 'Life Begins At Forty' for my blog.

Stay tuned & more to come... everything written were solely my personal sharing & nothing personal.

Thank you!

Tiong Ling Ting - 張玲珍

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.

Parameswara berugama Buddha

Benarkah Parameswara seorang Islam?

Prof Solehah menyebut Parameswara seorang Islam, namun tiada sebarang catatan yang meyakinkan mengatakan Parameswara seorang Islam. Beliau mendakwa nama Parameswara adalah gelaran/panggilan yang ditulis oleh Tome Pires sebagai Pamitrah. Sebenarnya dalam Suma Oriental, karya Tome Pires, nama Parameswara bukan disebut “Pamitrah” tetapi dituliskan sebagai “Paramicura”.

Prof Solehah menyandarkan alasannya yang Parameswara berugama Islam dengan menyebut pada tahun 1262 telah wujud kerajaan Islam Samudera Pasai. Maka Parameswara juga tentulah berugama Islam. Hujahan ini tidak cukup meyakinkan, ini kerana Samudera Pasai bukannya Melaka.

Dalam kajian saya terhadap Srivijaya dan Melaka membuat kesimpulan bahawa Parameswara adalah anakanda kepada Adityawarman. Dalam 明史 (Míngshǐ), Buku Sejarah Dinasti Ming menyebut, “明太祖洪武二年 (1369) 明太祖派赵述出使三佛齐，王坦麻沙那阿遣使随赵述进贡. Pada tahun ke-2 era 洪武 (Hóngwǔ) semasa pemerintahan Maharaja 明太祖 (Míngtài zǔ) (1369), baginda telah menghantar utusan bernama 赵述 (Zhào shù) ke Sān fó qí. Raja Sān fó qí, 坦麻沙那阿 (Tǎn máshā nà ā) telah menghantar utusan mengikut Zhào shù menghadap ke istana.”

Tentang kemangkatannya dituliskan, "洪武九年 (1376), 坦麻沙那阿死." Di tahun ke-9 era Hóngwǔ semasa pemerintahan Maharaja Míngtài zǔ (1376), Tǎn máshā nà ā telah meninggal dunia. Dipercayai bagindalah yang disebut sebagai Adityawarman dari Dinasti Mauli berdasarkan tarikh kemangkatannya bertepatan dengan catatan China yang menyebut tahun 1376 manakala catatan Indonesia menyebut tahun 1375.

Dalam catatan Dinasti Ming menyebut, "子麻那者巫里請紹封，獲封為三佛齊國王. Puteranya 麻那者巫里 (Mánà zhě wū lǐ) telah menghantar warkah ke istana dan beroleh watikah menjadi raja Sān fó qí.” Baginda merupakan raja terakhir Sān fó qí atau Srivijaya. Dalam prasasti Saruaso II menyebutnya sebagai Ananggawarman. Dipercayai Parameswara adalah adinda kepada Ananggawarman yang melarikan diri ke Semenanjung Tanah Melayu setelah Palembang diserang oleh Majapahit yang akhirnya membuka Melaka. 

Srivijaya ditewaskan oleh Majapahit seperti yang dicatatkan dalam Míngshǐ, "明洪武三十年 (1397), 满者伯夷国海军攻占旧港，灭三佛齐. Pada tahun ke-30 era 洪武 (Hóngwǔ) semasa pemerintahan 明太祖 (Míngtài zǔ) (1397), angkatan laut Majapahit telah menyerang dan menduduki Palembang maka berakhirlah kerajaan Sān fó qí iaitu Srivijaya.” Inilah catatan China yang menyebut Srivijaya lenyap pada tahun 1397.

Dari sumber China hanya menyebut Parameswara meninggal dunia pada tahun 1414 yang bermakna jarak masa antara tahun 1376 ke 1414 ialah 38 tahun, yakni jarak kemangkatan antara seorang bapa dengan kemangkatan anaknya cuma 38 tahun dan ia adalah angka yang sangat wajar. Manakala Melaka didirikan sekitar tahun 1400 iaitu 24 tahun selepas kemangkatan Adityawarman dan 3 tahun selepas kejatuhan Srivijaya di tangan Majapahit pada tahun 1397. 

Disebabkan Ananggawarman telahpun mewarisi takhta kerajaan Palembang maka Parameswara mencari untung nasib ke Semenanjung Tanah Melayu setelah kejatuhan kerajaan Srivijaya. Oleh itu adalah wajar mengatakan bahawa Parameswara adalah anakanda kepada Adityawarman yang secara tidak langsung pewaris kepada kerajaan Melayu Srivijaya di Semenanjung Tanah Melayu.

Tome Pires yang menulis Suma Oriental mengejakan "Paramicura" yang bersumberkan dari catatan China 拜里迷蘇剌 (Bài lǐ mí sū lá, dibacakan Pai li mi su la). Lalu kemudiannya ahli-ahli sejarah mengaitkan perkataan "Paramicura" dengan perkataan Sanskrit Parameśvara (परमेश्वर) iaitu imej lain bagi Śiva atau Mahadewa maka lahirlah nama "Parameswara". Sedangkan sumber primer dalam bahasa Cina yang menyebut "Pai li mi su la" tidak ada kaitan langsung dengan konsep ketuhanan "Parameśvara". Oleh itu sah bahawa Parameswara bukan berugama Hindu. 

Adakah Parameswara berugama Islam?

Jika dilihat kembali pada tahun 1347, Adityawarman telah menambah pahatan aksara pada bahagian belakang arca Amoghapasa yakni bahagian tambahan alas berbentuk empat segi di bawah arca tersebut yang diberikan oleh Kertanegara, raja Singhasari kepada Tribhuwanaraja, raja Malayu di Dharmasraya pada tahun 1208 Saka atau 1286 Masehi yang dijumpai di Padang Roco, Dharmasraya. Sebahagian besar isinya merupakan puji-pujian kepada Adityawarman.

Dituliskan, "Dia yang memiliki pengetahuan mendalam tentang Mahayana yang tiada terbatas, Dia yang telah menaklukan bahaya dan mengumpulkan seluruh permata dari jari-jari musuhnya, Dia di antara para penguasa di dunia ini, Dia yang telah mencapai keagungan. Maharājādhirāja Śrīmat Śrī-Udayādityavarmma Pratāpaparākrama Rājendra Maulimāli Varrmmadeva, Dia yang berkuasa untuk diketahui semua." 

Dengan ini jelas menunjukkan yang Adityawarman berugama Buddha dari aliran Mahayana, maka tentulah Parameswara juga berugama Buddha. Selain daripada itu, Srivijaya yang menguasai 15 buah negara-negara naungan semuanya menganut ugama Buddha. Palembang pula adalah pusat pengajian ugama Buddha yang terbesar di luar India ketika itu. 

Semasa Srivijaya, negara-negara naungan Srivijaya di Semenanjung Tanah Melayu yang kekal sehingga pembentukan negara kita sekarang ialah Fo luo an yakni Kedah Tua, Pahang, Kelantan dan Terengganu. Pusat pemerintahannya terletak di Kedah Tua, ini kerana Srivijaya mengamalkan bentuk pemerintahan “以二國分總 (yǐ èr guó fèn zǒng) yang jelas bahawa dari segi pentadbiran ia dibahagikan kepada dua pusat pemerintahan negara yakni di selatan dan utara.” Manakala Johor dan Temasik ditadbir secara terus dari Jambi yang merupakan ibu kota Srivijaya ketika itu. Ia berpindah dari Palembang pada tahun 992 setelah Palembang diserang oleh Jawa Timur pimpinan Dharmawangsa. 

Benarkah Samudera Pasai telah wujud sejak tahun 1262?

Saya tidak mempunyai catatan dari sumber Arab, minta tanya Prof Solehah dari mana sumber primernya. Namun demikian saya mempunyai sumber yang boleh dikaitkan bahawa sebahagian daripaada 15 buah negara naungan Srivijaya telahpun merdeka seawal tahun 1225. Ia berpandukan buku 诸蕃志 (Zhū fān zhì) karya Chau ju-kua yang diterbitkan dalam tahun 1225.

Dicatatkan, "旧属三佛齐，后因争战，遂自立为王. Jambi adalah bekas negara naungan Sān fó qí, kemudiannya disebabkan berperang (dengan Sān fó qí) dan beroleh kerajaan sendiri dan menjadi raja.” Ini bermakna hanya Jambi adalah negara naungan Srivijaya yang terawal memperolehi kemerdekaan dari Srivijaya pada awal abad ke-13.

Catatan kedua diperolehi dari 元史 (Yuánshǐ), Buku Sejarah Yuan yang menyebut pada tahun 1284 seorang ahli pelayaran dan diplomat berbangsa Uyghur, 亦黑迷失 (Yì hēi míshī) menjunjung titah Kublai Khan telah menemui ketua-ketua negara di Asia Tenggara. Hingga tahun 1286, Dinasti Yuan telah menerima perakuan tunduk daripada 10 buah negara Nanyang (negara-negara di selatan China amnya) termasuklah Samudera Pasai. Sebenarnya Samudera Pasai adalah sebahagian daripada negara naungan Srivijaya yang disebut Lamri atau Lamuri iaitu Aceh kemudiannya. 

Berdasarkan catatan ini pada tahun 1286 Samudera Pasai telahpun menjadi sebuah kerajaan yang berasingan daripada Lamuri setelah Lamuri memperolehi kemerdekaan dari Srivijaya. Maka dengan itu adalah logik Samudera Pasai didirikan pada tahun 1262. 

Dengan sumber-sumber ini mengesahkan bahawa Islam hanya disampaikan kepada pemerintah Jambi dan Samudera Pasai pada awal abad ke-13. Namun ketika itu Palembang yang merupakan pusat pemerintahan utama Srivijaya masih lagi mengamalkan ugama Buddha. Jika dikatakan Parameswara adalah berketurunan anak raja Palembang setelah Srivijaya ditewaskan oleh Majapahit pada tahun 1397, maka tentulah Parameswara juga berugama Buddha.

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Why I Left the pro-Palestine Movement

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

Louise Xin
Oct 26, 2025

There's finally a cease-fire in Gaza.

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)

Two new findings that Mohammad didn't exist

 

THOSE WHO TRIED TO DESTROY US ARE NO MORE

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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.”

Jerusalem is the CITY OF GODS PEOPLE.

-PM Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו  🇮🇱

Nepotisme & Kronisme dalam islam

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.

Renung-renungkan...

Problematic muslims

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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.