SeaDemon Says

Nine years ago a chinese friend of mine sought to embrace Islam when she was in the United States. Among the questions she asked the scholar was the need for her to rename her father as Abdullah (Subject of God) as being practised in Malaysia. The scholar said no where does it say that she needs to change her father’s name.

This topic is in response to the current dilemma that came about after the Mufti of Perlis, in the state of Perlis’s Fatwa Meeting, deemed the act of renaming one’s father upon embracing Islam as “sinful”.

Yes, sinful.

Those opposed are crying foul citing examples like: Ahmad bin Pope, or Ali bin Subramaniam and so on, saying those names are unIslamic.

I am a proponent of the call by the Mufti of Perlis. The opponents should realise that one of the reasons non-Muslim families shudder at the thought of any of their members embracing Islam is the need to change the father’s name to Abdullah: psychologically side-lining the father and the family. What they should also realise is that it is the embracee’s name that needs to be changed to something nicer should his non-Muslim name sound or mean bad things: ie. KULOP, BATANG, TOILET and so on. The embracee is still his/her father’s child. Therefore it would be very unjust to deny the father of the embracee his claim over his own child. I believe the changing of the father’s name to Abdullah psychologically severes the tie that binds them as father and child.

May I quote from my source, the Holy Quran, which is my A1 source of information on Islam, as I do not hold the words of scholars to be true and just, from Surah al-Azhab (The Confederates) 33:5:

Call them (adopted sons) by (the names of) their fathers, that is more just with Allâh. But if you know not their father’s (names, call them) your brothers in faith and Mawâlîkum (your freed slaves). And there is no sin on you if you make a mistake therein, except in regard to what your hearts deliberately intend. And Allâh is Ever Oft­Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Today, the Exco for Religious Affairs of Selangor announced the existence of another deviationist cult preying on people who want to cleanse their sins and perform Haj but do not have enough money to do so. He mentioned that the Selangor Religious Affairs Committee has enough evidence and is waiting for the right tie to nab these people. When asked of the name of the individuals and the name of the deviationist cult, he refused to give them out for fear they might lie low and escape arrest.

Who on earth voted in this stupid person to become exco?

1) If you have enough evidence, arrest them.
2) The public is not interested to know what you know, but what have you done about it.
3) If you fear the deviationists escaping, why mention about their modus operandi in the first place? Now not only them will lie low.but all other deviationists that may have the same modus operandi.
4) Voters who chose this idiot to become their representative did the right thing: stupid people voting in another stupid to represent them.

How much more stupid can you get?

Classical leak of info.

I’ve been tagged by blogger Neomesuff…and I was in the midst of packing to go diving tonight.

So how weird can I be? Let me count the ways:

ONE – I love to read and am always hungry for quick information. If I’m eating alone, I’ll need to read something..even if it means reading what’s on the paper mat on the MacDonald’s tray. Otherwise I wouldn’t be able to eat. Even when I’m taking a dump, I’ll need to read. I don’t smoke. It’s usually a newspaper or a magazine (yeah doctor says it’s bad and will give me piles). If I can’t find proper reading material, I’ll read anything on the bottle of shampoo or on the toothpaste tubes.

TWO – I get PMS. Yes, I’m a man. I get something like PMS if the period between dives go longer than 4 weeks. I get all cranky, moody, short-tempered. So if you want to be my wife, make sure you allow me to go diving when you see me all moody.

THREE – I talk to my plants more than I do with the wife.

FOUR – I’m a homely person…even homelier than my wife. I spend more quality time with my kids in a day than my wife does. I prefer staying home when not diving.

FIVE – I am allergic to a building called Uptown Two, which I think is somewhere in Damansara Uptown. In particular the seventh floor. I sneeze uncontrolably whenever I’m there.

SIX – I talk to myself sometimes, especially when I’m thinking of something important.

SEVENTH – I know I’m weird for responding to Neomesuff‘s tag. Now I have to tag others:

I’m tagging: Kimi, Mocha, Choy the AD Gunner, Icecool and Daddy In The City.

At around 2.20am today I was rudely awakened by the sound of motorcycles racing along this road to Sri Tanjung. I got up and saw a group of motoryclists “lepaking” by the corner, while a few were racing up and down the road. I was glad one actually tumbled and fell of his bike after a failed wheelie; if it weren’t for this one idiot, the race wouldn’t have stopped.

Maybe it’s time for the old “green peas on the road” trick again. Many will fall.

I’ve changed the title to MAT REMPIT from BIKERS because of my friend, Keith. 😛