Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Reply Post For A Visitor

Okay...I'm here to answer your doubts here.

Firstly, the reason I'm pointing out all those controversies and not-so-nice information is not to stir up any sensitive issues, but it's so that people will remember better. Like us, we would prefer reading tabloid magazines rather than knowing what the government has contributed lately. Face it. It's humane. Same like sejarah. You think people can sit there for hours to memorize all those dry facts of sejarah??? Can you? Unless you have passion towards sejarah, there's no way one can sit there and memorize the facts. But what if we find some controversies? Then people will find out whether it's true or not. They'll start flipping their textbooks and indirectly, they learnt many new things without even putting in effort to memorize them. And mind you, the doubts that I find are just my personal opinion, not true. I don't have evidence or proof; I just point out all the controversies and interesting facts which will make people easier to study.

Okay...to answer your questions. For info no.6, I know what you're trying to say I'm wrong because Nabi Muhammad not necessarily forced Eastern Roman Emperor. Before I can say another word about this, let me ask you, do you exactly know what the word force means? You said that force means violence. Let me tell you, force is a very general word. Forcing doesn't usually resort to violence. Forcing can be done by intimidating, pressuring or etc. Not necessarily by violence.

Okay, back to the topic. In this case, your friend may be right. He could be just warning. But the thing is, when you said you did not menganut Islam, you'll menanggung dosa rakyat jelata, does this sound like warning to you? You see, every emperor(majoritylah), especially those who were very powerful, feared one thing - loss. Loss of what? Power, life, wealth, etc. No matter how rational an emperor is, he'll surely feel intimidated when some people "warned" him, he'll feel worried. But if you say this is not forcing and just a warning, read this.

Pembentukan kerajaan Islam di Madinah pada tahum 622 M telah menimbulkan perasaaan iri hati dalam kalangan orang Arab Quraisy. Mereka mula mencari sokongan daripada orang Yahudi dan penduduk Arab di sekitar Tanah Arab agar menghapuskan kerajaan Islam. Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. menyedari tindak-tanduk orang Arab Quraisy dan telah berhati-hati menghadapinya.

Think. He was under pressure that time. The Arabians formed new forces to fight against him. That was the reason why he sent those letters to other kingdoms. If you said those words were just "warnings", let me tell you. Warnings can be done if one concerns for the other and when you're not worried about your own problem. But Nabi Muhammad has his own problem to worry. Those forces might destroy and annihilate Islamic kingdom anytime. how could he be so conscious and warn others when he himself was facing a major problem?

Look here.

Selain menyeru mereka memeluk Islam menerusi warkah, baginda juga ingin mewujudkan rasa persefahaman dengan wiliyah tersebut.

But inside the warkah, all he said was to ask them to convert into Islam like how one convinces another to buy a product, and that was due to broaden the Islamic power. Have you been to any preachings before? I was not sure myself on how most religions preach, but when you were to ask someone to worship your god, you can't just ask like how you convince a person to buy your product. All these depends on your belief. Like in chapter 4, Bilal bin Rabah, Amir bin Fuhairah and Zunainah believed in Islam because they had enough faith, believing that someday they will no longer be treated as slaves.

Confusing?

for info no.3, yeah, maybe you are right. maybe those days people defied the laws or did despicable acts to twist to bend the laws. But, I never said that there was justice during last time. I only said that the Roman's laws were established and the principles. I said about how today's people defied justice because we live in today,s world, not during 527 M, when Roman's law was established. We like what you said, maybe they had defied justice inside those principles long time ago. But isn't it better for me to use today's example as more people are more familiar about what happened today rather than during 6th century? Which one of us still survive from a milennium ago until today? We do not know how they defied justice and twisted the laws(if they really did).

Remember, the reason for me to put up this post is not to stir up controversies or to start any debates, but to help people remember sejarah better. And it sure worked, because you rebuked my words*evil grins*.

That's all I can say. Correct me if I'm wrong. I don't mind rebuking or correcting my facts as long as it helps me with sejarah.

Sunday, November 04, 2007

"Interesting" Sejarah

I found out one very good method to study Form 4 sejarah...haha...which is to find interesting things which we'll surely remember one...

Info no.1:
In chapter 1, Ibn Khaldun, a Tunisian historician and an Islamic sociologist, suggested that a typical city's lifestyle can only exist when there's semangat assabiah in us. However, in chapter 4, the Arabians had countless wars, including Peperangan al-Basus are due to their semangat assabiah. Hmm...that means Ibn Khaldun did not read history about Jahiliah??? Haha...just kidding...just a way to memorize sej.

Info no.2:
Kod Undang-undang Hammurabi.
Undang-undang ini berteraskan hak rakyat terhadap keadilan.

However, the punishments towards criminals were according to social status. Is that what we call justice???

Info no.3:
Undang-undang Rom:
1) undang-undang sivil
2) undang-undang rakyat
3) undang-undang natural

Prinsip:
1) Semua manusia sama di sisi undang-undang.
2) Seseorang tidak bersalah sehingga terbukti bersalah.
3) Keadilan terhadap setiap individu.
4) Hukuman berasaskan bukti yang cukup.

As we all knw, these three laws are applied in today's courts. However, do the principles still remain today?

1st principle: No, because nowadays those hgh-ranked people can just intimidate people with power or just bribe the court.
2nd principle: No, because nowadays people can create their own proofs to frame others.
3rd principle: No, because lawyers nowadays prefer to accept the cases based on how much one offers them and not whether one is guilty or innocent.
4th principle: Yes. Unfortunately, the proofs can be manipulated by some sly lawyers.

So now can you remember those Undang-undang Rom better?

Info no.4:
Raja dibantu oleh:
- Pentadbiran daerah Datu
- Pentadbiran pusat

Pentadbiran Daerah Datu dibahagi kepada dua, iaitu:
- Datu keturunan raja(Parvanda)
- Datu bukan keturunan raja(Bhupati)

Pentadbiran pusat(anak raja):
- Yuvaraja
- Pratiyuvaraja
- Raja Kumara
- Raja Putra

Tip: Raja putra is anak gundik.

Di bawah anak raja:
- parvanda(senapati), who is also the ketua pentadbiran pusat.

Here's the thing. Why the datu keturunan raja and the ketua pentadbiran pusat shares the same name??? No other nameskah?

Can rememberleh...

Info no.5:
This is about Nabi Muhammad's family tie and his family info.

As we all know, Nabi Muhammad's father is Abdullah bin Abdul Muttalib and he has a rebellious uncle named Abu Lahab bin Abdul Muttalib.

However, do you know that Abu Talib bin Abdul Muttalib is also Nabi Muhammad's uncle? Therefore, Ali bin Abu Talib is his cousin. Haha...it's sad that he can only become a khalifah aka king of Islamic kingdom after his cousin's death for 24 years...lol...

Oh ya, do you know that Nabi Muhammad's 1st wife, Khadijah binti Khuwailid, who's 15 years older than him, whose being called as al-thaharah(bersih), was actually his aunt? Khadijah binti Khuwailid had seven childrren and she was generous enough to use up all her wealth to help her husband in the fight between Islam and Arab Quraisy.

Uthman bin Affan, the 3rd Khalifah of Khulafa al-Rasyidin was being called Zun Nurain because he married both of Nabi Muhammad's daughters right? Actually, Uthman bin Affan's Nabi Muhammad's nephew, and when he married both of Nabi Muhammad's daughters, he's actually marrying his own cousins. Easier to rememberleh? Haha...

Remember Umaiyah bin Abd. Syams? No? Well, you can remember him either as the source of the name of Kerajaan Bani Umaiyah or Nabi Muhammad's granduncle. Why name after him? It was ebcause he was the renowned trader who was respected by Arabians back then.

Muawiyah bin Abu Sufyan, Nabi Muhammad's nephew, was the founder of Kerajaan Bani Umaiyah. He named the kingdom after his great grandfather, a renowned trader who was respected by Arabians back then. Muawiyah ruled the kingdom from 661 A.D. - 680 A.D. More info about the politics later. Now focus on Nabi Muhammad's family tree.

No more...hehe...but one interesting fact. A Muslim male can marry four wives because Nabi Muhammad himself did that. His eldest wife's name was Khadijah binti Khuwailid and his youngest wife's name was Aisyah binti Abu Bakar(I suspect she's Abu Bakar al-Siddiq's daughter...lol...SUSPECT, not necessarily true). Aisyah was the main person for Muslims to refer about Islamic laws.

Info no.6:
Remember the penyebaran Islam in chapter 5? I copy and paste the excerpt of the statements here.

Nabi Muhammad menghantar warkah ke Rom, Rom Timur, Parsi, Mesir, Habsyah dan wilayah di sekitar Semenanjung Tanah Arab. Dalam menyebarkan Islam, Nabi Muhammad tidak memaksa mereka memeluk Islam tetapi menggunakan diplomasi dan menunjukkan nilai-nilai yang baik.

Then you read the contents of the letter to Eastern Rome.

Dengan nama Allah yang Maha Pemurah lagi Maha Mengasihani.
Daripada Muhammad, hamba dan pesuruh Allah, kepada Hercules (Maharaja Rom Timur). Selamat dan sejahtera kepada sesiapa yang menurut perintah Allah. Anutilah Islam, nescaya Allah akan mengurniakan anda ganjaran sebanyak dua kali ganda. Seandainya anda menolak Islam, maka anda akan menanggung dosa-dosa rakyat jelata.

Info no.7:
In chapter 4, Islam menyarankan persamaan taraf sesama manusia.

In chapter 6, the khalifah differentiate Muslims and non-Muslims by:
- Charging Muslims zakat.
- Charging non-Muslims Kharaj and Jizyah.

This brought to annihilation of Kerajaan Bani Umaiyah due to discrimination of mawali, Persians and Barbars.

Remember, the duration between Nabi Muhammad's kingdom and the Khalifah's kingdoms is not big. Poor Nabi Muhammad...his teachings were neglected.

Info no.8:
Sistem hijabah ialah penyekatan daripada menemui khalifah secara terus.

The ones who were given exception were: Bilal, Ketua Pos and Ketua Penyedia Makanan.

Ketua Penyedia Makanan.

The person who has the high risk of putting in poison into the khalifah's food.

Info no.9:
Teori dan bukti Islam datang dari China:

One of them is:
- Emanuel Gadinho Eredia stated that Canton used to be a trading centre among Arabians who were Islams since the 9th century. Of course, these influenced Chinese people to worship Islam. Therefore, Chinese-Muslims influenced Southeast Asians to worship Islam.

Indirectly, it also means Islam comes from Arab and not China.

Info no.10:
This is in chapter 9.

Catholics sinned such as bribery and selling Indlugences to public to ensure their position as the strongest one. Catholics live their life not as bishops or priests, but as aristocrats.

What has the Bible taught them??? Since when Jesus need people to sin just to spread the religion worldwide???

**Nah, I'm religiously neutral, maybe slighly more to Christianity, but I don't insult other religions. All those stated up there were not to insult any one of those up there, but they were just doubts which I had pointed out so that I can remember Sejarah better. Seriously, people will only remember doubtful things.

Good luck for Sejarah=)