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Monday, July 09, 2007

A BALDING PROBLEM

ok, i know this thing is a little bit 'basi' already. but i want to talk about the issue on this "artis wanita membotakkan kepala" for a bit.

i'm not really a big fan of her. so my views are probably going to be quite objective. i am just looking at this from a logical point of view. they say that it's haram for her to do that. and i agree. i learned about the whole "haram lelaki mcm pompuan and vice versa" back in school. but before she shaved her head, she was not covering her hair. isn't that haram also? why wasn't she (and siti nurhaliza for that matter) criticised for not covering their heads? why wasn't there a news article that says: "haram artis wanita mendedahkan rambut" or "perbuatan siti nurhaliza tidak memakai tudung adalah haram"? what's haram is haram la kan? why are we being so double-standard about this?

sebabnya orang melayu kita ni suka gelabah tak tentu hala. we see something out of the norm, we automatically become uncomfortable and get this unexplainable anxiety attack. we become jittery. then like a bunch of brainless maniacs, we start condemning.

i'm not saying that what she did is right. what i'm questioning is the way we are reacting over this issue. people are doing haram things left, right and centre. i might be wrong, but dosa tinggalkan sembahyang 1 waktu is probably more than a woman shaving her head bald. if we are condeming her acts from a religious point of view, i think the way we are reacting is a little bit hypocritical. but if it's not from a religious point of view, from what other point of view are we condemning her?

the way how most of us are reacting over this matter tells a lot about us as malays. i'm not trying to come off as mr. smarty-pants or holier-than-thou, but the truth of the matter is such. there is a fundamental problem within our society that's stopping us from progressing further. we are not really doing so well as a race you know? we are very neither here nor there (myself included). why is there such a big resistance towards change? because we need to preserve what we have right now? is what we have right now so great?

i don't think so at all.

10 Comments:

  • erm..no comment but i somewhat agree with u..

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at July 10, 2007 10:14 AM  

  • membotakkan kepala vs 'projek' mana lagi haram???

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at July 10, 2007 10:46 AM  

  • So..what would you suggest as the best way for us, or the learned authority,to let her know what she does is wrong? or for that matter, the best way to voice out whatever matter that we think is wrong, without coming off as overreacting like you described? Wrong here not in the eyes of us mere mortals you see, but in the eyes of Allah and His Messenger, based on the Quran and Sunnah.

    The way I look at it, while what one decides in the name of progressiveness and change does resides within one's control,The Al-Quran has decreed that each Muslim does have the responsibility to remind each other of what's right and wrong. Amal Ma'ruf Nahi Mungkar. but it is best be done bil hikmah and bil hal - by diplomacy and by example. That's how the guideline goes. Maybe instead of wanting to go fighting the so-called extreme changes and condemning the so-called extreme resistance, we go into progressing the way we see each other's viewpoint and find the common ground.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at July 10, 2007 1:31 PM  

  • sharifah amani may have thought this when she was about to shave her head bald,

    "there is no right or wrong in a wrong situation"...

    so bald-headed she went..

    crushhio

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at July 11, 2007 7:16 AM  

  • aiskrem,

    i think it's about time for us to clone the new breed of Malays - open minded AND well-versed about the religion. of course, without being TOO extreme on trivial stuff. i know, we live to remind but not to condemn. :)

    By Blogger ZEYN, THE PERPETUAL STRANGER, at July 11, 2007 9:01 AM  

  • erm...ni nak sebok sikit...what yang armani dah buat selama ni memang dah dosadah...semua orang islam tau, tapi sebagai saorang islam dia mesti nak tegur kalau dia buat dosa lain dari yang dah sedia dia buat...tu je...mengingati untuk tidak menambah dosa

    semuga kita semua tidak membelakangi agama.......amin

    By Blogger yanglerni, at July 15, 2007 5:22 PM  

  • All I can see is poor her. The media definitely loves to criticize her every move.

    By Blogger savante, at July 16, 2007 4:49 AM  

  • hmmm...

    hmmmmmm...

    i like it when paul walker shaved his head... lebih comel.

    hnss hnss...

    **matila lari tajuk...**

    By Blogger Musang, at July 17, 2007 4:56 PM  

  • sharifah amani is no longer bald...

    her hair has grown ala-ala anne heche dalam cerita psycho tu...

    so i guess it's time for you to come out with new entry.. hehehe


    crushhio

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at August 13, 2007 2:01 PM  

  • jom kite meng barat kan mesia..

    I suker kalau malaysia jadi liberal..

    hmmm xde syariah courts.. and oso xde monarchy..


    pasal pompuan ketot botakkan rambut pon nak bising ke? kalau dia ada kutu.. macam mana? masih dosa?

    By Blogger bRed, at August 21, 2007 10:13 PM  

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