Under house arrest on Fridays – a rebuttal

The writer, attacks and frowns upon the punishment of those muslims who skip Friday prayer, and suggests that those who do must remain under house-arrest. He does not include the divine text which supports these punishments of individuals who skip Friday prayers, it is unsure whether he is aware of this, or otherwise.

Islam is a complete system, it has punishment systems which its adherent must obey. Just as a secular country, who implement punishment systems to whoever who transgress upon it. If anyone found guilty of possession of dangerous drugs, is punishable, and these laws established in a secular-surrogate institution, i.e. parliament, which gives human the authority on how to run society.

Missing Friday prayers, is punishable according to Islamic divine rules, because it is an act of mungkar. Those who fail to enjoin the punishment is also committing an act of sin, as they do not enjoin the right and forbid the mungkar.

“Those who when we establish them (in authority) in the earth they establish the Salah, collect the Zakah, enjoin all that is Ma.roof and forbid all that is Munkar, and to Allah belongs the return of all matters..” (TMQ al-Hajj, verse 41)

“Nay, by Allah, you have to enjoin the ma’roof and forbid the munkar, and hold at the hand of the tyrant, and force him on the truth and restrict him to the truth.” [Reported by Abu Dawud and Tirmizi].

Ahmad narrated on the authority of Abu Bakrah that the messenger said: "If the people see the Munkar (evil, wrong doing) and they do not change it, Allah will take them with a punishment".

“He who amongst you sees a Munkar should change it with his hand; and if he has not enough strength to do so, then he should change it with his tongue; and if he has not enough strength to do so, (even) then he should change it with his heart, and that is the weakest of faith.?” (Reported by Muslim on the authority of Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri) This honorable hadith obliged any Muslim who sees a Munkar to change it with his hand; if he is unable to do so, then he should change it with his tongue; and if he is unable to do so, then he should change it with his heart, and that is the weakest degree of faith. Hence, any Muslim who is able to carry out the highest degree of faith should not resort to the weakest one.

The Qur’an mentions some of the main characteristics of the believers: “(Triumphant) are those who turn repentant (to Allah), those who serve (Him), those who praise (Him), those who fast, these who bow down, those who fall prostrate (in worship), those who enjoin the right and who forbid the wrong and those who keep the limits (ordained) of Allah…” (At-Tawbah 9: 112)

Just as the Ever-Glorious Qur’an praised those who enjoin Ma`ruf and forbid Munkar, it also dispraised those who fail to do so. Almighty Allah says, “Those of the children of Israel who went astray were cursed by the tongue of David, and of Jesus, son of Mary. That was because they rebelled and used to transgress. They restrained not one another from the wickedness they did. Verily evil was that they used to do!” (Al-Ma’idah 5: 78-79)

The Muslim is not merely a righteous human being who does good actions and forsakes wrong ones, while living in his own circle, paying no attention to the decrease of good actions in his world and the sharp increase of evil actions around him; the real Muslim is the righteous human being who is keen to rectify others and help them to be righteous. He is the one depicted in the following Surah of the Qur’an: “By the declining day, Lo! man is in a state of loss, Save those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another to endurance.” (Al-`Asr 103).

And so judge (you O Muhammad SAW) between them by what Allah has revealed and follow not their vain desires, but beware of them lest they turn you (O Muhammad SAW) far away from some of that which Allah has sent down to you. And if they turn away, then know that Allah's Will is to punish them for some sins of theirs. And truly, most of men are Fasiqun (rebellious and disobedient to Allah). [TMQ” al-Maidah: 49]

Therefore, muslims must judge their lives on the Quran and Hadith of Rasulullah, and must not follow the vain desires of those (such as the secularist authors of Malay Mail Online,) who wish to delude from the obedience of Allah.

References:

http://wiemasen.com/fiqh-and-rules-of-enjoining-maruf-and-forbidding-munkar/

http://islamicsystem.blogspot.com/2006/05/transcript-enjoining-maruf-forbidding.html

Hudud can decrease crime rates

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/countries-with-hudud-laws-fail-to-reduce-crime-says-former-top-judge

Former Chief Justice Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad claims that countries which implement Hudud punishment laws are still lagging in reducing crime rates. Nd crime rates in countries such as Pakistan, Nigeria and Sudan are still high. He also claims that Hudud implementation in holy cities like in Makkah dan Madinah could not be used as a yardstick as an indicator of the success of such punishment laws.

http://english.astroawani.com/malaysia-news/paedophiles-will-flock-kelantan-if-hudud-enforced-20793

Before that, former ambassador, Datuk Noor Farida Ariffin made an outrageous claim that sexual criminals will flock to Kelantan, if such punishments laws are implemented.

Claims of Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad that the Hudud implementation in Makkah dan Madinah cannot be used as an indicator of such laws is indeed refutable. Madinah was the capital of the first Islamic State established by Prophet Muhammad (SAW) in the year 623, and continued to be the capital during the time of Khulafah ar-Rashidiin for many years fter its establishment. Therefore Madinah, then, has been the city which organized foreign policy, commerce and agriculture. Even now, holy cities such as Makkah dan Madinah is full of human activities and transactions with hotels, banks and shopping complexes, where humans perform their daily activities not only personal worship in Masjidil Haraam and Nabawi. There are still no reports that sexual criminals are flocking to Brunei, or Makkah dan Madinah.

The crime statistics in 2014 however refute the claims of both individuals, Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad and Datuk Noor Farida Ariffin.

The top 10 countries with the highest crime rates in the world in 2014:

http://top10for.com/top-10-countries-highest-crime-rate-2014/

1). USA

2). Canada

3). Germany

4). Poland

5). South Africa

6). Italy

7). Zambia

8). Uganda

9). Korea

10). Ethiopia

The top 10 dangerous cities in the world in 2014:

http://top10for.com/top-10-dangerous-cities-2014/

1). London (England)

2). Distrito Central (Honduras)

3). Birmingham (England)

4). Rio de Janerio (Brazil)

5). Ciudad Juarez (Mexico)

6). Mumbai (India)

7). Cape Town (SouthAfrica)

8). Florida (USA)

9). Caracas (Venezuela)

10). Chicago (USA)

The top 10 countries with the highest murder crime in the world in 2014:

http://top10for.com/top-10-countries-highest-murder-crime-2014/

1). USA

2). Belgium

3). South Africa

4). Italy

5). Japan

6). United Kingdom

7). France

8). Germany

9). Thailand

10). India

The top 10 countries with the highest rape crime in the world in 2014:

http://top10for.com/top-10-countries-highest-rape-crime-2014/

1). India

2). Spain

3). Israel

4). USA

5). Sweden

6). Belgium

7). Argentina

8). Germany

9). New Zealand

10). Poland

The worse crime rates in the whole world are in countries which DOES NOT implement Hudud, and NOT in countries which implement Hudud. However, the effective implementation of Hudud, and all other Syariah laws which organises human transaction such as economy, social, punishment systems will be effective only in an Islamic State (Khilafah),  and not in a liberal democracy secular countries, where in such, the wide gap between the rich and poor, and the economy which is still based on riba and paper money.

Hudud boleh mengurangkan kadar jenayah

Hudud boleh mengurangkan kadar jenayah

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/countries-with-hudud-laws-fail-to-reduce-crime-says-former-top-judge

Bekas Ketua Hakim Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad membuat kenyataan bahawa negara yang melaksanakan hukum Hudud masih tidak dapat mengurangkan kadar jenayah. Dan kadar jenayah di negara yang majoritinya muslim seperti Pakistan, Nigeria and Sudan masih mempunyai kadar jenayah yang tinggi. Beliau juga melanjutkan bahawa perlaksanaan Hudud di Makkah dan Madinah tidak boleh digunakan sebagai kayu-ukur tentang keberhasilan hukum tersebut untuk mengurangkan kadar jenayah.

http://english.astroawani.com/malaysia-news/paedophiles-will-flock-kelantan-if-hudud-enforced-20793

Sebelum itu, bekas duta Negara, Datuk Noor Farida Ariffin mengatakan bahawa perlaksanaan Hudud akan menyebabkan pelaku jenayah seksual berkerumun ke Kelantan.

Dakwaan Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad mengatakan perlaksanaan Hudud di Makkah dan Madinah tidak boleh digunakan sebagai kayu-ukur adalah dakwaan yang meleset. Sebabnya Madinah pernah menjadi ibukota Daulah Islam yang pertama yang ditubuhkan oleh Rasulullah (SAW) pada 623 Masehi dan juga ibukota Khulafah ar-Rashidiin yang berlangsung selama puluhan tahun, maka seseungguhnya Madinah pernah menjadi kota yang menguruskan polisi luar negara, perdagangan, sektor ekonomi dan pertanian. Pada zaman moden ini juga, bandar seperti Makkah dan Madinah dipenuhi oleh gedung-gedung perdagangan, bank-bank dan hotel-hotel, di mana manusia menjalankan kehidupan biasa seperti di bandar-bandar lain, dan bukan sahaja amal ibadah di dalam masjidil Haraam dan Nabawi. Juga belum ada lapuran penjenayah seksual berkerumun ke Brunei, ataupun bandar Makkah dan Madinah.

Statistik kadar jenayah pada 2014 sebenarnya menyangkal dakwaan kedua-dua individu tersebut.

10 negara yang mempunyai kadar jenayah yang tertinggi di dunia

http://top10for.com/top-10-countries-highest-crime-rate-2014/

1). USA

2). Canada

3). Germany

4). Poland

5). South Africa

6). Italy

7). Zambia

8). Uganda

9). Korea

10). Ethiopia

10 bandar di dunia yang paling merbahaya untuk diduduki

http://top10for.com/top-10-dangerous-cities-2014/

1). London (England)

2). Distrito Central (Honduras)

3). Birmingham (England)

4). Rio de Janerio (Brazil)

5). Ciudad Juarez (Mexico)

6). Mumbai (India)

7). Cape Town (SouthAfrica)

8). Florida (USA)

9). Caracas (Venezuela)

10). Chicago (USA)

10 negara yang mempunyai kadar kes bunuh yang tertinggi di dunia

http://top10for.com/top-10-countries-highest-murder-crime-2014/

1). USA

2). Belgium

3). South Africa

4). Italy

5). Japan

6). United Kingdom

7). France

8). Germany

9). Thailand

10). India

10 negara yang mempunyai kes rogol yang tertinggi di dunia

http://top10for.com/top-10-countries-highest-rape-crime-2014/

1). India

2). Spain

3). Israel

4). USA

5). Sweden

6). Belgium

7). Argentina

8). Germany

9). New Zealand

10). Poland

Di kesemua senarai tersebut, kadar jenayah yang paling tinggi adalah berada di negara-negara yang TIDAK melaksanakan hukum Hudud, dan bukannya di dalam negara yang melaksanakan hukum Hudud. Walaupun begitu, kami berpendapat, bahawa hukum yang mengaturkan manusia di dalam kehidupan masyarakat, seperti sistem ekonomi, sosial, hukuman termasuklah Hudud hanyalah dapat dilaksanakan secara efektif di dalam sistem Khilafah Islam, dan bukannya di dalam negara demokrasi liberal, di mana jurang kekayaan yang sangat tinggi dan sistem ekonomi yang berasaskan riba dan wang kertas.

A rebuttal of Noor Farida Ariffin claims on Hudud

These G-25 leader claims that the introduction of Hudud in Kelantan will increase sexual related crimes. Why is she so senile to think that the highest rape and other sexual related crimes (by merit) are all in non-muslim majority countries:

1). United States

2). South Africa

3). Sweden

4). India

5). United Kingdom

6). Germany

7). France

8). Canada

9). Sri Lanka

10). Ethiopia

Reference: http://www.wonderslist.com/10-countries-highest-rape-crime/

If this senile woman, Datuk Noor Farida Ariffin, claims that she is a practising muslim, but never covers her aurah, and thinks that Hudud will increase sexual related crimes, then surely many rapist and sexual predators will flock to Makkah and Madinah, where Hudud is implemented.

In another report, Sweden tops rape cases for every of its citizen, and rapist enjoy immunity in Sweden:

http://www.thelocal.se/20090427/19102

Sweden tops European rape league

27 Apr 09 10:34 CET

Sweden has the highest incidence of reported rapes in Europe - twice as many as "runner up" the UK, a new study shows.

Researchers behind the EU study, which will be presented on Tuesday, conclude that rape appears to be a more common occurrence in Sweden than in continental European countries.

In Sweden, 46 incidents of rape are reported per 100,000 residents.

This figure is double as many as in the UK which reports 23 cases, and four times that of the other Nordic countries, Germany and France. The figure is up to 20 times the figure for certain countries in southern and eastern Europe.

The study, which is financed by the Brussels-based EU fund Daphne II, compared how the respective judicial systems managed rape cases across eleven EU countries. Sweden is shown in an unfavourable light, according to the study.

The high figures in Sweden can not it seems be explained purely by an increased tendency to report rapes and other more minor sexual offences.

Rape simply appears to be a more common occurrence in Sweden than in the other EU countries studied, the researchers argue.

Over 5,000 rapes are reported in Sweden per annum while reports in other countries of a comparable size amounted to only a few hundred.

The figures can however be somewhat distorted as it is often only assault rapes by strangers and aggravated acquaintance rapes that are reported in many of these countries - as was the case in Sweden 40 years ago.

The high incidence of rape in Sweden has a strong connection to nightlife and partying, specifically after-club parties in private homes.

Early sexual debuts, high alcohol consumption, "free sexuality" and the "right to say no" quite simply results in more rapes, the study concludes.

The Daphne II fund ran from 2004-2008 and was set up by the European Parliament as a specific programme to prevent and combat violence against children, young people and women and to protect victims and groups at risk.

In 2007 Daphne III was launched to continue the work and is funded up to 2013.

External link: Daphne III »

TT/The Local (news@thelocal.se/08 656 6518)

http://www.thelocal.se/19124/20090428/

Swedish rapists ‘enjoy impunity’: Amnesty International

Published: 28 Apr 09

Sweden needs to do much more to clamp down on rapists, according to reports from Amnesty International and the United Nations. Jennifer Heape examines the disparity between the country's high incidence of rape and its low conviction rate.

Sweden's image as an international forerunner in the fight for gender equality has been damaged by recent reports comparing rape statistics across various countries.

A recent study commissioned by the European Union (EU) found that Sweden has the highest incidence of reported rapes in Europe.

And an Amnesty International report on rape in the Nordic Countries took Sweden to task last autumn for what the human rights organization saw as an abysmally low conviction rate for rape cases.

Released in September 2008, the Amnesty report - Case Closed - examines issues surrounding rape and human rights in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.

Despite Sweden's considerable emphasis on women's rights, currently ranking an impressive 3rd place in the UN global gender-related development index, instances of reported violence against women are showing no signs of abating.

In fact, statistics published by the National Council of Crime Prevention (BRÅ) show that the number of sexual offences reported from January to August 2008 saw a 9 percent increase compared to the same period in 2007.

Amnesty's most damning criticism of Sweden relates to the considerable disparity between the number of rapes reported and the conviction rate.

Case Closed highlights the damning evidence that, despite the number of rapes reported to the police quadrupling over the past 20 years, the percentage of reported rapes ending in conviction is markedly lower today than it was in 1965.

Sweden’s profile in terms of violence against women has also attracted concern from the United Nations.

As UN rapporteur Yakin Ertürk comments in a special report released in February 2007, there is a notable discrepancy “between the apparent progress in achieving gender equality and the reports of continued violence against women in the country.”

The statistics are certainly alarming. Results from the annual, government commissioned National Safety Survey (NTU), which is conducted by BRÅ, indicate that the actual number of rapes in Sweden in 2006 was estimated to be close to 30,000.

If this figure is correct, then it indicates that as few as 5-10 percent of all rapes are reported to the police.

Equally disturbing is the statistic from BRÅ stating that in 2007, less than 13 percent of the 3,535 rape crimes reported resulted in a decision to start legal proceedings.

Over the past ten years there has been a 58 percent increase in reported sex crimes and according to BRÅ, it is now statistically more likely for a person in Sweden to be sexually assaulted than robbed.

The phenomenon of alleged offences not formally being reported to the police or dropped before reaching court is termed 'attrition'.

Amnesty slams the Swedish judicial system and the prevalence of attrition within it, concluding that, "in practice, many perpetrators enjoy impunity."

In analyzing attrition and the failings of the police and judicial system, Case Closed draws attention to “discriminatory attitudes about female and male sexuality,” which may cause police investigators to “assume that women who report rape are lying or mistaken.”

This in turn brings up the notion of ‘real rape’ and the ‘ideal victim’. Researchers for Amnesty found that frequently:

“Young (drunk) women, in particular, have problems fulfilling the stereotypical role of the ‘ideal victim’, with the consequence that neither rapes within intimate relationships nor ‘date rapes’ involving teenage girls result in legal action.”

Helena Sutourius, an expert in legal proceedings in sexual offence cases concludes that, in Sweden, “the focus appears to be on the woman’s behaviour, rather than on the act that is the object of the investigation.”

In addition to challenging victim and crime stereotypes, perceptions surrounding ‘typical’ perpetrators must also be considered. The UN Special Report discusses how there is a widespread belief that the type of men who commit intimate-partner violence are not typical, ‘normal’ Swedes.

They are usually imagined as somewhat ‘deviant’ - unemployed, uneducated, alcoholic or from non-Western backgrounds, and so on. However, as Ertürk challenges: “In absolute numbers, the vast majority of the perpetrators of intimate-partner violence are ‘ordinary’ Swedish men.”

In a country where women’s rights feature high on the public agenda, there is a pervasive “fear of public shame - being regarded as a tragic failure in a country of supposed gender equality” especially among well-educated and successful Swedish women, which creates yet another obstacle for the victims of violence and rape, the UN report concludes.

Lina Plong from the National Centre for Knowledge on Men’s Violence against Women (NCK), based at Uppsala University, tells The Local:

“There is a real concern as to why the instances of rape and violence are not decreasing, despite the law becoming more strict and there being more public information available than ever. We need to concentrate on educating those professionals working in the area."

Amnesty has also condemned the limited amount of scrutiny of and research into the quality of rape crime investigations in Sweden as, “a serious shortcoming that needs to be addressed immediately.”

The Case Closed report states that, “while an impressive level of gender equality has been achieved in the so-called public spheres [in Sweden]…this achievement seems to have halted at the doorsteps of private homes.”

In its conclusion, Amnesty blames "deeply rooted patriarchal gender norms" of Swedish family life and sexual relationships as a "major societal flaw" and a reason for the continued prevalence of violence against women in Sweden.

Jennifer Heape (jennifer.heape@thelocal.se)