..as a Moslem – The DarkJasmine

Ramadhan Mubarak

Assalamu’alaikum.. May peace be upon you. yes! PEACE. The one word that we’re using more often these days, in Indonesia and through out the rest of the world. Reading, hearing, and watching the news become more traumatizing and depressing. Terrorism, wars, oppressions, anarchist, and criminal acts are the main topic of almost all of the news’ outlets. I couldn’t help it anymore – wondering why it is so easy to spread hatred and negativity, without thinking about other’s feeling. One group’s claim to be the victim, while their acts scream villain. One nation is banning people solely based on their origin country or even their religion. One group massacred other group just because they were different. A killing spree in random places by a person, just to be accepted in one criminal group. ah.. I could going all day listing all the terror happening in our reality now, but what’s the purpose?

Here we are, living in a very divided world, yet hope is still here. We could see that despite – or because of – all this cruelty, people begin to extend their help into a larger scale. Groups from different background are embracing each other more than they ever before. The phrase “faith in humanity restored” is getting its stage. People racing to show the warm of their heart to each other, just to make sure that we really feel that this life is worth living.

This is what Ramadhan is truly about : to bring the best of people. As a moslem, I believe this is what Rasulullah SAW wants to see : kindness, in every way of our life. I am no expert in explaining about what is Ramadhan, but I found a very helpful article if you want to understand about it more, it is this article from Vox. I like the closing line : “Because terrorists are assholes.” Don’t ever let terrorists act define what Islam is. This Ramadhan is our opportunity to unite moslems around the world to show the true face of Islam.

Terrorists. They have no religion, even if many will automatically link it to Islam – they are not muslims. Islam is a religion about peace and thaught us how to live peacefully among others. Terrorism rooted deeply within the society itself, not within Islam. It is an act of defiance, to scare people, to threaten another group for its own political gain. There are many kinds of terrorism, which cause expert to hardly agree on one definition. The fail to exactly define what is terrorism clearly show the complexity of its term, moreover its actions and its aim. One thing for sure, terrorist wants us to stop living. That is not Islamic teaching.

:sigh: I got carried away… I wanted to write about Ramadhan, but I was mumbling about these issues instead. My bad.. I am sorry, I guess I have been diving this issue for too long and I need to get it off my chest – to vent out. I need to write more about it later, in a better compose post.

Back to Ramadhan. It is a month of joy. Let’s bring the best of us and enjoying this closeness. We are closer to Allah, our family, our loved ones, and our fellow creatures of the world. Let’s observe Ramadhan by being a better human being.

Ramadhan Mubarak, Every one!

Salam,

The DarkJasmine

Ramadhan Kareem

According to the Government of Indonesia, today is the 1st Ramadhan in Indonesia. Ramadhan Kareem. Ramadhan Mubarak. Selamat Ramadhan. Happy fasting. All the best greetings and wishes for my fellow Muslims around the world, may Allah gives us His mercy and forgive all of our sins. Wish our love for Allah is getting stronger through this holy month and forever.

This is my First post in this new Website. All of the posts before are imported from my old blog. I want to have my own web from long time ago, but my project with a friend meets no end and this sudden offer from Kak Idhen makes everything becomes true. Many many thanks for you, Kak! (p.s for i: thanks for the understanding.. hihi)

In the beginning of June, I joined a writing challenge, writing 101 and then I became busy with all this migrating blog stuffs (another excuse I made). Once again, I failed the challenge, this time is worse, I had only done 3 or 2 (I forget and really lazy to check). My bad. Pfiuh… and to my own surprise, this morning I have made my mind to make my own writing deadline! I have to write everyday during this Ramadhan Month. I want to write about anything that come to my mind when I begin to write. *spontaneous enough, ha?

This is day 1 of Ramadhan and just like each year before, I always begin my holy month with tears because I miss my mom so much. 2014 is a harsh year for me, many things changed in my life, even my own perspective about my self. Life is far from boring, because my heart is going through ups and downs, even it is only in june, I feel like I have the longest year. Father just get back home from hospital last week, Alhamdulillah he is getting better and more discipline with his medicine. I hope there will be no more downs in the rest of the year.

Do all what it takes for your dream, and let Allah take care of the rest, for whatever His will is for you, it is the best yet to come..

Happy fasting, everyone! Happy Ramadhan…

Love,

@darkjasm

Eid it is!

Happy Eid Mubarak Everyone!

[Very Late] Eid Post

Idul Adha is already passed and the vibe of that sacred moment is also gone, but I still want to post my pics from that Eid Day.

I celebrate the Day with my Cousin, we went to The Mesjid in front of our house to done Shalat Eid and then we headed home to enjoy dishes cooked by my cousin the day before… After done all the delicious dishes, we planned to see the Qurban, but being so sure that we’ll hear the announcement if they begin the Qurban ceremony (due to the very close distance from Mesjid to our House), turned out that we missed it. They didn’t use the mic! lol *~~very foolish of us~~*

Here are some pics from that Big Days.. enjoy!

lingkelilingling 111 — Agar-Agar with Marie Roti + Dragon fruit as the garnish

lingkelilingling 113 — Granita Coke a la Chef Dody

lingkelilingling 116 — the Grilled Chicken as the main Dish

lingkelilingling 114 — i am the PIC for arranging the table.. lol

and this is me… hihihiii

Better late than never, no?

Love,

The Dark Jasmine

in Allah we trust..

seriously,,

we will never know when our precious life stop,,

look at Japan,,

sudden attack of Tsunami,,

it hurts,,

God bless u all, Japanese,,

#PrayForJapan

Selamat Idul Adha!

Tahun 2010 adalah tahun yang penuh bagiku,, penuh kejutan, penuh kebahagiaan, penuh kesedihan, penuh tantangan, penuh!

Tahun ini aku mulai memasuki dunia yang ~~kata orang adalah dunia yang~~ sebenarnya, memasuki dunia kerja, memasuki dunia kemandirian, mengatur dan merencanakan hidup sendiri, seru!

Hari Idul Fitri yang lalu aku habiskan di Yogyakarta, kota penuh cerita dan seribu macam berita, sendiri, jauh dari keluarga, kini hari Idul Adha aku lalui di Jakarta, ibukota yang menghadirkan banyak cinta :), tapi tetap saja, jauh dari keluarga. Banyak orang yang menyambut hari raya dengan suka cita, berkumpul bersama dan berbagi kasih, tapi tahun ini hari-hari istimewa ini aku lalui tanpa mereka, keluarga yang paling aku kasihi, tapi itu tak membuat ku berduka, karena masih banyak hal yang bisa dilakukan untuk mengisi hari yang penuh rahmat ini.

Hari ini aku bangun dengan pikiran yang berkecamuk, setan sedikit mempengaruhi untuk lanjut tidur, tak usah ikut Shalat Ied, tapi akhirnya hatiku yang menang dan aku pun berangkat shalat Ied. Awalnya aku memang agak sinis, karena ku pikir di komplek perumahan mewah ini pas masjidnya akan sepi, tapi ternyata aku salah, mesjidnya penuh dan jamaah berlimpah, sama seperti mesjid di luaran sana! Alhamdulillah,,

Shalat Ied dimulai, seperti yang selalu aku keluhkan, saf tidak pernah bisa rapat karena masing-masing kukuh berdiri diatas sajadahnya sendiri yang luas sekali itu, kemudian bapak Khatibnya juga kasian betullah,, masa dia belum selesai khutbah jamaahnya dah pada bubar?? hahaa, ada ada saja,,

itulah pagi Idul Adha saya yang aneh,,

sekarang mau siapsiap makan enak dulu ah,,

We will Not Go dOwn

WE WILL NOT GO DOWN (Song for Gaza)
(Composed by Michael Heart)
Copyright 2009

A blinding flash of white light
Lit up the sky over Gaza tonight
People running for cover
Not knowing whether they’re dead or alive

They came with their tanks and their planes
With ravaging fiery flames
And nothing remains
Just a voice rising up in the smoky haze

We will not go down
In the night, without a fight!
You can burn up our mosques and our homes and our schools
But our spirit will never die
We will not go down
In Gaza tonight

Women and children alike
Murdered and massacred night after night
While the so-called leaders of countries afar
Debated on who’s wrong or right

But their powerless words were in vain
And the bombs fell down like acid rain
But through the tears and the blood and the pain
You can still hear that voice through the smoky haze

We will not go down In the night, without a fight
You can burn up our mosques and our homes and our schools
But our spirit will never die
We will not go down In Gaza tonight

Terjemahan:

Cahaya putih yang membutakan mata
Menyala terang di langit Gaza malam ini
Orang-orang berlarian untuk berlindung
Tanpa tahu apakah mereka masih hidup atau sudah mati

Mereka datang dengan tank dan pesawat
Dengan berkobaran api yang merusak
Dan tak ada yang tersisa
Hanya suara yang terdengar di tengah asap tebal
Kami tidak akan menyerah
Di malam hari, tanpa perlawanan
Kalian bisa membakar masjid kami, rumah kami dan sekolah kami
Tapi semangat kami tidak akan pernah mati
Kami tidak akan menyerah
Di Gaza malam ini

Wanita dan anak-anak
Dibunuh dan dibantai tiap malam
Sementara para pemimpin nun jauh di sana
Berdebat tentang siapa yg salah & benar

Tapi kata-kata mereka sedang dalam kesakitan
Dan bom-bom pun berjatuhan seperti hujam asam
Tapi melalui tetes air mata dan darah serta rasa sakit
Anda masih bisa mendengar suara itu di tengah asap tebal

Kami tidak akan menyerah
Di malam hari, tanpa perlawanan
Kalian bisa membakar masjid kami, rumah kami dan sekolah kami
Tapi semangat kami tidak akan pernah mati
Kami tidak akan menyerah
Di Gaza malam ini

(*diambil dari email yang dikirim oleh Kak Wahyudi Arifandi di Milist DCR)

for d list of the boycott things : memorise_those_brands (at gallery)

pLease Vote Here

for aLL my friends,,

there’s kinda vote between Israel or Palestine (Of course we vote for Palestine) in a site an we can also leave our comments there,,

if U all want to participate to vote (i hope u all will), just open http://www.israel-vs-palestine.com/gz/

thaNks!!
^_^

hope we can spread d news,,

News from Palestine

i got it from a message in my facebook account,,

please read it with heart :

MAJED said :

Unfortunately the situation is very bad in Gaza city – the Israeli occupation is striking more and more organisations, more houses and the mosque, and my university was hit last night.

They focus on the civilians. It is easy for them.

Nothing is working in Gaza and we don’t do anything. We stay inside the house, my family and I. Every family in Gaza is doing the same.

We are used to hearing these airstrikes, everybody here is used to it and we don’t have any way to protect ourselves. We just stay inside the home, hearing the news, hearing where the Israeli [army] strikes, hearing the F16s and Apaches and waiting to see what will happen.

We were not prepared for the war. They attack civilians and children and don’t care if we are armed or not.

“The world looks at unarmed Palestinian people as though they are a nation with an army, as though we are equal to the Israelis … but this is not true”

Majed, Gaza City

Yesterday, my sister’s house was damaged in a strike on a target nearby. Every room was damaged except for the kitchen, where she and the children were. Allah kept them alive.

The world looks at unarmed Palestinian people as though they are a nation with an army, as though we are equal to the Israelis. They think we have real rockets that cause a lot of damage or have a big effect, but this is not true.

The reality is that we don’t have anything and they have struck everything in Gaza.

I have exams coming soon in my university and I want to study but I can’t in this situation. So they affect my future, the future of all students here.

Why does the Israeli army strike my university and mosques and houses? I don’t know the answer. You have to ask them.

The coming days will be very bad. There will be more and more deaths.”

and this is from d group named EGYPT!-Keep Gaza borders open also in Facebook,,

I just want to spread this informations so we can act together,,

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– Items Urgently Needed for Gaza – Medical Equipment – PLEASE Donate –

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Please donate and make a difference..a ground raid is now a threat and the people of Gaza need more prayers and help than ever before..Please do your bit.

The following items are urgently needed.

1 mobile X-ray machine
Maintenance of the existing 5 sterilization machines.
5 new central sterilization machines.
500 oxygen cylinders
ICU beds, Fully equipped
5 Anastasia machines
100 Syringe pump
100 Infusion pump
5 Operations tables with their lights for opening new operation rooms
10 Blood Gas machine with its converter
30 normal beds
5 Intensive Care ambulances
Normal ambulances (where 40 % of existing are depreciated)
More generators for the hospitals (KVA 200, KVA100, KVA 50, KVA 600)
5 Washing machines for clothes and other drying machines for Gaza Strip ICUs

http://www.justgiving.com/gaza – make your contribution right now!

This links also includes pictures and news directly from the Islamic Relief Gaza office. So you can see that whatever money you send via this link is getting to Gaza and being used their effectively and well.

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Egypt IS REFUSING TO OPEN THE BORDER, only opening it at random times in the day for very small periods of time and for only specific people..after watching the innocent starve and die, live on grass, people with termnal illneses or whatever illneses die as there is no medication, new born babies die, and now these new HORRIFIC attacks on GAZA that are “only the begining” pleaseeeee pray for them and raise money pleasee i can’t belive this..

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http://stopthesiegeongaza.blogspot.com/ link says what it is about

Pelajaran di Hari idul Adha,,

selalu,,
dalam beberapa tahun ini,,
Idul Adha tampak kalah populer di media maupun di pusat-pusat perbelanjaan,,
beberapa tahun yang lalu kalah dengan Tahun Baru Masehi,,
kini kalah dengan Hari Natal,,
yaaah,,
mungkin kapasitasnya memang berbeda dengan Idul Fitri yang dirayakan sangat besar-besaran di Indonesia ini,,

hmhmhm,,

ada hal mengganjal yang sudah lama ta rasakan, tapi kembali bergejolak setelah melaksanakan shalat id tadi pagi,,

aneh,,,
padahal ta selalu ingat katakata imam sebelum mulai shalat,,

“Rapatkan Shaf dan Luruskaaaann,,”

tapi,,
tetap saja masih pada masih berdiri di sajadah masing-masing,,,

apakah ini cermin masyarakat kita yang sedang bergerak ke masyarakat Individualis??