I'm not liberal

I was at a makan2 recently and sat next to this friend. She then told us how some jemaah masjid near where she lives have been circulating a form to collect signatures opposing the selling of liquor at seveneleven near her home. She said that she was so reluctant to sign it because it served no purpose to her..kalau diaorg jual pun bukannya pada orang islam, she said. Ni mesti ada parents yg concern nanti duit gaji anak diaorg yg bekerja kat situ jadi tak halal. Then dia sambung lagi, macam jugaklah yg kerja kat atas katebang tu..kena serve arak pada passengers..takkanlah duit gaji tak halal seperti kata ada ustaz2 ni.

I said, well, yes i've heard...kalau boleh carilah kerja lain yg takde berkaitan dgn arak and judi. Then she said, apa lagi kerja nak buat kalau setakat tu je kelulusan dia? This same lady also have raised the issue napa AF haram previously. I adala cakap, apa2 pun bentuk hiburan baik di tv or mana2 pun memanglah haram. Even nasyid pun kalau pompuan yg menyanyi because suara is aurat. So kita tak payahla pertikaikan benda2 camni..kalau suka tengok then tengok diam2 tak yah bising2 mintak diupliftkan label 'haram' pada AF tu. I mean i pun suka tengok tv yg tah hapa2 dan buat2 benda yg 'unislamic' but jangan la keriau2 kan?


I felt sooooo bad afterwards...betapa ceteknya pengetahuan agama i..betapa tipisnya iman i..i sat there quietly, not defending my religion so to speak. Regarding the arak and seveneleven issue, as a parent, tak kisahlah the liquor can only be sold to non-muslims, i wouldn't want my kids to be among their non-muslim friends while their having happy hour. Nanti kang dia ingat benda tu biasa je..mana ke tau nanti they might be led into 'nak try2' cam ada sesetengah org tu pi isap rokok kan..(siapa la tu?) Do you want your kids to be among their friends yg stone? Kalau dah besar and dah kerja semua, lain cerita..i hope kalau dah sampai umur tu, they have enough wisdom to be wise. Lepas tu bab org kerja atas katebang..mana ke pulak that particular job is the last option people have setaraf dgn kelulusan dia? Org berhempas pulas nak pi kerja tu pasal kerja tu glamer dapat tarik beg laju je dapat lalu kat custom (and apasal i selalu kena tahan? Kalau i jalankan bisnes cam kawan kita dari Jalan Sabung Ayam lain la) and makeup and rambut terletak je walaupun dah berjam2 atas katebang.

Kata2 makcik (makcik di sini bukan bermakna dia berjubah semua, sekadar kerana umurnya dah mencecah 50an, tapi masih bergaya tudung aryani dan mata bereyeshadow, bibir berlipstick) di atas disokong pulak oleh another makcik (yg sama category descriptionnya). Yg sorang lagi ni pulak baru start pakai tudung lepas balik haji dulu tapi setiap kali berjumpa asyik mengeluh panas, panas...memang la panas tapi orang yg pakai tudung ni just have to live with it sampai ke satu point yg kita pun dah tak perasan kepanasannya. At one time i just had to say, 'panas lagi kat neraka nanti'. Macam bagus je kan? But i really dah tak tahan dah!

When i was in the UK, i thought i had to make extra effort to 'be' a muslim. Performing prayers at the school chapel, signing petition for one small room to be left as prayer room masa buat masters dulu (kalau tak diaorg nak convert jadi bilik store), fasting when everyone else was having a lunch do, eating fish and cheese only as sumber protein masa kat public school dulu.

And here were these two makciks with their liberal islamic views....yg berpakaian muslimah dah pi haji semua..they could have fooled me.