Penembak MH17 Bukan Pengganas: Mereka Adalah Pejuang.

Seluruh negara berasa sedih dengan apa yang terjadi kepada penerbangan MH17 yang telah ditembak jatuh. Kami di Christian United For Malaysia amat bersedih diatas perkara ini. Lebih menyedihkan adalah ianya merupakan tragedi kedua yang terjadi melibatkan kapal terbang Syarikat Penerbangan Malaysia (MAS).

                Justeru itu kami telah menyalakan lilin untuk para penumpang dan krew kabin yang bekerja di dalam pesawat MH17 itu. Semoga mereka akan tenang di dalam pelukkan Yesus. Walau bagaimanapun terdapat banyak teori yang mengatakan tentang kemalangan yang benar-benar menyentuh hati rakyat Malaysia.

                Tidak kurang pula dengan mereka yang membela kerajaan Malaysia dan MAS yang sememangnya perlu dipersalahkan di dalam  perkara ini. Jika tidak kerana ketidak cekapan mereka dalam menjalankan tugas, bagaimana perkara ini boleh  terjadi sebanyak dua kali. Apakah pihak MAS terlalu ambil lewa tentang keselamat anak kapal dan krew mereka?

                Mungkin MAS yang cuai dan mungkin juga Kerajaan Malaysia yang cuai dan mungkin juga pilot penerbangan MH17 yang cuai. Segalanya berlaku sebegitu pantas dan akhirnya hampir 300 nyawa melayang. Ada pihak berpendapat bahawa pesawat itu ditembak kerana menjelajah ke dalam kawasan perang yang tidak selamat.

                Bagi pendapat penulis, kesilapan terbesar yang berlaku di sini bukanlah kesalahan para penembak tetapi ianya kesalahan yang dilakukan oleh diri kita sendiri. Sudah tahu ingin berlepas di dalam kawasan perang, megapa langkah-langkah keselamatan extra tidak diambil.

                Untuk pengetahuan umum, MH17 bukanlah ditembak oleh pengganas atau pemberontak tetapi ianya telah ditembak oleh pejuang yang berada di kawasan tersebut. Sempadan Ukraine dan Russia itu merupakan satu kawasan perang. Sudah tentu apabila berlaku lintasan kapal terbang ianya akan ditembak. Peluru tidak mengenal kawan dan lawan. Tetapi mengikut berita yang kami terima orang-orang yang berada dikawasan itu adalah penganut agama Kristian. Mereka tidak akan mencederakan sesiapa pun sekiranya diri mereka tidak diancam. Apakah kita telah melakukan kesilapan besar dalam menganilisa perkara ini.

                Kita tidak boleh menyamakan para pejuang di Ukraine dengan pengganas seperti OSAMA BIN LADEN dan gerombolan pengganas Islam yang menyerang dan membunuh orang tidak berdosa tanpa rasa bersalah. Pengganas menyerang orang lain dengan tanpa belas ihsan tetapi para pejuang seperti di Ukraine hanya bertindak balas dan bukannya mereka masuk dan menggangu negara orang lain.

                Kesimpulannya sebelum kita menghukum dan memarahi orang lain kita hendaklah berfikir dahulu sebelum kita melakukan apa-apa tindakkan yang boleh menghancurkan nama baik sesuatu kumpulan itu. Ya! Sekali lagi saya katakan bahawa memang sebanarnya kejadian ini satu kesedihan. Tetapi jangan lah kita terus menghukum dan menyalahkan orang lain kerana mungkin ianya merupakan kesalahan kita sendiri. 

Wahai Bapa yang berada di Syurga,
Selamat kanlah mereka,
Sambutlah mereka dengan tangan mu yang Suci,
Wahai Bapa yang Maha Penyelamat!

Kehilangan Tuhan Dalam Agama.

Masalah yang dihadapi oleh kebanyakkan agama-agama besar di seluruh dunia adalah kehilagan jiwa terhadap tuhan. Kehilangan jiwa ini boleh diertikan dengan hati dan perasaan yang agama ini hanyalah ritual yang perlu diikuti.

Konsep agama seperti moraliti yang baik dan bersikap sopan antara sesama manusia telah dilenyapkan tanpa di fahami oleh para pengikutnya. Ini yang berlaku kepada kebanyakkan agama di dunia.

Jadi sebagai seorang manusia, tidak kira apa pun agamanya dimuka bumi ini, marilah kita bersama-sama memegang tali kepercayaan. Ingat! Dan sentiasa Ingat! Agama itu adalah hubungan kita dengan yang maha pencipta. Tidak kira apa pun agama dan kepercayaan kita, hubungan kita adalah dengan Tuhan dan bukannya dengan manusia yang disekeliling kita. Biarlah Tuhan yang mengadili kita dan bukannya orang lain atau kita yang mengadili manusia.

Hubungan kita dengan Tuhan tidak mempunyai batasan.

Sayangilah jiwa kita.

Kita adalah hamba yang bebas merdeka.

Husni Edward
Jakarta, Indonesia.

Muslim official stands up for persecuted Christians

The United Kingdom’s highest-ranking Muslim spoke out against the religious persecution of Christians minorities around the world earlier this month.

Minister of Faith Baronness Sayeeda Warsi addressed the violence against religious minorities—especially Catholics, Protestants, and Orthodox Christians—in the Middle East in a speech at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

Mahathir the Anti-Christ?

Non-Muslims insisting on the use of the word 'Allah' in Peninsular Malaysia are creating “tension between religions’ said former Prime Minister  Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pic).

He said non-Muslims in the peninsula did not traditionally use Allah in their worship and should not be asking to be allowed to use it now.

The Malaysian Crusade: Jangan Tipu Rakyat Malaysia Kembalikan Hak Kami!

Kehidupan sebagai seorang rakyat Malaysia sememangnya aman dan makmur. Sungguhpun begitu setelah 57 tahun diperintah oleh Barisan Nasional dan UMNO terlalu banyak hak rakyat telah diabaikan. Apakah kita masih mahu berdiam diri lagi?

The Tallest Christmas Tree In The City- Datuk Hashim Wahir-

Thank You KLCC for Keeping The Christmas Traditions among the Christians In Malaysia alive.....

Hudud In Kelantan. Does it effects Christians?

We the admin of CU4M would like to express our deep fears on the implementation of the PAS's Islamic Hudud Law in Kelantan.

We hope that Christian leaders are here to protect the rights and liberties of all Malaysians including our Muslims friends who are actually reluctant in accepting this particular act of the Kelantan Government.

KOTA BARU: The judges of the Kelantan Syariah Court are ready to hear criminal cases under hudud laws but the PAS-led state government is still seeking expert views before implementing the Syariah Criminal Code passed 20 years ago.

State Syarie Judges chief Datuk Daud Muhammad, a staunch advocate of hudud, has renewed his call to the state to implement it.

When asked to comment on the matter, Deputy Mentri Besar Datuk Mohd Amar Abdullah said the government was adopting a “non-hasty” approach and needed to collate views from experts, including former International Islamic University professor Dr Abdul Aziz Bari.

Dr Abdul Aziz, an expert in constitutional law, had said that the Kelantan government only needed the Sultan’s consent to implement hudud.

Mohd Amar, who is also state PAS deputy commissioner (III), said other experts were of the view that there was a need to amend the Federal Constitution.

The Syariah Criminal Code Enactment (II) was passed in 1993 and received the consent of the then Sultan of Kelantan, Sultan Ismail Petra ibni Yahya Petra.

Mohd Amar said that although the law included a special court to hear hudud cases, the state government also needed the cooperation of the police and the Prisons Department on where to hold those arrested for offences.

Meanwhile, MCA publicity bureau deputy chairman Loh Seng Kok said Daud’s remarks on the readiness to enforce PAS’ version of hudud showed the irrelevance of the opposing statements by DAP leaders.

“Responses by Pakatan Rakyat leaders are insufficient to convince anyone as the PAS-led Kelantan state government unanimously passed state enactments favouring the implementation of hudud,” Loh said in a statement.

He said it was clear that the current Kelantan government had consented to the implementation of hudud regardless of the assurances to the contrary being given by Pakatan.

Trinity Corporation: Selangor State GLC Is The Brink Of Chaos? The grand mosque of cordoba.

Talam Transform Berhad or formerly known as Talam Corporation of Trinity Corporation Berhad.

Why the name change? Trinity Corporation Berhad was a good name right?

We read so much of the skandal in Talam/Trinity. We think that the people in charge of Selangor's GLC must answer this to the rakyat.

We heard about the Fidlot National Shahrizat Scandal, but we did not hear anything about Talam. Both are using the rakyat's money. What happened?

Remember, remember, the 5th of November

The Gunpowder Treason and plot;

I know of no reason why Gunpowder Treason

Should ever be forgot

Here is a piece on the Mosque in Cordoba which was converted to a church. 

Known locally as Mezquita-Catedral, the Great Mosque of Cordoba is one of the oldest structures still standing from the time Muslims ruled Al-Andalus (Muslim Iberia including most of Spain, Portugal, and a small section of Southern France) in the late 8th century. Cordoba is a two hour train ride south of Madrid, and draws visitors from all over the world.

Temple/Church/Mosque/Church

The buildings on this site are as complex as the extraordinarily rich history they illustrate. Historians believe that there had first been a temple to the Roman god, Janus, on this site. The temple was converted into a church by invading Visigoths who seized Corboba in 572. Next, the church was converted into a mosque and then completely rebuilt by the descendants of the exiled Umayyads—the first Islamic dynasty who had originally ruled from their capital Damascus (in present-day Syria) from 661 until 750.

A New Capital

Following the overthrow of his family in Damascus by the incoming Abbasids, Prince Abd al-Rahman I escaped to southern Spain. Once there, he established control over almost all of the Iberian Peninsula and attempted to recreate the grandeur of Damascus in his capital, Cordoba. He sponsored elaborate building programs, promoted agriculture, and even imported fruit trees and other plants from his former home. Orange trees still stand in the courtyard of the Mosque of Cordoba, a beautiful, if bittersweet reminder of the Umayyad exile.

The Hypostyle Hall

The building itself was expanded over two hundred years. It is comprised of a large hypostyle prayer hall (hypostyle means, filled with columns), a courtyard with a fountain in the middle, an orange grove, a covered walkway circling the courtyard, and a minaret (a tower used to call the faithful to prayer) that is now encased in a squared, tapered bell tower. The expansive prayer hall seems magnified by its repeated geometry. It is built with recycled ancient Roman columns from which sprout a striking combination of two-tiered, symmetrical arches, formed of stone and red brick.

The Mihrab

The focal point in the prayer hall is the famous horseshoe arched mihrab or prayer niche. A mihrab is used in a mosque to identify the wall that faces Mecca—the birth place of Islam in what is now Saudi Arabia. This is practical as Muslims face toward Mecca during their daily prayers. The mihrab in the Great Mosque of Cordoba is framed by an exquisitely decorated arch behind which is an unusually large space, the size of a small room. Gold tesserae (small pieces of glass with gold and color backing) create a dazzling combination of dark blues, reddish browns, yellows and golds that form intricate calligraphic bands and vegetal motifs that adorn the arch.

Mihrab (photo: Bongo Vongo)

The Horseshoe Arch

The horseshoe-style arch was common in the architecture of the Visigoths, the people that ruled this area after the Roman empire collapsed and before the Umayyads arrived. The horseshoe arch eventually spread across North Africa from Morocco to Egypt and is an easily identified characteristic of Western Islamic architecture (though there are some early examples in the East as well).

The Dome

Above the mihrab, is an equally dazzling dome. It is built of crisscrossing ribs that create pointed arches all lavishly covered with gold mosaic in a radial pattern. This astonishing building technique anticipates later Gothic rib vaulting, though on a more modest scale.

Rib Detail, Mihrab Dome (photo: Manuel Parada López de Corselas)

The Great Mosque of Cordoba is a prime example of the Muslem world's ability to brilliantly develop architectural styles based on pre-existing regional traditions. Here is an extraordinary combination of the familiar and the innovative, a formal stylistic vocabulary that can be recognized as “Islamic” even today.

Text by Shadieh Mirmobiny 

What does it mean to be a Christian?

Some people think that to be a Christian means you can't see movies, that you can't dance, can't have a drink, or that you can't have any more fun.  That isn't true.  Christianity isn't about rules and regulations to follow.  It is about a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.

In the Old Testament times God gave the Law which had to be followed precisely.  There were instructions about clothes, food, what you could or could not do on the Sabbath, what you had to do in the temple, how priests were to carry out their functions, how strangers were to be treated, how people were to be punished, etc.  All these things were to be observed properly and precisely since all of them affected their standing before God.  That was in Old Testament times, but now we have Jesus and the requirements of the Law are no longer necessary for us in order to please God.

Being a Christian means that you are changed on the inside, not controlled from the outside.  It means that your heart has been changed by the presence of God.  It does not mean that you are required to go to church, required to pay tithes, required to be good, required to do anything in order to stay a Christian.  It means you desire to do those things because you've been changed.

Regeneration

Regeneration means that there has been an actual change in a person.  When someone becomes a Christian by trusting in the sacrifice of Christ alone for the forgiveness of his sins, then the Holy Spirit has come and lives in that person.   Because the person has been changed from the inside, he does not desire to do those things that are contrary to God.  Therefore, he will naturally desire to go to church.  He will desire to be good, to be honest, etc. He does not go to church, or be good, or be honest, in order to be a Christian.  He does those things because he already is one.  It means that those things he desires to do change.  He wants to change and wants to please God -- from the inside.

So, being a Christian means that you have encountered the true and living God and that you have undergone a change in your heart and soul.  It means that you are not restricted to the Laws of right and wrong in order to please God because you cannot please God by what you do.  God will only find pleasure in you through Jesus Christ.

To be a Christian means to follow Christ, to desire Him, to fellowship with Him, to be indwelt by Him, and to bring glory to Him in your life.

In Malaysia Everyone Celebrates The Birth of Christ.

PAS lawmaker meets Catholic church leaders in peninsula

A PAS politician, who has been instrumental in organising interfaith dialogues with Christians nationwide, recently met up with leaders from the Catholic church in the peninsula as part of his efforts to build bridges with the community following the “Allah” controversy.

Datuk Mujahid Rawa (pic), whose name is now synonymous with interfaith dialogues, told The Malaysian Insider that he met Kuala Lumpur Archbishop Tan Sri Murphy Pakiam and Bishop of the Malacca-Johor diocese Paul Tan in the capital city two days ago.

"I had always wanted to meet the both of them but time did not permit it. And I was fortunate enough to do so on Tuesday," said Mujahid.

About Forgiveness

Help Others And Help Will Come To You.

Christmas And UMNO.

UMNO Approves Price Hike!

UMNO Approves Price Hike!!!!

UMNO is taking more Ulama's on their side. What is going to happen to Malaysia?

We took this picture from this particular website, we hope the owner wouldn't mind we use it. http://www.mykmu.net/?p=37506

Ok. First and foremost, we have to remind our beloved readers from all around the world that CU4M (Christian United 4 Malaysia) is not a political website, nor we are ignorant of what is happening in our country. We do not intend to choose which political side as our work is for Christ and Christians all over Malaysia. We love our country and we do not wish it to go down the drain because some politician are using religion and race just to ensure that they can get a lot of votes in the ballot box.

‘I felt only love’: Disfigured man embraced by Pope Francis speaks out about the experience

The disfigured man whose meeting with Pope Francis made headlines all over the world has finally spoken out about the experience – and said the moment left him speechless.

Vinicio Riva, 53, suffers from neurofibromatosis Type 1, a rare genetic disorder which results in painful tumours on his face and body.

Speaking for the first time to the Italian magazine Panorama, Mr Riva said the moment captured by photographers in St Peter’s Square on 6 November “all lasted not more than a minute, but it seemed an eternity”, and that it was “like being in Paradise”.

Mr Riva told the magazine he had spent a lifetime living on the margins of society in Vicenza, northern Italy, where his younger sisters and late mother also suffered from the same rare disease.

In the past he has made a number of visits to Lourdes, a Catholic shrine in France which is the site of thousands of religious pilgrimages every year, until a travelling companion this year suggested he go to Rome.

Mr Riva spoke of his shock when, after meeting Pope Francis and kissing his hand, the Pontiff then pulled the 53-year-old towards him.

“What most astonished me is that he didn’t think twice on embracing me,” Mr Riva said. “I’m not contagious, but he didn’t know. He just did it; he caressed all my face, and while he was doing that, I felt only love.

“I tried to speak, to tell him something, but I couldn't: The emotion was too strong.”

Afterwards, Mr Riva turned to his aunt who accompanied him to the Vatican and said: “Here I leave my pain.”

The interview with Panorama comes as Pope Francis’ popularity has never been higher. A YouGov poll released yesterday suggested that, since the Argentinian had taken on the highest office in the Catholic Church in March this year, he has made a sustained and positive public impression.

The survey found that only 3 per cent of people thought he had done a bad job since being made Pope, compared to the 11 per cent who though he would do a bad job when he was installed.

While 36 per cent of people said they had a negative opinion of the church before Pope Francis and still do, 17 per cent said he had made them think more positively about Catholocism.

13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do

Mentally strong people have healthy habits. They manage their emotions, thoughts, and behaviours in ways that set them up for success in life. Check out these things that mentally strong people don’t do so that you too can become more mentally strong.

1. They Don’t Waste Time Feeling Sorry for Themselves

Mentally strong people don’t sit around feeling sorry about their circumstances or how others have treated them. Instead, they take responsibility for their role in life and understand that life isn’t always easy or fair.

Human Rights For All: Ustaz Nasharuddin, Please Hear Us.

Ustaz Nasharuddin Mat Isa the former Bachok Parliamentary Member.

We the Admin of CH4M would like to ask Ustaz Nasharuddin Mat Isa to stop attacking COMANGO and other efforts to enhance Human Rights activities among Malaysian.

Yes, we may have different ideas about rights but Ustaz Nasharuddin Mat Isa must put himself in our shoes. He needs to understand that not everyone has the same idea like him.

What is MuslimUpro doing? Trying to deprive of other Malaysians their right to practice and embrace their own faith and beliefs?

Villa Nabilla: The Case of The Missing Boy

*This particular story was taken from the Star. And as usual, our comments will be marked red. 

JOHOR BARU: There's no truth to social media reports that a group of 23 children went missing at Villa Nabila, an abandoned bungalow in Danga Bay here reputed to be among the five spookiest places in the country.

Johor Baru (South) deputy OCPD Supt Abdul Samad Salleh said Monday that police had only received a report about a 16-year-old boy missing since Saturday and purportedly seen entering the villa.

How To Pray The Rosary

Make the Sign of the Cross and say the "Apostles' Creed." Say the "Our Father." Say three "Hail Marys." Say the "Glory be to the Father." Announce the First Mystery; then say the "Our Father." Say ten "Hail Marys," while meditating on the Mystery. Say the "Glory be to the Father.