Happy Eid al Adha

It’s been a very very long time since I was last able to lay in bed, under my duvet and type a blog entry from scratch…

Note: most of my “substantial” blog entries were written with no prior preparation… often I’d think of a topic that I feel strongly about, and start typing, researching as I type…

So what’s on my mind while typing this blog entry, you might ask… Muslim Youths… Youth Engagement Summit…

I received an interesting invitation earlier on facebook to attend a talk amongst Muslim Youths to discuss about the best avenue to perform our duties and obligations of Da’wah… it’s unfortunate that I’ll be unable to make it for that talk/discussion, but I did post a comment to them… I told them to benchmark YES... not the part about organizing a huge summit, but about the idea, the skeleton, the core of YES…

What I suggested is what I’ve heard Muslim Youths in other countries (UK especially) have done… start a small-scale website or printed media… get some columnist to write… the columns or articles should be about the perspective of Muslim Youths in Malaysia… get the opinions and thoughts of Muslim Youths in this country in regards to current issues in regards to Islam… the key word here being Islam… every column or article should encourage other Muslim Youths to delve deep into the Holy Quran in search of the answers to everyday issues they face… the main purpose/goal of the columns and articles should be about educating Muslim Youths that the Holy Quran is the guide-book to life and that Islam IS NOT A RELIGION but A WAY OF LIFE!...

[continued on Friday, November 27, 2009]

I am too lazy to write anything today… tired from cooking for Eid al Adha…
Just a quick reminder… please remember that Eid al Adha or Eid Akhbari is a four (4) day celebration, as opposed to Eid al Fitr which is a three (3) day celebration… I think Malaysian Muslims should remember (I’m sure many of your weren’t aware of what I’m about to write) that Eid al Adha / Eid Akhbari / Hari Raya Haji / Hari Raya Qurban is the more important of the two Eids… ponder on why this is the more important Eid, and perhaps you’ll truly understand the true moral of the story about Ibrahim and Ismael (Abraham and Ishmael)…

Anyway... Eid Mubarrak to all my Muslim brethrens out there :-)