*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* { Sila lawat Laman Hizbi-Net - http://www.hizbi.net } { Hantarkan mesej anda ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED] } { Iklan barangan? Hantarkan ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] } *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* Undilah PAS : MENENTANG KEZALIMAN & MENEGAKKAN KEADILAN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- -Tok Aji- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [titiwangsa] -Hadi Awang- > Dear friends, > > in The Star today the Terengganu MB, Haji Abdul > Hadi Awang, was > reported to have said kharaj was given to two, a > land tax and taxes on > agricultural produce. They were exactly what were > applied during the > British colonial regime. These were the cukai tanah > (land tax) and the > cukai pokok (taxes on fruit trees). Then there was > the ushr (lit. 1/10) > applied on padi. It must be remembered the British > acted as advisers to > the respective sultans. That these agricultural > taxes were applied on > Malay/Muslim agricultural lands and produces did > not run against > Islamic law since the kharaj taxes were permanent > levies and were > applied on Muslims who later owned the former > non-Muslim lands. The > taxes were lifted during the Abbassid. > > The British applied these as a means to conform to > Islamic law but did > not call them kharaj. I believe the taxes resulted > from Islamic legal > advisers to the British, mainly from al-Azhar. > > Perhaps Hadi would do better should he first decide > what's his purpose > for the taxes he wants to apply. Is it to hatch > ideological and > constitutional division between the Muslims and > non-Muslims? IMHO, > most Malaysians would position themselves against > him if that's his > motive. On the other hand, should he apply himself > to the Pas' attempt > to resolve an *Islamic State* without discriminating > against the > non-Muslims, I suggest it is possible for most > Malaysians to think of > democratic ideological pluralism and respect the > attempt for the > alternative statecraft and social managenement it > would bring. > > I don't think Hadi intended to seed religious > division. I choose to see > him adhering to the traditional legal corpus and > hence he rushed to the > kharaj. Hadi had himself suggested returning to the > Medinah Charter. He > should have stayed there instead of moving back to > the Daru'l-Islam > (*Islamic State) and Daru'l-Harb (State of War) > dichotomy that had > deterred Islamic reformation. I believe we'll agree > the best option the > Pas has to pose itself as an alternative to Umno > (and the BN) is to > open itself to non-Muslim participation by a > charter giving everyone > equal rights like it was with the Charter of > Medinah. > > Can that be done, along with reforming the Islamic > laws that do not > direct the society towards unicity? Yes, if the Pas > can construct a > magisterium (syura) and obtain the necessary > consensus of the ulama > through it. Hadi and the Pas would do well to > remember the Shariah does > not insist that Islamic laws become universally the > same. Next, that > the Shariah embraces the Fiqh laws, the Adat or > Sunnah laws, the laws of > the land, and the laws of Reason (Hukm 'Aql). The > critical question is > about whether or not the Syura can be flexible. It > will fail if it > rigidly upholds the traditional corpus. We have > ample examples of > attempts to reform and to moderate the laws that > failed because of the > rigidity, involving Pakistan and Sudan especially. > There were also the > attempts in India during the British colonial regime > and the famous > Ottoman failure of the Tanzimat (1855-75) which was > an attempt to use > the Shariat together with Canon Law (Kanun). It's > interesting to note > that Johor desired to apply the Tanzimat in 1927 and > dropped the idea. > Islamic reform isn't something new to the Malay > states. It was only > deterred. > > Can Pas be flexible enough to open itself to > non-Muslim direct and full > membership? We know it hesitated. I doubt it can > do that. But let's > see. > > What the Pas may do is to construct a Syura in > Terengganu and Kelantan. > The Syura members must be appointed by the Sultan or > it must derive its > legitimacy by referendum. In the classical idea of > the Syura the members > were the heads of the tribes. This was not the case > during the period of > the Khalifah Rashidun. They were selected by the > Khalifah from > prominent members of the Muslim community. > > Then open Pas to the non-Muslims in pursuance of > the multi-religious > polity that was constructed immediately after the > Prophet's arrival in > Medinah (Yathrib), where and when it all began. Can > the Pas do that? > Perhaps we need to first ask does it want to do > that? > > It's good that we have Hadi Awang in Terengganu. At > least he is causing > us to think and to look for the means and ways that > are possible in > Islam. I suggested earlier we should expect a > sizeable drift towards the > Pas to happen within three months after the > election. Let's see if > that'll transpire. > > Salaam, > -Tok Aji- > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > * List Owner: He who sees all and does all > * Titiwangsa Archives are available at > http://www.egroups.com/list/titiwangsa/ > * To unsubscribe, send a message with "unsubscribe" > in the body to > * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ===== **nak keluar,sila hantar emel pada [EMAIL PROTECTED]** ********************************************************* >>>>>>> SUDAHKAH ANDA MENYEMAK DAFTAR UNDI ANDA <<<<<<<<< ********************************************************* __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ( Melanggan ? To : [EMAIL PROTECTED] pada body : SUBSCRIBE HIZB) ( Berhenti ? 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