Yang mencuri Sandal di Masjid adalah Setan, yang bukan Setan pastilah Kemasjid untuk Solat. Di gereja kenapa PIano tidak Hilang ??? Sesama Setan dilarang saling mencuri...........:):):):) salam,
--- On Thu, 9/25/08, gkrantau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: gkrantau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [zamanku] Re: Thieves in the mosque! - Ramadan prayers offer extra cover for crooks To: zamanku@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, September 25, 2008, 7:32 AM TEKA-TEKI: ' Mengapa tidak kita dapati keyboard, drums, guitars, saxophones dsb. di masjid?' Jawab orang yg kurang tolerant: 'Boro2 keyboard, saxophones dan alat2 musik yg mahal - sandal jepit-pun amblas di masjid!' Gabriela Rantau Jawab orang yg kurang tolerant: 'boro2 keyboard dan alat musik ahal a --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] .com, "Sunny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Refleksi: Rupanya pencuri di Arab Saudi tidak berpuasa mesucikan diri dari > perbuatan jahat, mereka tetap melakukan profesi meski pun di rumah ibadah.. > Bagaimana dengan konco-konco mereka yaitu para koruptor kakap mau pun teri di > Indonesia? Sangat menarik sekali bila para koruptor Indonesia dan > cecunguk-cecunguk mereka benar-benar puasa dari perbuatan haram yang > merugikan umat yang jujur. > > http://www.arabnews .com/?page= > 1§ion=0&article=114687&d=23&m=9&y=2008&pix=kingdom. jpg&category=Kingdom > > Tuesday 23 September 2008 (23 Ramadan 1429) > > > Thieves in the mosque! - Ramadan prayers offer extra cover for crooks > Arab News > > JEDDAH/RIYADH: Taraweeh, which is a special prayer performed only during > Ramadan, is the best way to achieve closeness to God. Therefore mosques > become particularly crowded during the month of fasting with worshippers. But > these crowds also attract another type of visitor, the thief, whose favorite > target is unattended purses in the women's sections of these houses of > worship. > > The crime works like this: Thieves, sometimes women and sometimes men > disguised in abaya and niqab (face veil), come in while women are preoccupied > with prayer and prostration and snatch purses from the careless and > distracted. The men's sections are not immune to this crime, either. > > "Although it is a time full of spirituality, it is a season for thieves > (too)," said Ali Al-Marshad, a worshipper in Riyadh who goes every day with > his wife and daughter to pray. "Women's mosque-prayer season in Riyadh is > Ramadan; this could explain why they are sought by thieves. If I suspected > that a man could break into a women's section of the mosque I would not allow > my wife and daughter to go. I'd rather make them pray at home." > > Recently a mosque in Riyadh was struck by two men disguised in women's garb. > They grabbed a number of purses and fled. Shortly after the women called the > police, they cordoned off the neighborhood around the mosque to no avail - > the men had vanished with their booty. > > After hearing about an incident in a mosque in Al-Salama district of Jeddah, > Maha Abdullah, a forty-something mother of four, decided it was time to take > extra precaution. "We heard about a couple of theft incidents in the men's > section," she said. "Thieves were pick-pocketing worshippers at the entrance > or exit of the mosque. I became very cautious while praying. The women's > section is unguarded and it is located in the back of the mosque. I try not > to carry any money and I leave my mobile at home." > > Most women are careful with their bags during prayer - typically placing > their purses in front of them so they can be mindful of their belongings > during prayer. But still, the occasional carelessly placed personal effect is > enough to encourage thieves to keep trying. > > Abdullah says that her mosque has a cleaning woman who also acts as a set of > eyes. "She knows everyone and if a new face entered the mosque she becomes > alerted immediately, " she said. > > Scholar Ahmad Al-Husain said that it is not a religious obligation for women > to pray in mosques, but that it is not recommended to forbid them from > attending. "Although there is a number of cases where men tried to break into > women's sections in mosques, I do not think it is a phenomenon," he said.. > > Laya Abdul Kareem, 50, said a boy came into her mosque during Ramadan last > year and tried to steal her purse. "This boy snuck into the women's section > of the mosque and tried to steal my bag and run away," she said. > > Fortunately, Abdul Kareem was praying on a chair because of her age. The > young boy thought she was performing prostration and attempted to snatch her > bag. "I saw him immediately and pulled my bag out of his hands," she said.. > "He ran away and no one saw him after that." > > Since that incident, Abdul Kareem said the administrators of her mosque hired > a woman guard as an added precaution. > > A mosque in Jeddah's Al-Rawdah district is typical - a small community house > of worship where everyone knows each other. As with most mosques, there is no > on-site security. Women simply watch each other's belongings and are mindful > of new faces. > > Mohammed Rashid, another of the mosque's attendees, says police should be > guarding all mosques during prayer times, especially the Friday sermons and > the Taraweeh prayers. > > "It is unfortunate to have stealing incidents in mosques, especially during > prayers," he said. "But some weak-hearted people don't care that God is > watching them. There has to be security at all mosques around the country. > Putting one police car outside of a mosque would have an effect on thieves." > > - Laura Bashraheel in Jeddah & Nuha Adlan in Riyadh >