“The latest incident about a BFM newsreader being threatened with death, rape and being burnt alive by those whom I assume to be Malay-Muslim netizens brings forth serious questions for this country. Is this country safe for our children to live in? If a simple point of view is raised against such issue as hudud or even such issue as democracy and clean elections can produce outburst of murder, rape and burning people alive, what does it say about our country, its citizens and our leadership?”
The statement came from Professor Dr Mohamad Tajuddin Mohamad Rasdi. He is the father of a BFM presenter, Aisyah Mohd Tajuddin who faced death and rape threats over the video of her questioning about Hudud. I have watched the video myself on YouTube and understood what is the message she tried to deliver. Below is the link of the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAr-8YGeRH4
First of all, what is Hudud? Hudud is law that have been decreed by Allah himself in the holy al-Quran. Implementation about Hudud have been mention a few times in al-Quran, for examle in al-Isra verse 32 about forbidding adultery and al-Maidah verse 38 about punishment for thief. Here, I would like to belief that Aisyah Tajuddin is a Muslim herself, according to her name.
There are many who questioned about implementation of Hudud and some non-Muslim claimed it as a cruel punishment. But that is okay for them to question about Hudud since they are not Muslim and they didn't believe in Allah and al-Quran. Muslims people will not get angry over a non-Muslim questioning about Hudud and believe me, many will try to explain to them about Hudud so that they can understand it. But the issue here is about a Muslim herself questioning about Hudud. She asked about how Hudud can improve the economy or help the flood victims or fill our stomach. It is like she questioned about how solat can help the economy, how fasting in the month of Ramadhan can help the flood victims and how performing haji in Mecca can fill our stomach. It is the same! Why? Because all that have been mentioned above are orders from Allah to all Muslim and as a Muslim, who is she to questioned it? Is she smarter than Allah himself?
Islam is peace religion. Even the word Islam itself comes from salam, an Arab word which mean peace. But what she did was really insulting; not the pride of Muslims but Allah himself. Even though I do not agree with the threats, but if we look from a positive side, the threats could be a wake up call for her to take back what she said. Hudud is not a politic issue, but an order that must be obey. It is a matter of iman and aqidah which are the foundations of Islam itself.
To Aisyah Tajuddin, please, I beg of you. Please take back what you said and do the taubat while you still can. I am not going to threat you and even if you ask me to kneel, I will. Just please do not devastate our Islam for it does not belong to either you or me alone, but it belong to all Muslim as well.
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