“Dan barang siapa membunuh seorang yang beriman dengan sengaja, maka balasannya ialah neraka Jahannam, dia kekal di dalamnya Allah murka kepadanya, dan melaknatnya serta menyediakan azab yang besar baginya” (an-Nisa’: 93).
Mira di dalam dilema memikirkan destinasi yang bakal ditujui seterusnya. Air mata mengalir laju mengikut rentak tren komuter yang bergerak di dalam terowong gelap. Fikirannya tentang Rizal yang meninggalkannya setelah menerima berita bahawa Mira berbadan dua hasil dari perbuatan mereka yang hanyut dengan nafsu dan cinta. Dari stesen Subang Jaya ke Petaling jaya, tangisan Mira tak henti-henti sambil memegang perutnya yang sudah kelihatan sugul.
Sekali lagi Mira teringatkan Rizal dan akhirnya sudah mencapai satu kata putus, lantas dia mengeluarkan pemetik api dan tahu destinasi yang akan ditujuinya. Dan esok, kandungannya bakal dikenali ramai dan mendapat liputan luas di dalam akhbar-akhbar diseluruh Malaysia.
Masalah pembuangan bayi semakin berleluasa malah bukan sahaja menggugurkan bayi namun mereka juga menggunakan cara yang kejam untuk menghapuskan bukti tersebut iaitu dengan membakar, mengkisar, membuang di dalam sungai dan yang paling tidak diterima akal dipotong dan diberi kepada binatang untuk menjamu selera.
Persoalannya kemanakah perginya nilai kemanusiaan itu? Adakah wajar hukuman berat membendung gejala membuang bayi? Sekiranya iya, apakah jenis hukuman yang wajar dijatuhkan ke atas manusia yang bertopengkan syaitan ini?
Hukuman yang sedia ada sebenarnya adalah tidak mencukupi atau efektif bagi menangani masalah ini. Setelah kami selidiki dan membincangkan isu ini, satu bentuk mekanisma ataupun hukuman yang lebih efisyen perlu dipraktikkan didalam menangani masalah yang semakin menular di dalam masyarakat kita pada masa kini. Bagaikan barah yang merebak setiap hari, ianya sama seperti kes pembuangan bayi ini. Sekiranya, ia tidak dibendung dari akar umbi, nescaya gejala ini akan menyebabkan berlakunya gejala-gejala lain timbul dan merosakkan lagi akidah umat manusia.
Hukuman-hukuman berat perlu dilaksanakan dan dalam masa yang sama masyarakat perlu diberi pendedahan dan didikan dari awal bagi mengatasi fenomena ini dari terus berterusan. Disini disenaraikan beberapa hukuman berat yang wajar dilaksanakan:
1. Hukuman sebat di khalayak ramai
2. Rejam sampai mati (bagi yang sudah berkahwin)
3. Pesalah dicop dengan besi panas di dahi tanda beliau pernah melakukan zina
4. Perlu memohon maaf dikhalayak ramai (melalui media massa)
5. Hukuman penjara 20 tahun dan dalam masa yang sama kompaun RM100 000
6. Renjatan elektrik di khalayak ramai
Dalam masa yang sama, pendedahan dan didikan awal juga dipraktikkan bagi mencegah amalan ini. Antaranya:
1. Melaksanakan hukuman-hukuman berlandaskan hukuman Islam (hudud)
2. Menghapuskan semua pusat-pusat pelacuran dan hiburan
3. Penzinaan diselesaikan dengan cara Islam
4. Hukuman yang dilaksanakan perlu lebih telus
5. Kempen akidah yang wajib disertai oleh semua remaja lepasan PMR selama 3 bulan
6. Ibu bapa diwajibkan menghadiri kursus didikan dan bimbingan anak-anak
7. Masyarakat perlu dididik cara untuk berhadapan dan mengatasi masalah ini (melalui media massa)
8. Subjek agama Islam dan sivik di sekolah perlu ditekankan, didalami dan dipelajari dengan meluas serta di implikasikan di dalam norma-norma kehidupan.
Kesimpulannya, gejala pembuangan bayi perlu dilihat dari pelbagai aspek. Masyarakat tidak seharusnya menuding jari dan memfokuskan kepada gejala ini semata-mata tetapi haruslah menyelidik dan mengenal pasti punca berlakunya gejala ini. Oleh itu, hukuman berat dan didikan haruslah bergerak seiring seperti irama dan lagu yang tidak boleh dipisahkan.
“MARILAH BERSAMA-SAMA MEMBANTERAS GEJALA INI AGAR KITA TIDAK DIPERSOALKAN DIKEMUDIAN HARI”.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
GOING for PEGAGA OVER LADY GAGA
If we were to choose between Lady Gaga and Mrs Pegaga, who would it be?
It was an awesome and unforgettable experience going to Jerantut with all the interpersonalist family. But the most cherishable moments were, all the part one perform our very own, Viva la gaga. We got our self a standing aviation from the crowd and it felt a sense of relieve when all of our hard time training and practicing finally paid off. Even at this moment, while I was writing this post, Bad romance were played at Flyfm. Rara aaa, roma romamama,gaga ulalala, want your bad romance...
You guys might think for a while what does lady gaga got to do with my story. Frankly speaking, it is just something that I simply want to put in as the word GAGA rhyme to “pegaga”. Yup! You heard it right, pegaga or also known as Pennywort is the topic for my feature story assignment. There are many reason for choosing pegaga. The first one would be because I love pegaga. Second because I love pegaga and the final reason is because I love pegaga. As I could remember, I started to fall in love with pegaga since I was eleven years old and people would label me as ‘vegie maniac’. Even the famous ‘Bun’ would call me ‘kambing’ every time we when out for lunch, just for the reason I took ‘ulam’ without the ‘sambal belacan’ . But anyway, back to the story. Pegaga in its scientific term are called centella asiatica (also known as Gotu Kola, Pegaga, and Mandukaparni) is a perennial, herbaceous creeper with kidney-shaped leaves found in Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, and South Africa.
Pegaga has been used for centuries in both traditional Indian and Chinese systems of medicine. Its ability to heal wounds, improve mental clarity, and treat skin conditions were important reasons for its extensive use. It also has a reputation for boosting mental activity and for helping a variety of systemic illnesses, such as high blood pressure, rheumatism, fever, and nervous disorders.
In shallow water, the plant puts forth floating roots and the leaves rest on top of the water. In dry locations, it puts out numerous small roots and the leaves are small, thin, smooth and fan-shaped. It prefers to grow in shady, moist, or marshy areas such as paddy fields, grass areas and riverbanks. Although usually collected from wild, Pegaga can be cultivated from seed.
Having done promoting the benefits and the origin of ‘pegaga’, I guess a short story of mine will not harm anyone right? Well this story actually happen during my stay at my hometown which is in Setiawan, Perak. I was with my cousin wondering around looking for ‘mempelam’, as I was scattering the leaf and the small branches, it strike my eyes to encounter a large area of fresh Pegaga. As I was into Pegaga so much, plus during that particular time my stomach were not filled with anything since morning, I decided to pick and choose a quite number of those Pegaga and quickly ran off to the kitchen and ate it with white rice and fried ‘kembung’. As I was enjoying my dish, grandma step in and she was in a great shock. I when blur for awhile and quickly ask her “whats wrong nek Wan?”. She did not reply but instead quickly she grab the Pegaga and throw it inside the bin. It was a mix feeling at that time. Whether I did something wrong or any how hurt her feelings. “apesai keme bodoh sangat nie..habeh sume pokok keme nk mkn...tumpo sumenye dapat kat mike....”. after hearing that from my grandma, I could fell my adrenaline pumping up to my head. Guess what! I was in bed for three days and the doctor said that I was food poisoning and the best part is the plant that I thought was Pegaga were actually ‘keladi kecik’.