Mohamad Taufek Abd Ghani |
- Imam Hoslan berpeluang berdakwah dalam penjara
- Religious schools need more funds
- 'Mana dana untuk 800,000 pelajar sekolah agama?'
| Imam Hoslan berpeluang berdakwah dalam penjara Posted: 11 Oct 2012 08:24 PM PDT  12 Okt 2012 KUALA LUMPUR: Imam Hoslan Husin, 46, yang baru sahaja kembali ke pangkuan anak dan isterinya semalam selepas hampir tujuh bulan menjalani hukuman penjara akan meneruskan kehidupan biasa dengan berniaga buku dan kitab-kitab pengajian agama Islam. Itulah sumber pendapatan beliau selain bekerja makan gaji dengan vendor alam sekitar sebagai 'water monitoring'. Bagaimanapun, beliau akan merujuk semula dengan majikannya itu kerana difahamkan akan diberi ruang untuknya di sana selepas ini. Malah katanya, Jabatan Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan (Jawi) dan Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (Jakim) menyokong penuh perjuangannya. "Saya berterima kasih dengan pegawai Jawi yang sama-sama bertugas di Masjid Ar Rahimah kerana menghulurkan sumbangan kepada keluarga selama saya dipenjara," katanya ketika ditemui. Hoslan cukup teruja untuk menceritakan pengalaman yang baru sepanjang beliau berada di Penjara Kajang. Menurut Hoslan yang juga bekas Imam Masjid Ar-Rahimah, Kampung Pandan, sepanjang berada di sana beliau mengambil tugas-tugas sebagai pendakwah di dalam Unit Halaqah. "Saya cukup sedih, ramai banduan orang Melayu Islam di dalam sana tidak tahu apa itu syahadah apatah lagi mahu mengucap (syahadah). "Saya juga pernah melakukan sembahyang ghaib untuk salah seorang pegawai penjara yang meninggal dunia. Walaupun ada sedikit pertikaian tetapi saya berjaya menjelaskan sebaiknya," katanya. Selama berada di sana, beliau cukup gembira apabila berpeluang berdakwah dan memberi kata-kata nasihat kepada banduan-banduan lain. "Saya diberi kebenaran menyampaikan nasihat oleh pegawai penjara. Antara yang saya tekankan 'jalan kehidupan Allah telah tunjuk, tugas kita hanya ikut sahaja jalan itu'," ujarnya. Namun, beliau menyifatkan hukuman yang diterimanya sebagai pengajaran dan mengibaratkan penjara itu sebagai madrasah tarbiyah. Sementara itu, isteri beliau Noorliza Mat Isa, 43, melahirkan kegembiraan yang teramat sangat sehingga tidak terluah dengan kata-kata sebaik sahaja melihat suami yang kini sudah berada di depan mata. "Tidak tahu nak cakap, saya cukup gembira. Suami dan ayah kepada anak-anak saya akhirnya berada di depan mata kami," katanya dengan linangan air mata. Jika hari raya Aidilfitri yang lalu, Noorliza berhari raya tanpa suami untuk Hari Raya Aidil Adha yang bakal disambut akhir bulan ini adalah cukup bermakna buat mereka sekeluarga. "Bersyukur, raya nanti kami gembira sangat, baru ada mood nak raya. Macam Aidilfitri lalu kami tak ada 'mood' nak raya. Anak-anaklah yang paling gembira dan mungkin mereka tidak sabar untuk berbaju raya sedondong," katanya ketika ditemui.  |
| Religious schools need more funds Posted: 11 Oct 2012 08:23 PM PDT  October 11, 2012 About 500 people turned up at Parliament today demanding the government increase allocation to religious schools. KUALA LUMPUR: An Islamic school NGO submitted a memorandum at Parliament today demanding the government increase allocation for religious schools in the country. The Selangor Islamic Education Solidarity Council, led by its chairman Zainal Abidin Kidam, arrived with nearly 500 supporters at the Parliament lobby at 9am. He claimed to be representing nearly 100 religious school in Selangor and other Islamic NGOs. Also present were Selangor executive council members Halimah Ali, Ronnie Liu and PAS education bureau chairman Abu Bakar Chik. The representative of the huge crowd later submitted the memorandum to Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim and PAS vice-president Salahuddin Ayub. Speaking at a press conference later, Zainal Abidin said that Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's allocation of RM100 million for public religious schools was pale in comparison to their student numbers. He claimed that currently, there are about 800,000 students studying in religious schools nationwide. "That is about 30% of the students studying in the country. The allocation is only for government- aided religious school but what about all state-run schools and private religious schools nationwide? "We estimate that there 2,300 of such school in Malaysia," said Zainal Abidin. He also said that due to funding contraints, many parents had to fork out a lot of money to send their children to study in religious schools. "In rural areas, parents have to spend about RM200 monthly to send their children to religious schools. Parents in urban areas have to fork out between RM700 and RM800 monthly," said Zainal Abidin. He urged the government to match the allocation given to religious schools to that of national schools. "The government should also increase grants for textbooks and teachers. A special allocation is needed to train teachers to teach in religious schools," said Zainal Abidin. 'Religious schools not sidelined' On whether he would submit a copy of the memorandum to Najib, Zainal said," We will do it later." Sharing his views, Liu said that Pakatan Rakyat's policy is to provide support for all types of schools in the country. "We will strengthen all religious and vernacular schools when we take over Putrajaya," said Liu. Salahuddin also reiterated Pakatan's stand to provide free education to the people if the opposition bloc wins the federal government in the general election. The crowd dispersed peacefully at about 11am. Meanwhile, Deputy Education Minister Mohd Puad Zakarshi dismissed allegation that the government had sidelined religious schools in the country. He also said that there 382 such schools in the country but only 156 of them are registered with the ministry. "The schools registered with the ministry obviously are given all the aid needed. Even the ones unregistered, the government pays for the teachers' salary and other perks," said Puad. He claimed that some of these religious schools were reluctant to register fearing that they would lose their influence in their schools. "The school managament gives all sort of problems out of fear that they will lose influence among the students and parents. "But we do pass some allocation for these unregistered schools via the state governments. We let the state government to decide how to disburse the funds to them," said Puad.  |
| 'Mana dana untuk 800,000 pelajar sekolah agama?' Posted: 11 Oct 2012 05:22 PM PDT  Okt 11 2012 Aktivis dan pelajar sekolah agama rakyat (SAR) hari ini berhimpun di depan bangunan Parlimen di ibu negara untuk menuntut dana yang diperuntukkan untuk sekolah itu dalam Belanjawan 2013. Jurucakapnya Zainal Abidin Kidam berkata, kira-kira 800,000 penuntutnya masih belajar bawah kemudahan di bawah paras sederhana walaupun ibu bapa mengeluarkan wang sehingga RM600. "Ini melibatkan lebih sejuta ibu bapa, yang memilih menghanar anak mereka ke seolah agama. Islam adalah agama rasmi persekutuan dan pendidikan bawah tanggungjawab kerajaan persekutuan. "Setiap individu berhak mendapatkan pendidikan Islam," katanya.  |
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