IS, ISIS or ISIL???

Many had expressed their sadness and condolences to the recently bombing in France. As far as the public heard from the medias, it is an act of terrorism and might be under the group who called themselves ISIL. Wait, maybe it's IS. Or maybe it's ISIL. Damn all these names. Aren't they the same? Apparently not.  Below are some infos that I gathered from a few articles.

Islamic State (IS)

The militants announced in June that they were dropping the last two letters of their acronym and instead should be referred to as the Islamic State in recognition of their self-declared caliphate.

“It is neither Islamic, nor is it a State. The group has no standing with faithful Muslims, nor among the international community of nations," a letter to David Cameron signed by the Islamic Society of Britain and the Association of Muslim Lawyers, said.

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis)

The original name for the group in Arabic was Al-Dawla Al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham. The first three words translate to the Islamic State of Iraq while “al-Sham” refers to Syria and the wider surrounding area.

The group’s stated goal is to restore an Islamic state, or caliphate, in the entire region. The acronym poses an issue for the many companies and brands around the world already using it or named after the ancient Egyptian goddess of the same name.

An American woman called Isis Martinez also unsuccessfully petitioned the US media asking them to stop using her first name.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil)

The undefined region around Syria is historically referred to as the Levant (an archaic French phrase for the “lands of the rising sun”), including modern-day Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine and Jordan.

Daesh

The French government changed its official name for the terror group, saying others “blur the lines between Islam, Muslims and Islamists”.

The Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius asked journalists and media organisations to follow their example, adding: “This is a terrorist group and not a state.

“I do not recommend using the term Islamic State because it blurs the lines between Islam, Muslims and Islamists. The Arabs call it ‘Daesh’ and I will be calling them the ‘Daesh cutthroats’.”

Daesh, sometime spelled DAIISH or Da'esh, is short for Dawlat al-Islamiyah f'al-Iraq wa al-Sham.

Many Arabic-speaking media organisations refer to the group as such and there is an argument it is appropriately pejorative, deriving from a mixture of rough translations from the individual Arabic words, notably the Arabic verb دعس, within the name, which means to tread underfoot or crush.

There we go. All of their differences but what I can see is that they shared the same passion and they're all blood thirst. They fight in the names of Islam and the whole world especially the West believes that Islam teaches hatred, teaches all the bad things.

As for those that don't know, go learn about what Islam really is and then you can decide to keep blaming Islam or not for all these cruelties.

We even have a few commands in Wars as our beloved prophet Muhammad SAW said :

1.   Don't cut a tree
2.   Don't kill a child
3.   Don't kill old people
4.   Don't destroy a temple or a church
5.   Don't destroy a building
6.   Don't kill those who surrendered
7.   Don't kill who ran away
8.   Don't kill a woman
9.   Don't kill a sick person
10. Don't kill a monk or priest
11. Don't disfigure the dead
12. Don't kill an animal except for eating
13. Be good to the prisoners and feed them
14. Don't enforce Islam

So which part of IS or ISIL or ISIS is Islam ???

lawatan tautan kasih

Pada 13 Nov 2015, Persatuan Sahabat Faqeh Terengganu telah mengadakan satu lawatan "tautan kasih" ke Taman Sinar Harapan Kuala Terengganu. Sebelum program lawatan, satu taklimat telah diadakan oleh pegawai di Taman Sinar Harapan berkaitan anak2 dan peranan Taman Sinar Harapan.

Taman Sinar Harapan Kuala Terengganu adalah salah satu dari 7 Taman Sinar Harapan di Malaysia. Terdapat 73 anak2 istimewa dari pelbagai masalah seperti masalah pembelajaran, autisme, down syndrome, adhd dan lain2 lagi di Taman Sinar Harapan KT ini. Terdapat juga kalangan anak2 yg mempunyai masalah keluarga.

Persatuan Sahabat Faqeh Terengganu (SFT) ditubuhkan pada Julai 2015 sebagai satu ngo dan juga "support group" kepada ibubapa yang mempunyai anak2 istimewa dan fokus kepada terapi anak2 ini menggunakan Al-Quran.
Buat masa ini SFT beroperasi di Darul Fitrah di Jalan Ibrahim, Kuala Terengganu. Di atas ehsan Darul Fitrah, kerana masih tidak berkemampuan untuk beroperasi di premis sendiri, SFT mengadakan kelas setiap jumaat pagi hingga tengahari. Buat masa ini ahli hampir seramai 40 keluarga. Aktiviti bermula dengan bacaan Ruqyah dan zikir terpilih dan diteruskan dengan solat Dhuha yang kebiasannya diimamkan yang oleh mereka di kalangan anak2 istimewa juga. Selepas itu, aktiviti diteruskan dengan brain gym, pengajaran Quran dan occupational theraphy (ot).

Lawatan tautan kasih ini diilhamkan bagi memulakan hubungan rapat sesama ngo berkaitan anak istimewa. Secara tidak langsung dpt berkongsi permasalahan dan cara theraphy yg digunakan. Kerjasama yang lebih erat dijangkakan akan diteruskan terutamanya dlm membantu anak2 ini dan dlm menyedarkan masyarakat bagaimana anak2 istimewa ini juga mempunyai hak di bumi Allah ini.

Dalam usaha ini, kami mempunyai halangan terutamanya dari segi kekangan kewangan. Bagi sft, perlu mendapatkan premis sendiri yg lebih sesuai utk diadakan kelas dan terapi. Dan bagi pihak taman sinar harapan, kakitangan adalah tidak mencukupi dgn work load yang ada. Mungkin dgn sumbangan ramai dpt membantu dari segi insentif kepada mereka yg tidak pernah jemu menyumbang bakti pada anak2 istimewa ini terutamanya yg diabaikan oleh keluarga sendiri.

Berat mata memandang, berat lagi bahu yang memikul. Bagi yg ingin menyumbang :

Persatuan Sahabat Faqeh Terengganu : Bank Islam - 13053010010646.

Boleh hubungi Engku Nizam Tuan Ahmad, setiausaha Persatuan Sahabat Faqeh Terengganu dan juga merangkap Ahli Lembaga Pelawat, Taman Sinar Harapan Kuala Terengganu di 013-9216897.