THE MOSQUE KEEPERS AND COVID-19

The Grand Mosque of Mekah is now practically empty. It is the House of Allah since Ibrahim who first laid the foundation with his son Ismael. Why Allah wants to empty The House? To cleanse it from deviationists?

It appears that the Sauds want to claim that Masjidil-Haram is theirs by intruding a large portion of their palace into the sacred mosque. This affront has deprived of badly needed space for pilgrims that throng in by the millions during Hajj and Umrah. 

Then they allowed (unbeliever) Hilton to build a hotel right into the compound. And now many high-rise hotels have been built crowding the Al-Haram, thus  not only depriving space for pilgrims but making  the Grand Mosque looks diminutive.  During peak prayer times pilgrims could pray comfortably within the hotels in the lobby or their rooms.

For years and years the Sauds have been  getting monumental income from the global pilgrimage. How they spend the trillions of money only they knows. It is only now they want to improve facilities and infrastructure for the pilgrims. They are worse than their cousins, the Jews in terms of greed.  

The Sauds say that they are keepers of three Grand Mosques of Medina, Al-Aqsa apart from Mekah. What have they done for Al- Aqsa to counter Israeli aggression right into the Mosque? They have been silent like a mouse.  How about taking in Palestinian exodus fleeing the country since 1948? There is no refugee camp in Saudi. 

Blood had been spilt in Mekah several times. Hundreds of Iranian were killed during pilgrimage under some pretext that happened after the Iranian revolution. 

A revolt took place right in Masjidil-Haram and there was much fire-fight and many died. But what was the cause and the reasons. People must be damn angry and dissatisfied to make their point felt and dare to mar the sacred place with blood. Allah forbid.

Now they are on killing spree. Instead of finding peace with Yemen, the Sauds bomb them. They use sophisticated weapons bought from U.S. Earlier on they allowed the latter to have an air force base at Riyadh, the Sauds safe place. Lately, a ruling member is implicated in the murder of an Arab journalist.

Surely the ummah has become arrogant.

Walla hu 'alam.

HEALTHY EMERGENCY FOOD

For those who live in small towns or outskirts of big towns it is easy to harvest natural and heath food from the surroundings. There are the familiar escaped plants from cultivation found along roadsides, riverbanks, jungle fringes such tapioca, yam, kangkong (water spinach), banana, papaya, coconut, jackfruit, bamboo that can provide edible shoots, fruits, juice, and roots to be eaten directly or for cooking. Dispersal of seeds and other forms of propagules of these plants are usually incidental discards by people.

There are many wild plants that have edible parts that grow in their  natural or modified habitats. The young leaves of some ferns, wild bamboo shoots, mushroom types, water lilies are good for cooking. And there are ulams - pegaga types, mata pelanduk, cabang tiga to add flavour. The larva of sago beetle is good for protein and usually fried or even eaten raw as in Sarawak.

For sometimes now I have been harvesting cabbage (umbut) from young escaped oil palms in the farm or along roadsides. It is quite a laborious task to get the shoot but worthwhile. The taste is not as good as cabbage of coconut or nibong when cooked (masak lemak). 

The beauty of these emergency food types is they are organic and free for the taking.

FOREWARNED

Dan demikianlah pada setiap negeri Kami jadikan pembesar-pembesar yang jahat agar melakukan tipu daya di negeri itu. Tetapi mereka hanya menipu diri sendiri tanpa menyedarinya. ~ Al An'am (6):123

Tinggalkanlah orang-orang yang menjadikan agama-nya sebagai permainan dan senda-gurau, dan mereka telah tertipu oleh kehidupan dunia...  ~Al An'am(6):70,.      

... orang-orang yang mengingat Allah sambil berdiri, duduk atau dalam keadaan berbaring, dan meraka memikirkan penciptaan langit dan bumi, "Ya Tuhan kami, tidaklah engkau menciptakan semua ini sia-sia, Mahasuci Engkau, lindungilah kami dari azab neraka." ~ Ali 'Imran (3):191 

COVID-19, MOTHER WMD

They had to fake it. Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD) was in Iraq Bush said. Now the the mother WMD, Covid-19 has come, invisible, and whacking. It is not man-made missiles or poison gas. It is from God.

China got the first taste of Covid. The  bigger epicentre will be U.S., New York specifically. Perhaps, it's payback time for destruction of countries before and now - Philippines, Panama, Vietnam, Korea, Iran, Afghanistan, Somalia, Libya, Iraq, Palestine.

Many would not realise is that the turning point for China overtaking US as the world economic power. It has successfully overcome Covid in a massive effort while US taking the virus lightly at the beginning is struggling in the quagmire. Once lagging difficult to catch up economically.

China is strategically exporting supplies and technology needed to fight Covid to other affected countries.  It is opening its doors back for business  whereas slowdown in other countries. The US is in greater debt as trillions of (fiat) dollars are pumped in to boost  economy and fight Covid.

BACKDOOR FALLOUTS

This Anwar fella must be mentally deranged crazy for power. Twice out of jail and does not learn from the sins committed. He  was  out-manoeuvring to push Mahathir to quit premiership. In the end he himself becomes a victim deprived to be the 8th PM. He is as good as dead politically.

Muhy and cohorts secretly worked on stratagem and opportunely took over to be PM the backdoor way. It is not democratically correct many say. Who cares. Muhy is better than Anwar, morally and politically.  

A blessing in disguise for Mahathir. He can have a breather now. Everybody knows that he does not want Anwar to be PM and by the grace of God Malaysia is saved from dajjal.

The UMNO people would gain face in politics and some favours. The corrupts feel a little relief. There may be room to play around the  1MDB and other big time corrupt trial cases. The rakyat is watching and if the culprits are improperly judged that will be the undoing of Muhy.

The backdoor grabbers have dismissed DAP from the political scene to be in opposition again. The fact for honest people is that the country owes DAP for supporting Mahathir to bring Najib and corrupt machinery down. Will they be king-maker in GE15? 

Without Mahathir the country will not be cleansed of corruption. He could be PM for the third time. Inshallah.

POWER GRABBERS AND COVID-19

Muhy and the backdoor power grabbers thought they could outsmart Mahathir. The hikmah is the latter is saved the headache of fighting Covid-19. God is with Mahathir. But then the Doctor would know better how the country should deal with the virus.

Now the ball is at their very feet. Their balls are shrinking. Call the army to check people mobility. We are not at war yet! Are the police incapable of maintaining public order? What is the motive really?

Do not put further fear into the rakyat. We are all not that stupid to go walking or moving around for no definite purpose and expose ourselves to the virus. 

Who wants to be dead? Common sense will prevail and most will self-isolate at home for these two weeks. At the beginning people tend take it lightly on the virus being new. There may be a few who want to play hero but there is no need for the army to cordon them.

As for handling the pandemic, calling the army is bungling No. 1. Bungling No. 2 is not to have the foresight to cancel the tabligh event at Seri Petaling.  Bungling No. 3 is the health minister's advice to drink warm water to fight the virus. More stupidity to come no doubt.

The worst scenario if the virus becomes epidemic. The power grabbers will be shown the backdoor come GE15. Easy come easy go. 

OF COVID-19 AND MAN ARROGANT

Come Covid-19 virus, an  invisible enemy striking fear every nook and corner of the world. It is terrorising every aspects of man's life economically especially fallout of lockdown and shutdown. We keep social distance and everyone is suspect of carrier. Paranoia. 

Covid-19 is terrorist numero uno the world has been looking for. The unwritten philosophy is that nations must create enemies, real or imagine to sharpen readiness, power and survival. US versus China, India versus Pakistan, Saudi versus Yemen, Israel versus Palestine, and elsewhere.  

The terrorist as the arrogant West sees it as Muslim. Annihilate them with might, deception, weaponry, and money.  Their millions ("terrorists") are dispensable. The crusade will not end. 

How we are rudely awakened that there is still God who created everything in the universe. He knows best how to take care of it till the end of time. 

For so long man arrogant swaggers around with destruction and injustice along the path in the name of power and development. Oppress the weak and downtrodden. Grab the wealth.

Covid-19 makes the world a more level playing ground at least for a while. Man arrogant has short memory. God is a reminder.