Adam Lim, Muhammad Tan and Marlina Wong

Meeting old friend Haji Muhmmad Tan
(ex-major of Malaysian Army) travelling
all the way 200 km from Malacca
at Macma HQ for dakwah work
in 2008, Kuala Lumpur.

Keep up the pure fighting spirits !

Haji Ridha Lua and Dato' Haji Anuar Tan

Haji Ridha Lua (UTM Graduate) Architect for Kelantan
Chinese Muslim Centre in Kota Bahru, Kelantan meeting
with State Branch Chairman
Dato' Haji Anuar Tan, also an State Assemblyman
for Kota Lama (Kota Bahru)
and Kelantan Executive Councillor for 2 terms.

One Half Nesting In A Pearl: My Journey

One half from the east

one half from the west.

One half made of water and earth.

one half made of heart and soul.

one half staying at the shores.

And one half nesting in a pearl.

-(Rumi)

Part 1 :

I am born in the East. The dragon seeds wisdom carried by my father. Journey across the south china sea from Quang Dong province in 1920s. Civil wars. British still occupied Hong Kong and establish opium trade. To destablish the Qing empire and weaken chinese rebels and corrupt the officials. Communist movement just launched by Mao and Zhou. Dr.Sun Yatsen raising funds to establish a new republic. Same as my grandpa generation who read Tao Te Ching, I Ching, Three Kingdoms, Water Margins, Zhugeliang and Genghis Khan, Analects and Mencius, Huai Nanzi, Chuang Tzu, Lipo, Tufu and Lu Xun.

My family great surname of Zhou were shared by Han Suyin another novelist whose life struggle stradle east and west. She also migrated to Malaya then, worked as teacher, doctor and met our elders Haji Mustapha Ma and Hajjah Aliyah Ma, the childen of Haji Ibrahim Ma. Diplomat and consul of China in British Malaya before independent. Here is another great epic diaspora story to be written. Her original name was Zhou Guanghu. Her mother was Flemish and father chinese belgian educated. Hansuyin great works/novels are:

The Mountain Is Young, Mortal Flowers, A Many Splendoured Things

Destination Chungking, Zhou Enlai: First Son, The Rain Is our Drink

Fleur De Soleil, Winter Love, Cast But One Shadow, Birdless Summer

Crippled Tree, My House Had Two Doors, Wind In The Tower (Mao) etc

My mum father was also born in Quangzhou. Studied chinese medicine, went to Taiwan and later came down to Singapore and Malaysia. But he died early due to exhaustion and cancer. Ex-Singapore PM Lee Kuan Yew was also coming from my dad home province. Only he studied in english school, go to London and became a lawyer, politician and the rest is history.

We have not reached the saga of West yet. This seeker manage to fight, struggle and partake the independence of Malaysia in 31 August 1957 just for about 9 months. His grandpa and dad thought hard deep and long, taking account of our nationhood future decided to send this eldest son to national malay language school instead of chinese or english medium school for the other 9 sisters and brothers. It from here the spiritual journey to seek truth, light, wisdom and new faith begin. It culminates in the pilgrimage to the ancient sacred house of mecca and illuminated prophetic city of madina in 2004. Some of my siblings do reach/touched by the west. Eldest sister married to a US citizen of Hawaii. Another sister with MA degree married and emigrated to Auckland, NZ. Five of them became Christians. One became a neo-Rumi, wandering disciple of Chuang Tzi, a stranger poet and half baked philosopher !

Part 2 :

Almost 40 years later, a daughter managed to travel furthest to west. She finished the Baccalaurettte in malaysia and stole into Manchester University to became a doctor of all trades. Half east, half west, half chinese and half rebel of post-hafiz era. Another daughter travelled south to Australia to earn another tiger stripe of medical degree ! The young dragons and tigers are roaring. Another prodigal son already targeting the Marco Polo adventures : Ukraine, Russia or UK. But one of our faqir companion already in Nantes, France pursuing his Ph.D in articial intellingence. Nope, not spywares or secret services training. May be planting a deep cover, precious seed of sufic pearl and jasmine tea tree to be harvested later. Now the misty terrains of Li Po and Tu Fu began to suffer from winter snows. Our master Miyazaki in Japan already closed his zen retreat until next March 2009.

to be continued..part 3 : Journey India

Separation or Gatheredness

• One shaykh said the flood in the time of Nuh was one of water and in our times it is the flood of separation between each other.
  
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• Make it a jihad to battle against the forces that conspire to keep you separate, to isolate, and these forces are pervasive, recognize this and however difficult.
  
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• Eat together, travel together, talk, TALK!, read poetry to each other, laugh, cry, pray together remember Allah with enthusiasm together. Share your pain and your joy with each other while you can.
  
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• Drink in your differences! When your red flag goes up with the stranger you've met, give it some time, some patience, don't tune out or walk out, see who he is.
  
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• Give and take from each other and be with each other. Listen to your wives and your children, just listen to them!
  
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• This is medicine, insha'Allah.

Haruka Kimura Abdul Wasei

Photo 1: Muhmmad Noburo Satoh .

Photo 2 : Jamila Takahashi

(Brief Note in English)

Photo 3 :

Abdul Wasei Haruka Kimura embraced Islam in 10 July 1997 after impressed and open up

by the light and beauty of Islam while working as an engineer in Saudi Arabia then. He subsequently pursued Islamic Knowledge in University of Madinah in the Prophetic Illuminated City and thereafter married a Malaysian charming wife and setlled in Kuala Lumpur to do dakwah works etc.

MENGENDALIKAN kelas pengajian al-Quran kepada ahli Perhimpunan Muslimah KL-Jepun pada setiap pagi Sabtu minggu keempat adalah rutin kepada Abdul Wasei Haruka Kimura, 51, sejak 22 Mac 2003.

Malah anak kelahiran kota Tokyo, Jepun ini juga adalah wakil Persatuan Muslim Jepun di Malaysia sejak 1995.

Kebetulan pada hari kunjungan penulis ke kelas kendalian beliau minggu lalu merupakan kelas akhir pengajian Hadis 40- An-Nawawi sebelum menyambung pengajian Hadis 200 dan Kaedah Tajwid. Kelas kendalian Abdul Wasei sebelum ini iaitu pada Oktober 2006 berjaya menamatkan pengajian kelas al-Quran 30 juzuk secara bertajwid.

Kata Abdul Wasei lagi, penglibatan beliau dengan aktiviti Badan Bukan Kerajaan (NGO) bermula selepas membuat kajian tentang orang Jepun yang memeluk Islam di Malaysia pada 1995 hingga 1996. Hasilnya beliau mendapati seramai 188 orang Jepun yang beragama Islam di Malaysia.

Bersyukur

“Saya cuba menghantar surat kepada mereka yang mempunyai alamat. Boleh dikatakan sepuluh peratus daripadanya yang respons. Kami cuba untuk mengadakan satu perjumpaan tetapi sayangnya, ada yang tinggal berjauhan dan ini menyukarkan hasrat saya itu.

“Semenjak dari itu hinggalah sekarang, saya aktif dan sentiasa memberi sokongan dalam apa juga aktiviti seperti program latihan, program ukhuwah, pengislaman mahupun perkahwinan. Saya gembira apabila dapat menyumbang sesuatu ke jalan Allah.

“Sebenarnya saya amat bersyukur dengan ilmu yang diperoleh kerana tanpa keizinan-Nya, sudah tentu saya tidak sampai ke sini. Inilah masanya untuk saya memberi kembali apa yang telah saya peroleh sebelum ini,” cerita Abdul Wasei selepas tamat kelas beliau, tengah hari itu.

Berkongsi kenangan manis terutamanya apabila berjaya membantu sesama umat Islam, akui Abdul Wasei kejayaan menghasilkan sebuah buku asas agama Islam untuk kanak-kanak benar-benar menyentuh hatinya dan amat menggembirakan.

“Kos percetakan di Jepun agak mahal berbanding di Malaysia apatah lagi, jumlah yang hendak dicetak itu kecil. Ini memandangkan penerbitan buku-buku agama Islam di Jepun amat terhad.

“Menyedari kesukaran tersebut, saya bersama dengan seorang rakan kongsi telah mengusahakan buku pertama kami. Alhamdulillah, usaha kami berjaya sungguhpun kami terpisah oleh jarak yang jauh.

“Kini dengan kecanggihan teknologi maklumat dan komunikasi serta penggunaan internet menyebabkan dunia menjadi semakin kecil dan Jepun menjadi semakin dekat. Inilah sumbangan kecil saya kepada umat Islam di Jepun,” kata pengurus sebuah syarikat yang membekalkan bahan mentah dan alat ganti kepada sebuah kilang besi terkemuka di Malaysia.

Bercerita kisah yang membawa kepada pengislaman serta berkongsi pengalaman yang membawanya ke Madinah untuk mendalami agama Islam, terang Abdul Wasei, beliau mengucap syahadah pada 10 Julai 1977. Pada masa itu beliau bekerja sebagai Jurutera Sistem Komputer di Jepun.

“Saya terbaca iklan tentang kelas pengajian bahasa Arab. Saya tertarik untuk mengikuti kelas malam tersebut dan berkemungkinan inilah titik permulaan pendedahannya kepada agama Islam. Semakin lama mengikuti kelas itu, saya ingin tahu lebih mendalam di sebalik agama itu.

“Saya mengambil keputusan berhenti kerja walaupun pada masa itu sudah lebih lima tahun berkhidmat. Selama dua tahun saya mengikuti pengajian bahasa Arab di Universiti Islam Madinah dan kemudiannya menyambut pengajian di Fakulti Dakwah dan Usuluddin selama empat tahun. Selama enam tahun pengajian, Abdul Wasei berpeluang menunaikan haji sebanyak dua kali.

Sunlight- part 3

More News of Embracing Islam and Blessed Marriages

Macma Johor successfully conducted a Syahadah Ceremony for Miss Gladys Tan Siok Ling and Mr.Loh Wei Hon on the blessed historical day of 1 st February 2005 at No.37,Jalan Beladau11, Taman Puteri wangsa, Johor Bharu. Witnessed by over 25 fellow Chinese muslims and followed by lunch.

On 5 Mei 2005 (triple five), another double celebration or blessings/baraka of Allah be upon them for this gathering hosted by Johor Macma such listed as below;

a.Mr.Alim Lamü Park Keong (syahadah of Islam)
b.Mr.Ariff Loh Wei Hon (akad nikah-gettingü married)

c. Br.Izuan Koh William (marriage ceremony on 2 June 2006)ü
d. Marriage of Br.Redzuan Ong Chain Choon (31 August 2006 - Happy Merdeka!)

e. Syahadah of Br.Adam Lau Sie Kiat (31 August 2006-good company)
f. Receiving visit of 50 New Muslims from Penang on 25 December 2005.

All those great events and good news will not be smooth or possible and by Allah Will and guidance upon the whole leadership of Macma of Johor State as listed below:

Haji Johari Chang - Chairman (Longest serving since 1998)ü
Adam Koay - Dep.Chairman ( Senior engineer)
Mohammad Saiful Bahri Choo (ü Secretary )
Norhayati Eng ( Ass. Sec)

Muhammad Firdaus Onn (Treasurerü )
Haji Azman Lim ( veteran member and ustaz )ü
M.Sharul Lai, Mohdü Ilham Tiong Tai Seng, Azlin Lee, Yusof Bu.

Last and not least, thanks for Hj.Johari Chang for hardwork and support to host the 12 th Macma annual General Meeting at Hotel Puteri pan Pacific of Johor Bharu, a four star hotel at the city centre on 29-30 April 2006 inclusive of Taaruf Night on 29 April and National Chinese Muslim Convention in the morning of 30 th April 2006.

More News of Chinese Become Muslim Elsewhere

Br. Wee Hock Beng embraced Islam on 18 October 2006 Balai Islam Lundang in Kota Bharu witnessed by more than 250 saudara baru. On 23 th February, 2006 was another beautiful day for Br.Ang teck Ann from Wakaf Baru,Tumpat when he uttered infront Ustaz Taufik Tee the double Affirmation-' Ashadu an la ilaha illa Allah, wa ashadu anna Muhammadur RasuluLlah-the Key to iman and its fruits is the Garden.". He was accompanied by his uncle who still not Muslim and known in the town as Dr.Ang from Chong's dental surgery and his cousins..presence to give moral support to him ( he is an adult orphan) which rarely happens in the past. Br.Johari Yap had posted several of the photos of Islamic syahadah thru the email groups. Jazaka Llahu. Why such Dates :. Yes, the Chinese had a knack for liking number eight (fatt-ong-blessed) and number six (luk-precious), but talking about Feng Shui is just an extra dimension to our iman and Tawhid in Allah who created everything in this universe for man. But forgot our root from the Realm of Unseen- the arwah/spirit which affirmed Allah as our Master-Lord in the ayat Quran - " Alastu bi-Rabbikum ? Qala bala- Syahidna"

The Secret Wisdom of Number Seven

Every number has hidden meanings and wisdom in it. One upon a time, we just joked with a china man, why not choose seven ( chat-7). It is close to meaning - Chi/Knowledge/Wisdom and another meaning - Being Straitgh / Siratal Mustaqim and being Fast/Forward. We as muslim need all this Fast to acquire Iman, fast/quick to Pray 5 Times a day, quick to get Married. Quick to pay Zakat and perform Hajj if ready and have money. Don't wait, then you will miss the chance and the World/dunia will engulf us, make us forgot the rules of Sharia. Being istiqamah also meaning being Firm and Steadfast.

In fact, Sayyidina Ibnu Abbas, a great Companion, alim and savant of Islam as quoted in the book- Hilyatul awliya wa Tabaqat as-sufiyya mentioning 10 virtues or honors that Allah dealing and using the seven numbers in His Creation. Surah fatihah - 7 verse. One week got 7 days etc. The Garden-Jannah has 7 degrees.. Anyway, at the end of the shining iman ceremony, the Hui in China called Islam _Qing Zhen Jiao ( Religion of Shining Truth and Most Pure), Br. Muhammad Rafi Ong provided light lunch and drinks for those who witnessed the growing brotherhood of Islam in the East Coast of Malaysia. Marhaban ya Marhaban. SalatuLlah .. salamuLlah ala Thaha Rasulillah. Wa alihi wa ashabihi wa li-kulli daiyyan li'Llahi Rabbil-alamin.

Those interested in getting first hand news and pictures of this blessed occasion can contact Kelantan Macma Sec. Br.Johari Yap or visit their office at No.4374-B, Tingkat 1, Jalan Kebun Sultan, 15359 Kota Bharu, Kelantan, been declared an Islamic cultural City by Chief Minister YB Dato' Hj Nik Aziz in 2003. There are many 'First Achiement' in term of da'wa for and by the Chinese Muslims in Malaysia such as below:

a. First to appoint a native Chineseü muslim Dato' Hj.Anuar Tan
as Exco in State Assembly and win the Kota Lama ADUN for second time.
b. First to engage two Imam from China to lead Ramadhan prayers.
YB Nik Aziz was known to have Chinese blood/lineage from Yunnan.
c. First State Government to approve a piece of urban land.
for da'wa center. Agree to build an Islamic Center/Mosque using Islamic architecture.

d. Biggest amount of zakat received RM100,217.(in 9 Mac 2006) from Affin Bank Berhad.
e. First Macma Branch to organize Free Medical and Dental check-up services in their monthly programme.
f. First to organize the 1427 Maal Hijrah Forum with JHEIK,and ABIM .
g. Largest membership at state level above 200 members and some cannot speak Chinese due to strong local dialect and third/second generation inter-marriages.

Not to be dishearten or discriminated, we will publish more pioneering da'wa work by various Macma State brances in future reports especially about Sarawak Macma - the richest branch and got their First Women Chairman and employed a full time Chinese Mubaligh , a graduate of International University of Malaysia ie. Salman Khan from Jakarta. This branch is richest and owned a four storey building and a First Donation or Waqaf by a non-Muslim local philantrophist one Mr.Lee, old businessman from Kuching city.

More will come and as we strive in the Path of Allah.
Maas salama, cai jian.

Sunlight - part 2

Important Contact , Dialoque and Activity

A delegation of Macma Exco led by Dato' Mustapha Ma had a constructive ongoing dialoques with the current President of International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM) ie. Tan Sri Sanusi Junid in 2005. This resulted in IIUM agree to conduct several lectures and courses for30 young Imams from China in 2004-2006, partly organize by Macma and JAKIM/ILIM. A number of China muslim students at the university also regularly helping Macma to give talks, attend seminars,and interact with fellow muslims at Hari Raya gathering. Maintaining websites, give counsels, editing news/magazines
We shall give appreaciation to names as below:

Hasan Ma Liwuü
Asiyahü Yuan
Lan Chunlianü
Yusuf Ma Zhan Mingü
Ma Shen Qingü
Isa Maü Zhiliang
Ilyas yang Faleü
Khalilullah Ma Binü

A joint Ramdahan Iftar Programme in October 2006 were plan at the Gombak campus for about 200 students. A IIUM student Dawud Hai Ping was instrumental in running the Islamic Mandarin class every Wednesday night at Macma office in KL. Hj.Ismail Chong, a lecturer in Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Da'wah Faculty had voluntary take over the Monday Class from Br.Daniel Hakim Boey in Mac 2006.

Chinese Islamic Arts and Trade Exhibition

Substantial progress were made by Haji Redhuan Tee to propose the building, usage and design of a Chinese Islamic Cultural Center/Surau/Mosque in the Ampang area west of KL to serve as tourist attraction, da'wah service center and for educational use.

In Sarawak, attempt were also made to apply for a vacant land plot at Kuching for an Chinese-islamic center. Alhamdulillah, the Bintulu Macma Branch had received a government grant of RM150,000 to build a Madrasah/Center for new muslims using Chinese design at cost about RM600,000. New funding has to be raised. Macma also appealed to Penang Government and YB Prime Minister to preserve or create a token Koay Jetty Heritage Center/Building which traced its Muslim-Hui community roots arrival and assimilation of its cultural-economic origins from Hainan/Quangzhou about 100 years ago.

Macma also received strong personal support from Mufti of Negeri Sembilan to acquire a piece of land in Rahang for islamic da'wa center for new muslims and non-muslims. A Tabung Amanah Pembangunan Macma (Building Trust Fund) was established in 2005 with initial contribution of RM60,000. Any wealthy, kind hearted rich and generous Chinese businessmen/philanthropists can donate to this fund with tax-exempt status to raise the future well being, noble-purity of Chinese Islamic heritage and Divine living transaction of the deen for mankind. " True charity-Righteousness is not to turn you face to East or West. But to believe in Allah, His Rasul, the Angels, the Books and the Last Day, and to Spend in the Path of Allah".

The Shining Light of Iman - Oldest Lady Grandmother Age 97 To Embrace Islam

If we truly reflect in our life journey and after reading tons of newspapers and magazines, where do you find this piece of news ? In East Coast Kota Bharu, Kelantan- a grand old lady aged 97 years (born in 1909 from China ?) Maryam Goe embrace Islam in 9 February 2006. To appreciate and honor her great trust and certainty and the iman put in her deep being by Allah Tabaraka wa Taala, Dato' Mustapha Ma on behalf of Macma proudly donated a humble wheel chair for her use and mobility. May Allah also bless all her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren with strong iman and islam to survive into the next generations.'

Keep your ancient and noble Chinese surname together with Muslim names, so that our grandchildren may remember our great struggle and sacrifice in discovering and entering Islam despite differences and many obstacles in language, cultural and historical backgrounds'. Do we know that Admiral Muhammad Zheng He is the 27 th generation of Sayyid prophetic family descendants that entered China and intermarry there several hundred years earlier than Islam reach the Malay Archipelago or Nusantara. There are several Mosques in China built more 1,000 years ago ! In Imperial City of Beijing alone, there are more than 20 mosques ! and a muslim population of more than 200,000 !. ( Puny figure of one masjid per 10,000 people).

May be some of us young intellectual can submit this rare unique syahada of Islam by Madam Goe aged 97 into the official Malaysian Book of Record ! Find me another old man/woman aged 98 years to break this record...anywhere in the world. " And call people to the Way of Allah by His permission (Decree/Mercy) and become a Shining-Guiding Light to others"-Quran.

Sunlight On The Chinese Muslim In Malaysia- part 1

We are suppose to be on official duty at Malaysian Parliament House near Kuala Lumpur Lake Garden that afternoon. Somehow there is a strong urge to visit the office of Malaysian Chinese Muslim Association (Macma) at 250D, Jalan Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur about 4 km away. We rang up and Mrs.Maswani Chung who served as da'wah cum executive officer answered my salam. 'Please drop by to catch the new muslims activity'.

Recently Macma held a successful Da'wa Exhibition plus Chinese Islamic Calligraphy in State of Terengganu inaugurated by Dato' Idris Jusoh. Alhamdulillah , with the dynamic, noble and dedicated leadership of Dato' Hj Mustapha Ma, Dr.Fuad Yeoh, Hj.Redhuan Tee and Ann Wang Seng, in 2005 and 2006, more than 6 chinese muslims declared their syahadah and warmly accepted into the growing unique community.

Branching Off and Expanding It Wings

Macma was established in 1994 with about 100 members under the founder President arwah Dato'Hj.Sulaiman Hon. Now they have branches in Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Pahang, Selangor, Perak and across the South China Sea into Sarawak with a total of 1,300 members inclusive of associate muslims and non-muslims membership. The Weekly Night Class on Understanding of Islam on Monday in KL was open to public of various races and foreigners interested to know Islam deeper and cultivate a stronger brotherhood. The students consist of young Chinese professionals, Filipinos, Sarawak natives, Indian, French, English, Russian, Hui-Uighurs, Pakistani, American, African and even a Maori and Korean/Japanese students ! .We would like to dedicate this excellenet prayer-doa from the Prophet s.a.w related by Companion Ibn Abbas ( in as-Shifa p.41) to all those who seek knowledge and truth in order to live according to the Divine Command and in the footsteps of Rasul al-Mustafa :

"Oh Allah, I ask You for mercy from You
By which my heart will be guided,
My scattered affairs joined together,
My affairs put straight, my unseen part put right,
And part of me that is visible elevated,
My actions purified, by which I will be inspired
To right guidance, my intimacy will be returned ,
And by which I will be proctected from every evil,
Oh Allah ! I ask You for good outcome (husnul-khatima)
In the Decree (Qadha'), (to gain) the food of Martyrs
The life of the blissful and victory over my enemies!"

Achievement and Recognition of Da'wa Works at State and Federal Level

All praise and thanks to Allah, various individual Macma leadership and active members were being recognized and appreciated by the state and federal government for their active da'wa contribution by organising and giving talks at seminars, mosques, interfaith/intra-muslim groups and at the college-universities. We wish to record and congratulate their recipient awards as follow:

a. Malaysia Maal Hijrah 2005 Recognition Award (Penghargaan) with RM50,000 gift to Dato'Hj.Mustapha Ma (Macma President) by the Majesty King/YDP Agung and he gladly donated the whole sum for da'wa.

b. Federal Territoty Maal Hijrah 1427 Awarad to Hj.Redhuan Tee (Vice President Macma) by JAWI (Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory)
c. Hj.Shaharudin Leong of Pahang - State Maal Hijrah Award 2005.
d. Mr.Saiful Choo- Johor State Maal Hijrah 2005 Award.
e. Dato' Hj.Anuar Tan as Exco member of Kelantan State Government
f. Hj.Redhuan Tee as National PERKIM Council Member in 2004-2007.
g. Dr. Fuad Yeoh as IKIM Board of Directors.
h. Dr.Osman Chuah as Senior Lecturer in UIAM/IIUM.
i. Dr.Syukri Yeoh- finishing his Ph.D thesis with UKM on Islamic Studies.

Hirohe Junko Fitrah

English Note :

Hiroshe Junko work as language lecturer and guided to the light of Islam in 1998, adopted the precious muslim name of Fitrah, meaning purity. She became the coornidator of Japan Muslimah Society in Malaysia since 2003. She worked tirelessly with Ustaz Abdul Wasei Haruka Kimura, another japanese muslim scholar in teaching new muslims at week end.

( My first encounter with Japanese Muslim in Malaysia was in 1988 when Dr.Haji Abu Huraira San then served as lecturer in University Putra Serdang applied to establish a Malaysian -Japan Friendship Society with Dato' Raja Nong Chik as president. He also teach part time karate, kendo and tea ceremony to other students)

“TIDAK akan sekali-kali saya menafikan Allah kerana ini bermakna kita menyangkal segala-galanya termasuk kewujudan kita di muka bumi. Allah menciptakan kita dan kepada-Nya kita akan dikembalikan. Allah mengajar siapa diri kita ini dan saya berharap akan bertemu-Nya tanpa rasa malu.

“Malah saya percaya kehidupan di dunia ini adalah bertujuan untuk bertemu-Nya di akhirat yang kekal kelak. Insya-Allah,” luah pensyarah bahasa Jepun, di MARA-OISCA Japanese Centre, Fitrah Hirose Junko yang mengakui banyak perubahan dialami sejak memeluk Islam di Masjid Kobe, Jepun pada Februari 1998 .

Fitrah, 41, yang juga merupakan peneraju Perhimpunan Muslimah KL-Jepun sejak 2003 merasakan titik tolak kepada penubuhan persatuan untuk kaum muslimat Jepun ini atas kesedaran beliau tentang kepentingan mempertajamkan ilmu agama apabila bergelar Muslim.

Alhamdulillah, dengan sokongan daripada wakil Persatuan Muslim Jepun di Malaysia, Ustaz Abdul Wasei Haruka Kimura, kelas-kelas pengajian Islam berjaya dilaksanakan sekali gus mengeratkan hubungan silaturahim sesama ahli.