Maryam Goh Embrace Islam at Age 97 Years

Finding The Light of Islam at The Age of 97 Years in Kota Bharu

Madam Mariam Goe @ Goe Long Wa converted to Islam at the age of 97. She converted on the first day of Chinese New Year in 2005 in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. The first question that crossed my mind was how Bro Mohd Amin Ang, who converted 3 years ago, convinced his mother to embrace Islam?

He didn’t have to explain much when we saw his wife, Sister Rohani taking care of her mother-in-law. She took good care of her mother-in-law with love, cleaned and fed her everyday even before Madam Mariam Goe embraced Islam. Sister Rohani showed a very good example of Islam to her mother-in-law. Bro Amin Ang loved and respected her mother even more after he converted to Islam.

The changing point of Madam Mariam Goe’s life was when she suffered from a non-stop bleeding problem and the doctor said that she had cancer and it was not advisable to do the operation due to her age. Bro Amin Ang invited some neighbours around the housing area at Taman Kemumin, Pengkaln Chepa, Kelantan to perform “hajat prayer”. With Allah’s willing, the bleeding stopped and this miracle changed Madam Mariam Goe.

May Allah bless her late precious syahadah and grant her the Garden.

@ Article kindly taken from Br.Johari Yap homepage (http://johariyap.com)

Meeting ustaz Hussein Yee at alKhadeem

Last week Sunday 12 May 2010, we manage to visit Ustaz Hussein Yee talk at al Khadeem Centre in Sg Ara Damansara. We still remember his humble beginning after returning from Madinah to work as Perkim mubaligh and stay at low cost flat at Jalan masjid India, Kuala Lumpur.

He gave an inspiring dakwah titbits in his journeyn to Japan recently. He said: 70% of their character are islamic ! Like their honesty, humility, serving, work discipline and cleanliness. But the translator said: 70% of japanese are Muslims !

Next week at Sime darby Convention centre, his cousin/chu lai Capt.James Yee ex-US muslim chaplain at Guantanamo camp will give his version of strauggle after sacked and accussed of supporting the islamic cause !

Here we share 3 photos captured from my poor and roving camera.

Siti Suriani Khoo : Two Cultures One Love

For nurse Siti Suriani Khoo , mixed marriage provided a sense of fun and excitement as she and her husband always attempt to learn the practice and habits of the "other side."

"We have become more open-minded and positive apart from accepting the culture of each other. Me and my husband as well as our children can speak Cantonese, Malay, English as well as the Bajau language," said Siti Suriani, formerly Khoo Siew Peng married her husband, an engineer of Bajau descent from Sabah.

Siti Suriani said she and her children would have no problems in communicating with her husband's family whenever they visited them in Kota Kinabalu. It is likewise for her husband when they visited Siti Suriani's family in Gopeng, Perak.

To Siti Suriani religion always comes first.

"Allah created man to be from various races and religion can unite us. We should not exercise prejudice towards those from the other ethnic groups," she added.