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.

Macma Chinese New Year Gathering 21 Feb 2010

Macma Exco member Haji Shahrin Low generously hosted this CNY lunch at his restaurant on the top of Bukit Antarabangsa, Ulu Klang hill with about 80 Macma members and family as listed below:

Dato' Hj Mustapha Ma and nieces Shukreen Ma, Nasreen Ma , Fareea Ma etc.
Hj Ridhuan Tee and two kids
Hj Dr Fuad Yeoh
Dr.Halimah Ali Kiew, Selangor Exco ADUN Port Klang
HjMohd Chan
Adam Lim and Hj Mansor Yap from Malacca
Hj Halim Cheah from Kelantan
Hj Daniel Hakim Boey and Hj Ann Wang Seng just recent return from hajj
Marlina Wong
Shafie Patt
Hj Ghalib Tham and wife
Noraini Lee
Hj Sharin Low and wife Sofiah Chong
William Cheng and Taman Desa Resident Association committee members
Rep.from Muhsinin Mosque, Taman Desa
Issa Ma from China
Amin Lum
Maswani Chung and husband
...and others whom I missed their names..

Dr.Siti Atiqah Shin and C.Johann R.Richardson Wedding

Alhamdulillah wa syukrillah......the wedding of our daughter currently graduated from Manchester University in medical degree was successfully held in 22-23 January 2010 in Putrajaya. May Allah bless their new beginning as a family and endeavors. Many asked who is the handsome groom ? We can only affirmed that his great grandfather was from Scotland and had served as doctor the old Dalai Lama of Tibet many decades ago. His father Hugh ventured far to Malaysia and married his malay mum from royal town of Kuala Kangsar, Perak. Then the family branched off to more trees and flowers...
with half chinese, half kelantanese blood and quarter of quang dong genetic of great china. Hence the chinese tea ceremony....served to the uncles and aunties. Our fuqara friends contributed their lovely qasidas of Diwan Sh.Muhammad alHabib to the wedding kenduri...with Lakal Hamdu, Ahimu Wahdi and Salamun.

Aisha Maisarah Lim : Radiant and Happy

AFTER forty-two years of waiting, Lim Bee Ping finally made the jump from being faithless to being a Muslim when she converted to Islam yesterday at the Multipurpose Hall of the Pusat Ehsan Al-Ameerah Al-Hajah Maryam.

The 42-year old manager said that she felt it was time that she needed a belief and saw Islam as fitting. As a Muslim, she took the name Aisha Maisarah Lim

Having an older sister who also converted to Islam 20 years ago, she took six months to really think about it. She said that she studied people as they went along their lives, how they dressed and how they talked, and especially when they discussed matters pertaining to Islam.

Radiant and bursting with energy, Aisha was clearly happy and she told The Brunei Times that she was certain that she did not make a wrong decision as even her family readily accepted her choice.

Aisha's sister-in-law is a member of "Friends of Pusat Ehsan", a group that helps the centre to collect funds, and relayed her desire to embrace Islam to the centre's management.

They then happily obliged to helping by making the appropriate arrangements.

As a welfare centre that organises educational programmes, training and care for special individuals, it also involves in activities that benefit development of the nation and Islam.

Aisha's conversion ceremony was made extra special by the presence of the Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs, Pehin Udana Khatib Dato Paduka Seri Setia Ustaz Haji Badaruddin Pengarah Dato Paduka Haji Othman, Acting Chairperson of Pusat Ehsan's Board of Trustees, Dato Paduka Haji Mohd Alimin Haji Abd Wahab and members of the board. Also present were staff of Pusat Ehsan along with her close friends and family.

Performing the ceremony were officials from the Islamic Da'wah Centre while another two volunteers from those attending served as official witnesses to the conversion.

The Brunei Times 24 November 2007

Congratulation Dr Siti Hafsah Chew

She had graduated from Monash University in Medical Degree, Australia last year
and attended by mum Safina Chew who flew there all alone on Asia-X plane.
Now doing her 2 years housemanship at HKL. Alhamdulillah wa syukrillah,
so fast 5 years had gone and the fruits just to bloom...