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"All mankind is from Adam and Eve, white has no superiority over black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action. Learn that everyone of us constitute one brotherhood.Do not, therefore, do injustice to yourselves."
Saturday, 29 December 2012
Wednesday, 26 December 2012
BLACK FLAG'S FROM KHORASAN
INTRODUCTION
1) Black Flags :
There are two types of flags in Islam.
The first is called Al-Liwaa and serves as the sign for the leader of the Muslim army. It is also the flag of the Islamic State. The Liwaa of the Messenger (Peace Be Upon Him) was a piece of white cloth with the words لآ اِلهَ اِلَّا اللّهُ مُحَمَّدُ رَّسُوْلُ اللّهِ written across it .
The other is termed as Ar-Raya and is used by the Muslim army. The Raya of the Messenger (Peace Be Upon Him) was a piece of black wool with the words لآ اِلهَ اِلَّا اللّهُ مُحَمَّدُ رَّسُوْلُ اللّهِ written on it.
Therefore, the Liwaa is a white flag with black inscription and the Raya is a black flag with white inscription .
The other is termed as Ar-Raya and is used by the Muslim army. The Raya of the Messenger (Peace Be Upon Him) was a piece of black wool with the words لآ اِلهَ اِلَّا اللّهُ مُحَمَّدُ رَّسُوْلُ اللّهِ written on it.
Therefore, the Liwaa is a white flag with black inscription and the Raya is a black flag with white inscription .
2) Khorasan :
Khorasan in the time of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) included the whole of Afghanistan, Northern parts of Pakistan including Malakand Division, Central Asian States, part of Iran. Still a province in the North East of the Iran is named as Khorasan. Details
PURPOSE
HADITHS
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet had informed the people of the martyrdom of Zaid, Ja'far and Ibn Rawaha before the news of their death reached. The Prophet said, "Zaid took the flag (as the commander of the army) and was martyred, then Ja'far took it and was martyred, and then Ibn Rawaha took it (Ar Raya) and was martyred." At that time the Prophet's eyes were shedding tears. He added, "Then the flag was taken by a Sword amongst the Swords of Allah (i.e. Khalid) and Allah made them (i.e. the Muslims) victorious."
Military Expeditions led by the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) - (Al-Maghaazi) - Bukhari : Book 5 : Volume 59 : Hadith 561
Al-Barra’a Ibnu Azeb (ra) was asked about the Messenger’s (Peace Be Upon Him) Raya. He said: “It was black, had four corners and was made of wool.”
These and other ahadith clearly prove that Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) had designated a flag for his Ummah.
The Messenger (Peace Be Upon Him) of Allah conquered and entered Makkah with a Liwaa (white flag)
Black Flags / Black banners From East i.e Khurasan (Afghanistan)
Abu Abdullah Nuaim Ibn Hammad on a chain of transmission on the authority of Al Zuhari who said " The black flags will come from the East, led by mighty men, with long hair and beards, their surnames are taken from the names of their home towns (i.e. Khosti or from Khost etc.) and their first names are from a "Kunya"
(Asmal Masalik Lieyyam Mahdiyy Maliki Li Kull-id Dunya Biemrillah-il Malik, Qalda bin Zayd)
Hadhrat Buraidah (R.A.) says that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said: "There will be many armies after me. You must join that army which will come from Khurasaan."
(Ibn Adi)
On the authority of Thawbaan (May Allah be pleased with him), the Messenger of Allah said:
"If you see the Black Banners coming from Khurasan go to them immediately, even if you must crawl over ice, because indeed amongst them is the Caliph, Al Mahdi."
[Narrated on authority of Ibn Majah, Al-Hakim, Ahmad]
Narrated by Abdur Rehman Al-Jarshi that I heard companion of Dear Prophet(salallaho alayhay wa sallam), Hazrat Amr Bin Marra Al-jamli(R.A) that Dear Prophet(salallaho alayhay wa sallam) said: Surely Black Flag will appear from the Khorasan until the people(under the leadership of this flag) will tie their horses with the Olive Trees between Bait-e-Lahya and Harasta. We asked are there any Olive trees between these places. He said,”If there isn’t then soon it will grow so that those people(of Khorasan) will come and tie their horses there.”
[Ref: Kitab-al-Fitan Page 215. Also at Page 108 in the book “Islam main Imam Mahdi ka Tasawer” by Maulana Professor Muhammad Yousaf Khan,Jamia Ashrafia Lahore,Pakistan.]
Harasta (Arabic: حرستا , transliteration: Ḥarastā) , also known as Harasta al-Basal, is a Syrian city administratively belonging to Rif Dimashq. Harasta has an altitude of 702 meters. It has a population of 38,184 as of 2007, making it the 43rd largest city per geographical entity in Syria.
Beit Lahia (Arabic: بيت لاهيا or بيت لاهية) is a town under Palestinian Authority of about 40,000 people in the northern Gaza Strip. It is located north of Jabalia, near Beit Hanoun and the border with Israel. Hamas, an Islamic party, took control of it during the 2005 municipal elections.
The word “Lahia” is Syriac and means “desolate” or “tiresome”. It is surrounded by sand dunes, some rise to 55m above sea level. The area is renowned for its many large Sycamore trees. The Israeli settlements of Nisanit, Elei Sinai, and Dugit that were in close proximity to Beit Lahia were evacuated during August 2005.Beit Lahia بيت لاهي Beit Lahiya Bayt Lahiya
Thawban said, "The Prophet said: 'Three men will be killed at the place where your treasure is. Each of them will be the son of a Khalifah, and none of them will get hold of the treasure. Then black banners will come out of the east...' If you see him, go and give him your allegiance, even if you have to crawl over ice, because he is the Khalifah of Allah, the Mahdi.'"
Ref : This hadith is reported in Sunan Ibn Majah vol 3 number 4084 in 'Kitab al-Fitan, Baab Kharuj al-Mahdi' and 'Mustadrak' al-Hakim. Hakim classified it as saheeh on the conditions set by al-Bukhari and Muslim and al-Dhahabi agreed. Ibn Kathir wrote about it in his 'al-Nihaya (al-Fitan wa al-Malahim)' that its isnaad is 'qawii' (strong). al-Albani considers some of the chains as unacceptable, but writes the hadith is correct in meaning without the addition, 'he is the Khalifah of Allah, the Mahdi.' He rates the isnaad of Ibn Majah from 'Alqama from Ibn Mas'ud as hasan which does not have the words, 'khalifa-tullah.' He then goes on to discuss why this addition is not acceptable. ('Silsilah al-Ahadeeth al-Da'eefah wa al-Maudu'a', vol 1, p. 195-198, Hadith #85)
You’ll join hands with a Christian group and war with another. You’ll gain victoryAt that time, you will be present in a plain of great mountains with plenty of trees. In the meantime, the Christians will raise the crucifix and refer the victory to it. At this, a Muslim will become angry, and will pull the crucifix down, at which, the Christians will unite breaking all treaties with the Muslims.The Christians will demand their wanted people, to which the Muslims will answer:"By Allah! They are our brothers. We will never hand them over. This will start the war. One-third Muslims will run away. Their ‘Tawbah’ (Repentance) will never be accepted.. One-third will be killed.They will be the best 'Shaheed' (martyrs) near Allah The remaining one-third will gain victory
(6708,6709 Ibn Hibban)
At the time, when the Muslim Ummah will have abundance of wealth, gold and silver, the Muslims will be extremely belittled, weak and helpless. The enemy nations will invite each other to pounce upon them as hungry people invite one another for food. The Sahabah (R.A) asked with utter worry, "O Prophet of Allah! Would we be very few in number?" Prophet Muhammad (S) replied: "No! You’d be as great in quantity as the foam of the sea is, seen wherever the eye can reach. But you’ll be overtaken by ‘wahn’." The Sahabah (R.A) asked, "O Prophet of Allah! What is ‘wahn’?" He (S) replied: "Love of this world and fear of death!" You’ll join hands with a Christian group and war with another. You’ll gain victory. At that time, you will be present in a plain of great mountains with plenty of trees. In the meantime, the Christians will raise the crucifix and refer the victory to it. At this, a Muslim will become angry, and will pull the crucifix down, at which, the Christians will unite breaking all treaties with the Muslims.The Christians will demand their wanted people, to which the Muslims will answer:"By Allah! They are our brothers. We will never hand them over." This will start the war. One-third Muslims will run away. Their ‘Tawbah’ (Repentance) will never be accepted. One-third will be killed. They will be the best 'Shaheed' (martyrs) near Allah. The remaining one-third will gain victory, until, under the leadership of Imam Mehdi, they will fight against Kufr (non-believers)..
(Ibn Majah)
Reported on a chain of transmission on the authority of Kaab "The sign of the Mahdi's appearance will be war banners coming from the west, lead by a man with a disability from "Kinda"
(Nuaym son of Hammad, Al-Fitan page 205)
*Note: Genreral Richard Meyers, commander of the US Joint chiefs of staff decalared the war on Afghanistan in October 2001 on crutches.
There is a Hadith of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) about the symbols of the Judgment day that people with the Black Flag will rise up from the land of Khurasaan to fight against Kuffar Alliances in the Final War of Armageddon.
Geographically, Syria is a land of great diversity that includes coastline, mountainous areas, steppe, and desert.
Geographically, Syria can be divided into four regions. A narrow fertile coastal plain runs along the Mediterranean border and extends inland to a narrow range of mountains and hills. The coastal climate is moderate with hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters; the average annual rainfall is this area is between 30 and 40 inches. The mountainous region runs from north to south, parallel to the Mediterranean Sea. The interior semiarid plains region is found to the east of the mountains. Much of the southeastern part of Syria is desert region that extends to the borders of Jordan and Iraq; most of the desert is a rock and gravel plateau that receives less than four inches of rain annually and is extremely hot.
You will make a firm truce with the Christians (al-Rum) until you and they wage a campaign against an enemy that is attacking them. You will be granted victory and great spoils. Then you will alight in a plain surrounded by hills. There, someone among the Christians shall say: 'The Cross has overcome!' whereupon someone among the Muslims shall say: 'Nay, Allah has overcome!' and shall go and break the cross.
The Christians shall kill him, then the Muslims shall take up their arms and the two sides shall fall upon each other.
Allah shall grant martyrdom to that group of Muslims. After that the Christians shall say to their leader: 'We shall relieve you of the Arabs,' and they shall gather up for the great battle (al-malhama). They shall come to you under eighty flags, each flag gathering 12,000 troops." [approx. 1 million]
Narrated with sound chains from Dhu Mikhbar al-Najashi by Abu Dawud, Ahmad, Ibn Majah, Ibn Hibban, and al-Hakim who declared it sahih and al-Dhahabi concurred. See Shaykh Shu`ayb Arna'ut's documentation of this hadith in his edition of Sahih Ibn Hibban (15:101-103 #6708-6709).
Narrated Abu Hurayrah: Allah's Apostle (peace_be_upon_him) said: The Last Hour will not come until the Romans land at al-A'maq or in Dabiq [north of Aleppo( a city in northen syria).]A n army consisting of the best (soldiers) of the people on Earth at that time will come from Medina (to oppose them). When they arrange themselves in ranks, the Romans will say: Do not stand between us and those (Muslims) who took prisoners from among us. Let us fight them. The Muslims will say: Nay, by Allah, we shall never turn aside from you and from our brethren so that you may fight them.
They will then fight and a third (part) of the army, whom Allah will never forgive, will run away. A third (part of the army), which will be constituted of excellent martyrs in Allah's eyes, would be killed. The third who will never be put on trial will win and they will be the conquerors of Constantinople. (and/or Rome)
As they are busy in distributing the spoils of war (amongst themselves) after hanging their swords by the olive trees, Satan will cry: The Dajjal has taken your place among your families. They will then come out, but it will be of no avail. When they reach Syria, he will come out while they are still preparing themselves for battle, drawing up the ranks. Certainly, the time of prayer will come and then ‘Eessa (peace_be_upon_him), son of Maryam, descends and will lead them in prayer. When the enemy of Allah sees him, it will (disappear) just as salt dissolves in water and if he (‘Eessa) were not to confront them at all, even then it would dissolve completely. Allah would kill them by his hand and he would show them their blood on his lance.
(Muslim Book No: 40 No: 6924)
*Note: This is the part of the victorious army from Afghanistan-Taliban war facing similar fate in three categories,here connecting the old victorios army's fate with the current victorious army.Hence the victoriours army never lost continuty in its entirety.
KEHILANGAN BUMI PALESTIN 1946 HINGGA 2000
SEJARAH KEJATUHAN PALESTIN DAN KEWUJUDAN ISRAEL
Oleh Dr. Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor
PENGENALAN
Palestin berada di bawah pemerintahan Islam kali terakhir adalah di
bawah kerajaan Turki-Uthmaniyyah. Pada tahun 1516, Palestin telah
menjadi wilayah di bawah naungan Empayar Islam Uthmaniyyah yang
telah mengambil alih daripada kerajaan Mamluk dalam Perang Marj
Dabak berhampiran dengan Halab. Pada zaman Sultan Sulaiman al-
Qanuni (1538-1539), kota-kota di Palestin dan Baitulmaqdis telah
diperbaiki. Palestin di bahagian selatan berada di bawah pentadbiran
wilayah Sham dan berpusat di Damsyik, manakala bahagian utara
Palestin pula ditadbir oleh wilayah Lubnan yang berpusat di Akka.
Palestin kelihatannya kekal di bawah Empayar Uthmaniyyah selama 4
abad. Pentadbiran Palestin di bawah kerajaan Uthmaniyyah berakhir
sebaik sahaja Inggeris berjaya menjajah wilayah ini.
Ketika ia berada di bawah pentadbiran Uthmaniyyah, Baitulmaqdis
dan Palestin merupakan wilayah terbuka yang boleh dilawati oleh
golongan Kristian dan Yahudi untuk mereka melakukan ibadah ditempat yang dianggap suci oleh 3 agama samawi. Golongan Kristian
dan Yahudi bebas untuk melakukan ibadah termasuk ibadah utama
mereka yang sering disebut sebagai ‘pilgrim’. Ia berbeza dengan Islam di
mana ‘pilgrim’ bagi Muslim ialah ke Mekah bagi melakukan haji.
Namun
ada juga yang menggunakan perkataan ‘pilgrim’ untuk merujuk kepada
umrah. Ini adalah masalah istilah yang digunakan oleh Eropah tetapi
ingin diumumkan istilah itu kepada masyarakat Islam sehingga ada
yang menulis bahawa ketika golongan Syiah menyambut Muharram dan
kematian Saidina Husien, ia digambarkan sebagai ‘pilgrim’. Jika dilihat
dalam hal ini, ‘pilgrim’ bagi Muslim seharusnya merujuk kepada ibadah
haji di Mekah, bukan mana-mana sambutan juga perayaan ditempat lain.
Bagi Palestin, ia telah menjadi tempat yang menjadi tumpuan bagi
Yahudi, Kristian dan Islam. Golongan Muslim melihatnya sebagai tanah
yang diberkati oleh Allah SWT dan ia merupakan tanah yang
mempunyai kaitan dan kepentingan seperti mana yang ditunjuk oleh
para anbiya’ terdahulu. Namun begitu, setelah Palestin menjadi wilayah
yang dijajah pada awal abad ke-20, situasinya telah bertukar. Jika dahulu
ia bersifat inklusif dengan menerima kepelbagaian agama di tanah
tersebut, tetapi ia menjadi wilayah yang tidak lagi bebas dan tidak
terbuka terutama kepada umat Islam.
Golongan Yahudi sebenarnya banyak ditindas di Barat terutama di
wilayah Eropah Timur. Bagi membela nasib golongan ini, mereka telah
menubuhkan Pertubuhan Zionis Antarabangsa (WZO). Ia ditubuhkan
secara rasmi pada tahun 1897 melalui persidangan pertamanya di Basel.
Pertubuhan ini telah memilih Theodor Herzl sebagai presiden yang
pertama. Tujuan utama pertubuhan ini adalah untuk mendapatkan
sebuah negara bagi bangsa Yahudi. Idea ini sebelumnya telah diterbitkan
dalam bentuk buku yang ditulis oleh Herzl, iaitu ‘Der Judenstaat’ atau
The State of Israel. Golongan Yahudi melakukan lobi terhadap kuasa
besar dunia pada waktu tersebut iaitu Britain untuk mendapatkan
sokongan dan simpati. Beberapa strategi digunakan dengan mendekati
pembuat dasar di Britain. Pemimpin zionis di Britain iaitu Wheizmann
melakukan usaha melobi dengan kuat bagi mendapatkan simpati untuk
menubuhkan negara Israel di Palestin.
Beberapa strategi yang digunakan telah menimbulkan simpati serta
persetujuan House of Common di Britain. Rentetan dari itu, satu
deklarasi persetujuan dan sokongan oleh Britain telah dikeluarkan yang
dikenali sebagai Deklarasi Balfour pada Nov 1917. Ia telah dibincangkan
dengan mendalam dan teks rasminya diputuskan pada 31 Oktober 1917
oleh Kabinet Perang (War Cabinet) di London. Oleh sebab itu, ada dua
peristiwa besar yang selalu disebut berlaku pada tarikh tersebut iaitu
persetujuan terhadap teks Deklarasi Balfour dan serangan tentera British
bagi menawan Palestin.3
Penulis melihat bahawa kelemahan Kerajaan Turki ‘Uthmaniyyah
yang memerintah Palestin di antara tahun 1516-1917 turut memudahkan
laluan untuk kejayaan projek Yahudi-Zionis di Palestin. Kuasa Barat
mengambil peluang ini membahagi-bahagikan tanah Palestin sesama
mereka. Sewaktu Persidangan London 1905-1907, idea pembentukan
‘Negara Kawalan’ (Buffer State) di kawasan Palestin telah ditimbulkan.
Para hadirin telah mencadangkan satu keputusan kepada pihak Perdana
Menteri Britain Campbell Bannerman pada masa itu untuk membina
institusi pemerintahan yang berbentuk kawalan manusia yang kuat di
sebelah Timur Laut Mediteranean yang bermusuhan dengan orang Islam
tetapi merupakan rakan Kuasa Eropah serta kuat bergantung kepada
mereka. Mereka berpandangan bahawa orang yang terbaik untuk
melaksanakan perancangan kolonial ini ialah orang-orang Yahudi
sendiri.
Motif utama perancangan Barat untuk membina idea Negara
Kawalan (iaitu Palestin) di tengah-tengah dunia Islam adalah untuk
memisahkan perpaduan orang-orang Islam di sebelah Asia dengan
Afrika dan mungkin juga mereka ingin menjauhkan masyarakat Islam
dengan Barat. Idea ini juga adalah usaha untuk mematahkan sebarang
kemunculan tamadun Islam yang kuat di situ. Dengan ini dunia Islam
akan sentiasa sibuk dengan masalah permusuhan yang panjang dan
rumit. Rejim Zionis ini amat memerlukan sokongan kuasa Barat untuk
menjamin survival mereka dan kuasa Barat juga memerlukan mereka
untuk menjamin kelemahan dunia Islam, perpecahan dan penderitaan
mereka. Oleh itu salah satu strategi yang harus dilakukan adalah mereka
perlu menjalinkan hubungan kerjasama tanpa putus-putus.
- BERMULANYA KEJATUHAN RASMI ABAD KE 20
Palestin secara rasmi jatuh ke tangan bukan Islam pada zaman moden ini
apabila ia jatuh ke tangan British yang menjajah tanah tersebut. Pasukan
British di bawah pimpinan General Allenby telah berjaya menawan
Palestin daripada naungan Uthmaniyyah. Beliau berjaya menawannya
pada bulan Disember 1917. Beliau mula melancarkan serangan terhadap
Beersheba pada 31 Oktober lagi. Pergerakan secara taktikal yang disusun
oleh Allenby telah membawa kepada kejayaan British menawan
bahagian selatan Palestin dan juga Jerusalem daripada pemerintahan
Turki-Uthmaniyyah. Secara rasmi, pada 1918 iaitu selepas Perang Dunia Pertama,
Baitulmaqdis dan Palestin jatuh ke tangan British selepas daripada
British menewaskan Empayar Islam Uthmaniyyah. Rentetan daripada
penjajahan tersebut, bermulalah perpindahan secara besar-besaran
bangsa Yahudi ke Palestin di bawah naungan British dari 1918-1947.
Kesinambungan daripada pendudukan tersebut juga menyaksikan
British telah menempatkan wakilnya di Palestin dan menjadikan
Baitulmaqdis sebagai ibu kotanya.
SEJARAH KELAHIRAN NEGARA ISRAEL
Semasa Perang Dunia, orang-orang Yahudi yang terlibat dalam perang
mempunyai jumlah yang besar. Dalam situasi tersebut, sekitar 119,000
orang Yahudi berdaftar untuk perkhidmatan tentera dalam masa sebulan
Perang Dunia Kedua berlaku. Pada akhir tahun 1942, sekitar 19,000 orang
Yahudi Palestin - hampir 10 peratus daripada mereka perempuan -
berada dalam perkhidmatan tentera dan aktif dengan angkatan
bersenjata Inggeris. Mereka adalah sebahagian daripada kekuatan tentera
yang menyertai operasi di Itali dan Afrika Utara. Unit Komando Khusus
Yahudi berjuang di Libya dan Ethiopia, dan juga terlibat dalam
penjajahan pasukan tentera Berikat di Syria dan Lubnan pada tahun
1941. Orang-orang Yahudi mengharapkan bahawa penyertaan setia
mereka tidak akan dilupakan oleh Inggeris ketika perang berakhir. Ia
merupakan masa yang tepat untuk kembali menilai masalah
perpindahan Yahudi ke Palestin.
Oleh kerana situasi anti-Semitism atau anti Yahudi muncul di
Eropah sebelum Perang Dunia II, orang Yahudi percaya bahawa Palestin
menawarkan tempat terbaik untuk mereka membina semula kehidupan
mereka dan imej bangsa yang rosak. Pada tahun 1945, ada arus besar
masyarakat Yahudi di Poland dan Eropah Timur lain melarikan diri ke
kem-kem pelarian di Barat. Situasi ini berlaku kerana setelah kembali ke
rumah mereka di Poland, orang-orang Yahudi mendapati keadaan yang
runcing di mana anti-Semitisme telah merebak kepada rakyat Poland. Ini
tidak terkecuali golongan Yahudi yang terpaksa lari dari cengkaman
anti-Semitisme yang membingungkan hidup mereka di era sebelum
Perang Dunia I yang dikenali sebagai ‘pogroms’.
Ramai dalam kalangan orang Yahudi, sebagai akibat dari anti-
Semitisme, menjadi pelarian atau displaced person (DP) dan beberapa
kongres telah dilaksanakan untuk mencari penyelesaian untuk golongan
ini. Beberapa orang Yahudi, setelah melihat keluarga mereka terlibat
dalam pembunuhan beramai-ramai oleh Nazi, mereka menumpukan
perhatian kepada membawa pelarian ini ke Palestin.9 Kemudian itu
Yahudi Palestin, dengan keberanian dan semangat mereka untuk
berjuang serta membela nasib kaum, berjaya menyokong serta
menubuhkan negara Israel.
Penubuhan Negara Israel tersebut
mendapat sokongan penuh dari Amerika di mana Yahudi Amerika telah
memainkan peranan penting dalam melobi kerajaan Amerika pada
waktu tersebut. Ketika Harry Truman diangkat menjadi Presiden pada
April 1945, beliau menjadi sasaran kuasa rayuan dan pelobi Zionis.
Presiden Truman tidak pernah menyimpang dalam memberikan simpati
terhadap aspirasi Zionis. Dia menulis dalam autobiografinya:
Saya sudah membaca Deklarasi Balfour dengan berhati-hati, di mana
Great Britain telah memberikan komitmen untuk sebuah tanah air bagi
Yahudi. Saya telah membiasakan diri dengan sejarah serta soalan tentang
sebuah tanah air bagi Yahudi dan kedudukan Inggeris dan Arab (dalam
isu ini)... saya merasakan bahawa ia boleh memungkinkan kita untuk
memerhati kepentingan jangka panjang bagi negara kita, sementara itu
pada masa yang sama membantu mereka (Yahudi) yang tidak bernasib
baik hasil penganiayaan (ke atas mereka) untuk mendapatkan rumah.
Pada tahun 1947, Jawatankuasa Khusus PBB terhadap Palestin
(UNSCOP) menyarankan bahagian Barat Palestin harus dibahagi
menjadi tiga kategori: pertama, sebuah negara Yahudi, kedua, sebuah
negara Arab dan ketiga, sebuah wilayah yang dikuasai atau diperintah
oleh PBB (Corpus separatum) di sekitar bandar Baitulmaqdis. Pelan
pembahagian (Partition Plan) ini diluluskan pada 29 November 1947
dengan terhasilnya Resolusi 181, Perhimpunan Agung PBB. Resolusi ini
dikatakan lebih menguntungkan orang Yahudi berbanding dengan
laporan Suruhanjaya Peel. Resolusi ini dikira sebagai 33 suara
menyokong, 13 menentang, dan 10 dikira tidak hadir. Ini bererti adanya
sokongan dengan majoriti mudah untuk memisahkan tanah Palestin
menjadi beberapa bahagian. Sekiranya 10 perwakilan yang tidak hadir
tersebut jika mereka muncul, ia tidak akan mengubah sokongan untuk
mewujudkan sebuah negara Yahudi di Palestin.
Ramai daripada rakyat Palestin menentang rancangan pemisahan
ini, namun ia tidak berkesan. Oleh itu ada yang melihat bahawa rakyat
Palestin berhak untuk mendapatkan kembali tanah tersebut kerana pada
asalnya ia memang milik mereka. Inilah cara untuk memberikan
kefahaman kepada orang-orang Yahudi bahawa negara mereka adalah
hasil dari pencerobohan tanah rakyat Palestin.
Seorang pengkaji, Galvin menyatakan bahawa sepuluh tahun
pertama kewujudan rejim Israel boleh dianggap sebagai sebuah tempoh
perubahan demografi secara radikal dengan penambahan penduduk
Yahudi meningkat dengan cepat. Perubahan demografi dan peningkatan
mendadak jumlah Yahudi di Palestin adalah hasil daripada dua faktor.
Salah satunya adalah pelarian rakyat Palestin yang telah melarikan diri
ke sempadan tanahair mereka seperti Jordan, Syria dan Mesir atau ada
yang terpaksa melarikan diri dengan mencari tempat berlindung di
rumah perlindungan sementara. Ia menjadi bertambah teruk kerana
usaha yang dilakukan oleh Israel dengan menduduki 94 peratus
daripada harta yang ditinggalkan oleh orang Palestin yang melarikan
diri. Mereka melarikan diri kerana dipaksa berbuat demikian dan
keperitan hidup. Harta-harta peninggalan mereka dirampas dan
diedarkan kepada masyarakat Yahudi. Ada yang melihat bahawa ada
usaha yang dilakukan oleh beberapa orang Palestin untuk mendapatkan
semula harta mereka dalam bentuk hasil penuaian ke atas tanaman yang
mereka tinggalkan sebelum ini atau membawa harta yang mereka
tinggalkan ke rumah baru mereka.
Faktor kedua perubahan demografi secara drastik di Palestin adalah
perpindahan orang Yahudi secara sukarela datang ke Israel. Selama
empat tahun pertama kewujudan Israel, sekitar tujuh ratus ribu
pendatang Yahudi telah tiba. Jumlah ini adalah dua kali ganda
penduduk Israel secara keseluruhan. Ada kelompok masyarakat Yahudi
yang berpindah ke Israel kerana pujukan dan desakan oleh Zionis.
Mereka dijanjikan penempatan untuk keluarga dan mereka disogok
dengan kepercayaan agama mereka terhadap tanah tersebut sebagai
‘tanah yang dijanjikan’. Ada juga yang datang ke Israel kerana mereka
dianiaya di negara-negara yang mereka tinggal sebelum ini. Cattan
menyebutkan bahawa statistik sebahagian besar pendatang Yahudi ke
Israel berasal dari Poland, Jerman, Romania dan Czechoslovakia. Dalam menghadapi kelahiran negara Israel, perang psikologi serta
ungkapan sinis sering dilemparkan terhadap masyarakat Arab yang
tidak bersatu dan mempunyai pemimpin yang teruk dilakukan oleh
pasukan Irgun. Pasukan ini merupakan kumpulan terroris yang terkenal
dari kalangan Yahudi. Satu lagi pasukan mereka dikenali sebagai
Haganah.
Mereka merancang keganasan ke atas masyarakat Palestin.
Pada tarikh 9 atau 10 April 1948 Irgun melakukan pembunuhan lebih
dari 250 warga awam umat Islam Palestin di desa Deir Yassin. Pada
tarikh 26 Mei, kumpulan Haganah pula melancarkan serangan dan
mengusir semua penduduk di perkampungan yang didiami oleh suku
Arab kelas menengah. Ini hanya dua contoh dari banyak keganasan
yang dilakukan terhadap rakyat Palestin. Sesuatu yang tidak dapat
diterima ialah keganasan itu dilakukan oleh pasukan zionis Yahudi
ketika Palestin masih di bawah Mandat British, sebelum negara Israel
diisytiharkan wujud. Dalam hal ini, Armstrong berpendapat bahawa
selama tempoh Palestin berada di bawah Mandat British, Zionis berjaya
mencengkam serta menzahirkan kewujudan mereka di situ yang mana ia
telah menyebabkan masyarakat Arab menjadi lemah dan akhirnya
membawa kepada kewujudan negara Israel.17
Pada 14 Mei 1948, Ben-Gurion mengadakan upacara di Tel Aviv
Museum untuk mewartakan kelahiran negara baru iaitu Israel.
Keganasan Israel terus memuncak ke atas masyarakat Palestin. Pada hari
berikutnya iaitu 15 Mei, selepas Inggeris secara rasmi keluar dari
Palestin, kumpulan Irgun telah menyerang Jaffa. Ia seakan pembantaian
di Deir Yassin, malah ia lebih teruk, di mana ia telah menyebabkan tujuh
puluh ribu penduduk Arab di kawasan bandar melarikan diri.
Apa
yang menjadi dorongan semangat tambahan bagi Israel adalah bahawa
selang beberapa minit selepas pembentukan negara baru ini, Presiden
Amerika, Harry Truman memberikan sokongannya diikuti oleh negaranegara
lain seperti Britain, Romania dan Uruguay. Ini adalah satu bentuk
kemenangan bagi Israel kerana mendapat sokongan padu dari kuasa
besar dunia. Dua hari selepas itu, beberapa negara lain seperti Soviet
Union, Poland, Ireland dan lain-lain negara telah mengiktiraf kewujudan
Israel. Secara rasmi, sokongan dari Amerika terhadap kewujudan Israel
adalah 31 Januari 1949. Tidak dapat tidak, pengisytiharan kewujudan
Negara Israel telah masyarakat melukakan hati penduduk Palestin luka
hati. Peristiwa itu sudah tentu merupakan pengesahan kepada lanskap
baru sosio-politik Timur Tengah akan bermula.
Terdapat sarjana yang berpendapat bahawa kewujudan Negara
Israel tidak mempunyai sebarang dokongan dari aspek undang-undang.
Malah ia tidak langsung mempunyai merit di bawah undang-undang
antarabangsa. Dalam hal ini, Cattan berpendapat bahawa Israel tidak
memenuhi syarat-syarat biasa bagi kewujudan sesebuah negara di
bawah undang-undang antarabangsa, yang mana keperluan itu adalah:
i.
masyarakat (people),
ii. sebuah wilayah yang mempunyai sempadan
tersendiri (defined territory), dan
iii. kerajaan (government).
Cattan
meneruskan pandangannya dengan pendapat bahawa sebahagian besar
penduduk Yahudi pada waktu itu di Palestin bukan warganegara.
Golongan Yahudi adalah pendatang (immigrants) yang datang ke Palestin
tetapi golongan pendatang ini telah menghalau penduduk asal dengan
kekerasan dan keganasan. Sebarang bentuk perbincangan yang tidak menyokong keganasan
Israel tidak bererti bahawa ia terlibat dalam anti-Semitism (anti-Yahudi).
Pada hakikatnya, kewujudan istilah anti-Semitism digunakan untuk
merujuk kepada layanan buruk dari negara-negara Eropah terhadap
orang Yahudi yang tinggal di negara mereka seperti di Austria, German,
Rusia dan lain-lain. Dalam hal ini, perlu juga difahami bahawa
menentang pergerakan Zionis adalah subjek yang berbeza dari anti-
Semitism. Kedua-dua perkara ini berbeza antara satu sama lain.
Al-Qaradawi jelas menyatakan bahawa bagi umat Islam, mereka
tidak boleh memerangi orang-orang Yahudi sekarang hanya kerana
mereka Yahudi. Tetapi ia berlainan dengan penentangan terhadap zionis,
iaitu kefahaman masyarakat Yahudi yang ekstrem untuk merampas
tanah Palestin bagi mewujudkan Negara Israel. Jelas, penentangan
terhadap zionis dan Israel adalah kerana mereka telah menduduki tanah
Palestin milik masyarakat Muslim dan Arab. Jadi, orang-orang Arab
mempunyai hak mereka untuk menuntut kembali tanah tersebut.
Namun ketidakadilan kuasa besar dunia terhadap mereka pada abad ini
bererti mereka tidak mampu memperolehi kembali hak mereka. Bukan
sekadar itu, mereka juga dinafikan hak untuk kembali ke Palestin
sebagaimana yang dinikmati oleh orang Yahudi yang boleh ‘kembali’ ke
negara Israel. Sikap tidak adil Yahudi serta keganasan yang dilakukan
mereka inilah yang ditentang. Oleh kerana itu, Michael Prior melalui
bukunya iaitu sebuah kajian mendalam tentang konflik antara Palestin-
Israel, menyatakan bahawa seseorang itu boleh sahaja menjadi anti-
Zionis terhadap perkara buruk yang dilakukan mereka, tetapi ini tidak
bermakna bahawa dia seorang yang anti-Semitism. Secara ringkas, Israel berjaya menduduki Palestin dan Barat
Baitulmaqdis ketika perisytiharan negara tersebut pada 1948.
Penguasaan Israel merangkumi 81.4% daripada seluruh keluasan
Baitulmaqdis. Kawasan timur Baitulmaqdis yang juga sering dikenali
sebagai East Jerusalem masih tidak dapat ditawan pada tahun tersebut.
Namun demikian, mereka terus melebarkan pemilikan itu kepada 85%
dengan membina penempatan perumahan untuk kaum Yahudi di atas
tanah milik rakyat Palestin, manakala kawasan perkampungan Arab
pula dirampas.
Pada peringkat awal penjajahan Israel di Palestin, Baitulmaqdis
telah dibahagikan kepada dua bahagian, di mana bahagian Barat
diperintah oleh Israel. Dalam jangkamasa yang singkat, seramai 30,000
bangsa Arab telah diusir keluar dari vagina Barat Baitulmaqdis.
Manakala Baitulmaqdis timur pula diletakkan di bawah naungan
pemerintahan Jordan. Pada 23 Januari 1950, Israel bertindak menjadikan
Baitulmaqdis Barat sebagai ibu kota mereka. Tindakan ini menambahkan
kemarahan masyarakat Arab kerana Baitulmaqdis adalah tempat suci
yang tidak harus dirampas dengan kekerasan.
Manakala pengisytiharan Palestin sebagai naungan British serta
diletakkan di bawah British Mandate secara automatik memberi laluan
mudah kepada Yahudi untuk merampas Palestin. Satu tindakan ekstrim
yang dilakukan oleh zionis, pada Mei 1980, di mana Masjid al-Aqsa cuba
diletupkan manakala pada 17 Oktober 1989 pula, sekumpulan warga
Yahudi telah meletakkan batu asas untuk pembinaan Haikal Sulaiman
berhampiran pintu masuk Masjid al-Aqsa.
Golongan Yahudi percaya
bahawa Masjid al-Aqsa merupakan tapak Haikal Sulaiman dan masjid
itu perlu dirobohkan untuk didikan haikal. Inilah satu tindakan yang
menghangatkan kekacauan tajaan zionis.
Menurut Juergensmeyer, para pemimpin masyarakat Palestin
termasuk Hamas tidak dapat menerima kezaliman yang dilakukan oleh
zionis terhadap masyarakat Arab Palestin. Dalam wawancara beliau
dengan Abdul Aziz Rantisi (sebelum beliau syahid pada 17 April 2004),
jelas menunjukkan pendirian pertubuhan Islam yang diterima majoriti
masyarakat Palestin tersebut. Juergenmeyer bertanya apakah Yahudi dan
Muslim boleh tinggal dalam keadaan aman dan harmoni dalam kawasan
yang dikenalpasti sebagai Palestin, Rantisi yakin bahawa ia boleh
berlaku, tetapi tidak di bawah regim pemerintahan Israel. Rantisi
menyatakan mereka boleh mencapai keamanan sekiranya keadaan
pemerintahan adalah berlainan dengan yang ada, iaitu pemerintahan di
kontrol oleh Arab Palestin. Beliau juga menyatakan bahawa golongan
Yahudi boleh tinggal bersama dengan masyarakat Arab Palestin. Situasi sebegini tidaklah mustahil untuk dicapai kerana dua sejarah
utama Palestin menunjukkan keamanan itu boleh wujud di bawah
pemerintahan yang adil dan saksama. Ia menjadi realiti pada era
Khalifah Umar al-Khattab yang membebaskan Baitulmaqdis buat
pertama kali di bawah Islam, dan ketika Salahudin menawan kembali
kota tersebut dalam perang salib pada tahun 1187. Situasi di Palestin
berubah kembali apabila ia jatuh ke tangan British pada tahun 1917 dan
perisytiharan negara Israel di atas tanah tersebut pada tahun 1948 yang
menjadi sejarah hitam abad ini bagi Palestin.
Esposito menyatakan bahawa ketika Israel menyerang Gaza pada
akhir 2008, ia sebenarnya satu ujian bagi kuasa besar dunia iaitu Amerika
dalam hubungan dan komitmen terhadap Israel. Ia adalah suatu
serangan yang dirancang khas. Laporan tersebar di akhbar Israel bahawa
tentera Israel telah merancang untuk melakukan provokasi serta mencari
sebab terbaik untuk menyerang masyarakat Arab tersebut. Sehingga kini, Yahudi zionis terus mendominasi bumi Palestin.
Ekoran daripada penjajahan tersebut menyebabkan saban hari nyawa
rakyat Palestin terkorban. Mereka tidak mendapat perhatian serius dari
kuasa besar dunia dalam menangani masalah mereka. Sering apa yang
berlaku ialah pihak kuasa besar memberikan sokongan kepada Israel
dengan terus menafikan hak rakyat Palestin yang merupakan penduduk
asal tanah tersebut sebelum mereka dihalau keluar dengan kekerasan.
KESIMPULAN
Palestin dari sudut sejarah merupakan wilayah yang didiami oleh
masyarakat Arab yang terdiri dari pelbagai latar agama seperti Yahudi,
Kristian dan Islam. Seiring dengan perkembangan zaman, Palestin
mengalami pasang surutnya di mana kuasa pemerintahan ke atasnya
silih berganti. Hal ini membuktikan bahawa hampir seluruh daripada
kuasa dunia terutama dari tiga agama samawi ingin menguasai ‘tanah
yang diberkati’ ini disebabkan oleh matlamat dan kepentingan tertentu
sama ada dari sudut spiritual, fizikal, ekonomi dan sebagainya.
Namun, perubahan terhadap Palestin boleh dilihat dengan ketara
pada abad ini setelah ia mula diduduki dan diperintah oleh zionis yang
menukar nama bagi kawasan tersebut daripada Palestin kepada Israel.
Sejarah kejatuhan Palestin ini perlu difahami bagi meningkatkan
kesedaran umat terhadap hak yang dirampas. Dunia perlu berlaku adil
dan melihat hal ini dari kacamata keadilan sejagat, bukan hanya sekadar
mendengar dari sebelah pihak dan yang lebih menjadikan situasi itu
parah adalah kerana sebelah pihak tersebut tidak lain tidak bukan adalah
Israel.
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Monday, 24 December 2012
Mayan calendar ends; world doesn't !!!
Students react during countdown to when many believe Mayan people predicted as end of the world, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in Taichung, southern Taiwan
MEXICO Dec. 21 started out as the prophetic day some had believed would usher in the fiery end of the world. By Friday afternoon, it had become more comic than cosmic, the punch line of countless Facebook posts and at least several dozen T-shirts. At the ruins of the ancient Mayan city of Chichen Itza, thousands chanted, danced and otherwise frolicked around ceremonial fires and pyramids to mark the conclusion of a vast, 5,125-year cycle in the Mayan calendar. The doomsayers who had predicted apocalypse were nowhere to be seen. Instead, people showed up in T-shirts reading "The End of the World: I Was There." Vendors eager to sell their ceramic handicrafts and wooden masks called out to passing visitors, "Buy something before the world ends." For the masses in the ruins, Dec. 21 sparked celebration of what they saw as the birth of a new and better age. It was also inspiration for massive clouds of patchouli and marijuana smoke and a chorus of conch calls at the break of dawn. The official crowd count stood at 20,000 as of mid-afternoon, with people continuing to arrive. That surpassed the count on an average day but not as many as have gathered at the ruins during equinoxes. The boisterous gathering Friday included Buddhists, pagan nature worshippers, druids and followers of Aztec and Maya religious traditions. Some kneeled in attitudes of prayer, some seated with arms outstretched in positions of meditation, all facing El Castillo, the massive main pyramid. Ceremonies were being held at different sides of the pyramid, including one led by a music group that belted out American blues and reggae-inspired chants. Others involved yelping and shouting, and drumming and dance, such as one ceremony led by spiritual master Ollin Yolotzin.
The boisterous crowd included Buddhists, pagan nature worshippers, druids and followers of Aztec and Maya religious traditions. Some kneeled in attitudes of prayer, some seated with arms outstretched in positions of meditation, all facing El Castillo, the massive main pyramid. "The world was never going to end, this was an invention of the mass media," said Yolotzin, who leads the Aztec ritual dance group Cuautli-balam. "It is going to be a good era. ... We are going to be better." Ivan Gutierrez, a 37-year-old artist who lives in the nearby village, stood before the pyramid and blew a low, sonorous blast on a conch horn. "It has already arrived, we are already in it," he said of the new era. "We are in a frequency of love, we are in a new vibration." But it was unclear how long the love would last: A security guard quickly came over and asked him to stop blowing his conch shell, enforcing the ruin site's ban on holding ceremonies without previous permits.
Similar rites greeted the new era in neighboring Guatemala, where Mayan spiritual leaders burned offerings and families danced in celebration. Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina and Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla attended an official ceremony in the department of Peten, along with thousands of revelers and artists. At an indigenous South American summer solstice festival in Bolivia, President Evo Morales arrived on a wooden raft to lead a festival that made offerings to Pachamama, Mother Earth, on a small island in the middle of Lake Titicaca. The leftist leader and 3,000 others, including politicians, indigenous shamans and activists of all stripes, didn't ponder the end of the world, just the death of the capitalist system, which Morales told the crowd had already happened amid "a global financial, political and moral crisis."
"The human community is in danger because of climatic reasons, which are related to the accumulation of wealth by some countries and social groups," he told the crowd. "We need to change the belief that having more is living better." Despite all the pomp, no one is certain the period known as the Mayas' 13th Baktun officially ended Friday. Some think it may have happened at midnight. Others looked to Friday's dawn here in the Maya heartland. Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History even suggested historical calculations to synchronize the Mayan and Western calendars might be off a few days. It said the Mayan Long Count calendar cycle might not really end until Sunday. One thing, however, became clear to many by Friday afternoon: The world had not yet ended. John Hoopes, an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Kansas, was at the ruins, using the opportunity to talk about how myths are created. "You don't have to go to the far corners of the earth to look for exotic things, you've got them right here," he noted. End-of-the-world paranoia, however, has spread globally despite the insistence of archeologists and the Maya themselves that the date meant no such thing. Dozens of schools in Michigan canceled classes this week amid rumors of violence tied to the date. In France, people expecting doomsday were looking expectantly to a mountain in the Pyrenees where they believe a hidden spaceship was waiting to spirit them away. And in China, government authorities were cracking down on a fringe Christian group spreading rumors about the world's end, while preaching that Jesus had reappeared as a woman in central China. Gabriel Romero, a Los Angeles-based spiritualist who uses crystal skulls in his ceremonies, had no such illusions as he greeted the dawn at Chichen Itza. "We'll still have to pay taxes next year," he said. As if to put the final nail in the coffin of such rumors, Bob McMillan of the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory confirmed Friday that no large asteroids are predicted to hit anytime soon. And Bill Leith, a senior science adviser at the U.S. Geological Survey, noted that as far as quakes, tsunamis and solar storms for the rest of the day, "we don't have any evidence that anything is imminent." Still, there were some who wouldn't truly feel safe until the sun sets Friday over the pyramids in the Yucatan peninsula, the heartland of the Maya. Mexico's best-known seer, Antonio Vazquez Alba, known as "El Brujo Mayor," said he had received emails with rumors that a mass suicide might be planned in Argentina. He said he was sure that human nature represented the only threat Friday. "Nature isn't going to do us any harm, but we can do damage to ourselves," he said. Authorities worried about overcrowding and possible stampedes during celebrations Friday at Mayan sites such as Chichen Itza and Uxmal, both about 1 1/2 hours from Merida, the Yucatan state capital. Special police and guard details were assigned to the pyramids. Yucatan Gov. Rolando Zapata said he for one felt the growing good vibes, and not just because his state was raking in loads of revenue from the thousands of celebrants flooding in. "We believe that the beginning of a new baktun means the beginning of a new era, and we're receiving it with great optimism," Zapata said.
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Sun Storms May Affect Radios, Cell Phones
Intense solar activity may affect Earth today, potentially disrupting radio and cell phone transmissions.
On Monday, the sun released a coronal mass ejection (CME), which is a "massive eruption of solar plasma," according to Space.com. The blast is expected to affect the Earth through Saturday.
"Coronal Mass Ejections from the last few days may cause isolated periods of G1 (Minor) Geomagnetic Storm Activity on December 28-29," the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center wrote in an update. "R1 (Minor) radio blackouts are expected until 31 December."
If the storms are powerful enough, they could temporarily interrupt radio frequencies, GPS signals and cell phone communication, and possibly affect power grids, according to Space.com.
NOAA estimated that there was a 20-40 percent chance of these disruptive polar geomagnetic storms on Dec. 28-29 in response to the impact of one or more CMEs.
Another potential result of these storms is impressive auroral displays, also known as northern lights. Skywatchers at higher latitudes, closer to Earth's poles, are being alerted to the storms and urged to keep an eye out for auroras.
Experts say the sun's increased activity is part of an 11-year cyclical pattern.
The sun had a low rate of activity between 2005 and 2010, but has had several eruptions, powerful flares and CMEs this year.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory tweeted on Wednesday that two CMEs occurred within 24 hours earlier this week.
Saturday, 25 June 2011
Monday, 7 February 2011
Malaysian Navy New Patrol Vessel
Govt allocates RM6 billion for 6 patrol vessels
(Bernama) - The Government has agreed to allocate RM6 billion to build six second-generation patrol vessels for the Royal Malaysian Navy, Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (photograph above) said.
The construction of the ships will boost the economy while benefiting 632 vendor companies, he told reporters here yesterday after a briefing on the project.
“Thus, we will ensure that at least RM2 billion of the allocation will benefit these vendor companies, which are strategic partners of Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd,” he added.
Ahmad Zahid said that he would monitor the progress of the project, due to start next year, and ensure that all concerned benefit from it and that there was no delay in paying the vendors.
He said that Boustead Naval Shipyard had constructed several new generation vessels for the navy and shown itself to be on par with other ship builders in the world.
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East Timor paid US$28 million for the 175-tonne Shanghai class boats
East Timor is acquiring two navy patrol boats from South Korea (picture above) as the country moves further out of Australia's sphere of military influence.
The acquisition, which has not been publicly announced, comes after the country bought two 43-metre Chinese patrol boats, which strained relations between Australia and the government in Dili earlier this year.
East Timor's marine police unit is also moving to purchase nine smaller boats, adding to its fleet of three, the marine police commander, Lino Saldanha, told journalists in Dili.
When the Chinese patrol boats were launched in June, Ian Storey, a regional defence expert at the Institute of South-East Asian Studies in Singapore, said Dili wanted to ''demonstrate to Canberra that it has other choices when it comes to defence partners''.
East Timor paid US$28 million for the 1960s-designed, 175-tonne Shanghai class boats.
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The 154-foot Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter: Price US$41 million
The 154-foot Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter will be a key component of the Coast Guard’s recapitalised fleet. It will be capable of speeds in excess of 28 knots and feature a cutter boat stern ramp launch and recovery system. Its armament includes one stabilized, remotely-operated 25mm chain gun and four crew-served 0.50 caliber machine guns. It will have a crew capacity of 23 people and will be able to perform independently for a minimum of five days at sea and be underway for 2,500 hours per year.
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The Clyde River class patrol boats: Price £30 million or US$48 million
Specifications
Displacement: 1,854 tonnes full load
Length Overall: 81.5m (265 feet)
Length waterline: 73.6m
Beam: 13.6m (46 feet)
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Speed: 19 knots full load (21kts sprint)
Endurance: 21-day endurance,
Range: 5,500 nm at 12 knots
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Bow Thruster: 280 kw; Stern Thruster: 185 kw; 3 Main Generators: 250 kw; 1 Emergency Generator: 170 kw
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Aviation: Flight Deck Arrangements sufficient size to take for a Lynx, Sea King and Merlin Helicopters
See more details/specifications/photographs here: http://navy-matters.beedall.com/opvh.htm
(Bernama) - The Government has agreed to allocate RM6 billion to build six second-generation patrol vessels for the Royal Malaysian Navy, Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (photograph above) said.
The construction of the ships will boost the economy while benefiting 632 vendor companies, he told reporters here yesterday after a briefing on the project.
“Thus, we will ensure that at least RM2 billion of the allocation will benefit these vendor companies, which are strategic partners of Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd,” he added.
Ahmad Zahid said that he would monitor the progress of the project, due to start next year, and ensure that all concerned benefit from it and that there was no delay in paying the vendors.
He said that Boustead Naval Shipyard had constructed several new generation vessels for the navy and shown itself to be on par with other ship builders in the world.
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East Timor paid US$28 million for the 175-tonne Shanghai class boats
East Timor is acquiring two navy patrol boats from South Korea (picture above) as the country moves further out of Australia's sphere of military influence.
The acquisition, which has not been publicly announced, comes after the country bought two 43-metre Chinese patrol boats, which strained relations between Australia and the government in Dili earlier this year.
East Timor's marine police unit is also moving to purchase nine smaller boats, adding to its fleet of three, the marine police commander, Lino Saldanha, told journalists in Dili.
When the Chinese patrol boats were launched in June, Ian Storey, a regional defence expert at the Institute of South-East Asian Studies in Singapore, said Dili wanted to ''demonstrate to Canberra that it has other choices when it comes to defence partners''.
East Timor paid US$28 million for the 1960s-designed, 175-tonne Shanghai class boats.
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The 154-foot Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter: Price US$41 million
The 154-foot Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter will be a key component of the Coast Guard’s recapitalised fleet. It will be capable of speeds in excess of 28 knots and feature a cutter boat stern ramp launch and recovery system. Its armament includes one stabilized, remotely-operated 25mm chain gun and four crew-served 0.50 caliber machine guns. It will have a crew capacity of 23 people and will be able to perform independently for a minimum of five days at sea and be underway for 2,500 hours per year.
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The Clyde River class patrol boats: Price £30 million or US$48 million
Specifications
Displacement: 1,854 tonnes full load
Length Overall: 81.5m (265 feet)
Length waterline: 73.6m
Beam: 13.6m (46 feet)
Draught - 3.8m (11.5 feet)
Speed: 19 knots full load (21kts sprint)
Endurance: 21-day endurance,
Range: 5,500 nm at 12 knots
Engineering: Main Engines 2 X 12V RK270 Rushton Marine Diesels Rated at 4125kw at 1000 RPM;
Bow Thruster: 280 kw; Stern Thruster: 185 kw; 3 Main Generators: 250 kw; 1 Emergency Generator: 170 kw
Guns: 1 x 30mm, 4 x GMPG
Sensors: Terma Scanter 4100 air and surface surveillance radar
Complement: 36 (6 officers, 9 SR, 21 JR), accommodation for 58
Aviation: Flight Deck Arrangements sufficient size to take for a Lynx, Sea King and Merlin Helicopters
See more details/specifications/photographs here: http://navy-matters.beedall.com/opvh.htm
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