Self-improvement and preparations for the future success

Self-improvement and
preparations
for the future success
 
Where there is hatred, let me sow Love.
Where there is doubt, let me sow Faith.
Where there is darkness, let me sow Light.
Where there is despair, let me sow Hope.
Where there is injury, let me sow Pardon.
For it is in Giving that we receive.
It is in Pardoning that we are [...]

OUR REQUEST TO THE SPDC GOVERNMENT

OUR REQUEST TO THE SPDC GOVERNMENT
            
So we hereby want to summarize all our requests into the following points. A.      Basically at least we, all the Muslims in Burma/Myanma, want to request the right to possess the following documents: 

Birth Certificates

National Registration Cards.

Passports.

Family Registration Cards. 

B.      We, all the Muslims in Burma/Myanma, want to request the following basic rights:  

Right of unrestricted [...]

DREAMS OF MYANMAR/BURMESE MUSLIMS

DREAMS OF
MYANMAR/BURMESE MUSLIMS
 Insha Allah, our dreams will definitely come true. 
“Dreams” or may be ‘Our aims and objectives” or “Our Visions” or may be more appropriately called “Our goals and objectives” for the year of 2048 AD.
 Burma or Myanmar got Independence in 1948. So it is exactly 100 years after it.  Let us go to [...]

Childhood fairy-tales

Childhood fairy-tales
Adapted from the old New Straits Times editor’s article

Most of us grew up on 550 Buddhist tale, 10 Jettaka or Reincernations of Buddha’s Stories, Burmese Folk tales, Lu Du U Hla’s Ethnic Minorities folk tales, 1001 Arabian Nights, Aesop’s Fables, stories by the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, and Mothers and Grandparents’ tales, learned [...]

Children of the Dream

Children of the Dream  
 Ben Okri, Nigerian poet and novelist with Urhobo lineage, celebrates the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech Dear Friends,                    Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech is the most famous quoted one in the world. People said that it had changed the mindset and progression of many coloured [...]

Last appeal letter to God

Last appeal letter to God
 
Prayers of Dr San Oo Aung
On behalf of all Myanmar/Burmese

Dear God,
                 Please forgive me for not addressing You with proper respectful titles as I am appealing here on behalf of all the people of Burma/Myanmar from different faiths or religions. We all had also prayed to our respective Gods (I [...]

Some Islamic values that rich Muslim leaders try to ignore

After the end of the War, Niemoller became an important figure in the World Council of Churches, and traveled all over the world, including the United States to share his sorrows and joys, as well as wisdom. In one occasion, Niemoller recalled:
“In Germany they (the Nazis) came first for the Communists and I didn’t speak [...]

Islamic practices Vs Islamic values

Islamic practices
Vs
Islamic values
 
Adapted, added facts and edited
from Raja Petra Kamarudin’s article
(I had also written letters to Malaysia PM Tun Dr M and Tan Sri Razali using the same ideas and quotations in early 2000)
Muslims are very ritualistic in their Islamic beliefs and practices. They do not seem to care much about values. [...]