2 weeks ago, a friend of mine forwarded me an email containing a letter from Jabatan Agama Islam from one of the states in Malaysia revoking a halal certificate from a well known poultry product manufacturer in the country.
The email shocked me as the letter was dated in Nov 2008, while i just heard about this news 2 weeks ago. For some people, this type of news has became a norm to Muslim Malaysian and the best way normally is to avoid consuming the product.
I'm saddened with the news as the news was not announced to the public. As a result, devoted Muslims in Malaysia may have consumed the products without knowing that it is haram.
I wrote a letter to the Jabatan Agama to suggest a proper procedure on the announcement. Further to that letter, I'm following up with the staff of the Jabatan Agama. However, the responds that I received so far are hopeless.
I attach herewith my letter to them for your reference. I'll keep following up and update my blog for any update. I woould not release the name of the company at this point as I need further confirmation from the authority.
7 May 2009
Pengarah & Timbalan Pengarah
Jabatan Agama Islam **
Yg Bhg. Hj [*]
HEBAHAN UMUM PENARIKAN BALIK SIJIL PENGESAHAN HALAL
Saya merujuk kepada perkara di atas.
2. Sebagai rakyat Malaysia dan juga seorang Muslim, saya amat khuatir berkenaan penarikan balik sijil halal yang tertera di surat yang bertarikh 3 November 2008 dari pihak tuan.
3. Bukan sahaja saya khuatir dengan pengharaman tersebut, tetapi saya lebih khuatir tentang langkah penghebahan yang diambil oleh pihak tuan. Hanya baharu sekarang, saya mendapat berita yang produk dari Ayam [***] tidak menepati hukum syarak.
4. Lebih menyedihkan lagi, sumber yang saya terima adalah dari sumber yang tidak formal.
5. Hal sebegini sepatutnya boleh ditangani dengan cara penghebahan yang lebih meluas dan telus, contohnya pengumuman formal di suratkhabar tempatan, media eletronik dan sebagainya. Malangnya, penghebahan dibuat hanya untuk pegawai-pegawai di jabatan pihak tuan sahaja.
6. Seterusnya, langkah lebih proaktif perlu diambil untuk menarik balik lesen perniagaan pihak-pihak yang telah menyalahgunakan sijil halal kepada umum. Langkah-langkah berikut perlu diwartakan di dalam proses rasmi pihak tuan dan juga seluruh jabatan agama di Malaysia. Ini adalah sangat perlu, untuk membendung aktiviti-aktiviti sebegini dan juga bertindak sebagai pengajaran untuk semua pihak.
7. Walaubagaimanapun, saya masih ingin mengucapkan tahniah dan berterima kasih kepada Jabatan Agama Islam Perak, sebagai sebuah badan yang bertanggungjawab, yang telah berjaya mengesan kegiatan oleh pihak-pihak syarikat persendirian yang telah menyalahi hukum syarak.
8. Dengan ini, saya harapkan pihak tuan boleh memberi penjelasan kepada saya secara bertulis ataupun menghubungi saya melalui telefon, [ ]. Jika tiada respon yang dapat saya terima dalam masa 2 minggu dari tarikh surat ini, adalah dimaklumkan yang saya terpaksa mengambil tindakan seterusnya termasuk menghubungi media dan juga membuat laporan kepada pihak-pihak berkuasa.
9. Saya harap tindakan saya ini tidak dianggap sebagai tindakan mengugut pihak tuan, sebaliknya sekadar sebagai nasihat yang ikhlas untuk kepentingan semua.
Sekian, terima kasih
Shahrir bin Mohamad Subki
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Friday, January 2, 2009
Happy New Year 2009
It is time to start afresh and rejuvenate our decades old resolutions and to forget about it all over again.
I wonder why people are urged to make new resolutions every time we reach 1st January? Why can’t we renew our resolutions every month or week? I guess the timeframe is too short then it would impossible to achieve anything, unless your resolution is a short term one such as driving home fast so that you can catch your favourite TV show. But don’t you think 12 month would be too long? Too long that it makes you forget all the resolutions that you’ve set early of the year.
I never had any New Year resolution. Or probably I just totally forgot that I had one. Maybe I was not the ‘forward-thinking’ type. I just braced a new day without knowing what’s gonna happen. That was me. But as I grow older, I began to understand the importance of goal or resolutions in life. It sets stability to my course of life and to those who has to live with me.
I’d like to put 2008 behind and straighten up my focus for 2009. I look forward to new challenges in 2009 and hope it’ll be kinder to me this year. Happy New Year everyone. Wishing you a great year ahead.
I wonder why people are urged to make new resolutions every time we reach 1st January? Why can’t we renew our resolutions every month or week? I guess the timeframe is too short then it would impossible to achieve anything, unless your resolution is a short term one such as driving home fast so that you can catch your favourite TV show. But don’t you think 12 month would be too long? Too long that it makes you forget all the resolutions that you’ve set early of the year.
I never had any New Year resolution. Or probably I just totally forgot that I had one. Maybe I was not the ‘forward-thinking’ type. I just braced a new day without knowing what’s gonna happen. That was me. But as I grow older, I began to understand the importance of goal or resolutions in life. It sets stability to my course of life and to those who has to live with me.
I’d like to put 2008 behind and straighten up my focus for 2009. I look forward to new challenges in 2009 and hope it’ll be kinder to me this year. Happy New Year everyone. Wishing you a great year ahead.
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