Change We Need...Beyond Politics

Nowadays we are seeing how tumultuous Malaysian Politics are. No need to describe furhter... Perak now has two MBs with two Governments. Now I don't need to further comment on the current political turmoil. Enough with Mahathir, Ku Li, RPK, DSAI, Malaysiakini, Utusan etc. They'll do the job because these people are naturally Homosapiens Politicus.

Homosapiens Politicus? Hmmm.. a new sub-species of human being? Yes indeed. These people are political animals. They just can't get out of politics. Politic is their life, their breath, their food and to a certain extent..huhu.. their religion. 

It has become our nature... the nature of homosapiens that we all want change towards betterment. "Change we need"... says Mr Obama. This change is for humans to live in a more peaceful, more prosperous conditions. It is within our nature.

And we must know that the roads towards betterment are many.We can do change by doing humanitarian works, by doing charity, etc. Politics is also one of the way to change.However as for these Homosapiens politicus, there's only one way towards betterment: Politics.

So if there's many ways towards change for betterment besides politics, then there must be a single best way towards it that we can rely upon. And for that we must study the history for history is the best teacher. In history, there's one proven method of change that really really works.

Revisting History to look for an ideal Change Method

Nowadays, we are all hungry for an ideal world where people live with freedom and justice. Despite the new world created by the American, America itself is not the ideal world. Despite of her status as the strongest country in the world, she is still impregnated with bundles and bundles of social and humanity crisis. America herself is not a Utopia.

So in history is there any Utopia been established? Is there any ideal world, ideal state where people live with freedom and justice? Yes indeed. It is the Abbassiah Islamic Khialafah... a time when Islam becomes the order of the world. When justice, freedom and peace avails... a time when all technologies are used for peaceful purpose unlike today where technologies are created by man to kill man. 

Abbasiah empire is the result of an effort of change towards betterment. And this effort takes a long, long time. This effort of change requires a deep, deep and long breath.

The best method towards change

So... Who begun this effort? The man who begin this effort is no one else but our beloved Prophet Muhammad SAW. The question is how did he do this change? What is his method? What are the principles behind this method?

Before answering all these questions, we need to understand first that this effort is done with the guidance from above... from God. This guidance comes with a manual. This manual is called the Koran.

With these guidances, Prophet Muhammad SAW strive to bring about changes. After a few hundred years, an ideal Utopia is made reality.

I am stressing here that he does not begin the change with politics. Politic is only a small part of his effort towards change. He only began this political drive after 13 years of struggle in Mecca. And his political career does not begin in Mecca itself but a foreign land, Medina.

So what comes before politics that make the change effort so efficient? It is the islamic education (tarbiah) that becomes the main thrust of this effort. Tarbiah that is based on the understanding that God is One and there's no other sovereingnity other than God. Tarbiah which is based on the Takwa concept.

This tarbiah process is such a long and painful process. With the success of tarbiah, Politics become easy. When majority of people have takwa in their heart, they'll simply choose leaders with takwa. When muttaqin people become leaders, then there'll be no question of corruption, injustice, threat etc. Because above muttaqin leaders is God, not he himself.

What happens today?   

What happen today is the opposite of it. People at large does not have takwa. They did not even understand what Islam is. They only bear islamic names without living Islam itself. Hence leaders without takwa are elected. Then, all the corruption occurs, all the injustice prevails, all the freedom are ransacked. 

One party is tainted with corruption and bad history of injustice deeds and ransacking freedoms. So some 'enlightened' people of for the other party. It turns out the other party is also the same. Maybe the corruption is less, but they are also hungry for power. When they got power, money comes, and trust me, its their turn to become corrupted. 

So what happen to the Islamic party? They are not being elected because people at large are simply unislamic. I pity those fanatics. They think that by merely getting this Islamic Party into power, Islamic changes will avail. But maybe not, not yet. Simply because people are unislamic. Just look towards my own state... Kelantan. Pity for the fanatics again that they do not understand that for this Islamic Party, Politics is just a small part of their effort. Tarbiah is their main mission.

Hence, my friends... let us all realize that we all need change... Beyond Politics