Bismillah, Assalamualaikum
Taken from
http://intifada.hadithuna.com because I totally 100% agree with everything that is said and I thought of all this to say actually but these words are so much better (anything sis Ness say is so much better anyway) and saves me from having to construct sentences so READ people and READ WELL...
Why boycott??? This is why…"Take pride in how far you have come
Have faith in how far you can go"
“We all baru gi makan KFC. KFC sekarang boleh makanlah. KFCkan bawah JCorp Sdn. Bhd. JCorpkan orang Melayu punya.”
“Bukan nak sangat beli Nokia, tapi murah.”
“Ana sangat suka vanilla shake McD. Sangat2 sedap. Irresistible! “
“Banyak-banyak benda, ana memang tak boleh boikot Kotex. Memang tak boleh pakai yang lain. Tak selesa.”
“Awak ni kenapa? Biarlah dia nak makan apa pon. Duit dia. Hak dia.”
“Ala kita bayar pekerja dia, bukan bagi duit kat Yahudi.”
“RM 1 = 1 peluru. Harapnya ini peluru yang tak kena rakyat Palestine.”
“Anti ni strict sangat lah. Suma tak boleh! Kalau kita kaji betul-betul semua benda datang dari Amerika, Yahudi. Habis? Nak boikot suma? Kebulurlah nanti.”
I have been boycotting the Israelis’ and Americans’ products since the time immemorial. And I was once, condemned by friends for my firm principle. These friends are those who call themselves dai’e or at least came for the same background as me.
Not only had they criticized me for my unshakable faith, they gave me thousands of justifications to satisfy their desire to turn a blind eye to the clearly stated fatwa made by many big scholars throughout the globe, including Syeikh Yusuf Qardhawi.
When it comes to shopping or savoring good foods, my friends would normally resort to shops or fast food restaurants supporting the Americans’ and Israelis’ simply because it’s cheap and tasty, and I was always the odd one out. As usual, certain lame excuses and annoying words not so nice to be heard would come out from their mouth to persuade me or insult me. As if I was the person guilty for holding my faith tightly (thus made me an alien). Yet I stood firmly strong to my principle.
Now that the Palestinians are being attacked (as if it has just happened 18 days ago), once again they shout out lout “BOYCOTT the Israelis and Americans product” quoting the fatwa given by the scholars long long ago. Then comes the tagging game … things I have boycotted, things I will boycott, things I find hard to boycott..
I don’t get it. Is it so DIFFICULT to boycott? Susah sangat ke nak tinggalkan sedikit kelazatan dunia sedangkan adik beradik kita di Palestine menderita? Matikah kita dengan memboikot semua itu? Andai kata mati sekali pon, tidakkah rasa berbangga kerana mati memperjuangkan deenul haq?
“Oh, tapi saya doa tiap-tiap hari tuk Palestine. Saya pergi demonstrasi. Saya pakai baju dan tayangkan badge ‘Free Palestine’. Saya pakai mafla.”
Owh iye ke? I feel like smacking her/his face and banging her/his head hard. So what? You think you have materialized your faith towards the freedom of Al-Aqsa? You think you have done enough to help them when you are also with or without noticing funding your enemies? Shut up! OK.. now I am getting extra emotional.
This campaign has been going on for ages. Ever since I was in secondary school. Yet not many knew nor took it seriously. It frustrates me a lot knowing that despite acknowledging the on going war, they can still simply allow to indulge themselves too frequently and too freely in the boycotted items and companies. Compromising their principles to make their lives good and comfortable. Ingat main-main ke? Ini antara hidup dan mati rakyat Palestin. How many more lives would you let them slaughter until you really understand and act? How many more unjustifiable excuses would you want to make to satisfy your cravings and please your egos? Through out these years that we should have been boycotting but you haven’t, how much money have you been giving the enemies? Shame! You may have learned your lesson, but the price is too expensive to pay. Yes, the price of losing so many innocent lives in Palestine.
On an optimistic view, probably this is a wake up call for the Muslims around the world to start boycotting the Israelis’ and Americans’ products. For those who were ignorant, will begin to boycott. For those who had forgotten, InsyaAllah will resume to boycott again.
Hopefully this plea and efforts to boycott will not be seasoned and lapse as the time flies. Hopefully this lively spirit will not perish nor deteriorate from our faiths and believes as the time changes. Hopefully it will remain still and strong in our hearts and the people of our younger generations.
May my hopes and prayers be answered by Allah 
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Ameen.
A great thank you to my family who had enlightened me with the awareness and inspirited my boldness to hold strong and firm to this principle, guided and supported the boycott campaign through out time. If not for them, I may not be strong as I should and am today.
Adha
Cranfield
FREE PALESTINE!!!!!
BOYCOTT ISRAEL PRODUCTS!!!!
Malaysians can be so embarrassing sometimes, we always have to follow suit and what if the former prime minister didnt urge citizens to boycott, would we actually do it?! and why do some still want to find excuses not to boycott? ee, if you dont want, fine la, stop making a fuss then! I am sure your conscience will just be so crystal clear! and why do some people want to be cynical, like Google is American and you're still using it, bah! Islam is fair and just, and some Muslims just dont realize that yet which is sad...If with all your might, you still find it in your heart to not boycott then there's nothing anyone can do about it but we Muslims have to always advice one another to do good and then, when the knowledge is passed, its all up to you, the call is yours, yes, boycotting is a personal choice but then, why not? what's so hard? what does it take? does your family have to be killed, perished, died for you to see the light? put things in perspective and fight for what's right because if you dont [especially for Muslims] then what are you really fighting for in life?!
A reminder for me, Wallahualam
