The site that promotes the advantages of physical gold particularly the gold dinar as stated in Holy Quran. The coming future, it is hoped that people start to realize its significance and crucial roles that can be played by gold dinar as a stabilizer in economics as well as replacing papers' currency.
Selasa, 30 Disember 2008
Sedihku bukan kepalang..
Sedihku bukan kepalang tapi apa yang dapat aku lakukan..
Hanya aku boleh berdoa dan bersolat hajat..
Aku rasa amat sedih apabila tiada apa yang dapat dilakukan untuk mengekang kekejaman Israel ke atas rakyat palestin..
Sedihku bukan kepalang lagi apabila rakyatnya sudah mencapai angka ratusan yang menemui ajalnya..
Ku pasti mereka itu syahid..syahid mempertahankan wilayah mereka sekaligus agama Islam..
Perasaan bercampur baur antara geram, marah, jijik dan macam-macam lagi..
Dek angkara zionis laknatullah..
Namun apa yang boleh aku buat..? hanya doa dan solat hajat..
Biasanya Buletin Utama sering ku nanti..
Namun semenjak dua menjak ini aku gelisah menanti..
Mungkin dapat mengagak apa yang berlaku di Gaza City..
Dan juga kepada penduduknya nanti..
Wahai umat Islam sekalian..
Ku rasa telah mencapai taraf wajib bagi kita untuk bertindak..
Sama ada doa, solat hajat dan apa saja yang dirasakan membantu...
Selamatkanlah Palestin ya Allah..
Jumaat, 26 Disember 2008
Zubair Hassan against Ahamed Kamel Mydin Meera's stand in gold dinar?
I read paper through MPRA (Munich Personal ReREc Archive) written by Prof Zubair Hasan from IIUM about gold dinar. I think he is the one scholar who is not agreeing about gold dinar to be implemented. You could see his paper here. He strongly disagree about gold dinar. His paper titled of "Ensuring exchange rate stability: Is return to gold (Dinar) possible? continuously arguing of what have been researched and proved by Ahamaed Kamel Mydin Meera about gold dinar and fiat money. Meera who is now currently assoc prof in IIUM and becoming full prof in a very soon has been refused by Zubair in all ways and models that has been developed by him (Meera).
I pose Zubair's arguments on Meera's papers.
1st argument (on Meera's book titled of The Islamic gold dinar:2002):
In Zubair's part of the paper particularly in the literature review, he argued about fiqhi matter regarding gold dinar. He questioned Meera's paper about the commandment of implementing gold dinar is not necessary to be compulsory. I quoted what he said, "Is the using of gold dinar (or gold) as money a Shariah obligation for Muslims? Moreover, he was taking lower rank status of evidence by only according to what has said by Haneef and Barakat (2006) compared to Meera who is straightly taken the sunnah in enlighting discussion.
In his paper, by mentioned again Haneef and Barakat (2006), he stated that some of the scholars argued that only gold and silver can be used as money. Others maintain that there is no such compulsions: materials other than gold and silver could also be used as money.
2nd argument (on Meera's paper titled of "Seigniorage o fiat money and the maqasid al-Shariah: the unattainableness of the maqasid)
In this Meera's paper, again he refused to believe that fiat money system is not compatible with the objectives of the Islamic Shariah by redifining his own understanding about the of seigniorage. He said "seigniorage meant something claimed by the soverign of a feudal lord as his prerogative in relation to society. In the context of money, it was the percentage share of the crown in the bullion people brought to the loyal mint to get converted into coins. Now-a-days the term is aplied to all money, incluidng the credit banks crete. Such extension of the term is not appropriate. People do not pay for printing of notes the central bank issues. The objective is not to enrich the crown."
The 3rd argument:
He argued by questioning "Is the fiat money system inherently more unstable compared to the gold-based exchange rates? His taken the words from Paul Einzig to enlight his discussion by stating that prices in the world have been rising over the past five thousand years; the upward legs of the cycles tended to grow longer, and downward turns sharper, while the bottoms were agonizingly broader, recovery being slow and painful. Money incomes not necessarily money supply tended to expand faster during inflation than rel economy. Proving that fiat money system is inflationary does not cut much ice; one must, in addition, bring evidence from the history of gold standard to show that things were better under that system. Unless one juxtapose comparative pictures, one is not on firmer rounds."
Any denarists would like to counter back his arguments? Please read Zubair's research paper to know better about him.
That's why i mentioned before the gold dinar is not just system but the need of our belief!
Rabu, 24 Disember 2008
Telur dulu atau ayam dulu?
Realitinya, kita tidak seharus membiarkan hidup dalam serba kekeliruan. Itu sebab Islam mewajibkan umatnya menuntut ilmu supaya sebarang kekeliruan dapat dirungkaikan. Dan ilmu pula mestilah ilmu yang benar yang datang daripada Allah swt. Namun jka terdapat kekhilafan terhadap benda yang furu' maka janganlah anggapnya sebagai kekeliruan tetapi sebaliknya sebagai kemudahan kepada umat manusia.
Islam juga merungkaikan penciptaan manusia dengan menyatakan manusia pertama berasal daripada tanah sekaligus menepis teori darwin yg mengatakan manusia berasal dari spesis beruk. Dan ini sesungguhnya amat mengelirukan.
Kekeliruan dalam sistem ekonomi
Ramai orang terkeliru antara wang dan barangan. Yang mana wujud dahulu? Mungkin ada orang akan kata wang akan wujud dahulu sebab jika tiada wang tiada barangan.
Realitinya, mari kita bertanya kepada diri kita. mana lebih penting untuk meneruskan kelangsungan hidup? Wang atau barangan? Sudah tentu jawapannya ialah barangan; makanan, minuman dan tempat tinggal. Dengan sebab makanan kita boleh hidup, dengan sebab minuman kita boleh hidup, begitu juga dengan barangan yang lain.
Dahulu kala, adanya sistem barter. Adakah wujudnya wang ketika itu? Wang hanya bersifat fasilitator kepada manual? Bukannya sebagai publisher kepada manual tersebut.
Dan seharusnya sistem sekarang perlu sama. Sektor fizikal mestilah bertindak sebagai publisher atau master manakala sektor kewangan sebagai fasilitator. Kedua-dua ini mestilah harus saling berkaitan antara satu sama lain. Ianya mesti diibaratkan antara kulit dan kuku. Tidak boleh dipisahkan.
Apa yang jadi sekarang?
Sektor kewangan menjadi raja. Sektor kewangan telah memutuskan silaturrahim dengan sektor fizikal dan ini amat merbahaya. Islam menegaskan tiada bau syurga bagi yang memutuskan silaturrahim dan sistem ekonomi tidak terkecuali.
Sabtu, 20 Disember 2008
120% profit earning in Philipines market?
During that day, i and Zamri (clever guy that i meant before who is good in bargaining prices) visited this one outlet that sold necklace and gelang made from pearl, crystal and tiger rock. We had spent time in one outlet to get best price more than one hour! Eventually we satisfied with the price because we quite confident that the price offered to us is not even cheap but perhaps chepest in the world! We've got gelang that tagged with the price before bargain from RM12 down to RM5 after bargain in an hour!. Meaning that, the seller had increased 120% from the original price (before discount) that earlier offered to us and i'm still confident they still got profit from it. So i advise you to start bargaining at least 70% lower than tagged price.
Then when we finished, we went back to the hotel. Because our hotel is extended with a very big and newest hypermarket and shopping mall called One Borneo, we walked around there and suprisingly we found a stall in there that selling gelang pearl and crystal (exactly same that we bought in philipnes market) with tagged prices as low as RM5! (means the price we bought in Philipines market after one hour bargaining!).
Next time, when you visit Philipins market, i advice you to bring together Sabahans or if can't, better you provide half day to shop there (for sure you need more time to appeal/tackle the sellers) unless you have a lot of money.
With this plastic that i hold, i had to spent RM130. (10 - 12 small items in there i think.)
Thousands pearls and crystal are waiting to be owned, but again tackle the sellers is gonna be a big challenge..
Again, jgn terpedaya dgn senyuman manis sang penjual!
3rd IBBC 2008 in UMS
On last 15th to 17th, I was in UMS, Sabah attended and presented a paper in 3rd International Borneo Bussines Conference (IBBC). This is the first time i went there and i had some new experiences. A bitter and nice one's.
The topic i had presented is "The applicability of Gold Dinar in hedging prices". Basically, this paper proves the stability of gold dinar compared to US dollar in stabilizing prices. Three main commodities have been chosen to be analysed which are oil prices, consumer goods prices and construction prices. The data was taken from National Statistical Department and the research year is between 1996 to 2005.
Findings shown that, gold dinar is succeed to stabilize prices compared to US dollar. You can see to this graph below.
You see..how stable it is (gold dinar..)!
Selasa, 9 Disember 2008
Mari belajar sejarah
Mari kita belajar sejarah sedikit, baru kita boleh tahu, minyak sekarang boleh turun lagi atau tidak. Walaupun fakta ini agak kurang akademiknya tanpa analisis dan mengambil kira beberapa faktor, namun hakikatnya faktor tersebut akan menjurus kepada persoalan sama, adjusted inflation. Oleh itu, ianya masih boleh digunakan.
Sejarah kenaikan harga runcit petrol di Malaysia.
sebelum 90 - RM 0.89 tahun (tatkala itu harga minyak +-USD30)
1990 - RM 1.10 (kenaikan RM 0.21 )
01/10/2000 - RM 1.20 (kenaikan RM 0.10)
20/10/2001 - RM 1.30 (kenaikan RM 0.10)
01/05/2002 - RM 1.32 (kenaikan RM 0.02)
31/10/2002 - RM 1.33 (kenaikan RM 0.01)
01/03/2003 - RM 1.35 (kenaikan RM 0.02 )
01/05/2004 - RM 1.37 (kenaikan RM 0.02)
01/10/2004 - RM 1.42 (kenaikan RM 0.05)
05/05/2005 - RM 1.52 (kenaikan RM 0.10)
31/07/2005 - RM 1.62 (kenaikan RM 0.10)
28/02/2006 - RM 1.92 (kenaikan RM 0.30)
04/06/2008 - RM 2.70 (kenaikan RM 0.78)
Sejarah harga minyak mentah dunia (1869-2007)
Apa yang kita boleh lihat dari graf di atas?
Secara ringkasnya, harga minyak dunia dalam lingkungan puratanya USD20-30 dalam seabad lepas dan kelihatannya amat stabil.
Kesimpulan:
1. Murah = Stabil
2. Harga runcit petrol masih banyak boleh diturunkan. (mungkin di bawah RM1.50)
Rabu, 3 Disember 2008
Dinar atau dollar: Kembalilah ke dunia nyata..
Pertama: Saya mengetengahkan perubahan secara artificial. Dlm kes ini, sekatan terhadap perkara fundamental dengan niat untuk naik harga adalah suatu bentuk perubahan yang artificial dan inilah yg saya maksudkan sebagai keji. Namun dalam sesetengah keadaan, kenaikan secara artificial adalah dibenarkan seperti kuota dan cukai import dgn niat untuk melindungi industri tempatan.
Kedua: Walaupun saya memperjuangkan dinar, namun saya harus sedar, saya hidup dalam dunia yang realiti. Apabila hidup dalam realiti sebenar yang mana dunia tidak atau belum mengkehendaki sistem tersebut, pandangan dan tindakan kita mestilah praktikal. Dalam kes ini, sentimen pembelaan mengatasi teori rompakan (seperti yang didakwa). Maksudnya di sini ialah pembelaan terhadap negara-negara miskin yang juga ramai daripadanya negara Islam perlulah diberi perhatian dan keutamaan. Apabila harga minyak naik, bagamana nasib golongan seperti ini? Bagaimana nasib golongan peniaga? Bagaimana nasib golongan pengguna? Inilah fokusnya. Walaupun akan ada mengatakannya itu adalah penyelesaian jangka pendek, namun hakikatnya itulah penyelesaian yang realistik. Jika tidak, takkanlah ramai yang terpedaya dengan idea penurunan minyak 50 sen bila bertukar kerajaan..
Persoalan yang lebih penting utk kita amati sekarang, bagaimana nak jadikannya (dinar) realiti? Tiada gunanya menyalahkan dolar jika negara2 seperti OPEC dan negara Islam terus mempertahankan dolar itu sendiri. Jangan kita berangan2 nak gunakan dinar, jika Arab Saudi, Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE, Qatar etc bermati2an mempertahankansistemnya (dolar). Jangan salahkan Amerika yang berani mencetak duit, kerana kita juga yang mengiktirafnya. Jgn salahkan Amerika kalau Ms nya tinggi jika semua pelosok kerajaan seantero dunia tetap demand kepadanya. Jangan cakap pasal dolar akan runtuh, selagi kita tiada ikhtiar untk menggantikannya. Mengapa salahkan dolar, jika kita masih lagi berterusan menyimpan dolar dalam kantung reserve negara. Mana emasnya..?
Pernahkah kita bertanya kepada Bank Islam kenapa mereka tiada gold bullion mereka sendiri?, Pernahkah kita bertanya kepada diri sendiri bagaimanakah sistem dinar boleh diterima ramai? Pernahkah kita bertanya kenapa mereka tak mahu guna piawaian dinar dalam transaksi? Apa lagi yang tak cukup pada dinar? Apa yang kurang pada dinar? Please try to be practical. Bukankah Islam itu Waqi'iyyah sifatnya?
Oleh kerana Islam itu Waqi'iyyah lah, penulis menulis artikel tersebut. Dan atas dasar itulah, insya Allah, penulis akan membentang 3 lagi kertas kerja iaitu masing2 di Sabah, Kelantan dan jika ada rezeki di Mesir pada bulan 3 nanti. Dan kesemuanya tentang aplikasi dinar dalam perbankan dan kewangan semasa. Namun persoalan yang ultra penting, cukupkah sekadar itu? Tepuk dada tanyalah ilmu, iman dan tindakan kita...