Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Paediatrics and the 'Signs'

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
Alhamdulillah,all praise be to ALLAH,the Most Gracious and the Most Merciful.

By ALLAH's willing and permission, I'm done with my paediatrics state exam a few days ago.It was a gift from ALLAH.Alhamdulillah .As a medical student,it is one of the biggest exams and a very important subject to master.


Frankly, my paeds knowledge is still far behind.Lots of facts and figures still need to be revised and inputted into my brain cells.In fact, medicine is about a life-time learning process, there is no short cut to reach its essence of understanding. Hopefully i'll be a good doc.

To master paeds is equated to the learning of the whole course of medicine(different student will definitely have different views concerning this matter) but focusing more on children from the newly birth until adolescent with some diseases and disorders specifically found only in children.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Revisited:A call for change


I begin the writing with one simple reminder to all readers of this blog that all contents is at first to remind myself and then the others.I'm a lay person with little knowledge of Islam but to be born in Islam and growing up in a Muslim family doesn't stop me to explicate and analyze what Islam is all about.Alhamdulillah.

As we know,all Muslim believe in one God,ALLAH the Almighty.The concept of monotheism is our fundamental principle in Islam and repeatedly we say 'syahadah' everyday in our life especially in solah(prayer)admitting that ALLAH is the God for all universe and all mandkind,HE is the only one that we worship and prophet Muhammad SAW is the ordinary man that has been sent by HIM to convey Islam to all mankind(and not just the Arabs).Terminologically,Islam doesn't mean terrorism,which is the only thing that non-muslim understand about Islam and its followers.Islam means peace,submission to God(ALLAH),to obey,and etc.
Surah Al-Ikhlas 112:1-4

Say: He is Allah the One and Only; (1) Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; (2) He begetteth, not nor is He begotten; (3) And there is none like unto Him. (4) 
 


Muslims and the word 'Islam' itself are now so popular  but the popularity is  gained from negative assumptions  .In every news we heard the same thing which is continuously announced by media via TV, internet,or newspapers especially regarding terrorism committed by muslim.Eventhough clearly everyone knows Israel has committed atrocities to our family,the palestinians,but they are not publicly exposed.Thanks to the media .
My personal views concerning this issue is most of the news stations do not have enough ideas(unless they expose muslim extremist-related news) to achieve what they really want -money and popularity..No doubt about that.The higher rating you got,the more prominent you are,the more money you get.Simple theory of business.Apart from that,there is still hidden vicious agenda behind it,to defame Islam.Our main discussion here is not about the media, it would expectedly be part of discussion but the topic concerns us not them.


Terrorism is one of the misconceptions.It is indispensable to discuss it but we would take days and nights to finish it and find the solutions.That would require a forum and a few scholars to take part as well in order to get a clear view.What is more essential to talk about is our understanding of Islam as a religion and as a way of life ,ad-deen. and how to improve the muslim.


Alhamdulillah.As you were born,'azan' was performed by your father.That was the first thing we heard when we came to this world.Azan itself contains sufficient details regarding who is our Lord and Who is the God's Messenger.Basic knowledge of Islam we already had since our birth.Unfortunately as we getting older,we become far away from the Creator of humankind.HE created us with reasons,and one of it is to worship HIM.