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2014 World Cup to start on June 12: FIFA Posted: 27 Jul 2011 08:44 AM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO, July 27 – The 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil will start on June 12 with the final on July 13, FIFA's secretary general Jerome Valcke said today. The exact match and venue schedule will be announced later he told a news conference, adding that the 2013 Confederations Cup, the World Cup dress rehearsal tournament, will run from June 15 to June 30 in 2013. – Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

Chinese teenager Sun secures first world title Posted: 27 Jul 2011 05:12 AM PDT China's Sun Yang celebrates after winning the men's 800m freestyle final at the 14th FINA World Championships in Shanghai July 27, 2011. – Reuters pic SHANGHAI, July 27 – China's Sun Yang won his first world swimming title today when he stormed to the gold medal in the men's 800 metres freestyle. The 19-year-old Sun, fast emerging as the heir apparent to the now retired Grant Hackett's mantle as the world's dominant long-distance swimmer, clocked seven minutes, 38.57 seconds to win ahead of Canada's Ryan Cochrane, who took silver in 7:41.86. Hungary's Gergo Kis won bronze in 7:44.94. "I'm happy with today's performance, especially winning the gold at home," Sun told reporters. "I swam at my own rhythm and my last 400 is better than the other swimmers so I sped up at the 700 mark. "It's my personal best and it gave me more confidence for the remaining races and next year's London Olympics." Sun's victory was only the second gold medal won by Chinese men in the pool at the world championships – Zhang Lin won the same event at the 2009 edition in Rome. The gangly Sun, who stands just under two metres tall, also took silver behind Park Tae-hwan in the 400 freestyle final on Sunday and still has the 1500 freestyle to come in Shanghai, where he should be a hot favourite after he almost broke Hackett's 10-year-old world record at last year's Asian Games. Despite his victory today he will need to concentrate on the 1500 next year in London with the 800 freestyle not on the Olympic programme. – Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

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Coppola reveals ‘Twixt’ tour plans at Comic-Con Posted: 27 Jul 2011 07:30 AM PDT Director Francis Ford Coppola intends to take his film 'Twixt' on the road later in 2011. – AFP pic LOS ANGELES, July 27 – Among all the events at Comic-Con in San Diego last weekend, a highlight for many was the return appearance of Francis Ford Coppola, who announced plans to take his new film Twixt on a 30-city tour. The gothic murder mystery, set in a small northern California town, stars Val Kilmer as a writer on a book tour who gets involved in a murder mystery involving a young girl. Excerpts from the film were screened at the conference, with electronic musician and performance artist Dan Deacon, who collaborated on the new film, performing the score live for conference attendees. Coppola then hit the shuffle button to remix the scenes, creating a different viewing experience. Only specific sequences were played in 3D, which Coppola believes is preferable so that moviegoers can remove the glasses. Attendees received cardboard Edgar Allen Poe masks with polarized 3D lenses. The director intends to take the film on the road later in 2011, where he and Deacon will add a combination of these live elements for a unique version in each location, reported Deadline Hollywood. The horror movie also starring Elle Fanning (Super 8) as a ghost named V and Bruce Dern (Monster). – AFP Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

Charlize Theron in ‘Young Adult,’ releasing in time for Oscars Posted: 27 Jul 2011 04:40 AM PDT Charlize Theron plays a fiction writer who returns to her hometown in 'Young Adult.' – AFP pic LOS ANGELES, July 27 – Jason Reitman, director of Up in the Air and Thank You For Smoking, has set a December release date for his next film, Young Adult – in time for Oscar consideration. Written by Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody, who worked with Reitman on Juno, the film also stars Patrick Wilson (Watchmen), Elizabeth Reaser (The Twilight Saga) and comic Patton Oswalt (The Informant!). The dramedy opens in limited release on December 9, one week prior to wide release on December 16, and will compete with the season's heavy-hitters. The story follows a writer of teenage literature who moves back to her small hometown after a divorce and pursues an ex-boyfriend who is married with children. Young Adult will be up against New Year's Eve, a star-studded romantic-comedy in the vein of Valentine's Day, and then Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol with Tom Cruise and Jeremy Renner, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, and The Iron Lady with Meryl Streep. Theron will star as the Evil Queen in Snow White and the Huntsman with Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth in 2012, as well as in Ridley Scott's Prometheus with Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender. Reitman's next project may be Bonzai Shadowlands, teaming up with The Office television series star Rainn Wilson (Juno) for a dark comedy about a depressed former master ninja. – AFP Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

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Wahabi: Ulama Umno macam habis madu sepah dibuang, kata Pemuda PAS Posted: 27 Jul 2011 03:04 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, 27 Julai – Dewan Pemuda PAS pusat melahirkan rasa simpati terhadap 40 ulama muda Umno yang dikaitkan dengan fahaman Wahabi dan aktiviti pengganas walaupun "gigih mempertahankan kerajaan." Ketuanya Nasrudin Hasan berkata langkah Putrajaya melalui Majlis Keselamatan Negara (MKN) mengaitkan ulama muda Umno itu membuktikan usaha yang dilakukan kumpulan itu selama ini tidak dihargai. "Tidak semena-mena setelah ulama muda Umno mengerahkan segala keringat, ilmu dan masa untuk mempertahankan kerajaan dan memburukkan Himpunan Bersih 2.0 kini mereka pula disenaraikan sebagai Wahabi dan lebih malang dikatikan pula sebagai pengganas. "Ternyata usaha ulama muda Umno langsung tidak dihargai, kedudukan mereka kini seperti habis madu sepah dibuang merata-rata dan saya tidak pasti apakah benar matlamat mereka menyertai Umno ini adalah untuk menyelamatkan diri mereka daripada terus dilabel sebagai Wahabi dan pengganas atau tidak," katanya dalam satu kenyataan. Jelas Nasrudin, sekiranya benar MKN telah mengarahkan para mufti dan agensi agama untuk memantau pergerakan ulama muda Umno, kumpulan itu boleh disifatkan sebagai sangat malang. "Andai benarlah bagai yang dikata saya sungguh bersimpati dengan nasib 40 ulama muda Umno ini, sudahlah mereka jatuh terperosok dalam perangkap Umno kini mereka pula tertimpa tangga yang mereka panjat sendiri untuk mencari ruang selesa dalam Umno parti yang mereka sangka mampu menyelematkan kedudukan mereka. "Andai maklumat umum yang saya terima itu tiada kebenarannya, maka atas dasar dan asas apa sekalipun 40 ulama muda yang menyertai Umno tempoh hari, setelah dipuja dan dijulang sebagai pembawa rahmat dan manisan buat Umno, kini usaha mereka dibalas racun berbisa apabila mereka terus dilabel sebagai Wahabi dan pengganas," katanya. Selain 40 ulama muda yang menyertai Umno tahun lalu, bekas mufti Perlis Prof Madya Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin juga disenaraikan sebagai pihak yang perlu dipantau oleh para mufti dan agensi agama. Bagaimanapun sehingga kini belum ada pengesahan rasmi daripada MKN berhubung perkara itu. Nasrudin juga menyindir Pemuda Umno kerana tidak membela tidak membela kumpulan itu walaupun dalam masa sama mempertahankan Asri. "Apakah Pemuda Umno merasakan ulama muda Umno ini menjadi saingan mereka lalu membiarkan mereka dipalit label pengganas?" soalnya. Bagaimanapun, Nasrudin yang mengakui mengenali sebahagian anggota ulama muda Umno berkata, melalui raut wajah dan sosok tubuh, tidak tergambar di fikirannya bagaimana mereka boleh tersenarai sebagai pengganas. "Kini saya termenung di anjung musolla sambil mengenang isu ini dan hati saya berdetik, kalaulah 40 ulama muda itu menyertai PAS lalu berganding memperjuangkan Islam, membasmi kejahilan, menentang kezaliman, membenteras kemungkaran dan menegakkan syariat, alangkah manis dan indahnya. "Berbaloi digelar 'pengganas' oleh kerajaan Umno dan BN kerana menentang mereka," katanya. Beliau juga bersyukur apabila Asri tidak "terpedaya" walaupun dihulur "bantal empuk" menyertai Umno bersama kumpulan ulama muda Umno. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

Wahabi: Isunya bukan Umno tapi ada pihak mahu cantas, kata ulama Posted: 26 Jul 2011 11:17 PM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, 27 Julai — Ulama muda Umno mengetepikan saranan bekas mufti Perlis Prof Madya Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin agar mengkaji semula kedudukan mereka dalam parti itu, sebaliknya mahu mengadakan perbincangan dengan Majlis Keselamatan Negara (MKN) yang dilapor mengaitkan mereka dengan fahaman Wahabi dan aktiviti pengganas. Malah kata mereka, isunya bukan Umno tetapi ada pihak yang tidak suka dengan keanggotaan pihaknya dalam parti itu dan mahu mencantas dengan menggunakan label Wahabi. "Saya sebenarnya tidak mahu beri apa-apa komen kerana kita tunggu untuk mengadakan perbincangan dengan MKN, bila ada perbincangan mungkin akan ada jalan keluar. "Kita masih menunggu (untuk jumpa MKN), kita dalam proses ke arah itu, saya tidak mahu nak cakap banyak... kita mahu selesaikan masalah ini secara harmoni," kata jurucakap ulama muda Fathul Bari Mat Jahya. Mengenai saranan Asri (gambar), Fathul Bari menegaskan "ini bukan pasal Umno." "Tuduh Wahabi bukan satu masalah sebab dulu sebelum masuk Umno juga orang dah tuduh. "Apa yang berlaku ini hanya perbezaan pendapat dan pandangan, mungkin ada orang yang tak suka dan mahu cantas dengan labelkan orang sebagai pengganas," katanya. Selain 40 ulama muda yang menyertai Umno tahun lalu, Asri juga disenaraikan sebagai pihak yang perlu dipantau oleh para mufti dan agensi agama. Bagaimanapun sehingga kini belum ada pengesahan rasmi daripada MKN berhubung perkara itu. Dalam laporan The Malaysian Insider semalam, Asri berharap ulama-ulama muda Umno mengkaji semula kedudukan mereka dalam parti itu ekoran tindakan pihak tertentu terus mengaitkan mereka dengan fahaman Wahabi dan aktiviti pengganas. Beliau juga terkejut apabila ada pihak yang menganggap ulama muda menggunakan politik sebagai platform untuk mengembangkan fahaman Wahabi dan dikaitkan boleh menjurus kepada aktiviti pengganas. Dalam tulisan di laman Facebooknya kelmarin, Asri berkata "pada hari ini satu taklimat keselamatan diberikan kepada para mufti dan pegawai agama di seluruh negara... tamat pada pukul 1 tengah hari... beberapa tokoh dimasukkan sebagai mengancam keselamatan negara... saya pun dimasukkan juga... saya tidak kisah, memang ada pun pendapat saya yang tidak sama dengan kerajaan pusat termasuk dalam isu Bersih." "Namun yang peliknya 40 ulama muda Umno juga dimasukkan dalam senarai pengganas khusus Ustaz Fathul Bari... demikian setelah mereka berhempas membela kerajaan Umno, inilah balasannya." Malah kata Asri, "(kerajaan) Arab Saudi dan ulamanya dianggap negara pengganas.. parti politik tertentu yang menerima bantuan daripada Arab Saudi juga dianggap ada unsur pengganas... sudah pasti lulusan Madinah semuanya pengganas... inilah apabila madu dibalas racun, penawar dibalas tuba... elok ulama muda Umno mengambil langkah yang drastik..." Ulama muda yang menyertai Umno tahun lalu dilihat sebagai rakan Asri. Asri juga pernah dikatakan akan menyertai Umno bersama mereka ketika itu, tetapi bekas mufti itu memutuskan untuk kekal di luar arena politik dan meneruskan pendirian beliau tanpa memihak mana-mana pihak. Isu mengaitkan Asri dengan fahaman Wahabi dan pengganas Jemaah Islamiah (JI) muncul awal tahun lalu. Ketika itu nama Presiden PAS Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, bekas menteri besar Perlis Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim dan Juanda juga muncul. Nama tokoh-tokoh itu dilaporkan dibangkitkan pada satu taklimat keselamatan negara berhubung JI di Bukit Aman ketika itu. The Malaysian Insider difahamkan nama Hadi dan Shahidan tidak muncul kali ini. Isu itu sekali lagi muncul April lalu apabila seorang pegawai kanan Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia mengesyaki Imam Besar Masjidil Haram Sheikh Dr Abdul Rahman Ibn Abdul Aziz As-Sudais, yang berada di Malaysia, cuba menyuntik fahaman Wahabi di kalangan umat Islam negara ini dengan menggunakan platform "kerajaan dengan kerajaan." Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

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The uncivilised Malays Posted: 26 Jul 2011 04:25 PM PDT JULY 27 — I'd like to write about civility in this nation of ours, and I'd like to talk to the 60 per cent of the population that prides itself on being Malays and Muslims. The rest of you can read this, but honestly, I'm focussing on the Malays for this one. I'd like to start off with one question: Where the hell were your brains and your religious beliefs during Bersih 2.0 and the Malaysia–Chelsea football friendly? I would think your parents educated you better in Malay and Islamic culture, but apparently not. But I don't blame your parents. They were probably so busy working to put food on the table that they didn't have time to focus on these aspects. We are a race that constantly supports mob rule. Just look at any Umno or PAS meeting and that becomes pretty obvious pretty fast. If you saw our home minister raising a keris in the streets, would you actually clap and praise him on, screaming Allah is Great, or would you call the nearest hospital or police station for help? Quite a valid point, yes? As such, mob rule was what happened during the Malaysia-Chelsea match. When a player, who is Jewish and captain of the Israeli World Cup team, got the ball, the crowd started booing him. Again, mob rule took over, and they were much happier when he failed to score. Honestly, I hope Fifa punishes us because of the action of these stupid, testosterone-driven footie fools. Not because they booed him, but because there wasn't a single person, not even the announcer, who bothered to tell them all to shut up. My critique over this action is simple. What if our national team was sent to a place like Norway where so many people died in what was at first regarded as a terrorist attack because someone thought a Muslim did it? Would we want the same treatment we gave the Chelsea player? I'll bring up another case, and this one happened during the Bersih rally that I was a part of as well. Yes, the fat guy in the pink shirt was everywhere from Dataran Merdeka right through to Stadium Merdeka, but not KLCC. After the first tear gas session on the way to Dataran Merdeka, some of the rally goers decided to gather and try again in front of Central Market, where they were once again tear-gassed. It was here that I got a phone call from a colleague while protesters were running off left, right and centre. It was also then that I heard someone calling the FRU team "Yahudi" (Jew). Now the police were brutal that day. They were mean, and somewhat stupid to do what they did at Tung Shin Hospital, but I doubt any of the officers attended a Bar or Bat Mitzvah. And they're policemen, not financiers. I even doubt if his name was Goldman or Goldstein or even Spielberg for that matter. So why the Yahudi comment? If you look at the Muslim religion and culture, guests are of the utmost importance. Guests are to be cared for regardless of whether you like them or not. In fact, you can hate a person's guts and still have to invite him in and offer him at least a glass of plain water. You take care of your guest first before you even bother about prayers. So where was this civility that was supposed to be ingrained in every single Muslim? Did PAS send a memo out saying everything was fair game, even forgetting that the police were brethren of the same religion? I think this is something that politicians and religious leaders have failed to teach. You don't get to boo a Jew off a football field just because you support Palestine. You don't get to call a cop or a politician a Jew just because you're mad at them. You don't get to call someone a "bapok" or a "pondan" just because he doesn't behave like you. All these actions reflect badly on ourselves; our beliefs, our national culture and our own intelligence. It shows that we Malays have let a bunch of idiotic, emotional, testosterone-driven guys out there represent us. I hope that an imam somewhere will mention this in a khutbah. Islam pleads for moderation and civility. As such, there is a need for more tolerance, acceptance and for God's sake, perhaps some brains! Or as some would say, "Jangan buat malu kaum kerabat, boleh tak?" * The views expressed here are the personal opinion of the columnist. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

The Christian who never was Posted: 26 Jul 2011 04:19 PM PDT JULY 27 — I am a little tired of people making religion the scapegoat for the suffering of the world. Take the New York Times and its over-eagerness to speculate that the Oslo extremist responsible for the death of 76 people was Muslim. Now, headlines trumpet the fact Anders Behring Breivik calls himself a Christian. Even without religion, mankind will still find reasons to hate. Skin colour, nationality and anything that marks one person as different from another have become cause for persecution and discrimination. That does not stop people like Richard Dawkins publishing diatribes against faith such as The God Delusion. Most agnostics and atheists I know believe that religion is a cause of suffering at worst, and a mental weakness at best. The irony is that technically Breivik is not a Christian if you refer to his 1,500-page manifesto. "If you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and God then you are a religious Christian. Myself and many more like me do not necessarily have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and God. We do, however, believe in Christianity as a cultural, social, identity and moral platform. This makes us Christian," he wrote. The whole basis of Christianity as well as what pushed Martin Luther's call for Reformation in the first place is having that connection with God. Luther believed that man did not need the Church to play intercessor or intermediary. That a man's relationship with God is formed from a personal, individual acceptance of God's love. Breivik rejected that notion of a personal relationship, which makes me wonder why he still called himself a Christian. Like the detractors of religion, he considered Christianity no more than a wrapper, a cloak to wear as it suits him. I am no apologist for the religion. More like, I am appalled at the ignorance of other people's and even, for that matter, a person's own faith. So many people I meet claim to be willing to die for their religion and yet display poor knowledge of either theology or the very tenets of their faith. Breivik is a troubled man, full of hate and fear. Prejudiced and entrenched in his own warped beliefs to the point he ignored such things as compassion and mercy. The latter is something common to both the religious and non-religious. Gandhi once professed to a Christian that while he liked their Jesus, he did not much like Christians who, he said, were much unlike their Christ. As Terry Pratchett wrote in his novel Small Gods, you do not die for God. You live for him; all the days of your life. You serve, you give, you work. It is a tragedy that Breivik ignored the commandments that decreed that he was not to kill as well as to love his neighbour. Beware then, those who wear the cloaks of faith but have minds of stone and hearts of ice. God is who we pray to but only we can save ourselves from the evils of our own hearts. * The views expressed here are the personal opinion of the columnist. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

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