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Taxies: Indonesians are (actually) not lazy

It was our trip back to Lafayette, Indiana, from ifthar gathering in Springfield, Illinois, sometime back in Ramadhan 2004. The trip was around three hours, and it was late in the night. But for the three of us in the car, the trip was fun because we were engaged in a deep discussion. One of the [...]

Celebrating the Prophet’s birthday

How should we react to those insulting cartoons of the Prophet? This is the transcript of my sermon delivered on Friday prayer 21-Mar-2008 at the Islamic Center of Boise. Brothers and sisters, I start this khutbah with an advice for every one of us to always increase our imaan and taqwa to Allah s.w.t. Allah says in the [...]

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“The wrath of God is the only way I can describe it. I’m used to seeing roofs off houses, houses blown over. These houses were down to their foundations, stripped clean.” said Governor Phil Bredesen of Tennessee, after surveying tornado damage there.

James Madison said, “If there be a principle that ought not to be questioned within the United States, it is that every man has a right to abolish an old government and establish a new one.” In Indonesia, …, well no comment.

Setelah empat belas hari menunggu, akhirnya saya bisa menikmati kembali berita-berita dari Bandung. Harian PR tampil dengan wajah baru dengan koneksi yang tampaknya lebih kencang.

From NYTimes: Without big noise, Netherlands goes open source. What about Indonesia’s IGOS? I think its going ngos-ngosan!

Dari detik.com: beberapa karyawan Carrefour keracunan CO. Gubernur mencurigai adanya kesalahan desain. Komentar Pak Gubernur ini ibarat menepuk air di dulang, yang kena kan pejabat Pemda sendiri, karena semua desain ventilasi kan sudah disetujui oleh Pemda. Mari kita tunggu kelanjutannya.