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misspalah's review
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“Wayang kulit has played an important role in the history of Islam in Jawa”, he says. “Wali Songo used wayang kulit for dakwah, to spread Islam in Indonesia. Javanese people love puppet shows. Its part of our culture”.
- Chasing Shadows (May 2012) - A call to travel : Indonesia by Rumaizah Abu Bakar
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Saudi Arabia :
She went there twice. One with her parents because her mother urged her to come along and second time is when she felt she’s truly ready to go for another pilgrimage. Her travelogue here mostly consisted of her prayers rite, the cultural differences and the comparison of her first time going with her second time going. I can appreciate that at least i found one of her commentaries agreable when she mentioned that they have demolished all the holy gravesites of Prophet and others to avoid any dubious activity but replacing it with shopping malls and entertainment hub seems paradoxical.
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Indonesia :
I would say Indonesia chapter is the most interesting part of the book. From Wali Songo, Wayang Kulit, Dutch colonialism , Japanese occupation and even tsunami in acheh - she penned what she has learned from the trip. Still, she has this obsession of asking people whether they are muslim or not given that in Indonesia, you can be malay but not muslim unlike in Malaysia. I tried to ignore it as it did only appear in some part.
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Turkey :
Oh my god the tone this author have in her writing is so condenscending. Why Malaysian muslims (not all obviously) but generally love to put in a box of whether one is islamic or muslim enough or not based on the standard we have here. Did you just decided to go to turkey one day without even do any research on the country that you want to visit ? I think my eyes rolled unstoppably when she kept on putting these unnecessary remarks : How church-ey looking Hagia Sofia is? How her friend is the first woman she saw wearing hijab even though this is an islamic country? How they can touch dog because they are from Hanafi School? Is the food halal? And to think that she didnt really enjoy visiting Turkey simply because some of the mishaps she faced is due to her fault honestly. I cant help but wondering why she choose to travel as many travel to see the world, appreciating how diverse it is, and not to point out how different it is with Malaysia every single time.
- Chasing Shadows (May 2012) - A call to travel : Indonesia by Rumaizah Abu Bakar
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Saudi Arabia :
She went there twice. One with her parents because her mother urged her to come along and second time is when she felt she’s truly ready to go for another pilgrimage. Her travelogue here mostly consisted of her prayers rite, the cultural differences and the comparison of her first time going with her second time going. I can appreciate that at least i found one of her commentaries agreable when she mentioned that they have demolished all the holy gravesites of Prophet and others to avoid any dubious activity but replacing it with shopping malls and entertainment hub seems paradoxical.
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Indonesia :
I would say Indonesia chapter is the most interesting part of the book. From Wali Songo, Wayang Kulit, Dutch colonialism , Japanese occupation and even tsunami in acheh - she penned what she has learned from the trip. Still, she has this obsession of asking people whether they are muslim or not given that in Indonesia, you can be malay but not muslim unlike in Malaysia. I tried to ignore it as it did only appear in some part.
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Turkey :
Oh my god the tone this author have in her writing is so condenscending. Why Malaysian muslims (not all obviously) but generally love to put in a box of whether one is islamic or muslim enough or not based on the standard we have here. Did you just decided to go to turkey one day without even do any research on the country that you want to visit ? I think my eyes rolled unstoppably when she kept on putting these unnecessary remarks : How church-ey looking Hagia Sofia is? How her friend is the first woman she saw wearing hijab even though this is an islamic country? How they can touch dog because they are from Hanafi School? Is the food halal? And to think that she didnt really enjoy visiting Turkey simply because some of the mishaps she faced is due to her fault honestly. I cant help but wondering why she choose to travel as many travel to see the world, appreciating how diverse it is, and not to point out how different it is with Malaysia every single time.
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