Earthquake in Jogjakarta

[north_malaysian]

This morning a 6.2 richter scale quake hit Jogjakarta, Indonesia.

The problem is that, this city is situated near the erupting Mt. Merapi.

Is it a sign that Mt. Merapi will explode very powerfully like Mt. Krakatao or Mt. Tambora?

This is very worrying, especially for us in Southeast Asia.

[Nicola]

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/news...-INDONESIA.xml

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) - At least 266 people were killed and thousands injured when an earthquake shook Indonesia's ancient royal city and tourist centre Yogyakarta and the surrounding area early on Saturday, hospital staff said.

Yogyakarta is on Indonesia's main island of Java and near Mount Merapi, a volcano that has been on top alert for a major eruption this month.

A vulcanologist in Yogyakarta said the quake was not caused by the volcano, but Merapi's activity increased after the shock.


"...after the earthquake there were more clouds coming out of the (volcano) crater," Subandrio, head of the Merapi section at the Centre for Vulcanological Research and Technology Department, told Reuters.

The epicentre of the quake -- which happened just before 6 a.m. (2300 GMT) and had a magnitude of 6.2, according to the U.S. Geological Survey -- was offshore. Jakarta earthquake centre official Fauzi said it did not cause a tsunami.

Yogyakarta is about 25 km (16 miles) north of the Indian Ocean coast and 440 km (275 miles) east of Jakarta.

Officials at six hospitals in and around Yogyakarta gave figures for the dead they had handled totalling 266.

The victims had generally suffered head injuries and broken bones from collapsing buildings.

Lets pray another tsunami doesn't happen.

[S_87]

More than 2,700 people have been killed and thousands more injured by a strong earthquake that struck the Indonesian island of Java, officials have said.
The quake, measuring 6.2, flattened buildings in a densely-populated area south of the city of Yogyakarta, near the southern coast of Java.

Witnesses said people fled as their homes collapsed around them, after the quake struck early in the morning.

Electricity and communications across the city were also down, police said.

At least 2,900 people have been injured, and many more are still thought to be trapped under rubble and collapsed buildings.

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered the military to help evacuate victims, and plans to visit the area later on Saturday.

Yogyakarta's airport was closed. Local media said the runway had cracked and part of a roof had caved in.

Yogyakarta is near the Mount Merapi volcano, which threatened to erupt earlier this month, forcing thousands of people to be evacuated.

The earthquake is not thought to be caused by the volcano, but there are reports of heightened activity in its vicinity.

Officials said that although the area affected was coastal there was no tsunami resulting from the quake.

'Concrete chunks'

The quake hit at 0554 local time (2253 GMT Friday), around 25km (15 miles) south of the city of Yogyakarta, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.


Yogyakarta, Indonesia's ancient royal capital and one of its biggest cities, is about 440km (275 miles) south-east of the capital, Jakarta.

The earthquake was felt to be massive - larger than the locals here say they've felt in their lives," said Brook Weisman-Ross, regional disaster co-ordinator for Plan International children's charity in Java.

"I was shaken from my bed... As furniture was falling, concrete chunks started falling from my hotel room as people were running out in panic in their bedclothes," he told the BBC.

He said there was extensive damage across the city and that many of the smaller, older houses had collapsed.

But a wide swathe south of the city, in the Bantul and Kulonprogo regions, appears to be the worst hit.

The BBC's Orlando Guzman in Yogyakarta says every other house on the main road south of the city is either flattened or seriously damaged.

bbc


may Allah subhana wa Ta'ala grant them all patience.

[S_87]

:sl:

and the number of deaths has passed 3000
inna lillahi wa inna ilayhee rajioun

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[glo]

That's terrible!
Indonesia is such a troubled country!
Not only does it have a history of political unrest and civil war, it is probably still recovering from the effects of the tsunami 18 months ago.
My prayers are with these people in their suffering! :'(

Peace.

[north_malaysian]

Now 3,000+ are dead. Jogjakarta hosts 350 Malaysian students. I hope all of them are fine.

[north_malaysian]

Hoping Merapi wouldn't be even more devastating than the quake.

Jogja is the Javanese cultural capital isn't it?

[KAding]

I believe it is yes :(.

The biggest Buddhists temple in the world (Borabudur) is also heavily damaged I believe:

[Nablus]

la hawla wala quwata illa bellah


Natural disaster

[ISDhillon]

I really wonder whether 4000 people have really died, I know its a contraversial thing to say but sometimes I think people boost the numbers so they can get extra aid, what does everyone else think?, does anyone really know in remote areas how many people were living there in the first place youve just got to take the word of village people, not just this disaster but others too does anybody else think that this is a scam, I'm not saying the quake never happened but just like people abuse the welfare system I think this has become a way to take advantage of international aid.

During the south east asia earthquake alot of our gurdwara were more inclined to send clothes or tents, rather than money cos you dont know whether you can trust the governments, they could just use the money to buy bombs and warplanes, does any of the money go accounted for?

No offence,

ISDhillon:)

[Joe98]

I presume the earthquake was the will of god?????

Can someone point me to a god that brings life instead of death?

-

[north_malaysian]

I really wonder whether 4000 people have really died, I know its a contraversial thing to say but sometimes I think people boost the numbers so they can get extra aid, what does everyone else think?, does anyone really know in remote areas how many people were living there in the first place youve just got to take the word of village people, not just this disaster but others too does anybody else think that this is a scam, I'm not saying the quake never happened but just like people abuse the welfare system I think this has become a way to take advantage of international aid.

During the south east asia earthquake alot of our gurdwara were more inclined to send clothes or tents, rather than money cos you dont know whether you can trust the governments, they could just use the money to buy bombs and warplanes, does any of the money go accounted for?

No offence,

ISDhillon:)

Indonesia, especially Java is heavily populated area (they have to transmigrate Javanese to other Islands like Borneo, Sumatra and Irian Jaya (plus 2,000,000 of them are here, in Malaysia) because over-population. It might be true.

[north_malaysian]

I presume the earthquake was the will of god?????

Can someone point me to a god that brings life instead of death?

-

Yupp...will of God - to remind people Who is He. Lots of mishaps in Indonesia... they have lots to think of - why?

[Dhulqarnaeen]

Yupp...will of God - to remind people Who is He. Lots of mishaps in Indonesia... they have lots to think of - why?

:sl:
Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un. Yes, earthquake in Yogyakarta was about 5,9 skala reichter masha Allah. Not as strong as Aceh which caused thunamy but Allah Azza wa Jalla showed His power once more to remind His human who are lost and forget about day here after. And now there are more than 4000 victims, and its increasing, still increasing, I believe there will be more. I see their sad face, when a father cried for his daughter who was buried under the ruins of houses and walls. And he had found his daughters dead body has stiff. And its been covered by a bodybag. He cried to see his daughter and he holded and cried, yaa Allah. Shadaqa Rasulullah shalallahu alaihi wasallam who ver told us in his hadith, that if Allah want to punish some people, then He will give them a disaster which will hit everybody in there, all peple no matter theyre right or bad, no matter they are ahlussunnah or syirk people. Masha Allah. And the earthquake happened around 5 oclock in the morning, right after subh. So how luckily people who went to masjid for subh prayer, theyre save. Cause most of them who are buried under the ruins are them who stayed at their house masha Allah. Bro and sis, al maut come with no sign, with no warning, it will just come and take you away. So be prepared.
And I encourage you all to help your bros and sis there, they crying and suffering, they have only a little food to eat, they have lost their houses, they have lost their family, some of them have no one cause all their family are burried. Please help them with all that you can give, theyre our brothes and sisters, theyre muslimin. Yaa Allah, make them syahid yaa Allah, cause your habibi -shalallahu alaihi wasallam- said that someone who dead cause of falling thing is syahid, amin.

[syilla]

i saw it in the news...

i worried too... i hope i can go there and give them a hand

[syilla]

From Mohd Nasir Yusoff

JAKARTA, May 29 (Bernama) -- The death toll in the earthquake that hit Yogyakarta last Saturday has risen to 5,135 Monday afternoon, up from the 3,700 figure reported to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono yesterday evening.

Based on statistics available at the Yogyakarta Disaster Handling Centre, the quake, which was registered there as 5.9 on the Richter scale, had also destroyed more than 45,000 houses and other buildings and left more than 200,000 people homeless.

Several foreign geological agencies had recorded the intensity of the quake, which struck at 5.55 am on Saturday, at 6.2 on the Richter scale.

In the two days following the quake, more than 500 aftershocks were recorded by the Indonesian Meteorological and Geophysical Agency (BMG), out of which about 10 were felt by the people.

Local media reported that most of the quake victims putting up in temporary tents were in dire need of food, clean drinking water, mats and bedding, rainproof tents, milk powder for infants, and clothes.

Indonesian authorities have begun to channel immediate aid to the victims while relief supplies from several countries have begun to arrive.

Volunteers from several provinces had also descended on Yogyakarta to help police and soldiers in the search and rescue of people suspected to be trapped in the rubble of houses and other buildings.

It is believed that many people could not escape from their dwellings before their collapse as they were sleeping when the quake hit.

A resident of Yogyakarta, Agus Priyanto, told Bernama that the people had been preparing themselves for the eventual eruption of Mt Merapi, which has been spewing ash and lava lately, and had not given a thought to a possible earthquake.

"We were also not told about any possible earthquake because the authorities themselves did not have any indication of it," he said by telephone.

-- BERNAMA


now exceed 5,000

[Dhulqarnaeen]

And there are two Islamic ma'had also destroyed by the earthquake masha Allah. Their name is ma'had jamilurrahman and ma'had Bin Bazz. And I have sent messages to one of my ustadh there and there was no reply. Im so worry, please pray for him guys and all muslimin in there. Yaa Allah, please save him and his family, and all muslimin there, strength their iman yaa Allah after this disaster. You didnt give muslims in yogyakarta so they will leave you, but you give this all so theyre all can be reminded and back to the right path. And exchange what they lost with something better, amin.
But disaster has gone there and only some following earthauqke with a small scale often happen. I hope its a lesson to them, to all of us. Cause I admit there are a lot of syirk happen in there, where people believe of idols, believe of some things that the believe can give manfaat to them. They have done a lot of syirk and bid'ah. Such as when they investigated the work of merapi mountain which they believe will explode soon -bi idhnillah-. So there was a man called mbah murejo (or whatever his name, I forget) went to the foot of the mountain. And he did some of syirk things and he said a lot of syirk things, he believed by going there and did some spiritual tareqah will make the mountain silent, astaghfirullah. Human are so dumb sometimes, and yes by coincidence the mountain just remind coughing with a hot cloud but then come this earthquake and took alot of lifes. And houses destroyed flat to the ground.
I hope it wont be like tsunamy in aceh anymore. After the tsunamy then they gave somekinda sacrifice to the sea, astaghfirullah. Why cant they see? Lets just learn from this, and do dawah as we can and must be with ilm. Allahu A'lam.
Im so sad it also destroyed our salafy ma'had. I just remember someone corrected me when I ever said "If theres a lot of ahlussunnah in one area, Im sure there will be no disaster cause Allah love ahlussunnah", and I was corrected "youre wrong, cause a disaster given by Allah hit everythigng in the area. No matter theyre ahlussunnah or not", and then she's right, masha Allah and once again she's right. Cause Rasulullah told us about this also, and allllll people no matter thyre good or bad will be dead and they will be raised in yaumul qiyamah with their intention, shadaqollahul azhim wa shodaqo Rasuluhul kareem Muhammad shalallahu alaihi wasallam. And we will never know when the disaster will come, so be prepared brothers, prepare everything you can get. And may Allah gather us in jannah firdaus, amin.

[mbaig]

May allah help all the quake victims and may allah give strength to those people who have lost there relatives and suffered heavy loses.

[syilla]

By Mohd Nasir Yusoff

JAKARTA, May 28 (Bernama) - Two Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Charlie aircraft today flew home 75 Malaysian students from Yogyakarta, which was badly damaged by an earthquake yesterday.

The students left in two batches with 50 students in the first followed by another 25, said the Malaysian Embassy's education attache Rosli Sakimin.

He said the students, who were studying at the Gadjah Mada University, had informed their families of their flight home and they would return to resume their studies when the situation improved.

The two RMAF aircraft had arrived in Solo near Jogyakarta this morning with members of the Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (Smart) and the Malaysian media.

The Smart team and the Malaysian journalists will make their way to Yogyakarta and other districts of Central Java to help search for survivors.

Rosli said the embassy's officials had met 352 other Malaysian students, mostly studying medicine at the university, who decided to remain.

"We will inform the university about the students who chose to go home and apply for their leave. But they will have to make their own arrangement to come back to resume their studies," he said when contacted in Solo.

He said all the Malaysian students in Yogyakarta were safe and they had contacted the embassy.

"Some of them have gone to Jakarta and Bandung for a holiday," he said.

-- BERNAMA

[Looking4Peace]

its over 4000 now, this makes me so depressed, like enough tragedy isnt going on lately, never a dull moment in over 5 yrs already :'(:uhwhat

[syilla]

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRCS) and MERCY Malaysia are appealing for public donations to help survivors of Saturday's Yogyakarta earthquake.

For the MRCS, the public can channel their donations to the MRCS International Relief Fund, which can be made either by cheque or cash deposited into its Maybank account 5144-2210-2657.

As for MERCY Malaysia, donations can be deposited into its Maybank account 5621-7950-4126. Cheques should be made out to "MERCY Humanitarian Fund".

All donations within Malaysia are tax exempt.

In a statement Sunday, MRCS said it had sent a five-member team to join the Malaysian government's search-and-rescue team in Yogyakarta. The MRCS team will be stationed in Solo for two weeks.

Today, at 4 pm, 12 MRCS volunteers, bringing along a "Clinton Cooker" (a field stove), departed for Yogyakarta on board a Royal Malaysian Air Force C-130 aircraft, the statement said.

The MRCS headquarters in Jalan Ampang also became the coordination centre to gather information on the 150 Malaysia students resident in the affected area. All of them were later confirmed to be safe.

"The first group of 50 students have arrived at the Royal Malaysia Air Force base at Subang Airport and the rest will arrive at 9pm today," MRCS said.

Family members can contact the MRCS Operation Room at its national office in Jalan Nipah off Jalan Ampang, at the telephone numbers 03-42578726/42578122 or by fax at 03-42573537.

In a separate statement, Mercy Malaysia said it would deploy an Emergency Medical Relief mission team to Yogyakarta in Central Java, Indonesia.

The 11-member team comprising seven medical specialists and four non-medical volunteers, would leave in three batches today and tommorow, the statement said.

-- BERNAMA

[Dhulqarnaeen]

:sl:
Earthquake with 5,9 richter scales happened in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. There are more than 4000 people dead, and lots who lost their home, lost their family. Last december there was tsunamy which cause thousands dead people and a lot of loss materials. And then the earthquake which caused the tsunamy also caused some of the mountain active. And then some of the planes crash, etc. It leaves us a thought, that Indonesia who have the most population of muslim on earth always have tests from Allah azza wa jalla. And its a lesson for us who witness the disasters. That maybe in the future it might be our turn. So I encourage muslims to be more taqwa to Allah, do a lot of amal hasanah, and seek for the usefull knowledges for them self. So we can standing in front of our Rabb later with a lot of rahmah from Him azza wa jalla.
And we must be able to take the hikmah from these disasters. I heard a story from one of my ustadh who also heard from his friend in Aceh when the disaster of tsunamy happen. Right before the tsunamy happen, there was a chinese christian who saw there were some men with a white jubah, their face so clean, and they were walking around one mosque/masjid in front of his house sticking somekinda wood to the ground. They sticked the wood in every corner of the masjid. And then came the tsunamy hit everything that it passed, houses flat to the ground, but the mosque saved, masha Allah. Ajiib. And when some of villagers were interviewed, they said " I saw somekinda a huge tall black thing by the horizon, I think it has the same height as the mountain"(the wave). And from the news we also know the speed of the tsunamy about 100km/hours. So how can the mosque just all right? It just have only a little damage here and there. And then this chinese man changed his religion and be muslim, Allahu Akbar. And ustadh said that these men who walking around the masjid are malaikah, the angels, and yes some of them who Allah decided will be able to see the angels, masha Allah. By the disaster came the hikmah who has made one kafeer into the love of Islam. And when the tsunamy happened, we can see the landscape after the tsunamy hit. Next to the ocean it would be just like flat destroyed area. All houses from the smallest one till the big one flat to the ground, masha Allah.But we still can see some of the little mosques still standing strongly, masha Allah. Laa hawla walaa quwwata illa billah. Actually, from the disasters, it has a lot of warning for human, Allahu A'lam bisshowab :brother:

[syilla]

source : www.Khilafah.com

Earthquakes in Islam

uploaded 18 Oct 2005


Earthquakes in Islam

O mankind! Fear your Lord and be dutiful to Him! Verily, the earthquake of the Hour (of Judgement) is a terrible thing. The Day ye shall see it, every mother giving suck shall forget her suckling-babe, and every pregnant female shall drop her load (unformed): thou shalt see mankind as in a drunken riot, yet not drunk: but dreadful will be the Wrath of Allah. (al-hajj 22:1-2)

When Earth is shaken with her (final) earthquake. And Earth yieldeth up her burdens, And man says: What has befallen her? On that day she shall tell her news, Because your Lord had inspired her. (al-zizala, 99:1-5)

Do ye feel secure that He Who is in heaven will not cause you to be swallowed up
by the earth when it shakes (as in an earthquake)? (al mulk 64.16)

The news of the last week has been dominated by discussions of earthquakes. This is understandable considering the high death toll following the earthquake that hit the Indian cub-continent. Occurrences of this kind often push us, as humans, to think deeply about our predicament as human beings. That is, we are continually at the mercy of the elements. It is thought that the earth’s surface is physically built up of series tectonic plates that shift, collide and interact to release and retain the pressure that lies beneath, generated by the molten furnaces of the inners of this planet. Therefore living with seismic activity has always been an aspect of human existence. It follows then that thinkers and observers have always passed comment on this phenomenon.

The 1755 Lisbon earthquake compelled the French philosopher, Voltaire to question the nature of a god that would allow such an occurrence to happen. The priests of Lisbon however had few questions relating god’s attributes to the tragic event. It was clear to them that it was a punishment from god. Instead of turning their attentions to the 50,000 that died in the quake, they proceeded to salvage crucifixes and religious icons from the collapsing buildings. To them church paraphernalia was more important than the lives of “sinners”. They did this to ward off more catastrophes sent by a god made irate by the behaviour of people of Lisbon. Immanuel Kant was so disturbed by the Lisbon earthquake that he wrote three separate treatise on the issue of earthquakes. Earthquakes feature commonly in the old Judaeo-Christian text as well as the writings of ancient Greece and Rome. Thus philosophies and religions have addressed the natural phenomenon of earthquakes. All of these reams of text on the subject should come as no surprise as civilisations for millennia have experienced the deviation resulting from earthquakes.

Seismic convulsions also have a particular prominence within the text of Islam. In the Quran there are also several references to earthquakes in various contexts. Similarly the hadith of Rasool-Allah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) refer to this phenomenon. Earthquakes have been addressed in relation to civilisations that have been destroyed previously, as well as in relation to the end of the world and the accountability that we will all face, and also in relation to the signs of the hour. Thus earthquakes are central to the general culture of Islam.

There is a whole surat that bares the name, al-zilzala “the earthquake”. This is one of the most profound chapters in the Quran in that it describes in the most comprehensive way, but with in the simplest of terms exactly what the whole issue of the day of judgement is leading up to. That is, to see the results of our good and bad actions.

Abu Hurraairah narrated that Rasool-Allah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) recited
“On that day she shall tell her news” (Al-Zizala, 99:4). Then he (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) inquired, “Do you know what its ‘news’ are?” He was told “Allah and is Rasool know better.” He said, “Its news are that it shall bear witness against every slave man and woman concerning that which they did on its back. It will say ‘you did this and this on such and such day.’ These will be its news.” (tirmithi)

There are many other verses (see above) that address subject of the end of the world using the shaking of the earth to describe the horrors of that day.

The quran also describes the narrative of how the communities had disobeyed Allah (Subhanahu wa ta’ala) command or rejected the message that was brought to them.

And to (the people of) Madyan (Midian), We sent their brother Shu'aib (Shuaib). He said: "O my people! Worship Allah, and hope for (the reward of good deeds by worshipping Allâh Alone, on) the last Day, and commit no mischief on the earth as Mufsidun (those who commit great crimes, oppressors, tyrants, mischief-makers, corrupts). And they belied him [Shu'aib (Shuaib)], so the earthquake seized them, and they lay (dead), prostrate in their dwellings. And 'Ad and Thamud (people)! And indeed (their destruction) is clearly apparent to you from their (ruined) dwellings. Shaitan (Satan) made their deeds fair-seeming to them, and turned them away from the (Right) Path, though they were intelligent. (al Ankabout 29: 36-38)

So they killed the she­camel and insolently defied the Commandment of their Lord, and said: "O Salih (Saleh)! Bring about your threats if you are indeed one of the Messengers (of Allah)." So the earthquake seized them, and they lay (dead), prostrate in their homes. Then he [Salih (Saleh)] turned from them, and said: "O my people! I have indeed conveyed to you the Message of my Lord, and have given you good advice but you like not good advisers." (al-araaf 7:77-79)

And in the Thamud (was another Sign): Behold, they were told, "Enjoy (your brief day) for a little while!" But they insolently defied the Command of their Lord: So the stunning noise (of an earthquake) seized them, even while they were looking on. Then they could not even stand (on their feet), nor could they help themselves. (Adh-Dhariyat 51:43-45)

The sayings of Rasool-Allah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) also made reference to the issue of earthquakes. Again these are in several contexts. One of which was in relation to the signs of the hour that is to come.

Narrated Ibn 'Umar: (The Prophet) said, "O Allah! Bless our Sham and our Yemen." People said, "Our Najd as well." The Prophet again said, "O Allah! Bless our Sham and Yemen." They said again, "Our Najd as well." On that the Prophet said, "There will appear earthquakes and afflictions, and from there will come out the side of the head of Satan." [bukari]

Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "The Hour (Last Day) will not be established until (religious) knowledge will be taken away (by the death of religious learned men), earthquakes will be very frequent, time will pass quickly, afflictions will appear, murders will increase and money will overflow amongst you." (See Hadith No. 85 Vol 1). [bukari]

In the light of the Pakistani earthquake, every human being should look to himself or herself and contemplate whether they are living their lives as they should. As for the Muslim, all of these discussions of earthquakes should prompt us to think about out situation. Just as importantly all this discussion should urge us to look deeply into the aspects of Islam where earthquakes are referred. Most important of all, this topic should force us to contemplate on our preparation for the day of reckoning.

Source: Journal

[north_malaysian]

I've heard rumors that before 2004 tsunami, black magic was widely practice by acehnese. They even have a specific street full of bomoh (witchdoctors) houses.

Javanese should re-think about why God want to show his strength in Jogja.

[north_malaysian]

In Indonesia natural disaster. In Malaysia morality disaster.

[north_malaysian]

:sl:
Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un. Yes, earthquake in Yogyakarta was about 5,9 skala reichter masha Allah. Not as strong as Aceh which caused thunamy but Allah Azza wa Jalla showed His power once more to remind His human who are lost and forget about day here after. And now there are more than 4000 victims, and its increasing, still increasing, I believe there will be more. I see their sad face, when a father cried for his daughter who was buried under the ruins of houses and walls. And he had found his daughters dead body has stiff. And its been covered by a bodybag. He cried to see his daughter and he holded and cried, yaa Allah. Shadaqa Rasulullah shalallahu alaihi wasallam who ver told us in his hadith, that if Allah want to punish some people, then He will give them a disaster which will hit everybody in there, all peple no matter theyre right or bad, no matter they are ahlussunnah or syirk people. Masha Allah. And the earthquake happened around 5 oclock in the morning, right after subh. So how luckily people who went to masjid for subh prayer, theyre save. Cause most of them who are buried under the ruins are them who stayed at their house masha Allah. Bro and sis, al maut come with no sign, with no warning, it will just come and take you away. So be prepared.
And I encourage you all to help your bros and sis there, they crying and suffering, they have only a little food to eat, they have lost their houses, they have lost their family, some of them have no one cause all their family are burried. Please help them with all that you can give, theyre our brothes and sisters, theyre muslimin. Yaa Allah, make them syahid yaa Allah, cause your habibi -shalallahu alaihi wasallam- said that someone who dead cause of falling thing is syahid, amin.

If people went to mosque to perform salah, or at least wake up early to perform salah ... casualties can be lower.

[syilla]

In Indonesia natural disaster. In Malaysia morality disaster.

yeah i know...

any suggestion?

[north_malaysian]

yeah i know...

any suggestion?

Seeing the situation ... it's like I have no suggestion. The power of De-Islamization is bigger.

[KAding]

With all due respect, hundreds of mosques were destroyed in the Tsunami. I mean, even in Sri Lanka, which has only 10% or so Muslims 97 mosques were destroyed by the Tsunami. There are also many pictures out there, but I will not post them. Even the one in Banda Ache, which I assume you are talking about was quite heavily damaged.

http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=17045

Earthquakes are not getting worse either now, there are not more of them, nor are they getting more powerful, although obviously there are more people to hurt. But the worst earthquake known to man is the one in China in 1556, in which supposedly 830,000 people died. Trust, me human tragedy and natural disaster have always been horrible. People always seem to want to think that the time they are living in surely must be the worst, but I can assure you that droughts and disease were killing by the millions throughout our history.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/naturaldis...430530,00.html

Either way, lets hope the best for these people in Indonesia. The country is surely having a hard time :(.

[Muslim Knight]

If people went to mosque to perform salah, or at least wake up early to perform salah ... casualties can be lower.

Let us not presume our religion is the religion of magic. By the way, magic is also haram.

If Allah wills it to happen, it will happen regardless whether we go masjid or not. Let us not also presume the mind of God either, because we are all just His servants.

We can only plan beforehand, pray for the victims and lend out helping hand whenever we can.

[Mawaddah]

One Calamity after the other. Laa Hawla wa laa Quwwata illa billah. Tragedy really....makes you wonder, what in the world is going on in that place? To cause Allah to send down one punishment after the other. And still people are blind towards it. I pray Allah has mercy on the souls of the Muslims who died Amin.

[KAding]

One Calamity after the other. Laa Hawla wa laa Quwwata illa billah. Tragedy really....makes you wonder, what in the world is going on in that place? To cause Allah to send down one punishment after the other. And still people are blind towards it. I pray Allah has mercy on the souls of the Muslims who died Amin.

<rant on>
:heated: It always slightly upsets me if people use such logic. In essence they blame it on the victims that their houses just collapsed on top of them due to an earthquake :(.

If you really want to follow such reasoning, at least do it properly! Then at least wonder why it is the Muslim world that is being hit so hard and not the decadent West!

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[Dhulqarnaeen]

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:heated: It always slightly upsets me if people use such logic. In essence they blame it on the victims that their houses just collapsed on top of them due to an earthquake :(.

If you really want to follow such reasoning, at least do it properly! Then at least wonder why it is the Muslim world that is being hit so hard and not the decadent West!

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You wont understand a thing, even you dont understand why you bornth to this world. And Im sure you dont know where you will go when you die later right? What do U think inside those graves? Malls?Supermarkets?These disasters are one of the proves that Allah (Our God, My God, and your God although you dont like it) meant to make Islam better. Cause these disasters will make other muslims do their self introspection better than before. It will make them think that they life in this world for not very long and life here after is the eternal life for muslims. Thats why we have to prepare with a lot of good deeds so we will enter the paradise. And our messenger has told us long time a go that muslims who have suffered by disasters will receive a lot of bless, so they got nothing to lose. Its for their own good. Maybe bad for some but it brings so much goods for the rest of most muslims on earth. That they can be a better muslims, stronger in their life especially their faith. And you kafereen, enjoy your life while you can. I know so many disasters too for non muslims, since atomic boms, wars, earth disasters, etc. But you who still life, you may enjoy it while you can cause when you die, WALLAHI you will be slaughtered in your grave and you will receive even even more in the hell. Cause WHAT? Cause you have egnored your creator's right. He created you by your parents with a wonderful process which full with magic, from flesh to bone and HE MADE you complete and grow bigger. And ALTHOUGH you betrayed Allah (Your GOD U must know) but He still willing to give you food and places to life, and He still save you from something that you dont like, and He still said" Hopefully he will realize and thankfull". But its also His Decision, IF you still be Atheist till you die, then Im the witness and all muslims be the witness that YOU WILL GO TO HELL, no doubt about it, no no doubt at all. :brother: .
I remember the story of our ulama. It was Ibnu Hajar Al Asqolani (if Im not mistaken). He was riding his horse with his clean clothes and with a good smell. And he rode his horse along the road. And then he met this poor kafeer (he is a jewish, (but atheist is worse)),
and then this kafeer la'natullah said to Ibnu Hajar:"You said this world is a prison for muslim. But I see you riding a big nice horse, wearing a clean bright white clothes, and you look handsome".
And then Ibnu Hajar said :"Yes the world is the prison of muslims. You see me now with this condition, its still feels like Im in the prison if compared with the heaven that a muslim will accept from their God. But YOU, you are poor and have a hardlife, but believe me its still feels like HEAVEN for you if compared with the torturing life you will receive in the hell. So enjoy it while you still can".
And then this jewish be muslim with Ibnu Hajar replied thats full with hikmah. So...you must think again to be an atheist, think about your life after death. Cause believe me, like Al Qur'an (muslims hollybook) said"]:"Does man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)? , Was he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)? , Then did he become a leech-like clot; then did (Allah) make and fashion (him) in due proportion, And of him He made two sexes, male and female. Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead? (Al Qiyamah 36-40).
You should read Qur'an, how can it talked about the creation of the universe, of human, of animals, about the process of the rain, about the space, about the line between the river and the sea that make the river not salty, How can it tells us about them since it was revealed to someone who was unable to read and write, the prophets Muhammad shalallahu alaihi wasallam. And the hollybook (the only holly book on earth) revealed when there wasnt mycroscope and another modern science. So how can it tells us about the creation with an excellent detail. And most of you kafereen who proved the truthness in it with science. Think....youre given a brain to think, do U think its possible a ship, which loaded it self, and go to the sea it self? Do U think its possible? Just this small things you will deny that its impossible for a ship to do that, how can you deny this universe has a creator? Think..before its too late. Read Qur'an. (you can find it in www.quran.org

[Dhulqarnaeen]

With all due respect, hundreds of mosques were destroyed in the Tsunami. I mean, even in Sri Lanka, which has only 10% or so Muslims 97 mosques were destroyed by the Tsunami. There are also many pictures out there, but I will not post them. Even the one in Banda Ache, which I assume you are talking about was quite heavily damaged. :(.

Do U think Allah will show His magic on every masjid? No, He will just show it to someone He want. And if a disaster came to muslims then its a test. But if it come to kafeer/non muslims then its called punishment/adzab. How if you be the one of the victims? :thankyou: Where will you go after you death? Just forgotten just like that? Do U think you will be free after that? :rollseyes :offended:

[Dhulqarnaeen]

In Indonesia natural disaster. In Malaysia morality disaster.

:sl: its just the same between Indonesia and Malaysia, still have a big morality disaster. And most of earth disaster is not happen beause of our morality only, but its because our dien. If theres syirk, bid'ah and another faults in Islam, then just wait for the turn. Indonesia have more syirk than Malaysia, but Im sure they have similar bid'ahs that they always do. Allahu A'lam. So search for the right path, cause its not enough that you just claim you are a muslim if you want to be the true follower of Rasulullah, cause by only saying that then every false sects in Islam also admit theyre muslim. So what do we have to do to find out what kinda Islam is blessed by Allah? :) Like He mention in Al Fatihah:" Show us the straight way, The way of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy Grace, those whose (portion) is not wrath, and who go not astray. ".....who are they? Do U know? :brother:

[ISDhillon]

when people behave to one another, whether good bad, nice evil, happy sad, caring violent, if you dont respond back straight away then the tension falls onto the earth and in the earth aura, this can build up and at some point the earth will respond in its own way to establish the equalibrium.:)

[Mawaddah]

Actually Brother, Dien and Morality goes hand in hand, If one is lacking, then the other is sure to be affected by it. Lack of Dien causes lack of Morality and Lack of Morality is because of the Lack in Dien. It's Worrying actually since it's a phenomenon all over the world now, but the best a Muslim can do is try to follow the right path. And then whatever happens after that Insha'allah he'll be resurrected according to intentions.

[muzna]

even in sri lanka, it was the muslims who were affected the most by the tsunami

[Mawaddah]

Do U think Allah will show His magic on every masjid?

Brother I think you meant miracle and not magic :)

even in sri lanka, it was the muslims who were affected the most by the tsunami

Again Sister.......It's all but a test for the Muslims, a reminder Insha'allah

[thc]

A lot of black magic occurs around there (thats what i have heard)

[Templar Knight]

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Aid reaches Indonesian quake survivors By CHRIS BRUMMITT, Associated Press Writer
39 minutes ago



BANTUL, Indonesia — Two U.S. military cargo planes landed Tuesday at the site of an earthquake in Indonesia that killed nearly 5,700, bringing some of the first significant aid to reach the tens of thousands of survivors who were left homeless.

About 20 U.S. Marines arrived on the cargo planes in the historic city of Yogyakarta and unloaded heavy-lifting machinery and a portable field hospital, as Malaysian, Chinese and Japanese rescue workers joined Indonesian teams providing medical care and emergency supplies to victims.

Most of the survivors of Saturday's 6.3-magnitude quake were living in improvised shacks near the ruins of their homes or in shelters erected in rice fields. Officials say about 200,000 people lost their homes.

Conditions improved in two hospitals in the quake zone. They were initially overwhelmed with the injured, who overflowed into hallways and outdoor spaces.

Jan Egeland, the U.N.'s top humanitarian official, praised the aid effort as having made "enormous progress."

"It's going well in this respect so far in Java," Egeland told The Associated Press in Geneva. "The most critical need is medical assistance and after that, it's water and sanitation, and third is emergency shelter."

In a worrying sign, nearby Mount Merapi volcano, which has been belching gas and lava for weeks, shot out more large plumes of ash and debris. A scientist monitoring the peak blamed the heightened activity on the weekend temblor, though other experts said that may not be the case.

The quake leveled tens of thousands of poorly constructed homes into piles of bricks, tiles and wood in less than a minute, as many victims slept or were preparing breakfast.

The death toll from the government's Social Affairs Ministry on Tuesday stood at 5,698. Ministry officials say the numbers keep rising as they account for bodies buried quickly in mass graves after the quake.

The head of an emergency response team from Malaysia said it didn't expect to find any more survivors or bodies under the rubble.

"The collapsed homes were all so small that anyone who was trapped would have been extracted by their family members," said Supt. Abdul Aziz Ahmad. He said his team had only found one body Monday after searching in the worst-hit Bantul district.

Many survivors — who have endured several torrential rain storms and hours baking under the tropical sun — have complained of receiving little or no assistance.

In the village of Jamprip, Edi Sutrisno, 37, helped unload a small supply of aid from a military truck — two bags of rice, nine boxes of dried noodles and two boxes of bottled water.

"It's the first we've gotten since the quake," he said. "Of course it's not enough for all of us, not even for a day."

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono arrived in the area a few hours after the quake struck. On Monday, he acknowledged a "lack of coordination" in aid distribution.

Yudhoyono's efforts will likely come under intense domestic scrutiny because unlike other disasters in recent years in outlying regions, the quake occurred on Java island, home to almost half of the country's 220 million people, including the bulk of the ruling class.

"I don't want this to become a political issue," he said late Monday when asked about rival lawmakers' growing criticism of his response.

The government's Social Affairs Ministry raised the official death toll to 5,427 on Tuesday.

Some 22 countries have contributed or pledged assistance to the Southeast Asian country, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in Geneva. An emergency appeal by the global body is expected later this week.

Four destructive earthquakes have visited Indonesia in the past 17 months, including the one that spawned the Dec. 26, 2004, Indian Ocean tsunami that left at least 216,000 dead or missing.

[al-fateh]

its over 4000 now

[Dhulqarnaeen]

Actually Brother, Dien and Morality goes hand in hand, If one is lacking, then the other is sure to be affected by it. Lack of Dien causes lack of Morality and Lack of Morality is because of the Lack in Dien. It's Worrying actually since it's a phenomenon all over the world now, but the best a Muslim can do is try to follow the right path. And then whatever happens after that Insha'allah he'll be resurrected according to intentions.

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Thats so true. But what I was trying to say is, the disaster mostly didnt happen cause only because of the lack of morality. But most of it, it cause by the lack of our dien and it bring syirk and bid'ah. Most of them commented " why Jakarta which has more maksiyat and sins never hit by the disasters?" :) . And then we will ask them " which is more dangerous between syirk and maksiyat? And in yogyakarta masha Allah, syirk almost being their daily deeds, and its mixing with their dien, most of them is Islam "kejawen". Its mean a muslim, but also they believe some things have a power and all sihr and all syrik things that can make a muslim out of Islam. And its protected by the government there astagfirullah and they included it as tourist interest too. Wel...Im not talking that the disaster happened because of this reason only, Allahu A'lam. But Im just explaining that a disaster happened cause muslims become more far fron their dien, form the right path, from the path of Rasulullah and his companions. And theres somebody told me too, that before tsunamy happened in Aceh, apparently they did celebration of chrismast tooooogether, mixing all religion on THE BEACH. MAsha Allah right. And its possible Allah sent tsunamy because of theyre too much disobey Allah's law right? And also theres renegades there. Allahu A'lam

[north_malaysian]

A lot of black magic occurs around there (thats what i have heard)

Southeast Asia is the land of black magic whether they are Buddhists, Christians are Muslims lots of Animism practice survived. Surprisingly these people use the same method.

For example both Thais and Malays are religiously diferent. But the witchdoctors of both ethnic groups used the oil extracted from the chin of a murdered virgin to make love potion. Just a drop of the potion on your finger and u just touch any person u want.... snappp!! the person will be your sex slave forever!!! - this what I've heard and seen in both Thai and Malay movies.