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"Replublic Islam Ireland" dan "Republik Islam Denmark"
Aiik Apa Cerita ? Negara Yang Paling Hampir dengan Idealisma Al-Qur'an.
"Masyarakat Jepun dah Islamik, cuma orangnya saja tidak bersyahadah" Pernah dengar ayat serupa ini daripada mereka yang pulang dari negara Jepun sambil memuji sifat disiplin, kemas dan effisien masyarakat Jepun. Saya tak tahu saya belum pernah ke negara matahari terbit tu lagi.
Pada masa yang sama orang itu mengkritik banyak negara Islam tetapi amat tidak Islamik kerana penuh dengan rasuah, pemerintahan diktator dan kronisma, kotor secara fisikalnya, rakyat tidak berdisiplin dsb.
Interesting remark.
Kebetulan ada orang buat kajian tentang "islamicity" atau "sifat keIslamian" (kalau istilah tu boleh dipakai !) sesebuah negara di dunia ini.
Kajian berkenaan yang dilakukan oleh Profesor Hossein Askari, Professor of International Business and International Affairs at George Washington University dan rakan beliau. Mereka cuba nak aplikasikan idealisma Islam dalam sesebuah negara secara umumnya dari segi kejayaan ekonomi, pengurusan negara, hak asasi manusia dan politik dan perhubungan antarabangsa.
Tahu negara mana mereka kenalpasti sebagai paling hampit dengan idealisma Islam ? Saudi Arabia ? Mesir ? Iran ? Malaysia ? Arab Emiret Bersatu ... SALAH, SALAH dan SALAH.
Ini senarai negara top 10 paling Islamic ikut kajian berkenaan:
1.Ireland, 2. Denmark, 3. Luxembourg, 4. Sweden, 5. the United Kingdom, 6. New Zealand, 7. Singapore, 8. Finland, 9. Norway, and 10. Belgium.
Hanya Malaysia (no. 33) dan Kuwait (no. 42) tersenarai dalam 50 teratas negara paling hampir dengan idealisma Islam. Saudi Arabia jatuh ke nomnor 91 dan Qatar ke 111.
Saya sendiri pernah tinggal selama beberapa tahun di berulangkajli melawat United Kingdom (No. 5) dan 2 minggu di New Zealand (no. 6) dan beberapa tahun. Memang sistem kebajikannya baik. Rasuah ? Pasti amat meinimum dibandingkan dengan negara di mana kebanyakan Muslim tinggal. Kekebasan berpolitik - hebat dan sebagainya.
Pendek kata kajian itu cuba melihat sejauh mana kedailan sosial, kejayaan ekonomi, kebersihan dan sebagainya yang tiutamakan dalam Al-Qur'an menjadi keutamaan negara-negara di dunia ini.
Ingat Singapura No 7, Malaysia No. 33.
Ambil iktibar.
Usah cepat-cepat menyatakan ini "agenda Yahudi" pula.
Tak perlu terima bulat-bulat tetapi renung balik "perjanalanan negara yang pemimpinnya Islam dan majoriti rakyatnya Islam" dan bandingkan dengan negara yang Top 10 Islamicitynya.
Berikut ialah artikel asal.
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The country in the world most faithful to the values of the Koran is Ireland according to an Iranian-born academic at George Washingon University in the US. Next are Denmark, Sweden and the UK.
In a BBC interview, Hossein Askari, Professor of International Business and International Affairs at George Washington University said a study by himself and colleague Dr Scheherazde S Rehman, also rates Israel (27) as being more compliant with the ideals of the Koran than any predominantly Muslim country.
Not a single majority Muslim country made the top 25 and no Arab country is in the top 50.
He said that when their ‘Islamicity index’ was applied only Malaysia (33) and Kuwait (42) featured in its top 50 countries, compared to the US at 15, the Netherlands also at 15, while France is at 17.
Saudi Arabia rated 91st, with Qatar at 111st.
In carrying out the study, they applied the ideals of Islam in the areas of a society’s economic achievements, governance, human and political rights, and international relations, he said.
On that index “Muslim countries do very badly,” he said and accused them of using religion as an instrument of power.
Last Novembe Prof Askari said that “we must emphasize that many countries that profess Islam and are called Islamic are unjust, corrupt, and underdeveloped and are in fact not ‘Islamic’ by any stretch of the imagination.”
“Looking at an index of Economic Islamicity, or how closely the policies and achievements of countries reflect Islamic economic teachings - Ireland, Denmark, Luxembourg, Sweden, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Singapore, Finland, Norway, and Belgium round up the first 10”.
In their ‘Overall Islamicity Index’, a measure that encompasses laws and governance, human and political rights, international relations, and economic factors, “the rankings are much the same: New Zealand, Luxembourg, Ireland, Iceland, Finland, Denmark, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the Netherlands; and again only Malaysia (38) and Kuwait (48) make it into the top 50 from Muslim countries,” he said.
“If a country, society, or community displays characteristics such as unelected, corrupt, oppressive, and unjust rulers, inequality before the law, unequal opportunities for human development, absence of freedom of choice (including that of religion), opulence alongside poverty, force, and aggression as the instruments of conflict resolution as opposed to dialogue and reconciliation, and, above all, the prevalence of injustice of any kind, it is prima facie evidence that it is not an Islamic community,” he said.
“ Islam is, and has been for centuries, the articulation of the universal love of Allah for his creation and for its unity, and all that this implies for all-encompassing human and economic development,” he concluded.
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About Hossein Askari:
Mengenali Prof Hossein Askari:
Hossein AskariHossein Askari was born in Iran and received his elementary and secondary education in the United Kingdom. He then came to the United States where he earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering, attended the Sloan School of Management and received his Ph.D. in Economics, all at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was an instructor at MIT, and started his academic career at the age of twenty-three as an Assistant Professor of Economics at Tufts University, becoming an Associate Professor at Wayne State University, and Professor of International Business and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin in 1978, before coming to George Washington University (GW) in 1982, where he has served as Chairman of the International Business Department and as Director of the Institute of Global Management and Research and is now the Iran Professor of International Business and International Affairs.
He served for two and a half years on the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund and was Special Advisor to the Minister of Finance of Saudi Arabia; in this capacity he frequently spoke for Saudi Arabia at the IMF Executive Board; he developed the idea for a special Quota increase for Saudi Arabia, giving Saudi Arabia an effective permanent seat on the Board; and he assisted in the negotiations of a $10 billion loan to the IMF. During the mid-1980s he directed an international team that developed the first comprehensive domestic, regional and international energy models and plan for Saudi Arabia. During 1990-1991 he was asked by the governments of Iran and Saudi Arabia to act as an intermediary to restore diplomatic relations; and in 1992 he was asked by the Emir of Kuwait to mediate with Iran.
Hossein Askari has written extensively on economic development in the Middle East, Islamic economics and finance, international trade and finance, agricultural economics, oil economics and on economic sanctions, including twenty books, six monographs, over one hundred refereed journal articles and a number of chapters in books and numerous magazine web-based articles.
He has written over two hundred opinion pieces in the NYT, WP, LAT, IHT, Christian Science Monitor, Chicago Tribune, US New and World Report, Foreign Policy, the National Interest Online, Asia Times Online and in other newspapers and websites. He is regular contributor to Asia Times Online. He has advised ministers of finance, heads of central banks, oil ministers and other officials in the Persian Gulf on economic development policy, oil policy, and on international trade and finance. In the past, he has been a consultant to a number of institutions and corporations, including: the OECD, the World Bank, the IFC, the APDF, the IFU, the United Nations, the Gulf Cooperation Council, the Ministry of Finance of Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Planning of Saudi Arabia, the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu, the Overseas Private Insurance Corporation (OPIC), the US General Accounting Office (GAO), Bechtel, First National Bank of Chicago, Eastman (Kodak) Chemical, Litton Industries, Hydril Company, Northwest Industries, Sunoco and ARCO International.
His courses at GW are focused on economic, human and political development in the Middle East, conflicts and wars in the Middle East, the political economy of oil and on Islamic economics and finance.
"Replublic Islam Ireland" dan "Republik Islam Denmark"
Aiik Apa Cerita ? Negara Yang Paling Hampir dengan Idealisma Al-Qur'an.
"Masyarakat Jepun dah Islamik, cuma orangnya saja tidak bersyahadah" Pernah dengar ayat serupa ini daripada mereka yang pulang dari negara Jepun sambil memuji sifat disiplin, kemas dan effisien masyarakat Jepun. Saya tak tahu saya belum pernah ke negara matahari terbit tu lagi.
Pada masa yang sama orang itu mengkritik banyak negara Islam tetapi amat tidak Islamik kerana penuh dengan rasuah, pemerintahan diktator dan kronisma, kotor secara fisikalnya, rakyat tidak berdisiplin dsb.
Interesting remark.
Kebetulan ada orang buat kajian tentang "islamicity" atau "sifat keIslamian" (kalau istilah tu boleh dipakai !) sesebuah negara di dunia ini.
Kajian berkenaan yang dilakukan oleh Profesor Hossein Askari, Professor of International Business and International Affairs at George Washington University dan rakan beliau. Mereka cuba nak aplikasikan idealisma Islam dalam sesebuah negara secara umumnya dari segi kejayaan ekonomi, pengurusan negara, hak asasi manusia dan politik dan perhubungan antarabangsa.
Tahu negara mana mereka kenalpasti sebagai paling hampit dengan idealisma Islam ? Saudi Arabia ? Mesir ? Iran ? Malaysia ? Arab Emiret Bersatu ... SALAH, SALAH dan SALAH.
Ini senarai negara top 10 paling Islamic ikut kajian berkenaan:
1.Ireland, 2. Denmark, 3. Luxembourg, 4. Sweden, 5. the United Kingdom, 6. New Zealand, 7. Singapore, 8. Finland, 9. Norway, and 10. Belgium.
Hanya Malaysia (no. 33) dan Kuwait (no. 42) tersenarai dalam 50 teratas negara paling hampir dengan idealisma Islam. Saudi Arabia jatuh ke nomnor 91 dan Qatar ke 111.
Saya sendiri pernah tinggal selama beberapa tahun di berulangkajli melawat United Kingdom (No. 5) dan 2 minggu di New Zealand (no. 6) dan beberapa tahun. Memang sistem kebajikannya baik. Rasuah ? Pasti amat meinimum dibandingkan dengan negara di mana kebanyakan Muslim tinggal. Kekebasan berpolitik - hebat dan sebagainya.
Pendek kata kajian itu cuba melihat sejauh mana kedailan sosial, kejayaan ekonomi, kebersihan dan sebagainya yang tiutamakan dalam Al-Qur'an menjadi keutamaan negara-negara di dunia ini.
Ingat Singapura No 7, Malaysia No. 33.
Ambil iktibar.
Usah cepat-cepat menyatakan ini "agenda Yahudi" pula.
Tak perlu terima bulat-bulat tetapi renung balik "perjanalanan negara yang pemimpinnya Islam dan majoriti rakyatnya Islam" dan bandingkan dengan negara yang Top 10 Islamicitynya.
Berikut ialah artikel asal.
___________________________________
The country in the world most faithful to the values of the Koran is Ireland according to an Iranian-born academic at George Washingon University in the US. Next are Denmark, Sweden and the UK.
In a BBC interview, Hossein Askari, Professor of International Business and International Affairs at George Washington University said a study by himself and colleague Dr Scheherazde S Rehman, also rates Israel (27) as being more compliant with the ideals of the Koran than any predominantly Muslim country.
Not a single majority Muslim country made the top 25 and no Arab country is in the top 50.
He said that when their ‘Islamicity index’ was applied only Malaysia (33) and Kuwait (42) featured in its top 50 countries, compared to the US at 15, the Netherlands also at 15, while France is at 17.
Saudi Arabia rated 91st, with Qatar at 111st.
In carrying out the study, they applied the ideals of Islam in the areas of a society’s economic achievements, governance, human and political rights, and international relations, he said.
On that index “Muslim countries do very badly,” he said and accused them of using religion as an instrument of power.
Last Novembe Prof Askari said that “we must emphasize that many countries that profess Islam and are called Islamic are unjust, corrupt, and underdeveloped and are in fact not ‘Islamic’ by any stretch of the imagination.”
“Looking at an index of Economic Islamicity, or how closely the policies and achievements of countries reflect Islamic economic teachings - Ireland, Denmark, Luxembourg, Sweden, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Singapore, Finland, Norway, and Belgium round up the first 10”.
In their ‘Overall Islamicity Index’, a measure that encompasses laws and governance, human and political rights, international relations, and economic factors, “the rankings are much the same: New Zealand, Luxembourg, Ireland, Iceland, Finland, Denmark, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the Netherlands; and again only Malaysia (38) and Kuwait (48) make it into the top 50 from Muslim countries,” he said.
“If a country, society, or community displays characteristics such as unelected, corrupt, oppressive, and unjust rulers, inequality before the law, unequal opportunities for human development, absence of freedom of choice (including that of religion), opulence alongside poverty, force, and aggression as the instruments of conflict resolution as opposed to dialogue and reconciliation, and, above all, the prevalence of injustice of any kind, it is prima facie evidence that it is not an Islamic community,” he said.
“ Islam is, and has been for centuries, the articulation of the universal love of Allah for his creation and for its unity, and all that this implies for all-encompassing human and economic development,” he concluded.
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About Hossein Askari:
Mengenali Prof Hossein Askari:
Hossein AskariHossein Askari was born in Iran and received his elementary and secondary education in the United Kingdom. He then came to the United States where he earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering, attended the Sloan School of Management and received his Ph.D. in Economics, all at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was an instructor at MIT, and started his academic career at the age of twenty-three as an Assistant Professor of Economics at Tufts University, becoming an Associate Professor at Wayne State University, and Professor of International Business and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin in 1978, before coming to George Washington University (GW) in 1982, where he has served as Chairman of the International Business Department and as Director of the Institute of Global Management and Research and is now the Iran Professor of International Business and International Affairs.
He served for two and a half years on the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund and was Special Advisor to the Minister of Finance of Saudi Arabia; in this capacity he frequently spoke for Saudi Arabia at the IMF Executive Board; he developed the idea for a special Quota increase for Saudi Arabia, giving Saudi Arabia an effective permanent seat on the Board; and he assisted in the negotiations of a $10 billion loan to the IMF. During the mid-1980s he directed an international team that developed the first comprehensive domestic, regional and international energy models and plan for Saudi Arabia. During 1990-1991 he was asked by the governments of Iran and Saudi Arabia to act as an intermediary to restore diplomatic relations; and in 1992 he was asked by the Emir of Kuwait to mediate with Iran.
Hossein Askari has written extensively on economic development in the Middle East, Islamic economics and finance, international trade and finance, agricultural economics, oil economics and on economic sanctions, including twenty books, six monographs, over one hundred refereed journal articles and a number of chapters in books and numerous magazine web-based articles.
He has written over two hundred opinion pieces in the NYT, WP, LAT, IHT, Christian Science Monitor, Chicago Tribune, US New and World Report, Foreign Policy, the National Interest Online, Asia Times Online and in other newspapers and websites. He is regular contributor to Asia Times Online. He has advised ministers of finance, heads of central banks, oil ministers and other officials in the Persian Gulf on economic development policy, oil policy, and on international trade and finance. In the past, he has been a consultant to a number of institutions and corporations, including: the OECD, the World Bank, the IFC, the APDF, the IFU, the United Nations, the Gulf Cooperation Council, the Ministry of Finance of Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Planning of Saudi Arabia, the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu, the Overseas Private Insurance Corporation (OPIC), the US General Accounting Office (GAO), Bechtel, First National Bank of Chicago, Eastman (Kodak) Chemical, Litton Industries, Hydril Company, Northwest Industries, Sunoco and ARCO International.
His courses at GW are focused on economic, human and political development in the Middle East, conflicts and wars in the Middle East, the political economy of oil and on Islamic economics and finance.
