Muhajir : Solat Jumaat di IMAN

International Muslim Association of New Zealand ditubuhkan secara rasmi pada 22 Disember 1969. Terletak di Queens Drive, Kilbirnie iaitu lebih kurang 20 minit perjalanan dari Wellington. Di sinilah umat Islam di sekitar Wellington mendirikan solat jumaat mereka setiap minggu. Alhamdulillah minggu ini (29 Feb 2008) Prof. Dr. Tariq Ramadan dijemput menjadi khatib. Mendengar khutbah tokoh pemikir Islam ini selama hampir sejam ini tidak membosankan langsung. Berbeza dengan khatib-khatib ni negaraku yang tercinta yang hanya membaca teks khutbah sambil mendodoikan jemaah untuk tidur, Dr. Tariq Ramadan benar-benar menyampaikan khutbah yang mampu menarik para jemaah untuk menghayati khutbah beliau dengan penuh minat dan teliti. Antara isi penting dalam khutbah beliau ialah Islam adalah agama kedamaian dan amat cintakan kedamaian. Umat Islam mestilah menunjukan teladan yang baik kepada non-muslim dan membuang tabiat menunding jari kepada non-muslim atas segala keburukan yang berlaku di muka bumi ini. Yang pentingnya umat Islam mesti berani menjadi agen perubahan dan menjadi role model bukan sahaja kepada keluarga mereka sendiri malahan jiran dan juga masyarakat setempat. Untuk mencapai matlamat tersebut umat Islam mestilah rajin membaca dan belajar serta mempratikkan ilmu-ilmu tersebut. Amat malang pada hari ini non muslim mengetahui mengenai keindahan Islam melalui buku bukannya melalui akhlak penganutnya seperti mana seperti zaman Rasulullah dan sahabat dahulu.

Serba sedikit latar belakang Prof. Dr. Tariq Ramadan ini. Lahir 29 Ogos 1962 di Geneva Switzerland. Ayahnya seorang tokoh Islam yang terkenal iaitu Said Ramadan (meninggal 1995) dan juga menantu kepada tokoh Ikhwan yang terbilang iaitu As Syahid Hassan Al Banna (dibunuh 1949). Beliau lahir pada tanggal 29 Ogos 1962 di Geneva, Switzerland selepas bapanya di halau dari Mesir oleh presiden pada masa itu, Jamal Nasir. Menjadi prof pelawat di banyak universiti di Eropah dan Amerika Syarikat sehinggalah visa beliau ditarik balik di Amerika pada tahun 2004 kerana menderma kepada NGO yang membantu Palestin! Semoga Allah memberkati usaha-usaha beliau berdakwah ke seluruh pelusuk dunia! AMin Ya Rabbil Alamin!

Muhajir from Wikipedia

Muhajir or Mohajir (Arabic: مهاجر) is an Arabic word meaning refugee or immigrant or emigrant. The Islamic calendar Hejira starts when Muhammad and his companions left Mecca for Medina in what is known as Hijra. They were called Muhajirun. The Arabic root word for immigration and emigration is Hijrat.
Over centuries, the term has been applied to a number of other Muslim refugee and emigrant groups.
Muhajir Khwarezm, the Muslim refugees that escaped Genghis Khan's Mongol invasion of Muslim lands in 13th century and they settled in other Muslim lands not touched by this calamity. Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi fled Afghanistan and settled in Anatolia to escape the Mongol army.
Muhajir (Albania), Albanians that used to live in Serbia (near Nis and Prokuplje), and were violently displaced through the ethnic cleansing exercised by Serbian army in 1878. As a consequence, thousands of them settled in Kosovo where they live today.
Muhajir Crimean, the Muslim refugees of Crimean ancestry that settled in Ottoman Empire after the Russian Empire conquered Muslim Crimean Khanate.
Muhajir (Caucasus), the Muslim population of Caucasus resettled to Ottoman Empire and Middle East after the Caucasian War.
Palestinian refugees are Palestinians that were displaced by Israel's war of Independence in 1948-1949.
Muhajir (Turkey), the Muslims of Balkan ancestry that settled in Turkey after the collapse of Ottoman Empire.
Muhajir (Pakistan), the Urdu speaking Muslims refugees from India who settled in Pakistan after independence in 1947.
Afghan refugees, Muslim muhajirs from Afghanistan who escaped the Soviet invasion in 1979 until the 2001 U.S. invasion in which the Taliban was removed.
After the Indian independence, the Muslims who had remained in India, or were born in India, were also sometimes referred to as Muhajir by the Pakistani people