Salam to all,

MACMA Selangor, in collaboration with Hidayah Centre and Ikram held a GONG XI FA CAI open house celebration at HJ SHARIN LOW RESTAURANT at Taman Sri Gombak on 28th Jan 2012. The event started at about 10.00 a.m. Chinese New Chinese New Song Year songs were played. Some of Maher Zain’s songs were also played.

Bro Farid from IKRAM and Bro Hj Kamal Koh were the masters of ceremonies.
Hj Sharin Low delivered a speech followed by the coordinator from IKRAM, Zun ‘Arif Hakim Abdul Rahman. Mr. Tony Pua, MP from Petaling Jaya made a special guest appearance. He was invited by Maj (B) WG Tan. Major Tan has been very helpful to MACMA Selangor since his return from the Philippines but sadly he will be returning to the Phillipines next month.

Our chairman, Hj Sharin Low said in his speech that being a Muslim, one does not need to discard one’s customs and tradition. Islam allows us to pursue our tradition and keep our family ties after we revert. Our prophet Muhammad S.A.W. has always tell his ummah to respect own parents and be filial children.
More than 500 guests attended the open house – consisting of different races and religion. Books and pamphlets were distributed freely. Oranges and angpaus were given away and the food were delicious. There was also a lucky draw and a clown making balloons for kids. The event ended at about 2.30 pm.

MACMA Selangor gratefully thank Al Hidayah and IKRAM for their gracious consent to help us hold this auspicious event. May we cooperate again next year. Amin ya rabbal alamin.

Reported by:
Sis Alina Ong
1 Feb 2012

We Need Your Details!

If you are reading this, we have come to the right place!

But let us first introduce ourselves to you. We are like you, Malaysian Chinese who converted to Islam, or, as some would like to put it, reverts to Islam. The male figure at the top picture is me, Dr Yamin Cheng. The lady to the right of me is Nurlaily Yap. Nurlaily Yap is currently a committee member in MACMA, the acronym for Malaysian Chinese Muslims Association. She is serving in the committee of MACMA Malaysia, the umbrella MACMA organization in Malaysia, as well as in MACMA Selangor.

What about me? I am helping out Nurlaily in reaching out to people like you, people who not only come to Islam, but people who believe they can make a difference to our Malaysian society in the way we practise Islam. Nurlaily and I believe you are a special Muslim.

Do you believe you are a special Muslim? Do you think you can make a difference to our society?
Or are you just a convert who, after coming into Islam, only complains about the existing state of the Muslims?
Can you make a difference?
Do you want to make a difference?
Nurlaily told me that there are around 60,000 Chinese converts to Islam in Malaysia. 60,000?
Does this figure include the ones who have gone to heaven? If you are one of those still walking around on this earth, we would like you to give us some information about yourself.

We need to connect.
If you happened to be one of those who have gone to heaven, then don’t bother to reply.
Just let us know these things about yourself – your name, age, education, profession, and handphone number.

That’s all we want from you for now. Do you know of any convert who you would like them to join you in this mailing list?
Then pass this request to them and ask them to contact us.
You may send your brief biodata to Nurlaliy at nurlily45@yahoo.com, or to me at convertsforum@yahoo.com.
You will be hearing from us again.

Thank you and Gong Xi Fa Cai !

(credit to Pertubuhan IKRAM)

Among exciting events to be held:

Talk: Chinese Muslim Contribution in China
Video Show: Islam in China | Al-Quran & Science
Hidayah Centre Exhibition
Lucky Draw
Ang Pow Presentation (children only)
Street Dakwah
Chinese New Year Food
FREE Door Gift (muallaf & non-muslim only)

Participation is FREE.
Please invite your non-muslim friends.
Please do come and join us.
For more information or registration, please contact 016-3371715.
The open house is organized by Hidayah Centre, Pertubuhan IKRAM Malaysia and MACMA Selangor.

Date: 28th January 2012 (Saturday)
Time: 8.30 am – 2.30 pm
Venue:
Hj Sharin Low Restaurant, Sri Gombak

It’s that time of the year again! Chinese New Year is coming to visit us once again and as usual MACMA Selangor will be having a reunion dinner for members, families and friends.

This year around, the dinner will be held in a Chinese Muslim restaurant in Bukit Antarabangsa, KL.

Photo credit to MACMA member (via fb)

Details are as follows:

Restoran Hj Sharin Low,
No 1&3, Lorong Wangsa 5A,
Bukit Antarabangsa,
Ampang, Malaysia, 68000