Doc Ahmad Hajiri

It was almost 5 in the afternoon when my phone rang, displaying an incoming call from an unknown number. I picked it up and answered the call with the classical "Hello?" "Salam Utuh Ahmad," a woman's voice was on the other side of the line, "Are you here in MSU? This is Mam Dong" "Wassalam Ma'am," I replied, wondering why would our High School Registrar call me, "I am not in MSU now, but I can go there right away," "Ok, please do. I have an important matter to tell you," now I am getting more curious why I am being called at this time of day. "Insha Allah Ma'am, I am on my way," ==== Let's cut the long story short, I went to the High School department, met Ma'am Dong and our DSA Chairman Sir John, and was informed why I was called there: The High School Department will be holding a Recognition Program for the Honor Students the next day, and--out of time constraints and the desperation...

[Second Title: 9/11 the 10th: How the Muslims fought against Terror.] Published: September 11, 2011 If I will write about the whole story on 9/11, I don’t think I would be able to stop writing. There were just so many things that fly in through my mind each time I hear the infamous name: NINE-ELEVEN. On who’s really behind this grievous incident, I won’t talk about it. Let the critiques do their job. On weighing things out, on how many are the victims (the number of people who died during and after the incident), I cannot talk about it. Let the news feed your minds. But let me talk on a very short post on how this incident—even how much far it happened from where I am now—had greatly affected our ways of life. It will all boil down to a single fact: We were affected because we were (and still are) Muslims; and we did suffer the most. After the event that shook the whole world, the waves from the ‘epicenter’ of the shock resulted to too many incidents that followed it. The whole...

"Parang tiwala  pag namantsahan na! Mahirap nang linisin pa, di kayang burahin Kahit na anong gawin...! " Isa ito sa mga paborito kong linya sa kanta ng Parokya ni Edgar, "Choco Latte". Tungkol ito sa isang bagay na dapat ay pinaka-iingat-ingatan natin lahat: TIWALA. Naalala ko isang tahimik na gabi habang nagbabasa ako sa aking maliit na cotbed sa isng barko patungong Zamboanga (ayan, kwentuhan muna tayo)... Habang hinihintay na magsimulang tumulak ang barko, naisip kong bumili ng ilang makakain (pabaon). Dumaan yaring bata na nagbebenta ng sari-saring pagkain, Itlog at Junay*, Patulakan at Daral (mga tausug foods), tsaka sari-saring botelya ng mineral water, "Sting" at kalamansi juice. Bumili ako sa kanya ng ilang pagkain na hindi siguro umabot ng 50peso na halaga, at binigyan ko siya ng 200peso na pera, pambayad. (kayo na bahala sa Mathematics) "kah wayruun kanat-kanat mu?" nagtanong siya kung may barya ba ako na mas maliit sa 200. "A...

(Original version, Mixed Tausug and English Language) By Ahmad Musahari February 15, 2011 Conference Room, Division of Student Affairs’ Office MSU Main Campus Marawi City Assalamu Alaikum pa katan yari bihaun. Muna-muna magsukul kami ha paghadir sin mga kamagulangan, kamaasan sin kami daing ha Tubuh Sug iban RosulKarim, Luba labi na in Sultan Karimul Makhdum sin Iligan, Dr. Ben Kadil ; hinda Tuan Datu Abd El-fattah Alamhali , Tuan Datu Najar Morosali , Iban hi Datu Tuttuh Ensano . Iban na sin mga katawtaymanghuran namuh daing ha Swara Bangsa Student Organization (SBSO). Yari kita niyu bihaun nagpa-awn hambuuk semi-formal Symposium , piyagbaktulan sin mga parhimpuan nasabbut kaina, ha maksud makapag-imun-imun ha adlaw ini, adlaw nabilang kapag-anak ha nabiy natuh Muhammad S.A.W.; iban ha maksud na sambil hikapahati pa mga kabataan natuh diy ha Marawi in mga panghati, ilmuh, pangingat sin mga magulangan natuh ini especially regarding ha ...