i attended reading circles juz now and it was really worth the trip to school hehe. biasela every1 asked me wad happened 2 my arm,...and i said 'takde pape, tercabut je' hhahah anyway, the guest speakers from muis were ustz al-bakri and ustaz murad who were excellent in elaborating and offering new perspectives on muslim minorities. well the discussion opened with a wave of political inquisitions on muslim countries like iraq n iran as minority countries being taken advantaged of by the so called majority.

a brief summary of wad they said: Muslim minorities are not static. it entails an evolving identity to keep up with the changing times. the attitudes of minorities have to reflect what they believe and not contribute to misperception. for example, dr al-bakri mentioned wen he visited muslim countries, leaders were late for meetings or dressed sloppily...this attribute to the attitude shown and hence cause us 2 formulate and judge based on attitude hence the need 2 inject positivism to exude confidence. This two entail image. Image is of great importance...u portray an image wad u wan others 2 see u as so that they will react accordingly, otherwise u can be prone 2 misperception and negative vibes. ustaz murad also added that as muslim minorities, we have 2 look inwards ie look at ourselves. dont be so outward looking that u point fingers and blame others. we ourselves have 2 reflect and change. Minority groups have 2 create circles of influence to disseminate ideas dat will prove beneficial to one and all...