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It's fitrah for a man to want entertainment. And I believe Islam has never say no to this. When we say about entertainment, please don't narrow your mind to just music and movies. Poetry, novel, theatres and even watching the nature etc. are just few examples I could think (of entertainment) at the moment. But it's sad, and almost heart-breaking to see a phenomenon back home where the scenario is no longer different from the Western world. I have always said to myself, at least back home, where it has been declared as an Islamic country, it would have been better in sense of morale and entertainment compared to here. But how wrong was I? It was sort of a joke that my friends and I had sometimes not too long ago: 'Got a culture shock as soon as the plane landed on KLIA'. I wonder if we all could make a difference... And I believe if we work hard enough, we will, InsyaAllah. After all, I've realized that there's a new raise of awareness in these kind of issues in the young people's minds now. Yes, the new generation of Muslim youth have realized issues regarding Islam and have realized that Islam in NOT just a religion and there's absolutely NO term of secular ever exist in Islam... But, we have to unite and work together, and put aside our differences and open up our minds to any comment and ideas...

"Saya benar-benar kebingungan. Bagi seorang yang hidup 11 tahun di perantauan, kembali ke Malaysia di era seperti hari ini, memang membingungkan. Semasa di Ireland, saya sudah mendengar tempias American Idol yang sesekali menghiasi dada akhbar Irish Independent dan lain-lain. Talk of the town kadangkala diisi dengan isu siapakah yang sepatutnya mewakili Ireland ke acara Eurovision Contest yang sememangnya tempat pertama pertandingan itu sinonim dengan penyanyi dari Ireland zaman berzaman khususnya penyanyi seperti Johnny Logan. Namun ia hanya acara biasa. Kerja-kerja harian orang ramai berlangsung seperti biasa... tiada yang luar biasa...."

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