Vice President Hamzah Haz

Vice President Hamzah Haz

From Republika

I was pleased reading Pak Hamzah Haz's account published in
Republika on Aug. 13. I was glad to note that he had been
conducting the dawn prayers in his neighborhood mosque. We know
that grand mosques are ubiquitous but they are usually deserted,
especially for the dawn prayers.

However, as Pak Hamzah becomes more preoccupied with his job
and now that he has moved to a new house where there are no
nearby mosques, I fear he will no longer be able to continue his
morning ritual. Pak Hamzah, is the distance from your house to
the mosques a problem for you? I hope not, Sir. In fact, this is
be a good opportunity for you, both as a Muslim and a Vice
President, to show your piety.

Pak Hamzah, please keep up your good practice. If security is
the problem, you could pray in different mosques every morning.
Ask your guards which mosque to go to. Hopefully, the guards
themselves will become more pious and might even start praying
with you. Can you imagine how many mosques you will be able to
visit before 2004 and the blessings you will be bestowed upon?

God will bless us if we make some effort or sacrifices. I
hope you will set a good example for us. There are still many
Muslims out there who, although are awakened by the dawn prayer,
call, choose to continue sleeping, enjoying the warmth of Satan's
blanket rather than carrying God's flag.

I hope to have the opportunity to pray with you. You may say
that "the present Hamzah is no different from the Hamzah of
yesterday." But I can say that "today's Hamzah is better than
yesterday's Hamzah". Amen.

GITO ROLLIES

Jakarta