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" Dia Kurang Handsome, Dia Miskin, Tiada Siapa Nak Buat Menantu. Tapi Bila Dia Meninggal Dunia, Nabi Muhammad SAW Gali Kubur Dia Guna Tangan Sendiri. " Kita hidup dalam dunia yang kejam sebenarnya, di mana nilai seseorang itu sering diukur pada jenama baju yang dia pakai, jenis kereta yang dia pandu atau seberapa elok rupa paras dia bila dimuat naik di media sosial. Kalau kacak, semua benda jadi mudah, tapi kalau rupa kurang siap, silap-silap nak bagi salam pun orang buat tak dengar. Tapi, lebih 1,400 tahun dulu di Madinah, ada seorang lelaki yang nasibnya jauh lebih malang daripada itu bernama Julaybib. Hari Jumaat penuh barakah, penghulu segala hari. Dia ni bukan setakat miskin, malah rupa parasnya dikatakan sangat tidak menarik, pendek dan kulitnya hitam legam sampaikan orang-orang Madinah masa tu kalau boleh tak nak terserempak dengan dia. Julaybib ni hidup sebatang kara, tak ada kabilah yang kuat nak backup dia, tidur pun merata-rata berbantalkan lengan dan dia sering me...

Frankie D'Cruz is the author of this article When a football association is punished for forged documents, the smallest test of its recovery is whether it chooses transparency over convenience. Yesterday, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) failed that test. The question is not whether Noor Azman Rahman “served his suspension”. That is a procedural matter, and a narrow one. The real question is whether FAM still believes in accountability that can withstand scrutiny, especially when international credibility, police investigations and the trust of a long-disillusioned football community are at stake. By reinstating its general secretary while both the police and Fifa continue to investigate the naturalised players scandal, FAM has chosen expediency over prudence. It has cleared its own decks while external authorities are still asking basic questions. That decision may be defensible in a thin procedural sense. In the court that matters most — public confidence — it is deeply...