Regional Forum (ASEAN) Jinn and Sihr in Medicine
Challenges & Opportunities for Modern Muslim Doctors
Dates: 29-30 Nov 2014
Venue: Senate Hall 5th Floor Chancellory Building UKM
Presenters
- Dr Sagiran Sukardi MD, MSc, PhD, FINACS, FIC – Medical Faculty, Universiti Muhammadiyyah Yogjakarta, Indonesia
- Ustaz Fadhlan Mohd Yasir – President, Asosiasi Ruqyah Syar’iyyah Indonesia
- En Hamidi Abdul Rahman – MSc, President, Professional Islamic Support and Nurture Group (PISANG) United Kingdom
- YBhg Dr Amir Shahmi Bin Md Ali (M.B.B.S, I.I.U.M) EXCO R&D GAPPIMA
Updated 10 Nov 2014
This Forum is organized by a Research Group LRGS/TD/2012/USM-UKM/KT/03, in collaboration with GAPPIMA (Gabungan Persatuan Pengamal Pengubatan Islam Malaysia) and PISANG (Professional Islamic Support and Nurture Group) is a not-for-profit organisation registered in England. It is not organized by the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities UKM. This research project, focusing on Islamic Complementary Medicine, is a sub-project of Holographic Transdisciplinary Conservation 203/PTS/67270007. The participation in the forum is by invitation and by request. Medical doctors, complementary medicine practitioners and researchers are most welcome. The seats are limited to 150 participants only.
Updated 12 Nov 2014
This Regional Forum is not funded by Selangor Zakat Council (LZS), or GAPPIMA or PISANG. Instead, it is funded by the research grant. The three organizations are in collaboration with the research group in conducting this Regional Forum; this is the REASON for having their logos on the poster.
Updated 13 Nov 2014
Since Nov 2013, the research group has been conducting a series of academic discourse on related topics in the Malay language. Top religious scholars in the country, medical doctors, Islamic complementary medical practitioners and researchers in the related fields had been participating in the following events.
- Wacana 1: Definisi Dan Skop Perubatan Islam Kontemporari. 27 Nov 2013. Puri Pujangga UKM
- Wacana 2: Perubatan Islam – Kaedah Diagnosa Jin dan Mengeluarkan Jin dari Pesakit. 21 Disember 2014. Puri Pujangga UKM
- Wacana 3: Metodologi Diagnosis Penyakit Fizikal dan Penyakit Gangguan Jin: Satu Perbandingan. 28 Jan 2014. Puri Pujangga UKM
- Wacana 4:Perubatan Islam: Darah dan Kesan Jin Dalam Darah 16 Feb 2014. Puri Pujangga UKM
- Wacana 5: Penyediaan Panduan Masuk Ke Hospital untuk Pengamal Perubatan Islam. 1 Julai 2014. Puri Pujangga UKM
This Regional Forum is another series of academic discourse which will be held on 29 and 30 November 2014. The main purpose of this forum is to compile information on the given topic.
More academic discourses on related topics will be held in 2015. Leave your name and email or contact number (in the box below) if you are interested to participate in our next events.
Updated 16 Nov 2014
This forum is a form of data collection procedure for sub-research Project no. 3, one of the five projects in a Long Term Research Grant, entitled “Conceptualizing Local Knowledge : A Study Of Sustainable Values In Local Wisdom And Indigenous Science”. The total cost for this project is RM7.7 millon, headed by USM. Sub-research project no. 3 is led by UKM.
- Project 1 : Prof. Haron Daud (UMK): Studying The Aspects of Malays Traditional Healing & its Comparative Studies with Chinese and Indian
- Project 2 : Prof. Emeritus Dato’ Muhamad Ghouse Nassuruddin (USM). Studying Performance aspects in Malay Traditional Healing Practices
- Project 3 : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Supyan Hussin (UKM). Holographic Transdisciplinary Conservation.
- Project 4 : Prof. Badaruddin Mohamed (USM). Contemporizing Transdisciplinary Knowledge Transfer & Management.
- Project 5 : Prof. Madya Dr. Tarmiji Masron (USM). Innovative Local Knowledge Repository Support System
Updated 17 Nov 2014
This research does not focus on shaman or bomoh, or traditional Malay healing practices. It focuses only on Islamic complementary medicine. The term of “complementary” here is not about displacing or replacing the modern medicine. It is not an “alternative” to modern medicine. Instead, it complements modern healing practices. It does not use any form of intermediaries like Jinn or an alien in the healing process. At the end of this research, the outcomes are expected to contribute to formulation of legal procedures to curb sihr (black magic) in the society, carry out forensic investigation of foreign items extracted from the body of the patients-victims, and enforce penalties on black magic practitioners, if found guilty.
Updated 26 Nov 2014
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Dr Hafizah is not able to make it as a panelist in the forum, and Dr Amir Shahmi B. Md Ali, a medical practitioner and a GAPPIMA member, agreed to sit in as a panelist.
Islamic Complementary Medicine: Ruqyah Therapy 
I applaud all of your efforts to formulate legal procedures against those who wish harm upon others through the use of sihr, a cruel method unseen by the naked eye. Proving someone guilty of this requires very tangible proofs as such not to put the blame on an innocent person. I am very much interested in this, not as a researcher, but as a layperson who has fallen victim to this practice of black magic. Given the nature of this crime being subtle and deliberately set in such a manner that it defies logic, going through, and still going through, this experience has weakened me in some ways and at times made me desperately clutch at every effort to stop myself from going insane. It is a lonely cry for help but yet others, especially close ones, look at me as if I am making everything up. For your information, I recently finally gave up on my pursuit of getting a PhD, as the stress of getting ill too often had taken a toll on my research.
Since the registration of the seminar has already closed, is it possible for me to access to any videos of the talks? My intention is to understand more of what I’m going through using an academic platform, that I’m not alone in this struggle to cure myself, and that there is a way to get justice for the crime committed.
Thank you very much for reading this. May Allah bless all your effort to put a stop to using black magic.
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