Ustaz Jaafar bin Ali – Ladang Fatima’s resident Ustaz

Uztaz Jaafar bin Hj Ali, with his trusty motorcycle.

Maybe I should not call Ustaz Jaafar Ali our resident Ustaz, but as the imam of the nearby Surau Kampung Hilir and as my partner Zai’s former Guru Agama, he is as much a Ladang Fatima family member as the rest of us.
 
Ustaz Jaafar bin Ali, 49 is [...]

Marketing of our goats – it may not be as easy as the Jabatan Veterinar or the Kursus Kambing people make it out to be

The basis of the mushrooming number of goat farms seem to be the concerted efforts by the Jabatan Veterinar to create self sufficiency of goat meat and related products in Malaysia. To support this, a table of the gross shortage is often shown and quoted repeatedly.
The summary as it relates to goats is shown here:
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Ibadah Qurban (Udhiyyah or Animal Sacrifice)

This post is based on a research paper I asked an Islamic scholar to write. This paper was written almost three years ago, when Ladang Fatima was still a vision. Though I have his permission to print this article, he has requested for anonymity. I’ll be happy to pass on any comments anyone may have [...]