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JAKIM: Celebrating Valentine’s Day Is Haram, Contradicts Teachings Of Islam

The Practice of Celebrating Valentine’s Day is HARAM & Contradicts the Teachings of Islam – Fatwa of the Research Panel of Faith and the Research Panel of Syari’a of the Malaysian Department of Islamic Development (JAKIM)

Here are excerpts of the research paper, “Avoid Celebrating Valentine’s Day”, available at Islam.gov.my

✦ Avoid Celebrating Valentine’s Day

The celebration of Valentine’s Day began to influence our society’s culture, especially among the youngsters, around the end of the 1980s along with the emergence of television broadcasts showing advertisements or films with the celebration as the theme.

Valentine’s Day celebration becomes more popular among the younger generations due to the influx of foreign culture through various media channels either electronic or print. The celebration is known to them as a day to celebrate love, which according to them, is the most appropriate moment to express the feeling of love and affection towards their dearest or loved ones.

✦ 14 February was the Date Christians Defeated Muslims in Cordova

Historically, the word Valentine was after a Christian priest during the reign of Queen Isabella of Spain which was Saint Valentine. His success in defeating the Islamic government in Cordova, Spain on 14 February 270 AD gave a deep meaning to Queen Isabella so much so that he was regarded as the lover of her beloved people. Hence, February 14 is celebrated every year by the people of Cordova to celebrate the victorious day with a celebration called Valentine.

✦ Valentine’s Day is a Christian Festival

History has clearly shown that Valentine’s Day is a religious festival celebrated by the Christians. If we refer to the statements of the Christians today, they still regard Valentine’s Day as a ritual in Christianity.

In the website Spiritrestoration.org: The Premier, Ecumenical Christian Website. A Resource for Mature Christians and Scholars under the topic Definition of Religious Holy Days, under the index of Saint Valentine’s Day, it is stated that:

“Christian celebration of the love of God presented in Jesus and in the lives of Christian believers. St Valentine was a 3rd century martyr. This day is widely observed in the USA as a secular celebration of love”.

Written in the Catholic Encyclopaedia’s website, the recognition and in any version on St. Valentine, was that all of them were regarded as martyrs. A quote stated: “At least three different Saint Valentines, all of them are Martyrs, mentioned in the early martyrologies under the date of 14 February”.

Based on the above facts, it is clear that Valentine’s Day is one of the celebrations which have become a ritual practice of Christianity. This automatically contradicts a principle of Islam which does not allow its followers to imitate the identity of another religion or ways of life especially in the matters involving the faith of Islam.

✦ Muslims Must Have Distinct Identities

Islam cares and desires for all Muslims to have distinct identities which are different from the people of other religions. Therefore, the appreciation of the Islamic faith, the execution of ibadah, muamalah and moral as well as other traditions of the Muslims should not be the same and similar to other religion followers. In other words, Muslims must not mix their own faith and devotion with the faith and devotion of other religions.

Allah s.w.t. has said:
Say, “O disbelievers, I do not worship what you worship. Nor are you worshippers of what I worship. Nor will I be a worshipper of what you worship. Nor will you be worshippers of what I worship. For you is your religion, and for me is my religion.” (Al-Kafirun verses 1-6)

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In this matter, the Research Panel of Faith and the Research Panel of Syari’a of the Malaysian Department of Islamic Development (JAKIM) have decided that “the practice of celebrating Valentine’s Day is haram and contradicts the teachings of Islam”. The 71st Fatwa Committee of the National Council for Islamic Affairs Malaysia Meeting which was held from 22 to 24 November 2005 concluded that: “The practice of celebrating Valentine’s Day has never been recommended by Islam. The spirit of the celebration has elements of Christianity and the practice, which is mixed with sinful acts, is contradictory and prohibited by Islam. Thus the practice of celebrating Valentine’s Day is not encouraged by Islam”.

Source: Islamiq Sg

February 14, 2017
Aman Samat: Lt Adnan Saidi – Pejuang Bumi Tercinta

Leftenan Adnan b Saidi – Al Fateha

14 Februari
gugur seorang pahlawan sejati
Leftenan Adnan bin Saidi
demi mempertahankan ibu pertiwi
dari serangan Jepun bertubi-tubi
Bukit Chandu tempat terjadi

biar putih tulang jangan putih mata
menjadi pegangan semua anggota
titisan darah terakhir dengan rela
walau bekalan peluru hampir tiada
menentang musuh dengan waspada
meneruskan perjuangan walaupun cedera
inilah pertempuran paling sengit di Singapura

sedarlah rakyat Singapura sekelian
keberanian ketaatan Leftenan Adnan
tidak ada pada diri pejuang sekarang
bukan kerana wang atau kedudukan
demi negara jiwa dikorbankan
wajar beliau diagungkan
diingati zaman ke zaman
dikenang setiap tahunan
menjadi ikutan generasi akan datang

Leftenan Adnan Saidi
kau sentiasa lekat di hati

Aman Samat
13 February 2017

Source: Aman Samat

February 14, 2017
Warga Singapura, Dr Husaini Abdul Hafiz, Meninggal Dunia Sedang Dalam Perjalanan Ke Kerja Di New Zealand

Seorang lelaki warga Singapura rebah dan meninggal dunia ketika berjalan kaki ke tempat kerja di Hagley Park di Christchurch, New Zealand pagi tadi (13 Feb).

BERITAMediacorp diberitahu, Dr Husaini Abdul Hafiz, 50 tahun, merupakan seorang doktor di Lembaga Kesihatan Daerah Canterbury dan sudah bekerja dan menetap di New Zealand bersama keluarganya sejak lapan hingga sembilan tahun lepas.

ANTARA KARYAWAN PERUBATAN YANG BENTUK MHPA

Allahyarham di kalangan sekumpulan karyawan perubatan yang membentuk Persatuan Karyawan Jagaan Kesihatan Islam (MHPA) dan juga aktif bergiat di badan bukan pemerintah Mercy Relief sebelum menetap di New Zealand.

Allahyarham Dr Husaini sebelum ini pernah mempunyai klinik GP di Blok 516 Choa Chu Kang, iaitu Hafiz Clinic & Surgery.

Menurut laman stuff.co.nz, polis dimaklumkan tentang kejadian yang berlaku berhampiran Hospital Christchurch itu pada sekitar 8.15 pagi tadi (waktu tempatan).

Sebahagian laluan pejalan kaki di kawasan tersebut sudah dikepung, menurut laporan itu.

Abang Allahyarham Encik Husaini, Encik Alwi Abdul Hafiz, berkata beliau dan keluarganya belum pasti tentang punca kematiannya.

AKTIF DI MEDIA SOSIAL BEBERAPA JAM SEBELUM KEJADIAN

Namun Encik Alwi, penasihat di Golden Veroleum Liberia, 54 tahun, berkata Allahyarham masih aktif di media sosial hanya beberapa jam sebelum kejadian itu berlaku.

“Setakat ini kami hanya tahu beliau ketika itu dalam perjalanan ke tempat kerja. Beliau memang selalu berjalan kaki ke tempat kerja,” kata Encik Alwi, yang juga anggota Suara Musyawarah.

“Kami kerap berhubungan di media sosial, dan beliau masih aktif di media sosial hanya beberapa jam sebelum kejadian itu berlaku, jadi ini satu kejutan untuk kami semua,” tambahnya lagi ketika dihubungi BERITAMediacorp.

Encik Alwi berkata adiknya tidak diketahui menghidapi sebarang penyakit sebelum ini.

Kali terakhir mereka bertemu adalah apabila Allahyarham berkunjung ke Singapura lewat tahun lalu.

Menurut Encik Alwi, Allahyarham meninggalkan seorang isteri dan lima anak – dua anak lelaki dan tiga anak perempuan – berusia 7 tahun hingga 20an tahun.

Encik Alwi memberitahu BERITAMediacorp, Allahyarham akan dikebumikan di New Zealand. Beliau dan keluarganya akan ke New Zealand nanti untuk upacara pengebumian Allahyarham.

Encik Alwi berkata anak lelaki kedua Allahyarham, yang sedang menjalani Perkhidmatan Negara (NS) di Singapura, akan turut ke sana untuk menatap wajah ayahnya buat kali terakhir.

Sementara itu, Detektif Sarjan Kanan Mark Worner ditukil laman stuff.co.nz sebagai berkata, lelaki yang ditemui meninggal dunia di Hagley Park dipercayai rebah ketika dalam perjalanan ke tempat kerja.

Seorang jurucakap polis menambah kematian itu tidak mencurigakan dan kes itu sudah dirujuk kepada pihak koroner.

Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

February 13, 2017
Abdul Salim Harun: If Halimah Yacob Becomes President, By-Election Should Be Called For Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC

As a resident and voter of Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC and residing under the Marsiling Constituency helm by Mdm Halimah Yacob, I hope that she can be forthcoming and inform her residents of her intention on the upcoming Presidential Election.

If she intents to run for the Presidency, a By-Election should be called considering that a GRC should consist of a minority MP. Currently, all her other colleagues in the GRC are all Chinese.

Aside from that, it is only right that residents and voters of Marsiling Constituency should have their own MP and representative in Parliament, an MP they can called their own, and not MPs loan from other wards.

The next General Election will only be held 3 years down the road and it is not right for Marsiling Constituency to be left without their own MP.

Furthermore, the Government had already stated that the GRC scheme was implemented to enshrined minority representation in Parliament and at least one of the MPs in the GRC must be from the minority race.

As can be seen from the current Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC, Mdm Halimah is the only minority MP in the GRC while the other 3 are of the Chinese race. If she intents to run for the Presidency, the GRC will be left without a minority MP.

So, Chan Chun Sing is totally wrong when he says that there’s not a need for any By-Election in regards of his “Mdm President” if she were to leave the GRC.

I hope Mdm Speaker will not leave her residents hanging and a By-Election should be called if she really leaves the GRC to contest the Presidential Election.

Source: Abdul Salim Harun

February 13, 2017
New Award For Students Pays Tribute To Malay War Hero, Lt Adnan Saidi

A war hero’s name now graces a new award for tertiary students who embody his fighting spirit, 75 years after he died valiantly in battle defending Singapore.

The SMEF-Lieutenant Adnan Award from the Singapore Muslim Education Fund (SMEF) will go to students who have excelled in their studies in the face of adversity, or proven their leadership mettle in a uniformed group.

It pays tribute to Lt Adnan Saidi who died fighting the Japanese in the Battle of Pasir Panjang during World War II. His platoon in the Malay Regiment was vastly outnumbered, but Lt Adnan rallied his men in a battle to the bitter end.

SMEF chairman Ameen Talib told The Sunday Times yesterday: “Lt Adnan is a symbol of bravery, leadership, resilience and determination, which we thought were perfect virtues for our younger generation to aspire towards.”

He noted that the introduction of the award was timely, coming on the 75th anniversary of the fall of Singapore.

The $700 award was given out for the first time yesterday, in a ceremony at Mamanda Restaurant in Kampong Glam.

Among the three recipients was 19-year-old Nurhaliza Ramli who, despite her troubled family background, has excelled in her media management course at Nanyang Polytechnic.

She has never met her mother, and her father, who was released from jail two years back and is partially blind, lives in a halfway house.

After her grandmother died in 2007, Ms Nurhaliza spent years shuttling between her relatives’ homes. She now lives with her taxi-driver uncle and his family.

After she graduates, she plans to find a job to help her save up for part-time university courses.

“I want to support myself and lighten the burden on my uncle, who has to think of his three children too,” she said. “Sometimes I do feel down, but I always tell myself to focus on the future. That’s something I can control.”

At the ceremony, Minister of State for Communications and Information and Education Janil Puthucheary gave out $41,000 worth of awards to a bumper crop of 12 students.

This is the SMEF’s largest disbursement since it was set up in 2013. Its initial focus was on supporting Malay/Muslim students pursue law and medicine overseas.

Yesterday, six medical students received the $5,000 SMEF Medicine Award, while three law students were given the $3,000 SMEF-Professor Ahmad Ibrahim Award, which is named after Singapore’s first attorney-general.

Said Dr Ameen: “There were very few Malay/Muslim professionals in these fields, and so we wanted to encourage and support students doing law and medicine.”

“Now, we want to look at other segments. We want to encourage those who have done their best against all odds, in any field.”

Source: www.straitstimes.com

February 13, 2017