Category: Agama

  • Noor Mastura: Is Singapore Relatively Racism-Free Because Singaporeans Are Naturally Nice Or Because Of Government Intervention?

    Noor Mastura: Is Singapore Relatively Racism-Free Because Singaporeans Are Naturally Nice Or Because Of Government Intervention?

    Hey Singapore.

    As I read all the posts today from my friends living in America – I can’t help but reflect as a Singaporean.

    The fact that Trump has gotten so far with his racist and xenophobic views does not show how good he is. It shows what America has become.

    Of course there are still incredible people on the ground, fighting the good fight and working hard to counter these views and many of my friends are amongst them – but there are millions who actually voted and support Trump and worse- his views.

    The upside of this is – if Trump never ran for Presidency, you would never know. You would never know that so many of your countrymen support xenophobia, racism and are misogynists. A scary revelation.

    Attacks on Muslims, Blacks & places of worship are on the rise. And these actions are validated and justified according to the attackers because the guy running for presidency supports it as well right?

    I wonder sometimes if Singapore is so ‘safe’ and ‘harmonious’ because we are genuinely nice people or because the government has set such stern laws against racism. What if that was lifted?

    How many of us would fight tooth and nail to keep the peace of our people?

    And would there actually be a bunch of us or worse, a whole lot of us – who will use that opportunity to finally vent out their vitriol and hate?

    What do you think?

     

    Source: Noor Mastura

     

  • Damanhuri Abas: Malay Community Don’t Want PAP’s ‘Useless Malay President’

    Damanhuri Abas: Malay Community Don’t Want PAP’s ‘Useless Malay President’

    There is no pride for any person to be offered a token position to be a puppet to sing the tune of his or her master. To then use race as a justification when we all know it is a mere excuse to look magnanimous when in reality it is a disgusting use of racial sentiments to further political interest of a Party in power worried that someone else will open up the books.

    For God sake, discrimination exists for the last 50 years in their own institutions justified by strange ancient suspicion of an entire race that discounts the malays as untrustworthy for so-called ‘sensitive position’ in the SAF. Solve that misnomer first and be more honest to us as equal citizens of this country. Malays have sacrificed their lives in the hundreds on Bukit Chandu fighting the Japanese. If that is not enough to trust our loyalty to this land than tell us what will, instead of lying to the entire race?

    We don’t want your useless Malay president.

     

    Source: Damanhuri Abas

  • Singapore Committed To Support The Capacity-Building Efforts Of The Palestinian People

    Singapore Committed To Support The Capacity-Building Efforts Of The Palestinian People

    Senior Minister of State for Defence and Foreign Affairs, Dr Mohamad Maliki Osman, who is currently on a working visit to the Palestinian Territories, met Palestinian National Authority (PNA) President Mahmoud Abbas and other PNA leaders on Monday (Nov 7).

    During the meetings, Dr Maliki reiterated Singapore’s commitment to support the capacity-building efforts of the Palestinian people, said a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) statement.

    MFA added that as a follow-up to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s visit to Ramallah in April 2016, Singapore would appoint Mr Hawazi Daipi as the Republic’s non-resident Representative to the PNA to coordinate Singapore’s Enhanced Technical Assistance Package (ETAP) for the Palestinians.

    “The PNA leaders welcomed the appointment,” the statement said.

    During his visit to Ramallah, Mr Lee had announced a doubling of Singapore’s technical assistance package to the PNA from S$5 million to S$10 million.

    The package covers study visits to Singapore, priority places in training courses on education, anti-corruption and economic development, and postgraduate scholarships.

    Since 2013, Singapore has hosted six study visits under ETAP, including the most recent one last month by a delegation led by the PNA Minister of Education and Higher Education Dr Sabri Saidam. TODAY understands that there has been an increase in study visit requests to Singapore as well as in technical training applications by Palestinian officials since Mr Lee’s visit in April.

    Mr Hawazi Daipi, who was Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Manpower and Education before leaving politics last year, will be resident in Singapore and make occasional visits to the Palestinian Territories.

    The appointment is not a diplomatic one as Singapore does not recognise the state of Palestine. Other countries such as New Zealand and Japan have appointed similar representatives to PNA.

    Dr Maliki is currently on a five-day visit to the Middle East. On Monday, he also met PNA Prime Minister Dr Rami Hamdallah, Foreign Affairs Ministers Dr Riyad Al-Maliki, Dr Saidam, and Minister of National Economy Abeer Odeh.

    In the meetings, Dr Maliki also reiterated Singapore’s consistent position and longstanding support for the two-state solution with Israel and Palestine living side-by-side in peace and security, said MFA.

    “He expressed the hope that both sides would resume negotiations and make progress towards a just and durable solution.”

    Dr Maliki will visit the Palestine Red Crescent Society Headquarters and meet the Mayor of Al Bireh Municipality Fawazi Abed Salim to convey a donation of books provided by the National Library Board to the Al Bireh Public Library on Tuesday, after which he will depart the Palestinian Territories for Jordan.

     

    Source: TODAY Online

  • Kelongsong Besi Didakwa Peluru, Ibu Marah Polis Cuba Soal Siasat Anak Berusia 7 Tahun

    Kelongsong Besi Didakwa Peluru, Ibu Marah Polis Cuba Soal Siasat Anak Berusia 7 Tahun

    Ibu kepada seorang murid Muslim menuduh kakitangan di sekolah anaknya itu ‘bersikap diskriminasi’ setelah para guru tersalah sangka dan menganggap kelongsong besi yang dibawa masuk ke dalam bilik darjah adalah peluru lalu menelefon polis.

    Pelajar berkenaan, yang berusia tujuh tahun, mendakwa kelongsong besi tersebut adalah “peluru” dan memberitahu para guru bahawa abang beliau, yang menyertai kursus kadet tentera, pernah memegang senjata, lapor laman Daily Mail.

    Oleh sebab itu, kakitangan di Sekolah Rendah Katolik St Edward, Birmingham memaklumkan kepada Polis West Midlands dan para pegawai dikerahkan ke rumah pelajar tersebut.

    Ibu pelajar itu, yang tidak didedahkan namanya tetapi merupakan seorang ahli akademik di Universiti West Midlands berkata, beliau mendapat tahu tentang keadaan tersebut setelah pegawai polis tiba di rumahnya dan mula bertanya soalan tentang anaknya.

    RESPONS MUNGKIN BERBEZA “JIKA ANAK BERKULIT PUTIH”

    Beliau memberitahu Sunday Times, kehadiran polis di rumahnya “menakutkan” dan beliau percaya respons kakitangan di sekolah itu mungkin berbeza “jika anak beliau berkulit putih”.

    Beliau menambah: “Saya tidak rasa sekolah tersebut akan memperbesarkannya jika kami bukan Muslim. Ia seolah-olah kami perlu membuktikan bahawa kami tidak bersalah, berbanding mereka membuktikan yang mereka mempunyai asas yang kukuh untuk menyoal kami atau membuktikan kami bersalah.”

    Ibu pelajar itu enggan membenarkan polis menyoal anaknya tetapi kelongsong besi tersebut diperiksa dan tiada tindakan lanjut diambil.

    Beliau memberitahu Tell Mama, iaitu sebuah pertubuhan yang menyokong mangsa anti-Muslim, insiden itu “mengarut” dan tindakan mereka seperti tidak menggunakan akal.

    Beliau juga menambah: “Sekolah itu dan polis bersikap menindas dan tanpa sebab yang munasabah mencurigai budak berusia tujuh tahun; mereka membuatkan anak saya tertekan dan ini sebenarnya boleh dielakkan.”

    SEMUA PELAJAR DILAYAN SAMA RATA

    Menyusuli insiden tersebut, Pengetua St Edwards Joanne Kennett memberitahu Sunday Times: “Kami sudahpun meminta maaf kepada ibu kanak-kanak berkenaan kerana menyebabkan mereka sekeluarga berasa tertekan.”

    “Kami juga menjelaskan duduk perkara sebenar, kerana pelajar tersebut menyebut tentang senapang, maka kami bertanggungjawab merujuk insiden itu kepada pihak berkuasa,” tambah Cik Kennett.

    “Sebagai sebuah sekolah Katolik, semua pelajar dilayan dengan sama rata dan kami berbangga kerana mempunyai para pelajar dan kakitangan dari latar belakang yang pelbagai.”

    “Sebelum ini pernah berlaku insiden yang serupa daripada pelajar yang bukan Muslim dan tindakan yang sama diambil,” ujar Cik Kennett.

    Polis West Midlands menyatakan, para pegawai dikerahkan ke sekolah tersebut dan ke rumah pelajar lelaki berkenaan setelah menerima aduan “seorang pelajar membawa peluru ke kelas”.

    Menurut seorang jurucakap: “Alat itu diperiksa dan didapati bukan peluru dan tiada tindakan lanjut diambil.”

    Ketua Detektif Inspektor Nick Dale berkata: “Para pegawai akan sentiasa menjalankan siasatan yang teliti terhadap sebarang aduan tentang pemilikan senjata api dan peluru secara haram di kalangan masyarakat.”

    Source: Berita MediaCorp

  • Faizal Tahir Perjelas Kontroversi Kulit Album; Dituduh “Iluminati, Murtad”

    Faizal Tahir Perjelas Kontroversi Kulit Album; Dituduh “Iluminati, Murtad”

    Penyanyi Faizal Tahir memperjelaskan bahawa kulit album terbarunya berjudul Anatomi ada kaitan dengan beberapa perkara dalam kehidupannya.

    “Sejak kulit album ini keluar banyak tanggapan positif dan negatif saya terima, ada yang kata ia iluminati, freemason dan ada juga yang nampak ia seperti salib dan menuduh saya murtad.

    “Secara dasarnya kulit album Anatomi ini simbolik kepada lagu-lagu dalam album ini dan beberapa benda yang berkaitan dengan kehidupan saya,” kata beliau kepada mStar Online.

    Beliau juga menambah beliau mempunyai kepercayaan yang kuat terhadap Allah dan percaya Allah sentiasa memberi bimbingan kepadanya, tambah laporan mStar Online.

    Penyanyi lagu Assalamualaikum itu menjelaskan kontroversi kulit album baru yang menjadi viral di laman sosial sejak ia dikeluarkan minggu lalu.

    Beliau menerangkan bahawa simbol kuda merupakan lambang tahun kelahirannya, manakala sayap pula berkaitan dengan pasukan bola sepak kegemarannya iaitu Liverpool.

    mStar Online melaporkan bahawa menurut Faizal, gambar wanita berpurdah pula merupakan simbol rasa hormatnya kepada kaum wanita yang menutup aurat dan gambar kanak-kanak berkepala televisyen pula menonjolkan kanak-kanak zaman sekarang yang terlalu terdedah kepada internet dan televisyen.

    “Foto saya empat tangan dan kaki serta tidak berbaju pula adalah lambang lukisan Leonardo da Vincci. Ada juga yang mempersoalkan tentang aurat kerana saya tidak berbaju dalam kulit album ini.

    “Bagi saya ramai lagi penyanyi wanita yang kulit album tidak bertudung dan mendedahkan aurat,” ujarnya kepada mStar Online.

    Source: Berita MediaCorp

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