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  • Stop This Singaporean Spreading Hatred Between Muslims And Christians

    Stop This Singaporean Spreading Hatred Between Muslims And Christians

    This intolerant person by the name of Elisa Thulasirani is spreading hatred between Christians and Muslims in Singapore by posting crap like this in her Facebook (refer to pictures). Some of the messages are pretty contradictory, wonder did she really read through the Quran and Hadith or simply cut paste from misleading websites.

    Does her religion teaches her to mock on other religions? There are tonnes of websites over the internet that publishes on the flaws and inconsistencies of the Bible but common sense ( if this lady has one) will tell you how authenticated these websites are. So get your facts right before blindly commenting on other religions.

    Be civilized and learn to respect other religions. We are living in a multi cultural society. Keep your views on religion to your own pethatic self. I hope the authorities will look into this matter.

    xarome
    A.S.S. Contributor

    Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

  • Maarof Salleh: Don’t Be Taken In By Rahayu Mahzam, Nothing Will Change

    Maarof Salleh: Don’t Be Taken In By Rahayu Mahzam, Nothing Will Change

    When MP Rahayu Mahzan again raised the tudung issue in her maiden parliamentary speech, I cannot but be a bit more cynical in asking whether this is again a new ‘sandiwara’, and not a serious effort, in trying to persuade the national leadership to review its position on the subject.

    The fact is the subject has been there long before Rahayu been recruited into politics, with so many dialogues and debates. But the position of the government has remained unchanged.

    Like some others, I too feel such an unchanged position cannot but raise other related questions. Whether we (the national leadership and the Malay Muslim community) really understood the issue and did not react wrongly out of the misunderstanding or misperceptions of the issue? Whether those responsible for the task to explain and clarify on the issue have really done their work without fear and favour? If every possible explanation have been made why there have been no change in the leadership position in this issue?

    While Rahayu’s re-raising the issue is refreshing, it is the sentiment of many that it will be yet another sandiwara in which the issue will pop up now and then, but no happy ending can be expected.

     

    Source: Maarof Salleh

  • Yaacob Ibrahim: Informal Religious Groups Formed By Foreign Workers Should Work With Mosques, MUIS

    Yaacob Ibrahim: Informal Religious Groups Formed By Foreign Workers Should Work With Mosques, MUIS

    Informal religious groups formed by foreign workers here should step forward to engage with mosques and the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS) so that they could better tap the resources available, said Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs, yesterday.

    In light of the arrests of 27 radicalised Bangladeshi workers in Singapore, the spotlight has turned on radicalised teachings that could easily be spread through informal religious study groups conducted by the foreign workers themselves, as mosques here lack the resources and manpower to reach out to them.

    TODAY had earlier reported that mosques in the Little India and Bugis areas that are frequently visited by the foreign workers do not have religious classes that specifically catered to them.

    “We know that some of the foreign groups in Singapore do have their own members of their community who are actually guiding them,” said Dr Yaacob, who is also the Minister for Communications and Information.

    “The most important thing is that whoever is playing that role, please engage MUIS, because we want to make sure that whatever they are teaching is aligned with our teachings, with the way we practise Islam here in Singapore,” he said on the sidelines of a graduation ceremony for students from Egypt’s Al-Azhar University at the Muis Academy.

    Dr Yaacob said there is a need for some graduates to stand up and publicly rebut the radical ideologies which some members of the community may have. “(What) is needed (is) for someone to come out specifically to break down someone’s radical arguments and why they are wrong and (in) which areas they are wrong and then hope that they can also find the errors of the radical ideologies, not (only) from a religious perspective, but (also) from a humanistic sociological analysis,” he said.

    Meanwhile, speaking in Parliament yesterday, Associate Professor Fatimah Lateef (Marine Parade GRC) asked if the Government is able to do more in terms of educational publicity in reaching out to religious groups which may not be formally organised.

    “Some of them may inadvertently not realise that they’re being taught some of (these) variants of the (religion),” she added.

    In response, Dr Yaacob said the Asatizah Recognition Scheme (ARS) — which was set up to enhance the standing of religious teachers here and serves as a reliable source of reference for the Singapore Muslim Community — is in place for religious teachers.

    He urged members of the community to refer to the list on the MUIS website to find the appropriate religious teachers for their classes.

    “So, we are not against informal groups … but the most important thing is they select the teachers from the ARS and if they can do that, I think it would be good.”

    Meanwhile, Mr Alex Yam (Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC) asked if there is a protocol or standard operating procedure for the approval of visit passes for overseas religious leaders.

    He cited a recent incident where a visit by a “particular preacher”, which he did not name, was denied by the authorities here.

    Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam said the protocol is “very straightforward and transparent”. For example, if the preacher’s teachings are “contrary to our values”, he will be denied entry to Singapore, Mr Shanmugam added.

    Dr Yaacob, speaking to the media at the Muis Academy, said he believes more could be done to integrate the foreign workers into the fabric of society here. “We must continue to engage the foreign community here to make sure the resources within the Malay-Muslim community are also available to them,” he said.

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • Rahayu Mahzam: Pemerintah Harus Memberi Kelonggaran Bagi Muslimah Bertudung, Luaskan Ruang Berbicara Tentang Hal-Hal Agama

    Rahayu Mahzam: Pemerintah Harus Memberi Kelonggaran Bagi Muslimah Bertudung, Luaskan Ruang Berbicara Tentang Hal-Hal Agama

    Masyarakat tempatan perlu mengadakan perbincangan-perbincangan “sangat berterus terang” tentang isu-isu nyata.

    Usaha menggalakkan keharmonian kaum dan agama tidak lagi boleh dijalankan di peringkat luaran sahaja dengan setakat menghadiri majlis-majlis budaya satu sama lain.

    Sebaliknya, Singapura harus “mengadakan ruang untuk bercakap tentang identiti kita, amalan keagamaan seperti membakar kertas sembahyang, pemakaian tudung, memainkan muzik semasa Thaipusam misalnya.”

    Demikian seruan Anggota Parlimen GRC Jurong, semasa menyampaikan ucapan sulung beliau dalam perbahasan di Parlimen petang tadi (28 Jan).

    Cik Rahayu menambah, seharusnya ada dialog-dialog terbuka kerana perbincangan sedemikian akan menghasilkan kefahaman tentang keprihatinan satu sama lain.

    Mengulas mengenai debat tentang isu pengganasan, beliau menekankan, masyarakat Melayu/Islam Singapura menolak fahaman sedemikian.

    Lantaran itu Cik Rahayu menekankan, masyarakat Melayu/Islam tidak boleh dipersalahkan dan taat setia masyarakat tersebut “tidak patut dipersoalkan”.

    HARAP ISU TUDUNG DISEMAK LAGI

    “Saya rasakan penting untuk Pemerintah mengambil langkah untuk menggalakkan perbincangan terbuka tentang hal-hal sebegini agar segala prasangka atau rasa salah faham dapat dilenyapkan dengan segera. Juga perlu sentiasa ada peringatan yang tegas untuk mengutuk dan mengekang tindakan yang berbaur Islamofobia.

    “Satu lagi hal yang berada di benak fikiran masyarakat kita adalah isu tudung. Saya harap hal ini dapat disemak lagi oleh Pemerintah dan kelonggaran diberi agar wanita bertudung tidak terbatas untuk bekerja dalam mana-mana kerjaya pilihannya,” ujar Cik Rahayu.

    Namun beliau juga menekankan, dalam pada masyarakat mengharapkan sesuatu daripada Pemerintah, ia juga perlu bersikap matang dan berbincang secara hormat.

    Masyarakat Melayu kata beliau perlu menggunakan peluang yang ada untuk terus menjalin hubungan dengan kaum lain agar ada pemahaman yang mendalam tentang budaya dan agama Melayu/Islam dapat terjalin.

    Masyarakat Melayu/Islam kata beliau, sebahagian daripada masyarakat majmuk Singapura dan perlu sentiasa prihatin untuk menjaga keharmonian kaum dan agama.

    SOKONG NCMP, KRITIK KOMEN KETUA PARTI PEKERJA

    Dalam ucapan beliau itu, Cik Rahayu juga mengalu-alukan peningkatan dan perubahan kepada skim Anggota Parlimen Tanpa Kawasan Undi (NCMP) yang diumumkan Perdana Menteri Lee Hsien Loong semalam.

    Beliau melahirkan harapan untuk melihat lebih ramai anggota politik pembangkang seperti Encik Leon Perera dan Encik Dennis Tan, bagi menghasilkan perdebatan yang lasak demi menggubal dasar negara.

    Cik Rahayu bagaimanapun membidas ketua pembangkang Low Thia Khiang dengan berkata, beliau “agak terkejut” para NCMP itu disamakan dengan kiambang.

    “Tiada apa yang boleh menghalang NCMP daripada bergerak di akar umbi, melakukan lawatan rumah ke rumah dan menganjurkan sesi-sesi untuk mengumpulkan keprihatinan penduduk. Hakikatnya, saya teringat Encik Perera menyebut bahawa beliau melakukan kerja-kerja akar umbi di East Coast dan Aljunied. Peningkatan-peningkatan tersebut mengukuhkan kedudukan NCMP dan saya rasa sukar untuk berhujah sebaliknya,” ujar Cik Rahayu lagi.

    AMALKAN KELONGGARAN BERI BANTUAN

    Menyentuh tentang golongan yang berisiko dan kurang bernasib baik, beliau menyeru supaya lebih banyak kelonggaran diamalkan dalam membantu mereka.

    Sebahagian bantuan kata beliau dibelenggu oleh pelbagai peraturan yang menyukarkan.

    Cik Rahayu berkata: “Kita tidak harus berkompromi dalam sokongan sosial yang perlu diberikan kepada individu-individu dan keluarga-keluarga yang memerlukan bantuan. Malah, pada masa-masa sukarlah, kita perlu bersikap lebih ihsan.”

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

  • SDP: Government Should Focus On Enhancing Whole Democratic System, Not Cosmetic Touch-Ups To NCMP System

    SDP: Government Should Focus On Enhancing Whole Democratic System, Not Cosmetic Touch-Ups To NCMP System

    This is the SDP’s response to media queries about Mr Lee Hsien Loong’s proposal to increase the number of NCMPs:

    The proposals by PM Lee serve only to distract the people from the real problems that plague elections in Singapore. A democratic election system requires a free media, freedom of speech and assembly, and a transparent electoral process. If the PAP is genuinely interested in a democratic system, it should take the following measures:

    1. Amend the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act and the Broadcasting Act. The control of the media by the PAP is what has kept it in power all these decades.

    2. Abolish the GRC system. The GRC system has enabled the PAP to draw constituency boundaries to its advantage.

    3. Repeal the Public Order Act. The police stop the opposition from speaking and meeting freely with the people while PAP MPs have free access to the electorate.

    4. Lengthen the campaign period. The election period should be lengthened to at least 3 weeks. The short campaign period makes it unnecessarily difficult for the opposition to mount a meaningful campaign.

    5. Remove the Elections Department from the control of the PMO. A genuinely free and fair elections can come about only if there is an independent body to conduct and monitor elections

     

    Source: Chee Soon Juan

     

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