I dont agree with the ARREST….she needed counselling and advise not arrest..
she did not say she wants to bomb singapore…
i hope MHA…reconsider her arrest and release her.
BY THE WAY..ARW TGE PHOTO BELOW ..HER PHOTO ?
Source: Mohammed Bashir Ismail Khan
MASYARAKAT Melayu/Islam tidak harus teragak-agak dalam usaha mendapatkan bantuan pihak tertentu yang lebih arif menangani ajaran radikal dan ideologi pelampau, kata Mufti Dr Mohamed Fatris Bakaram.
“Walaupun susah, kita tidak harus berasa berat untuk bekerjasama dengan pihak berkuasa dan bersama Kumpulan Pemulihan Keagamaan (RRG) untuk menyelamatkan orang tersayang,” ujar beliau.
Dalam satu kenyataan semalam, Dr Fatris berkata beliau amat terganggu dengan berita penangkapan terkini, bahawa “seorang yang begitu muda boleh terpengaruh dengan kepercayaan yang keji, dan sedia mensia-siakan hidupnya”.
“Saya ingin menggesa masyarakat agar benar-benar mengambil serius isu radikal sendiri ini,” ujarnya.
Masyarakat perlu menghayati pengajaran daripada kes ini, lebihlebih lagi dalam bulan Ramadan yang mulia ini.
Masyarakat telah sentiasa digesa agar mengamalkan amal maaruf dan nahi mungkar – mengajak kepada kebaikan dan mencegah kejahatan.
Ini bermakna memupuk dan melakukan semua perkara baik dan menolak perbuatan dan kepercayaan sangat keji yang dipupuk ISIS kerana ia tidak mempunyai asas dalam ajaran Islam.
Hal ini harus dilakukan semua dalam masyarakat, sama ada sebagai saudara, bapa dan ibu, kawan dan rakan sekerja.
Namun, masyarakat juga perlu tahu bahawa ia tidak boleh berdiri sendiri dalam usaha untuk menolak kejahatan dan mencapai rahmah dan belas kasihan.
“Kita berdiri bersama-sama sebagai sebuah masyarakat, bersedia untuk membantu antara satu sama lain, dan memanfaatkan kekuatan masing-masing,” ujar Dr Fatris.
Masyarakat tidak mampu kehilangan satu nyawa pun kepada ajaran pelampau dan eksklusif, katanya.
Orang ramai yang memerlukan bantuan boleh menghubungi Muis di talian 6359-1199, Kumpulan Pemulihan Keagamaan (RRG) di talian 1800-774-7747 atau menerusi aplikasi mudah alih RRG.
Source: www.beritaharian.sg
The father of the first woman detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) regrets not reporting his daughter to the authorities.
Mr Syaikh Abdu Manaf Al Ansari told Berita Harian last night that he and his wife had questioned Syaikhah Izzah Zahrah Al Ansari in late 2014, after noticing she had started dressing in black and wearing the niqab, a facial veil which reveals only the eyes. She was also using the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) flag as her WhatsApp display picture, he said.
“I asked if she was an ISIS member. She denied it but said she thought ISIS was fighting for Islam,” said Mr Manaf, 49.
“I told her all well-known Islamic scholars reject ISIS. I asked, is it halal in Islam to kill innocent people, children and women? I told her to show me evidence from the Quran and sunnah (prophetic teachings) that it is halal. She just kept silent.”
Mr Manaf and his wife, both Quranic teachers, gave Izzah – the second of five children – religious advice, and decided not to inform the authorities after she stopped wearing the niqab and started listening to music and watching films again.
“We thought she was okay. But we did not realise she had become more radical. She was smart at hiding herself,” he said.
After Izzah was arrested, he found documents in her room with information about moving to Syria, including how to get tickets.
He felt “disgust and anger” and, in a bid to “protect her”, threw the materials away. He told the authorities about them only during the investigation, and was given a warning.
“This should not have happened. I really regret it,” he said.
He advised the public to contact the authorities or the Religious Rehabilitation Group (RRG), which helps to counter radical ideology, if they notice suspicious changes in their loved ones. “To other parents, this comes from the bottom of my heart. If you see any sudden changes, et cetera, contact the authorities. If not (the authorities), contact RRG,” he said.
Source: www.straitstimes.com
The 22-year-old preschool teacher had been posting pro-ISIS material online since 2014 and was also looking for a terror supporter in Syria to marry.
SINGAPORE: Singapore has detained its first female citizen for radicalism under the Internal Security Act (ISA), said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday (June 12).
Syaikhah Izzah Zahrah Al Ansari, a 22-year-old contract infantcare assistant with the PCF (PAP Community Foundation) Sparkletots preschool programme, was detained in June this year.
Her radicalisation started in 2013 through online propaganda related to the Islamic State terrorist group, said MHA.
“She began to believe that ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) represented the true spirit of Islam. Her radicalisation deepened over time,” a press release read. “This was exacerbated by a wide network of foreign online contacts which she developed. They included ISIS militants and supporters, some of whom have either been killed in Syria or arrested for terrorism-related activities.”
Since 2014, Izzah actively posted and shared pro-ISIS material online. Several of her social media platforms were removed by administrators because of such content, but she created new ones.
MHA said Izzah was also intent on joining ISIS and was actively planning to make her way to Syria, with her young child, to do so.
“She supported ISIS’s use of violence to establish and defend its self-declared ‘caliphate’, and aspired to live in it,” said the ministry. “To this end, she said that since 2015, she was looking for ‘a Salafi or an ISIS supporter’ to marry and settle down with him and her child in Syria.”
“She said she would support her husband if he fought for ISIS in Syria as she believed she would reap ‘heavenly rewards’ if he died in battle. With her ‘elevated status’ as a ‘martyr’s widow’, she felt she could (then) easily marry another ISIS fighter in Syria.”
Izzah also said she was prepared to undergo military training and engage in armed combat to defend ISIS if called upon by the terrorist group to do so, MHA added.
Her sister and parents – who are both freelance Quranic teachers – came to know of her radical postings in 2015 and her intention to join ISIS in Syria. They did not alert the authorities and tried on their own to dissuade her, but were unsuccessful.
Izzah continued down the path of radicalism, said MHA, and in April this year, “boasted” to a contact that the Singapore authorities had not detected her.
In its press release, the MHA reiterated that importance of family members and friends to let the authorities know of anyone they suspect is being radicalised or planning terror attacks.
Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com
As we get closer to Syawal, Malays in Singapore are also getting closer and closer to the day of reckoning – come election day in September, Singapore will have its first Malay President since the late Encik Yusof Ishak, albeit in a reserved election. People like Dr Tan Cheng Bock and human rights lawyer M Ravi are challenging the constitutionality of the elections but chances are, the elections will go through. Up till now, we still don’t know which candidate PAP will support but everyone thinks it’ll be current Speaker of Parliament, Halimah Yacob. What about alternative candidates who are independent from PAP? Besides Mr Salleh Marican, no one has stood up to be counted. The silence is deafening but unsurprising.
Poor Mr Salleh Marican has faced a lot criticism the moment he announced his candidacy. A lot of people have, rightly so, questioned his candidacy as he is not purely of Malay ethnicity. His lepak interview with BeritaMediacorp outside the elections department where he basically mangled the Malay language, did nothing to convince Singaporeans that he is adequately Malay. Some more critical ones have even taken to disparaging his wife’s appearance. All this is nothing but damaging to his confidence in running for Presidency.
What Singaporeans must appreciate is that it takes a lot of courage for a successful businessman like Mr Salleh Marican to take up public office. He does not need to do this because he needs the money. He doesn’t. He is already rich. He is doing this because he wants to. He wants to serve because heeded the call of Lee Hsien Loong for capable and qualified Malay Singaporeans to step up to contest the elections.
He may have been a mess but it could just be nerves, One doesn’t create a multi-million dollar empire overnight. Mr Salleh Marican has the mettle and the political savvy to succeed.
He also has his heart in the right places. Besides his business, Mr Salleh Marican is actively involved in philanthropic activities. Since 2009, Mr Salleh Marican was appointed a founding member of the Board of Temasek Cares, a philanthropic organisation established by GIC Temasek Holdings. Halimah Yacob was also a founding board member.
Temasek Cares had help fund the setting up of the Family Therapy Institute in Eunos, run by PPIS.
He is now also a Treasurer of the Temasek Cares Board, ‘who now includes former PAP MP, Zainul Abidin Rasheed.
There are not many candidates with Mr Salleh Marican’s background. There are also not many candidates like him who are brave enough to step up. However, is he truly the candidate for the Malay community?
We call on other Malay leaders to follow in the footsteps of Mr Salleh Marican to offer themselves as a candidate for Presidency. Some may say that too many candidates will dilute the votes for non-establishment candidates but an election is about the exercise of power by the individual through the ballot box. Singaporeans are smart enough to choose the right candidates with the right credentials. One who is independent from the influences of the incumbent.
Said
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