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  • MUIS: Stand Together With All Muslims and Singaporeans In Offering Deepest Condolence

    MUIS: Stand Together With All Muslims and Singaporeans In Offering Deepest Condolence

    Over the past few months we have seen too many ugly incidences of violence all around the world – from Istanbul to Jakarta, from Syria to Cameroon, Ankara, Brussels, and just two days ago, Lahore.

    Hundreds of innocent lives have been lost, including, sadly, horrifically and unforgivably, women and children.

    We are saddened and outraged at such cruelty and misguidedness, which truly have no place in this world.

    We stand together with all Muslims and all Singaporeans in offering our deepest condolences to the families of all the victims of these senseless tragedies. ‪#‎prayforthevictims‬ ‪#‎prayfortheinnocents‬

     

    Source: MUIS

  • Gadis 18 Tahun Kahwin Lelaki 66 Tahun

    Gadis 18 Tahun Kahwin Lelaki 66 Tahun

    Jarak perbezaan usia antara si gadis dengan lelaki yang dikahwininya, hampir 50 tahun.

    Si jelita berusia 18 tahun. Si lelaki pula berusia 66 tahun.

    Namun inilah yang dikatakan jodoh.

    “Walaupun usia jauh beza namun saya kahwin dengan dia sebab saya sukakannya, bukan kerana duit atau terhutang budi.”

    Itulah pengakuan Nur Nasirah Mohd Nazri, seperti ditukil Utusan Malaysia. Nur Nasirah memilih seorang jejaka bernama Ismail Lombok yang berusia 66 tahun, sebagai suaminya.

    Menurut laporan Utusan Malaysia lagi, Nur Nasirah mula mengenali hati budi Ismail yang sering minum di restoran milik ibunya, Salma Abdullah, 42 tahun.

    Ketika itu, Nur Nasirah selalu berada di restoran untuk membantu ibunya dengan kerja-kerja dapur selain mengambil pesanan daripada pelanggan.

    Beliau mula tertarik dengan perwatakan duda lapan anak itu yang sering bertanya khabar tentang diri dan keluarganya.

    “Biarpun apa orang hendak kata kepada saya namun saya terima seadanya, dia begitu mengambil berat dan menyayangi saya sepenuh hati,” tambah Nasirah.

    Utusan Malaysia mendedahkan Nur Nasirah tidak tahu menahu langsung bahawa Ismail juga menaruh hati padanya dan melayan lelaki itu seperti pelanggan lain yang berkunjung ke restoran itu.

    TIADA HALANGAN DARIPADA IBU BAPA

    Ibu Nur Nasirah, Salma yang juga rakan baik Ismail yang kini menjadi menantunya berkata sudah lama mengenali lelaki dikenali dengan panggilan Pok Wil yang tinggal sekampung.

    “Selepas anak saya tamat Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM), dia berkali-kali meluahkan hasratnya itu, namun saya tidak memberikan keputusan kerana perlu berbincang dengan Nur Nasirah dahulu.

    “Apabila Nur Nasirah memberikan jawapan, barulah kami buat perbincangan lanjut lalu menetapkan tarikh perkahwinan mereka,” menurut Utusan Malaysia seperti ditukil oleh ibu Nur Nasirah yang merestui perkahwinan pasangan itu.

    Ternyata jarak usia amat berbeza iaitu 48 tahun bukan penghalang dan tetap mendapat restu serta persetujuan daripada keluarga masing-masing.

    Akhirnya Nur Nasirah, anak ketiga daripada lima beradik selamat diijabkabulkan dengan Ismail dengan hantaran kahwin sebanyak RM7,000 (S$2,400).

    Majlis akad nikah berlangsung di rumah pengantin lelaki di Terengganu minggu lalu pada18 Mac, namun gambar-gambar perkahwinan mereka mulai menjadi viral di media sosial dengan ulasan-ulasan yang mempersendakan pasangan itu.

    Pengacara popular, Faizal Ismail atau dikenali sebagai FBI turut berkongsi gambar perkahwinan pasangan berkenaan dan mengucapkan tahniah.

    Laman online freemalaysia.com pula melaporkan, Nur Nasirah tampil untuk membidas pihak yang tidak bertanggungjawab menyusuli penyebaran gambar perkahwinannya itu yang mempersoalkan motifnya.

    “Perkahwinan saya sah. Bukannya buncit (mengandung) dulu baru kahwin,” menurut Nur Nasirah di Facebooknya.

    “Pasal orang muda seperti saya kahwin dengan orang tua jadi bahan lawak. Lawak sangat ke? Terima kasihlah jadikan saya hot stuff kejap. Banyak pahala awak sehingga nak cari dosa. Kalau saya tak maafkan awak sebab hebohkan gambar ni? Awak rasa ok tak?” tambahnya seperti ditukil laman tersebut.

    Source: Berita Mediacorp

  • Should Dr Chee Give Up His Candidacy Just To Prove to PAP That The GRC System Is Flawed?

    Should Dr Chee Give Up His Candidacy Just To Prove to PAP That The GRC System Is Flawed?

    It is amusing to see supporters of the ruling party start campaigning for their party before the actual candidate does so. As expected, they have brought up the bogeyman of a poorly-run town council if Dr Chee Soon Juan becomes the Member of Parliament for Bukit Batok. Of course, these claims do not have to be rational, but they are spouted anyway. The assumption that a ward would suddenly become a slum – especially a Single Member Constituency, which is much easier to manage than a GRC – when an opposition member takes over is, to be honest, quite laughable. Moreover, they (purposely) ignore other factors that could, if not should, be considered by voters: such as alternative representation in Parliament, having more checks against the ruling party, quality of candidate (which can be measured in many ways), and so on.

    But i digress.

    SDP has said that Dr Chee will be contesting in the by-election. Many observers have said that they would rather see A/Prof Paul Tambyah as the candidate instead, and i have to agree. For a very simple reason: the party has always opposed the GRC, and this is an opportunity to show that the GRC system is not needed, as minority candidates would be elected regardless (i do not necessarily subscribe to this view though).

    I remember watching a video of a debate between Mr Chiam See Tong and Encik Jufrie Mahmood, against senior PAP members including former Prime Ministers Mr Lee Kuan Yew and Mr Goh Chok Tong, on the GRC. Encik Jufrie basically asserted that the system is not necessary, and that the ruling party should have the prerogative to place minority candidates in SMCs. Opposition parties would then have to field minority candidates in those wards as well. This obviously does not have to be entrenched in law, but could take the form of some sort of a ‘gentleman’s agreement’ between the ruling and opposition parties.

    Now that PAP has announced it will field an Indian candidate, to bolster SDP’s calls for the abolition of the GRC system, i think it is only right that they too field a minority candidate. This would show that the party indeed believes in minority representation, without the aid of a GRC. Whatever the results of the by-election, the party could then truly boast that it was true to its democratic principles of both electoral fairness and representation. Otherwise, its calls would ring hollow, and the party would actually demonstrate that it just as opportunistic as any other political entity.

    The way i see it, the ball is really in SDP’s court.

     

    Source: Walid J. Abdullah

  • Former Law Professor: Arab Culture Integral To Islam, Johor Sultan Advised

    Former Law Professor: Arab Culture Integral To Islam, Johor Sultan Advised

    The Johor sultan should realise that Arabic culture and norms are an integral part of Islam, said constitutional law expert Abdul Aziz Bari.

    “I think the sultan of Johor should consult the menteri besar or the mufti before shooting from the hip, or else he would embarrass everybody including himself.

    “He needs to realise that he is the head of Islamic religion for the state, apart from being the state head.

    “There is no question of turning the society into an Arab one; the fact remains that Arabic culture and norms have become an integral part of Islam,” the former law professor said in a statement today.

    He was responding to the Johor Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar who had called on Malays to be proud of the Malay culture and not try to emulate Arabic culture.

    Abdul Aziz pointed out that the term sultan itself is Arabic and rooted in the Quran.

    “Perhaps the sultan of Johor ought now to be thinking of coining a new term to replace the term sultan,” he said.

    Arabic term

    Noting that Johor was the only state to use the term ‘ahlul hal wal aqdi’ to denote the members of succession council in the Johor Constitution, he also pointed out that it is an Arabic term and that the sultan should also consider replacing it.

    Jawi is also an aspect of Arabic culture which the sultan should think about, he said, adding that jawi is very much the culture of Johor as well.

    Abdul Aziz also responded to the crown prince of Johor Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim, who had recalled the incidents during the 1992 constitutional crisis and reminded the government not to repeat such greed-driven episodes.

    It was the prince’s grandfather who presented then Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad with the opportunity to “whack the rulers”, Abdul Aziz remarked.

    “Some of the rulers, in fact, complained that they have been embarrassed by the incident provoked by the late Sultan Iskandar, which started with the alleged beating of the Johor state hockey coach,” he said.

     

    Source: www.malaysiakini.com

  • Why is There a Refusal To have An Honest Discussion About Terrorism and Extremism?

    Why is There a Refusal To have An Honest Discussion About Terrorism and Extremism?

    As expected, the condemnation machinery that went missing during the Ankara and Istanbul attacks reappeared, expressing vociferous condemnation and massive grief for Brussels.

    Yet people still ask me why i am skeptical towards politicians.

    And again, the refusal to have an honest discussion about terrorism and extremism is stark.

    Let’s not kid ourselves, one’s (selective) condemnation of terrorism will not reduce terrorism. But a critical appraisal of the issues surrounding it, might. So when one engages in the former but not the latter, then ultimately, we know one’s interest is not in getting to the heart of the matter.

    And when it is all said and done, let us not forget the role of Tony Blair in all of these: the man who basically sold the Iraq War to the world, the devastating war, the ramifications of which we still feel today. Yes, Bush started it, but Bush could barely pronounce ‘Iraq War’, let alone sell it. History must eventually be honest about the role of Blair and Bush in destabilizing Iraq and the entire Middle East, creating a vacuum in which Daesh and other terrorists have thrived.

    Let us be honest, and not be selective in our condemnations, our analyses of the causes of terror, and our reading of history.

     

    Source: Walid J Abdullah