Category: Singapuraku

  • Almakhazin: Islam, Christianity And The Foundation Of Secularism

    Almakhazin: Islam, Christianity And The Foundation Of Secularism

    Secularism, or the removal and/ or denial of religion in man, with the attendant focus on the present and material, is a product of Western civilization and the corruption of religious doctrine.

    Even though there are Muslims who promote secularism as their preferred political ideology, it is not part of Islamic worldview.

    In politics, it seeks the “desacralization of politics”, which is the removal of sacred legitimacy “of political power and authority” (16).

    Even though Islam does not view politics as sacred, its application of governance is different from the secularists’ view.

    Politics is not sacred since “Islam itself is based on Divine Authority and on the sacred authority of the Holy Prophet (may God bless and give him Peace!), which is no less than the reflection of God’s Authority, and on the authority of those who emulate his example.

    Thus every Muslim individually, and collectively as society and nation and as a Community (ummah) all deny to anyone, to any government and state, sacral legitimacy unless the person or the government or the state conforms with the practice of the Holy Prophet (may God bless and give him Peace!) and follows the injunctions of the Sacred Law revealed by God.” (29)

    Secularism is connected to Christianity and the corruption of Greek philosophy. It was however, not developed through the faith “but in the interpretation of biblical faith by Western man…” (18).

    Greek philosophy’s expansion to Rome and the move of the Christian centre from Jerusalem to Rome brought both ideologies together. The influence and confrontation between the two ideologies led to the removal of nature from Christian doctrine for a proclaimed “Kingdom of God”, which exists only in the supernatural world.

    “The outcome of this religio-philosophical confrontation was that Christian theology began to suppress the role of intelligence, and hence also the known of spiritual truth, and at the same time urged unquestioning faith through the exercise not of human intelligence and reason but sheer human will which made love the basis of faith” (31).

    Islam does not suggest such dichotomies. Reason, intellect and spirituality exists within the deen, “hence the understanding of spiritual realities is also within the province of reason and is not necessarily divorced from rational understanding of them” (32).

    The Shariah, or revealed law, is to be applied by man in this world, provided to him by his creator.

    It is the divine applied in our daily life.

    Secularism and its variations should not be part of our social, political or philosophical tradition. It is a corruption that seeks to corrupt.

    Reference:

    Al-Attas, Muhammad Naguib. Islām and secularism. Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia, 1978.

     

    Source: Almakhazin SG

  • Selepas 8 Tahun Naib Juara, Nurul ‘Izzah Muncul Johan Musabaqah Tilawah Al Quran Kali Ini

    Selepas 8 Tahun Naib Juara, Nurul ‘Izzah Muncul Johan Musabaqah Tilawah Al Quran Kali Ini

    Mencuba terus mencuba tanpa berputus asa.

    Setelah lapan tahun berturut-turut menjadi Naib Johan, Cik Nurul ‘Izzah Khamsani akhirnya berjaya menjadi Johan Qariah Musabaqah Tilawah Al Quran peringkat Kebangsaan tahun ini.

    Johan Qari, Encik Ahmad Daniyal Mohd Rizal, juga merupakan pemenang kali pertama setelah tiga kali menjadi Naib Johan.

    PERJUANGAN DAN DUGAAN DIHADAPI NURUL IZZAH KHAMSANI

    Mendengarkan alunan suara bacaan beliau secara bertarannum, siapa sangka Cik Nurul ‘Izzah yang berusia 30 tahun, sebenarnya mengalami dugaan besar sejak beberapa minggu lalu.

    Suara serak sejak tiga minggu yang lalu, dan beliau mengaku terasa bahawa tiada harapan untuk suara itu kembali bagi tilawah tersebut, semasa bacaan peringkat akhir dari 23-24 April.

    Berkat semangat tidak berputus asa dan penggunaan kaedah yang bijak, Cik Nurul ‘Izzah yang bertugas selaku seorang Pegawai Agama di sebuah masjid tempatan, berjaya mengatasi kegenjotan tersebut.

    “Alhamdulillah pertama sekali saya kembalikan kepada Allah sebab beliau yang mengembalikan suara saya setelah serak tiga minggu. Dan saya gunakan teknik tahsin al sawud, di mana saya tidak gunakan suara dari tekak tapi saya pakai fungsi suara. Jadi saya lepasi tekak saya. Dia ada caralah, tapi maksudnya di situ di mana ilmu mencantikkan suara itu memainkan peranan,” Cik Nurul ‘Izzah memberitahu BERITAMediacorp.

    Akhirnya, Cik Nurul ‘Izzah, muncul juara, dan nikmat yang beliau rasakan begitu bermakna dan jelas terpancar menerusi kata-kata beliau.

    “Setelah lapan tahun saya menunggu sebagai Naib Johan, lapan tahun berturut-turut, ini adalah kejayaan yang manis bagi saya,” kata beliau penuh gembira.

    AHMAD DANIYAL SAHUT CABARAN ANTARABANGSA

    Johan bahagian Qari juga mempunyai ciri-ciri yang sama.

    Encik Ahmad Daniyal sebelum ini sudah empat atau lima kali mencuba dalam Tilawah Al Quran.

    Beliau juga berjaya menjadi Naib Johan sebanyak dua tiga kali sejauh ini.

    Namun tahun 2016 menjadi tahun tuah baginya kerana dinobatkan sebagai Johan Qari Kebangsaan, yang diadakan untuk kali ke 49 tahun ini.

    “Saya selalu mengikuti rancangan TV untuk Tilawah Al Quran Antarabangsa, dan saya dapati qari-qari di sana lebih hebat, jadi saya perlu lebih kreatif, lebih inovatif, lebih bersemangat dan lebih berani untuk mencuba sesuatu yang baru di sana,” kata pelajar berusia 23 tahun itu kepada BERITAMediacorp.

    Kedua-dua johan menerima piala kemenangan daripada Speaker Parlimen Halimah Yacob.

    Mereka akan mewakili Singapura dalam tilawah peringkat antarabangsa di Malaysia bulan depan, dan berazam membuat persembahan terbaik demi mengharumkan nama negara.

    Bagi Cik Nurul ‘Izzah, beliau akan terus melakukan pelbagai usaha untuk memastikan kondisi fizikalnya baik bagi menghadapi para pesaing antarabangsa nanti:

    “Yang pertama sekali ialah persiapan latihan secara intensif. Hari-hari saya cuba luangkan masa. Contohnya kalau di pejabat itu saya sempat juga dengarkan Al Quran sambil saya buat kerja – ‘multi-tasking’. Keduanya persiapan dari segi fizikal. Alhamdulillah saya pergi berenang. jadi itu membantu dari sudut pernafasan dan stamina.”

    PESERTA MUDA BAWAH 25 TAHUN SEMAKIN BERTAMBAH

    Dalam pada itu, pihak penganjur menyatakan, tilawah tahun ini juga menyaksikan perkembangan baik.

    Iaitu peningkatan dalam penyertaan peserta muda.

    Daripada purata 30 peserta di bawah 25 tahun dalam tahun 2000, bilangannya kini melonjak kepada purata 60 peserta sedemikian setiap tahun.

    MUIS menyatakan, peningkatan ini membuktikan wujudnya sokongan masyarakat untuk menggalakkan golongan muda mempelajari dan menghayati bacaan Al Quran

    Source: Berita Mediacorp

  • National Civil Defence Cadet Corps Staff Assistant Helped Accident Victims While On Way To Work

    National Civil Defence Cadet Corps Staff Assistant Helped Accident Victims While On Way To Work

    On 4th April 2016 around 0515 hours, NCDCC Staff Assistant PTE Mohammad Haiqal Bin Zailani was driving to work when he witnessed an accident involving three automobiles, namely: a car, a motorcycle and a bus, at Kranji Expressway (KJE).

    A car had collided onto the safety railings of the KJE and a motorbike was lying flat on the ground. There was a casualty lying consciously approximately 100 meters away from the bus.

    PTE Haiqal immediately stopped his car safely and assured the casualty that help is on the way. He then alerted both ambulance and police of the accident, and checked for any major bruises or cuts on the casualty that might lead to blood loss.

    When the ambulance arrived at the accident scene, PTE Haiqal helped the paramedics with first aid procedures by bandaging the bruise. The casualty was unable to move his back and his left leg, this prompted PTE Haiqal that the use of spinal board would be required. He assisted the paramedic to move the casualty carefully onto the spinal board. PTE Haiqal then assisted the ambulance crew to carry the casualty onto the ambulance stretcher.

    NCDCC is proud of PTE Haiqal for advocating active citizenry by assisting the casualty and ambulance crew with the Civil Defence skills and knowledge that he acquired in his vocation as a SCDF NSF.

    ‪#‎ANationofLifesavers‬ ‪#‎Everydayheroes‬

     

    Source: National Civil Defence Cadet Corps

  • Zulfikar Shariff: Islam Is Different From The West

    Zulfikar Shariff: Islam Is Different From The West

    One major difference between Islam and western civilization is that we have a specific, clear reference point.

    A perfected ideal.

    We know what we are heading towards.

    And our progress is not based on time but of character, values, behavior.

    The ideal is on being the best human we can be.

    Western civilization moves through time in search of an elusive enlightened man.

    It builds, create material, develop wealth and point to these developments as the fruit of progress.

    Man is debased from his higher, noble virtues for primal, unrestrained materiality.

    That is not our world. We do not reject material development.

    But that is not the measure of our progress.

    Islam has a clear ideal.

    We know what we are heading to.

    We do not assume time or matter to be a yardstick.

    Man today is not necessarily better than we were 100 years ago.

    The criteria is not technological advancement or material.

    Our reference point is not an uncertain future.

    The noblest, the one with the most excellent virtues…

    Whose values and character we emulate lived 1,400 years ago.

    That is our reference point.

    We progress by becoming more and more like him.

     

    Source: Zulfikar Shariff

  • Singapore Female Rower Sayidah Aisyah Qualifies For Olympics

    Singapore Female Rower Sayidah Aisyah Qualifies For Olympics

    History was made on Monday (April 25) as Saiyidah Aisyah became the first rower from Singapore to qualify for the Olympics.

    The 28-year-old booked her ticket to Rio de Janeiro after finishing first in the B Final, and seventh overall, in the women’s 2,000m single sculls event at the Asia and Oceania Continental Olympic Qualification Regatta in Chung-ju, South Korea.

    Only the top seven rowers in the event will qualify for the 2016 Olympics, at the sole qualifying event for rowers in the region. These include all six rowers from the A Final – hailing from Kazhastan, Vietnam, Chinese-Taipei, Indonesia, Iran and South Korea – and the winner of the B Final.

    Aisyah, who is part of Race to Rio 2016 programme – a scheme started by sports authorities in Singapore to fund athletes who have qualified, or are qualifying for the Olympics and Paralympics Games – timed 7min 53.13secs to win the six-strong B Final field.

    She beat 2015 South-east Asian (SEA) Games gold medallist (1,000m lightweight singles sculls) Phuttaraksa Neegree from Thailand who settled for second (7:54.22), and top Qatar rower Tala Aladin Abujbara (7:55.66).

    The quest for Aisyah – who made history at the 2013 SEA Games in Myanmar by winning Singapore’s first rowing gold (2,000m lightweight singles sculls) since 1997 – to qualify for the 2016 Olympics has not ben an easy one, but Aisyah displayed sheer determination in overcoming the odds.

    What made it more impressive is that Aisyah, double bronze-medallist in the over 1,000m and 500m lightweight singles sculls at the 2015 SEA Games, only made the switch to the 2016 Olympics event in the 2,000m openweight single sculls event last August. She also took to crowd-funding three months ago when she depleted her savings to fund her training expenses.

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

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