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  • Jemaah Singapura Gembira Dapat Beribadah Dengan Lebih Selesa Di 3 Masjid Kampung

    Jemaah Singapura Gembira Dapat Beribadah Dengan Lebih Selesa Di 3 Masjid Kampung

    Bermula bulan ini, para jemaah yang berkunjung ke tiga masjid kampung dapat menikmati pengalaman beribadah yang lebih selesa.

    Ini setelah Masjid Tasek Utara, Jamek Queenstown dan Hussein Sulaiman selesai menjalani kerja-kerja peningkatan.

    BERITAMediacorp menjengah ke tiga masjid tersebut dan mendapatkan pandangan para jemaah tentang kemudahan dan prasarana baru yang disediakan.

    Ruang solat yang diubah suai lengkap dengan penghawa dingin. Kawasan dalaman masjid yang lebih terang dengan tambahan lampu dan kipas angin, serta kawasan luar masjid yang lebih rapi, dan juga papan tanda nama masjid yang lebih besar.

    Itulah antara perubahan yang dilalui Masjid Tasek Utara, yang boleh menampung 200 jemaah, selepas enam bulan ia ditutup bagi menjalani kerja-kerja peningkatan secara besar-besaran.

    Kali terakhir masjid yang berusia 110 tahun itu menjalani kerja-kerja peningkatan adalah pada 2008 kepada kemudahan tandasnya.

    Seorang jemaah masjid, Ahmad Mokhtar Mohd Shafi, berkata: “Alhamdulillah saya cukup bangga, saya rasa mengalir air mata sebab saya tak dapat bandingkan waktu dahulu. Alhamdulillah, orang yang datang sini tidak dapat menyangka tengok masjid ini banyak perubahan.”

    Seorang lagi jemaah, Saifulbahri Rasno, berkata: “Tempat ruang solatnya begitu selesa sekali, begitu baik. Dan saya rasa sebagai seorang jemaah, Alhamdulillah dapat menunaikan solat Jumaat di sini dengan begitu selesa sekali.”

    Menteri Bertanggungjawab bagi Ehwal Masyarakat Islam Dr Yaacob Ibrahim dan Mufti Dr Fatris Bakaram menyertai para jemaah untuk menunaikan solat Jumaat pertama selepas masjid tersebut dinaik taraf.

    Menulis dalam Facebook beliau Dr Yaacob berkata dengan kerja-kerja peningkatan selamat dijalankan, para penduduk dan pekerja di sekitar Farrer Park dan Serangoon dapat beribadah dengan lebih selesa.

    Dr Yaacob turut berkongsi rasa gembiranya bahawa dua lagi masjid lama dan kecil, Jamek Queenstown dan Hussein Sulaiman juga selesai menjalani kerja-kerja peningkatan.

    Masjid Jamek Queenstown. (Gambar-gambar: Nity Farhana)

    Masjid Jamek Queenstown yang dibina pada 1964 menjalani kerja-kerja peningkatan pada tempat mengambil wudhu serta ruang solat utama yang dilengkapi dengan penghawa dingin.

    Manakala Masjid Hussein Sulaiman yang berusia 115 tahun pula melalui kerja-kerja peningkatan kepada ruang solat utama, rupa bentuk masjid juga bumbung masjid.

    Namun sepanjang ia dipertingkat, kedua-dua masjid kekal beroperasi seperti biasa.

    Kos keseluruhan kerja-kerja peningkatan kepada ketiga-tiga masjid melebihi S$977,000, sebahagian besarnya dibiaya Dana Pembinaan Masjid dan Mendaki (MBMF).

    Ketiga-tiga masjid itu merupakan antara sembilan masjid lama dan kecil yang terdapat di Singapura.

     

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

  • 2 La Salle Students Suspended After Defending Girl From Bullying FT Student

    2 La Salle Students Suspended After Defending Girl From Bullying FT Student

    2 male students studying at La Salle, a local arts school in Singapore, have been suspended after defending a fellow student from the bullying antics of a foreign student studying in the school.

    According to a witness, a foreign female student had attempted to force a fellow female student to give up her assessment space. In the midst of their argument, a male student approached the quarrel and tried to stop the foreign student from behaving like a bully.

    Even though there was no physical threat or action from the male student, the female student pushed him away in the face with her hands.

    When another male student tried to calm down the situation and approached the foreign student, she grabbed his finger and twisted it, causing the male student to hit out at her in an attempt to escape. Fortunately, the male student missed and the foreign student was unharmed.

    She then proceeded to make a police report, claiming that the first male student had “molested” her and the second had punched her. Her accusations were proven unfounded and the police subsequently stopped pursuing the case.

    Undeterred, the bully continued to cause trouble for the school and the affected students. She eventually forced school administrators to suspend the male students after the bully’s parents came down to the school and made a huge ruckus. According to an eye witness, the parents had marched down to the school to intimidate and harass the students involved in the incident by forcibly questioning students and taking photos of their faces to cause fear and discomfort.

    Meanwhile, the foreign student receive no punishment for her action of physical coercion and bullying against her fellow female school mate.

    The whistlerblower wrote: “Is this really how our college want to treat our student body? Where the represented, loudest mouth, and the most privileged “wins”. As far as we pride ourselves as an “independent” college, perhaps this is the time MOE should know a thing or two about this.”

    He added that the incident was witnessed by many other students and was even reported on Laselle Confessions, although the page has been threatened into removing the post.

     

    Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

  • Former Malaysian Minister: Muslims Must Speak Out Against Unilateral Child Conversion

    Former Malaysian Minister: Muslims Must Speak Out Against Unilateral Child Conversion

    Former minister Zaid Ibrahim today appealed to Muslims, urging them to speak up in kindness and fairness against unilateral child conversion.

    “I don’t know if I’m going to heaven, but those who have no heart will go nowhere. How can anyone condone a unilateral child conversion?

    “It’s not too late for good Muslims to speak up. We need to have capacity for kindness and being fair to others, even if not a Muslim.”

    The lawyer turned politician declared on Twitter that “we have lost our soul” if Malaysia did not prohibit the conversion of a child to Islam by one parent at the expense of the other.

    “Is being a Muslim more important than being human?”

    He asked whether the pain of a mother deprived of her child had no bearing in Islam.

    To resolve interfaith custody conflicts between Muslim and non-Muslim parents, a bill to amend Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 (Act 164) was tabled in Parliament last November.

    It was to be debated at the present sitting of the Dewan Rakyat but has been pushed back to No 8 in the order of proceedings.

    Once passed, the amendment allows only the civil courts to rule in matters pertaining to civil marriages, even if one spouse converts to Islam.

    However, Muslim legal experts have argued that the bill is “null and void” as it contradicts Islamic jurisprudence, which states that when a parent converts to Islam, his or her child (if the child has not yet reached puberty) automatically becomes a Muslim, too.

    Former chief justice Ahmad Fairuz Abdul Halim said any law which contradicts Islamic jurisprudence, derived from the Quran and Sunnah, was null and void.

    On these grounds, Haniff Khatri Abdulla, who is legal aide to former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, has challenged the validity of the bill that seeks to end unilateral child conversions.

    “In Islam, there is jurisprudence dealing with issues that arise when a person converts to Islam.

    “These include disputes over what happens to the convert’s previous union, to the child from that union, the religion of that child, the matrimonial and custodial rights.

    “On that basis, any amendment to the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 (Act 164) which does not comply with Islamic jurisprudence, in that situation, would be null and void. That’s what I’ve been arguing for the last 12, 13 years,” Haniff Khatri said.

    Zaid, however, has expressed empathy for those embroiled in custody battles for their children, who along with their spouses, had converted to Islam.

    Among the better-publicised cases is that of kindergarten teacher M Indira Gandhi, who challenged the conversion of her three children after a protracted court battle for custody.

     

    Source: www.freemalaysiatoday.com

  • Malaysian Celebrity Criticises Racist Stereotyping Question In Moral Examination

    Malaysian Celebrity Criticises Racist Stereotyping Question In Moral Examination

    A primary school was today criticised by a celebrity over its decision to typecast the country’s ethnicities in a moral examination question.

    In a post on the Instagram photo-sharing service, actress Sarah Lian shared a picture of a moral test paper apparently from a national school in Petaling Jaya that asked students to associate names to different houses of worship.

    The names were Devi, Hock Lee, Kamal, and Steve. Students were required to write the appropriate name under pictures of a church, a Hindu temple, a Chinese temple, and a mosque.

    In the photograph, the student — a daughter of Lian’s friend — linked Devi to the church, Steve to the Hindu temple, Kamal to the Chinese temple, and Hock Lee to the mosque.

    The examiner marked all four answers as wrong.

    “My friend’s 7yr old daughter apparently scored badly. And you wonder who makes kids racist and stereotypical???

    “Well, here’s your answer! A horrible approach to stereotyping people into names races and religions. I’m so furious at this form of racism. How archaic and racist! This is so sad! #shame,” Lian wrote on her Instagram post.

    Malaysian naming conventions, particularly the patronymic system used for Malay names, are regularly used to infer a person’s religious identity.

    Such assumptions have led to problems, particularly in East Malaysia, where non-Muslim natives who use “bin” and “binti” are sometimes wrongly documented as Muslims by authorities.

     

    Source: www.themalaymailonline.com

  • Al-Iman Mosque Madrasah: We Apologise For Parent’s Dissatisfaction, We Will Improve Pedagogy

    Al-Iman Mosque Madrasah: We Apologise For Parent’s Dissatisfaction, We Will Improve Pedagogy

    Assalamualaikum Wr Wb

    May this message find you in good health and eeman. InsyaAllah. My name is Sabrina Yahya and I head the Corporate Services Dept at Al-Iman Mosque. My dropping in is to get in touch with you and as this is the only way, in order to resolve issues that were highlighted in your FB post regarding our Al-Iman Mosque Madrasah.

    First and foremost, on behalf of the management, we would like to sincerely offer our countless apologies and hope to make amends on what had transpired. I can totally understand your dissatisfaction and emotional outburst. Do note that the management takes this matter seriously and we will conduct an investigation and will not leave a stone unturned. We will appreciate your assistance and will be happy to work with you in improving the standards of our Madrasah, pedagogy as well as others.

    Kindly get in touch with me at my email address [email protected] as I do need more information from you regards to this matter.

    Baarakallahu feek.

     

    Source: Abdul Malik Mohammed Ghazali

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