Category: Sosial

  • Mufti Ajak Umat Islam Sebar Rahmah Sesama Insan Dalam Tazkirah Awal Muharram

    Mufti Ajak Umat Islam Sebar Rahmah Sesama Insan Dalam Tazkirah Awal Muharram

    Mufti Negara, Dr Mohamed Fatris Bakaram mengajak umat Islam tempatan supaya meneruskan gagasan hijrah Nabi Muhammad dengan menjadi sebuah masyarakat yang menyebarkan rahmah sesama insan.

    Beliau berkata demikian di majlis Sambutan Awal Muharram 1438 Hijrah, di Masjid Al-Istighfar, malam tadi (1 Okt).

    Sejajar dengan tema sambutannya, Masyarakat Berjiwa Rahmah, Dr Fatris berkata peristiwa hijrah itu mengingatkan kita tentang keperluan anjakan paradigma dalam kehidupan insan, penyesuaian kepada perubahan serta mengorak langkah ke arah pembangunan dan kemajuan.

    Turut hadir di acara tersebut ialah Menteri Bertanggungjawab bagi Ehwal Masyarakat Islam, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Menteri Sekitaran dan Sumber Air Masagos Zulkifli serta beberapa pemimpin Melayu/Islam yang lain.

    PERLU KUKUHKAN KEHIDUPAN DALAM MASYARAKAT MAJMUK

    Dalam tazkirahnya yang disampaikan selepas solat Maghrib, Mufti menekankan bahawa orang-orang Islam yang baik adalah mereka yang memberi manfaat kepada orang lain.

    Beliau berkata sifat rahmah dapat disebarkan dengan mengukuhkan kehidupan dalam masyarakat majmuk di negara ini dengan sikap saling membantu sesama insan.

    Ini termasuk prihatin terhadap anggota masyarakat lain dan peka akan keperluan kehidupan beragama di sini.

    ETOS HIJRAH AJAK AMALKAN ISLAM DALAM KONTEKS SOSIO-BUDAYA

    Dr Fatris menambah bahawa etos penghijrahan mengajak kita supaya terus mengamalkan ajaran Islam dengan mengambil kira konteks sosio-budaya sesuatu tempat.

    Ini bermakna kita perlu mengambil kira keperluan serta realiti kehidupan – sesuatu yang sudah lama diamalkan para ulama bagi mencari huraian kepada kehidupan masyarakat.

    Ia juga sekaligus menyumbang kepada kefahaman Islam dengan lensa yang terbuka dan inklusif, sejajar dengan hakikat bahawa agama Islam itu tidak terhad kepada sesuatu zaman ataupun sepadan geografi.

    Malah, sejarah Islam sendiri menunjukkan sememangnya agama itu boleh bertapak dengan jayanya dalam masyarakat majmuk di mana umatnya merupakan golongan minoriti.

    Dr Fatris juga menekankan peri penting melihat pada konsep Siyasah Al-Syariah daripada teks-teks klasikal menerusi kaca mata hari ini.

    Menurutnya, memahami maksud dan konteks itu penting, bukan sahaja bagi memahami teks agama tetapi juga untuk mengenalpasti maksud dan tujuan sebenar di sebalik pendapat ulama tentang sesuatu perkara.

    Source: Berita MediaCorp

  • Balestier Khalsa Suspends Winger Zulkiffli Hassim For Allegedly Racially Abusing Referee

    Balestier Khalsa Suspends Winger Zulkiffli Hassim For Allegedly Racially Abusing Referee

    Balestier Khalsa winger Zulkiffli Hassim will not turn out for his club any more in the 2016 season.

    The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) Disciplinary Committee (DC) has found him guilty of making derogatory racial remarks.

    The incident occurred in Balestier’s 2-1 loss to Geylang International in a Great Eastern-Yeo’s S.League match on Aug 25, with the 30-year-old allegedly making remarks of a racial nature against assistant referee Y Sathyakumar in the 90th minute.

    This is not the first incident Zulkiffli has been mired in that saw racial undertones. He was hauled up for a similar incident four years ago.

    In April 2012, the DC threw the book at Zulkiffli, after he pleaded guilty to charges of making racial remarks against Woodlands Wellington’s Trinidadian defender Fabian Lewis.

    He was banned for five games and received a suspended fine of $1,000.

    This time around, he could see graver punishment.

    Balestier, of their own accord, have suspended him without pay from Sept 8, and will hold a hearing of their own tomorrow.

    Zulkiffli has not turned out for Balestier since Aug 25, missing one game – last week’s 1-1 draw with Warriors FC – and will play no part in the Tigers’ last four league games of the season.

    He will also sit out Balestier’s play-off for third place in the RHB Singapore Cup on Oct 29.

    “Racial abuse has no place in the S.League and in Singapore, and for a club this is an extremely serious issue that is not to be treated lightly,” said Balestier chairman S Thavaneson.

    “We don’t want to pre-judge him, but we decided to suspend him pending his DC hearing, and in that letter to him told him that the club reserve the right to take (further) disciplinary action against him.

    “The first time (Zulkiffli was found guilty for a similar offence) we were sympathetic but firm, and told him that the club would not tolerate any form of racial abuse, against a player, official or fan. He agreed and realised the seriousness of his undertaking.”

    Balestier stood by their man in 2012, pointing to the fact that this was the first instance of such an offence, and while it would not be tolerated, was an isolated incident that happened in the heat of the moment in a match.

    But, with the club hauling him up for a hearing of their own this time, the signs are not good for Zulkiffli.

    “We want to follow due process, but the message must be clear and it must go down not just to players of Balestier, but to everyone,” said Thavaneson.

    “Racial abuse can lead to uglier things, and there is no place for it here.”

    A contrite Zulkiffli told The New Paper that he has missed being involved with his team.

    “I regret what I did, it was in the heat of the moment, and I couldn’t control my anger then,” he said, revealing that he has been going for runs, and playing social football on weekends to stay in shape.

    “I have to apologise to the club and my team. We don’t have a very big squad, and with some of the players out injured, I really feel guilty that I cannot help them out on the pitch.”

     

    Source: www.tnp.sg

  • Singaporeans The Unhappiest Employees Out Of 7 Asian Markets

    Singaporeans The Unhappiest Employees Out Of 7 Asian Markets

    Singaporeans are the unhappiest employees out of of seven Asian markets, according to JobStreet.com’s Job Happiness Index released on Thursday (29 September).

    Out of the 67,764 participants from Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong and Vietnam surveyed in June, the 3,398 Singaporean respondents averaged a 5.09 score out of the highest – and happiest – score of 10.

    Workers in the Philippines were found to be the happiest, with an average score of 6.25. The average scores of the remaining markets were (in ascending order of happiness): Malaysia (5.22); Vietnam (5.48); Hong Kong (5.56); Thailand (5.74) and Indonesia (6.16).

    Singaporeans were also the most pessimistic about their prospects in their existing jobs. Sentiment ratings and future outlooks about their jobs saw them scoring an average of 4.93, the unhappiest score among the surveyed markets.

    Among the Singaporean respondents, those in the C-suites (i.e. top corporate executives) were found to be the unhappiest with an average score of 4.4, while fresh graduates were the happiest employees with an average score of 5.3. Those working in the sciences, hotels and restaurants, as well as human resources were found to be the happiest employees.

    Lack of management competency was the top reason cited by Singaporean respondents for being unhappy at work. The second biggest factor was the lack of promotions and career development, followed by poor training and development programmes.

    Rising unemployment and a slower economy were not factored in the survey, although these factors have a dampening effect, said Chook Yuh Yng, country manager of JobsStreet.com Singapore.

    “The number of job seekers is outnumbering vacancies by 100 to 93 for the first time in four years. On the other end of the spectrum, the happiest employees in the Philippines are enjoying stronger economic and job growth,” she said.

    Singaporean respondents cited convenient work location, having good colleagues and company reputation as key factors underpinning job happiness. They also recommended getting a new job (30 per cent), a higher salary (19 per cent) and receiving recognition from one’s company (9 per cent) as ways to increase job happiness.

     

    Source: https://sg.finance.yahoo.com

  • Championing LGBT Equality Does Not Necessarily Mean Being Pro-LGBT

    Championing LGBT Equality Does Not Necessarily Mean Being Pro-LGBT

    I refer to the report “Chan Chun Sing urges youth to go beyond relying on good grades for jobs” (Sept 24).

    Offering his personal views on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Chan Chun Sing said: ““I’m not going to discriminate … I’m not a sex policeman.”

    When we have a law like Section 377A, however, which criminalises male gay sex but not female gay sex, then it is effectively a “sex policeman” and discriminates against gay males. Mr Chan’s comments seem incongruous with the current situation.

    Also, people supportive of LGBT equality are not “pro-LGBT” per se, not in the way that it would be seen as elevating LGBT people above others nor be seen as morally equivalent to those who are “anti-LGBT”.

    For example, if some people are racist against blacks, and there are laws or social programmes that promote general racial equality, then it would be inaccurate to claim that equality legislation is pro-black.

    Likewise, it is incorrect to portray equality for all, including LGBT people, as being pro-LGBT.

    LGBT activists tend to speak out against bullying of LGBT people and also bullying in general because they tend to see or experience the harm of bullying first-hand and are inclined to try to stop it.

    Let us not confuse this with being pro-LGBT per se. People who speak out against bullying of blacks or racist bullying in general are not generally seen as being pro-such-and-such a race.

    I also see support for things like proper relationship and marriage equality not so much as pro-LGBT but as pro-marriage.

    Decades ago in the United States, some areas outlawed mixed-race marriage, but when that was overturned, it helped to improve the relationships of those couples. And this has a positive knock-on effect on society.

    As a married heterosexual Singaporean, my marriage would not be affected if same-sex marriage were ever allowed. It is not as if mine would suddenly crumble because some other same-sex couple could marry.

    There is no rational basis for claiming harm to marriage where same-sex marriage is allowed.

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • Nazem Suki: Pakar-Pakar Penyelidik Dan Golongan Terorisma Dari Golongan Sama Yang Sesat

    Nazem Suki: Pakar-Pakar Penyelidik Dan Golongan Terorisma Dari Golongan Sama Yang Sesat

    Pakar-pakar penyelidik dalam ideologi terorisma juga adalah golongan yang menyelewang dan sesat.

    Apabila golongan teroris memesong salah guna fatwa dan ajaran ulama muktabar untuk kepentingan ideologi terorisma mereka, golongan pakar selidik terorisma juga memesong salah guna fatwa dan ajaran ulama muktabar yang sama untuk melabel ulama tersebut adalah ‘ibu’ ideologi terorisma.

    Maka secara khusus nya, golongan terorisma dan penyelidik terorisma adalah sama dari golongan yang sesat yang parah.

    Mungkin tidak menjadi melampau sekira pakar selidik terorisma ini akan mengatakan Al Quran dan Sunnah adalah ‘ibu’ ideologi terorisma.

    Yang lebih parah ialah pakar ini dilahirkan seorang Muslim, atau hanya Muslim pada nama.

     

    Source: Mohamed Nazem Suki

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