Category: Sosial

  • Zulfikar Shariff: Amos Yee Just Wants Attention, But Insulting Religion Is Not How You Get Attention!

    Zulfikar Shariff: Amos Yee Just Wants Attention, But Insulting Religion Is Not How You Get Attention!

    The kid in Singapura that insulted LKY, Christianity and Islam and pretended as though Muslims are after him…

    Is now posting anti Islam pictures.

    Please do NOT post his wall,

    Do NOT share

    Do NOT behave like we are upset.

    He wants attention.

    He wants a reaction

    Do NOT give it to him.

    Ignore him.

     

    Source: Zulfikar Shariff

  • Foto ‘Lucah’: Mira Filzah Serah Kepada Tuhan Untuk Membalas

    Foto ‘Lucah’: Mira Filzah Serah Kepada Tuhan Untuk Membalas

    Pelakon Malaysia, Mira Filzah, menjelaskan bahawa gambar beliau berkelakuan ‘lucah’ yang tersebar online, sebenarnya diubahsuai oleh pihak yang tidak bertanggungjawab.

    Pelakon dan pengacara yang terkenal dengan drama ‘Cinta Si Wedding Planner’ itu turut memuat naik gambar terbabit – iaitu dirinya menikmati sepotong kek coklat semasa majlis hari jadinya bersama peminat.

    Gambar itulah yang diubahsuai hingga menunjukkan Mira, 23 tahun, bukan membuka mulut untuk menikmati kek, sebaliknya menjilat jeli merah berbentuk seperti kemaluan lelaki, menurut laporan Astro Gempak.

    Foto ‘lucah’ tersebut menjadi viral dan menjadi bualan ramai peminat di lelaman media sosial yang seakan tidak percaya dengan gambar itu, dek imej Mira yang bertudung.

    Mira memberikan penjelasan tersebut di laman Instagramnya semalam (14 Apr).

    “Assalamualaikum. Rasanya, rata-rata pun dah tahu gambar di atas (iaitu gambar sebenar) yg telah di-edit tersebar. Dan tak perlulah Mira tunjuk atau upload di sini gambar yg telah di-edit.

    “Cukuplah Mira tampil di sini, nak bagi tahu, nak tunjuk, ini adalah gambar yang sebenar,” tulis Mira, yang turut terkenal dengan segmen ‘Dunia Lola’ di TV Hijabista.

    Mira turut berkata beliau tidak tahu siapa pihak yang bertanggungjawab, namun enggan mengambil tindakan lanjut dan menyerahkannya kepada Tuhan untuk membalas tindakan itu.

    “Cuma sekarang ini bagi Mira, perkara-perkara macam ini Allah sahaja yang membalas.

    “Mira pun tidak tahu siapakah dalang di sebalik perbuatan ini, tapi Allah tahu. Bukan tugas Mira untuk menghukum,” tulisnya lagi.

     

    Source: Berita Mediacorp

  • Malaysian School Hit By ‘Mass Hysteria’ Still Closed, But Journalists Hear Screams From The Classrooms

    Malaysian School Hit By ‘Mass Hysteria’ Still Closed, But Journalists Hear Screams From The Classrooms

    The gates of a school in Malaysia’s state of Kelantan, where students have been plauged by “mass hysteria”, were closed to reporters on Sunday (April 17) – the day the school was set to reopen – but screams were heard coming from the classrooms.

    SMK Pengkalan Chepa 2 was shut down for three days last Thursday to allow bomohs, ustaz and Islamic traditional practitioners to rid the place of bad spirits.

    It does not seem to be working.

    Pressmen and photographers, who were stationed in front of the school, were shocked to hear the screaming and shouts emanating from the school compounds.

    The school administration has conducted a two-hour recital of Quranic verses and held prayers together with the students.It is learnt that a Chinese bomoh from Perak and his team entered the school compounds to assist in the situation.

    At about 11.30am, more screams and shouts were heard, and attempts by the media to enter the school were unsuccessful.

    Last Monday to Wednesday, more than 100 female and male students and teachers were allegedly struck by mass hysteria to the extent that the school was forced to shut down on Thursday to avoid more students from being possessed.

    School principal Siti Hawa Mat and district education officials could not be reached for comment on Sunday.

    At a press conference in Kelantan state capital Kota Baru on Thursday, Ms Siti said the closure of the school in Pengkalan Chepa was necessary to enable the bomoh and ustaz to perform prayers before the school was set to reopen on Sunday.

    She said the studies of students of SMK Pengkalan Chepa 2 were disrupted, and her administration was at their wits’ end to find a way to rid the school of “bad spirits”.

    Students and teachers have claimed to have seen paranormal beings like black spectres, pontianak and pochong.

     

    Source: Straits Times

  • Masagos: Singaporeans Studying In The Middle East Have Role To Play In Nation Building

    Masagos: Singaporeans Studying In The Middle East Have Role To Play In Nation Building

    Singaporean students who are studying in Middle Eastern universities have an important role to play after they graduate, as the Republic is in need of strong religious leaders who can contextualise Islam in line with the country’s multiracial circumstances, said Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli on Saturday (April 16) night.

    Mr Masagos, who was speaking to reporters after a dialogue session with around 100 Singaporean students studying in Jordanian universities, said that Singapore has benefited from a strong group of home-grown religious scholars, because many of them understand how religion should be taught, particularly in the context of how it features in a multicultural society. But more religious leaders are needed in the future, he said.

    “By coming to the Middle East, Jordan, Egypt and in the past even Syria, they (the students) are able to deepen their technical understanding of the region. Therefore, (they) also build the credibility that is needed when they are expounding the religion,” said Mr Masagos, who is part of the Singapore delegation accompanying Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on a week-long trip to the Middle East.

    “When they come back (to Singapore), they know how to contextualise the teachings and at the same time inoculate the masses against the persuasions from the outside to become more radicalised,” said the Minister.

    He noted that many of these students had gone through the Madrasah educational system in Singapore, where they learnt how to practise the religion in the context of Singapore’s multiracial society. With their deepened understanding, these graduates would be able to promote respect for different groups in society.

    He added that students who graduate from the Middle East have a lot more to offer in addition to their religious knowledge.

    “For example, their mastery of Arabic as well as having lived here (in the Middle East) for a long time, can contribute to our own companies’ foray in this area,” he said, adding that he has spoken to Singaporean companies with investments in the region including Keppel FELS, Hyflux and Sembcorp about tapping on the expertise of these students.

    Reflecting on the dialogue with Mr Masagos, Mr Abdul Fattah, 23, a freshman studying jurisprudence told TODAY that “what we learn here in Jordan, we would like to first benefit our families, close friends and the people around us.”

    “In the future, I hope to be able to work with youths and instill in them the knowledge of love and respect for this religion (Islam),” he said, adding that he aspires to reach out to non-Muslim youths as well.

    Commenting on concerns about Islamophobia in Singapore, Mr Masagos said that “through our dialogue, my point to them (students) is clear: it is in our hands to ensure that we interact with the wider society well, meaningfully, deeply, so that interaction between all races, even at the individual level is contributing and positive.”

    “They (should) understand that while Islamophobia is something that could happen because of the information that others may have about Muslims around the world, we can change that, we can prevent that from happening in Singapore,” he said.

    Mr Masagos noted that The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS) has been active in engaging Singaporean students in the Middle East, with MUIS officers stationed in Cairo and Jeddah so that they can be in close touch with the students not only to ensure that their welfare is taken care of, but also to render any assistance in the event of an emergency.

    Additionally, MUIS updates the students on latest developments in Singapore so that “they do not merely read about Singapore on the Internet and interpret them in any way that the internet is persuading them to,” said Mr Masagos.

    Prime Minister Lee, when hosting a reception for the same group of students on Saturday evening, also encouraged them to keep pace with developments back home, inviting them to follow him on social media to get a better sense of what is happening in Singapore.

    Mr Lee is making his first official visit to Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Territories. The last high-level visit by a Singaporean leader to Jordan was by then President S R Nathan in 2006. Mr Lee on Saturday kick-started his trip with a cultural programme at the ancient city of Petra in Jordan. On Sunday, Mr Lee will be hosted to lunch by Jordan’s King Abdullah II. He will also meet Prime Minister and Defence Minister Abdullah Ensour, who will host dinner for him.

    Mr Lee will meet Chief Advisor for Religious and Cultural Affairs Prince Ghazi Bin Muhammad Bin Talal on Monday, before proceeding to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

     

    Source: TODAY Online

  • Zero Chance Of Haze Like Last Year In region

    Zero Chance Of Haze Like Last Year In region

    There is “zero chance” that any haze this year will be as severe as last year’s episode — where air quality hit hazardous levels and forced the closure of schools in Singapore and in the region — the head of an Indonesian agency recently set up to restore degraded peatland has boldly promised.

    Acknowledging that fire prevention had not been a focus previously, Mr Nazir Foead, who was making his first overseas speech since taking the reins at the Peatland Restoration Agency, said “we are not in the denial stage anymore, we’re in the stage of correcting the mistakes of the past”.

    “There will be hotspots, I cannot deny,” he added. “There will be fires, but the scale of the fires that create haze that choke the Indonesian public and our neighbours will dramatically be less.”

    Mr Nazir, a former environmental activist, was addressing an audience of agroforestry and business players and non-governmental organisation representatives at the 3rd Singapore Dialogue on Sustainable World Resources organised by the Singapore Institute of International Affairs think tank on Friday (April 15).

    Asked if his prediction of less severe haze was too bold, Mr Nazir said things are very different this time round. Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Thursday issued a moratorium on new permits for oil palm plantations, and had vowed in January to sack local military and police chiefs for uncontrolled fires in their provinces, for example.

    “I cannot emphasise how seriously now Indonesia is preparing actions, programmes, changing policies to prevent fires from happening,” he said, at the event held at the Ritz-Carlton, Millennia Singapore.

    The scale of the disaster last year, which affected tens of millions of people and cost Indonesia up to 475 trillion rupiah and Singapore about S$700 million, shocked the Indonesian government and sparked determination to not allow history to repeat, he added.

    The haze episode in Singapore was protracted last year, lasting from September to November. The Pollutant Standards Index levels breached 2,000 in Central Kalimantan and Indonesians fled their homes for other cities, while in Singapore, the PSI crept to hazardous levels (above 300), causing schools to close on Sept 25.

    The Peatland Restoration Agency was formed in January, with Mr Widodo setting the target to restore 2 million hectares of peatland in seven provinces. The agency has mapped out 2.26 million hectares of dry or canalised peatland that has been burnt frequently in recent years. Of this area, 360,000 hectares is conservation land. The remainder are in cultivation areas — three-quarters are concession areas awarded to companies and one-quarter is community land.

    Of 2.6 million hectares that was burnt last year in Indonesia, nearly 1 million was peatland.

    Mr Nazir’s agency aims to re-wet the peatland — carbon-rich wetlands that burn easily when drained — and provide alternative livelihoods to communities by identifying crops such as sago palm that grow well in wet conditions.

    Peatland restoration in Riau province’s Meranti Islands was launched a few days ago, and Mr Nazir said peatland maps of four districts will be available in about three months.

    His “dream” is to make the information publicly available. Asked about legal concerns previously cited, that have prevented Indonesia from publicly disclosing the concession maps of companies, Mr Nazir said it is something government institutions need to dicuss internally. “What I see (is), there is no national secret in providing the information of the concessions (to the public),” he said. Instead, companies and land managers would know they are being watched and be motivated to do right.

    “When companies do good, communities and smallholders, the government has to think how to give incentives to do better, and let the public also see what is happening on the ground. That can only happen if we expose the maps,” he told reporters.

    His agency has its work cut out, working with 12 ministers and seven governors and ensuring quality dams are built to raise the water table, among other tasks. But Mr Nazir reckoned the toughest challenge will be getting companies that have not adopted sustainability measures on board. “There might be corporations that might think (it’s) not my problem, it’s the community that burns the land.”

    After mapping out the 1.9 million hectares of peatland in cultivated areas at a suitable scale, his agency will engage companies on restoration plans. Pulp companies commonly grow acacia on rather dry land but Mr Nazir said switching to species that grow well on wet peatland would be ideal.

     

    Source: TODAY Online