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Teenage Girl Who Fell To Death Was On Drugs

About two weeks before she fell from her seventh-storey flat in Block 431, Bukit Panjang Ring Road, on Aug 19 last year, she told her father that she could see a monster and hear children crying in her room.

Administrative worker Denyse Tan, 18, also appeared groggy, so her father asked her if she was on drugs. When she replied no, he believed her.

A coroner’s inquiry into her death yesterday confirmed that she was on drugs, with State Coroner Marvin Bay saying that methamphetamine, better known as Ice, was detected in her blood.

Recording a verdict of misadventure, he found that her fall had occurred “in the wake of a likely drug-induced psychotic or delusional episode”.

Mr Tan, a businessman, later told The New Paper: “I didn’t know Denyse had been abusing drugs. I would have called the CNB (Central Narcotics Bureau) immediately if I had known that she had taken drugs.

“I would have done it out of love.”

Source: www.tnp.sg

July 28, 2015
70% Of Persons Who Committed Suicide In 2014 Were Males

Seven out of every 10 persons who committed suicide last year were male, according to the latest statistics by the Samaritans of Singapore (SOS).

In a report on Monday (July 27), the suicide prevention group noted that 292 men and 123 women committed suicide last year.

In the past decade, it added, the number of men committing suicide rose by nearly 30 per cent, while the number of women fell by 20 per cent.

Part of the reason is that men tend to keep quiet about the problems they are facing, while women are more likely to seek help, said SOS executive director Christine Wong.

“(Men) feel the continuous pressure to solve issues faced on their own, and suppress feelings of distress,” she said.

“Help-seeking is often associated with loss of status… loss of control and autonomy, and incompetence.”

Ms Wong noted that most of the people who seek help at SOS are female.

The difference between the genders, she added, is clearest for those aged between 60 and 69. This is likely to be because the elderly tend to adhere more strongly to traditional gender roles.

Problems such as loneliness and mental health issues were common to both genders. However, many men faced financial or debt issues, while more women faced problems at home.

Source: www.straitstimes.com

July 28, 2015
Zulfikar Shariff: PAP Malay Muslim MPs Cannot Be Counted On To Fight For Malay/Muslim Issues

We are constantly told to leave the hijab issue to the Malay MPs. We are told they are working on it behind close doors.

We are told that if we raise the issue, it will force the government to dig in their heels and deny our Muslimah of their rights for even longer. We should keep quiet and appreciate their decisions.

I remember a conversation I had with a Malay MP shortly before the 2001 elections.

Yatiman Yusof was part of the Tampines GRC. By 2001, he had been in parliament for 17 years and was the Senior Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Information, Communications And The Arts.

One night about a week before the election, I had a meeting with members of the Fateha group at Afghanistan Restaurant in Tampines. Yatiman happened to be at the same restaurant.

As I made my way to order dinner, he asked me to sit with him for a chat.

Our conversation understandably, turned to the hijab issue. According to Yatiman, he supported the ban on “tudung”.

He argued that if Singapore was to allow tudung in school, we will not integrate anymore and society will disintegrate.

When it was pointed out that other countries such as Malaysia allows tudung, he answered:

“It is a mistake by the Malaysian government to allow tudung in schools. I am 55 now. If we allow tudung in school, in 25 years, by the time I am 80, we will start to kill each other.”

A Malay MP prioritized government policies and support the oppression of our Muslimah.

And yet…

We are told to leave the hijab issue to the Malay MPs.

We are told they are working on it behind close doors.

We are told to support them and keep quiet.

And we believe them.

Source: Zulfikar Shariff

July 28, 2015
Marie Claire Should Stay Put Of Sociopolitics

Marie Claire Magazine’s article titled “10 Muslim Women Shatter Stereotypes by Showing Off Their Style” has been getting a lot of attention from Muslims on social media. While the target audience is probably a non-Muslim one, some American Muslim women have taken a critical eye to the piece and are confused by the article, wondering, “How does this shatter stereotypes about Muslim women like me?”

But what stereotypes about Muslim women do Americans hold that need shattering in the first place? The article’s tagline claims that these women’s fashion sense “[banishes] the idea of the oppressed Muslim woman.” The article further claims that these women, “stand up for their autonomy every time they get dressed.” There isn’t much expository substance other than that in this article, and I fail to see the connecting thread between all ten of the women featured, besides that they are “fashionable.” What does being “well-dressed” have to do with shattering the stereotype of the oppressed Muslim woman? Are being “oppressed” and “unfashionable” synonymous, while being “independent” and “fashionable” synonymous here? Are these notions of oppression and a lack of agency being oddly conflated with Muslim women observing a “traditional” or “conservative” Islamic dress code, or lack thereof?

Source: www.altmuslimah.com

July 28, 2015
Meet Minnesota’s First Hijab-Wearing Policewoman

Have you ever heard of Kadra Mohamed? Well you should have.

She’s Minnesota’s first hijab wearing police woman and the first Somali female officer.

Kadra Mohamed is only 21 years old and already making history.

St. Paul is also one of the few American police departments that allows women to wear the hijab while working. This way, they hope to enable Muslim women to consider a career in law enforcement.

This topic always raises the same questions. Why is it that Muslim women wearing hijab have to fight all kinds of stereotypes to have a career? There are millions of Muslim women like Kadra Mohamed, who want to achieve their goals. And it’s not their hijab that is holding them back. It’s those people with narrow-minded views, refusing to see what kind of talents these women might brighten up the world with.

Let’s hope Kadra Mohamed will not stay an exception forever!

Source: http://mvslim.com

July 28, 2015