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  • NUS’ MyISIS Portal May Change Its Name

    NUS’ MyISIS Portal May Change Its Name

    With its student online information platform having an acronym similar to that of the militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the National University of Singapore (NUS) will be looking into whether a name-change is needed.

    Last month, Dunman High School changed the name of its Integrated Student Information System (ISIS) to Dunman High Information System (DHIS).

    MyISIS is where NUS students pay their school fees, check examination seating plans and schedules, besides using it for other administrative functions. “The university will conduct a review to determine if a change in the name of the NUS student platform is necessary,” said an NUS spokesperson in an email response to TODAY’s queries.

    Most NUS students TODAY spoke to said there was no need for a revision, as it is far-fetched for anyone to draw links between the university and the militant group.

    “I don’t think it is necessary because I would think students know better than that,” said sociology undergraduate Nurul Syuhaidah Senin, 21. “But I feel that it would just give people peace of mind.”

    Dentistry undergraduate Chloe Sim, 21, added: “If (tomorrow) a new terrorist group with NUS as its acronym pops up, are we supposed to change the name of our school, too? It’s just bad luck that it coincides, but there’s no need to be drastic.”

    However, financial engineering postgraduate Kim Vu, 27, felt a name change would be appropriate as those who have suffered from the group’s terrorist acts could find the similarity offensive.

    “The name doesn’t affect me, but it may offend other people. So the change can be good,” he said. “It will not hurt anyone, anyway.”

    In an email sent to Dunman High students on June 18 and that has since been circulated online, the school said it was changing the name of its student information system to DHIS because the system “shares the same acronym as the terrorist group in Syria”.

    When contacted by TODAY, the school declined to comment.

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • Deaf-Mute Teen Who Stole Bus For Joyride Sentenced To Probation

    Deaf-Mute Teen Who Stole Bus For Joyride Sentenced To Probation

    He stole a private bus from an industrial park and took it for a joyride, but the 17-year-old teenager who is deaf and mute will be given a second chance.

    Muhammad Salahuddin Omar was convicted of three charges: theft of a motor vehicle, driving below the age of 18 and driving without insurance.

    The Community Court sentenced him to 24 months’ probation with a number of conditions, such as staying indoors from 10pm to 5.30am and serving 130 community service hours. He also cannot drive or apply for a driving licence during the probation period.

    Delivering the sentence today (July 8), District Judge Mathew Joseph said it is important to determine the “underlying root cause” so that Salahuddin does not reoffend in future.

    He noted that Salahuddin has had hearing impairment since birth and has lost his hearing aids several times. “(Due to the) lack of hearing aids….(Salahuddin has been) trapped in (his) prison from birth,” said the judge.

    Salahuddin’s father, who was present during the hearing, told the court that he can only communicate with his son 20 per cent of the time using sign language. To communicate better with Salahuddin, the judge said his father has to “improve at a higher level” of learning sign language.

    The judge also noted that Salahuddin has a fascination with buses and wants to further his studies in the Institute of Technical Education College Central after completing his N-levels this year.

    According to court documents, an employee of the AZ Bus company discovered that a bus — valued at about S$200,000 — was missing from Woodlands Industrial Park E8 on March 8.

    Mr Toh Hoe Kok, who was the operations executive at that time, tracked the location of the bus through a Global Positioning System linked to his handphone.

    Mr Toh discovered the bus to be along Kian Teck Road and asked one of his employees to follow the bus. His employee managed to catch sight of it but told Mr Toh that the driver did not stop when approached.

    Mr Toh continued to monitor the location of the bus using his handphone, and saw it moving along the Ayer Rajah Expressway, Jurong Town Hall Road, Boon Lay Way and Jurong Pier Road. He then got into his own vehicle to go after the bus and spotted it while he was reaching Bukit Batok Avenue 6. He stopped the bus by driving and stopping in front of it.

    Investigations revealed that about a year ago, Salahuddin’s father had noticed that his son was interested in public transportation and would attend public transportation-related exhibitions with his elder brother. He would also play computer games related to buses.

    He had stolen the vehicle for fun, by pressing the emergency exit button to board the bus, and found the bus key next to the driver’s seat. He drove around for about 45 minutes before reaching the Bukit Batok Central area where he was stopped by Mr Toh.

    A probation officer who took the stand during the hearing recommended Salahuddin be engaged in activities catered to the deaf community. She also recommended his parents to attending programmes such as basic sign language courses.

    Deputy Public Prosecutor Zhou Yihong asked the court to disallow Salahuddin to drive and apply for a driving license for all classes of vehicles during the probation period.

    She pointed out that Salahuddin has shown “brazen disregard for the law” when he committed the offences, but noted that no one was hurt.

    Salahuddin’s parents, who were present in court declined to speak to the media, after the hearing.

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • Indonesian Student Arrested For Sending Bomb Threats To SIA

    Indonesian Student Arrested For Sending Bomb Threats To SIA

    JAKARTA — Jakarta Police today (July 8) said they had arrested a 21-year-old male student from a private university in Banten who had sent a bomb threat to Singapore Airlines, causing flight delays.

    Ilham, a senior college student reportedly majoring in information technology, was apprehended yesterday at his home in the Baleria housing complex in Tangerang, Banten after sending an email containing a bomb threat to Singapore Airlines on July 1.

    “Because of the terror, there were three flights (from Singapore’s Changi International Airport), delayed for a while,” said Brigadier General Victor Edison Simanjuntak, chief of Jakarta Police’s economic crime unit, today.

    According to Brig Gen Victor, Singaporean authorities tracked the source of the email and contacted the Indonesian police force.

    The information technology and cybercrime unit of the National Police conducted an investigation that led to Ilham’s arrest.

    “We are still investigating his motives,” Brig Gen Victor said.

    The police intend to charge Ilham with article 335 of the criminal code and article 45 of the 2008 Law on Information and Electronic Transactions. The student faces a maximum ten years’ imprisonment.

    When contacted, Singapore Airlines told TODAY: “As the matter is the subject of an ongoing police investigation, we are unable to provide further details.”

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • Apabila Budaya Melayu ‘Ditelan’ Budaya Arab

    Apabila Budaya Melayu ‘Ditelan’ Budaya Arab

    Baru-baru ini penulis diberitahu sudah sukar bagi wanita Melayu untuk membeli baju kurung di pasaran menjelang sambutan Aidilfitri tidak lama lagi.

    Penulis diberitahu, mereka terpaksa menempah baju kurung di kedai-kedai jahit kerana kebanyakan kedai-kedai sudah tidak menjualnya disebabkan jubah menjadi pilihan ramai pembeli.

    Perkara ini tidak memeranjatkan kerana apabila melihat jiran-jiran penulis dan kebanyakan wanita Melayu masa kini, mereka lebih gemar menggunakan jubah berbanding baju kurung.

    Apabila pulang ke kampung berhari raya, kebanyakan adik beradik dan saudara mara sudah menggunakan jubah berbanding baju kurung.

    Hari ini, jika anda berurusan dengan agensi-agensi kerajaan, baju kurung digunakan lebih ramai wanita bukan Melayu berbanding Melayu.

    Kerana kuatnya proses Arabisasi yang melanda pada hari ini, sudah sukar untuk melihat baju kurung teluk belanga, cekak musang, Kedah, Melaka dan Pahang dipakai wanita Melayu. Begitu juga dengan baju kebaya.

    Sedikit demi sedikit kebudayaan Melayu runtuh dan digantikan dengan kebudayaan Arab.

    Ini kerana, majoriti orang-orang Melayu sudah tidak dapat membezakan lagi di antara Arab dan Islam. Bagi mereka Arab itu Islam dan Islam itu Arab.

    Neo Talibanisasi dan Arabisasi

    Fenomena ini ditambah lagi dengan pulangnya ramainya pemuda-pemudi Melayu dari Timur Tengah masuk bekerja di jabatan-jabatan kerajaan.

    Kalau dahulu golongan ini hanya “bersarang” dalam PAS, kini mereka sudah mendapat tempat di dalam Umno.

    Apabila golongan ini mendapat tempat di dalam Umno keadaan menjadi lebih parah kerana parti Melayu itu memerintah kerajaan dan tidak hairanlah mengapa pejabat-pejabat kerajaan kini sudah “bertukar suasana”.

    Maka tidak hairanlah hari ini, sudah tidak terlihat perbezaan di antara Umno dengan PAS.

    Secara tidak sedar, jenis Islam yang dianuti orang-orang Melayu pada hari ini juga berbeza, lebih keras dan tertutup berbanding generasi terdahulu.

    Neo Talibanisasi dicampur dengan Arabisasi melahirkan guru-guru sekolah menghalang pelajar bukan Islam makan dan minum secara terbuka pada bulan Ramadan sehingga menempatkan mereka di dalam tandas.

    Lebih ekstrem lagi apabila ada guru sekolah yang menyuruh anak murid bukan Islam minum air kencing sendiri jika haus disebabkan kantin tidak dibuka pada bulan Ramadan.

    Sebenarnya Arabisasi dan Neo Talibanisasi merupakan perkara baharu dalam masyarakat Melayu. Semuanya bermula selepas revolusi Islam di Iran pada 1979.

    Dasar “eksport revolusi” yang dilancarkan Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini untuk menyeru rakyat di negara-negara Islam agar melawan pemerintah zalim menakutkan Arab Saudi.

    Ini menyebabkan Arab Saudi melancarkan serangan balas dengan menggunakan wang minyak untuk melakukan penjajahan budaya dan menyebarkan fahaman Wahabi bagi memastikan status quo pemerintahan mereka selamat.

    Bezanya dengan penjajahan budaya barat, Arab Saudi hanya menumpukan ke negara-negara majoriti Islam.

    Sebab itu di Nusantara ini, selain Malaysia, Indonesia juga mengalami masalah sama. Presiden Indonesia Joko Widodo (Jokowi) sedar akan permasalahan ini.

    Semasa acara pembukaan Munas Ulama Pengurus Besar Nahdlatul Ulama di Masjid Istiqlal Jun lalu, Jokowi mengeluarkan istilah “Islam Nusantara” sebagai jawapan kepada Arabisasi dan Neo Talibanisasi.

    “Islam Nusantara adalah Islam yang ramah, tidak radikal, inklusif dan toleran,” kata Jokowi dalam wawancara dengan BBC Indonesia selepas acara tersebut.

    Jokowi menekankan Islam di Nusantara tersebar dengan “dengan cara pendekatan budaya, tidak dengan doktrin yang kaku dan keras”.

    Islam Nusantara ini didakwahkan dengan melibatkan budaya, melestarikan budaya, menghormati budaya, tidak dengan memusnahkan budaya,” katanya.

    Sayangnya di Malaysia pemimpin kita tidak sedar. Mungkin mereka sedar tetapi hanya membiarkannya demi kepentingan undi dan kuasa.

    Perlahan-lahan juga bahasa Melayu dijajah bahasa Arab. Sebab itulah pada bulan Ramadan, jelas sekali perubahannya.

    Penggantian istilah daripada “buka puasa” kepada “iftar”, “doa” kepada “dua”, “sembahyang” kepada “solat” terlihat dengan begitu jelas.

    Malahan sesetengah Melayu menganggap “kurang Islam” jika masih menggunakan “istilah lama”.

    Sebab itulah tidak mustahil satu hari nanti, baju kurung dan baju Melayu hanya dapat dilihat di muzium sahaja kerana masyarakat Melayu sudah menganggap memakainya sebagai “kurang Islam”. – 5 Julai, 2015.

    * This is the personal opinion of the writer or publication and does not necessarily represent the views of The Malaysian Insider.

     

    Source: www.themalaysianinsider.com

  • Cross-Dressing Man Stuns Commuters With Skin-Tight Outfit

    Cross-Dressing Man Stuns Commuters With Skin-Tight Outfit

    A middle-aged man was spotted last week cross-dressing on Line 2 of the Shanghai Metro. The man was photographed by onlookers wearing a form-fitting pink shirt and a pair of nude pantyhose, revealing a red thong and his bulging “package” in the front. We’re not exactly sure what the contents of said package are.

    Despite his classy pearls, netizens pointed out that the passenger didn’t sit in a very “lady-like” manner. The man casually read a book with his legs spread apart and his thingy (for honest lack of a better term) on full display.

    Most shocking of all, however, was his attempt to pull off sandals with socks.

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    Just another day on the Shanghai Metro.

    By Crystal Lau

    [Images via tiexue.net]

     

    Source: http://shanghaiist.com

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