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Zulfikar Shariff: How Much Longer Do We Have To Wait For Resolution To Hijab Issue?

Over the years, there have been various claims about why the PAP government ban the hijab.

One common excuse is that it is only a matter of time. According to this claim the government is trying to expand the common space and will allow the hijab in due course.

This excuse is amazing in how ridiculous it is.

When I discussed the hijab ban with Allahyarham Ustadz Abu Bakar Hashim several years ago, he told me that it was time the issue was resolved.

He demanded that we double the effort.

No more quiet begging. We need to stand up and be clear that the government should stop discriminating our sisters.

According to Ustadz Abu Bakar, the first time he heard of the problem was in 1972. He said it had been almost 30 years (then).

It is now 43 years.

How much longer will the government need to oppress our sisters?

How much longer will they use the excuse of needing time?

How much longer will we keep quiet while our sisters are abused?

The hijab ban has nothing to do with expanding common space. If it was, the government would have been able to do it a long time ago.

They had 43 years to do it.

And yet, they keep discriminating our sisters.

They keep forcing Muslim ladies to take off an article of clothing.

They forced us to beg for their approval.

It has been 43 years.

And it will keep going 43 years more.

Source: Zulfikar Shariff

July 29, 2015
Yellow Lizard Found In POST’s Waffle Crisp Cereals Was Not A Free Toy

Dear POST Cereals Singapore,

I have ,for many years, enjoyed your range of products from Honey Bunches of Oats, Great Grains and most recently, Waffle Crisp.

Unfortunately when I opened my box of Waffle Crisp this morning to pour out a bowl of what I hoped to be delicious cereal, what instead came tumbling out along with the golden waffles was a lizard, a crispy yellow lizard to be exact.

I instinctively knew that this had to be the work of the arch nemesis of Waffle Boy, Professor Burnt Toast, and that he had planted this heinous ingredient in order to ruin the good name of Post.

I hence decided to take a few pictures of this devious crime and to swiftly alert the relevant authorities. I hope that you will be able to use this evidence to catch this horrible destroyer of good breakfasts.

Sadly, although we may be closer to winning the war against burnt toasts everywhere, the battle here was lost. I had to throw away the rest of my golden breakfast and seek nourishment elsewhere. I hope that you will be able to compensate me somehow so that I may continue to appreciate healthy but fun breakfasts.

Waffliciously Yours,
Nicholas Deroose

UPC code: 8491210370
Manufacturing code: JAN2016P26

Source: Nicholas Deroose

July 29, 2015
51 Year Old Singaporean Detained For Trying To Join ISIS

A 51-year-old Singaporean has been arrested under the Internal Security Act (ISA) after he had tried to join the terrorist group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Ministry of Home Affairs said on Tuesday (Jul 28).

In late May, Mustafa Sultan Ali left Singapore and went to an unnamed regional country before flying to Turkey. He had taken that travel route in the hopes of hiding his tracks, MHA said, adding that he had planned to cross into Syria from the Turkish border.

He was detained by local authorities in Turkey and subsequently deported to Singapore in June, MHA said. In July, Mustafa was issued with a two-year Order of Detention.

Investigations showed that Mustafa had been “deeply radicalised by the terrorist ideology of ISIS and other radical ideologues he had come across online”, MHA said. He tried to make his way to Syria in order to “participate in armed violence by fighting alongside ISIS”, and was prepared to carry out ISIS-directed terrorist attacks against Western establishments in Singapore, it added.

In May, a 19-year-old Singaporean M Arifil Azim Putra Norja’I was detained for participating in terrorism-related activities and planning to carry out violent attacks in Singapore. Another radicalised 17-year-old Singaporean was also arrested in May under the ISA for further investigations into the extent of his radicalisation.

MHA urged members of the public who may be aware of any involvement in terrorism-related activities to inform the Internal Security Department (1800-2626-473) or the Police (999).

“The Government takes a very serious view of any form of support for terrorism, including but not limited to the use of violence, and will take firm and decisive action against any person who engages in such activities,” it said.

Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

July 28, 2015
Senarai Kabinet Baru Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak mengumumkan rombakan barisan Menteri Kabinet, di Putrajaya hari ini.

Antara yang digugurkan adalah Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin dan diganti oleh Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi yang sebelum ini memegang portfolio di Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN).

Pengumuman rombakan Kabinet ini menyaksikan seramai tujuh Menteri dan sembilan Timbalan Menteri baru telah dilantik yang berkuatkuasa pada 29 Julai 2015.

Berikut senarai Kabinet baru:

Perdana Menteri dan Menteri Kewangan : Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak

Timbalan Perdana Menteri Merangkap Menteri Dalam Negeri : Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

Timbalan Menteri Dalam Negeri:

Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed

Tuan Masir Anak Kujat

Menteri Kewangan II : Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah

Timbalan Menteri Kewangan:

Datuk Chua Tee Yong

Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani

Menteri Pengangkutan : Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai

Timbalan: Datuk Ab Aziz Kaprawi

Menteri Kesihatan : Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam

Timbalan: Datuk Seri Dr Hilmi Yahaya

Menteri Pelancongan Dan Kebudayaan : Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz

Timbalan: Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin

Menteri Pertahanan : Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein

Timbalan: Datuk Wira Mohd Johari Baharum

Menteri Belia dan Sukan: Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar

Timbalan: Datuk Saravanan A/L Murugan

Menteri Pendidikan : Datuk Seri Mahadhir Khalid

Timbalan:

P.Kamalanathan A/L P.Panchanathan

Senator Tuan Chong Sin Woon

Menteri KPDNKK : Datuk Hamzah Zainuddin

Timbalan: Datuk Paduka Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah

Menteri Sumber Asli dan Sekitar : Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar

Timbalan: Datuk Ir Hamim Samuri

Menteri Perusahaan Perladangan dan Komoditi : Datuk Amar Dauglas Uggah Embas

Timbalan: Datuk Noriah Kasnon

Menteri Perdagangan Antarabangsa Dan Industri : Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed

Timbalan : Datuk Ahmad Maslan

Menteri Tenaga Teknologi Hijau Dan Air : Datuk Seri Panglima Dr Maximus Johnity Ongkili

Timbalan: Datuk Seri Dr James Dawos Mamit

Menteri Pertanian Dan Industri Asas Tani : Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek

Timbalan: Datuk Seri Haji Tajuddin Andul Rahman

Menteri Kemajuan Luar Bandar Dan Wilayah : Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri

Timbalan:

Datuk Alexander nanta Linggi

Datuk Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub

Menteri Komunikasi dan Multimedia : Datuk Seri Mohd Salleh Keruak

Timbalan: Datuk Jailani Johari

Menteri Luar Negeri: Datuk Seri Anifah Aman

Timbalan: Datuk Seri Reezal Merican naina Merican

Menteri Sains Teknologi dan Inovasi : Datuk Wilfred Madius Tangau

Timbalan: Datuk Dr Abu Bakar Mohamad Diah

Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat : Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim

Timbalan:

Datuk Hajah Azizah Datuk Seri Panglima Mohd Dun

Senator Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun

Menteri Kerja Raya : Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof

Timbalan : Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin

Menteri Sumber Manusia : Datuk Seri Richard Riot

Timbalan: Datuk Seri Ismail Abd Mutalib

Menteri Wilayah Persekutuan : Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Mansor

Timbalan: Datuk Dr Loga Bala Moha A/L Jaganathan

Menteri Pengajian Tinggi : Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh

Timbalan: Datuk Yap Kain Ching @ Mary Yap Ken Jin

Menteri Kesejahteraan Bandar, Perumahan Dan Kerajaan Tempatan: Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan

Timbalan: Datuk Halimah Mohd Sadique

Menteri Di JPM :

Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom

Datuk Sri Idris Jala

Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Joseph Kurup

Datuk Joseph Entulu Anak Belaun

Datuk Azalina Othman

Datuk Seri Dr Shahidan Kassim

Datuk Mah Siew Keong

Nancy Shukri

Datuk Ir Dr. Wee Ka Siong

Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar

Datuk Paul Low Seng Kuan

Timbalan Menteri Di JPM (Hal Ehwal Agama):

Senator Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Datuk Dusuki

Source:www.malaysiandigest.com

July 28, 2015
Kopitiam Foodcourt Employee Sacked After Filmed Scraping Dead Skin With Fruit Knife

A food court employee caught on camera using a fruit knife to scrape dead skin off her hand has been sacked.

Personal assistant Renny, who is in her 30s, had filmed the incident while having lunch with her family at the Kopitiam food court in Sembawang’s Sun Plaza on Monday (July 27).

“I saw this disturbing scene of a woman working at the mixed vegetable rice stall – she was removing the dead skin cells from her hand with what looked like a knife used for food,” Renny, who is in her 30s, told The Straits Times after first alerting netizen website Stomp.

“This is so terrible and unhygienic.”

She claimed that the woman wiped the knife with a receipt instead of washing it, before putting it below the cash register.

A spokesman from Kopitiam, which operates more than 50 food courts in Singapore, said it had issued a warning letter to the stall’s tenant.

The tenant then dismissed the employee on Monday night.

After conducting its investigations, Kopitiam clarified that the knife in question was for the staff’s personal use. It was not used to prepare any food at the stall.

“Nevertheless, her behaviour was unacceptable and not in line with the high standards of hygiene Kopitiam sets at all its food outlets,” said the spokesman.

Monday’s incident was the second in a little over a month involving the food court operator. A video of one of its employees washing her shoes in a sink at its National University Hospital outlet went viral late last month.

The female employee was later sacked by Kopitiam, which runs the desserts and drink stalls at all its food courts. All other food stalls are leased to tenants.

The National Environment Agency (NEA) also said then that it would be taking action against Kopitiam for the “flagrant breach of hygiene that could have resulted in contamination of food and untensils”.

Kopitiam has assured customers that it conducts weekly inspections of all its outlets to ensure that staff and tenants abide by a stringent set of hygiene standards.

“While we are definitely concerned, both cases were isolated ones that happened due to personal lapses, rather than a lapse in our system,” added the spokesman.

The Straits Times has contacted NEA for comment.

Source: www.straitstimes.com

July 28, 2015