‘The Infidel – The Musical’ is the stage (and, yes, musical) version of the film starring Omid Djalili, about a British Muslim who discovers he’s actually Jewish.
Written by David Baddiel, with music by Erran Baron Cohen (Sacha’s older brother), it’s currently playing at the Theatre Royal Stratford East in London.
Among the songs in the musical is ‘SexyBurka’.
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PETALING JAYA (The Star/Asia News Network) – Insensitive, rude and heartless. These are just some of the remarks expressed by Malaysians shocked at seeing “bloodied MH370 costumes” of Halloween party-goers on the internet.
“Morons. Jerks. What the hell are they thinking?” said Aishah Khumaira who could not contain her disgust for their costume choices.
“I wish I could throw a grenade to them. I’m bursting out like crazy because of these idiots. Do they even know the word ‘respect’? Bloody non-educated people!”
Chris Sim condemned the revellers for demonstrating “zero respect” for passengers and crew of MH370, as their families are still yearning and longing for their return.
A search for #flightmh370 on Instagram and Twitter by The Star Online on Sunday, showed at least six individuals who made Halloween costumes related to the tragedy.
One of them, Instagram user nystone01, had uploaded a picture of three zombie-like individuals in cheongsams, while showing off their cabin crew identification cards, bearing the Malaysia Airlines logo.
The picture was accompanied with a hashtags such as ‘something wrong’, ‘Malaysianairlines’, and ‘flightmh370’.
Arif Sharimie said it reflected “a low class mentality”, and “the the two most common elements in the universe are “hydrogen and stupidity”.
Australian National University student Michael Loo said his institution’s newspaper also came up with the poor idea: “How bloody inconsiderate.”
Hilmiah Ahmad said their actions did not consider the feelings of families affected by the tragedy.
“Shame on them. Guess it never occur to them that similar tragedies could happen to members of their family too,” she added.
To Nicholas Lin, the insensitive actions stemmed from a lack of empathy with Malaysians and other nationalities affected by the mysterious disappearance of Flight MH370 on March 8.
“Because its nothing to do with their country. Try making fun of 9/11 and see how they react?” he added, suggesting that no national tragedy should be made light of.
Source: www.straitstimes.com
KUALA LUMPUR — A Malaysian woman who tried to join the outlawed Islamic State movement by marrying one of its militants was charged in court yesterday with supporting terrorism.
Ummi Kalsom Bahak was charged before the Sepang Sessions Court for allegedly offering to support the Islamic State by attempting to board an Istanbul-bound AirAsia flight at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Oct 5 to marry one of its members, Aqif Huessin Rahaizat, and become part of the group.
The 25-year-old assistant credit controller also faces an alternative charge of attempting to enter Syria to support the Islamic State by marrying Mr Aqif.
She was alleged to have committed the offence at the same place and time.
Ummi nodded her head as a sign that she understood the charge that had been read to her before Sessions Court judge Aizatul Akmal Maharani.
However, no plea was recorded. If found guilty under either charge, she faces a penalty of not more than half of the maximum jail term of 30 years to life imprisonment. The court can also impose a fine and order the seizure of any assets believed to be linked with the offence.
Ummi, who was unrepresented, was not allowed bail as she had been arrested under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act (Sosma) 2012.
Judge Aizatul set a Nov 20 mention date for the case to be transferred to the High Court. It is understood that Ummi is the first woman in Malaysia to be charged in connection with the Islamic State, but is not the first woman to be arrested under Sosma.
That dubious distinction goes to Halimah Hussein, 52, who, with former Internal Security Act detainee Yazid Sufaat and cafeteria worker Muhammad Hilmi Hasim, were the first to be detained under the Act on charges of promoting and abetting terrorist activities in Syria.
On May 20, the Kuala Lumpur High Court acquitted and discharged all three from the charges on the ground that Sosma was beyond the powers of the federal constitution, which deals with subversion and action prejudicial to public order, among other matters.
The Court of Appeal, however, overturned the Lower Court’s ruling — a decision that was upheld by the Federal Court — and they will have to stand trial over the terrorism charges.
Halimah, however, has since jumped bail and the police have yet to locate her whereabouts.
The Malaysian police said on Oct 15 that they had detained 14 Muslims suspected of being linked with the Islamic State. Those detained included a trio believed to be leaders of a cell responsible for recruiting, sponsoring and sending Malaysians to fight in Syria. The detentions bring the number of people in Malaysia held for suspected militant links to 36 since April.
Source: www.todayonline.com
From Normal Stream to ITE to Polytechnic and now, to the Goh Keng Swee Command and Staff College (GKS CSC) – MAJ Aidil Bin Juma’at’s (pictured with his wife Siti Hawalia) education journey has been a long yet fulfilling one. The secret behind his tenacity? Family support.
“I really appreciate the understanding of my family during this course,” said the Command and Staff Course (CSC) (Executive) graduand.
He added: “I really enjoyed the course – it gave me deep insight into everyday decisions, and helped me to become not only a better leader, but more importantly, a better person.”
Well done to MAJ Aidil and all the CSC graduands!
Source: Cyberpioneer
Penerbit, pengarah dan penggubah muzik tersohor, Encik Iskandar Mirza Ismail meninggal dunia awal pagi tadi.
Beliau berusia 58 tahun.
Jenazah beliau, yang merupakan penerima Anugerah Jauhari Berita Harian 2003, kini di rumah ibunya, Cik Nona Asiah.
Empat tahun lalu, bapa dua anak itu disahkan doktor menghidap barah paru-paru tahap keempat. Sel-sel barah kemudian mula menyerang otaknya.