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  • Singapore National Hurdler Zaki Sapari Killed in Motorcycle Crash

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    Singapore national hurdler Zaki Sapari had dreamed of racing on home soil and winning Singapore’s first-ever gold medal in the men’s 400m hurdles event.

    But he was instead mourned as the countdown to next year’s SEA Games began on Saturday, a day after he died in a motorcycle accident at the age of 22.

    The full-time national serviceman had been riding along Mandai Road on Friday evening when he collided with a lorry. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

    The national junior record-holder in the men’s 400m hurdles with a time of 53.51sec, Zaki had seemed destined to one day rewrite Seah Soo Lye’s senior mark of 52.30 set almost 31 years ago.

    Source: The Straits Times

  • Three Youths Arrested For Snatch Theft

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    Three 17- year old youths were arrested for suspected involvement in a case of snatch theft reported in the vicinity of Woodlands St 13 on 10 October 2013.

    On 10 October 2013 at about 9.30 pm, a female victim was walking along the park connector near Blk 173 Woodlands St 13, when two unknown male suspects came from behind, snatched her handbag and fled. After the incident, a male witness, who later turned out to be one of the accused persons, approached the victim to render his assistance.

    Through extensive enquiries and investigations, officers from the Jurong Police Division established that the male witness was in cahoots with the two suspects who had snatched away the victim’s handbag. The male witness-turned-suspect was eventually arrested on 12 February 2014 at about 7 pm in the vicinity of Woodlands Ave 6. The two remaining suspects were later arrested on 13 February 2014 at about 3 pm in the vicinity of Simei Avenue.

    Police would like to advise members of public to adopt the following crime prevention measures to prevent falling victim to snatch theft:
    •Refrain from carrying excessive cash or jewellery, especially when alone and/or in secluded areas.
    •Be wary of your surroundings
    •When confronted remain calm. Do not put up a struggle especially if the culprit is armed with sharp objects like a knife. Try to take note of the culprit’s physical description and mode of escape
    •Call the Police immediately at ‘999’ as soon as it is safe to do so.

     

    Source: Singapore Police Force

  • Jakim is a ‘pervert’

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    COMMENT:  Jakim is at best a ‘pervert’ for condemning Valentine’s Day and abusing the Friday sermons to incite racial unrest. The department seems to be enjoying playing the devil’s advocate.

    Last year, just days before the Allah issue returned to court, the Department of Islamic Development of Malaysia (Jakim)  rebuked non-Muslims for challenging the Muslim faith by insisting on using the word.

    “The position of Islam is being threatened from every corner. We must be aware of our responsibility in this issue.

    “These are the rights of Muslims that cannot be intruded by anyone as it will affect the beliefs and thoughts of Muslims,” Jakim’s sermon went.

    Looks like the Islamic department is getting carried away with its responsibilities, so much so that its focus has turned fuzzy.

    Jakim pushed the religion envelope a little too far when it declared as “unlawful” a  YouTube clip of Maznah Mohd Yusof and her three dogs which went viral.

    However, the “attack Valentine’s Day” campaign is Jakim’s all-time favourite.

    The department has engaged in a perpetual war with Valentine’s Day, spinning yarns about how morally damaging the event is.

    In Jakim’s calendar, February 14 is marked as ‘Valentine’ Day bashing’ with the department trying every trick in the book to defame the occasion, calling it the ‘devil’ of all evils.

    Thirteen years ago, authorities arrested nearly 100 Muslims in a crackdown on Valentine’s Day.

    They were detained for khalwat (close proximity), the crime of being alone with a member of the opposite sex other than one’s spouse or close relative.

    It can bring up to two years in jail upon conviction in the Syariah courts.

    Jakim spinning lies

    Then there were reports that Muslim authorities in Selangor this week launched a leaflet distributing campaign aimed at youths, warning against celebrating Valentine’s Day.

    This year’s Valentine’s Day condemnation by Jakim was no different. Jakim has now decided that the country’s many social and moral headaches are all the doing of the Feb 14 event that celebrates love.

    It is worrying that Jakim without any solid evidence is holding Valentine’s Day at ransom for the many social ills the nation is facing, be it alcoholism or abortion.

    Will Jakim also conveniently blame Valentine’s Day for crimes like corruption, domestic abuse and marital rape?

    “Social ceremonies such as this are a stepping-stone towards greater social ills such as fraud, mental disorder caused by alcohol, abortion and baby-dumping, and other negative ills that can invite disaster and moral decay among youths,” Jakim’s official Friday sermon text distributed to mosques read.

    Unable to pin-point the exact reason why Muslims of this country have gone astray, Jakim has taken the easy way out by blaming it all on Valentine’s Day.

    Misleading the rakyat about the ABCD of Valentine’s Day was bad enough; it was despicable that Jakim abused the Friday sermon to achieve its aim of maligning Valentine’s Day.

    “It will begin with lies, mental instability due to alcohol consumption and being pregnant out of wedlock,” the sermon stated.

    Jakim’s sermon also said that many young Muslims today lacked faith in Islam, causing them to be easily led astray by practises and culture which do not comply with religion.

    “We should not be following practises of Jahiliyah (pre-Islamic times). Doing good alone is not enough if we do not keep our faith in Islam strong.”

    Jakim is both irresponsible and pervert in its ‘Valentine’s Day bashing’ campaign through its allegations that the event thrives on promiscuity and other vices.

    Truth be told, Jakim’s finger-pointing is a coward’s way out of dealing with the real issues at hand.

    Source: http://bit.ly/1dVrEBD

  • Syrian girl stoned to death for using Facebook account

    Rakka, Syria: A young girl was stoned to death by sunni-militant groups in Syria for operating Facebook account.

    Fatoum Al-Jassem was taken to a Sharia court after she was caught using the social networking website, in Rakka, Syria. The Sharia court declared that using a Facebook account amounts to adultery and the girl should be punished by stoning, according to a news report published in Iran’s FARS news agency which quoted a report published in Arabic-language Al-Rai Al-Youm.

    The members of the Al-Qaeda group in Iraq, also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) were behind the incident.

    The ISIS, or Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, is an hardline Islamic group present in Iraq. They have been fighting an active war against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Syria and the government forces in Iraq.

    The group’s ideology is based on extremely strict interpretation of Islam.

    Ironically, the Al-Nusra Front operates a Facebook account of its own.

    Source: http://bit.ly/1f2Ezbb

  • Kisah benar pengalaman seorang bomba mengeluarkan mayat kemalangan

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    Ini merupakan satu kisah benar yang diceritakan oleh seorang ahli bomba dari utara semenanjung.. Sama-sama kita renungi dan hayati kisah ini, jadikan pengajaran!

    Satu hari beliau dan rakan-rakan telah menerima satu panggilan palsu berkenaan satu kemalangan yang telah berlaku di lebuhraya utara selatan. Oleh kerana untuk mengesahkannya maka beliau dan rakan2 telah ketempat yang dikatakan oleh pemanggil namun tiada apa yang terjadi disana. Dalam perjalanan pulang, waktu itu pukul satu pagi, hujan turun renyai-renyai.

    Di satu persimpangan susur keluar dari lebuhraya, mereka ternampak sebuah mpv mewah yang terbalik dan remuk sekali kerana melanggar divider yang tajam. Mereka segera turun dan melihat kemalangan itu dengan niat ingin menolong kiranya ada yang terselamat. Tetapi apa yang mereka saksikan sungguh dahsyat dan menyayat hati. sesuatu yang tidak tergambarkan dahsyatnya.

    Mereka jadi terkedu, tergamam, tiada sepatah perkataan pun yang dapat menggambarkan betapa dahsyatnya kejadian itu, semoga Allah melindungi kita semua dari kejadian yang seumpama ini. Pemandu mpv mewah itu telah pun mati terkulai di kerusi pemandu kerana kecederaan parah di kepala.MPV tersebut begitu remuk sehingga bumbungnya menghimpit kesemua pemandu dan penumpang di dalamnya.

    Di bahagian belakang mpv mewah tersebut terdapat tiga susuk tubuh manusia. Seorang wanita dalam empat puluhan dan dua lelaki dalam dua puluhan. Tidak terdapat seurat benang pun pada tubuh mereka. bo gel-sebogelnya. Wanita dan salah seorang lelaki itu dalam keadaan berpelukan kepala mereka pecah, darah menyembur di merata tempat, tulang rusuk mereka hancur dan tikam menikam antara satu sama lain, dahsyat sekali. Tulang punggung wanita itu pula hancur.

    Lebih dahsyat lagi dengan jelasnya mereka lihat zakar lelaki itu masih di dalam kemaluan wanita itu. Langsung mereka tidak dapat dipisahkan. Lelaki yang seorang lagi sedang dalam nazak dengan kecederaan parah di kepala, dan sayup-sayup kedengaran suaranya memanggil.. mummy…. mummy…. mummy……

    Tangan pemuda yang melekat pada perempuan itu masih memegang zakar lelaki yang nazak itu.

    Ahli bomba itu terjelepuk. Tidak pernah dalam hidupnya terbayang akan boleh terjumpa keadaan seperti ini. Dengan semangat dari kawan-kawan, beliau segera bangun dan mengambil gergaji besi untuk memotong kenderaan yang remuk itu. Mereka mesti melakukannya secepat mungkin, sebelum kejadian yang memalukan itu dilihat oleh orang ramai.

    Dalam kegelapan malam itu mereka bertungkus lumus membuat apa yang patut.

    Dalam kesibukan bekerja tiba tiba bulu roma ahli bomba itu meremang naik, badan nya menjadi seram sejuk dan dada berdebar kencang. Sambil bekerja, dengan jelas dari sudut mata beliau kelibat satu makhluk hitam yang sungguh besar memegang pedang, dengan muka yang sungguh bengis dan berang, nafasnya mendengus radang, mundar mandir dan mengelilingi kawasan kemalangan dengan gaya orang yang tersangat marah. Dalam hati ahli bomba itu berkata,

    “Ya Allah, besarnya kekuasaan mu, mungkin inilah dia malaikat maut yang dikatakan itu”.

    Mereka mengeluarkan mayat-mayat tersebut satu persatu kecuali mayat wanita dan lelaki yang tidak dapat dipisahkan itu. Pada leher wanita tersebut terkalung tasbih yang memancar apabila terkena cahaya. Ahli bomba itu melihat dengan jelas terdapat ukiran salib pada setiap butiran tasbih tersebut akibat pancaran cahaya bulan. Astaghfirullah hal azim!! MasyaAllah!! Apakah yang telah terjadi???

    Selepas memeriksa dokumen pengenalan diri mayat2 tersebut, jelaslah bahawa wanita itu adalah ibu kepada kedua lelaki tersebut. Agama yang tertera dalamnya ialah Islam dan nama-nama mereka didahului dengan mohd dan nur.

    Beginilah akibatnya orang yang telah melampaui batas melepasi garisan yang telah di tetapkan oleh Allah. Balasan Allah terlalu pantas sehingga kita tidak sedar ianya datang. Begitu juga orang yang menyebarkan dosa dan maksiat insan lain. Apa yang akan terjadi jika orang lain terpengaruh dengan apa yang dilihat?

    Mereka akan melakukan kemungkaran hasil pengaruh kita. Selagi mereka melakukannya selagi itu kita mendapat bahagian dari kemungkarannya itu.

    Apakah akan terjadi jika mereka melahirkan anak luar nikah? Itulah tanggungan kita hinggalah ke akhir hayat mereka dan cucu cicit mereka. Akan datang apabila kita telah berumur, janganlah kita tanya mengapa musibah terjadi kepada kita, mengapa anakku cacat? Mengapa aku, anakku cucuku kena kanser? mengapa berlaku kemalangan yang dahsyat hingga mencacatkan aku, anakku dan ahli keluarga ku? Mengapa aku di tipu?,mengapa aku, anakku, ahli keluargaku dirompak, dirogol, dicederakan, mengapa ahli keluargaku melakukan jenayah, dipenjara dan dihukum?

    Sesungguhnya Allah itu Maha Adil. Dia akan membalas setiap apa yang kita lakukan secara sedar atau tidak. Bertaubat dan kembalilah ke jalan yang diredai. Membuat dosa adalah fitrah manusia. Allah akan mengampunkan dosa kita kepadaNya walaupun sebesar mana sekalipun. Tetapi berbangga dengan dosa yang kita lakukan dan mempengaruhi manusia lain untuk sama membuat dosa adalah seburuk-buruk dosa dan hutang dosa ini bertambah selagi manusia yang kita pengaruhi itu membuatnya akibat kita.

    Sumber: http://bit.ly/1kKAef6