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  • SCDF Firefighter Injured In Taxi Explosion Recovering Well

    SCDF Firefighter Injured In Taxi Explosion Recovering Well

    The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) firefighter who was injured while helping to put out a taxi on fire in Buona Vista is recovering well, according to Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam in a Facebook post on Sunday (May 7).

    “CPL Eka was injured, while putting out the fire of a burning taxi which exploded at Buona Vista,” wrote Mr Shanmugam after a visit to the full-time National Serviceman’s house. “I went to his house and met him and his mother.

    “The boy is recovering well. They are the only persons in the household. The father has passed away, and the other children are all overseas.”

    Mr Shanmugam added that CPL Eka plans to study mechanical engineering after completing his National Service.

    The firefighter sustained first-degree burns to his face and neck while putting out a fire caused by a taxi explosion on Commonwealth Avenue last week.

    “I have also alerted his MP, Ms Tin Pei Ling. She will drop in on the family to check, offer assistance that local grassroots can give,” he said. “The men and women of the Home Team put their lives at risk every day to protect Singapore.”

    Four men, including the SCDF firefighter, sustained minor injuries and were taken to National University Hospital, SCDF said.

    “SELFLESS” MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC RECOVERING

    Among them was ITE student Yazid. On Thursday, Member of Parliament for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC Christopher De Souza visited him at his house.

    Mr Yazid was burnt by flying debris from the blast while dismounting from his motorbike at the scene to try and help the taxi’s passengers, according to Mr De Souza in a Facebook post.

    Yazid burnt his thighs, hands and shoulder when the burning taxi exploded.

    “Thank you, Yazid, for your selflessness in the face of such odds,” Mr De Souza wrote. “Instead of being deterred by the thick black smoke from the taxi, Yazid rode his motorbike toward the smoke at Commonwealth Avenue as he instinctively felt he needed to render assistance to passengers.”

    Thankfully, Mr Yazid has “healed well” and is recovering at home, he added.

     

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    Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com

  • Introducing The World’s First Smart Rakat Counter

    Introducing The World’s First Smart Rakat Counter

    It’s a common problem – praying and forgetting which rakat you are on – but the Smart Rakat Counter seeks to help with it!

    The smart little portable device, created by SmartDeen is an aid for concentration in your prayers. It helps to count the number of Rakats while in Salat. Simple to use, you just place the device at the top-left corner of your prayer mat and it will automatically displace the number of times you have done your sajda.

    While you focus on your prayer, the device displays the count!

    Watch the video here!

     

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    Source: https://themuslimvibe.com

  • Missing Schoolboy’s Body Found After 3 Hour Search Operation At East Coast Beach

    Missing Schoolboy’s Body Found After 3 Hour Search Operation At East Coast Beach

    The body of a missing schoolboy was found in the waters off East Coast beach on Monday (May 8) afternoon after a search operation that lasted for three hours.

    The Straits Times understands that the boy is a student from Jurongville Secondary School. He is believed to have drowned.

    The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) first announced in a Facebook post that it was alerted to a report of a missing person at around 12.25pm.

    In a subsequent update at 3.33pm, it said that the body of the missing person had by found by SCDF’s Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) rescuers.

    “Our condolences to the family,” SCDF added in the update.

    The search was conducted along a stretch of beach near East Coast Park’s area E, which was cordoned off when The Straits Times arrived at around 2.45pm.

    At least three coastal police boats were seen searching the waters. An ambulance, two fire engines, a Red Rhino and several police cars were also spotted.

    Several students wearing Jurongville uniforms were seated at a nearby pavilion.

    A 54-year-old man, who declined to be named, told ST he was fishing at Bedok jetty when a passerby told him just before noon that a boy had drowned.

     

    Some pictures taken at the scene.

     

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    Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/

  • Don’t Misuse Prophet Muhammad’s Name To Justify Rape And Marriage, Ex-mufti Says

    Don’t Misuse Prophet Muhammad’s Name To Justify Rape And Marriage, Ex-mufti Says

    Islam does not suggest that it is OK to have sex and then marry minors, the former mufti of Terengganu said today.

    At a public forum on child marriages here, Datuk Ismail Yahya chided Muslims who have been misusing the name of their last prophet, Muhammad, to justify their lust and as a form of “escapism”.

    “That is not right. The religion does not suggest that,” said Ismail who is also a former Terengganu Shariah court judge.

    He noted there were Muslims who had cited Prophet Muhammad’s marriage to Aisha, often portrayed as a nine-year old girl in the Quran, but said there have been many Islamic scholars who have questioned the calculation of her age.

    He then said there were other considerations for a Shariah judge before approving marriage applications to minors.

    “To me, how far the marriage can make the child happy is subjective. It’s to do with how she is treated and nafkah,” he said, using an Arabic word meaning subsistence for living.

    “But, just because he has raped the girl, that is not a reason for a Shariah Court judge to approve the marriage application,” he added.

    Ismail warned those seeking to legitimise statutory rape and marriage with their victims behind the cloak of religion that Islam had dire penalties for rapists.

    “For men like these, according to Islamic laws, it is the death penalty. Death by stoning. Not marriage.

    “So if we want to apply the law, we apply it together and not in parts,” he said.

    Also at the same forum was Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) Youth leader Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman who said he shared the same view.

    “To the majority of Malay Muslims out there, you are not Prophet Muhammad. Stop pretending you are Prophet Muhammad,” the former national debater said to applause from the audience.

    Syed Saddiq urged religious leaders and those who propagate the idea of a moderate Islam to speak out against child marriages.

    “As of now, there is no legitimate religious voice to speak up against child marriages,” he said, claiming this to be the reason why many Muslims were afraid to voice their opinions.

    Both Ismail and Syed Saddiq were speaking at the forum titled “Child marriage: Setting our children up to fail”.

    The subject had sparked a national uproar last month after the Umno MP for Tasek Gelugor Datuk Shabudin Yahaya suggested in Parliament that marriage might be a solution for statutory rape.

     

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    Source: https://sg.news.yahoo.com

  • The Voice SG & MY: Participants Can Be Of Any Race Or Nationality, But Have To Be Fluent In Mandarin

    The Voice SG & MY: Participants Can Be Of Any Race Or Nationality, But Have To Be Fluent In Mandarin

    Popular international reality TV show The Voice has now made its mark in Southeast Asia, with a new show aimed at Singaporean and Malaysian audiences.

    The singing competition will now be adapted for the countries under one program, co-produced by mm2 entertainment along with cable providers StarHub (Singapore) and Astro (Malaysia).

    They’ve now opened entries to aspiring singers from these two countries, and they assure that they’re “on the search for true talents with good voices regardless of their appearances.” But there is one curious catch: you must be able to sing in Mandarin.

    “There is no restriction on race as long as you have a good voice, are fluent in Mandarin, and are able to perform Mandarin songs,” they state on the FAQ page on their official website.

    It appears that this version of The Voice is primarily targeted towards Mandarin-speaking audiences. This differs from the Singaporean adaptation of American Idol, where contestants sang in English.

    Social media users are understandably angry over this rule, raising questions over the show’s language exclusivity.

    It’s likely that this show is aiming to reach the level of success of Sing! China, which was formally known as The Voice of China and mainly featured singers, which included finalist Nathan Hartono last year, performing in Mandarin. mm2 will not be allowing entrants to sing in Hokkien or Cantonese.

    While some are crying foul over the show’s discrimination against non-Mandarin speakers, B-Quartet frontman Bani Haykal threw in a slightly different perspective on the matter on Twitter: speculating that the rule is likely a strategic move for the show to appeal to audiences in China, the same way Sing! China became popular with audiences in Southeast Asia.

    He explains more in an entire Twitter thread, and it is an interesting argument: Sing! China‘s finals broke viewership records in China, and the country remains an extremely attractive prospect for foreign media to target (*cough* The Great Wall).

    The Voice for Singapore and Malaysia could simply be an attempt at replicating the success of Sing! China, but with the emphasis on multi-racial growth in both countries, could this be simply a tone-deaf strategic move by mm2?

    Registration

    StarHub announced on Friday (May 5) that those aged 16 and up can begin to apply for a spot on the show as of 6pm.

    Again, although participants can be of any race or nationality, “talents have to be fluent in Mandarin and able to perform songs in Mandarin”, according to a press release from StarHub.

    They must also submit a clip of themselves singing. Clips must be no longer than 90 seconds, and dialect songs such as those in Cantonese or Hokkien are not allowed. Other than that, there is no restriction to the language or genre of the song selected, and applicants may choose between singing a cappella or with an instrument, said the press release. Singing with accompanying music tracks is not allowed.

    The auditions close on May 31. Visit www.thevoicesgmy.com

     

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    Source: https://www.bandwagon.asia and http://www.todayonline.com

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