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Muslim Perancis Kutuk Perbuatan ISIS Bunuh Paderi

PERANCIS: Para pemimpin pelbagai agama di Perancis mengutuk serangan yang dilakukan ke atas sebuah gereja dan membunuh seorang paderi.

Mereka yang termasuk pemimpin Islam, Kristian dan Yahudi juga menggesa diwujudkan perpaduan untuk memerangi ISIS.

Paderi Jacques Hamel, 85 tahun, dipaksa melutut sebelum dua penyerang bagi pihak ISIS, mengelar leher paderi tersebut.

Mereka turut menahan beberapa orang di gereja yang terletak di bandar Rouen itu, sebelum polis menembak mati penyerang-penyerang tersebut.

Pemimpin masjid Paris, Encik Dalil Boubakeur berkata, “Ini adalah perbuatan di luar ajaran Islam, dan satu perbuatan yang semua muslim Perancis kutuk dan tolak”.

Presiden Perancis Francois Hollande, dalam ulasannya berikrar negaranya akan menang dalam perang menentang kumpulan pelampau.

Beliau berkata negaranya dan Eropah menghadapi ancaman paling serius dari kumpulan militan sekarang.

Beliau menggesa rakyat bersatu dan tidak berpaling terhadap satu sama lain.

Tiga orang tebusan terselamat dalam srangan tersebut.

Salah seorang anggota ISIS terbabit dikenal pasti sebagai Adel Kermiche, 19 tahun yang pernah didakwa ada kaitan dengan pengganasan.

Dia dibebaskan dan dipasang gelang elektronik yang sepatutnya memantau pergerakannya.

Kermiche pernah dua kali cuba ke Syria tahun lalu.

Seorang lagi lelaki belum dikenal pasti.

Drama tebusan itu berlaku kurang dua minggu selepas tragedi rempuhan trak di Nice yang turut didakwa dilakukan ISIS.

Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

July 28, 2016
MCCY And NAC Must Come Clean On Exorbitant Consultation Fees For Bin Centre

The AGO report has revealed lots of lapses, including an eye-popping $410,000 consultancy fee for a $470,000 bin centre.

Whoever authorised the payment at the National Arts Centre has to be held accountable and the MCCY owes the public an explanation.

Instead, MCCY Minister Grace Fu defended her subordinate and claimed that it was a “complex” project requiring “significantly more design expertise”. Fu is wrong to assume the public could be taken for a ride easily.

Should Fu decide to conduct an internal investigation and if it uncovers “more than meets the eye”, the CPIB may need to put in some OT. I am not alleging any wrongdoing but this should not be ruled out as the amount of tax dollars involved is more than 7 times the amount paid by NParks for 26 Brompton bicycles.

In 2012, former MND Minister Khaw had defended NParks’ purchase without any inside information. Khaw’s knee-jerk defence made him look foolish when CPIB investigations subsequently revealed a NParks’ director had purchased $57,200 worth of bicycles from a friend.

Fu has got to be kidding by refusing to even conduct an internal investigation. Worse, she insisted on behaving like her SMOS and has started to chut pattern (warning: do not watch video if you feel like puking).

The $410,000 consultancy fee could have bought 186 Brompton bikes for NParks or 100,000 plates of mee siam without cockles for her boss.

The following information should be disclosed to public:

1 The name of NAC director.

2 The name of the consultant.

3 The relationship between the consultant and the director

4 The amount overcharged by the consultant

5 Action to be taken against director’s overspending of tax dollars.

So how complex is the construction of NAC’s bin centre? Does it require 56 man-years?

Source: https://likedatosocanmeh.wordpress.com

July 28, 2016
ISURAMUYA Japanese Restaurant At JCube Is Not MUIS Halal-Certified

Dear Muslim people in this FB Group, Please take note!

ISURAMUYA Japanese Restaurant at Jcube is NOT HALAL CERTIFIED BY MUIS. The restaurant DO NOT HAVE any Halal certification awarded by MUIS. However, the restaurant FB page indicates that it is a Halal certified restaurant, and the shopping mall Jcube has also advertised them as Halal, and has abused the Halal MUIS sticker, as displayed in the image below.

Please understand and know that only Halal certified restaurants are ALLOWED to use the Halal MUIS sticker. Any restaurant or eatery who is in the process of application, have yet to apply or are deemed unsuitable to be awarded the Halal cert ARE NOT ALLOWED to display the Halal certification. However, Jcube has displayed the Halal sticker below, misleading the Muslim consumers into believing that it is a Halal certified restaurant. It is an offence under the Administration of Muslim Law Act.

Unless the restaurant claims that it is Muslim-owned, it is NOT safe for consumption as long it is NOT properly certified by MUIS. Ingredients such as the sauces contain mirin, sake, mentsuyu sauce usually has ALCOHOL CONTENT, and only MUIS can verify the ingredients used for the sauces. The chicken meat in the restaurant might also not be properly slaughtered in accordance to Halal standard.

Dear consumers I urge all of you to refrain yourself from eating at such restaurants that do not have a valid Halal certificate, although they claim they are in the process. Be safe, because the food we consume affects the ibadah we make.

Check on the list of Halal restaurants by MUIS here:
http://www.halal.sg/Consumer/general.html

**Please refer to my correspondence with MUIS in the images below to read their response.

Source: Nadia Shala in Halal Cafe & Restaurants in Singapore

July 28, 2016
Hasrat Arwah Suami Terkabul Bila Tiga Anak Jadi Jururawat

Hasrat dan doa dianggap terkabul. Itulah yang dirasakan Cik Siti Sapura Abu Shama, 59 tahun, apabila tiga daripada lima anaknya kini bergelar jururawat selepas hasrat tersebut diluahkan sendiri arwah suaminya, Encik Abdul Rahim Mohd Ali, sebelum beliau meninggal dunia pada 1994.

Hasrat tersebut dilahirkan ketika tiga anak mereka masih kecil – Nur Maizura, 11 tahun; Nur Syahida, tujuh tahun; dan Nur Liyana, enam tahun.

Dua lagi anaknya ialah Mohamed Afiq, yang ketika itu berusia sembilan tahun, dan Mohamed Zaid, 11 bulan.

“Semasa hayatnya, arwah suami saya melahirkan hasrat melihat anak-anaknya menjadi guru atau jururawat. Nampaknya bukan seorang tetapi tiga daripada mereka jadi jururawat.

“Alhamdullilah, tercapai juga hasrat dan doa kami,” kata Cik Sapura.

Ketiga-tiga anak perempuannya itu juga berjaya meraih atau sedang memburu ijazah kejururawatan hasil kerja keras dan sikap tidak putus asa.

Cik Nur Maizura, kini 33 tahun, adalah Jururawat Klinisyen di Sengkang Health dan mempunyai ijazah Sarjana Sains (Kepimpinan Klinikal) daripada Universiti Teknologi Curtin; adik ketiganya, Cik Nur Syahida, kini 29 tahun, adalah Instruktor Klinikal Kanan di Hospital Besar Changi (CGH) dan kini mengikuti kursus ijazah Sarjana Muda Sains Kejururawatan yang ditawarkan Universiti Edinburgh; sementara adik keempatnya, Cik Nur Liyana, kini 28 tahun, pula Jururawat Staf Kanan di Hospital Besar Singapura (SGH) dan mempunyai ijazah Sarjana Muda Kejururawatan daripada Universiti Teknologi Curtin.

Cik Nur Maizura, ibu tiga anak, menceritakan bahawa pengorbanan ibunya ternyata menjadi pembakar semangat kepada mereka terus berjaya dalam apa jua yang diceburi.

“Apa yang kami lalui memang tidak mudah. Maklumlah ketika itu ibu hanya bekerja sambilan dan satu- satunya pencari nafkah keluarga. Kami pula semua masih bersekolah ketika itu,” katanya lagi.

Antara lain ibunya itu berusaha mencari nafkah dengan mengambil tempahan menjahit langsir, tempahan memasak, bekerja di gerai makan sekolah dan menjaga anak kenalan.

Mereka hanya menerima bantuan daripada Darul Ihsan dan beberapa kenalan rapat ketika itu.

Di samping itu, mereka menerima bantuan daripada pihak sekolah bagi yuran, pakaian seragam sekolah dan buku teks.

Cik Nur Syahida, yang baru berumah tangga, pula menceritakan bahawa beliau pernah melakukan banyak kerja sambilan semasa mengambil kursus kejururawatan di Politeknik Nanyang (NYP).

“Saya bergantung pada gaji $500 yang saya terima ketika itu dengan bekerja sambilan bagi membayar yuran sekolah dan keperluan sekolah lain,” ceritanya yang belum mempunyai cahaya mata.

Adiknya, Cik Nur Liyana, masih ingat bagaimana beliau membantu ibu mereka menyiapkan bungkusan nasi lemak untuk dijual.

“Kami semua tetap gembira meskipun serba kekurangan dan terpaksa bantu ibu semasa kami masih kecil. Seingat saya, belum pernah rumah kami bergelap atau tiada makanan.

“Ibu sentiasa penuhi keperluan kami sekeluarga selain memberi perangsang semasa kami kecil. Itulah yang mendorong kami melakukan yang terbaik.

“Kini, kerjaya saya dipermudahkan pula dengan kehadiran kededua kakak saya yang menceburi bidang kejururawatan juga,” katanya yang juga baru berumah tangga.

“Kami semua tetap gembira meskipun serba kekurangan dan terpaksa bantu ibu semasa kami masih kecil. Seingat saya, belum pernah rumah kami bergelap atau tiada makanan. Ibu sentiasa penuhi keperluan kami sekeluarga selain memberi perangsang semasa kami kecil. Itulah yang mendorong kami melakukan yang terbaik. Kini, kerjaya saya dipermudahkan pula dengan kehadiran kededua kakak saya yang menceburi bidang kejururawatan juga.”
– Cik Nur Liyana, 28 tahun.

Source: Berita Harian

July 27, 2016
Malaysia’s Najib Gets New Powers Amid Planned Protests Over Fund Scandal

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak will get sweeping security powers on Monday amid planned protests calling for his resignation over U.S. allegations that millions of dollars from a state fund wound up in his personal bank account.

The new National Security Council (NSC) Act, which comes into force on Aug. 1, allows Najib to designate any area as a “security area”, where he can deploy forces to search any individual, vehicle or premise without a warrant. It also allows investigators to dispense with formal inquests into killings by the police or armed forces in those areas.

Najib’s ruling coalition promoted the law as a means to counter threats to security in predominantly Muslim Malaysia, which has long dealt with a fringe element of radical Islamists.

But critics say the law’s expansive powers threaten human rights and democracy in the middle-income emerging nation, and could now be used to silence critics of the One Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) fund scandal.

“The concern among the civil society and others is because the NSC can be used against anything that the government is unhappy with,” said Wan Saiful Wan Jan, chief executive of the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs, adding that it could extend to public rallies.

“It does give the PM a huge amount of power to declare emergency zones…,” he said.

NO ROYAL ASSENT

The law was passed on the last day of the legislation session in December, surprising the opposition, as Najib came under mounting criticism over the multi-billion dollar scandal surrounding the 1MDB fund, which he founded and whose advisory council he chaired until recently.

The law was enacted without the customary royal assent from Malaysia’s king, who had asked for some changes.

Pressure on Najib to step down mounted last week after the U.S. Justice Department filed civil lawsuits alleging that over $3.5 billion was misappropriated from 1MDB. The lawsuits seek to seize more than $1 billion of assets allegedly siphoned from the fund, saying they were part of “an international conspiracy to launder money”.

The civil lawsuits do not name Najib, but refer to a high-ranking government official who received over $700 million of the misappropriated funds. A source familiar with the investigations told Reuters the official, named as Malaysian Official 1 in the lawsuits, was Najib.

Najib, who has denied any wrongdoing, has said Malaysia will cooperate in international investigations of the 1MDB case.

The ruling party suffered unprecedented losses in the 2008 general elections and then lost the popular vote in 2013 under Najib’s leadership. The next general election must be called by 2018.

ANTI-NAJIB RALLIES

The NSC is coming into force amid growing complaints about assaults on civil liberties in Malaysia.

Najib has in recent months used the colonial era Sedition Act and other draconian laws to arrest government critics, jail opposition leaders and stifle free speech by suspending media groups and blogs.

“The likelihood of the NSC being utilized in order to crack down against any act of civil movement is likely to steadily increase as maneuvering space for the PM decreases,” said Sevan Doraisamy, executive director at Suaram, a human rights NGO.

Malaysia’s opposition coalition is planning an anti-Najib rally on July 30. Pro-democracy group Bersih, whose street protests last year drew a 200,000-strong crowd, is also planning a separate rally, but has not set a date.

While rallies can still be organized under the Peaceful Assembly Act, the NSC can declare any area — a building, a street or a city — a “security area”, where protests would be disallowed.

Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar said on Monday he will not allow rallies that demand Najib step down from power.

“Red Shirt” supporters from Najib’s ruling United Malays National Organisation have vowed to hold a counter-rally. They did so last September and it turned rowdy when participants breached security barricades and clashed with riot police.

“I think they (the government) are getting nervous about 1MDB and the reaction of the people,” said civil rights activist and lawyer Ambiga Sreenevasan, adding that the public was also “very nervous” about the new security law.

Source: TODAY Online

July 27, 2016