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  • Masagos Zulkifli Cut from Same Cloth As Yaacob Ibrahim

    Masagos Zulkifli Cut from Same Cloth As Yaacob Ibrahim

    Over the years, some Muslims in Singapura blame Yaacob Ibrahim for the hijab ban.

    They assume that Yaacob’s personal belief is a major reason for our Muslim sisters not being allowed to wear hijab in school and in several professions.

    Some of them look towards Masagos Zulkifli as a potential saviour.

    Masagos comes from a religious family and is seen to be more Islamic than Yaacob.

    When Masagos Zulkifli became a Minister of Environment, some of these Muslims were happy.

    They were hopeful that it is another step towards Masagos becoming Minister in charge of Muslim Affairs and helping to remove the discrimination against Muslims.

    What many do not realise is that it does not matter how Masagos used to be.

    It does not matter if he used to be religious (or is still religious in his personal life).

    When someone joins the PAP, they adopt and accept the PAP’s values.

    They will be socialised to the PAP’s views. norms and goals.

    They will speak the language that the PAP expect them to.

    Take the hijab ban for example.

    Last night, Masagos justified the ban by equating it with gay sex ( in defending the ban, he said the government not only disallow the hijab but also gay sex).

    He then claimed “we have remained as a harmonious society not because every community is given its rights, but because each community has sacrificed something that is very precious to them for the sake of that harmony.”

    The question of course, is why would the wearing of hijab affect harmony?

    The PAP claim to be the best party in managing interracial relations.

    Yet after more than 50 years in power, the harmony they claim to have built can be destroyed because some Muslim women wear hijab?

    And coming from a Muslim Minister who is supposed to believe that the hijab is a religious obligation…

    he prioritizes his party’s ban over Allah’s commands?

    Masagos is a classic example of a politician who has been socialised by his party.

    It does not matter how you were prior to joining the PAP.

    It does not matter whether you pray, fast, go to haj in your personal lives.

    When you join a party that is based on racism and Islamophobia…

    You will speak, think and behave like them too.

     

    Source: Almakhazin SG

  • Lee Kuan Yew’s Belief In Hierarchy In Genetics Explains The Position Of The Malays In Singapore?

    Lee Kuan Yew’s Belief In Hierarchy In Genetics Explains The Position Of The Malays In Singapore?

    Lee Kuan Yew’s perception of racial equality is based on genetics hierarchy…

    Where the Chinese are on top…and the Malays at the bottom.

    During a speech at the University of Singapore in 1967, Lee Kuan Yew said:

    “Three women were brought to the Singapore General Hospital, each in the same condition and needing a blood transfusion. The first, a Southeast Asian was given the transfusion but died a few hours later.

    The second, a South Asian was also given a transfusion but died a few days later. The third, an East Asian, was given a transfusion and survived. That is the X factor in development. (145)

    Lee revealed in this speech, as reported by Chandra Muzaffar a perception of a racial hierarchy of Asians, in which the Chinese and other East Asians are at the top,

    Malays and other Southeast Asians are at the bottom, and Indians and other South Asians are in between. (149)

    Singapore’s multiracialism…encourages a high consciousness of one’s race even as it insists on tolerance.

    Further, it has been considered by many as a covert form of discrimination in favour of the majority Chinese

    and against the minorities, especially the Malays. (145)

    Reference:

    Barr, Michael D. “Lee Kuan Yew: race, culture and genes.” Journal of Contemporary Asia 29.2 (1999): 145-166.

     

    Source: Almakhazin SG

  • Syed Omar Aljunied – The Race-Blind, Muslim Philantropher

    Syed Omar Aljunied – The Race-Blind, Muslim Philantropher

    Names such as Tan Tock Seng are well known in Singapura’s history. He was a philanthropist and best known for founding the Tan Tock Seng Hospital.

    But Tan was not the only person involved in setting up TTSH.

    Syed Omar Aljunied was another major contributor in establishing TTSH.

    Due to funding problems from the 1820s onwards, the British colonialists were unable to properly fund a hospital.

    They sought support from the rich in Singapura to help out.

    Apart from Tan Tock Seng…

    Syed Omar Aljunied also donated some land to build the hospital.

    The Hospital was initially named Chinese Pauper’s Hospital. It was subsequently changed to Tan Tock Seng Hospital.

    A few years later, Syed Omar’s nephew, Syed Ali Aljunied contributed a further $1,000 to help the hospital function and another plot of land for the hospital.

    Syed Omar Aljunied also contributed land for other causes.

    Apart from the hospital and Masjid Omar Kampung Melaka,

    St Andrews Cathedral (opposite City Hall MRT) was also build on land he donated.

    References:
    http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_847_2004-12-29.html

    http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_70_2004-12-24.html

     

    Source: Almakhazin SG