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  • Haron Satay Juara ‘Ultimate Satay Challenge’

    Haron Satay Juara ‘Ultimate Satay Challenge’

    Menteri Negara Kanan Pertahanan merangkap Ehwal Luar Negara Dr Maliki Osman menyaksikan penjual sate Haron Satay dinobatkan sebagai sate terbaik dalam kejuaraan ‘Ultimate Satay Challenge’ pada malam Sabtu (22 Okt).

    Selain meraih gelaran ‘Satay Masters’ Haron Satay juga dipilih sebagai menyajikan daging sate terbaik.

    Gelaran sos sate terbaik dimenangi Jamil Saté Classic.

    Cabaran itu diadakan sempena acara Urban Kampung di Queen Elizabeth Walk, tapak lama Satay Club di Esplanade Park, semalam.

    Acara anjuran Gerakan Berbudi Singapura (SKM) bertujuan memupuk pemahamaan yang mendalam tentang budaya Melayu/Islam melalui masakan dan kegiataan yang menyeronokkan.

    Ia diadakan dengan kerjasama Halalfoodhunt.com dan ieatishootipost.

    Para pengunjung mengundi sate kegemaran mereka selain dapat mengenang kembali zaman silam sewaktu menjamu selesa di tepi sungai.

    Turut diadakan sesi perkongsian tentang budaya Melayu/Islam serta peluang menghidupkan semula permainan lama seperti batu serembat, capteh dan gasing.

    “Kita sudah fikirkan untuk menghasilkan suatu resipi yang kreatif, tetapi akhirnya kita tetap dengan elemen tradisional kita – dengan ketupat, resipinya seperti biasa, seperti mana kita lakukan 40 tahun dahulu,” kata Pemilik Bersama Haron Satay Nor Shima.

    “Saya harap akan menjadi satu titik permulaan sekali lagi, di mana lebih ramai rakyat Singapura, anak-anak muda kita sama-sama menikmati keindahan makanan seperti sate dan menyepadukan lagi perpaduan antara kaum di Singapura,” ujar Dr Maliki.

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

  • Online Gambling Just Another Revenue Generating Avenue For Government

    Online Gambling Just Another Revenue Generating Avenue For Government

    The SDP had opposed the PAP’s move to allow the construction of casinos in Singapore in 2005. The government’s rationale then was that there was money to be made off the gambling scene in Asia.

    Not every business venture should be pursued just because it makes money. There are moral and ethical considerations too.

    Gambling is a vice and its social ills are widely documented. Lives and families are destroyed because of addiction to gambling. Gambling also brings along other criminal activities such as money laundering, organised crime and sex trafficking.

    Just this year, for example, two people were engaged in gambling related crimes. A Singaporean was caught laundering nearly one million dollars in Australia in order to gamble. In a separate case, a UOB officer stole a total of $95,000 from the bank to pay for his gambling habit in Macau.

    For these complex and intertwining reasons, gambling – especially one facilitated by the state – should not be encouraged.

    Minister for Social and Family Development Tan Chuan-jin disingenuously argues that the PAP, by allowing state organisations such as Singapore Pools and the Singapore Turf Club to conduct online betting, is not encouraging gambling.

    He says that the move will, instead, allow that government to monitor the “very real dangers” of virtual gambling. However, he doesn’t spell out how the authorities will overcome these dangers by legitimising gambling over the Internet.

    The truth is that with or without the state’s entry into the online world of gambling, those who seek to indulge in the gaming habit will find ways on the Internet to satisfy their desires. Providing additional and state-sanctioned gaming sites adds to, not minimises, the problem.

    One factor that is prompting the government to enter into the online gambling business is that it sees its revenue falling due to poor economic circumstances. By getting into the act, the government opens up another avenue for revenue collection.

    The problem is that gambling exploits the dreams and hopes of the poor who are most vulnerable to and who can least afford such activity.

    There are many ways to develop a sound and mature economy without resorting to this kind of exploitation. Instead of making money from Singaporeans placing online bets, the PAP should free up the political system and encourage innovation and entrepreneurship. This will generate a productive economy and drive sound economic growth without adversely affecting our families.

    This latest measure is another step in a slow but certain descent into turning Singapore into a city without any values, and one ruled by a government with no ideas beyond exploiting the people.

     

    Source: http://yoursdp.org

  • Khutbah Solat Jumaat: Masyarakat Islam Digesa Jauhi Tabiat Menjudi

    Khutbah Solat Jumaat: Masyarakat Islam Digesa Jauhi Tabiat Menjudi

    Masyarakat Islam Singapura diberi peringatan supaya menjauhi tabiat suka berjudi dan kesan-kesan buruk daripada tabiat yang merugikan itu. Ia menjejas bukan sahaja individu yang terlibat secara langsung, malah anggota keluarga serta masyarakat secara amnya.

    Menerusi khutbah solat Jumaat bertajuk “Istaqamah Bertakwa Kepada Allah” yang disampaikan di masjid-masjid merata Singapura hari ini (14 Okt), masyarakat Islam diingatkan bahawa dengan kemudahan teknologi yang ada sekarang, semakin mudah untuk melakukan pelbagai perkara maksiat tanpa diketahui orang lain.

    Satu tinjauan oleh Touch Cyberwellness yang disentuh dalam khutbah solat Jumaat, mendapati bahawa sembilan daripada 10 remaja yang ditinjau menonton atau membaca bahan lucah melalui internet.

    Lebih membimbangkan lagi, lebih 70 peratus daripada mereka yang ditinjau pernah menonton kandungan sedemikian melalui telefon bijak mereka.

    Selain itu, timbul juga keprihatinan terhadap trend berjudi secara online, di mana masyarakat Islam juga digesa supaya mendidik anak-anak mereka tentang kesan-kesan negatif akibat tabiat yang merugikan itu dan kesannya terhadap kehidupan mereka dan keluarga.

    Khutbah solat Jumaat turut menukil dapatan tinjauan itu yang menunjukkan bahawa mereka yang menjadi tahi judi lazimnya bermula dengan berjudi secara sosial.

    Maka itu, masyarakat Islam perlu mengambil langkah berjaga-jaga seperti memastikan anggota keluarga mereka termasuk dalam senarai individu yang tidak dibenarkan menyertai sebarang kegiatan perjudian yang berlesen serta memantau lelaman yang dikunjungi, menurut khutbah solat Jumaat hari ini.

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

  • Indonesia Ulema Council Issues Haram Fatwa Against Illegal Land Clearing

    Indonesia Ulema Council Issues Haram Fatwa Against Illegal Land Clearing

    RELIGIOUS authorities in Indonesia have declared the burning of land forbidden among Muslims in a fatwa or edict aimed at curbing illegal land clearing.

    According to Channel News Asia, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) issued the fatwa in its bid to influence social change as part of a moral movement.

    “The act of burning forests and land, which can cause damage, environmental pollution, economic losses, affect health, and other negative impacts is haram (forbidden),” Professor Huzaemah Yanggo, chairperson for fatwa from the Indonesian Ulema Council, was quoted as saying.

    Huzaeman, who was speaking at a media conference on Tuesday, said the council was confident that the ruling can help change attitudes towards the illegal burning of land.

    SEE ALSO: Indonesia: Haze investigators held captive, threatened with death

    The council denounced the traditional practice, saying it goes against Islamic teachings, and instructed clerics and religious teachers to spread the message.

    Indonesia’s Environment and Forestry Ministry had in January asked the council to explore the possibility of issuing the ruling on forest fires.

    The request led the council to conduct research and assessments before issuing the edict this week.

    Prior to the decision, the council consulted various stakeholders and referred to verses in the Koran to substantiate the fatwa.

    “We understand that material punishment is not enough, what more with formal punishment. What is more important is moral (pressure),” Indonesia’s Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar said.

    Last year’s fires were the worst since 1997, spreading across over 261,000 hectares (2,610 square kilometers).

    SEE ALSO: Indonesia urges neighbors to stop complaining about haze

    Haze largely caused by illegal slash-and-burn agricultural policies in Indonesia has affected the Southeast Asian region annually for decades.

    Uncontrolled burning from fires in Riau, South Sumatra, and Kalimantan causes the smoke to spread hundreds of kilometers across the region to Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and the Philippines, resulting in major deterioration in air quality levels, health problems, and economic losses.

    However, the Indonesian government has been taking proactive steps to reduce the number of fires by 75 percent from last year as there were only 2,256 fires this year compared to 8,247 between Jan and Aug 2015.

     

    Source: https://asiancorrespondent.com

  • Nana Karia – Open Letter To Non-Muslim Friends: Respect Rules When Choosing To Patronise Halal Establishments

    Nana Karia – Open Letter To Non-Muslim Friends: Respect Rules When Choosing To Patronise Halal Establishments

    Dear non-Muslim friends of mine,
    I know most of you love your pork dishes.
    I really don’t blame you. I have heard close friends of mine sang lyrical praises for the luncheon meat, heh.

    But please, we are living in a multi-racial and multi-religious country. The HALAL certification is there for a definite purpose. It means the food establishment certified with the HALAL certificate MUST be free of pork and alcohol, plus it is an assurance for Singaporean Muslims to patronize and utilize sans doubts and worries, including the cutleries and the kitchen wares. The HALAL certification by MUIS does not come free and cheap, plus there are vigorous routine checks and tough procedures to go through to obtain this particular certification.

    I am not asking you to understand the need of HALAL food for Muslims, but the least you can do here in Singapore, is to respect the rules and the due moral process when you choose to patronize a HALAL food establishment. There are so many non-HALAL food establishments in Singapore, even more than the HALAL ones. So it’s all about choice, most definitely.

    By choosing to bring pork/alcohol (not only consume them) into a HALAL food establishment, these ignorant women in this article had not only blatantly disrespect Singaporean Muslims, but also blatantly disrespect some of the most important rules and regulations of Singapore as a multi-religious society. And I sure hope they did not use the ‘apologies-we-do-not-know’ or using the ‘racism’ excuse. If they did, then it just shows the type of lazy excuse of human beings that they are. (Update : They used the ‘racism’ excuse. Oh, how predictable!)

    You are most welcome to enjoy your pork delicacies at non-HALAL food establishments, of course. No Singaporean Muslim will fault you for that. They will even feel happy for you that you enjoyed your well-loved pork dishes (like me! ?). Sincerely, if you call yourself a Singaporean, you should know these details by birth, so to speak, haha. But yes, we are all human, so lest you forget, then I hope my honest and sincere post is a timely, well-intentioned reminder for you.

    So to all my dear non-Muslim friends, Singaporean or not, I love you, and I love that you enjoy your food. So let me enjoy mine without worries too yah. Appreciate much.

    Thank you and loads of love, xoxoxo,
    Nana ❤????

     

    Source:  Nana Karia