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  • Walid J. Abdullah: Muslims Must Repond To Provocations In A Way That Helps The Ummah

    Walid J. Abdullah: Muslims Must Repond To Provocations In A Way That Helps The Ummah

    Muslims must really learn not to let ourselves get provoked so easily; sometimes there is no need to glorify provocations with even a response. And when a response is needed, it must be done in a way that helps the ummah; not in a way that hurts it, and definitely not a response that is designed just to vent one’s frustrations. No doubt, we must feel angry about certain, or rather, many, things, but being angry does not mean we do not react intelligently.

    Additionally, we must be fair in dealing with others. I really do not buy the idea that we must respect every single belief that differs from ours: there are many beliefs that we argue to be false, so it is ridiculous to say that we must ‘respect’ those beliefs.

    Rather, a more appropriate call would be for us to respect the right of others to believe in whatever they wish to believe, even if we think their beliefs are ludicrous. Remember, many of our own beliefs are regarded as absurd by others, and we should not demand they respect our beliefs (if they did, they would be Muslim already); but we must demand they respect our right to believe in whatever we do.
    By the same token, we must respect the right of others to disagree with us.

    (How that disagreement should manifest itself, is clearly dependent on the social, political and cultural context of a nation/society.)

    We must also remember one thing: if we do not display maturity in responding to differences and/or provocations, we are essentially giving the state fodder to justify its interventionist and muscular policies.

    ‘See, we told you religion can be a divisive force, that is why we must constantly keep a lid on it.’

    If we persist in doing that, then we should not really complain when we witness the strong arm of the state everywhere.

     

    Source: Walid J. Abdullah

  • International Student In Singapore Can Wear Hijab In School, Why Can’t Singaporeans In Singapore Schools?

    International Student In Singapore Can Wear Hijab In School, Why Can’t Singaporeans In Singapore Schools?

    I was on my way to work this morning. ..and something caught my eye….a student from one of the international school in Singapore was participating her school P.E lesson and guess wat she wearing Hijab…

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    I am happy and at the same time confused. ..

    International School in Singapore allowed her student wear Hijab which I am happy to see but our normal school in Singapore prohibited it…..

    Shame on you MOE….n also Yacob Ibrahim. ..

     

    Source: YatiMimi Black

  • Maarof Salleh: Perjuangan Untuk Mendapat Kelulusan Hijab Satu Amalan Hak Asasi Manusia

    Maarof Salleh: Perjuangan Untuk Mendapat Kelulusan Hijab Satu Amalan Hak Asasi Manusia

    Ini ialah komen saya akan posting En Maidin Packer berhubung isu tudung. Komen saya itu panjang, lalu saya pisahkan sebagai posting tersendiri.

    “Isu asas di sini bukanlah mahu mendesak pemerintah mewajibkan pemakaian tudung utk muslimat. Isu sebenarnya ialah meminta pemerintah tidak mengenakan larangan pemakaian tudung bagi muslimat di beberapa sektor pekerjaan, terutama sektor pekerjaan beruniform dan di setengah-setengah ‘front-counter’ pejabat/badan pemerintah. Dan itupun hanya mahukan pemerintah ‘membenarkan’ mereka yg mahu memakai tudung, bukan menyebabkan semua pekerja muslimat mesti memakai tudung.

    Dalam isu inilah, tindakan pemerintah utk terus mengekalkan dasarnya sekarang salah.

    Dan alasan yg terus dipegang pemerintah utk mengekalkan dasar itu jelas tidak dapat dipertahankan jika perkembangan di tempat-tempat lain diteliti. Malah ganjil utk diterima sebagai munasabah.

    Bagaimanapun, cara sebhgn pejuang tudung di sini mengetengahkan tuntutan mereka juga banyak yg salah.

    Ini termasuk cara mendesak yg kasar. Sebhgnya mengambil pendekatan mencela org lain yg tidak sealiran dg pemikiran mereka.

    Pendekatan mereka lebih merupakan pendekatan sebagai penghukum, sedangkan muslim tidak semestinya berada dlm kedudukan sebagai penghukum pd semua masa.

    Satu lagi pendekatan yg dipakai ialah menuduh sesiapa saja yg dianggap bukan golongan pejuang tudung sebagai melawan Islam. Pendekatan ini tanpa disedari mengasingkan mereka yg sepatutnya tidak wajar sengaja diasingkan dlm perjuangan ini.

    Pendekatan begini juga salah.

    Jadi, perjuangan menuntut pemerintah tidak meneruskan sekatan bertudung yg ternyata salah dan sukar dipertahankan kemunasabahannya, mesti memakai kaedah dan pendekatan yg bijak.

    Selain beberapa hujah yg sudahpun dikemukakan sejauh ini, yg perlu dibangkitkan ialah hujah bahawa membenarkan muslimat memakai tudung, misalnya dalam industri kejururawatan, tidak akan mengurangkan atau menutup peluang pekerjaan mana-mana pihak dlm industri berkenaan.

    Juga, perjuangan ini tidak seharusnya memakai alasan itu hak beragama semata. Malah sebaliknya, ia lebih merupakan satu amalan asasi kemanusiaan yg wajar dihormati. Misalnya, jika wanita mendedah aurat dg berseparuh telanjang, yg lebih mengundang musibah, tidak menimbulkan sebarang kegusaran, mengapa dg pilihan utk menutup aurat?

    Diharap pandangan ini tidak disalah anggap. Sebagai muslim, sikap dan pendirian saya tetap istikamah kpd prinsip: perintah dan sokong yg baik (amar ma’ruf), banteras atau bantah yg buruk (nahi mungkar).

    Dan perjuangan berprinsip ini menjadi tanggungjawab semua.

    Semoga kita terus sedar!”

     

    Source: Maarof Salleh

  • Damanhuri Abas: We Must Focus On Issues Objectively

    Damanhuri Abas: We Must Focus On Issues Objectively

    Salam Jumaat to All,

    A week has past since Singaporean goes to the polls. I am sure the week has given us time to reflect on things. I have received many supportive words from people whom I juz knew over this election period and their encouragement helped me to look ahead amidst the gloom of the election outcome. From this people, everyone of us in SDP can draw much strength for us to continue the work we passionately believe in.

    While we surely feel for most of the issues that were shared during the election period, let us not allow the differences to cloud our unity as Singaporean and our collective desire to contribute to make this place better.

    I share this picture of a couple I met during our walkabout outside Yew Tee MRT. They were staunch PAP supporters and we had a good 5 minutes engagement and exchanges on the issues that we passionately hold to. We differ in our views but at the end of the exchange we both agree to maintain goodwill and work towards improving Singapore.

    So in the spirit of Jumaat, I would like to remind myself and everyone to focus on the issues objectively and work towards remedying areas that need to, through active and courageous engagement while maintaining decorum towards others whom may disagree with us.

    Within the malay/muslim community specifically, there are indeed systemic issues that must be addressed and corrected. I have spoken out clearly on that and I choose to differentiate that with the individuals that the system produce. We should not abuse the persons but should deal with the issues and look into how we can create more openness and space within the social structure of the community.

    We have 5 years to contribute, and lets do what we can actively. Leave the outcome to time and the wisdom of the people.

    Have a blessed Jumaat All.

     

    Source: Damanhuri Abas

  • Malaysian Netizens Tell Bank Negara Scholarship Winner To Don Tudung

    Malaysian Netizens Tell Bank Negara Scholarship Winner To Don Tudung

    KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 ― Hajar Nur Asyiqin Abdul Zubir, an 18-year-old who dreams of studying in Oxford University, is the winner of a prestigious Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) scholarship but to some on Facebook, the young Malay girl’s achievement has been shadowed by her failure to don the tudung (Muslim headscarf).

    On the social media site, the chemistry student, upon winning the Kijang Emas Scholarship 2015 that allows her to pursue any field of study at top universities across the world, was told that her father would bear the sins of her not covering her “aurat”.

    “Congratulations..but it’s a pity that the ‘aurat’ is not covered. Her father bears the sin,” a Facebook user called Rozaidi Jai commented on Friends of BN ― Barisan Nasional’s Facebook post Wednesday announcing Hajar Nur Asyiqin’s win.

    Facebook user named Nazri Toushirou even called for conditions of the scholarship interview to mandate covering the “aurat”

    “Don’t think it’s wrong, right?” he said.

    Facebook user Mohd Sabri Hussien said: “Pretty looks, good at studies. It’ll be better if she wore a tudung”.

    Another Facebook user, called Mohd Khairudzaman Bahaudin, said: “All right, congratulations, Allah hates His servants who do not cover their ‘aurat’, we succeed not because we’re clever”.

    Other Facebook users, however, have since come to the 18-year-old’s defence, with one named Ag Sha saying: “It doesn’t necessarily mean that not wearing a tudung means you’re not religious..congratulations..prove to them that you’re not shallow in your religious knowledge”.

    Islam as is practised in Malaysia is beginning to show signs of increasing conservatism, illustrated among others by the local boom in the tudung industry that was a rarity just several decades ago.

    Friday sermons sanctioned by the government also repeatedly tell women to cover their aurat, with a Malay-Muslim gymnast recently getting backlash for wearing a leotard.

    Local daily New Straits Times reported Monday that Hajar Nur Asyiqin ― who went to SMK Abdul Rahman Talib in Kuantan, Pahang, and is now doing her A-Levels at Tuanku Ja’afar College in Mantin, Negri Sembilan ― wants to study chemistry at Oxford University in the UK, one of the top universities in the world.

    The paper reported that she scored 9A+s in SPM last year and that she had undergone group and individual assessments by Bank Negara before she was announced last April as one of four recipients of the Kijang Emas Scholarship.

    According to Bank Negara governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz’s speech at the Kijang Emas Scholarship award ceremony last April, the central bank had received 212 applications for the 2015 Kijang Emas Scholarship and shortlisted the top 24 based on their SPM results and involvement in sports and co-curricular activities.

    “The students then underwent a rigorous evaluation process under the Bank’s ‘Kijang Academy’ which assessed their technical and leadership competencies, as well as their values,” Zeti said in the speech made available on Bank Negara’s website.

     

    Source: www.themalaymailonline.com