Tag: Islam

  • Kebakaran Masjid Orlando: Polis Tangkap Lelaki Yang Disyaki

    Kebakaran Masjid Orlando: Polis Tangkap Lelaki Yang Disyaki

    Seorang lelaki berusia 32 tahun ditangkap berkaitan serangan membakar sebuah masjid di Florida, yang dikunjungi oleh penyerang kelab malam homoseksual di Orlando, pada hari Ahad lalu (11 Sep).

    Joseph Michael Schreiber berdepan dengan sekurang-kurangnya 30 tahun dipenjara jika sabit kesalahan sengaja membakar masjid sebagai jenayah kebencian yang dipertingkat, menurut pihak berkuasa.

    Suspek didakwa membuat beberapa catatan anti-Muslim di media sosial.

    Pusat Islam Fort Pierce mengalami kerosakan teruk akibat kebakaran tersebut, yang dilakukan pada hari yang sama dengan hari memperingati insiden 9/11.

    Omar Mateen, yang kadang-kala mengunjungi masjid tersebut, sebelum ini menembak mati 49 orang di kelab malam Pulse pada bulan Jun lalu sebelum dia sendiri dibunuh.

    Dia juga pernah mengisytiharkan taat setianya kepada kumpulan ISIS.

    Pada malam semalam (14 Sep), Pejabat Polis St Lucie menyatakan bahawa Schreiber membuat beberapa catatan terhadap Islam di laman Facebooknya.

    Salah satu catatan itu berbunyi: “Semua yang Islam itu radikal dan perlu dianggap sebagai pengganas dan penjenayah dan semua yang menyertai kegiatan sedemikian mesti didapati bersalah melakukan jenayah perang”.

    Schreiber sebelum ini pernah dijatuhi hukuman di mahkamah negara sebanyak dua kali kerana mencuri, menurut Jabatan Pembetulan rekod di Florida.

    Dia menjalani hukuman penggal pertama daripada tahun 2008 sehingga 2009 dan penggal kedua daripada tahun 2010 sehingga 2014.

    Tiada sesiapa yang cedera semasa kebakaran masjid yang berlaku pada sambutan Aidiladha.

    FBI dan Biro Persekutuan bagi Minuman Keras, Tembakau, Senjata Api dan Bahan-Bahan Letupan turut menyertai siasatan.

    Kebakaran itu menyebabkan para anggota masjid “bersedih dan takut”, menurut penolong Imam Hamaad Rahman.

    Selain Omar, masjid itu juga pernah dikunjungi oleh Moner Mohammad Abu Salha, yang menjadi rakyat Amerika yang pertama melancarkan serangan bom nekad di Syria.

    Source: Berita MediaCorp

  • Jaafar Sariban@Sarong – My Will To All Of You Is To Bring Yourself Closer To Islam

    Jaafar Sariban@Sarong – My Will To All Of You Is To Bring Yourself Closer To Islam

    Here is the will by Jaffar. I feel heavy having my name in it but I do not wish to cut off anything. Allah be witness I have conveyed.

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    To all of Sarong’s friends who wish to answer the call of his will, I would like to share that we have decided to start a session on learning how to recite the Quran and Allah has blessed us with a venue to hold our session, without any charges. The session will be conducted by myself inshaallah, at no charge.

    We take this opportunity calling all our brothers and sisters, especially you beloved friends of Sarong, to come and take this gift that Allah has bestowed us with, and at the same time be the reason for Sarong to get rewarded for initiating this via his will.

    Please come as you are. This is a family thingy, not a typical formal class. Do bring along those whom you love. This session is open to all, bros and sistas.

    Session starts this Friday 16 September 2016, 8.30pm at No. 62A, Arab Street.

    No registration required. But please do be punctual.

    Let’s make time for The One who give us time.

    Wassalam,
    Your brother and servant
    Brother Aydarus

     

    Source: Aydarus Alhabshi

  • Former Journalist Ismail Kassim: PAP Should Nominate Strong Minority Candidate For Upcoming Presidential Elections, Not Amend Constitution To Stifle Competition

    Former Journalist Ismail Kassim: PAP Should Nominate Strong Minority Candidate For Upcoming Presidential Elections, Not Amend Constitution To Stifle Competition

    A note to PM

    Dear Prime Minister

    By now you ought to know how divisive your proposal to amend the EP system has become. I cannot think of any issue in the last three decades that has caused such a wide and deep division within the electorate.

    The tragedy is that your aim to ensure that members from minority communities too have a chance at becoming an EP is commendable, and has its merits.

    Unfortunately, the way and timing of your move have also prompted considerable misgivings over your real motive:

    Is it really to ensure minority representation or is it to prevent an independent-minded citizen from being elected EP in 2017?

    Because of suspicions and emotions aroused over motive, it has become very difficult, even for those in the middle ground, to look at the proposed changes in a calm and objective manner.

    And any rush to implement a system that is deemed unfair may have adverse repercussions on the EP itself.

    Reserving the post for a particular minority is fundamentally flawed and goes against the grain of multiracialism and meritocracy. Likewise, the obsession with higher qualifications without giving due weight to strength of character and integrity is both elitist and undemocratic.

    Will any good arise from foisting a minority candidate in a closed race open only to members from that community on the nation; in all likelihood too, it is likely to become a farce, reminiscent of a past EP election, when a businessman was forced to compete to give the semblance of a democratic race.

    Such an EP is unlikely to command wide respect, and in all probability will be regarded as a ‘kayu’ (wood) by significant sections of the people, including members from his own community.

    There is still time for you to salvage the situation; just make sure that whatever changes that will be adopted will not come into effect in the 2017 presidential election.

    In this way, your protestations that they are not aimed against any individual will instantly become more credible.

    The minority community that has not yet produced an EP for the last 47 years will not mind waiting a little longer.

    As far as I know, they have grumbled over a lot of things such as continuing discrimination in the military and national service for their males and the unfair banning of their tudung-clad females from becoming nurses and policewomen.

    But over the EP, there is none.

    The PAP, notwithstanding its faults, is a great party with a sterling record.

    If you feel strongly, you should nominate a minority for the coming EP and use all the powers at your disposal to get him elected.

    If you think it is too risky, you can always field a stronger candidate. There is someone with impeccable credentials from your ranks who cannot become PM because of his ethnic origins. I think he will be unbeatable in any contest.

    These are the heroic options, which a party with a solid reputation to protect, should choose.

    Do not stoop so low now as to amend the Constitution out of fear, just to exclude opponents and independent-minded citizens.

    So Mr Prime Minister, I hope you will reconsider all your options, and choose one that will unite the people, and not divide them further.

    Ismail Kassim
    14th November 2016

     

    Source: Ismail Kassim

  • 122 Jemaah Haji Indonesia Meninggal Dunia Di Saudi Tahun Ini

    122 Jemaah Haji Indonesia Meninggal Dunia Di Saudi Tahun Ini

    INDONESIA: Keseluruhannya 122 jemaah haji Indonesia sudah meninggal dunia di Arab Saudi tahun ini sehingga semalam (14 Sep), iaitu tiga hari selepas wukuf di Arafah.

    Seramai 11 jemaah haji Indonesia meninggal dunia dalam tiga hari terakhir ibadah haji tahun ini. Pada hari pertama mabit, tujuh jemaah haji Indonesia meninggal dunia di Mina.

    Berdasarkan data dari Sistem Informasi Komputerisasi Haji Terpadu Kesihatan pada 7.00 pagi waktu Saudi semalam, kesemua 11 jemaah itu meninggal dunia kerana sakit dan mereka adalah dari Palembang, Padang, Aceh, Surabaya, Jakarta Bekasi dan Solo.

    Keseluruhannya, jemaah haji yang meninggal dunia berusia antara 41 hingga 86 tahun, berdasarkan senarai dari sistem itu.

    Kelmarin pula, enam jemaah haji dilaporkan meninggal dunia ketika wukuf di Arafah dan empat lagi ketika melempar jamrah dan mabit di Mina.

    Menurut jurucakap Klinik Kesihatan Haji Indonesia di Arab Saudi, Muchtarudin Mansyur, mereka meninggal dunia akibat sakit jantung dan strok haba oleh kerana cuaca yang kurang baik.

    Bagi menangani masalah ambulans yang terhad, pihaknya juga sudah menghubungi muassasah bidang kesihatan, dan ambulans tambahan segera dikerahkan.

    Pada 7 September lalu, Jakarta Post melaporkan bahawa lima hari sebelum wukuf, empat lagi jemaah haji Indonesia meninggal dunia di Makkah akibat masalah pernafasan, penyakit jantung dan masalah tekanan darah.

    Sebelum itu, 64 jemaah haji Indonesia dilaporkan meninggal dunia di Arab Saudi pada musim haji tahun ini, kebanyakannya berusia 60-an tahun.

    Pemerintah Indonesia memberi jaminan bahawa semua jemaah haji Indonesia yang meninggal dunia ketika menunaikan haji dan ketika menunggu berangkat untuk ke Tanah Suci di pelbagai tempat embarkasi di seluruh Indonesia, akan dibadalkan haji mereka.

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

  • We Wear Hijab And We Are Serious Athletes

    We Wear Hijab And We Are Serious Athletes

    These women are all athletes and yes, they all wear headscarves too.

    Their achievements are easily forgotten because people are so much more focused on what they choose to wear, even if they are breaking records on every level possible.

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    Let’s support these women by highlighting their sports performances and not just their religious practices.

     

    Source: MVSLIM

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