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  • Islam Keeps Me Calm, Says Johor Princess’ Future Hubby

    Islam Keeps Me Calm, Says Johor Princess’ Future Hubby

    The Dutch-born future husband of Johor princess Tunku Tun Aminah Maimunah Iskan­daraiah, who embraced Islam in 2015, says the religion keeps him calm.

    Dennis Muhammad Abdullah (pic) said he started getting close to Islam in 2014 when he was in Amsterdam.

    He said that was when he started to receive advice and views from Muslim friends residing there about the religion. He even asked them to take him to the mosque.

    Dennis said he was curious about Islam and wanted to experience how they prayed at mosques, and began learning about the religion in Dutch.

    “My heart is open to accepting the religion and I am grateful to Allah for being able to catch up on all the knowledge that has been given to me, without any obstruction.

    “Even my parents have given me their support to embrace the religion,” he told the Royal Press Office in an interview at Istana Bukit Serene.

    He said he had become a calmer person since embracing the religion.

    Dennis, who embraced Islam on May 31, 2015 at Pejabat Kadi Johor Baru, said he was an avid reader of reference materials related to the religion on the Internet besides visiting the mosque frequently to pray.

    “After obtaining the blessings of Johor Ruler Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar to have his daughter’s hand in marriage, I was told to gain deeper knowledge about the religion,” he added.

    Dennis said he began attending Fardhu Ain classes and tried to memorise the shorter surah passages in the Quran since the beginning of the year.

    “I also managed to fast throughout the whole month of Ramadan since 2015 and performed the terawih prayers at the mosque,” he added.

    Born Dennis Verbaas on May 1, 1989, in Lisse, a town near Amsterdam, he said he had also learned Jawi.

    “I was advised by religious experts not to rush into the religion and take it slow to gain deeper knowledge,” he said, adding that he would take heed of the advice to become a good Muslim.

    Tunku Tun Aminah and Dennis are set to marry on Monday.

    The public can follow the royal wedding “live” from Istana Besar on video screens at Dataran Bandaraya and the Johor Baru City Council building.

     

    Source: http://www.thestar.com.my

  • Lawa Bintang’s Nasi Lemak Lobster Is Prove That Malay Singaporeans Can Succeed Through Diligence & Holding Belief That Sustenance And Wealth Is Given Only By Allah

    Lawa Bintang’s Nasi Lemak Lobster Is Prove That Malay Singaporeans Can Succeed Through Diligence & Holding Belief That Sustenance And Wealth Is Given Only By Allah

    Best regards

    Amongst my many years of experience dabbling in business, the current one is the most challenging and inflicted with trials.

    We are just a humble stall so for somw to compare us with a restaurant eg. how efficient Mcdonalds manage extremely long queues, would be ridiculous.

    There are only 4 stoves and 1 rice cooker in our small kitchen.
    Imagine if the rice cooker has a voice, it will definitely say that it cooks and cooks till boss say stop 😅

    We are proud to be a part of Malay Singaporeans that have proven we can succeed if we are diligent and hold on to the belief that our sustenance and wealth (rizq) is given only by Allah, in due course.

    Never crossed our minds that our Nasi Lemak Lobster will be the talk of the town.

    This makcik stall does not and will continue not to provide food for others anyhow or cincai, as some may call it.

    Yes, we know it is part and parcel of the service industry, to receive positive and negative comments.

    Those who like it Alhamdulillah, and those who do not, we appreciate your kind understanding that each person’s tastebuds is different.

    We apologise if we are unable to please and cater to everyone’s taste.

    But we deeply hope, kindly refrain from looking down on the food should you find it undesirable as food in any form, is a blessing from God.
    Having the desire and the means to eat is also a blessing from God.

    Thank you all for supporting me.

    Alhamdulillah.

     

    Source: Lawa Bintang

  • Indonesia: Giant Statue Of Chinese God Covered Up With Sheet In Indonesia After Upsetting Local Muslims

    Indonesia: Giant Statue Of Chinese God Covered Up With Sheet In Indonesia After Upsetting Local Muslims

    A colossal statue of a Chinese god has been unceremoniously covered up by a giant white sheet in Indonesia after upsetting the local Muslim population

    The giant god-turned-ghost is Guan Yu, a heroic Three Kingdoms era general who was later immortalized as a folk deity in China. The 30.4-meter-tall statue reportedly cost 2.5 billion Indonesian rupiahs ($187,000) to build and was funded by private donations to the Kwan Sing Bio Temple in Tuban, East Java.

    It was publicly unveiled last month at a ceremony held inside the temple that was attended by prominent local politicians. Billed as the largest statue of Guan Yu in Southeast Asia, it was hoped that the colossus might help to attract more tourists to the city.

    Instead, so far, the giant statue has attracted only outrage from the locals of Tuban, who are predominately Muslim. Online, many argued that the statue was an affront to Islam and the local people of Indonesia, claiming that it showed how the Chinese were in fact in control of Indonesia’s government. Others claimed that the statue was built on public land and without the proper building permits — despite the fact that the statue was entirely built on land owned by the temple.

    The decision to cover up the statue was made last weekend by the temple’s management following consultation with a governmental organization, the Forum of Religious Harmony, which is tasked with ensuring peace between different religious groups in the country, as a way of calming down the situation.

    However, local Muslims have said that merely covering up Guan Yu is not good enough, vowing that if the government does not take action to tear down the statue, then they will do it themselves, holding rallies outside governmental buildings this week to urge local authorities to demolish the ancient warrior god.

    Didik Muadi, the leader of the protests, told the local news site Tempo that the statue of the Chinese god should be torn down and replaced with one honoring Indonesia’s national heroes who helped fight for independence, though he is apparently fine with the temple erecting a statue to their god… just so long as it isn’t so big.

    “Actually we can allow them to build the statue, just not as high as it was and it should be in the temple, not outside,” he said, adding that “We are tolerant.”

    Sounds like Didik should really avoid ever paying a vist to the waterfront of Hubei’s Jingzhou city.

     

    Source: shanghaiist.com/

  • Primary School In Selangor Under Fire For Segregating Drinking Cups For Muslims, Non-Muslims

    Primary School In Selangor Under Fire For Segregating Drinking Cups For Muslims, Non-Muslims

    A primary school in Selangor has come under fire for segregating drinking cups for Muslim and non-Muslim students.

    The school – Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Puteri – in Hulu Langat has cups labelled “murid Islam” (Muslim students) and “murid bukan Islam” (non-Muslim students) placed next to a water dispenser, according to Malaysian media reports.

    A school canteen operator said the labelled cups have been used since last year, under the previous school principal who has since been transferred, Free Malaysia Today reported. But school authorities refused to comment, the news portal said.

    Reports on the practice have gone viral in Malaysia, with authorities, parents and netizens criticising the school.

    Perak Mufti Tan Sri Harussani Zakaria said the practice was discriminatory and could lead to hatred of Islam, according to Free Malaysia Today.

    “This should not have happened. We should know the ruling. Don’t be too rigid that others would begin despising us. Islam pays importance to human relations,” he was quoted as saying.

    He said there was no basis to separate utensils even if Islam prohibits its followers from consuming certain kinds of food.

    “Even if one consumes pork, that does not mean his lips are unclean.

    “We can use cups used by non-Muslims. We can use cooking utensils used by non-Muslims,” he said. “This practice is an insult. Don’t do it.”

     

    Parent Action Group for Education Malaysia (PAGE) founder Datin Noor Azimah Abdul Rahim said the school should reverse the ruling.

    “If there are certain quarters who have an issue with it (drinking from cups used by others), they can ask their children to bring their own cups and drinks.

    Noor Azimah felt that imposing one’s religious values on others is not the way forward, especially for children.

    The MCA Religious Harmony Bureau called on the Education Ministry to immediately order the school to stop the practice, accordiing to The Star.

    Its chairman Datuk Seri Ti Lian Ker said the current head or administrator of the school must apologise to all students and parents for the “discriminatory” practice.

    “Schoolchildren do not know racism. Such prejudices are inculcated by adults during a child’s formative years. If necessary, suspend the former principal from all duties that involve interaction with the public,” he said.

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com

  • Halimah Yacob: I Have Gone Against PAP

    Halimah Yacob: I Have Gone Against PAP

    Having been a People’s Action Party (PAP) MP for 16 years, Madam Halimah Yacob is aware that there are Singaporeans who question her ability to be non-partisan if she is elected president.

    “I know people have that concern because of my past affiliation with the PAP,” she told The Straits Times in an interview. “But I just want to say that the president has a duty first and foremost to Singapore and Singaporeans, and not to any party.”

    She also has the track record to prove her independence, noting that whether as a unionist or parliamentarian, she had not always toed the government line.

    An occasion she remembered clearly was when she abstained from voting on amendments to the Human Organ Transplant Act in Parliament in 2007.

    Changes tabled by then Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan would allow organ recipients to reimburse donors’ expenses if they wished.

    She was concerned that this would lead to poor people being persuaded to “sell” their organs.

    The party whip was lifted, and she abstained, sending a strong signal of her misgivings.

    She recalled: “I decided not to say yes. I didn’t ask the Health Minister how he felt, but I can still remember the expression on his face.”

     

    Source: www.tnp.sg