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  • 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

  • Are Majority Malay Families Being Priced Out Of Geylang Serai By Expensive Hipster Fare?

    Are Majority Malay Families Being Priced Out Of Geylang Serai By Expensive Hipster Fare?

    And so yday before iftar, I brought my kids to Geylang just for them to get something which they want to eat before Ramadhan ends. We have yet to stepped in Geylang and maybe yday shall be the first and the last we went there Do not favour the atmosphere anymore

    But what was most shocking is firstly, I gave them $50 to buy what they want to buy. Upon reaching home, I asked, how much they spent and my boy replied $40. The moment when they placed their food on the table, I began questioning the price of individual food coz I don’t see anything much on the table…coz I thought if it’s $40 then the table must be full right?

    Mummy goes screaming when he pointed a plate of small Rainbow bagel with a meat in between that comes with curly fries and it cost him $15

    Whattttt????!!!!! This is just Super crazy! And Mr Husband Faizal Kasiran says…”They sure know their target audience!” Haizzzzz…..

    I am so disappointed. Very very disappointed…it’s not about the food and my boy but it’s just about the seller whose reaping lots of profit in this beautiful holy month

    And yah….I just couldn’t get over it till now….so utterly upset

    #nomoregeylang#itsjustaburger

     

    Source: Sha Ismail

  • Family Remebers Othman Wok As Humble, Kind And Loving

    Family Remebers Othman Wok As Humble, Kind And Loving

    Pioneer Cabinet Minster Mr Othman had been warded at SGH since April 6 for a chest infection and stomach complications.

    Madam Lily, 60, said she usually does the night duty in caring for him.

    “I will read some prayers for him and pat him to sleep before I go off,” she recounted his final hours to The Straits Times on Monday (April 17), after Mr Othman died just after noon. He was 92.

    “We hope that he will always be remembered as part of the Singapore Old Guard and a contributor to the harmony of Singapore,” she added.

    “We tried our best to take care of him to the best of our ability, but I think God knows better, and you know we are quite happy to let him go. He passed away…peacefully, so we are happy with that,” Madam Lily told reporters during the wake for Mr Othman outside the family home in Kew Avenue in Bedok.

    Madam Lily, a housewife, described him as a kind and loving father who was also devoted to his work when he was MP for Pasir Panjang constituency from 1963 to 1981.

    “We know that we are more or less like his second family compared to his political work. We totally got it and we appreciated that as well,” she said with a laugh.

    But he always made time for the family, especially when he returned from his overseas trips as Singapore’s first Minister for Social Affairs, a post he held from 1963 to 1977.

    “Whenever he (came) back from his travels, he (spent) at least one night with us, sharing his overseas stories, souvenirs,” she said.

    One lesson he often drummed into them was the importance of racial harmony as he lived through the 1964 race riots. He also emphasised humility, she said. “You could be the president’s daughter or the king’s daughter, but humility should be your middle name,” she recalled him saying.

    Mr Othman had been in and out of hospital since last November, and his last message to his children was to live peacefully with each other and maintain good relationships with one another, she said.

     

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com

  • Female Circumcision VS Female Genital Mutilation

    Female Circumcision VS Female Genital Mutilation

    The BBC published a report on genital mutilation in Singapore and why it exists.

    Upon reading the article, my Chinese friend immediately asked me, eh, are you a victim of this genital mutilation too?

    I had to give a graphic explanation to her that Genital Mutilation is different from Female circumcision (Sunat Perempuan).

    The Western world (and our non-muslim friends) are quick to assume that female circumcision is harmful to a woman without considering the different types of circumcision and also taking into account the surgery.

    With Islamophobia growing in the Western world, people tend to change the message of Islam in order to make the religion more acceptable to western beliefs. While this may make sense, it also sadly confuses our Muslim community who may not understand the issue well.

     I am setting these two apart here so that you can understand the differences too.

    Take a chill pill my circumcised friends and stop freaking out.

    Your clitoris was not abused!.

    Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

    There are many types of genital mutilation but the cases that BBC cited involves something like this:

    “She grew up in Somalia, where 98% of women and girls between 15 and 49 have had their genitals forcibly mutilated. When she was six, all of her labia were cut off and she was then stitched together, leaving a tiny hole she compares to the size of a matchstick. Her clitoris was also removed….” (Source)

    The Western world is quick to assume that female circumcision is harmful to a woman without considering the different types of circumcision and also taking into account that any surgery.

    The example above is definitely harmful and fits perfectly into the human rights narrative that FGM caused physical, emotional, and psychological damage to the person

    What Muslims in Singapore do however is called Sunat perempuan (female circumcision)

    Circumcision (Sunat Prempuan)

    Sunat Prempuan involves a small nip of the clitoris. In Singapore, girls undergo this procedure a few weeks after birth and it is being conducted by a medical doctor.

    By human rights definition, it is an act of (FGM) but it does not have the negative connotation that it brings such as ‘Child abuse’ and that girls are forcibly harmed because of cultural beliefs.

    If you really have to define it, then Sunat Perempuan is a Type 1 circumcision.

    This is the removal of the clitoral prepuce, which is very similar to the prepuce of a penis, which is removed during male circumcision. This is the most basic procedure of female circumcision and the only procedure that would be allowed in Islam. The other procedures, types 2 and 3, where the labia minora, labia majora and clitoris may be extracted, are considered forbidden as they carry with them too many possibilities of bodily harm.

    FGM vs Sunat Perempuan

    There is slight confusion regarding what is female genital mutilation (FGM) and what is female circumcision.

    In truth, the two terms have been used interchangeably but carry with them two very different connotations by the speaker. “Female genital mutilation” is often used when the speaker is condemning or speaking out against female circumcision whereas “female circumcision” is mostly used when discussing the practice as a medical procedure. (told ya your clitoris is safe!)

    Additionally for your background knowledge, According to major islamic school of thought (Imam Abu Hanifah, Imam Malik, Imam Shafi’i and Ahmad ibn Hanbal) circumcision is highly recommended or even mandatory. (source)

    In Singapore, MUIS has always held the position that any form of procedure which has been medically proven to bring harm, including circumcision should be avoided. This is based on the Islamic legal maxim which states that ” all forms of harm must be removed’ or ‘Do not inflict injury nor requite one injury with another”. MUIS continues to advise Muslims that professional medical advice should be sought prior to ant medical procedure including circumcision to ensure that it would not harm the individual

    So there it is my friends.

    Female Circumcision VS Female Genital Mutilation.

    Hope this helps.

     

    Source: https://thoughtsofrealsingaporeans.wordpress.com

  • Halimah Yacob: Kemajuan Lembaga Yang Pelbagai Perlu Lebih Pantas

    Halimah Yacob: Kemajuan Lembaga Yang Pelbagai Perlu Lebih Pantas

    Meskipun kepelbagaian dalam lembaga menunjukkan “tanda-tanda yang menggalakkan” sejak beberapa tahun lalu, rentak kemajuannya perlu lebih meluas dan pantas.

    Demikian ditekankan oleh Speaker Parlimen Halimah Yacob di satu acara yang membincangkan tentang kewujudan had bagi kaum wanita di tempat kerja.

    Sebagai menjawab pertanyaan Mediacorp, Cik Halimah yang sudah bertahun-tahun memperjuangkan lebih ramai kaum wanita menyandang jawatan sebagai lembaga eksekutif dalam pertubuhan-pertubuhan, menyedari bahawa rentak kemajuan tidak seperti yang beliau harapkan.

    Cik Halimah berharap beliau dapat melihat “perubahan besar berlaku lebih pantas” walaupun beliau menyebut tentang “tanda-tanda perubahan yang menggalakkan” seperti saranan Penguasa Kewangan Singapura (MAS) pada bulan lalu bahawa mungkin sekarang adalah masanya untuk menyemak semula kod tadbir urus korporat di negara ini berhubung isu-isu termasuk kepelbagaian lembaga.

    Komen-komen Cik Halimah dikeluarkan setelah Jawatankuasa Tindakan Kepelbagaian (DAC) menyatakan dalam satu laporan yang dibentangkan kepada Menteri Pembangunan Sosial dan Keluarga Tan Chuan-Jin pada awal bulan ini yang menekankan bahawa perubahan dalam lembaga syarikat-syarikat tempatan perlu dilaksanakan dengan lebih pantas.

    JUMLAH WANITA DALAM LEMBAGA MASIH JAUH DI BELAKANG

    Menurut laporan tersebut, perwakilan kaum wanita dalam lembaga eksekutif melonjak dari lapan peratus pada tahun 2012 kepada 9.7 peratus menjelang hujung bulan Jun tahun ini.

    Perangkaan itu bagaimanapun, masih jauh di belakang negara-negara maju yang lain.

    Jawatankuasa tersebut turut memberi amaran, kegagalan untuk terus menerima kepelbagaian lembaga boleh menjejas reputasi Singapura sebagai “hab utama perniagaan dengan tadbir urus yang boleh dicontohi”, sambil menambah keseimbangan jantina dalam lembaga kekal sebagai elemen penting bagi tadbir urus korporat yang lebih baik dan telus.

    Cik Halimah berkata kemajuan dalam dunia korporat “perlu” bagi menggambarkan pembangunan masyarakat.

    “Ada satu tempoh pada tahun 1980an, di mana pada waktu itu langsung tiada kaum wanita dalam Parlimen. Sekarang, keadaannya seperti tidak dapat kita bayangkan jika tiada wanita dalam Parlimen kerana kami tahu mereka boleh mendatangkan usulan-usulan serta soalan yang bernas,” kata beliau.

    “Saya juga gembira bahawa norma-norma masyarakat semakin berubah ke arah memberikan lebih banyak sokongan bagi kaum wanita. Pada awal pelibatan saya dalam politik bertahun-tahun dahulu, soalan yang sering ditanyakan kepada saya ialah ‘siapa yang menjaga anak-anak saya’ dan saya mengingatkan mereka bahawa saya mempunyai seorang suami,” ujar Cik Halimah.

    Walau bagaimanapun, terdapat tanda-tanda positif daripada dunia perniagaan. Ketua-ketua eksekutif, bukan sahaja yang di syarikat-syarikat berbilang negara tetapi juga dalam perusahaan-perusahaan kecil dan sederhana tempatan (SME), menunjukkan kesanggupan mereka memandang serius perkara-perkara seumpama ini, kata beliau.

    “DAC berunding dengan banyak syarikat dan itu adalah percubaan untuk mewujudkan momentum dari bawah ke atas,” kata Cik Halimah.

    “Saya rasa ia berguna bagi meningkatkan kesedaran, membuatkan orang bercakap tentang isu ini dan untuk syarikat-syarikat meneruskannya.”

    MEMECAHKAN BATAS

    Di acara semalam (27 Okt), yang dianjurkan oleh BoardAgender dan syarikat broker dan perunding insurans Willis Towers Watson juga menampilkan satu panel yang terdiri daripada para eksekutif kanan untuk membincangkan tentang kekurangan kepelbagaian dan kewujudan had di tempat kerja.

    Menurut pengerusi dan pengarah bebas bukan eksekutif Keppel REIT, Dr Chin Wei-Li Audrey Marie, sebahagian kecil kaum wanita yang berkhidmat dalam lembaga mungkin “hanya sementara” dengan kenaikan jumlah para pemimpin perniagaan di Singapura seperti CEO Singtel Chua Sock Koong.

    Sekalipun begitu, masih lagi terdapat faktor-faktor seperti norma-norma masyarakat seperti tanggungjawab menjaga anak-anak yang kekal sebagai faktor utama mengapa kaum wanita meninggalkan kerjaya mereka separuh jalan dan gagal sampai ke peringkat tinggi dalam pertubuhan, kata Dr Chin, yang juga berkhidmat sebagai ketua pengarah bebas lembaga Koperatif Insurans NTUC Income Singapore.

    “Jika anda tidak ada ramai wanita sebagai CEO, anda tidak akan dapat ramai wanita sebagai anggota lembaga. Isu ini disebabkan oleh kaum wanita yang meninggalkan kerjaya separuh jalan berdasarkan norma-norma masyarakat dan tanggungjawab, namun saya berasa ini hanyalah sementara dengan adanya lebih ramai CEO wanita sekarang,” beliau memberitahu Mediacorp.

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg