Ramadan has barely began and yet there’s been a couple of controversies surrounding the food items on sale at Geylang’s annual Ramadan Bazaar. From vendors selling non-halal dendeng meat to the rise of hipster stalls whose halal status can’t be…
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Soon after photos and videos of the new foods to eat at this year’s much anticipated Geylang Serai Ramadan Bazaar conquered social media feeds on Friday (26 May), many in the Muslim community raised questions over whether such foods were Muslim-owned or…
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THE DAY I GOT DRENCHED AT KAMPONG GELAM #MYFsg office is located at 62A Arab Street, in the heart of Kampong Gelam. It is just 2 minutes walk to Sultan Mosque. I was often asked why I chose that location….
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By Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir, Associate Professor of Sociology, Nanyang Technological University It is well-known that Singapore is a multi-religious society. The 2014 report by Pew named our city-state as the most religiously diverse among the 232 countries studied. What is…
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For those interested in political science: I have discussed the concept of path dependence in government institutions several times. Basically, in historical institutionalism, a policy, structure or rules tend to be retained from its founding or initial development. Because stable…
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