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  • The Reason / Rationale For The Low Volume For The Call To Prayers (Azan) At Mosques In Singapore

    The Reason / Rationale For The Low Volume For The Call To Prayers (Azan) At Mosques In Singapore

    What is the reason / rationale for the low volume for the call to prayers (azan) at mosques in Singapore?

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    Apa yang diceritakan di sini adalah sekadar self-reflection (muhasabah diri sebagai Muslim):-

    DISEBALIK PERLAHANNYA LAUNGAN AZAN

    Bila ada petisyen minta azan diperlahankan di masjid-masjid kerana mengganggu penduduk setempat MP muslims di Singapura sangat marah. Maka, PM Singapura masa tu Lee Kuan Yew telah membuat tinjauan di masjid-masjid di Singapura pada waktu solat fardhu untuk melihat sendiri bilangan jemaah yg hadir….

    Ditanyanya apakah rasional dilaungkan azan? Maka MP Muslims menjawab “supaya kaum muslimin dtg bersolat di masjid”…. Jika azan sepatutnya mendapat respon 500 muslim di kawasan itu kenapa hanya 2 baris (2 saf – lebih kurang 30 org) yang hadir setiap kali solat fardhu. Dan keadaan ini sama sepanjang 2 bulan tinjauannya. Maka katanya lagi -permintaan siapakah yang wajar dipertimbangkan…? Majoriti penduduk yg merasakan azan bising dan mengganggu atau cuma 30 org yang menyahut seruan azan itu? MP muslims terkedu….

    Kita marah hak kita dirampas, tapi apa tanggungjawab kita menjaga hak itu? Bila keputusan dibuat berdasarkan majoriti kita sebagai orang Islam berasa amat marah dan kononnya tersinggung…. Dimana kekuatan kita???? Kita marah orang hina agama kita tapi adakah kita memuliakannya???? Marilah sama-sama kita muhasabah diri buat kita di dunia ini bagi muslimin-muslimin sekalian. Di mana kesungguhan untuk solat berjemaah di masjid…. Berbaloikah kita terlampau mengejar kesenangan hidup di dunia yang sementara tanpa sedar maruah agama tergadai…

    Jom kita jadi muslim terpilih yang Allah sebut dalam al-Quran sebagai kuntum khairun ummah… Jom kita ubah diri sebelum membawa perubahan kepada yang lain… Buat renungan kita…

     

    Source: Nasihat Ustaz

  • 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/

  • 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

  • Dr Bibi Jan Dianugerah Bintang Bakti Masyarakat Atas Sumbangan Kemasyarakatan

    Dr Bibi Jan Dianugerah Bintang Bakti Masyarakat Atas Sumbangan Kemasyarakatan

    Sumbangan Dr Bibi Jan Mohamed Ayyub selama tiga dekad dalam menyelaras usaha keluarga titipan diiktiraf dalam Anugerah Hari Kebangsaan tahun ini.

    Dr Bibi Jan, 59 tahun, merupakan antara tujuh individu yang menerima Bintang Bakti Masyarakat (Lintang) – antara pengiktirafan tertinggi dalam anugerah sempena Hari Kebangsaan itu.

    Beliau, seorang kaunselor dan pendidik, telah terlibat sebagai sukarelawan dalam Jawatankuasa Titipan di bawah Kementerian Pembangunan Sosial dan Keluarga (MSF) sejak 1987.

    Dr Bibi Jan pernah menjadi pengerusi jawatankuasa itu pada 2003 dan dilantik semula sebagai pengerusi pada 2015 hingga sekarang.

    Jawatankuasa yang terdiri daripada karyawan pelbagai bidang itu berperanan menilai kes titipan di Singapura dan memastikan keselamatan dan kebajikan anak dalam keluarga titipan.

    Beliau juga pernah menerima Pingat Bakti Masyarakat pada 1987 dan Bintang Bakti Masyarakat pada 2006.

    Seorang aktivis masyarakat, Dr Bibi Jan merupakan pengarah lembaga Angkatan Karyawan Islam (AMP) dan pernah bergiat dalam banyak pertubuhan lain seperti Yayasan Mendaki, Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (Muis), Persatuan Pemudi Islam Singapura (PPIS), dan Kesatuan Guru-Guru Melayu Singapura (KGMS) seawal 1980-an.

    Beliau memiliki ijazah kedoktoran daripada Universiti Durham, United Kingdom; ijazah Sarjana Pendidikan daripada Universiti Nasional Singapura (NUS); dan ijazah Sarjana kedua dalam Bimbingan dan Kaunseling daripada Universiti James Cook yang berpangkalan di Australia.

     

    Source: www.beritaharian.sg

     

  • Yishun Residents: No Problem If Halimah Yacob Continues Living In The Estate If She Becomes President

    Yishun Residents: No Problem If Halimah Yacob Continues Living In The Estate If She Becomes President

    Tucked away in a quiet corner of Yishun is an unassuming public housing flat that could possibly enter Singapore political history.

    The Housing and Development Board (HDB) flat, built in 1987, is home to Madam Halimah Yacob.

    She told reporters she was very comfortable in her HDB home and hopes to continue living there with her family, as they have done for over two decades, even if she is elected to the top office in the land.

    Traditionally, the Istana serves as the official presidential residence and office. “I don’t see why I can’t continue (living in a HDB flat) unless there are other considerations like security, for instance, because I know it can be quite a nightmare to ensure security in public housing,” the 62-year-old presidential hopeful told reporters on Sunday night. “Other than that, I see no reason why I cannot continue.”

    A number of her neighbours and shopkeepers in her neighbourhood agree. “This is public housing. She’s a public servant. There’s nothing unsuitable about her staying here,” said shopkeeper Lee Swee Seng, 53, whose 17-year-old provision shop is frequented by Mdm Halimah’s family members for household items such as bread or detergent.

    Madam Susan Ho, 63, who lives two doors down from Mdm Halimah’s family, agrees.

    “If she wins, I would be excited because my neighbour in this HDB block would be the President,” said Mdm Ho, who stays with her daughter and son-in-law on weekdays, helping to care for her grandson.

    “She’s very humble to stay in such a house. Most presidents would stay in the official residence,” Mdm Ho added.

    Not everyone, however, is convinced that it would be practical for a President to live in a HDB flat.

    “For security reasons, I don’t think she can continue staying here if she becomes President,” said a 46-year-old taxi driver who lives one floor above Mdm Halimah.

    He declined to give his name, adding that he felt it would be more appropriate for her to live in a private house.

    Mdm Halimah and her family currently live in two adjacent HDB units in Yishun that they bought on the resale market.

    The presidential candidate is most often seen waiting for her chauffeur at the void deck in the morning.

    At other times, she can be seen lugging groceries home from Mr Lee’s provision shop or the neighbourhood supermarket.

    “During Hari Raya this year, she came over personally to share pastries such as pineapple tarts and cookies,” said Madam Chris Toh, 50, Mdm Halimah’s next-door neighbour. “When we see her, we just treat her as a neighbour. She’s truly a person with no airs … (if she wins), I won’t think of her as President,” added Mdm Toh.

    Mr Lee, the shopkeeper, said he has seen Mdm Halimah’s five children grow up over the years. “They’re very well-mannered and will always ask after us while buying things at our shop,” he added.

    For now, the buzz of presidential politics has yet to descend on this sleepy neighbourhood, where familiar daily routines and habits continue uninterrupted.

    Mdm Toh said: “I’ll see (Mdm Halimah) climbing the stairs as I take the lift up. So I asked her, ‘Mdm, are you exercising?’ And she said, ‘Yes, must exercise’.”

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com