Tag: Muslim

Amos Yee Allegedly In Solitary Confinement In The US For Insulting Muslims In Jail

According to a Facebook post which has since been deleted, teen blogger Amos Yee is currently in solitary confinement for criticising Muslims and Islam during their Muslim Studies in jail; and that he is feeling terrible about it.

According to Nina Palay who set up the relocation fund appeal for Yee, this is what happened.

“He attended a Muslim Studies class, in order to “disagree”. There was a “Muslim pastor” from outside (not a prisoner) and about 18 Muslim prisoners in attendance. Amos called Allah a “sky wizard”. He said that if the religion is 5,000 years old then it’s “complete fucking garbage”. (He said “fuck” a lot). He said that the Quran has passages instructing the devout to kill non-Muslims; the pastor handed him the Quran and challenged him to show such passages, and when Amos said “Ok, I will”, the pastor took the Quran back.

The pastor claimed “The Quran was the most respected and popular book in the U.S.”

The pastor said Amos was disturbing the peace or something and got Sergeant R.Henson to sign a form putting him in solitary. Amos is certain that he is in solitary for punitive reasons, not for his own protection.

He has been in solitary for 3 days. He doesn’t know how long he will be there. They don’t let him write, don’t give him paper. They let him out for one hour per day.

Amos was “kicking, screaming, and banging the door yelling “LET ME OUT”, other prisoners heard him, the “police” came, opened his door, took a look, and left.

Amos wants us to “tell his story” on Facebook, share with the global secular human rights movement, get on CNN and the Rubin Report. He wants the Rubin Report to interview me and Melissa to tell Amos’s story. “These people don’t know what they’re messing with. We gotta destroy them.” “MAKE IT BIG”. “This is a free speech issue and everyone will be on my side”.

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My main concern right now is for Amos’s mental health. Solitary must be making it much worse.”

Source: www.theindependent.sg

February 24, 2017
Federal Territories Mufti: No Restrictions On Blood, Organ Donations Between Muslims And Non-Muslims

There are no restrictions for organ donation and transplantation between a Muslim and a non-Muslim, said Federal Territories mufti Zulkifli Mohamad al-Bakri.

He said this was because human organs were not Islamic or non-Islamic in nature but tools to support human life.

“When an organ of a non-Muslim is transplanted into the body of a Muslim, the organ will become a part of the Muslim person’s body.

“Then, the organ is used for its purpose as ordered by Allah,” he said in his Facebook page yesterday.

Zulkifli said Islam decreed that the body of non-Muslim, which includes its organs and blood, always glorified and praised Allah and obeyed His commands.

On blood donation from a non-Muslim who may have eaten non-halal food such as pork, Zulkifli said it was allowed in Islam because it was only the blood being transfused not the essence of the pork.

He also shared the findings of the National Fatwa Council meeting on April 13 and 14, 1982 on blood donation and transfusion between a non-Muslim and a Muslim.

Zulkifli said it had been ruled that blood donation was ‘harus’ (permissible) and there was no need to separate the blood of a non-Muslim and a Muslim.

Source: www.malaysiakini.com

February 22, 2017
Israel PM Describes ‘Battle For Future Of Humanity’ During Singapore Visit

In the first visit to Singapore by an Israeli head of state in 30 years, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday issued a call for greater diversity and tolerance.

Netanyahu gave a roughly 10-minute speech to Jewish community members gathered at the tightly guarded Maghain Aboth Synagogue, built in Singapore in the late 1800s.

Netanyahu spoke of his recent visits to Muslim-majority countries Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, noting that he visited a synagogue in the latter.

“Jewish children in Kazakhstan were singing Hebrew songs as they sang here, in a Muslim state and that reflects the kind of world we like to see: a world of tolerance, a world of diversity as opposed to the world that is being challenged today by the forces of barbarism and intolerance,” he said. “This is a battle for the future of humanity.”

Netanyahu added that the relationship between Singapore and Israel had expanded beyond the defence ties which were set in the mid-1960s, when Singapore became independent of Malaysia.

“It’s not only that we’re both innovation nations. It’s not only that we’re small people that have defied the limitations of our size. It is that we’re committed to a better world. A world of diversity, a world that follows the values that we as a people have held for so many years,” he said.

Netanyahu said he had held talks with Singapore’s government earlier in the day and that the talks would continue later. His speech at the synagogue coincided with the reading of Singapore’s budget in Parliament.

Netanyahu’s visit to Singapore comes hard on the heels of the Israeli prime minister’s meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in the U.S. last week, but that visit went unmentioned.

Netanyahu’s visit to Singapore on Monday was quieter than the last visit of an Israeli head of state to the island-nation.

In 1986, Israel’s then-President Chaim Herzog became the first Israeli head of state to visit Singapore. But when the Israeli embassy in Singapore announced the visit about a month ahead of time, protests erupted across Muslim-majority countries Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei, and Singapore faced diplomatic ire and pressure to cancel the visit.

Source: www.cnbc.com

February 22, 2017
Man Went Toilet To Ease Himself, Became Uneasy After Catching 2 Men In A Toilet Cubicle

Stomper T caught two men performing a lewd act on each other in a cubicle when he visited one of the toilets in Esplanade Mall yesterday (Feb 17).

According to T, it was around 10pm and the place was deserted.

He told Stomp in a phone interview that he first saw shadows and thought someone was in the toilet cubicle. When he saw two pairs of shoes, he assumed that it was a couple.

T then took a video and only realised that it was in fact two men when he played the clip afterwards.

Said the Stomper:

“I was having a stomachache and rushed to the nearby toilet. While trying to shit, I realised something was wrong somewhere and decided to investigate what was actually happening.

“The sounds of ‘holoq holoq’ were very close and easily heard coming from the cubicle next to me. I didn’t even managed to get my shit out in the slightest bit due to these strange sounds.

“I went out and took a video of the incident. I saw two people lurking inside the cubicle and playing with themselves. I believe they were masturbating each other.

“One of them was shocked to see me and suddenly ducked down to find cover.”

Source: www.stomp.com.sg

February 20, 2017
Former NYJC Student: I Was Some Of Schoolmates First Malay Friend

The school’s name, Nanyang, refers to the lands south of China, which were in the Chinese sphere of influence for centuries.

And the members of Nanyang Junior College’s (NYJC) school management committee were all Chinese.

But the Serangoon school’s Chinese roots did not deter Ms Nur Fazlina Arzami, now a 22-year-old sociology undergraduate at the National University of Singapore, from choosing to go there after she left Tanjong Katong Girls’ School (TKGS) in 2011.

“After the O levels, my friends and I visited many open houses. When I went to NYJC, it had a very vibrant environment… There were even performances by Malay dancers, and I didn’t feel any ‘Chinese-ness’ when I went there.”

She ended up listing the school as one of her top choices as she wanted to get out of her comfort zone.

She said: “From the school name and the location alone, I knew that there would not be as many Malays in the school compared with TKGS. But instead of going to another JC where there would be many of my former schoolmates, I wanted to try making new friends.”

During Ms Fazlina’s time at NYJC, many schoolmates told her that she was their first Malay friend.

One reason for this, she later found out, was that many of them were from Special Assistance Plan (SAP) schools, including Chung Cheng High School (Main), which is affiliated to NYJC.

There were fewer than 30 non-Chinese students in her cohort. But Ms Fazlina said that friendships developed naturally during interaction in class and co-curricular activities.

She saw this as a chance for both sides to learn more about each other’s cultures.

“My non-Muslim friends have become familiar with my routines, such as me praying regularly in the day. When we go out, I will have to take a break and they just wait for me – it’s become very comfortable.

“Sometimes, they call me a ‘closet Chinese’, which is a bit problematic because it shows that we still have stereotypical views of what constitutes a Malay or a Chinese.”

NYJC, which was under principal Kwek Hiok Chuang for more than a decade until he retired last year, had a very “open and welcoming” environment, recalled Ms Fazlina.

But while the number of non-Chinese students has increased – ranging between 50 and 100 in the JC2 cohort of about 700 students – she thinks that it would be helpful if students from SAP schools had an earlier opportunity to mix with those of other races, instead of waiting till JC.

She said: “(Given how) I’m the first Malay friend for many students, perhaps SAP schools should be open to applicants of other races, providing Malay or Tamil language classes even as they keep their Chinese heritage.

“There’s a lot of benefit to be gained from interacting with people who are different from you.

“The world is more globalised now, and you may have to go overseas and adapt to situations…

“It will help develop you into someone who can talk to various people from different backgrounds.”

Source: www.straitstimes.com

February 20, 2017