Tag: Muslims

  • Madrasah Students Are More Than Just Future Religious Teachers

    Madrasah Students Are More Than Just Future Religious Teachers

    It’s funny when you hear people saying that madrasah students will eventually become religious teachers or even become jobless. The reality is somewhat different. Most madrasah graduates today are professionals in so many different fields. Many are graduates of top universities locally and globally, specializing in fields within the sciences and humanities. Their parents are in high positions in diverse sectors of the Singaporean economy (just for the record: my two daughters are in two different madrasahs).

    So the next time you encounter a madrasah student, do ask the kid in tudung or songkok what he/she wants to be someday. You will be surprised that their dreams are no different from any ordinary student in secular schools. Let’s keep our minds open and our biases closed.

     

    Source: Khairudin Aljunied

  • Family Of Man Arrested For Assault On Madrasah Students Apologises To Malay-Muslim Community

    Family Of Man Arrested For Assault On Madrasah Students Apologises To Malay-Muslim Community

    The family of a 48-year-old man arrested for assaulting three madrasah students has apologised to the Malay-Muslim community.

    The suspect’s older brother, Mr Muhammad Johan Koh, a 49-year-old relief security guard, contacted TODAY on Sunday to discuss the alleged attack, which took place on Friday morning.

    “After all that has happened, this is our way of apologising to the Malay-Muslim community,” said the elder Mr Koh, a Muslim convert.

    His younger brother, Mr Koh Weng Onn, is unmarried, works odd jobs, and lives with his other brother.

    According to the police, the attack on the madrasah students took place near the Paya Lebar MRT station on Friday morning.

    The three students, aged 14 to 16, were on their separate ways to the nearby Madrasah Al Maarif Al Islamiah when they were attacked by the suspect.

    Law and Home affairs Minister K Shanmugam has urged the public not to speculate on the motives behind the attack before investigations are complete.

    “In this case, we do not know the detailed facts, the motives, and should wait for the investigations to be completed,” Mr Shanmugam wrote in a Facebook post on Sunday.

     

    Source: TodayOnline

  • Badan Amal Baru Agih 150,000 Makanan Percuma

    Badan Amal Baru Agih 150,000 Makanan Percuma

    MEMBERI 150,000 bungkusan makanan percuma kepada mereka yang memerlukan.

    Demikian matlamat murni yang sedang dilaksanakan oleh sebuah badan amal baru Free Food For All (FFFA), yang melancarkan kempen tersebut baru-baru ini.

    Dipanggil ‘150K Meals: For the Community, From the Community’ atau ‘150K Makanan: Untuk Masyarakat, Dari Masyarakat’, kempen tersebut dilancarkan di Blok 176, Boon Lay Drive.

    Dengan bantuan para sukarelawan masyarakat Boon Lay, FFFA menyediakan lebih 400 bungkusan makanan malam kepada mereka yang memerlukan di kawasan tersebut setiap hari, bahkan pengedaran tersebut telah pun dilakukan sejak 1 Mac lalu.

    Turut membantu mengedarkan bungkusan tersebut adalah para pemain dan pengurus kelab bola sepak Liga-S, Home United.

    Pengasas FFFA, Encik Nizar Md Shariff, berkata melalui penyediaan hidangan makanan halal itu sesama jiran tetangga, semangat kemasyarakatan diharap dapat dijalin dan disemai.

    “Satu program penghantaran makan malam telah dimulakan, memberi peluang kepada warga untuk memainkan peranan lebih besar, seperti mengirim makanan kepada jiran terutama warga tua,” kata beliau.

    Menurutnya, dalam tempoh setahun akan datang, FFFA berhasrat untuk mengedarkan 150,000 bungkus makanan percuma – lebih seganda jumlah yang diagihkan pada tahun sebelumnya.

    FFFA merupakan badan amal berdaftar yang menyediakan makanan secara percuma kepada golongan kurang bernasib baik tidak kira bangsa atau agama.

    Ia dimulakan pada November 2014 secara tidak formal dan menjadi badan amal berdaftar pada Jun tahun lalu.

    Sejak diasaskan, FFFA telah pun mengedarkan lebih 75,000 bungkusan makanan, tetapi kini ia berhasrat mengedarkan 150,000 bungkusan makanan di bawah kempen tersebut.

    Kempen itu dibiayai oleh para penderma individu dan korporat.

    Menu makanannya pula berubah-ubah setiap hari tetapi secara umum hidangannya termasuk nasi, sayur dan ayam atau ikan.

    Sebelum ini, FFFA juga telah mengedarkan makanan percuma itu di Marsiling, Chai Chee, Marine Parade dan MacPherson, kebanyakannya setiap minggu.

    Badan amal itu kini berharap untuk mengumpul wang sejumlah S$300,000 bagi membiayai kempennya dan berharap penderma tampil memberi sumbangan yang boleh dilakukan melalui derma dalam talian menerusi laman Giving.SG ataupun tin derma rumah.

    Satu acara mengumpul dana bagi kempen tersebut juga akan diadakan di Pasar Geylang Serai, dari 9 pagi hingga 5 petang, Sabtu ini (2 April).

    FFFA turut akan mengadakan klinik bola sepak untuk para belia masyarakat Boon Lay awal bulan depan.

     

    Source: Berita Harian SG

  • Zulfikar Shariff: A Racist Will Insult Islam Because He Is Racist, Not Because Of Media Influence

    Zulfikar Shariff: A Racist Will Insult Islam Because He Is Racist, Not Because Of Media Influence

    One reaction by the Muslim community that annoys me…

    is when they see some racist insulting Islam….they assume that person insult because of what they see in the media.

    Lets be clear…a racist will insult Islam because he is racist.

    It is not because of the media.

    It is simply because he is a racist.

    Stop apologising.

    Stop trying to explain that “Islam is not what you see on TV” or “ISIS is not Islam”.

    Stop making excuses for them as though they would have been fair minded if not for the media.

    A lot of non-Muslims watch TV and read about ISIS and do not insult Islam.

    Racists refer to the media to justify their racism.

    Stop making excuses for them.

     

    Source: Zulfikar Shariff

  • May The Deceased SMRT Staff Be Granted Paradise For Their Jihad In Providing For Their Family

    May The Deceased SMRT Staff Be Granted Paradise For Their Jihad In Providing For Their Family

    Do you know that going to work to seek nafkah was described as “jihad” by our Prophet s.a.w?

    Nabi S.A.W was once asked by his companion regarding a man who was physically strong and was working tirelessly on a heavy labour: the companion of Rasul asked : “Ya Rasulullah if only this strong man joins us for Jihad in the way of Allah”

    Nabi s.a.w answered: “If he works hard to feed his kids, he is in Jihad.. if he works hard to feed his old parents he is in Jihad.. and if he is working to feed himself, to exalt himself from begging then he is also in Jihad in the way of Allah”

    We hope that those who lost their life in the accident yesterday attained husnul khatimah as mujahidin in the way of Allah.. and most importantly i think it also reminds us of our daily struggle at work, our own jihad.. and to always reallign our niat so that we truly are upon Allah’s way da-iman wa abadan..

    wallahu’alam..

     

    Source: Khairul Anwar