Tag: Muslims

  • Vicious Cycle Cause Malays To Be The ‘Pariahs of Singapore’

    Vicious Cycle Cause Malays To Be The ‘Pariahs of Singapore’

    Atan Flybaits
    Atan Flybaits
    Atan Flybaits
    Atan Flybaits

    Dear Mr Prime Minister Sir,

    With all my respect Sir,

    I congratulate you and your government for the generous recognitions of the pioneer generations, however, I would also like to bring to your attention on some issues which have been bugging the minds of fellow Singaporeans, I hope you would spend sometimes thinking about it

    When I was doing business in Indonesia they called me as ’ orang Singpore’ there were some Chinese and Indian Singaporean, they all were also called ‘ orang Singapore’ not ‘orang Cina Singapore‘ or ’ orang India Singapore’ although it is different here in Singapore we are segregated into different racial groups for whatever reasons are
    It is the same in Taiwan, although we rarely seen Malay Singaporean in Taiwan and we all know why
    In USA they have progressed from treating the black people as slaves to their current social status as equals, during the world war two, it is amazing that the black people who were treated as second class citizens where they were not allowed to go to certain school, swimming pool restaurants and so on, but when they were drafted into the army they would fight for the country, now even the President of the USA is a Black man, how amazing !!

    After fifty years we have come a long way as citizens of Singapore but yet we were still being treated like a second class citizen, we were prevented into certain area in the Army installations, not to mention the Air force and the Navy, it is ironic that the government would accept foreigners to even work as a police officers but are still suspicious of the Malays who has been born and bred here

    T he question is how do you know that the people you would employed as police officers are not extremist from Xinjiang or Southern part of Philippine or rapist from India ? And how do you know that they would not bring their culture of corruptions into this country?

    Although during the Japanese occupation the Malays were the one’s fighting hand in hand with the British Soldiers against the Japanese invasions

    With the current immigration policy where foreigners from other Asian countries readily admitted to Singapore except for the Malay stocks, they would come with a minimum of a diploma or a degree, whereby due to high unemployment of a lower paying job held by the Malays due to your current policy of not allowing the Malays to work in the defense sectors where, thousands of jobs could be offered to us with a reasonably paying salary, as a result our kids were not able to compete on a level playing field with all other races, not even with the new immigrants, because their fathers would be either out of job or holding a lower paying job, as a result there are 70% of our kids are in the ITE instead of the institute of the higher learning !

    As a result of your government suspicions on the Malays, the sentiments had transpired into the private sectors too, because the people running the defense sectors would eventually being released into private sectors and the suspicions continues

    Of course you will have some Malays in certain places just to show that you are truly practicing what you preach, a meritocratic system of government, however don’t you know that the world is getting smaller with the existence of internet media and the people around the world would not be bluff anymore ?

    My estimation is that this vicious cycle would continue and we would remain as the Pariahs of Singapore for a very long time

    There are so many Malay MPs in parliament, however none of them have the guts to tell our three Prime Minister about what they should not do for the well being of our country, they should have told our Prime Ministers ? racial segregation is bad for the country, politics of the sixties are not relevant anymore to Singapore, we have come a long way, we speak the same lingo in which we called Singlish, we have grown to accept ever y body’s habit and culture

    For economic viability the defense sector should remove their suspicions against the Malays, are we not your true blue Singaporean brothers and sisters ?

    The Malays are not known to be a business man, but we are a good and well discipline employees, and has been proven time and again Malay soldiers and police officers don’t back out on their duty to protect their country
    I see the defense sectors as a good job opportunity and an opportunity to protect our beautiful country

    I have some Filipino friends who spoke Singlish like us, some PRCs nurses who speak with the word ‘lah’, my doctor from India spoke with the word ‘lah’ too these are all genuine people who genuinely wanted to live and build our country together with us, and we have accepted them, if we can accept these people why cant the PAP accept us and remove all their suspicions ?

    Source: Atan Flybaits 

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  • From Gaza to Syria: Managing Spirituality Amidst Tribulation

    From Gaza to Syria: Managing Spirituality Amidst Tribulation

    Shaykh Ahmad Muhammad Saad Ash-Shafi’ie Al-Azhari Al-Hasani
    Shaykh Ahmad Muhammad Saad Ash-Shafi’ie Al-Azhari Al-Hasani
    Ustaz Muhammad Zahid Mohd Zin
    Ustaz Muhammad Zahid Mohd Zin

    Public Lecture & Discussion From Gaza to Syria: Managing Spirituality Amidst Tribulations A Special Fundraiser for Gaza Emergency Relief
    Speakers (1) Shaykh Ahmad Saad Al-Azhari (2) Ustaz Muhammad Zahid Mohd Zin
    Date: Friday 22 August 2014Time: 7.45 pmVenue: UE Convention Centre [map]2 Changi Business Park Ave 1Singapore 486015(Next to Expo MRT & Changi City Point)  SynopsisThis lecture & discussion program aims to address the spiritual issues faced by Muslims, especially in the current tide of tribulations faced by Muslims in Gaza, Syria, and so on. The program will discuss spiritual approaches for Muslims when faced with tribulations. It aims to address the following questions:

    • How can we reconcile the oppression and tribulation of the Muslim Ummah with the Divine Mercy and Divine Decree?
    • What can Muslims do to help the people of Gaza or Syria and other oppressed communities?
    • Allah instructed believers who are facing tribulations to be firm and remember Allah frequently and strengthen the internal tapestry of the community. How can we maintain this steadfastness in the midst of manifest trouble as can be seen in places like Iraq, Syria and Gaza?
    • How should Muslims react when faced with calls of jihad, confrontation and adversity?
    • How can spiritual empowerment be the way forward?

    from gaza to singapore About the Speakers

    Shaykh Ahmad Muhammad Saad Ash-Shafi’ie Al-Azhari Al-Hasani was born into a family of scholars whose lineage goes back to the Prophet Muhammad (salla Allahu alayh wa sallam) in the northern Egyptian governorate of Monofiyyah. He completed the memorisation of the Holy Qur’an at the age of ten and studied basic Arabic and Islamic sciences before enrolling into Al-Azhar system of schools where he spent almost 17 years of his life graduating with a B.A. Honours in Islamic Studies in English. Alongside with his academic studies, he studied traditional Islamic sciences at the hands of senior scholars and specialists in Egypt, the most notable of whom is his late father Shaykh Muhammad Saad and the Grand Mufti of Egypt Sheikh Ali Gom’ah. He completed the memorisation of the Holy Qur’an at the age of ten, and went to memorise Riyad As-Salihin of Imam An-Nawawi at the age of 15 and Al-alfiyyah of Ibn Malik at the age of 13 and committed to memory thousands of lines of poetry and prose. He has also memorised texts on logic, tajwid, aqidah, morphology, rhetoric and many other sciences. He has toured the world as an Imam, speaker and lecturer; he visited Canada, USA, Germany, Malaysia, Singapore, Sweden and currently lives in London, United Kingdom. He is the Founder and Director of the Ihsan Institute for Arabic & Islamic Studies (UK) [website], and was the former Imam of North London Central Mosque. [more]

    Ustaz Muhd Zahid Zin completed his early Islamic studies at Madrasah Aljunied Al-Islamiah Singapore. He then went to further his studies at the famous Abou Nour Institute in Damascus, Syria. He was the Imam Executive at Masjid Muhajirin for 2 years. He is currently the Head of Programmes For Muslim With Disabilities at Badan Agama Dan Pelajaran Radin Mas or Radin Mas Association of Religious Education (BAPA). Beyond teaching, he also serves as the Naib Kadi and an active motivational speaker, having been invited by various local Muslim organizations, including SimplyIslam, PERGAS, PPIS, Darul Arqam and Jamiyah. Ustaz Zahid is also member of a local Qasidah group, Madeehul Mustafa.

    Source: http://singapore.eventful.com/events/gaza-syria-managing-spirituality-amidst-tribu-/E0-001-073194112-5

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  • Sekolah Larang Pakai Hijab Pada Sambutan Hari Kebangsaan Walaupun Tidak Beruniform

    Sekolah Larang Pakai Hijab Pada Sambutan Hari Kebangsaan Walaupun Tidak Beruniform

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    Assalamu’alaikum…. haaaahhh…. hari ni saya nak luahkan perasaan sedih… Hari ni adalah hari sambutan hari kebangsaan singapura (sengaja xmo letak caps) di semua sekolah.

    So, hari ini semua pelajar boleh pakai fesyen apa sahaja asalkan merah dan putih. So anak saya pakai lah T shirt merah dan putih berserta seluar panjang putih dan tudung putih. Masa assembly, ada satu teacher cina tu, suruh dia bukak tudung dgn alasan tudung tak dibenarkan di sekolah.

    Persoalannya, saya faham, tudung is not part of the school uniform. Anak saya tak pakai school uniform pun… baju luar… merah dan putih… Free Fashion…. tahun lepas pun sama tapi tak ada masalah pun… form teacher pun tak suruh bukak…

    Saya dah email pada sch principal mintak teacher ni difahamkan … saya tanya sekali.. ni teacher ada masalah ke dengan Malay Muslim…

    Saya harap perkara ni dapat diselesaikan dengan tenang… saya cuma curhat je di sini… tak paham ah bangsa mereka ni… Free Fashion pun nak control ke???

    The sch name is Zhenghua Primary… En Zainal MP dah bantu saya speak to VP. VP was not aware of this… saya reply, saya tak kisah lah kalau sekolah tu bagi surat, bagitau dgn parents no head gears is allowed. ok fine… anak saya pakai uniform je kalau gitu kan… mcm nurse … saya dulu pun gitu, gi sekolah bertudung sampai sekolah bukak lah pakai uniform… tak der masalah pun… saja je teacher bangang agaknya.

    VP baru call… dia apologize.. kisahnya sebenar, this Mdm Teng Litan ni, waktu she demanded my daughter to take off her tudung, ada satu lagi teacher intervene asking her to refer to Mr Faisal sbb Mr Faisal ni is the in charge of the Muslim Affair student kt sklh tu… but she did not do that… so bila MP called to inform the school, she peng story kata, she tak demand cuma request je… i snubbed back la… kalau request, suara tak kan tegas garang sampai budak tu takut lalu bukak tudung… I asked the VP, so if Insyirah did not take off her tudung, will Mdm Teng take disciplinary action against her? That was the implication she gave to my daughter… The VP apologize banyak banyak kali.

    I also mentioned that kalau tak mo bagi pakai head gear, then tulis surat clearly state that no head gears are allowed. Saya akan suruh anak saya pakai uniform je… lagipun saya cakap, head gears utk anak saya tu, sbb kan dia suka fesyen bertudung… tak der kena mengena dgn agama pun… saya galakkan je lah.. lagipun dah kebetulan satu tuntutan agama… so tak payahlah saya nak nasihat kan dia suruh pakai tudung kan…

    SumberNur Aisyah

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  • Why I Decide to Wear the Hijab?

    Why I Decide to Wear the Hijab?

    Credit: Nura Fieza
    Credit: Nura Fieza

    Let me tell you a little story on why I decide to have them (hijab) on.

     

    Before this I’ve been neglecting my prayers. Just like other young adults, I feel like I have the time of my life. Sitting and laying on my bed alone thinking about all of the bad things I’ve done, all the prayers I’ve missed.

    Fear of the sins I’ve made in life. I’m not sure myself how sudden it was for me to feel all that at once when I did not really think of them as much as I did before the years. I also had strange feelings, mostly fears.. Like what if I don’t have much time to ask for forgiveness from my Creator. But the most terrifying feelings I felt was Death. I have no idea how it came about but in my mind it was always the thought of death. I can’t sleep at night. I couldn’t sleep, kept tossing and turning but the thought was always there that one day I stood up and tell myself; That’s it. I need to do something. 

    Could clearly remember that I rushed to the toilet, take my Wudhu, recite every Du’a I could and begged for forgiveness. I’m scared upon the punishments. I need guidance. I feel like I missed HIM and I tell myself that I want to get closer to HIM. Maybe the thought of my sins makes me realized how sinned I am as a person for not doing my Salah (Prayers).

    I’m not proud of who I was before so instead of pondering of the things I wish I could redo, I start back on my prayers and asked for guidance in life as well as forgiveness from my Creator. Then I realized maybe it’s a sign from Him, my Creator to bring me back to the path that I’ve been out of line from. I promise you, I had never felt this feeling before.. I felt peace. I felt a-new. The feeling I’ve never felt before and can’t explain how beautiful it was. I feel like I have company even when I’m lonely like I am all the time.

    In every Du’a I prayed and I thanked Allah for the blessings and the guidance/light he had showed me. Which is to show me the right path. The right way of becoming a better Muslim, and a better child. Inshallah.

    The thoughts of wearing Hijab is always been lingering on my mind but I feel that I’m still not ready because I feel that I’m still not good enough. But after weeks, Du’a and during the holy month of Ramdhan itself that I finally feel that I’m ready to take the next step. And I’m a Hijabi now. 🙂 I love the person I am now. I feel much respected. Alhamdulliah.

    To continue reading Nura Fieza’s story, click on the link http://nurafieza-s.blogspot.sg/2014/07/may-peace-be-upon-you.html

     

    Authored by Nura Fieza

    To continue reading Nura Fieza’s story, click on the link http://nurafieza-s.blogspot.sg/2014/07/may-peace-be-upon-you.html

  • K Shanmugam: Israel Needs to Show Greater Commitment, Hamas Should Stop Attacks on Israel

    K Shanmugam: Israel Needs to Show Greater Commitment, Hamas Should Stop Attacks on Israel

    K Shanmugam PAP

    Yesterday, I made a statement on Singapore’s position on what is happening in Gaza.

    I made the following points: 

    1. Both Israel and Hamas are in the wrong. Both bear responsibility for what is happening.
    i. Hamas had launched over 2,000 rockets at Israel, many of them before Israel responded.
    ii. Israel’s response has been disproportionate. Israel can and should do more to ensure that civilian casualties are minimised.

    2. Hamas is deliberately using civilians as shields. The Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri had gone on Gaza national television and said that the human-shield strategy has proven “very effective”. This is a deliberate strategy. President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Mahmoud Abbas has accused Hamas of using civilians and has said, “What are you trying to achieve by sending rockets?… I do not like trading in Palestinian blood.” There has not been one rocket from the West Bank, controlled by PNA.

    3. Israel needs to show greater commitment to the two-state solution, and should comply with its international law obligations. And Hamas should stop its attacks on Israel, and change its intention to destroy Israel.

    If indeed it is a pure targeting of innocent civilians, that is completely unacceptable. It is an international crime and we would support prosecution under international criminal laws.

    4. We have supported the Palestinians in their legitimate aspirations.
    i. Last year, at the United Nations General Assembly, Singapore voted for all 17 Palestinian-related resolutions.
    ii. We have consistently supported the right of Palestinians to have their own state.
    iii. I met the PNA FM last year.
    iv. We also supported visits from Ministers from PNA to Singapore.
    v. Indeed, we financially support that: since 2013, we have been participating in the Conference on Cooperation among East Asian Countries for Palestinian Development, or CEAPAD.

    During CEAPAD I in Tokyo last year, we announced Singapore’s enhanced technical assistance package for the PNA, worth at five million Singapore dollars for five years, which is more than what several of our regional countries have pledged. Under this package, we have received several delegations and study visits.

    vi. Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Masagos Zulkifli met with the PNA Prime Minister during CEAPAD II in Jakarta, early this year. And SMS Masagos encouraged the Prime Minister to send more Palestinians to Singapore under this package.

    5. There is a limit to what Singapore can do to solve the crisis. We do not have much leverage on either side even though we have relationships with Israel, the PNA and several Arab countries.

    6. We will support the UN in the role that it has taken. We support the decision of the Human Rights Council in Geneva to establish an independent Commission of Inquiry to investigate all violations of international law, including violations of humanitarian law.

    7. We say that all parties involved should cooperate in that inquiry. There is also a limit to what the international community can do. The number killed in Syria over the past two years is 180,000. Thousands of innocent children and women have been killed. This is more than the number killed in Palestine in 20 years – yet, there was not much that the international community could do in the Syrian case. And thousands have been killed in Sunni-Shia conflict in Iraq in the last 12 months. Again, there is not much that the international community can do.

    Political will is needed to overcome the problems and bring an end to the conflict.

    The media reports are attached.

    http://beritaharian.sg/setempat/spura-serang-balas-israel-keterlaluan

    http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/israel-hamas-both-bear/1297560.html)

    http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/israel-hamas-must-take-concrete-steps-end-conflict-shanmugam)

    http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/more-singapore-stories/story/parliament-shanmugam-weighs-civilian-deaths-gaza-2014080)

    http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/more-singapore-stories/story/israel-hamas-must-act-end-conflict-singapore-20140806)

    http://www.zaobao.com.sg/news/singapore/story20140806-374082

    Parliamentary Question transcript: http://www.mfa.gov.sg/content/mfa/media_centre/press_room/pr/2014/201408/press_20140508.html

    Authored by K Shanmugam Sc

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