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Titik Peluh Kerja Keras Raih Ijazah Kepujian Kelas Pertama

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LIMA anak Melayu/Islam tampil sebagai antara lulusan Universiti Nasional Singapura (NUS) cemerlang.

Masing-masing menerima hasil titik peluh mereka selama empat tahun dalam bentuk segulung ijazah kepujian kelas pertama di majlis konvokesyen NUS tahun ini.

Encik Faizal Abdul Aziz, 26 tahun; Encik Syed Ali Abdullah Aljunied, 26 tahun; Encik Afzal Ali, 25 tahun; Encik Afdhaluddin AB Rahman, 25 tahun; serta Cik Nurul Azizah Johari, 23 tahun – lulus dengan kepujian dalam pelbagai jurusan – ilmu alam, sains komputer, undang-undang, ekonomi, bahasa Inggeris dan sains hayat.

Encik Afzal misalnya menerima ijazah sarjana muda undang-undang dengan kepujian kelas pertama. Beliau juga turut meraih ijazah sarjana undang-undang daripada Universiti New York. Encik Faizal pula, bekas pelajar madrasah, menjadi antara 1 peratus pelajar terbaik kohortnya dan menjadi penyampai ucapan perpisahan (valedictory speech) majlis konvokesyennya. Majlis konvokesyen sembilan hari itu meraikan pencapaian 10,233 lulusan – 6,341 yang menerima ijazah sarjana muda dan 3,892 menerima ijazah sarjana.

Tahun ini juga merupakan ulang tahun ke-85 Fakulti Seni dan Sains Sosial (FASS), Pergigian dan Sains NUS, dan ulang tahun ke-10 Sekolah Lee Kuan Yew bagi Dasar Awam. Presiden Singapura, Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam, yang juga Canselor NUS, merasmikan majlis konvokesyen utama NUS tahun ini yang bermula kelmarin. Menteri Pendidikan, Encik Heng Swee Keat, turut menghadiri majlis konvokesyen itu.

Semasa berucap, Presiden NUS, Profesor Tan Chorh Chuan, menyentuh tentang isu ketidakpuasan hati dan menggalak para lulusan mengubahnya menjadi idea konkrit dan tindakan bagi perubahan positif.

“Ia bukan mudah, tetapi jika kita boleh melakukannya, kita boleh menyumbang untuk mencapai perkara lebih baik baik di tempat kerja atau dalam masyarakat yang lebih luas. Kita juga mungkin akan berjaya mengubah tenaga emosi yang berpotensi menjadi negatif menjadi tenaga positif yang mencakupi kepercayaan dan sikap optimis bagi hari muka – sesuatu yang kukuh bagi membuat sumbangan berbaloi,” kata beliau.

Sumber: http://beritaharian.sg/premium/setempat/5-anak-melayu-cemerlang-raih-kelas-pertama#sthash.s0DkMBd9.dpuf

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July 9, 2014
Bekas Pelajar Madrasah Aljunied Terima Ijazah Kepujian Kelas Pertama NUS

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DARI madrasah ke universiti ulung dunia. Demikian pencapaian Encik Faizal Abdul Aziz, 26 tahun, yang juga merupakan antara 1 peratus pelajar terbaik kohortnya bagi tahun terakhir pengajiannya di Universiti Nasional Singapura (NUS). Bekas pelajar Madrasah Aljunied itu, yang mengambil jurusan utama ilmu alam, menerima ijazahnya dengan kepujian kelas pertama di majlis konvokesyen NUS semalam.

Beliau, yang meraih Gred Purata Mata (GPA) 4.89 mata daripada GPA penuh 5 mata, turut dianugerahkan Pingat Emas Lee Kuan Yew dan Pingat Emas Persatuan Ilmu Alam NUS. Atas kecemerlangannya, beliau turut dipilih menyampaikan ucapan perpisahan (valedictory speech) di majlis konvokesyen NUS pada hari ini.

Encik Faizal juga menerima tawaran melanjutkan pengajiannya ke peringkat sarjana di Universiti Cambridge di United Kingdom tetapi buat masa ini, beliau ingin meraih pengalaman kerja buat beberapa tahun dahulu.

“Ibu bapa saya bimbang apabila saya beritahu mereka saya hendak meninggalkan madrasah… mungkin kerana mereka ada rancangan lain untuk saya. Tetapi apabila mereka lihat saya bekerja keras untuk terus mencapai keputusan cemerlang kerana tidak ingin menghampakan mereka, mereka bertambah yakin dengan keputusan saya,” kata anak bongsu daripada keluarga dua beradik itu.

Ibunya merupakan pegawai pentadbiran, sementara bapanya bertugas sebagai pegawai logistik. Encik Faizal yang menuntut di madrasah selama 10 tahun sejak di peringkat sekolah rendah meninggalkan madrasah pada usia 16 tahun untuk menduduki peperiksaan GCE Peringkat ‘O’ sebagai calon privet. Ketika itu, kebanyakan mata pelajaran yang diambilnya seperti biologi, fizik, kimia, pengajian sosial, ilmu alam dan perdagangan adalah asing baginya.

Namun dengan bimbingan guru tuisyen dan kegigihannya mengulang kaji pelajaran sendiri, beliau mencapai keputusan cemerlang bagi peperiksaan tersebut yang melayakkannya memasuki Maktab Rendah Catholic (CJC).

“Saya rasa kekurangan berbanding teman-teman lain kerana banyak subjek yang saya ambil, saya tak belajar di madrasah, jadi saya terpaksa berusaha lebih keras,” ujarnya.

Encik Faizal merupakan antara 10,233 lulusan yang menerima ijazah mereka dalam majlis konvokesyen di NUS yang berlangsung sejak semalam hingga Selasa depan.

Ketika baru memasuki NUS, Encik Faizal berkata beliau tidak menetapkan matlamat menjadi pelajar terbaik tetapi setakat hendak melakukan yang terbaik supaya dapat cari pekerjaan yang baik selepas tamat pengajian demi membanggakan keluarganya.

Malah, beliau tidak pernah mendengar tentang Senarai Dekan, satu anugerah yang diberikan kepada 5 peratus pelajar terbaik setiap kohort, sehingga dimasukkan ke dalam senarai itu buat kali pertama pada tahun pertama pengajiannya. Semasa di tahun kedua pengajiannya, Encik Faizal juga merupakan antara empat pelajar NUS yang dipilih mengikuti pengajian di Universiti North Carolina Chapel Hill di Amerika Syarikat selama setahun di bawah satu program ijazah bersama yang dikendali bersama universiti itu dengan NUS.

“Bagi saya, apa yang penting adalah disiplin diri dan untuk terus mendorong diri kerana saya tidak mahu pulang dengan tangan kosong. Saya juga suka bersaing dengan diri saya, dan ingin melakukan lebih baik dalam setiap semester berbanding semester yang lalu,” ujarnya.

Source: http://beritaharian.sg/setempat/terus-cemerlang-biarpun-tinggalkan-madrasah

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July 8, 2014
The ‘Fundamentalists’ and the ‘Progressives’

Of late, the Muslim ‘Progressives’ in Singapore have been more vocal and assertive; and I welcome this. Previously, they worked behind the scenes and used to detest being labeled as ‘liberal Muslims’ and the like. It is high time they ‘came out of the closet’ and clearly spell out their beliefs and agenda, so that the Muslim community can assess them properly.

(note: we must exercise caution in using the ‘liberal’ or ‘progressive’ label against Muslims we disagree with. I am just appropriating the term that some of them have preferred to use to describe themselves).So the narrative being espoused now is that there are some ‘fundamentalists’ within the Muslim community, and, in my opinion quite humourously, they look to the state to ensure that these ‘fundamentalists’ do not threaten the ‘secular’ nature of the state. The #wearwhite campaign is the ‘poster boy’ for what they would term as rising Islamic religious assertiveness.

Firstly let us not obfuscate the facts: the #wearwhite campaign was a call for the Muslim community, to return to fitrah, or the state of purity. It was a peaceful campaign, done in the spirit of compassion and love, and intended to include and not alienate any Muslim, however far from the faith they may be. The campaign was not motivated by events in neighbouring countries, it was not meant to interfere in the political or public policy realm, it was not meant to discriminate against anyone: it was a call to return to purity, i reiterate. This is quite a simple point that i think has either been genuinely misunderstood or adroitly manipulated by the ‘progressive Muslims’. Does not matter; i hope this clarifies it.

Rather than get into a definitional debate about the problematic terms (‘fundamentalist’, ‘progressive’ etc) that have been thrown about recklessly in mainstream and social media, i have a few questions for these self-proclaimed Muslim progressives.

1) What is your agenda or end-goal? Please spell it out properly.

2) What is your position on issues such as homosexual acts and the hijab in Islamic jurisprudence? Please be straightforward and do not skirt the issue. Your positions seem to be ever-changing on these, so it would help to clarify.

3) Do you believe that anyone can interpret the Quran, even those whose knowledge of the Arabic language can fit comfortably at the back of a stamp?

4) What other laws/legal rulings do you seek to ‘reinterpret’?

5) Do you accept the authority of the ulama’, local and foreign ones? If so to what extent? If not why and whose authority then do you accept? Who are the ulama’?

6) What do you guys believe is the position of ‘rationality’ in Islam? Are there limits to rationality? If so where?

7) I constantly hear you guys singing the tune ‘oh we do not reject the Quran, we just reject the interpretations of classical scholars that are not relevant.’

What is the arbiter/criterion by which you judge what is relevant or not?

8 ) What is your methodology in ‘re-interpreting’ the Quran?

9) What is your methodology for accepting or rejecting the hadiths of the Prophet, if you accept them at all?

10) Do you accept that as Muslims, we have to worship Allah the way He wants us to, and not the way we want to?

These are just some of the questions that i believe should be answered, in order for the community to truly assess the ‘progressives’. Be open about your agenda and aspirations, and let the community decide whether they are worth the community’s time and efforts.

And the answers to these questions are also needed if a genuine dialogue is to be started, and to avoid hollow calls for discussion.

Authored by Walid J. Abdullah

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July 2, 2014
Man Sexually Abused 12-year-old Boy at Children’s Home

The accused, who cannot be named due to a gag order, pleaded guilty last month to having oral sex with the victim outside a toilet cubicle at the children’s home in June last year. Both were then staying at the home.

A district court heard that the victim was about to take off his clothes and put them in the laundry basket outside a toilet cubicle when the accused entered the toilet.

The accused asked the victim if he was all right and the boy replied in the affirmative. The accused came nearer to the victim and asked him to perform oral sex on him.

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SEORANG lelaki berusia 20 tahun dijatuhi hukuman menjalani latihan pemulihan padi tadi kerana membuat seorang budak lelaki berusia 12 tahun melakukan seks oral ke atasnya.

Kededua tertuduh dan mangsa merupakan penghuni sebuah rumah tumpangan kanak-kanak di sini, dan kesalahan itu berlaku di rumah tumpangan itu Jun tahun lalu.

Tertuduh, yang mengaku bersalah bulan lalu, telah mengadakan seks oral dengan mangsa di luar sebuah kubikel tandas.

Superintenden rumah tumpangan tersebut membuat laporan polis pada 19 Julai tahun lalu selepas mangsa mengadu kepadanya tentang kejadian itu.

Timbalan Pendakwa Raya, Cik Siti Adrianni Marhain, berkata tertuduh telah mengambil kesempatan ke atas mangsa yang muda, yang tujuh tahun lebih muda daripadanya.

Mangsa juga belum cukup matang untuk melakukan kegiatan seks, apatah lagi kejadian itu berlaku di sebuah rumah tumpangan kanak-kanak, di mana mangsa seharusnya berhak berasa selamat, kata Cik Adrianni.

Menurutnya, laporan Institut Kesihatan Mental (IMH) menunjukkan mangsa telah melahirkan rasa bersalah dan malu akibat kejadian itu.

Dalam rayuannya untuk meminta hukuman diringankan, tertuduh berkata dia tidak mendapat kasih sayang daripada ibu bapa.

Dia ditinggalkan ibunya semasa kecil lagi sementara bapanya telah meninggal dunia.

Sumber: http://beritaharian.sg/setempat/belia-dihukum-lakukan-seks-oral-dengan-budak-12-tahun-di-rumah-tumpangan-kanak-kanak#sthash.iI5vqg03.dpuf

Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/courts-crime/story/man-gets-reformative-training-sexually-abusing-12-year-old-boy-chi

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July 2, 2014
Apply 377A on gay “Muslims”

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Since the launch of the Wear White campaign, there has been many stubborn Muslims who still support Pink Dot and attack the Wear White movement.

I wrote before in a previous article that these Muslims who support Pink Dot should be charged for spreading False Doctrine under AMLA S139.

“Section 139 of AMLA states that “Whoever shall teach or publicly expound any doctrine or perform any ceremony or act relating to the Muslim religion in any manner contrary to the Muslim law shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.”

Those people encouraging Muslims to attack the #wearwhite movement and to support Pink Dot are clearly teaching a false doctrine that is contrary to Muslim law. They should thus be punished with the maximum fine of $2000 and a prison term of 12 months to send a clear message to fellow Muslims that they must respect Islam and not attack our pro-natural family message.”

What is worst though that there are some “Muslims” who claim to be Muslims but are actually gay. Islam forbids homosexuality so they are clearly not Muslims, and they are confusing the community by calling themselves Muslims. I think the time has come for Muslim gays to be charged under Section 377A.

PM Lee once said 377A will not be “proactive enforced”, but I believe that for Muslim gays who claim that they are Muslims, we should punish them under 377A. As anyone who knows Islam will tell you, if you are Muslim, you cannot be gay. Hence, 377A should be actively enforced for Muslims. Those “Muslims” who are gay but want to call themselves Muslim do not have the right to do so, because Islam does not allow that. Applying 377A on gay “Muslims” will help to uphold the morality of the community. This proposal can be extended to the Christians as well, as they are also strongly against homosexuality.

I hope the relevant authorities like the police and government considers this seriously, because it has a duty to protect the Muslim religion and community.

Also, I support the call by our brave Bro Syed Muhd Bashir AlAzmatkhan to file police report and complaints to the subordinate Courts against the LGBT/Pink Dot movement. He has shared with us some tips and he said that the I.O. was very encouraging and helpful: “hi …police i.o did mention a few valid stuff..example ..the merit of my report,the potential danger..and the need for public to come forward if the felt the same……and their need to review pinkdot/lgbt permits applications…among some of the things the i.o mentioned.”

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Authored by Hazrul Hamzah

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July 1, 2014