Ramadhan is coming in about two weeks. I hope my Muslim brothers and sisters can introduce Ramadhan, and its significance in Islam (and why Muslims are markedly nicer in this month, if only in this month!) to our friends from…
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Unless you are a foreigner, or have been living under rock, almost everyone will notice that Singapore is a multiracial and multireligious society. This did not stop an anonymous netizen from asking a potentially seditious question on Quora. He wrote:…
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Malay-Muslim scholars and thinkers regrouped under the Islamic Renaissance Front (IRF) are not in favor of the presence of Islamic preacher Zakir Naik in Malaysia, and his involvement in local political matters. In a long article entitled “Zakir Naik’s Appeal and…
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There are a few things I don’t abide in my classes. One of them is racism. Today in class I pulled a boy out of class because he called one of his classmates “死黒人” (it literally translates to “die black…
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I applaud Dr Yap Kim Hao’s call for “religious pluralism” ( Need for those who can teach religious pluralism; April 11). It is a reality that religious communities, even in Singapore, remain in their silos. It is not uncommon for…
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