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  • On Islamophobia In Singapore: Non-Muslims Must Acknowledge Issue, Educate Themselves, Authorities Must Take Stronger Action Against Islamophobes

    On Islamophobia In Singapore: Non-Muslims Must Acknowledge Issue, Educate Themselves, Authorities Must Take Stronger Action Against Islamophobes

    My dear non-Muslims, saying that Islamophobia doesn’t exist in our country, is ironically similar to the Chinese claiming that racism and discrimination towards minority races doesn’t exist.

    Don’t tell us to condemn these hineous acts, because we have always stood up as one community against it.

    Don’t tell us to “reform” our “backwards” religion by cherry picking “controversial verses” when you probably don’t know anything about it.

    Don’t tell us that our religion is barbaric and incites violence when all the information you get is from islamophobic websites.

    Don’t tell us that we hate the “kafirs” and “infidels” when most of the attacks happen on Muslim countries and holy sites, with victims of such attacks being majority Muslims.

    Don’t you see that you’re not helping, but instead, fuelling the fire of islamophobia in Singapore?

    And don’t tell me that Islamophobia doesn’t exist nor is it a problem.

    Enough is enough. We, the Muslims, have been victimized even more so in this entire process. If you don’t have anything better to say, keep your damn mouths shut instead of worsening the situation.

    I have yet to see any actions taken by the authorities other than the usual “we should not allow this to happen” bla bla, saying things just for the sake of saying it. What’s the point? It clearly is happening and has been going on for the past few years.

    Hoping that the ISA could be applied to those individuals who promote Islamophobia and bad mouthing other religions, just as how the ISD were swift to suddenly apprehend radicalised individuals.

    Sigh. Don’t kecoh-kecoh lah please, we just want to raya..

     

    Source: Ahmad Bin Osman

  • Netizen: MHA Should Release Female Radical From ISA Detention, Counsel Her

    Netizen: MHA Should Release Female Radical From ISA Detention, Counsel Her

    I dont agree with the ARREST….she needed counselling and advise not arrest..

    she did not say she wants to bomb singapore…

    i hope MHA…reconsider her arrest and release her.

    BY THE WAY..ARW TGE PHOTO BELOW ..HER PHOTO ?

     

    Source: Mohammed Bashir Ismail Khan

  • Father Of First Female ISA Radicalism Detainee Regrets Not Reporting Her

    Father Of First Female ISA Radicalism Detainee Regrets Not Reporting Her

    The father of the first woman detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) regrets not reporting his daughter to the authorities.

    Mr Syaikh Abdu Manaf Al Ansari told Berita Harian last night that he and his wife had questioned Syaikhah Izzah Zahrah Al Ansari in late 2014, after noticing she had started dressing in black and wearing the niqab, a facial veil which reveals only the eyes. She was also using the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) flag as her WhatsApp display picture, he said.

    “I asked if she was an ISIS member. She denied it but said she thought ISIS was fighting for Islam,” said Mr Manaf, 49.

    “I told her all well-known Islamic scholars reject ISIS. I asked, is it halal in Islam to kill innocent people, children and women? I told her to show me evidence from the Quran and sunnah (prophetic teachings) that it is halal. She just kept silent.”

    Mr Manaf and his wife, both Quranic teachers, gave Izzah – the second of five children – religious advice, and decided not to inform the authorities after she stopped wearing the niqab and started listening to music and watching films again.

    “We thought she was okay. But we did not realise she had become more radical. She was smart at hiding herself,” he said.

    After Izzah was arrested, he found documents in her room with information about moving to Syria, including how to get tickets.

    He felt “disgust and anger” and, in a bid to “protect her”, threw the materials away. He told the authorities about them only during the investigation, and was given a warning.

    “This should not have happened. I really regret it,” he said.

    He advised the public to contact the authorities or the Religious Rehabilitation Group (RRG), which helps to counter radical ideology, if they notice suspicious changes in their loved ones. “To other parents, this comes from the bottom of my heart. If you see any sudden changes, et cetera, contact the authorities. If not (the authorities), contact RRG,” he said.

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com

  • Halimah Yacob: Build Community Ties To Guard Against Terror

    Halimah Yacob: Build Community Ties To Guard Against Terror

    Incidents like the terrorist attack on a Christmas market in Berlin show that Singapore cannot be complacent, said Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob yesterday.

    Building strong community ties is important to guard against such tragedies, she added.

    “Before we ever reach such a situation, if we do, we must be sure that we build a very strong foundation,” she said.

    Twelve people were killed in Monday’s attack – for which the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria terror group claimed responsibility – when a truck was driven into a Christmas market.

    “It is really, really sad, and it is really not reflective of what Islam is all about,” said Madam Halimah.

    She was replying to a question from the media at Toys Carnival @ Marsiling, a Christmas celebration for needy children from Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC, where she is a grassroots adviser.

    It was the second time this year that a truck was used as a terrorist weapon targeting large crowds.

    On July 14, 86 people were killed after they were run over by a truck in Nice on Bastille Day, the French national holiday.

    Madam Halimah said events such as Toys Carnival @ Marsiling, in which families of all races take part, are key to fostering ties. “These are the platforms that we must consciously create to develop strong community bonding… It is not possible to legislate harmony, but we can build harmony.”

    Now in its second year, the annual event brought festive cheer to around 150 children on the morning of Christmas Eve.

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com

     

  • Indonesia Police Arrests 3rd Woman In Foiled Bomb Attack On The Presidential Palace

    Indonesia Police Arrests 3rd Woman In Foiled Bomb Attack On The Presidential Palace

    JAKARTA — Indonesian police early on Thursday (Dec 15) nabbed a woman believed to have instructed a female would-be suicide bomber to launch a foiled attack on the Presidential Palace, as a senior Indonesian Cabinet Minister declared that the government is not losing the fight against radicalism.

    National police spokesperson Senior Commander Martinus Sitompul said they nabbed the female suspect, Tutin Sugiarti, 37, at a rented home in a village near Tasikmalaya city in West Java at 4.30am (local time).

    “She has given motivation to Novi to jihad (martyr),” he was quoted as saying in Antara news portal.

    Sugiarti is believed to have played a part in recruiting Dian Yuli Novi, 27, who was arrested on Saturday in Bekasi, West Java. Novi had intended to use a 3kg homemade pressure-cooker bomb for a suicide attack at the palace during the change of guard ceremony on Sunday.

    Sugiarti’s husband Hendra Gunawan, 39, was also arrested but it is not clear if he was involved in the terror plot, the authorities said.

    Sugiarti is the third woman arrested over the planned Sunday attack inspired by the Islamic State (IS), after Novi and Arida Putri Maharani, 25, were arrested by the police counter-terrorism squad over the weekend.

    Novi, who was among a group of seven people arrested, had worked in Singapore as a nanny, while Indonesian reports said Maharani facilitated the use of funds in the making of the bomb. Novi’s arrest came minutes after two men who delivered the bomb were ambushed by the counter-terrorism squad in

    East Jakarta. Another bomb maker was later caught in Central Jakarta.

    Maharani was arrested on Sunday in Sunda, a town in Solo. She is believed to be the wife of one of the two men and was also being prepared as a suicide bomber.

    Authorities said the group was controlled by a new terrorist cell based in Solo. The cell, police said, was set up by Bahrun Naim, an Indonesian militant who is in the Middle East fighting alongside IS militants.

    Naim is the mastermind of a terror attack in Jakarta in January, a July suicide attack on a police station in Solo, Central Java, and more recently, a plot to attack Singapore’s Marina Bay by launching a rocket from Batam.

    Meanwhile, senior Indonesian Cabinet Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, who is close to President Joko Widodo, said the government needs to reinforce Indonesia’s founding ideology, Pancasila, which included national unity and social justice among its five principles.

    He said it has been neglected since the fall of former President Suharto in 1998 ushered in democratic rule.

    “We are not losing control (against radicalism),” he declared.

    Massive protests demanding the arrest of Jakarta governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, who is on trial for alleged blasphemy, have affected the image of Indonesia as practising a moderate form of Islam and shaken the secular government.

    The blasphemy controversy has also given a national stage to the Islamic Defenders Front, previously known as a morals vigilante group with members involved in protection rackets.

    Its leader, Rizieq Shihab, told a Dec 2 protest in Jakarta that Indonesia would be peaceful if there was no blasphemy and other problems such as gays.

    Mr Pandjaitan said the government has Mr Shihab in its sights.

    “We have quite detailed data about him. We’ll see what happens. We know what we are going to do,” he said. “The President is very brave to do whatever is necessary for the benefit of this country. No hesitation at all.”

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com