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  • If Not Ready To Be Inclusive, Please Don’t Use Iftar In Description Of A Non-Halal Potluck

    If Not Ready To Be Inclusive, Please Don’t Use Iftar In Description Of A Non-Halal Potluck

    Someone shared a flyer about “Potluck Iftar Dinner @ Block 101” organised by Choa Chu Kang Zone 3 Committee. To what seem to be a joke or surprise to some, the flyer added a note saying all residents are welcomed. Those who are interested in attending the dinner are expecting to bring at least one signature dish (halal/non-halal per family). The person who shared then suggested that any non-muslim organiser should avoid using Islamic terms like Iftar or Ramadan, ie. Bazar Ramadan, if they are not ready to be inclusive.

    Don’t believe? See it for yourself below.

     

    May I suggest any non-muslim organiser to avoid using Islamic terms like Iftar or Ramadan, ie. Bazar Ramadan, if you are not ready to be inclusive. This is to avoid unnecessary confusion. I would also like to suggest our muslim MPs to remind your colleagues to be more sensitive when using these terms. And RC members, please get the approval from your Muslim advisors or MPs before you disseminate such invitations. Thank you for your understanding.

     

    Source: Zait Ismail Halimah Masa’ed

  • Ramadan Iftar Food Donation Drive At Al Firdaus Mosque

    Ramadan Iftar Food Donation Drive At Al Firdaus Mosque

    Salaam My Muslim brothers & Sisters. Fyi.

    Look around us. Today we have lots of foreign workers here. Some of them are muslims. I have by chance happen to go to Al Firdaus mosque @Jalan Ibadah (infront of HomeTeam) Jalan Bahar. The jammaah on weekend was humoungous. The mosque make the normal preparation for iftar, not knowing the number of jammah will swell unexpectedly. I was informed they have 300 jamaah on Saturday n 500 jamaah on Sunday. Last minute they have to rush to buy more food to meet the numbers.

    Masha allah, I hope we can help the mosque in term of sedekah in any ways. Like cooking or buying food to assist the mosque or any donation in kind to the mosque. Its a small and quaint mosque more like our ‘old kampung mosque.’
    Its our chance to feed the poor and musafirs. Let them bring home the memories of “beautiful ramadhan’ in our place. I will be doing my part, in shaa allah. You can contact the mosque direct tel 67646334. Ustaz Gauz and Puan Rosnah of Masjid Firdaus, is there to assist. Wassalam. Sis Rohana

     

    Source: Mohamed Nazeer

  • Real Estate Agent: Malay Family Look Down On Me Just Because I Ride Kapcai

    Real Estate Agent: Malay Family Look Down On Me Just Because I Ride Kapcai

    Today i learnt a very deep lesson. I went for viewing for one of my unit on sale. Upon reaching, i parked my bike at the tong sampah lot.

    A family walked passed me and i overheard them said this. “Ingat agent2 kaya2, yg ni dtg bawa kapcai. The whole family laughed.”

    How judgemental can our community be?
    I wasnt hurt or sad by what is being said because i know myself better than them. I didnt said anything because i dont want to waste my time since i have a bigger fish to catch.

    📍This bike has been with me since 2008.
    📍Never gave me any problem.
    📍The reason for me meeting my fiancee family in the hospital.
    📍Closed my 1st deal riding this.
    📍Parents gi terawih naik ni.

    On the brighter side, buyer look happy with viewing and wanted second view. Kater la ape kau nak asalkan, ada org option rumah itu insyallah.

    #Believe
    #CallMeAgentHermie
    #BikerForLife.
    #InsyallahTutupPasalKenaKutuk

     

    Source: Hermie Malek

  • Mohd Khair: Don’t Forget Essence Of Iftar, Iftar With Non-Muslims Is Encouraged, Halal Food Is A Must

    Mohd Khair: Don’t Forget Essence Of Iftar, Iftar With Non-Muslims Is Encouraged, Halal Food Is A Must

    “Potluck Iftar”

    Someone shared this photo in one of the comments to a posting on my wall.

    We certainly applaud the move to encourage neighbourliness in the month of Ramadhan among residents regardless of race, language or religion to have dinner together, which in this case was done in conjunction with Iftar by Muslims neighbours.

    Nevertheless, there is a need to also recognise that Iftar is not just dinner, ordinarily.

    Iftar is the time when Muslims break their fast. And Muslims who fast, break their whole-day fasting with only halal foods.

    Having a potluck Iftar event is acceptable. In fact it is very much encouraged in Islam to share foods with others, what more during Iftar.

    However, the inclusion of non-halal foods in the Iftar could have been an oversight on the part of the event organisers. Appropriate advice should have been given earlier.

    Iftar is not just another dinner. Iftar has its special meaning to Muslims, and there is decorum associated with that special meaning.

    And decorum associated with certain terms is nothings new. There is decorum in the way the National Flag is to be handled, for example.

    The National Flag is not just a piece of cloth having red and white colours with a crescent and 5 stars on it. There is a Statute governing conduct with regards to the National Flag [See SINGAPORE ARMS AND FLAG AND NATIONAL ANTHEM ACT (CHAPTER 296, SECTION 2) and SINGAPORE ARMS AND FLAG AND NATIONAL ANTHEM RULES].

    Hence, just like the National Flag, there are certain decorum that needs to be accorded to Iftar too. And one of them is the provisioning of halal foods.

    Non-Muslims are free to join in Iftar with Muslims. We see that happening in Singapore at many Iftar events organised by Mosques and other Muslim organisations throughout Ramadhan. Nevertheless, since it is an Iftar event, decorum for the event should also be observed. Halal foods should be presented to all in any Iftar event because Iftar is for Muslims to break their fast. Non-Muslims are always welcomed to join in the Iftar, where only halal foods are served.

    Perhaps more needs to be done to help our non-Muslim neigbours understand the meaning of Iftar, and the associated decorum that needs to be observed when Iftar is organised as part of neighbourliness for all to come together regardless of race, language or religion.

    Ramadhan Mubarak

     

    Source: Mohd Khair

  • Iftar With Prince Harry: We Even Forgot Prince Harry Was A Royal

    Iftar With Prince Harry: We Even Forgot Prince Harry Was A Royal

    With just half an hour to spare, 32-year-old Nazhath Faheema was told that she would be sitting beside Britain’s Prince Harry when he broke fast with young Muslims at a much-anticipated iftar meal in Singapore.

    “I was confused how to behave and how to act. I even started rehearsing what to say,” said the council member of Singapore’s Muslim Youth Ambassador of Peace (MYAP).

    “I kept reminding myself to call him by his formal title ‘Your Royal Highness’. But once we broke the ice, it felt like talking to a friend,” she said.

    The graduate student at Nanyang Technological University was photographed sharing a joke with the prince, also 32, in pictures that were widely picked up by international media.

    Prince Harry asked her about the significance of breaking fast with dates, and she told him that this was something Muslims practised generally.

    “I explained how Prophet Muhammad did this, and how we Muslims followed in his footsteps. There is a health benefit to breaking fast with dates and porridge and he was fascinated to know about that,” said Ms Nazhath, who reminded him to remove the seeds in the dates as they tucked into the fruit and porridge that were served at sunset.

    “WE EVEN FORGOT HE WAS ROYAL”

    Prince Harry also had praise for the performers of a sychronised silat demonstration just before the iftar session, when he found out how they endured physical training even while fasting, Ms Nazhath said.

    “He talked to the performers and was pleasantly surprised that they put themselves through rigorous training without consuming food or water for the entire day,” she said.

    “And that was thing that struck me about him – he was royalty, but he spared a lot of time and effort talking to people. Be it silat performers, activists or just everyday people, he wanted to speak to all of us if he could.”

    Initially worried about being a good host to the British prince, she said she was pleasantly surprised that it was he who made her feel welcome.

    “He was so casual, cool and dapper – we even forgot that he was royal,” Ms Nazhath said.

     

    Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

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