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Sekolah Larang Pakai Hijab Pada Sambutan Hari Kebangsaan Walaupun Tidak Beruniform

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…

Sumber: Nur Aisyah

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August 8, 2014
RTM Encrypted Signals to Ensure Commonwealth Games Coverage Exclusive to Malaysia Only

SINGAPORE – Singapore did not block the airing of Radio Television Malaysia (RTM) news to Singapore households.

Rather, it was RTM that had encrypted signals to ensure that its coverage of the Commonwealth Games was confined to Malaysia only.

“It seems like the mystery of the alleged blocking of RTM1 news by Singapore is, in fact, the encryption of signals by RTM,” said Singapore’s High Commissioner to Malaysia, Mr Ong Keng Yong, in comments provided to the New Straits Times yesterday.

Mr Ong’s statement addressed Singapore viewers’ complaints that RTM1 broadcasts had been blocked from their homes.

Earlier this week, Malaysian Broadcasting Department technical services director Abdul Wahid Hamid explained that some blockage of RTM1 broadcasts had occurred. But this was to protect the broadcasting rights for the Commonwealth Games in Glasglow.

Claims that the Singapore government had blocked coverage of the violence in Gaza were unfounded, he added.

Mr Ong also denied that the blocking had anything to do with Singapore’s stand on the Gaza issue because it was allegedly pro-Israel, according to the New Straits Times.

Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/more-singapore-stories/story/singapore-did-not-block-rtm-newsfeeds-20140807

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August 8, 2014
Why I Decide to Wear the Hijab?

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

Authored by Nura Fieza

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August 8, 2014
Boy Injured After a Glass Door at Westgate Mall Fell on Top of Him

A four-year-old boy suffered a cut to the back of his head and neck pains, after a glass door on level 5 of the mall reportedly “detached itself” and fell on top of him.

A member of the public who only wants to be known as “Paul” sent in photos of the aftermath. He says he heard from the boy’s mother that the glass door – about three-metres high – just outside of NTUC’s My First Skool childcare centre and a Fitness First gym, leading to the outdoor area on Level 5, detached and fell on top of the boy just before 6pm.

Mr Paul says the boy’s entire body was pinned down by the door, and that he was lying facedown when he arrived shortly after. The boy’s right cheek appeared to be bruised. There were also traces of blood on the ground.

“Because the glass door is tempered glass, it shattered within,” said Mr Paul. He says two staff members from the nearby Westgate Kids Club brought a first aid kit to tend to the boy, and a doctor from a clinic one level down came up to assist as well.

CNA

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) confirms it received a call on the incident at 6:05pm, and says the boy suffered a cut to the back of his head and reported having neck pains.

He was sent conscious to the National University Hospital, accompanied by his mother and mall staff.

A spokesperson for Westgate mall says the boy was swinging the glass door the time of the accident. “Our investigations revealed that the boy had over-extended the glass door when he swung it, causing it to hit the door frame and shatter,” said Ms Mandy Chiu, the marketing communications manager for Westgate in a statement to Channel NewsAsia.

CNA

The boy remains in hospital for observation, but is in stable condition. “We wish him a speedy recovery, and continue to extend our help to him and his family,” said Ms Chiu.

The mall’s contractor will be conducting safety checks on its glass doors and panels overnight, to prevent a recurrence of such an incident.

Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/boy-hurt-by-fallen-glass/1302080.html

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August 7, 2014
K Shanmugam: Israel Needs to Show Greater Commitment, Hamas Should Stop Attacks on Israel

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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August 7, 2014