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  • Family Of Presidential Hopeful Salleh Marican Support Their Father, Gears Up For Election Campaign

    Family Of Presidential Hopeful Salleh Marican Support Their Father, Gears Up For Election Campaign

    When her father and CEO of Second Chance Properties Mohd Salleh Marican told her late last year that he intended to run for president, Nadia Marican laughed at the idea of becoming a member of Singapore’s First Family.

    But Salleh’s eldest daughter and her other family members realised that the 67-year-old patriarch was serious about his presidential bid. They rallied around him and began to plan for his election campaign. Even the current fasting month is not slowing their momentum.

    Her brother-in-law Ferus Bakar is overseeing Salleh’s media communication plans while she and her younger sister Radiah Marican, 40, are acting as their father’s personal assistants in the campaign.

    Nadia, who is currently pursuing a PhD in International Psychology at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, said that her father has a good chance of winning the election. Wearing a navy blue midi dress, Nadia was joined by Radiah and Salleh during the interview at her house in the eastern part of Singapore.

    Salleh’s campaign kicked off on 5 June 2017, when he collected his presidential election forms at the Elections Department (ELD). But Salleh was sidetracked afterwards by the online criticisms of his lack of proficiency in the Malay language.

    Nadia said that the Marican family was prepared for negative reactions from some netizens. “It was so vicious that we were surprised at first. But personally, I think they are trolls,” she added.

    Qualities of being a “good president”

    When asked about her father’s attributes that would put him in good stead to be the President of Singapore, Nadia was effusive in her praise for him.

    “The majority of Singaporeans prefer their president to be apolitical and my father represents that. I am confident that he stands a good chance, given that he is a man of honour and integrity and has the leadership qualities to be president,” said Nadia.

    “He has a pragmatic approach to life and has a soft heart. He is a man who is generous in sharing knowledge with others. These are the qualities needed for a president,” she added.

    Also, Salleh’s ability to turn around his company when the odds were stacked against him could inspire Singaporeans and convince them that he is the right man to become a “People’s President”, Nadia said.

    “If he wins, I will be the proudest daughter in the world. Who knows, maybe the tea party in the (Istana) garden might come true!” she quipped.

    Source: https://sg.news.yahoo.com

  • Non-Muslim Staff At Penang Culture JEM Attentive To Observance Of Halal Certification

    Non-Muslim Staff At Penang Culture JEM Attentive To Observance Of Halal Certification

    I was at Jem’s Penang Culture with my family and would like to commend their staff for their observance of their Halal certificate.

    As a Chinese Muslim family we naturally look Chinese, and the staff was concerned about us putting my baby’s food in their baby bowls. He said it was not allowed as it is a Halal-certified restaurant (he’s not even Malay/Muslim, but appears to be a Filipino).

    I assured him that I’m Muslim and the food, prepared at home, is Halal, but also thanked him for being careful and thorough.

    Alhamdullilah, as we read about how some food establishments don’t take their certification seriously, it is nice to know that there are those who do.

    Keep up the good work

     

    Source: Harris Chai in Halal Cafe & Restaurants In Singapore

  • MUIS: Social Media Not Appropriate Platform To Receive Religious Guidance And Instruction

    MUIS: Social Media Not Appropriate Platform To Receive Religious Guidance And Instruction

    In a media statement, the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS) stressed that social media is “not the appropriate platform” to receive religious guidance and instruction, “not least in understanding complex political and armed conflicts in the Muslim world”.

    MUIS noted that in Khairul’s case, as well as that of Syaikhah Izzah Zahrah Al Ansari – who was detained last week for radicalism – what is “common and disturbing” is that both were self-radicalised through social media.

    “Exposure to the propaganda of extremist and radical groups online who exploit these conflicts to radicalise Muslims will misguide them to believe that participation in such conflicts is a religious duty,” said MUIS. In both cases, family and friends found out about their views and intentions but did not report them to authorities, it added.

    “The best way to help our loved ones away from this path is to offer help early by referring them to experts in this area, as soon as we detect there may be something wrong,” said MUIS.

    MUIS added that it is also working to develop the capabilities of local asatizah, or Islamic religious teachers, to be able to engage Singaporean Muslims on social media, noting that some younger asatizah have “started to make some good headway” in this area.

    “We hope to populate social media with socio-religious content which is appropriate to Singapore, and negate the dangerous content which had managed to mislead Khairul and Izzah,” it said.

    MUIS also urged the community to play its part, and report family members and friends who exhibit such tendencies as soon as they are detected, so “appropriate help and intervention can be given”.

     

    Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

  • Another ISA Detention: 24 Year Old AETOS Officer Planned To Undertake Armed Violence In Syria

    Another ISA Detention: 24 Year Old AETOS Officer Planned To Undertake Armed Violence In Syria

    An auxiliary police officer who was deployed to Woodlands Checkpoint has been detained for planning to travel to Syria to take part in armed violence, while his colleague has been put under a restriction order for supporting him.

    Muhammad Khairul Mohamed, 24, an auxiliary police officer at the traffic enforcement division at Woodlands Checkpoint, was arrested in May and detained under the Internal Security Act, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Tuesday (Jun 20).

    He was deployed by AETOS, the second-largest of three licensed auxiliary police organisations in Singapore, to the checkpoint as an outrider. His duties did not require him to be armed, MHA said.

    Khairul became radicalised as early as 2012 – prior to joining AETOS in May 2015 – when he went online to gather more information about the conflict in Syria after reading about it on mainstream media.

    “He developed the view that the conflict in Syria was a sectarian struggle between Sunni Islam and Shia Islam, and being a Sunni Muslim, he wanted to fight against the Shi’ites in Syria by joining the Free Syrian Army,” the ministry said.

    The Free Syrian Army (FSA) is a group founded by defectors of the Syrian Armed Forces, whose aim is to use armed violence to overthrow the Syrian government led by President Bashar Al-Assad, who is backed by the minority Shia Alawite sect.

    Khairul perceived the Syrian conflict to be a holy war in which he was prepared to die in battle as a martyr and receive “divine rewards”, MHA said.

    In 2014, he tried to reach out to a foreign militant on Facebook, as well as two other individuals whom he believed to be FSA supporters, to find out how he could make his way to Syria.

    At the time of his arrest, Khairul was still interested in joining FSA or any other militant groups operating in Syria and engage in armed violence there, the ministry said.

    “His readiness and proclivity to resort to violence in pursuit of a religious cause makes him a security threat to Singapore,” it said.

    The ministry also reiterated that friends or relatives of a person who may be radicalised or intends to undertake acts of violence should report him to the authorities.

    In the case of Khairul, several relatives and friends knew of his intentions but none of them came forward, MHA said.

     

    Source: www.channenewsasia.com

  • Dr Tan Cheng Bock: Parliament Is Not The Right Place Platform Lee Family Issue

    Dr Tan Cheng Bock: Parliament Is Not The Right Place Platform Lee Family Issue

    Parliament is not the right place to settle family disputes.

    It is an institution to make laws and debate national issues.

    Family disputes should be settled in courts.In parliament MPs have no details of the case and only hear PM telling his side of the case.

    Wrong platform.

     

    Source: Dr Tan Cheng Bock

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