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  • Mufti Ajak Umat Islam Sebar Rahmah Sesama Insan Dalam Tazkirah Awal Muharram

    Mufti Ajak Umat Islam Sebar Rahmah Sesama Insan Dalam Tazkirah Awal Muharram

    Mufti Negara, Dr Mohamed Fatris Bakaram mengajak umat Islam tempatan supaya meneruskan gagasan hijrah Nabi Muhammad dengan menjadi sebuah masyarakat yang menyebarkan rahmah sesama insan.

    Beliau berkata demikian di majlis Sambutan Awal Muharram 1438 Hijrah, di Masjid Al-Istighfar, malam tadi (1 Okt).

    Sejajar dengan tema sambutannya, Masyarakat Berjiwa Rahmah, Dr Fatris berkata peristiwa hijrah itu mengingatkan kita tentang keperluan anjakan paradigma dalam kehidupan insan, penyesuaian kepada perubahan serta mengorak langkah ke arah pembangunan dan kemajuan.

    Turut hadir di acara tersebut ialah Menteri Bertanggungjawab bagi Ehwal Masyarakat Islam, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Menteri Sekitaran dan Sumber Air Masagos Zulkifli serta beberapa pemimpin Melayu/Islam yang lain.

    PERLU KUKUHKAN KEHIDUPAN DALAM MASYARAKAT MAJMUK

    Dalam tazkirahnya yang disampaikan selepas solat Maghrib, Mufti menekankan bahawa orang-orang Islam yang baik adalah mereka yang memberi manfaat kepada orang lain.

    Beliau berkata sifat rahmah dapat disebarkan dengan mengukuhkan kehidupan dalam masyarakat majmuk di negara ini dengan sikap saling membantu sesama insan.

    Ini termasuk prihatin terhadap anggota masyarakat lain dan peka akan keperluan kehidupan beragama di sini.

    ETOS HIJRAH AJAK AMALKAN ISLAM DALAM KONTEKS SOSIO-BUDAYA

    Dr Fatris menambah bahawa etos penghijrahan mengajak kita supaya terus mengamalkan ajaran Islam dengan mengambil kira konteks sosio-budaya sesuatu tempat.

    Ini bermakna kita perlu mengambil kira keperluan serta realiti kehidupan – sesuatu yang sudah lama diamalkan para ulama bagi mencari huraian kepada kehidupan masyarakat.

    Ia juga sekaligus menyumbang kepada kefahaman Islam dengan lensa yang terbuka dan inklusif, sejajar dengan hakikat bahawa agama Islam itu tidak terhad kepada sesuatu zaman ataupun sepadan geografi.

    Malah, sejarah Islam sendiri menunjukkan sememangnya agama itu boleh bertapak dengan jayanya dalam masyarakat majmuk di mana umatnya merupakan golongan minoriti.

    Dr Fatris juga menekankan peri penting melihat pada konsep Siyasah Al-Syariah daripada teks-teks klasikal menerusi kaca mata hari ini.

    Menurutnya, memahami maksud dan konteks itu penting, bukan sahaja bagi memahami teks agama tetapi juga untuk mengenalpasti maksud dan tujuan sebenar di sebalik pendapat ulama tentang sesuatu perkara.

    Source: Berita MediaCorp

  • Singaporeans The Unhappiest Employees Out Of 7 Asian Markets

    Singaporeans The Unhappiest Employees Out Of 7 Asian Markets

    Singaporeans are the unhappiest employees out of of seven Asian markets, according to JobStreet.com’s Job Happiness Index released on Thursday (29 September).

    Out of the 67,764 participants from Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong and Vietnam surveyed in June, the 3,398 Singaporean respondents averaged a 5.09 score out of the highest – and happiest – score of 10.

    Workers in the Philippines were found to be the happiest, with an average score of 6.25. The average scores of the remaining markets were (in ascending order of happiness): Malaysia (5.22); Vietnam (5.48); Hong Kong (5.56); Thailand (5.74) and Indonesia (6.16).

    Singaporeans were also the most pessimistic about their prospects in their existing jobs. Sentiment ratings and future outlooks about their jobs saw them scoring an average of 4.93, the unhappiest score among the surveyed markets.

    Among the Singaporean respondents, those in the C-suites (i.e. top corporate executives) were found to be the unhappiest with an average score of 4.4, while fresh graduates were the happiest employees with an average score of 5.3. Those working in the sciences, hotels and restaurants, as well as human resources were found to be the happiest employees.

    Lack of management competency was the top reason cited by Singaporean respondents for being unhappy at work. The second biggest factor was the lack of promotions and career development, followed by poor training and development programmes.

    Rising unemployment and a slower economy were not factored in the survey, although these factors have a dampening effect, said Chook Yuh Yng, country manager of JobsStreet.com Singapore.

    “The number of job seekers is outnumbering vacancies by 100 to 93 for the first time in four years. On the other end of the spectrum, the happiest employees in the Philippines are enjoying stronger economic and job growth,” she said.

    Singaporean respondents cited convenient work location, having good colleagues and company reputation as key factors underpinning job happiness. They also recommended getting a new job (30 per cent), a higher salary (19 per cent) and receiving recognition from one’s company (9 per cent) as ways to increase job happiness.

     

    Source: https://sg.finance.yahoo.com

  • Championing LGBT Equality Does Not Necessarily Mean Being Pro-LGBT

    Championing LGBT Equality Does Not Necessarily Mean Being Pro-LGBT

    I refer to the report “Chan Chun Sing urges youth to go beyond relying on good grades for jobs” (Sept 24).

    Offering his personal views on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Chan Chun Sing said: ““I’m not going to discriminate … I’m not a sex policeman.”

    When we have a law like Section 377A, however, which criminalises male gay sex but not female gay sex, then it is effectively a “sex policeman” and discriminates against gay males. Mr Chan’s comments seem incongruous with the current situation.

    Also, people supportive of LGBT equality are not “pro-LGBT” per se, not in the way that it would be seen as elevating LGBT people above others nor be seen as morally equivalent to those who are “anti-LGBT”.

    For example, if some people are racist against blacks, and there are laws or social programmes that promote general racial equality, then it would be inaccurate to claim that equality legislation is pro-black.

    Likewise, it is incorrect to portray equality for all, including LGBT people, as being pro-LGBT.

    LGBT activists tend to speak out against bullying of LGBT people and also bullying in general because they tend to see or experience the harm of bullying first-hand and are inclined to try to stop it.

    Let us not confuse this with being pro-LGBT per se. People who speak out against bullying of blacks or racist bullying in general are not generally seen as being pro-such-and-such a race.

    I also see support for things like proper relationship and marriage equality not so much as pro-LGBT but as pro-marriage.

    Decades ago in the United States, some areas outlawed mixed-race marriage, but when that was overturned, it helped to improve the relationships of those couples. And this has a positive knock-on effect on society.

    As a married heterosexual Singaporean, my marriage would not be affected if same-sex marriage were ever allowed. It is not as if mine would suddenly crumble because some other same-sex couple could marry.

    There is no rational basis for claiming harm to marriage where same-sex marriage is allowed.

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • 52 Year Old Family Friend Sexually Abuses 3 Young Teenaged Brothers

    52 Year Old Family Friend Sexually Abuses 3 Young Teenaged Brothers

    They fully trusted him with their three sons as he was then working in the boys’ school.

    Instead of paying back their trust, the family friend abused the boys, destroying their lives by robbing them of their innocence and dignity.

    The man, now 52, was working as a school operations support assistant in a primary school in the western part of Singapore when he sexually abused all three youngsters between 2009 and February 2013.

    On one occasion, he even performed obscene acts on the two younger boys while they were in the same room.

    Yesterday, the man, who started out in the primary school as a security guard, pleaded guilty in court to three counts of committing indecent acts on the boys and two counts of sexual penetration.

    Twenty-nine other charges for similar offences and two offences under the Films Act involving an uncertified film and five obscene ones will be taken into consideration during sentencing.

    He cannot be named to protect his victims’ identities.

    We will instead refer to the oldest boy as Ben, the middle one as Carl and the youngest brother as Dennis.

    Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Winston Man said Ben was just 11 when the man befriended him in 2009. The boy trusted him as he was a staff member at his school.

    At first, the man would accompany him home from school.

    After that, he started to take him to the zoo and to various shopping centres.

    The man later got close to the boy’s family and befriended his younger brothers.

    DPP Man said he even bought his victims gifts such as shoes and clothes.

    The man focused most of his attention on Carl as he thought the boy’s parents neglected him. He also felt that Carl was more compliant than his brothers.

    GRATEFUL

    DPP Man said: “The victims’ parents entrusted their children to the accused on the many occasions he took them for outings and meals as they thought that he was genuinely concerned for their welfare.”

    He added that before the offences came to light, the boys’ parents were grateful for the man’s help in caring for their children as they worked very long hours.

    The man, who is represented by lawyer S. K. Kumar, showed his true colours in late 2009 when he took Ben to a staircase landing at Block 406, Bukit Batok West Avenue 4, and performed an indecent act on him.

    Later that year, he took Ben to a second-storey staircase landing in the same block of flats.

    By then, the boy knew he was about to be sexually abused, but he followed him out of fear.

    While there, the man performed oral sex on him.

    The court heard that he took Carl on an outing to Hong Kah North Community Club on December 2012.

    He asked Carl to accompany him to a male toilet and forced the boy to perform oral sex on him.

    About two months later, the man took Carl, who was 13, and Dennis, then 12, to his flat in the western part of Singapore.

    He lured the boys into a bedroom before performing indecent acts on them on a bed.

    The man’s perversions only came to light after he sent the children’s mother a text message on March 16, 2013, asking if Carl could join him at Boon Lay Community Centre.

    He told her he wanted to take the boy out shopping for school shoes.

    Carl kept quiet when she showed him the message.

    Dennis, who was nearby, urged his brother to tell their mother about his ordeal.

    The two boys told their shocked mother about what the man had done to them.

    Ben told her about his own experiences when he came home later that day.

    The boys’ parents made a police report four days later and officers arrested the man on March 22, 2013.

    The case has been adjourned to Oct 4.

    For each count of committing an indecent act on a boy, the man could be jailed up to five years and fined up to $10,000.

    For forcing a boy to perform oral sex on him, he could be jailed up to 20 years and fined. The man cannot be caned as he is above 50 years old.

     

    Source: www.tnp.sg

  • 20 ITE West Students Arrested After Fight Over Molest Claims

    20 ITE West Students Arrested After Fight Over Molest Claims

    It began with an accusation of molest and ended with two groups of students fighting near a construction site at Choa Chu Kang.

    Punches were thrown and kicks were traded.

    In the end, the 20 Institute of Technical Education (ITE) students were rounded up and arrested after the father of one of them called the police.

    The group of 19 males and one female, aged 16 to 23, were hauled to court for charges involving unlawful assembly with the intention to cause hurt.


    FIGHTS: The first altercation took place in a male toilet in ITE College West. TNP PHOTO: AHMAD FARUQ BIN ROZALI

     

    Since June this year, 18 have pleaded guilty and were given warnings and probationary sentences ranging from 15 to 24 months.

    Of the remaining two, Muhammad Zuhairi Jumahat, 17,was convicted yesterday and will be sentenced on Oct 24.

    The last person, Ridhaudin Ridhwan Bakri, 22, is pending a High Court trial for gang rape.

    It all started on Feb 2, when a female ITE College West student told Muhammad Shaffil Mohd Nooh, 19, that a classmate had touched her buttocks the day before.

    CONFRONT

    Shaffil, also a student of the same school, gathered five other students to confront the boy.

    At about noon the next day, they approached Muhammad Fahmy Zuraimi, 16, in school and took him to a male toilet to question him about the alleged molest.

    Court documents said the gang was angered by Fahmy’s arrogance and took turns punching and kicking him for about 10 minutes as he fell. They then left.

    Fahmy, who suffered a blood clot near his left eye from the fight, told his best friend Muhammad Hafiz Rosli, 17, about the attack.

    They decided to exact revenge on the group and Hafiz rounded up a gang of 12 to help avenge his friend.

    They arranged to meet the first group to settle the issue at Teck Whye LRT station the next day.

    On Feb 4 at around noon, four members of the initial six met them at the station, but they decided to take the matter elsewhere after spotting some ITE staff there.

    They headed to the construction site of executive condominium complex Sol Acres, along Choa Chu Kang Grove, near ITE College West.

    But before they reached the site at around 12.30pm, some members from the group looking to avenge Fahmy attacked the four, kicking and throwing punches, while the rest looked on.

    Three of them suffered multiple injuries such as bruises, abrasions and minor injuries to their heads.

    The bigger group then headed back to the LRT station intending to meet the remaining members, but they did not turn up.

    The New Paper understands that a police report was never made against Fahmy for the alleged molest.

    Dr Goh Mong Song, principal of ITE College West, said in a statement regarding the incident: “ITE takes a serious view on, and will not tolerate breach of college rules and discipline by students, in or outside college premises.

    “Three of the students involved have since left the college.

    “Disciplinary action has been taken against the others.”

     

    Source: www.tnp.sg

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