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  • MUIS Dekati Ibu Bapa Demi Bantu Anak-Anak Tangani Radikalisme Di Media Sosial

    MUIS Dekati Ibu Bapa Demi Bantu Anak-Anak Tangani Radikalisme Di Media Sosial

    MAJLIS Ugama Islam Singapura (Muis) bakal mendekati ibu bapa untuk memberi panduan kepada mereka bagaimana membantu anak mereka dalam mengendali radikalisme di media sosial.

    Langkah terbaru Muis itu bakal diperkasa dengan menganjurkan sebuah seminar keibubapaan bagi menyediakan wadah kepada ibu bapa dalam menggunakan media sosial sebagai alat meningkatkan pembelajaran.

    Ibu bapa juga bakal dibekalkan sebuah buku panduan bertajuk ‘Resilient Families: Safeguarding Against Radicalisation’ (Keluarga Berdaya Tahan: Berlindung dari Radikalisme).

    Menurut jurucakap Muis, buku panduan ini julung kali diterbitkan Pejabat Mufti dalam usaha mempersiap dan memperkasa ibu bapa membimbing kanak-kanak menggunakan media sosial dengan selamat.

    Seminar keibubapaan yang akan dianjurkan Sabtu ini bertajuk Parenting IRL (In Real Life)*: Raising The Snapchat Generation atau Keibubapaan (Dalam Hidup Sebenar): Membesarkan Generasi Snapchat.

    Seminar dan buku panduan itu juga bertujuan menyedarkan ibu bapa tentang cabaran dalam percambahan media sosial dalam masyarakat hari ini.

    Menurut jurucakap Muis, peranti elektronik yang menghubungkan mereka ke Internet digunakan secara meluas hari ini. Sesetengah anak mula menggunakan peranti sedemikian pada usia yang terlalu muda.

    Bagi kanak-kanak dan remaja, media sosial menyediakan platform bagi mereka meneroka dunia maya melalui permainan dan interaksi. Ini mendedahkan mereka kepada pelbagai risiko.

     

    Source: www.beritaharian.sg

  • 4 Children Injured In Suspected Militant Attack On Indonesia Church

    4 Children Injured In Suspected Militant Attack On Indonesia Church

    Indonesian authorities on Sunday arrested a suspected militant who threw an explosive device at a church in the eastern island of Borneo and injured four children.

    Police in East Kalimantan province said the attacker had been imprisoned on terrorism charges in the past.

    “A suspected low-impact bomb was thrown…Four children were injured and four motorcycles were damaged,” East Kalimantan police spokesman Fajar Setiawan said, adding police were looking into links with radical networks.

    The attack took place at 10am in the parking lot of Oikumene church in the town of Samarinda.

    Indonesia has seen a string of Islamic State-linked attacks this year, the biggest of which was a gun and bomb assault in the capital Jakarta that killed four people.

    Authorities are concerned about a resurgence in radicalism and say there are hundreds of Islamic State sympathizers in the world’s biggest Muslim-majority nation.

    President Joko Widodo said he had ordered an investigation into the attack.

    “I have ordered the police chief to take firm action and thoroughly investigate the perpetrator,” Widodo said in a statement.

     

    Source:  www.reuters.com

  • A Chinese-Muslim Convert’s Experience With Ignorance In Singapore

    A Chinese-Muslim Convert’s Experience With Ignorance In Singapore

    I need to get this off my chest.

    I was seeing a new doctor yesterday (4th time this month, don’t ask) and she expressed surprise that my name sounded ‘Chinese’ when I’m wearing a hijab (and therefore look like a Muslim aka. Malay in Singapore). So I said I’m Chinese Muslim, yes, my family is Chinese, yes, I’m the only Muslim in my family, yes, I’m a convert to Islam, yes.

    Then she asked me why I converted. Usual question.
    Me: “I researched.” (Shortest answer, I’ve figured, that prevents unnecessary questions and only engages those who really want to know more, because, what bores people more than research?! hahaa)

    And then she says this.
    “Huh. You researched? Don’t research until become ISIS ah!”

    WELL.
    I’m not offended, no don’t get me wrong. I’ve had this said to me a few times before. But today I feel so strongly about it and am just appalled to know that it has come to the stage whereby learning and gaining knowledge in Islam can be viewed as a route to becoming ‘brainwashed to terrorism’.

    Ever since my reversion close to 3 years ago (I turn 3 in 10 days time, yay!), I’ve met countless Muslims and Muslim converts in Singapore week after week, class after class. Muslims who are so knowledgeable in their field of work, AND in Islamic knowledge. Scientists, mathematicians, historians- and what they all have in common is the knowledge in Islam which sets the strongest foundation in whatever they do. And I’m learning from an ustaz who has no professional certification to his name, yet embodies the humility and disposition of people who have spent years of their lives gaining more and more knowledge. Such people are overflowing with wisdom, but they don’t ever stop learning. As my ustaz would say, “The more you know, the more you realise you don’t know.”

    To all my friends out there, you’ve got nothing to be afraid of, because the epitome of a Muslim lies in gaining knowledge. And the more knowledge we gain, the less we ‘become ISIS’ (I cringe even writing this sentence). What they do/ claim to do in the name of Islam, they are no more than a bunch of terrorists. Got that? Just Terrorists. No “Islamic extremists” or “fundamentalists” or “Islamists”- just terms that the media has coined to make you believe that we Muslims have got anything to do with that bunch- when in fact we are as much related to them as you are.

    Now let me go back to my jihad of trying to be as patient as I can and not have a sarcastic comeback everytime someone tries to link me to ISIS. Ugh.

    —
    The Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ- peace be upon him) said: “A servant of God will remain standing on the Day of Judgment until he is questioned about his time on earth and how he used it; about his knowledge and how he utilized it; about his wealth and from where he acquired it and in what activities he spent it; and about his body and how he used it.” (Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 148)

     

    Source: Maryem Chin

  • Singaporean Asrul Alias Issued Restriction Order For Terrorism-Related

    Singaporean Asrul Alias Issued Restriction Order For Terrorism-Related

    A Singaporean, Asrul Alias, was issued with a two-year Restriction Order in August after he was found engaging in terrorism-related activities, the Ministry of Home Affairs said on Thursday (Oct 6).

    The 33-year-old was arrested in August under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for investigation into his involvement in terrorism-related activities. He is a supporter of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), MHA said.

    Starting in 2014, Asrul watched online religious sermons by radical preachers, as well as videos that featured ISIS fighters in combat. MHA said he had actively looked up pro-ISIS materials and shared them on social media with the intention of spreading the group’s radical ideology.

    Asrul also showed his support for ISIS by countering criticisms of the group he came across online, the ministry added.

    However, after warnings from a family member and a close friend to stop posting pro-ISIS and pro-militant materials, the technician stopped doing so from late 2015/early 2016. He remained supportive of ISIS though, and continued to consume ISIS-related materials online.

    MHA said that while its investigation showed that he had become radicalised, he was given a Restriction Order instead of being detained as he was “not an imminent security threat”.

    He will undergo religious counselling while on the Restriction Order, the Ministry added.

    In August, MHA announced that four other Singaporeans had been dealt with under the ISA for supporting ISIS. Two were detained under the ISA after they made plans to travel to Syria to fight for the terrorist group, while the other two were issued Restriction Orders.

    In their comments to the media on Thursday, the authorities also stressed the role of the community in countering terrorism. “It is a challenge to detect self-radicalised individuals who have not previously attracted security attention and who are not part of a structured organisation, such as Asrul,” they said in the statement.

    “This is why it is those who are close to the individual – family, friends and colleagues – who are usually better placed to detect signs that the individual has become radicalised. It is critical that they alert the authorities early of such individuals to save them from getting involved in violent activities that could harm themselves and others.”

    SINGAPOREAN WHO FOUGHT IN YEMEN RELEASED FROM DETENTION

    MHA added that Singaporean Mohammad Razif Yahya, who was detained in August 2015 for voluntarily taking up arms in the sectarian conflict in Yemen, has been released from detention this month, and issued with a Suspension Direction (SD).

    Razif’s Order of Detention was suspended after it was assessed that he no longer posed a security threat that required him to be placed in preventive detention, MHA said. Among the conditions of the SD include being prohibited from associating with any militant or terrorist groups or individuals, and he is not allowed to leave the country without the prior written approval of the ISD Director.

    MHA also announced on Thursday that the eight Bangladeshi nationals who were detained for their involvement in the group called the Islamic State in Bangladesh have had their Orders of Detention cancelled.

    Six of them had contributed funds towards the purchase of firearms for the group’s plans in Bangladesh, and were convicted of terrorism financing. They have been sentenced to between two and five years’ jail, and as such, their Orders of Detention have been cancelled, the ministry said.

    The remaining two members, Sohag Ibrahim and Islam Shariful, were repatriated to Bangladesh last month after investigations were completed, it said, adding that Bangladeshi security authorities were apprised of their repatriation.

    MORE THAN 80 DETAINED FOR TERROR-RELATED ACTIVITIES SINCE 2002

    Since 2002, over 80 people have been detained for terrorism-related activities, with 17 currently placed on Orders of Detention, two on Suspension Directions and 25 on Restriction Orders under the ISA, said MHA.

    The Home Affairs Ministry said that it bases what action to take against individuals investigated by the Internal Security Department (ISD) on evidence obtained through investigations and an assessment of the level of the threat.

    “Detention is a last resort to be used only when the threat is imminent,” it said.

    Once an individual is detained, however, he or she will have to go through a “thorough and stringent” process before being released. This factors in progress in the rehabilitation programme as well as the assessments of psychologists, ISD case officers, detention centre wardens and religious counsellors from the Religious Rehabilitation Group, MHA said, adding that those who “no longer pose an imminent threat” will be released.

    “The Government takes a very serious view of any form of support for terrorism and will take firm and decisive action against any person who engages in any activity in support of terrorism,” it said in the statement.

    “Every member of the public has a responsibility not to engage in such activity, and not support others who do so.”

     

    Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

  • Nazem Suki: Pakar-Pakar Penyelidik Dan Golongan Terorisma Dari Golongan Sama Yang Sesat

    Nazem Suki: Pakar-Pakar Penyelidik Dan Golongan Terorisma Dari Golongan Sama Yang Sesat

    Pakar-pakar penyelidik dalam ideologi terorisma juga adalah golongan yang menyelewang dan sesat.

    Apabila golongan teroris memesong salah guna fatwa dan ajaran ulama muktabar untuk kepentingan ideologi terorisma mereka, golongan pakar selidik terorisma juga memesong salah guna fatwa dan ajaran ulama muktabar yang sama untuk melabel ulama tersebut adalah ‘ibu’ ideologi terorisma.

    Maka secara khusus nya, golongan terorisma dan penyelidik terorisma adalah sama dari golongan yang sesat yang parah.

    Mungkin tidak menjadi melampau sekira pakar selidik terorisma ini akan mengatakan Al Quran dan Sunnah adalah ‘ibu’ ideologi terorisma.

    Yang lebih parah ialah pakar ini dilahirkan seorang Muslim, atau hanya Muslim pada nama.

     

    Source: Mohamed Nazem Suki