::Homework Crapbox:: (2017)
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[Malaysia] - Ipoh Barat MP Kula says sick of moral policing
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/ipoh-barat-mp-kula-says-sick-moral-policing-231200443.html
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Operating handphones already emit radiation, which slightly increase the risk of cancer (especially brain cancer, seeing how handphones are held to the head). Now with WiFi, it gets even worse.
https://www.google.com.sg/#q=9th+Grade+Students+WiFi+Experiments
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From another local forum, gatehousethetinkertailor (who appears to be either Singaporean or based in Singapore, and is himself a Muslim or is well versed in Islamic cultural matters, both regionally and globally, and may possibly be an academic or researcher, similar to Dr Norshahril Saat of the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, who wrote the paper on the influence of Malaysian politics on Malaysian Islam) commented on Scroobal's comments on Alfian Saat's comments on Masago's comments on Faisal's comments on Islamic matters regarding the Tudung in Singapore :
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Scroobal : Alfian's comment about Tudung being a deep personal choice is BS. Its the dress of the Arabs and has nothing to do with Malays or their culture. The tudung, hijbab etc have become a political tool. The locals are pressured to don it in order for community acceptance. Besides being foreign, one must be remarkably gifted to argue that it fits our weather and climate.
gatehousethetinkertailor : By your logic then Islam is just the religion of the Arabs so should similarly not have encroached on Hindu Nusantara? The tudung/hijab is a piece of cloth that is meant to encourage modesty (not force it). Certain Meditarranean and Central Asians communities also have a similar concept of modesty for women (eg. Greece and Cyprus so it is not particular only to Muslims). I suggest to have a look at photos of the Gulf Arabs at the turn of the century in particular the women - they looked nothing like what they do now in terms of dress - it was not a sea of white and black in the Gulf states (again the label Arab is generic and inappropriate to use in such a wide-brushed manner so let's be specific).
Also note that the Arabs of Yemen do not dress like the rest of the Gulf states except for Oman (which is not a Sunni state). I agree that the enforcement of the notion of increased religiosity to show adherence to faith is the issue here - even Faisal's declaration that as a Muslim father it is a dear matter is hogwash as it stems from a mis-interpretation of responsibility that is misplaced when applied to minors (ie. Faisal wrongly thinks the Tudung is an Islamic requirement when it's actually a cultural tradition).
Anyway your point about the weather here is also silly - the weather in the Gulf is much more brutal than Singapore. In actuality the Gulf Arabs don white and black as it distinguishes them as locals/natives from the foreigners and for cultural reasons - the sheyla is also a cultural manifestation which varies in presentation depending on tribes and where you may be (look at the girls in Bahrain who are very influenced by the lowering the sheyla half-way down their heads in emulation of the styles of Iranian girls (who are not Arabs)). Again it is not done for strictly religious adherence but for their tribal/cultural requirements. This is the part that the locals (both Muslims and non-Muslims) in Singapore/Malaysia just don't understand and grasp.
Unfortunately no matter how much one tries to inform the local Muslims here they just don't see it because they have never been there or lived there for prolonged periods of time. They live in la-la-land thinking that just because they are Muslims they will be embraced and celebrated when they are in those societies - nothing is further from the truth. Also if you are around Orchard Road you will see Gulf Arabs (both men and women) dressed quite liberally in Westernised clothes with a colourful tudong - it amuses them to no end to see local Malays dressing in black abayas and tudungs and men in white thobes when it has nothing to do with their (Malay) inherent culture.
I don't disagree with Alfian completely as he is not being dishonest, that there is indeed some pressure in the local Malay community for girls to don the hijab, while some others do so in order to psychologically liberate themselves somewhat - again it is an over-generalisation to think each one is doing it for that same reason.
The advent of the internet has also changed everything. No longer do you need to go to the mosque to learn about your faith - just look at your phone and videos aplenty but you can also be easily misinformed because laziness typically means you accept at face value without checking the source of information. One seller of hijabs said there are multitudes of women who regularly watch Youtube videos to try and out-do one another in terms of how they tie their hijabs and it is a fashion thing. Again, some not all.
The rise of the hijab has also coincided with the militancy of those requiring halal only cafes and restaurants. Look at the queues outside the new burger bar opened by Fat Boys in Arab Street - a smart move for him to team up with Sheikh Haykel and going Halal by not diluting his original brand equity.
You will note especially if you are in the vicinity of Little India that the majority of women wearing black abayas are the South Indians Muslims - a rather quiet community that have been wearing the black abaya for years without making a song and dance about it as it is their community identity.
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Anonymous Hacker Group "ShadowBrokers" Releases Password To NSA’s “Top Secret Arsenal� In Protest Of Donald Trump's Betrayal
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Marvel comic artist sneaks in religious messages into comic, kena caught by Marvel
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Explosion at Egypt Nile Delta church kills at least 25, injures 60
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US Navy strike group (departs Singapore) to move toward North Korea.
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Eh what's with the new style of reading the News on MediaCorp? Standing while reading the news is unnecessarily exhausting and hazardously dangerous for one's health. Remember what happened to our poor overworked Prime Minister?
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MediaCorp Channel 5 News report on "Home Schooling in Singapore" (not Joseph Schooling in Singapore).
One homeschooling parent made a remark I personally find offensive (she's just ignorant, I don't blame her personally). She was talking about her homeschooled son, and she said, "He's very into music, but he's also very intelligent, so...".
Eh hello auntie, musical intelligence is also one of many forms of intelligence hor (martial arts and MMA are also another form of intelligence). Check out this completely self-taught musician, Ronald Jenkees, playing his own original composition, can auntie not hear the brilliance of Ronald Jenkees and his musical composition? :
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Cool Hannibal-Lecter-esque idea for the previous psychopath behind bars to send a jigsaw puzzle with the mouth piece missing to Mrs Cop's primary school daughter as a clue to Mrs Cop (who put him behind bars) about the new psychopath Chairman Jiang, but it's a bit of a credibility stretch for the previous psychopath to say he could tell from Mrs Cop's eyes that she wants to kill, not arrest, Chairman Jiang. Despite what Criminal Minds always say about psychopaths being the best profilers.
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[Malaysia] - Woman killed by hit-and-run motorcyclist.
Video : https://www.facebook.com/yuan.loong/videos/10209540918226488/
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Whoop Dee Doo! Nope, still not going. Singapore's nice and safe, thanks.
http://mothership.sg/2017/04/sporeans-excited-capital-21-jb/
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Willing buyer, willing seller. They didn't pocket the money for themselves, they did it for their Church, no matter how misguided.
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[India] - News presenter reads out report of fatal car accident on Live TV, then realizes it was her own husband who died.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/tv-presenter-reads-breaking-news-164016243.html
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Now showing on Channel 8 :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodyguards_and_Assassins
As this emotionally touching movie illustrates, it wasn't just the blood and sacrifice of one man, Sun Yat Sen, but many thousands, who gave their lives for their country.
Sun Yat Sen's work in Malaysia and Singapore : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_revolutionary_activities_in_Malaya
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Donald Trump's granddaughter sings in Chinese for Xi Jinping and his wife.
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"Even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered in this very barbaric attack," he said, adding: "No child of God should ever suffer such horror."
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/us-strikes-syria-tensions-rise-163052667.html
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Police are searching for witnesses after a man allegedly threw acid in the face of a Chinese family as they were pushing a buggy down a North London street.
Two parents, aged 40 and 36, were walking in Islington with their two-year-old son when a man approached them and threw acid in the father’s face.
The corrosive liquid also splashed onto the woman and their son.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/london-acid-attack-toxic-substance-095315442.html
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"sanitise".
India, Chinese navies rescue ship hijacked by Somali pirates
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/india-chinese-navies-rescue-ship-hijacked-somali-pirates-114444771.html
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Syria crisis: Russia raises possibility of war with US and EU if it is given G7 ultimatum
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/boris-johnson-spearhead-diplomatic-drive-210000100.html
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[Video] - Table moves on its own at morque in India
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[Singapore] - 15 year old teenage girl missing for 5 days liao
https://www.allsingaporestuff.com/article/missing-sg-girl-runs-away-home-4th-time
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A mattress came flying at him -- but watch how this Aussie biker deals with it
