Tag Archives: Mosque

A former religious teacher has been jailed for molesting a woman who attended his classes. He claimed that she was under black magic and molested her while trying to cure her. The man has been stripped off the ARS and will not be allowed to conduct any more classes in Singapore.

I was passing a void deck when I saw that rare sight - of a Muslim praying at a void deck with the bare essentials; just himself. No songkok. No sejadah (prayer mat). No "proper" clothing. I guess the man must have missed the congregation but nonetheless performed the early afternoon prayer by himself. I guess again that he must be hard-pressed for time. No matter under what condition, it is good to know that he makes time to give thanks to the Almighty.

If you drive down Chinatown, you will see a beautiful sight as you past Masjid Chulia. Outside the mosque, there is a huge banner wishing our S'porean Chinese a Happy Chinese New Year! Where else in the world can you see such a kind gesture from different race and communities? Who dare say our Singaporean Muslims are growing distant? This is perfect example why there is harmony in Singapore.

In an Facebook post that had gone viral, local netizen Imran Olsen shared an image of NEA officers confiscating curry puffs from an 'illegal' hawker stationed outside a mosque in Pasir Ris. Imran lamented that "the officers confiscated the usual karipaps and drinks we buy always after our Friday prayers". The 'illegal' hawker has been outside the mosque selling his food stuff every friday for many years. Furthermore, this was done with the Masjid's permission.

There is a mosque and a church next to each other in my neighborhood, because there isn't any parking space around, the church opened its grounds so that Muslim worshippers can park during Friday prayers. Little scenes like this in Singapore makes me proud to call Singapore my home.

On 28th June 2014, I went to Ar-Raudhah Mosque located along Bukit Batok East Avenue 2 for 'terawih' prayers. I parked my vehicle along Bukit Batok East Avenue 2 like many others did. The prayers ended late on that day as it was the first day of 'terawih' prayers for Muslims around the world and the Singapore Islamic religious leader, the Mufti, was there to give a pre-Ramadhan sermon.

A teenage girl and 39-year old man who desecrated an Edinburgh mosque by attacking it with strips of bacon have both been jailed. Chelsea Lambie, 18, from Paisley, was sentenced to 12 months and Douglas Cruikshank, from Galashiels, to nine months. They attached bacon to door handles and threw strips inside Edinburgh’s Central Mosque on 31 January 2013.

MUSLIMS in Jurong West and Woodlands can look forward to two new mosques by 2016, which will be built to accommodate the growing numbers of worshippers in these areas. Each mosque will take up about 2,500 sq m of space and cost about $15 million, said the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) at a media conference yesterday. Right now, Muslim worshippers in Jurong West can attend mosques in Jurong East and Taman Jurong.

On the afternoon of 10 January 2014 between 1.15pm- 1.30pm, I parked my car at Geylang road between Lorong 30 to 32, and left my car to run some quick errands. When I returned, I received a summon ticket for parking along a double yellow line. I am aware that it is an offence to park along a double yellow line, and I accept that I will have to pay for the parking offence.