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Stop all these inter-faith blasphemy
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You can't explain what is good and what is bad.
I had to illustrate with a few examples.
Paki Turkish Iranian or turd world migrants in ang moh countries might rah rah how they are free to be Muslims equal sh*ttyzens loyal sh*ttyzens to "our" countries, "our" militaries blah blah
but they can't say out loud, speak out loud about the evil that is represented by their ang moh countries, their ang moh militaries, their governments and their public who fully, wholeheartedly, unconditionally support them through and through. who never revolted against their gov't's crimes or evil actions anywhere.
how can their public be innnocent then? how can it be that those turd world sh*thole immigrants can pretend that they are fully free to be loyal sh*ttyzens of kuffar countries when those same kuffar have been waging war against Islam and against Muslims in all forms around the world since 2001?
IQ and Race
only reason 1900 million Muslims to this day has not publicly tested nukes and ICBM is IQ and race
no other excuse is valid whatsoever.
Why do I need to explain? U mean u don't know? I'm lazy to type.
Do I need to draw a picture with all the intestines to show u?
I think u need to pray 20x a day now...
You need to explain because not every one agrees on what is good and what is bad.
How stupid are you?
Get your IQ tested and post a screenshot with your forum handle handwritten on a piece of paper.
That'll help others understand why you are so dense.
That's not necessary... Instead of u wasting time here uttering your slanty garbage, go reflect on yourself n ask your parents y they've a screw up child like u...
I think u need to pray 30x a day now.. LOL
look at a mirror first .
provided you can do that, of course, coz you are a slanty
then look at your false accusations
they fit you perfectly
now go ahead and take that IQ test and show us your score with ur handle handwritten on a piece of paper in front of your IQ score
that might explain why you are so dense
In other words Mudslime fits u perfectly....
Test what IQ? U inferior complex is it? Mudslime means mudslime, forever you belong to the inferior group, no need to try justifying here u BODOH low IQ Mudslime! LOL LOL LOL
like that moron slanty fag as your display pic
you are a moron chink slanty fag
can't even take an IQ test to determine if your IQ has reached double digits yet
failed attempt at diversion
Display pic fella can break your mudslime rib cage with just 1 finger, don't prey prey.
Inferior complex mudslime with low IQ..
LOL LOL LOL
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your dp fella can't even talk now
dont tokkok
your chink slanties can't even defeat japs on your own but need ang moh kia to save your puny kinds
can't even take back tiny taiwan next door after more than 70 years which tinier (<25% of tiong popn) yankees from more than 10,000 km can protect well from your inferior chink porky beings
but talk abt fighting
here's some footage abt your "display pic fella" 's original role in your master ang mohs' media
short 01:49 video
just to jog your memory if you forgot
or to teach you a lesson if you had never known
slanties are an inferior yellow peril wuhan virus spreading inferior race and a joke
need I remind you of this too?
inferior subhuman slanties
Pity u inferior complex mudslime...I'll make it easier for harebrained slanties coolies and peasants
true status of slanties in the eyes of ang moh kia
Nothing u do will change the fact...
Try harder mudslime....
LOL LOL LOL
Halimah Yacob, Lawrence Wong to speak at RSIS inter-faith conference in Sept
This is the second time the International Conference on Cohesive Societies (ICCS) is being organised by RSIS. PHOTO: ST FILE
Goh Yan Han
Political Correspondent
Jul 30, 2022
SINGAPORE - A global interfaith conference organised by the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) will be held here in September, with President Halimah Yacob and Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong scheduled to speak.
This is the second time the International Conference on Cohesive Societies (ICCS) is being organised by RSIS, after the first in 2019.
It will bring together leaders from policy, community, academic and religious spheres from around the world to discuss key challenges pulling at the social fabric in their societies, and approaches to managing them.
This year's conference, to be held at the Raffles City Convention Centre from Sept 6 to 8, will examine the role of identities in shaping how individuals connect with one another and their communities.
Delegates will discuss issues including the role of faith in bridging divides, how diversity can be harnessed for the common good, and the ways in which technology can help bridge differences and foster mutual trust, said the conference organisers in a statement on Friday (July 29).
President Halimah will deliver the opening address while Mr Wong, who is also Finance Minister, will helm a dialogue session on the final day.
There will be more than 30 local and international speakers, including from countries such as Morocco, Thailand, Japan, India and Australia.
The conference will also include a Young Leaders Programme that will allow young regional and international leaders the platform to network and collaborate on social cohesion and community-building.
In comments included in the statement, President Halimah said the conference is a timely opportunity to take stock and reflect on how communities can be brought closer and move forward together.
"The pandemic has also brought polarisation and social isolation to the fore. It has thus reminded us again of the need to come together as a global community and have important conversations on how we can promote social harmony through our shared beliefs, values and aspirations," she said.
RSIS executive deputy chairman Ong Keng Yong, who is also Ambassador-at-Large at the Foreign Ministry, noted that the current digital era and new technologies have changed the way people live, work and play.
He said: "ICCS 2022 will be a useful platform to discuss how technologies can be a positive force in facilitating online worship, especially during a global crisis such as the Covid-19 pandemic, and in managing interfaith exchanges and relationships."
New name for constituency inter-racial and inter-faith groups, with more activities and outreach
Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong speaking at the Inter-Racial and Religious Confidence Circles' 20th anniversary celebrations. ST PHOTO: FELINE LIM
Goh Yan Han
Political Correspondent
Jul 22, 2022
SINGAPORE - Constituency groups that build trust among people of different races and faiths will get a new name and soon step up their activities and outreach.
The Inter-Racial and Religious Confidence Circles (IRCCs), first set up in 2002, will become Racial and Religious Harmony Circles and deepen their work of building trust, understanding and confidence among the various communities in peacetime and in times of crisis.
This is part of upcoming plans decided by a workgroup to ensure IRCCs can better meet challenges such as evolving societal attitudes, fault lines and the impact of social media.
The workgroup was set up in March by the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth. The 28 members, including IRCC leaders and those representing youth, women and community partners, met over six sessions that ended in July.
The changes, to be rolled out in the next two to three years, were announced by Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong at the IRCC's 20th anniversary celebrations at Parkroyal Collection Marina Bay on Saturday (July 30).
The workgroup's proposals include getting the Harmony Circles to have more regular and coordinated programmes, including flagship ones, to build trust and understanding and promote more interaction and collaboration between communities.
Singapore has 91 IRCCs across all constituencies, with more than 1,500 members who are all volunteers. The IRCCs organise over 250 activities each year.
The workgroup suggested that July be dedicated as racial and religious harmony month, with Harmony Circles organising community celebrations such as roadshows to engage more people.
Another recommendation is for the networks to be more representative across age, gender and organisation affiliation. Harmony Circle membership should be extended to local community partners such as schools, civic society and business groups, said the workgroup.
It also called for the circles to grow their own capabilities through more structured training.
In terms of outreach, the workgroup recommends adopting digital and physical channels for engagement, as well as revamping the current IRCC website.
IRCCs were first mooted by then Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong in 2002 as the world reeled from the impact of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States in 2001.
Emeritus Senior Minister (ESM) Goh, who attended Saturday's event, said the founding fathers understood from day one that they did not want a society organised along racial and religious lines, which is why successive generations have worked hard to make racial and religious diversity a strength.
Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong speaking at the IRCC's 20th anniversary celebrations at Parkroyal Collection Marina Bay on July 30, 2022. ST PHOTO: FELINE LIM
Going forward, to truly achieve harmony, Singapore must preserve and grow common spaces in society, guard against religious extremism and promote day-to-day interactions between different communities, said ESM Goh.
During Saturday's event, Mr Tong said the nation's unique brand of multiracialism and multiculturalism is a core part of the Singaporean identity.
"At the same time, we can't for a moment... be complacent. We can't presume that what we have is either perfect or that it will remain for some time," he added.
Mr Tong noted that Singapore did not simply set out to achieve harmony by ignoring or eliminating cultural diversity or by asking ethnic minority groups to adopt the language, norms and attitudes of the majority group.
"On the contrary, we have long recognised that we need to actively protect the position of the minorities, and that, fundamentally, is how we achieved our state of religious and racial harmony," he said.
Compared to other countries, Singaporeans today live in relative peace and stability as there are no tensions or violence arising from racial strife or discrimination because of race or religious beliefs, added Mr Tong.
"We do not have racial or religious enclaves in our residential estates that perhaps people from other races or religions might worry about stepping into."
But lessons from the region and the past show the need for deliberate policies and careful safeguards to ensure racial harmony, he added.
This is why the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act is in place, while the Group Representation Constituency system requires at least one member from a minority racial community to be part of the team of candidates contesting in an election, he added.
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, IRCCs continued to build capabilities such as in mediation and facilitation while working with partners to deepen inter-ethnic and inter-faith understanding, said Mr Tong.
"This refresh of our Harmony Circles is one of the many efforts to ensure that we continue to do our best to preserve the hard-won social, religious and racial harmony that we enjoy and a constant reminder that we don't take it for granted," he said.
Ms Seyed Nazhath Faheema, 37, vice-chair of Eunos IRCC, said she is looking forward to the capability trainings as she wants to further hone skills in mediation, crisis management and facilitation.
"There is a difference in a person trained or not trained in facilitation, who has the empathy skills to listen and tolerate views that they might not want to hear," said Ms Faheema, who also founded a youth-led social harmony advocacy group, hash.peace, in 2015.
Excited at seeing more youth taking on leadership roles, she said: "Young people need the chance to lead in certain real-life situations where they try to get people of not just different races and religions but also different opinions and worldviews to come together."
This useless overpaid minah should be speaking about her own race inbreeding instead and how it leads to producing low-IQ mudds like the ones we have here.Halimah Yacob, Lawrence Wong to speak at RSIS inter-faith conference in Sept
This is the second time the International Conference on Cohesive Societies (ICCS) is being organised by RSIS. PHOTO: ST FILE
Goh Yan Han
Political Correspondent
Jul 30, 2022
SINGAPORE - A global interfaith conference organised by the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) will be held here in September, with President Halimah Yacob and Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong scheduled to speak.
This is the second time the International Conference on Cohesive Societies (ICCS) is being organised by RSIS, after the first in 2019.
It will bring together leaders from policy, community, academic and religious spheres from around the world to discuss key challenges pulling at the social fabric in their societies, and approaches to managing them.
This year's conference, to be held at the Raffles City Convention Centre from Sept 6 to 8, will examine the role of identities in shaping how individuals connect with one another and their communities.
Delegates will discuss issues including the role of faith in bridging divides, how diversity can be harnessed for the common good, and the ways in which technology can help bridge differences and foster mutual trust, said the conference organisers in a statement on Friday (July 29).
President Halimah will deliver the opening address while Mr Wong, who is also Finance Minister, will helm a dialogue session on the final day.
There will be more than 30 local and international speakers, including from countries such as Morocco, Thailand, Japan, India and Australia.
The conference will also include a Young Leaders Programme that will allow young regional and international leaders the platform to network and collaborate on social cohesion and community-building.
In comments included in the statement, President Halimah said the conference is a timely opportunity to take stock and reflect on how communities can be brought closer and move forward together.
"The pandemic has also brought polarisation and social isolation to the fore. It has thus reminded us again of the need to come together as a global community and have important conversations on how we can promote social harmony through our shared beliefs, values and aspirations," she said.
RSIS executive deputy chairman Ong Keng Yong, who is also Ambassador-at-Large at the Foreign Ministry, noted that the current digital era and new technologies have changed the way people live, work and play.
He said: "ICCS 2022 will be a useful platform to discuss how technologies can be a positive force in facilitating online worship, especially during a global crisis such as the Covid-19 pandemic, and in managing interfaith exchanges and relationships."
Inter-faith collaboration needed to achieve shared objectives: Panel
(From left) Moderator Jack Meng-Tat Chia, adviser to King Mohammed VI of Morocco Andre Azoulay, Professor Ashiwa Yoshiko and UN Environment Programme's Faith for Earth Initiative director Iyad Abumoghli at the Raffles City Convention Centre on Sept 7, 2022. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
Chin Soo Fang
Senior Community Correspondent
Sep 7, 2022
SINGAPORE - Different faiths can find common ground on issues such as climate change, peace-building, social justice and cohesion. There should also be inter-religious collaboration to help people find ways to achieve such shared objectives.
This was the view shared by speakers in a discussion on "How diversity can be harnessed for the common good" on Wednesday, the second day of the International Conference on Cohesive Societies (ICCS), a three-day global interfaith conference at the Raffles City Convention Centre.
They said that all religions uphold high values and moral principles. There are more shared than diverse views among them, and there should be a rallying call for all faiths to come together for humanity's common good.
Dr Iyad Abumoghli, founder and director of the United Nations Environment Programme's Faith for Earth Initiative, said all religions share strong ethics of environmental care and provide resilience to communities affected by climate change.
He advocates inter-faith collaboration in tackling the climate crisis and achieving sustainable development.
"Despite the great diversity of religions, they all recognise that human beings are fundamentally related to the environment," he said. "All religions agree on a human, spiritual and moral responsibility towards the earth."
Besides inter-faith collaboration, religious leaders can also work with scientific institutions and policymaking bodies to build ethical behaviour and resolve conflicts, without politicising religions. The value systems of religions and the political governance systems are complementary.
The ICCS is a good example of how both can work together, said professor of anthropology and global studies at Hitotsubashi University Yoshiko Ashiwa, who is also founding director of its Institute for the Study of Peace and Reconciliation.
"I'm very much impressed that the Singapore Government behind this conference has invited different religious leaders, groups and practitioners, and government people together," she said, adding that this is a much needed platform for them to communicate and network.
Mr Andre Azoulay, adviser to King Mohammed VI of Morocco, said diversity is often viewed as a problem, not an asset, and that education is vital. He shared how his Jewish teachers taught him to always give a chance to others so that they enjoy the same dignity, freedom and sovereignty as himself.
The speakers were also asked about the recent repeal of 377A by the Singapore Government, a British colonial era law that criminalised sex between men.
Mr Azoulay said that polarisation should be avoided. Prof Ashiwa said this is where the rights of civil societies come in, on top of one's religious identity, and Dr Abumoghli added it is up to the divine to judge. "What I care for, is if you are a good neighbour... and if we both serve the nation, the globe, the international community as we should," he said.
Organised by the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) and supported by the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, the ICCS is themed Confident Identities, Connected Communities.
First held in 2019, it is attended by over 800 delegates from more than 40 countries this year.
Experts at interfaith conference warn of digital divide, underscore importance of connectivity
Panelists at the ICCS said to be mindful of the gap between technological haves and have-nots. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
Hariz Baharudin
Assistant News Editor
Sep 7, 2022
SINGAPORE - Social media and other online platforms can promote understanding between groups in the community, said a panel of academics and community leaders on Wednesday.
But at the same time, there is also a need to be mindful about the digital divide between the technological haves and have-nots, said the panelists during a discussion on how technology can be leveraged to foster trust between groups of people.
The discussion was part of the International Conference on Cohesive Societies (ICCS) at the Raffles City Convention Centre.
The ICCS, which began on Tuesday, is a three-day event organised by the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) and supported by the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth.
The conference – with a theme Confident Identities, Connected Communities –engaged more than 800 delegates from over 40 countries in conversations around the three key pillars of faith, identity and cohesion.
Mr Jasvir Singh, founding chair of City Sikhs in Britain, said during a month-long event he organised that promoted understanding of South Asian culture, platforms such as Facebook and Instagram allowed people to participate virtually.
But not everyone had access to the discussions and events of the South Asian Heritage Month, which ran this year from July 18 to Aug 17, and one's age was also a factor, he said.
Mr Singh said he and his team had noticed that when it came to online participation for the event, those aged between 55 and 64 were engaged via YouTube, but not through social media. Those even older were not able to participate in the event at all.
"There are gaps. I would say it's less of an issue when it comes to younger people - most younger people have access to mobile phones," he said.
He and other panelists were responding to a question from Dr Terri-Anne Teo, a lecturer from Newcastle University in Britain, on this digital divide, and the risks it posed to society.
Professor Patrice Brodeur from the Institute of Religious Studies at the University of Montreal in Canada noted how it is often the poorest segments of society who are the least connected digitally.
This means that these people might be more at risk of being exposed to, and internalising, extremist rhetoric, given how they might not be able to access facts and information and could thus be more easily convinced by others.
While producing better online materials to clarify any misinformation is the way to counter such radicalisation, access to them is an important consideration that must be kept in mind, noted Prof Brodeur.
To unlock this access and better educate the poorest parts of the world, basic connection to the Internet and reliable electricity are needed, said the professor.
Various parts of society have a role to play in making sure no one is left behind digitally or is manipulated by others, said Dr Shashi Jayakumar, who is head of the Centre of Excellence for National Security at the RSIS, which is part of the Nanyang Technological University.
"These skills that we once had… the ability to read, to read a text like we used to in the old days, remember? To read between the lines, the appendices and the footnotes, I think that's also quite valuable," he said.
But critical thinking, while important, is no silver bullet to combating radicalisation, said Dr Jayakumar in response to a question by Dr Teo on the matter. He noted that there have been critical thinkers overseas in the past who still became extremists.
Rather, there is also a need for a form of "compassionate agreement", where people understand that they are part of societies and communities that operate within commonly accepted limits.
All this fucking interfaith conferences are just a wayang to placate that child-raping incestuous 玻璃心 religion.
Taking photo with Pap means all are going tp hell. Any religion
Interfaith harmony is a concerted practice in Singapore and part of national identity: Tharman
Former senior minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam posing for photos with attendees at the Exemplary Interfaith Award presentation ceremony on July 29. ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO
Goh Yan Han
Political Correspondent
July 29, 2023
Interfaith harmony is not just an intellectual idea or attitude of mind, but an active and concerted practice in Singapore, said former senior minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam on Saturday.
This is not just among religious leaders, but also in the day-to-day matters of religious institutions, he added.
Mr Tharman cited how mosques and churches here coordinate practical day-to-day matters such as traffic and the sharing of parking space, sometimes even inviting congregants to their respective festivities.
“Interfaith harmony is a distinctive part of our identity,” said Mr Tharman, who resigned from the Government on July 7 to run in the presidential election later this year.
The work of all the previous generations of religious leaders has made it possible for Singaporeans now to be living in a country where interfaith harmony is part of the national identity and Singaporean ethos, he added.
Mr Tharman noted that it takes continuous work to promote understanding and create real and practical opportunities for people of all ages and from different faiths to be in a relationship with one another, where they feel first and foremost Singaporean.
Young people are also organising interfaith projects together and working towards a common purpose, said Mr Tharman.
He was speaking at the Exemplary Interfaith Award presentation ceremony, organised by Muslim non-profit organisation Jamiyah Singapore, at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre.
Mr Tharman presented the awards to three individuals to recognise their contributions towards promoting understanding and cooperation between different religions in Singapore.
Sister Theresa Seow and Mr Tan Thiam Lye received the Exemplary Interfaith Award, while Mr Mohamed Irshad received the Interfaith Youth Leadership Award.
Mr Tharman noted that the religious leaders have kept interfaith harmony going. Across the faiths, individually and collectively, these leaders have demonstrated “astute vision, astute guidance” of their respective faith communities, and have bred a depth of understanding among the different faith leaderships and their congregations.
“That is a real achievement which we all have to be really thankful for,” he added.
Mr Tharman added that the three awardees are all individuals that he has a deep respect for, for their life’s work and contributions.
They have also inspired many others, he added.
(From left) Former senior minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Mr Mohamed Irshad, Sister Theresa Seow, Mr Tan Thiam Lye and Dr H. M. Saleem, chairman of the Exemplary Interfaith Award organising committee. ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO
Sister Seow, who is a council member of the Inter-Religious Organisation, has actively organised Muslim-Christian and Buddhist-Christian dialogues, facilitating conversations among diverse religious communities.
Mr Tan, apart from advocating for interfaith harmony, also promotes racial harmony and is a well-respected community leader, Mr Tharman noted.
“Through his leadership roles at the Taoist Federation, as well as the Inter-Religious Organisation and other bodies, he has been instrumental in breeding the sense among ordinary Singaporeans that we are all first and foremost Singaporeans,” said Mr Tharman.
Mr Tharman met Mr Irshad, who began interfaith work when he was in university, when the latter was a Nominated MP.
“The work he’s done through the Roses of Peace initiative that he started has reached out to a very large number of youth and engaged them in activities together,” said Mr Tharman.
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