Tag: Religion
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Hardware, Heartware and Headwear
The Facebook group “Love My Country Love My Hijab” is a discussion we’ve avoided for too long. It’s time we brought it out into the open and be bold but careful in declaring what our principles are as a nation. It seems to me that we parade terms like “multiculturalism” and “racial harmony” while actually…
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There’s that R-word again
No, the other R-word. I don’t really care about Pastor Rony Tan and his idiocy – he’s of the same cloth, as far as I’m concerned, as the evangelical pastor in the U.S. who once made his point against migrants from non-English speaking backgrounds by famously declaring that “if English was good enough for Jesus,…
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Female circum… whaaaaat?
I was shocked to learn from Naomi yesterday that female circumcision is practiced in Singapore. I had no idea. You learn a lot from motherhood forums, where Naomi stumbled upon discussions on whether to circumcise, where to circumcise, how to do it and how much is done and how much is charged. I’ve always thought…
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The Singapore formula for ethnic harmony
Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch! It is diabolically simple – just don’t talk about it. When you don’t raise race issues, they won’t surface, and everyone is none the wiser, and Confucius did say something to the effect of doing away with knowledge and grief consequentially not being known. It makes me really upset to hear…
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Victoria’s Secret for the dead
Economic prospects shaky for the year? There’s hope for Malaysia, as Channelnewsasia.com reports that people there are buying sexy lingerie for the dead for Qing Ming. “Most customers find them cute and would usually add a few sets to go with other paper clothing and items such as dresses, bags and shoes for their female…