Religious harmony in Singapore – The Issue & Suggestions « Mathia Lee ~ Plans and Preoccupations. Reflections After Visiting a Hindu Temple: "It is not that God is ‘one’. It is that there is only God." (Part 1) « Crystal St. Marie Lewis. “We will have dinner there, but the food has not been sacrificed to idols.”
My professor was serious. No, we weren’t entering a time warp to visit 1st century Corinth. We were traveling as a group to visit one of largest Hindu temples in the nation for another immersion experience in my World Religions class. Before we went to visit the temple, there were three weeks of eye-opening lectures in which we learned five very important things: 1. 2. The many “gods” that are worshiped by Hindus are merely manifestations of the One Presence. 4. 5.
With these things in mind, my classmates and I went to tour a temple belonging to one of the oldest religions in the world. Click here to read Part 2 of this reflection. Like this: Like Loading... Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's National Day Rally Speech 2009 on 16 August (Transcript) Racial and Religious Harmony (Copyright Singapore Press Holdings) Critical to our long term success other than building the social safety nets like healthcare is maintaining our social cohesion and particularly looking after our racial and religious harmony.
We have discussed potential fault lines in our society quite often, between the rich and the poor, between Singaporeans and new arrivals. You see letters in the newspapers all the time. Singapore cannot take religious, racial harmony for granted. Speeches - Speech by Mr Heng Swee Keat at the Innova Junior College Racial Harmony Day 2012 Celebration. Introduction 1Good morning to all of you.
It is my pleasure to be here at Innova Junior College to celebrate Racial Harmony Day. I want to thank Marian and the staff and students of the college for hosting this very special event. I am very pleased to hear what Marian has just outlined what the school is doing to promote national education and racial harmony. Indeed an important part of Character and Citizenship Education (CCE) is to reaffirm our commitment to racial and religious harmony in Singapore. 2Singapore’s multi-racial and multi-cultural diversity came about from our history as a trading hub located along busy sea routes. 3The racial and religious harmony we enjoy today is not necessarily a natural state. Inter-racial Relations in Singapore 4Singapore experienced racial riots on 21st July 1964, which led to the loss of lives, and saw how quickly communal tensions could escalate into violence. 5We have made much progress in Singapore over the past decades.
Conclusion. Culture Shock in India. Sengkang Babies. Daddy attended an orientation for non-Muslims to understand more about our Muslim friends, their beliefs, culture and the significance of Ramadan.
Living in Singapore, we sometimes take Racial-harmony for granted. We fail to understand that in other countries, some religion can be treated as demonic in the media, or worse, you can be humiliated or harm for simply belonging to another religion. Under Brother Jason, we went through an orientation about Islam, Muslim and why do Muslim Fast. Islam is a peace loving religion. Personally, Daddy beleves all Religions teach us to be good, we all need an open heart. We have a German in our group and he relates how media has brandish Islam as a evil cult in the western world.
In Singapore, he quickly sign up for the Ramanda trials to understand more about Islam faith. Through the class, we also learn : - when we bow and let our forehead touch the ground, we are letting go of our ego. . - when we pray to God, we pray for forgiveness.