Unpacking the 2024 National Day Rally Across the Three Languages
By Rifhan Miller 2024 marked a pivotal year for Singapore as Mr Lawrence Wong delivered his first National Day message as the nation’s fourth Prime Minister. Following his ascension to office in May, PM Wong’s speech introduced "bold but necessary"[1] policies...
Singapore Budget 2024: The Impact of New Measures on the Malay/Muslim Community
Reflection Piece: MOE’s Initiative to Engage Students on The Israel-Palestine Conflict
By The Centre for Research on Islamic and Malay Affairs (RIMA) The Ministry of Education’s initiative to integrate the Israel-Palestine conflict into educational discussions, particularly within a program aimed at fostering social harmony and inculcating national...
Sacred Cows and Forward Singapore
By Yusof Sulaiman The Political Dictionary defines a ‘sacred cow’ as “any programme, policy, or person that is regarded as being beyond attack or untouchable”. Sacred cows in nation-building can take the form of policies, social norms and institutions....
Humanity Beyond the Labels
By Nailul Farah Mohd Masbur Despite the whispers that the repeal of Section 377A of the Penal Code may happen, Singaporeans were still caught by surprise when Prime Minister Lee Hsien Long made the official announcement during his 2022 National Day Rally speech. The...
Quiet Quitting: The Beginning of a Revolution for Better Workplace Boundaries
By Sinchita Valalan-Rajendran ‘Quiet quitting’ has become the latest online buzzword that has set the internet ablaze. A quick Google search of the term will open a sprawling list of articles, but where did it originate? The term started from a Tiktok video posted in...
Filial Piety in the Postmodern Era: Is it Still Relevant?
By Reza Idani Zainal Abidin ‘How one generation loves, the next generation learns,’ was the tagline for the campaign launched by then Ministry of Community Development, Youth & Sports (MCYS) in 2010, to raise awareness of filial piety in Singapore. The S$1.6...
The Kids Are (Going to Be) Alright: The Internet as a Force for Good
By Nur Rhyhan Mohamed Astha In a survey by McCann World Group involving 32,000 people identified as Generation Z, 66% of respondents globally say they feel lonely, even when surrounded by friends and family[1]. In Singapore, one in three youth reported mental health...
Making Sense of Jihad Today and its Relevance to Singapore
By Sheikh Mohamad Farouq Abdul Fareez The command to wage jihad (meritorious struggle or effort) and the reminder against neglecting it appears in many verses of the Quran and the Prophetic traditions. Some consider disregarding this injunction as blasphemous and...
SG Budget 2022: A Fairer and More Resilient Society
By Centre for Research on Islamic and Malay Affairs The national Budget speech is an annual address crammed with numbers and financial jargon that can be confusing, making it difficult to be excited about; of course, with the exception of the announcement on cash...
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