Thursday, August 20, 2009
term 3 week 8
1a) What are the 4 rules for religious harmony?
The four rules are
All groups have to exercise tolerance and restraint.
Keep religions seperate from politics.
Government must remain secular.
Maintain the common space that all Singaporeans share.
2) Do you respect other religions? Why or why not? What do you think of children who stay away from their parents' funerals because they believe the traditional rites are against their new religion?
yes i respect other religions as the reason is, on history, there is a girl name Maria Hertogh, she is a dutch but because her parents were locked in prison during the japanese occupation, when her parent were imprisoned , she was under the care of a malay woman named Che Aminah, when she was twelve years old, Maria's mother came to claim her daughter back and went to court, the court ruled that maria to be returned to her original parent but Che Aminah wanted maria custody, she said that under her care, maria went through a marraige ceremony with a malay teacher when she was thirteen but the dutch law did not recognise Maria's marriage as she was underage the muslim felt that they were not respected and had a riot that involved five death 100 hurt, children now do not believe in religion and try stay away from their parent funeral.
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Thursday, August 20, 2009