新加坡总理李显龙今天表示,新加坡政府完全赞赏图登族对穆斯林新加坡人的日益重要的社会宗教意义,以及一些穆斯林护士希望穿着他们的制服穿着图登族的愿望。
他在给新加坡穆夫提·纳齐鲁丁·纳西尔的回信中说:“我们目前正在考虑如何做到这一点。”纳西鲁丁·纳西尔给他写信,表示新加坡伊斯兰宗教委员会(Muis)支持政府考虑让护士穿tudung。
李在今天的Facebook页面上分享了穆夫蒂的信和他的回信,他感谢Muis和asatizah(宗教老师)兄弟会参加了近年来政府关于这一问题的磋商。
李说,新加坡的种族和宗教和谐是建立在平等对待每个人而不受偏见或歧视的基础上,建立所有社区共享的民族认同,同时允许每个社区实践其信仰和生活方式。
“我们通过所有团体的相互适应,妥协和建立信任来做到这一点。
“随着时间的流逝,我们已经达到了考虑到所有社区利益的微妙平衡。但是这种平衡是动态的,”李说。
李光耀说,随着年轻一代新加坡人的成长和态度的改变,出现了新的问题和压力,必须考虑到新加坡的情况来解决这些问题和压力。
“我们进行的任何更改都必须经过认真考虑并逐步进行。只有这样,所有社区才能理解和接受这些变化,其结果会加强而不是削弱我们的种族和宗教和谐。”
在结束这封信之前,总理表示他期待与Muis合作,以增强社会凝聚力,并为穆斯林社区和所有新加坡人取得进步。
SINGAPORE: The Singapore government fully appreciates the growing socio-religious significance of the tudung to Muslim Singaporeans and the desire of some Muslim nurses to wear the tudung with their uniform if they wish to do so, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said today. “We are presently considering how this can be done,” he said in a reply to Singapore mufti Nazirudin Nasir, who wrote to him to express the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore’s (Muis) support for the government’s deliberations on letting nurses wear tudung. Lee who shared the mufti’s letter and his reply on his Facebook page today, thanked Muis and the asatizah (religious teachers) fraternity for participating in the government’s consultations on the issue in recent years.
According to Lee, Singapore’s racial and religious harmony is based on treating everyone equally without prejudice or discrimination, and building a national identity shared by all communities while allowing each community to practise its faith and way of life.
“We have done this through mutual accommodation, compromise and trust building by all groups. “Over time, we have reached a delicate balance that considers the interests of all communities. But this balance is dynamic,” Lee said. As younger generations of Singaporeans grew up and attitudes changed, Lee said new issues and pressures arose and these must be addressed taking into account Singapore’s context. “Any change we make must be carefully considered and gradual. Only thus will the changes be understood and accepted by all communities, and the outcomes reinforce rather than weaken our racial and religious harmony.”
Before ending the letter, the prime minister said he looked forward to working with Muis to strengthen social cohesion and to achieve progress for the Muslim community and all Singaporeans.
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