Ramadan Celebrations With Education

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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The organizing committee of this year’s Ramadan celebrations in Singapore is making sure that the youth who lack adequate knowledge of Islam, gain some knowledge this year. According to their plans they will educate the youth thru an interactive Web portal, social media pages, a video competition and a WhatsApp service that will allow the youngsters to get free Quran teaching services and daily tasks from administrators. The committee has also enlisted the help of interest groups and members from the Private Islamic Educators Network to help spread this awareness. A new Ramadan Frequently Asked Questions guidebook was also produced.

According to Channel News Asia  there will be the usual Islamic education classes for the young, prayer workshops, Quran literacy programmes, as well as outreach efforts targeting homes in areas such as Telok Blangah and Bukit Merah. Mr Khalid Shukur Bakri, chairman of the celebrations, said mosque leaders’ research has shown there is a need for them to do more to educate the Malay-Muslim community, especially the young crowd, such as those who have not attended religious classes, for instance. Those who do not understand Islam or have inadequate knowledge of it may have a different mindset and might not be “giving the right messages or advice to their friends”.

“They may have a different view … of Islam so whatever they would say on Facebook, whatever they would point out to their friends, might not be the actual or right thing according to Muslim teaching,” he said.Speaking to reporters after the launch of the celebrations, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister for Communications and Information and Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs, noted that youth today are exposed to many distractions. “It’s the peer-to-peer kind of connection that we want to encourage … using the platforms that young people are comfortable with,” he said.