Straits Times Reflection Term 3 Week 8

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PM's 4 BASIC RULES FOR RELIGIOUS HARMONY



1a) What are the 4 rules for religious harmony?

b) In your opinion, how can we maintain a common space in schools?

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?

The 4 rules are all groups have to exercise tolerance and restraints , keep religion seperate from politics , government must remain secular , maintain the common space that all singaporeans share . Schools have many activites like in schools celebating racial harmony day in each year , hold special events , activites and community involvement projects which help all ethnic groups open a space of communcation to bring about special relationship and frinedships . all these events and activities help bring people of all races to be more united together . all these are the common spaces in schools that students of all races can get to work study and play together . I do respect other religions , it is because many people believe in different religon if all people were to be so selfish then the very thing that keep singaporeans united together would be lost and spark off many dangerous events like racial riots so that why we celebrate racial harmony day together in commemoration of that day. I think that they are just trying to be a honest to their religion or that they did not want thier children to get affected by their parents death so they did not attend the funeral . I feel that kinship is more important than being a religious believers as if they were to believe so much in their new religion then they should at least allow them to attend the funeral so as to see their beloved once more and not because of the new religion to prevent it . So children should be given a chance to for once see their kin so that religions could learn to accept each other .