The Blogger Ustaz who talks like a friend

Mar 26, 2010

The Blogger Ustaz who talks like a friend

Ustaz Yusri is one of the few Islamic religious teachers here who blog regularly to reach out to the Muslim community. — ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM

HE HAS a long list of credentials but to many young Singaporean Muslims, Ustaz Mohammad Yusri Yubhi Md Yusoff is better known as the ‘Blogger Ustaz’.

Unlike many hit blogs, abahyasir.com does not contain juicy gossip or celebrity updates.

But faithful readers keep going back to lap up his riveting tales about the troubled people he has come across, his experiences as a religious teacher and the advice that he dishes out.

Since February 2008, his blog has received about 50,000 viewers with a daily rate of about 100. A quick survey shows that most of the readers are young adults and teenagers.

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“Pretty Boy”

Sumber Foto: Berita Harian

Kelmarin saya terbaca Berita Minggu, ada berita sensasi tentang kisah ‘Pretty Boy’ iaitu kisah segolongan remaja lelaki berusia 18-21 tahun yang  memilih gaya hidup kewanitaan seperti berpakaian wanita, bermekap, kasut bertumit tinggi dan sebagainya.

Terbaca kisah ini, teringat saya semasa bertugas di masjid dahulu. Saya pernah memberi kaunseling kepada seorang remaja lelaki berusia dalam lingkungan 17-19 tahun. Beliau dirujuk oleh ibunya kerana suka memakai gincu, bedak pipi merah dan berkawan dengan lelaki-lelaki lembut dan punyai gambar bercium dengan lelaki lain. Ibu mana yang tak semput kalau anak mereka jadi begitu? Masih saya dapat terbayang bila berbual sikit je, beliau akan betulkan rambutnya yang sekejap-sekejap akan terjuntai menutupi mata..adduhh, lemah aku. : )

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