The Riots

Alright i think this part on the chapter i shall try to break it down the best that i can.

In the early 1950's 2 big riots broke out which were the,Maria Hertogh Riots and the Anti-National Service riots.

Most probably these topics will come out in our SBQ/SEQ question so i shall break it down so that its easier for you to take in.

Maria Hertogh Riots(The gist):

The Maria Hertogh riots all started with a custody battle for a 13 year old girl.The fight was between 2 families,Maria's biological family and her foster mother.This battle soon became bigger with two countries fighting to have custody of her.

That was the gist of the riots.Now i shall move on to the causes of the riots.

The causes:

1.British were insensitive towards the muslim community

2.British sided with the Dutch

3.The media toying with the emotions of different communities

Now i shall write about the acts done that led to these causes

Acts that occurred:

1.1. The British placed Maria into a convent during the custody battle even though she was raised as a muslim

1.2. The British rejected the married between Maria and Mansoor Adabi.Reason being Adrianus Hertogh,Maria's father did not give his permission to Maria to be married nor become a muslim.Maria aswell was under aged to be married,although at that time 13 years old was a common age for muslim girl to be married.

2.1. The British were close allies to the Dutch.After arguing about the ownership of Singapore,the dutch and british have built strong and close ties.The consequence of going against the dutch could be great.

2.2. Both the Muslims and the dutch had fund-raising to fight for the custody of Maria.The British stopped all fund-raising among the muslim community but did seize the fund-raiser that took place in Holland.

Okay for number 3 i shall use an analogy.

We have Miley Cyrus.A Teenage magazine and a Tabloid magazine.Now media in the teenage magazine is trying to get photos of when Miley is doing good things.The Tabloid magazine on the other hand wants to get negative photos of her.Both of these magazines have to look for the right time,the right place  to take the photo.

Now back to history:

Miley Cyrus--->Maria Hertogh

Teenage magazine--->European newspaper

Tabloid magazine---->Malay newspaper

-The european newspaper needed to take photos when Maria was happy in the convent

-The muslim newspaper needed to take photos when she was upset in the convent

-These photos toyed with the emotions and angered the different communities.

Alright so now all theses events led to the riots.The rest you all know.Next post will be about anit-national service riots