Muhamad Faisal Abdul Manap is a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency.
Workers' Party member of parliament (MP) Muhamad Faisal Abdul Manap supports the Wear White campaign[1] that opposes homosexuality and Pink Dot SG. Faisal, an MP in the Aljunied GRC, said on 2 July 2014 that he backed the movement in his personal capacity "as a Muslim individual". Speaking to The Straits Times at his meet-the-people session in Bedok North, he said: "It has nothing to do with the party stand."[2],[3]
His comments came in the wake of three photographs that week showing him wearing a white songkok (traditional headgear) and white jubah (ankle-length robe) alongside the Wear White campaign organisers and supporters at a mosque on the night of Saturday, 29 June 2014, the date of the Pink Dot gathering at Hong Lim Park. The photos, posted online, prompted talk about whether his stand represented the Workers' Party's position on homosexuality.
See also[]
- Archive of The Straits Times article, "WP's Faisal supports Wear White", 3 July 2014
- Workers' Party politicians' views on homosexuality
- Singapore politicians' views on homosexuality
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This article was written by Roy Tan.