~*~Humera~*~ said:does anyone know who this young woman next to Prince Azim is? Its not one of his sisters. Perhaps a cousin? The picture's from December 2003.
Dang Ayah said:I think the girl with Azim is called Mash. I came across her blog at blogspot. I'm not sure what her relation is to Azim but she's most likely to be an adopted child of the Sultan. I could be wrong...
I was about to give the link to her blog. something stopped me...err!? But from what I can gather from reading her blog is that she plays football and netball and her birthday's on 16th December 1987! hehehe
~*~Humera~*~ said:hmm...do the sultan's adopted kids maintain a close relationship with the royal family? One of the members once mentioned that the sultan adopts kids mostly to benefit financially from their allowance and that no one hears about the adopted children or their families?
Poppy said:Is it easy to be in the same school as the royal children?? In Brunei, do they just go to ordinary schools like most of the Bruneian kids, not like Princes William and Harry who went to exclusive Eton.
Poppy said:Is it easy to be in the same school as the royal children?? In Brunei, do they just go to ordinary schools like most of the Bruneian kids, not like Princes William and Harry who went to exclusive Eton.
Dang Ayah said:I believe they do maintain close relationship with some of the adopted children... the claim that no one hears about the adopted children is too exaggerated. Of course, they don't go to formal functions and sit amongst the royal family. I suppose that's why.. But they live in the palace and have their own nannies!
We go to school with them. One of the adopted daughters was a classmate of mine and she talked about the Raja Isteri as if she was her own mother! but amazingly, she also knows that she came from the Philippines and that her family is also there!
I got another friend whose mum was an adopted daughter of the Almarhum Sultan (the present Sultan's father). She lives a simple life! became a teacher and married a Bruneian commoner! But when asked, my friend would know news from the palace!
Might be true though about the financial gain from having these children. I'm not knowledgeable in that aspect of the story. I mostly know about the Sultan's children (or some of the adopted ones) from friends of mine who have closer relations to them. The closest I got to an interaction with the sultan's real children was shaking their hands hahaha or a time when Princess Azemah lend me her cellphone!!! (because she was our House Assistant Captain. Our house was celebrating a win at the Polo club.When the function was over we were trying to find a phone! In those days, I was too young to own a cellphone! Now, even six year olds own one!! I pretended I dialled something on her cellphone but told her the phone i tried to call was engaged! I was too afraid to use it)
I was in the same classes with other members of the Royal family, like the sons of Perdana wazir (Prince Mohammed) and Putri Masna. But even so, I don't usually ask them about what happens in the palace and they don't usually talk about it (to me at least!hahaha).
Sorry, I know this is not important but just explaining my position so that you can understand why I dont know some things about the royal family.
Poppy said:I'm referring to the post before mine.
Poppy said:Is it easy to be in the same school as the royal children?? In Brunei, do they just go to ordinary schools like most of the Bruneian kids, not like Princes William and Harry who went to exclusive Eton.
~*~Humera~*~ said:So are the Sultan's adopted kids all Muslim?
And are they usually well-off or wealthy families?
~*~Humera~*~ said:So are the Sultan's adopted kids all Muslim?
And are they usually well-off or wealthy families?
alfie said:Last Night 22nd April 2005 Deputy Sultan,Crown Prince Billah & Princess Sarah were guest of honours at the Australian Film Festivial in Empire Cinema, Jerudong.
Roshanah said:Reply: to Humera's post It is clearly stated weithin the Qur'an and Hadeeth that Muslim Males and Females are required by Allah to wear AL-Hijab: Female Islamic Attire and An-Najab: Male Islamic Attire. the roots of such oroginated from a revelation given to Muhammad saws from Allah swt that stated that all Muslims are required by their God to wear Al-Hijab wa An-Najab.
Roshanah said:Asalaam aleikum Humera, Indeed I was and indeed I am. I as a Muslim who also specialisez in Shariah, hence my responce to the post. Indeed the forum is about the Royal family of Brunei but the issue of their wearing the hijab was raised hence I responded. Indeed the Qur'an mentioned that one is to cover but the detail of the form in which AL-Hijab takes was takes from the Bukhari Hadeeth. Finally, you are correct and we shall have to agree to disagree.
Ma'a Asalaama