Source A
After the war, the Hertoghs launched a legal battle for the custody of their daughter after they received information in 1949 of her whereabouts in Malaya. The custody battle attracted intense media attention worldwide. Photographs in newspapers of a Muslim girl in a Catholic convent and claims that she had bowed down to the Virgin Mary affected religious sensitivities and whipped up emotions. I can infer from this source that it was one of the reasons that the Maria Hertogh riot started.From the source 'The custody battle attracted intense media attention worldwide.Photographs of a muslim girl in a Catholic convent and claims that she had bow down to the Virgin Mary affected religious sensitivities and whipped up emotions.' Therefore from this quote i can infer of how the Maria Hertogh riot started as the Muslims were offended by the Christians as there was a Muslim girl worshipping Virgin Mary which is a Chrisitian god therefore they were not happy and was angry therefore they wanted revenge .Therefore this is one of the reasons of what casued the riot.
Source Extracted : http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_83_2005-02-02.html?s=Maria hertogh Tan Lay Yuen National Library board Singapore 2005
Source B
Altogether, 18 people were killed and 173 were injured. Nine were killed by rioters while the others were killed by policemen. Aside from a Police Inspector and a Special Constable, those killed by rioters had little to do with the Hertogh case and their murder was motivated more by fanaticism and racial hatred.
From source A i can tell that the rioters were merciless. From source A says ’Those killed by rioters had little to do with the Hertogh case .’Therefore from this quote this tells that the rioters were merciless as they killed innocent people which are not involved without even thinking therefore from Source A i can conclude that the rioters were merciless.
Source C
The acts in the riots by the rioters
They set up barricades along major roads, set cars and houses on fire and took control of districts in the vicinity of Sultan Mosque, North Bridge Road and Jalan Besar. Rioting was stopped only after two troops of the Internal Security Battalion were called in, supported by several Malays within the troops. Even so, scattered attacks continued over two days. A 24-hour curfew had to be imposed for two weeks before British and Malay troops and the Constabulary regained control of the situation.
From the source i can tell that the acts of the riot was very serious. As from the quote ‘ They set up barricades along major roads, set cars and houses on fire and took control of districts in the vicinity of Sultan Mosque, North Bridge Road and Jalan Besar.’ Therefore from this quote i can tell that the riot was very serious as they have burn house and cars down which results can be very fatal as it can cause death and they had control vicinities despite the government controlling the districts therefore from the source i can conclude that the acts of the riots were very serious.
From the picture above, i can tell that the riot was severe . From the source it shows that a car is being burned down in the streets and fierce flames engulfing from the car. Therefore from the source i can conclude that the riot were severe as the car was being burned down therefore indicating that the rioters had the control of the street and were doing what they feel like doing therefore this shows that the riot was severe.
Source D
From the source, this picture shows that the feelings of Maria towards Aminah was love. From the source, It shows that Maria was hugging her foster mother which is Aminah tightly and is smiling like she is enjoying it. Therefore from the source i can conclude that Maria loved Aminah as she is hugging her foster mother and smiling thus indicating she is satisfied and had no complains therefore she loved her foster mother thus her feeling towards of Maria towards Aminah was love.
Source E
From the source it shows that the casualties of the riot was very serious as from the source it shows, 5 dead 100 hurt therefore this shows that the casualties of the riot was very serious as it was fatal and huge number of people was injured and the fact that the riot was fatal as 5 people were killed were serious as someone had died in the riot thus indicating that the authorities had to use violence in order to control the riot thus concluding that the riot was very serious.
We see from this pictorial source that maria is seen with her mother in a Catholic convent beside a Nun. The British colonial authorities also failed to defuse an explosive situation when emotional reports appeared in the local press of the custody battle accompanied by sensational media photographs of a Muslim girl in a Catholic convent.The riots highlighted the insensitive way the media handled religious and racial issues in Singapore.
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