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Iran

What the film censors want

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March 30, 2010

WHO would have thought that on the issue of film censorship, Malaysia and the US would have so much in common? Just look at the Home Ministry’s updated film censorship guidelines, which took effect on 15 March 2010. The four broad areas covered are: public peace and security; the religious; the socio-cultural; and manners and […]

The Islamic state we deserve?

By Shanon Shah

February 19, 2010

ON 9 Feb 2010, history was made in Malaysia when three Muslim women were caned at Kajang prison for “illicit sex”, a syariah offence. Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said the caning was done according to the law, and claimed it “did not result in any wound on [the women’s] bodies”. Hishammuddin must have […]

#yorais boleh!

Oleh Shanon Shah

January 25, 2010

(Logo Twitter © Twitter.com)HANYA Allah yang tahu betapa saya cuba mengawal pergerakan jari saya pada 19 Jan 2010. Akhirnya saya tumbang dan terus menaip: “Rais is so ancient, when the animals went in two by two he said, ‘Nanti kalau diorang berkhalwat macam mana?’ #yorais.” Lepas itu saya ingat saya akan lega, buang tabiatlah katakan. […]

PAS tetap konsisten

Oleh Shanon Shah

December 21, 2009

PAS memang konsisten. Malah, baru-baru ini nampaknya Dewan Pemuda PAS Pusat bukan saja konsisten tentang isu di Malaysia, tetapi juga isu di negara lain seperti UK dan Iran. Dalam kenyataan media pada 9 Dis 2009, Pemuda PAS “mengutuk keras tindakan Liga Pertahanan Inggeris (EDL) yang membangkitkan sentimen perkauman dan anti-Islam di kalangan rakyat Britain”. Pada […]

Whipping violates human rights

By Sisters in Islam

July 23, 2009

SISTERS in Islam (SIS) urges the government to review whipping of women as a form of judicial punishment by the syariah courts. Whipping constitutes further discrimination against Muslim women in Malaysia and violates constitutional guarantees of equality and non-discrimination. Only Pahang, Perlis and Kelantan provide whipping of women under their Syariah Criminal Offences Code. Whipping […]

Enter Islamism

By Shanon Shah

June 9, 2009

A CORRUPT and lavish ruling elite. A police force with unlimited powers. An unpopular, despotic leader who uses the constitutional monarchy to subvert the democratic process. An increasingly angry population that rallies around a charismatic, religious opposition leader who espouses the ideals of democracy and justice. Sounds like Malaysia? Well, it’s not — this was […]

Shirin Ebadi still uninvited

By Shanon Shah

December 19, 2008

Shirin Ebadi (all pics © Shahram Sharif / flickr) PETALING JAYA, 19 Dec 2008: Nobel Laureate Dr Shirin Ebadi has still not been re-invited to Malaysia despite Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim’s retraction of a ministry-recommended ban. “Absolutely nothing. We have not received any invitation, or oral or written, formal or informal apology […]

Malaysian universities not keen to invite Shirin Ebadi

By Deborah Loh

December 12, 2008

KUALA LUMPUR, 11 Dec 2008: Malaysia might miss its chance to hear the first Muslim woman Nobel Peace laureate speak. None of the Malaysian universities appear keen to invite Shirin Ebadi, despite the Foreign Ministry retracting its ban on the Iranian lawyer and human rights activist from speaking here. Ebadi was to deliver a keynote […]

M’sia should adopt Iran’s HIV prevention methods

December 1, 2008

KUALA LUMPUR, 1 Dec 2008: Malaysia should adopt the HIV prevention methods of Iran as they have been acknowledged to be successful by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Women, Family and Community Development Deputy Minister Noriah Kasnon said Iran had managed to overcome one of the biggest hurdles in HIV prevention in a Muslim country […]

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