IN part two of stories about those who have encountered the religious police, freelance writer Nabila Nasir, 25, recounts the harassment and extortion she and a now ex-boyfriend experienced at the hands of moral guardians in mid-2007.
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Married but busted for khalwat
By Shanon Shah
WHEN moral policing in Malaysia makes the headlines, it’s often for the wrong reasons. Take the Federal Territories Islamic Department’s raid on Zouk nightclub, Kuala Lumpur, in 2005, which created an international uproar. Or in 2007, when Amnesty International appealed on behalf of Ayu, a transsexual woman assaulted by Malacca’s Islamic law enforcers. More recently, […]
1Malaysia pageant vs fatwa
By Jacqueline Ann Surin and Shanon ShahDURING a press conference in 2003, then Perlis Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim tried to defend the state’s decision to loosen conditions for polygamy. Perlis had decided that Muslim men did not need to seek their first wife’s consent to marry another woman. At the press conference, which Jacqueline Ann Surin covered, the Perlis […]
Muslim women can’t join beauty pageants?’
By Ding Jo-Ann“Adalah haram bagi wanita Islam menyertai apa-apa jenis pertandingan ratu cantik.” Selangor fatwa gazetted 11 May 1995. (Source: e-fatwa.gov.my) Click on image for bigger version (Source: Ann Fiona Ratu Cantik 1Malaysia 2010, Utusan Malaysia, 24 May 2010) Read previous Found in Quotation The Nut Graph needs your support
Nasihat Kak Nora tentang dakwah
Oleh Shanon ShahSAYA seolah-olah tidak percaya dengan kolum Kak Nora kali ini. Baru-baru ini, saya juga telah dihantar e-mail tentang Interactive Dakwah Training di Kuala Lumpur, seperti pembaca yang bernama Jiwang klasik ini. Jadi di sini saya lampirkan respons Kak Nora tentang isu berdakwah secara hikmah. Assalamualaikum Kak Nora, Harap-harap kak sentiasa sihat walafiat. Saya seorang mahasiswa […]
Who qualifies as a syariah lawyer?
By Ding Jo-AnnCan non-Muslims practise in the syariah courts?LAWYER Victoria Jayaseelee Martin made headlines in mid May with her quest to be admitted as a syariah lawyer in the Federal Territory. The Federal Territory Islamic Religious Council had refused admission to Martin because she was not a Muslim. On 14 May 2010, she was granted leave to have […]
What if Miss USA visits Malaysia?
By Lainie YeohLainie Yeoh has no interest in beauty pageants (or the first Muslim to be crowned Miss USA). However, she firmly believes that anyone in Malaysia should have the freedom to participate in beauty pageants, should they desire. The Nut Graph needs your support
Politicised mosques
By Shanon ShahZaidPARTI Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)’s Datuk Zaid Ibrahim is under attack yet again, this time for characterising the Selangor sultan’s “decree” for mosques not to be politicised as a “personal opinion”. It all started when Selangor executive councillor in charge of religious affairs Datuk Dr Hasan Ali delivered a pro-Pakatan Rakyat sermon at a mosque during […]
What use, that cabinet order?
By Deborah Loh“Conversion is not a grounds for the automatic dissolution of a marriage. The children should be brought up in the common religion. For the spouse who intends to convert into Islam, he or she would also have to come clean…The convert would have to fulfil his or her marriage responsibilities according to civil laws prior […]
Treating religious minorities with respect
By Ding Jo-AnnREV Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), was recently in Kuala Lumpur for the 13th general assembly of the Christian Conference of Asia. Tveit has been heavily involved in interfaith dialogue as moderator of the Church of Norway-Islamic Council of Norway. He was also co-chair of the WCC […]
