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Inequality in the name of Islam

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | July 15, 2013 4 Comments

THE problem with the Administration of the Religion of Islam (Federal Territories) Bill 2013 wasn’t just that it was “unfair” to non-Muslims or controversial. The reason it has no place in Malaysia is that the bill entrenches inequalities and does so in the name of Islam.

PAS Muslimat oppose unity govt (Updated 5.40pm)

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | June 18, 2009 Leave a Comment

Updated 5.40pm on 18 June 2009 KUALA LUMPUR, 18 June 2009: PAS’s women’s wing today slammed suggestions of a unity government between PAS and the Barisan Nasional (BN), a day after the party’s spiritual leader explicitly opposed the idea. “We urge all PAS leaders not to make new statements or suggestions that fall outside the […]

Public petition against PAS resolution

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | June 9, 2009 4 Comments

Updated 4.30pm on 15 June 2009 PETALING JAYA, 9 June 2009: The National Human Rights Society (Hakam) has launched a petition urging PAS to retract its call for action against Sisters in Islam. Hakam president Malik Imtiaz Ghulam Sarwar described as “disturbing” and “anti-democratic” the resolution adopted at PAS’s 55th muktamar on 7 June for […]

PKR, DAP urge PAS to retract resolution on SIS

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | June 8, 2009 1 Comment

Updated 6.42pm on 8 June 09 PETALING JAYA, 8 June 2009: Both Parti Keadilan Rakyat and the DAP have urged PAS to reconsider its call to ban non-governmental organisation (NGO) Sisters in Islam (SIS). “As PAS is rallying for a ‘PAS for All’ image of the party, it should promote and practise democracy and not […]

PAS wants Sisters in Islam investigated (Updated 6.30pm)

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | June 7, 2009 14 Comments

Updated 6.30pm on 7 June 2009 Documentation of PAS’s resolution on Sisters in Islam SHAH ALAM, 7 June 2009: Sisters in Islam (SIS) should be investigated and declared “haram” if it is found to be anti-Islam, the 55th PAS muktamar declared today. The Islamist political party also said SIS members should undergo religious rehabilitation should […]

The world according to Musa

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | March 16, 2009 3 Comments

“We had no choice but to use tear gas to disperse the crowd…I assure the public that stern action will be taken against those involved in organising the demonstrations. They are not fighting for democracy but are demo crazy.” INSPECTOR General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan, on the release of tear gas against hundreds […]

Yoga ruled ‘haram’ for Muslims in Sarawak

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | December 9, 2008 Leave a Comment

KUCHING, 9 Dec 2008: Sarawak has ruled that yoga is “haram” (forbidden) for Muslims in the state in line with the fatwa (edict) issued by the National Fatwa Council on yoga exercise last month. Assistant Minister (Islamic Affairs) in the Chief Minister’s Office, Datuk Daud Abdul Rahman, said the decision on the fatwa was made […]

Jakim wants meeting over yoga ban

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | November 25, 2008 Leave a Comment

IPOH, 25 Nov 2008: The Islamic Development Department Malaysia (Jakim) is asking each state fatwa committee to meet over the decision to ban the systematic practice of yoga for Muslims before the fatwa (edict) is presented to the Malay Rulers for consent. Jakim director-general Datuk Wan Mohamad Datuk Sheikh Abdul Aziz said the implementation of […]

National Fatwa Council rules yoga to be haram

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | November 22, 2008 Leave a Comment

PUTRAJAYA, 22 Nov 2008: The National Fatwa Council has ruled that yoga is ‘haram” for Muslims. Its chairman, Datuk Dr Abdul Shukor Husin said only the physical aspect of yoga, without the mantras and elements of worshipping outwardly, was not wrong (in Islam). However, he said, yoga was not to be encouraged among Muslims for […]

Ruling on yoga this week

[get_post_meta single=1 key="byline"] | November 18, 2008 Leave a Comment

PUTRAJAYA, 18 Nov 2008: The National Fatwa Council will announce the ruling on the practice of yoga this week, its chairperson, Prof Datuk Dr Abdul Shukor Husin, said today. He said the draft on the matter was ready last week, but that he had to examine it first before sending it to the Islamic Development […]

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