Bulan Oktober yang lalu, Ketua Hakim Mahkamah Syariah Terengganu didakwa di mahkamah syariah. Datuk Ismail Yahya dituduh menghina dan mempertikaikan Majlis Agama Islam dan Adat Melayu Terengganu dan arahan Sultan Terengganu mengenai penstrukturan semula majlis tersebut. Apakah yang telah dilakukan oleh seorang ketua hakim mahkamah syariah sehingga dia boleh didakwa sebegini?
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Siapa yang mencemarkan imej Islam?
Asam Pedas oleh Norhayati Kaprawi
Benarkah orang-orang dan perayaan bukan Islam menggugat Islam di Malaysia? Dan apakah patut pemimpin Islam melakukan kekerasan dan diskriminasi terhadap orang bukan Islam sepertimana yang dilakukan oleh Jais terhadap Persatuan Bible Malaysia minggu lalu?
Agamawan Islam jangan cakap tak serupa bikin
Oleh Norhayati Kaprawi
BILA berhadapan dengan masalah di dalam masyarakat, mengapa segala teori, rhetorik dan ajaran Islam semuanya seperti dicampak ke laut? Dari menambah mengapi-apikan orang Islam, agamawan sepatutnya meminta umat Islam bertenang dan menghadapi konflik dengan berhemah dan bijaksana. Cara sebegitulah yang akan membuatkan Islam lebih dihormati.
Taking on Ibrahim Ali
By Petra Gimbad
One of the police reports lodged against Datuk Ibrahim Ali for his Bible-burning exhortation was made by a citizens’ initiative. Why would these individuals attempt to take the Perkasa chief on?
Bila fatwa jadi bahan nista dan ketawa
Asam Pedas oleh Norhayati Kaprawi
FATWA yang dianggap suci semakin menjadi bahan nista dan ketawa. Pendapat ulama serta undang-undang yang dibuat oleh para agamawan kerap menjadi kontroversi dan pengharaman bermacam-macam perkara kerap juga buat orang geleng kepala. Apakah sejarah pembentukan fatwa dalam Islam, sebenarnya?
Whose hudud?
Shape of a Pocket by Jacqueline Ann Surin
IF we were to believe everything the politicians are saying about hudud, we would come to three conclusions. One, that implementing the punishments prescribed under hudud is divine law that no Muslim can question, and hence is inevitable. Two, that hudud cannot be implemented in Malaysia because of the Federal Constitution and our multi-cultural composition. […]
Isteri ibarat pelacur?
Asam Pedas by Norhayati Kaprawi
“MAHU layanan kelas pertama, tapi belikan minyak wangi kita cuma di Petaling Street saja”. Komen sinis dari para ibu yang perlu difikirkan. Berat sungguh jawatan sebagai “Isteri”. Banyak portfolio yang dipegang dan KPInya harus sentiasa cemerlang, kalau boleh, 100 peratus, tidak boleh kurang! Biasanya dianggap tugas dan portfolio seorang isteri adalah : i) Teman setia: Sentiasa beri […]
Osama’s death: Nothing to celebrate
Reductio ad Absurdum By Chan Kheng Hoe
THE world was taken by surprise on 2 May 2011 with the announcement that Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had been killed. Some mourned, whilst others cheered. And to a few, the death brought closure to the 11 Sept 2001 attacks on New York’s World Trade Centre. But what was the thinking behind US President […]
Malaysia’s gay threat
By Shanon Shah
ON 15 Dec 2010, 32 year-old Azwan Ismail, a Malay-Muslim Malaysian, posted a video on YouTube in which he declared, “I am gay and I’m OK.” One week later, he told the media that he feared for his life. And who could blame him? He now has the de facto minister of religion, the Perak […]
A Ramadan reflection: Who do we fast for?
Ventings By Marina Mahathir
IT so happened that this Ramadan I had to take an 18-hour flight to Vancouver to attend the wedding of a close friend’s only daughter. I wouldn’t normally choose to travel during Ramadan but it was a rare opportunity to see my friend’s happiness as she saw her daughter married off. I did tell a […]
