Malaysia: Beer-drinking Muslim woman’s caning gets OK
— “Malaysian judge upholds verdict that triggered international uproar”
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26139568-23109,00.html
— Amnesty International: “Malaysia: Shariah court sentences women to the cane for drinking alcohol”
Tag: Malaysia
Malaysia sentences another to caning under Shariah law for drinking alcohol
Malaysia sentences another to caning under Shariah law for drinking alcohol
— Nazarudin Kamaruddin
— Amnesty International reports on Malaysia’s “Shariah law”
— “Amnesty International has also called for the government to repeal all laws providing for caning”
— In Malay-Muslim heartland, caning wins support
— Reuters: “The end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan this weekend could see Islamic authorities in Malaysia carry out the country’s first caning sentence on a woman, a punishment that is fast gaining support.”
— “Although the penalty has been condemned by rights groups and is being reviewed by an Islamic appeal court, it is endorsed by conservative Muslims whose influence is on the rise in this multi-racial, Southeast Asian country of 27 million people”
Malaysia: Religious body ready to proceed with caning of Muslim model
Malaysia: Muslim model to be caned for drinking beer in Malaysian club
(Malaysia) Muslim model to be caned for drinking beer in Malaysian club
— “‘The [caning] is aimed at making the accused repent and serves as a lesson to Muslims,’ the Syaria High Court judge was quoted as saying by the New Straits Times daily.”
“Malaysia arrests 9 Christians for trying to convert Muslims”
Japan Today reports: “Malaysia arrests 9 Christians for trying to convert Muslims”
— “Malaysian police have arrested nine Christians accused of trying to convert Muslim university students — a serious crime punishable by prison in this Muslim-majority country, a lawyer said Wednesday.”
— “They claimed they were visiting friends, but a Muslim student apparently filed a police complaint accusing them of trying to convert Muslims, Xavier said.”
Malaysia: Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS): Declare Sisters ‘haram’
(Malaysia) Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS): Declare Sisters ‘haram’
— “PAS wants the National Fatwa Council to declare the non-governmental organisation Sisters in Islam as haram if its activities are found to be contrary to the Islamic teachings and principles”
Malaysia: Abused Teenage Model Flees
(Malaysia/Indonesia) Teenage model who married Malaysian prince ‘flees abusive marriage’
— Manohara Odelia Pinot: “I’ve been treated like an animal. I’m like his property and I was in his room and whenever he wants to play with me he just goes into the room and plays with me. I’m like an object.”
— Manohara Odelia Pinot states she was injected with tranquilizers and threatened with torture
— Pinot says that “she was subject to a ‘daily routine’ of abuse”
— April 23, 2009: Malaysian PM dodges questions about missing model
—- Her mother, Daisy Fajarina “said the last time she saw Manohara was when she accompanied the couple on a pilgrimage to Muslim holy sites in Saudi Arabia in late February”