Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir is a well known personality in Malaysia. On her blog she describes herself, inter-alia, as a “general nuisance” who occasionally “irritates some people by going on about feminism and Islam”. And now she may have just proven herself right when The Star newspaper pulled an article that she has written. But Marina [...]
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Last month Datuk Abdul Manan Abdul Rahman, director of the State Religious Department said that Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno will be caned after her meeting with Tengku Mahkota of Pahang, Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah. Well, this meeting took place yesterday, and now it seems that Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno could well receive an unsolicited royal pardon. Kartika [...] It is difficult at times to understand what the Malaysian leaders are thinking. Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein’s recent announcement that Malaysia has started on the path of caning Muslim women for offenses under Syariah law came as a complete surprise to a nation that was eagerly waiting to see if Malaysian model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno [...] So now 3 totally unknown, unnamed and unexpected Muslim women have beaten Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno to become the first woman to be caned in Malaysia. Following Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein’s announcement of the caning of 3 Muslim women for engaging in illicit sex, news that Malaysia has joined other Muslim nations in caning women spread round [...] While Malaysia is grappling with the issue of caning Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno (which will be a historic first caning of a woman if carried out), Saudi Arabia has been meting out caning sentences on women who violate its strict Sharia law. Recently 2 cases caught my attention, and there are certainly plenty of lashes involved. Saudi Arabia [...] |
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