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Malaysia – MAMY Withdraws Appeal So Sisters In Islam Can Keep Its Name

Sisters In Islam (SIS) Can Finally Keep Its Name

In March last year, the Dewan Pemuda Masjid Malaysia, known in English as the Malaysian Assembly of Mosque Youth (MAMY), filed a police report against the women’s advocacy group, Sisters in Islam, alleging that Sisters in Islam is not the lawful name of this organization.  In October last year, [...]

Marina Mahathir – There Is Room For Courage

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 [...]

Malaysia – Government Filed Appeal On Allah Ruling

On Monday, the Home Ministry filed an appeal to the Court of Appeal against the ruling by High Court Judge Lau Bee Lan allowing the Roman Catholic’s magzine, The Herald, to use the word “Allah” in its publication. This was followed by a separate application filed with the Kuala Lumpur High Court for a stay of [...]

Model Caning Case – Latest Developments

For the past week, Malaysian model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno who was sentenced to 6 strokes of the cane for drinking alcohol in public was staring eyeball to eyeball with the authorities, asking for the sentence to be carried out in public. Now, in the latest development to the model caning case, it was the Malaysian [...]