Penilaian Malaysia di “Universal Periodic Review” 2013

Nota Awal Pertubuhan-pertubuhan Islam Bukan Kerajaan (“NGI”) kepada Sesi Konsultansi Bersama Masyarakat Madani Mengenai Penilaian Kedua Malaysia di bawah Proses Universal Periodic Review, Majlis Hak Asasi Manusia, Pertubuhan Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu 28 Disember 2012

1.  Ini adalah kali pertama pertubuhan-pertubuhan Islam Bukan Kerajaan (“NGI”) secara rasmi dijemput untuk menyertai proses konsultansi bagi penyediaan laporan kebangsaan Malaysia ke “Universal Periodic Review”, Majlis Hak Asasi Manusia Pertubuhan Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu (PBB). Sudah tentu di dalam waktu yang sangat terhad, pihak NGI belum dapat menyelidiki secara mendalam isu-isu yang telah dibangkitkan serta syor-syor yang timbul susulan proses UPR kali pertama Malaysia pada tahun 2009.Continue reading “Penilaian Malaysia di “Universal Periodic Review” 2013”

Kenyataan Media Persatuan Peguam Muslim Malaysia (PPMM) 26 Disember 2012 bersamaan 12 Safar 1434

Isu penggunaan kalimah ‘Allah’: DAP digesa menghormati keluhuran Perlembagaan serta proses undang-undang.

Dilaporkan di dalam Malaysiakini.

Di dalam perutusan perayaan Hari Krismas YAB Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang, YAB Lim Guan Eng yang juga Setiausaha Agung DAP telah menggesa Kerajaan Persekutuan yang diterajui oleh Barisan Nasional supaya membenarkan penganut Kristian menggunakan perkataan ‘Allah’ dalam Alkitab versi Bahasa Malaysia bagi merujuk kepada amalan agama mereka.Continue reading “Kenyataan Media Persatuan Peguam Muslim Malaysia (PPMM) 26 Disember 2012 bersamaan 12 Safar 1434”

A brief response to the Malaysian Bar President’s media statement

LGBTIQs? What do these phrases mean? In Indonesia, the “Q” has been publicly called “queer”. What sort of language is THIS for legislation? Even Mr. Lim Chee Wee, President of the Malaysian Bar in his press statement on 3 December 2012, cannot explain the Malaysian meaning of “Q”, which he says is “questioning”. This matter has far transcended natural politics. It has become, in medical terms, morbid. It is a matter for doctors and psychiatrists to address, not politicians.

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Malaysia’s Muslim youth group urges OIC to take Israel to international court

[Note]: The following news was reported many years ago. But nothing much seems to have been done since then.

BBC Monitoring International Reports | August 02, 2006 | Copyright (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report in English by Malaysian news agency Bernama website.

Kuala Lumpur, 2 Aug: The Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia (ABIM) Wednesday [2 August] called on the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) to use Article 8 under the Rome Statute to drag Israel to the International Criminal Court (ICC). ABIM International Vice-President Azril Mohd Amin said under the provision, actions could be taken against Israel including stopping its war crimes and pulling out its army from the region.Continue reading “Malaysia’s Muslim youth group urges OIC to take Israel to international court”

New Book: Gatherings of Illumination in Sending Blessings upon the Best of Creation

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The translation of Majalis al-Nur fi Salati ala al-Rasul or Gatherings of Illumination in Sending Blessings upon the Best of Creation (authored by Samar al-Asha and translated by Feryal Salem) is complete and available for purchase. Please support the work of our dear scholars by getting a copy and sharing the link with your contacts. All profits will go towards the Nur Foundation for Sacred Sciences and their efforts to provide education in the traditional sciences.

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Kenyataan Media Persatuan Peguam Muslim Malaysia (PPMM) 20 November 2012 │ 6 Muharam 1434

PENEGASAN MALAYSIA MENOLAK HAK-HAK LGBT DI DALAM DEKLARASI HAK ASASI MANUSIA ASEAN DIALU-ALUKAN

Pada 19 November 2012, beberapa media perdana tempatan telah melaporkan tentang perisytiharan Deklarasi Hak Asasi Manusia ASEAN yang telah disepakati dan ditandatangani seluruh kepimpinan Negara-negara ASEAN. Sangat menarik khususnya apabila media turut melaporkan pendirian pucuk kepimpinan Malaysia yang menolak perkara mengenai hak Lesbian, Gay, Biseksual dan Transgender (LGBT) di dalam Deklarasi tersebut.Continue reading “Kenyataan Media Persatuan Peguam Muslim Malaysia (PPMM) 20 November 2012 │ 6 Muharam 1434”

Fears LGBTs will be left out of ASEAN rights declaration

[NOTE] The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) heads of government have formally adopted the first ever ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD) at the ASEAN Summit in  Phnom Penh on Nov 18. The declaration did not include ‘recognition of rights’ and ‘protections’ for the LGBTs. Please click here for the news confirmation.

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A Response to Nurul Izzah Anwar

[NOTE] Nurul Izzah Anwar, the Member of Parliament for Lembah Pantai and Vice President of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), created controversy when she told a forum on “Islamic State: Which Version, Whose Responsibility” at the Full Gospel Tabernacle, USJ Selangor on November 3, 2012 that ‘freedom of religion should not just be limited to non-Malays but everyone’.

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