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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

The following is from a mailing list I belong to:

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”

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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On the Islamic State

Published in Malaysiakini.

President Sukarno, Founding Father of Indonesia, was in Central Kalimantan on one occasion, directing the design of Palangkaraya to become the capital of the entire Republic. His design is still on the boards, and there is recent debate whether to move the entire governmental structure to that location. All three Islamic-based political parties have suffered losses in recent parliamentary elections. Furthermore, government workers complain bitterly at the overcrowding in present-day Jakarta.Continue reading “On the Islamic State”

Significance of the First Ten Days of Zul-Hijjah

[Note] The following is from a mailing list I belong to. This year, 1 Zulhijjah falls on Wednesday, 17 October.

The First Ten Days of Zulhijjah are especially significant and are among the most magnificent days in the Islamic calendar. It is reported from Ibn Abbas (radhiyallahu anhu) that Rasulullah (sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) said: “There is no day wherein any good action is more beloved to Allah Ta’ala than these ten days (the first ten days of Zul Hijjah)”.Continue reading “Significance of the First Ten Days of Zul-Hijjah”

We must defend the sanctity of Divine Law

This article has been published earlier here.

Malaysia and neighboring countries are under a lot of pressure to offer legal and public recognition to the LGBTs, and will be under even more pressure at the United Nations in 2013, where Malaysia will be subjected to a review of her human rights commitments under the Universal Periodic Review by the UN Human Rights Council.

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Southeast Asia: Latest battleground over LGBT rights

Originally published here.

An upcoming human rights declaration by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has become the latest battleground over rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.

On one side, the vice president of the Muslim Lawyers Association of Malaysia says his country could not accept including LGBT rights in an ASEAN declaration about human rights. Lawyer Azril Mohd Amin said in a letter to the Malaysiakini newspaper website that LGBT rights are a “secular fallacy, perpetrated by the United Nations, that human beings may do as they please,” Gay Star News reported.

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