PETALING JAYA: Sisters in Islam (SIS) has hit out at PAS Youth over its controversial plans to “check” sinful activities and play the moral police on Valentine’s Day. Its media and communications senior programme officer, Yasmin Masidi, said moral policing was against Islamic values and fundamental liberties. She added: “It violates personal dignity and privacy, which is forbidden in the Quran and Hadith.” She was responding to the movement’s planned multi-pronged approach to discourage sinful activities on Valentine’s Day, which falls on Monday. PAS Youth chief Nasrudin Hasan At-Tantawi reportedly said that the state governments in Kedah, Kelantan and Selangor had directed the local authorities to work closely with the police and Rela to check on immoral activities that day. Nasrudin added that the movement would preach and distribute flyers promoting a sin-free lifestyle at lovers’ hotspots in every state. Yasmin questioned why the wing was spending so much time and energy on such a petty issue, pointing out that Islam was much more than about how Muslims celebrated Valentine’s Day. SIS urged PAS to focus on real issues affecting Muslim women such as backlog of cases in the Syariah courts. Yasmin said SIS had cases where women waited for five years for their divorce cases, adding: “In the meantime, their husbands did not pay maintenance for them and their children. There are also many cases where court-ordered nafkah (alimony) for children was not enforced. Men get away scot-free while women are left having to eke a living to feed their children.’’
Nellie says: Go SIS!!! J
BUTTERWORTH: A 38-year-old mechanic died instantly after his car rammed into the concrete safety wall at the Sungai Dua toll plaza near here. Ong Thin Sam, 38, was believed to be returning home after having dinner at a seafood restaurant in Bertam, Kepala Batas. A family member, who declined to be named, said Ong was a seafood lover who patronised seafood outlets recommended by friends. “On Tuesday night, he invited a group of friends including me to follow him to the seafood restaurant in Bertam to eat crabs and prawns. “But we could not make it due to work commitments,” he said. The family member said Ong would normally telephone home to comment on the food.
Nellie says: As a mutual food lover, this is news is very depressing L
KUALA LUMPUR: The majority of baby dumping cases were committed by teenagers or women who gave birth out of wedlock.
Nellie says: errr duhh!
P/S: Oh and apparently the African woman who was running around naked in Cheras yesterday was found to be not mentally-ill, but had packs of thumb-sized heroin burst in her stomach which caused her to become highly disturbed, or simply appear to be high and crazy.ERK?
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