Letters to Editor

Islam seringkali dipotretkan sebagai agama yang berwajah keras bukan sahaja kepada penganut agama lain bahkan kepada penganutnya sendiri. Baru-baru ini timbul polemik berkenaan dengan kewajaran hukuman rotan kepada kanak-kanak.
The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) is deeply disturbed over the news report that the Johor Religious Department has whipped 24 women and 17 men since 4 April 2013 and sentenced another 22 women and 17 men to the same fate for allegedly committing incest and having sex outside of wedlock.
Sisters in Islam (SIS) is alarmed at the July 27 raid by Jais on a private residence. News reports quoted the occupant Razman (no second name given) as saying that a group of 10 officers appeared at his home 2.30am and broke down the front-door grille with a hammer.
Sisters in Islam (SIS) welcomes the Terengganu state government’s proposal to allow children born less than six months after their parents’ marriage to carry their fathers’ name in accordance with Section 13 and 13A of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1957.
Sisters in Islam (SIS) mengalu-alukan cadangan Kerajaan Terengganu untuk membenarkan anak-anak yang dilahirkan kurang daripada enam bulan selepas perkahwinan ibu bapa mengikut nama bapa mereka selaras dengan Seksyen 13 dan 13A Akta Pendaftaran Kelahiran dan Kematian 1957.
In reference to the proposal in Kelantan to introduce harsh punishments on men who divorce their wives without reason, Sisters in Islam proposes that divorce should only take place in court.
Sisters in Islam (SIS) is alarmed at the July 27 raid by Jais on a private residence. News reports quoted the occupant Razman (no second name given) as saying that a group of 10 officers appeared at his home 2.30am and broke down the front-door grille with a hammer.
Sisters In Islam amat menyokong saranan SUHAKAM untuk memansuhkan pengecualian yang terdapat di dalam Kanun Keseksaan yang membenarkan suami untuk merogol isterinya.
Pandangan masyarakat Barat yang menganggap tudung itu sebagai simbol penindasan dan pendapat masyarakat Islam yang melihat tudung sebagai simbol ketakwaan adalah tidak tepat dan tidak kena pada tempatnya.
The West obsession with the hijab as a symbol of oppression and the Muslim obsession with the hijab as a symbol of piety are both misguided and misplaced.
Saudara Pengarang, SISTERS in Islam (SIS) ingin mengucapkan syabas kepada akhbar Utusan Malaysia kerana menyiarkan rencana tulisan Mohd. Shauki Abdul Majid di dalam ruangan Wacana Islam pada 18 Julai, 2003, yang memberi gambaran menyeluruh mengenai pergerakan feminisme Islam.