Letters to Editor

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.

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.