{"id":6761,"date":"2013-06-14T19:41:34","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T11:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/?p=6761"},"modified":"2019-10-05T19:43:44","modified_gmt":"2019-10-05T11:43:44","slug":"repeal-syariah-criminal-offences-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/repeal-syariah-criminal-offences-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"REPEAL SYARIAH CRIMINAL OFFENCES LAWS"},"content":{"rendered":"
REPEAL SYARIAH CRIMINAL OFFENCES LAWS <\/b><\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The announcement raises several issues of concern:<\/p>\n
Given the conflict of law, Federal law should prevail and all crimes of incest should be prosecuted under the Penal Code to ensure consistency in the application of the law.<\/li>\n
The practice and selective prosecution of moral policing go against the injunctions laid out in various verses in the Qur’an, such as \u201cdo not pry into others\u2019 secrets” (Surah Al-Hujurat 49:12); \u201cDo not enter other houses except yours without first asking permission and saluting the inmate; If you are asked to go away, turn back. That is proper for you\u201d (Surah An-Nur 24:27-28); and \u201cwhen you judge among the people, do so equitably\u201d (Surah An-Nisa 4:58). A hadith of the Prophet (saw) in Sunan al-Tarmidhi also states \u201cDo not harm Muslims, and do not revile them, nor pursue their imperfections…\u201d When an individual is reprimanded, it is necessary to ensure that their rights to justice, equality, and dignity are upheld at all times and not trampled upon in the state’s overzealousness to enforce evermore degrading punishments.<\/p>\n
In past civilizations all over the world, in both the West and the East, severe physical punishments were common, especially during medieval times. There was nothing particularly “Islamic” about physical punishments. On the contrary, the spirit of the Qur’anic injunctions encouraged restraint and limited the then common practices of imposing physical punishments. It teaches the spirit of universal love, and emphasizes repentance and rehabilitation of sinners, and God\u2019s forgiveness and mercy is a constant recurring theme.<\/p>\n
JAG, therefore, reiterates its call to the Government to review and repeal the Syariah Criminal Offences legislation on the grounds that many of its provisions have no basis in Islamic legal theory and practice. Moreover, many of them as well conflict with the Penal Code and the Federal Constitution.<\/p>\n
Issued by the Joint Action Group for Gender Equality which includes: Sisters in Islam (SIS) Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO) All Women\u2019s Action Society (AWAM) Perak Women for Women Society (PWW) Persatuan Kesedaran Komuniti Selangor (EMPOWER) Persatuan Sahabat Wanita Selangor (PSWS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6761"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}