Last Tuesday, young and sweet Malay singer Siti Noor Idayu Abd Moin was caught by the Perak Religious Department (JAIP) and being ordered to appear before the Syariah Court.
Reason? "Exposing her body" during a performance and "encouraging moral activities".
This has caused an uproar among Malaysia’s blogopshere, with a round-up post done by blogger Preetam Rai for Global Voices Online (GVO).
If the religious authorities continue to humiliate people they have rounded up, they can be sure that they are making it so easy for people — Muslims and non-Muslims alike — to think so poorly of Islam and the enforcers of the Syariah. [Nuraina A Samad]
Did Siti Nor Idayu (pic) expose her body and encourage immoral activities? I wasn’t there so I won’t know. But I am tired of this Apartheid. Some Muslims in this country derive pleasure from shaming other Muslims and you’d note that these happen only to the lower caste Muslims. [Rocky Bru]
The fact is that, along with Turkey, Malaysia has been looked upon as an example of a moderate Muslim state.
However lately for the wrong reason, Malaysia is being perceived as having crisis of faith, ready to be ruined by overzealous action carried out by fundamentalist minion.
Is this the Islam Hadhari which our Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was talking about? Certainly not, but without proper check-and-control, we’re on the verge of collapse in which very unfortunate, due to intolerance in faith and religion matter?
Sounds absurd, but we never know.
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is this islam hadhari in display? if not, then as head of the nation, is it not time for him to tell all and sundry that it s not. or is he still in his honeymoon mood?
Problem is because it’s a RELIGIOUS issue.. who would dare to have it disputed if the religious scholars don’t
what do you mean by lower caste muslims? who categorized Muslim?
No comment! No comment! No comment!
I don’t want 2 have a JIHAD pronounced on me!
C, my brother islamists I now clearly declare myself pro-islam!
Oh, and don’t forget you promised!