But if you're born a Muslim, you can't become a non-Muslim according to the same laws. And either way, it's a slippery slope. I don't trust a population willing to go down the road of enacting these types of punishments to exercise restraint once they have power. (Oh, let's not chop off his hand! or, we can't stone her! they're christian/jewish/hindu!)ScoobyDoes wrote:As Lynx said (and better than I tried) 'it can only be carried out alongside the existing Syariah Court as an additional enactment. And non-Muslims are exempted from Syariah Court under existing constitution.'
We're not talking Pakistan or other quite extreme locations so, again, for me it's not a problem. If, in certain states they want to go that route, then they've voted for it amongst themselves. I doubt they would be as extreme in enforcement as the territories you've mentioned, Malaysians have tasted a great deal of freedoms and to renounce it 100% will be impossible.
You could have said the same thing about Egypt three years ago. Don't let your comfort with your northern neighbor's current stability (or anyone) delude you into thinking something like that could 'never' happen.We're not talking Pakistan or other quite extreme locations so, again, for me it's not a problem.
How do you know "where I am"? And even then, does my being present in a specific somehow imply I fully support all capital punishment and any of their other policies and laws? Am I not allowed to be here if I don't implicitly support everything that happens here?Your point about capital punishment doesn't quite wash through, given where you are. Maybe the mode is different, but the principles apply.
It's different if people know what's happening before they get to power, that's a different rational from dictatorship or coup.zzm9980 wrote: But if you're born a Muslim, you can't become a non-Muslim according to the same laws. And either way, it's a slippery slope. I don't trust a population willing to go down the road of enacting these types of punishments to exercise restraint once they have power. (Oh, let's not chop off his hand! or, we can't stone her! they're christian/jewish/hindu!)
Having spent years living in Malaysia, I still stick with what I said.You could have said the same thing about Egypt three years ago. Don't let your comfort with your northern neighbor's current stability (or anyone) delude you into thinking something like that could 'never' happen.
I mean a Singapore expat website, I don't give a toss where you physically live but you're here and by statement have said you don't trust the place? 'Do you really trust a population willing to put punishments like stonings, beheadings, and amputations on the books to fairly administer justice?'How do you know "where I am"? And even then, does my being present in a specific somehow imply I fully support all capital punishment and any of their other policies and laws? Am I not allowed to be here if I don't implicitly support everything that happens here?
Ladies, better not get raped in rural Malaysia without your witnesses. They even lay out what the witnesses must see:If a woman is raped, she runs a high risk of being charged with zina, particularly if she becomes pregnant. In order to prove an absence of consent, a woman is required to provide four witnesses to the rape.
For the establishment of adultery, four witnesses "must have seen the act in its most intimate details, i.e. the penetration (like “a stick disappearing in a kohl container,â€Â
zzm9980 wrote:We'll just have to agree to disagree. I've never lived in Malaysia so I have no innate trust like you do that a bunch of people that are voting to impose floggings for adultry/illegal sex or drinking, amputations for shop lifting, stonings, etc, to apply those punishments "fairly and justly". IMO you're saying it's OK for a population to systematically commit human rights violations, as long as the majority vote it in.
Catholicism is equally 'old school' and religion's influence in politics is just as strong in Italy, the US and the Philippines for example, as anywhere else in the Middle East or Asia. Whilst I, like you, don't agree with it, it is an inevitability.This is nothing more than religion trying to force its brand of "morality" on the public via the legislature.
Beyond that, hudud and the who Sharia law thing hearkens back to medieval times.
And there is nothing good in it and much worse in the places with traditional, catholic-conservative societies like Ireland or Poland where 14yo rape victim can be refused abortion or right to leave the country and pregnant women can die if any more serious medical complications arise because the doctors are afraid to intervene.ScoobyDoes wrote:Catholicism is equally 'old school' and religion's influence in politics is just as strong in Italy, the US and the Philippines for example, as anywhere else in the Middle East or Asia.This is nothing more than religion trying to force its brand of "morality" on the public via the legislature.
Beyond that, hudud and the who Sharia law thing hearkens back to medieval times.
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