Based on a string of road accidents that had claimed several lives in early 2020, WAFIQ urges the government to take immediate action to reduce the risk of death from drunk driving. We welcome the response from the Ministry of Transport seeking review of existing legal provisions on drunk driving with the hope that appropriate […]
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WAFIQ believes that the best interests of a child should be for him or her to have a legitimate father and mother, and to be born with love and with utmost respect for Islamic values within the family. The essence of having biological parents recognized by law should be the paramount consideration as it is […]
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We of the International Women’s Alliance for Family Institution and Quality Education (WAFIQ) write this piece in response to the letter from Justice for Sisters (JFS) published by Malaysiakini on February 4, 2020. Referred link : https://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/509469 In its said letter, JFS feebly attempted to defend the actions of Muhammad Sajjad bin Kamaruz Zaman which caused […]
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Berdasarkan rentetan kes kemalangan jalan raya yang telah meragut beberapa nyawa pada awal tahun 2020, WAFIQ menggesa pihak kerajaan agar segera mengambil tindakan bagi mengurangkan risiko kematian akibat pemanduan mabuk. Menurut laporan Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM), terdapat 191 kes kematian berpunca daripada pemanduan mabuk direkodkan pada 2018 dan jumlah itu kian meningkat pada tahun 2019. […]
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BAHASA Melayu is part of the Malaysian identity. No one needs to reiterate the status of the Malay language in Malaysia. It stands as our national as well as the official language pursuant to Articles 152 and 161 of the Federal Constitution and the National Language Act 1963/67 (Act 32). What’s the hullabaloo about learning […]
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Referring to MalayMail’s article dated 5 January 2020 – https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2020/01/05/in-sugar-dating-two-women-in-kuala-lumpur-find-empowerment-and-self-respect/182475. Sugar dating, where one exchanges love and affection for money clearly only brings harm rather than good. It is bewildering how anyone could think that this is a good idea. Not only does it degrade the honorable status of women in society, it also promotes adultery […]
Continue ReadingMenjawab Tanggapan Feminis dan Liberalis mengenai kepentingan hijab bagi wanita Melayu pada zaman dahulu. Kredit : FB Ahmad Iqram Mohamad Noor
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Pada abad ke-20, Guillaume adalah antara orientalis pertama yang membahaskan hadis-hadis berkaitan wanita dari perspektif yang negatif, selain sokongannya terhadap idea Goldziher dalam menolak hadis. Di dalam bukunya yang bertajuk The Traditions of Islam (1966), beliau telah memilih lima hadis berkaitan karakter dan peranan wanita yang dianggap sebagai diskriminasi terhadap wanita. Walaupun Guillaume menekankan lebih […]
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The Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society Organisations in the UPR Process (MACSA) congratulates the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) on the occasion of the first parliamentary discussion of its annual human rights report recently. Indeed, this momentous occasion, which we are aware that SUHAKAM has been pushing for since its inception in 1999, deserves […]
Continue ReadingPada 11 November yang lalu, jurucakap Kesatuan Eropah (EU) bagi Hubungan Luar dan Polisi Keselamatan, Maja Kocijancic telah mengeluarkan kenyataan menuntut pembebasan lima lelaki Muslim yang ditahan di Mahkamah Tinggi Syariah Negeri Selangor atas kesalahan hubungan seks di luar tabie. EU memberi alasan bahawa hak asasi Lesbian, Gay, Biseksual, Transgender (LGBT) adalah terpelihara mengikut konvensyen hak asasi […]
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