Di dalam al-Quran, Allah telah berfirman dalam Surah al-Nur, ayat 31: “Dan katakanlah kepada perempuan-perempuan yang beriman supaya menyekat pandangan mereka (daripada memandang yang haram), dan memelihara kehormatan mereka; dan janganlah mereka memperlihatkan perhiasan tubuh mereka kecuali yang zahir daripadanya; dan hendaklah mereka menutup belahan dadanya dengan khumur” Para mufassir bersepakat bahawa Istilah khumur yang […]
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https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/03/474293/stop-defaming-women-human-rights-defenders We refer to the above article addressing the financial support pledged by the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development to the organisation known as Sisters in Islam (SIS). SIS is well-known for their views that do not represent normative Islam of the majority. In the above report, the Joint Action Group (JAG) asserted […]
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“Kebencian membunuh, (sedangkan) cinta tidak pernah mati, itulah yang membezakan antara keduanya. Apa yang diperoleh cinta, akan selalu abadi. Apa yang diperoleh benci, akan menjadi beban hidup kerana kebencian akan melahirkan lebih banyak kebencian baru.” – Mahatma Gandhi. Dalam pada dunia masih gamat lewat kejadian pembunuhan beramai-ramai di Christchurch, ramai pula politikus di Malaysia menjadikan […]
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Menuntut ilmu adalah satu kewajiban bagi seseorang Muslim, sama ada lelaki mahupun wanita. Kepentingan ilmu telah dinyatakan dengan jelas di dalam al-Quran dan disokong melalui hadis-hadis Nabi Muhammad SAW. Malah, tuntutan untuk menuntut ilmu juga adalah jelas dan telah diperjuangkan oleh ramai ulama dulu dan kini. Perbahasan tentang ilmu juga telah dikupas dengan banyak dan […]
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8/1/2018 Pertama kali wakil WAFIQ berjumpa dengan pekerja- pekerja hotel Muslimah yang tidak dapat bertudung kerana polisi hotel. WAFIQ bersama MACSA segera membawa isu ini ke media. Sedari itu, WAFIQ telah mengeluarkan banyak kenyataan di media bagi menyuarakan kerisauan terhadap isu. Antaranya: i) https://m.malaysiakini.com/letters/401651 ii) http://wafiq.my/2018/01/09/religious-discrimination-banning-of-hijab-among-hotel-employees/ iii) https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2017/11/13/hijab-ban-is-not-international-policy/ 25/01/2018 WAFIQ mewakili MACSA terlibat dalam sidang akhbar bersama […]
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On the 9th of March 2019, a group of people marched the streets of Kuala Lumpur in conjunction with International Women’s Day (IWD). Celebrated to honour women and to bring awareness to the myriad of issues that women face worldwide, a more sordid facet of this celebration reared its ugly head: the hijacking of the […]
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When the Deputy Prime Minister, Dato’ Seri Wan Azizah proposed a midnight curfew for teenagers below 18, various responses were received. While some applauded the effort, quite a number of backlashes were also received. Some of the disagreement must be appreciated and considered when defining the methodology of the curfew, especially when the critical comments […]
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On 20th January, YB Haniza Mohamed Talha, Selangor’s Housing and Urban Living Exco announced that the Selangor government will monitor the upgrading project of houses in four main areas in Selangor. The project will upgrade flat houses with two bedrooms and one bathroom into three bedrooms and two bathrooms. The four areas that will undergo […]
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We refer to the letter by Ikmal Rozlan to Malaysiakini dated January 31, 2019. In the wake of more and more reports of sexual abuse, baby dumping, incest, underage sex, sexual harassment and sexually transmitted infections (STI), there are more frenetic calls to address this issue by way of ‘sex education’. It seems that the […]
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We would like to refer to your article https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2019/01/23/stop-female-circumcision-it-has-no-medical-benefit-say-womens-groups/ WAFIQ wishes to clarify several facts concerning female circumcision (FC) which was recently discussed in the launching of the report of “The Status of Women’s Human Rights: 24 years of United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in Malaysia” […]
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