Kawalan Pergerakan, Lisan dan Tulisan Sepanjang Ramadan

Ramadan telah pun tiba. Ia adalah bulan yang dinanti-nantikan kehadirannya untuk menjalankan ibadah berpuasa sepanjang sebulan dan menjadi amalan wajib ke atas umat Islam. Seperti Firman Tuhan: “Hai orang-orang yang beriman, diwajibkan atas kamu berpuasa sebagaimana diwajibkan atas orang-orang sebelum kalian agar kamu bertakwa.” [al-Baqarah: 183]. Tetapi tahun ini, Ramadan akan disambung secara lebih istimewa. […]

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Continuous Promotion of Adultery & Prostitution During Covid-19

Referring to :https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2020/04/13/sugar-baby-donates-monthly-allowance-to-sungai-buloh-hospital-in-support-of/1856158 This is not the first time the Malay Mail tries to glorify prostitution and adultery. They have done it before early this year and I can tell that they are proud with such publication as there has been no clarification or apologies made by the journalist. First time : https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2020/01/05/in-sugar-dating-two-women-in-kuala-lumpur-find-empowerment-and-self-respect/182475 Although they […]

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Sex Education and Definition of Consent

WAFIQ would like to respond to the letter “Informed Choice is Best” from Syirin Junisya of the Federation of Reproductive Health Associations Malaysia (FHRAM) dated July 9, 2019.  We reiterate that we agree with providing education on reproductive biology, sexually-transmitted infections (STIs) and how to recognise safe and unsafe touch. What is still a matter of debate and […]

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The Dangerous Truth About Comprehensive Sexual Education (CSE)

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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Transgender: When a Facebook status takes precedence over national health report

Media should be informative and allow readers to have access to balance reporting. To a certain extent, they are also responsible for the course of actions people decide out of the news they choose to disseminate. In this instance, certain media have selectively made reports that are skewed toward human rights advocacy rather than giving […]

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