Marital Rape from the Perspective of Malaysian Laws and Islam

By virtue of this country’s legislation for sexual offences, position in Syariah, the reality of criminal practice, as well as norms and culture of the Malaysian people – marital rape is not recognized here. There is no such thing as rape after marriage in the context of legally married couples in Malaysia. Malaysia does not […]

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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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MACSA : Concerns and Commendations for SUHAKAM Over Its 2018 Annual Report

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 […]

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MACSA : Kesatuan Eropah Perlu Hormat Nilai Yang Dipegang Rakyat Malaysia

Pada 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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Hiburan Yang Menjahanamkan Generasi Muda

“DI banyak negara saat ini, norma-norma moral dan etika sedang dipertimbangkan kembali; tradisi nasional, perbezaan bangsa dan budaya sedang dihapuskan.” – Vladimir Putin. Lewat 2013, nama Putin melonjak naik dalam media saat beliau menghentam gerakan global yang mengetengahkan idea kesamarataan berdasarkan buram liberalisme termasuklah gerakan untuk menormalkan gaya hidup lesbian, gay, biseksual dan transgender (LGBT). Ketika […]

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MACSA : EU Should Respect Values Held by Malaysian

The Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society Organisations in the UPR Process (MACSA) strongly denounces the statement by the spokesperson of the European Union (EU) on 11 November 2019 in response to the sentencing of five Muslim men in the Syariah High Court of the State of Selangor for engaging in unnatural gay sex. Such a […]

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Shawal Ali : Stop The Madness on Gender Dysphoria

It has taken various scholars over the centuries to perform research and experiments on genetics and hereditary and then to invent the electron microscopes to actually visualize the chromosomes to establish the fundamental key to our genders. With such knowledge, we as a human race can safely state that a gender of an unborn baby […]

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MACSA : Expedite Amendments of Employment Act to Protect Women

MEDIA STATEMENT, 5 NOV : Where is the Government’s Commitment to Women in Workforce Now? MACSA repeats its past demands for the Government to materialize its pledge for greater protection towards the employees in private sectors. It is pertinent now more than ever considering the acknowledgement by the Ministry of Human Resource that there is […]

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