The Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society Organisations in the UPR Process (MACSA) is elated to learn from media reports that closer ties have been fostered between the various Islamic religious departments throughout Malaysia and the National Human Rights Commission (SUHAKAM) as elaborated by one of its commissioners Dr. Nik Salida Suhaila Nik Saleh at the […]
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Women’s Alliance for Family Institution and Quality Education (WAFIQ) 8 Mei 2019 Rang Undang-Undang (RUU) Benih Tanaman yang telah dimuktamadkan dan kini sedang dalam proses untuk pembentangan di Parlimen dikhuatiri akan menafikan hak-hak petani dan menjejaskan biodiversiti tanaman seperti yang telah termaktub dalam perjanjian dan konvensyen antarabangsa yang telah disertai Malaysia iaitu; I. Convention on […]
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I write in response to the letter published in Malaysiakini by a ‘concerned parent’ on 24 April 2019. It is striking that the person who penned the letter stated that ‘Many Muslims in Malaysia nowadays don’t read’. I would have to agree with this statement but probably not in the way the writer thinks. The […]
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Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamualaikum buat Dato’ Aliff Syukri. Semoga sentiasa berada di bawah lembayung ar-Rahman dan ar-Rahim Allah SWT sentiasa. Warkah terbuka ini daripada saya Hajah Asral Widad yang menulis mewakili WAFIQ untuk sama-sama kita renungi, ambil ibrah dan pengajaran serta sedikit perkongsian dalam kita sama-sama mendidik anak-anak kita di zaman yang penuh cabaran ini. Kami mohon […]
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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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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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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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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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This intervention serves to highlight particular concerns of our alliance, namely the Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society Organisations in the UPR Process or MACSA, towards the recommendations recently received by Malaysia from states sitting in the UN Human Rights Council (#UNHRC) during its 3rd Universal Periodic Review (#UPR) in November 2018 as well as Malaysia’s […]
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Baru-baru ini, negara telah dikejutkan dengan satu e-mel yang disebarkan di portal media yang menuduh dua pekerja lelaki melakukan gangguan seksual terhadap teman sekerja wanita mereka di stesen radio BFM. Sayangnya, pihak mereka ibarat terkunci mulut apabila bertindak senyap bagi jenayah yang berlaku di dalam sebuah industri media yang sepatutnya memberi kesedaran mengenai isu tersebut. […]
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