No Right To Cross Dress During Pilgrimage : A Reply to Justice For Sisters

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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Wajar Hukuman Lebih Berat bagi Pemandu Mabuk

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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Sugar Dating is Prostitution

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 […]

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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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MASCA : 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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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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Membidas G25 Salah Guna Kes Indira Gandhi untuk Sokong SIS

1. Begitu mudah kumpulan liberal G25 membidas keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi yang tidak memihak kepada SIS dalam kes yang diputuskan baru-baru ini. 2. G25 mendakwa bahawa kononnya keputusan itu bercanggah dengan penghakiman oleh Mahkamah Persekutuan dalam kes Indira Gandhi. 3. Sedangkan, kes Indira Gandhi adalah melibatkan semakan kehakiman ke atas pengeluaran sijil perakuan memeluk Islam berikutan […]

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