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Islamophobic Assaults on Muslim Men are Hate Crimes

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15 Apr 2021327 Views0

MACSA strongly condemns the recent attacks on two Muslim men by their employer purportedly for fasting in the month of Ramadan. Such attacks must be wholeheartedly denounced by all peace-loving Malaysians as hate crimes that were actuated by Islamophobic sentiments. MACSA calls on all Malaysians to honour and respect the position of Articles 3 and 11 of our Federal Constitution that sanctifies Islam as the religion of the Federation and the rights to religious beliefs for all Malaysians, to practise our respective religions in peace and harmony. MACSA also reiterates the position under Article 8 of the Federal Constitution which prohibits any discriminatory practices on the grounds of religion. MACSA is greatly concerned with the rising of Islamophobia in Malaysia that has shown its ...

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Serangan Islamofobia Ke Atas Umat Islam Adalah Jenayah Kebencian

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15 Apr 2021342 Views0

MACSA mengutuk sekeras-kerasnya serangan ke atas dua pengawal keselamatan yang mendakwa mereka ditampar, dipukul dan diacukan pistol oleh majikan mereka yang bukan beragama Islam kerana berpuasa. Serangan tersebut wajar dikutuk oleh setiap orang yang cintakan keamanan kerana jenayah ini disemarakkan oleh sentimen Islamofobia. MACSA menyeru kepada semua rakyat Malaysia untuk menghormati kedudukan Artikel 3 Perlembagaan Persekutuan yang mengangkat Islam sebagai agama Persekutuan dan Artikel 11 Perlembagaan Persekutuan yang menjamin hak kebebasan beragama untuk semua rakyat Malaysia agar semua dapat beribadah mengikut agama masing-masing dengan aman dan harmoni. MACSA juga ingin mengingatkan tentang Artikel 8 Perlembagaan Persekutuan yang melarang diskriminasi berdasarkan agama. MACSA m...

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Adib’s case: Tommy Thomas should not manipulate facts

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05 Feb 2021326 Views0

MACSA and PPMM view the writing by former Attorney-General Tan Sri Tommy Thomas, regarding the series of incidents that resulted in the death of the late Muhammad Adib Mohd Kassim as manipulating the actual facts established by the Shah Alam Coroner's Court on September 27, 2019. Thomas in his memoir 'My Story: Justice in the Wilderness' has said, among other things, that: i. The injuries suffered by Adib was when the fire engine was reversing, "pushing backward the vehicle Adib was travelling in. Adib was apparently trying to reenter his car when he was pinned down. It was therefore an accident". ii. the findings of coroner Rofiah Mohamad are extraordinary because the police have informed Thomas that the possibility of foul play has been set aside as the cause of Adib's death. ...

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Kes Adib: Tommy Thomas Tidak Patut Menyeleweng Fakta

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05 Feb 2021268 Views0

Gabungan Pertubuhan Masyarakat Sivil Malaysia bagi Proses Semakan Berkala Sejagat (MACSA) dan Persatuan Peguam Muslim Malaysia (PPMM) memandang penularan penulisan oleh bekas Peguam Negara, Tan Sri Tommy Thomas, berkenaan dengan rentetan insiden yang mengakibatkan kematian Allahyarham Muhammad Adib Mohd Kassim sebagai sesuatu yang menyeleweng dan terpesong daripada fakta sebenar yang telah diputuskan oleh Mahkamah Koroner Shah Alam pada 27 September 2019. Tan Sri Tommy Thomas dalam buku memoirnya ‘My Story: Justice in the Wilderness’ telah mengatakan, antara lain, kononnya: Kecederaan Adib adalah diakibatkan pengunduran kenderaan Bomba dan kenderaan yang dinaiki Adib. Adib dilihat cuba memasuki kenderaannya dan ketika itulah beliau dihimpit (“pinned down”). Maka ia tidak disengajakan...

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MACSA supports Tightening of Legislation in Strengthening The Family Values

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21 Jan 2021332 Views0

MACSA heartily thank Ahmad Marzuk Shaary, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, for his valuable feedback regarding the gaps in Syariah legislation pertaining to ‘transgenders’. His two recommendations, to tighten legislation in view of preventing disruptive behaviour, are on point and very much welcomed. His feedback was given as a response to the recent fiasco involving Muhammad Sajjad Kamaruz Zaman, popularly known as Sajat, who was recently charged under Section 10(a) of the Syariah Criminal Offences Enactment (Selangor) 1995 for dressing as a female at a religious event. It is obvious that a tougher law is needed to prevent these infringements from continuing as this is not the first time the social media influencer has committed this offence. Earlier last ye...

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The US democratic institutions need to be reformed

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09 Jan 2021282 Views0

The Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society Organisations in the UPR Process (MACSA) views developments in the US with great alarm. For a democracy to thrive, it's imperative that an election be conducted in a fair and transparent manner, the election result be valid and accepted by all and a peaceful transfer of power to the eventual winner ensues and be respected. As at the date hereof, notwithstanding President's Trump disagreement with the election result, it is a relief to the rest of the world that Trump has come out publicly stating he will honour a peaceful transfer of power. We hope with the many in America and around the world, that President Biden's swearing in on the 20th proceeds smoothly without much untoward incident. Unfortunately the events enveloping in the US for the p...