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The Regressive Left: Human Rights Extortionists

24 Jan 2018302 Views0

Defining Liberal Fascists Let’s be clear. Being Leftist does not inoculate you from behaving like a Fascist; just as authoritarianism is not the exclusive vice of the Right Wing. The Nazis, after all, were Socialist and lest we forget, Joseph “Dictator” Stalin and Chairman Mao Zedong were Communists, while Francisco “Fascist” Franco in Spain was, in fact, a Left Wing Socialist. The most archetypal examples of Totalitarianism in the 20th Century were incarnated by Left Wing ideologues and simply, using Liberal jargon with the aim to appeal to compassion and tolerance in order for you to advance a deeply authoritarian agenda does not make that agenda less offensive. What makes a movement Fascist is the degree, to which it does not accept dissent, its refusal to tolerate other opinio

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Same-Sex Marriage and LGBT: From the Legal, Medical and Maqasid Syariah Perspectives

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18 Jan 2018550 Views0

On December 7, 2017, Australia became the 24th country to recognise same-sex marriages. Only 4 Members of Parliament (MPs) voted against the motion in the Australian Parliament to legalise same-sex marriages. The Australian bill only needed to amend the phrase from "the union of a man and a woman" to "union of two people". Same-sex marriages was first recognised in occidental countries almost 20 years ago. Netherlands was the first country to do so in 2000 when its parliament voted 3:1 in support of legalising gay marriages. The law that allows gay couples the rights to marry, divorce and adopt a child was made only by amending a phrase in the legislation to include: "Marriage can be contracted by two persons of different or same sex". Iceland allowed gay marriages in 2010 and its Pr...

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Perkahwinan Sejenis: LGBT Dari Sudut Maqasid Syariah, Perubatan Dan Perundangan

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18 Jan 2018451 Views0

TERJEMAHAN Pada 7 Disember 2017, Australia menjadi negara yang ke 24 mengiktiraf perkahwinan sejenis. Dalam pengundian di Parlimen, hanya 4 ahli Parlimen yang menentang. Rang undang-undang baru Australia hanya perlu menukar perkataan“the union of a man and a woman” atau penyatuan lelaki dan wanita kepada “the union of two people” atau penyatuan dua manusia. Perkahwinan sejenis mula diiktiraf oleh negara-negara Barat hampir 20 tahun yang lalu. Negara Belanda adalah negara pertama berbuat demikian pada tahun 2000 apabila Parlimen mereka mengundi dengan nisbah yang menyokong adalah 3:1. Perundangan yang membenarkan pasangan sejenis hak untuk berkahwin, bercerai dan mengambil anak angkat ini dibuat hanya dengan mengubah satu ayat di dalam akta perundangan, iaitu “Perkahwinan boleh dijala

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Pindaan Anti-Diskriminasi Dalam Akta Kerja 1955 Suatu Usaha Baik

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14 Jan 2018372 Views0

Gabungan Pertubuhan-Pertubuhan Masyarakat Sivil Malaysia bagi Proses Semakan Berkala Sejagat (MACSA) mengalu-alukan dan menyokong kenyataan oleh Kementerian Sumber Manusia bertarikh 13 Januari 2018, bahawa Akta Kerja 1955 akan dipinda bagi menangani diskriminasi di tempat kerja. Hal ini berikutan isu larangan pemakaian tudung yang dikenakan terhadap sesetengah pekerja Muslimah, khususnya oleh majikan di sektor perhotelan di negara ini. Sejak perkara ini mendapat perhatian umum, Perikatan Wanita Antarabangsa Institusi Keluarga dan Pendidikan Berkualiti (WAFIQ), sebagai salah satu pertubuhan dalam gabungan MACSA, telah mengatur pertemuan dengan beberapa orang pekerja hotel yang terlibat dengan larangan ini, bagi mendapatkan gambaran menyeluruh mengenai krisis penafian hak beragama terhada...

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Liberal Fascists Camouflaged as Freedom Fighters

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22 Dec 2017291 Views0

Political correctness has revealed itself in the West to have been a liberal Trojan horse carrying a battalion of neo-Fascists in its belly, who emerge at the slightest perceived offence. They triumph at browbeating any and every differing opinion into silence. Not surprisingly, this Trojan horse has begun to appear in Malaysia over the last few years, using many of the same tactics adopted in the West. They promote “tolerance” for “alternative lifestyles” or for “marginalised people;” usually referring to homosexuals and transgender individuals. But this “tolerance” means, in practice, compelled speech (forcing people to use particular gender neutral pronouns, etc), suspension of legitimate debate (over definitions of gender, for example) by classifying it as “hate speech,” and g...

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Hak Asasi Manusia Dibentuk Konteks Budaya

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10 Dec 2017310 Views0

10 Disember adalah Hari Hak Asasi Manusia, bersempena tanggal 10 Disember 1948 apabila Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB) menerima pakai dan mengisytihar Deklarasi Sejagat Hak Asasi Manusia (UDHR), deklarasi pertama menyentuh hak asas seorang manusia. Cuma, dalam menentukan hak asasi manusia, adakalanya UDHR gagal mengambil kira konteks keagamaan dan budaya setempat dalam peradaban manusia, khususnya peradaban Islam. Malaysia tidak terkecuali apabila beberapa artikel UDHR bercanggah dengan Perlembagaan Malaysia dan syariat Islam. Antara Julai hingga September 2017, Kementerian Luar (Wisma Putra) mengadakan rundingan bersama pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO) bagi menerokai isu hak asasi manusia di Malaysia. Amalan hak asasi manusia di Malaysia mendapat sorotan berikutan pembabitan M...

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Advocating Atheism Is Against The Constitution

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30 Nov 2017292 Views0

The right to freedom of expression, as protected under Article 10 of the Federal Constitution, is accompanied by both the implicit and legal responsibility to exercise that right responsibly and in ways that do not disrupt the peace and harmony of our Malaysian society. In a country like Malaysia, where all religious faiths coexist and are respected, the Atheist Republic movement has decided that it should be free to malign and dishonour these faiths in the name of freedom of expression. They are gravely mistaken. Atheism, unless they are willing to admit otherwise, is not a religion; it has no rituals, no obligations, no places of worship and no practices. It does not qualify for the protections afforded to religious communities. An Atheist can be an Atheist privately, and there is not...

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MACSA Dibentuk Bagi Memperkukuh Dan Mempromosikan Hak Asasi Manusia Di Malaysia

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16 Nov 2017410 Views0

TERJEMAHAN Di antara bulan Julai hingga September 2017, Kementerian Luar Negeri, Malaysia (Wisma Putra) telah mengadakan sesi rundingan bersama badan-badan bukan kerajaan (NGO) bagi menerokai isu-isu hak asasi manusia di Malaysia. Praktis dan amalan hak asasi manusia di Malaysia mendapat sorotan berikutan keterlibatan Malaysia dalam Semakan Berkala Sejagat (Universal Periodic Review atau ringkasnya UPR), iaitu sebuah proses semakan yang dibuat secara berkala, bagi menilai tahap pengamalan hak asasi di negara-negara PBB, selaras dengan keputusan dalam Perhimpunan Agung PBB pada tahun 2006. Sepanjang sesi rundingan tersebut, perkembangan dan pelaksanaan hak asasi manusia di Malaysia telah dibincangkan dengan terperinci, dan NGO-NGO yang hadir diberi ruang untuk menyuarakan aspirasi ser

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MACSA Formed to strengthen Human Rights in Malaysia

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16 Nov 2017491 Views0

Between July and September 2017, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia (Wisma Putra) held consultations with several local civil society organisations (CSOs) primarily to explore a variety of human rights concerns in Malaysia. Human rights practices in the country had come under scrutiny following Malaysia’s participation in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a process for regularly evaluating the human rights practices of UN members initiated by the UN General Assembly in 2006. Throughout the consultative sessions, the progress and implementation of human rights measures in Malaysia were discussed and the various CSOs in question were encouraged to be forthright about their concerns and to identify current and future challenges. We laud and thank the Malaysian government for i...

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Ministries Must Intervene to Change Pervasive Hijab-Ban Policy

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12 Nov 2017296 Views0

In a recent statement, Cheah Swee Hee of the Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) claimed that the ban on frontline hotel staff from wearing hijab was an International Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for “all hotels”;[1] yet in the same article, hotel manager Syukri mentions that he left working at one hotel and opted to start working in another hotel that does not have such ban. And, of course, any international traveler will know that Cheah Swee Hee’s claim is inaccurate. Staffs wear hijab in hotels all around the world; the Gulf States, Turkey, Indonesia, the UK, the US, do not impose restrictions against religiously mandated attire for their employees; and clearly, many hotels in Malaysia do not either. In short, there is no international SOP banning the hijab; and yes, it is si...