Something about this whole liwat thing bothers me, despite the so-called “Qur’an swearing” and all. I’ve never seen a more relaxed sodomy victim sitting calmly in a room full of pressmen and photographers and taking questions without batting even an eyelid. You would think that a post-traumatic victim of sodomee would show some kind of anxiety disorder or distress after being violated in the butt-hole. But truth is, I do not see any of those signs in Saiful Bukhari Azlan. Do I think he is a victim? The answer is obvious.
As for the so-called “Quran-swearing” event itself, I have yet to see the video of the actual process taking place so I cannot say for certain what actually transpired, although according to the Malaysiakini reports the scene was recorded and shown to the reporters. I’ve done my fair share of swearing on the Qur’an to respond to the fitna of an Islam Liberal (who has convieniently until today yet to reply) but the way this whole thing is playing out in the “sodomy victim’s” case just does not feel right.
16 Aug
I am not surprised that there would be these so-called “know-alls” who would label yesterday’s success of closing down a blatantly anti-Islamic forum as the result of “mob rule”. These people think they can speak for Islam, but the protesters who attended yesterday’s protest were indeed voicing the feelings of the Muslims on the ground about the forum. I have seen the video of the protest and some of the leaders who organised the protest were sane and rational individuals, although the same cannot be said for one or two individuals who attended and tried to pick a fight with another protester.
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10 Aug
Alhamdulillah, the anti-Islamic forum which was supposed to be run throughout the morning today has been stopped.
About 300 protesters have gathered outside Bar Council headquarters demanding that the lawyers group halt its controversial forum on ‘Conversion to Islam’ this morning. The Bar Council today, adhereing to the advice of the police – and an angry mob at its doorstep – wrapped up its half-day forum on ‘Conversion to Islam’ at 10am, an hour after it had started.
Earlier about 300 protesters have gathered outside Bar Council headquarters demanding that the lawyers group halt its controversial forum on ‘Conversion to Islam’. A leader of the protesters – PKR Kulim-Bandar Baharu parliamentarian Zulkifli Noordin – declared the abrupt end of the forum as a victory for them. By 10.40am, most of the protesters have dispersed.
The open forum on the sensitive religious issue kicked off at 9am but angry protestors have given organisers half an hour to cancel the event.
The forum is nothing more than an Article 11/IFC clone and I am glad that a stop was put to it. Issues of this nature are not qualified to be discussed by those who have no authority about it, most especially the non-Muslim lawyers infesting the Bar Council. It has nothing whatsoever to do with promoting and understanding between religions, but an underlying attempt to diffuse and destroy the Islamic character of Malaysia, God forbid! And this is something I will oppose to until my last, dying breath.
09 Aug
I have actually known about the arrest as soon as the word went out, but I was too busy to do anything about it. For the life of me, I cannot think of any comprehensible reason why would anyone arrest Pak Bakaq, but I saw this reason provided by Nat. Not sure it is true or not but if it is….it has to be the silliest reason conceivable to warrant an arrest of a blogger.
Personally, I think there is a much more sinister reason behind it and as Pak Bakaq is well-known for maintaining his specialised blog-tal, this could well be an intimidation attempt by those concerned to silence socio-political bloggers. I hope someone can inform me of the latest news about Pak Bakaq as the fiancee will be in town and I wouldn’t have time to keep up with the news.
08 Aug
Different players, same purpose:
Islamist party PAS jumped on the bandwagon of Islamic groups against the Bar Council’s forum entitled “Conversion to Islam: Article 121 (1A) of the Federal Constitution, Subashini and Sharmala Revisited” today…Among the issues to be discussed at the forum include conversions to Islam without spouses’ knowledge, conversions of children without dual parents’ consent and other inheritance issues.
It may have different players but this reminds me smack in the face of the Article 11/IFC initiative not very long ago. Just as I have opposed it in 2006, I will do so once again. These people never do give up in trying to undermine the status of Islam in the country, do they?
07 Aug
