An insult to our intelligence
Do they acknowledge the difference in severity: Kartika is to be whipped and fined RM5000 for drinking beer but the man who leaves his wife and kids and mistreats her is only fined RM1000? Do they notice the inconsistencies and injustice?
Mariam Mokhtar, Malaysian Mirror (from Malaysia Today)
It has become something of a ritual lately that when certain Muslim NGOs run scared of a good debate, they eagerly go about making police reports.
Events of the past week have raised urgent questions about the political leadership in Malaysia. When various NGOs and Majlis Agama Islam Selangor (MAIS) lodged a police report against The Star's managing editor, P Gunasegaran, they said that he had no right to comment about Islamic matters because he is not a Muslim.
I disagree. As a Malaysian, his contribution is of immense importance.
......more at Malaysia Today
