Crime against the state: A few women in Terengganu were caned recently for ‘committing sins’, as practised in Aceh which enforces Hudud law. — AFP
THE Deputy Minister of Law says the government has no plans to criminalise marital rape. A Perak exco member wants to amend the Islamic Family Law to make polygamy even easier for Muslim men. Women are being caned in Terengganu under a law that turns “sins” into crimes against the state. Our leaders tie themselves into knots trying to take an unequivocal position against child marriage.
In all these instances, the subtext for the troubling positions taken is a particular understanding of Islam – a punitive, discriminatory understanding that regards women as inferior beings who do not deserve respect nor the right to enjoy a life of dignity, let alone be treated as equal to men.
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