Posted in Activism, Liberty, Society on June 9th, 2007 7 Comments »
Is the Lina Joy case is a procedural matter? There are those that insist it is but I strongly beg to differ. Saying the case is procedural in nature downplays an issue that receives great attention from many sides that have stake in the ruling of the case. On the surface, I would agree that [...]
Posted in Liberty on June 2nd, 2007 1 Comment »
At The Economist: Article 11 has been in the country’s constitution since independence from Britain 50 years ago. However, things were muddied by a 1988 amendment, which denied the regular courts all jurisdiction over matters dealt with by the sharia courts. It was not clear if this gave sharia judges the right to overrule Article [...]
Posted in Liberty on June 2nd, 2007 5 Comments »
Some religious conservative Muslims in Malaysia accuse those that disagree with the Lina Joy case ruling as Islamophobes. While there are Islamophobes out there, just as there are xenophobes in general out there, the labeling of Islamophobes on freedom lovers is merely an act of poisoning the well. While I do not speak for others, [...]
Posted in Activism, Liberty on June 1st, 2007 3 Comments »
I am happy to announce that news of the restriction on religious freedom in Malaysia has made it to the front page of Wikipedia (due to the nature of Wikipedia, the permanent link is here). That is exactly what I hoped for when I first inserted the entry to Wikipedia’s current event section a few [...]
The name is Hafiz Noor Shams. I am a libertarian, a fellow at the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs and a columnist at The Malaysian Insider. For more about me, go here.