YOURSAY ‘Even if action of the girls is seen as inappropriate, it was done naively.’
'Arrest warrants will traumatise K-Pop fans'
Malaccan: Has Jawi (Federal Territories Islamic Affairs Department) taken the same action against the PM's wife and other BN politicians who were photographed being hugged and kissed on the cheek by men?
Surely Jawi has better things to do for the salary they earn to be halal? Perhaps they do not do what they should do because some of the wrongdoers are high ranking and influential personalities whereas these young girls are easy targets.
Perhaps talking about Jawi may land many Malaysians next to lawyer Eric Paulsen, because like Jakim (Department of Islamic Development Malaysia), Jawi may be beyond criticism.
If Thailand has strict lese majeste (i.e. 'injured majesty') laws, we have stricter lese petit Napoleon (i.e. 'injured little Napoleons') laws for the entertainment and ridicule of the world.
Anonymous #45527285: Define first what is ‘public indecency’? Simply threatening people with arrest is criminal intimidation.
The tudung-clad girls at the K-Pop show are not duty bound to respond to the authorities unless they have committed an offence. What is the offence?
Myrights: They don't have the slightest understanding of what their threats will do to the young girls, who are probably so innocent that they will now be traumatised for life and probably beyond repair.
Can you imagine a 15- or 16-year old kid being threatened with arrest? For what? Because they innocently hugged their idol?
And DPM Muhyiddin Yassin said Malaysians are the most moderate . What do you call this? Moderation is definitely not it.
The Patriot: Sometimes I wonder if our society dwells too much on outward appearances. Why the uproar?
Even if one sees the actions of those teenage girls as not appropriate, at least it was done naively, without any dirty intention.
Further, there was no real skin-to-skin contact. I suggest that the religious authorities should instead focus on counseling those countless pregnant teenage girls.
Stig: Sometimes a hug is just a hug and a kiss on the forehead is just a kiss on the forehead. With all this brouhaha, one would have thought an orgy occurred on stage.
CiViC: Those who did not watch what had happened, I suggest you do so. It may change what you think of this incident.
The "event" was planned so to have the girls re-enact certain scenes with the artistes which resulted in hugging, kissing, touching etc.
Organisers should know well enough not to allow it the first place, more so with Muslim girls. While such stern action (warrants of arrest, etc) may not be called for, organisers should be more responsible.
Anonymous_1419577444: Jawi, you are going after the wrong people. The girls are the victims. It was the K-Pop boys who ‘molested’ the girls in public.
These boys should be the ones hauled up. Please go ahead and arrest them. Malaysians will support you prosecuting these ‘molesters’.
P Dev Anand Pillai: The trouble here in our beloved nation is that only non-Malays and a small fraction of Malay women from some NGOs complain on these matters and are very vociferous on their stand.
But very unfortunately the vast majority of Malay women keep very quiet, so the authorities do as they see fit. Amongst Malay women, there is no unity as well.
If Malay women want a change in attitude, they will have to make their stand. Until that happens, it is futile for their non-Malay sisters to make noise on their behalf.
RKR: P Dev, how can Malay women make noise? They will be branded as 'traitors', 'unIslamic', 'infidels', so on and so forth.
I don't think they want to look for trouble. But you're right. They should make noise; otherwise this madness is not going to end.
Paul Warren: Lawyer Ambiga Sreenivasan, this being a Muslim affair, you are not expected or supposed to know anything about these matters. It’s best you stay out of it. There, I said it before anyone else did.
Anonymous_40dc: Non-Muslims should not get involved, this is our issue and we will settle according to our rules.
Wg321: I read a comment from one of the Malaysiakini commenters which really struck me. She said “I am so lucky to be a Chinese”, meaning to be a non-Muslim living in Malaysia.
This reminds me of Chairman Mao’s China - also cannot do this and cannot do that. The Islamic authorities in Malaysia are doing exactly what Mao did to the Chinese people.
Just imagine, touching the hand of a Muslim girl in public is considered molestation in Malaysia. I think Chairman Mao is not as ‘terror’ (drastic) as that.
Casey919: It looks like they need a notice to inform all in-bound visitors that it is a crime to touch tudung-clad girls, just like the notice informing that drug trafficking is a crime. Land of endless possibilities.
Anonymous #40538199: Why not speak to the parents first?
RCZ: A scare tactic to frighten young girls into following Islam as Jawi sees it. There is no room for independent thought. There is no room for parents to decide what is best for their daughters.
Sorry, parents, Jawi knows better.
Hmmmmmmmm: I wonder what kind of questions the authorities will ask the girls should they turn themselves in...
Soo Jin Hou: A pea brain mentioned a couple of days back that Malaysia is a "moderate" Muslim country. Welcome to Malaysia, where rapists get acquitted and a hug will get you arrested.
Malaysia Ku: Control. That's what they desire most. Otherwise they are irrelevant.
Poor Muslim girls, can't even have some innocent fun without looking over their shoulders for the religious police.
Supercession: Excellent, let us intimidate and discipline our fellow ordinary citizens for every little 'infraction' so that we may feel almighty and holier than thou.
But we must always bear in mind never to touch the powerful elite who may drink, whore and corrupt with impunity, lest we land ourselves in a pool of -coli.
Jibtuya: I am starting to agree with former minister Zaid Ibrahim. Malaysia is indeed already a Taliban country.
Anonymous_1371858267: What about my favourite Auntie Rosie hugging Lee Chong Wei. Is it not haram?
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