Tag Archives: Islam

Support #teamezrazaid

My favour­ite local comedian seems to have got­ten him­self into a spot of bother for trans­lat­ing a book last year. I was of in the woods at the time so I didn’t know about the government’s ban on Irshad Manji’s Allah, Liberty and Love. Here’s his response. All I have to say is, if you

That Effing Show on the Hairstylist Ban

I loved the quip about Kedah.

Penang State Government Allocates RM 64 million to Islamic Affairs.

Cross post from Malay­sian Athe­ists. In the 16-31st Decem­ber 2012 edi­tion of Buletin Mutiara, it was stated that the Pen­ang State Gov­ern­ment under Pakatan Rakyat con­trol had increased the alloc­a­tion to the Hal Ehwal Agama Islam depart­ment by 300% com­pared to 2008. In the graph provided in the freely dis­trib­uted state bul­letin, the fol­low­ing break­down in

Stand with Raif Badawi

Cross post from Malay­sian Athe­ists. To King Abdul­lah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Please res­cind charges against Raif Badawi. Saudi Arabia’s per­se­cu­tion of its cit­izens under laws that viol­ate the right to free speech is unac­cept­ably bar­baric. The decision of a court within Saudi Ara­bia to pro­ceed with charges of apostasy against Raif Badawi for his con­tri­bu­tions

The Legalities of Deconverting from Islam in Malaysia

This is a cross post from malaysianatheists.org. Ori­ginal art­icle here. We got the fol­low­ing help­ful tip from a law­yer of the Malay­sian Bar who does not wish to be attrib­uted as long as this know­ledge is avail­able to the pub­lic. We thank her for her time and free legal advice on the issue. Dear friends, This

Jibby. Fuck You.

Here’s another reason to vote out UMNO/BN. They are stead­fast in their resolve against pro­gress, and basic human rights. KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 27 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak had objec­ted to the inclu­sion of LGBT (les­bian, gay, bisexual and trans­gender) rights when sign­ing ASEAN’s first human rights charter recently, Tan Sri Muhy­id­din Yassin revealed tonight,

Female Genital Mutilation in Indonesia

Today seems to be a day for really bad news. First it was the declar­a­tion from Anwar that he would be okay if those douchebags from PAS were able to get their supreme leader into the highest polit­ical office in the land, now I have to read about the pre­val­ence of female gen­ital mutil­a­tion (FGM)