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  • Dr Mahatahir: If You Understand Your Religion, You Will Never Be Gay

     

    Credit: Reuters
    Credit: Reuters

    KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad suggested today that homosexuality would not exist if people were strong in their religious beliefs.

    The former prime minister said homosexuality is now prevalent because the gay and lesbian communities have been following their emotions and lust.

    “If you understand your religion, you will never be gay,” the 88-year-old said after a lecture in the International Islamic University Malaysia  here.

    “If you strengthen your faith, your iman, then you’ll never be gay,” he added.

    Dr Mahathir was answering a question by a student — a nephew of former New Straits Times group chief editor Datuk A. Kadir Jasin — who asked for a way to curb the spread of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) movement in Malaysia.

    Dr Mahathir said that one of the dangers posed by the LGBT community is that they cannot have children, despite religion prescribing sex as a way to procreate.

    “It is good that they are having gay marriages, very soon they will disappear,” Dr Mahathir added, referring to the Western world.

    Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak objected to the inclusion of LGBT rights when signing Asean’s first human rights charter in 2012, saying Malaysia could not accept principles that went against the order of human nature.

    In the same year, the Education Ministry was forced to deny endorsing any guideline on spotting homosexuality symptoms among schoolchildren, following its then deputy minister’s apparent support for a controversial list that has triggered widespread disapproval.

    Mohd Puad Zarkashi, who was the then-deputy education minister, also said in March last year that his ministry may look into extending a parenting seminar on how to curb LGBT activities, to all districts in order to reach out to a wider group.

    International news wire Reuters reported the federal government as acknowledging last year that it has been working to curb the homosexuality “problem” prevalent among Muslims who form 60 per cent of Malaysia’s 28 million population.

    Homosexuality in itself is not a crime in Malaysia but is taboo in the religiously-conservative society, including among followers of Islam.

    Source: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/those-with-strong-faith-wont-ever-be-gay-dr-m-says

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  • Muslim Organisation PERGAS Support for NUS Lecturer Syed Khairudin Aljunied on LGBTQ Issue

    A letter of support by Mohamad Hasbi Hassan, President of Singapore Islamic Scholars & Religious Teachers Association (PERGAS) to Dr Syed Khairudin Aljunied.

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    Source: PERGAS, Facebook Page Dr Syed Khairudin Aljunied

  • Pink Dot Penang 2014 Dikecam ABIM

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    Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (ABIM) membantah penganjuran acara “Pink Dot Penang 2014” di George Town, Pulau Pinang yang didakwanya bertujuan meraikan kumpulan Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT).

    Poster acara tersebut telah dimuat naik di Internet, dan ia akan berlangsung di 1926 Heritage Hotel pada Mac 29.

    ABIM berpandangan bahawa acara sebegitu amat bercanggah dengan nilai-nilai pelbagai agama dan adat budaya di Malaysia, kata Setiausaha Agungnya Muhammad Faisal Abdul Aziz.

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    Katanya, berdasarkan rujukan terhadap laman Pink Dot Singapore, pada tahun 2013, acara seumpama itu telah diadakan secara besar-besaran “dengan tujuan menyeru persamaan hak bagi komuniti LGBT agar hubungan sesama jenis tidak dianggap suatu yang negatif”.

    “ABIM memandang berat penganjuran acara sebegini sebagai satu usaha yang biadab dan jelas tidak menghormati sentimen majoriti masyarakat Malaysia yang rata-ratanya berpegang teguh dengan ajaran agama.

    “Acara sebegini seolah-olah ingin membawa anasir kebebasan percintaan songsang yang telah kedengaran di merata pelosok dunia termasuk di negara-negara maju seperti UK, Perancis dan lain-lain,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan hari ini.

    “Namun ABIM juga menilai acara tersebut sebagai reaksi dari sikap dan persepsi buruk masyarakat yang amat keterlaluan hingga mengakibatkan hilang pertimbangan keadilan dalam keadaan tertentu ketika menghukum mereka sebagai seorang warganegara hanya atas dasar mereka cenderung dengan kelompok LGBT,” tambanya.

    Bagaimanapun, katanya, ABIM melihat memadai untuk kelompok ini didekati dan diberikan bimbingan tidak sehingga diberikan pengiktirafan meluas menerusi acara seperti yang dirancang.

    Sehubungan itu, katanya, ABIM akan menghantar surat bantahan kepada kerajaan negeri Pulau Pinang, Jabatan Agama Islam Pulau Pinang, Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (JAKIM) serta Pejabat Menteri serta Pejabat Ketua Pembangkang.

    Selain itu, katanya, ABIM juga akan membuat laporan polis menuntut siasatan dilakukan kerana ia bercanggah dengan semangat yang terkandung dalam Perkara 3 Perlembagaan Persekutuan yang secara terang-terangan mengiktiraf Islam dan agama-agama lain sebagai teras kepada nilai kenegaraan.

    Malaysia tidak mempunyai undang-undang terhadap homoseksual, tetapi liwat adalah satu jenayah di bawah Kanun Keseksaan yang boleh disabitkan hukuman penjara sehingga 20 tahun.

    Pada tahun 2011, acara yang sama ‘Seksualiti Merdeka ‘ di Kuala Lumpur telah diharamkan, di mana kira-kira 30 anggota polis menyerbu majlis itu semasa ia sedang berjalan.

    Source: Malaysiakini, ABIM

  • Of LGBTQ Lobby and Liberal Islam – Trends in the Muslim Community

     

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    The Mauqif – Standing point

    Saiyyidina Abu Bakr as Siddiq rad. holds a special place within the Ummah. Indeed, there is a hadith that says after the Ambiya, the first to enter Jannah among this Ummah is Saiyyidina Abu Bakr.

    The Ulema delved into this to ascertain why. They came up with the concept of the Mauqif. A standing point. A moment in time when, through one’s actions, one distinguishes one’s self above the rest. And there are so many occasions which are the mawaaqif where Abu BAkr shone. Very briefly, When he accepted Islam. Rasulullah SAW he never wavered even for a second when Rasulullah SAW first made dawah to Abu Bakr. Then, the incident of Isra Me”raj, a test for the Ummah. Abu Bakr never wavered or doubted the words of Rasulullah SAW. Then the incident of the passing of Rasulullah. In a moment where fitnah could emerge for the Ummah, Abu Bakr made that famous statement, ‘He who worships Muhamad, let him know that Muhammad is dead. But he who worships Allah, let him know that He is Alive, and Cannot die.’ Then the sending out of the army of Usama Bin Zaid, when even the senior sahabahs advised him to hold back and protect Madinah.

    The life of this remarkable individual is filled with so many Mawaqif that will be his witness when he stands in the Court of Allah azzawajal.

    Brothers and sisters, what is our Mawqif?

    What actions can we take in this fleeting life to present in the Court of Allah azzawajal? In this current LGBT controversy, do we sit back within the safety of our comfort zone, or do we stand up and speak the Truth, for the sake of Allah azzawajal?

    Wallahualam, but I believe this could count as a Mauqif for Prof Khai. There are many comments made regarding the NUS Provost letter. To my mind the capitulation and pandering to the Liberals is predictable. And at the end of the day, it is nothing more than a slap on the wrist for Prof.

    I am very heartened that the unintended outcome of this event is the awakening of our community. We have been asleep for far too long. Subhanallah, so many has come up to voice their support. The pushback against the LGBT lobby is indeed eye-opening and unprecedented. The Ulema have come forward in numbers. The conservative majority is becoming less and less docile.

    Brothers and sisters, this is the time to push forward. There are so many issues that are harming the Ummah. The LGBT lobby. The larger issue of the poison of Liberal Islam. So many of our youth are ideologically-defeated and dancing along the periphery of jahannam.

    It is not the time to pull back. And focus on individual worship.

    We have serious work to do. And in the process, in sha Allah,gather our own mawafiqs – standing points that can be our Witness in the Court of Allah azzawajal.

    Barakallahufeek.

     

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    Syed Danial commented on Minister Shanmugam’s Facebook comment regarding the LGBTQ issue.

    There’s some confusion going around that I wish to address.

    LGBT is a movement. It wishes to legitimize unnatural acts that is unacceptable in the sight of Allah azzawajal. I do not support the movement. I support homosexuals or people with tendencies who wish to change. To these people, we lend a helping hand. Not the LGBT movement.

    At it’s heart, the movement is hypocritical. They claim to be promoting love. Universal love. That is disingenuous. Two people can profess love for each other. That does not mean they have to consummate it by piercing an orifice whose function is to excrete human waste. So the movement does not promote love. It promotes disease causing acts against nature .

    We must differentiate between the two. Peace

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    Syed Danial and his friend MD Shawal created Facebook PicBadges to show support for the anti-LGBTQ movement.
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    Syed Danial and his friend MD Shawal created Facebook PicBadges to show support for the anti-LGBTQ movement.

    Source: Syed Danial, Nurul Syafiqah

  • Pastor Lawrence Khong Weighs In on LGBTQ vs NUS Professor Saga

    Pastor Lawrence Khong (FCBC)
    Pastor Lawrence Khong (FCBC)

    I watched with dismay as a Malay Studies Professor was insulted and intimidated by two alumni and a student for posting his personal views regarding “alternative modes of sexual orientation” on Facebook.

    This action constitutes an attack on free conscience and free speech. It aims to terminate debate on a highly controversial issue. It hampers the expression of diverse viewpoints. If left unchallenged, it will harm academic freedom and democracy in the long run.

    This is not the first time an academic is being maligned by LGBT activists. In 2007 when our leaders were debating whether to repeal or retain Section 377A of the Penal Code, two NUS law academics were subjected to abusive, lewd emails from LGBT activists for their cogent arguments supporting 377A. Be warned: the chief danger of the LGBT movement is its political agenda to take away freedom from anyone who disapproves their alternative lifestyle.

    Academics have the right to express their religious and professional convictions on public morality. What Dr Khairudin Aljunied said on Facebook is the very essence of academic freedom, not beyond academic freedom. It is intolerant and offensive for the alumni and student to demand that he undergo counselling.

    At National Day Rally 2009, Prime Minister said: “We are not against religion… religious groups are free to propagate their teachings on social and moral issues and they have done so on the IRs, on organ transplants, on 377A, homosexuality… And when people who have a religion approach a national issue, they will often have views which are informed by their religious beliefs. It is natural because it is part of you, it is part of your individual, your personality. But you must accept that other groups may have different views, informed by different beliefs and you have to accept that and respect that. And the public debate cannot be on whose religion is right and whose religion is wrong. It has to be on secular rational considerations, public interests—what makes sense for Singapore.”

    The petition against Dr Aljunied makes no sense in Singapore—a secular society with conservative roots where all citizens are free to address public issues based on their moral convictions secular or sacred or both.

    We hope Dr Aljunied will not lose his job over this incident. It will be a very sad day for Singapore if he does. It will derail the future of a moral man with a brain and a spine. It forebodes the end of freedom and our decline as a nation.

    NUS must not allow an undemocratic minority to vandalise our consciences, defy our shared values, degrade our virtues, and terrorise our collective well-being by forcing homosexual credo on a conservative society. NUS must draw the line between truth and error, right and wrong, good and bad. Or we might end up as a mere footnote in history instead of the shining red dot our Prime Minister hopes for.

    Source: Lawrence Khong (FCBC)

     

     

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