The gov would of course like to generalize anyone who brings up the tudung issue as trying to ‘sow discord’ or raising ‘divisive’ matters. In fact, anyone who brought the matter up will be painted as a hardliner, extremist and…
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This week, when WP MP Muhammad Faisal spoke up against the ban on the wearing of tudung in certain occupations here, PAP Minister Masagos Zulkifli rebuked him for “subtly and frequently needling” the Malay community with this issue. Minister Masagos…
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Are we not sick already of the way certain issues are debated in Parliament? The raising of the perennial ‘tudung issue’ has become some kind of weird tussle for legitimacy–as representative of minority rights– between WP MP Faisal Manap and…
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Facebook post from SDP ex chairman Jufri Mahmood. (Translated from Malay in original post) I thought as a Muslim Minister, you would be more understanding of the aspirations of the Muslimahs in this issue. I thought you would give more…
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The Minister for Environment and Water Resources, Masagos Zulkifli, has lashed out at Workers’ Party Member of Parliament, Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap, for raising “divisive” issues in the House. At the heart of Mr Masagos’ concerns is how the…
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