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MALAYSIA : Transgender movement a ‘cancer’ to Malaysian courts, Muslim group warns
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 8 ― The transgender movement in Malaysia has become a “cancer” that is eating away at the judiciary system, a Muslim group warned today after a landmark decision by the Court of Appeal declaring an anti-crossdressing Shariah law unconstitutional yesterday.
According to the Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia (Abim), the rights movement will also be a “virus” against all religious citizens in Malaysia, not just Muslims.
“Yesterday, we saw it become a cancer and spread, attacking the federal judiciary institution,” Abim’s law bureau chief Khairul Anwar Ismail said on the group’s Facebook page.
“The decision truly tarnished, insulted and undermined the position of religious institutions such as the Shariah Court, state religious departments, fatwa institutions,” he added.
Despite admitting the need to love transgenders as fellow humans, Khairul Anwar insisted that the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) community should instead show their respect for the religious beliefs held by their fellow citizens.
“At the same, the LGBT group must respect the majority in this religious country, by respecting religious rules. Indeed, all religions are against the struggle of the LGBT group,” he alleged.
“The decision has really become the biggest virus that will destroy Islam and the Islamic identity, towards all Muslims and every citizens who are religious in Malaysia.
“It will destroy the identity of the country which is based on religion. Hopefully an appeal will be lodged straight in the Federal Court, in order to save every religious citizens in this country,” Khairul Anwar said.
Yesterday, Islamist group Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma) had similarly urged the Negri Sembilan Islamic religious council (Mains) to immediately file an appeal, as it will likely be used as a precedent in all similar legal challenges in the future by the country’s community of Muslim transgenders.
Section 66 of the Negri Sembilan Shariah Criminal Enactment 1992 outlaws any Muslim man who “wears a woman attire and poses as a woman”, with the punishment of a fine not exceeding RM1,000 or jail of not more than six months or both.
A three-judge panel on the Court of Appeal, led by Justice Datuk Hishamudin Mohd Yunus, ruled yesterday that the state Shariah law contravened constitutional provisions that guarantee personal liberty, equality, freedom of movement, and freedom of expression.
It also said the law was discriminatory as it fails to recognise men diagnosed with the Gender Identity Disorder (GID), or transgenderism.
Muslim-majority Malaysia continues to reject the perceived rise in queer activities, which it deems to be an assault against Islam together with growing calls for greater civil liberties.
Transgender activists estimated that there are around 60,000 Malaysian who identify as transgenders, with Malays making up 70 per cent of them.
- See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/m...ourts-muslim-group-warns#sthash.2MXLEgDJ.dpuf
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 8 ― The transgender movement in Malaysia has become a “cancer” that is eating away at the judiciary system, a Muslim group warned today after a landmark decision by the Court of Appeal declaring an anti-crossdressing Shariah law unconstitutional yesterday.
According to the Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia (Abim), the rights movement will also be a “virus” against all religious citizens in Malaysia, not just Muslims.
“Yesterday, we saw it become a cancer and spread, attacking the federal judiciary institution,” Abim’s law bureau chief Khairul Anwar Ismail said on the group’s Facebook page.
“The decision truly tarnished, insulted and undermined the position of religious institutions such as the Shariah Court, state religious departments, fatwa institutions,” he added.
Despite admitting the need to love transgenders as fellow humans, Khairul Anwar insisted that the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) community should instead show their respect for the religious beliefs held by their fellow citizens.
“At the same, the LGBT group must respect the majority in this religious country, by respecting religious rules. Indeed, all religions are against the struggle of the LGBT group,” he alleged.
“The decision has really become the biggest virus that will destroy Islam and the Islamic identity, towards all Muslims and every citizens who are religious in Malaysia.
“It will destroy the identity of the country which is based on religion. Hopefully an appeal will be lodged straight in the Federal Court, in order to save every religious citizens in this country,” Khairul Anwar said.
Yesterday, Islamist group Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma) had similarly urged the Negri Sembilan Islamic religious council (Mains) to immediately file an appeal, as it will likely be used as a precedent in all similar legal challenges in the future by the country’s community of Muslim transgenders.
Section 66 of the Negri Sembilan Shariah Criminal Enactment 1992 outlaws any Muslim man who “wears a woman attire and poses as a woman”, with the punishment of a fine not exceeding RM1,000 or jail of not more than six months or both.
A three-judge panel on the Court of Appeal, led by Justice Datuk Hishamudin Mohd Yunus, ruled yesterday that the state Shariah law contravened constitutional provisions that guarantee personal liberty, equality, freedom of movement, and freedom of expression.
It also said the law was discriminatory as it fails to recognise men diagnosed with the Gender Identity Disorder (GID), or transgenderism.
Muslim-majority Malaysia continues to reject the perceived rise in queer activities, which it deems to be an assault against Islam together with growing calls for greater civil liberties.
Transgender activists estimated that there are around 60,000 Malaysian who identify as transgenders, with Malays making up 70 per cent of them.
- See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/m...ourts-muslim-group-warns#sthash.2MXLEgDJ.dpuf
