Wakil CLJ, Aidil Khalid menerangkan mengapa kita tidak harus terperangkap dengan kerangka polemik negara Islam vs. negara sekular. Sebaliknya apa yang lebih utama ialah untuk mengulang-tegas kedudukan Islam dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan dan sistem perundangan negara, serta menghapuskan mitos bahawa kononnya Malaysia negara sekular.
We’ll be discussing the Social and Legal Concerns with the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), by dissecting The Shock Doctrine book by Naomi Klein. For more information, click here.
We refer to the statements made by Aston Paiva as reported in “Ask right questions in secular-Islamic debate on country’s identity, lawyer says,” published in The Malaysian Insider on September 22. Indeed, we agree that in order for the debate on the implementation of hudud to be beneficial, the public must ask the right questions.…
Pada tahun 1977, seorang hakim Mahkamah Persekutuan pernah mengungkapkan seuntaian kata-kata yang amat penting dalam menetapkan hala-tuju negara ini sebagai sebuah negara-bangsa yang merdeka lagi berdaulat. Hakim tersebut, yang kemudiannya diangkat menjadi Ketua Hakim Negara dan telah menulis begitu banyak penghakiman penting yang menjadi rujukan sehingga ke hari ini, juga kemudiannya telah ditabalkan sebagai Sultan…
In the late 20th century, following substantial cultural and political developments, same-sex couples began to lead more open and public lives and to establish families. Now, the US Supreme Court has issued a majority decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, that all states must accept the legality of same-sex marriages. We must take heed of this…
The Concerned Lawyers for Justice (CLJ) is deeply perturbed by the statements made by two members of parliament as reported by the Malay Mail Online on June 27th, namely Zairil Khir Johari of DAP and Nur Jazlan Mohamed of Umno. The former was reported to have questioned the existence of the Federal Department of Islamic…
“Bagi mengelak dari terjerumus ke dalam lingkaran hujah-hujah yang terkongkong dalam kerangka politik kepartian semata-mata, adalah penting untuk peruntukan-peruntukan dalam Perlembagaan itu sendiri diteliti dan dinilai secara cermat, objektif dan menyeluruh. Tetapi ini pun belum tentu lagi boleh menjamin sepenuhnya objektiviti dalam menilai, kerana agenda-agenda kepartian adakalanya masih dapat menyusup ketika proses pentafsiran dilakukan. Sebagai…
Auschwitz is the Nazi extermination camp in Poland for the Jewish people whom Hitler wished to eliminate from the face of the earth. This place is the well-known monument to modern-day an act of genocide. Standing in Auschwitz, one may actually feel the horror of facing, not only personal death, but the death of your…
Isu yang hangat dibicarakan di media massa ketika ini adalah mengenai perundangan Hudud yang dirancang untuk dilaksanakan di negeri Kelantan. Tanggal 19 Mac 2015, Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Kelantan meluluskan Rang Undang-Undang Kanun Jenayah Syariah II 1993 (Pindaan 2015) dengan majoriti 43 undi. Kali terakhir undang-undang Hudud diluluskan di DUN Kelantan ialah sekitar 20 tahun…
The Concerned Lawyers for Justice (CLJ) refers to the Malay Mail Online news report of 21 April 2024 titled “Churches may operate in commercial areas without permits, Selangor exco says”. CLJ notes that the news report quotes Elizabeth Wong, a Selangor executive councillor and co-chair of the Selangor state committee on non-Islamic affairs (HESI) stating…
I read with satisfaction news articles both online and offline reporting the passage in Parliament of the Prevention of Terrorism Bill 2015 (now the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2015 or POTA). Now all that remains is for POTA to receive Royal Assent before a date is appointed for its coming into operation. The sooner that…
There has been a proliferation of opinions over the recent tabling and passing of the Sedition (Amendment) Bill 2015. The Bill, now an Act, now merely awaits Royal Assent before being gazetted as law. These opinions, mostly negative, have seen some of those opposed to the Sedition Act quote and give credence, as well as…
