KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 — An Islamic Studies revision book for secondary school students reportedly rationalises executing apostates who leave Islam, according to Siti Kasim.
The activist highlighted a passage from “Focus SPM Pendidikan Islam Tingkatan 4 5” published by local publisher Pelangi that allegedly cited reasons for the death sentence on Muslims who leave the faith, like warning people that Islam cannot be toyed with, preventing apostates from influencing other Muslims, and preventing acts of degrading Islam.
“Since the news about wife beating came out, a Form 5 Student inbox me and showed me this.... Now, you tell me whether this is right or wrong?
“Please Dr Maszlee Malik @maszlee, you really need to look into the Agama Islam syllabus. This is horrendous!” Siti posted on Facebook today.
The Islamic Studies revision book for Form Four and Form Five students is touted as a Pelangi bestseller on its cover.
Siti earlier highlighted a question in a September/ October 2018 model examination paper for the Form Five Islamic Studies subject, issued by the Selangor Education Department, on how to beat a “disobedient” wife.
Students were asked to write a third answer besides the provided answers of “Not too much until it causes injury” and “Not on sensitive parts”.
“Is this what our Malay children learning in school?? What is this Dr Maszlee Malik @maszlee? Is this acceptable? What kind of trash are we teaching the kids in school?” Siti posted on Facebook yesterday.
The activist highlighted a passage from “Focus SPM Pendidikan Islam Tingkatan 4 5” published by local publisher Pelangi that allegedly cited reasons for the death sentence on Muslims who leave the faith, like warning people that Islam cannot be toyed with, preventing apostates from influencing other Muslims, and preventing acts of degrading Islam.
“Since the news about wife beating came out, a Form 5 Student inbox me and showed me this.... Now, you tell me whether this is right or wrong?
“Please Dr Maszlee Malik @maszlee, you really need to look into the Agama Islam syllabus. This is horrendous!” Siti posted on Facebook today.
The Islamic Studies revision book for Form Four and Form Five students is touted as a Pelangi bestseller on its cover.
Siti earlier highlighted a question in a September/ October 2018 model examination paper for the Form Five Islamic Studies subject, issued by the Selangor Education Department, on how to beat a “disobedient” wife.
Students were asked to write a third answer besides the provided answers of “Not too much until it causes injury” and “Not on sensitive parts”.
“Is this what our Malay children learning in school?? What is this Dr Maszlee Malik @maszlee? Is this acceptable? What kind of trash are we teaching the kids in school?” Siti posted on Facebook yesterday.
I need to make very clear that the issue raised by sweetie Siti Kasim is about our education system and not the religion per se.
We have gone to the dogs since 1981 more so in 2001 and 2002 when Lim Kit Siang railed about the 929 and 617 Declarations made by Mahathir (them PM).
Then Mahathir declared that Malaysia was not just an moderate Islamic state but an Islamic fundamentalist state.
The ironically hypocritical stuff about Mahathir is he didn't approve of his wife Siti Hasmah wearing a tudung (as revealed by Siti Hasmah herself).
Anyway that day many rushed out to change their sarong (including kebaya), baju Melayu and baju kurung for jubahs, tudungs, etc.
Wikipedia informs us that: Although wearing the hijab, or tudung, is not mandatory for women in Malaysia, some government buildings enforce within their premises a dresscode which bans women, Muslim and non-Muslim, from entering while wearing "revealing clothes".
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KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 ― The Rela officer responsible for making a woman don a sarong to receive service at a Road Transport Department (RTD) office has been awarded a “letter of appreciation” as a morale booster. According to English daily The Star, Rela director-general Lukeman Saaid said this was because officer Tazidamiza Ismail had come under heavy fire after the June 9 incident. for more, see Star report Rela officer awarded 'letter of appreciation' after RTD sarong furore |
It's a bloody wonder the 'Mahathir-ised' Born-Again's didn't rush out to raze our beautiful tropical forests and dry up our bountiful rivers and streams to turn Malaysia in to a desert replete with camels and bonking couples on top of those ungulates.
The Education Minister (or if he wishes, the President of IIUM) must show us his 'cards' and do his work, either as Minister or IIUM President, to stop such teachings of killing to young school students.
It does things to your brain. Affects your ability to think.
ReplyDeleteAnwar and Kak Wan say don’t victimise LGBTs as long as consenting LGBTs do what they do in private and not in a public bus, it’s ok. Don’t ask don’t tell.
ReplyDeleteReally?
What about consenting adults who are straight but not married to each other? If they do it in private will Anwar and Kak Wan be as forgiving ?
Or will this special exemption be given only to LGBTs? Slippery slope.
This is another “exam” for our PhD Education Minister. Instead of spending so much time glorifying his alma mater IIUM perhaps he should investigate and ensure our Muslim students don’t end up as wife beaters or murderers.
ReplyDeleteTalk to experts on Society and Religion, and they will tell you the key driver of Islamic fundamentalism worldwide among Muslims in the late 20th Century, well into the 21st Century was the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
ReplyDeleteAlmost overnight, an oil-rich, secular , pro-Western Monarchy fell to an Islamic theocracy.
It heavily affected ordinary Muslims as well as governments. Many common people turned towards their Islamic religion, just as Iran, a well-educated, well-off Muslim society turned fundamentalist.
Governments maneuvered to co-opt Islamism into official policy, lest they too fall like the Shah.
The watershed year was 1979, not 2001.