I’m sure that IKIM, Syariah Judiciary Department, and AG can focus on better things, like guidelines on illegal body snatching, dubious conversion, taking over assets and estate of the deceased, insensitivities of the body snatchers etc. Instead, they want to be “fair” and find a way to charge the non-muslim partner in court! » Read more: Fancy punishment for khalwat?
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Fancy punishment for khalwat?
April 3rd, 2008
Temples to pay RM1 only
March 26th, 2008Khir Toyo did announce the RM1 quit rent for vernacular schools last year end. Now PKR extends it to temples and places of worships. This is applicable to registered places. Unregistered ones don’t pay anything! 😀 Can we expect the rest of the states to follow this step?
The amount does help, but more grants from the government will be the best gift. » Read more: Temples to pay RM1 only
Demolished estate temples rebuilt by Sime Darby
March 19th, 2008This is indeed good news. The temple (located in Linsun Estate, Rantau) was demolished by two estate workers (claimed to be the manager and clerk) who said they were from opposition party. This happened just before election. » Read more: Demolished estate temples rebuilt by Sime Darby
Penang Hindu Endowments Board should be apolitical
March 19th, 2008The previous state government dished out the positions to politicians. The current government should not repeat the same mistake. They must set up a committee to short list and select suitable candidates to be in the board. There should be competent people well versed in religion and community issues. Politicians who lead will be seen as making skewed decisions or under influence of their political parties. I don’t think the assemblymen should be in the board.
» Read more: Penang Hindu Endowments Board should be apolitical
Padang Jawa Temple to be rebuilt (again?)
March 18th, 2008Now I’m confused. The new government has announced 10,000 sq ft land and RM40,000 from the developer. Great news, except that this was also announced last year by Khir Toyo! Does this mean the community is seeing double? Or is a case of promises made real? Khir Toyo promised, but Khalid approved it. No matter how it is looked at, the land and money is still coming from one source – the developer. Let’s see what the state government office, Khir Toyo, Samy Vellu, and Kamal Ganapathy said last year: » Read more: Padang Jawa Temple to be rebuilt (again?)