Comments on: Lina Joy says her religious rights have been denied http://magicstatistics.com/2007/05/31/lina-joy-says-her-religious-rights-have-been-denied/ "I accept no responsibility for statistics, which are a form of magic beyond my comprehension." -- Robertson Davies Sat, 13 Dec 2008 07:05:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Magic Statistics - “I accept no responsibility for statistics, which are a form of magic beyond my comprehension.” — Robertson Davies » Malaysian media forbidden to report debate over Islamic state http://magicstatistics.com/2007/05/31/lina-joy-says-her-religious-rights-have-been-denied/comment-page-1/#comment-18574 Magic Statistics - “I accept no responsibility for statistics, which are a form of magic beyond my comprehension.” — Robertson Davies » Malaysian media forbidden to report debate over Islamic state Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:24:05 +0000 http://magicstatistics.com/2007/05/31/lina-joy-says-her-religious-rights-have-been-denied/#comment-18574 [...] Malaysian media forbidden to report debate over Islamic state By StatGuy When Malaysia gained independence from Britain in 1957, it was established as a secular state.  Last week, however, Malaysia’s deputy prime minister Najib Razak stated that Malaysia was not secular but Muslim, although it provides safeguards for minority religions.  (Tell that to Lina Joy.) [...] [...] Malaysian media forbidden to report debate over Islamic state By StatGuy When Malaysia gained independence from Britain in 1957, it was established as a secular state.  Last week, however, Malaysia’s deputy prime minister Najib Razak stated that Malaysia was not secular but Muslim, although it provides safeguards for minority religions.  (Tell that to Lina Joy.) [...]

]]> By: caliibre (Richard Townsend) http://magicstatistics.com/2007/05/31/lina-joy-says-her-religious-rights-have-been-denied/comment-page-1/#comment-16823 caliibre (Richard Townsend) Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:38:52 +0000 http://magicstatistics.com/2007/05/31/lina-joy-says-her-religious-rights-have-been-denied/#comment-16823 What a sad day for Malaysia. The court verdict against Lina Joy has destroyed her bid to have her religious choice be seen as a matter of personal conscience rather than a state imposed obligation. Whilst the angry young men rejoice and shout “Allah-o-Akbar”, the Muslim religion again trumps the constitution and provides yet another early indication of the cracks forming in this previously rights based democracy. This verdict and other sad cases such as that of Subashini Rajasperhaps, may mean that the country’s tourist promotion board needs to rework its “Truly Asia” campaign. Perhaps now they need to market as ‘Malaysia truly Arabia’. Actually the government sometime back removed its English street names so it should be no problem for them to re-brand KL as the centre of “ASIARABIA” and perhaps they could call it ‘Riyadh Lumpur’. Oh yes and of course Putrajaya could become Meccaminor. Now get the tune in the head and its… Malaysia…. truly Arabia… yessssirrrr sounds great. Ric http://caliibre.blogspot.com/ What a sad day for Malaysia. The court verdict against Lina Joy has destroyed her bid to have her religious choice be seen as a matter of personal conscience rather than a state imposed obligation. Whilst the angry young men rejoice and shout “Allah-o-Akbar”, the Muslim religion again trumps the constitution and provides yet another early indication of the cracks forming in this previously rights based democracy.

This verdict and other sad cases such as that of Subashini Rajasperhaps, may mean that the country’s tourist promotion board needs to rework its “Truly Asia” campaign. Perhaps now they need to market as ‘Malaysia truly Arabia’. Actually the government sometime back removed its English street names so it should be no problem for them to re-brand KL as the centre of “ASIARABIA” and perhaps they could call it ‘Riyadh Lumpur’. Oh yes and of course Putrajaya could become Meccaminor.

Now get the tune in the head and its… Malaysia…. truly Arabia… yessssirrrr sounds great.

Ric
http://caliibre.blogspot.com/

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