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UPDATE: Malaysia: URGENT appeal for intervention to stay sentence of caning
The Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) international solidarity network is deeply concerned to learn that the Syariah High Court in the Malaysian state of Pahang Shariah Court has ordered that Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno be remanded at the Kajang women’s prison in the state of Selangor from Monday, 24 August. Madam Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, 32, has been sentenced to six strokes of the cane and fined RM5,000 (approximately US$ 1,400) after she pleaded guilty to consuming beer two years ago at a hotel in Pahang.
UPDATE: Malaysia: Warrant of arrest issued for woman drinking alcohol
The part-time model from Singapore, who is to be caned for having a beer in a nightclub last year, is one step closer to receiving her punishment.
Malaysia: Court allows religious councils to be interveners in a newspaper case
The High Court today allowed Islamic religious councils from 7 states and the Federal Territory, together with the Malaysian Chinese Muslim Association, to be interveners in a judicial review case on the use of the word "Allah" in a Catholic newsletter.
Malaysia: URGENT appeal for intervention to stay sentence of caning
The Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) international solidarity network is deeply concerned to learn that Madam Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno has been sentenced by the Pahang Syariah Court to six strokes of the rotan (and fined RM 5000) as punishment for drinking beer in a hotel nightclub in 2007.
Malaysia: Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf: "Authorities should reconsider law on alcohol"
On July 20, the Pahang Syariah High Court sentenced part-time model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarnor, 32, to a RM5,000 fine and six lashes of the rotan for drinking beer.
Malaisie: Une musulmane sera bastonnée pour avoir bu une bière
Un tribunal islamique de Malaisie a condamné une musulmane à être fouettée avec une canne de rotin pour avoir consommé une bière dans une discothèque.
Malaysia: Sisters in Islam criticize whipping of women
Open letter: 'Sisters in Islam' (SIS) urges the government to review whipping of women as a form of judicial punishment by the Syariah Courts.
Malaysia: Woman to be caned for drinking alcohol
"An Islamic court in Malaysia has sentenced a Muslim woman to be flogged with a rattan cane for having a beer in a nightclub, a court official said Tuesday.
Malaysia: What’s the matter with SIS?
The latest spotlighting on SIS — just one of many through the 20 years of the NGO's existence — began on 7 June 2009 when the PAS muktamar passed without debate a resolution calling for the National Fatwa Council to investigate SIS.
Malaysia: Debate over the right of a convert to Islam
A bold attempt to resolve a protracted problem has yet again revealed the rifts among Malaysians in matters of religion.
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