London, Oct 24 : Malaysia’s National Fatwa Council has decided to ban men’s clothes for women and also lesbian relationship amongst women.
According to the Telegraph, Abdul Shukor Husin, chairman of the National Fatwa Council, said women wearing men’s clothes and behaving like men was unacceptable. He also said that lesbianism amongst women (sex between two woman) was highly unacceptable.
Dr Abdul explained, "In view of this, the National Fatwa Council have decided and taken the stand that such acts are forbidden and banned."
Male homosexuality - specifically sodomy - is illegal in Malaysia and punishable with up to 20 years in jail.
Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 18 : To mark the 300th anniversary of the Guru Granth Sahib, a production house in Malaysia has decided to distribute 10,000 compact discs containing hymns and chants from the Guru Granth Sahib free of cost in the country and in other Southeast Asian countries.
Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 18 : Even as Malaysian Indians are trying to figure out which channel to use to forward their complaints and suggestions to the Government in the wake of the ban on the HINDRAF, which primarily represents them, there is a view generating that the Government can begin addressing the grievances of the community in a comprehensive rather than a patchwork manner.
Ipoh (Malaysia), Oct. 18 (ANI): Deepavali celebrations in the “Little India” area of the Malaysian city of Ipoh have been launched with cultural performances and dances.
The ten-day-long festivities began on Thursday night, reports The Star.
The launch was marked by a touch of politics as a nationwide call was made for lifting the ban on the HINDRAF movement.
DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang, who launched the celebrations, condemned the ban.
“Deepavali is supposed to be a time of great hope and jubilation, but this year, it will be a somber one,” he said in his speech.
Kuala Lumpur - Measuring over 30 centimetres in length, a new stick insect species found in a village in the eastern state of Sabah has been named after a Malaysian man, reports said Saturday.
Officially named Phobaticus Chani, or Chan's Megastick, in the October's issue of the scientific journal Zootaxa by British scientist Philip Bragg, the insect was discovered and sent to the British Museum of Natural History to be studied by Chan Chew Lun, an amateur naturalist.
Kuala Lumpur - A Malaysian police bomb squad safely detonated a live 430-kilogram bomb that was found on a university campus in the northern state of Perlis, news reports said Friday.
A heavy machinery operator discovered the bomb, believed to have been dropped during World War II, on Thursday, prompting police to block roads leading to the area, the Bernama news agency reported.
Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 18 : To mark the 300th anniversary of the Guru Granth Sahib, a production house in Malaysia has decided to distribute 10,000 compact discs containing hymns and chants from the Guru Granth Sahib free of cost in the country and in other Southeast Asian countries.
Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 18 : Even as Malaysian Indians are trying to figure out which channel to use to forward their complaints and suggestions to the Government in the wake of the ban on the HINDRAF, which primarily represents them, there is a view generating that the Government can begin addressing the grievances of the community in a comprehensive rather than a patchwork manner.
Ipoh (Malaysia), Oct. 18 (ANI): Deepavali celebrations in the “Little India” area of the Malaysian city of Ipoh have been launched with cultural performances and dances.
Kuala Lumpur - A Malaysian police bomb squad safely detonated a live 430-kilogram bomb that was found on a university campus in the northern state of Perlis, news reports said Friday.
