40 Lashes for Naming a Teddy Bear “Mohammed”
Here we go again, a British primary school teacher has been arrested in Sudan for allowing her class of 7-year olds name a teddy bear ‘Mohammed’. Gillian Gibbons, a British citizen had since been charged with “blasphemy,” an offence he said was punishable with up to three months in prison and a fine.
The name ‘Mohammed’ is sacred to Islamic philosophy, the name Mohammed is associated with ‘Nabi Mohammed’, the founder or massager of Islam.
Based on my understanding, it was the children that named the teddy bear ‘Mohammed’, not Gillian Gibbons. Anyway, what is wrong with naming a teddy bear ‘Mohammed’? We’ve seen westerners naming their children ‘Christ’, some goes to the extend of burning a bible, same thing happens in Asia, what is wrong with that? Religion should be a separate entity from the state, if the church wants to sue them for burning a bible, by all means go ahead, if the Islam scholars wants to sue Gillian Gibbons, by all means go ahead, but the government should not get involved.
Source: Skynews
200 lashes for Saudi gang rape victim
A recent headline of Telegraph UK, to make a long story short, a Saudi woman was sentenced to 200 lashes and 6 months prison for being a gang rape victim, the initial sentence was 90 lashes but was subsequently increased to 200 because the women was found guilty of influencing the media – sympathy.
What a bunch of idiots, how could they do this? Isn’t it wrong morally and ethically to punish the victim?
According to the Arab News newspaper, the woman was gang-raped 14 times. Her offence was in meeting a former boyfriend, whom she had asked to return pictures he had of her because she was about to marry another man. The couple was sitting in a car when a group of seven Sunni men kidnapped them and raped them both, lawyers in the case told Arab News. The former boyfriend was also sentenced to 90 lashes for being with her in private. – Source: Telegraph UK
The Islamic Sharia law is not in tune with modern society, these religious laws does not comply with today’s plural ethic modern society; we’re heading towards a global village, a multi cultural world. Coming from an Islamic country – Malaysia with a religious composition of 60% Muslims and 40% others, and an ethic composition of 50% Malays, 25% Chinese, 8% Indians and the rest, I need to stress that Islamic Sharia Law doesn’t work, one of the reason – What if a Muslim and non-Muslim are involved in an argument say divorce? or Khalwat (Close Proximity with the opposite sex)? or marriage?
These Islamic Sharia Laws are written hundred of years ago by some Muslim scholar, it does make sense during their golden age, close proximity was deem as something unhealthy during the olden Chinese culture, same goes with the western culture where they segregate children, church goers and many more according to gender, but these rules evolve, the entire world evolve and adapt to current changes and demand.
Religion should be a personal matter, religion, politics, and state should not mix together.
