"Sisters In Islam" Why Is It So Hard To Stop Them?

Oleh messoul(TKO)

"Sisters in Islam (SIS) is an independent non-governmental organisation, formed in 1988, which believes in an Islam that upholds the principles of equality, justice, freedom and dignity. The issue is, why they use "sisters" instead of "women" or something else to refer to their group. Sisters normally refers to christianity, and not is Islam that normally using muslimat or else. Furthermore, they are not wearing scarf and not really presentable as a muslim group but more to Malay. Why the government allow them to use SIS? Why don't the government prohibit the use of Sisters In Islam?



Sisters In Islam
International Consultation on "Trends in Family Law Reform in Muslim Countries", 18th to 20th March 2006, Crown Princess Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
From left: Prof. Nasaruddin Umar (Indonesia), Prof. Norani Othman, Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir, Ms Zainah Anwar (Malaysia), Amina Lemrini (Morocco), Prof. Kecia Ali (USA), Dr. Ziba Mir-Hosseini (Iran) and Kiyai Husein Muhammad (Indonesia)


The Star, 2 June 2008
Women: Men must be encouraged to practise safe sex too

PETALING JAYA: Women’s groups have come out in support of the Health Ministry for promoting the use of condoms to combat HIV, but say practising safe sex is the responsibility of both men and women.

Sisters in Islam programme manager Norhayati Kaprawi said it was her group's hope that both men and women are encouraged to practise safe sex.

“We hope the ministry allocates a bigger budget for free condoms for those who need it, like drug abusers and their partners.”

As we can see, their interest is still in condoms. Why bigger budget for condoms?

Why Should They Sell This Book?
Muslim Women and the Challenge of Islamic Extremism
Paperback, 2005, 215 pp. Price: RM 28.00 / USD 13.00 Introduction

This book is based on a project initiated by Sisters In Islam in early 2003. The essays published together in this book describing women's groups' experiences in challenging Islamic extremism.

The chapters here are the outcome of collaborative research, networking and cooperation among various Muslim women's groups from Southeast Asia and the Middle East.



Chapter 1 - Introduction: Muslim women and the challenge of political Islam and Islamic extremism
by Prof Norani Othman

Chapter 2 - Muslim women, religious extremism and the project of the Islamic state in Iran
by Dr Ziba Mir-Hosseini

Chapter 3 - The challenge of fundamentalist Muslim movements and women's rights in Egypt
by Fatma Khafagy

Chapter 4 - The battle over new Indonesia: religious extremism, democratization and women's agency in a plural society
by Kamala Chandrakirana and Yuniyanti Chuzaifah

Chapter 5 - Malaysia: Islamization, Muslim politics and state authoritarianism
by Norani Othman, Zainah Anwar and Zaitun Mohamed Kasim

Chapter 6 - When gender is not a priority: Muslim women in SIngapore and the challenges of religious fundamentalism
by Suzaina Kadir

Chapter 7 - Religious extremism and its impact: the case of the Southern Philippines
by Norma A. Maruhom and Fatima Pir T. Allian

Chapter 8 - The women's movement in Morocco and the project of reforming the code for Personal Status Law (Moudawana - Islamic law)
by Amina Lemrini El Quahabi

Chapter 9 - Women Living Under Muslim Law (WLUML) network's understanding of religious fundamentalism and its response
Edited by Hoda Rouhana

Chapter 10 - Conclusion: Muslim women, the challenge of Islamic extremism and the way forward to building bridges between Southeast Asia and the Middle East
by Zainah Anwar and Norani Othman


I'm not sure what is inside this book, but by looking at the chapters, I can see that they are saying that Muslim is Extremist. I hope what I write here can open our mind about Pak Lah's daughter and SIS. Maybe we can say that it's one of the reason why we should reject Islam Hadhari. SIS is one of Islam Hadhari, I guess...
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