No caning for Kartika

Posted on August 28, 2009
Filed Under Syariah Law |

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — After a series of flip-flops, authorities in Malaysia decided this week that a 32-year old Muslim woman caught drinking beer in violation of Islamic law would not be caned after all.

The controversy may have subsided, pending a legal review, but it has left a bitter aftertaste.

The case of Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, a former model and nurse, drew the attention of international media and rights groups and presented a harsh view of the kind of Islamic justice dispensed in one of the world’s most moderate and stable Muslim-majority countries.

“It is pretty embarrassing,” Marina Mahathir, a leading women’s activist and the daughter of former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, told The Associated Press in an interview.

Full story here.

“.. but it has left a bitter aftertaste” … I should hope so!

What an unnecessary publicity for the country!

If the syariah court was really serious about punishing Muslims for violating Islamic laws, why only go after those who consume alcohol?  What about all the other haram things that are done every day and in so many ways?  Where are the stories on those people who have committed what is haram and are being prosecuted in the syariah court?

And it is disgraceful that all the Prime Minister could say was that Kartika should appeal her case.

Well, at least all the negative publicity have resulted in a suspension of her punishment pending a legal review.

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