PAS Youth’s Valentine’s Day crackdown draws flak Options

[chutzpah]

PAS Youth’s Valentine’s Day crackdown draws flak

PETALING JAYA: PAS Youth’s proposed Valentine’s Day crackdown has drawn flak from the Youth wings of MCA, Gerakan and DAP.

MCA Youth chief Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong said moral policing on Valentine’s Day indicated that the Pakatan Rakyat state governments were starting to implement Islamic policies.

“Although PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang had said during the Tenang by-election that the Islamic state is an old issue, we know that it was just a tactic to cheat voters,” he said in response to PAS Youth chief Nasrudin Hasan Tantawi’s statement that local authorities in Kedah, Kelantan and Selangor would conduct checks to curb immoral activities on Valentine’s Day.

Dr Wee urged these state governments to make a stand on Nasrudin’s claim that there would be a Valentine’s Day crackdown in Pakatan Rakyat states.

“It is very disappointing and sad to see that PAS has failed to walk the talk,” he said.

Kedah Gerakan Youth chief Tan Keng Liang called on PAS Youth to mind its own business.

“I urge Pakatan Rakyat to re-examine any plans to undermine Valentine’s Day in Pakatan Rakyat states.

“Don’t prejudge the morality of those celebrating Valentine’s Day,” he added.

Dapsy chief Anthony Loke Siew Fook said it did not agree with PAS Youth’s plan to play moral police and check on couples on Valentine’s Day.

“The campaign was never discussed with PKR Youth or Dapsy,” he said.

He also added that PAS Youth had no right to speak on behalf of the Pakatan Rakyat state governments.

“The power of enforcement lies with the state governments,” he said.

In an immediate response, Nasrudin said the local and religious authorities would be taking action based on existing rules and regulations.

“In Selangor, for example, enforcement activities are already in force to check immoral activities among Muslims.

“I am sure none of the state governments condone immoral activities,” he said.

The Valentine’s Day issue that was first highlighted in The Star has attracted global attention with Time magazine’s online edition and foreign wire agencies picking it up.

In August last year, Nasrudin said that Valentine’s Day and New Year celebrations were among the major causes of baby dumping in Malaysia as both occasions had encouraged liberal socialising and free sex.

SOURCE: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=...&sec=nation

This post has been edited by chutzpah: Feb 11 2011, 04:56 PM

[Crystallised Dre...]

Smart of MCA Youth chief Dr Wee Ka Siong to take the opportunity to say that Pakatan Rakyat has started to implement Islamic teachings. To assume that just because one of the party affiliates does it, means that it is approved by all.

He has a very reliable sense of judgment, and Dapsy's protest against PAS' action is a mere cover-up that the good people of Malaysia should not gullibly believe.


@chutzpah: +1 for the next post, but if I were to play the devil's advocate I'd say it's not a strong argument enough. Because Nasruddin did not deny that liberal sex also happened after Valentine's Day, or even during Ramadhan. He's just saying that most of it occurs on NY and Valentine's Day. What we need are some delicious statistics.

[chutzpah]

.. What we need are some delicious statistics.

CD do you think I need encouragement here?

BTW pls read this : http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=...&sec=nation

Is that near you, I hope they are not going to kill the tiger.



This post has been edited by chutzpah: Feb 14 2011, 12:19 AM

[Crystallised Dre...]

BTW pls read this : http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=...&sec=nation

Is that near you,

Nope it's not near me. I'm from Sarawak (in East Malaysia). There are no Orang Aslis (aborigines) in Sarawak, they're only found in the Peninsular.

I hope they are not going to kill the tiger.

Shabrina said the department had wanted to track the animal down but could only do so once the police had issued a permit.

She said after it had been located, her men would chase the tiger farther into the jungle.

The department expects to get the permit today.