Friday, December 08, 2006

Pot calling kettle black

Is it just the PAS-controlled Kelantan state government that imposes double standards on women?

How about the Umno-dominated Barisan Nasional central government?

The following passage is from the latest issue of the Newsweek magazine:

“Malaysia has often been cited as an Islamic-majority country where women, particularly Muslim women, have successfully risen to senior political and business positions. That's true—but in the past year, critics say, the country has backpedaled. The Parliament amended so-called Islamic family laws to make it easier for a man to take multiple wives and to divorce, and the amended laws now allow a husband to claim a share of an existing wife's property if he takes additional wives. Some female lawmakers rebelled at the changes but were ordered on threat of dismissal from the government to vote for the measures.”

If that's the case, do the deputy premier Najib Razak and his colleagues have the moral authority to criticise the PAS dress-code and talk about indiscriminate acts against women?

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