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| Southeast Asia |
| Three Malaysian Muslims win court bid to cross-dress |
| 2014-11-10 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Three Malaysian Moslem transgenders on Friday won a landmark court ruling that challenged a religious law banning them from cross-dressing. Activists called it a victory for human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... in a conservative Southeast Asian nation. A three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that the Shariah law in Negeri Sembilan state was discriminatory as it failed to recognize men diagnosed with gender identity issues. It said the law deprived transgenders of "the right to live with dignity." "This is degrading, oppressive and inhumane," said Judge Mohamad Hishammuddin Mohamad Yunus. Hishammuddin said the Islamic law was aimed at curbing homosexual and lesbian activities that led to the spread of HIV. The present case "has nothing to do with homosexuality," but was about Moslem men with a medical condition, he added. A lower court dismissed the case in 2012, saying the three transgenders must adhere to Islamic law because they were Moslem and born male. The three, who have been certified by doctors to have gender identity issues, appealed the decision. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 So... How long until someone "defends Islam" from them? |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2014-11-10 08:00 |
| #2 Hey! Don't forget all of the Iranians that came into Iraq in 2004 dressed as women so they could smuggle weapons into the country without being searched. It is pretty common for the fanatics to dress in a burqha to conceal bombs and other toys. |
| Posted by: Mystic 2014-11-10 07:41 |
| #1 They want to fight to wear burkhas? They are sick. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2014-11-10 01:32 |