Will we cane Muslims who have illicit sex with Mongolians?

By Nathaniel Tan,

So, one has to ask, are these 3 women the only Muslims having illicit sex in Malaysia?

I hope you will forgive me if I sidestep the question of whether such caning is just, or defensible under Islamic law, etc. For today, let me restrict myself to questions of fairness, consistency and justice.

I have yet to read of how and under what circumstances these women were caught. I don’t know if there were the sufficient quorom of witnesses as I assume is required under Islamic law.

But I think we need to be asking some serious questions. First among them: can we expect every single Muslim who has sex outside marriage (or, and I suppose this is the kicker, is caught doing so) to be caned henceforth?

If this is the case, can we assume that every single politician or other leader in this country has never had sex outside marriage (or I suppose, been caught doing so), seeing as none of them have apparently been caned for the offense?

Is this likely or plausible? I guess that is terpulang kepada kebijaksanaan tuan-tuan dan puan-puan sekalian (for you to decide).

I guess it’s lucky Chua Soi Lek is not Muslim, or that the allegations against Jamaluddin Jarjis were untrue. Imagine if we had to cane our Ambassador to the United States.

Of course, there are other prominent politicians that many joke of having lurid (and international) tastes.

God forbid that any such videos will come to light, because now that we have told the world what we do to Muslim adulterers and adulteresses, imagine trying to explain why some get caned and some don’t. Even worse is if the world starts to think we only cane adulteresses, but not adulterers.

Honestly, I’m amazed at our government’s actions. At breakfast today, we spoke once again of how Umno is trapped. As long as it focuses on and is defined by only its racial politics, it will forever be driven to do things like this for political gain.

ps- If anyone is able to provide the details of the cases, including the proof that was levelled against the women, I would be most obliged.