The New Straits Times
by Alina Simon
"We have come across cases of black magic practices in the Syariah Court, but there is no law to address it. Hopefully, there will be a concerted effort by the government to draft a law to curb the abuse," he said after opening a one-day seminar on laws and black magic crime here yesterday.
While acknowledging the difficulty in convicting the offenders in the current legal system, he said these were issues which had to be ironed out.
The seminar was organised by IKIP International College with Pahang Foundation, Pahang Islamic Religious Council and State Syariah Legal Department.
One of the panelists, IKIP law lecturer Dr Mahyuddin Ismail said the seminar, the first to be held in Pahang, was to continue the effort by the Selangor Mufti's Department, which organised a similar seminar late last year.
"The use of black magic as a weapon to bring harm to a person is much talked about in our society but nothing is being done to bring in the offenders to justice.
"We keep hearing of people from all levels of society -- business folk, artistes, VIPs and common folk -- talking about 'kena buatan' (being got at) through 'ilmu halus' (magic) and djinn.
"Although black magic practices tend to be regarded as a rural phenomenon, it is actually a global concern."
Former lecturer at the Islamic Studies Academy of Universiti Malaya and a healer with 20 years experience, Dr Jahid Sidek Al-Khalidi said he daily faced the challenge of helping people who fell victim to black magic.
"I see victims suffering from all sorts of sickness and the culprits responsible are often their own family members, relatives or people they know.
"Magic is also used to create rift among families, husbands and wives, and business partners until they end up being enemies.
"The reason is often because of small, seemingly insignificant matters but it escalates due to festering anger, jealousy and pettiness."
Jahid admitted the difficulty in proving cases involving black magic as it would require skilled and able personnel to investigate and get proof to secure a conviction.
"These things need to be worked on and we hope that with the co-operation of various parties, including the healers, it can be done.
"It is time we have a law as black magic has been around for ages and so many people have suffered in silence."
The seminar was attended by about 200 people from various government agencies and non-governmental organisations.
by Alina Simon
KUANTAN: A Syariah High Court judge said Malaysia should consider drafting a law to govern the practice of black magic.
Datuk Rahman Md Yunus said there was a need to create a special enforcement and legal system specifically to tackle the issue as it was becoming rampant, especially among the Malay Muslim community.
He said black magic had been recorded in the Quran and the various prophets, including Prophet Muhammad, had also mentioned of such uses to bring harm to others and sternly forbade the practice.
He said it was time to address the issue as the abuse of black magic not only brought hardship to people, but also created a friction in faith among Muslims.
Datuk Rahman Md Yunus said there was a need to create a special enforcement and legal system specifically to tackle the issue as it was becoming rampant, especially among the Malay Muslim community.
He said black magic had been recorded in the Quran and the various prophets, including Prophet Muhammad, had also mentioned of such uses to bring harm to others and sternly forbade the practice.
He said it was time to address the issue as the abuse of black magic not only brought hardship to people, but also created a friction in faith among Muslims.
"We have come across cases of black magic practices in the Syariah Court, but there is no law to address it. Hopefully, there will be a concerted effort by the government to draft a law to curb the abuse," he said after opening a one-day seminar on laws and black magic crime here yesterday.
While acknowledging the difficulty in convicting the offenders in the current legal system, he said these were issues which had to be ironed out.
The seminar was organised by IKIP International College with Pahang Foundation, Pahang Islamic Religious Council and State Syariah Legal Department.
One of the panelists, IKIP law lecturer Dr Mahyuddin Ismail said the seminar, the first to be held in Pahang, was to continue the effort by the Selangor Mufti's Department, which organised a similar seminar late last year.
"The use of black magic as a weapon to bring harm to a person is much talked about in our society but nothing is being done to bring in the offenders to justice.
"We keep hearing of people from all levels of society -- business folk, artistes, VIPs and common folk -- talking about 'kena buatan' (being got at) through 'ilmu halus' (magic) and djinn.
"Although black magic practices tend to be regarded as a rural phenomenon, it is actually a global concern."
Former lecturer at the Islamic Studies Academy of Universiti Malaya and a healer with 20 years experience, Dr Jahid Sidek Al-Khalidi said he daily faced the challenge of helping people who fell victim to black magic.
"I see victims suffering from all sorts of sickness and the culprits responsible are often their own family members, relatives or people they know.
"Magic is also used to create rift among families, husbands and wives, and business partners until they end up being enemies.
"The reason is often because of small, seemingly insignificant matters but it escalates due to festering anger, jealousy and pettiness."
Jahid admitted the difficulty in proving cases involving black magic as it would require skilled and able personnel to investigate and get proof to secure a conviction.
"These things need to be worked on and we hope that with the co-operation of various parties, including the healers, it can be done.
"It is time we have a law as black magic has been around for ages and so many people have suffered in silence."
The seminar was attended by about 200 people from various government agencies and non-governmental organisations.
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