Islamic Family Laws

**THE EFFORT HAS JUST BEGUN... please continue to support this petition** Keep collecting signatures for the petition and writing your letters because the story is far from over! You may have heard by now that the Cabinet has put on hold the gazetting of the IFL Act (FT). While this is good news for women in the FTs, women in the 12 other states continue to be subjected to these amendments, which were made to their respective Islamic family laws over the last few years. Also, women throughout the country continue to face hardship and injustice due to many other discriminatory sections in the rest of the Islamic Family Laws. The passion, commitment, support and action of many Malaysians created the significant and historic Cabinet decision. So, let us keep this momentum going because this is only just the beginning. We need to ensure that the government hears our collective demands for a Muslim Family Law that is truly just.

Warm greetings from Sisters in Islam. We wish to thank you for your constant support and for playing a big role in the IFL campaign! The campaign would not have gone this far without your active involvement.

Some of you had attended our talks on IFL, but some of you may not have been able to attend and thus may not have a clear picture on this issue.

We wish to inform that SIS is conducting a session this Saturday (21 Jan) to give a briefing on the IFL, and to share some of the works done in this campaign.

Our legal officer, Razlina, will give a briefing on :

- the trends of the IFL such as the 1994 amendments and fatwa on EPF
- the amended laws and its impacts

Our campaign officer, Shanon, will brief on :
- the IFL campaign : what has been done so far
what worked
what still need to be done.

We hope you could come and share with us any ideas you might have and to see how we could further our involvement in ensuring the success of this campaign.

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Session details :

Topic : Campaign to Protest IFL Amendment 2005

Facilitators : Razlina and Shanon

Date : 21 January 2006 (Saturday)

Time : 3.30 - 6.30 pm

Venue : SIS office

We will distribute some materials such at the FAQ (Frequently Asked Question) sheet on IFL and our newsletter for the session. Please call Nunu at 03 7960 6121 or email to yati@sistersinislam.org.my to confirm your attendance.

Thank you.


With Warmest Regards,

Norhayati Kaprawi
Programme Manager

Dear friends,



Sin Chew Daily is holding a PUBLIC TALK on the Islamic Family Law Amendment 2005 issue. The details are as follows :



TOPIC : ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW : Towards Justice?



SPEAKERS : 1. Zainah Anwar ( Sisters in Islam)

2. Professor Dr Shad Faruqi (UiTM Law lecturer

and constitution expert)



DATE : 24 January 2005 , (Tue)



TIME : 8.00 pm



VENUE : Sin Chew Daily

No. 19, Jalan Semangat , 46200 Petaling Jaya,

Selangor.



Direction to Venue : Fr the Federal Highway, turn to Jalan Universiti. You’ll pass by Univ. Hospital and Universiti Malaya on your right. Up ahead is a roundabout and make a 12 o’clock. Go further up and Sin Chew Daily (or Sin Chew Jit Poh) is right before the 2 nd roundabout. (Lisa De Inn is opposite the r/bout)



We hope you to see you at the talk!





Warm regards,



Yati Kaprawi

Programme Manager

Sisters in Islam

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