Tengah khalwat ke?

There's a new mufti in town.

Perlis mufti slams khalwat raids
15 Dec 2006

Islamic authorities in the country should stop spying on couples in search of illicit pre-marriage canoodling, Perlis mufti Mohamed Asri Zainul Abidin has reportedly said, arguing it violates Islamic principles of privacy.

Under Islamic law, which operates alongside the civil code in multicultural Malaysia, khalwat - close proximity between a man and a woman who are not married - is forbidden.

Mohamed Asri joined critics who said that the investigations are often heavy-handed and unwarranted.

An American tragedy

He raised the recent case of an elderly American couple on a sailing holiday in Malaysia whose hotel room was raided by Islamic authorities who refused to believe they were Christians and had been married for 42 years.

"It is an embarrassment to Islam to see religious officers going to hotels and demanding the guest list," Mohamed Asri told the New Straits Times.

"Islam does not encourage people to look for acts of sin... to invade an individual's privacy is against Islam," he said.

The mufti said there were many other cases where married Malaysian couples had been raided in their own homes, and questioned the practice of bringing along unauthorised people, including the media, to khalwat raids. - AFP

Dear Encik Mufti,

I just wanna say, wa caya sama lu beb!

You rock dude!

Sekian, terima kasih.

p/s: now I can khalwat with peace of mind hehehe...