A Bernama report states that The Internal Security Ministry (in their infinite wisdom to protect the impressionable) has banned 14 books (I counted 16) under the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984 and it was gazetted effective May 31.
"The ministry's Publication and Quranic Text Control Division secretary Che Din Yusoh said some of the books were found to contain facts that deviated from the Islamic teaching to the extent of possibly endangering the moral of readers and causing public disorder.
"He said the rest were banned because they contained explicit sexual descriptions and were not suitable for public reading."
The books are:
1. Al-Kafilah Siapakah Yang Dikatakan Gadis by Mohamad Abdul Hamid
2. Rahsia Di Kamar & Kunci Wanita by Tok Nujum
3. Rahsia Nombor 1 Untuk Wanita II by Tok Nujum
4. Rahsia Kenikmatan Rumahtangga by Tabib Haji Anwar Khan Enterprise
5. Masalah Seksual Lelaki & Rawatan Alternatif by Teguh Ringgit Publishing House
6. Pendidikan Seks Rumahtangga Kemuncak Rahsia Kebahgiaan by Jaafar Salleh
7. Kasih Sayang Sejati Rahsia Menguatkan Tenaga Batin by Jaafar Salleh
8. Teknik Bercumbu dan Berjimak by Jaafar Salleh
9. Onward Muslim Soldier by Robert Spencer
10. Islamic Aesthetics: An Introduction by Oliver Leaman
11. Islamic Fundamentalism Since 1945 by Beverley Milton-Edwards
12. Who Can Be Saved? And World Religions by Terrance L.Tiessen
13. War, Terror & Peace In The Quran And In Islam: Insights For Military & Government Leaders by T. P. Schwartz-Barcott
14. The Qoran: Selected Suras by Arthur Jeffrey
15. The Qur'an by M. A. S. Abdel Haleem
16. The Koran by M. H. Shakir
Cheng ... cheng ... chenggggg.
Isn't it wonderful to know that someone cares so much for us that they are watching out for us? Now, come children, don't argue. They are only doing it for your own good. When you grow up you will thank them for it. Now run along and play. Oh! Is it raining? Okay, you can stay home and watch some scantily-clad girls and their 'gangster' dudes simulate copulation on MTV. Be good now. You can lip sync and dance to the songs if you like.
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What about "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins. And that other book by Christopher Hitchens "God is Not Great". Surely we don't want good Muslims (not to mention Christians, Hindus etc) reading this sort of nonsense - they might become Atheists and then society will start to collapse
ReplyDeleteGiven increasing rates of divorce and whatnot, you'd think a few guidebooks on intimacy would be a good thing for Malaysians.
ReplyDeleteFrom the list, I can sum up that their concerns are sex and religion.
ReplyDeleteTo protect the impressionable or to help create the impressionable by limiting information for them brains to compare, consider and make a well-informed decision? How dare we talk about enhancing our civil society.
To protect the impressionable my footlah. It takes one to (supposedly) know one.
hehe...most of them are either Islamic or Sex Education.I understand the Islamic stuff but the Sex Education? when the Govt hollar to us that Malaysia should have sex education in order to restraint ourselves from "maksiat" and unwanted tragedies, they stop us from reading the proper guide..it's okay...after all parents can teach us that eh? hehehe
ReplyDeleteNo wonder people complain there's no good educational books in Malay, they have all been banned. And most of the sexual ones seem like educational / guide books, not cheap tabloid stuff.
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