I dont think anywhere in Al Quran says that women drinking beer should be caned. My country's 85% muslim and most of them would protest such regulation if ever enforced. Plus religion is a personal faith what if on that day you don't feel like being a muslim? can you get away with it?

Religion strikes again. It's so sad.

haha. As expected. The authority made a u turn on the decision. It is however not clear if the sentence will be carried out at a later date.

islam is a religion of peace.........right?

I think its totally justified to cane the woman or men for drinking beer. Because it is unlawful in islamic shariah.
Moreover it also prevails this hazardous practice which other will tend to do. I think this is the good initiative towards the reformation of society.

This is another example of the problems of not religion in itself, but the people who abuse it for their own selfish gains. As long as religion has been around you will find, behind it, the worlds most cowardice men.

There should be a Separation of Religion and Government. There is no reason to cane someone just for drinking a beer.

Religion has brought nothing but pain and grief to so many people yet it is still embraced. I welcome the day when people will wake up and realize that the golden rule–do onto others as you would have them do onto you–is all you need and finally abandon all the silly superstitions that pervade societies everywhere. Give religion any name you like but it all comes down to the same nonsense–control, power and money. This poor woman should be allowed to live her life in peace and if it means having an occasional glass of beer with friends so be it; it is her choice for her life.

that law is against peace. Islam needs to stop the abuses of some of the people who follow the Koran's teachings. If Mohammed was hearing a peaceful Ala, why did he hear torture (whipping someone with a bamboo cane is physical abuse, plain n simple) as a way of punishment?

If I ever see a man strike a woman for drinking a beer, whether by fist or cane, that man will have whatever he used to strike that woman, stuffed somewhere the sun doesn't shine. Izhar's comment that this is somehow justified to set an example, is ridiculous and ignorant.

There are other ways to "reform society," such as speaking your mind, known as freedom of speach.

Oh what a beautiful religion this Islam is..!!! and malaysia is supposed to be a 'moderate' muslim country..i shudder to think of what happens in the 'stricter' ones

When you think of the henious crimes this women could have committed,

It just beggars belief that her "crime" of having a few beers with friends

should merit this punishment....... I just think that above and beyond

anything else they might like to site, this male dominated society are

abunch of mysoginists, what ever they might say. Any excuse to

humiliate the female sex!

i thought humans were to love each other not beat women for a personal choice

How many more thousands of years will it take for Muslims to enter the 21st Century? Their treatment of women in particular is horrific. At least Christians have left behind the Spanish Inquisition methods of "punishing" transgressors even though many Chirstians still hold on to the same values that caused these unforgivable acts.

When government enforces religion it breeds corruption. There has never been a sound government run by religion that offers freedom and acceptance. No. Such a government will turn to violent, corruption, and barbarity.

I thnk it is totally justifiable. She broke the laws and deserves to be caned. If she steals something, cut off her hand. If she speaks against it, cut out her tongue. If she feels for a non believer, cut out her heart.

She should move to america and do some beer commercials. Lame. What ever happened to being FREE?

Maybe she should convert to Christianity so she can have beer and wine whenever she wants.

It is purely a controlling tactic. It is sickening that people are being treated this way. Control through religious tactics. This doesn't make sense. People who are muslim, i know that they believe its not good to drink alcohol, but this is beyond stupid. Aggy is right. Religion should be a personal choice and should be separate from the Gov. laws.

I think that if it's the law, it's the law, however, she is a one time offender and a mother of children in need so I do believe they should of been more lenient to her situation.

Izhar,

I think that practicing Islam should be outlawed. There might be fewer terroristic acts and that definitely would be a huge leap toward "reformation" of society!

sick

Izhar, thankfully most Americans will never think along the lines that you or your ultra conservative, hardline muslim peers do. I want no part of a society that restricts your freedoms as much as the Sharia law does. Besides that you can't honestly sit there and tell me those laws don't oppress the women in your society. In fact I am surprised that the women haven't relocated to a country where the men respect them and treat them as equals.

izhar, you are a caveman.

this is so sick!

Wow, have fun with that Malaysia. I'm so happy that America has enough bleeding hearts in it to apologize for these sorts of actions as cultural when in reality these actions are idiotic and outdated and proof of the negative impact that radical religion has (radical Islam included, sorry if I'm not being PC enough). The very people who would defend this as cultural would think something much less was a travesty that needed ACLU investigation if it happened our shores and who have no problem ripping apart Christianity as a stupid religion. Born-again Christians and Radical Muslims, along with stupid laws based in "morality" and outdated viewpoints are all idiotic. I say screw radical Islam just like I say screw born again Christianity, both are religions of violence, ignorance and displaced hatred where the anger and hate of the individual is separated from the conscious mind and called God's anger so that the individual may feel pure and righteous while inflicting pain on and harnessing control of his or her fellow human being. It is a disgusting affront to society and logic.

"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." That should apply to all religions in some form or another! The caning of this wman is BS and just outright wrong. So........ IZHAR........ have you not ever done something that you should not have done, or are you a perfect person? I know I have done plenty of wrong things in my life. Drinking alcohol is nothing compare to murder, sex out side of marriage, stealing, physical abuse and so many more. I am not attacking you personally just bringing a reasonable question to you. She drank alcohol. WOW! and woopie doo. She did not harm anyone, she did not kill anyone, Was she stumbling drunk? Probably not, Just people trying to enforce their own ways upon others. You may be next if someone tells on you. Think about it.

This is entirely unfair to her!!

The sad part of the story is that she's religious but opted not to follow. If you're dumb enough to believe in religion to begin with, at least follow through with it, no matter how stupid the stipulations of the religion might be. If you ask me, albeit sad, she asked for it by being in a dumb religion to begin with. And not to be confused with that comment saying being Muslin is dumb, I'm saying ALL religions are stupid.

i think religion should not be imposed on anybody . what ever religion one claims to follow, he or she should try to obey its laws. if u can't withstand the heat in the kitchen then simply get out.

Who made man, God and jury over others? They do this to their own shame to cane a woman for drinking a beer. When they point to others, you can be sure that those with the pointed fingers are not without sin in their own lives. Who is to say one law is above the other? They are all the same. When you break one law, you have broken them all. No one, NO ONE, in the world is without fault or sin in their lives. Mohammed was not the son of God, so how he can impose God's laws on others? He CANNOT. Therefore, neither can his followers. God never condemns but loves His creation. That is why He sent His ONLY Son, Jesus to live among us, to show us how to live. Even Jesus said, I come into the world, NOT TO CONDEMN IT, BUT TO SAVE IT. Now that is the WAY and LIFE. Too bad some don't get it. I will be praying for her and her family, and those that think they are better than others.

this is bs, im ashamed that such a minor "violation" still exists in today's world, and that people are still sheep

izhar: you are obviously a muslim man who thinks this bad policy is valid. controlling people through force and threats of violence is not what God intended. religion should be voluntary, not forced upon someone. otherwise, it's just control. not true belief.

As always, Islam says it is a religion of peace; but in reality a dogma of violence, oppression, men punishing women, Saddam Hussein was the best model of Islam; cruel and sadistic. No accident almost all international terrorist murderers are Islamic! Its want they are trained to do.

Sunni and Shiah. Aren't these different sects? The Quran says not to have different sects of Islam.
I think the wackers should bent over and let her give them a few wacks
since all Muslims are in violation of the Quran.

I don't think it was God's idea that we beat each other into submission for Him. Isn't it God's decision and not any Man's whether or not someone was pious during their life. If religion really was about worship towards God and not about the subjugation and control of a populace then true believers would let God be the Judge instead of themselves. This is true for all of the major religions.

There is something very wrong with this whole story–the thought of a woman being caned for drinking (it's not a despicable practice if it is not abused) is uphauling.

Reading this..I'm realizing what sets a relationship with Jesus Christ apart from all the religions out there. Jesus Christ doesn't condemn...or guilt..or heap mountains of shame on a person. And for Islam to call itself peaceful and towards the betterment of a person–caning that person and not providing leeway or counseling or anything..there is something very wrong about all this.

I think we all should have a beer, they can't "can" everyone then.

so, it is not okay for a muslim to drink alcohol but it is okay for an islamist to harvest poppy seeds(Heroin)???????????????

If there really is a God, he or she must be ashamed of all the idiotic things that are done in his of her name.

For Arabs and Persians, fully obedient to Shariah, to publicly drink beer has be widely observed throughout Europe and America. When asked about it, they respond nothing in Islamic religion bars consumption of beer, as such. The invocation of Shariah by another commentator and Malaysian authorities to add indignity to the already tragic circumstances of this unfortunate person amounts to an assertion that Islam and its beliefs are fundamentally unjust.