From the Malaysian Insider:

Hassan Ali’s religious police to nab errant Muslims

Excerpts:

Mosque committee members such as the imam and the bilal will be given powers to arrest Muslims drinking alcohol in public, in a move that highlights the fundamentalist face of PAS and could scare off non-Muslim voters from backing the Pakatan Rakyat (PR). Selangor executive councilor in charge of religion Hassan Ali, who has been locked in controversy over his views on the open sale of beer in convenience stores, made the announcement today.

He also said that the mosque committee members would be allowed to arrest Muslims for selling and storing alcoholic beverages.

Such a ruling could result in many Malay-Muslims losing their jobs in restaurants and hotels in the state.

It is also likely to have consequences for many businesses in the state, and could drive non-Muslim voters who have been strong supporters of the PR alliance to Barisan Nasional (BN).

… or just drive them out of Malaysia.

Hassan also said that the mosque committee members would be given wide ranging powers to also help in the arrest of Muslims for being “disrespectful during the Ramadan month”.

The new ruling suggests a push for a culture of intolerance reminiscent of attempts made by both Terengganu and Federal Territory religious officials to set up snoop squads to report on “immoral activities” a few years ago.

Meanwhile, PAS Youth are egging on Kartika’s whipping sentence:

PAS Youth wants Kartika to be caned

Excerpts:

“They have obtained conviction and as requested by her and family the sentence must be carried out,” said Youth chief Nashrudin Hassan.

“We do not want the syariah courts to be seen to be inconsistent or powerless,” he added, refusing to comment further on the sentence postponement.

On the legal complication that could arise from the punishment (only prisoners can be caned, but she was not sentenced to prison), he said the religious authorities should have studied the matter earlier.

The religious authorities should be living in an earlier century … like 600AD.

In a telephone interview with the New York Times, Amir Muhammad, an author and filmmaker said, “We’ve allowed this huge Islamic bureaucracy to grow over the last three decades.”

Excerpts from the New York Times article:
The scope of Islamic laws appears to have widened in Malaysia over the past few years. Muslims have been prevented from converting to other religions, officials have barred Muslims from working in restaurants or convenience stores that carry alcohol — although this
policy has not been fully carried out — and religious authorities have questioned whether Muslims should be allowed to practice yoga. When laws are enforced, Malaysians often complain that the elite are exempted.

Malaysia’s Islamic laws, which cover marriage, divorce and a specific range of issues related to religious customs, apply only to Muslims.

… but creep out non-Muslims nonetheless … none of us wants to live in an Islamic State, laws that apply to a certain class will still have a chilling effect on those who have to live alongside.

The more zealous these zealots become, the more non-Muslims may have to suffer ‘accidental’ harrassment just because they ‘look’ Malay.

I predict many Eurasians, Portugese, Filipinos and East Malaysians being needlessly hassled for eating/drinking in public.

The further these extremist tentacles spread, the further non-Muslim opinion and rights to speak out will be repressed. Take this posting as an example: any Muslim can point at me and say, “you’re non-Muslim, and so have no right to speak on this, so shut the fuck up, or risk being accused of insulting Islam!” (which could be made a criminal offence affecting non-Muslims if PAS had their way).

Pakatan Rakyat (PR) already has its hands full dealing with the BN-Umno devils, now they have to contend with idiots still labouring under the delusion that those who voted them in actually gave them some mandate to run riot with their extremism.

If Pakatan Rakyat (PR) want to remain in our good books come GE13 in two/three years time, PAS MUST BE KEPT ON THE SHORTEST OF LEASHES (and I use the analogy purposely), FAILING WHICH, KICKED OUT.

PR will be better off bringing in Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) and discarding PAS for all time. I’m damn sure that apart from Kelantan, PKR, DAP or PSM can win in constituencies currently held by PAS.

If you thought the last 50 years of Islamisation under Umno was bad enough, let PAS remain in Pakatan Rakyat and get ready for many records to be broken, because, instead of battling the real demons of corruption, racism and economic disparity, these fuckers have no other work but police tax-paying citizens morals and so bring us all back to the 7th century.