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Posted: 07 Jun 2011 11:19 AM PDT

2011/06/08
By Shuhada Elis
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KUALA LUMPUR: Husbands should form a club on how to become better leaders in their family, said Kelantan Mufti Datuk Mohamad Shukri Mohamad yesterday.

Shukri said the Quran teaches husbands to treat their wives in the best and most accepted ways.

"The Quran specifically mentions this to husbands," he told the New Straits Times yesterday.

Shukri said even though Islam instructed a wife to obey her husband, it had to be done according to Islamic laws.

"Comparing a wife with a first-class prostitute is absolutely horrible." Shukri's suggestion came following a statement by the Obedient Wives' Club (OWC) international vice-president Dr Rohaya Mohamed on Saturday that a wife must obey and serve her husband like "a first-class prostitute" to keep him from straying and to prevent bigger social ills. The club had claimed that the failure of women to keep their husbands satisfied was among the reasons for social problems such as infidelity and prostitution.

To avoid this, the club had conducted seminars on how to be a good wife and provided individuals and couples with counselling sessions on sustaining their marriage.

It also offered training and advice on sex to those who needed them.

The club, which has 1,000 members worldwide — 800 of them in Malaysia — has since been receiving brickbats from women's rights groups and the public.

Shukri said even if a wife did not serve her husband well in bed and this eventually led to the husband's infidelity, the wife was not to be blamed.

"It is the husband who has a bad quality," he added.

Selangor Religious Department family law department assistant director Aluwi Parman agreed.

"Husbands should lead by example." He added that if a husband did not obey Allah and the Messengers, the wife could choose not to obey the husband.

"She only needs to respect him but if she is disappointed, she can apply for fasakh to end the marriage," said Aluwi.

He criticised OWC for using the term "prostitute" to deliver a point on how wives should treat their husbands.

Former Perlis mufti Associate Professor Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin was sceptical of the club's agenda.

"I hope everyone will be careful as we do not know whether they have a hidden agenda," he said.

OWC was founded by Global Ikhwan Sdn Bhd, an offshoot of the now defunct Islamic religious movement Al-Arqam.

Asri, however, said the club could be positive if it aimed to strengthen the family institution and help husbands and wives to carry out their duties correctly.

"But they are saying as though wives should be sex slaves to their husbands." International Islamic University Malaysia family law lecturer Dr Azizah Mohd said there were limitations to a wife's obedience to her husband.

"If the husband prohibits the wife from praying or fasting, she should not obey him." She said it was not wrong for women to form any club as long as they did not contradict the religion.

It was reported, however, that Perak Mufti Tan Sri Harussani Zakaria had given his backing to OWC, saying that women needed to be reminded of their roles and responsibilities to their husbands.

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Maid deal in limbo

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 11:15 AM PDT

2011/06/08
By Fadhal A. Ghani, Masami Mustaza and Fahirul N. Ramli
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Indonesian maid Isti Komariyah, 26, died on Sunday

Jakarta awaits action over death of domestic help

KUALA LUMPUR: The death of an Indonesian maid, allegedly at the hands of her employers, on Sunday has thrown the memorandum of understanding on domestic help between Malaysia and Indonesia into uncertainty.

The Indonesian government is closely monitoring the action to be taken over the death of Isti Komariyah and may review the MoU.

Isti's death came just a few days after the May 30 signing of the MoU which put an end to an Indonesian government-imposed moratorium on the republic's citizens coming to Malaysia to work as domestic help.

Indonesian embassy Information, Social and Cultural Affairs Minister Counsellor Suryana Sastradiredja told the New Straits Times yesterday that his government was looking at the case with interest.

"The government of Indonesia awaits the action and decision of the case before considering to review the MoU, including the possible need to impose another moratorium." Suryana said Indonesia would demand that the maximum punishment be meted out on those responsible for Isti's death.

"What is important is the process and decision of the case must be fast and it must be transparent. Charge the perpetrator as soon as possible." Suryana, however, called for his countrymen to respect Malaysian law and the authorities investigating the case.

He called Isti's death "frustrating" after both countries had signed the MoU last week.

"It took two years of discussion between both countries before deciding on the MoU." Suryana said the MoU had proved that the Indonesian government was committed especially in helping employers in Malaysia who were having problems with manpower as far as domestic workers were concerned.

On Isti's family, Suryana said the embassy was in the process of contacting them at their home in Tembokrejo in Muncar, Banyuwangi.

The embassy would ask for the body to be handed over to the family once the post-mortem is completed.

Meanwhile, Deputy Human Resources Minister Datuk Maznah Mazlan said a Malaysia-Indonesia task force set up following the MoU signing last week was expected to discuss the case when it convened in two weeks' time.

She said the ministry would offer its assistance to Isti's family.

"We sympathise with the family in light of this tragedy and we will offer to assist in the funeral rites and to extend aid to the family." Maznah said she was appalled by the recent allegations pertaining to maid abuse.

"When things like these happen, it is a shock to everyone. It takes only one person to give the country a bad name, but I assure our Indonesian neighbours that we are looking into this seriously." Maznah said her ministry had been holding courses for employers, maids and employment agencies to educate them on their responsibilities, the law and communication.

She said the ministry would look into other aspects of Isti's case, including claims that her employers had failed to pay her salary and had not fulfilled parts of her contract.

She said if they were found to be true, the Labour Department could order the employers, a 56-year-old man and his 53-year-old wife, to pay the arrears in addition to punishment under labour laws.

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