Bukti kekuatan politik dan hukum. Jika para Islamis menguasai parlemen dan mengubah aturan, maka itu juga sah saja sesuai demokrasi.
Agung W --- In [email protected], "sunny" <am...@...> wrote: > > http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=127844&d=29&m=10&y=2009&pix=world.jpg&category=World > > Thursday 29 October 2009 (11 Dhul Qa`dah 1430) > > > Kuwait MPs can shun hijab > Agence France Presse > > > > > VINDICATED: Kuwaiti MP Salwa Al-Jassar reacts at the National > Assembly building in Kuwait City after the court ruling on Wednesday. (AFP) > > > KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait's constitutional court on Wednesday rejected an > action brought by four voters to declare invalid the election of two women > MPs because they refuse to wear the headscarf. > > The decision of the court, whose rulings are final, was announced to > reporters by the chairman of the court, Yussef Ghanam Al-Rashid. > > Two of the four women who became Kuwait's first female MPs in May > refuse to wear the hijab, which has also been spurned by the only woman > appointed as a minister in the Kuwaiti government following the May election. > > The four voters said the two MPs had flouted a clause in an election > law stipulating that women voters and candidates must comply with Islamic > regulations, including wearing the hijab. > > Explaining its decision in a written verdict, the court said the > election law fails to specify the type of regulations women must adhere to or > whether that included wearing the hijab. > > It also pointed out that the Kuwaiti constitution, which is higher than > any law, guarantees personal freedom and freedom of faith and does not > discriminate between people over their religion or sex. > > The emirate's fatwa department, which issues religious edicts, ruled in > early October that Muslim women must wear the hijab in line with Islamic law. > > Islamist MPs are demanding the authorities enforce the fatwa, but their > liberal colleagues say it is non-binding, insisting the rule of law and the > constitution should be the only points of reference. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
