Malaysian state recruiting spies to check on unmarried lovers
A Malaysian state plans to recruit
“spies” from the public to snoop on unmarried lovers and report them
to Islamic religious authorities, a newspaper said Tuesday.
A Malaysian state plans to recruit
“spies” from the public to snoop on unmarried lovers and report them to
Islamic religious authorities, a newspaper said
Tuesday.
The Terengganu state government plans to enlist the part-time spies to look out for un-Islamic behavior, such as unmarried couples kissing or holding hands, the Star daily said.
“Some of these ’spies’ could be waitresses or even janitors at hotels acting as auxiliary undercover agents for our religious department,” the head of the state government’s Islamic and welfare committee, Rosol Wahid, was quoted as saying.
Last October, religious police in another part of this mainly Muslim country caused an outcry when they mistakenly raided the rented holiday apartment of a Christian American couple on suspicion that they were unmarried Muslims in “close proximity.”
I think I’d rather take my wife on a vacation to Lubbock. Nah. Same thing might happen there.
The Terengganu state government plans to enlist the part-time spies to look out for un-Islamic behavior, such as unmarried couples kissing or holding hands, the Star daily said.
“Some of these ’spies’ could be waitresses or even janitors at hotels acting as auxiliary undercover agents for our religious department,” the head of the state government’s Islamic and welfare committee, Rosol Wahid, was quoted as saying.
Last October, religious police in another part of this mainly Muslim country caused an outcry when they mistakenly raided the rented holiday apartment of a Christian American couple on suspicion that they were unmarried Muslims in “close proximity.”
I think I’d rather take my wife on a vacation to Lubbock. Nah. Same thing might happen there.
Posted: Tue - February 20, 2007 at 03:33 PM