MalayMail-Oct 5

A recent decision by the Perlis Islamic authority to ban transgender folk from entering mosques for worship has caused a stir among critics and the gender minority after it sparked other authorities to consider emulating it. The ruling has also drawn responses from various human and women’s rights groups who voiced their concern that the ruling impedes the rights and personal liberties of the transgenders as enshrined under the Federal Constitution. The move also continues a trend of discrimination towards the transgender community which has increased in intensity following the high-profile prosecution against non-binary celebrity entrepreneur Nur Sajat Kamaruzzaman. Muslim-majority Malaysia continues to downplay the visibility of the transgender community, which it deems to be an assault against Islam under the guise of growing calls for greater civil liberties. Read more at: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2021/10/05/as-malaysia-mulls-banning-muslim-transgenders-from-mosques-a-look-at-what-t/2010791