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Career Fair 2014 KL Convention Center

Vesto — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 19:58:02 +0800

http://malaysias100.com/

Career Fair 2014 KL Convention Center

Anyone been to this event before? Any review? Worth it or waste time?

Streamyx 2001 vs 2014

Vesto — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:13:17 +0800

The original Streamyx broadband internet service was launched in April 2001 at speed of 384 kbit/s. In June 2007, TM Net launched its 4 Mbit/s service at selected locations, which was the fastest speed available at the time.

Female genital mutilation on the rise

Vesto — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 11:11:35 +0800

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Though World Health Organization reporting in 2011 indicated a decline in the practice of female genital mutilation — also known as female circumcision — experts say it is actually being practiced at much higher rates among Southeast Asian Muslims than previously thought.

The rise, they suggest, correlates directly to increasing conservative attitudes throughout the region.

On December 20, 2012, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously accepted a resolution on the elimination of female genital mutilation, saying that the practice affects between 100 and 140 million women and girls worldwide. But nearly a full year later, it appears the ban has had little to no effect in the southernmost tip of Southeast Asia.

A 2012 study conducted by Dr. Maznah Dahlui, an associate professor in Malaysia’s University of Malaya’s Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, found that 93.9 percent of Muslim women surveyed had been circumcised. In Indonesia, a 2010 Population Council study of six provinces indicated that between 86 and 100 percent of teenage girls had undergone the procedure. In both studies, 90 percent of Muslim women surveyed expressed support for the practice, claiming that it fulfills a religious obligation and fosters purity in women by controlling their sexual desire.

“Many people are doing it because they believe it is wajib or mandatory in Islam - a belief that was reinforced by a 2009 fatwa by Malaysia’s Islamic council that made it religious obligation,” said Suri Kempe, an activist from Muslim feminist organization, Sisters in Islam. “Yet there is nothing in the Qur’an that states that female circumcision is required. The bottom line is that Islam is not supposed to cause harm.”

On the contrary, she said, Islam forbids any alteration of the body, such as tattooing, and “the same logic should apply to female circumcision. If it alters or causes scarring to the clitoris then it shouldn’t be done.”

Malaysian human rights activist Azrul Mohd Khalib said the rise of female genital mutilation, and the support presented by the study, is part of an evolving regional practice of Islam— one that is slowly growing more conservative and orthodox.

“This is very much a struggle for the Muslim community to solidify its identity within a very diverse society,” Khalib said. “Muslims are using women’s bodies to assert a certain moral authority and credibility in their interactions with other religions and ethnicities.”

Activists throughout the Southeast Asian region are fighting hard against the increasing conservatism, calling FGM a cruel and unnecessary practice.

Rena Herdiyani, who actively campaigns with the Indonesian women’s organization Kalyanamitra, said that the “practice of female circumcision constitutes a form of discrimination and violence against women which should be eradicated,” and that it is “an arbitrary action against the bodily integrity of women.”

The World Health Organization has defined four types of FGM—ranging from a less invasive pin prick to complete removal of the clitoris—three of which are practiced in Malaysia and Indonesia, and the majority of which are performed on girls under the age of six.

“It was always believed that Malaysia, because it is moderate and progressive, would only practice the most superficial and symbolic forms of female circumcision,” said Malaysian activist Azrul Mohd Khalib. “It turns out that Malaysians are also snipping parts of the clitoris and cutting parts of the clitoral hood.”

In rural areas, the procedure is especially dangerous as Muslims often turn to traditional midwives who use crude tools like penknives, scissors and nail clippers. Dr. Abdul Rashid Khan, a medical researcher who has written about FGM in Malaysian villages, said these kinds of makeshift operations that use non-sterile equipment can lead to wound infection, or can cause the spread of infectious diseases like HIV and Hepatitis B.

In fact, according to the World Health Organization, female genital mutilation has absolutely no known health benefits. The “traumatic” removal or damage to healthy genital tissue, WHO says, can interfere with the body’s natural function, and most often results in immediate and long-term health consequences—problems like higher rates of neonatal death, stillbirth or spontaneous abortion. In 25 percent of women who have been “circumcised” the newborn suffers from either a low birth weight or a serious infection “both of which are associated with an increased risk of perinatal death.”

In light of the data offering medical proof of hazard, governments of Malaysia and Indonesia are attempting to reduce public health risks by authorizing FGM to be conducted by medical professionals.

In 2010, the Indonesian Ministry of Health standardized the procedure across all public healthcare facilities and the Malaysian Ministry of Health is in the process of doing the same.

But Azrul Mohd Khalib said the government’s medicalization of FGM serves as a tacit validation of the practice.

“Those formulating public health policies are making female circumcision acceptable from a medical point of view,” he said.

What’s more, Indonesian activist Herdiyani, whose organization is lobbying to overturn the regulations, said these new government directives are undermining other laws designed to protect human rights.

“The new regulation runs counter to the government’s steps to enhance gender equality and combat discrimination against women. It violates a number of Indonesian laws,” she said, citing child protection and domestic violence laws, among others.

Still, others are having a hard time believing that making FGM illegal will solve the problem.

Dr. Khan is firmly opposed to the practice and refused to subject his own daughter to it, despite pressure from his community. He believes FGM is driven by deep-rooted religious ideologies, and that criminalizing it would only drive it underground, increasing the health risks.

Instead, Khan suggests an interdisciplinary approach: medical practitioners should carry out a sterile, symbolic procedure while religious leaders simultaneously address the ideological foundations of the practice. Sisters in Islam’s Kempe agreed, saying there needs to be a multi-pronged approach going forward.

“We need to distinguish between eliminating the practice and prohibiting it,” she said. “Prohibition is not going to get rid of the practice; if Muslims can’t do it one way, they will find another way to do it.”

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globa...st-asia-muslims

Do u think Malaysians will standup against racism?

Vesto — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 21:38:33 +0800

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Will malaysians voice out like these people ?

Anyone want to experiment in Malaysia?

ALVIVI use bitcoin to escape Malaysia

Vesto — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 17:02:28 +0800

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1..._my_entire_net/

Where can i get aProton Saga 1990 model spare part

Vesto — Sun, 10 Nov 2013 01:31:03 +0800

I am desperately looking for this replacement part for my dads car, any idea on where to get it?

http://halalgoogling.com/

Vesto — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 10:54:44 +0800

Anyone using this search engine?

How good is it compared to google?

http://halalgoogling.com/

50 Iranians arrested for the crime of 'having fun'

Vesto — Sun, 07 Jul 2013 11:32:09 +0800

http://iranwire.com/en/blogs/shahram1/1420

QUOTE

Police Arrest 50 for Playing With Water
06.07.2013
By Shahram Rafizadeh

Authorities in Karaj, a suburb of Tehran, arrested at least 50 people for taking part in a lively water fight at Iran Zameen Park on Friday. The online news site Karaj Rasa reported that security officials were present at the water fight as it began, but later broke it up and detained participants. The same site reported that after those detained were transferred to a local police precent, about 500 of their relatives gathered outside and shouted for their release with “ear splitting” cries. Their sit-in was broken up shortly after by authorities.

The site Alborz News, which is close to Principalists, or hardliners, in Karaj, described those arrested as being involved in a “Facebooky gathering” and said that multiple social media sites had been used to invite people to participate in the water fight.

Free education in Nordic countries.

Vesto — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:44:10 +0800

Typical ifags commenting about the new S4

Vesto — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:51:17 +0800

Iphone 4s and 5 release

"omg this is so beautiful, they stick with the design language because it is a formula which works for them, so revolutionary and amazing. Very innovative."

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 release and S4 leaked pictures

"wtf, why look like s3? no ideas? looks like every samsung phone ever. just a bigger s3"
"light = cheap. but if apple use even lighter stuff like titanium which is even lighter = expensive and very good"

[WTS] Sony Vaio VGN P-13GH

Vesto — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:15:45 +0800

Item(s):Sony Vaio VGN P-13GH

Package includes: Netbook , power adapter, pouch for both power adapter and netbook

Price:RM450 firm

Dealing method:COD Sepang / MMU Malacca

Location of seller: Sepang

Contact method/details: PM, 016-6252125, khesvin90@gmail.com

Age of item: Forgot, maybe 2009 maybe 2010.

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Item(s) conditions: No damage at all, rarely utilized.

Picture:

Pouches

Netbook itself

[WTS] Sony Walkman NWZ -E475 16GB

Vesto — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 03:03:46 +0800

sold

1960s Afganistan Pics

Vesto — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:19:27 +0800

http://imgur.com/a/LdHsL/all <<<<<album

iOS users, download this awesome boardgame

Vesto — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:33:53 +0800

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ticket-to-r...d471857988?mt=8

enjoy

Where can I get DAP flag?

Vesto — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 12:51:30 +0800

I want to hang DAP flag outside my apartment balcony.

Where to buy this flag? Any DAP members here willing to send me your party flag?

Messi + C.Ronaldo join Malaysia

Vesto — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 15:31:05 +0800

what you think?

Typical day at Starbucks

Vesto — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:28:54 +0800

Atheist Census

Vesto — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:08:42 +0800

http://www.atheistcensus.com/

Rosmah pole dancing.

Vesto — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 19:06:52 +0800

[YOUTUBE]UxtVFzj5OnA[/YOUTUBE]

BN troopers masuk pls. Important question.

Vesto — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 19:00:39 +0800

Is there any actions, laws, decision and statement that is made by the current government you guys disagree with?

Or you guys blindly follow or try to lie to yourself that everything done is for your own good?