Beer-drinking model planning Mecca pilgrimage.Summary: A Muslim model who is to be caned for drinking alcohol said she is planning a pilgrimage to Mecca pilgrimage to Mecca (hajj) journey every good Muslim tries to make at least once. [Islamic Religion: WB, 10: 374–376] See : Journey , and seeking solace in prayer as she prepares to face her punishment this week. Kartika Sari Dewi A Muslim model who is to be caned for drinking alcohol said she is planning a pilgrimage to Mecca, and seeking solace in prayer as she prepares to face her punishment this week. Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno will be the first Malaysian woman to be caned under Islamic laws applicable to Malaysia's Muslims, who account for 60 percent of the 27-million population. She was sentenced to six strokes after pleading guilty to drinking alcohol at a hotel nightclub in Dec. 2007, and is expected to receive her punishment this week at a women's prison in Kajang, south of the capital Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (kwä`lə l  m`pr), city (1990 est. pop. .
Public caning Kartika cried when the verdict was handed down last month but in an interview at her home in a small Malay village
The Malay Village (Malay : Kampung Melayu) is a museum in Geylang, Singapore where they showcases the life of the Malays who used to live in the area before , the slim and soft-spoken Kartika was composed about her fate. "Sometimes I feel sad and stressed as I have tarnished my family's name. But now after spending time reading the Quran, I feel calm and am not afraid of being caned," she said. The part-time model and mother of two, who lives in neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. Singapore, has called for her punishment to be carried out in public but it is not clear exactly how it will be conducted. Officials from the sharia religious court are expected to detain de·tain tr.v. de·tained, de·tain·ing, de·tains 1. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard. 2. To keep in custody or temporary confinement: Kartika on Monday and take her to prison where she will undergo a medical check. Islamic scholars have backed the sentence, and said it would be carried out when she was fully clothed clothe tr.v. clothed or clad , cloth·ing, clothes 1. To put clothes on; dress. 2. To provide clothes for. 3. To cover as if with clothing. and with a cane that is smaller and lighter than the heavy length of rattan rattan (rătăn`), name for a number of plants of the genera Calamus, Daemonorops, and Korthalsia climbing palms of tropical Asia, belonging to the family Palmae (palm family). used in criminal cases. Malaysia, a multicultural country with large Chinese and Indian communities, has a dual-track legal system and sharia courts can try Muslims for religious and moral offences. Critics say the unprecedented caning will damage Malaysia's international standing as a progressive and moderate Islamic country. "Mother of all sins" Kartika said she never expected the court to impose the sentence. "But I accept it as consuming alcohol is the mother of all sins for a Muslim," she said. Sitting between her doting dote intr.v. dot·ed, dot·ing, dotes To show excessive fondness or love: parents who dote on their only child. [Middle English doten. father Shukarno Mutalib, 60, and her 56-year-old mother Badariah Mior Salim, Kartika said her family and the 500 people of their village in Perak state have rallied around her. Religious authorities caught her drinking at a hotel in Kuantan, the state capital of the central Malaysian state of Pahang. Kartika said she had three glasses of beer before the hotel was raided in what she said was her second time drinking alcohol. She and the other patrons were asked to provide urine samples. "I was initially angry. But I did not scold SCOLD. A woman who by her habit of scolding becomes a nuisance to the neighborhood, is called a common scold. Vide Common Scold. her," said Shukarno, who operates a lodge by the Perak river Perak River is the second longest river in Peninsular Malaysia after Pahang River in Pahang, Malaysia. A number of towns was founded by the river and one of them is the royal town of Kuala Kangsar. in nearby Jawa village. "I believe my daughter is the chosen one by Allah to remind Muslims not to drink. I heard many (Muslims) were arrested for beer drinking that night but were mysteriously freed," he said with a smile. She is strong and is ready to accept the caning. But many people warn me that she will be traumatized. So we have a plan to send her to Mecca to overcome her painful ordeal," he said. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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