On Sunday February 12, 2017 the NGO "Amanah" which is helmed by YM Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah hosted a forum about hudud at the PAUM (Persatuan Alumni Universiti Malaya). The forum was titled "How much do you know about hudud?"
A couple of months back a couple of friends of mine and myself had suggested to YM Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah that perhaps a forum be held not just to discuss the hudud but to provide space for the public to participate freely and also to invite speakers who could give a more intellectual and balanced view of the hudud and its related subjects. (Related subjects would include Muslim societies around the world pre and post shariah etc.)
This is because the discourse on hudud has been monopolised by the politicians who do not know much about anything, the religious folks who know even less and those wannabes in between who cannot even be defined.
The speakers were the Mufti of Perlis Dato Dr Mohamed Asri Zainal Abidin or Dr Maza, Dato Professor Shad Saleem Faruqi an expert on the Malaysian constitution and Prof Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid who is a political scientist specialising in the politics of Muslim countries.
Here is a YouTube video upload of Dato Dr Mohamed Asri Zainal Abidin's presentation.
Strangely The Star has reproduced Dr Maza's speech only today, more than a week after the forum.
If the video does not pop up here is the link : https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=EmTkvdRDSfY
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