Jakim says powerless to act against gay Malay

December 31, 2010KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 31 The Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) will not take any authorised movement opposite a Malay-Muslim man who confessed recently upon Youtube which he was a practising homosexual.Jakim director-general Datuk Wan Mohamad Sheikh Abdul Aziz pronounced currently which a dialect did not have any powers to take authorised movement opposite Azwan Ismail for confessing which he was gay.Azwan, 32, an engineer-turned-poet/writer, has confirmed which a chairman needs to come to terms with who he really is as well as also has a right to let alternative people know about his lifestyle choices.Jakim has no power to take authorised action, a ones who can do so are a state-level religious authorities as well as a police, Wan Mohamad told The Malaysian Insider.He pronounced which Jakim could only take precautionary measures such as working with a Malaysian Communications as well as Multimedia Commission (MCMC) as well as alternative agencies.Media reports had recently highlighted which Jakim would be receiving unrelenting movement opposite Azwan for his adventurous open confession.Well, our actions do not have to be a matte of authorised recourse, some-more of preventing a happy enlightenment from swelling throughout a country.We will take measures such as providing rehabilitation programmes for those affected, pronounced Wan Mohamad.Azwans 41-second admission online was part of a plan titled Seksualiti Merdeka. Both sides of a domestic order have condemned his actions as being opposite a norms of Islamic living.Minister in a Prime Ministers Department Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom recently pronounced which Jakim would be monitoring groups which practised unnatural sex, as well as this included gays.The minister had pronounced which a activity was unhealthy as well as if not curbed could destroy a sanctification of Islam. He also pronounced which a lifestyle choice could start a lot of Malaysians who did not have clever religious beliefs.Similarly, PAS Youth has egged u! pon reli gious authorities of every state to keep a check upon happy behaviour, claiming which a happy lifestyle is apropos some-more as well as some-more popular.