People living with illness are no different from anyone else, except for their disease. Prior to this, they were hard working people, contributing to society. Once sick, they are expected to do without and not have those things they had in their life before sickness! Why do we allow this? Individuals should not have to […]
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Respon Majlis AIDS Malaysia berkaitan Kenyataan Akhbar oleh JAKIM (6 Oktober 2008) Menurut kenyataan akhbar oleh Ketua Pengarah JAKIM pada 6 Oktober 2008 mengenai ujian saringan HIV yang diwajibkan mulai tahun 2009 sebagai syarat sebelum pasangan Islam dibenarkan untuk berkahwin. Dengan ini, Majlis AIDS Malaysia menegaskan pendirian bahawa saringan HIV harus dilaksana secara sukarela. Majlis […]
IN response to the letter “Say no to premarital HIV test” (The Star, Oct 8), I would like to strongly disagree with the writer by saying that it is not a blatant disregard for human rights by making mandatory premarital HIV test. A violation of human rights in this case would be if these results […]
YOUR report on “Pre-Marital HIV tests for Muslims” (The Star, Oct 7) is extremely disturbing. This is yet another blatant disregard for the human rights of the individual. It is also another case of big brother gone mad. Have the authorities who decided to implement and enforce this ruling thought about the long-term consequences of […]
Praise God to 6 residents of Crisis Home. They have resolved to continue as long as God gave them the encouragement and strength to Live. They bring a life-changing encouragement and declare to carry on. my old life is behind me — I am a new person, with a new life. a change so drastic […]