{"id":68609,"date":"2015-01-14T15:05:24","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T08:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moui.net\/blog\/?p=68609"},"modified":"2015-01-14T15:09:08","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T08:09:08","slug":"compassion-is-not-an-embracing-virtue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moui.net\/blog\/2015\/01\/compassion-is-not-an-embracing-virtue\/","title":{"rendered":"Compassion Is Not An Embracing Virtue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The tudung-clad Malay girls who were seen hugging and kissing members of a K-pop band at a concert in Kuala Lumpur last Saturday have been given a week by the Federal Territories Islamic Religious Department (Jawi) to come forward or face arrest, Utusan Malaysia reports. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.themalaysianinsider.com\/malaysia\/article\/jawi-warns-tudung-clad-k-pop-fans-of-arrest\" target=\"_blank\">The Malaysian Insider<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/moui.net\/blog\/2015\/01\/compassion-is-not-an-embracing-virtue\/kpop_fans_malaysia-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68614\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"68614\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/moui.net\/blog\/2015\/01\/compassion-is-not-an-embracing-virtue\/kpop_fans_malaysia-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moui.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/kpop_fans_malaysia1.jpg?fit=612%2C424&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"612,424\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kpop_fans_malaysia\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moui.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/kpop_fans_malaysia1.jpg?fit=300%2C208&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moui.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/kpop_fans_malaysia1.jpg?fit=612%2C424&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-68614\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moui.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/kpop_fans_malaysia1.jpg?resize=300%2C208&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"kpop_fans_malaysia\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moui.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/kpop_fans_malaysia1.jpg?resize=300%2C208&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moui.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/kpop_fans_malaysia1.jpg?w=612&amp;ssl=1 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the institutions in Malaysia neglect social concerns on rampant poverty, poor education system, and marginalization of young people. However they, these mighty moralistic bodies have the resources and time to purge those they classify as deviants. Deviation from what? The morality of a bunch of officials who seem to harbour personality deficiency and insecurity?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bedlamfury\">@bedlamfury<\/a> They are trying to show that they do they work &amp; they are taking things pretty seriously. It&#8217;s just a front to conceal hypocrisy<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nur Farella (@blunuur) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blunuur\/status\/555272585764540416\">January 14, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In recent years, the puritanical approach of race supremacists, moralists, and politicians have spread the culture of fear. Its as if the individual thought and body no longer belongs to the individual. Welcome to Malaysia, such is the new Talibanisation over a 30-million odd population, in a realm rich with natural resources and an arrogance to boot. Welcome to the demise of compassion and common sense.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fmoui.net%2Fblog%2F2015%2F01%2Fcompassion-is-not-an-embracing-virtue%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tudung-clad Malay girls who were seen hugging and kissing members of a K-pop band at a concert in Kuala Lumpur last Saturday have been given a week by the Federal Territories Islamic Religious Department (Jawi) to come forward or face arrest, Utusan Malaysia reports. (The Malaysian Insider). 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