The document discusses the annual Seksualiti Merdeka festival in Kuala Lumpur, which advocates for sexuality rights and freedom from discrimination for LGBT individuals. It represents several Malaysian NGOs and aims to highlight that despite independence, not all Malaysians are free to be themselves. However, the festival is controversial as some see it promoting free sex or undermining religious teachings. It also faces claims that LGBT identities should not be accepted or normalized in society.

1. the controversial issue:
SEKSUALITI MERDEKA
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SEXUALITY
INDEPENDENCE
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2. What it is all about?
SEKSUALITI MERDEKA is an annual sexuality
rights festival held in Kuala Lumpur and was launched in
2008, represents a coalition of Malaysian NGOs (incl. Malaysian
Bar Council, SUARAM, Empower, PT Foundation, United Nations,
Amnesty International) and individuals.
Apart from the annual festival, they also organize workshops,
talks, film screenings, letter writings. Merdeka is Malaysia's
Independence Day, so Seksualiti Merdeka means "Sexuality
Independence". They use this term to highlight the fact that even
all these years after our independence, NOT ALL Malaysians
are FREE TO BE WHO THEY ARE.

3. What are they believe for?
They believe that everyone in Malaysia deserves to be
free from discrimination, harassment and
violence for their sexual orientations and their gender
identities.
They believe it is their right to be responsible for
our own body.
They believe everyone is entitled to the freedom to
love and the freedom to be, whether gay, lesbian,
bisexual, transgender, intersexes, straight, asexual,
pansexual, etc.

4. Why this festival being a serious
and controversial issue?
Some parties claim that this is free-sex party-
wrong interpretation!
Political reason- the ‘big names’ involvements;
Ambiga Sreenevasan and Marina Mahathir.
The state of being gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, etc.
is contradict from norm and truly opposite the
teaching of every religion, especially Islam.

5. The problem will arise…
• DISCRIMINATION- the biggest problem
• They want to be ACCEPT BY SOCIETY
that they are normal- it is wrong!
• Lead to the social and cultural vulnerability in
our country
• TOTAL FREEDOM and SECULAR
THINKING the way of life- western perspective
• Religion view and faith is not served and
treated in the first basis

6. Quran, 30:21…
‫ومنْ آ َياته أَنْ خلق لكم مِّنْ أَنفُسكم أَزواجا لِّ َتسْ كنوا إ َِل ْيها‬
َ ُُ ً َْ ُْ ِ َُ َ ََ ِِ ِ َ
َّ‫وجعل َب ْي َنكم مَّودة ورحْ مة إِنَّ في ََٰذلِك َل َيات لِّق ْوم َي َتفك‬
‫َ َ ٍ َ ٍ َ رُون‬
َ ِ ً َ َ َ ً َّ َ ُ َ َ َ َ
And among His Signs is this, that He created for you
mates from among yourselves, that ye may dwell in
tranquility with them, and He has put love and mercy
between your (hearts): verily in that are Signs for those
who reflect.
[Ar-Rum, verses 21]

7. Remember, history has already
said…
When Prophet Lut a.s asked the people of both the cities not to
indulge in homosexual acts, they threatened to drive them
out the city, saying: these are, indeed, men who want to be clean
and pure.
Taking notice of the people’s determination not to give up their
homosexual practice, Allah decided to eliminate
homosexuality from the face of the earth along with
its practitioners by giving great punishment to them.
We bestowed upon Lut sound judgment and knowledge, and We
delivered him from the city that was immersed in foul deeds.
They were indeed a wicked people, exceedingly disobedient.
[Al-Anbiyaa, verse 74]

8. People,
do you want the
history to be repeated
again??

9. Solution
The objective of this festival should be change- not for appreciation and
acceptance of this parties to the community as a normal human being, but to
invite them to change, and knowing that what they are doing is wrong, by
realizing that they are not a normal human being.
The soul therapy which is needed from this group of people is through religion.
Everyone has to go back to their religion, the origin of themselves.
No discrimination to those people with this sexual and orientations and
their gender identities, yet treat them nicely, be friend with them.
Remind them that freedom does not mean people are free to do anything in
contrary to nature and religion.
Give moral support for them to change.
Bring them to medical check-up and therapy to understand their
problem clinically regarding this issue.

10. Read more…
Official page for Seksualiti Merdeka
http://www.seksualitimerdeka.org/
Seksualiti Merdeka: Antara Kesongsangan Seksualiti dan Kesongsangan Kefahaman
http://saifulislam.com/?p=10539
Seksualiti Merdeka: Bahasa Atas dan Bahasa Bawah
http://saifulislam.com/?p=10525
Seksualiti Merdeka: Penyakit Bukan Alasan Untuk Terus Sakit
http://saifulislam.com/?p=10533
Cinta Songsang Semakin Songsang
http://saifulislam.com/?p=370
Seksualiti Merdeka 2011: Kembalilah kepada fitrah
Artikel oleh Nasrudin Hasan, Ketua Dewan Pemuda PAS Malaysia
http://iniwootwoot.com/seksualiti-merdeka-2011-kembalilah-kepada-fitrah/
Kenapa saya dan Ambiga sokong gay.
http://sozcyili.blogspot.com/2011/10/kenapa-saya-dan-ambiga-sokong-gay.html