she was arrested injanuary this year for insulting islam, videoing herself, clearly in distress, as she was, she said, assaulted by the religious police. we did ask the malaysian government s religious affairs department to comment on her case but have not had a response. on the surface, malaysia is a modern, multi ethnic society, but islam has a special constitutional status. and for muslims, sharia law governs family and moral matters. but many malaysians suspect the prosecution of nur sajat was less about religion, more a weak government seeking conservative muslim support as the economy flounders under the impact of covid 19. i think for a lot of malaysians, including the muslims, right, whether they like transgenders or not, they say, look, sajat is such
to show my true self. j i m a transgender woman. this is the way i live and the way i pray. when i pray, i m more comfortable being myself and not pretending to be a man. she was arrested injanuary this year for insulting islam videoing herself, clearly in distress, as she was, she said, assaulted by the religious police. we did ask the malaysian government s religious affairs department to comment on her case but have not had a response. on the surface, malaysia is a modern, multiethnic society, but islam has a special constitutional status. and for muslims, sharia law governs family and moral matters. but many malaysians suspect the prosecution of nur sajat was less about religion, more a weak government seeking conservative muslim support as the economy flounders under the impact of covid 19.
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into the arms of russia. that s very clear. nukovych, the former president was not wanting to sign a deal only with the russians who is very interested in having a european deal, a trade deal. the europeans pushed very hard and germans and americans and imf were not prepared to provide support. the russians came in with their over $15 billion. then we had ukrainians up in arms domestically and crackdown and violence then suddenly we were concerned. our level of concern, the sanctions are real. obama put sanctions on and they include a couple ol garks and the russian bank. we will now see capital flight from russian oli garks into different places. they will move and that will have an impact on the economy. let s be clear, putin s ratings have skyrocketed on his even as the russian economy