Criticism
SIS has drawn criticism from conservative Muslim groups because of its views. Its positions, for example, on the use of the hijab, have been challenged by The Malaysian Mufti (JAKIM). The group has also drawn the ire of PAS. Sisters in Islam's claims have been challenged by state religious bodies, some of whom have even called for bans to be imposed on them.
The Malaysian Association of Mosques Youth (MAMY) has brought a lawsuit against Sisters in Islam, alleging the misuse of the word "Islam" in the organization's name. Other groups have alleged that Sisters in Islam misinterprets religious principles.
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“Parents sometimes feel that if they don’t criticize their child, their child will never learn. Criticism doesn’t make people want to change; it makes them defensive.”
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“The aim of all commentary on art now should be to make works of art—and, by analogy, our own experience—more, rather than less, real to us. The function of criticism should be to show how it is what it is, even that it is what it is, rather than to show what it means.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)