It should sadden all of us to see an innocent babies being thrown into the dustbin and swarm by ants. The baby is dead. Who kill the baby? The most probable person that kills the baby is the mother of the baby. The child must be borne by those Malay Muslims woman who practice illicit sex. The woman must have been practicing illicit sex with her partner secretly for sometimes. They do not want anybody to know about their wrongdoing. The woman and her partner only want to have the enjoyment of sex but they do not want responsibilities. They know that the public will certainly knows about their disobedience when the child is born. They do not want the child because the birth of the child will give them sorrow and grieves. In order to disclose their wrongdoing and to prevent them from having sorrow and grieves, they have to throw away their baby. As the practice of illicit sex among Muslims Malays is on the rise, the practice of throwing babies will increase.

Every now and then, our local newspaper will show pictures of babies thrown away by their own parents into dustbins or place safely in front of someone houses in the hopes that someone will pick up the baby. The journalists and the newspaper have done their part in revealing the wrongdoing of the society. As the society is going down the drain, we should not only watch the situation but as members of the sick society, we should do something to arrest the situation. What the government should do in order to curb the situation. The situation is worrying. All of us must do something practical to stop the condition from becoming worse. The government must do some practical solution immediately. What shall the government do? In my opinion, Malaysian government must establish some homes to protect Muslim women who have become pregnant without marriage. As a Muslim, these women know that they have disobeyed Allah and they are greatly ashamed of their wrongdoings. They are very scared that the public will knows about their disobedience. They do not want their parents and families to know that they have committed the acts of fornication. They are greatly ashamed of what they have done and in order to protect their honor and pride they are ready to kill even their own babies or to place their babies secretly in front of someone house in the hope that someone will take and adopt the babies as their child.
The government must take these women into their custody. The government must give them shelter and protection especially during those challenging days of their pregnancy. The governments must set up many homes to cater their needs including the need to deliver their babies. During the period of custody, sociologist and experts should give these unfortunate women counseling and therapy so that they repent and back to the right track. These women should remain in the custody of the government until the baby is born and no one can visit them. All women who are pregnant because of illicit sex should come to these homes and get themselves registered as the members of the homes. These women are the victims of their own desires and circumstances. Because they are the slave of their desires their aims in life is only to fulfill their desires. When they become pregnant, they become very worried and all that they have in their mind is to safeguard their honor and in order to safeguard their honor they are willing even to kill their own babies.

The government must stop this brutal action of parents killing their own babies. These are great sins and we must stop these animalistic acts of our people. Allah wants us to enjoin good and forbid evils. We must do something to stop these barbaric acts of our own people immediately. When we think rationally, no one will ever want to kill their own babies but the stress that comes following the birth of the baby is unbearable to most people in Malaysia especially the Malay Muslims and because of the stress they are willing even to kill their own babies. In western and non-Muslim countries, the societies can accept women to deliver baby without a father. It is an acceptable norm in western society that a woman can becomes pregnant without a husband. In western and non-Muslims society, a woman without a husband can deliver a baby without having to undergo much stress when compare with their Muslim Malay counterpart .We cannot make our society to become like western society. We are Muslim society that cannot accept woman to deliver baby without having a rightful husband .Unless the Malaysian government interfere and protect these woman, the problems of throwing babies as unwanted commodities will never stop in Malaysia. Many couples, who do not have children of their own, may like to adopt these babies as their children. The couples who want to adopt these babies as their adopted child will have to bear the cost that the government has bear in maintaining the mother while in custody and the cost of delivering the baby.
Prof Dr Nasoha Saabin
February 2010
Integrative Holistic Wellness Centre