Botox is for infidels!
From now on Malay women with sagging faces won't be able to seek the common cure - Botox. The National Fatwa Council (I didn't know we had one!) The council decided that there are certain substances in Botox -which are derived from pigs- and promptly made it haram (illegal) for Malays - more specifically Muslims (does it really matter?) - to use it.
Which is a very strange fact, considering botox (botulinum toxin A) has absolutely nothing to do with pigs, or any member of the Suidae sus family. Thats latin for pig (pig latin?).
Wikipedia cites that the active botulinum toxin orginates from the Clostrodium botulinum bacteria, which can be found almost anywhere on earth. The bacterium is so toxic that theoretically a few hundred grams could kill every person on earth!! - In comparison the most toxic rat poison takes 400 TONS to kill that much! Perhaps one of the reasons the NFC blacklisted cosmetics latest boon is due to the fact that clostrodium bacterium thrives in badly cooked or unprepared meat. So with a wonderfully critical analysis worthy of any devout Muslim, Shukor Husin, head of NFC deduced that Botox is haram. Apparently he likens bad meat to ham, and "unprepared meat" to bacon
=_=" Swt.
Oh of course Husin mentions that the decision was made after months of research and consultation, with Muslim doctors, no less. Oh, and did i mention he consulted fatwas (agama teachers) as well? Now what would a fatwa know about a bacterium that was once used as a chemical weapon, I wonder? jihad? lol.
...Which is a very strange fact, considering botox (botulinum toxin A) has absolutely nothing to do with pigs...
And get this; Another reason for the banning of Botox is that "there [are] many fake products in the market and that is another reason why it is 'haram.". wow I guess that means illegal dvd's are haram. And those t-shirts. Oh, and that (fake) Adidas football i use. Its going to be pretty hard for Malays to get by without buying haram stuff, considering nearly 50% of stuff Malaysians buy on average are pirated. Guess the NFC were too busy checking the "haramability" of the medically useful Botox. Go figure.
"The whole fiasco.....has a typical ending"
In a surprising twist this time common sense ruled for once. For awhile anyway. Botox is "religiously allowed" for medical purposes. The Council allowed Botox to be used to treat cerebral palsy, muscle spasms, and migraines provided there are no other alternative medical treatments for these conditions (newspapers didn't report this! I had to do some online research!). However Husin urges those providing Botox treatments should also stop offering such services. Soon the country would run its stock of Botox and be free from its cursed substance. Anyone see the dilemma here? How on earth can clinically needed Botox be administered if its not available?
What the Council (and newspaper) fails to report (as usual) is that the Council’s decision is not legally binding.
Whats the catch? “Some 60 percent of Malaysia’s 26 million population are Muslims but doctors quoted by the newspaper said only between 10 percent and a third of their customers are Muslim. Each Botox treatment in Malaysia costs up to 700 ringgit,” according to the Guardian Unlimited. Speculations range from the normal - the NFC is trying to generate more income to support their fellow Muslims by depriving private doctors from one income source - to the extreme - the NFC is secretly stockpiling Botox shipments into the country in an attempt to gain a chemical weapon foothold.
And thats not counting the other slice of Botox treatments used for therapeautic and cosmetic purposes.
What the Council (and newspaper) fails to report (as usual) is that the Council’s decision is not legally binding. However Muslims who don’t follow the ruling are said to be committing a sin. Ahh.. using the ol' religion threat here again, i see. Let me guess, one Botox injection equals one less wife in paradise? Of course smart doctors (or non-Muslim ones?) should not take the decision to heart and continue as usual. The ban on Botox should make it more valuable than it already is and in the future only the very rich will be able to afford it. Observers said that won’t stop wealthy Muslims from seeking Botox treatments abroad. Guess that means a pretty face on earth is worth more than a an extra wife in heaven =)
This whole fiasco - which i'm sure will be forgotten after the NFC determines that Mat Rempit are actually "religiously allowed" - has a typical ending. "Do not go against religion for the sake of vanity. There are other ways and products that can make us look beautiful and we need not go against the fatwa,” Husin says. Guess wrinkly Malay girls will have to contend with that as they sit in their (currently) non-haram, illegal Curio sofas, watching illegal dvd's - non haram! - and wearing the latest non-haram Gucci watch from the pasar malam.
