Helping Sufiah Yusof?

The de facto Minister of Religion in the Prime Minister’s department saying that he wants to help Sufiah Yusof.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Prime Minister’s Department and the Malaysian Missionary Foundation (Yadim) will try to assist former child mathematics genius Sufiah Yusof, now aged 23 and fending for herself as a prostitute in Salford, Manchester. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Dr Zahid Hamidi said they would help the gifted girl return to the right path through the “Save Sufiah Programme”.

“The first thing we should try to do is to contact her mother or arrange a meeting with Sufiah to find out the reason she turned to prostitution, offering her services through the Internet, using the name ‘Shilpa Lee’,” he said.

It was reported in the News of the World that Sufiah is now a $130 (RM821)-an-hour hooker operating from her dingy flat.

The “Save Sufiah Programme” is headed by Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Dr Mashitah Ibrahim who will come up with strategies to assist Sufiah.

This is all fine and dandy but I question the timing. Why only now? Why was no effort made years ago before she denigrated into this state?


When I read the report in The Star regarding her ex-husband’s assessment of Sufiah, I gain a powerful impression of him as a pious and loving husband who only wanted the best for Sufiah, but was unable to do much since Sufiah was going “the other way”, according to him.

In any case, I do find it not only hillarious but also ironic that Dr. Mashitah “Being-A-Whore-Is-Alright-If-You-Are-Desperate” Ibrahim is heading the “Save Sufiah Programme” compaign. What happened to your previous “fatawa” on the matter, dear Dr., or have you forgotten it that easily?

Source: www.ibnjuferi.com