Divorced couple arrested in Malaysia for sharing hotel room under ‘khalwat’ rules

A divorced Malaysian couple looking to rekindle their relationship were arrested for being alone in a hotel room after religious enforcement officers raided their hotel room in Johor in the early hours of Sunday morning. Johor’s Islamic Religious Department (JAINJ) said on social media that officers detained the pair at 1.15am in a hotel in Kluang, following a tip-off about alleged immoral activity. They were suspected of khalwat, an Islamic moral offence under Malaysia’s state sharia laws for...