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Some time back, I heard Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cite Malaysia as moderate. If she still believes her own statement, then Ms. Rice needs to study up on the situation with Lina Joy, who converted to Christianity 17 years ago and whose plight hasn't received nearly the same amount of media attention as that of Abdul Rahman.
Article from the May 31, 2007 edition of the Middle East Times, emphases mine:
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About Those "Moderate" Muslims in Malaysia From Jawa: So, searching for the back story on that child bride law in Malaysia (it turns out the hype is much worse than the actual law) I found something that is a real story. It's not "news" so much...
- Great Moments In The History Of Moderate Islam
Malaysia: Constitutional guarantee of freedom of religion "doesn't apply" to Muslims who want to leave Islam From Jihad Watch: Why? Muslims in Malaysia are subject to sharia law. None of those secular shenanigans apply. It is an instructive case for...
- Where Is The International Community
when it's needed?? Lina Joy is a Malaysian woman who converted to Christianity and wanted to marry a Christian man. Before she was a Christian she was a Muslim. As we all know, it is not allowed, according to the Sharia, to leave Islam. More...
- Islamification Of Malaysia
I linked to the case of Lina Joy in August.Today, LFG talks about the Malaysian madness as well.LAWYER Malik Imtiaz Sawar seems a most unlikely person to attract death threats. A small, softly spoken, friendly man, the impression he gives is above all...
- Islamist Malaise Reaches Malaysia
The International Herald Tribune covers the depressing state of Malaysia:In recent years, a number of high- profile court cases have highlighted the clash between Muslim and secular laws, but none so much as the lawsuit brought by Lina Joy, a computer...
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Moderate Muslim Nation?
Some time back, I heard Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cite Malaysia as moderate. If she still believes her own statement, then Ms. Rice needs to study up on the situation with Lina Joy, who converted to Christianity 17 years ago and whose plight hasn't received nearly the same amount of media attention as that of Abdul Rahman.
Article from the May 31, 2007 edition of the Middle East Times, emphases mine:
The woman at the center of a religious controversy in Malaysia has accused the country's highest court of denying her fundamental rights in rejecting her bid to be legally recognized as Christian, her lawyer confirmed Thursday.Read the rest at Always On Watch.
Lina Joy's comments came a day after Malaysia's Federal Court rejected her attempt to win recognition of her conversion from Islam.
Joy, 43, had sought the removal of the word "Islam" from her national identity card.
But the Federal Court, the highest secular legal body, threw out her case and said that only an Islamic Sharia tribunal could legally certify her conversion....
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About Those "Moderate" Muslims in Malaysia From Jawa: So, searching for the back story on that child bride law in Malaysia (it turns out the hype is much worse than the actual law) I found something that is a real story. It's not "news" so much...
- Great Moments In The History Of Moderate Islam
Malaysia: Constitutional guarantee of freedom of religion "doesn't apply" to Muslims who want to leave Islam From Jihad Watch: Why? Muslims in Malaysia are subject to sharia law. None of those secular shenanigans apply. It is an instructive case for...
- Where Is The International Community
when it's needed?? Lina Joy is a Malaysian woman who converted to Christianity and wanted to marry a Christian man. Before she was a Christian she was a Muslim. As we all know, it is not allowed, according to the Sharia, to leave Islam. More...
- Islamification Of Malaysia
I linked to the case of Lina Joy in August.Today, LFG talks about the Malaysian madness as well.LAWYER Malik Imtiaz Sawar seems a most unlikely person to attract death threats. A small, softly spoken, friendly man, the impression he gives is above all...
- Islamist Malaise Reaches Malaysia
The International Herald Tribune covers the depressing state of Malaysia:In recent years, a number of high- profile court cases have highlighted the clash between Muslim and secular laws, but none so much as the lawsuit brought by Lina Joy, a computer...