Change your religion? Just ask a judge.
I was reading this story
yesterday with my draw dropped. Could you just imagine having to go to
court in the United States if you decide to change your beliefs?
Enter the case of Noorashikin Lim Abdullah, who after divorce, decided
to revert back to Christianity. Malaysia (60% Muslim) has a legal
system of two types of courts. One secular and one Sharia. Abdullah's
request was rejected on the basis of her present name. (She changed it
converting to Islam to marry.) The court's decision is rather silly,
but what is even more ridiculous is the notion that one should go to
court and ask appeal where the matter of your personal conscious and
convictions are involved.
I guess, she has to remain a Muslim now. Disgusting. She should be allowed to de/re/convert at will.
As I've stated before, secularism is the accommodation for which all
religions are allowed to practice freely. Most Americans get this. Some
American's use the courts to Christianize on the taxpayer dime,
claiming that when they lose they are being oppressed. Jesus....
Imagine that in USA, that in matters of religion we had a separate
court system? What would that court system look like? Liberal Universal
Universalism, or conservative protestantism of Pastor Fred Phelps or
even of a Reconstructionalist variety?
Yikes!
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Islam. Peaceful?
From the department of fear to offend the religiously intolerant and on the toes of the great cracker incident, we now have to fear more religious backlash. Since when must we respect anyone's sacred beliefs?
Random house has announced
that it will not publish, journalist Sherry Jones book about one of
Mohammed's bride's for fear of offending Muslims and inciting
violence. Stating "...we decided,
after much deliberation, to postpone publication for the safety of the
author, employees of Random House, booksellers and anyone else who
would be involved in distribution and sale of the novel."
Once again, we see that adherence to either Biblical literalism
(cracker) or Koranic literalism shows just how hostile one can become
to society.
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