dear emilyn...
remember i told u about the discussion i was having with my x-classmates the other night?...well...it was regarding the following statement...extracted from this article:
"Significantly, the High Court also concluded that Malays could not renounce Islam at all as they were defined by the Federal Constitution to be persons of the Islamic faith."
basically...it states that under the federal consitution of malaysia...all malays r considered to b muslims...n they cannot change their religion...because the constitution recognises them only s such...
i find this rather disturbing...because our constitution is suppose to guarantee our freedom to practise any religion we desire...but how is this possible?...considering the fact the malays r already categorised under islam...n not having the right to change it when they come of age...
despite discussing it all night...we could not come to a conclusion...because we do not even know our own constitution well enough...but if we r correct...then there must b a contradiction within our constitution...n i find that rather troubling...considering the fact that our constitution is the highest law in malaysia...
but here's something interesting which i read somewhere...according to the hudud law...any muslim who renounces islam...will b sentenced to death by the syariah court...but here's the catch...it seems that in malaysia...a country claiming to b n islamic country although it does not execute the hudud law...if a muslim were to renounce islam...he/she is no longer bound to the hudud law...thus, he/she cannot b sentenced to death by the syariah court...cool huh?...
anywayz...that's about it...a nice little brainteaser for u...that should keep u occupied for a while...heh...but the thing about malaysia is...it's claims to b n islamic country...n yet...it doesn't adhere to certain characteristics of n islamic country...but then again...it's malaysia we're talking about...period...heh
cheers
k
remember i told u about the discussion i was having with my x-classmates the other night?...well...it was regarding the following statement...extracted from this article:
"Significantly, the High Court also concluded that Malays could not renounce Islam at all as they were defined by the Federal Constitution to be persons of the Islamic faith."
basically...it states that under the federal consitution of malaysia...all malays r considered to b muslims...n they cannot change their religion...because the constitution recognises them only s such...
i find this rather disturbing...because our constitution is suppose to guarantee our freedom to practise any religion we desire...but how is this possible?...considering the fact the malays r already categorised under islam...n not having the right to change it when they come of age...
despite discussing it all night...we could not come to a conclusion...because we do not even know our own constitution well enough...but if we r correct...then there must b a contradiction within our constitution...n i find that rather troubling...considering the fact that our constitution is the highest law in malaysia...
but here's something interesting which i read somewhere...according to the hudud law...any muslim who renounces islam...will b sentenced to death by the syariah court...but here's the catch...it seems that in malaysia...a country claiming to b n islamic country although it does not execute the hudud law...if a muslim were to renounce islam...he/she is no longer bound to the hudud law...thus, he/she cannot b sentenced to death by the syariah court...cool huh?...
anywayz...that's about it...a nice little brainteaser for u...that should keep u occupied for a while...heh...but the thing about malaysia is...it's claims to b n islamic country...n yet...it doesn't adhere to certain characteristics of n islamic country...but then again...it's malaysia we're talking about...period...heh
cheers
k
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