Kelihatannya Islam itu adalah bagaikan perangkap, begitu masuk, tidak boleh keluar. Moga2 Lina Joy tidak dibunuh oleh seseorang yang merasa bahwa dia wajib melakukan tugasnya 'melindungi' agamanya dari orang2 yang murtad.
Ini mengingatkan pengalaman adik iparku. Dia sudah lama sekali berganti agama menjadi Kristen, tetapi di KTP nya masih saja dia ditulis sebagai beragama Islam. Belum lama berselang dia diberikan ktp baru, dan tetap saja, agamanya lagi2 "Islam", meskipun didalam formulir dia menyatakan bahwa agamanya adalah kristen. Lagi2 bukti bahwa Islam adalah agama yang tidak menghargai hak2 azasi manusia, a.l. kebebasan beragama. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6703155.stm Malaysia rejects Christian appeal Malaysia's highest court has rejected a Muslim convert's six-year battle to be legally recognised as a Christian. A three-judge panel ruled that only the country's Sharia Court could let Azlina Jailani, now known as Lina Joy, remove the word Islam from her identity card. Malaysia's constitution guarantees freedom of worship but says all ethnic Malays are Muslim. Under Sharia law, Muslims are not allowed to convert. Ms Joy said she should not be bound by that law as she is no longer a Muslim. Death threats Malaysia's Chief Justice Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim said the panel endorsed legal precedents giving Islamic Sharia courts jurisdiction over cases involving Muslims who want to convert. About 200 protesters shouted "Allah-o-Akbar" (God is great) outside the court when the ruling was announced. "You can't at whim and fancy convert from one religion to another," Ahmad Fairuz said. Ms Joy's case has tested the limits of religious freedom in Malaysia. She started attending church in 1990 and was baptised in 1998. In 2000, Ms Joy, 42, went to the High Court after the National Registration Department refused to remove "Islam" from the religion column on her identity card. The court said it was a matter for Sharia courts. Tuesday's ruling marked the end of her final appeal. Ms Joy has been disowned by her family and forced to quit her job. She went into hiding last year. A Muslim lawyer who supported her case received death threats. Sharia courts decide on civil cases involving Malaysian Muslims - nearly 60% of the country's 26 million people - while ethnic minorities such as Chinese and Indians are governed by civil courts in the multi-racial country. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/6703155.stm Published: 2007/05/30 05:45:46 GMT © BBC MMVII
