i just saw the Everywoman programme. the segment on apostasy comes in the first 15 minutes, so don’t miss it. the law lecturer from UIA could just stammer and answer, providing half baked answers. he even dare to say that islam was here before colonialisation. as if there was nothing before islam over here. there was another bloke that said malay equals islam and if people are allowed to practise apostasy, that will be the end of malays and malaysia. how weak can these people be? gosh! it interesting to see how the constitution is turned and twisted to suit their arguments. another thing – the earlier message i posted regarding the program schedule from al jazeera website is not correct. the website said tuesdat night 9.30pm, but it came on at 10.30pm. so i suggest add extra one hour to the earlier timings i posted.
Mon – 3.30am, 4,30pm –> 4.30am, 5.30pm Tue – 12.30pm, 9.30pm –> 1.30pm, 10.30pm Wed – 9.30am, 2.30pm –> 10.30am, 3.30pm Thu – 1.30pm –> 2.30pm Fri – 2pm, 6.30pm –> 3pm, 7.30pm Sat – 5.30am, 3.30pm –> 6.30pm, 4.30pm
Posts Tagged ‘Apostasy’
Al-Jazeera on apostacy
April 24th, 2007
NEWS:Woman fails in bid to renounce Islam
March 29th, 2007Woman fails in bid to renounce Islam
29 Mar 2007
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KOTA KINABALU: A 24-year-old Muslim woman yesterday failed in her application to renounce Islam on the grounds that she did not practise the religion and was never given religious education.
Syariah High Court judge Jasri @ Nasip Matjakir said the applicant did not submit any concrete evidence that she was no longer a Muslim in action, behaviour or deed that could expel her from Islam.
In her affidavit, read by counsel Hamid Ismail, the Sino-Kadazan said her non-Muslim lifestyle would cause society to look down on her and she would be subjected to the judgment of the syariah court.
The applicant’s father was a Muslim while her mother, a Sino-Kadazan, converted when the couple got married.
Hamid said the basis of her application was under Article 11 of the Federal Constitution that she had the right to choose her religion and must not be prevented from doing so by anyone.
This is as held by the Su- preme Court in the case of Minister of Home Affairs, Malaysia and Anor v Jamaluddin bin Othman, 1989 1 MLJ 418.
The second basis was that Islamic law on apostasy is not applicable in Malaysia because there is no total application of Islamic law in Malaysia.
Jasri, in his judgment, said although the Federal Constitution did state that every individual deserved to choose his or her religion, it did not give authority to the syariah court to allow Muslims to renounce their religion. “The court can only decide whether one’s action is permissible according to Muslim laws.
“The reasons given by the applicant are based on fear of punishment which is against the teachings of Islam. Is fear a good enough reason?
“The court finds the reasons given are weak and not one that can be used as permissible to murtad (leave Islam).”