Malaysian court accepts woman's decision to convert from Islam

[Coventina]

Source: Radio Australia

On the Malaysian island state of Penang, an Islamic court has upheld a controversial decision - allowing a woman to revert from Islam to Buddhism.

It's one of the rare ocassions a Syariah court has allowed someone to leave Islam - a practice usually viewed very seriously under Malaysian law. The court said the woman had a unique case because her conversion to Islam had not been valid, but the case has touched on a sensitive issue that has long divided the Malaysian public.


Read more: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/asiapac/stories/200903/s2518907.htm

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Wow, mighty nice of the court to allow the woman to follow her private, spiritual inclinations.

:eyes:

[get the red out]

1. Does someone have to kill her now?

Isn't that the way it works?

[iandhr]

2. probably

[Javaman]

5. I saw them wheeling up a cart full of stones through the back door. nt

[Taverner]

3. Believe it or not, this is progress

When I was in Malaysia in the 90's, people were jailed for leaving Islam

[Igel]

6. Marginal, at best.

They're not allowing her to convert or revert back. They're merely saying that she never converted to Islam in the first place.

My church had the same policy with divorce. There was no such thing: If you were married, you were married until death. The only "way out" was to find a reason to declare that the marriage was never binding, that, in fact, you were never actually married. It made for interesting arguments. Amazing the sheer number of people married for 20 or more years who found reasons to say they'd never *really* been married after all.

[AlphaCentauri]

4. thanks God we have overcome the inquisition many centuries ago

fanatics at work, archaic religions

[RedCloud]

7. About 500,000,000 women to go!

That will fix that religion when they finally figure out they cannot reproduce. And no, don't stop with just Islam.