Wednesday, May 30, 2007

lina joy lost her appeal

Lina Joy can't celebrate her joy. Her appeal was denied by the Federal Court today with a majority decision of 2:1. So her religion is still Islam.......I feel the judges should have read the Federal Constitution properly" freedom of religion and freedom to worship" A child should be allowed to change his/her religion when he/she has grown up to matter understand the concept of one's religion. As it stands for all religions here, a child is born into the parents' religious faith whether the child agrees or disagrees, it isnt important at that time. The parents make their choice and the child has to stick with it until he/she decides to change....which for the other religious faiths has no apostasty attached to it. But for a Muslim......it spells the long and winding road of condemnation. The truth is "Who make the choice for the child?" Islam is a religion of peace and compassion; which I think it is the same with the other religious faiths. The Jews and Christians too follow the same branch as Islam coming from the same prophets. The stories are inter-related in every page of the religious texts yet the people think and behave differently....trying to win in the battle of the minds and souls..Buddha was exploring his own enlightenment nothing about Buddhism yet the tenets flourishes because people want something different...and Hindus religion is the oldest amongst the religions where the stories about the ancient could be found here too Then there is Sai Baba flourishing with his ways to bring peace and harmony to mankind....Lina Joy should be allowed to practise what she wants though she is born into a Muslim family...now what is the different when non-muslim married a muslim then file for divorce? The non-muslim converted to marry a muslim will marry any one any religious faith...perhaps the converted muslim by marriage will not find the religious authority breezing down he/her neck so to speak. The laws are the guide lines and the Federal Constitution is the Supreme Law of the land...........yet I dont find judges balls enough to make decision in the arms of the Federal Constitution. This decision I believe falls on the political will of the BN government...It takes them too long to give their judgement. Lina Joy is prepared to lose her Malay rights in the Constitution....yet the decision will make her to think how unfair the system has done to her and to those who face the similar hindrance in their religious faith I really wonder what happen to those converted to marry muslims and divorced and then married again in the civil registry? Bearing in mind their IC cards are not changed. In fact all the official documents remain under the original name....Let the souls speak to the Lord what religion one's professes it is the willed of the Lord...

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