Malaysia rejects Muslim convert's bid to be recognized as Christian
Malaysia's top civil court rejected a Muslim woman's appeal to be recognized as a Christian on Wednesday, in a landmark case that tested the limits of religious freedom in the moderate Islamic country.A three-judge Federal Court panel ruled by a 2-1 majority that only the Islamic Shariah Court has the power to allow Lina Joy, who converted to Christianity in 1998, to remove the word "Islam" from the religion category on her government identity card.
I thought what happened to "there is no compulsion in Islam", so I tried to see if I can find anyone who has the authority to represent Islam, who could possibly contradict this Malaysian court ruling.........and this is the best I could find:
T.J. Alwani: Moslims moeten zich realiseren dat de heilige koran de geloofsvrijheid garandeert en waarborgt. In totaal zijn er in de koran meer dan 200 verzen die hierover gaan. Het bekendste vers is het volgende: “Er is geen dwang in de godsdienst.
Professor T.J. Alwani says: "Muslims must realize that the holy Koran guarantees freedom of religion. There are more than 200 verses about this in the Koran. The most famous verse is the following: There is no compulsion in Islam."
This is actually the first time I've heard anybody make such a firm claim, basically saying there is no two ways about it, Islam guarantees freedom of religion and anybody who believes that a Muslim apostate has to be killed, does in fact go against the Koran and the teachings of the prophet Mohammed.
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