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Politics : The Truth About Islam

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To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (7977)5/31/2007 5:43:07 PM
From: Proud_Infidel   of 20106
 
Malaysia's Lina Joy loses Islam conversion case
Boston.Com - World News ^ | May 30, 2007 | By Jalil Hamid and Syed Azman

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PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (Reuters) - Malaysia's best known Christian convert, Lina Joy, lost a six-year battle on Wednesday to have the word "Islam" removed from her identity card, after the country's highest court rejected the change.

The ruling threatens to further polarize Malaysian society between non-Muslims who feel that their constitutional right to religious freedom is being eroded, and Muslims who believe that civil courts have no right to meddle in Islamic affairs.

"You can't at whim and fancy convert from one religion to another," Federal Court Chief Justice Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim said in delivering judgment in the case, which has stirred religious tensions in the mainly Muslim nation.

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