The factory worker whose wedding at a Hindu temple was
raided by the Selangor Islamic authorities will have an uphill task in
obtaining a certificate of renunciation from the Shariah Court because of red
tape, lawyers and an interfaith group said today.
Responding to the predicament faced by Zarinah Abdul Majid,
they said a Federal Court ruling had clearly stated that a Muslim who wanted to
renounce Islam must get the certificate from the religious court before other
documentation could be completed.
They added that shariah courts in the past issued
certificates but the applicant had to endure time-consuming bureaucracy.
The Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism,
Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism (MCCBCHST), however, felt the woman's
remedy was in the High Court.
Zarinah was arrested by the Selangor Islamic Religious
Department (Jais) when she got married according to Hindu rites in a temple in
Petaling Jaya on Sunday.
She was taken away by enforcement officers from the
religious department, who were accompanied by policemen, after Zarinah's
husband tied the "thali" around her neck, an act signifying they were
married.
For the past seven years, Zarinah had tried to renounce
Islam as she is a practising Hindu. Fed up over her efforts, she went ahead
with the traditional Hindu ceremony, marrying her boyfriend of seven years.
For
the past seven years, Zarinah had tried to renounce Islam as she is a
practising Hindu. Fed up over her efforts, she went ahead with the
traditional Hindu ceremony, marrying her boyfriend of seven years. - See
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The
factory worker whose wedding at a Hindu temple was raided by the
Selangor Islamic authorities will have an uphill task in obtaining a
certificate of renunciation from the Shariah Court because of red tape,
lawyers and an interfaith group said today.
Responding to the predicament faced by Zarinah Abdul Majid, they said a Federal Court ruling had clearly stated that a Muslim who wanted to renounce Islam must get the certificate from the religious court before other documentation could be completed.
They added that shariah courts in the past issued certificates but the applicant had to endure time-consuming bureaucracy.
- See more at: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/uphill-battle-for-hindu-bride-to-be-to-renounce-islam-say-lawyers-and-non-m#sthash.rKkOJOTS.dpuf
Responding to the predicament faced by Zarinah Abdul Majid, they said a Federal Court ruling had clearly stated that a Muslim who wanted to renounce Islam must get the certificate from the religious court before other documentation could be completed.
They added that shariah courts in the past issued certificates but the applicant had to endure time-consuming bureaucracy.
- See more at: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/uphill-battle-for-hindu-bride-to-be-to-renounce-islam-say-lawyers-and-non-m#sthash.rKkOJOTS.dpuf
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