UPHILL TASK FOR MUSLIM WOMAN TO RENOUNCE ISLAM IN MALAYSIA
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.
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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
PERMANENT SWAT'S TALIBAN CEASEFIRE AGREED
Taleban rebels in Pakistan's Swat valley have agreed to a "permanent ceasefire", a senior official has said. Syed Mohammad Javed, commissioner of Malakand, which includes Swat, revealed the deal but gave no details. There has been no confirmation from the Taleban.
Swat, once
one of Pakistan's most popular holiday destinations, has been blighted by violence since 2007.
Reports of the pact come a week after a 10-day ceasefire and a deal to implement Sharia law in parts of Swat.
Local Taleban met a senior elder, Sufi Mohammad, to discuss ceasefire terms before the agreement was announced, reports said.
Sufi Mohammad, a pro-Taleban cleric, is the father-in-law of Maulana Fazlullah, who has been waging a violent campaign to impose Sharia in t
he region.
Following the deal struck last Sunday to agree to introduce Sharia law, negotiations between Maulana Fazlullah and Sufi Mohammad now appear to have led to a more permanent deal.
"They have made commitment that they will observe a permanent ceasefire and we'll do the same," Mr Javed, the commissioner of Malakand, told reporters on Saturday.
A Taleban leader was expected to confirm the ceasefire later on Saturday, Reuters news agency reported.
Source: Reuters , World News and BBC
Swat, once
one of Pakistan's most popular holiday destinations, has been blighted by violence since 2007.Reports of the pact come a week after a 10-day ceasefire and a deal to implement Sharia law in parts of Swat.
Local Taleban met a senior elder, Sufi Mohammad, to discuss ceasefire terms before the agreement was announced, reports said.
Sufi Mohammad, a pro-Taleban cleric, is the father-in-law of Maulana Fazlullah, who has been waging a violent campaign to impose Sharia in t
he region.Following the deal struck last Sunday to agree to introduce Sharia law, negotiations between Maulana Fazlullah and Sufi Mohammad now appear to have led to a more permanent deal.
"They have made commitment that they will observe a permanent ceasefire and we'll do the same," Mr Javed, the commissioner of Malakand, told reporters on Saturday.
A Taleban leader was expected to confirm the ceasefire later on Saturday, Reuters news agency reported.
Source: Reuters , World News and BBC
U.S. CONCERNED OVER PAKS DEAL ON SHARIA LAW
The Pakistan government and Islamic hardliners on Monday signed an agreement to enforce Sharia in the northwestern Swat valley
Washington - The United States on Thursday expressed concern to Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari that a deal allowing Sharia law in the volatile Swat valley amounted to a possible capitulation to Taliban militants.
US en
voy Richard Holbrooke told CNN in an interview on Thursday afternoon that he had spoken with Zardari by phone just hours earlier and expressed his "concern".
"It is hard to understand this deal in Swat," in the country's northwest, said Holbrooke, who returned this week from a regional tour that included visits to Pakistan, Afghanistan and India.
The ag
reement this week in Pakistan's Malakand area, which includes the Swat valley, has been widely seen as a government concession to Taliban Islamic militants to secure a ceasefire.
"I am concerned, and I know Secretary (Hillary) Clinton is, and the president is, that this deal, which is portrayed in the press as a truce, does not turn into a surrender," Holbrooke said. "President Zardari has assured us it is not the case."
The Pakistan president has described the deal as "an interim arrangement", said the US diplomat.
"He does not disagree that people who are running Swat now are murderers, thugs and militants and they pose a danger not only to Pakistan but to the US as well."
Last year,
Pakistani forces launched an offensive to recapture the Swat valley from Taliban forces but the area remains restive.
Pakistan has hailed the agreement as the best way to defuse a bloody insurgency in the violence-wracked northwest, but Islamist hardliners have yet to disarm and it has provoked alarm in Nato as well as in neighbouring Afghanistan and India.
Islamists have vowed to put down their guns once Islamic justice is established.
Source: News24 .Com
US en
voy Richard Holbrooke told CNN in an interview on Thursday afternoon that he had spoken with Zardari by phone just hours earlier and expressed his "concern"."It is hard to understand this deal in Swat," in the country's northwest, said Holbrooke, who returned this week from a regional tour that included visits to Pakistan, Afghanistan and India.
The ag
reement this week in Pakistan's Malakand area, which includes the Swat valley, has been widely seen as a government concession to Taliban Islamic militants to secure a ceasefire."I am concerned, and I know Secretary (Hillary) Clinton is, and the president is, that this deal, which is portrayed in the press as a truce, does not turn into a surrender," Holbrooke said. "President Zardari has assured us it is not the case."
The Pakistan president has described the deal as "an interim arrangement", said the US diplomat.
"He does not disagree that people who are running Swat now are murderers, thugs and militants and they pose a danger not only to Pakistan but to the US as well."
Last year,
Pakistani forces launched an offensive to recapture the Swat valley from Taliban forces but the area remains restive.Pakistan has hailed the agreement as the best way to defuse a bloody insurgency in the violence-wracked northwest, but Islamist hardliners have yet to disarm and it has provoked alarm in Nato as well as in neighbouring Afghanistan and India.
Islamists have vowed to put down their guns once Islamic justice is established.
Source: News24 .Com
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