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An anti-dhimmi update to this Dhimmi Watch post. From Reuters:
KUALA LUMPUR, 30 December 2005 — Leaders of Malaysia’s non-Muslim religions condemned yesterday the state’s decision to give a man a Muslim burial against his Hindu widow’s wishes, and called for a review of their constitutional rights.“We are concerned that the fundamental rights of other religions in this country are being slowly eroded,” said Venki Sankar, an ethnic Indian business leader and Hindu. “It makes us feel very angry.”
Just over half of Malaysia’s population of 26 million are Muslim, and Islam is the state religion, but government is secular and the constitution guarantees religious minorities, such as Hindus, Buddhists and Christians, equality under the law.
The case of former army commander and mountain climber M. Moorthy, who was given a Muslim burial on Wednesday by officials of Malaysia’s Islamic-affairs department, has shaken the trust of some non-Muslims in their constitutional rights.
Posted by at December 29, 2005 9:33 PM
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I doubt that many non muslims had much, if any, trust in their constitutional rights in Malaysia.
Constitutional rights for a non moslem in an islamic country.....someone has a sense of the absurd.
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at December 29, 2005 11:32 PM
"Moorthy’s elder brother, Muhd Hussein, a convert to Islam, and Muhd’s son were the only family members at the burial."
His name, every day of his life, is Muhd.
at December 29, 2005 11:53 PM
With the non-muslim people being such a large majority there you would expect they could extract more concessions from the Muslims. I wonder if it's because most of them are overseas Chinese and such people often are mainly interested in their business affairs and find that keeping their head down is the best policy to aid in money-making.
Posted by: patung at December 30, 2005 8:14 AM
"Moorthy’s elder brother, Muhd Hussein, a convert to Islam, and Muhd’s son were the only family members at the burial."
I keep wondering if this incident has something to do with muslim family members wanting to steal the widow's inheritance.
Posted by: Sue Bob at January 1, 2006 11:15 AM
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