I'm about to touch dangerous waters here. So, before you read on, be warned that this is an extremely religious posts. I wish to apologise beforehand if I have offended you or your religion in any way, its not my intentions.

This is vital information for those of you who are planning on converting your religion to ISLAM : read on. I got this info from a very reliable source so don't question it.


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This is a document issued by the Malaysian Bishops advising the faithful
about the implications of converting to Islam.
(Published on 14th August 2005 in the local Catholic newspaper)

Dear Sisters and Brothers in the Lord,

If you convert to Islam, there are important changes in your legal status
and what you can and cannot do. Your conversion to Islam will be
registered with the Religious Department and the National Registration
Department, both of which are computerised so access to this information is
available throughout the country.

Under Syariah enactments of most of the 13 States of Malaysia;

1) Conversion back to your former religion is either (a) not allowed under
the law, or (b) a criminal offence which means that you may be fined,
detained or imprisoned under most State Islamic laws.

2) If you are under 18 years of age, you require your parents' permission
to convert to Islam.

3) Your identity card will record your conversion to Islam. Therefore, even
if you are no longer practising Islam, you may be fined, whipped, detained
or imprisoned for violation of Syariah laws, such as praying in Church,
eating in public during fasting month, khalwat, etc.

4) You cannot marry a non-Muslim. If you decide to divorce and attempt to
convert out of Islam, you will lose custody of your children because they
are Muslims.

5) Upon death, your non-Muslim relatives will lose their rights to your
property, money, etc, that you want to leave to them. The corpse of a
convert to Islam will be taken away from his or her non-Muslim family for
Islamic rites and burial even if you have not been a practising Muslim for
many years.

6) In the event that your spouse converts to Islam, you may have no right
to either children or your spouse's property.

We know that certain Christians who convert to Islam for whatever reasons,
are not aware of or do not consider seriously the implications of such
conversion. Hence, the need to inform you. By this, we are neither against
Islam nor the freedom of religion, which is guaranteed for all Malaysians
in Article 11 of our Constitution which gives right to an individual to
choose freely his or her religion. But to choose correctly, you need to
know clearly what you choose and the consequences of your choice.

Archbishop Murphy Pakiam, Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur
Bishop Anthony Selvanayagam, Bishop of Penang
Bishop Paul Tan, Bishop of Malacca-Johor

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Question 1.
Article 11 of the Constitution states an individual has the right to choose
freely his or her religion. How is it the spirit of this article is not
extended to Muslims?

Question 2.
How come man has to use man-made laws to enforce G/god's laws to punish the
so-called deviants or apostates. If G/god's laws are so omnipotent then
let them take their G/godly course, without human interference. Let those
deviants or apostates answer to G/god directly.

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I am appalled by these implications. Question 2 hit me right in the face. Why do we punish those who defy their religions? Why not let God do His bidding? If He doesn't, then who are we to punish the deviants if God Himself doesn't do it? There are a lot more things that I would like to argue about but I'm afraid some people might take it offensively. So I shall stop here.

Once again, I apologise if I have offended any of you or your religions. I did not mean to do so. If you are to comment, please give reasonable comments. Btw, I am a semi-Atheist. I have a mixture of religions but most of the times, I'm a free thinker. Just because I'm an Atheist doesn't mean you have to go criticize other people's religion in my blog.

I have respects for other religions so please do not post unreasonable comments.