Nur'aishah Bokhari & Joseph Lee
Bobo
I would like to know more about the case
of Nur'aishah Bokhari & Joseph Lee.
Can somebody please give me the details of
this case ?
And I would like to know if they still
have some troubles or things are better now.
I send them my profound sympathy.
Bobo
My assistan gave me this article this morning.
My posting is a provocation.
SO PLEASE DO NOT ANSWER.
Quoted from Far Eastern Economic Review February 5, 1998
QUOTE
Malaysia
FORBIDDEN LOVE
Cross-cultural romance sparks muslim anger
By S. Jayasankaran in Kuala Lumpur
It seemed at first like an ordinary inter-
racial romance in Malaysia, where
"mixed marriages" are fairly common.
Nur'aishah Bokhari, 25, a Malay-Muslim
bank executive, fell in love with her
colleague Joseph Lee, a catholic of
Chinese-indian parentage. They wanted to
marry, and they would have done so with
no fuss if Lee had converted to Islam.
Instead, Nur'aishah converted to Christianity
and renounced Islam, according to
an affidavit she filed at the high court
late last month.
Her decision has outraged Muslims,
who regard it as the breach of an
unwritten covenant that has helped
maintain racial peace in this multi racial
country : Non-muslim cannot proselytise
muslims.
More ominously, the affair is turning into
a nation incident that threatens to galva-
nize anger among the majority-Muslim
population at a time when the worst economic
downturn in years is breeding
fears of social unrest.
Although Malaysia's constitution gua-
rantees freedom of religion, that provision
is generally understood to exclude the
Malays, all of whom are muslim. Muslim family
life is governed by islamic law which, if
strictly followed as in Iran, would
mandate stoning to death as punishment for
apotasy.
"Constitution or not, Islam is a one way street",
insists an educated muslim professional.
Nur'aishah conversion "cannot be accepted", he says.
Meanwhile, there's confusion over whether the
high court has juridiction over cases of
apotasy.
While no English-language newspaper
has touched the story, at least one Malay daily
has given it widespread publicity.
That's worrying the non-Malays who
fear a backlash from infuriated Muslims.
"This kind of thing can inflame the community",
warns Rahim Nor, the Inspector General of Police,
calling for caution. "We don't want any untoward
incidents".
Given the delicacy of the matter, no
non-Muslim group or opposition party has
commented on the affair publicly. Some
Muslim groups, however, have called for
changes in the law that would prevent
other Nur'aishahs. Harakah, a paper published
by Pas, the Islamic opposition party has even
called for apostates to be arrested under
the internal security act, which permits
detention without trial.
Nur'aishah couldn't have picked a
worse time to renounce her faith to love.
[...]
UNQUOTE
Now I know the details of the story.
Please do not answer.
But I personnaly think it would make
a good film.
"Titanic 2" ?
Bobo a écrit dans le message <6f3a9m$5tg$1...@peuplier.wanadoo.fr>...
Freedom
Another perfect example where fanaticism of religion
(any religion-christian, islam, jew etc) can smother and destroy the
beauty of human nature, where irrational arrogance of simplistic belief
thinks that it has the right to impose its mis-guided strictures upon
free-willed individuals. It's a shame that the last laugh is after
death when God damns these self-centred, evil-mongering hypocrites to
eternal hell for their hateful murderous actions.