Zainon Ahmad in his column (theSun, Tuesday 25 November 2008) writes :
Azman: Anyway, over the years fatwa rulings have already been made against a number of other things like tomboyishness, the wearing of male attire by women and so on.
Zain: Thus, bit by bit the free space for Muslims in this country – only in this country – is gradually fatwa-ed away. At this rate we Muslims have less freedom than the non-Muslims. Those little liberties, not legislated away by our Parliament, state assemblies and local councils are ruled away or fatwa-ed away by the fatwa council.
Chong: Yes, we know that, don’t we Mohan? We certainly are better off.
Zain: And we have less religious freedom than you have. Do you know that?
Mohan: Of course we do, don’t we Chong?
Zain: And like retired judge Datuk Faiza Thamby Chik said a week ago a Malay Muslim under the Malaysian Constitution has no choice but to remain “in the Islamic faith until his or her dying days.” He is not free to change his religion.
I leave you with these thoughts for your prayers.
