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Conversion issue in Malaysia: A challenge to religion and racial harmony

There is a worrying trend recently of inter-religious cases which have fuelled angst amongst multiracial communities in Malaysia, and which threaten to disrupt racial harmony or dismantle the 1Malaysia Unity Framework. We refer to the recent case of a “Muslim” bride (named Zarina Majid) marrying her...

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Main Author: Yussof, Sheila Ainon
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Language:English
Published: International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies Malaysia (IAIS) 2014
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spelling my.iium.irep.488632018-01-03T08:49:06Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/48863/ Conversion issue in Malaysia: A challenge to religion and racial harmony Yussof, Sheila Ainon KBP Islamic Law There is a worrying trend recently of inter-religious cases which have fuelled angst amongst multiracial communities in Malaysia, and which threaten to disrupt racial harmony or dismantle the 1Malaysia Unity Framework. We refer to the recent case of a “Muslim” bride (named Zarina Majid) marrying her Hindu boyfriend of seven years. The earlier version of her story goes like this. Zarina was a product of the law which at its time allowed a unilateral conversion of minors by their parents who converted to Islam. Zarina’s parents married as Hindus in 1980. Her father converted to Islam at the urging of a relative while her mother remained a Hindu. It was reported that they remained in the “dual-religion” marriage for a good number of years, and Zarina said that her mother, being illiterate, did not realise that her children were Muslims. Her father registered them as Muslims in their birth certificates and in their MyKad (the national identity card). The problem arose when their father left his home after the birth of Zarina’s brother in 1990 and abandoned them. As a result of abandonment, Zarina was Muslim in name only, nurtured by her Hindu mother to become a practising Hindu, whilst the Muslim father moved on with his life presumably to marry a Muslim wife. International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies Malaysia (IAIS) 2014-07 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/48863/3/48863.pdf Yussof, Sheila Ainon (2014) Conversion issue in Malaysia: A challenge to religion and racial harmony. Islam and Civilisational Renewal (ICR), 5 (3). pp. 446-449. ISSN 2041-871X http://www.iais.org.my/icr/index.php/icr/article/view/436/405
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Conversion issue in Malaysia: A challenge to religion and racial harmony
description There is a worrying trend recently of inter-religious cases which have fuelled angst amongst multiracial communities in Malaysia, and which threaten to disrupt racial harmony or dismantle the 1Malaysia Unity Framework. We refer to the recent case of a “Muslim” bride (named Zarina Majid) marrying her Hindu boyfriend of seven years. The earlier version of her story goes like this. Zarina was a product of the law which at its time allowed a unilateral conversion of minors by their parents who converted to Islam. Zarina’s parents married as Hindus in 1980. Her father converted to Islam at the urging of a relative while her mother remained a Hindu. It was reported that they remained in the “dual-religion” marriage for a good number of years, and Zarina said that her mother, being illiterate, did not realise that her children were Muslims. Her father registered them as Muslims in their birth certificates and in their MyKad (the national identity card). The problem arose when their father left his home after the birth of Zarina’s brother in 1990 and abandoned them. As a result of abandonment, Zarina was Muslim in name only, nurtured by her Hindu mother to become a practising Hindu, whilst the Muslim father moved on with his life presumably to marry a Muslim wife.
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title Conversion issue in Malaysia: A challenge to religion and racial harmony
title_short Conversion issue in Malaysia: A challenge to religion and racial harmony
title_full Conversion issue in Malaysia: A challenge to religion and racial harmony
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title_full_unstemmed Conversion issue in Malaysia: A challenge to religion and racial harmony
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publisher International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies Malaysia (IAIS)
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