The "Tolerance" of the "Religion of Peace"
Michelle Malkin is highlighting the story of Lina Joy today.She is a Muslim-born woman who has converted to Catholicism and wants to marry a Christian man. Malaysia's constitution guarantees freedom of religion, but abdicates the responsibility of guaranteeing this right. In fact, you could argue that it isn't really a freedom, because civil courts regularly shuttle cases involving Islam to sharia courts for adjudication.
So let me check to see that my calculus is correct:
Converting to Islam is fine, if that is your choice.
Converting to any other religion is also fine, with the following caveat: Not if you are converting FROM Islam.
Converting to another religion from Islam, well, that's a sin. Not to mention something that can land you in a "reeducation camp." Lovely.
The scholar who attempts to justify this odd calculus does so by explaining that allowing people to leave Islam
"...would imply it has no dignity, no self-esteem," said Wan Azhar WanSetting aside the fact that an "ism" has no feelings, and therefore can't claim any dignity or self-esteem, let's just ponder this for a moment.
Ahmad, senior fellow at Malaysia's Institute of Islamic Understanding.
"And people may then question its completeness, truthfulness and
perfection."
(crickets chirping)
Yeah, even after third, fourth, and fifth thought this is absolute stupidity. And, any "ism" that needs to enslave people to it is destined for failure. Note the examples of Communism and Nazism...
And, furthermore, if you want to know the truth, plenty of people are already questioning Islam's "completeness, truthfulness, and perfection." Maybe not the suicide bombers and hijackers, but plenty of the rest of us aren't buying the horse - we've seen inside its mouth, thank you everso.
So, there you go. Malaysia has a majority that is enslaved in terms of personal freedoms and it will likely remain that way because noboddy wants to hurt wittle Iswam's feewings.
