no freedom of religion in our country

as expected – the verdict: she lose.

lina joy  was once a muslim and now she wanted to be a christian, but the court says no – so say what? are you going to tell me again there is freedom of religion in our country? lina joy doesn’t have the freedom to choose her religion! don’t give me all the blah blah about once a muslim always a muslim, no ‘gostan’ if you are a muslim, or the apostasy issue, blah blah blah. i know. i know. whatever… it all still boils down that an individual has no rights to choose her/his religion.

well, as we all expected – the federal court ruled that lina joy must remain a muslim.

from malaysiakini:

Lina Joy’s long wait for her conversion to Christianity to be recognised by law is over – the Federal Court ruled today that she remains a Muslim and her religious status will not be removed from her identity card.

Delivering the judgment to a packed gallery this morning in Putrajaya, Chief Justice Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim ruled that jurisdiction remains with the Syariah court.

The chief justice stated that he concurred with the majority decision – Justice Alauddin Mohd Sheriff who was the last to read his judgment agreed with Ahmad Fairuz’s findings.

Justice Richard Malanjun gave a dissenting judgment.

The case hinged on a decision by the National Registration Department not to remove the word ‘Islam’ from Lina’s MyKad.

The department said it needed a syariah court order certifying her renouncement from Islam before it could make the change.

read further from malaysiakini, the 3 questions lina posed before the court.