At the Crossroads - Malaysia

December 2006
There are claims Malaysia's secular constitution is being threatened by creeping Islamisation. Non-Muslims feel they are being treated as second-class citizens.

Moorthy Maniam was a Malaysian Hindu hero. After he died, a group of Muslims claimed he'd made a deathbed conversion. Despite his widow's protests, the Sharia Courts declared he should be buried as a Muslim. "They used Moorthy to show that in this country, Islam is supreme", complains lawyer M Manoharan. In the 1980s, Malaysia's Sharia courts were given equal power to the civil courts, creating two parallel legal systems. But while the Sharia Courts are constantly trying to extend their authority, secular courts are reluctant to challenge them. "Non Muslims have no place to go and fight for their basic rights".

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[Denaeize]

i think Malaysia is far better than Saudi Arabia and other arabs

[qotsafreak89]

this lawyer is an idiot. it has nothing to do with religion. its the malay mindset. 

[sweetmogini]

@MsLilsakura thanks alot for ur suggestion

[jacksparrow964]

bodoh cina india

[listentothevisual]

do not play with religion sentiment you dumb.jangan bermain dengan agama lebih2 lagi agama kami, Islam. who the hack do you think you are?

[dzuljim]

x suka , backoff ! ini malaysia , bumiputra . so , yang bukan bumi , kena ikut cara bumi ! x payah nak bising2 laa . economi malaysia , sama2 bangunkan . bukan satu atau dua kaum je tau . 1malaysia . so , saling respect each other ok . kegemilangan dan sentuhan melayu makin pudar . mungkin berpunca dari peredaran zaman . i wish MALAYsia n not UNIVERsia .

like CHINA , GERMAN , UK n others . .

[MsLilsakura]

@care83 that is true..there is always chinese that make the problem at Malaysia coz they never feel enough and want to own our country like what they did to Singapore...

[MsLilsakura]

DONT LIVE AT ISLAMIC COUNTRY IF U WANT THAT FREE LIFE....ALL CHINESE AND INDIAN U HAVE TO MOVE TO CHRISTIAN COUNTRY...WE STILL ALIVE WITHOUT ALL OF U AND WE WILL LIVE BETTER WITHOUT CHINESE AND INDIAN...COZ U HAVE SACRIFICE NOTHING TO MALAY...ALWAYS MALAY HAVE TO SACRIFICE EVERYTHING, OUR LAND, OUR RELIGION, OUR RIGHT HAVE TO SHARE WITH YOU...BUT U ALL JUST UNDER-ESTIMATED US AND THINK LIKE U OWN OUR COUNTRY...U ARE MORE MEAN TO US.

[MsLilsakura]

IF YOU DONT LIKE OUR COUNTRY RULES, JUST GO AWAY...YOUR ANCESTORS COME TO OUR COUNTRY AS FOREIGNER AND WORK HERE..NOW THEY WANT TO CHANGE OUR RULES????...THEN ASK YOUR ANCESTOR AT U.S TO CHANGE U.S RULES TOO....YOU COME TO ISLAMIC COUNTRY AS NON MUSLIM THEN YOU SAID WE ARE MEAN TO U COZ NOT CHANGE IT TO SUIT U...JUST GO BACK TO U ORIGIN IF U WANT THAT SORT OF PEACE.

[SuperBigknuckles]

The test of tolerance comes when we are the majority, the test of courage comes when we are the minority.. its the same in every city of the world.. im born and bed in the u.k and of sikh parents, the people of the u.k treat there own different to the ''OUTSIDERS''

[malayneum]

bodo punya harusani