Posted on 07/08/2009 10:10:49 PM PDT by Chet 99
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Sikh family lost a court battle Monday in Muslim-majority Malaysia for the right to cremate one of their relatives after officials said the man had converted to Islam years before his death.
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Malaysia has a double-tier court system for civil matters — Muslims go to the Shariah court; non-Muslims go to secular courts. But in interfaith disputes, non-Muslims complain they lose out as Shariah courts get the final say and rarely rule in their favor.
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An utterly terrible system yielding a terrible ruling. I would bet money that this was a forced “conversion.”
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