Posted on 09/09/2011 4:07:46 PM PDT by LSUfan
As a Buddhist, Tan Cheow Hong didn't expect to run up against Malaysia's Islamic laws.
Then last November, his estranged wife showed up at their child's school with a court order from a Sharia judge, who had granted her temporary custody of their 7-year-old.
The wife took their daughter away with the help of Islamic officials and police.
"If I had tried to stop them they would have arrested me," says Mr Tan.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
Canon law applies to Catholics. Jewish law applies to Jews.
Shariah applies to Muslims, Christians, Jews, Hindu, Zoastrians, Atheists, Agnostics and, as the article points out, Buddhists too...
Coming to a city near you soon...
It could be coming here. Watch these speeches by Obama:
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tCAffMSWSzY#t=28
good point Truth!
but, there is a very KEY point, that is being missed.
Under Sharia law, a muslim woman is FORBIDDEN,
to marry a non-Muslim.
So INITIALLY, either He was Muslim, or She WASN’T !!!
probably, she converted, just to get a free divorce and automatic custody !!!
...think of the implications.
if he was muslim and converted, she is AUTOMATCIALLY divorced from him.
if she was Buddhist, and converted, the SAME applies.
she is automatically divorced from him, and gets custody.
(under Islamic law, a man can marry any woman, but a muslim woman, can ONLY marry a Muslim man.
I know this. It’s in the Quran. And confirmed by the Imam I studied under, near D.C., who was trained at Al-Azhar in Egypt.)
Another recent article revealed that Sharia courts are operating in ALL major cities in Germany. and have been legal in Britain for several years.
...certainly they exist now (unofficially) in Michigan, Virginia, New Jersey, and Texas.
“Mr Tan is asking the civil court to decide whether one parent can convert the religion of a child without the consent of the other. He also wants the judge to declare that the Sharia court had overstepped its boundary when it granted his wife custody of the child, who was a non-Muslim when the order was issued.
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She wasn’t a Muslim until it suited her.
An extremely important point. Shariah law explicitly regards non-Muslims as inferior beings and explicitly promises them second-class citizenship. This is exactly why it can't be tolerated in a free society.
You’re right..as usual, E.
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