Muslim conversions: No need to inform family, says Nik Aziz

KOTA BARU, April 13 — Kelantan Menteri Besar Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat yesterday said it was not necessary for non-Muslims to inform their family of their wish to embrace Islam.
He was reacting to the proposal by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to make it compulsory for non-Muslims to inform their family before converting to Islam to avoid problems in future, like tussles over the remains of a deceased convert for burial.
Nik Aziz said the requirement for would-be Muslims to do so could hinder them from converting to Islam.
The PAS spiritual leader said nobody should stop anyone from embracing Islam.
"It is not right to impose the requirement (to inform family members) of one's desire to embrace Islam because it concerns an individual's right."
He felt that if informing family members was to maintain relations and harmony among the country's multiracial society, it can be done so after the conversion. — Bernama

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Well, dear Tok Guru, I'll save some real harsh words for you ONLY because of your association with Pakatan Rakyat.

How would you feel if one day, in an alternate universe, when you are called back to Almighty, The Jabatan Agama (Kristian or Hindu or Buddha)Malaysia comes and snatches your boday away from your grieving Muslim family. Then they say that ;

a. You had converted to another religion (when you had never mentioned it to your family).
b. All the family properties does not belong to your immediate heir, but instead, to the
State.Which means your wife is a sebatang kara now.
c. The 10 year old kid from your second wife who all along brought up as a Muslim, is now taken
away by the state from the mother, and asked to live a new life in another religion.

Dear Tok Guru, this is not a question of individual's right, THIS is about that individual being responsible about HIS actions and how it may affect the people who care for him, and who had cared for him all his life.

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