Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Malaysia Will Treat Obama as Muslim

Malaysia Will Treat Obama as Muslim

 

Those who may like to believe when Obama’s says he is a Christian, although his Kenyan father was a Muslim and his stepfather raised him as a Muslim child in Indonesia, should consider the following case in Malaysia where a woman born to Muslim parents but raised as Hindu by her grandmother is being forced to be “rehabilitated” as a Muslim by Malaysia’s Religious Department.  (Jerusalem Post, April 18th, “Malaysia: Islam ‘rehabilitates’ members of other faiths”.)

 

Malaysian Islamic raw regards people born to Muslims as being Muslims themselves. Revathi Masoosai, an ethnic Indian, was born to Indian Muslim parents who gave her a Muslim name, Siti Fatimah. According to Revathi, her grandmother raised her as a Hindu and changed her name in 2001. Revathi married a Hindu, Suresh, in 2004 according to Hindu rites, but the marriage has not been legally registered because Suresh refused to convert to Islam. Islamic officials seized their 15-month old daughter and handed the child to Revathi’s Muslim mother. Revathi was sent to a religious rehabilitation center and her detention has been extended without any explanation to her husband.

 

The point is: in the eyes of most Muslims Obama is a Muslim and it would not be surprising if one fine morning he rediscovers Islam, say soon after he is elected president.

One could only guess the shock for the liberal-reform Jews who are now supporting and bank rolling his candidacy. He may even ask Americans to convert to Islam for amicable relations with a nuclear Iran and world peace. Yes, this scenario is off the wall, but is not as unrealistic as many may think.

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