它是一种样貌奇特的鸟，不是吗？
每次到砂劳越，仿佛就像到了另外一个国家。这里不同就是不同，当然是正面的不同。这里的人特别热情，地方又干净，人与人之间相处得特别融洽。比起半岛，我在这里找到身为马来西亚人的感觉，我想砂劳越人有过人的包容心。任我抓破脑袋，我还是想不透他们为何如此不同。
今天在英文太阳报的头条中，我找到一点关于这个问题的答案。我想在星报里找相关的报道，但是却找不到。可能星报觉得这事不值一提。海峡时报？我家里的佣人还是喜欢用星报来包菜包鱼，所以我不会买海峡时报。太阳报的标题究竟写了些什么？我把这个电子报内容整个贴在这里，我不会去多做评论，你们读读看，或许你们会从中发觉自己的答案。至于我呢？我现在终于为什么西马人到东马还是要出示身份证。
你们可以上网来交换意见，或者来分享你们的看法。
Sarawak won't adopt anti-apostasy law
Posted on 13 November 2011 - 01:55pm
Last updated on 14 November 2011 - 07:53am
Last updated on 14 November 2011 - 07:53am
KUCHING (Nov 13, 2011): The state government does not intend to adopt anti-apostasy law because Sarawak practises religious freedom where each and every individual can choose the religion of his or her choice.
However, Assistant Minister of Islamic Affairs Datuk Daud Abdul Rahman said, this does not mean that the State Islamic Department was encouraging all those who had converted to Islam to leave the religion.
“We do not encourage converts to leave the religion neither do we have an iron grip on them. We can only advice them,” said Daud yesterday, reiterating that the state upholds the rights of individuals where religion is concerned.
Daud was commenting on a recent statement by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom that it was up to the individual states to propose an anti-apostasy law.
Speaking to reporters after attending a graduation and award presentation ceremony at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Matang, Daud said Muslims in the state are not the majority and it would create bad feelings among the non-Muslims if the Anti-Apostasy Act was to be implemented.
Daud said the state, unlike West Malaysia, looks at religion from a different point of view and if converts really want to leave the religion after being advised against it, there is nothing much that the State Religious Department can do.
“However, we have set up a committee called ‘Akidah Committee’ headed by the State Mufti to help the new converts and to counsel them on religious matters,” he said.
Daud explained that a convert who wanted to leave the religion would normally inform the State Religious Department about it and he (the convert) would be given counselling sessions by officers from the department for up to a year before he (the convert) makes a final decision.
The Assistant Minister said that he had personally received requests from several individuals regarding the matter, and his solution was always to let the individuals decide what was best for them.
Most converts, he said, converted to Islam for the sake of marrying a Muslim man or woman and they had almost zero knowledge about Islam.
“Even their Muslim partner may have very little knowledge of Islam and they tend to lead a non-Islamic way of life after conversion, leading them to think that there is no difference if they go back to their old beliefs.
“Another problem is that those who want to leave the religion have to deal with the National Registration Department in deleting the ‘bin’ or ‘binti’ from their name as displayed in the identification card,” he said.
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