ماليزيا: جدل بشأن مذكرة قانونية حول اعتناق القصر للإسلام

خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

تدور حالة من الجدل بالمشهد الماليزي على إثر اعتراض الأقليات على مذكرة قانون تسمح لأحد الأبوين بضمّ المواليد القُصَّر للإسلام دون اعتبار رضا الطرف الآخر؛ حيث طالبت الجبهات العلمانية والحداثية المنتسبة للإسلام بتنحية تأثير الأحكام الدينية على الدستور الماليزي.

وقد أعرب العديد من الجهات المدنية عن ضرورة مناقشة القانون قبل الموافقة عليه؛ حتى لا يعصف - على حد زعمهم - بحق الأقليات في ظل الديمقراطية؛ حيث اعتبرت المنظمات التي تمثل الأقلية أن القانون يتنافى مع العدالة الاجتماعية وروح الدستور الماليزي؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Malaysia Faiths Criticize Minors Convert Bill

A new administrative bill allowing a parent to convert a minor child to Islam without the consent of the other is raising debates and criticism from Malaysia’s Muslims and religious minorities as well.

“We will be reading the Bills very closely in the coming days but as it stands, we are deeply concerned at the precedent they might set, namely in how it implicates the religious identity of non-Muslim minors who can be easily converted by only one of their parents,” Ahmad Fuad Rahmat, researcher at the Islamic Renaissance Front (IRF), told Malaysia Star on Sunday, June 30.

“This risks leading to more inter-ethnic and inter-religious complications in the future.

“Additionally, we remain firm that the Constitution should remain Malaysia’s primary legal framework that cannot be overridden by religious laws,” Rahmat added.

The IRF researcher was speaking about the new Administration of the Religion of Islam (Federal Territories) Bill 2013, which relates to the conversion of minors.

If approved, section 107(b) of the new bill would allow a parent to convert a minor child to Islam without the consent of the other.

This provision became controversial in 1993 – although the English version states a non-Muslim below 18 years of age may convert to Islam if “his parent or guardian consents to his conversion”, the Malay version of Section 95 amended “ibubapa (parents)” to “ibu atau bapa (mother or father)”.

Rejected by the majority of Malaysia’s non-Muslims, the new bill was criticized for creating “social injustice” against the spirit of the Federal constitution.

“The Malaysian Gurdwaras Council (MGC) wishes to reiterate that any such unilateral conversion of a child by a single parent is not only unconstitutional but is morally wrong and is against good conscience and justice...," said MGC president Jagir Singh in a statement cited by Malaysia Chronicle.