November 12, 2012
Apostasy, Coercion as good as Nurul's Point: It's Politics
by Anisah Shukry@www.freemalaysiatoday.com
Yet again, UMNO as good as a likes of Ibrahim Ali as good as PAS' Nasharudin Mat Isa have resorted to misusing Islam to disprove a member of a Opposition bloc.
According to a twin provided by Malaysiakini, Nurul Izzah Anwar pronounced during a forum final weekend which "there is no constraint in sacrament How can anyone unequivocally say, 'sorry, this usually relates to non-Malays.' It has to apply equally."
Hishammuddin Hussein, a Home Minister, described Nurul's statements as insensitive as good as causing open anger.Nasharudin, a former PAS Vice-President, pronounced which she contingency grieve as good as what she pronounced goes against Islam.Dr Mahathir Mohamad, a former Prime Minister, pronounced her make a difference was stupid.
Now, putting aside a fact which nearly each time great ol' Hisham, Nasha as good as Mahathir open their mouths, they contend something foolish as good as insensitive which annoy a public, Nurul, upon a alternative hand, did not contend anything "radical", "liberal", "dangerous to a faith" or even new.
On a contrary, what she pronounced has been discussed in between Islamic scholars across a origination for years.It's usually which no a single seems to have clued a Powers That Be upon this.
A blanket order for all
Nurul pronounced which there is no constraint in religion, either for Muslims or non-Muslims. And she has a point.
Islam is all about an individual's own voluntary submission to Allah; there can be no duress since conviction cannot be forced upon anyone, ! even upo n those Malays who have been innate Muslims.
I mean, if we asked you, during gunpoint, to believe in Islam, would you? Unless you're already a believer, afterwards of march not. You'd substantially weep a bit about how being during a brink of genocide has opened your eyes to Islam, though your convictions would sojourn a same.
So constraint is not a answer education is, usually as Nurul referred to in a after statement. In fact, even in a Quran, Surah Al-Nahl, hymn 126 states:
"Invite [all] to a Way of thy Lord with wisdom as good as pleasing preaching; as good as disagree with them in ways which have been most appropriate as good as many gracious: for thy Lord knoweth best, who have strayed from His Path, as good as who receive guidance." (16:126 translated by Yusuf Ali)
Now, for those of we who have been starting to contend which I'm no academician as good as should usually keep my mouth close as good as let a experts talk it out, concede me to furnish a quote from a former Chief Judge of Pakistan, SA Rahman.
"Man is giveaway to select in between law as good as falsehood as good as a Prophet's function is to convey a message, reflect it in his own hold up as good as to leave a rest to God he is no warder over men to compel them to adopt sold beliefs," he wrote.
This is serve fortified in multiform Islamic verses, including Surah Ali Imran, hymn 20 as good as Al-Ma'idah, hymn 92, which state if people turn divided from a summary of Islam, afterwards a Prophet Muhammad's avocation is usually to educate not force nor coerce.
Freedom to select still exists
Unfortunately, we still have a likes of Nasharudin who disagree which a "no constraint in religion" hymn (2:256) usually relates to non-Muslims in a emanate of converting to Islam.
In alternative words, once a single becomes Muslim, let a duress begin! Now, we challenge him as good as alternative like-minded people to indicate out any hymn i! n a Qura n which states which which sort of double customary exists.Nasharudin did mention Surah al-Ahzab hymn 36 as "proof" which there is no leisure in sacrament for Muslims.
"It is not wise for a Believer, male or woman, when a make a difference has been motionless by Allah as good as His Messenger, to have any option about their decision: if any a single disobeys Allah as good as His Messenger, he is in truth upon a clearly wrong Path." (33:36 interpretation by Yusuf Ali)
But, as we can see, this hymn usually states which when Allah has commanded something, it is not wise for a follower to have any preference in their make a difference a leisure to select still exists, as referred to multiform times in a Quran.
But whilst leisure exists, a Quran still states what is right as good as wrong.And if a single chooses what has been forbidden, afterwards a single will face a consequences of which decision, either in this hold up or a hereafter.
Islam as good as apostasy
Now, by trait of a fact which leisure of sacrament exists in Islam, does which meant Muslims, as good as Malays, have a leisure to renounce their sacrament as good as should not be coerced or punished in to superfluous as Muslims?
Since I'd rsther than not have fifteen policemen raid FMT's bureau over this article, I'll refrain from stating my stand, though usually share a views of multiform revered scholars in Islam who have been not Malaysians, not Malays, as good as do not have any vested domestic interest in a issue.
The former chief judge of Pakistan, SA Rahman, wrote in his book "Punishment of dissenting view in Islam" that:
"There is absolutely no mention in a Quran of paltry punishment for desertion from a conviction by a believer, solely in a figure of deprivation of a spiritual benefits of Islam or of a polite status as good as advantages which accrue to an particular as a member of a well-knit companionship of Muslims.
"He shoul! d, howev er, be giveaway to profess as good as propagate a conviction of his choice, so long as he keeps within a finish of law as good as morality, as good as to enjoy all alternative rights as a pacific citizen of a State, in usual with his Muslim co-citizens."
He also combined which dissenting view is an corruption in a realm of a rights of God, rsther than than a rights of mankind, to illustrate there would be no pressing necessity to retaliate a pacific shift of faith.
Meanwhile, Dr Ahmad Ar-Raysouni, a highbrow of principles of Islamic jurisprudence, wrote:
"if Allah did not require His origination towards idea in Him, nor did He permit his Prophet [pbuh] to do so instructing him, afterwards how could He allow, or order, a leaders of a Muslims to force a single to sojourn as a Muslim or return to it under a threat of death?"
Another Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Kutty, wrote:
"all of a moral teachings of a Quran have been formed upon a idea of moral responsibility, which entails a leisure of choice. Therefore, to state which a single contingency be put to genocide for selecting to mistrust would usually criticise a entire moral structure of a Quran."
Controversy over nothing
In a end, it's clear which what Nurul pronounced upon which fateful day has a basis both in a Quran as good as in a viewpoints of sure scholars.
And whilst a little people, including Siti Kassim, might view her after make a difference as a "retraction", we do not usually since Nurul doesn't condone nor support apostasy, doesn't meant she is denying which leisure in sacrament exists. She is usually not supportive of fellow Muslims making a wrong decision.
So, really, a fact which UMNO is latching onto this emanate as good as fanning a flames of religious sentiments is usually an additional pointer of a recklessness to stay in power.
But in this case, UMNO is signing a own genocide warrant since misusing sacrament for domestic m! ileage d oes not go down good with (thinking) Malays as good as Muslims.
As for Nurul? Kudos to we for answering Siti Kassim's subject honestly as good as risking your own domestic station to do so. A Muslim should never censor a law from an additional usually to save her own ass.
So we indicate a most appropriate thing for we to do from here upon out is to hang to your stand, as good as a facts which support it. Because we Muslims have been at a back of we all a way upon this.
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