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Greta75 -> Atheist in Malaysia fear for their life (8/11/2017 11:20:23 PM)
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http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2017/08/12/malay-atheist-fears-he-might-be-killed/
Some Malay atheists now fear for their lives following a minister’s call for them to be “tracked down” and identified amid an investigation into the local chapter of an international atheist organisation.
“I am worried. I have already accepted that something might happen to me, that I might be killed,” a man who wanted to be known as Halim said in an interview with Channel NewsAsia (CNA).
“I see how extreme people have become, how my Facebook friends (could) turn into real-life threats for me with their comments that it is halal (permitted) to kill atheists, apostates… how eager they are to kill to gain merits in heaven,” he was quoted as saying.
This followed remarks from Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Shahidan Kassim, who said in a press conference on Tuesday that atheists in Malaysia should be “hunted down”.
According to The Malay Mail, Shahidan said atheism goes against the Federal Constitution and urged religious authorities to help educate Muslims who had become atheists and return them to their faith.
The fears of Halim and other Malay atheists were compounded by remarks from Negeri Sembilan mufti Mohd Yusof Ahmad, who said in a report by Berita Harian that the penalty for apostasy under Islam is death “if they are stubborn and refuse to repent”.
On Aug 6, the government said it would investigate whether any Muslims had joined the Kuala Lumpur chapter of Atheist Republic, a Canada-based organization.
This was after the group posted a picture of its members attending a gathering, which sparked uproar among some Muslims and led to threats of death and violence against the group on social media.
Muslims found to be in the group would be sent for counselling, says Asyraf
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki said the state Islamic religious departments could take action if such individuals were proven to be involved in “atheist activities”.
Asyraf added that Muslims found to be in the group would be sent for counselling, while attempts to spread atheist ideas could be prosecuted under existing laws.
I know there is alot of people in the west who do not believe that it is remotely possible that the Quran prescribe death for apostasy. But in my region, Muslim authorities keep confirming it.
I always talk about how Islam oppress Muslims and disallow them to leave Islam. This is the way they do it. They found a group of Muslims turn Atheist and now are going after them.
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