KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug. 19 — From the scant personal details that can be pieced together about Lina Joy, she converted from Islam to Christianity eight years ago and since then has endured extraordinary hurdles in her desire to marry the man in her life.
Her name is a household word in this majority Muslim country. But she is now in hiding after death threats from Islamic extremists, who accuse her of being an apostate.
And those imams really got those goat-grease soaked beards in a lather of this one...
Five years ago she started proceedings in the civil courts to seek the right to marry her Christian fiancé and have children. Because she had renounced her Muslim faith, Ms. Joy, 42, argued, Malaysia’s Islamic Shariah courts, which control such matters as marriage, property and divorce, did not have jurisdiction over her.
Do we understand the problem worldwide? No. This is the norm. Even "moderate moslems" are intolerant of those who decide they don't like the Koran anymore. Of course the drug-soaked brains of most Democrats, and some Republicans seek to appease.
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