---Hey boys, how are things? Yes, its still cold here and yes I still feel a little craptastic. My mood is pretty bad this morning. This post will be short...I couldnt yet find any good stories to post and the news was boring too.
I hope to see some of you posting more often around here. This is gettin old fast but I wanna say thanks to the guys that do. I also hope the PJB is doing well, we havent heard from him in quite a while.
OK wait, I did just come across one article I found interesting enough to comment on.
Read this...From CNN.com---
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- An ethnic Chinese Malaysian mistakenly given by doctors to a Malay Muslim couple at birth nearly three decades ago is bracing for a possible legal battle so he can renounce Islam, an action that can be considered a crime in parts of Malaysia.
Zulhaidi Omar, 29, who now goes by the name Eddie to his family and friends, said he discovered his true identity by chance and met his biological parents in 1998 after years of being teased about his Chinese features.
"I want to get my life back in order now," Zulhaidi told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from his southern home state of Johor.
Zulhaidi, a sales executive raised in an ethnic Malay Muslim family, said he was revealing his story only now because he wants to take a Chinese name and change his religion to Buddhism. About 20 percent of the Malaysian population is Buddhist.
He declined to comment further, citing sensitivities concerning religion in this predominantly Muslim nation. The constitution does not allow Muslims to renounce their religion, and doing so is considered apostasy and punishable by jail in several states, though not in Johor.
Michael Tay, a politician with the Malaysian Chinese Association who is helping Zulhaidi, said he was negotiating with Johor state authorities to grant Zulhaidi's request.
---Could you imagine living in a country where it is a crime to denounce your religion? Thats why I get all fired up when people like illegals take advantage of this country. Im just using that as an example. There are plenty of other things that get me fired up about this great nation too. I feel pretty darn bad for this guy, all he wants to do is get in touch with his heritage and he is being prevented from doing so...a damn shame.---
Monday, February 05, 2007
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3 comments:
freedom of releigion, although not particulary important to me, is a good fredom to have
I am feeling rather cabin feverish here as well. Hang in there E!
Im gonna make it Scott. I know w hat you mean by the cabin fever thing, the first few weeks its kinda a cool feelin, but after that it just gets old.
I agree PJ, like all our freedoms, freedom of religion is a good one.
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