Sisters in Islam (SIS) strongly protests the extreme actions by Muslim NGOs and political parties in halting the Bar Council Forum on “Conversion to Islam: Article 121 (1A) of the Federal Constitution: Subashini and Shamala Revisited” held on 9 August 2008.
Religious laws cannot be applied to people who do not profess that religion, says Chee Peck Kiat, who reminds judges that they take an oath of office to uphold the Federal Constitution, which guarantees all Malaysians the fundamental liberty of professing and practising their faiths in peace and harmony.
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