The tears continue to flow! Sad...very sad indeed!The latest case of Indira Gandhi and her children is one that the authorities need to look at carefully to ensure that such cases do not recur in the future. In this case it is reported that the father of the children had converted them to Islam by using their birth certificates. The father having converted to Islam had chosen to convert the children to Islam as well.The conversion was never communicated to the mother of the children nor consented to by her. The older of the children in this case are of the ages 12 and 11. The youngest of the lot is a mere baby!
The mother is now being under tremendous amount of stress and anxiety for fear that her children would be taken away from her by the religious authorities. The youngest child is with the father presently and has refused to hand over the baby to the mother.
Why is it that we continue to read about cases like this in the papers ? Why has the government been unable to find a solution to this problem that crops up time and again? As always the family of the person who has converted is in the dark of the conversion. As always there is the marriage that that was originally contracted under Civil Laws and now subjected to syariah laws. As always there are some minors involved wherein the right to be converted to another faith is always questioned. As always the usual tears and sadness! Why ? How is it that children who are so young,innocent and unable to decide on a myriad of things suddenly put in such a quandary? How can anyone say with certainty that the conversions of the children had been done in a reasoned and a truly spiritual manner according to the new faith?
The newly minted PM has brandished his newly coined "1Malaysia" concept vigorously when he came to office recently. Well Mr PM solve this problem quick. This is one way you are going to win over the hearts and confidence of the people. Ensure that justice is done in this Indira Gandhi case and cases like it. May it be in a just and fair manner. Let not all the talk be just that ......just talk!
There must be some long term solution found to this problem from ever arising again!
M V Nathan
2 comments:
Hi Arah,
Thks for dropping by. Though I am no expert in Hinduism but I believe Hindus dont advocate blind followers without any faith in the religion.
Cheers
M V Nathan
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