MARRY INTO ISLAM?

Lately there are leaders who call for a 'Muslim' who convert to Islam when he/she marry a Muslim, be allowed to revert to his/her former religion when his/her marriage do not work out. This shows the lack of understanding of Islam. In the first place, there is no compulsion in Islam. Secondly, you do not convert to Islam or any religion for that matters, just to marry another person. What sort of person are you to easily give up your religion for another person? Is religion a toy to play with? One chose a religion because one believes in it and conciously embrace the religion. Islam is for all but you cannot be born, inherit or marry into Islam, or forced to become a Muslim or even through operation of law.

Apostasy must not be seen from the human-made laws or civil rights, but from the religious point of view. You cannot just leave Islam without going through the provisions in the syariah legal system. In fact all religion should condemn the act of apostasy since it is the act of rejecting truth. "Apostasy will never happen to a true Muslim. It happen to one who has never been a Muslim." - Dr. Syed Ali Tawfik Al-Attas/Md. Asham Ahmad, the Star July 11 2006.