Friday, July 06, 2007

Malayasia's Concentration Camps And The BBC

From the BBC:

A Malaysian woman held for months in an Islamic rehabilitation centre says she was subjected to mental torture for insisting her religion is Hinduism.

Revathi Massosai, the name by which she wants to be known, says she was forced to eat beef despite being a Hindu.

Miss Massosai was seized by the Islamic authorities in January when she went to court to ask that she be registered as a Hindu rather than a Muslim.

The case is one of a number that have raised religious tensions in Malaysia.

Miss Massosai was born to Muslim converts and given a Muslim name, but she was raised as a Hindu by her grandmother and has always practised that faith.

However, under Malaysia's Islamic law, having Muslim parents makes one a Muslim and, as such, one is not allowed to change one's faith or marry a non-Muslim.

But Miss Massosai married a Hindu man in 2004 and the couple have a young daughter.

This story begs for a crap load of how dare they's.

For starters, how dare the Malaysian government attempt to coerce, under pain of torture, acceptance of the muslim faith.

Where is the U.N.'s human rights campaigners? Oh, yeah, that's right, they are too busy condemning Israel.

And, you know what, how dare the BBC print the phrase "Islamic rehabilitation centre" and not, at least, put the damnably evil thing into quotation marks. During World War II was the BBC referring to Nazi Germany's concentration camps as "Holiday Rest Camps for Jews"?

A lawyer representing the Malacca state Islamic department responsible for Miss Revathi's arrest, rejected her allegations and said officials believe that she can still be persuaded to embrace Islam. [emphasis added]

Notice that the BBC will not even credit Ms. Revathi's claim to be married? Nice.

The BBC will have to decide if they are an independent news gathering organization, or the propaganda arm for the Malaysian concentration camp industry.

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