Lina Joy, the Female Version of Abdul Rahman

Via the Religioscope, we hear of the case of Lina Joy, a Malaysian woman who was a Muslim but became a baptized Catholic, and now she wants to marry a Christian man. No big deal anywhere in the civilized world, but God help you if you live a country dominated by Islamic law. This woman (and the advocates and lawyers who are helping her) now face death threats from the supposedly "moderate" citizens of Malaysia. Worse yet, she is now being persecuted and prosecuted by the authorities in Islamic Shariah courts for the crime of apostasy, which almost all Islamic scholars and the Koran say is punishable by death ("re-education" is also a possible sentence).

First Abdul Rahman in Afghanistan, now this woman. How many others must there be before people wake up and see Islam for what it really is? The time is growing short for "moderate" Muslims to rein in their fanatics (if they can), but my fear is that, much like the Democratic Party of today, the inmates are now running the asylum because most Muslims don't seem to be speaking out on this since the don't see anything wrong with it. You'll never hear of a Christian, Catholic, Buddhist, or any other religion I can think of threaten someone with death or worse for leaving/converting. This sounds more like the action of a criminal gang than a religion of "peace".

I think Michelle Malkin says it very well..."It's a Religion of Peace for those who submit, and a Religion of Pieces for those who even dare think of leaving." Read it all, but I don't like this woman's chances of living for very long much at all.