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05/09/2008
Qualified Buddhism teachers for Govt. schools (Daily News)
The Education Ministry has made arrangements to appoint qualified persons to teach Buddhism in Government schools. A 2007 survey revealed that a considerable number of Buddhism teachers are not qualified to teach the subject.
05/09/2008
Back to Buddhism, Malaysian woman wants to move on (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
Kuala Lumpur, May 9 (IANS) 'All I want to do now is find a boyfriend and get on with my life,' says a Malaysian woman who created history by reverting to Buddhism from Islam.
05/08/2008
Islamic court says Muslim convert can return to Buddhism (AP via Yahoo! News)
A Malaysian Islamic court allowed a Muslim convert Thursday to return to her original faith of Buddhism, setting a precedent that could ease religious minorities' worries about their legal rights.
05/09/2008
Malaysia court allows Muslim convert to revert to Buddhism (rediff.com)
A Malaysian court has allowed a Muslim convert to revert to Buddhism. It is a first of its kind ruling in the country where a living Muslim convert is allowed to renounce Islam since the Syariah Court Civil Procedure Enactment 2004 came into force on Jan 1, 2006. The court held that the plaintiff had not practised the teachings of Islam and had maintained her Buddhist faith, hence it had no ...
05/08/2008
Muslim allowed to revert to Buddhism (The New Zealand Herald)
A Malaysian Islamic court allowed a Muslim convert yesterday to return to her original faith of Buddhism, setting a precedent that could ease religious minorities' worries about their legal rights.
05/08/2008
Malaysia: Tribunal allows Muslim to return to Buddhism (Adnkronos)
Malaysia: Tribunal allows Muslim to return to Buddhism In Malaysia Muslims comprise more than half the population of 27 million. Once seen as a model of ethnic coexistence, religious minorities have recently complained that government is seeking to give Islam greater status as the country's official religion. (AKI) - An Islamic Sharia court has given permission for a Malaysian woman ...
05/08/2008
Malaysian woman allowed to revert to Buddhism (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
Kuala Lumpur, May 8 (IANS) In a landmark decision, a Malaysian court Thursday allowed a Chinese woman who had converted to Islam to revert to Buddhism.
05/07/2008
Malaysia's Islamic Court Makes Rare Decision To Let Convert Return To Buddhism (Sin Chew Jit Poh)
KUALA LUMPUR: A lawyer says a Malaysian Islamic court has allowed a Muslim convert to return to her original faith of Buddhism.
05/08/2008
Islamic court says Muslim convert can return to Buddhism (Las Vegas Sun)
Thu, May 8, 2008 (12:47 a.m.) A Malaysian Islamic court allowed a Muslim convert Thursday to return to her original faith of Buddhism, setting a precedent that could ease religious minorities' worries about their legal rights.
05/08/2008
Muslim convert returns to Buddhism (Channel 4)
A Malaysian Islamic court has allowed a Muslim convert to return to her original faith of Buddhism. The Shariah High Court's verdict is believed to the first time in recent years that a convert is being permitted to renounce Islam in this Muslim-majority nation.
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