Constitutional Cases

The Trapped Muslims of Malaysia

What good is there in keeping them as Muslims against their will?

Renouncing Islam in the Federal Territories of Malaysia

These are my views on the Federal Constitution, the law and its practice where it relates to apostasy, and my experience conducting such cases in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya in the Federal Territories of Malaysia; I do not consider its theological aspects. In Malaysia, it is said that converting into Islam is like checking into the Hotel California. You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave. From my experience, that is …

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“Why do you act for them?”

I was asked this question once by a polite young Malay male student when I was on my smoke break when I was in University Sultan Zainal Abidin, UniSZA, as they call themselves, for a task that required me to stay overnight in Kuala Terengganu to complete. That happened on the first evening I was there. It was around the time after the transgender case I was involved with erupted in the media after the …

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