Religious authorities failed to obtain consent of family to collect the body.
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SEREMBAN: The Negeri Sembilan Islamic Religious Department was unable to prevent a Muslim convert from being cremated by his family according to Hindu rites.
Razak Abdullah @ M Machap, Sinar Harian reported, converted to Islam when he married Kosnibatu Ibrahim, an Indian Muslim, in the 1970s. However, he did not change his religious status at the National Registration Department (NRD).
When Razak, 74, passed away at an old folks home at Taman Bunga Blossom in Negeri Sembilan at 7.30 pm on Sunday, his five children took his body home before the department could claim it.
The department had rushed to Razak’s home in Taman Seremban Jaya in Senawang on Monday but they were too late because the family had already taken the body to a crematorium in Jalan Templer for the final Hindu rites.
“It is all Allah’s will,” said Mohd Zulkarnain Abdullah, an officer with the department.
Zulkarnain disclosed that Razak’s religious status was also stated in the birth certificates of his children as his “Muslim” name was used and he was listed as an Indian Muslim.
FMTSEREMBAN: The Negeri Sembilan Islamic Religious Department was unable to prevent a Muslim convert from being cremated by his family according to Hindu rites.
Razak Abdullah @ M Machap, Sinar Harian reported, converted to Islam when he married Kosnibatu Ibrahim, an Indian Muslim, in the 1970s. However, he did not change his religious status at the National Registration Department (NRD).
When Razak, 74, passed away at an old folks home at Taman Bunga Blossom in Negeri Sembilan at 7.30 pm on Sunday, his five children took his body home before the department could claim it.
The department had rushed to Razak’s home in Taman Seremban Jaya in Senawang on Monday but they were too late because the family had already taken the body to a crematorium in Jalan Templer for the final Hindu rites.
“It is all Allah’s will,” said Mohd Zulkarnain Abdullah, an officer with the department.
Zulkarnain disclosed that Razak’s religious status was also stated in the birth certificates of his children as his “Muslim” name was used and he was listed as an Indian Muslim.
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