How to become a non-Muslim

But now you have taken a stand that the Allah word is not exclusive to Muslims and that Christians, too, can use the Allah word as the name for God. Because of this stand, you are now expelled from Islam. Islam, according to Nooh Gadut, will sack you and you now become an infidel and an apostate. So now you are no longer a Muslim although you may have been born into a Muslim family or converted (or were converted by your parents) into Islam.

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Boleh murtad jika pertikai keputusan kalimah ALLAH

(Sinar Harian) - Penasihat Majlis Agama Islam Johor, Datuk Nooh Gadut (gambar) menyatakan orang Islam yang mempertikaikan keputusan Mahkamah Rayuan berhubung penggunaan kalimah ALLAH boleh menjadi kafir serta murtad.

Menurutnya, tindakan umat Islam yang mempertikaikan keputusan itu mencerminkan akidah dan syariat serta keji dari segi akhlak.

Katanya, kafir dan murtad seseorang itu “jatuh” sekiranya individu tersebut melakukan dalam keadaan sengaja dan waras.

“Kalau takdirnya yang mempertikaikan itu umat Islam, mereka boleh menjadi kafir dan murtad sekiranya (kenyataan mempertikaikan) itu dilakukan dengan sengaja,” katanya yang dipetik Utusan.online.

Kelmarin, Mahkamah Rayuan memutuskan kalimah ALLAH tidak boleh digunakan dalam majalah mingguan The Herald.

Dalam pada itu, Nooh berkata, mempertikaikan keputusan itu juga seolah-olah mempersoalkan apa yang termaktub dalam kitab suci al-Quran iaitu ALLAH hanya untuk orang Islam.

“Kalau jatuh murtad, gugurlah amalan mereka di dunia dan akhirat. Segala amalan kebaikan tidak akan diterima.

“Oleh itu, mereka wajib segera bertaubat dengan mengucap dua kalimah syahadah dan berjanji tidak akan mengulangi dosa itu lagi,” katanya lagi.

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The religious advisor to the Johor government, Datuk Nooh Gadut, has spoken. Now let us hear from the religious advisors and/or Mufti of the other states. If I am not mistaken, the ex-Mufti of Perlis, Datuk Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin, disagrees with this opinion and has an opposing view. The man I would really like to hear from, though, would be the Perak Mufti, Tan Sri Dr Haji Harussani bin Haji Zakaria, mainly because he is the most controversial of the lot.

Anyway, according to Nooh Gadut, any Muslim who disputes the Monday court ruling regarding the Allah word (that Allah is exclusive to Muslims only) would become an infidel and an apostate (boleh menjadi kafir serta murtad). Back in the old days in Christendom, say 400-500 years ago, you will be put to death for this crime. In some Muslim countries you can still be put to death today.

Assuming I do not agree with the court and am of the view that there is no harm in Christians also using the Allah word as the name for God, would that mean I am now an infidel and an apostate and am no longer a Muslim? Would that also mean I can no longer get arrested if I drink single malt whisky and have sex with a woman who is not my wife? I suppose if we go by the opinion of Nooh Gadut that would be so. And if that is so (meaning I am no longer a Muslim because I dispute the Monday court ruling), would that mean I can now become a Christian (since I am no longer a Muslim but am ‘religionless’)?

Yes, that opinion by Nooh Gadut does not really answer any questions. What it does is it actually raises even more questions, and interesting questions at that if I may add. By disagreeing with the court and by saying that Christians can use the Allah word makes you a non-Muslim. But what happens when you have now become a non-Muslim? Are you now free to do the things that Muslims are not allowed to do?

Okay, in the first place, who made you into a Muslim? If you used to be, say, a Hindu and then you converted to Islam, then you made yourself a Muslim. But, say, you are below 18 and your parents converted to Islam and hence you, too, are now regarded as a Muslim, this would mean your parents made you a Muslim without giving you any choice in the matter.

Then, again, say your parents are/were Muslims the day you were born and hence you automatically became a Muslim then you could, I suppose, say that God made you into a Muslim. This could also mean you were not given any choice in the matter because no one can choose how/where they are born. 

But now you have taken a stand that the Allah word is not exclusive to Muslims and that Christians, too, can use the Allah word as the name for God. Because of this stand, you are now expelled from Islam. Islam, according to Nooh Gadut, will sack you and you now become an infidel and an apostate. So now you are no longer a Muslim although you may have been born into a Muslim family or converted (or were converted by your parents) into Islam.

A very interesting development, don’t you think so? If Umno sacks you then you are free to join PKR or if DAP sacks you then you are free to join MCA. Are you free to become a Christian since Islam has now sacked you over the matter of the Allah word?

I believe Latheefa Koya of PKR (pic above) does not agree with the court ruling and is of the opinion that Christians should be allowed to use the Allah word. I suppose Latheefa is now an infidel and an apostate and is no longer a Muslim. I suppose, also, she can now remove her tudung and do things like drink, have sex with men she is not married to, and whatnot. Or am I wrong?