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...Yang Wanying, whose son Yang Shiliang is also serving a suspended death sentence, the injustice is a crisis of faith. A lifelong Communist Party member who still dresses in a baggy Mao suit and cap, he passionately denies his son is guilty. On the night of the murder, his son was "sitting right there," Yang says, pointing to a window in the family home. "We played mah-jongg from seven o'clock until two in the morning." He pauses for a moment, overcome by emotion, then continues. "Every time I visit him in the jail he asks me the same...
Lina Joy chose her faith long ago. Born a Muslim in the multiethnic nation of Malaysia, she started attending church in 1990 and was baptized as a Christian eight years later. But on Wednesday, Malaysia's highest court blocked her final attempt to have her conversion legally recognized by the state. It was a blow to her heart as well as her soul. Malaysian law prohibits marriage between Muslims and non-Muslims, so Joy will not be able to wed the Christian man she loves...
...Islam a crime. And since she is still classified as a Muslim, she could not use the civil-law system. The Federal Court failed to iron out this catch-22, ruling that it had no jurisdiction over her religious conversion. With no further legal recourse left, only Joy's faith can give her solace...
...Faith in Romney? Mitt Romney in the white house [May 21]? I don't think this country could endure another teetotaler President. The charge that questioning Romney's religion amounts to bigotry misses the point that if he were elected, at least 10% of his income-which would come from us taxpayers-would go to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We have the right to ask him what he believes. Remember, this is a church that until the late 1970s believed blacks couldn't go to the highest tier of heaven, limits women's rights...
...nation committed to safeguarding the rights of its diverse population. But the Federal Court's verdict on Joy's case, which represented her last legal recourse, may undercut that reputation. After all, is it complete religious freedom if a 42-year-old woman isn't allowed to follow the faith of her choosing...