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I am warning you all....vent ahead.....straight ahead....full steam!!

I was perusing one of my regular sites and came across a post about a woman in Malaysia who wanted to change her official religious affiliation. Well, in Malaysia this is obviously better said than done due to the fact that they are a Muslim nation and that is their official religion.

I was fine with the discussion until I felt that people were comparing Malaysia to the USA. They are different countries with different laws and beliefs. We cannot assume to understand how or why their country does what they do.

Here is the article (not a very unbiased source actually either) :

Misjudgment in Malaysia



And here is my response to the discussion as far as freedom of religion rights:

we as americans cannot presume to understand how the malaysian society works when it comes to laws and adherance to those laws. If those laws include processes which must be followed to change your religion then that is of no concern to us.

Why must we as a country continue to cleanse the world of societies that *we* deem as wrong? Is it our place as a nation to begin "americanizing" the entire world so that our conscience and way of life is not infringed upon? Who are we to say that their way is wrong when we are not living in a utopia ourselves?

She is not in america...she is not an american...if there are laws in place that she should follow then that's the end of the argument for me. I will not presume to know the story just because I read this article. I don't know the culture or the laws of the country so it is not my place to make judgements about what is right or wrong in this situation.

It just infuriates me when people get on their high horse about how things aren't fair in other countries just because it wouldn't be considered fair here. You can't compare apples to oranges...yet people try.