01-13-2006, 09:54 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Malaysia's King Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin has been petitioned by Hindu groups about protecting the rights of minority religions.
The Hindu Rights Action Force says it approached the monarch after a dead man was given a Muslim burial despite his Hindu wife protesting.</b>
The coalition, which reportedly represents 35 different groups, delivered the six-page petition on Monday (09.01.06).
<b>Chairman P Waytha Moorthy told AFP: "We all felt that whenever there is a Hindu or rights issue concerning the minorities, the prime minister and the administration of the country have failed to address our problems.</b>
<b>"This is the first petition ever submitted to the king on a non-Muslim issue in a Muslim country like ours."</b>
He said people wanted the petition to inform the king that "his servants have failed in their duty to protect minority rights".
The petition was started when famous mountaineer and ex-army commander M Moorthy died last month.
<b>Islamic authorities claimed he had converted to Islam but his distraught wife insisted he hadn't.</b>
The battle was taken to the country's High Court, which decided it couldn't overrule the finding that the man had converted to Islam. A palace official has confirmed receiving the petition.
http://tinyurl.com/9h35h
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The Hindu Rights Action Force says it approached the monarch after a dead man was given a Muslim burial despite his Hindu wife protesting.</b>
The coalition, which reportedly represents 35 different groups, delivered the six-page petition on Monday (09.01.06).
<b>Chairman P Waytha Moorthy told AFP: "We all felt that whenever there is a Hindu or rights issue concerning the minorities, the prime minister and the administration of the country have failed to address our problems.</b>
<b>"This is the first petition ever submitted to the king on a non-Muslim issue in a Muslim country like ours."</b>
He said people wanted the petition to inform the king that "his servants have failed in their duty to protect minority rights".
The petition was started when famous mountaineer and ex-army commander M Moorthy died last month.
<b>Islamic authorities claimed he had converted to Islam but his distraught wife insisted he hadn't.</b>
The battle was taken to the country's High Court, which decided it couldn't overrule the finding that the man had converted to Islam. A palace official has confirmed receiving the petition.
http://tinyurl.com/9h35h
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