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February 21, 2012

Straits Times: There's a difference between tradition and religion

by Fauziah Ismail
New Straits Times

IN 2007, there was a local Malay drama which featured a storyline about a Chinese convert who faced a dilemma when she had to fulfil her mother's dying wish.

Her mother was initially reluctant to allow her to embrace Islam for fear that the daughter would ignore her own biological family. It was only when the daughter explained that Islam was against this that the mother relented.

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