Nurul denies supporting 'murtad'

PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar has denied that her statement made last Friday during a public forum encourages Muslims to renounce Islam.

“I do not accept nor encourage apostasy at all,” the Lembah Pantai MP said in a statement released last night.

“I stand by the general stance that after embracing Islam, a Muslim is subjected to syariah, just as a citizen is subjected to the federal constitution.

“I regret there are people trying to twist my statement as if I disparage the issue of faith or accept Muslims who choose to apostate,” she stressed.

Nurul was referring to her statement during a public forum on “Islamic State: Which version; Whose responsibility?” in Subang Jaya on Friday morning.

She reportedly said that no one should be compelled to adopt a particular religion and that this applies to Malays as well.

Today, Malay daily Utusan Malaysia frontpaged Malaysiakini's report on Nurul's statement under the headline “Melayu bebas pilih agama?(Are Malays free to choose religion?)”

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