During the court proceeding, Abdulkarim confessed to his crime and claimed debt insolvency pushed him to his action.
Abdulkarim pleaded for leniency and vowed not to partake in such a deceitful act again.
The Shari’ah judge sentenced him to 10 strokes of cane with a warning of a harsher penalty should he be found engaging in such behaviour again.
He begged all Muslims, particularly those who had supported him for forgiveness.
He promised to seek guidance from Islamic scholars to deepen his religious understanding and prevent a recurrence of the offence.
In a similar development, a pair of judges in the United Kingdom alleged that Muslim individuals faked a conversion to Christianity. The suspects also duped Church of England clergy to claim asylum and remain in the country, Christian Headlines reports.
