Israel
rolls out red tape in fight to save faith
The Age (Australia), December 28 2002
"For Jews living in Israel, switching religions can become a bureaucratic
nightmare. [Ed O'Loughlin reports from Jerusalem]. Israel was founded as
a Jewish state for Jewish people, and the Jewish identity is based on the
sometimes conflicting foundations of Jewish birth and Judaic religious belief.
So what legally becomes of Jewish-born Israelis who decide to abandon Judaism
and join a different faith? The answer, claims the Association for Civil
Rights in Israel, is far from clear. A human rights advocacy group, the
association is preparing a court challenge on behalf of four Jewish-born
Israelis who want to convert to Islam. Instead, the association says, the
four were told they could not legally convert without the approval of the
Ministry of Religious Affairs, which in turn tried to make them change their
minds. All four have been told they will have to justify their decisions
before a special committee, including a psychiatrist and a social worker. ... The association contends that there is no
legal basis for the religious ministry's committee of inquiry, which seems
to function as a device to obstruct conversion. 'Those who agree to go to
the committee are told to come at a certain day,' said Ms Shoughry-Badarne.
'They are then told the meeting is cancelled, or else given meetings with
individuals from religious affairs who try to convince them that Islam is
bad, Judaism is good.' One man has been summoned to the ministry four times,
only to have the meeting cancelled each time. A clerk at the religious ministry
allegedly insulted a Jewish-born unmarried woman in her 20s, saying she
was a traitor and accusing her of wanting to convert so she could sleep
with Arab men. So with all this hassle and red tape, why bother? Apart from
the fact that religious registration is a strict legal requirement, Israeli
law imposes different obligations and rights on Jewish and non-Jewish citizens.
Notably, Muslims are informally exempt from compulsory military service.
Moreover, Israel has no civil marriage or civil family law, so marriage
and inheritance disputes must be resolved in religious courts, making it
important to establish one's status clearly in advance. Mortgages, welfare
and residency rights often depend on marital status. And while there is
little official discrimination against non-Jewish Israelis, many (mostly
Muslim or Christian Arabs) allege extensive informal discrimination in areas
such as jobs, housing, allocation of state resources and treatment by the
security forces. The Ministry of the Interior has not yet responded to questions
... Asked on what grounds the ministry might refuse someone permission to
change their legal religious status she said: 'Matters of security, or something
else.'"
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