Every year in local newspaper we see issue on 'Bin' and "Binti'. This words are meant for Muslim which referring to 'son of' or 'daughter of'. But in Sabah, this words have been using for sometimes and also used by non Muslim. Even my parents have this words on their identification cards.
I have two reason why this issue happen:
1. Back in earlier 1900, many Sabah resident are not educated and when they register their son/daughter birth, they relay on other people to do it. If the registration department put it 'bin' or 'binti', the parents wont know. Back then, the usage of 'bin' and 'binti' is not big issue. Others can use it can nobody care.
2. There is no guidelines on the usage of 'bin' and 'binti' given by authorities. The registration personnel or the hospital just put it in and parents also don't double check.
My suggestion to this problem is:
1. Registration department should came out with memo the front people at registration department or hospital to restricted this 'bin' or 'binti' for Muslims only.
2. When registering their son/daughter birth with Registration department, parents should check also if the words 'bin' or 'binti' it not used if they are non Muslim. The front office personnel also have the responsibility to correct this problem. If we do it right at the first time, then this issue wont arise.
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