02-20-2022, 01:01 PM
Reform laws and change attitudes on conversions, says ex-minister Mujahid
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GEORGE TOWN: Urgent reforms to family law must be pushed forward by the government, given the case of Loh Siew Hong’s three children who were converted to Islam by their Muslim-convert father without her consent.
Former religious affairs minister Mujahid Yusof Rawa said unilateral conversions would continue unabated if the laws were not harmonised and fixed.
“But, ultimately, these laws must be compassionate, especially in the case of child custody when a parent converts. That is in the spirit of Islam,” he told FMT.
“Or else, we will always hear of children being converted by their convert father without the mother’s consent. This paints a negative image of Islam, which prides on compassion and the love of the mother,” he said.
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Former religious affairs minister Mujahid Yusof Rawa said unilateral conversions would continue unabated if the laws were not harmonised and fixed.
“But, ultimately, these laws must be compassionate, especially in the case of child custody when a parent converts. That is in the spirit of Islam,” he told FMT.
“Or else, we will always hear of children being converted by their convert father without the mother’s consent. This paints a negative image of Islam, which prides on compassion and the love of the mother,” he said.
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