02-18-2022, 09:26 AM
Multi-faith body joins calls for children’s conversion to be reversed
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PETALING JAYA: A multi-faith council has called on the Perlis religious department to quash the unilateral conversion of three children to Islam, highlighting its “negligence” for allowing it to go through.
Earlier yesterday, Perlis mufti Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin confirmed that the department had registered Loh Siew Hong’s three children as Muslims upon the request of their father, adding that the department did not know, or investigate, Loh’s whereabouts.
In a statement, the Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism (MCCBCHST) stressed that the Federal Court had made a landmark ruling in the M Indira Gandhi case in 2018 that consent from both parents was mandatory when it came to the conversion of minors.
“In view of the Federal Court’s decision, the conversion of the three children (should) be null and void as the mother’s consent had not been obtained,” it said.
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Earlier yesterday, Perlis mufti Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin confirmed that the department had registered Loh Siew Hong’s three children as Muslims upon the request of their father, adding that the department did not know, or investigate, Loh’s whereabouts.
In a statement, the Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism (MCCBCHST) stressed that the Federal Court had made a landmark ruling in the M Indira Gandhi case in 2018 that consent from both parents was mandatory when it came to the conversion of minors.
“In view of the Federal Court’s decision, the conversion of the three children (should) be null and void as the mother’s consent had not been obtained,” it said.
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