YOURSAY | Wrong to ‘manipulate’ children in conversion row

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Mufti’s statement ‘no longer relevant’ in Loh case, says MP

PETALING JAYA: An MP has criticised as “weak” and “hard to defend” a Perlis mufti’s contention that the conversion of Loh Siew Hong’s three children was legal under Perlis law.

Sepang MP Hanipa Maidin of Amanah said the statement by mufti Asri Zainul Abidin was influenced by sentiment rather than arguments based on facts and law.

Asri had said that under the Perlis Islamic enactment, either the father, mother, or a guardian can convert minors to Islam and the children had agreed to convert.

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