PUTRAJAYA: Whether a certificate of conversion to Islam is obtained in a correct manner is irrelevant, as the civil courts do not have jurisdiction to weigh in on it.
The Court of Appeal – in its written decision in the M. Indira Gandhi (pic) case – said the certificate must be challenged through the Syariah Court, even if it was issued by the Registrar of Muallaf (converts) not the Syariah Court itself.
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