PETALING JAYA: The Federal Court has held that a non-Muslim marriage does not dissolve automatically when one of the parties converts to Islam.
In a written judgment issued on Monday, Court of Appeal president Justice Md Raus Sharif, who chaired the five-man panel which heard the custody battle between Muslim convert Izwan Abdullah and his Hindu ex-wife S. Deepa (pic) said that the civil courts continue to have jurisdiction over divorce and custody proceedings despite the conversion of a spouse to Islam.
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