G25: It’s against the Constitution


PETALING JAYA: The Perlis state assembly acted contrary to the Federal Constitution when it amended its enactment to make it allowable for just one parent to convert a child to Islam, said G25, the group of eminent Malays.

“The amendments are contrary to the Constitution which provides that words in the singular include the plural and that words referring to the plural include the singular.

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