Court quashes unilateral conversion


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 17 Oct 2018

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has allowed a judicial review application by a Buddhist man and quashed the unilateral conversion of his two children to Islam by their Muslim mother.

High Court (Appellate and Special Powers) judge Justice Azizah Naw­awi said it was not in dispute that the conversion of the children, now aged five and 10, was not done by both parents.

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