Legal challenge filed against unilateral conversion


KUALA LUMPUR: Hindu mother M. Indira Gandhi (pic) and two women who claimed to be victims of unilateral conversion to Islam are among 14 plaintiffs who have filed a legal challenge against eight state governments over state laws that allowed unilateral conversion without the consent of both parents.

Indira, Aisyah Muhammad Ali, Mimi Mastura Abdullah and 11 others filed the originating summons at the High Court here on March 3.

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