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Law and family in Malaysia

By Alliance Alert

Wall Street Journal: "Shamala Sathiyaseelan has spent the better part of her children's youth fighting for the right to raise them. A Malaysian woman of Hindu descent, she was married to her husband, Jeyaganesh, in a Hindu ceremony in 1998. In 2002 Jeyaganesh secretly converted to Islam. Days later, he 'converted' his children to Islam without consulting his wife and consequently obtained custody rights over the children from a Shariah court. Shamala protested in the civil courts, arguing that she is not bound by Shariah court rulings as a non-Muslim and that her children's conversion is void. Now, the country's highest court is hearing the appeal."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on May 24, 2010 (boomark / email).