Kuala Lumpur: Any proposed law to ban unilateral conversions in Malaysia will contravene the Federal Constitution, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom (pic).
“In the context of Malaysian law, whether civil or Syariah, we want to uphold justice and ensure that the rights of all parties are maintained and upheld.
“In that manner, any law to ban unilateral conversions is against Clause 4 of Article 12 in the Federal Constitution, which allows for conversion of a person under 18 years old by either the child’s mother or father,” he said in a written reply to M. Kulasegaran (DAP-Ipoh Barat) in Parliament yesterday.
Kulasegaran had asked when the laws banning unilateral conversions would be drawn up.
“In the context of Malaysian law, whether civil or Syariah, we want to uphold justice and ensure that the rights of all parties are maintained and upheld.
“In that manner, any law to ban unilateral conversions is against Clause 4 of Article 12 in the Federal Constitution, which allows for conversion of a person under 18 years old by either the child’s mother or father,” he said in a written reply to M. Kulasegaran (DAP-Ipoh Barat) in Parliament yesterday.
Kulasegaran had asked when the laws banning unilateral conversions would be drawn up.
So if the minister believes “In the context of Malaysian law, whether civil or Syariah, we want to uphold justice and ensure that the rights of all parties are maintained and upheld. In that manner, ... any law to ban unilateral conversions is against Clause 4 of Article 12 in the Federal Constitution, which allows for conversion of a person under 18 years old by either the child’s mother or father”, ...
... then can a Muslim child like Prasana Diksa be converted by just one of his/her (the child's) parents, to wit, Indira Gandhi, to a non-Islamic religion like Hinduism?
Ktemoc...sokong.....wakakakakaka...
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