Loh wins appeal to reverse children’s conversion to Islam

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The Court of Appeal also strikes down a provision in the Perlis state enactment that allows for unilateral conversion.   Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/01/10/loh-wins-appeal-to-reverse-childrens-conversion-to-islam/   Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/01/10/loh-wins-appeal-to-reverse-childrens-conversion-to-islam/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2Rn6xEV Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2OCwH8a  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2OKJbc6 Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3cpbWKK Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/2VUfOrv Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3B1e8lN Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/39dBDbe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #LohSiewHong #WinsAppeal #ChildrenConversion #Islam

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00:00 The Court of Appeal has ruled that the conversion of single mother Lo Siu Hong's three children

00:08 to Islam was unconstitutional. A three-member bench chaired by Justice Hadar Yassay Ismail

00:13 also struck down a provision in the Perlis State Enactment that allows for unilateral

00:18 conversion. Lo's children were unilaterally converted to Islam by their father in Perlis

00:24 in 2020. Subsequently, Lo took the matter to court, seeking a declaration that a provision

00:30 in the state enactment that allows a parent to unilaterally convert minor children was

00:35 unconstitutional. She also wanted a declaration that her twin daughters, age 15 and son, age

00:42 12, were still Hindus. Last May, the High Court ruled that her children were still Muslims

00:49 despite being unilaterally converted. Lo then filed an appeal. Today, the Court of Appeal

00:56 ruled that the High Court judge erred in law by not adhering to the federal court's 2018

01:01 ruling in the Indira Gandhi case. In Indira's case, the Apex Court unanimously ruled that

01:08 converting children to a different religion required the consent of both parents, even

01:13 if one parent converted to Islam. Hadar Yassay said in Lo's case, she did not consent to

01:18 her children's conversion to Islam. Amira Huda, FMT News.

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