PUTRAJAYA: The Perlis Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council (MAIPs) has gone to the Federal Court in an attempt to revisit a 2018 apex court ruling that the unilateral conversion of minor children is unconstitutional without the consent of both parents in a civil marriage.
Kuala Lumpur: Marriage decisions based on the desire for a faster, easier process or even the fear of existing spouses are becoming common reasons for Muslims choosing to marry without official permission, whether within the country or abroad, according to Federal Territories Syariah Bar Association president Datuk Zainul Rijal Abu Bakar.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 The positions of Malaysia’s Chief Shariah Court Judge and Shariah Judiciary Department (JKSM) director-general has been vacant for the past three.
PUTRAJAYA, Nov 15 The Court of Appeal has deferred its verdict to decide on SIS Forum (Malaysia)’s appeal to quash a fatwa that declared the organisation as.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Perlis Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council (MAIPs) has filed an application to intervene in a divorce petition at the High Court here between a single mother, Loh Siew Hong, and ex-husband Muhammad Nagahswaran Muniandy, who converted to Islam with their three children.