Friday, July 26, 2013

Malaysia court quashes Hindu kids' conversion to Islam

07/26/13

A Malaysian Muslim boy reads from the Koran inside a mosque in Kuala Lumpur on July 31, 2011. A Malaysian court on Thursday ruled against the 2009 conversion of three Hindu children to Islam without their mother's knowledge, a verdict welcomed by non-Muslim groups. (AFP/File)


KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – A Malaysian court on Thursday ruled against the 2009 conversion of three Hindu children to Islam without their mother's knowledge, a verdict welcomed by non-Muslim groups.

A high court in the northern city of Ipoh declared the conversion of Indira Gandhi's children, now aged five, 15 and 16, by their father to be unconstitutional, said Indira's lawyer K. Shanmuga.


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