3 May 2024
Dahlia Dhaima Binti Abdullah MAJLIS AGAMA ISLAM SELANGOR (MAIS)
- Citation
- 01(f)-18-06/2023(B) (Mahkamah Persekutuan)
- Court
- f
- Case number
- 01(f)-18-06/2023(B) (Mahkamah Persekutuan)
The Federal Court held the operative date of conversion is the date of the actual conversion (17.5.1991), the law applicable then was the Selangor Administration of Muslim Law Enactment 1952 which prohibited conversion of persons below puberty (s147), the conversion was therefore invalid for being unilateral and of a minor without requisite consent, and the Civil Courts have jurisdiction to determine ab initio claims regarding constitutional religious identity; Syariah courts in the Federal Territory lacked jurisdiction over Selangor law and their orders in this matter are void for want of ju…