: The High Court here was told today that the Perlis Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council had direct legal interest to intervene in a divorce petition between a single mother, Loh Siew Hong, and ex-husband Muhammad Nagashwaran Muniandy, who converted to Islam with their three children.
“Whether the children’s’ conversions were valid or not is not an issue in this Honourable Court. The matter here is about the welfare of the children and not about the religion. We are not here to interfere in the custody rights of the mother. However, after the conversion, MAIPs holds a supervisory role to ensure the mualaf , get access to the necessary Islamic education and guidance,“ he said.
“Loh's children were not even born in Perlis. They were just taken there for a day or two, maybe even just for a few hours, to be unilaterally converted by their father. He did it despite the custody, care and control of the children had been given to his wife by the court,” said Srimugan. “MAIPs has a statutory duty and it does not wish to be a busybody. We should not be focusing on the right of the father or mother, but the right of the children. MAIPs is concerned with the children’s welfare as past news reports indicated that the children are still practicing Islam even when under the present custody of Loh ,” said Mohamed Haniff Khatri.
In the divorce petition, Loh, 34, has been granted sole custody, care and control over the three children.
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