PERLIS mufti Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin said he will ensure Loh Siew Hong’s three children remain Muslims, after the High Court upheld the single mother’s full custody of her children, who were without her consent converted to Islam.
He said he expected the court decision and will look into other measures to ensure the children can remain Muslims, according to Free Malaysia Today.
“What we are defending is their religion and if they want to continue to embrace Islam,” he was quoted as saying.
The Kuala Lumpur High Court today said the custody order granted to Loh last year still stands, and ordered the three children to be handed over to her.
The 14-year-old twin girls and 10-year-old boy were converted to Islam at the request of Loh’s ex-husband, who abducted the children when Loh was hospitalised three years ago.
She was granted full custody in March, and finally found her children at a welfare home in Perlis early last month after searching since 2019.
Despite the court order, neither police nor welfare authorities handed over the children to her.
Loh filed a habeas corpus application at the High Court on February 13, naming Hidayah Centre Foundation senior preacher Nazirah Nanthakumari Abdullah and parties holding her children as second respondents.
Asri – who was allowed to meet the three children when Loh was not – claimed that they did not want to stay with their mother.
Perlis religious authorities have registered the children as Muslims without Loh being present, he added.
Loh’s lawyer, Shamsher Singh Thind, said the children’s conversion will be challenged in court, unless the registrars of converts in three states – Perlis, Kedah and Penang – can prove that the conversions are not registered. – February 21, 2022.
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The children are not Muslims.
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