Posted on 25 August 2010 By Ding Jo-Ann.
Corrected 11.35am on 25 Aug 2010 ON 20 Aug 2010, a three-person bench of the Court of Appeal unanimously denied the application of S Kaliammal, the widow of Mount Everest climber M Moorthy, to determine her late husband’s religious status. Moorthy passed away on 20 Dec 2005 after entering into a coma. Just before his [...]
Tags: Court of Appeal, Ding Jo-Ann, Federal Constitution, K Shanmuga, M Moorthy, Mohan Singh, R Subashini, S Kaliammal, Syariah Court, conversion, non-Muslims, religion
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Posted on 08 July 2009 By The Nut Graph team.
THE late Malcolm X did it, and he’s a hero. Amina Wadud did it, and people call her a freak. “It” being converting to Islam. And as African Americans, Malcolm and Amina did it in the belief that Islam offered them spiritual liberation and justice. People convert to different religions all the time. Who can [...]
Tags: Deborah Loh, Federal Territory Islamic Affairs Dept, Indira Gandhi, Jacqueline Ann Surin, M Moorthy, Mohan Singh, Nick Choo, Shanon Shah, Six words, Syariah Court, conversion, islam, muslim, religious conversion
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Posted on 08 July 2009 By Deborah Loh.
PETALING JAYA, 8 July 2009: There is no avenue for a deceased Muslim convert’s next-of-kin to lay claim to his or her estate, as civil laws like the Distribution Act 1958 do not apply to the Muslim deceased, lawyers said. Instead, the estate goes to the Muslim treasury, Baitulmal, which is meant to distribute the [...]
Tags: A Sivanesan, Balwant Singh Sidhu, Deborah Loh, Mohan Singh, Muslim conversion, Syariah Court, civil versus syariah
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Posted on 06 July 2009 By Deborah Loh.
Updated 4.45pm on 6 July 2009 SHAH ALAM, 6 July 2009: The High Court here gave jurisdiction to the Syariah Court to determine if art director Mohan Singh a/l Janto Singh was a Muslim at death, despite his Sikh family’s dispute of his conversion. Judge Rosnaini Saub said the civil court had no jurisdiction to [...]
Tags: Haniff Khatri Abdulla, K Shanmuga, MAIS, Mohan Singh, Rajesh Kumar, Rosnaini Saub, Sikh, Sungai Buloh Hospital, civil, conversion, high court, islam, judge, jurisdiction, syariah
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Posted on 01 July 2009 By Deborah Loh.
SHAH ALAM, 1 July 2009: The High Court will decide which court has jurisdiction to hear competing claims over the body of Mohan Singh al/l Janot Singh on Monday, 6 July 2009. High Court judge Rosnaini Saub announced this today after the final round of arguments on the matter was made in court today. Both [...]
Tags: Fahri Azzat, Haniff Khatri Abdulla, K Shanmuga, M Moorthy, MAIS, Mohan Singh, NRD, Pulau Pinang, Rajesh Kumar, Rosnaini Saub, Shah Alam, Sikh, certificate, conversion, high court, islam
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Posted on 30 June 2009 By Deborah Loh.
SHAH ALAM, 30 June 2009: Provisions in the Federal Constitution and the Islamic laws of Selangor clearly state that all parties to a dispute must be Muslim in order for proceedings to be held in the Syariah Court, the High Court here was told today. Lawyer K Shanmuga, who is representing the family of deceased [...]
Tags: Balwant Singh Sidhu, Federal Constitution, Haniff Khatri Abdulla, K Shanmuga, Lina Joy, MAIS, MCCBCHST, Mohan Singh, Religion of Islam (State of Selangor) Enactment, Rosnaini Saub, Sg Buloh hospital, Shah Alam, Sikh, body, high court, islam, muslim
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