{"id":20817,"date":"2018-01-30T18:08:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T10:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=20817"},"modified":"2018-01-31T08:24:09","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T00:24:09","slug":"youth-central-on-unilateral-childs-conversion-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=20817","title":{"rendered":"Youth central on unilateral child\u2019s conversion case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sarawak United Peoples\u2019 Party (SUPP) Youth Central Chairman, Michael Tiang complimented the Federal Court\u2019s judgment of Indira Gandhi\u2019s case as a beacon in the murky waters on unilateral child\u2019s conversion to Islam without consent from both parents. It was a uplifting moment to see the highest court in our country being so courageous in upholding the Federal Constitution and its judiciary powers.<\/p>\n<p>Tiang commented in his press statement that the recent judgment of Indira Gandhi\u2019s case has also shown that our apex court has clearly established a landmark precedent that the federal constitution is the supreme law and the jurisdiction of the civil courts should also take supremacy over Syariah courts, especially in cases involving non-Muslims. These positions of the law are very critical to set us on the right course in dealing with many of such cases, especially cases involve minors who are not born Muslims, but converted to Islam by their parents\u00a0 or guardians for various reasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also wish to take this opportunity to highlight that in Sarawak there are also cases of disputes on Islamic conversation involving non- Muslim women and children which in fact shall be dealt with as social issues, rather than religious ones by the authorities. This especially so when marriage broke down and the women and children wish to revert back to their non-Muslim status in the national registry,\u201d said Tiang. \u201cMany approached me with the grievances of not knowing where to seek help as well as being not able to change their religious status for years even though they have not been professing the religion for some time. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>I therefore urge the authorities, particularly Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara, Jabatan Agama Islam Sarawak (JAIS) and Unit for Other Religions (UNIFOR) to work together in Sarawak by offering assistance to these groups of women and minors in providing\u00a0 them a comprehensive guidelines since it may involve Syariah Law pertaining to conversion and denouncement of Islam. At the same time Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara also need to work together with these two religious units should there be any new updates for the religious status.<\/p>\n<p>Tiang said, Sarawak is known for a model state that embraces different religions, cultures and races. And I trust that the same spirit of a person\u2019s right to freedom of religion as in the Indira Gandhi\u2019s case shall be upheld in Sarawak by way of administrative policies and actions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/unnamed-110.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20821\" alt=\"unnamed (1)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/unnamed-110-199x300.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/unnamed-110-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/unnamed-110-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/unnamed-110.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarawak United Peoples\u2019 Party (SUPP) Youth Central Chairman, Michael Tiang complimented the Federal Court\u2019s judgment of Indira Gandhi\u2019s case as a beacon in the murky waters on unilateral child\u2019s conversion to Islam without consent from both parents. It was a uplifting moment to see the highest court in our country being so courageous in upholding the Federal Constitution and its judiciary powers. Tiang commented in his press statement that the recent judgment of Indira Gandhi\u2019s case has also shown that our apex court has clearly established a landmark precedent that<a href=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=20817\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20821,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20817"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20817"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20822,"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20817\/revisions\/20822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}