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马佛青对于华印混血单亲妈妈罗秀虹的3子女（14 父亲单方面为5位孩子改信伊斯兰的上诉申请维持莎
岁的双胞胎女儿和10岁的儿子）在玻璃市宗教局不 阿南高庭在2019年做出单方面改教无效的原判。因
遵守吉隆玻高等法院的裁决下被单方面改教表示遗 此，马佛青希望玻璃市宗教局遵守吉隆玻高等法院
憾。尽管吉隆玻高等法院已经在2021年3月将3子女 的裁决取消罗秀虹孩子单方面被改教的登记，并呼
的监护权判给罗秀虹，但在2020年7月将3子女其带 吁相关单位把目前安顿在社会福利局的福利机构的3
走的前夫却在罗秀虹不知情的情况下通过玻璃市州 子女归还给拥有监护权的罗秀虹。
宗教局为3子女进行改教手续，导致出现了玻璃市州
宗教局立场与吉隆玻高等法院裁决不符合的情况。 由于类似的单方面改教争议近年常在国内发生，马
佛青呼吁日后相似的改教案例以英迪拉案为依据，
联邦法院在2018年对于印裔妇女英迪拉案的裁决已 遵守联邦法院判家长单方面为子女改教无效的标杆
经清楚阐述在未获得母亲的同意下其孩子的单方面 性裁决。马佛青也呼吁社会关注此事件的进展合为
改教是无效的，而且拥有监护权的母亲在孩子的生 此改教风波发声，因为这不只是宗教事务，也涉及
活决定拥有其法定权力。此外，联邦法院也在2022 到尊重和捍卫自由信奉宗教的权力和未成年儿童的
年1月26日对于雪州伊斯兰宗教理事会要求恢复一名 权益。

马佛青对于罗秀虹3子女被改教表示遗憾

YBAM Expresses Regret Over Unilateral

Conversion of Loh Siew Hong’s Children

YBAM expresses regret over the unilateral original ruling from the High Court of Shah Alam
conversion of three children (14-year-old twin that unilateral conversion is invalid on an appeal
daughters and 10-year-old son) of Chinese-Indian from the Selangor Islamic Religious Council (MAIS)
single mother, Loh Siew Hong, during which the on restoring the unilateral conversion to Islam on a
Perlis Islamic Religious Department did not comply father’s five children. Therefore, YBAM hopes that
with the ruling of the High Court Kuala Lumpur. the Perlis Islamic Religious Department follows the
Although the High Court Kuala Lumpur already ruling of the High Court Kuala Lumpur by cancelling
awarded the custody of three children to Loh the registration on unilateral conversion of Loh Siew
Siew Hong in March 2021, the ex-husband who Hong’s children and also urges the relevant authority
took away the three children in July 2020 carried to return the three children currently residing in a
out the conversion procedure for their three welfare agency under the Social Welfare Department
children at the Perlis Islamic Religious Department to Loh Siew Hong.
without Loh Siew Hong’s knowledge, resulting in
the situation in which there is an incongruence Due to the frequent occurrence of similar disputes
between the stance of the Perlis Islamic Religious on unilateral conversion in the country, YBAM calls
Department and the ruling of the High Court Kuala for similar conversion cases in the future to be ruled
Lumpur. based on the Indira Gandhi’s case, following the
benchmark ruling of the Federal Court that parents’
The Federal Court in the court ruling of 2018 on unilateral conversion of their child is invalid. YBAM
the case involving the Hindu mother, Indira Gandhi also calls for the society to pay attention to the
already clearly stated that unilateral conversion development of this incident and also speak out on
without the mother’s consent is invalid, and the this controversy on conversion because it is not only
mother who has custody has legal authority over a religious matter but also involves respecting and
the child's life decisions. Besides, the Federal defending the rights to freely profess one’s religion
Court on 26th January 2022 also maintained the and the rights of minor children.

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