Child custody; rights of non-muslim and muslim parents in cases of conversion to Islam / Saniah Abd Rahim, Mohamed Fairudz Mohd Hanif and Zubaidah Sharkawi

• Main Authors: Abd Rahim, Saniah, Mohd Hanif, Mohamed Fairudz, Sharkawi, Zubaidah
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Children. Child development
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/31871/1/31871.PDF; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/31871/

In Malaysia, both the mother and father have equal chance to apply the guardianship of the child as long as the welfare of the child is well secured. In the battle for child custody when one parent converts to Islam there is conflict of personal laws between the Muslim and non-Muslim spouse. As a ge...