MAIWP seeks to safeguard Muslim parents' rights over conversion

The Federal Territory Islamic Religious Council (MAIWP) has filed to intervene in a civil court challenge against eight states’ unilateral conversion laws to safeguard the rights of Muslim parents who validly converted their children into the faith.

The statutory body’s counsel, Zainul Rizal Abu Bakar, confirmed with Malaysiakini that the intervener application was filed at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur last Thursday...