Jurisdictional conflict in interfaith child custody disputes: a legal discourse in Malaysian courts

Conflict of jurisdiction between the Civil and Syari’ah court is not a new issue in a dual legal system such as in Malaysia. Intense debate escalates when deciding on custodial rights after divorce in an interfaith marriage. The unilateral conversion to Islam by one party in a non-Muslim marriage ha...

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Main Authors: Mohd Zin, Najibah, Mohamed Jani, Hidayati, Hamid, Abdul Ghafur@Khin Maung Sein, Abdul Hak, Nora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Institute of Islamic Civilisation and Malay World (ISTAC) 2019
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/73004/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/73004/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/73004/7/73004%20JURISDICTIONAL%20CONFLICT.pdf