Nizam Bashir says the legal battle could also determine the right of children to profess the religion of their choice. FMTNews
Two landmark decisions on unilateral conversion by the Federal Court could come under review due to another dispute in the Court of Appeal.
“However, the facts of the present case before the Court of Appeal is different,” he told reporters after the adjournment of a Court of Appeal ruling here today. He said whatever the outcome in the appellate court, this case would go to the Federal Court as it involves constitutional points. Indira, a Hindu mother, had filed a similar judicial review application to challenge her Muslim convert ex-husband’s unilateral conversion of their three children – then aged 11, 10 and just over 11 months old – to Islam without the knowledge and consent of either her or the children.
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