Spousal religious conversion: Choice of laws and forums in Malaysia

Malaysia has a multi-court system where civil courts, Shariah courts and Native courts running parallel to one another. This is produced by the diversity in her population in terms of religion, race and custom. These different court systems most of the time run independent of one another since sub...

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Main Author:	Shuaib, Farid Sufian
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	International Islamic University Malaysia 2011
Subjects:	BP173.6 Islam and the state K Law (General) KBP480 Conflict of laws
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/15428/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/15428/1/Art_Farid_SpousalRegligousConversion_IIUMLJ2011.pdf

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spelling	iium-154282013-02-13T20:35:53Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/15428/ Spousal religious conversion: Choice of laws and forums in Malaysia Shuaib, Farid Sufian BP173.6 Islam and the state K Law (General) KBP480 Conflict of laws Malaysia has a multi-court system where civil courts, Shariah courts and Native courts running parallel to one another. This is produced by the diversity in her population in terms of religion, race and custom. These different court systems most of the time run independent of one another since subject matters and parties before the courts are different. However, in isolated cases, conflict may occur between these courts when on the face of it different court systems have jurisdiction over the same parties involving the same issues. This occurs for instance where a spouse from a non-Muslim marriage converts to Islam. In such a case questions may arise as to which court would be the right court possessing jurisdiction over the marriage in dissolving the marriage if necessary and in providing ancillary relief such as a maintenance order and custody of children. Resolution on jurisdiction of the courts in this case is important to ensure a fair settlement for the parties. International Islamic University Malaysia 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/15428/1/Art_Farid_SpousalRegligousConversion_IIUMLJ2011.pdf Shuaib, Farid Sufian (2011) Spousal religious conversion: Choice of laws and forums in Malaysia. IIUM Law Journal, SEd. pp. 19-38. ISSN 0128-2530
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description	Malaysia has a multi-court system where civil courts, Shariah courts and Native courts running parallel to one another. This is produced by the diversity in her population in terms of religion, race and custom. These different court systems most of the time run independent of one another since subject matters and parties before the courts are different. However, in isolated cases, conflict may occur between these courts when on the face of it different court systems have jurisdiction over the same parties involving the same issues. This occurs for instance where a spouse from a non-Muslim marriage converts to Islam. In such a case questions may arise as to which court would be the right court possessing jurisdiction over the marriage in dissolving the marriage if necessary and in providing ancillary relief such as a maintenance order and custody of children. Resolution on jurisdiction of the courts in this case is important to ensure a fair settlement for the parties.
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author	Shuaib, Farid Sufian
author_facet	Shuaib, Farid Sufian
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title	Spousal religious conversion: Choice of laws and forums in Malaysia
title_short	Spousal religious conversion: Choice of laws and forums in Malaysia
title_full	Spousal religious conversion: Choice of laws and forums in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Spousal religious conversion: Choice of laws and forums in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Spousal religious conversion: Choice of laws and forums in Malaysia
title_sort	spousal religious conversion: choice of laws and forums in malaysia
publisher	International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate	2011
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/15428/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/15428/1/Art_Farid_SpousalRegligousConversion_IIUMLJ2011.pdf
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Spousal religious conversion: Choice of laws and forums in Malaysia

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