Rights of a wife in the case of conversion to Islam under the family law in Malaysia

This article focuses on the issues of conversion of one of the party to a non-Muslim marriage to Islam. In Malaysia, there are some legal problems that need to be addressed particularly concerning the rights of a wife to the ancillary claims after the dissolution of the marriage such as maintenance,...

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Main Author:	Abdul Hak, Nora
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Brill 2012
Subjects:	K Law (General) KBP Islamic Law KPG Malaysia
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/6533/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/6533/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/6533/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/6533/1/ALQ_Right_of_a_Wife_in_Conversion_to_Islam.pdf

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spelling	iium-65332015-04-21T07:01:07Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/6533/ Rights of a wife in the case of conversion to Islam under the family law in Malaysia Abdul Hak, Nora K Law (General) KBP Islamic Law KPG Malaysia This article focuses on the issues of conversion of one of the party to a non-Muslim marriage to Islam. In Malaysia, there are some legal problems that need to be addressed particularly concerning the rights of a wife to the ancillary claims after the dissolution of the marriage such as maintenance, matrimonial property and custody. These issues have been discussed by the Malaysian courts in their judgments when they preside over cases involving conversion to Islam. Among the issues that have been raised is whether a non-Muslim wife is entitled to maintenance when her husband converted to Islam and if she is still entitled the next question is for how long. Other problem is which party that shall be entitled to the custody of the child and also issue concerning the legal status of the marriage. All these need to be discussed further as to whether there is a necessity to amend the existing relevant law. The article analyses the legal provisions and the cases that have been decided by the Malaysian courts on the conversion to Islam. Brill 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/6533/1/ALQ_Right_of_a_Wife_in_Conversion_to_Islam.pdf Abdul Hak, Nora (2012) Rights of a wife in the case of conversion to Islam under the family law in Malaysia. Arab Law Quarterly , 26 (2). pp. 227-239. ISSN 0268-0556 (P), 1573-0255 (O) http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/157302512x629214?crawler=true&mimetype=application/pdf 10.1163/157302512X629214
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description	This article focuses on the issues of conversion of one of the party to a non-Muslim marriage to Islam. In Malaysia, there are some legal problems that need to be addressed particularly concerning the rights of a wife to the ancillary claims after the dissolution of the marriage such as maintenance, matrimonial property and custody. These issues have been discussed by the Malaysian courts in their judgments when they preside over cases involving conversion to Islam. Among the issues that have been raised is whether a non-Muslim wife is entitled to maintenance when her husband converted to Islam and if she is still entitled the next question is for how long. Other problem is which party that shall be entitled to the custody of the child and also issue concerning the legal status of the marriage. All these need to be discussed further as to whether there is a necessity to amend the existing relevant law. The article analyses the legal provisions and the cases that have been decided by the Malaysian courts on the conversion to Islam.
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title	Rights of a wife in the case of conversion to Islam under the family law in Malaysia
title_short	Rights of a wife in the case of conversion to Islam under the family law in Malaysia
title_full	Rights of a wife in the case of conversion to Islam under the family law in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Rights of a wife in the case of conversion to Islam under the family law in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Rights of a wife in the case of conversion to Islam under the family law in Malaysia
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publisher	Brill
publishDate	2012
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Rights of a wife in the case of conversion to Islam under the family law in Malaysia

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