How will M Indira Gandhi ensure her youngest child Prasana Diksa adheres to Islamic practices if she regains custody of the child, asked the Persatuan Ulama Malaysia (PUM) today.
Its president Abdul Halim Abd Kadir said there is no guarantee that the nine-year-old will remain a practising Muslim if she is returned to her mother.
"Who can accept her (Indira's) guarantee, the girl is still small, how can she (Indira) logically ensure the child remains a Muslim when the household is not Muslim, and everything else (prayers, food) and all that is not Muslim?" he told Malaysiakini.
Halim was commenting on Indira's reported comment earlier today that she does not mind if Prasana chooses to remain a Muslim, despite the Federal Court ruling to annul the child's unilateral conversion to Islam.
"I don't mind what religion my Prasana chooses. She can remain a Muslim if she likes.
"All I want is to have her back in my arms. I don't know what she looks like now. Only the time she was a baby," Indira was quoted as saying in a news portal.
She had then pleaded for religion not be used to separate her from her daughter.
Indira's ex-husband K Pathmanathan @ Muhammad Riduan Abdullah unilaterally converted their children Tevi Darsiny,
Karan Dinish, and Prasanna, into Islam, in 2009.
Karan Dinish, and Prasanna, into Islam, in 2009.
He also took Prasana, who was then only 11 months old, with him. Indra has not seen Prasana since.
Meanwhile, Halim said every Muslim has an obligation to stand up for another Muslim in religious matters.
PUM had recently said in a Facebook post that religious conflict and violence may break out in the country if the police were to continue their pursuit of Riduan and Prasana, adding that Indira’s three children, who had been unilaterally converted to Islam, should not be allowed to convert back to Hinduism.
The Facebook post, however, has since been removed.
In a landmark ruling on Monday, the Federal Court had decided to annul the children’s unilateral conversion in clarifying that the interpretation of the word “parent” in Article 12(4) of the Federal Constitution meant both the father and mother of the child. - Mkini
Don’t talk nonsense...use the same logic if a Muslim facing the same issue...what will u do? Will u say the same thing? Read more books to educate urself....don’t stay with one book...that doesn’t make u smart....
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