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The Family Law Committee of the Bar Council Malaysia will be organising a half-day public forum entitled “Conversion to Islam: Art 121(1A) of the Federal Constitution, Subashini & Shamala Revisited” on Saturday, 9th August 2008, 8.30am-1.00pm at the Bar Council Auditorium, 1st Floor, Bar Council Secretariat, No.13, 15 & 17, Leboh Pasar Besar,
50050, Kuala Lumpur.

How should conflicts in matrimonial and family matters i.e. divorce, custody, maintenance and distribution be resolved, upon conversion to Islam of one party in a non-Muslim marriage: Ought the Civil Courts to have exclusive jurisdiction?

The talkshow will be in two (2) parts:-
(1) The Human & Social Perspective: Effect on families faced with such conflicts.
Come hear Civil Society representatives and family members of converts share real-life stories on the Human & Social Perspective of Art 121 (1A).
(2) The Legal Perspective: Subashini and Shamala Revisited: Should Article 121(1A) of the Federal Constitution be reviewed and amended?

Join talkshow host/moderator Zarizana Abdul Aziz (K Ahmad & Yong, WCC Penang)) with

Tuan Dr. Haji Naim Haji Mokhtar (Pendakwa Syarie, Jabatan Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan & ex-Syariah Court Judge)
Dr. Wan Azhar Wan Ahmad (Pengarah Pusat Syariah Undang-undang dan
Sains Politik/Fellow Kanan, Institut Kefahaman Islam Malaysia)
Ravi Nekoo (Ravi Nekoo & Pushpa Ratnam)
K. Shanmuga (Kanesalingam & Co) Mohamed Haniff Khatri Abdulla (Haniff Khatri)

Date: 9 August 2008,
Time: 8.30am-1.00pm
Venue: Bar Council Auditorium, 1st Floor, Bar Council Secretariat,
No.13, 15 & 17, Leboh Pasar Besar, 50050, Kuala Lumpur
Registration: RM20 per participant (Refreshments will be provided)

For further enquiries, please contact 03-2031 3003 Sumitha (194) /
Vasantha (210). You can either e-mail your confirmation to Sumitha at
sumi…@malaysianbar.org.my <sumitha%40malaysianbar.org.my> / Vasantha at
vasan…@malaysianbar.org.my <vasantha%40malaysianbar.org.my>
or request for a registration form to be faxed to the Secretariat (at
03-20261313 /20725818 / 20342825).
Visit www.malaysianbar.org.my for the registration form.