Hands have been wrung, outrage and sympathy expressed and Cabinet directives issued, but the controversy over the unilateral conversion of minors still persists.
IN ancient days, they engaged in bloody wars in muddy fields in the name of God, when it was usually to colonise lands and increase their power base.
These days, wars are being fought over children in our civil and Syariah courts. You may not see blood but the smallest microcosm of our society, the family unit, is being torn apart, again in the name of God.
And the victims are children.
The conversion-cum-custody battles in Ch…
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