This has been happening a lot, the married non-muslim couple will spilt and then one of them converts and that person can take custody of the child. This only happens in this country where there is a Juridical System and there is one more special system which is the Syaria System. I must be careful here as this is a highly racial issue. Tan's case is definitely similar to a few cases I know an his case is normal. Normally this sort of thing happens to couples who have young children and those children who are not matured enough to think for themselves. In Tan's, this is not fair as he didn't know his wife converted and she has a written form where their child they had together is under her care from now onwards. This is extreme injustice, how about the child. Doesn't the child have the right to choose her faith ,in this case is Buddhism, how will the child re-act. This is not fair, no matter how many have complain still this is not fair. Before the child converts, the court first has to know what does the child think, feel, understand, and comprehend. Again I repeat that this kind of cases happen and are frequently repeated. The Syaria System has to be delegate when handling this kind of cases.
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