Introduction — Juvenile offenders Juvenile offenders aren’t adults — yet. But, they are subject to the same criminal justice system that sentences adults. Last year, an Iranian juvenile offender was sentenced to death. Zeinab Sekaanvand Lokran was 17 years old when she became a juvenile offender. Six years later, she was sentenced to death. She was […]
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Fake birth certificate and citizenship in Malaysia
Let’s talk about fake birth certificates. Some time back, we were introduced to a middle-aged couple. Their child had just turned 12, so they brought him to JPN to make a new MyKad. While there, they were queried about their child’s birth certificate. Was the birth certificate, fake? The JPN officer thought that the child […]
The value of a will
What’s the value of a will? Nobody likes to talk about dying. But people die. It’s an undeniable fact of life. They die every day. Intestacy So, is there value in preparing a will? When a person dies without a will, it’s not the end of the world. The deceased person’s property will be […]
Unilateral Conversion of Children to Islam
Introduction In early 2018, the Federal Court made it illegal for a parent to unilaterally convert his or her non-Muslim child to Islam. Should the conversion of children to Islam be an issue? It’s simply this. Non-Muslims who marry, enter into a non-Muslim marriage. They expect to raise non-Muslim children. And this means that their children […]
Judicial separation – the 99% divorce
Judicial separation: I sometimes call it the 99% divorce. For me, judicial separation is almost like divorce. Almost, but not quite. Almost, because 99% of the things that go into a divorce, also go into a judicial separation. But at the end of the day, there’s one difference: In name, the couple would still be […]