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On converting to Islam, one is no longer backward class: Madras HC

Chennai: A person who converts to Islam cannot claim the status of a Backward Class Muslim, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has ruled, striking down a 2024 Tamil Nadu government order that ...

A convert to Islam cannot claim the status of Backward Class Muslim, rules Madras High Court

Categorising certain sects as Backward and the remaining as Forward is antithetical to Quranic injunctions. Islam seeks to establish an egalitarian society, says Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court ...

‘He is a Muslim. That's all there is to it’: How a 75-year-old ruling undid Tamil Nadu order on BCM quota

Quashing a 2024 state government order, the Madras HC held that conversion to Islam doesn't automatically confer backward class Muslim status.
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In Malaysia, a mom is contesting her kids' conversion to Islam. It's a landmark case

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — After divorcing her abusive husband, Loh Siew Hong spent three years searching for their three children. Once the couple split up, her former husband took the kids with him ...
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Christian’s poverty used to force conversion to Islam in Pakistan

A brick kiln worker’s forced conversion to Islam in Pakistan’s national database has left his five children unable to have their Christian faith designated on their national identity cards, his son ...
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« Quand ma fille s’est convertie à l’islam, j’ai pris une gifle » : au cœur d’un groupe de parole entre parents catholiques

« Maman, je ne crois plus en Dieu. La Vierge Marie, les chapelets, l’église, ce n’est plus mon truc. Je suis en train de me convertir à l’islam. » Lorsque la fille de Delphine (les prénoms ont été ...

Islam convert just a Muslim, won’t have caste: Madras HC

MADURAI: Striking down a TN government’s 2024 G.O. that allows converts from BC, MBC, denotified community (DNC) or SC background to be issued community certifi ...