Therefore this research analyses the civil and Syariah law perspective on conversion of religion in order to expose its incomprehensiveness. This research looks into the Malaysian laws which govern the religious rights of a child when one parent converts to Islam and the approaches and practices of various religious departments in the issue of the religion of the children of one Muslim spouse in a non-Muslim marriage. Probing the links between legal pluralism, social movements, secularism, and political Islamism, Constituting Religion sheds new light on the confluence of law, religion, politics, and society. The book documents how legal institutions catalyze ideological struggles, which stand to redefine the nation and its politics. By drawing on extensive primary source material and tracing controversial cases from the court of law to the court of public opinion, this study theorizes the 'judicialization of religion' and the radiating effects of courts on popular legal and religious consciousness. Using the case study of Malaysia, Constituting Religion examines how these legal arrangements enable litigation and feed the construction of a 'rights-versus-rites binary' in law, politics, and the popular imagination. While not necessarily at odds, these dual commitments nonetheless provide legal and symbolic resources for activists to advance contending visions for their states and societies.
Most Muslim-majority countries have legal systems that enshrine both Islam and liberal rights.
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