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The recent ruling on the case regarding the conversion of two Hindu minors to Islam is very disturbing.

When a married couple decide to have children, they more or less have mapped out their plans on the way the child should be brought up. This includes the child's religious belief.

Thus, in this particular case, the couple were Hindus. It goes without saying that there was a mutual agreement that their children would be brought up the Hindu way.

Subsequently, the father converted to Islam. But he had no right to convert the two children to the new religion that he now professes in. The simple reason being that when the children were brought forth, there was a mutual agreement (though not a written one) between him and his wife that the children would be Hindus.

I do not think that the wife would have agree to have those children if the husband had told her that he want them to be Muslim later on in life. In this case, the husband has breached the agreement.

And to convert a child's religion at such a tender age (three and five) is really beyond my understanding. The children do not know what they are going in for. Wait till they can understand what is religion and God, only then allow them to choose their own religion, be it Hinduism or Islam.

Meantime, it is only right that the mother be given full custody of the children unconditionally. A mother's love for her children is total and undivided. The children will be happier with her.

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