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Administration of Islamic Law (Federal Territories) Act 1993 s 85

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s 85 Requirements for conversion

(1) The following requirements shall be complied with for a valid conversion of a person to Islam: (a) the person must utter in reasonably intelligible Arabic the two clauses of the Affirmation of Faith; (b) at the time of uttering the two clauses of the Affirmation of Faith the person must be aware that they mean “I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and I bear witness that the Prophet Muhammad S.A.W. is the Messenger of Allah”; and (c) the utterance must be made of the person’s own free will. (2) A person who is incapable of speech may, for the purpose of fulfilling the requirement of paragraph (1)(a), utter the two clauses of the Affirmation of Faith by means of signs that convey the meaning specified in paragraph (b) of that subsection.

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Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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