KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 (Bernama) -- Marriage between a foreign national of the Islamic faith and a Malaysian citizen of Malay descent does not change the foreign national's ethnicity to Malay, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
General : Marriage Between M'sian Muslim And Foreign National Of The Islamic Faith Won't Change Ethnicity To Malay - Saifuddin Nasution
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Marriage between a Malaysian Muslim and a foreign Muslim does not change the foreigner's ethnicity to Malay, according to Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution.
- Ethnicity is determined by original descent, not marriage.
- The National Registration Department does not alter ethnicity based on marriage.
- Children of such marriages can be registered under either parent's ethnicity.
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