P UTRAJAYA, Dec 30 ― The Court of Appeal today reversed a lower court’s order quashing the unilateral conversion of M. Indira Gandhi’s three children to Islam, in a critical blow to the Hindu mother’s battle against her Muslim ex-spouse. In a 2-1 decision today, the three-judge panel headed by Datuk Balia Yusof Haji Wahi also ruled that the civil courts have no jurisdiction over the Islamic matter, which it said was solely the purview of the Shariah courts. “Having heard the submission from all parties and having considered the plethora of cases submitted before us, we are of the majority view in this court that, taking the subject matter approach, it is beyond the shadow of doubt that whether a person is Muslim or not falls strictly under the Shariah court. “We accordingly allow the three appeals and we set aside the decision of the learned JC (Judicial Commisioner) and we make no order as to cost and for the deposits to be refunded,” Balia said reading the decision. Indira had sec