[3] The 1st defendant is a female who is an Air Stewardess/Flight Attendant. The 2nd defendant is a pilot and the 1st defendant's husband. The defendants married on 3 March 2007. On 23 June 2008, the 1st defendant gave birth to her daughter who will be referred to in this judgment as Child C. Child C thus was born into a valid marriage between the defendants.

[4] The plaintiff is a male and also makes his living as a pilot. He works in the same airline as the 1st defendant but different from that of the 2nd defendant. We consider it significant to highlight that all the parties concerned in this suit are non-Muslims.

[5] It is the plaintiff's c