PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has fixed Jan 16 to hear the appeal of a 37-year-old woman who is challenging her status as a Muslim.
Her lawyer, A Surendra Ananth, said the new date was fixed after the scheduled appeal hearing last Friday was vacated as counsel for one of the parties was indisposed.The Selangor state assistant legal adviser appeared for the government while lawyer Majdah Muda represented the Selangor Islamic Religious Council .
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The woman, who originally professed the Hindu faith, was still a child when she was converted to Islam unilaterally by her mother.Born in 1986, she said the conversion took place in 1991 at the Selangor Islamic religious department’s office while her parents were in the midst of a divorce, which was finalised a year later.
The woman contends that despite her conversion to Islam, her mother and stepfather allowed her to continue practising the Hindu faith.However, Mais succeeded in getting the Court of Appeal to reinstate her as a Muslim. Justices Yaacob Sam and Nazlan Ghazali ruled in favour of Mais while Justice Ravinthran Paramaguru dissented.
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