https://www.malaymail.com/news/mala...igh-court-will-hear-her-case-on-sept-21/81815
KUALA LUMPUR, July 26 — The High Court will decide on September 21 whether or not to hear the judicial review filed by a Malaysian woman seeking to be declared no longer a Muslim.
The 26-year-old woman converted to Islam to marry her then boyfriend who was a Malay Muslim on August 18, 2017. Their relationship ended before the wedding and now she wants to return to being a Christian.
Judge Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid set the decision date on whether or not to grant the woman leave for judicial review after hearing arguments from her lawyer and the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) representing the government and the Islamic authorities earlier today.
The woman who is the plaintiff is not named to protect her privacy. She is seeking declarations that the Shariah Courts do not have the jurisdiction under the Administration of Islamic Law (Federal Territories) Act 1993, also known as Act 505, to cancel her status as a Muslim but rather the Registrar of Muallaf (ROM) who oversees Muslim converts.
The three respondents named in the judicial review application are: the Federal Territories ROM, the Federal Territories Islamic Religious Council (MAIWP) and the government of Malaysia.
Her back story
The woman had requested to leave Islam on January 27, 2022 admitting to still being a practising Christian despite converting to Islam.
She said she only became a Muslim for administrative reasons as she wanted to marry her then Muslim boyfriend.
She said she doesn’t read the Quran and is a believer in the concept of the Holy Trinity and the Bible since she was baptised at age one by her Christian parents.
She sent three letters to the ROM dated January 31, February 20 and March 17 this year to the ROM asking to leave Islam, but claimed to have received no replies to any of them except an acknowledgment of receipt….
KUALA LUMPUR, July 26 — The High Court will decide on September 21 whether or not to hear the judicial review filed by a Malaysian woman seeking to be declared no longer a Muslim.
The 26-year-old woman converted to Islam to marry her then boyfriend who was a Malay Muslim on August 18, 2017. Their relationship ended before the wedding and now she wants to return to being a Christian.
Judge Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid set the decision date on whether or not to grant the woman leave for judicial review after hearing arguments from her lawyer and the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) representing the government and the Islamic authorities earlier today.
The woman who is the plaintiff is not named to protect her privacy. She is seeking declarations that the Shariah Courts do not have the jurisdiction under the Administration of Islamic Law (Federal Territories) Act 1993, also known as Act 505, to cancel her status as a Muslim but rather the Registrar of Muallaf (ROM) who oversees Muslim converts.
The three respondents named in the judicial review application are: the Federal Territories ROM, the Federal Territories Islamic Religious Council (MAIWP) and the government of Malaysia.
Her back story
The woman had requested to leave Islam on January 27, 2022 admitting to still being a practising Christian despite converting to Islam.
She said she only became a Muslim for administrative reasons as she wanted to marry her then Muslim boyfriend.
She said she doesn’t read the Quran and is a believer in the concept of the Holy Trinity and the Bible since she was baptised at age one by her Christian parents.
She sent three letters to the ROM dated January 31, February 20 and March 17 this year to the ROM asking to leave Islam, but claimed to have received no replies to any of them except an acknowledgment of receipt….
