PUTRAJAYA: A woman who was recently reinstated as a Muslim is seeking to set aside a Court of Appeal ruling that favoured the Selangor Islamic religious authority.
In her leave application filed before the Federal Court yesterday, the woman wants the highest court to determine whether an “invalid” shariah court order can be challenged “collaterally” in the civil courts and whether Article 121 of the Federal Constitution is applicable. The provision touches on civil courts having no jurisdiction in shariah matters.
The conversion took place while her parents were in the midst of a divorce, which was finalised in 1992. Her mother went on to marry a Muslim man in 1993, and her father died in an accident three years later.The woman contended that despite her conversion to Islam, her mother and stepfather allowed her to continue leading life as a Hindu. The appeals court in its majority ruling held that civil courts were not empowered to hear cases involving the renunciation of religion.
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