3 May 2024
Dahlia Dhaima Binti Abdullah MAJLIS AGAMA ISLAM SELANGOR (MAIS)
- Citation
- 01(f)-18-06/2023(B) (Mahkamah Persekutuan)
- Court
- f
- Case number
- 01(f)-18-06/2023(B) (Mahkamah Persekutuan)
This was an apostasy/renunciation case because the appellant had sought a declaration in the Syariah Courts that she was no longer a Muslim and the Syariah Courts, exercising their recognised jurisdiction under Article 121(1A), found she remained a Muslim on the factual matrix (upbringing, schooling, practices). The Civil High Court erred by substituting its decision for the Syariah Courts; therefore the Syariah Courts' decisions made within jurisdiction stand and the Federal Court affirms the Court of Appeal majority that the Civil appeals fail.