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)
The court held that although the applicable law to test validity is the law in force at the date of actual conversion (1952 Enactment) and the conversion at age 5 was legally invalid, the factual matrix (upbringing, custody, conduct and prior Syariah findings) showed Dahlia was factually Muslim; therefore her case was one of renunciation and within Syariah jurisdiction; the Court of Appeal majority decision was not plainly wrong and is affirmed; certificate conclusiveness is reviewable where issuance or facts were legally defective.