Apex court grants woman leave to appeal over religious status

A 37-year-old woman gets a nod from the Federal Court to proceed with her appeal against a Court of Appeal decision to reinstate her as a Muslim.

This was after the Federal Court three-member bench led by Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Abdul Rahman Sebli allowed the woman’s application to be given leave to pursue her appeal against the appellate court’s decision to the Federal Court.

Both the Selangor Islamic Religious Council (Mias) and the Selangor state government did not object to her application...