Woman fails in bid to leave Islam after relationship with Muslim man ended

The civil court denied a legal bid by a Sarawakian woman to return to Christianity after having embraced Islam to marry a Muslim man whom she ultimately did not wed when their relationship crumbled.

The 26-year-old woman’s counsel Iqbal Harith confirmed that the Kuala Lumpur High Court today dismissed her application for leave to commence judicial review.

The lawyer said that...