Syariah court: Christian daughter of convert not muslim


KOTA KINABALU: A 40-year-old Christian woman, whose father converted to Islam, is not a Muslim, the Syariah Court here declared.

Syariah High Court judge Nawawi Diman ruled that Ervinna Chua Soo Kea @ Ervinna Abdullah was not Muslim as she did not fall within the meaning of “Orang Islam” under the state Sabah Islamic Council Enactment 2004.

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