KUCHING: The Federal Court will decide on Tuesday (Feb 27) whether the Syariah Court in Sarawak has jurisdiction over apostasy or conversions out of Islam.
A five-men bench comprising Court of Appeal president Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin, Chief Judge of Malaya Justice Ahmad Maarop Ahmad Maarop and Justices Hasan Lah, Jeffrey Tan and Ramly Ali adjourned their decision after hearing a joint appeal by four individuals who want to convert out of Islam.
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