Renouncing Islam a matter for Syariah Courts, rules High Court


KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has ruled that civil courts have no jurisdiction over matters involving persons seeking to renounce Islam as they come under the Syariah Court.

Judge Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid made the ruling on June 15 via email after dismissing a legal suit filed by a 32-year-old woman for leave to commence judicial review to renounce her faith from the religion of Islam to Confucianism and Buddhism.

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