Court allows Chinese Malaysian woman unilaterally converted as child to pursue bid to be declared Buddhist and have ‘Islam’ dropped from IC | Malay Mail

High Court judge Datuk Seri Mariana Yahya today granted leave for the judicial review, which means that the court will proceed to hear the case on its merits. — Reuters picKUALA LUMPUR, March 25 ― The High Court today granted leave to a Malaysian Chinese woman to continue with having her court bid to be declared a Buddhist and to have a new identity card issued to her without the label “Islam”.

Senior federal counsel Ahmad Hanir Hambaly confirmed that leave was granted today, and said the case will come up for case management on April 8. Federal counsel Mohamad Sallehuddin Md Ali also appeared for the government. The woman said she had never professed or practised the Islam faith and that she had never uttered the “shahadah” or the Muslim proclamation of faith when one embraces Islam, while also saying that the National Registration Department does not have records to show that she had became a Muslim after turning 18.

The six court orders sought also include a mandamus order to direct the NRD director-general to drop the word “Islam” from the replacement identity card in line with the same 1990 regulations, and a mandamus order to direct the Malaysian government to ensure the NRD gives full effect to such orders, and a mandamus order to direct Mais to delete the woman's name from the Registrer of Muallafs or Muslim converts and to cancel the card of conversion to Islam that was issued by Mais in her name...

The woman argued that the Federal Court's decision in Indira Gandhi's case meant that the October 1990 certificate of embracing Islam issued to her by Jais on her father's request but without her mother's consent when she was only aged 10 is invalid.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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