The Selangor Islamic Religious Council (Mais) and the state government succeeded in their appeal to reinstate the Islamic conversion of a 35-year-old woman.

In a majority two-one verdict today, the Court of Appeal bench chaired by Yaacob Md Sam (who makes up the majority decision with Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali) allowed the appeal involving the woman born to a Hindu father and initially Buddhist mother who later converted to Islam. The dissenting verdict is by bench member P Ravinthran.

The appeal by Mais and the Selangor state government is against...