Sisters in Islam (SIS) has obtained leave from the Federal Court to proceed with an appeal against a Selangor fatwa that labelled the women empowerment group as deviant.

A three-person bench - chaired by Court of Appeal president Amar Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim and comprising Chief Judge of Malaya Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah and apex court judge P Nallini - made the unanimous decision this afternoon...