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COURT OF APPEAL PUTRAJAYA
JENNY PETER @ NUR MUZDHALIFAH ABDULLAH – Appellant
Versus
DIRECTOR OF JABATAN AGAMA ISLAM SARAWAK & ORS AND OTHER AP.... – Respondent
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| 1. appeal filed regarding application to renounce islam. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 2. facts establish background for appeals. (Para 7) |
| 3. jurisdiction issues raised regarding apostasy. (Para 8 , 10 , 11) |
| 4. arguments presented on jurisdictional authority. (Para 9 , 12 , 14 , 15 , 17 , 20) |
| 5. arguments concerning jurisdictional issues. (Para 13 , 16) |
| 6. court's observations on precedent and jurisdiction. (Para 18 , 19 , 21) |
[1] These were the appeals by Jenny binti Peter @ Nur Muzdhalifah Abdullah (Jenny), Mohd Syafiq Abdullah @ Tiong Choo Ting (Mohd Syafiq) and Salina Jau binti Abdullah (Salina) against the order of the High Court at Kuching in dismissing their application for leave to commence judicial review.
Background Facts
[2] Jenny's parents were Christians and Jenny was raised as a Christian. On 1 July 2002, she converted to Islam and married a Muslim man named Nazri bin Abdul Rahman. They divorced on 26 July 2006 and since the divorce, Jenny had returned to practice Christianity where thereafter, she married a Christian man.
[3] Mohd Syafiq was born of mixed heritage of Chinese and Bidayuh. He converted to Islam on 24 January 1996 to marry Siti Aishah binti Bahada
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