A woman, born to a Muslim father and a non-Muslim mother, has succeeded in obtaining a Federal Court ruling that she was never a Muslim.

This after a nine-person Federal Court bench allowed Rosliza Ibrahim’s appeal.

In a majority 7-2 decision, the bench chaired by Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat ruled that the appellant was never a Muslim since birth.

The top judge ruled that there is no evidence on record to indicate that the woman had ever professed Islam as she was raised as a Buddhist by her non-Muslim mother since birth.