A Malaysian court ruled Monday that a convert to Islam has the right to return
to her original religion, Buddhism, upholding an earlier decision favoring
religious minorities in this Muslim-majority country.
The Shariah Appeals Court in northern Penang state upheld the lower court’s
verdict, dismissing the appeal by Islamic authorities to forbid Siti Fatimah Tan
Abdullah from returning to Buddhism, said Ahmad Munawir Abdul Aziz, lawyer for
the state’s Islamic Affairs Council. "They ruled her conversion to Islam wasn’t
valid... Her declaration of faith was there but she didn’t fulfill all the other
conditions," he told The Associated Press. "She didn’t practice."
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