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A nine-man bench chaired by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat ( pic) ruled that Rosliza Ibrahim was never a Muslim. Rosliza succeeded in making her claims on a balance of probabilities that she was never a Muslim since birth, she said. The court found that based on evidence, Rosliza was an illegitimate child and her mother was never a Muslim, therefore her father’s religion could not be ascribed to her.This was corroborated by the Religious Authorities’ Letters which stated that they were unable to locate any record of a marriage between the plaintiff’s parents. “The concurrent categorisation by the courts below (the High Court and the Court of Appeal) of the plaintiff’s case as a renunciation case is not correct in fact and in law. ....