IPOH, Sept. 24 -- The High Court here has reportedly ruled that a 26-year-old Teluk Intan man is legally a Hindu, saying there was no evidence that he ever professed Islam.

According to Free Malaysia Today, Justice Datuk Bhupinder Singh said he was bound by the Federal Court's decision in Rosliza Ibrahim's case, where the apex court concluded that someone raised by a non-Muslim mother without professing Islam could not be deemed Muslim.

"The (Malay Customs Council) officer also confirmed that the plaintiff never converted to Islam based on the state's records," the judge was quoted as saying.

The plaintiff was born to a Hindu mother and a Muslim convert father, whose temple marriage was never registered under civil or shariah law.

His...